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| 901 | Note: John Good is listed as being born in 1868. Drake and John Sr. were married in 1870. Anna Davis dies between 1860 and 1870 (not in 1870 census). Did Davis give birth to John at age 55? Did she die in childbirth? 1900 Census Mary Ann Good widow, age 54, is in Ironton, Sauk County Wisconsin. One child age 13 named Mary. She also has a boarder. Mary is a day laborer. It states Mary has had 8 children but only 6 are still alive. She was born in Ohio. He r father was born in New York, and her mother in Tennessee. The child's father was born in Indiana. Is Mary John's child? John was born in Virginia, not Indiana. 1900; Census Place: Ironton, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1816 Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 138 Mary A Good, head; age 56, b. Dec 1843, OH; father b. NY; mother b. Tenn; widow; 8ch/6 living Mary C Good, dau; age 13, b. Mar 1887, Wisconsin; father b. IN; mother b. OH Elick Savalley, boarder; age 59, b. Jul 1840, Canada/ French; parents b. France, widowed | Drake, Mary Ann (I4433)
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| 902 | NOTE: Nelson's gravemarker gives him a date of birth of February 21, 1855 in contrast to his obituary. | Smith, Nelson Sherman (I5518)
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| 903 | NOTE: On Mary's gravestone is her year of birth, year of death and "Mother." She is buried next to Arthur Harmison on one side and Nettie Carl with "Sister" on her headstone. What is relationship of Nettie Carl to Mary Harmison?? Nettie is l isted as Mary's daughter in Mary's obituary. | Trainor, Mary (I5372)
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| 904 | NOTE: The marriage record is of Almoreta Smith to Richard Barrington. . | Smith, Almeda (I5621)
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| 905 | NOTE: The two newspaper articles give Marcella two different years of age. The South Bend Tribune stated she was 82; the Walkerton Independent, stated she was born December 18, 1857 in Plymouth, Indiana. As the 1880 census of Walkerton, St. Jo seph, Indiana gives her age as 37, the South Bend Tribune article more closely resembles what her actual age at death would be. Also, her marriage record indicates she was married in 1866; obviously, not possible if she wasn't born until 1857. | Jones, Marcella (I5962)
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| 906 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Larry Allen Washburn / Paulette Ruth Nunn (F1209)
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| 907 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Michael Howard Demonja / Rhonda Lynn Washburn (F1203)
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| 908 | Notes and Sources: Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 29 Sources: None Submitter: Maurine Clift NUTTALL 8477 Seeno Avenue Granite Bay, CA 95746 FamilySearch?aUL Ancestral File v4.19 Family group record at: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/AF/family_group_record.asp?familyid=4834165&frompage=99 Nicholas LADD (AFN: HMS2-DM) Pedigree Sex: M Submitter(s): ANGELA C. PETERSON Microfilm: NONE 9223 NE 142ND STREET BOTHELL WA Submission: AF90-102147 USA 98011 ANGELA C. PETERSON Microfilm: NONE 9223 NE 142ND STREET BOTHELL WA Submission: AF91-106381 USA 98011 WINIFRED JEFFERY WELTON Microfilm: NONE #409 ESSEX HOUSE 5520 RIVERBEND ROAD, EDMONTON ALBERTA, CANADA T6H 5G9 Submission: AF92-104576 | Ladd, Nicholas (I4338)
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| 909 | Notes and Sources: Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 29 Sources: None Submitter: Maurine Clift NUTTALL 8477 Seeno Avenue Granite Bay, CA 95746 | Ladd, John (I107)
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| 910 | Notes for ADDIE BELLE STRAYER: 1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 3, Line 28, Lib erty twsp., Logan County, has Addie living with parents, age 10. Addie was employed as a telephone operator. OBITUARY - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg. July 26, 1955, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. MRS. ERNEST L. YODER DIES - West Liberty Women, 65, Had Been Ill Two Years - Mrs. Ernest L. (Addie Belle) Yoder, 65, died at 1:50 p.m. Monday at her home in West Liberty. She had been ill two years and bedfast since April. She was born April 26, 1800, in Salem township, Champaign county, a daughter of Ed and Laura Sowers Strayer. Surviving are her husband, to whom she was married Dec. 9, 1916 and four brothers, Floyd Strayer, Urbana, Herschel Strayer, 721 south Main street, Bellefontaine, Ray P. Strayer, R.F.D. 4, Bellefontaine, and Willis Strayer of Dayton. A so, and two sisters are dead. The deceased was a member of the West Liberty Methodist church where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. Virgil Hair, of Midway, former pastor of the church, will officiate assisted by Rev. Gilbert Thomas of the McKeessl be made in West Liberty Fairview cemetery. Friends may call at the Troyer-Lynn funeral home in West Liberty after 7 p.m. Tuesday and until noon Thursday. | Strayer, Addie Belle (I3991)
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| 911 | Notes for SAMUEL SOWERS: 1850 Census, Ohio, German twsp., Clark County, Page 46B, Dw elling 633, has Samuel living with his mother, age 24. 1860 Census, Indiana, Richland twsp., Grant County, page 359, dwelling # 826, has Samuel listed with wife Mary, sons Granville and Edward; a daughter Laura. Also in the same household was a Martin Sowers, age 16, born in Ohio. Relationship to Sa muel unknown. 1870 Census, Ohio, Brown twsp., Miami County, Dwelling 306, Page 265B, has Samuel Sour living with wife Mary E.; one daughter, Laura E.; four sons, Edward, John, Elmer and Grant. 1880 Census, Ohio, Harrison Twp. Champaign County 2-2-21, 13-13 Samuel Sower 54 M OH VA VA Mary E. 53 M OH MD OH Edward E. 22M OH OH OH Laura E. 20 F IN OH OH John K. 18 M IN OH OH Elmer E. 16 M IN OH OH Ulysses G. 12 M IN OH OH Death Notice, West Liberty Banner, dtg. October 1, 1891 DEATH OF SAMUEL SOWER Mr. Samuel Sower, a well known farmer, who resided on the Forsyth farm north of town, died Tuesday, September 29, 1891, about noon, after an illness of over three weeks with typhoid fever. He was about 65 years of age. The funeral services will be held at the M. E. church in this place, Thursday, at 2 p. m. conducted by Rev. John. I. Hillman. Obituary, West Liberty Banner, dtg. October 8, 1891 Samuel Sower was born near Springfield,Clark county, Ohio, January 31, 1826, and died at his home near West Liberty, Logan county, Ohio, September 29, 1891, after an illness of about three weeks. Typhoid fever was the immediate cause of is d On January 2, 1851, he was married to Miss Mary E. King, of Tremont City, who still lives to mourn the loss of him who had been her companion for more than forty years. Nine children were born of this union; four sons and one daughter remaiheir mother. Mr. Sower had been a farmer most of his life, and his integrity was unquestioned by all who knew him. In 18?? he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church. That bright experience never faded from his memory and he loved to re of his conversion. For a number of years he held the important position of class leader and was a zealous worker in the cause of Christ. Of late years his infirmities prevented the activities of former years, but he never lost interest i n the church and the consciousness of Christ's presence and power. As his pastor I visited him a few hours before he died. His face would brighten as I tried to talk to him of his Savior and the promises of God. He assured me that all was wel l and just before I left, with considerable effort he exclaimed, "Precious Jesus." It seemed as if he wanted to give one more testimony to the saving power of Christ. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." J. I. H. Death book 2 p. 324 for Logan County records the death of Samuel as October 29, 1891, but I believe that is wrong as I found two obituaries for September 29, 1891. | Sower, Samuel (I3937)
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| 912 | Obit. In The Plyouth Democrat, (Plymouth, Mashall County, IN) Thursday, May 7, 1903. | Cox, Mahala (I170)
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| 913 | OBITUARY - Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan County, Ohio, dtg August 5, 1971 - - WILLIS W. STRAYER, 76 North Palm Beach, Florida, where he resided with a son, Willis Richard Strayer and family, died Tuesday in that city following a prolong illness. He was a former resident of Bellefontaine, a retired employee of thed Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. He was born June 3, 1895, in Logan County. His wife, the former Lova Fultz, preceded him in death in 1935. Survivors with his son are five grandchildren. Mr. Strayer was a member of the Bellefontaine Lutheran Church. The body will arrive in Bellefontaine Friday afternoon, being sent to Columbus by plane, and will be received here by Eichholtz funeral home. Funeral rites will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home and burial will follow in tmetery, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. | Strayer, Willis Warrich (I3958)
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| 914 | OBITUARY - dtg. December 29, 1988, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. JOHN AUSTIN SOWERS-DANIEL WAYNE SOWERS - John Austin and Daniel Wayne Sowers, twin sons of David and Joey Sowers of Delaware, were stillborn Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Grant Hospital in Columbus. Survivors include their parents; two sisters, Courtney and Kelly; and a brother, Jay, all at home. Also surviving are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sowers of Bellefontaine and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yoakam of Delaware; Charles Yoakam of Graveside services for the family will be held in Resurrection Cemetery in Westerville. The Rutherford-CorbinFuneral home in Worthington is in charge of arrangements. | Sowers, John Austin (I3948)
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| 915 | OBITUARY - dtg. December 29, 1988, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. JOHN AUSTIN SOWERS-DANIEL WAYNE SOWERS - John Austin and Daniel Wayne Sowers, twin sons of David and Joey Sowers of Delaware, were stillborn Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Grant Hospital in Columbus. Survivors include their parents; two sisters, Courtney and Kelly; and a brother, Jay, all at home. Also surviving are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sowers of Bellefontaine and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yoakam of Delaware; Charles Yoakam of Graveside services for the family will be held in Resurrection Cemetery in Westerville. The Rutherford-CorbinFuneral home in Worthington is in charge of arrangements. | Sowers, Daniel Wayne (I3949)
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| 916 | OBITUARY - dtg. March 1994, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Oh io. MABLE FLORENCE GRAHAM - Pastors Preston Van Deursen and David Moreland will conduct services for Mable Florence Graham, formerly of 209 Miami, at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church. She died at 12:05 a.m. Saturday, March 26, 1994, at Heartland of Bellefontaine at the age of 78. Mrs. Graham was born Dec. 16, 1915, in Logan County, a daughter of Fred and Florence Tilton Sowers, and married Gorden Graham in Rushsylvania on May 25, 1941. He preceded her in death Dec. 14, 1971. Surviving are a son, William Graham of New Philadelphia; one daughter, Mrs. Max (Marjorie) Bixler of Bellefontaine; a brother, John Sowers, also of Bellefontaine; one sister, Mildred Allender of Springfield, and three grandchildren. Mrs. Graham taught school in Zanesfield, Belle Center and Riverside, and retired from Bellefontaine in 1979 after 29 years of teaching. She was a graduate of Bowling Green State University, and was a member of the First Lutheran Church and its Charity Circle, Delta Gamma Gamma, Mary Rutan Hospital Guild I, Bellefontaine Women's Club, the Logan County Retired Teachers Association and the Agrarian Club. Calling hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Eichholtz Funeral Home, and one hour prior to services Tuesday at the church. Interment will be in Zanesfield Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Organ Fund or Bell Choir Fund of her church. MABEL GRAHAM SSN 275-46-0782 Residence: 43311 Bellefontaine, Logan, OH Born 16 Dec 1915 Last Benefit: Died 26 Mar 1994 Issued: OH (1964) | Sowers, Mabel Florence (I3914)
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| 917 | OBITUARY - West Liberty Banner, dtg September 14, 1916, Log an County, Ohio. Alda Mae, daughter of Edward and Laura Strayer, was born in Champaign county, near West Liberty, September 28, 1883, and departed this life at the home of her parents in West Liberty, Ohio September 8, 1916, aged 32 years, 11 months and 1 She was united in marriage to John H. Bolen, March 15, 1906. To this union three children were born - two sons and one daughter. In early life she united with the Christian Church at West Liberty, and was a faithful worker in the church, Sunday School, and Endeavor Society of which she was a member. After moving from this vicinity to Bucyrus she became affiliated with the United Brethren Church and was a member of the same at the time of her death. She had been ill for a period of about three years, but about six weeks ago was brought to the home of her parents. She was very patient in her sickness and the end came as a sweet relief from her suffering, but was a painful separation r loved ones. During her illness she was tenderly cared for by her mother and loved ones who did all they could to make her comfortable. The home she once made happy with friendly welcome and a kindly smile is broken, but God knows best. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Edward Hartley and Raymond Robert, and one daughter, Dorothy Isabell; also her parents, two sisters, and four brothers, and many other relatives and friends. Be near to bless me when I wake, Ere thro' the world my way I take; Abide with me till in Thy love I lose myself in Heaven above. The funeral services were held at the home on Newell street, Sunday afternoon, at one o'clock, in charge of Rev. E.C. Hamilton. There were many beautiful flowers, and a large assemblage of relatives and friends present to pay a last tr.air View cemetery. The following relatives and friends from a distance were present at the funeral: Wm. Bolen, Byhalia; C. A. Bolen, Fostoria; Mrs. Thomas Patterson, Mrs. Robert Reeder, Mrs. Cora Rock, Mrs. John Lippincott, James Funk and daughter, Gertr,wcett, wife and daughter, and Mrs. Shick, Bellefontaine; J.J. Prater, Mrs. Foreman Prater, Mrs. Elmer Prater, Northfield; Irwin Prater and wife, Rushsylvania; H.U. King and wife Urbana; Mrs. Ben Phenegar and Walter Phenegar, DeGra ff; Ray Sidesinger and wife, Continental; Mrs. Cora Stinchcomb, Springfield. More About ALDA MAE STRAYER: Burial: Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lot 41, West Liberty Cemetery, LoganCounty, Ohio. Death Certificate: Vol. 2047, Cert. Nr. 56824, Logan County, Ohio. | Strayer, Alda Mae (I3989)
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| 918 | Obituary for Charles G. "Chip" Graham, Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg. September 29, 1997. Charles G. "Chip" Graham, 17, son of William and Cheryl Ann Swanson Graham, of 606 10th Dr., N.W.,New Philadelphia, died Friday evening, September 26, 1997, at Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was a senior at New Philadelphia High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, A-Team, Delphian Chorale and the Marching Quaker Band. He also was a member of the First United Methodist Church of New Philadelphi a and its teen choir. He is also survived by a sister, Christie Graham, grandparents Hazel and Charles Swanson of Tappan Lake and Vera Crescio of New Philadelphia; aunt and uncles, Marjorie and Max Bixler of Bellefontaine and Aubrey and Betty Jo Gatewood of Frankling ton, La., and many great aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mabel and Gorden Graham and Willena C. Swanson. Services will begin Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the New Philadelphia High School gymnasium with the Revs. Dr. Jerry Paull, Don Perks, and Jonathan Butefa officiating. After the services a procession will follow the New Philadelphia Quaker Band to Eas t Street Cemetery for burial. The band parents will host a a reception after the committal at the First United Methodist Church Annex. Visitation will be in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church today from 2-4 and from 6- p.m. The Graham family requests memorials be made to the Chip Graham Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o New Philadelphia Quaker Foundation, 343 Ray Ave. N.W. New Philadelphia. The Linn Hert Geib Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. | Graham, Charles Gorden (I3919)
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| 919 | Obituary for Muriel Sower, Bellefontaine Examiner, April 22, 1937 LONG ILLNESS ENDS Miss Muriel E. Sower Will Be Buried at West Liberty Kindred of this city have had word of the death of Miss Muriel E. Sower, which occurred at the Ingham Sanatorium in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, April 21. Miss Sower had long been ill of tuberculosis. She was 30 years old and the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Sower, their only child. The family home was in this city a number of years ago. Miss Kate Windsor, Oakland square, is an aunt of the deceased, and Hershel Strayer and Ray and Willis Strayer are cousins of the deceased. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the Methodist church in Lainsburg, Mich. Burial will be made in the West Liberty cemetery Monday at 3 p.m. Funeral notice for Murial Sower, Bellefontaine Examiner, April 23, 1937 Interment of Miss Muriel E. Sower, whose death occurred Wednesday at Lansing, Mich., will be made Monday at 2 p.m. in the West Liberty cemetery. Funeral services were to be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church in Laingsburg, Mich . MissSower was the only child of Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Sower, and the family home was in Bellefontaine a number of years ago. | Sower, Muriel E. (I4159)
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| 920 | Obituary for Oscar C. Hartman, from collection of Fred Sowe rs, undated. URBANA - Oscar C. Hartman, 79, of 405 N. Western Ave., Springfield, died at 1:20 p.m. Friday in a Columbus hospital. A retired farmer, Mr. Hartman was born June 25, 1879, in South Solon, the son of Samuel and Nancy Neer Hartman. Among survivors are his widow Lulu Hartman; two daughters, Mrs. Wesley Brooks of Urbana and Mrs. Noble Hennesy of Springfield, Route 1, a son Roger of Springfield; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Brinnon of Urbana and Mrs. Waltfbana, Route 2 The body was taken to Humphreys funeral home where friends may call after noon Sunday. The Rev. Ralph Simester of the Urbana Methodist Church will conduct last rites at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Vale Cemetery, Springfield. | Hartman, Oscar (I3965)
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| 921 | Obituary from Ancestry.com Catherine (Baugher) Marker was born in Ha?ersville, Germany Feb 22, 1843. When still very young, she emigrated to America in the year 1846, In the year 1857 she united with German Evangelical church of Madison Tp, and had been a faithful memebe r until Deaths Angel called her to the Home above. In 1860 she was united in marriage to John Marker, of Madison Tp., who preceded her into eternity about 20 years ago. She suffered a stroke of paralysis last Monday and died Thursday Nov. 25 , 1909. She leaves to mourn her departure six brothers, one sister, two step children. Mrs Jacob Conrad and Philip Marker, both of Wyatt, Ind. four children, Jacob and John Marker, of South Bend, and Chas. Marker and Mres. Caroline Haun of Col umbia City, twenty-three grandchildren and six great grandchildren and a host of friends. The remains were brought from Webster, Ind. Saturday Nov. 27, and the funeral was held from the home of Jacob Conrad at Wyatt, Sunday Nov. 28. Rev. Paul G roh officiating. The funeral services were held from the Evangelical church of Madison Tp., interment in the church cemetery. The pall bearers were six of her grandsons, namely: Chas. and Peter Conrad, Howard, John, Oswald and Herman Marker . Text: 2nd Corinthians, Chapter 5, stanza 1 | Baugher, Catherine (I1524)
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| 922 | Obituary Notice--Northern Indianian, Apr. 27, 1899 (Warsaw newpaper) " WEBSTER WAVELETS: Michael Zintsmaster, of Starke county, and sons John, of near Cleveland, Ohio, Michael, of Indianapolis, and Fred, of Iowa, attended the funeral of the former's brother at this place this week. Theobald Zintsmaster, whose serious illness has been mentioned, died last Thursday. He was about seventy-seven years of age, born in Germany, and highly respected by all. His wife died some years ago, and he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Daniels. He was buried at a cemetery near his old house at Etna attended by a large concourse of friends and relatives." | Zinsmeister, Theobald (I3166)
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| 923 | Obituary, Bellefontaine Examiner, October 11, 1989 Faith Rose Amey was stillborn at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, Oct ober 10, in Mary Rutan Hospital. She was the daughter of Kent and Deborah Sowers Amey, who reside at 200 Green Street. Other survivors include a sister, Rachel Joy, Amey, at home; paternal grandparents, Howard and Colleen Amey of Lakeview; maternal grandparents, John and Joyce Sowers of Bellefontaine; maternal great grandmother, Helen Moore of Bellefontaine;dreat-grandmother, Cloe Ream of Kenton. Private graveside services will be held at a later date. Eicholtz Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association | Amey, Faith Rose (I3970)
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| 924 | Obituary: Elaine C. Rhodes Oct. 7, 1917 - Oct. 29, 2008 Oct. 7, 1917 - Oct. 29, 2008 October 31, 2008 WARSAW - Elaine C. Rhodes, 91, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday in her home. Survivors include sons, Roger G. (Shirley) Rhodes, Donald R. Rhodes and Jim (Bonnie) Rhodes; daughters, Shirley E. (Donald) Guske, Janet J. (Jim L.) White, Carolyn J. (Donald) Rarick and Patricia A. Nichols; and brother, Henry P. Orsund and Carl P. Orsund. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today. http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2008-10-31/news/26904999_1_rarick-warsaw-survivors | Orsund, Elaine Christine (I571)
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| 925 | Odell Gender: Masculine Usage: English Pronounced: o-DEL [key] From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "woad hill" in Old English. A woad is a herb used for dying. Source: Behind the Name, the etymology and history of first names http://www.behindthename.com Jones English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988). John English, Welsh, German, etc.: ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yo?hanan ?UtJehovah has favored (me with a son)?Uu or ?Utmay Jehovah favor (this child)?Uu. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Si?aon, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish S?aean; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese Jo?aao; Greek Ioannes (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Si?aon rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.) It is used as a given name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. has come to be used as a surname among families from southern India. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 ************************************** Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 about Odell Jones Name: Odell Jones Date of Birth: 17 May 1944 Gender: Male Birth County: Harrison Father's name: J C Jones Mother's name: Corealue Wilcox Roll Number: 1944_0006 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Odell Jones Name: Odell Jones Death Date: 2 Jun 1999 Death County: Dallas Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. [Stafford 105 branch.FTW] Odell Gender: Masculine Usage: English Pronounced: o-DEL [key] From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "woad hil l"in Old English. A woad is a herb used for dying. Source: Behind the Name, the etymology and history of first names http://www.behindthename.com Jones English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal nameJon( e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southernce ntral England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognatea nd like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanksan d Hodges 1988). John English, Welsh, German, etc.: ultimately from the Hebrew personal namey o?hanan ?UtJehovah has favored (me with a son)?Uu or ?Utmay Jehovah favor(thi s child)?Uu. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) asJoha nnes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout theChris tian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor ofChr ist, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, aswel l as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of thenam e. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other Europeanla nguages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Si?aon, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; IrishS?ae an; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; ItalianGiova nni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese Jo?aao; Greek Ioannes(vernac ular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames bothfrom the w estern Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan.There were a n umber of different forms of the name in Middle English,including Jan(e) , a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (seeJones); and Han( n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle Englishfeminine versions o f this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these wereindistinguishable f rom masculine forms. The distinction on grounds ofgender between John a nd Joan was not firmly established in English untilthe 17th century. It w as even later that Jean and Jane were specializedas specifically femini ne names in English; bearers of these surnames andtheir derivatives are m ore likely to derive them from a male ancestorthan a female. As a surna me in the British Isles, John is particularlyfrequent in Wales, where i t is a late formation representing Welsh Si?aonrather than the older form I euan (which gave rise to the surname Evan).As an American family name t his form has absorbed various cognates fromcontinental European languag es. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)It is used as a given name a mong Christians in India, and in the U.S. hascome to be used as a surna me among families from southern India. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19- 508137-4 ************************************** Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 about Odell Jones Name: Odell Jones Date of Birth: 17 May 1944 Gender: Male Birth County: Harrison Father's name: J C Jones Mother's name: Corealue Wilcox Roll Number: 1944_0006 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Service s.Microfiche. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Odell Jones Name: Odell Jones Death Date: 2 Jun 1999 Death County: Dallas Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Depart mentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDe partment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. | Jones, Odell (I6289)
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| 926 | Of Colfax, Iowa. | Smith, Oliver (I5838)
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| 927 | Of Eugene, Oregon at time of death of Roger E. Dahl, October 4, 2001. | Snyder, Harold Allen (I5319)
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| 928 | Of Orange & Augusta County VA., Will probated 1774 in Orange County Va | Garten, Elijah (I2989)
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| 929 | OHANNES JOHN HORN113; d. Unknown113. Notes for JOHANNES JAMES HORN: From the Homepage of Gary L. Knepper: Her husband, John Horn, assisted George Adam Martin in his ministry. He acted as an agent of sorts, going ahead to arrange sites, bed and board for the revival meetings. Together they traveled much of central PA, MD and VA. Notes for JOHANNES JOHN HORN: [Privatized Descendants of Tilman Knepper 08-08-01.FTW] From Home Page of Gary Knepper: Her husband, John Horn, assisted George Adam Martin in his ministry. He acted as an agent of sorts, going ahead to arrange sites, bed and board for the revival meetings. Together they travelled much of central PA, MD and VA. | Horn, Johannes James (I5007)
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| 930 | Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Torrenee Regional Pub Co. page 279: By May 116, the settlement on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland was apparently well established, at which date an official report states that the two section s thereof-Manokin and Annemessex-numbered fifty tithable persons. . ... The following list contains the names -far discovered-of these "first settlers" (from 1661/2 to the erection of Somerset County, August 1666), classified according to the se ctions of the area in which they apparently settled. . . Annamessex: . . . John and Susan Johnson p468-9. . John Johnson, Johnson's Lott 200 A Feb 12, 1663 Residents Appearing the Provincial Court (1665-1668); Somerset Co., Maryland. http://files.usgwarchives.org/md/somerset/court/res1665-68.txt John Johnson action of debt against John Elzey estate; acts as witness; registers livestock mark Mrs Susan Johnson wife of John Johnson | Johnson, John (I633666209)
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| 931 | Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Torrenee Regional Pub Co. page 279: By May 116, the settlement on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland was apparently well established, at which date an official report states that the two section s thereof-Manokin and Annemessex-numbered fifty tithable persons. . ... The following list contains the names -far discovered-of these "first settlers" (from 1661/2 to the erection of Somerset County, August 1666), classified according to the se ctions of the area in which they apparently settled. . . Annamessex: . . . John and Susan Johnson p468-9. . John Johnson, Johnson's Lott 200 A Feb 12, 1663 Residents Appearing the Provincial Court (1665-1668); Somerset Co., Maryland. http://files.usgwarchives.org/md/somerset/court/res1665-68.txt John Johnson action of debt against John Elzey estate; acts as witness; registers livestock mark. Mrs Susan Johnson wife of John Johnson | Susan (I633666210)
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| 932 | Older sibling to Jean Blashfield Black, divorced, lives in Elkhorn, Wisconsin and has resumed maiden name of Blashfield, as of March 28, 2000. | Blashfield, Child (I5716)
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| 933 | Olive "Ollie" Elkins Smith, daughter of Hepsiliah Barrett, wed George Smith. George was the son of Henry Smith and Rebecca Burke. Henry Smith, the son of Catherine Harmison and Samuel Smith. Catherine Harmison was the sister of John Harmison who wed Esther Barrett, and the sister of Isaac Harmison who wed Esther Barrett. After Olive's death, her son, Rolland Smith, was raised by her husband's brother, Sherman Smith and Sherman's wife, Willean Harmison Smith. Willean Harmison was the daughter of Samuel Harmison, Jr. and Elizabeth Connell. Samuel Harmison, Jr. , a brother to Catherine, John and Isaac Harmison. | Elkins, Olive"Ollie" M. (I5497)
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| 934 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Snyder, Janet Evonne (I5318)
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| 935 | One of Nancy's daughters, nickname "Anna" wed William Creager. According to Nancy's obituary, her daughters' married names were: Mrs. Herman Rakenius of Chicago; Mrs. William Creager; Mrs. J. R. Chamberlain; and Mrs. Frank T. Raymond of South Bend. | Harmison, Nancy Jane (I5393)
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| 936 | One record refers to Thomas's wife as Mary. | Mary (I5083)
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| 937 | One source states that Fanny was born in Union Township, Montgomery, Ohio. | Brownell, Elizabeth Fanny (I5399)
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| 938 | PARANTS: 1870 Marshall County, Indania Census | Thomas, Lorana (I173)
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| 939 | PARENTS: CENSUS: Oct. 1850, Marshall County, IN, d. 15/1, r. 160, p. 493, Barnabas Gerard. Death recored in: Kosciusk Book 11 1908-1913 Guardians Reports Page 123 | Gerard, Margaret Elizabeth (I73)
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| 940 | PARENTS: GRANDFATHER: 9 Oct. 1826, Milly Foley widow of Balis Foley petitions the administrator of "James Foley decd." of Fauquier County, Virginia, on behalf of their children: Mariah, Hulda, Elizabeth, Bales & Pamela Foley, in order to claim " all such Sums of money as Personal Property as I'm my own right as --- Guardian of the infant children of the said Balis Foley decd. my be entitled to in Right of the Said Balis Foley decd. From the Estate of the said James Foley decd."; Gallati n County, KY, Deed Book F pg. 205. PARENTS: Gallatin County KY Deed Book F, page 205, 9 Oct. 1826: Gallatin County, KY, Will Book C, page 349, 14 Sep. 1829: Death cerificate in Kosciusko County, IN, shows parents as Benj. [Balis] & Milley Foley. DEATH: Death cerificate in Kosciusko County, IN, | Foley, Elizabeth "Betsy" (I76)
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| 941 | Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Jan Joosten VanMeteren Name: Jan Joosten VanMeteren Year: 1620-1664 Place: New Netherland Source Publication Code: 714 Primary Immigrant: VanMeteren, Jan Joosten Annotation: Contains passenger listings mentioned in Lancour, A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 (1963), nos. 72-76, 78B, 79, 81-83, 83 note, 85, 87A, 88, 89, 98(1), 100, 102(1A), 104-106, 107A, 110-111, 111 corr., 112-114. Includ es index to ship names Source Bibliography: BOYER, CARL, 3RD, editor Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey (1600-1825). Newhall, Calif.: the editor, 1978. 333p. 4th pr. 1986. Reprint. Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1992. Page: 32 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Macyken Hendrickson Name: Macyken Hendrickson Gender: female Birth Place: Hl Birth Year: 1625 Spouse Name: Jan Joosten Van Meteren Spouse Birth Place: Hl Spouse Birth Year: 1620 Marriage State: of Hl Number Pages: 1 Van Meter Heritage data Born in 1624 or 1630 in Holland, her married macyke Hendrickse in 1646 at Gelderland or at Meppelen, Dreuth, Holland. Their children were all born at Gelderland as Van Meternour ancestor was Joost Jansen, born in 1656-- he married Sara Dubois i t Kingston on 12 Dec 1682, had nine children and died at Salem County, NJ on 13 June 1706. Jan , his wife and five children arrived in the ship Fox at New Netherland on 12 April 1662. He came from Thielerwardt, a fortified town in Gelderland , Holland, and his wife from Meppelen, Peovince of Drenth, where they were married and where their children were born. The family name was derived from Mereren, a town in Holland. Upon the death of Joost Adrienceson of Bostwick, Long Island, about 1685. Jan Joosten Van Meteren was appointed administrator, tutor of decendent's choldren and arbitrator in proceedings regarding the sale of some land in Hurley, which had bee n sold to Derick Schepmoes by Adrience during his lifetime. JanJoosten VanMeteren, with his family. settled at Willtwyck during the summer of 1662, but he is not noted in the activities of the community until 7 June 1663 when the Indians raided the settlement and carried off women and children into capti vity. Amoung the prisoners were Jan's wife and two of hid children. Joost Janse beiong one of them. He is not named in Captain Krieger's journal of the rescue expedition, but it is elsewhere stated that due to his three months association wit h the Indians at the time of his captivity, Joost Janse had knowledge of their habits, trails, plans and war feuds with other tribes. and was so impressed with a desire for their adventurous life. Han Joosren's name appears on the list of inhabirants who subscribed to the Otah of Allegiance, due to a change in the sovereignty of the country, between the 21st and 26th of Oct 1664. After this date frequent notices of him occur upon the rec ords of Kingston. as a farmer, and as a man of growing importance in civil and religious matters. Joost Hanse was elected an Elder of the Church in 1667. During the trouble in Wiltwyck during that year, caused by the offensiveness of the soldiers of the English garrison, he with three other citizens acted as mediators in the dispute and wer e able to conciliate the ingabitants, thus priventing violence to lives and property. The firs instance of his purchase of land appears in a record which reads " JanJoosten had from Governor Lovelace a deed for a lot, dated 20 March 1671, in Marbletown and of 11 OCT 1671 received conformation of his 30 acre lot in Marbletown. He was selected on 6 Jan 1673 as one of the four magistrates of Hurley and Marbletown to supervise the merging of the village of Nieuw Dorp into those of Hurly and Marbletown under the English rule. Nlt withstanding the change of government Jan was continued in that civil office until the return of Dutch supremacy in 1675, when Governor Colve reappointed him to serve another term. He was name Justice of Peace for Esopus, and was present at the Court of Assizes in NY from 4 to 6 Oct 1682. Maeyken, wife of Jan Joosten, was named as a bemeficiary in the Will of Evardt Pary date 26 Mar 1685(Ulster County Probate Records). Jan Joosten VanMeteren obtained land grants in the Province of east Nj through a period extending from 1689 to the year of his death. 1706 2E. In company with his son-in-law, Jan Hamel, who had married his daughter Geertje Crom in 1682, Jan Joo sten appeared in East Jersey where they jointly bought on 18 Oct 1695 from Governor Hunlocke, the deputy Governor, of Wingerworth, Burlington County, a plantation of 500 acres on the Deleware river. Lassa Point was about 23 miles northeast of P hiladelphia. Jan Joosten next appears as an individual purchaser of certain land in Somerset County,NJ, deed passing title from Governor Andrew Hamilton and Agnes, his wife, under date of 13 Sept 1700 to Jan Joosten of Marbletown, Ny,jeoman, lying contiguou s on the South branch of the Raritan River near the present Somerville, NJ to three other parcels also granted. As a whole the plantation aggregated 1835 acres. His Will filed with inventory of his personal property in Burlington County Surrogate's Office, dated 13 June 1706, was written in Dutch. His wife was to retqain full possesion of the estate during her lifetime, then it was to be divided, sonJo ost 1/2; Joost and Gysbert to have land at Marbletown, Joost to have 1/2 and then the other 1/2 to be devided between them; Geertie to have land at Wassemaker's; children of deceased daughter Lysbeth to have their portion in money from the othe r children of Jan the testator(Ulster County Probate Record). Arrival in New Amsterdam 31 August 1662 , New Amsterdam/Ulster County, NY Little is known of the residences of the Van Meterens in Holland. One sketch has been obtained which refers to the "Huise Van Meteren" situate in the Heerlykleid Meters, in Gelsermelsen...it was a stately structure, and the home, for many year s and generations, of one of the branches of Van Metre family, and subsequently of others.This manson stood in a beautiful park of magnifient trees, some of which were of great height and dimensions. The house was rebuilt in 1768-9, but it has a t last served its day; It was sold in dec. 1906 and has since been torn down. (Chap.1 Van Matre ancestry,by Vincent M. Van Matre) Jan Joosten Van Meteren and his wife Maycke(n) Hendricks(en) arrived in New Amsterdam on the ship D'Vox(fox) August 31, 1662. The ships log decribes him as "Jan Joosten, from Tielderweert, wife and five children, 15,12,9,6,1-1/2 years old." Maycken married Jan Joosten ca. 1659. She sailed with her 4 children and Jan Joosten son Joost Jansen Van Meteren only 1-1/2 years old to the New World. They arrived in Amsterdam then settled in Ulster county New York November 1664. Kingston, Ul ster county where they were admitted to the Wiltwyck (Kingston) Dutch Church. Kingston is about 75 miles from New York city, on the west side of the Hudson River and was named ESOPUS until about 1661 when governor Peter Stuyvesant changed the name to Wiltwyck, from the Dutch words"wilt" meaning wild and "wyck" meaning a w ild retreat or refuge. The English took over New Netherland(New York state) from the dutch in 1664 and in 1669, English names were given to Ulster county villages-two new villages, Hurley and Marbleton were named and Kingston was the name offici ally given to the one formerly called Esopus or Wiltwyck. On June 7, 1663 a large number of indians of the Esopus tribe began entering Wiltwyck, set fire to the buildings and took women and children prisoners. Twelve men, four women and two children were killed, with ten women and children taken prison ers. Among those captured were the wife and three children of Louis DuBois. Other records show Maycken (wife of Jan Joost) and two of thier children were taken captive. The prisoners were rescued by a militay force authorized by governor Stuyves ant. (BIO 72,pg50-58) In 1996, the DuBois Family Association in New Paltz received a letter from an L.R. Russell who stated that through his reserch he had located the Indian Fort where the DuBois family had been held hostage. This information was taken from Van Matre Family by Vincent M. Van Matre 8 April 1912 - 13 Oct 2008 Dutch settlements in America 1624 , Hudson river This was taken from Steven Butlers website on the Van Meter Family. Even our French ancestors were a part of this early colonization effort, living among the Dutch both in Europe and America. You may recall from your history lessons in high school or college that in 1609, on behalf of his employers, the Duth tndia Company, an English explorer named Henry Hudson went looking for a "Northwest Passage" across North America. It was hoped that such a waterway, if it existed, would allow easier access to the Orient. Instead, Hudson discovered the rive r that has borne his name ever since. Aboard his tiny ship, the Half Moon, he sailed up the river until it narrowed into a creek, making it abundantly clear that this was no route to the Far East. In 1624, as a follow-up to Hudson's earlier discovery, the newly-formed Dutch West India Company established three settlements in North America: One at Fort Orange (where Albany now stands), on the Hudson River; and two sites on the Connecticu t and Delaware rivers. The next year, they brought slaves from Africa, to sell to the colonists who lived in what was then called New Netherlands. The year after that, for 60 guilders worth of trinkets (about $24), Manhattan Island was purchase d from a group of Indians who actually had no right to sell it. A settlement called New Amsterdam was afterward established at the southern tip of the island. The first governor of New Netherlands was Peter Minuit, who administered the colony du ring its first six years. The settlement's most famous governor, however, was the peg-legged Peter Stuyvesant, a strict member of the Dutch Reform Church who ruled from 1647 to 1664 with an iron hand and displayed very little tolerance of the co lony's diverse religious groups, particularly the Jews. This did not stop them from coming however and one group that seems to have thrived in New Netherlands were the French Huguenots (Protestants) or Walloons, some of whom had earlier fled t o Holland to escape religious persecution in their homeland. Some of our ancestors, as it turns out, were among them. Up the Hudson Jan Joosten Van Meteren Arrival 1662 Taken from Steven Butlers Website on "The Van Meter Family" Ms. Rogers tells us that the Van Meteren family arrived at New Amsterdam (later re-named New York) on either April 12 or September 12, 1662, aboard the ship Vos (Dutch for "Fox"). Except for the date of arrival, which is given as August 31, 1662 , a book of ships' passenger lists for this period confirms most of this information. We also learn that the captain of D'Vos (its correct name) was Jacob Jansz H?aeuys and that in addition to the Van Meteren family, there were at least forty-eigh t other people on board what was surely, by today's standards, a tiny vessel. Most were adults and all were either from France, the Netherlands, or parts of what is now Germany. In addition to the Van Meterens, there were only five other familie s, one of which lacked a father. Including the Van Meteren children, there were seventeen young people aboard under the age of eighteen. At least two of the men were farm-hands. There was also a mason, two carpenters, and a baker. Unfortunately , only a few of the passenger's occupations were revealed and Jan Joosten Van Meteren was not one of these. When the family of Jan Joosten Van Meteren (the "en" was later dropped from the surname) arrived in 1662, New Netherlands boasted a population of nearly ten thousand people, fifteen hundred of whom lived in New Amsterdam. Instead of settling in New Amsterdam, the Van Meteren family continued up the Hudson River, where they took up residence in or near the village of Wildwyck. Thanks to early court records, we know that they and their belongings were carried up th e Hudson River in a yacht belonging to the Governor-General, Petrus or Pieter Stuyvesant (who later successfully sued Jan Joosten for non-payment of his family's fare). This place is now the town of Kingston, in Ulster County, New York. Abou t a mile from Wildwyck, there was a second town, then called Nieuw Dorp, later Hurley. These settlements, both of which were protected by tall, wooden palisades or stockades were on the very edge of the Catskill Mountains, in what was then a hea vily-wooded wilderness inhabited only by wild animals and tribes of Native Americans, many of whom were hostile. Several Huguenot (French Protestant) or Walloon families also lived in the area. Among them were the family of Louis and Catherine D u Bois, who had a young daughter named Sarah. I am descended from this family as well. One modern-day writer, describing the citizens of Wildyck in the town's earliest days of settlement, has left us with a not very flattering view of the way our Dutch ancestors lived: Most of them could neither read nor write. They were a wild, uncouth, rough, and most of the time, a drunken crowd. They lived in small log huts, thatched with straw. They wore rough clothes, and in the winter dressed in skins. They were a, God, nor the Devil. They were laying deep the foundation of the Empire State. Another writer had this to say about the Dutch women: The costume of the wife of a typical settler usually consisted of a single garment, reaching from neck to ankles. In the summer time she went bareheaded and barefooted. She was rough, coarse, ignorant, uncultivated. She helped her husband tg, to plant his grain, and to gather his crops. If the Indians appeared in her husband's absence, she grasped the rifle, gathered her children about her, and with a dauntless courage defended them even unto death. This may not be a roman tic presentation of the forefathers and foremothers of the State, but it bears the mark of truth and shows us a stalwart race strong to hold their own in the struggle for existence and the establishment of a permanent community. Whether the Van Meteren family were like those Dutch settler described in the preceding paragraphs is left for us to guess. We do know that Jan Joosten was not illiterate. (Court records show that he purchased some books from the estate of a dec eased neighbor.) We also know that he and his family had only a few months to become accustomed to their new surroundings when a terrible thing happened. In her article, Ms. Rogers describes it: [On] the 7th of June 1663, ?the Minnisink Indians made an attack on the village [of Wildwyck] and its vicinity raiding and burning the settlement of Hurley and Kingston and carrying away women and children in captivity. Among the latter weddren, Jooste Jans being one of them as well as Catherine du Bois, the wife of Louis du Bois, and their daughter Sarah; whom Jooste Jans Van Meteren later married. These were taken to the fastnesses of the Catskill Mountains and remaine d in captivity for months, but were rescued on the eve of torture by du Bois and Captain Martin Kreiger's company of Manhattan soldiers; the trainband finally rounded up the Indians and defeated them on September 3, 1663. In connection with thi s tragic experience the following statement is quoted: "About ten weeks after the capture of the women and children, the Indians decided to celebrate their own escape from pursuit by burning some of their victims and the ones selected were Cathe rine du Bois, and her baby Sara. A cubical pile of logs was arranged and the mother and child placed thereon; when the Indians were about to apply the torch, Catherine began to sing the 137th Psalm as a death chant. The Indians withheld the fir e and gave her respite while they listened; when she had finished they demanded more, and before she had finished the last one her husband and the Dutch soldiers from New Amsterdam arrived and surrounded the savages, killed and captured some, an d otherwise inflicted terrible punishment upon them, and released the prisoners." The psalm that Catherine Du Bois allegedly sang as the Indians prepared to burn her and her child to death goes like this, in part: By the rivers of Babylon, there we captives sat down, yes, we wept when we earnestly remembered Zion the city of our God imprinted on our hearts. On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon we hung our harps. For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying: Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? I shudder to think how close Catherine came to being killed on that hot summer day more than three hundred years ago. If she had, of course, none of us would be here today to read this story and to remember her. Two things should be pointed out regarding the above story. First, Sarah Du Bois was not among the captives. She was not born until the following year (1664). An official account of the event shows that Catharine Du Bois was abducted with her tw o youngest sons only. Also, we cannot be sure about the accuracy of the story regarding Catherine's singing. There is probably some truth to it but in all likelihood, it is one of those stories that grow embellished with each telling. Another ve rsion of the story has all the captives singing the psalm, not just Catherine. On September 8, 1664, four English warships belonging to James, the Duke of York, brother of the recently-restored King Charles II of England, sailed into the harbor of New Amsterdam and took the city without firing a shot. By September 25, th e English reached the Esopus and a small contingent of soldiers were left there to guard the settlers against Indian attacks. Thus our Dutch and French Huguenot ancestors suddenly found themselves under English rule. Apparently, the change of go vernments had little effect on their daily lives. The Dutch and French people of the Hudson River Valley were left, more or less, to follow the same customs and traditions that they always had followed. The only noteworthy changes made by the En glish were to rename the colony "New York" and to require its adult male inhabitants to pledge their fealty to the new rulers. Wildwyck was eventually re-named Kingston. Although there seems to have been little or no resistance to the new rulers , the people of Wildwyck/Kingston did not always get along very well with the English soldiers who garrisoned their town. In February 1667 there was a brief "mutiny" against the English troops at Wildwyck/Kingston but fortunately, cooler heads p revailed and the incident was soon forgotten. In October 1664, Jan Joosten Van Meteren was one of the inhabitants of Ulster County who signed an oath of allegiance to the English crown. From this time forward, he appears to have done well for himself and his family, becoming a landowner an d a man of standing in his community. In 1666, he was elected a schepen, or commissary, of the local magistrate's court, Wildwyck's one and only local governing body. On September 18, 1669, at a special court held in the Esopus "by vertue of a Commission from his Honor the Governour to Regulate the Affayres of that Village and the Villages adjacent," Jan Joosten petitioned "about the exchange of a Lott" but " it lyeing not properly before" the court, "it was thrown out." A few days later, however, he was granted one of three lots that were "vacant by the death of the persons to whom they were promised." Jan Joosten, along with other residents of Hurl ey, later "remitted" some of their land (Jan Joosten gave up 8 acres), to "the Inhabitants of Marbletown, there being not land enough to?satisfy them according to the Grants given them by the Authority of the Governour." On "Easter Eve," 1669, "John Joeston" of Marbletown, "Husbandman" (i.e, farmer) received the following land grant: Whereas John Joeston of Marbletown Husbandman hath putt in his Clayme or Pretence to two parcells of Land containing fourty foure Acres and 150 Rod, by vertue of a Bill of Sale formerly granted to him from Thom. Hall and Nicholas Valett det could not be produc'd by reason 'twas then (as hee alledged) in the Office of Records at New Yorke; The Commissioners have therefore upon serious and mature deliberation thought fitt to lay out the quantity of Land aforesaid upon the se cond great piece adjoyning to the Bounds of Hurley. In 1670, Jan Joosten (and possibly also his son Jooste Jans) served as one of eight ordinary militiaman from Marbletown, in the company commanded by Captain Henry Pawling. On April 5th, they, along with soldiers from Hurley (including Jan Jooste n's brother-in-law, Anthony Crispel) were ordered to rendezvous at Marbleton, for the purpose of having "all the Lawes relateing to Military Affaires?read before them." Afterward, they "Marched?with Flying Colours to the Towne of Hurley, and the re?[were] dismissed." On April 8th of that same year, it was ordered by commissioners appointed by the royal governor "that Jon Joesten and his Son shall be recommended to the Governour for the Grant of 2 Lotts of Land lyeing upon the 3rd great styck - No. 23. 24." On March 30, 1671 Jan Joosten purchased 30 acres of land (one lot) in Marbletown, receiving a deed from Governor Lovelace. On October 11th of that same year, he received a deed of confirmation from the Governor, for either the same lot or an add itional lot. Two years later, on October 6, 1673, Jan Joosten was elected one of four magistrates from Hurley and Marbletown. His father-in-law, Louis Du Bois, or his brother-in-law Louis Jr., was also selected for one of these posts. Their job was "to super vise the merging of the village of Nieu-Drop into those of Hurley and Marbletown." The other magistrates, Ms. Rogers tells us, were Jan Broerson, our French Huguenot ancestor Louis Du Bois, and Roelof Hendricksen. She also reports that "notwiths tanding the change of government, Jan was continued in that civil office until the return of Dutch supremacy, in 1675, when Governor Colve reappointed him to serve for another term." He was afterward appointed a justice-of-the-peace for Esopus a nd in early October 1682 "was present at the Court of Azzizes in New York." Eventually, the English regained their hold on the Dutch settlements in America. When that happened, Rogers writes, "the inhabitants were again required to swear allegiance to their new overlords, so it is recorded that Jan Joosten once more per formed this act of fealty 1st September 1689." Rogers tells us that by the time the English returned to power, Jan Joosten Van Meteren had increased his land holdings in Ulster County, "the Wassamaker's land, for instance, and possibly other parcels," and at this point embarked upon a phas e in his life whereby he became "a patroon, or landed proprietor" in what is now the state of New Jersey. In 1695, Jan Joosten Van Meteren, together with his son-in-law Jan Hamel (who had married Jan's daughter Geertje), purchased 500 acres of land in Somerset County, New Jersey. It was located at Lassa Point on the Delaware River, opposite the tow n of Burlington. Five years later, on his own, Jans Joosten Van Meteren obtained four parcels of land in Somerset County from Governor Andrew Hamilton, whom he personally visited on September 13, 1700 at Perth (present-day Piscataway) to receiv e his grant. This property was located "on the South Branch of the Raritan River." In all, his plantation totaled 1,835 acres. In her article, Ms. Rogers tells us that it "consisted of broad and fertile meadows on the Raritan; and the locality w as already partially seated by groups of Dutch and Scotch people from the Kill-Van-Kull and Perth, with a few French from Staten Island, who had come into this region about fifteen or twenty years before." It appears, she concludes, that these w ere "the extent of his purchases." The first will of Jans Jooste Van Meteren, dated December 16, 1681, named his wife Macyke as his primary heir, with their property, following her decease, to go to their children. Jooste Jans, being the eldest son, was to have the largest shar e of his parent's estate, including three-fourths of the land at Marbletown, New York. Gysbert would have the remaining one-quarter. Daughter Geertje was to have the property at Wassamker's land. The children of Lysbeth, who was already dead b y this time, were to receive gifts of money. For some unknown reason, daughter Cathrin is not mentioned at all. Ms. Rogers speculates it was because she was married and had already "received her portion and so disappears from consideration in th e distribution of his property." An inventory of the estate of Jan Joosten Van Meteren, dated June 13, 1706, can be found in the archives of the State of New Jersey. It tells us only that when he died he had a little more than ?U1235 worth of personal property, including six Negr o slaves - a man, a woman, and four children, all worth ?U1145. | Van Meteren, Jan Joosten (I3023)
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| 942 | Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Johann Georg Dormeyer Name: Johann Georg Dormeyer Year: 1752 Place: Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 1031.10 Primary Immigrant: Dormeyer, Johann Georg Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, village of origin, and reference to original record may also be provided. Spouse and children, mentioned prior to emigration, were assumed by indexers to have accompanied emigrant. Much genealo gical data is also pro Source Bibliography: BURGERT, ANNETTE K. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992. 690p. Page: 119 | Dormeyer\Dunmire, Daniel (I405)
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| 943 | Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Elizabeth Chiles Name: Elizabeth Chiles Year: 1638 Place: Virginia Family Members: Wife Elizabeth; Son William; Son Walter Source Publication Code: 6220 Primary Immigrant: Chiles, Walter Annotation: Record of 20,000 very early immigrants, with much relevant information. Taken from Patent Books 1 through 5. Title page states, "In 5 volumes," but up to 1979 only three had appeared. See nos. 6221 and 6223 for second and third volumes, published in 1977 Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Dietz Printing Co., 1934. 767p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983. Page: 103 Source Citation: Place: Virginia; Year: 1638; Page Number: 103. Source Information: Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010. | Elizabeth (I8205)
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| 944 | Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 about Peter Knepper Name: Peter Knepper Event: Baptism Relation: Sponsor Location: Berks Co., PA Remark: Nov 1, Church: Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church Record ID: 291024 Information from William Terrill (www.billterrill.com) | Knepper, Hans Peter (I4983)
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| 945 | Perry Stocker, according to family stories, died of an illness--perhaps Pneumonia while serving in the military. 1900 Census--Kosciuscko County, Turkey Creek Twp. IN Perry Stocker Northern Indianian Jan. 8, 1903 DEATH: Perry Stocker was born in Noble County February 18, 1869 and died December 26, 1902, age 33 years, ten months and eight days. He was married to Rose B. Dorsey March 18, 1893. To this union were born two daughters who survive with the wife. The funeral was held at Oak Grove chapel with burial in the cemetery nearby. | Stocker, Perry William (I1066)
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| 946 | Peter Lester was born in Leicestershire, ENG EST 1660. Peter died ABT 1742. He married twice. He married Mary Duncalf aft Aug 6. 1685 in Chester County, PA, USA.(918) (Mary Duncalf is #1020.) Mary was born. Mary(919) was the daughter of Thomas Duncalf and Margaret Taylor. Mary died before 1740. She became engaged to Pet er Lester August 6, 1685. He married Sarah Scott 1740 in Abington MM, PA. Peter immigrated to Chester County, or Philadelphia, PA 1682. He became engaged to Mary Duncalf August 6, 1685. "Peter Lester, the founder of the family of that name in Pennsylvania and a pioneer of the Richland Settlement, came to Pennsylvani a about 1682 with William Penn's group from Leichestershire, England. He was first given 1 square lot of land on Market St. by William Penn in Philadelphia. He sold this for 30 pounds. He was a member of the Society of Friends and declared intentions of marriage at Chester Monthly Meeting with Mary Duncoff, 6 mo. 6, 1685. He was accompanied to this country by at a probable brother, as the will of George Lester, probated at Phi ladelphia Dec. 14, 1695, mentions him as a kinsman and makes him executor." A William Lester who dies in 1691 lists Peter as a cousin and George as a Kinsman. He purchased 316 acres of land in 1699 in the Manor of Moreland, Philadelphia (now Montgomery County) where he lived until 1712. He sold his land and then moved his family to the Great Swamp on a 600 acre farm in Richland, purchasing that land o n June 24, 1712. He and his family were amongst the first to settle in Richland County, PA. His own property was called, "Friends in the Swamp," later being named Richland. Monthly Meetings where they participated included Abington and Gwynedd . Abington was a distance from where they lived in Richland, so when Gwynedd was finally formed in 1716, they received certificates of removal to join the new closer meeting at that time. Soon after this meeting was formed several other familie s moved to the area, including two son-in-laws that bought property next to his, Abraham Griffith and John Ball. His wife died by 1739. He married again in the Gwyned Monthly Meeting to Sarah Scott. He probably died about 1742, although no deat h records were preserved for that area at that time. The name Lester is a phonetic spelling of Leicester where the family is from in England. Another possible relative/brother to this Peter is Thomas. He came to America in 1689. He returned three years later to Scotland, married, had 16 childe eeturned to Pennsylvania with several of these children. They lived in PA, NC, and possibly Virginia. | Lester, Peter (I2805)
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| 947 | Photo of grave at this website.... Willis Paul Chiles Birth: Feb. 18, 1839 Giles County Tennessee, USA Death: Dec. 6, 1861 Giles County Tennessee, USA C.S.A. Giles Co. Widow's Pension #W491 filed for by Mary W. Chiles. Ref: Tn. State Library & Archives. Son of Paul Chiles Jr. and Sarah Collins Chiles Perry, Willis married Mary W. Glenn on 04 Nov 1857 in Lincoln County. He came home sick from the war with camp fever and died, leaving a widow and child. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace. Special thanks to Mary Bob McClain for her volunteer work with this family and many others. Family links: Parents: Paul Chiles (1814 - 1861) Sarah Collins Perry (1821 - 1891) Burial: Diana Cemetery Diana Giles County Tennessee, USA Maintained by: Gloria Tune Originally Created by: Mary Bob McClain Record added: May 29, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 52972661 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Chiles&GSiman=1& GScid=2186533&GRid=52972661& === GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS, THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1861; 1872-1873 By Jonathan Kenn on Thompson Smith Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1997 JULY-DECEMBER 1861 ( Page 15) December 26, 1961 PAUL CHILES, JR., born March 27, 1811; died Oct. 2 3, 1861; he and wife joined MECS Sept. 26, 1855; contracted disease while waiting on son, THOMAS H. CHILES, volunteer in Capt. Walker's company, and stayed with him until he died; brought son home for burial and he also soon died of camp fever. His son, WILLIS CHILES, of Capt. Worley's company, came home sick with camp fever and died December 6, 1861, leaving a widow and child. Source: www .tngenweb.org/records/davidson/nca/nca3-04.htm ===== Tennessee, Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index about Willis Paul Chiles Name: Willis Paul Chiles Soldier Name: Willis Paul Chiles State Served: TN Application Type: Widow Application Numbers: W491 Application Location: Giles, TN Note: The name Chiles, Willis Paul appears on a Tennesse Confederate Application Info: A photocopy of this pension application may be obtained from the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Please contact the Tennessee State Library and Archives for pricing and availability at the following address: Tennessee State Library and Archives, R Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Tennessee State Library and Archives, comp.. Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications. Nashville, TN, USA: 1964 (revised 1994). | Chiles, Willis Paul (I6367)
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| 948 | Photo of tombstone at this site "Lucinda Chiles" Birth: Feb. 27, 1788 Death: Nov. 9, 1866 "consort of Paul Chiles." Burial: Diana Cemetery Diana Giles County Tennessee, USA Created by: Mary Bob McClain Record added: Jun 06, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 53318846 www.findagrave.com | Kersey, Lucinda (I6361)
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| 949 | PLACE OF BIRTH: see Amos Alexander, Ohio County, KY tax list of 1806, microfilm box #311, from Allen County Library, Fort Wayne IN. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1850 United States Federal Census about Henry Alexander Name: Henry Alexander Age: 45 Estimated birth year: abt 1805 Birth Place: Kentucky Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Union, Miami, Ohio Family Number: 2283 Household Members: Name Age Henry Alexander 45 Mary Alexander 48 Nancy Alexander 17 Isaac Alexander 14 Oliver Alexander 12 Henry W Alexander 10 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, Miami, Ohio; Roll M432_711; Page: 162A; Image: 566. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1860 United States Federal Census about Henry Alexander Name: Henry Alexander Age in 1860: 53 Birth Year: abt 1807 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1860: Oregon, Starke, Indiana Gender: Male Post Office: Grovertown Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Henry Alexander 53 Mary Alexander 58 Oliver F Alexander 21 Nancy Wilkinson 16 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Oregon, Starke, Indiana; Roll M653_297; Page: 402; Image: 402; Family History Library Film: 803297. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1870 United States Federal Census about Mary Alexander Name: Mary Alexander Birth Year: abt 1801 Age in 1870: 69 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1870: Oregon, Starke, Indiana Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: View image Post Office: San Pierre Household Members: Name Age Henry Alexander 63 Mary Alexander 69 Minerva Thomas 18 Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Oregon, Starke, Indiana; Roll M593_359; Page: 36A; Image: 75; Family History Library Film: 545858. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Henry Alexander Birth: ?tab?Nov. 10, 1806 Death: ?tab?Mar. 24, 1875 Walkerton , St. Joseph County, Indiana, buied at Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, Indiana http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSfn=henry&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=17&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=140088834&df=all& | Alexander, Henry (I180)
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| 950 | Portrait and Biographical Records of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1894. From the biography of Amos A. Hall "James Hall, the great-great-grandfather of the gentleman of whom we write, was born only four miles from London" | Hall, James (I4167)
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