tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300379742024-02-08T01:11:59.299+01:00Shaking the TreeAdventures in genealogyChristina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-81389849025445148532011-07-18T10:32:00.003+02:002011-07-18T10:37:22.572+02:00McGimpsey Family Historical BackgroundA while back I was contacted by a distant cousin David McGimpsey from the NewTonards, Ireland area. He was kind of enough to put together this information on the McGimpsey family:<br /><br />The McGimpseys are a small family group or ‘Sept’, which broke away from the O’Dhiomasiagh Clan, now called O’Dempsey or Dempsey, who still live in Southern Ireland. We were too proud to sign the Treaty offered to us by the English and as a result we were forced to seek refuge in Ulster and then on to Scotland where we finally settled in the rural area around Kirkcudbright as tenants of Lord Kirkcudbright and Clan McLellan in the Scottish Borders.<br /><br />At that time Scotland was constantly at war with England and there was always a shortage of fighting men in the border areas, so much so that it is interesting to note that at one stage in 1616, there is a record of only one McGimpsey man having children in Scotland and it could very well be that this man was the only young McGimpsey man left, and that we all are descended from him. However we will never know for sure but at that time the family was as small as that.<br /><br />Lord Kirkcudbright was a very rich and powerful land owner with extensive land interests in both Scotland and Ireland and he had two regiments of fighting men, the Galloway Regiment and the Kirkcudbright Regiment, mostly made up from his tenant farmers and their families.<br /><br />During the English Civil War both regiments were sent down into England to fight on the side of Oliver Cromwell. They performed with distinction and returned to Scotland in good order.Soon after that for some reason Lord Kircudbright fell out with Oliver Cromwell who was in Ireland at the time and he sent his two regiments over to Ulster, presumably to protect his land interests there. They were ambushed by Oliver Cromwell’s forces at the battle of Lisnagarvey and cut to pieces. The remaining few men limped back to Scotland, but the result of the whole thing was that there was now not enough men left to work the land.<br /><br />Land prices slumped, two Villages had to be abandoned because there were no men and Lord Kircudbright lost his fortune and most of his land. Indeed his ancestors ended up having to make their living from running a Pub in the grounds of the Castle that they used to live in and his Title went out of existence.<br /><br />Being tenants of Lord Kirkcudbright, the McGimpseys would have been badly affected by all these events and we can only assume that the eight men who fought in the Seige of Derry were in Ulster to look after the remains of Lord Kirkcudbright’s land interests there when the Seige took place.<br /><br />You can see that these eight men, who fought in the siege of Derry in 1688, would all have been close relatives and were referred to ‘as brothers’.<br /><br />When the seven remaining men settled in the rural area around Newtownards they settled mainly in Drumawhy, Loughriscouse, and Ballyhay.<br /><br />One man, probably my (David's) relative went back to Scotland, most likely on the death of his parents, to take over a farm or settle up his affairs. There is evidence of this man’s family in Scotland for a long period before some of them appear to have gone to America around 1770, and the rest came back to Ulster and settled in Antrim, at the Village of Connor near Ballymena.<br /><br />My Great Grandfather, David McGimpsey, was born in Antrim in 1812, but travelled back to Newtownards as a young man, to be with the other McGimpseys there. He married Mary McAuley in Ballyblack Presbyterian Church on 26th August 1837, and they farmed a small farm of 15 acres in Loughriscouse. They later increased the size of their farm to 34 acres. William Martin McGimpsey and his wife Margaret (Martin) were their next door neighbours. William Martin McGimpsey (known as the Blackbird) had a son called Martin McGimpsey who fell in love with and married my Great Grandfathers daughter Ellen and they had a number of children.<br /><br />The townlands of Drumawhy and Loughriscouse adjoin each other, but the townland of Ballyhay is about a mile away on the way to Donaghadee, so over the intervening years the family groups in the different townlands developed separately but still felt very much kin to each other.<br /><br />The social structure at the time in the farming community was such that these small farms should not be broken up or sold and that the land had to be held on to.If a farmer had say seven children, the farm would be left in his will to his oldest son. He would endeavour to make enough money in his life time to buy his second son a farm as well and if he had enough money left he would ensure that his youngest son got a good education so that he could be a benefit to the family. If his daughters did not get married, they would help around the farm and he would ensure that they had a room of their own to sleep in and food to eat, and coal for their fire, for the rest of their lives. If there were any other sons they could be Blacksmiths, or just farm labourers with very little prospects except to work on the farm or to go to America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, to seek their fortune, as many of them did.<br /><br />Your relative Henry James would not be a brother of John McGimpsey who lived in Coal Valley but they would certainly have been related and may have been something like second cousins or something like that as John McGimpsey’s father was a McGimpsey from Drumawhy, and his mother was a McGimpsey from Ballyhay.The last person to be born at the farm in Ballyhay was Pipe Major John McGimpsey Johnston. He died just after Christmas last year.<br /><br />Wow--what a facinating look into our McGimpsey history that we in America wouldn't have the slightest notion about! Thank you so much David for putting the story together and sending it to us.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-9018640446417236932011-07-18T09:41:00.003+02:002011-07-18T19:46:09.496+02:00Jane Campbell, wife of Robert McNeal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UFU28VysoURGqcYrbIW5vnuDAs2WTNUI3ZC1DKAC227UoGxXZxJb22WUrKdgEC4GeXk9TaDrXZkRw_CttpjgtyLnL9urMCFBOZJfmWgrpCXsVVQxJ3IhCUyQ2xGhYv4JLFlwLg/s1600/07-18-2011+10%253B41%253B52AM.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630749917584115058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UFU28VysoURGqcYrbIW5vnuDAs2WTNUI3ZC1DKAC227UoGxXZxJb22WUrKdgEC4GeXk9TaDrXZkRw_CttpjgtyLnL9urMCFBOZJfmWgrpCXsVVQxJ3IhCUyQ2xGhYv4JLFlwLg/s320/07-18-2011+10%253B41%253B52AM.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>I held up my Supplementary Application on Robert McNeal for over a year trying to identify his wife, then I leave the info off the app.<br /><br />I had decided to research Jane McNeal one last time…I had followed the trail of “Jane/Jean Baker McNeal on the internet websites and knew that she may have been married to Robert McNeal, just not my line of Robert McNeal (the Revolutionary patriot buried at Mt Pleasant).<br /><br />I had found a notation on one of the old DAR applications that referenced Central Presbyterian Church. This Church just recently celebrated it’s 200th anniversary. It’s website stated that it had records 1795-1820s…that looked very promising.<br /><br />After corresponding with the pastor and one of the church historians several times, I learned they didn’t have anything on the McNeals or Flemings, but I was directed to the online records of Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo. Molly/Polly McNeal married Isaac Hall and stayed in the Geneseo area. There are a number of cemetery records for her side of the family. That was a small success, but not what I was looking for.<br /><br />Our DAR registrar was getting ready to make her annual trek to Salt Lake City and asked if she could look up anything for me. I asked for the actual will of Andrew Campbell. The Abstract only had names listed. Ye gads, all I can say is the Abstract was very poorly transcribed from the grandfather’s will.<br /><br />The will names Daniel McNeal as Jane Campbell’s father!!<br /><br /><br />So we just acquired the line of Campbell:<br />Andrew Campbell (the grandfather)<br />Jane Campbell m. George Hall Apr 1757 Lancaster PA<br />Andrew Campbell<br />Archibald Campbell<br />Margaret Campbell m unknown Boyd<br />John Campbell<br />Sarah Campbell<br />Daniel Campbell (died bef 1752)—daughter Jane Campbell m Robert McNeal</div>CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-37881997839299080732011-07-18T08:49:00.006+02:002011-07-18T09:06:19.030+02:00Jesse Gum Jenkins and Susan Margaret Flesher<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg4OO4xBtzHUOd9w3N0yqVSlDyB17k4v0SzD9Lss8UtUYUOrbqZ7ITHvoiV9lIZJY1tBiUTWWwahCi_sVAe6JkqXd5FF4_fRUzcNOQNWW9BI-QxXN9a5hUkbD3zgzlORonbcfvg/s1600/Ginkens+Jesse+Gum-susan+Flecher+Ginkens.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg4OO4xBtzHUOd9w3N0yqVSlDyB17k4v0SzD9Lss8UtUYUOrbqZ7ITHvoiV9lIZJY1tBiUTWWwahCi_sVAe6JkqXd5FF4_fRUzcNOQNWW9BI-QxXN9a5hUkbD3zgzlORonbcfvg/s320/Ginkens+Jesse+Gum-susan+Flecher+Ginkens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630585010051005266" /></a><br />I don't remember how I came to acquire this photo of Jesse Gum Jenkins and Susan Margaret Flesher, but I decided to post it since I've been trying so hard to find his parents. I actually have three new ideas that I'm running down, all look plausible---just have to see if any pans out.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-90395343981900503812011-06-30T18:11:00.003+02:002011-06-30T19:01:05.136+02:00Alice Watson Marries John YoungAfter doing a lot of reading on the Watson, Walton, Livezey, Roberts families in and around the locations where our Watson line lived (again the main purpose was to identify Rebecca's father), I realize not all of the Watson's continued to follow the Friends (those are the lines that are easier to document). I still don't have all of Isaac's siblings' families, but I was able to link Alice to a very influencial Methodist Minister and Elder, John M. Young.<br /><br />Rootsweb, Ancestry.com didn't have a "tree" linking Alice up to father William Watson, and there were no posted "trees" identifying Alice Watson Young to our line--there is now.<br /><br />From the Lycoming Gazette 25 Mar 1829<br />John Young to Miss Alice Watson of Muncy Creek Twp. on Thursday last by Rev. John Thomas (the Methodist minister who marries brother Isaac W. Watson/Rebecca Roberts and logically Rebecca's sister Eliza Roberts/Frederic Boone.)<br />(Lycoming Gazette 10 May 1826-10 May 1936, on line, contributed by Paula Radwanski)<br /><br />John marries Alice when she is eighteen years of age and the following year they move to Ohio, and from Ohio to Page County, Iowa (1859)--the 1850 Census shows them in Wayne Indiana. The 1860 Census has the residence as Nebraska City. In 1863 they settle near Salt Creek--the future Lincoln, Nebraska. (The original intention of Lincoln was for the establishment of a church colony). John is considered a founder of Lincoln, Nebraska.<br /><br />John became a Methodist minister in 1829--that would be about the same time as his marriage to Alice. He was President of the Ohio Methodist Annual Conference for several years and President of the Nebraska and Iowa Conferences for about 20 years.<br /><br />The various Census' identifies children as John, Hannah, George, Isaac, James, Lemuel, Levi, and William.<br /><br />For more information check out the History of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska, A.B. Hayes and Sam D. Cox, 1889, p.74, 75--the book is online through Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-85275793568804866022011-06-30T09:59:00.001+02:002011-06-30T18:11:32.621+02:00George Roberts, father of Rebecca RobertsGeorge Roberts appears to be the father of our Rebecca Roberts (1810-1859. The 1810 and 1820 census shows George Roberts in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania and the 1830 Fairfield Twp., Lycoming census shows Isaac W. Watson (and Rebecca) living near him, Peter Roberts and George A. Roberts.<br /><br />There are tons of Roberts in the area, but very few Roberts lines have a George Roberts...I'm sorting through all the books eliminating family lines....but it looks like our George Roberts would be the one mentioned in the Lycoming County book. <br /><br />John Else works for George Roberts. John Else marries a Mary Ann Roberts. It would be a logical conclusion that Mary Ann Roberts would be the landowner’s daughter. These are first settlers of the area. <br /><br />The Lycoming Gazette references a 25 Jan 1832 marriage of Eliza Roberts, daughter of George Roberts of Fairfield Township to Frederic Boone of Mifflin Twp, by Rev. Thomas---Rev. John Thomas (a methodist minister) also married Isaac W. Watson and Rebecca Watson. The History of Lycoming County book by Meginness states George Roberts as a trustee for the early Methodist church. <br /><br />George Roberts<br /> Rebecca Roberts (1810-1859) m 1829 Isaac W. Watson by Rev. John Thomas<br /> George A. Roberts (abt.1805)<br /> Peter Roberts<br /> Mary Ann Roberts<br /> Eliza Roberts m 1832 Frederic Boone by Rev. Thomas<br /><br />It's apparent as you read the next story on Isaac's sister Alice, that the connection is even stronger…CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-55811629569620593842010-09-07T08:13:00.003+02:002010-09-09T21:12:31.499+02:00William Watson (born 1769) Death NoticeFrom the Friends' Intelligener: Philadelphia, First Month 21, 1860:<br />Died, At Millville, Columbia Co., PA., on the 25th of 7 mo., 1859, William Watson, aged a little over 90 years. He was the son of Amos and Phebe Watson of Falls Twp, Bucks County, and removed from That place to Muncy, while a young man, near the close of the century. He reside there till 1841, when he reitired from his farm and with his famly removed to Fishing Creek, where he spent the rest of his life. He was an active member of the Society of Friends, and for many years an elder therein. He posessed a robust constitution and was a very industrious and worthy citizen. The many deeds of charity he rendered were a real test of his Christaian benevolence, and as a parent, neighbor, and friend, he was well known for many excellent traits, and especially for his decision of charater. For the last year or more his powers of body and mind gradually declined, and being full of years, he at last sunk quietly to his peaceful rest, having survived his wife about nine years.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-39497850825349053572010-09-05T07:11:00.006+02:002010-09-09T21:13:03.368+02:00Marriage date (and source) of William Watson (1769-1859) and Hannah WaltonOne of the first marriages in Penn's Dale (this is the Quaker Meeting House in Muncy or Muncy Creek, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania) was the marriage of William Watson to Hanna Walton, in 1800. Job McCarty and Jane Walton in 1808; Jacob Haines and Rachel Ellis in 1815; John Warners and Louis Atkinson in 1821; Henry Encroyd and Catharine Whitacre, in 1823.<br /><br />The Friends' Meeting House at Penn's Dale was founded in 1799.<br /><br />p.543<br />History of Lycoming County, John Franklin Meginness, Brown, Runk and Co, Chicago, 1892.<br /><br />There are 88 references to William Watson in this book. It will take a little time to go through them all since I can't print the pages or copy them, but the book is on books. google.....I'll probably go to the nearest library with the book before the end of the year and make copies of the most interesting pages.....now that I have to pay for all my photocopying I have to be more constrained.<br /><br />Watson is on my maternal grandmother's side. Hopefully by the time I plow through this book I will be able to narrow (or identify Rebecca Roberts' father). Some of these are really large families with similar names so it should be time-consuming. But since I know now at least some of them are Quakers it doesn't look like any would qualify for DAR (revolutionary war patriots) and that was what I started working on these past few weeks. There's quite a few patriots to document.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-39803171811040966822010-09-04T08:01:00.003+02:002010-09-04T08:13:58.956+02:00Marriage Date for Isaac Watson and Rebecca Roberts23 Dec. 1829 Lycoming Gazette (Lycoming is in Pennsylvania):<br />Martin STUMP to Miss Barbara KEHRER, both of Hepburn Twp., on Thursday last, by Jacob Grafius, Esq.<br />Charles EADER to Miss Elizabeth WALLACE, both of Hepburn Twp., on Thursday last by Richard Hays.<br />Isaac WATSON, of Muncy, to Miss Rebecca ROBERTS, of Fairfield Twp., on Thursday last by Rev. John Thomas.<br /><br />Thursday last (according to the perpetual calendar) would be 17 December 1829.<br /><br />Thanks to Paula Radwanski for posting 10 years of the Lycoming Gazette on-line.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-49438169016501733402009-01-07T05:04:00.004+01:002009-01-11T20:35:34.712+01:00Mayflower Application-Samuel and Joseph Winslow of Rumbout<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix043K0URJyETu-NG-gidQfqDMqdcOrSHE_Xk2q0z1kd5ro2i21DtpAQS3aIZWykMaaxdz3hqkmrMGmBlDZa7wEXlj-80NRuTEGpWsadOKfYjf9Mo3H9EtoMjEi5G03ViRWpeQA/s1600-h/Winslow+JOseph+8+Oct+1772+children+named.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288398239028799122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix043K0URJyETu-NG-gidQfqDMqdcOrSHE_Xk2q0z1kd5ro2i21DtpAQS3aIZWykMaaxdz3hqkmrMGmBlDZa7wEXlj-80NRuTEGpWsadOKfYjf9Mo3H9EtoMjEi5G03ViRWpeQA/s320/Winslow+JOseph+8+Oct+1772+children+named.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I had some major eye issues over the past six months, so I didn't get much genealogy research done. I had the Mayflower application returned quickly for incomplete information/need clearer copies/and "that's an interesting story, but we're a lineage society".....I spent the first month after regaining my health working on the genealogy of Samuel Winslow. I'm ready to resubmit the application.<br /><br />Anyway, I went up to Salt Lake City for three days of research and did find several things--including a tie that Margaret Woolsey Winslow was married to Samuel Winslow. That should overcome the comment made on the Mayflower application that my connection of Margaret Winslow to Benjamin Woolsey was "weak" (Benjamin Woolsey's will names Margaret Winslow)--and the headstone didn't identify her with her maiden name. For those of you interested, that's p.22 of Biographical Memoirs of Wyandot County Ohio--John R. Jurey. If anyone knows where there is a marriage record---I'm still interested and stumped.<br /><br />Another interesting item I found for all you Joseph Winslow/Margaret seekers are two documents...one names the children of Joseph Winslow--are your ready??? Declarations, pleas records of the Court of General Session and Common Pleas, 1721-1864 (FHC film#565229) names Margaret Winslow the widow of Joseph Winselow deceased and John her son aged six years, David aged four years, Stephen aged three years and Sarah aged four months from the precinct of Charlotte to the precinct of Rumbout. Its dated 9 October 1772. Bad news, the court case is between the Overseers of the Poor of Rumbout and Charlotte making Margaret return to Rumbout...The other reference is a few pages earlier between the same two Overseers of the Poor dated 8 October 1772. So not only did we get an approximate date of Joseph Winslow's death, we also got the names of his children also.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-46642658413325261102008-05-19T06:02:00.004+02:002008-05-19T07:28:00.069+02:00Winslow-Woolsey Rumbout-Mayflower ConnectionRumbout Presbyteryian Church Records-Mayflower Connection<br /><br />I was running out of leads, so I decided to go back to the Mayflower Family Through Five Generations to see if I could possibly recognize something that slipped past me earlier. I figured all my research had made me much more familar with names and places, and maybe I might "see" something that would "click" in my brain.....I knew that some of the families were migrating together-- Providence>Hempstead>Rumbout>Newburgh (New Marlborough).<br /><br />I really believed that Samuel Winslow (b ca. 1725) , son of Joseph Winslow (born in Boston 16 June 1677) was part of the line----so I decided to look at the reference to Hannah Winslow's 1757 marriage in the Rumbout Presbyterian Church.<br /><br />My request for the microfische was delayed at the post office, but two months later I was surprised at the information on the Rumbout Presbyterian Church film (LDS)#1002749.<br /> Joseph Winslow and Margaret Storm, 21 August 1753<br /> Sarah Winslow and Daniel Cunningham, 28 January 1755<br /> Benjamin Woolsey and Margaret Teller, 22 Dec 1761 (Samuel W. Winslow's future in-laws)<br /> Birth of Elizabeth Flewelling 3 Mar 1752 to John Flewelling (Deborah Denton)<br /> Birth of John Winslow 19 Apr 1752 to Samuel Winslow<br /><br />There are also Lawrences, Cornells, Fowlers, Briggs, Smiths, Storms that I haven't had time to backtrack all their lineage up to Hempstead or down to Newburgh---but I definitely have "proof" that Benjamin Woolsey, Samuel Winslow, John Flewwelling belonged to the same church (Rumbout Presbyterian Church) at the same time, and each migrated to Newburgh. <br /><br />The next project is to cross-check the Newburgh folks, against the Rumbout Presbyterian folks, and the Rumbout Presbyterian folks, against the St. George Hempstead Presbyterian records. (Ironic that the Newburgh church was also called St. George.)<br /><br />I've looked all over for a Priscilla in the related migrating families for Samuel's second wife, but the only Priscilla I found is Priscilla Woolsey married to a Woolsey. So I don't think I'm going to solve that mystery anytime soon.<br /><br />So, once again I will submit an application to the Mayflower lineage for Samuel W. Winslow>Samuel >Joseph>Joseph>Mary Chilton> James Chilton....and it will probably be declined because no one really wants to look at the research I've put together---does anyone expect me to find a birth record 250 years later? I'll also be pulling the information together to submit it to the New England Historical Society who is co-sponsoring the series of books on the Beekman Patent by Frank Doherty. <br /><br />After I get that all done, I'm moving on.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-72098421323065066012007-11-29T19:43:00.000+01:002007-11-30T04:28:15.225+01:00Samuel W. Winslow Signature and Glebe Documents<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVuHnMCU-MmjVdkp5-6rxgI_oLx2Ph6eBuSwFYrXewWCKR-U6-WBnyNSLq9nMQHXrHE9VEzff6XUZsRpMblmqE2jNHmA2-ejr31FU-sIx3wlWOnsLUhbqV8VlzjEahDLBd0eqlw/s1600-h/Pricilla+Winslow+23+Sept+1790+All+Wrong+Glebe+Indenture_Original.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138129914993331826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Pricilla Winslow 23 Sept 1790 All Wrong Glebe Indenture Original" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVuHnMCU-MmjVdkp5-6rxgI_oLx2Ph6eBuSwFYrXewWCKR-U6-WBnyNSLq9nMQHXrHE9VEzff6XUZsRpMblmqE2jNHmA2-ejr31FU-sIx3wlWOnsLUhbqV8VlzjEahDLBd0eqlw/s320/Pricilla+Winslow+23+Sept+1790+All+Wrong+Glebe+Indenture_Original.JPG" border="0" /></a>I never made it to Deeds, Probates and Wills Courts/Archives while in New York in October. I got "stuck" at the Newburgh Records department for three days, when it should have only taken a couple of hours. ..but I did come away with the photocopy of the 1790 signature of Samuel (W.) Winslow.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUijKj4h2V4jYNpHhsASuV5_leMjxnknmpOVgvH0eOyT84bfy0bXTxCUXbEH20-CzbjEJdPVu9bmpm0f5WUUpZDxYAhSnsk8tICe0AD94nwpDywbpcFtY5563RONE3Nqp-gL238A/s1600-h/1790+Map+of+Newburgh+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138130524878687890 " style="FLOAT: right" alt="1790 Map of Newburgh" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUijKj4h2V4jYNpHhsASuV5_leMjxnknmpOVgvH0eOyT84bfy0bXTxCUXbEH20-CzbjEJdPVu9bmpm0f5WUUpZDxYAhSnsk8tICe0AD94nwpDywbpcFtY5563RONE3Nqp-gL238A/s320/1790+Map+of+Newburgh+2.JPG" border="0" /></a>There is an "X_No Way" through the 23 September 1790 Indenture entry on Priscilla Winslow. There is also a 30 September 1790 Indenture entry for Priscilla for lot 2, and a 30 September 1790 entry for Samuel Winslow for lot 9. The entry in the Glebe Leases (book 1) states Priscilla Winslow (that is Samuel W. Winslow's mother) plead poverty 1 May 1790.<br /><br />I actually stood on the land that Samuel and Priscilla once leased from the Glebe--now that was pretty awesome. Samuel leased the Glebe lot 9 and lot 2 (Priscilla's) is close by--Samuel Winslow (father) lease for lot 2 is dated 1 May 1772.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoezmqkQEwcW7EXneCkgmiwqPn-DyUPiNs-JvdqhSUiOPF9Q_b2uvp2_wvEb7bxGDbgA7JUpZokq8nj3Opi7vMkYQkW4BfB5cx8r3MO4nGyXMWJCVSZ1ajAGv0ZpLYJU5RODTHA/s1600-h/Samuel+Winslow+signature+on+Glebe+document+1790.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138130524878687890" alt="Samuel Winslow signature on Glebe document 1790" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoezmqkQEwcW7EXneCkgmiwqPn-DyUPiNs-JvdqhSUiOPF9Q_b2uvp2_wvEb7bxGDbgA7JUpZokq8nj3Opi7vMkYQkW4BfB5cx8r3MO4nGyXMWJCVSZ1ajAGv0ZpLYJU5RODTHA/s320/Samuel+Winslow+signature+on+Glebe+document+1790.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicouqBvvtRr-Dj8-18hR8m5j4CNb_lgU0-dgcGNFpPvvr-hODKDkwWckZdX93LsNl6Zir9X_aACxa7RDCO6ElRz04XLQeEeJpZoEWBDXoLFzzXE_Wa3uiGjFfueDgFcuNkQEKheA/s1600-h/Copy+of+Charter+for+St.+George+Episcopal+Church+2.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmPXk2aggbT-IGd_ZMHHgy9OKxLza0pzzK6-ZR9YGy8xFY_1o9WDdenEcBFFsrwvqVzh9p4U6IHg-r__EYfh2ZjFagZe1toOk1B3dWhMmfMgEAx4K-BE1ahSXZSnTJhMR47QzQA/s1600-h/Priscilla+Winslow+30th+Sept+1790+Glebe+Indenture.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138139084748508850" alt="Copy of Charter for St. George Episcopal Church" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmPXk2aggbT-IGd_ZMHHgy9OKxLza0pzzK6-ZR9YGy8xFY_1o9WDdenEcBFFsrwvqVzh9p4U6IHg-r__EYfh2ZjFagZe1toOk1B3dWhMmfMgEAx4K-BE1ahSXZSnTJhMR47QzQA/s320/Priscilla+Winslow+30th+Sept+1790+Glebe+Indenture.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><a title="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 1" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/2074322846/"><img style="FLOAT: left" height="240" alt="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 1" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/2074322846_21600319f4_m.jpg" width="174" /></a><a title="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 2" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/2073530925/"><img style="FLOAT: left" height="240" alt="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 2" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/2073530925_6ed4ac6917_m.jpg" width="176" /></a><a title="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 3" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/2073531013/"><img style="FLOAT: left" height="240" alt="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 3" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2073531013_b242fb15b1_m.jpg" width="173" /></a><a title="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 4" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/2073531215/"><img style="FLOAT: left" height="240" alt="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 4" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/2073531215_4d0f594e56_m.jpg" width="173" /></a><a title="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 5" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/2073531295/"><img style="FLOAT: left" height="240" alt="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 5" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2347/2073531295_4e3d3c9e4b_m.jpg" width="174" /></a><a title="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 6" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/2073531471/"><img style="FLOAT: left" height="240" alt="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 6" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2269/2073531471_c9b3f0bc55_m.jpg" width="174" /></a><a title="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 7" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/2073531547/"><img style="FLOAT: left" height="240" alt="GlebeLeases-WinslowSamuel page 7" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2211/2073531547_924961858a_m.jpg" width="173" /></a>CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-73368478534756279722007-11-27T03:22:00.000+01:002007-11-29T06:21:21.029+01:00Stephen Longwell "My Longwell Family History"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXYsLHE7a3fU0-NHAbdedANl508hqiBV9xokkLK9LYKir-E73DOUqzJssQrJYPgnkuRO2_Eb5Ad4l5Pc0ibjLgiJxLRoH2ZMv3vnkS_vMIEv77Grtlg4IU6Y_hfvQWxjNLk4FBQ/s1600-h/John+Longwell+with+Vol2+of+My+Longwell+Family+History.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138127587121057378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXYsLHE7a3fU0-NHAbdedANl508hqiBV9xokkLK9LYKir-E73DOUqzJssQrJYPgnkuRO2_Eb5Ad4l5Pc0ibjLgiJxLRoH2ZMv3vnkS_vMIEv77Grtlg4IU6Y_hfvQWxjNLk4FBQ/s320/John+Longwell+with+Vol2+of+My+Longwell+Family+History.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>What a surprise I had on my New York genealogy trip! Instead of connecting my Samuel W. Winslow to the Winslow's of Rombout (still trying to find that Mayflower connection that the "cousins" had passed down to them) I was invited to connect with John Longwell, son of James Nelson Longwell, who had published "My Longwell Family History" in 1993.<br /><br />John had agreed to "look for" the notes that his dad had put together on the Stephen Longwell side of the family. I never expected him to ask me to meet him in Albany to "pass" the treasure of notes to me. So I now possess the notes for My Longwell Family History, branch two--Stephen Longwell by James N. Longwell.<br /><br />I've scanned the two notebooks of family information that covers 9 generations. I have this information available for any Stephen Longwell descents (I'll have to figure out postage cost--it will be on a CD). There are hundreds of pages of information that James Longwell gathered from libraries, books, wills, and Stephen Longwell family members. Regretfully, the information on Samuel W. Winslow isn't correct....but maybe after I have a chance to study the names around my Samuel, I'll have some new leads.<br /><br />A good portion of the original book by his father traces the family descent of David L. Longwell Sr., referred to in the book, as family branch one. What John gave me were the notes for the second book, that was never written, the Stephen Longwell branch of the Longwell family. John still has copies of My Longwell Family History available--he can be reached at <a href="mailto:JohnCL2@aol.com">JohnCL2@aol.com</a>. If you're interested in the CD copy of the Stephen Longwell notes, contact the BLOG. </div>CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-85672772379340604642007-11-26T17:12:00.000+01:002007-11-26T17:50:00.215+01:00Two MemesI got tagged for two memes by Barbara of <a href="http://carrollfamilysaga.blogspot.com/">Our Carroll family Genealogy</a>.<br /><br /><strong>161 </strong><br /><br /><em>In this meme, you're supposed to go to page 161 of the book you're currently reading and list the 6th sentence on that page. Then you tag five other bloggers to do the same.</em><br /><br />I'll let you guess the book, here's the sentence: "The Dodger sighed again, and resumed his pipe; as did Charley Bates."<br /><br /><br /><strong>Can you top this?</strong><br /><br /><em>This meme was started by John Newmark of </em><a href="http://transylvaniandutch.blogspot.com/"><em>Transylvanian Dutch</em></a><em>. It's purpose is to list your most prolific ancestor. John's great-great-grandfather had 22 children with three wives. He gives you extra credit if you show a screen shot from your family tree program to illustrate your ancestor's feat.</em><br /><br />My family tree program doesn't have a feature to report a list of how many children each ancestor had, so I'm basically just guess-timating which had the most, and I think that would be my great grandparents Geyer. They had 12 kids, so no, I can't beat that by far! I did have an ancestor (Isaac W. Watson) who had 16 kids, but only 9 were his own, the others were stepchildren. Unfortunately, I can't add a screenshot of the Geyer Family Sheet, because there are still living children of this couple and I wouldn't want to publish their personal information!Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-41475361442474350992007-10-06T17:30:00.000+02:002007-10-11T04:56:19.537+02:00Three Generations of Dolls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoQEvdQNYnd-X3HTlpvOfmxR2FNtvAJaMce_WWPnoUVryClmvi-MJdpQQ4wey3U3yAfGoW7ti6e1J74TDC2Pu_j6SFrqgOVfNpXPnpMBMRfCjDTi2ZRjjJdT7br4ZYK89hjOrBw/s1600-h/Dolls+from+three+generations.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118249685267065186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoQEvdQNYnd-X3HTlpvOfmxR2FNtvAJaMce_WWPnoUVryClmvi-MJdpQQ4wey3U3yAfGoW7ti6e1J74TDC2Pu_j6SFrqgOVfNpXPnpMBMRfCjDTi2ZRjjJdT7br4ZYK89hjOrBw/s320/Dolls+from+three+generations.jpg" border="0" /></a>I've put a new wig on my baby doll twice now-- she's over 50 and deserves to look nice. Her name is Betsy Lou and my parents gave her to me when I was two years old. I took her in to a doll hospital about 7 years ago because I had misplaced her original blue and white pinafore dress and I wanted to display her. The lady who owned the job, said she wasn't of value, but cleaned her up, put on new hair and outfitted her in a beautiful winter outfit.<br /><br /><br />A couple of years later I decided to restore my mother's and grandmother's dolls. Each doll was in pieces and looked like they were beyond repair. Again I was told the dolls were worthless and that I shouldn't bother to fix them up. When I finally had the money to repair them, the doll hospital had closed. A few years later I searched the Internet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I found <a href="http://www.debrasdolls.com/">Debra's Dolls</a> in New Jersey. She did an excellent job in restoring the dolls. I now have three generations of dolls to display. I wish I knew my mother's and grandmother's doll's names, but I never asked--and when mom and grandma were alive, the dolls were just doll pieces in a box.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anyway, grandma Bessie (Ginkens) Bear's doll on the left is an <a href="http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/armandmarseille.htm">Armand Marseille</a> German Bisque Doll made in Thuringia, Germany, circa 1885-1905 (with original clothing); the doll on the right, Ila (Bear) Geyer's doll, is an <a href="http://www.dollreference.com/heubach_ernst_dolls.html">Ernst Heubach</a> #312 marked with sunburst and "Kapplesdorf, circa 1920." I'm sure glad that I found Debra.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-51381014310058357802007-09-30T20:05:00.001+02:002007-10-10T17:12:56.763+02:00Samuel W. WinslowWho are the parents of Samuel W. Winslow?"<br /><br />The answer is Samuel Winslow and Priscilla _____. I still don't have a Mayflower connection, but I'm working on that since so many "on-line cousins" had that information passed down to them for generations.<br /><br />Samuel Winslow, Benjamin Woolsey, Isaac Fowler and Thomas Woolsey names can be found on 1763 documents of Newburgh Precinct.<br /><br />Samuel Winslow, Benjamin Woolsey, Samuel Fowler, Benjamin Fowler, Rev. John Sayre petitioned Governor Colden for a royal charter to establish St. George's Church in the parish of Newburgh. Petition was granted in 1770. You can find Samuel Winslow's name on Glebe documents dated 1772 and 1773.<br /><br />Samuel Winslow and Priscilla ______ are the parents of Samuel W. Winslow, Hannah Winslow, Joseph Winslow and George Winslow. Samuel is deceased by August 1775, and it is our Priscilla that is listed in the Refugees from Long Island to Connecticutt. The children's names are from 1791 Glebe documents.<br /><br />Priscilla, widow of Samuel Winslow plead poverty. I don't know for a fact that Priscilla is Samuel W.'s mother, but Priscilla is left a widow with four small children--so I'm assuming she is the natural mother.<br /><br />If you're looking at the 1790 census for Samuel Winslow in Amenia--it's going to lead you wrong. I've compared notes with a "cousin" and that has to be a different Samuel Winslow (probably a cousin to our Samuel Winslow). This Samuel Winslow is a Quaker and his wife, Mariam Haight is a quaker minister (hence the document you find on-line in Ancestry is not for our Samuel Winslow). This other Samuel Winslow lived in Watertown. I still haven't found our family on the 1790 census.<br /><br />However, in 1800 you can find the family--Ours is a neighbor to mother-in-law Margaret Woolsey (Samuel doesn't come up on 1800 census--but he's there just look up Margaret Woolsey). The other children are there also (daughter Hannah marries Jeremiah Barnhart).<br /><br />I've scheduled another trip to New York this October to look at more of the Glebe and early Newburgh documents.CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-37908099539320535372007-09-30T19:48:00.000+02:002007-10-10T17:11:02.047+02:00Stephen Longwell—DAR application 849984<div align="left">Almost 40 years ago I had an assignment in my 5th period history class to complete a project on “My Family History”. I still have that binder, and it’s that information that Christina and I used to restart this project several years ago. I do have to acknowledge that I probably wouldn’t have gotten an “A” on the project if it hadn’t been for the information that my father’s double-cousin by marriage, Vernon Capps provided.<br /><br />I went on a letter-writing campaign and wrote to many historical and genealogical societies. In fact, I still have the original envelope and response from the Connecticut Historical Society.<br /><br />I was advised that Stephen Longwell had not served in the Revolutionary War, if anything he was a Tory. We’ll that slowed me down. I was super red, white and blue, and wanted to be a Daughter of the American Revolution.<br /><br />Anyway, the documentation that “proves” that Stephen Longwell served in the American Revolutionary War is now on-line. He received a pension from injuries received during the war. Christina even “met” an on-line cousin who had in her genealogy notes that Stephen had complained about pain in his arm after the war.<br /><br />All that’s left for you to do is to complete the DAR application. That’s a major undertaking….you have to provide documentation for each generation. So for those of you in our line save yourself some agony and request approved application 849984. Using my application you will only have to document one or two generations.<br /><br />Last year an injured sea lion was adopted and named in his honor. It was released back to the ocean after it got well (yea, that means I made a donation to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center—an organization supported by the local DAR chapter). </div><br /><div align="left">I'm now corresponding with the son of the author of “My Longwell Family History.” This book, by David Nelson Longwell follows David Longwell's family, Stephen’s brother. It doesn't have very much on our line, but it is interesting. I reviewed it last year when I visited the Library of Congress. Copies can still be purchased (I've ordered a copy). David Nelson Longwell had planned to write a second volume on Stephen---hopefully we’ll learn something from those “attic records.” I hope to get a copy of them shortly.</div>CherieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490975191512601704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-71625612319838149562007-09-13T07:57:00.004+02:002010-04-15T14:25:21.808+02:00Unknown Family Photos<div align="left">I've finally gotten around to uploading all the "mystery" photos that we found when we cleaned out my grandfather's closet. If you're family, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clg20171/sets/72157601989561171/">take a look</a> and let me know if you can identify any.</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Update - The family in the photo was identified by John W. Geyer. He writes: </div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">The picture is of the McGimpsey family.<br />
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The correct names of the people in the photo are -<br />
My maternal great grandfather and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1271332317_3" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">great grandmother</span><br />
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1271332317_4" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; cursor: pointer;">Father - Henry James</span> McGimpsey (buried in Sixteen Cemetery)<br />
Mother - Eliza McGimpsey " " " "<br />
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my maternal great aunts clockwise<br />
Daughter - Lizzie McGimpsey " " " "<br />
Daughter - Catherine McGimpsey Dusenberry<br />
Daughter - Mary McGimpsey McRoberts " " "<br />
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Lizzie was never married and lived most of adult life in Thornburg, was an excellent seamstress and a nice lady and I recall visiting her many times and especially many times when I would go to her home in Thornburg after school and have dinner with her before going to basketball practice in the evening.<br />
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Catherine was the youngest and married and lived her entire married life in Tucson, Arizona where she and her husband owned and operated a moving and storage business. They had one son and his son is still practicing law in Tucson.<br />
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Mary was the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1271332317_5">live wire</span> of the daughters, a fun loving very interesting lady. She was married to John McRoberts and the only child they ever had was born dead. She and John lived in Thornburg most of their married life on a small acreage and kept at least one cow and chickens until very late in her life.</div></blockquote></div>Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-29499658389377312092007-09-01T22:49:00.000+02:002007-09-01T22:54:21.144+02:00Introducing a new contributorSince I haven't had much (any, really) time for genealogy since the baby was born, my aunt Cherie has agreed to join the blog as a contributor. Her family history research has mostly focused on colonial times and our Winslow, Watson, Longwell, Fleischer, and Jenkins lines. She recently joined DAR and will be posting about that and about her other research findings.<br /><br />Welcome Cherie!Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-16483932459348383692007-07-30T12:09:00.001+02:002010-03-15T23:17:49.065+01:00New member of the family!Born one week ago today, the newest Geyer descendent -<br />
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<b>Oliver Martin -<br />
Born: July 23, 2007 at 12:17pm in Regensburg, Germany<br />
Weight: 3820 grams (8 lbs, 6.8 oz)<br />
Length: 52 cm (20.5 inches)</b><br />
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I uploaded my first video to YouTube, made of Oliver this morning:<br />
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<div align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m_gN5GNIk0g"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m_gN5GNIk0g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div>Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-82920924004048577102007-07-18T10:08:00.000+02:002007-07-18T10:17:49.124+02:00Surnames - the 28th Carnival of GenealogyThe <a href="http://creativegene.blogspot.com/2007/07/carnival-of-genealogy-28th-edition.html">28th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy</a> is up for all to visit over at <a href="http://creativegene.blogspot.com/">Creative Gene</a>. Jasia writes:<br /><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:courier new;">The topic for this edition is Surnames. How much do you know about your family name? All the contributors to this edition of the COG have taken a good look at their surnames and will now share them with you. This was a very popular topic and there were lots of articles submitted. So pour yourself a tall glass of iced tea, put on some smooth jazz, and enjoy the ride!</span></p></blockquote>I contributed three posts to the Carnival: <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-features-on-ancestryde.html">Surname Research on Ancestry.de</a>, <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/05/places-named-geyer.html">Places named Geyer</a>, and <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/07/surname-breakthrough-bear-behr-baehr.html">Surname Breakthrough: Bear / Behr / Baehr</a>.<br /><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:courier new;">The topic for the 29th Edition of the COG will be: Smile or The Camera! We all have them, boxes of family photographs. So, show us your favorite photo(s)! Tell us everything about them. Who or what is the photo of, when was it taken, where was it taken, where did you get it, who was the photographer, why is it one of your favorites? Does it commemorate a special occasion, is it a treasure, </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">a mystery, or is it just plain weird, strange or unusual? Share with us the stories of your favorite pics from your family photo albums. </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">The next edition of the COG will be hosted by footnoteMaven on the </span><a href="http://footnotemaven.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:courier new;">footnoteMaven blog</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. The deadline for submissions will be August 1st, so crack open those photo albums and start blogging!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:courier new;">Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our </span><a title="Submit an entry to “carnival of genealogy”" href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_346.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;">carnival submission form</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our </span><a title="Blog Carnival index for “carnival of genealogy”" href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_346.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;">blog carnival index page</span></a>.</p></blockquote>Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-57842101669083977442007-07-15T13:51:00.000+02:002007-07-15T15:25:44.946+02:00Surname Breakthrough: Bear / Behr / BaehrMy paternal grandmother's surname, Bear, was always a bit of a mystery.<br /><br />We knew from my grandmother that her grandfather spoke German, so we could assume that the origin of the surname was German, but Bear is not a German surname. The spelling must have been changed somewhere along the way. Where did it change? What was the original spelling?<br /><br />German surnames that could be interpreted as Bear are numerous. There's Bar, Behr, Bähr/Baehr, Bär/Baer, and Beer to start with. Then you also need to include possibilities like Bayer, Baier, Beyer and Beier.<br /><br />My Bear ancestors can be traced back to 1825, but then we hit a brick wall:<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ila Iola Bear (1913-1992)</em></div><div align="center"><em>Samuel Lewis Bear (1881-1939)</em></div><div align="center"><em>Samuel Rupley Bear (1856-1937)</em></div><div align="center"><em>Samuel Lewis Bear (1825-1864)</em></div><br /><br />Samuel Lewis Bear was born on October 24, 1825 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. On January 6, 1849, <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2006/11/18-jan-1849-marriage-announcements-in.html">he married Mary Rupley</a> in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, PA. They shortly thereafter moved to Peoria, Illinois and later settled in Plano, Appanoose, Iowa. He died on April 6, 1864 in Benicia, Solano County, California, during the Gold Rush. We have no idea who the parents of Samuel Lewis (or Mary Rupley) are.<br /><br />Then, a clue: my aunt recently spent a week with her uncle (my grandmother's brother) John Bear in Missouri and he remembered being told that Bear was at one time spelled with an "H". That would bring the original spelling possibilities down to Behr and Bähr/Baehr. So far, this hasn't led to any breakthroughs, but it's given us a new lead.<br /><br />So how common is Behr and Bähr in Germany? I decided to enter them at the <a href="http://www.ancestry.de/learn/LearningCenters/facts.aspx">Surname Research Center of Ancestry.de</a> (site is in German).<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN8Fa14t3AD2UrfWSYS0FqWvJ_kHXgjUvSslnprdL6k87e9PzO9hG0X8xDSMJ-sDUNeULH5OuYkZc_ETQvhQ5kfNCJ1BDxdP8k0xDlffelORAxrmnqwkjqB5cxYyiUVicr-d-/s1600-h/surnamemap-behr.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087412171791181586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN8Fa14t3AD2UrfWSYS0FqWvJ_kHXgjUvSslnprdL6k87e9PzO9hG0X8xDSMJ-sDUNeULH5OuYkZc_ETQvhQ5kfNCJ1BDxdP8k0xDlffelORAxrmnqwkjqB5cxYyiUVicr-d-/s400/surnamemap-behr.png" border="0" /></a>The Behr surname distribution map</div><br /><br />There are approximately 11,696 people with the surname Behr living in Germany now. This is higher than average for a surname in Germany. It is the 628th most common name in Germany and is concentrated in the Hamburg-Harburg-Luneburg area of north Germany, which can be seen as the darker green cluster towards the top of the above map (<a href="http://www.ancestry.de/learn/LearningCenters/namedist.aspx?name=Behr">view the Behr surname distribution results</a> - in German).<br /><br />There are approximately 7,664 people with the surname Bähr living in Germany now. This is also higher than average. It is the 1,002nd most common name in Germany and is concentrated in the Rhein-Neckar and Ortenau areas of southwest Germany (<a href="http://www.ancestry.de/learn/LearningCenters/namedist.aspx?name=B%C3%A4hr">view the Bähr surname distribution map and results</a> - in German).<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.ancestry.de/learn/LearningCenters/nameorigin.aspx?name=Behr">origin of Behr is Bähr</a>. The <a href="http://www.ancestry.de/learn/LearningCenters/nameorigin.aspx?name=B%C3%A4hr">origin of Bähr</a> could be from the nickname "Bär" (bear) for a strong and/or courageous person or house, it could have been shortened from a longer surname beginning with "Ber-" (e.g. Berwein), or it could originate from the nickname "Eber" (boar).Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-77194288294623460862007-07-14T20:56:00.000+02:002007-07-14T21:53:45.979+02:00Writing to German parishesBack in January, I sent a letter to the rectories associated with what I felt were the three most likely parishes that my great great grandfather, Frank Geyer, could have come from. I picked these three because, after looking in the <a href="http://www.telefonbuch.de/">German white pages</a>, I found that there were a fair number of people with the last name Geyer or Geier, and Freund (his mother's maiden name) living in the parish. These three rectories were: <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/07/search-for-johannesberg-part-2.html">Johannesberg just north of Aschaffenburg</a> (PLZ 63867), <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/01/geyers-in-germany.html">Johannisberg in Geisenheim</a> (PLZ 65366) and Fulda-Johannesberg (PLZ 36041). Clicking on the links will take you to the answer received from the rectories. PLZ stands for Postleitzahl, which is the zip code.<br /><br />Well, it's finally occurred to me that I should post the letter that I sent out! I've translated the text after each paragraph. For help with translation, try <a href="http://dict.leo.org/?lang=de">LEO English-German dictionary</a> or <a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr">Babel Fish Translation</a>. I also included a 15 Euro donation with each letter. My husband, a native German speaker, helped with the composition of the letter.<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">---------------------------------------------<br /></div><br /><br /><blockquote><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><span style="font-family:courier new;">*my name*</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">*my address*</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">*my telephone number*</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">*my email address*</span><br /></div><br /><br />An das katholische Pfarramt<br />Johannesberger Strasse<br />36041 Fulda-Johannesberg<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ to the Catholic rectory</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ *address of rectory*</span><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><span style="font-family:courier new;">*date*</span><br /></div><br />Sehr geehrter Herr Pfarrer,<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ Dear Mr. Priest</span><br /><br />mein Name ist Christina Geyer. Ich bin US-Bürgerin und lebe seit einigen Jahren in Deutschland. Meine Vorfahren waren auch Deutsche, die in die USA ausgewandert sind. Ich weis, dass sie aus einem Ort namens Johannesberg (o. Johannisberg) stammen, aber ich weis nicht welches Johannesberg. Können Sie mir eventuell weiterhelfen? Über meinen Ururgroßvater weiss ich bis jetzt folgendes:<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ my name is Christina Geyer. I am a US citizen and have lived for several years in Germany. My ancestors were also Germans who emigrated to the USA. I know that they came from a place named Johannesberg (or Johannisberg), but I don't know which Johannesberg. Could you possibly help me? About my great-great-grandfather, I know the following:</span><br /><br />Er hieß Franciscus Geyer und wurde am 16. April 1862 in Johannesberg, Deutschland geboren. Er wanderte am 23. 09. 1876 zusammen mit der Familie seines Onkels (Bruder der Mutter) Josef Freund aus. Wir wissen, daß die Mutter Maria Anna Geyer geborene Freund 1866 gestorben ist und sein Vater Vitus Geyer (o. Geier) wieder heiratete und in Deutschland blieb. Franciscus hatte eine Schwester (Elisabeth Geyer) und 5 Halbbrüder, die auch in Deutschland blieben. Die Familie ist katholisch.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ He was named Franciscus Geyer and was born on April 16, 1862 in Johannesberg, Germany. He emigrated on September 23, 1876 together with the family of his uncle (brother of his mother) Josef Freund. We know that the mother, Maria Anna Geyer nee Freund, died in 1866 and his father, Vitus Geyer (or Geier) remarried and stayed in Germany. Franciscus had a sister (Elisabeth Geyer) and 5 half-brothers, who also stayed in Germany. The family is Catholic.</span><br /><br />Könnten Sie mir mitteilen, ob Sie es für möglich halten, dass diese Personen in Ihrem Johannesberg gelebt haben? Wenn Sie Verwandte meiner Familie kennen, wäre ich Ihnen dankbar, wenn Sie ihnen meine Adresse geben könnten, damit sie mit mir Kontakt aufnehmen können, falls sie möchten. Ich wäre Ihnen auch dankbar, mir eine Kopie von möglichen Dokumenten mit Informationen zu meiner Familie zuzuschicken. Falls solche Unterlagen nicht in Ihrer Pfarrei sind, könnten Sie mir bitte die Anschrift des zuständigen Archivs mitteilen.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ Could you tell me whether you think it is possible that these people lived in your Johannesberg? If you know relatives of my family, I would be grateful if you could give them my address so that they can contact me if they would like. I would also be grateful if you could send me any copies of documents with information on my family. In case these documents are not in your rectory, could you please send me the address of the archives where they are located.</span><br /><br />Für Ihre Mühen möchte ich mich mit der beiliegenden Spende für Ihre Pfarei bedanken.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ For your efforts, I would like to thank your rectory with the enclosed donation.</span><br /><br />Mit freundlichen Grüssen,<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">/ Sincerely yours,<br /><br />*my signature*<br />*my name*<br /></span></blockquote>Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-69585264740097612412007-07-13T13:14:00.000+02:002007-07-13T13:24:31.175+02:00Feedburner Integration for Blogger BlogsAs of July 11, <a href="http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/07/feedburner_integration_for_blo.php">integrating your Feedburner feed into Blogger</a> became a snap. All you need to do is go to your Blogger Dashboard, hit Settings, hit Site Feed, then enter your Feedburner feed address, and hit Save Settings. And voila! You should soon be able to see how many subscribers you really have.<br /><br />I'd also suggest that while you are on your Settings page, you make sure that you are publishing a "Full" feed. It is a big turnoff (for me anyway) to have to leave Google Reader and load the blog to read a whole post. More likely than not, I don't bother unless the title and first few sentences are very catchy, which means that I (and others - I've read this as a common complaint on the "be a better blogger" type blogs) are missing out on your great content!<br /><br />Now if only Blogger would get around to allowing subcategories in labels.Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-45837105853021805662007-07-11T17:57:00.001+02:002007-07-11T18:15:04.259+02:00The search for Johannesberg, part 2We know my ancestors come from Johannesberg, but since every place with a St. Johannes (St. John's) Church could have at some point gone by this name, we've been unable to figure out exactly which town in Germany my ancestors came from.<br /><br />I've heard back from another of the Catholic rectories I wrote to back in January and it's just another Johannesberg eliminated - this time near Aschaffenburg. See my first response (and elimination) <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/01/geyers-in-germany.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-family:courier new;">Liebe Frau Geyer,<br /><br />in unserer Pfarrei sind nur Unterlagen ab 1868 vorhanden. Ich konnte auch keine Unterlagen von später geborenen Halbgeschwistern names Geyer finden. Die Daten von Diözesan-Archiv und Matrikelabteilung in Würzburg lege ich bei.</span></blockquote><br /><br /><em>Translation:</em><br /><br />In our parish are only documents dating from 1868. I could also find no documents for half-brothers and -sisters named Geyer born later. I attach the address and opening times of the Diocese Archive and Register Department in Wuerzburg.Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30037974.post-28615322253645845012007-07-09T09:09:00.000+02:002007-07-09T09:18:04.532+02:00What does America/Independence Day mean to you?That was the topic answered by the authors featured in the <a href="http://kinexxions.blogspot.com/2007/07/27th-edition-of-carnival-of-genealogy.html">27th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy</a>, posted July 3 at <a href="http://kinexxions.blogspot.com/">Kinexxions</a>. Sorry to be so late in getting the announcement up!<br /><br />There's still a little time to get submissions in to the next Carnival. The due date for the next edition is July 15th:<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-family:courier new;">The topic for the next Carnival of Genealogy will be: Surnames! Pick a surname on your tree and tell us about it. What are it's ethnic origins? Has it morphed over time as your family has used it? (or at Ellis Island ;-) What does it mean? Is it common or rare? What are the common misspellings? Any famous people or places with your surname?<br /></span></blockquote><br />I've submitted two articles to this one, my visits to two <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/05/places-named-geyer.html">places named Geyer</a> in April and May, and my write up on <a href="http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-features-on-ancestryde.html">German surname information at Ancestry.de</a>. Both are a couple months old, but I thought they fit the topic perfectly.Christina | AmiExpat.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.com0