Volume 15; Number 1
Winter 1994
Volume 15; Number 1
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The President's Message --James A.Hall National Conference to be Held in Rochester At the November 18, 1993 meeting of RGS, was pleased to announce that the RGS Board of Directors had approved accepting the invitation extended by the Federation of Genealogical Societies to hold the Federation's August 1996 national conference in Rochester, NY. This is a special honor for the RGS and will he a unique opportunity for our members to assist in running the conference and to attended programs presented by nationally and locally recognized speakers. FGS noted that Rochester is an ideal location to hold a major genealogical conference and that RGS would be a vital component in successfully executing a conference in that area. The conference chair will be Gordon L. Remington, a noted genealogist, and native of Penfield, NY and currently a resident of Salt Lake City, UT. It is estimated that the 3 day conference attendence will be from 1000 to 2000, with about 100 local volunteers involved. FGS has a policy of compensating volunteer help with reduction of cost of conference registration. My initial request for volunteers was met with enthusiasm as many attendees picked-up descriptions of volunteer assignments. An Ad Hoc Committee of the RGS Board of Directors is meeting to interview persons willing to accept chairing the local committees, We are anxious to hear from all members and their associates willing to get involved in the conference. |
This past June, the Society enjoyed a field trip to Kodaks Marketing Education Center to see demonstrations related to its new Photo CD system. Your Hear Ye editors invited me to write an article about this field trip to share with others. However, after an experience over Thanksgiving, I felt it might be more appropriate to look at the expanded CD (Compact Disc) world through a layman's eyes.
As family historians we are hungry, very hungry, for information: birth, marriage and death records; passenger lists; irnnuigration and naturjization records; and census information, among others. We also want to find it easily which is most often not the case. The march of technology is coming to our aid in the form of the CD.
We have had the CD for music and entertainment for some years now. The fidelity and clarity overwhelms us. We older members marveled at the L.P. (Long Playing) recordings system when it came out in the late 1940's when, a whole symphony could be played from one or two sides of a 12" record. Now a further compression of information results in a smaller disc.
About two years ago, the computer with CD reading capacity made its appearance at our local LDS Family History Center. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) containing well over 140 million names has been entered onto a series of CDs. Now we can search the whole United States on one scan for a given person rather than examining single microfiche film sheets one state at a title The same can he done for a search of the Social Security death records. Recently, many of us received a new catalog from the Everton Publishers of Utah. One of the features of this catalog is a full page of listings of CDs containing useful genealogical information, including an extensive listing of census indices. I could see upwards of one million entries per disc.
I had an interesting experience over Thanksgiving. My wife and I journeyed to the Cleveland area to spend the holiday with our daughter and her husband. While there, my son-in-law placed a CD into his computer and asked me to name a place in the United States to see its map. I gave him my little town in southwestern Minnesota and within a reasonable time he had brought up on the screen a diagram, complete with strcet names, of my neighborhood. It literally "blew my mind" to think that that single CD had the maps of every community in the United States on it. Then we "browsed" around Dayton, Ohio looking for streets where a half-sister of my paternal grandfather had lived in the early part of this century.
The Society's June field trip to the Kodak Marketing Education Center to see their new Photo CD System and some of its capabilities was most interesting. We were a group of about 80 members and friends and were given an outstanding series of demonstrations over about a two hour period. About 12 samples of pictures that a genealogist might have were submitted before hand for their use, four each of color slides, color negatives, and black-and-white negatives. They copied these onto the Photo CD and played them back to us on television-type facilities. In the case of one negative copied from an 1872 tintype photograph, they were able to remove scratches in the photo and improve other characteristics. In the original portrait-type photograph, an elbow had been cut off at the edge of the picture. They added one. Certainly a great concern of family historians is the archival keeping of photographs, particularly those in color. Except for any Kodachrome slides that we might have stored away, most of our old color photographs have faded and shifted in color. Much of this can be overcome by having the color photographs stored electronically on CDs. When desired, separate photographs can be printed from the images stored on the CD.
Yes, the world of the Compact Disc has arrived, much to the family historians advantage. Information is more readily accessible and easier and cheaper to distribute. At the recent meeting of your Society's board meeting, we discussed the possibility of making a gift of some CDs containing census indices to a local library. Watch for more information on this later.
| 1994 Winter Meeting Programs -- Lowell E. Salyards The Rochester Genealogical Society will continue to meet the third Thursday of each month (except December, July, and August) at Asbury First United Methodist Church in Fellowship Hall. Asbury is located at 1050 East Avenue (just west of Granger Place) with ample parking and handicapped facilities including ramp, two wheel chairs and an elevator to Fellowship Hall. The mini-workshops start at 7 pm (except as noted for special programs) followed by the business meeting at 7:30 pm and the main program at approximately 8 pm. Visitors are very welcome. Thursday, 20 January 1994 Mini-Workshop: "Researching in Salt Lake City" RGS members Bob and Mariann Hesselberth and Julie Steitz will share with us their experiences in preparing for and conducting research in the Central LDS Family History Center. Main Program: "Just Off the Boat? A Guide to Passenger List Sources" Larry Naukam of the Rochester Public Library staff will share with us his knowledge on the various passenger lists available to us. Thursday, 17 February 1994 Mini-Workshop: "The Rochester Museum and Science Center Library" The resources of this less-familiar local library will be described by Leah Kemp, its head librarian. Main Program: "Using Archives of the Polish Community in Rochester: A Case Study in Ethnic Research" Come hear Kathleen Urbanic speak. Even though you may not have Polish ancestry, one can learn techniques in researching other ethnic origins. Kathleen recently published a well-illustrated book on the Polish people of Rochester. Thursday, 17 March 1994 Mini-Workshop: "CARL, What It Is and How It Works" Larry Naukam returns to explain newly installed computer system in the Monroe County Library system. Main Program: "The DAR and Its Resources" Long-time RGS member Dorothy Bailey has arranged a team to come from the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and tell us what is available from them, both locally and nationally, for our genealogical research. |
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RGS Officers (1993 - 1994)
Directors: Julie Steitz (1994) & Robert A. Rowe (1995) |
Activity Chairpersons are:
Computer Interest Group (CIG): Edward H. Gaulin |
| The HEARYE is published three time a year in Winter (January), Spring (April) and Fall (September).
The HEAR YE is mailed Bulk Rate. Bulk Rate does take a little longer to mail, but should not take any longer than 10 days. If them is a problem please notify us. Please notify the membership chairperson if you have moved. Because Bulk Mail is not forwarded if with cost RGS the price of a first class stamp for the Post Office to notify us of your new address.
Rochester Genealogical Society | |
Gordon L. Remington is a Rochester native who now lives in Salt Lake City, where he has carried on a private practice as a full time professional genealogist since 1980. Gordon's Rochester area roots run deep, back to 1817, when his 4th great-grandfather, Captain Thomas Remington, settled in Henrietta. Gordon grew up in Penfield and Brighton and graduated from Penfield High School (where, incidentally, he managed the soccer team under Coach George Steitz, husband of RGS board member Julie Steitz) in 1975. He had become interested in genealogy as a hobby when a child and as a teenager frequented the Local History Division of the Rochester Public Library.
After attending Wesleyan University in Connecticut and the University of Rochester for two and a half years, he moved to Salt Lake City in 1979 to pursue a career in professional genealogy. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in history in 1984. He is also a 1983 graduate of the week-long National Institute on Genealogical Research held in Washington D.C.
For the most part, Gordon spends his time at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, conducting research for clients. He has also traveled extensively to research in local courthouses, state archives, and libraries when the resources in Salt Lake City are inadequate to solve a problem. To date, he has conducted on-site research in thirty four states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces.
Gordon belongs to a number of genealogical societies, and has served on the boards and as an officer of both the Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) and the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG). In 1992 he was made a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA) in recognition of "meritorious service rendered to the advancement of Genealogy and Family History" and in 1993 was awarded the UGA's Silver Tray for "Scholarly Contributions to the Field of Genealogy."
Gordon has also found time to contribute to publishing efforts such as The Source and The Library (Ancestry, 1984 and 1988) and to contribute articles to The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, The American Genealogist, and The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. For four years (1988-1992) he was editor of the Genealogical Journal, the quarterly publication of the Utah Genealogical Association. He is currently a contributing editor of the National Genealogical Society Ouarterly.
Gordon is currently working on the descendants of Captain Thomas and Olive (Nelson) Remington, his "immigrant" ancestors to the Rochester area. The first phase of the project, tracing their descendants for four generations, will be used to obtain certification as a genealogist from the Board for Certification of Genealogists. The second, and longer phase, will be to compile an "hourglass" genealogy of this couples ancestors and descendants as far as possible.
Gordon also occasionally lectures on his areas of specialization (New York State, Quaker, Urban, and Immigration research), which has taken him to many national conferences, state and local society seminars, as well as to speaking engagements in Australia and Alaska. Most recently he has been named as the national conference chair for Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference to be held in Rochester in August of 1996 and is greatly looking forward to helping make it a success.
While Gordon has resided in Salt Lake City for almost fifteen years, he still regards Rochester as "home." He tries to come back at least once a year, to conduct research and to visit friends and family. His Utah associates and acquaintances know his loyalties well, for he may be the only person in Utah whose car displays a bumper sticker proudly stating "I'd rather be in Rochester!"
Organizing a Reunion
-- Judy Markham
Phyllis Hackelman has done all of us a big favor.
At least all of us who are intimidated by the thought of organizing anything even as basic as a family picnic.
Her new book, Reunion Planner, so completely does the job of figuring out what must be done that nothing is left to chance. It's all there, whether you are organizing that picnic or a national reunion.
She divides reunions into four major types: the backyard picnic, the picnic at a park, the resort weekend and the three-day weekend at a historic family site.
The indexed, 135-page book is filled with good-sense advice:
"People are more apt to help if the task is small and involves something they are good at."
"A rubber stamp displaying the family name is worth the investment" for grabbing attention on envelopes.
When requesting a personal biography "make it a small space (on the request form). Too much space scares people and they won't write anything."
"Cover your displays (at the reunion) with plastic. Some people will put their coffee cups down anywhere!"
She offers help in the tougher decisions like how do you raise funds and promote the event and when should you cancel?
And she is encouraging: "Pick the pieces that fit your occasion and that you fell comfortable with. Remember to start simply and build."
As testimony to how efficiently even a distant reunion can be organized when you are well-prepared, Phyllis recounts in the book how she organized a reunion in Rushville, Indiana from Rochester.
"I visited Rushville a year before the planned dates and made all the basic arrangements in less than 24 hours. I accomplished the rest with long distance telephone calls amounting to less than $30."
She is obviously good at this.
In Reunion Planner she has taken care of all those myriad of little things that you need to think of.
With great thoroughness, she covers choosing the date, location and type of reunion; planning programs, including guest speakers; arranging accommodations and planning meals; creating a budget and enlisting volunteers.
She even has a count-down planner that starts a year before the event.
But she also includes small details like deciding on souvenirs; arranging for a photographer and/or videographer; how to handle registration; ideas for displays, decorations, even door prizes; how to collect genealogies during the reunion.
There are all sorts of check lists and samples to refer to and she deals thoroughly with the tricky problem of estimating costs.
She anticipates the problems unique to family reunions, like warning hotel clerks to be on the alert when there may be several hundred people checking in with the same last name.
The information gathered here is useful not just for family reunions, but for gatherings of nearly any kind.
Phyllis has always been a wonderful organizer. She used these skills when her two sons were young and in Scouts and later applied them to genealogy.
In February 1988, she published her first major project, Hackelmans in America 1749-1988, a 568-page study on her husbands family that contains 3500 Hackelman descendants.
She followed that in August 1991 by organizing the first Hackelman reunion. That turned out to be the basis for this book, although she didn't know it at the time.
"I'm a saver," she explains. "I had saved copies of all the papers and organizational materials I had sent out. I have a friend who's done four books now and he told me if I didn't do a book, he was going to come over and take all the materials and do it for me and put my name on it.
"So after that I sat down and I did it."
Besides the national reunion, she also tapped experience and bits of information she has collected over the years.
"I was writing about a pot luck supper and I went back to when I was in Cub Scouts and remembered we had this formula that we devised over a five-year period on what foods to ask people to bring so that we had a balanced dinner. I went and dug that out of my files."
To put together the book, she jotted down ideas on paper then arranged then in an index-like file. Then she took it to the computer.
It took three weeks to put the basic manuscript together.
"I did nothing else. My family did the cooking. I worked nights and weekends until I got it done," she recalls.
Her manuscript was accepted right away,
Later came the rewrites. That, she says, was a "nightmare." It took three months.
"They didn't ask me to do rewrites. They took the original manuscript that I had sent out and said okay..."
"But as I was reading it through many months later, I thought, oh my goodness I forgot this and oh my goodness, I forgot that. And all these additional things came to my mind."
"So I did a second manuscript and then when I finalized that, I took it to a professional editor and had it completely edited."
She admits to being organized by nature. "It's you either are or you're not... I like to be able to put my hands on something right away... I read once where they said that if you are mathematically inclined, you tend to be more organized and people who are organized tend to organize by chronological order or by color and I thought, well, there I am."
She has several current projects under way, including two genealogies for other people and indices for a book and a family newsletter on the Clemmons family.
Her book was published in September by the Clearfield Company, Inc., a subsidiary of the Genealogical Publishing Co. and she says they have been getting steady orders.
It's just now beginning to be advertised nationally and may be obtained by writing to Clearfield Company, Inc., 200 East Eager St., Baltimore MD 21202. Cost of the book is $12.95 plus $3 postage and handling.
Or you may purchase one from Phyllis herself.
As of 1 Sep 1993 NYSCOGO has 23 member organizations and 39 subscribers with new subscribers and members continually joining.
The next meeting of NYSCOGO will be 15-16 April 1994 in Hamburg NY. At 10:30 am attendees will join the Western New York Genealogical Society to hear a talk by Jack Ericson, SUNY Fredonia, on Iroquois Genealogy.
Lunch will be "Pot Luck," followed by an afternoon program to be announced.
Dinner will be at the South Shore Country Club at 6:30 with cocktails at 5:30. Dinner speaker will be Glen Atwell, a very knowledgeable and experienced genealogist whose topic will be "Our Own Worst Enemies".
Sometime in February registration blanks will be available. See Julie Steitz or Carter Livermore.
In October 1994 (date to be announced) the meeting will be held in Watertown NY and will probably have a Canadian theme.
The process of publishing a booklet entitled Naturalization Records Found in NY State Counties has been initiated, with a target date of publication in the Fall of 1994.
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Wanted: Old Genealogical Journals
Don't let those old genealogical journals continue to gather dust and please don't throw them away. The newest Family History Center in Rochester would like to share your old newsletters and journals with other genealogists in our community. Many of these periodicals are timeless and can still prove of value to present day researchers. The following publications are especially desired for the FHC:
Contact the Editors or Ed Gaulin to arrange for pickup. The current and future generations of genealogists will thank you. |
RGS Gift
The Rochester Genealogical Society has provided a gift to the Helen McGraw Branch of the Monroe County Library of one hundred dollars ($100) to be used for the purchase of materials for that branch in the area of local history, genealogy or computers. This gift is made in recognition of the branch providing space for our Computer interest Group for the past two years. |
Genesee County Death Notices from the "Western Luminary," a Universalist newspaper published in Rochester NY; Vols. 3 and 4 (1844 and 1845). This material is from a microfilm copy at the Andover - Harvard Theological Library in Cambridge MA. Entries are listed in alphabetical order, followed by the date of publication. Readers should be aware that some of the dates given may refer to the funerals rather than the actual date of death. Compiled and contributed by Karen E. Dau, 54 Starling St. Rochester NY 14613-2261.
Union Society in Sweden and Ogden
Prepared by Dick Halsey
This Church was formed on Dec. 21, 1830 at the district #8 schoolhouse in the Town of Ogden for the inhabitants of the southwest part of Ogden and the southeast part of Sweden. It was incorporated on Jan. 10, 1831. The Trustees at the time of the formation were Nathaniel Bangs of Sweden, Josiah F. Willard of Ogden and Ezra B. True of Ogden with James Hill serving as clerk. In about 1835 this society built a stone Church which served as their meeting place. The church was truly interdenominational although the ministers were usually either Free-Will Baptists or Congregationalists. The Society prospered for a time but many of the founding members either died or move west and by 1880 the Society passed out of existence.
The following list of founding members off from the original church records. In many cases after the name was a note stating that the person had either died or "removed" to points west. Deceased members usually were buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Ogden, NY.
| Elder Samuel Gillman removed Joshua Bangs deceased Nathaniel Bangs deceased Calvin Whicher removed John Hill deceased James Hill deceased Hosea Town deceased Josiah F. Willard removed Edward Covell deceased James Cate removed Elias True deceased Ezra B. True deceased Levi True deceased Aaron Robinson removed Joshua Bangs Jr. removed Goodnough Townsend removed Sila Scribner removed |
John Hill 3rd deceased Abel Fowler deceased John Hill Jr. removed Rinaldo B. Lane removed Josiah Lane Jr. Minzo Lambert removed Josiah Lane removed John Horton removed David Bangs Lorenzo Bangs Jeremiah Osborn Ward P. Hall Jersey Dewey Josiah Bangs Sheldon Hill Henry D. Way Henry Dusenberry |
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Free Queries Published
If you would like to have your queries published in a monthly query publication with national circulation and will "please try" to follow the following requested format, I will be more than happy to publish your queries on a "as needed" basis. Queries regarding any area will be published; however, those pertaining to the following states will most likely have a better chance of a response. AL, AR, GA, KY, LA, MS. MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
Name and address must be included -- Phone number optional. USMAIL: TFC Publications, P O Box 241145, Memphis, TN 38124-1145 Roughly follow the following format: CLARK - WILSON: Christopher CLARK born about 1790 Anson County North Carolina died 2 February 1860 Anson County North Carolina married 14 March 1815 Anson County North Carolina Elizabeth Wilson born 17 March 1793 Anson County North Carolina died 3 June Anson County North Carolina. Children: Christopher Todd born about 1824 Anson County North Camlina; and Robert Francis born 27 August 1834 Anson County North Carolina. Family moved to Henry County TN mid 1830s. Need Christopher's parents and siblings. "Your Name and Address" (Phone number optional) Many have told me that by including their phone number, they received a call from someone that never would taken the time to write. You may send as many as you want -- generally, I will not publish more than four from the same individual in one issue; however, all received will be filed (in the order received) for publication in following issues, so "all will be published." I regret that I am unable to let everyone know exactly when their query was published, but it is just too much to keep up with.
I hope that this helps all who send queries find good connections with "all" the information needed. I would appreciate hearing from anyone that found a connection through this source TPC Publications, P0 Box 241145, Memphis, TN 38124-1145 |
SCHREINER, LAYS: Seeking any information on: Caroline Schreiner b: circa 1866, d: 15 Jan 1948, m: George H. Lays b: circa 1863, d: 15 Sep 1912. Who were her parents, siblings? Also any information on George Lays and members of the Lays family name. Also seeking info on Mary Mason d: 12 Jun 1923 and Margaret Smith d: 23 Dec 1935. All the names mentioned are buried in the same lot at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Will pay for copies and postage. Diana Arney, 960 Wren Way, San Marcos CA 92069-4944 |
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RILEY: Would like to contact Virginia Ester Riley (maiden name), lived at 40 Tyler St, Rochester in 1930s and early 40s. Grandmother was Caroline (Ditner) Barth, same address. Regarding letters on file with Rochester NY Centennial Pioneer Committee (1834-1934)
Theodore Baldwin, RR #1 Box 340, Hannibal NY 13074 |
PHILLIPS: Purchased at antique show in Puyallup WA a 25 square inch black and gold memorial card reading: "In Loving Remembrance of Dr. C.C. Phillips, Died Dec. 8, 1837, Aged 55 years 17 days", perhaps the Dr. Phillips living in Henrietta in 1830. Penciled on back is "Grandmother Cox's father, my great grandfather, Born in 1832, Winifred Smith Grant, Grandmother was 29 years old when her father died." First person proving relationship may have card.
Leland K. Meitzler, Heritage Quest Magazine, PO Box 882, Elbe WA 98330 |
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VAN WORMER: Looking for anyone else researching the Van Wormer family in the general area of Rochester. My great grandfather, Mark Luce Van Wormer was born near Rochester in 1824. He left the area as a child. I'm unable to determine who his parents might have been, his first son was named Henry. Did the middle name of Luce have any significance?
Iris B. Grimmett, 41178 Port Drive, Sweet Home OR 97386-9514 |
WARREN: Need will/probate and marriage record of Scott Warren (Presbyterian) who lived in Penfield, Monroe Co in 1832 (b. ca 1794?) when his father Levi Warren (22 Sep 1766) Lanesboro MA, s/o Isaac, d. 12 Jun 1778 Valley Forge PA) d. June 1832, and first wife Abigail Hammond (d. by 1820 - date?) Need birth and marriage records of Scott's brothers Caleb (of PA), Levi Jr. (of MI) and Albor (of Canada), heirs and place of res. Dau. Maria Flarriett Warren b. 1817 m. c1833 Allen S. Angevine, Penfield (need date). Will pay costs.
Bill Isbell, 165 S. Monterey St, #10, Mobile AL 36604-1274 |
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CARTER, GRAY, CHENEL, HARRIS: Seeking any information on the following...
Thomas Carter (parents unknown), born in England about 1840. He came to NY and worked for a Calvin Gilman in 1855 at the age of 15 "servant, alien." Rochester Directory 1870-71 has a Thomas Carter listed as a farmer boarding at 28 Litchfield St. Sometime between 1860-67 Thomas married his first wife Marjorie Gray (parents unknown). Their first of three sons, Alexander Carter, was born in either Rochester or Bushes Mills NY. Auguster and James were the other two sons. Later Thomas Carter married again (second wife unknown), but they had two sons, Dan Fraser and Peter Gorman. Alexander Carter married 12 Oct 1890 to Sarah Alice Chenel from Magdelen Island (parents: Paul Chenel and Sarah Harris). Where did Alexander and Sarah meet, where were they married, and how long did they live in NY before moving to Gloucester MA for where they are both buried! What happened to Thomas? Was he naturalized? Where is Bushes Mills located in NY? Jane A McCalla, 101 Ramsey Loop Road, Jacksonville NC 28547 |
TYSON: Interested in John H. Tysons wife Maria Ellis Tyson who is the sister of my great grandfather. I am crying to track her from England to Canada to Rochester NY. John H. Tyson is believed to have immigrated from St. Catherines, Ontario Canada prior to 1888. He lived in Rochester in 1888 as per Rochester City Directory. he is believed to have died sometime within 1889-90... removed to Canada. His family consisted of Maria, who died 1915 and was removed to St. Catherines and one son Hugh H. Tyson who continued to live in Rochester.
William H. Ellis, 8609 North Arnold Palmer Drive, Tucson AZ 85741 |
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DORAN, TUCKER: Looking for information on Mary Ann Doran between 1841 and 1843 in Rochester NY. She was born 15 Aug 1821 County Mayo, Ireland and came to America on the ship Columbus from Liverpool to the port of NY 19 Apr 1841. In the early part of 1843 she married an Irishman, John Tucker (born 1809) at Rochester and they took a train to Wheeling, Ohio County, VA. Both died in Wheeling -- John, 14 Nov 1864 and Mary 18 July 1908.
Florence Krueger. R.R. 2, Box 80. Mina SD 57462-9149 |
TWITCHELL: Trying to identify the family lineage of Eleanor Twitchell who married Lou Gehrig, the great New York Yankee first baseman. Eleanor's father was Frank Bradford Twitchell, born in Rochester in 1887/1888 (he was 32 years old when Eleanor's brother, Frank Jr., was born in 1910). Based on some other family records, my guess is that his father might have been a Frank C. Twitchell and his grandfather a George Washington Twitchell. The latter "moved to New York state" ca 1850 from Bethel, Maine. It seems that Frank Bradford (Sr) removed from Rochester to Chicago around 1900-1904, still single.
Henry D. Twitchell, Jr., 4 Hawthorne Road, Winchester MA 01890-2206 |
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NICHOLS, ELLIS: I am searching for the parents of Clarissa Jane Nichols born 29 May 1820 Penfield, Monroe, NY d 2 Jul 1895 Rising Sun, Polk, IA. She married Walter Ellis b 29 May 1818 Aurelius, Cayuga, NY. The marriage date was 4 Jul 1839 at (unknown). I have found an Elijah Nichols living in Penfield on the 1830 US census. He had a daughter age 5-10 at the time of the census making him a likely candidate, but I have been unable to trace this any further. I would be extremely grateful for any help you could provide.
Bruce H. Chamberlain, 5909 Whitehaven Drive, Columbus GA 31909 |
NYS Civil War Vets
Betty Auten of the Seneca County Historians Dept., located in the Seneca County Office Building, Seneca Falls, NY is compiling an alphabetical list of New York State Civil War veterans. To date she has over 3000 names. -- Robert J McCarron |
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