Mailing List Discussions, August 1999
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:53:45 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Maps To: [email protected]
WRG,
At 08:11 AM 7/30/99 -0700, Shawn Whitney wrote: >Hello Group, > >Call me silly on this one perhaps but I was looking for a particular >Booneville on Microsoft's Expedia Maps site last night when I decided to >also type in "Whitney" on the search. Of course it gave me Whitney on >the Wye in England but it also gave me the town or city of Whitney in >each of the following states: >Alabama >California >Florida >Georgia >Idaho >Michigan >Mississippi >North Carolina >Oregon >Pennsylvania >Texas - Brisco County >Texas - Hill County >Washington >And Canada: >New Brunswick >Ontario > >My thought was that if we linked these maps to the WRG site, then over >time each of us in the particular area might investigate a town or two. >For instance, I learned that Whitney, WA is just an hour or so north of >where I live. I could call or stop in to the Chamber of Commerce and >try to find a town historian to tell me for whom or what the town was >named. If it was named for a prominent citizen, perhaps his lineage >would be easily obtainable to link to our growing tree. Some of them we >probably already have. (i.e.: I think the Whitney, CA is already in >Pierce's book. I remember reading it). And since I am close, perhaps I >could also do Oregon's Whitney. This is all just a thought but.... >Easy for me to say because I am not the one maintaining this wonderful >website. > >The MS Expedia site is: >http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp >and the maps are linked with just a click of the mouse. > >Have a good day. >Shawn Boone Whitney >Seattle, WA just south of Whitney, WA
If you visit the following webpage, you will find lots of places with the name "Whitney" included.
<http://www.whitneygen.org/misc/places.html>
I have linked most of them to Expedia maps, so they can be located. If anyone visits any of them and has information on how they were named, or any other interesting data, I will be happy to coordinate these visits and receive the data.
We already have several. See the webpage for details.
Shawn Whitney will do Whitney, WA, and Whitney, OR.
Karen Grubaugh will take Whitney, FL, and Whitney Beach, FL.
Marion Leska has offered to cover Whitney places in NV.
I'll try to locate Whitney's Landing, MD.
Anyone else?
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 01:51:22 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Maps To: [email protected]
Robert and WRG:
I'll make myself responsible for Whitneyville in Cascade Township of Kent County, MI. I've been there, eaten dinner at the Whitneyville Inn, and it was my direct ancestors that founded the place and built the Inn as a coaching stop on the road between Lansing and Grand Rapids. If the sorting, either before or after the move, brings to light a photo or two that I know I have somewhere, I'll send a copy of that along, too.
Allan E. Green
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 09:39:58 +0000 From: debbie <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Trial To: [email protected]
After Mrs Floyd Whitney had left, and near nine o'clock in the evening, the persons we haved named as present were all gathered in the front room of the house, except Mr. Victor Whitney. Who was in the kitchen. Mr. W. S. Stafford was sitting in a chair tipped back against the front door, which was swung open against the wall south of the opening. Within three or four feet of him and on the north side of the open door sat Mr. Ralph Button with a child on his lap.
Mrs Elias Whitney stood by the bureau at the front of the room,
probably eight feet from the open door, and was looking toward the door. The rest of the persons named were scattered about the room.
Suddenly, while the inmates of the house were thus situated, without
the slightest warning or notice, Mr Floyd Whitney appeared in the open door, placed his left hand against the south casing, reached his right hand into the room and struck Mr. W.S. Stafford a severe blow to the right side of his head with a heavy club, that is described as a cherry root a little more than two feet long and with a heavy knot on the end. Mr. Stafford immediately fell to the floor in front of the open door. Mrs. Whitney thinks but one blow was struck but Mr. Elias Whitney informs us that Mr. Button says Floyd struck Stafford twice; but he (Whitney) thinks this is a mistake. As Stafford fell Floyd said " will you strike a wife of mine!" or something to that effect, according to Mrs. Whitney's recollection.
From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 10:10:05 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Vital Records of York, York, ME To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
I've just seen a citation for the following work:
1. Bragdon, Lester MacKinzie, and Frost, John Elbridge, York, ME, Vital Records (Picton Press, Camden, ME), p. 119.
I just checked with the Whitney Bibliography on the website and found that no one is listed as owning this work. Does anyone have easy access to it and has it been considered for transcription and extraction of the Whitney entries? I find myself frequently entering data for people who are supposed to have come from, been born in, were married in, or died in York, and am frustrated by not being able to check the York VR's to provide a good source for that "fact."
Could we get these records to transcribe? I'll help as soon as I get moved and set up again in our new home.
Thanx.
Allan E. Green, Barbourville, KY IBSSG (Charter) -- Proud Sponsor of Rootsweb WHITNEY-L, BADEN-WURTTEMBURG-L, BILLINGSLEY-L, BlackSheep-L, BOMAN-L (BAUMANN), CORBETT-L, GERMAN-AMERICAN-L, GREEN-L, KELLAM-L, NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L,PADUTCHgenONLY-L,REYNOLDS-L FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. (Especially now!)
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 10:34:20 -0700 From: Paul & Brenda Nichols <[email protected]> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services
BRENDA PERKINS OF NEW ORLEAN <[email protected]>, GENBRIT <[email protected]>, Roy Widrig <[email protected]>, DON GREEN <[email protected]>, whitney list <[email protected]>, ROOTS-L LIST <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] GREAT U.K. MAPS To: [email protected]
Hello.
For those of you who don't have this, a great U.K. map link I just
found is at:
Paul of San Diego
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 14:16:47 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Vital Records of York, York, ME To: [email protected]
WRG,
At 10:10 AM 8/1/99 EDT, Allan Green wrote: >Dear WRG: > >I've just seen a citation for the following work: > >1. Bragdon, Lester MacKinzie, and Frost, John Elbridge, York, ME, Vital >Records (Picton Press, Camden, ME), p. 119. > >I just checked with the Whitney Bibliography on the website and found that no >one is listed as owning this work. Does anyone have easy access to it and >has it been considered for transcription and extraction of the Whitney >entries? I find myself frequently entering data for people who are supposed >to have come from, been born in, were married in, or died in York, and am >frustrated by not being able to check the York VR's to provide a good source >for that "fact." > >Could we get these records to transcribe? I'll help as soon as I get moved >and set up again in our new home. > >Thanx. > >Allan E. Green, Barbourville, KY >IBSSG (Charter) -- Proud Sponsor of Rootsweb >WHITNEY-L, BADEN-WURTTEMBURG-L, BILLINGSLEY-L, BlackSheep-L, >BOMAN-L (BAUMANN), CORBETT-L, GERMAN-AMERICAN-L, GREEN-L, >KELLAM-L, NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L,PADUTCHgenONLY-L,REYNOLDS-L >FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. >(Especially now!)
I recently got a catalog from Picton Press. I have extracted from it, their website, and that of Higginson Book Co., a list of vital records and probate records of Maine which we need to extract. I have posted it to the website at <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/todo.html>. I'll be happy to add any sources which list members could suggest for future abstracting.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward <img src="/robertward.gif"> <http://www.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 16:17:10 +0000 From: debbie <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Trial To: [email protected]
It was found that Stafford's skull was crushed in on the right side, from the temple back.He lived until nearly two o'clock the next morning; but Mrs Whitney does not think he was in his right mind any of the time although he spoke a few times.
Floyd Whitney stayed on the premises until a short time, before
Stafford died. He carried a lantern and helped catch a horse for Alva Stafford to ride to call a physician, and offered to go for Stafford's mother if it was desired. Mrs. Whitney said he felt awfully bad over what he had done; and she doesn't think he intedned to kill Stafford, but hit him harder than he meant to. He and Stafford, she believes, were always good friends and on the best of terms. After the striking Floyd cried like a baby.
Elias Whitney talked with Floyd after the latter had struck
Stafford. Floyd said he was too fast and was sorry for what he had done. he said his wife came over home and told him some stuff that made mad. She told him that Stafford had struck her in the stomach and kicked her. He said if she had gone over there and lied like that to him, he wouldn't live with another day. Elias told him how it was, and said if he had come and called some of the family out probably he wouldn't have done what he did. Elias Whitney says he hasn't seen Floyd since he left the premises just before Stafford died.
Up to this writing Floyd Whitney has not been arrested. As stated by
us last week a warrant was issued by Justice of the peace White, of Knoxville, on Monday; but up to this time Whitney has managed to elude his pursuers. Constable L.O. Beach come near catching him taht day, giving him a long chase through a marsh. but the fellow finally got into the woods and escaped. He has a large number of relatives and connextions to Chatham and as our correspondent says, it is generally believed they are secreting him and keeping him supplied with food and information. It supposed his friends are trying to get him out of state and into Canada. It is reported in Chatham that he is now well armed, and there seems to be a general feeling that he would not be a desirable customer to meet in the woods. He is generally spoken of as a rather hard case, and even his father does not give him a very good character.
The county comissioners last week offered a reward of $100 for his
arrest and delivery to the Sheriff.Chatham men 3who claim to know him well describe him as follows: he is about 5 feet, 5 or 6 inches high, weighs about 140 pounds; sstoops a little whitne standing, has regular features, large blue eyes, pale complesion, light brown or sandy hair, long full sandy whiskers; wore a yellowish snuff-colored coat and a blue cloth cap; wears has(sp) cap on one side of his head and holds his head on one side. He does not look a man in the face when talking to him.
From: "Sally Towns" <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Maps
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 22:54:50 -0400
To: [email protected]
Original Message -----
From: Robert L. Ward <<img src="/robertward.gif">> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Maps
> WRG,
>
> At 08:11 AM 7/30/99 -0700, Shawn Whitney wrote:
> >Hello Group,
> >
> >Call me silly on this one perhaps but I was looking for a particular
> >Booneville on Microsoft's Expedia Maps site last night when I decided to
> >also type in "Whitney" on the search. Of course it gave me Whitney on
> >the Wye in England but it also gave me the town or city of Whitney in
> >each of the following states:
> >Alabama
> >California
> >Florida
> >Georgia
> >Idaho
> >Michigan
> >Mississippi
> >North Carolina
> >Oregon
> >Pennsylvania
> >Texas - Brisco County
> >Texas - Hill County
> >Washington
> >And Canada:
> >New Brunswick
> >Ontario
> >
> >My thought was that if we linked these maps to the WRG site, then over
> >time each of us in the particular area might investigate a town or two.
> >For instance, I learned that Whitney, WA is just an hour or so north of
> >where I live. I could call or stop in to the Chamber of Commerce and
> >try to find a town historian to tell me for whom or what the town was
> >named. If it was named for a prominent citizen, perhaps his lineage
> >would be easily obtainable to link to our growing tree. Some of them we
> >probably already have. (i.e.: I think the Whitney, CA is already in
> >Pierce's book. I remember reading it). And since I am close, perhaps I
> >could also do Oregon's Whitney. This is all just a thought but....
> >Easy for me to say because I am not the one maintaining this wonderful
> >website.
> >
> >The MS Expedia site is:
> >http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp
> >and the maps are linked with just a click of the mouse.
> >
> >Have a good day.
> >Shawn Boone Whitney
> >Seattle, WA just south of Whitney, WA
>
> If you visit the following webpage, you will find lots of places with
> the name "Whitney" included.
> <http://www.whitneygen.org/misc/places.html>
> I have linked most of them to Expedia maps, so they can be located.
> If anyone visits any of them and has information on how they were
> named, or any other interesting data, I will be happy to coordinate
> these visits and receive the data.
>
> We already have several. See the webpage for details.
>
> Shawn Whitney will do Whitney, WA, and Whitney, OR.
>
> Karen Grubaugh will take Whitney, FL, and Whitney Beach, FL.
>
> Marion Leska has offered to cover Whitney places in NV.
>
> I'll try to locate Whitney's Landing, MD.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> Robert L. Ward
> Whitney Research Group
> <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Robert I would be willing to find out about Whitneyville, Maine
Sally Towns > >
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:12:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Barry Whitney <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Maps To: [email protected]
There's also a Whitney or Whitney Heights, South Carolina, just north
of Spartanburg in the upstate.
<http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=ia-map-result&zoom_in=1&mscsid=&uid=udv6
03gbb8nda6qm:2sl4t2q42&random=21&SNVData=7%3d%2a%26:%3d%2a%26:%3dlw%40w5
wa2u%26_g9-1lgy1a%2a2vv%28arw5wa%3bn16-%29r2w1yt%3bpo5vv%3bbau.9mk89v%280z
x%242sbj2%7cs%245m6nd%7cl%24HQJ9oxiw%3ba%3bBBDnklqrkq%7cl%24HQJ92vv%28ar
w5wa%3bBBDnn16-%29r2w1yt%3bF5s8BBD-%406%2a%3b415-9wz59%26:%3d%2a%26:>
> > >Booneville on Microsoft's Expedia Maps site last night when I decided to
> > >also type in "Whitney" on the search. Of course it gave me Whitney on
> > >the Wye in England but it also gave me the town or city of Whitney in
> > >each of the following states:
> > >Alabama
> > >California
> > >Florida
> > >Georgia
> > >Idaho
> > >Michigan
> > >Mississippi
> > >North Carolina
> > >Oregon
> > >Pennsylvania
> > >Texas - Brisco County
> > >Texas - Hill County
> > >Washington
> > >And Canada:
> > >New Brunswick
> > >Ontario
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 01:54:08 -0400
From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Cyrus P. Whitney
To: [email protected]
Evan,
You wrote: >Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 15:46:29 -0400 >From: "Evan T. Whitney" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <v0311070cb02212cfa13d@[128.103.137.57]> >Subject: Looking for family > >I'm a new member to this newsgroup, and essentially I'm trying to make >contact with someone who either is a relative (albeit distant), or might >have some common family information. > >I don't have the specifics with me but here's a start that might help. > >My name is Evan T. Whitney and I am the only son of one Robert W. Whitney, >originally of Malone, NY. I believe my fater was born in 1927. His father, >also of Malone, NY was Walter Whitney, married to a woman by the name of >Matty Irish. > >Going further back there is a Charles Whitney who apparently died in World >War I, a distant uncle perhaps... > >But the most well know ancestor if mine is Cyrus P. Whitney, who was the >original surveyor of the Adirondack State Park and lived in the mid 1800's. > >When I have more detailed information I'll be happy to provide it, but just >?essentially saying hello and introducing myself. > >-Evan T. Whitney > Born: Saranac Lake, NY > Currently Resides: Cambridge, MA > >Evan T. Whitney >Harvard Office of News & Public Affairs >[email protected]
Possibly you have already answered this question. Cyrus P. WHITNEY is undoubtedly the one listed as #4580 in Frederick Clifton Pierce, _Descendants of John Whintey_, p. 499.
He was b. 12 Feb 1843, Dickenson, NY, son of Peter-7 and Laura (FARR) WHITNEY [Israel-6, Jonas-5, Jonas-4, Moses-3, Richard-2, John-1]. Her m. 3 Sep 1865, Cynthia L. DAVENPORT, b. 9 May 1838. In 1895 they resided in Malone, NY. Their children are given as:
i. Eva Maria, b. 15 Nov 1866. ii. Charles Leonard, b. 5 May 1868. iii. Carl Cushing, b. 24 Feb 1873; d. 10 May 1876. iv. Floy Fisk, b. 20 Jul 1877.
On p. 625, Charles Leonard-9 WHITNEY is treated. He m. 14 Feb 1893, Mattie E. IRISH. They had a son Gifford Irish WHITNEY, b. 24 Mar 1894.
That's all that is given about the descendants of Cyrus P. WHITNEY.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
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"Bernie Altmeier" <[email protected]>, "Bill Whitney" <[email protected]>, "Bobby & Linda Russell" <[email protected]>, "Carolyn Tilton" <[email protected]>, "Ernie Frisby" <[email protected]>, "Faye Muse" <[email protected]>, "Garrett Anglin" <[email protected]>, "Ginger Muse" <[email protected]>, "Hank Becker" <[email protected]>, "James F. Roome" <[email protected]>, "Jason Strautman" <[email protected]>, "Jeffrey H. Davidson" <[email protected]>, "Joan Hicks" <[email protected]>, "Joe & Shirley Pedigo" <[email protected]>, "John Myer" <[email protected]>, "Jon Aston" <[email protected]>, "Julie A. Green" <[email protected]>, "Karen Hamilton" <[email protected]>, "Ken Dula" <[email protected]>, "Lane Reid" <[email protected]>, "Larry Gates" <[email protected]>, "Larry Heiskell" <[email protected]>, "Linda Shaw" <[email protected]>, "Lou Andrews Murphy" <[email protected]>, "Marcia Regnier Bothman" <[email protected]>, "Mark Cianciulli" <[email protected]>, "Mary Ann Lindsay" <[email protected]>, "Michael Whitney" <[email protected]>, "Michelle Yeung" <[email protected]>, "Mike Hewett" <[email protected]>, "Muse List" <[email protected]>, "patricia w. ferguson" <[email protected]>, "Patty Littlechild" <[email protected]>, "Paul & Snoda Hendricks" <[email protected]>, "Phil Layton" <[email protected]>, "PJ JACKSON" <[email protected]>, "Rankin Muse" <[email protected]>, "Richard Edgley" <[email protected]>, "Richard Muse" <[email protected]>, "Rob Roy" <[email protected]>, "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">, "Robert Norton" <[email protected]>, "Sandy Fahrnbruch" <[email protected]>, "Stafford Dillon" <[email protected]>, "Tim Doyle" <[email protected]>, "Vickie Elam White" <[email protected]>, "Whitney List" <[email protected]>
Subject: E-Mail address change Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 07:36:01 -0400
Hello friends! I'm sending this message to everyone in my address book at once, so I apologize if some of you get it twice.
Because of the great improvements CompuServe is doing, my e-mail account has been changed back to: [email protected] Mail addressed to my old csi.com address will still reach me for a period of 2 years, but not as quickly.
- -) Jeanne W. Muse
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Sender: [email protected]
From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
"Bernie Altmeier" <[email protected]>, "Bill Whitney" <[email protected]>, "Bobby & Linda Russell" <[email protected]>, "Carolyn Tilton" <[email protected]>, "Ernie Frisby" <[email protected]>, "Faye Muse" <[email protected]>, "Garrett Anglin" <[email protected]>, "Ginger Muse" <[email protected]>, "Hank Becker" <[email protected]>, "James F. Roome" <[email protected]>, "Jason Strautman" <[email protected]>, "Jeffrey H. Davidson" <[email protected]>, "Joan Hicks" <[email protected]>, "Joe & Shirley Pedigo" <[email protected]>, "John Myer" <[email protected]>, "Jon Aston" <[email protected]>, "Julie A. Green" <[email protected]>, "Karen Hamilton" <[email protected]>, "Ken Dula" <[email protected]>, "Lane Reid" <[email protected]>, "Larry Gates" <[email protected]>, "Larry Heiskell" <[email protected]>, "Linda Shaw" <[email protected]>, "Lou Andrews Murphy" <[email protected]>, "Marcia Regnier Bothman" <[email protected]>, "Mark Cianciulli" <[email protected]>, "Mary Ann Lindsay" <[email protected]>, "Michael Whitney" <[email protected]>, "Michelle Yeung" <[email protected]>, "Mike Hewett" <[email protected]>, "Muse List" <[email protected]>, "patricia w. ferguson" <[email protected]>, "Patty Littlechild" <[email protected]>, "Paul & Snoda Hendricks" <[email protected]>, "Phil Layton" <[email protected]>, "PJ JACKSON" <[email protected]>, "Rankin Muse" <[email protected]>, "Richard Edgley" <[email protected]>, "Richard Muse" <[email protected]>, "Rob Roy" <[email protected]>, "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">, "Robert Norton" <[email protected]>, "Sandy Fahrnbruch" <[email protected]>, "Stafford Dillon" <[email protected]>, "Tim Doyle" <[email protected]>, "Vickie Elam White" <[email protected]>, "Whitney List" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 07:36:01 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] E-Mail address change To: [email protected]
Hello friends! I'm sending this message to everyone in my address book at once, so I apologize if some of you get it twice.
Because of the great improvements CompuServe is doing, my e-mail account has been changed back to: [email protected] Mail addressed to my old csi.com address will still reach me for a period of 2 years, but not as quickly.
- -) Jeanne W. Muse
Genealogy - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm Games - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/games.htm
Looking for Computer Games? http://ugtz.com/?user=jwmuse
When you need trophies, look here: The Awards Center Inc. - http://www.ioa.com/~dula/
From: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 00:52:27 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] ASHBY,,,MASS.
To: [email protected]
Hell all, I went to Ashby,Mass. I got a copy of there book for this twon , Births,Marriage, Deaths from 1754 to 1890. I am willing to do look ups for any that would like me to . It does have some for Ashburnham,Mass. not a lot but some.It has some Whitney in here toooo !!!!!!!!!!!! Hope [email protected]
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 09:34:46 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] ASHBY,,,MASS. To: [email protected]
At 12:52 AM 8/7/99 EDT, you wrote: >Hell all, >I went to Ashby,Mass. I got a copy of there book for this twon , >Births,Marriage, Deaths from 1754 to 1890. >I am willing to do look ups for any that would like me to . >It does have some for Ashburnham,Mass. not a lot but some.It has some Whitney >in here toooo !!!!!!!!!!!! >Hope >[email protected]
Dear CGomez,
The WHITNEY entries have been extracted and are posted at
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/mass/ashby.html>.
For a links to other Massachusetts towns whose WHITNEY vital records have been extracted, see
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/mass/index.html>.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 13:19:15 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Silas Whitney To: [email protected]
Hello, can anyone help me find Silas Whitney supposed to have been born about 1832 possibly Louisiana or Arkansas.
Married Mary Ann Elizabeth Johnson about 1864. Known children Mollie (Sis) Julie, Alfred Tom, Caldonia (my Grandmother) James Eliphilet and Francie.
Have looked for this family for over 10 years have not found them on any census, death or marriage records, only have what was told to an Aunt who has passed away.
If anyone has any clue at all I would be very happy to pick it up and try digging some more. Silas was supposed to have died in Hunt Co. Texas, have checked every death record could find and nothing about him listed.
Thanks ahead of time for any help. Jody ([email protected])
From: "swberger" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:44:04 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Otis, MA Whitneys To: [email protected]
No one has mentioned the Whitneys who lived in Otis, MA. Jonas Whitney born 1768 in Worcester, Ma and married Mary Nobel. Died April 23, 1845. One of their children was Erastus, born July 28,1797 and married Mary Jackson. One of their children was Miles. Next generation of our family was Miles Whitney born March 25, 1838 and married Sarah Jane Blunt. One of their children was my grandfather, Charles born 1868 also in Otis. My father Lloyd Ward Whitney was born May 11, 1899 in Sandisfield, Ma. and the last male Whitney in this line. I have not been able to trace before Jonas. I would welcome any input. Shirley Whitney Berger
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 18:28:31 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Otis, MA Whitneys To: [email protected]
At 10:44 AM 8/8/99 -0400, swberger wrote: >No one has mentioned the Whitneys who lived in >Otis, MA. Jonas Whitney born 1768 in Worcester, Ma and >married Mary Nobel. Died April 23, 1845. >One of their children was Erastus, born July 28,1797 and >married Mary Jackson. One of their children was Miles. >Next generation of our family was Miles Whitney born March >25, 1838 and married Sarah Jane Blunt. One of their >children was my grandfather, Charles born 1868 also >in Otis. >My father Lloyd Ward Whitney was born May 11, 1899 in >Sandisfield, Ma. and the last male Whitney in this line. >I have not been able to trace before Jonas. I would >welcome any input. >Shirley Whitney Berger
Dear Shirley,
Your Jonas WHITNEY was Jonas-6 WHITNEY, b. 21 Oct 1771, Harvard, MA, son of Timothy-5 and Alice (WHITNEY) WHITNEY. For him, see these page:
<http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/john23.html#i633>, <http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/john27.html#i594>, <http://www.gentree.com/whitney/pierce/p171-175.htm> (#984, p. 173).
Timothy-5's lineage is [Jonas-4, Moses-3, Richard-2, John-1]. Alice-5's lineage is [Jonathan-4, Richard-3, Richard-2, John-1]. His intentions of marriage with Mary NOBLE was recorded in Blandford, MA, 25 Nov 1790 (Blandford vital records, vol. 2, p. 124). See also the Vital Records of Otis, MA, on
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/mass/otis.html>.
If you need more help, write again.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group
Comments: SoVerNet Verification (on garnet.sover.net)
sover.net from arc0a61.burl.sover.net [207.136.201.61] 207.136.201.61
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 21:38:44 -0400 From: Mary Stuart Parks <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Daniel Whitney b. 1757, MA To: [email protected]
This Daniel probably married Sarah Duren/Duron in Bedford or Stow Mass in 1778.
Anybody know this Daniel, his parents??
Thanks, Mary
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 22:46:55 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Daniel Whitney b. 1757, MA To: [email protected]
At 09:38 PM 8/8/99 -0400, Mary Stuart Parks wrote: >This Daniel probably married Sarah Duren/Duron >in Bedford or Stow Mass in 1778. > >Anybody know this Daniel, his parents?? > >Thanks, Mary
Mary,
Your Daniel was Daniel-6 WHITNEY, b. 11 Dec 1749, Stow, MA, son of Daniel-5 and Dorothy (GOSS) WHITNEY [Richard-4, Richard-3, Richard-2, John-1]. See the following URLs:
<http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/john27.html#i240> <http://www.gentree.com/whitney/pierce/p081-085.htm>, #1028, p. 85.
If you need more help, write back.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 19:38:26 +0000 From: "Cliff Whitney Sr." <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] MY LINE To: [email protected]
Dear Whitney Rooters,
Thank you all for helping me learn about many ways to search my family tree. I have been, as they say, lurking at my computer many, many months just having a good time with the chase. Mr. Ward, you are a treasure.Thank you for all the guidance given to others that I have been reading.I don't see how you do it! I'll try to keep this short. Try. It looks like I have succeeded in tracing my line of Whitney's to John and Elinor.
Frank Douglas Whitney, my grandfather, born 24,june 1868 was from Herkimer NY. His father, Perry Percy Whitney, born 1836 in the town of Vernon,Oneida Co. NY.
He was a Civil War vet. in the 117th NY VOL. (Oneida 4th)
Perry's father was Joseph Whitney, born 1777 (probably at Dudley, Worcester Co. MA.)
Later,moved with his father to Herkimer,NY the German Flatts area.
And then
Joseph settled in the town of Vernon,Oneida Co.NY.
Joseph's father was Phinehas (Phineas) Whitney, born 24, June 1740 in Spencer, MA. And then it is Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John. (Thank you Mr. Pierce)
I have lots of names, dates,births, deaths,places if anyone thinks they are part of this.
And I'm really not done. There's much more to find about these families.
Thanks again to you all,
--
Cliff Whitney
6614 Candlewood Drive
Charlotte, NC 28210
[email protected]
Sender: [email protected]
From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 06:13:34 -0400
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: Bowker
To: [email protected]
Original Message -----
From: Gordon L Mitchell <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 10:44 PM Subject: Bowker
|
| Jeanne,
| Saw your Gedcom on Samuel Bowker and Lydia Whitney.
| Samuel was born 9 Apr 1731, Hopkinton, MA, son of Edmund & Elizabeth
| Bowker. He marr. (1) Martha Stone, 5 Oct 1749, and had dau, Mary, 11
| Oct 1750; and Martha, 8 Jul 1752, Hopkinton. He married (2) Lydia
| Whitney, had Asa, 12 Nov 1755,who married Hannah Hero 1778., d. 1815;
| Abigail, b. 13 Jun 1757; Abigail, b. 9 Apr 1759; Abiathar, b. 25 Feb
| 1763, m. Polly Fezze, 1789, d. 1838; Ruth, b. 9 Feb 1765; Daniel, b.
16
| Feb 1769. Samuel married (3) Lois Harrid, 3 Sep 1767, Framingham.
| had Betsey, who married Levi Wheaton, 1796; and Samuel.
| He died 1799
|
| See New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol XI, p 225.
|
| Gordon Mitchell
|
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:33:36 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Daniel Whitney b. 1757, MA To: [email protected]
At 10:14 PM 8/9/99 -0500, Lee Rennels wrote: >ROBERT, >I SEE YOU HELP WHITNEYS ALL OVER THIS SITE PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME CONNECT MY >WHITNEYS TO SOMEONE? CLEVELAND WHITNEY DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS BORN OR WHERE >HE CAME FROM, BUT HIS APPROX. DATE OF BIRTH WAS 1885 HE MARRIED LILLIAN >MCINTYRE B.11,1894--D. JAN. 28, 1981. THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN THE OLDEST I >BELIEVE WAS JAMES ALBERT WHITNEY B-10/01/1914 IN A PLACE ONCE CALLED >AYE(RS), MASS. (MY GRANDFATHER), 2ND CHILD CHARLES "BOOTS" FINLEY WHITNEY >DON'T HAVE A BIRTH DATE, BOTH STILL ALIVE, BUT DON'T KNOW OF THEIR FATHER AS >HE WAS NOT AROUND GROWING UP. 3RD CHILD ANNA MAY(?) WHITNEY. DON'T KNOW IF >HE DIED OR IF THEY DIVORCED, SHE REMARRIED AND HAD 3 MORE CHILDREN. PLEASE >HELP IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU. RHONDA JUSTICE [email protected]
Rhonda,
You have given not quite enough information to be able to identify your line.
Probably a good thing to do next is to locate the death certificate of Cleveland WHITNEY. That would give you his date and place of birth, his date and place of death, his parents' names, including the maiden name of his mother, and his parents birthplaces.
Another useful exercise is to find Cleveland and Lillian in the 1920 census of the place where they were living at that time. That will also give you much useful information.
When you have a little more data, write back, and we'll see if we can help you further.
Good luck and good hunting!
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
"Oakley List" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 16:21:27 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Census surname distribution To: [email protected]
I received this yesterday from someone on the MUSE-L surname list, of which I am also a subscriber. Thought I'd pass it along. ;-) Jeanne
>There is a Web site that will show the distribution of any surname in the U. S. as reported in the 1990 and some older census'. http://www.hamrick.com/names/<
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:55:53 -0400
From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Daniel Whitney b. 1757, MA References: <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
At 10:29 PM 8/10/99 -0400, Mary Stuart Parks wrote: >Dear Robert and all, > >I think I have mislead you. The Daniel I am looking for was a Rev. War >Veteran, >married a 'Sarah' and had sons Joel born 1786, Oliver born 1789 and Levi > >born 1791. There may have been other children. This Daniel came from >Mass. to Westminster, VT then to Salisbury, VT in 1793. > >I think I made a leap of faith from some info I found at the LDS site, >but I'm >back on earth now and any help is appreciated! > >Mary > >"Robert L. Ward" wrote: > >> At 09:38 PM 8/8/99 -0400, Mary Stuart Parks wrote: >> >This Daniel probably married Sarah Duren/Duron >> >in Bedford or Stow Mass in 1778. >> > >> >Anybody know this Daniel, his parents?? >> > >> >Thanks, Mary >> >> Mary, >> >> Your Daniel was Daniel-6 WHITNEY, b. 11 Dec 1749, Stow, MA, son of >> Daniel-5 and Dorothy (GOSS) WHITNEY [Richard-4, Richard-3, Richard-2, >> John-1]. See the following URLs: >> <http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/john27.html#i240> >> <http://www.gentree.com/whitney/pierce/p081-085.htm>, #1028, p. 85. >> >> If you need more help, write back. >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert >> >> Robert L. Ward >> Whitney Research Group >> <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Sorry, I can't identify this person. What is the source of your information?
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:01:48 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Wives of Jacob Whitney, b. Lisbon, ME; 1804 To: [email protected]
Dear Jan Whitaker and others interested in the Whitneys of Lisbon, ME.
Re the Jacob mentioned above, son of Samuel Lumber Whitney and Lydia Curtis, the Lisbon VR's show a marriage to a Mary Goold on July 18, 1830 and two children of this marriage; daughters Increase Goold and Mary Jane, b. 1831 and 1834 respectively. It then shows the death of Mary, w. Jacob in 1838 (no month or day), and then a marriage intent for a Jacob Whitney and Christiana Jordan on 6 Sep 1838. Then the Lisbon VR's show three further children for a Jacob Whitney in the succeeding time frame. However, the entries for these three children, Martha McClellan, b. 1839; Washington Dain, b. 1842; and Christiana Ann, b. 1848, to be the children of Jacob and MARY Whitney.
My tendency is to believe that these three children actually had Christiana Jordan as their mother, and the clerk or copyist who prepared the Lisbon VR's missed copying the name of the second wife accurately. However, I must admit the possibility of two different Jacobs. Can you or anyone else among the descendants of the ME Whitneys help shed some light on this question?
Sincerely,
Allan E. Green, Barbourville, KY IBSSG (Charter) -- Proud Sponsor of Rootsweb WHITNEY-L, BADEN-WURTTEMBURG-L, BILLINGSLEY-L, BlackSheep-L, BOMAN-L (BAUMANN), CORBETT-L, GERMAN-AMERICAN-L, GREEN-L, KELLAM-L, NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L,PADUTCHgenONLY-L,REYNOLDS-L FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. (Especially now!)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:47:08 -0400 From: Vickie Elam White <[email protected]> Sender: Vickie Elam White <[email protected]>
charset=ISO-8859-1
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Where's the website? To: [email protected]
I tried the URL for the new website and couldn't get in. What is the correct URL? Maybe I'm typing it in wrong or something. I'm particularly interested in the article by Paul C. Reed that debunks the WHITNEY royal line, since I want to direct someone to it so she can read it for herself.
Thanks.
Vickie Elam White
[email protected]
From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 05:08:01 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Not able to get on line To: [email protected]
I have tried several times today and on 2 different computers but I keep getting this message: I have been using this URL: http://www.whitneygen.org/
<<Unknown Host
<<Description: Unable to locate the server named "www.whitneygen.org" --- the server does not have a DNS entry. Perhaps there is a misspelling in the server name, or the server no longer exists. Double-check the name and try again. >>>
Barbara Black
From: "Ken Nelson" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Not able to get on line Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:13:19 -0400 To: [email protected]
For some reason it does not work for me either. Try http://www.rootsweb.com/~gumby/genweb/Whitney/Whitney.html
I got this address from Cyndislist and it works for me. Ken Nelson [email protected]
Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>I have tried several times today and on 2 different computers but I keep
>getting
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:57:49 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Recent messages about website
To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
I just sent the following to Vickie, and then decided to send it to all.
Allan
Vickie:
I just tried it and it still is off-line. This happened a couple of weeks ago for about two days, and then things got back to normal. The site is hosted on a personal computer owned by Tim Doyle, of the WRG, and he just moved about a month ago. He may have had to change ISP and he may be having a problem with his new setup. Give it a day or two for him to become aware of the problem and fix it.
Thanks, as ever, for your continued participation in the WRG.
Allan
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:01:56 +0000 From: debbie <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Jeremiah Whitney To: [email protected]
Allan and/or Robert Is it possible that Jeremiah b. 1819 came to Chatham, PA with the rest of the family? I have a Jeremiah not to far from some Whitney ancestors but has the birth date as 1817. He is buried in Tioga, Pa which is close to Chatham and wher alot of the family moved to..
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 07:29:44 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Not able to get on line To: [email protected]
At 10:00 PM 8/13/99 -0400, "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> wrote:
>Tim, > >There is a DNS problem with the website:
Robert: I sent the following to Allan Green last night:
I finally found the problem. It seems that Network Solutions didn't have a record of my initial payment for the domain, and had it locked down tight until I payed. Since all of my receipts are packed, I just paid the bill again and will work it out with them when I get settled in. I do not know how long it will be before they unlock the DNS entry for the site, but it has now (again) been paid for.
My apologies to everyone for this mixup.
Tim
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:07:16 -0700 From: Frances Whitney <[email protected]> Organization: Huh? To: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Not able to get on line References: <[email protected]>
I hope you know, Tim, that everyone really appreciates what you do for us
and for the list. Hopefully the rest of your move will go smoothly (If such a thing is possible in this mortal probation, ha ha!)
frances xoxoxo
Tim Doyle wrote:
> At 10:00 PM 8/13/99 -0400, "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> wrote: > > >Tim, > > > >There is a DNS problem with the website: > > Robert: I sent the following to Allan Green last night: > > I finally found the problem. It seems that Network Solutions didn't have > a record of my initial payment for the domain, and had it locked down > tight until I payed. Since all of my receipts are packed, I just paid the > bill again and will work it out with them when I get settled in. I do not > know how long it will be before they unlock the DNS entry for the site, > but it has now (again) been paid for. > > My apologies to everyone for this mixup. > > Tim > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ > [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:07:16 -0700 From: Frances Whitney <[email protected]>
Organization: Huh? Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Not able to get on line References: <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
I hope you know, Tim, that everyone really appreciates what you do for us
and for the list. Hopefully the rest of your move will go smoothly (If such a thing is possible in this mortal probation, ha ha!)
frances xoxoxo
Tim Doyle wrote:
> At 10:00 PM 8/13/99 -0400, "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> wrote: > > >Tim, > > > >There is a DNS problem with the website: > > Robert: I sent the following to Allan Green last night: > > I finally found the problem. It seems that Network Solutions didn't have > a record of my initial payment for the domain, and had it locked down > tight until I payed. Since all of my receipts are packed, I just paid the > bill again and will work it out with them when I get settled in. I do not > know how long it will be before they unlock the DNS entry for the site, > but it has now (again) been paid for. > > My apologies to everyone for this mixup. > > Tim > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ > [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
From: [email protected] (Randy Winch) Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:24:46 -0500 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: Whitney Information To: [email protected]
Wanted to put this to the list for any help one of you might be able to give to Larry. Thanks, Carolyn
Original Message-----
From: judithwhitney <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 6:41 PM Subject: Whitney Information
>
>Sir, I have been browsing the Whitney material on the web. I have put
>together material from 13 generations. I am a descendant of John Whitney.
>Any information that I may provide is avaliable. Larry Whitney
>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:08:40 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] New Postings to the WRG Website To: [email protected]
Dear WRG,
Tim Doyle and I have recently posted the following items to the Whitney Research Group website <http://www.whitneygen.org/>:
Most Wanted Whitneys: <http://www.whitneygen.org/wanted.html> Jabez Whitney of North Yarmouth, ME: <http://www.whitneygen.org/jabezw.html> Index to Connecticut Church Records, from the CT State Library, Hartford, CT: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/conn/churchindex.html>
More extracts from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols.
95-100: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/nehgr095.html>,
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/nehgr096.html>,
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/nehgr098.html>,
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/nehgr099.html>,
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/nehgr100.html>
Worcester County, MA, wills, volume 454 (1873-1874):
<http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/probate/worcwills454.html>
All but the first two can be searched from the usual search engine:
<http://www.whitneygen.org/search.html>
Enjoy!
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:48:59 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">
[email protected]
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] New WHITNEY Article To: [email protected]
Dear WRG,
With some pride, I announce the publication of an article by myself in the July number of _The American Genealogist_, vol. 74 (1999), pp. 197-208, entitled, "The Footloose Joshua-3 Whitney (1687-1771) and Some of His Descendants." This was Joshua-3 [Benjamin-2, John-1]. The article identifies his children, grandchildren, and some of his great-grandchildren. This family is rather badly jumbled in Frederick Clifton Pierce's _The Descendants of John Whitney_ (1895), and the purpose of this article is to straighten them out with full documentation.
This is my direct ancestral line (see <http://www.whitneygen.org/families/lineages.html#1a>), and I'd be happy to answer questions from interested parties. The research was undertaken to discover and prove the ancestry of Sarah (WHITNEY) FLAGG, and in the process the ancestry of Mercy (WHITNEY) BALL, her half-sister, was found.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:21:42 -0400 From: Vickie Elam White <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] New WHITNEY Article Sender: Vickie Elam White <[email protected]>
charset=ISO-8859-1
Robert,
I read your article this morning. Fantastic work, as always! <G>
Vickie Elam White [email protected]
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
"Oakley List" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:41:42 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Family Bible Rootsweb List To: [email protected]
> This note was on one of my lists and found it worth passing on... > > A branch of our family lost our Family Bible with all of the valuable > information that we have to search so hard for now. Since then I have > made it a point to check Bibles in yard sales, auctions and used book > stores for information about a family. I found two and I needed a place > to put the information out so it wouldn't be lost. (I'm not selling or > pushing the Bibles, I have given them to the church to use, only the > information in the Bibles that is so important to genealogists.) I knew > I could put it on the rootsweb site for that surname except that they > didn't have one with either surname so I went looking. I found a > marvelous site but they told me they didn't have many members on the > list. I was surprised. To sign up for this list, send an email to > [email protected] > > Then watch for old Bibles and post the information for all to check. (I > hope you find the Gibbens one we lost in Arkansas.) Also post on the > surname site. We can help each other. > > (Originally sent by Linda Stewart.)
Sender: [email protected]
From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
"Oakley List" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:46:58 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Searchable GenServ Guestbook added To: [email protected]
Hello all! Like many of you, I have been using the GenServ system for many years and contributed my Gedcom files to it. I received the following in their "What's New" letter this week. Since it's free for anyone, I thought I'd pass it along!
- -) Jeanne Muse
About four years ago, we noticed a change in the GenServ GuestBook messages. People were using the GuestBook as a query board. That was a good idea because the messages were left on the GuestBook for a long period of time.
For almost four years the GenServ GuestBook messages have been archived waiting for the time when we could provide this service.
We have a new server with a new search program written by Anthony Papineau, author of GED4WEB, just for the GuestBook messages. It has 3+ years of Guestbook messages available for your research. Thousands of messages, surnames, email addresses and names of those who posted the messages. - - And SEARCHABLE - -
* This service is FREE with no limits of requests to anyone. *
Please go SIGN our GenServ GuestBook again. This time think of it as a query board. Post several queries about all of your lines. We will be posting the new messages in our GuestBook to the new search area about once a week. Post often to our GenServ GuestBook and we hope you will find this a good tool for your family research.
* For you this may also be the time to send us a new GEDCOM data file * as a replacement for the one we have.... if so, Please do that.
Where is it ? The URL for the new server is:
http://raven.genserv.net/search.htm
Please note: The above URL has .net in it. This URL is only for the Guestbook Search system.
Sender: [email protected]
From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
"Oakley List" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 05:16:35 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Correction - Family Bible link To: [email protected]
The correct address is: [email protected]
Sorry for the error.
Comments: Authenticated sender is <[email protected]> From: "Alice Harris" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:27:00 +0000 Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Family Bible Rootsweb List To: [email protected]
I, too, had an experience in getting scriptures back to the proper family. In this case is was an LDS "3 in 1". It had the name of Elise Olson inside the cover and gave the name of her father, saying it had belonged to him. I traced the names on the new familysearch.org and also the ancestral file at a FHC and came up with a submitter. She, however was a very distant relative and she suggested the following site called past connections. And it worked!! I was able to give the book to a 2ggrandaughter of Elise. And she belonged to a family organization so it will be shared by many.
I have pasted the description and address of the site below.
Alice Harris
> Past Connections (http://www.pastconnect.com/) contains a searchable >database of family-related items found at flea markets, estate sales and >auctions. Everything from diplomas to birth certificates, receipts to >photos. If you discover an item from your family in the database, you >can contact the person who currently owns it.
Date forwarded: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:50:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
Date sent: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:41:42 -0400
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Family Bible Rootsweb List
To: [email protected]
Forwarded by: [email protected]
>
> A branch of our family lost our Family Bible with all of the valuable
> information that we have to search so hard for now. Since then I have
> made it a point to check Bibles in yard sales, auctions and used book
> stores for information about a family. I found two and I needed a
place
> to put the information out so it wouldn't be lost. (I'm not selling or
> pushing the Bibles, I have given them to the church to use, only the
> information in the Bibles that is so important to genealogists.) I
knew
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:01:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Barry Whitney <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] World War 1 Draft Cards (fwd) To: [email protected]
In a message dated 8/20/99 12:24:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<<
M. Dean Hunt Louisville, KY
Good Morning everyone: I played hooky from work yesterday and spent the day at the NARA Branch in Atlanta and it jogged my memory to pass on some information to everyone.
Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means first, full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current address of the man; his age; his birthdate (some include his place of birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if his father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one eye, etc); the name and address of the draft board and the date.
When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - in state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm difficult to say the least.
The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserve all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task.
So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918.
And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't depend on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took one look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left.
For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: NARA Southeast Region 1557 St. Joseph Ave East Point, GA 30344
In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WWI Draft application Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies.
The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all this wonderful hard work for you <VBG>
If you have any other questions about the cards please write to me and I'll try to help. I've been "delving" into these cards for the past few years. But PLEASE don't ask me to get the copies for you. It is difficult for me to take the time off from work to visit the archive to do my own research <g>.
And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on.
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:20:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Barry Whitney <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ancestry Daily News, 23 August 1999 (fwd) To: [email protected]
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 04:44:09 -0700 From: Ancestry Daily News <[email protected]> ...
23 August 1999
In this issue: - Database of the Day
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (136 Vols.)
Jasper County, Indiana Deaths, 1921-1977
Midwest Pioneers: Lake Superior Country
Portland Press Herald (ME), Obituaries, 1998-1999 (Update)
- Today's Featured Map:
England and Wales, 1644
- "10 Tips to Help You Get More from Your Online Research Time" by Juliana Smith - "Printed Sources" Wins Coveted ALA Award ... SEARCH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE VERSION OF THE SSDI FREE AT ANCESTRY.COM Ancestry.com has just updated the Social Security Death Index, to reflect updates through the end of June, 1999. The database now includes 61,678,026 records, and is the most recent version available online. Ancestry is now updating the SSDI monthly, providing family historians with ... The SSDI is available for searching at: http://anclist001.ancestry.com/Unity/UrlView/12/14/173/1/57113
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We have just increased this already large and popular database by adding three more volumes. This addition brings the total number of volumes to 133.
The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution is one of the oldest organizations in the United States dedicated to the preservation of American Revolutionary War genealogies. This database, containing references to Revolutionary War ancestors and their descendants, was created from "Lineage Books of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution." These lineage books contain information submitted by tens of thousands of individuals with connections to Revolutionary War patriots. This collection now contains over 2.1 million names and is a valuable collection for anyone with ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. At Ancestry.com, we look forward to increasing the size of this extremely valuable database. Return often as the size of this valuable database is periodically increased.
Bibliography: "Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution", - Vol. I-CXXXIII (133). Note on Publishing: Since this database represents a compilation of 125 volumes, the years and locations of copyright information varies, according to each volume, i.e. Volume 8 was published in 1899 in Washington, D.C., whereas volume 63 was published in 1923, also in Washington, D.C.
To search this database, go to:
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1) Think of a trip to a computer like a trip to the library. You wouldn't go to the library unprepared, so do a little preparatory work before you log on. I keep a 3-ring binder with printed pedigree charts and family group sheets on my desk. The binder also contains blank pages where I can make notes of ideas for new research strategies, sites I want to investigate later, etc.
2) With the immense array of resources available online (and new sites going up every day) it is impossible to keep track of where you have searched, when, and for what. Keeping a research log of sites visited, searches performed, and results can save much duplicated effort. I keep my log in a spreadsheet form and keep the log open as I search. Then I can simply copy/paste the URL into the document and keep track of my searches as I go. With Web sites that are constantly being updated and/or added to, you may want to go back every so often to recheck them. Your log can tell you when you last checked a site. Those with a preference for a paper copy, can use the downloadable Research Calendar at: http://www.ancestry.com/download/forms.htm to record searches.
3) Determine what information you need. While it can be fun to wander aimlessly about the Web, most of us have a limited amount of time that we can spend surfing for ancestors. Go over your research and decide what information you are looking for. Once you have decided on a particular piece of information that is missing, pursue it.
4) Don't just search for surnames. If you know your ancestors were from a particular location, find out all you can about their hometown or homeland. While learning about an area, you will often find clues that will open up new avenues of research.
5) Learn. How-to, beginner sites, and specialized sites dealing with specific record types, geographic areas, repositories, and/or ethnicity abound. Use them to locate new resources and methods for conducting your search. The Ancestry.com Learning Center contains a wide variety of information and helpful articles, all in one place at: http://www.ancestry.com/research/index.htm
6) If you don't find the information you seek online, use online sources to determine what offline avenues are available to you.
7) When you find a pertinent piece of information, make sure you record the full bibliographic citation. If it is not available on the Web site, write the webmaster and request it. Citing your sources is critical both online and off.
8) Post queries on sites like FamilyHistory.com (http://www.familyhistory.com), where large numbers of researchers visit regularly and where the people that may have the information you seek have a good chance of seeing your post. You might also want to consider posting your GEDCOM online. By submitting your tree to large collections like the World Tree (http://www.ancestry.com/worldtree/tree.htm), you can also increase your chances of locating elusive cousins.
9) Once you log off, follow through by proving your findings with original primary source documents. Online resources are secondary sources at best, and often contain errors. Additionally, there is often much more information in the original documents.
10) Have some fun with it! Every so often when you have the time, go off and explore a bit. You'll be surprised at what you can find in unexpected places!
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From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:16:47 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fwd: [conelist] RE: WW Cone To: [email protected]
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Got this off my Cone list for anyone who might be interested.
Ken Whitney Eugene, OR
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:11:06 -0700 From: "R Landmesser" <[email protected]>
To: "Cone Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: [conelist] RE: WW Cone List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]>
Found this on Ancestry.com DAR records.
Just need to send for copy of her papers from DAR ($10) to see if she
listed her children. Poss they know where the notes from the Cone book
are.
Rose
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume
38
Mrs. Isabelle Cone Harvey. DAR ID Number: 36204 Born in Mission, Kansas. Wife of Alexander M. Harvey. Descendant of Lieut. Joshua Whitney and of Capt. James Colt. Daughter of Wiliam Whitney Cone and Orrinda Lamphere, his wife. Granddaughter of Benjamin Bishop Cone and Lucy Whitney Colt, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of William Williams Colt (1775-1847) and Huldah
Whitney (1779-1858), his
wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of James Colt and Miriam Williams (1756-1811),
his wife; Joshua Whitney
and Anna Ashley (1748-1822), his wife, m. 1770. Joshua Whitney, (1745-1808), entered the army as sergeant; was promoted
lieutenant 1780, and
served to the close of the war. He was an original member of the
Cincinnati of Connecticut. He
was born in Canaan, Conn., removed to Pittsfield, Mass., where he died.
Also No. 25294. James Colt, (1740-1809), commanded a company of minute men. He was
appointed on the
Committee of Inspection of Pittsfield, to enforce resolutions of the
Continental Congress. He was
born in Lyme, Conn.; died in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Some of you will be interested in this....
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 04:44:09 -0700 From: Ancestry Daily News <[email protected]> ...
23 August 1999
In this issue: - Database of the Day
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (136 Vols.)
Jasper County, Indiana Deaths, 1921-1977
Midwest Pioneers: Lake Superior Country
Portland Press Herald (ME), Obituaries, 1998-1999 (Update)
- Today's Featured Map:
England and Wales, 1644
- "10 Tips to Help You Get More from Your Online Research Time" by Juliana Smith - "Printed Sources" Wins Coveted ALA Award ... SEARCH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE VERSION OF THE SSDI FREE AT ANCESTRY.COM Ancestry.com has just updated the Social Security Death Index, to reflect updates through the end of June, 1999. The database now includes 61,678,026 records, and is the most recent version available online. Ancestry is now updating the SSDI monthly, providing family historians with ... The SSDI is available for searching at: http://anclist001.ancestry.com/Unity/UrlView/12/14/173/1/57113
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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION LINEAGE BOOKS (136 Vols.)
We have just increased this already large and popular database by adding three more volumes. This addition brings the total number of volumes to 133.
The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution is one of the oldest organizations in the United States dedicated to the preservation of American Revolutionary War genealogies. This database, containing references to Revolutionary War ancestors and their descendants, was created from "Lineage Books of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution." These lineage books contain information submitted by tens of thousands of individuals with connections to Revolutionary War patriots. This collection now contains over 2.1 million names and is a valuable collection for anyone with ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. At Ancestry.com, we look forward to increasing the size of this extremely valuable database. Return often as the size of this valuable database is periodically increased.
Bibliography: "Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution", - Vol. I-CXXXIII (133). Note on Publishing: Since this database represents a compilation of 125 volumes, the years and locations of copyright information varies, according to each volume, i.e. Volume 8 was published in 1899 in Washington, D.C., whereas volume 63 was published in 1923, also in Washington, D.C.
To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3174.htm
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ENGLAND AND WALES, 1644
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10 TIPS TO HELP YOU GET MORE FROM ONLINE RESEARCH TIME by Juliana Smith
<<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>
===========================================
1) Think of a trip to a computer like a trip to the library. You wouldn't go to the library unprepared, so do a little preparatory work before you log on. I keep a 3-ring binder with printed pedigree charts and family group sheets on my desk. The binder also contains blank pages where I can make notes of ideas for new research strategies, sites I want to investigate later, etc.
2) With the immense array of resources available online (and new sites going up every day) it is impossible to keep track of where you have searched, when, and for what. Keeping a research log of sites visited, searches performed, and results can save much duplicated effort. I keep my log in a spreadsheet form and keep the log open as I search. Then I can simply copy/paste the URL into the document and keep track of my searches as I go. With Web sites that are constantly being updated and/or added to, you may want to go back every so often to recheck them. Your log can tell you when you last checked a site. Those with a preference for a paper copy, can use the downloadable Research Calendar at: http://www.ancestry.com/download/forms.htm to record searches.
3) Determine what information you need. While it can be fun to wander aimlessly about the Web, most of us have a limited amount of time that we can spend surfing for ancestors. Go over your research and decide what information you are looking for. Once you have decided on a particular piece of information that is missing, pursue it.
4) Don't just search for surnames. If you know your ancestors were from a particular location, find out all you can about their hometown or homeland. While learning about an area, you will often find clues that will open up new avenues of research.
5) Learn. How-to, beginner sites, and specialized sites dealing with specific record types, geographic areas, repositories, and/or ethnicity abound. Use them to locate new resources and methods for conducting your search. The Ancestry.com Learning Center contains a wide variety of information and helpful articles, all in one place at: http://www.ancestry.com/research/index.htm
6) If you don't find the information you seek online, use online sources to determine what offline avenues are available to you.
7) When you find a pertinent piece of information, make sure you record the full bibliographic citation. If it is not available on the Web site, write the webmaster and request it. Citing your sources is critical both online and off.
8) Post queries on sites like FamilyHistory.com (http://www.familyhistory.com), where large numbers of researchers visit regularly and where the people that may have the information you seek have a good chance of seeing your post. You might also want to consider posting your GEDCOM online. By submitting your tree to large collections like the World Tree (http://www.ancestry.com/worldtree/tree.htm), you can also increase your chances of locating elusive cousins.
9) Once you log off, follow through by proving your findings with original primary source documents. Online resources are secondary sources at best, and often contain errors. Additionally, there is often much more information in the original documents.
10) Have some fun with it! Every so often when you have the time, go off and explore a bit. You'll be surprised at what you can find in unexpected places!
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:16:47 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fwd: [conelist] RE: WW Cone
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Got this off my Cone list for anyone who might be interested.
Ken Whitney Eugene, OR
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:11:06 -0700 From: "R Landmesser" <[email protected]>
To: "Cone Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: [conelist] RE: WW Cone List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]>
Found this on Ancestry.com DAR records.
Just need to send for copy of her papers from DAR ($10) to see if she
listed her children. Poss they know where the notes from the Cone book
are.
Rose
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume
38
Mrs. Isabelle Cone Harvey. DAR ID Number: 36204 Born in Mission, Kansas. Wife of Alexander M. Harvey. Descendant of Lieut. Joshua Whitney and of Capt. James Colt. Daughter of Wiliam Whitney Cone and Orrinda Lamphere, his wife. Granddaughter of Benjamin Bishop Cone and Lucy Whitney Colt, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of William Williams Colt (1775-1847) and Huldah
Whitney (1779-1858), his
wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of James Colt and Miriam Williams (1756-1811),
his wife; Joshua Whitney
and Anna Ashley (1748-1822), his wife, m. 1770. Joshua Whitney, (1745-1808), entered the army as sergeant; was promoted
lieutenant 1780, and
served to the close of the war. He was an original member of the
Cincinnati of Connecticut. He
was born in Canaan, Conn., removed to Pittsfield, Mass., where he died.
Also No. 25294. James Colt, (1740-1809), commanded a company of minute men. He was
appointed on the
Committee of Inspection of Pittsfield, to enforce resolutions of the
Continental Congress. He was
born in Lyme, Conn.; died in Pittsfield, Mass.
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From: Barry Whitney <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ancestry Daily News, 25 August 1999 (fwd)
To: [email protected]
Other possibly useful references....
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Ancestry Daily News >From the publisher of "The Source" and "Ancestry" Magazine http://www.ancestry.com
25 August 1999
In this issue: - Databases of the Day:
Virginia Colonial Soldiers
North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1760-1800
Midwest Pioneers: La Follette's Autobiography
Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), Obituaries, 1993-1999 (Update)
- Today's Featured Map:
New England Colonies, 1607-1760
- Letters to the Editor
Deciphering Handwriting
Apology to Mac Users
Descendants of Mary and Patty Bowden
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Bibliography: Eckenrode, H. J. "Special Report of the Department of Archives and History for 1913." Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1917.
To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/4006.htm
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First settled by Virginian emigrants, North Carolina was the destination of immigrants from many locations throughout the colonial period. This database is a collection of will abstracts in the state between 1760 and 1800. Each entry contains the year of filing and name of the person filing the will. Also provided are family members mentioned in the will including, but not limited to, spouse and children. With over 10,000 entries, it contains nearly 50,000 names. For researchers of colonial North Carolina ancestors this can be a valuable collection of records.
Bibliography: Olds, Fred A., ed. "Abstracts of Wills in North Carolina." Oxford: Clearfield Co., 1925.
To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3945.htm
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A resident of Wisconsin, Robert La Follette was an important player in the politics of this Midwestern state from his election as a district attorney in 1880 to his presidential campaign of 1912. This database is his autobiography published in 1913. In these writings La Follette traces his political life and accomplishments as a lawyer and politician. Researchers will find detailed descriptions of the political movements and currents in the Midwest before and after the turn of the twentieth century. For those attempting to understand the larger context in which their Wisconsin ancestors may have lived, this can be a fascinating and informative database.
Bibliography: Library of Congress. "Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910." [Database online] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. La Follette, Robert. "La Follette's Autobiography." Madison, WI: Robert La Follette Co., 1913.
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Bibliography: UMI Company. "Obituaries from the Patriot Ledger, 1993-1999." Orem, UT: Ancestry Inc., 1999.
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WHITNEY-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 205
Today's Topics:
#1 [WHITNEY-L] Ancestry Daily News, 2 [Barry Whitney <[email protected].]
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:04:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Barry Whitney <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ancestry Daily News, 25 August 1999 (fwd)
Other possibly useful references....
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:15:18 -0700 From: Ancestry Daily News <[email protected]> To: Ancestry Daily News Subscriber <[email protected]> Subject: Ancestry Daily News, 25 August 1999
Ancestry Daily News >From the publisher of "The Source" and "Ancestry" Magazine http://www.ancestry.com
25 August 1999
In this issue: - Databases of the Day:
Virginia Colonial Soldiers
North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1760-1800
Midwest Pioneers: La Follette's Autobiography
Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), Obituaries, 1993-1999 (Update)
- Today's Featured Map:
New England Colonies, 1607-1760
- Letters to the Editor
Deciphering Handwriting
Apology to Mac Users
Descendants of Mary and Patty Bowden
- In the News Online - Ancestry Quick Tip - Thought for Today - Family History Favorite Awards - Products of the Day at the Online Store
Genelines
Clooz
...
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DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>
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Virginia Colonial Soldiers
Since the first settlers landed in Jamestown in 1607, Virginia was largely a military colony and remained such for many years. This database is a listing of men who served in the colonial militia from those early years as a mere settlement up until the early 1770s. It was compiled in 1913 from sources available to the author in the Virginia State Library. Researchers will find the name of soldier and the reference in the original work where the record was found. Containing the names of over 6000 men, it can be an extremely helpful resource for those seeking colonial Virginia ancestors.
Bibliography: Eckenrode, H. J. "Special Report of the Department of Archives and History for 1913." Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1917.
To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/4006.htm
<<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1760-1800
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Bibliography: Olds, Fred A., ed. "Abstracts of Wills in North Carolina." Oxford: Clearfield Co., 1925.
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Bibliography: Library of Congress. "Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910." [Database online] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. La Follette, Robert. "La Follette's Autobiography." Madison, WI: Robert La Follette Co., 1913.
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Greetings to all my Whitney List friends:
I can look out and see the boats running out on the Chesapeake Bay (actually the Tangier Sound of the Bay), and then I have to look back inside and see the hundred+ boxes all over the house. I just got the new modem for my recently acquired laptop (the old one didn't work at all), and had 859 messages today to catch up on. I'll get back to genealogy as soon as I can get an electrician to wire the upstairs with phone lines and jacks and get my desktop set up again.
Until then, I'll just read and enjoy the traffic. Congratulations to Robert on his article and to Rob ert and Tim for the additions to the web page.
Later!
Allan E. Green
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:58:25 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] All moved but drowning in boxes!
Greetings to all my Whitney List friends:
I can look out and see the boats running out on the Chesapeake Bay (actually the Tangier Sound of the Bay), and then I have to look back inside and see the hundred+ boxes all over the house. I just got the new modem for my recently acquired laptop (the old one didn't work at all), and had 859 messages today to catch up on. I'll get back to genealogy as soon as I can get an electrician to wire the upstairs with phone lines and jacks and get my desktop set up again.
Until then, I'll just read and enjoy the traffic. Congratulations to Robert on his article and to Rob ert and Tim for the additions to the web page.
Later!
Allan E. Green Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 11:55:24 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Help on transcription, p. 15 To: [email protected]
In editing the transcription for page 15 of the Pierce Project, I noticed that the lower left corner is missing from my book and hence from the scanned image that the transcriber used. Can anyone out there fill in the sections missing below?
[ ]his several sons dying without issue.
[ ]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and
the other
[ ]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them
[ ]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the
freshet.
Thanks!
Tim Doyle
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:45:11 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Status To: [email protected]
After putting the Pierce Project on hold for a bit, I decided it was time to devote some more time to it today. I've been editing completed sets all day and have managed to put 8 additional sets online.
Our current project status is:
89% (119/133) Complete. 95% (127/133) Complete if I ever finish this editing. :-) 97% (130/133) Adopted.
Non-completed sets include:
3 sets unassigned 3 sets in progress 8 sets being edited
The unassigned sets are:
71 - 75 - Scans online, but poor quality/small. 311 - 315 - Scans online. 406 - 410 - No scans available.
If you would like to volunteer for one of these sets, please let me know. If you have a copy of Pierce, please volunteer for the sets with no or poor scans as I'd like to do this without scanning any more pages.
Thanks to everyone who has participated in this tremendously valuable project! Once we finish this one, I have a few ideas for more projects!
Tim Doyle
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:03:27 -0700 From: Frances Whitney <[email protected]> Organization: Huh? To: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Status References: <[email protected]>
Thanks to you, Tim, for all you do for us! I hope you're all unpacked and moved in now.
frances xoxo
Tim Doyle wrote:
> After putting the Pierce Project on hold for a bit, I decided it was > time to devote some more time to it today. I've been editing completed > sets all day and have managed to put 8 additional sets online. > > Our current project status is: > > 89% (119/133) Complete. > 95% (127/133) Complete if I ever finish this editing. :-) > 97% (130/133) Adopted. > > Non-completed sets include: > > 3 sets unassigned > 3 sets in progress > 8 sets being edited > > The unassigned sets are: > > 71 - 75 - Scans online, but poor quality/small. > 311 - 315 - Scans online. > 406 - 410 - No scans available. > > If you would like to volunteer for one of these sets, please let me know. > If you have a copy of Pierce, please volunteer for the sets with no or > poor scans as I'd like to do this without scanning any more pages. > > Thanks to everyone who has participated in this tremendously valuable > project! Once we finish this one, I have a few ideas for more projects! > > Tim Doyle > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ > [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:03:27 -0700 From: Frances Whitney <[email protected]> Organization: Huh? Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Status References: <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
Thanks to you, Tim, for all you do for us! I hope you're all unpacked and moved in now.
frances xoxo
Tim Doyle wrote:
> After putting the Pierce Project on hold for a bit, I decided it was > time to devote some more time to it today. I've been editing completed > sets all day and have managed to put 8 additional sets online. > > Our current project status is: > > 89% (119/133) Complete. > 95% (127/133) Complete if I ever finish this editing. :-) > 97% (130/133) Adopted. > > Non-completed sets include: > > 3 sets unassigned > 3 sets in progress > 8 sets being edited > > The unassigned sets are: > > 71 - 75 - Scans online, but poor quality/small. > 311 - 315 - Scans online. > 406 - 410 - No scans available. > > If you would like to volunteer for one of these sets, please let me know. > If you have a copy of Pierce, please volunteer for the sets with no or > poor scans as I'd like to do this without scanning any more pages. > > Thanks to everyone who has participated in this tremendously valuable > project! Once we finish this one, I have a few ideas for more projects! > > Tim Doyle > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ > [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:02:44 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Jemima Clark WHITNEY To: [email protected]
I found the following post on the Whitney Genforum site at http://genforum.genealogy.com/whitney/. Jon Aston, could you make sure this data gets updated in the database? Thanks!
Posted by Jemima Clark Whitney on August 23, 1999 at 14:12:52:
Jemima Clark Whitney b. 21 Sept 1792 m. 19 Jan. 1809 at Ontario Co., NY Samuel Byington Warren b. 17 Jan. 1789 prob. at Woodbridge, CT; He died intestate 5 Mar. 1818 Canandaigua, NY; She married 2nd Robert Barrows 3 May 1820. Jemima's father was Silas Whitney as stated on estate papers.
Looking for any information on this Whitney family.
My posted response:
I assume you've seen the following DAR record, found online at http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/military/dar/dar10.html
Volume 98, page 194
Mrs. Angeline Jennett Warren Colegrove.
DAR ID Number: 97626
Born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Wife of Edward Colegrove.
Descendant of William Warren, as follows:
1. Nathaniel Emmons Warren (1812-84) m. 1839 Angeline Jannett Earl
(1818-44).
2. Samuel Byington Warren (1789-1818) m. Jemima Clark Whitney (1792-1843).
3. William Warren m. Abigail Emmons (1760-1835).
William Warren enlisted, 1776, in Capt. Jonathan Wells' company,
Colonel Wolcott's Connecticut regiment. He was born, 1745, in
Woodstock, Conn.; died in Cazenovia, N. Y.
Also No. 77971.
I searched the Whitney Research Group's site (http://www.whitneygen.org/) and found the following baptism at http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/mass/medway.html
Whitney, Jemima, ch. Silas and Tryphena, bp. Oct. 28, 1792. C.R.2.
On the same page was the marriage record for the parents:
Whitney, Silas and Tryphena Lane, Mar. 16, 1791.
Continuing to search the WRG site, I found the following family at http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/john71.html#id11294
11. Joshua5 Whitney (Joshua4, Joshua3, Benjamin2, John1); b. 27 Feb
1738/39 Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; m. Jemima Clark 29 Oct 1765
Medway, Norfolk, MA; first wife, "Mrs;" m. Keziah Hobbs 28 Oct 1779
Medway, Norfolk, MA; second wife.
Jemima Clark. She died on 22 Nov 1778 Medway, Norfolk, MA.
Children of Joshua5 Whitney and Jemima Clark all b. Medway, Norfolk,
MA, were as follows:
33 i. Simeon6 Whitney; b. 29 Aug 1766; m. Achsah Leland 13 Aug 1792
Boston, Suffolk, MA; m. Achsah Leland before 22 Jan 1793.
34 ii. Joshua Whitney; b. 25 Jan 1769; baptized 23 Apr 1769; d. 26
Feb 1779 Medway, Norfolk, MA, at age 9.
35 iii. Silas Whitney; b. 20 Mar 1771; m. Tryphena Lane 16 Mar 1791
Medway, Norfolk, MA.
36 iv. Adah Whitney; d. 16 May 1773 Medway, Norfolk, MA; [sic]; b.
16 May 1774; [sic].
37 v. Nabby Whitney; d. 16 May 1773 Medway, Norfolk, MA; [sic]; b.
16 May 1774; [sic].
38 vi. Priscilla Whitney; baptized 12 Nov 1775; [sic]; b. 10 Nov
1776; [sic].
Keziah Hobbs. She was born circa 1742; calculated from age at death.
She died on 15 Apr 1820 Medway, Norfolk, MA; in her 78th year.
Children of Joshua5 Whitney and Keziah Hobbs both b. Medway, Norfolk,
MA, were as follows:
39 i. Daniel Hobbs6 Whitney; b. 6 Mar 1781; m. Irene Morse 5 Nov
1801 Medway, Worcester, MA.
40 ii. Joshua Whitney; b. 17 Jan 1783; m. Caroline Williams 29 Nov
1808 Medway, Middlesex, MA.
>From this information, it appears that your Jemima Whitney, wife of Samuel Byington Warren was Jemima Whitney, daughter of Silas6 Whitney (Joshua5, Joshua4, Joshua3, Benjamin2, John1) and his wife Tryphena Lane.
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:10:55 -0400 To: Tim Doyle <[email protected]>, [email protected] From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Help on transcription, p. 15
Tim et al.,
At 11:55 AM 8/29/99 -0600, Tim Doyle wrote: >In editing the transcription for page 15 of the Pierce Project, >I noticed that the lower left corner is missing from my book >and hence from the scanned image that the transcriber used. Can >anyone out there fill in the sections missing below? > > >[ ]his several sons dying without issue. >[ ]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and >the other >[ ]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them >[ ]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the >freshet. > >Thanks! > >Tim Doyle > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ >[email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
[upon] his several sons dying without issue. [ O]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and the other [daughte]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them [it ultimate]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the freshet,
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:10:55 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Help on transcription, p. 15 To: [email protected]
Tim et al.,
At 11:55 AM 8/29/99 -0600, Tim Doyle wrote: >In editing the transcription for page 15 of the Pierce Project, >I noticed that the lower left corner is missing from my book >and hence from the scanned image that the transcriber used. Can >anyone out there fill in the sections missing below? > > >[ ]his several sons dying without issue. >[ ]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and >the other >[ ]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them >[ ]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the >freshet. > >Thanks! > >Tim Doyle > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ >[email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
[upon] his several sons dying without issue. [ O]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and the other [daughte]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them [it ultimate]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the freshet,
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:13:42 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: John and Jane (Hogg) Partridge To: [email protected]
Any of you interested in Partridge families, please take note of the following important information. We all need to change our data so errors can be corrected -- especially any on-line Gedcoms and data, now that doing genealogy on-line has become so popular. It's difficult to squelch inaccuracies -- but we can certainly try!
Jeanne (Whitney) Muse
Original Message -----
From: Dennis Partridge <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 5:05 PM Subject: John and Jane (Hogg) Partridge
>
> Hi Jeanne,
>
> I have provided an article at my site disproving that John, William
and
> Margery Partridge were children of John and Jane Hogg Partridge. Since
I
> seen it at your site listed in this manner I thought you might be
> interested in it:
>
> http://www.partridgenest.com/medfield.htm
>
> The database has not been updated yet, but should be at the start of
> September.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Dennis
> Dennis N. Partridge
> [email protected]
>
> The SurnameWeb
> http://www.surnameweb.org/
> Co-Founder and Team Leader
>
>
> The Partridge Nest (note new address!!!)
> http://www.partridgenest.com/
> Webmaster
>
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 06:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WHITNEY-D Digest V99 #207 To: [email protected]
WHITNEY-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 207
Today's Topics:
#1 [WHITNEY-L] Help on transcription, [Tim Doyle <[email protected]>] #2 [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Status [Tim Doyle <[email protected]>] #3 Re: [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Sta [Frances Whitney <fwhitney@lightspe] #4 [WHITNEY-L] Jemima Clark WHITNEY [Tim Doyle <[email protected]>] #5 Re: [WHITNEY-L] Help on transcript ["Robert L. Ward" <[email protected]] #6 [WHITNEY-L] Fw: John and Jane (Hog ["Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]]
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 11:55:24 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Help on transcription, p. 15
In editing the transcription for page 15 of the Pierce Project, I noticed that the lower left corner is missing from my book and hence from the scanned image that the transcriber used. Can anyone out there fill in the sections missing below?
[ ]his several sons dying without issue.
[ ]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and
the other
[ ]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them
[ ]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the
freshet.
Thanks!
Tim Doyle
- -------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:45:11 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Status
After putting the Pierce Project on hold for a bit, I decided it was time to devote some more time to it today. I've been editing completed sets all day and have managed to put 8 additional sets online.
Our current project status is:
89% (119/133) Complete. 95% (127/133) Complete if I ever finish this editing. :-) 97% (130/133) Adopted.
Non-completed sets include:
3 sets unassigned 3 sets in progress 8 sets being edited
The unassigned sets are:
71 - 75 - Scans online, but poor quality/small. 311 - 315 - Scans online. 406 - 410 - No scans available.
If you would like to volunteer for one of these sets, please let me know. If you have a copy of Pierce, please volunteer for the sets with no or poor scans as I'd like to do this without scanning any more pages.
Thanks to everyone who has participated in this tremendously valuable project! Once we finish this one, I have a few ideas for more projects!
Tim Doyle
- -------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:03:27 -0700 From: Frances Whitney <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Status
Thanks to you, Tim, for all you do for us! I hope you're all unpacked and moved in now.
frances xoxo
Tim Doyle wrote:
> After putting the Pierce Project on hold for a bit, I decided it was > time to devote some more time to it today. I've been editing completed > sets all day and have managed to put 8 additional sets online. > > Our current project status is: > > 89% (119/133) Complete. > 95% (127/133) Complete if I ever finish this editing. :-) > 97% (130/133) Adopted. > > Non-completed sets include: > > 3 sets unassigned > 3 sets in progress > 8 sets being edited > > The unassigned sets are: > > 71 - 75 - Scans online, but poor quality/small. > 311 - 315 - Scans online. > 406 - 410 - No scans available. > > If you would like to volunteer for one of these sets, please let me know. > If you have a copy of Pierce, please volunteer for the sets with no or > poor scans as I'd like to do this without scanning any more pages. > > Thanks to everyone who has participated in this tremendously valuable > project! Once we finish this one, I have a few ideas for more projects! > > Tim Doyle > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ > [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:02:44 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Jemima Clark WHITNEY
I found the following post on the Whitney Genforum site at http://genforum.genealogy.com/whitney/. Jon Aston, could you make sure this data gets updated in the database? Thanks!
Posted by Jemima Clark Whitney on August 23, 1999 at 14:12:52:
Jemima Clark Whitney b. 21 Sept 1792 m. 19 Jan. 1809 at Ontario Co., NY Samuel Byington Warren b. 17 Jan. 1789 prob. at Woodbridge, CT; He died intestate 5 Mar. 1818 Canandaigua, NY; She married 2nd Robert Barrows 3 May 1820. Jemima's father was Silas Whitney as stated on estate papers.
Looking for any information on this Whitney family.
My posted response:
I assume you've seen the following DAR record, found online at http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/military/dar/dar10.html
Volume 98, page 194
Mrs. Angeline Jennett Warren Colegrove.
DAR ID Number: 97626
Born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Wife of Edward Colegrove.
Descendant of William Warren, as follows:
1. Nathaniel Emmons Warren (1812-84) m. 1839 Angeline Jannett Earl
(1818-44).
2. Samuel Byington Warren (1789-1818) m. Jemima Clark Whitney (1792-1843).
3. William Warren m. Abigail Emmons (1760-1835).
William Warren enlisted, 1776, in Capt. Jonathan Wells' company,
Colonel Wolcott's Connecticut regiment. He was born, 1745, in
Woodstock, Conn.; died in Cazenovia, N. Y.
Also No. 77971.
I searched the Whitney Research Group's site (http://www.whitneygen.org/) and found the following baptism at http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/mass/medway.html
Whitney, Jemima, ch. Silas and Tryphena, bp. Oct. 28, 1792. C.R.2.
On the same page was the marriage record for the parents:
Whitney, Silas and Tryphena Lane, Mar. 16, 1791.
Continuing to search the WRG site, I found the following family at http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/john71.html#id11294
11. Joshua5 Whitney (Joshua4, Joshua3, Benjamin2, John1); b. 27 Feb
1738/39 Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; m. Jemima Clark 29 Oct 1765
Medway, Norfolk, MA; first wife, "Mrs;" m. Keziah Hobbs 28 Oct 1779
Medway, Norfolk, MA; second wife.
Jemima Clark. She died on 22 Nov 1778 Medway, Norfolk, MA.
Children of Joshua5 Whitney and Jemima Clark all b. Medway, Norfolk,
MA, were as follows:
33 i. Simeon6 Whitney; b. 29 Aug 1766; m. Achsah Leland 13 Aug 1792
Boston, Suffolk, MA; m. Achsah Leland before 22 Jan 1793.
34 ii. Joshua Whitney; b. 25 Jan 1769; baptized 23 Apr 1769; d. 26
Feb 1779 Medway, Norfolk, MA, at age 9.
35 iii. Silas Whitney; b. 20 Mar 1771; m. Tryphena Lane 16 Mar 1791
Medway, Norfolk, MA.
36 iv. Adah Whitney; d. 16 May 1773 Medway, Norfolk, MA; [sic]; b.
16 May 1774; [sic].
37 v. Nabby Whitney; d. 16 May 1773 Medway, Norfolk, MA; [sic]; b.
16 May 1774; [sic].
38 vi. Priscilla Whitney; baptized 12 Nov 1775; [sic]; b. 10 Nov
1776; [sic].
Keziah Hobbs. She was born circa 1742; calculated from age at death.
She died on 15 Apr 1820 Medway, Norfolk, MA; in her 78th year.
Children of Joshua5 Whitney and Keziah Hobbs both b. Medway, Norfolk,
MA, were as follows:
39 i. Daniel Hobbs6 Whitney; b. 6 Mar 1781; m. Irene Morse 5 Nov
1801 Medway, Worcester, MA.
40 ii. Joshua Whitney; b. 17 Jan 1783; m. Caroline Williams 29 Nov
1808 Medway, Middlesex, MA.
>From this information, it appears that your Jemima Whitney, wife of Samuel Byington Warren was Jemima Whitney, daughter of Silas6 Whitney (Joshua5, Joshua4, Joshua3, Benjamin2, John1) and his wife Tryphena Lane.
- -------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:10:55 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Help on transcription, p. 15
Tim et al.,
At 11:55 AM 8/29/99 -0600, Tim Doyle wrote: >In editing the transcription for page 15 of the Pierce Project, >I noticed that the lower left corner is missing from my book >and hence from the scanned image that the transcriber used. Can >anyone out there fill in the sections missing below? > > >[ ]his several sons dying without issue. >[ ]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and >the other >[ ]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them >[ ]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the >freshet. > >Thanks! > >Tim Doyle > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ >[email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
[upon] his several sons dying without issue. [ O]ne of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert RODD, to whom she and the other [daughte]rs the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them [it ultimate]ly came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the freshet,
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:13:42 -0400 From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: John and Jane (Hogg) Partridge
Any of you interested in Partridge families, please take note of the following important information. We all need to change our data so errors can be corrected -- especially any on-line Gedcoms and data, now that doing genealogy on-line has become so popular. It's difficult to squelch inaccuracies -- but we can certainly try!
Jeanne (Whitney) Muse
Original Message -----
From: Dennis Partridge <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 5:05 PM Subject: John and Jane (Hogg) Partridge
>
> Hi Jeanne,
>
> I have provided an article at my site disproving that John, William
and
> Margery Partridge were children of John and Jane Hogg Partridge. Since
I
> seen it at your site listed in this manner I thought you might be
> interested in it:
>
> http://www.partridgenest.com/medfield.htm
>
> The database has not been updated yet, but should be at the start of
> September.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Dennis
> Dennis N. Partridge
> [email protected]
>
> The SurnameWeb
> http://www.surnameweb.org/
> Co-Founder and Team Leader
>
>
> The Partridge Nest (note new address!!!)
> http://www.partridgenest.com/
> Webmaster
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:45:12 -0600
From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Can someone help?
To: [email protected]
I remember that fairly recently I read an article about a WHITNEY involved in an indian attack. She was a schoolteacher and defended her students. I just can't remember if this was in my Pierce Project editing, on the WHITNEY-L mailing list, or elsewhere. I found the following reference on page 237 of Pierce (to be posted soon) and wanted to see if the two items were related. Can anyone help?
ORLANDO, b. Mar. 27, 1792; m. and went to Texas. I suppose
died there. It is supposed that a school teacher by the name of WHITNEY, who, with her school, was attacked by Indians in Western Texas a number of years ago, and who lost her life in successfully defending her pupils, was a daughter of Orlando, but could get no positive proof.
This Orlando was the son of JONATHAN WHITNEY (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John).
Tim Doyle
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 11:14:13 -0500 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Proposal for new project To: [email protected]
Proposed 1850 Census Project
Since the Whitney Research Group's Pierce Project is nearing completion and has been such a success, I would like to propose we undertake another substantial project. I suspect this project would be of great benefit to us and to numerous future Whitney researchers. This is not a small project, and requires different skills than the Pierce Project. What I propose is that our group undertake the extraction of all Whitney families in the 1850 Census. Why 1850? Census records from years prior to 1850 do not contain the names of all family members and would thus not be as much of a benefit, and our group does not yet have complete indexes for later census years. The data obtained from the 1850 census should enable us to extend many families listed in Pierce and it should allow us to greatly increase the data in our GEDCOMs. With this data we should be able to help many researchers with unconnected Whitney lines than we are currently able to help. Here is how I propose we accomplish this task:
1. A list will be made of all Whitneys in the various 1850 Census
indexes and sorted by locality. Microfilm numbers will be looked up and added and the list resorted by microfilm number, and further sorted by page number/locality.
2. Sets will be created for volunteers to adopt. These sets will
typically be all Whitney families on one roll of microfilm. If there are too many families on any particular roll, the roll will be broken up into 2 or more sets, as needed.
3. Volunteers will sign up for (adopt) a set and will obtain the
microfilm using whatever method they wish - a local library, Family History Center, AGLL film loan, etc. ALL data for the families should be looked up and written down.
4. The extracted data will then be submitted to the project in
an organized manner. I am still brainstorming on how this step might be automated.
5. Links could be made from our indexes to the actual census data. 6. Other census years can be undertaken if the 1850 Project is
a success.
So that's my proposed project. Is it too large an undertaking for our group? Would the resulting data be useful to us? What do you think? Would you be willing to volunteer?
Note: All WRG researchers should keep an eye out for any Whitney family in any source - including census records. If you see any Whitneys out there, please extract it and post it to the list!
Tim Doyle - [email protected]
WWW homepage: http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ ftp directory: ftp.doit.com pub/tdoyle
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:37:11 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] looking for Whitneys To: [email protected]
Hi, I'm looking for the Family line of Whitneys from the Jonesboro, Maine area.
Charles Whitney b.29Dec1897 d.2 April1988. His brother Gilbert, dates
unknown. Charlie was married to my grandmother Glennie Alexander Whitney, they married in Nov 1938. they are both buried in Forest Hill Cemetary in Jonesboro, Maine. Charlie was a coastguardsman in WWII..dies in the VA. Hosp in Togas. If any of this is familiar, please contact me at my email address. Thanks, S. Weber
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:44:05 -0500 From: Ronald Whitney <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Proposal for new project To: [email protected]
Tim, Sounds like a good project, but doesn't it kind of duplicate the work being done by GenWeb on their census efforts? I realize this would be specific to WHITNEY surname, but sometims that specificity is a disadvantage when seeking neighbors, etc. who may be relatives. Just two cents worth.
>Note: All WRG researchers should keep an eye out for any Whitney >family in any source - including census records. If you see any >Whitneys out there, please extract it and post it to the list! > I posted some of this back in the dark ages when Jeanne Muse was sending out the Whitney newsletter. It was 10/5/96 if anyone has them archived. I am posting it this way because two of Josiah's daughters married Whitney men. None of this is in my line, just found while digging through the haystack in search of the proverbial needle. Thought I should post it before I delete it from my data. Hope it helps someone. If so give me a holler and I'll give what little documentation I have.
Descendants of Josiah Crom
Generation No. 1
1. JOSIAH2 CROM (JOHN1)1 was born April 03, 1818 in Ohio, and died June 13, 1889 in Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa. He married (1) ELIZABETH HERSH1.
He married (2) MARY ANN HUTCHINSON1 April 06, 1845 in Milton, Wood Co.,
Ohio1, daughter of BENJAMIN HUTCHINSON and MARTHA. She was born September 28, 1820 in Springfield, Portage Co., Ohio, and died February 13, 1890 in Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa.
Children of JOSIAH CROM and MARY HUTCHINSON are:
i. JAMES HARVEY3 CROM1, b. April 06, 1846, Weston, Wood Co., Ohio; d.
March 07, 1917, Tekamah, Nebraska; m. ELLEN LUCINA DUDLEY, January 01, 1868, Iowa.
ii. MARGARET CROM1, b. December 19, 1848, Washington, Wood Co., Ohio; d.
1919; m. JAMES LANDON.
iii. WALTER SCOTT CROM1, b. January 06, 1852, Sandusky, Wood Co., Ohio; d.
June 22, 1928, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas; m. MARY MARTHA REEDER, February 24, 1872, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa2.
iv. ELECTRA MATHILDA CROM3, b. November 28, 1854, Washington, Wood
Co., Ohio; d. February 1937, Council Bluffs, Pottowattamie Co., Iowa; m. JAMES BROWN.
v. NANCY MARIAH CROM3, b. July 22, 1856, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d.
1926; m. LEWIS LANDON, November 26, 1876, Harrison Co., Iowa. 2. vi. HESTER JANE CROM, b. November 29, 1857, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d. 1929.
vii. MARY PRICILLIA CROM4, b. March 21, 1861, Magnolia, Harrison Co.,
Iowa; d. 1932; m. THOMAS HOWARD.
viii. OLIVE CROM5, b. October 16, 1862, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d.
1935.
ix. MARTHA CROM5, b. 1868, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d. 1940; m. HUGH
WHITNEY.
Generation No. 2
2. HESTER JANE3 CROM (JOSIAH2, JOHN1)6,7 was born November 29, 1857 in Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa8, and died 19298. She married ALMAN JAMES WHITNEY9,10. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
Child of HESTER CROM and ALMAN WHITNEY is:
i. OSCAR GROVER4 WHITNEY11, b. December 07, 1892, Pisgah, Iowa12,13; d.
June 12, 1971, California; m. DORTHA E.14; b. August 18, 1900; d. October 20, 1987, Garden Grove, Orange Co., California15..
Notes for OSCAR GROVER WHITNEY: Buried in Soldier Valley Cemetery near Pisgah, Iowa.
Social Security Death Benefits Records show that his SSN was 482-03-0498 issued in Iowa. His residence at time of death was California. His last known zip code was 91775.
Notes for DORTHA E.: Buried in Soldier Valley Cemetery near Pisgah, Iowa..
Endnotes
1. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 2. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, indicated Reeders Mill, or Magnolia, Iowa. Not being familiar with the former I chose to cite the latter. RWW. 3. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 4. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, Shown as Marry Pricillia 'Minnie' Crom. 5. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 6. Social Security Card Application (Photocopy), Oscar Grover Whitney, listed his mother as Hester Jane Crom on form filled out December 3, 1936. 7. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, lists name as HesterJane 'Jennie' Crom. 8. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 9. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, Listed spouse of Hester Jane Crom as Alfred J. Whitney. 10. Social Security Card Application (Photocopy), Oscar Grover Whitney, wrote that his father's full name was Alman James Whitney on form filled out on December 3, 1936. 11. Cemetery - Harrison County, Iowa. 12. Social Security Card Application (Photocopy), 482-03-0498, Filed December 3, 1936. 13. Cemetery - Harrison County, Iowa, Visited 1996 by Ronald Whitney, Oscar G. Whitney, Iowa Wagoner Infantry WWI b. Dec 7, 1892 d. June 12, 1971. 14. Cemetery - Harrison County, Iowa. 15. Social Security Death Index, (On line index at Ancestry.com), SSN-561-21-7145.
Ron and Roxie Whitney <[email protected]>
Check out the new stuff on our Home page:<http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2212/>
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:57:24 -0500 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Links To: [email protected]
I found the following Whitney related websites this afternoon:
The Whitney Hotel, Columbia, South Carolina http://www.whitneyhotel.com/
The Whitney Restaurant, Detroit, Michigan http://www.thewhitney.com/
Whitney High School, Cerritos, California http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/high/whitney.web/index.htm
Whitney Elementary School, Strongsville, Ohio http://whitney.strongnet.org/
Lake Whitney, Granbury, Texas http://www.fishingenet.com/proreprt/whitney.html
MailBank.com is trying to sell Whitney.net email addresses and websites http://whitney.net/
Pratt & Whitney Company http://www.pratt-whitney.com/homepage.html
Lake Whitney, Texas area http://www.lakewhitney.com/
Mt.Whitney Day Hike Page http://home.earthlink.net/~bclk/dayhike.htm
First Group to Spot Mt. Whitney Includes a photo of the man the peak was named after, founder of the California Geological Survey, Josiah Dwight Whitney. http://www.perry.com/whitney/frsthike.html
Eli Whitney pages http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~quinn/localpages/Eli.html http://technology.ksc.nasa.gov/ETEAM/whitney.html
Tim Doyle - [email protected]
WWW homepage: http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ ftp directory: ftp.doit.com pub/tdoyle
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:12:47 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Tim's newest proposal! To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
Boy, when Tim thinks big, he thinks BIG! It sounds like a wonderful idea to me, and I'll be in there pitching after about six more weeks. That's about how long it is going to take to get rid of all of the boxes that cannot be put off long term. I am still waiting for the electrician to do the wiring of phone lines in the upstairs so I can start setting up our "genealogy room/office" in the largest spare bedroom. I'm really looking forward to getting off this laptop. As much as I love it for what it will do in the future, it is NOT something to use to handle everyday work, especially anything that requires any extensive typing.
Thanks to all who have sent me good luck and welcome to retirement messages. I have tried to respond to every one individually. Dennis will miss us pretty much, except we may get some most welcome rain here in Maryland. The sun us setting over the Bay and I have to get off line and help open and stow another box before my goodwife will feed me.
Happy Hunting:-)
Allan E. Green
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:08:30 -0400 To: Tim Doyle <[email protected]>, [email protected] From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Can someone help?
Tim et al.,
At 07:45 AM 8/30/1999 -0600, Tim Doyle wrote: >I remember that fairly recently I read an article about a WHITNEY >involved in an indian attack. She was a schoolteacher and defended >her students. I just can't remember if this was in my Pierce Project >editing, on the WHITNEY-L mailing list, or elsewhere. I found the >following reference on page 237 of Pierce (to be posted soon) and >wanted to see if the two items were related. Can anyone help? > > >ORLANDO, b. Mar. 27, 1792; m. and went to Texas. I suppose > died there. It is supposed that a school teacher by the name of > WHITNEY, who, with her school, was attacked by Indians in > Western Texas a number of years ago, and who lost her life in > successfully defending her pupils, was a daughter of Orlando, > but could get no positive proof. > >This Orlando was the son of JONATHAN WHITNEY (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, >Benjamin, John). > >Tim Doyle > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ >[email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
See this URL:
<http://genforum.genealogy.com/whitney/messages/682.html>
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:08:30 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Can someone help? To: [email protected]
Tim et al.,
At 07:45 AM 8/30/1999 -0600, Tim Doyle wrote: >I remember that fairly recently I read an article about a WHITNEY >involved in an indian attack. She was a schoolteacher and defended >her students. I just can't remember if this was in my Pierce Project >editing, on the WHITNEY-L mailing list, or elsewhere. I found the >following reference on page 237 of Pierce (to be posted soon) and >wanted to see if the two items were related. Can anyone help? > > >ORLANDO, b. Mar. 27, 1792; m. and went to Texas. I suppose > died there. It is supposed that a school teacher by the name of > WHITNEY, who, with her school, was attacked by Indians in > Western Texas a number of years ago, and who lost her life in > successfully defending her pupils, was a daughter of Orlando, > but could get no positive proof. > >This Orlando was the son of JONATHAN WHITNEY (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, >Benjamin, John). > >Tim Doyle > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ >[email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
See this URL:
<http://genforum.genealogy.com/whitney/messages/682.html>
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:55:33 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Proposal for new project To: [email protected]
In a message dated 08/30/99 11:12:20 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
<< What I propose is that our group
undertake the extraction of all Whitney families in the 1850 Census. Why 1850? >>
I've already have a large portion of the Allen and Barren Co. KY. Whitneys sitting in my files. If folks are for it I'll take care of them.
Michael Whitney
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:45:12 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Can someone help?
I remember that fairly recently I read an article about a WHITNEY involved in an indian attack. She was a schoolteacher and defended her students. I just can't remember if this was in my Pierce Project editing, on the WHITNEY-L mailing list, or elsewhere. I found the following reference on page 237 of Pierce (to be posted soon) and wanted to see if the two items were related. Can anyone help?
ORLANDO, b. Mar. 27, 1792; m. and went to Texas. I suppose
died there. It is supposed that a school teacher by the name of WHITNEY, who, with her school, was attacked by Indians in Western Texas a number of years ago, and who lost her life in successfully defending her pupils, was a daughter of Orlando, but could get no positive proof.
This Orlando was the son of JONATHAN WHITNEY (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John).
Tim Doyle
- -------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 11:14:13 -0500 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Proposal for new project
Proposed 1850 Census Project
Since the Whitney Research Group's Pierce Project is nearing completion and has been such a success, I would like to propose we undertake another substantial project. I suspect this project would be of great benefit to us and to numerous future Whitney researchers. This is not a small project, and requires different skills than the Pierce Project. What I propose is that our group undertake the extraction of all Whitney families in the 1850 Census. Why 1850? Census records from years prior to 1850 do not contain the names of all family members and would thus not be as much of a benefit, and our group does not yet have complete indexes for later census years. The data obtained from the 1850 census should enable us to extend many families listed in Pierce and it should allow us to greatly increase the data in our GEDCOMs. With this data we should be able to help many researchers with unconnected Whitney lines than we are currently able to help. Here is how I propose we accomplish this task:
1. A list will be made of all Whitneys in the various 1850 Census
indexes and sorted by locality. Microfilm numbers will be looked up and added and the list resorted by microfilm number, and further sorted by page number/locality.
2. Sets will be created for volunteers to adopt. These sets will
typically be all Whitney families on one roll of microfilm. If there are too many families on any particular roll, the roll will be broken up into 2 or more sets, as needed.
3. Volunteers will sign up for (adopt) a set and will obtain the
microfilm using whatever method they wish - a local library, Family History Center, AGLL film loan, etc. ALL data for the families should be looked up and written down.
4. The extracted data will then be submitted to the project in
an organized manner. I am still brainstorming on how this step might be automated.
5. Links could be made from our indexes to the actual census data. 6. Other census years can be undertaken if the 1850 Project is
a success.
So that's my proposed project. Is it too large an undertaking for our group? Would the resulting data be useful to us? What do you think? Would you be willing to volunteer?
Note: All WRG researchers should keep an eye out for any Whitney family in any source - including census records. If you see any Whitneys out there, please extract it and post it to the list!
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim Doyle - [email protected]
WWW homepage: http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ ftp directory: ftp.doit.com pub/tdoyle
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:37:11 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] looking for Whitneys
Hi, I'm looking for the Family line of Whitneys from the Jonesboro, Maine area.
Charles Whitney b.29Dec1897 d.2 April1988. His brother Gilbert, dates
unknown. Charlie was married to my grandmother Glennie Alexander Whitney, they married in Nov 1938. they are both buried in Forest Hill Cemetary in Jonesboro, Maine. Charlie was a coastguardsman in WWII..dies in the VA. Hosp in Togas. If any of this is familiar, please contact me at my email address. Thanks, S. Weber
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:44:05 -0500 From: Ronald Whitney <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Proposal for new project
Tim, Sounds like a good project, but doesn't it kind of duplicate the work being done by GenWeb on their census efforts? I realize this would be specific to WHITNEY surname, but sometims that specificity is a disadvantage when seeking neighbors, etc. who may be relatives. Just two cents worth.
>Note: All WRG researchers should keep an eye out for any Whitney >family in any source - including census records. If you see any >Whitneys out there, please extract it and post it to the list! > I posted some of this back in the dark ages when Jeanne Muse was sending out the Whitney newsletter. It was 10/5/96 if anyone has them archived. I am posting it this way because two of Josiah's daughters married Whitney men. None of this is in my line, just found while digging through the haystack in search of the proverbial needle. Thought I should post it before I delete it from my data. Hope it helps someone. If so give me a holler and I'll give what little documentation I have.
Descendants of Josiah Crom
Generation No. 1
1. JOSIAH2 CROM (JOHN1)1 was born April 03, 1818 in Ohio, and died June 13, 1889 in Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa. He married (1) ELIZABETH HERSH1.
He married (2) MARY ANN HUTCHINSON1 April 06, 1845 in Milton, Wood Co.,
Ohio1, daughter of BENJAMIN HUTCHINSON and MARTHA. She was born September 28, 1820 in Springfield, Portage Co., Ohio, and died February 13, 1890 in Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa.
Children of JOSIAH CROM and MARY HUTCHINSON are:
i. JAMES HARVEY3 CROM1, b. April 06, 1846, Weston, Wood Co., Ohio; d.
March 07, 1917, Tekamah, Nebraska; m. ELLEN LUCINA DUDLEY, January 01, 1868, Iowa.
ii. MARGARET CROM1, b. December 19, 1848, Washington, Wood Co., Ohio; d.
1919; m. JAMES LANDON.
iii. WALTER SCOTT CROM1, b. January 06, 1852, Sandusky, Wood Co., Ohio; d.
June 22, 1928, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas; m. MARY MARTHA REEDER, February 24, 1872, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa2.
iv. ELECTRA MATHILDA CROM3, b. November 28, 1854, Washington, Wood
Co., Ohio; d. February 1937, Council Bluffs, Pottowattamie Co., Iowa; m. JAMES BROWN.
v. NANCY MARIAH CROM3, b. July 22, 1856, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d.
1926; m. LEWIS LANDON, November 26, 1876, Harrison Co., Iowa. 2. vi. HESTER JANE CROM, b. November 29, 1857, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d. 1929.
vii. MARY PRICILLIA CROM4, b. March 21, 1861, Magnolia, Harrison Co.,
Iowa; d. 1932; m. THOMAS HOWARD.
viii. OLIVE CROM5, b. October 16, 1862, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d.
1935.
ix. MARTHA CROM5, b. 1868, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa; d. 1940; m. HUGH
WHITNEY.
Generation No. 2
2. HESTER JANE3 CROM (JOSIAH2, JOHN1)6,7 was born November 29, 1857 in Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa8, and died 19298. She married ALMAN JAMES WHITNEY9,10. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
Child of HESTER CROM and ALMAN WHITNEY is:
i. OSCAR GROVER4 WHITNEY11, b. December 07, 1892, Pisgah, Iowa12,13; d.
June 12, 1971, California; m. DORTHA E.14; b. August 18, 1900; d. October 20, 1987, Garden Grove, Orange Co., California15..
Notes for OSCAR GROVER WHITNEY: Buried in Soldier Valley Cemetery near Pisgah, Iowa.
Social Security Death Benefits Records show that his SSN was 482-03-0498 issued in Iowa. His residence at time of death was California. His last known zip code was 91775.
Notes for DORTHA E.: Buried in Soldier Valley Cemetery near Pisgah, Iowa..
Endnotes
1. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 2. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, indicated Reeders Mill, or Magnolia, Iowa. Not being familiar with the former I chose to cite the latter. RWW. 3. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 4. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, Shown as Marry Pricillia 'Minnie' Crom. 5. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 6. Social Security Card Application (Photocopy), Oscar Grover Whitney, listed his mother as Hester Jane Crom on form filled out December 3, 1936. 7. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, lists name as HesterJane 'Jennie' Crom. 8. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997. 9. Genealogy Records - Roberta Terry, Family Group Sheet for Josiah Crom sent to Ronald Whitney in December 1997, Listed spouse of Hester Jane Crom as Alfred J. Whitney. 10. Social Security Card Application (Photocopy), Oscar Grover Whitney, wrote that his father's full name was Alman James Whitney on form filled out on December 3, 1936. 11. Cemetery - Harrison County, Iowa. 12. Social Security Card Application (Photocopy), 482-03-0498, Filed December 3, 1936. 13. Cemetery - Harrison County, Iowa, Visited 1996 by Ronald Whitney, Oscar G. Whitney, Iowa Wagoner Infantry WWI b. Dec 7, 1892 d. June 12, 1971. 14. Cemetery - Harrison County, Iowa. 15. Social Security Death Index, (On line index at Ancestry.com), SSN-561-21-7145.
Ron and Roxie Whitney <[email protected]>
Check out the new stuff on our Home page:<http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2212/>
RootsWeb donor "Genealogy is a thing of the past."
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:57:24 -0500 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Links
I found the following Whitney related websites this afternoon:
The Whitney Hotel, Columbia, South Carolina http://www.whitneyhotel.com/
The Whitney Restaurant, Detroit, Michigan http://www.thewhitney.com/
Whitney High School, Cerritos, California http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/high/whitney.web/index.htm
Whitney Elementary School, Strongsville, Ohio http://whitney.strongnet.org/
Lake Whitney, Granbury, Texas http://www.fishingenet.com/proreprt/whitney.html
MailBank.com is trying to sell Whitney.net email addresses and websites http://whitney.net/
Pratt & Whitney Company http://www.pratt-whitney.com/homepage.html
Lake Whitney, Texas area http://www.lakewhitney.com/
Mt.Whitney Day Hike Page http://home.earthlink.net/~bclk/dayhike.htm
First Group to Spot Mt. Whitney Includes a photo of the man the peak was named after, founder of the California Geological Survey, Josiah Dwight Whitney. http://www.perry.com/whitney/frsthike.html
Eli Whitney pages http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~quinn/localpages/Eli.html http://technology.ksc.nasa.gov/ETEAM/whitney.html
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Tim Doyle - [email protected]
WWW homepage: http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ ftp directory: ftp.doit.com pub/tdoyle
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:12:47 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Tim's newest proposal!
Dear WRG:
Boy, when Tim thinks big, he thinks BIG! It sounds like a wonderful idea to me, and I'll be in there pitching after about six more weeks. That's about how long it is going to take to get rid of all of the boxes that cannot be put off long term. I am still waiting for the electrician to do the wiring of phone lines in the upstairs so I can start setting up our "genealogy room/office" in the largest spare bedroom. I'm really looking forward to getting off this laptop. As much as I love it for what it will do in the future, it is NOT something to use to handle everyday work, especially anything that requires any extensive typing.
Thanks to all who have sent me good luck and welcome to retirement messages. I have tried to respond to every one individually. Dennis will miss us pretty much, except we may get some most welcome rain here in Maryland. The sun us setting over the Bay and I have to get off line and help open and stow another box before my goodwife will feed me.
Happy Hunting:-)
Allan E. Green
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:08:30 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif"> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Can someone help?
Tim et al.,
At 07:45 AM 8/30/1999 -0600, Tim Doyle wrote: >I remember that fairly recently I read an article about a WHITNEY >involved in an indian attack. She was a schoolteacher and defended >her students. I just can't remember if this was in my Pierce Project >editing, on the WHITNEY-L mailing list, or elsewhere. I found the >following reference on page 237 of Pierce (to be posted soon) and >wanted to see if the two items were related. Can anyone help? > > >ORLANDO, b. Mar. 27, 1792; m. and went to Texas. I suppose > died there. It is supposed that a school teacher by the name of > WHITNEY, who, with her school, was attacked by Indians in > Western Texas a number of years ago, and who lost her life in > successfully defending her pupils, was a daughter of Orlando, > but could get no positive proof. > >This Orlando was the son of JONATHAN WHITNEY (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, >Benjamin, John). > >Tim Doyle > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ >[email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
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Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:55:33 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Proposal for new project
In a message dated 08/30/99 11:12:20 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
<< What I propose is that our group
undertake the extraction of all Whitney families in the 1850 Census. Why 1850? >>
I've already have a large portion of the Allen and Barren Co. KY. Whitneys sitting in my files. If folks are for it I'll take care of them.
Michael Whitney From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:47:07 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Tim's New Project To: [email protected]
You can fold in the Michigan Whitney's of 1850 I have collected in whatever form you like. It would be nice if there was a form on the page, so as people identify their Whitney ancestors of 1850, they could type in a source and identification, so over the long term, the database would become more complete. A. Whitney Brown
From: "sheila peel" <[email protected]> To: "Whitney Research Group" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: New Project Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:59:46 -0400
Tim, I will be glad to help although it may be hard to find the Census. I have limited time to go to the library or LDS family centers. I will try though. How will you disperse the Census for each person? I live in New York State. Thanks, Sheila Stratton-Peel granddaughter of Mabel Grace Whitney [email protected]
From: "sheila peel" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:59:46 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] New Project To: [email protected]
Tim, I will be glad to help although it may be hard to find the Census. I have limited time to go to the library or LDS family centers. I will try though. How will you disperse the Census for each person? I live in New York State. Thanks, Sheila Stratton-Peel granddaughter of Mabel Grace Whitney [email protected]
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:38:18 -0500 From: Colleen Knights <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] New Project References: <002701bef3fc$251b3200$03b8cdcf@jeanluc> To: [email protected]
Tim, I'd be willing to do what I can with the Wisconsin Whitneys. I have decent access to records here, but haven't truly looked at the Wisconsin Census records, as they haven't become an issue with my research.
Colleen Knights
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