Yeah, I love and hate that site. Love it because my husband has West Virginia roots. Hate it because all too often the important fields are blank <grin>. Back to ancestry to see if we can scare up someone for you to check out <vbg>! Thanks, Cathy singhals wrote: > The record, taken from the WV Vitals site's scan of the original > document. Original was one of the county record books where the entry > spans both the left & right pages. Most of the questions you've raised > had no column in which to record the info. > > Name: Mary E./Sirbaugh > Sex: Female > Death Date: 31 Jan 1885 > Death Place: Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., West Virginia > Age at Death: 43y > CAUSE : heart disease > Burial Place: not asked > Burial Date: " > Cemetery: " > Funeral Home: " > Birth Date: " > Birth Place: Maryland > Marital Status: not asked > Spouse: Geo. W./Sirbaugh > Occupation: not asked > Address: " > Residence: " > Mother: M./Hanby > Mother's Birth Place: " Father: Wm./Hanby > Father's Birth Place: " > Informant: brother: Wm Hanby > > Huntersglenn wrote: > >> I can only find the family that Bruce found - they aren't in the 1870 >> that I can find, but the older William Haney and his wife are in >> Monongalia County, WV in the 1880 Federal Census. No children living >> with them, though. >> >> My husband has some Haneys in his line, and one thing we've found over >> the years is that enumerators could be most creative when spelling the >> name and indexers even more creative in spelling it when the >> enumerator had bad or fancy handwriting. We've seen it as Haney, >> Hainey, Hainy, Hanie, and Hany to name the most common. >> >> Is there a middle initial given for Mary? Where did she die? Does >> the death record show where she's buried? What was her husband's name? >> >> Thanks, >> Cathy >> >> singhals wrote: >> >>> I have a marriage record for Mary HANVEY (or maybe it's HARVEY, >>> handwriting is iffy; county clerk says it's HANEY) in 1862 in >>> Frederick co. Virginia. The groom's father is given, not his mother, >>> and for her parents it says Unknown. >>> >>> In 1885 I have a death record for her under her married name, giving >>> her father as William HANBY, and her mother as M.; informant is her >>> brother William. It says she was 45 and born in VA. >>> >>> Problem is ... Using HQ and local GenWeb resources, I can't find a >>> William Ha* who fits the stated facts on the death certificate. >>> I've looked at HANVEY, HARVEY, HANEY/HANY, HANVY, HANBY, and HANLEY. >>> I've looked at all the William and Wm entries ... >>> >>> Could some of you have a look-see at Ancestry and see if you can spot >>> them? They OUGHT to be in Shenandoah, Frederick or Loudoun counties >>> VA or in Hampshire, Berkeley, or Jefferson counties WV. They COULD >>> be anywhere in the US. >>> >>> Citation only, no need to send the image. >>> >>> Many many thanks! >>> >>> Cheryl >>>

Be nice if the INFORMANT field asked "what makes you an authority?" (g) Sometimes I can't figure out who the heck the informant is, sometimes it turns out to be the doctor and sometimes the undertaker. But, without that site, I'd never have found this record ... now, whether finding it's a GOOD thing is up for discussion ... And the version of those record books where it asks for the NATIONALITY of the deceased annoys me endlessly. Only one entry in the book I know best says anything but "American". Sigh. Oh well, I've only been working on Mary E for 37 years now ... Cheryl Huntersglenn wrote: > Yeah, I love and hate that site. Love it because my husband has West > Virginia roots. Hate it because all too often the important fields are > blank <grin>. > > Back to ancestry to see if we can scare up someone for you to check out > <vbg>! > Thanks, > Cathy > > singhals wrote: > >> The record, taken from the WV Vitals site's scan of the original >> document. Original was one of the county record books where the entry >> spans both the left & right pages. Most of the questions you've raised >> had no column in which to record the info. >> >> Name: Mary E./Sirbaugh >> Sex: Female >> Death Date: 31 Jan 1885 >> Death Place: Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., West Virginia >> Age at Death: 43y >> CAUSE : heart disease >> Burial Place: not asked >> Burial Date: " >> Cemetery: " >> Funeral Home: " >> Birth Date: " >> Birth Place: Maryland >> Marital Status: not asked >> Spouse: Geo. W./Sirbaugh >> Occupation: not asked >> Address: " >> Residence: " >> Mother: M./Hanby >> Mother's Birth Place: " Father: Wm./Hanby >> Father's Birth Place: " >> Informant: brother: Wm Hanby >> >> Huntersglenn wrote: >> >>> I can only find the family that Bruce found - they aren't in the 1870 >>> that I can find, but the older William Haney and his wife are in >>> Monongalia County, WV in the 1880 Federal Census. No children living >>> with them, though. >>> >>> My husband has some Haneys in his line, and one thing we've found >>> over the years is that enumerators could be most creative when >>> spelling the name and indexers even more creative in spelling it when >>> the enumerator had bad or fancy handwriting. We've seen it as Haney, >>> Hainey, Hainy, Hanie, and Hany to name the most common. >>> >>> Is there a middle initial given for Mary? Where did she die? Does >>> the death record show where she's buried? What was her husband's name? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Cathy >>> >>> singhals wrote: >>> >>>> I have a marriage record for Mary HANVEY (or maybe it's HARVEY, >>>> handwriting is iffy; county clerk says it's HANEY) in 1862 in >>>> Frederick co. Virginia. The groom's father is given, not his mother, >>>> and for her parents it says Unknown. >>>> >>>> In 1885 I have a death record for her under her married name, giving >>>> her father as William HANBY, and her mother as M.; informant is her >>>> brother William. It says she was 45 and born in VA. >>>> >>>> Problem is ... Using HQ and local GenWeb resources, I can't find a >>>> William Ha* who fits the stated facts on the death certificate. >>>> I've looked at HANVEY, HARVEY, HANEY/HANY, HANVY, HANBY, and >>>> HANLEY. I've looked at all the William and Wm entries ... >>>> >>>> Could some of you have a look-see at Ancestry and see if you can >>>> spot them? They OUGHT to be in Shenandoah, Frederick or Loudoun >>>> counties VA or in Hampshire, Berkeley, or Jefferson counties WV. >>>> They COULD be anywhere in the US. >>>> >>>> Citation only, no need to send the image. >>>> >>>> Many many thanks! >>>> >>>> Cheryl >>>>

"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message news:XMOdnQoy2PZSWRfanZ2dnUVZ_sOrnZ2d@rcn.net... | Sigh. Oh well, I've only been working on Mary E for 37 | years now ... | | Cheryl Cher, Only 37 years?! Well, all things cometh to him that waiteth - as long as he that waiteth worketh like hell while he waiteth. (Charlie the barber) Henri

Henry Brownlee wrote: > "singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message > news:XMOdnQoy2PZSWRfanZ2dnUVZ_sOrnZ2d@rcn.net... > > | Sigh. Oh well, I've only been working on Mary E for 37 > | years now ... > | > | Cheryl > > Cher, > > Only 37 years?! Well, all things cometh to him that waiteth - as long as he > that waiteth worketh like hell while he waiteth. > (Charlie the barber) > > Henri > Job's comforter, you are, mon vieux. Mille remercies. Cheryl