Thanks Sue..what a xmas message. Do you know what Ursala looked like? TT ----- Original Message ----- From: <MrsLady002@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Blankensop > In a message dated 12/31/00 6:05:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, BeejC1@aol.com > writes: > > << I can't give you names of others off the top of my head but it seems that > one > was from Canada. >> > > > The above message was from Betty about David's family. But, I thought it was > a good chance to add in some information I just learned over the Christmas > Holidays while talking to some of my older relatives. Henry Christopher Kit > Blankenship born in February 1878, was the son of John Henry Blankenship and > Ursula A. Louisa Saunders. John Henry and Ursula A. L. Saunders Blankenship > were my great-grandparents. I was told that Kit moved to Canada, to look for > work. Kit stayed up there for years, working and who knows what else may > have happened. > Kit was working in Canada helping gather hay, he was riding on the hay wagon > and fell off and landed on a pitchfork and with in a short time he died. His > body was bought back to Franklin County where he is buried at the old Mt Zion > Church. I have seen the headstone in the church cemetery. > This may not be of any help to you but I wanted to share this information > with all of you. > > Sue B. Altice > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > Check out Walter R. (Ralph) Pyle's Homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~wrpyle - BE SURE TO NOTE THIS IS A NEW URL EFFECTIVE MARCH 2000. >