This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/296 Message Board Post: My Boatright connection is through my gr Aunt Naomi Sampley Boatright. She married Nathaniel Boatright. They lived in Lowndes Co. Alabama. Their two children were George R. Boatright born 1861 and Belinda J. Boatright born about 1864. I found Belinda listed near her Sampley kin in the 1880 census. Would anyone know who she married?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOATRIGHT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/295 Message Board Post: BOATRIGHT_Billie_V_1903-1988.JPG BOATRIGHT_Monroe_V_1895-1976.JPG I photographed these tombstones in the Moore Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use these pictures for your records. These are some of the 30,245 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

I'm not sure. I know that the Boatrights Thomas and Amy came from Ark. They were in Tx before 1830. Their daughter Patsy m Thomas Trammell they both died in Ark at a young age leaving orphan children. I have all the Trammell information, but know little more about the Boatrights. I have a Boatright cousin who knows more. I'll try to find his address for you. Linda

I don't know. My Boatright grandparents were Thomas and Amy. Their daughter Patsy married Thomas Trammell. They both died young and left their children orphans who were raised by relatives. 1830 the Trammells were in Richland Tx in Navarro County Tx. I don't know where the Boatrights were. Linda

I don't know. I have found it helpful in my research to find famous people or events with a common history. Not much is known about the first settlers individually, but much is written and recorded about Mr. Austin and his first 300 Texans. Good luck . Linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boatwright Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/294 Message Board Post: Born in 1840's,1850's. Married in north central Louisiana. Margaret's parents were joseph (joe) & Susanah (susan) Wright of Ouachita, Jackson, & Winn Parishes. No other leads available to me. No records of children.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boatright, Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/284.1.1 Message Board Post: Jay, Maud Boatright Jones was my grandmother. I''d love to see copies of the newspaper articles. Dave Hug

Is there any possibility that these Boatwrights could be related to my James W. Boatwright? He left Alabama ca 1880 and went to live in the Temple, TX area. Reportedly he left AL with the sister of his wife, Sarah Langley. He and the sister are supposed to have had 4 more children (names unknown). Around 1900 he wrote and asked to be allowed to return to AL, where he died in 1915. Winnie

Linda, do you know if your any relation to Abi Hugh Boatwright his son Edward Johnson Boatwright? They were my gg-grandpa and g-grandpa. I know that they lived in Texas around Commanche CO. Peggy. >From: Thornda@aol.com >Reply-To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com >To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BOATRIGHT-L] Re: John T. Boatright >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:55:46 EST > >Did you know that Thomas and Amy Boatright were with Stephen F. Austin's >first 300 colonists in TX? They were my 5th ggrandparents. Linda > > >==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== >Search the Archive of Messages for BOATRIGHT Mailing List >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BOATRIGHT _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Did you know that Thomas and Amy Boatright were with Stephen F. Austin's first 300 colonists in TX? They were my 5th ggrandparents. Linda

Linda, does this have anything to do with my ancestor John T. Boatright? ----- Original Message ----- From: Thornda@aol.com To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [BOATRIGHT-L] Re: John T. Boatright Did you know that Thomas and Amy Boatright were with Stephen F. Austin's first 300 colonists in TX? They were my 5th ggrandparents. Linda ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for BOATRIGHT Mailing List http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BOATRIGHT

PS, she married John T. Boatright in Trinidad, CO in June, 1887. They subsequently moved to Denver. Her mother Mary Jane Bethel was in Denver at the time. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Hug To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [BOATRIGHT-L] Re: John T. Boatright Thank you ever so much. Yes this is my Maud Bethel Boatright. She had told me that she had married on Christmas day. And yes, her divorce from Boatright was not finalized for about another month. I can't understand why she would marry a 77 year-old man, unless for security. She had an infant son at the time. I had thought that Jones was a RR brakeman and had died in a train accident. Apparently that isn't true. It's my understanding that she divorced John T. Boatright because of his chronic alcoholism, failure to support, and desertion. You can see photos of Maud and her son Harold at http://home.lightspeed.net/~davey Dave Hug ----- Original Message ----- From: Pearlsoup@aol.com To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: [BOATRIGHT-L] Re: John T. Boatright This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOATRIGHT/JONES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/284.1 Message Board Post: Dave, I still haven't figured out which Boatright man your grandma married but I think the Maud Boatright in this story is your grandmother and there might be more to the story of why Maud and the Boatright man divorced. Linda PS I have written to Jay before, asking for a copy of the newspaper article but never heard back. We had talked before as his SWR Jones appears in a book I have about some of the Oregon pioneers. In Denver, Apapahoe County, on Dec 25, 1890 Silas W.R. JONES married Maud BOATRIGHT. 15 days later this 77 year old man divorced 20 year old Maud having found that his old man's darling was already married. SWR JONES also simultaneously divirced 21 year old Cynthia HARBINE, another misadventure of his from Portland Oregon. A woman by the name of Anna TORSO hired a private investigator, Charles MEEKER, to track Silas JONES to Kokomo Indiana where he had married Hanna SLYTER and settled into happily married life (finally). Charles MEEKER tyried to abduct Silas JONES from his Indiana home in 1892, likely to shake him down on a bigamy charge in Denver. Silas was rescued at the train station by the Kokomo sheriff and MEEKER fled. If any present day descendant of any of these folks are interested in reading fascinating newspaper accounts of the above, please e-mail me...Jay Jones (GGGrandson of Silas WR JONES)s WR JONES) ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== Nancy Gay Crawford, list administrator Boatright-Boatwright Family Heritage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ngcrawford/boatright/index.htm ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== Boatright Surname Resources at Rootsweb. http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BOATRIGHT/ Always try to be Fair, Honest and Kind!

Thank you ever so much. Yes this is my Maud Bethel Boatright. She had told me that she had married on Christmas day. And yes, her divorce from Boatright was not finalized for about another month. I can't understand why she would marry a 77 year-old man, unless for security. She had an infant son at the time. I had thought that Jones was a RR brakeman and had died in a train accident. Apparently that isn't true. It's my understanding that she divorced John T. Boatright because of his chronic alcoholism, failure to support, and desertion. You can see photos of Maud and her son Harold at http://home.lightspeed.net/~davey Dave Hug ----- Original Message ----- From: Pearlsoup@aol.com To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: [BOATRIGHT-L] Re: John T. Boatright This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOATRIGHT/JONES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/284.1 Message Board Post: Dave, I still haven't figured out which Boatright man your grandma married but I think the Maud Boatright in this story is your grandmother and there might be more to the story of why Maud and the Boatright man divorced. Linda PS I have written to Jay before, asking for a copy of the newspaper article but never heard back. We had talked before as his SWR Jones appears in a book I have about some of the Oregon pioneers. In Denver, Apapahoe County, on Dec 25, 1890 Silas W.R. JONES married Maud BOATRIGHT. 15 days later this 77 year old man divorced 20 year old Maud having found that his old man's darling was already married. SWR JONES also simultaneously divirced 21 year old Cynthia HARBINE, another misadventure of his from Portland Oregon. A woman by the name of Anna TORSO hired a private investigator, Charles MEEKER, to track Silas JONES to Kokomo Indiana where he had married Hanna SLYTER and settled into happily married life (finally). Charles MEEKER tyried to abduct Silas JONES from his Indiana home in 1892, likely to shake him down on a bigamy charge in Denver. Silas was rescued at the train station by the Kokomo sheriff and MEEKER fled. If any present day descendant of any of these folks are interested in reading fascinating newspaper accounts of the above, please e-mail me...Jay Jones (GGGrandson of Silas WR JONES)s WR JONES) ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== Nancy Gay Crawford, list administrator Boatright-Boatwright Family Heritage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ngcrawford/boatright/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOATRIGHT/JONES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/284.1 Message Board Post: Dave, I still haven't figured out which Boatright man your grandma married but I think the Maud Boatright in this story is your grandmother and there might be more to the story of why Maud and the Boatright man divorced. Linda PS I have written to Jay before, asking for a copy of the newspaper article but never heard back. We had talked before as his SWR Jones appears in a book I have about some of the Oregon pioneers. In Denver, Apapahoe County, on Dec 25, 1890 Silas W.R. JONES married Maud BOATRIGHT. 15 days later this 77 year old man divorced 20 year old Maud having found that his old man's darling was already married. SWR JONES also simultaneously divirced 21 year old Cynthia HARBINE, another misadventure of his from Portland Oregon. A woman by the name of Anna TORSO hired a private investigator, Charles MEEKER, to track Silas JONES to Kokomo Indiana where he had married Hanna SLYTER and settled into happily married life (finally). Charles MEEKER tyried to abduct Silas JONES from his Indiana home in 1892, likely to shake him down on a bigamy charge in Denver. Silas was rescued at the train station by the Kokomo sheriff and MEEKER fled. If any present day descendant of any of these folks are interested in reading fascinating newspaper accounts of the above, please e-mail me...Jay Jones (GGGrandson of Silas WR JONES)s WR JONES)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/264.1 Message Board Post: Try this site. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boatrightcemetery/descendantsofjamesboatright.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/293 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information possible on a Celia Boatwright/Boatright, born ABT 1848. She married William Sanderson.

Not all Boatwright's dropped the R, I still have mine.

I don't wish to start an argument so don't take this as a rebuttal. I have seen in telephone directories in the United Kingdom the spelling of Boatright & Boatwright. One comment that I have received is that the persons that dropped the "W" should be shamed. With tongue in cheek why don't we all change our name back to Allen to cleanse the branches of our family tree. Regards, Denny Boatright

30 October, 2002 I have discovered that a number of my "Boatwrights" have the "w" and some siblings in the same family spell the name differently. While no one in the earlier queries commented about the origin of the name, I'm sure you know that the name is one designating an occupation - that of boat building. A "wright" (with the "w") is a worker in wood with the prefix indicating what was made of the wood. In other words. a "wright" is to wood as a "smith" is to metal. So, if this is true, and I believe it is, the correct spelling is with a "w".

Does anyone know why the w was added? ----- Original Message ----- From: <stephenboatright@yahoo.com> To: <BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 5:54 PM Subject: [BOATRIGHT-L] Does anyone know when or why we dropped the "w"? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/292 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm just getting started in researching my personal links to the Boatright geneology, so this may be common knowlege to those of you who have been around longer. > > Does anyone know when or why we dropped the "w" from "Boatwright?" > > Thanks! > > > ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Visit UsGenWeb for more resources. > http://www.usgenweb.com/ >