This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tabatha0224 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/258.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Great Grandmother Ethel VanDevender was in a relationship with Orie Bonnell. Terry do you have any pictures of him? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kees97 Surnames: Bonnell, Bannell, Bunnell, Bonell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/271/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for a better connection between Anthony B Bonnell, Jr., and his son Anthony. Anthony was listed as an executor of Anthony Jr's will, along with Rebecca, wife of Anthony Jr. Records indicated the will was contested, but courhouse fires have destroyed most original documents. The son was born about 1800 and married Patience. They exist in the 1860 and 1850 census. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lace_Lynch Surnames: Seibert Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/270/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sir Peter Bonnell, CGSJ, 78 of Medina, Ohio formerly of Freeport, Ohio passed away on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 at his residence. Born July 8, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York to Peter and Mary L. (nee Seibert) Bonnell. He was preceded in death by his parents. Friends may join the family for visitation on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Carlson Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, 3477 Medina Road (Corner of Route 18 & River Styx Road), Medina, Ohio. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 at 10 a.m at St. Francis Xavier Church, 606 E. Washington Street, Medina, Ohio. Please meet at church. Interment will follow in Spring Grove Cemetery. Online memorials at www.carlsonfuneralhomes.com the Harrison News-Herald Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: compudrill Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/258.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sometime around December 2008 I started looking for information on Ora "Orie" Stephen Bonnell and his relationship to Ethel Edith Watson-VanDevender, my grandmother. To date this is what I have found out: Ora "Orie" Stephen Bonnell; Born 8 May 1883 in McClellan, Doddridge County, West Virginia; Died 23 February, 1959 at 118 Chestnut Street, Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. oFather - Lehi Bonnell; Born 31 Aug 1860 in Doddridge, West Virginia; Died 10 March 1946 in Parkersburg, West Virginia oMother - Mahala E Pitts; Born 28 Oct 1864 in Doddridge, West Virginia; Died 14 Oct 1929 in Elkins, Randolph, West Virginia oWife - Florence Belle Stackpole;Born 1 May 1880 in McClellan, Doddridge County, West Virginia; Died May 1972 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland MOrie married Florence Belle Stackpole on 30 July 1901 at the residence of Enos Stackpole, Florence's brother. To this union were born 6 children: 1. Berlin Bonnell, born abt. 1904; 2. Densil/Denzel "Dennis" Bonnell, born abt 1907; 3. Flora Bonnell, born abt 1908; 4. Stanley Bonnell, born 17 May 1910, died 8 Apr 1996 in Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia; 5. Alcin Bonnell, born abt 1913; 6. Leona V. Bonnell-Stultz, born 15 Nov 1917 in Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, died 3 Nov 1997 in Falling Waters, Berkeley County, West Virginia. My mother Pauline VanDevender-LeCompte-Stone, born 23 Jul 1934 in Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia, died 18 Nov 1996 in Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas always related to us as we were growing up that her real father was Orie Bonnell. She even had an oil painting of him made in either the late 50's or early 60's that was placed in my Grandmother's house and when she passed on my mother kept it but never displayed it rather keeping it under cover in storage. My older brother claimed it when my mother passed on but having little respect of its value lost it over the years. My mother even named one of my brothers born in 1966 after the Bonnell family "Timothy Bonnell LeCompte". The story goes that my Grandmother and Orie carried on an affair that sired at least 4 children including my mother although each remained married to their respective spouses. Some time before Orie's death in 1959 he divorced Florence Stackpole. Orie worked as the Section Foreman for the WM Railroad in 1915. The Western Maryland Railway was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It was there that he met my Great Grandfather Sylvanus VanDevender and became friends with his family that included his wife Olive Texica Stalnaker and his children Howard Alston VanDevender and Opal VanDevender. Orie's WWI Draft Registration Card was signed by my Great Grandfather Sylvanus VanDevender on 12 Sept 1918 as the person who signed up Orie. Sylvanus VanDevender was one of the people who sat on the local Draft Board in Elkins West Virginia. They are both listed on the same 1920 Census for the Beverly Magisterial District, Randolph County, West Virginia, dated 15 and 16 January 1920 with Orie on page 13 and Sylvanus VanDevender on page 14 which made them very close neighbors. Sylvanus had a son, Howard Alston VanDevender born on 28 January, 1903 which would become my Grandfather. The 1930 Census for the Beverly Magisterial District, Randolph County, West Virginia, dated 8 April 1930 page 3 shows my Grandmother Ethel Edith Watson aged 23, married for 2 years living with her parents Norval Asbury Watson and Nancy Jane Sachs-Watson. She would have had one son at that time, Norval Alston VanDevender born 31 July, 1929 which would have made him 8 months and 1 week old at the time of the census. He is not listed on the census so he may have been living with relatives at that time or because often the census takers did not write down complete information he may have been missed. My Great Aunt Beulah is listed on the same census as also as living with my Great Grandparents, also married for one year but listed under her married name and her husband is also listed as living there as the son-in-law so it is possible that my grandfather also lived there but was not counted on the census. My Aunt Betty Jane VanDevender was born on 31 April 1931 just over 1 year ! after the 1930 census was enumerated so that is how I figure that my Grandparents were still together at that time and living with my Great Grandparents. Orie's WWII Draft Registration Card where Orie Bonnell listed that the Name and Address of Person That Will Always Know Your Address as Mrs. Ethel VanDevender of Elkins, West Virginia who was my Grandmother. This area of the card was reserved for the name and address of the person registering and someone that lived with them or their closest relative that could contact them. I recently talked to my Grand Aunt Thelma Watson-Rizer who lived with my Grandparents until she was about 12 years old or until somewhere around 1936 and she related to me that Orie Bonnell moved in with my Grandparents around 1931 or 32. My Grandfather Howard was a Circuit Preacher who travelled around the countryside most of the time on horseback but sometimes by automobile going from small town to small town spreading the gospel. Sometimes he would be gone for weeks and even months at a time and this left my grandmother and Orie alone in the hills with just each other. My Grand Aunt Thelma relates that they came to console each other and began a relationship that was to last up to the time of Orie's death in 1959. According to my Grand Aunt Thelma who lived with them and has firsthand and personal knowledge of this my Grandmother and Orie Bonnell conceived the following children: 1. Howard Junior VanDevender born 23 Jan 1933 2. Pauline Ethel VanDevender born 23 Jul 1934 (my Mother) 3. James Lee VanDevender born 14 Jan 1936 and died 15 Sep 1936 of dysentery 4. Luella and Orvella VanDevender twin sisters born 27 Nov 1937 and died 28 Nov 1937 born two and a half months pre-mature (notice that Orvella's name is a derivetive of ORA) 5. Armstead Dean VanDevender born 11 Feb 1939 and died 2 Jul 1939 of a Black Widow bite 6. Jewell Phay and Gloria Kay VanDevender (twins) born 16 Oct 1944 According to my Grand Aunt Thelma my Grandfather Howard left my Grandmother after she took up with Orie never to live with my Grandmother again. Howard introduced them around 1932 and through time they must have fallen in love. My Granddad Howard actually worked for Orie at the Phil Williams Coal Mines at the time and as Orie was 20 years older than my Grandfather and a close family friend he must have looked on him more as a father than a friend. The reason why all of the kids born to Orie and Ethel carried the last name of VanDevender was because Howard and Ethel never divorced and in those days it was unheard of for a woman to have children out of wedlock. This of course is a partially buried secret that my family carried all these years and just spoke about hesitantly and with hushed tones with their children and never quite openly during family gatherings. Every bit of the above was recently also confirmed by my Great Aunt Burnice when I recently talked to her. She also said that the reason all of the kids carried the VanDevender name was because even though Granddad Howard left my Grandmother in or around 1932 that she refused to divorce him because she strongly did not believe in divorce as she had not been brought up that way. I have all of this documented with copies of the cencuses, copies of Orie's birth record (which lists his parents), the WWI and WWII Draft Registrations, his marriage certificate to Florence Stackpole, a copy of his Death Certificate that shows that he died on 23 Feb 1959 at 118 Chesdtnut Street in Elkins WV (NOTE: 118 Chestnut Street in Elkins WV is a large Victorian style house that is referred to as "The Gathering Place" and has been owned by the Watson Family for well over 125 years (my Grandmother's family) and is still owned by them to this day and finally I have a photo of Orie with my Uncle Norval VanDevender, Aunt Betty VanDevender (neither were his own children), my Uncle Howard VanDevender and my mother Pauline VanDevender {both of which are his children) taken some time in the mid 50's. So there you have it. It appears that with all of the documentation that I have found that Ora "Orie" Stephen Bonnell and of course the photo that he is indeed actually my Grandfather. If you are the Grandson of Bernard Ray Bonnell; Born 3 Mar 1898 in West Virginia; Died 14 Dec 1939 in Glady, West Virginia then we would be directly linked with a common Great-Grandfather in Lehi "Lee" Bonnell; Born 31 Aug 1860 in Doddridge, West Virginia; Died 10 March 1946 in Parkersburg, West Virginia which would make us 2nd Cousins. I can add you to the Bonnell Family Tree that I have set up on Ancestry.com if you like and will send me your email address. I have a lot of documentation on the Bonnell family that you might like to have including on your Grandfather. If you know of any of the other Bonnell clan still around (I believe that Orie still has two living children that I would love to contact) and you are in contact with them please pass this on to them and tell them that they can contact me at compudrill@hotmail.com or link to me on Facebook. They can locate me by typing my full name Michael Stephen LeCompte. Hope to hear from you again. 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This is from Ellen Lessman, a descendant (as am I) of Isaac Bonnell of New Jersey and Digby, Nova Scotia. I am still in search of his parentage and line. 1. I didn't know Isaac had sisters, or their names. I don't know what to make of the "kinswoman." 2. Wm Franklin Bonnell (Sr.) must have been unmarried at the date of the will. He is my ancestor, father of Mary Ann Sophia Bonnell Wetmore, 2d w/o Timothy Robert Wetmore. His wife was (I believe) Anna Maria Collins. 3. I didn't know that Isaac was a slaveholder. Yes, it's nice that he provided for the boys. But this is the first slaveholding ancestor that I've found. :-( Best, Warren Warren- This is where I started, http://www.george-king.com/abstract.htm I am upset with myself, I had this site for ages, but was researching my Great-grandmother's mother's side at the time, and never thought of the Budd's, much less Isaac Bonnell. So much for my tunnel vision! I downloaded the abstracts (and that is what they are, not the full wills, just abstracts of what the author of the site thought was interesting). I then printed the last volume to have the index. In looking up other information I stumbled upon the info on Isaac Bonnell. 3335. Estate Folio B24 (1806): LWT of Isaac BONNELL Esquire of Digby dated 2 May 1803. Children: Mary Ann BUDD wife of Elisha BUDD, Elizabeth TONGE, William Franklin BONNELL. Sisters: Mary MYERS with children: Isaac Bonnell MYERS and Mary MYERS; Susannah THOMPSON. Children of Mary Ann BUDD: Isaac Bonnell BUDD, Mary Ann BUDD. Children of Elizabeth TONGE : Bonnell TONGE and Grace TONGE. "Kinswomen": Precilla MITCHELL daughter of the late Abraham and Mary BURGEAU?. ". . . my black boys George, Tom and Bob are to be taught to read distinctly in the Bible and to write a legible hand and that they be set at liberty as they severally arrive to the age of 24 years. Each to be allowed a suit of good new cloths of every description besides their common wearing apparel. George was born Nov 1790, Tom was born May 1792 and Bob was born Feb 1794. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I feel good, after finding he had "black boys" that he wanted them to read and write, and he was granting them freedom at an age where they could do for themselves. Please keep me informed, if this info leads you to any other that you might have about him or his family. Good to touch base with you again Ellen -- still in Omaha, but now retired!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mykellee Surnames: Bonnell Broadwell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/269.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for checking into this. I too descend from this line and was surprised to discover the Uncle married Niece connection. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: djkl27 Surnames: Bonnell,Hinman, Mattox, Brotherton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/220.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am descended from Moses Bonnell and Hannah Buckingham through their son Henry who married Amelia Mzttox through their son Thomas who married Catherine Hinman through their son Charles who married Jane Agnes Bonnell, who were my granparents. On my last trip to Salt Lake City, I found the marriage Bond application for Aaron Bonnell to marry Ann Brotherton I would be happy to exchange inforfmation. Doris Livingston Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: twistacurl Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/220.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I have been doing some genealogy on my Bonnell line and we go up to an Aaron Bonnell married to Ann Brotherton that had a son Henry Born 7-29-1775. They had many children, one of whom named Moses (my direct line) married Hannah Buckingham. Do you happen to have any of these names? Griggsville has come up in my research. Thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: spikerb Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/269.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply, Charlie. At least now I know that I don't have something completely messed up or that my query isn't the first of its type for this couple. Maybe something will show up someday that will give us a definitive... or it may just have to be one of those accepted "unknowns". Thanks again. ~Becky Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: charlie1782 Surnames: Bonnell, Bunnell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/269.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In "The Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America," William Austin points out that we know that Hannah married Richard Broadwell from the NJ Genesis magazine (published from 1953 to 1973) and Nathaniel's will identifies her as Hannah Broadwell. Several authors and researchers have stated that her daughter Sarah married her brother James, but as Austin points out, no source is given. Another researchers says her name was Sarah Brownell, but again no source. None the less, even descendants of the couple seem to accept this uncle-niece marriage as fact. That didn't help a lot, but right now it's all I have. Charlie Bunnell charlie@bunnellfamily.com www.bunnellfamily.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: spikerb Surnames: Bonnell Broadwell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/269/mb.ashx Message Board Post: According to multiple sources, it's apparently believed that James Bonnell (b. 1710 New Jersey) was married to Sarah Broadwell (b. 1714 New Jersey). Here's what I keep finding: James BONNELL: born to Nathaniel BONNELL & Mary Searing Sarah Broadwell: born to Richard Broadwell & Hannah BONNELL. Now, Hannah BONNELL is by all accounts (wills, etc.) the daughter of... Nathaniel BONNELL & Mary Searing, the same as James! So does this make Hannah a mother-in-law to her brother? Did James marry his older sister's daughter? This really has be bugged. If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd be most appreciative. ~Becky Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: charlie1782 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/264.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Based on dates provided in "The Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America," by William Austin and the data in Claude Bunnell's database (www.williambunnellfamily.org) it appears more likely that she was the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Dodd Riggs) Bonnell. They were married prior to 1711 and Keziah was born about 1710 or 1709. However it appears, based on the dates of his children's birth he was married even earlier that 1711 to another unknown woman. One son was born in 1706 and Rebecca was still married to Samuel Riggs at that time. His marriage to Martha Frazee would have been after 1712. I guess the bottom line is that we seem to lack anything firm to prove who is the mother of Keziah. Charlie charlie@bunnellfamily.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SAMS830 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/254.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you, I had also found that website about a month after I made the posting and have provided some information about my branch of the Bonnell's to Claude : ) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: slb17anc Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/254.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: At Claude Bunnell's Database, http://www.williambunnellfamily.org/ perform a Search "By Member Number" and use '320504' Number 320504 Name LINDSEY T BONNELL Date of Birth Year: 1820 Place of Birth WINCHESTER TWP OH Date of Death Year: 1890 Place of Death OH Guernsey County Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: slb17anc Surnames: BONNELL BUNNELL Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/268.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Armando, I want to publicly THANK YOU for this information... Sharing these OLD 'but NEW' clues could be the 'crack in the brick wall' that everyone is looking for. Charlie and I, along with a several others, do share info of this nature, (but sometimes there might be a time delay in responses). = * For ALL *: if you are a MALE and believe you are a Direct-Male-Line descendent of the people covered by this information, please consider a DNA Genealogical test to help tie this information together. The Bonnell Bunnell DNA Project at http://www.ftdna.com/public/BNL_dna has a start and shows un-attached BONNELL and BUNNELL branches. (All the various spellings are welcome) We feel that somewhere in the UK & Europe area of the world there are more 'unknowns' that, hopefully, will be a match. Steve http://www.kbsb.com/bonnelltree Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Armando_Framarini Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/268.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You can email me at (armando348) (@yahoo.com) or give me an email to send it to! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: whosnicky Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/268.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have just started working on my genelogy, or finshing my Aunt's work with the history. Thomas and Jaque was the end of the road there. Yes thank-you please send if possible. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Armando_Framarini Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/268.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1)I would like to know who her brother Stripe/Strype is? 2)Maiden name for her cousin Mrs. Judith Bonnell? 3)All of Elisabth's siblings names. Also keep in mind from IGI birth extract that there was an Elizabeth BUNELL was born on 24 January 1601 All Saints, Norwhich, Norfolk, England and her father was Robert Bunell. This may help incase of confusion. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: charlie1782 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/268.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks much. I'll get with Steve. Your sharing of this material is greatly appreciated. anything you're looking for that we can help you with? Charlie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Armando_Framarini Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/268.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In the book "The marriage, baptismal and burial registers, 1571-1874, and monumental inscriptions of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London: with a short account of the strangers and their churches" by MOENS which is fully readable on GOOGLE BOOKS records marriage of Abraham van Solt and Elisabeth BONNEEL of Norwich on page 135. You may be interested in the other Bonne, Bonnel, Bonneel, Bonnell variations in this book. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.