Julie Miller and Susen Bryant, and BP2000 Listers, I just have to join this conversation! Susen, coincidentally, I had just looked into my "Beatty Unknown" folder, in the last couple of days. and I read the e-mails that we shared back in 2001. This might refresh your memory about our contact with each other, and it appears as though I had posted this on the BP2000. Julie Miller and Sue Knost, I think this all happened before I met up with you two and before we merged into L-39, which was my Lineage number, originally. As most of you know, when lineages merge, they always merge down to the lowest number. Susen Bryant, I am even more interested, now that I read this again. The Beatty family is my mom's mother's side, and the McDonald family is my mom's father's side. Yes, it was the McDonalds who lived in Copemish, Manistee County, Michigan, but after all, some of the Beatty family lived up there, because that is where my grandfather McDonald met my grandmother (Beatty) McDonald. These last two postings caught my eye, because I have been "neck-deep" in my McDONALD family (From King Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada) and my WEBB family (from Uxbridge/Whitchurch area, which became Aurora, York Co., Ontario, Canada. How have you been, Susen? Yes, I think we need to compare notes, again, in case either of us has had any new information or break-throughs! Just arrow below Susen's name and the double lines and you can read a copy of my posting, which must have appeared on 04 October 2001, but I have not looked in the archives, yet. Lois Kortering, L-39 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [BP2000] Lancaster Co., > In a message dated 5/6/2007 8:25:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Looking for fellow researchers that have any ties to > Lancaster Co., PA. around Sadbury, Caervnarvon, > Leacock, Columbia, West Donegal, in and around 1840. Julie Miller, L.39 > I have a great great great grandfather that was born in Silver Springs, > Lancaster County in 1842, his name was Amos John Beat(t)y his father was > listed > as Hiram. Amos John had an older brother Peter. I don't know how much > help > that is but, I wish I had more information myself. > > Susen ========================================================= 04 October 2001 Minutes after I shared a 1993 letter with the BP 2000 last night (October 3), I received an e-mail from Susen Bryant, another member. The John H. (Or A.) Beatty, born 1889 and died 1956, as well as his wife, Selma L. (Krupps) Beatty, born 1894 and died 1965, who were buried in the Lakeside Cemetery here in Muskegon are in Susen's lineage. The little note had been on my bulletin board in my computer room for 12 years! I had found John H. Beatty's name in a City Directory while doing a title search on a 100-year-old house our daughter bought in Lakeside. That house is only two minutes from our house. Susen gave me this information: Amos John Beatty was married to Marguerite Miller first and they had five children: Wilson, Casper, Jacob, Lizzie, and Charles. Jacob is Susen's direct link. Then, Amos John Beatty married Mattie Method and they had four children: Claude C., Maude E., Roy J., and John H. For a time they lived in Manistee county, 1900 census. In 1920 census they had relocated to Muskegon on Yuba street. Amos John Beatty died in 1924 in that house, so did Mattie Method Beatty. OBITUARY Muskegon Chronicle Saturday, June 21, 1924 Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan Amos J. Beatty Amos j. Beatty, 49 Sumner Street, died Friday morning at his home, after a short illness, age 81 years. Mr. Beatty was born in Silver Springs, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and came to Muskegon 13 years ago from Copemish, Michigan. For thirteen years Mr. Beatty has been in the employ of the Pere Marquette Railway, and for four years past, has been flagman at the Ottawa Street crossing. He leaves, besides his wife, seven children: Mrs. Elmer Randall of Cadillac, Michigan; Mrs. James Bearrault of Seattle, Washington; Charles Beatty of Manistee, Michigan; and Casper, Jacob, Claude, and John Beatty, all of Muskegon; thirty-two grandchildren and thirty-five great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel at the Balbirnie Mortuary. Friends will omit flowers. What I found out this morning: The house on Sumner is still standing, and I took some pictures of it for Susen. The house number had changed from 49 to 299 Sumner. In a 1924 City Directory, a John H. (a Watchman) and Mattie lived at 49 Sumner, as well as, John H., Jr. (a Machine Hand) and Zella. Most likely, the first John H. is Amos John and is the father of John H., Jr. Most likely, everyone called the father "John" instead of Amos, unless the "H" stands for "Hamos" and was pronounced "Amos." Yuba Street is one block west of the corner of the 299 Sumner address, and it crosses Sumner. I will try to find the Yuba Street address in the 1920 City Directory. Copemish, Michigan is mentioned, and, both, my mother's family, and my dad's family lived up there. Also, several of the given names are similar to our Beatty given names, so I need to find out if this Beatty family is connected to ours (L-39). The area around Sumner Street, which is just north of downtown Muskegon was at one time called "Jackson Hill" and was a very beautiful neighborhood with lovely homes. Today, the neighborhood is coming back after many years of being "Run-down." We can thank the "Neighborhood Associations," that have been forming in recent years, for encouraging a lot of areas to help eliminate crime and to take pride in their neighborhoods. I will be working with Susen Bryant to find out more about this "Limb" of Beatty families. Lois E. 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