Nancy: Two questions for you. Could your Colby line have come from Pennsylvania ? Is your husband relatedto the Shockey's of Franklin Co., Pa. ? Gordon crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nshock2@aol.com> To: <colby@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [COLBY] Smith Colby > This would be "my" Smith Colby family. Smith was born in Erie County, New > York in 1828. I have not been able to find which of the Colby men in > Sardinia he is descended from. Ethel was his and Samantha Robinson's > daughter. > Ethel was the first school teacher in Okobojo, Sully, South Dakota. Thank > you > for posting the Obit on Ethel I didn't have that. Do you know what > publication it was in? > > > Nancy Colby Shockeey > > > In a message dated 5/31/2009 3:43:58 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > reflaf@att.net writes: > > Does anyone know which Colby family that Smith Colby in the below obit > comes from? > > "Ethel Colby, only daughter of Smith and Samantha Colby, was born near > Waverly, IA, 9 Feb 1865, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Maud > Olney > at South Elgin, IL, 6 Aug 1929. She grew to womanhood in Bremer County, > IA, moving with her parents to Pierre, SD, where she taught school. In Apr > 1844 she was married to John O. Hinmon." > > Bob Fuller > > > ============================= > Colby list archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/COLBY/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COLBY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > ============================= > Colby list archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/COLBY/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COLBY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.42/2137 - Release Date: 05/27/09 07:50:00