Hello all, I don't like to repeat all that has been said here but also I don't want to lose anything - Gene ----------------------------- At 02:04 PM 1/6/97 -0400, you wrote: >I think *anything* COVEY is of interest to the group, so, here's a message I >just received today. Thanks, Debbi. We all work on different lines off and >on. That's why I think surname mailing lists are a big plus! Even if you're >not "into" that line at the time, you can save the postings and review them >at another time, when all attention is on that family. > >As I understand it, after reviewing the COVEY material on Sam COVEY of >Ontario b. c1848 - the main problem at hand is to prove without doubt, which >COVEY family he fits in to, right? > >Can anyone shed more light on this? > >Pam in Orlando > > >>Pam, >> >>I've just picked up working on my furstrating COVEY line after a taking a >>break to work on the Sweeney's for a while. I've taken to requesting >>Archives of Ontario microfilm on interlibrary loan 3 at a time and just >>reviewing the damned things cover to cover. Also, have started in on census >>films. Although I still haven't found anything new or exciting about my >>Samuel R. COVEY (1848-1899) other that he indicated on the 1891 census that >>he was born in Ontario, NOT Quebec as previously suspected, ----------------- Debbi: According to my records, I have a Samuel R. COVEY (1849-1899) who married Caroline WOOD (1856-13 Feb 1919). They had Frank, Carrie Maude, Isabella, Frank Brillus, James, Samuel B., Marian and Caroline. I think he is the son of James Yearns COVEY and Isabella Radcliffe and brother to Permelia COVEY who married James Fransberg COVEY. This Samuel is the grandson of Samuel COVEY Jr (Abt 1772-After1860). Gene ------------------ I did come across >>a marriage listing in the Office of The Registrar General, County Marriage >>Registers, 1841-1913, Lanark-Grenville, vol. 25 that lists the following: >> >>12 Sept 1864 - James COVEY, resident of Leeds, born in Leeds, age 26 >> (parents - James COVEY and Isabella COVEY) >> married Permelia COVEY resident of Leeds, born >Landsdowne, age 19 >> (parents: Daniel COVEY and Mary COVEY) >> Witnesses: John COVEY, Leeds >> Martha COVEY, Leeds >> >>This would appear to be James Fransburg COVEY per the 1881 census. Still >>don't know how I tie to these COVEY's in Leeds, but I know I must. Not sure >>if this is new or old info for you, but if you think it would be of interest >>to anyone, please forward on to the Covey list. >> >>Debbi >> ----------------- I agree that this appears to be James Fransburg per the 1881 census. But I also note the following: The County Marriage Register of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869, Leeds & Grenville, appears to have the COVEY parents reversed. His parents should be Daniel and Mary COVEY and Isabella's parents should be James and Isabella COVEY. Each family had a James and and a Permelia. Per the 1860 Alburgh, VT census in the family of Daniel and Polly COVEY, James is listed as 21 years of age (ie. born about 1839 versus marriage age of 26 in 1864 which would give a birth year of about 1838). The Permelia in the family of Daniel and Polly was 26 which would give a birth year of about 1834 - and not of 1845 as required by the marriage record). Also a Permelia COVEY still shows in the family of Daniel and Mary in the 1871 Leeds census which is seven years after "she" married James COVEY and a James COVEY age 16 still shows as a child in the family of James and Isabella COVEY in this same census. Also note that when I copied from the County Marriage Registers of Ontario Canada 1858-1869 Vol. 20 Leeds & Grenville, I obtained a marriage date of 21 (not 12) Sep 1864. Perhaps I reversed the numbers? >snip< Hope this may be of use. Eugene M. Olmsted <029tuk@pipeline.com>