Hello List! Catherine Means was the daughter of Samuel Means and Grizzle Ogle(?). I say this without confirmation. I believe Grizzle and Samuel were married in Wilmington Delaware in 1735. My questions are: (1) Is anyone else researching this family? and (2) Would anyone have any idea where I could look for records from this time period? Thank you so much for any help or direction. Bonnie Malburg

Does anyone have information on a John or Hugh Welsh that were living in Christiana Hundred, New Castle Co., DE in 1812? They were both from Ireland and had been in this country about 2 or 3 years.

> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:45:24 EST > From: PGiroult@aol.com > To: DELAWARE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DELAWARE] Re: DELAWARE-D Digest V02 #19 > > Hi, all! > Thanks to all of you who answered my query on the causeway. Would > this be a > section where poor people lived? My gggm lived with a "black man" and > this > was where they were living at the time in the late 1800's/early 1900s > and I > am wondering since that was so taboo at that time, that it was a > place that > was segregated from the rest of the city or that it was a very poor > area of > town since she was ostracized over it? Thank you so much for the > info. It is > quite helpful. Patty > > ______________________________ Around 1910 it was a mix of industry and residental homes. My GGF lived on New Castle Avenue and worked at the nearby Lobell coach works. His sons worked at the various factories across the Christina River. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Got something to say? Say it better with Yahoo! Video Mail http://mail.yahoo.com

Patty That part of Wilmington is all junk yards and industrial businesses now and doesn't have many residential homes so it's hard to say, but probably was a black settlement due to the "delta" area (flooding) between the rivers. I'll bet it was a pretty place to live back then because if you can overlook the eyesores there now, the rivers (Brandywine & Chritina and the mighty Delaware) are beautiful! Lynn

Hi, all! Thanks to all of you who answered my query on the causeway. Would this be a section where poor people lived? My gggm lived with a "black man" and this was where they were living at the time in the late 1800's/early 1900s and I am wondering since that was so taboo at that time, that it was a place that was segregated from the rest of the city or that it was a very poor area of town since she was ostracized over it? Thank you so much for the info. It is quite helpful. Patty

While on a trip to Norfolk and up to Annapolis and QA co, and Dover, DE. I saw several colorful flags at peoples' houses-sometimes flowers, sometimes just designs. When I tried to find the history of these flags or pennants, no one could tell me how or when they originated. Does anyone know? Thanks. Bob KNOTTS, a MD/DE., IL.,, OR., KNOTTS

Hi all, I'd like to share a great new site recently unveiled: GenHelp.org. It is http://www.genhelp.org and is interactive. Check it out. Hope this helps. Bill

Thank you, that makes perfect sense. I live in Newark DE and am familiar with the area. Lynn

--- DELAWARE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 07:28:32 EST > From: MoonFoods@aol.com > To: DELAWARE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DELAWARE] Wilmington causeway > > I'm curious, where is/was the causeway in Wilmington? > Lynn Sinclair > > ______________________________ My understanding is that the causeway refered to what is now called the New Castel Avenue and the Market Street bridge. I have ancestories that lived in that area and I have found references to a causeway on the census records. For those not familiar with Wilmington, New Castle Avenue runs south out of Wilmington towards New Castle City. This area is south of the confluence of the Christina and Brandywine Rivers. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

EM: Any notes on who Mary Clark's siblings were? Celeste ========= In a message dated 02/10/2002 2:48:26 PM Mid-Atlantic Standard Time, genie@usadatanet.net writes: > Subj:[DELAWARE] Mary Clark > Date:02/10/2002 2:48:26 PM Mid-Atlantic Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:genie@usadatanet.net">genie@usadatanet.net</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:DELAWARE-L@rootsweb.com">DELAWARE-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Can anyone help me? I am looking for information on a Mary Clark > Born Sept. 1, 1766. > Her parents names are Samuel and Mary (Ferrill) Clark. > She was christened on March 14 1767 or 1768 at Holy Trinity Church (Old > Swedes) Wilmington, DE > > She was married about 1790 - 1800. I would like to find out if she was > married in Wilmington, DE (maybe Old Swedes) or if she married in Goshen, > Orange Co., NY where her husband Solomon Williams was from? > > I would be grateful for any information. > > Thanks, > EM

I'm curious, where is/was the causeway in Wilmington? Lynn Sinclair

In a message dated 2/9/2002 9:00:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, DELAWARE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~degenweb/listfaq.htm > > > The Wilmington free library on 10th between market and king sts has some old local news papers. call there with you questions. I believe the causeway is the race way that runs parallel with the brandywine river thru parts of Wilmington...just a guess...??/ Walter

Can anyone help me? I am looking for information on a Mary Clark Born Sept. 1, 1766. Her parents names are Samuel and Mary (Ferrill) Clark. She was christened on March 14 1767 or 1768 at Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) Wilmington, DE She was married about 1790 - 1800. I would like to find out if she was married in Wilmington, DE (maybe Old Swedes) or if she married in Goshen, Orange Co., NY where her husband Solomon Williams was from? I would be grateful for any information. Thanks, EM

Thank you for the info on the causeway in Wilmington and Wrangler Hill. Would the causeway still be around today in Wilmington and if so, what section would it be exactly since I am unfamiliar with Wilmington? 2. What newspapers would be around in the 1930s and is there an archives in Wilmington to research them. Thanks again for your help. Patty

Wrangle hill is on 9 route south of Wilmington about 7 miles; between routes 13 & 40 Walter

> ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 20:49:44 EST > From: PGiroult@aol.com > To: DELAWARE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DELAWARE] Wilmington area info needed > > New to the list. Does anyone know the whereabouts of two places in > the > Wilmington area: > the causeway somewhere in Wilmington in the late 1800s and Wrangler > Hill > around St. George's somewhere? Thank you so much > Patty > > ______________________________ I believe the causeway area in Wilmington inthe lates 1800's refer to the southeast section of town, south of the Christina River. I believe a causeway connected this section of town to the rest of the city. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

Dear Patty, I grew up in St. Georges, more years ago than I would like to admit. St. Georges is south of Wilmington on Rte. 13. The town is split in two (north and south) by the Chesapeake-Delaware Canal. Wrangle Hill is not a town; it is a crossroads that is just north of St. Georges, probably not more than a mile or two. Can't help you with the causeway in Wilmington! Karen Carter Sandy, UT In a message dated 2/6/02 6:59:10 PM Mountain Standard Time, PGiroult@aol.com writes: > > New to the list. Does anyone know the whereabouts of two places in the > Wilmington area: > the causeway somewhere in Wilmington in the late 1800s and Wrangler Hill > around St. George's somewhere? Thank you so much > Patty > >

New to the list. Does anyone know the whereabouts of two places in the Wilmington area: the causeway somewhere in Wilmington in the late 1800s and Wrangler Hill around St. George's somewhere? Thank you so much Patty

Hi June No, I don't about your Denny's. I haven't looked into the Duck Creek records but the names are interesting but a little late for there to be a relationship=Collins and Denny. Apparently Duck Creek was a rather large meeting so I'd assume the Collins and Denny families could have intermarried earlier. More likely, Collins mother's maiden name was Collins and she married a Denny. Lynn

Hi Lynn, My Dennys began with Robert Denny born in MD about 1765. First married Rebecca Snow and secondly, Mary Pennington. In Duck Creek. They were married 15 Feb. 1802. He died in 1816. One of their sons, Robert Denney married Mirah Layton. After Roberts Death in about 1841, she married William B. Collins. Have you ever heard of this connection? Regards, June