Thanks, Skip, I wish you could too! Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <skipandlindadiz@aol.com> To: <disbrow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [DISBROW] Edwin Disbrow Volk >I wish I could help, but I lose track of the Disbrows with my grandfather >Charles Grinnell (or Gurnell) Disbrow. He was born in CT, but lived most of >his life in Bedford Hills, NY. Good Luck, Skip Disbrow > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Davis <ndavis1@san.rr.com> > To: DISBROW@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 6:34 pm > Subject: [DISBROW] Edwin Disbrow Volk > > > > I have been chasing this man for a long, long time. I have no idea why > his > middle name is Disbrow. I can't find any other Disbrows in the family. > So, > maybe you can cast some light on this, and maybe not. Hope you can. All > the > following were born in NY and as far as I know, with the exception of > Edwin, > died there too. Records are from the Reformed Dutch Church, NYC and West > Farms, > then part of Westchester Cty, NY. > > Edwin b/30 Nov 1808 d/ ? buried? m/ Margaret Ellis about 1829 > s/o Thomas Volk ch abt 1771 NY RDC m/Abigale Garritson/Abby Garrison 1789 > RDC > > Thomas s/o Peter Volk bc1750 NYC m/Theresa Guertz RDC > > Edwin's wife Margaret remarried John Chase in either 1845 or 1865 (big > spread) > Guess it was '45 because her youngest child Elisha Volk was buried in the > Chase > family cem in Cortlandt, Westchester Cty two years following Margaret's > death > and she was buried in Cedar Hill Cem (RDC) also in Cortlandt. I was told > by an > ancient cousin before he died that Edwin just left Margaret with 5 young > children "to starve"while he went off to the Mexican War Actually, there > were 6 > children, not 5, and they survived into reasonable old age and the war > didn't > start until 1846. (Nat'l Archives does not have him listed) > > At any rate, Edwin probably died in 1845 or earlier or Margaret went in > for > bigamy or was divorced. > > His middle name Disbrow is not a name one would tack on a child unless > there was > a connection. It's not like George or Harry. So, I really hope one of > you will > have a clue and share it with me. Thank you so much, Nancy Davis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message