From - Mike Disbrow, listowner In response to the following message from C. A. Fredericks - ----- Original Message ----- From: "c-a-fredericks" <c-a-fredericks@Comcast.net> To: <DISBROW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: [DISBROW] Getting started > Greetings all, > > I'm just getting started on my family history and am delighted to have access to this site! > > My maiden name was Disborough. My father was Edwin, his brothers George and Norbert Vincent...his mother was Marie (Swift) and I believe his Dad's given name was "Lucky"! They all lived in Connersville, IN... > > Any connections? > > Thanks C. A. - I do have some records of your family which I'll be glad to share with you. My records go back to a John Disborough, born ca1806 in Pennsylvania, who married Mary Gibbs (b. ca1811 Ohio). John and Mary had nine children that I have the names of. They were: William G., Sarah, Nancy, John, Marindah, Lewis W., Hellen, Sharlotta and George L. This family was listed in the 1850 census of Crosby Twp., Hamilton Co., Ohio. Their son Lewis W. Disborough was a Civil War veteran, from whose papers I was able to get Mary Gibbs' maiden name. Their son George L. Disborough was born Sept. 1850, married Mary A. (maiden name unknown), and they had the following children: William, Merle N., Allen, John L. and George L. This family was listed in the 1860 census of Shawswick Twp., Lawrence Co., Indiana; 1880 Fairview Twp., Lafayette Co., Indiana; 1900 Connersville, Lafayette Co., Indiana. George L. Disborough (son of the above George L.) was born Aug. 1894, married Marie A. Swift, and the only child of theirs I have is Edwin Dewitt Disborough, born 1928, who is apparently your father. The fact that your family used the spelling "Disborough", plus the fact that John was from Pennsylvania, lead me to believe they may have been connected with some of the New Jersey families who used that spelling. Just a hunch. I'll be glad to share more details with you if you want to contact me directly. Use the address dizzy@michweb.net. Hope this "gets you started". Mike