I am sorry, but cannot help. As far as I can tell, my own line begins in North Carolina, in the extreme west that became northeastern Tennessee when that state was organized. However, I have seen, in one probable family, Dunsmore, Dinsmore, and Densmore. Lack of literacy, I'm sure, played a part in these variable spellings. I believe all in my line were farmers. John Morrison On Feb 26, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Ann Heinz wrote: > I am curious about the variations of this spelling. I have a Samuel Dunmire b. ca. 1815 in Pa. This charcoal burner worked for the early iron furnaces but I cannot find him before 1837 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co. > I realize the spelling of the name is off but this Samuel and his son were illiterate. Civil War documents and tax lists spell the name many ways (even in the same document!).I have read info that the original spelling was Dunmoor/Dunsmore,etc. > Does anyone know of Dunsmoor,etc., spellings that were working in the iron furnaces? It seems to be an inherited work. > Hope springs eternal. > Ann Heinz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:01 AM > Subject: DUNSMOOR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1 > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hi there (Diane) > 2. Re: Hi there (John Morrison) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:21:15 +0000 > From: Diane <[email protected]> > Subject: [DUNSMOOR] Hi there > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi there, Diane list admin here. > > Is there anyone on this list that need any help with research from anybody? > > There hasn't been much going on with this list for a while! > > Hoping to hear from you soon. > > Diane list admin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:56:34 -0600 > From: John Morrison <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [DUNSMOOR] Hi there > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, I am John Morrison. I haven't done any Densmore research for quite a while, but I have never been quite satisfied with my tree information. I can trace my Densmore line with confidence as follows, beginning with myself and working backwards: > > John Morrison 1934-present. Born Texas, in MIssouri since 1961. > Grace Long Morrison 1909-1993 Born Texas, died in Texas > Iowa Millicent Holden Long 1881-1978. Born Georgia, went to Texas 1900. > xxxx Densmore Holden abt 1863-1937. She married Calvin Bunyan Holden (1859-1955 in Georgia. > Samuel Mercer Densmore, born 1838 in Georgia, d. 1920 in Texas. > David Densmore II m. Rhoda Burt. Both from Georgia, David 1807-about 1875/1880. > David Densmore I. About 1778 North Carolina - ? Probably Georgia. > Adam Dunsmore, born in Ireland, died near Huntsville, Alabama. Left a will. > > My unease rests in vague evidence about the provenence of this line from David Densmore II back through David Densmore I and on to Adam Dunsmore. I don't doubt the existence of either, just whether the line really goes through them. > > I apologize for my vagueness here, my FTM data is in a laptop that isn't easily accessible to me right now; I have it in a thumb drive, but don't have an IBM machine to read it in right now. Am converting to iMAC, but my Apple version of FTM hasn't been delivered yet. > > If anyone has knowledge of this line, I can fill in the blanks without too much effort. > > Thanks, John Morrison > On Feb 24, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Diane wrote: > >> Hi there, Diane list admin here. >> >> Is there anyone on this list that need any help with research from anybody? >> >> There hasn't been much going on with this list for a while! >> >> Hoping to hear from you soon. >> >> Diane list admin >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DUNSMOOR list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the DUNSMOOR mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DUNSMOOR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1 > ************************************** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message