Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: sgferris@cconline.net hsdennis@home.com OyerExplorer@aol.com groth@rice.edu PICK2PETS@aol.com jstark@shelbynet.net patseym@trinex.net cramm@fnbnet.net We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are researching! Wanda Rabb, List manager Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/farrismain.html

I have been posting obits to the Gen Connect boards that I have collected recently. If you are interested in checking them out, you may find them posted at the following sites: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/f/e/FERRIS/obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/f/a/FARIS/obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/p/h/PHARES/obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/far/FarrisObits Wanda

Since we have new subscribers to the list I want to restate the little I know of my Ferris family from Westchester County New York. My great grandmother was Susan M Ferris, b. 5/26/1835 in North Castle N.Y. d. 10/15/1915 in Chappaqua N.Y. She was married to Philip W. Hunter. Her father was Horace Ferris, b. 5/11/1812 and d. 10/8/1885 in Bedford, N.Y. Fit with anyone ? Martha Hunter Maddox in the California desert.

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for information on the following people: Mae E Ferris or Mae E Coe who married Frank W. Prosser of N Scriba NY. No dob on Mae however Frank was born 1878 and died 1947. Also looking for information on Laura Ferris b. 1794, daughter of Warren Ferris and Keziah Hawley. Laura married Icabod Prosser (thats how it's spelled) somewhere in NY state. Did they have any children? Also interested in any other Ferris & Prosser, Ferris & Coon, Ferris & Coe connections. Thanks, John

John: Sorry no connection here. The Farris I have is spelled with an "a" and they were in Iowa and Missouri. ponida@aol.com

Hello to all, I am new to this list and have only been researching my family lines a few months. This is my FERRIS line: WILLIAM MARSH FERRIS b). 10/5/1829 Hamilton County, Ohio d). 10/17/1914 Hamilton County, son of ISAAC FERRIS and PHOEBE R. MARSH, married 12/13/1850 to NANCY SAWYER THOMPSON b). 7/11/1828 d). 7/9/1862 dau. of WILLIAM F. THOMPSON and MARY THOMPSON. Children of WILLIAM MARSH FERRIS and NANCY SAWYER THOMPSON: 1. ANNIE BELLE FERRIS b). 8/10/1854 Hamilton County, Ohio d). 9/1944/45 Hamilton County, Ohio m. GAMALIEL GREEN son ofJOHN NELSON GREEN and AMANDA MELVINA SHOTWELL. 2. ERNEST CLIFTON FERRIS b). 7/7/1858 d). 5/17/1865 *Notes for William Marsh Ferris: Owned The Hames Factory in Cincinnati, Ohio *Notes for Nancy Sawyer Thompson: Died in childbirth *Notes for Ernest Clifton Ferris: Crippled from birth, unable to walk. Cause of death: Trauma from a wheel that fell on him in father's factory. Children of ANNIE BELLE FERRIS and GAMALIEL GREEN: 1. WILLARD FERRIS GREEN 2. GRACE EDNA GREEN m. ALBERT FREDERICK HOYSTED MOLLOY X. Child of GRACE EDNA GREEN and A. F. H. MOLLOY X: 1. ALBERT FREDERICK HOYSTED MOLLOY XI. (my grandfather) WILLIAM MARSH FERRIS m. 12/27/1865 (#2) JERUSHA AMELIA SARGENT b). 10/28/1841 Children of WILLIAM MARSH FERRIS and JERUSHA SARGENT: 1. EDGAR SARGENT FERRIS m. ANNA MARIE ? 2. FREDERICK WORRELL FERRIS m. HARRIET RIDDLE 3. DELL MARIE FERRIS m. WILLIAM HENRY SAWYER **Note the above information on this FERRIS line is from a family bible belonging to ANNIE BELLE FERRIS GREEN.

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Hi, thanks for the welcome to the list. I am trying to research two separate branches of my family tree. 1. Albert Orion Harvey born in Kent, England He was in several states -- Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, South Dakota before disappearing in 1888. He was a doctor. Married Margaret Turner in ??? but we think Ohio. 2. Mariette (Adams) Campbell born in New York State but lived most of her life in Iowa. She was living with one of her daughters either Nellie (Campbell) Ferris or Florence (Campbell) Dolly when she died in 1930. We think she died in Illinois and was buried in MO but can find no evidence. Thanks for any help anyone might have. ponida@aol.com

My ancestor, Mary FERRIS, born in 1753 at Panton, Addison County, Vermont, and died in 1848 at Plattsburg, Clinton County, NY, married Gideon RUGAR/RUGER, born 1750, and died on 16 April 1808 in Clinton County, NY. Mary's father was Peter FERRIS (Jr.), born 21 April 1726 in Connecticut, and died 7 April 1816. Her mother's name was ??? SQUIRE, born Rutland, Addison County, Vermont. I would like to hear from any relatives and/or researchers on this line. Sincerely, George Gildersleeve

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Just a note to keep in touch with the folks who subscribed to this list. We have 33 subscribers, so this list is growing slowly. Our more established list the Farris-L, is a much more active list with close to 200 subscribers who are researching the various spellings of the surname. Feel free to join that list, if you would like. I also wanted to inform you that I have changed providers, so I have a new e-mail address which is: grabb@triad.rr.com. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions relating to the Ferris-L or research. I search for obits relating to the Ferris surname and post any that I find to Rootsweb's Gen Connect board. They have one specifically for the FERRIS spelling, so I post any that I find there. You may want to check them out at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/f/e/FERRIS/obituaries Feel free to post queries, obits, wills, etc to the boards. You may access the main page at: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/f/e/FERRIS/ I want to also encourage you to visit my web site where I have links to other web sites with Farris information (or other variations of spelling of the surname. If you have a web site you would like to have linked, please let me know. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/farrismain.html I hope everyone had a good Christmas and I want to wish you a very healthy, happy, prosperous New Year! Wanda Rabb Listmanager,Ferris-L http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882

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Aloha June and List, Suggest you review "Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut," by Spencer P. Mead, published by The Knickerbocker Press, New York City, 1911. There are several references to Gershom Lockwood and Gershom Lockwood, Jr., both Revolutionary War soldiers. The Ferris Genealogy showing several generations of the descendants of Jeffrey Ferris on pages 536-545. The marriage of Gershom Lockwood and Mary Ferris is on page 545. More detail to you directly. Rick Ferris Aiea, HI ----- Original Message ----- From: by way of Wanda Rabb <jmain30@juno.com> To: <FERRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 8:35 AM Subject: [FERRIS-L] FERRIS > Thank you so much for welcoming me to your computer. My Ferris is Mary. > She was married to > Gersham Lockwood Jr and died abt 1798. That's it! Any help will be > greatly appreciated. June > jmain30@juno.com >

Thank you so much for welcoming me to your computer. My Ferris is Mary. She was married to Gersham Lockwood Jr and died abt 1798. That's it! Any help will be greatly appreciated. June jmain30@juno.com

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Hi, I'm just starting my Ferris heritage. My family can go back as far as William Emerson Ferris from Waterborough, Queens Co., New Brunswick in the 1890's but it stops there. I would really like to find out his father's name so that I can continue my search. Any help is greatly appreciated. Jaime

Hi, My name is Scott Spencer, a Ferris descendant. I wish to subscribe to the mailing list as I am trying to obtain information on my Ferris line. The names I have and the relationship to me (if known) is as follows; Augustas Great-great-great Grandfather Mary b. 1802 d. 1886 Great-great-great Grandmother? Lewis b.abt.1844-46 Great-great Grandfather - Civil War Vet. Franklin Great-great Uncle? Adele Ellen d. 1907 Great-great Grandmother? Aunt? Jennie b. 1868 d. 1943 Great-grandmother - married Harry Clark Bruce O.W."Doc" Great-uncle? -- married Pauline William? Great-uncle? -- had at least 3 daughters one named; Ruth Great-cousin? As you can see, my information is limited at best. I would appreciate contact or information from anyone that can help me with these folks. I do possess a very interesting "Tintype" photo of Lewis and somewhat gritty letter from Lewis to his father Augustas in 1862. This is during Lewis's service in the Civil War. I would be happy to share the contents with other Ferris descendants.

Hi Fellow Ferris Fans: My name is Dennis Bell, and I've got a grandmother named Fayetta Ferris born in Ontario during the 1890s who died in Calgary, Alberta in 1951. I believe her father's name was Samuel Ferris, but it may have been William Ferris. In any event, I've been tracing the family back from there through the UEL migrations to Ontario and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia from New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania during and after the War of 1812 and the American Revolution to Jeffery Ferris arriving in Boston from England in 1635. From there, I've gone back 25 generations In England with the Ferris surname devolving back to Ferrers and de Ferrieres, through the Lords of Groby, the Earls of Derby and the Barons of Ferrers to the Norman invasion in 1066, and Walkelin de Ferrieres, Master of Horse to William the Conqueror. And from there, back through the Viking invasion of Normany in the 800s to the Norse rulers of the Orkneys and Ireland, the kings of Norway and finally a Norse king named Eystein, who died in 541 AD in Oslo. Others trace the Ferris family back to a Viking king of Finland whose name escapes me in 150 AD. I've also discovered, much to my amazement, a startling number of Ferris women who married into the Plantagenets in England (King John I of Magna Carta and Robin Hood fame sired a princess with a Ferrers mistress), the Scottish royal family (Robert the Bruce came from Norman origins and had lots of Ferrers relations), the French royals and even the kings of Jerusalem during the crusades. And then there's George Washington Gale Ferris, who invented the Ferris Wheel . . . It's quite a family. And an awful lot of fun to research. Dennis Bell Burnaby, B.C. Canada Wanda Rabb wrote: > We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are > researching!

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Hi all, IF THIS APPEARS TWICE MY APOLOGIES - COMPUTER OPERATOR GLITCH!! After a very successful wekk - not least in part due to the assistance from fellow listers, I would like to repost my interests. (Sorry it's such a long list, but I told you it had been a good week!)! All U.K. ALLEN - Yorks & Gls APPLEBY - Bradford, Yks BROOK - Woodbridge, Sfk FISHER - Leeds, Yks, Groton Sfk HART - Woodbridge, Sfk KNIGHT - Leeds, Bradford, Bingley, Yks PARKINSON - Bradford, Rawdon, Burley in Wharfedale (1890 to date) Yks RICE - Groton, Sfk WHEELWRIGHT - Leeds, Yks WILLEY - Thurlaston, Leics WORINTON - Thurlaston, Leics WROE - Bradford Yks BRYAN - Wolverhampton, Staffs, Shrewsbury, Salop FERRIS - Hartpury, Gls, Tanworth, Warks WOOD - Hartpury, Gls MOULDER - Hartpury, Gls EMMS - Wolverhampton Staffs, Gls HAWKINS - Stroud, Gls MOTT - Cheltenham, Gls STAFFORD - Possibly Stroud, certainly Gls GREENWOOD - Stroud, Gls Regards Pat & John Parkinson John_parkinson@stockport45.freeserve.co.uk