http://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/Sheriffs/Sheriffs.htm

One research line in Tampa is John Elwood Matson Sr (1895-1975) who moved into Tampa around 1925, was one of the first motorcycle police officers in Tampa (according to his obituary). He was married (1) unknown (2) Gertrude Klemme and (3) Jean Octavia Green. I am searching for info about the first wife and a daughter born from that first marriage; the daughter's name was Anita Florence Matson who married an Odis Ceril McCullers in 1940. Suzanne Collins Matson

I am researching the following names from Hillsborough and Monroe Counties. Mira, Cepero, Sanchez, Martinez, Valdez, Fuentes, Delrio, Ledon and Mesa. Any information on the above names is appreciated. Thanks. Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers

Just a reminder, the rootsweb servers, don't accept mime format, only plain text, so if you try to send to the list a mime format, chances are it will be rejected. Deborah Byrd list mom

Okay, I am going to do it to get some movement on the list. We have had several new members so it's time to do a roll call and to visit the page with the list members and the names they are reearching. Here is the page http://www.rootsweb.com/~flhillsb/hmail.htm check you listing and tell me if it needs updating, if you aren't on it, please send me your information and I'll get it posted sometime in the next few millenia. For the roll call, Please include first name, surmane, time span, and where in the county your are searching, If the family started in Hills, but was cut into Pinellas in 1011 mention them too. Deborah Byrd list manager or list mom

Could someone please do an obit look-up in Hillsboro for me? It was listed in the Tampa Tribune Dec. 16, 1982. It was for my aunt Ava M. Clawson. I received the following info from the library: NEWS KEY 456121 PUB Tampa Tribune (Microfilm) TITLE Clawson, Ava M.; 75; 1982 SUBJECTS Death DATE 16 DEC 1982 SECTION Funeral Not.p.B15, Obit.-p. B15 Hillsborough Would gladly forward funds to pay for same.... Thanks, Suzanne

Found this on Somebody's links mailing list. Contact the person at the bottom of the message, I am merely the messenger Deborah Byrd o Found in my travels, a family Bible. Parents: Albert P. BROWN, born 21 December 1904, Ybor City, Florida, died 30 January 1985 Tampa, Florida, married 2 May 1926 to Beatrice M. CHAMBERS, born 17 January 1910, Palmer, Oklahoma. Grandparents: Father's Side: William BROWN, born 25 March 1872, died 7 June 1947, married to Aranice RANDALL, born 28 November 1877, died 8 March 1933 Mother's Side: Clarence M. CHAMBERS, born 17 January 1893, died 1 June 1946, married to Leona L. HEATHMAN, born 21 February 1892, died 16 May 1977. The Bible is in good shape, large and a little heavy. If a family member would like it or the rest of the data it contains, please e-mail me. Dotty Emond emond@gate.net

Try the University of Florida Library, Special Collections at: http://www.lib.usf.edu/spccoll/index2.html?f=search-items&collectionid=H19&digitalobjectcode=image This site has immages of marraige records through 1988. Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:13:34 -0700 From: "White, Janet" <whitej@dvelco.com> To: FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8C4CFCBA75F7D311BE1F009027F359D686F73B@mail.dvelco.com> Subject: [FLHILLSB] Marriage Record - Tampa 1924 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello List, Does anyone know how I can get a copy of a marriage certificate from April 20, 1924? I checked the Hilsborough County page, but marriage records listed there go only to 1893. The Office of Vital Statistics page offers marriage certificates since June 1927. The Hillsborough Co. Marriage Records link (Cyndi's List) is bad. Suggestions? Thanks, Janet

Hello List, Does anyone know how I can get a copy of a marriage certificate from April 20, 1924? I checked the Hilsborough County page, but marriage records listed there go only to 1893. The Office of Vital Statistics page offers marriage certificates since June 1927. The Hillsborough Co. Marriage Records link (Cyndi's List) is bad. Suggestions? Thanks, Janet

found this page which honors Vetrans of the U. S. military. http://www.migrations.org/vetreg/ Deborah Byrd

I am looking for a John BASKIN in the Hillsbourough County area. Any help is appreciated.

Thank you Grace for this great info! I did not know you monitored the Hillsborough List. If you sent this info on Ansy to me before I either did not get it or didn't see it somehow. This will be very helpful in our search for Martin's parents. I was recently ( and kindly) sent info that he ,sister Ansy and Mahala Patterson are listed together in Benton Co. 1850 census (please forgive me if I get this wrong-I do not have my files handy)so it would seem possible that Mahala (Mahalia) was his mother-she is listed as being from GA. Anything new on the possiblity of "James" you had first listed being his father? Thanks again for sending this to the list-John & Laura ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From : GraceEP@aol.com To : FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com Subject : [FLHILLSB] Anzy Jane Patterson Date : Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:44:01 EST Anzy Jane Patterson married Lawrence P. Kettles 23 December 1857 in Hillsborough County, Florida. Anzy was born about December 1842 probably Benton County, Florida. She had a brother named Martin D. Patterson who was said to have been born in Micanopy, Florida about 1845 - 1847. Lawrence P. Kettles is believed to have died in the Civil War and Anzy married 2nd to Doctor Roberson or Robinson Dunn about 1875. Anzy was living next door to Doctor Dunn and his first wife, Sarah, in the 1870 Alachua County, Florida census. I don't know what happened to his first wife but he and Anzy were living in Marion County, Florida in the 1880 census. Anzy had at least one child by Lawrence P. Kettles and her name was Mary Ella born about 1864. The children by Doctor Dunn were Janette Nettie Dunn born March 1876 died 1940 buried Ft. Ogden Cem., Desoto County, Florida married Eugene A. Tyner son of Josiah A. Tyner. California Callie Dunn born July 1879 may have married R. J. Tomkins in Alachua County, Florida. Viola Dunn born April 1882 may have married the brother of Eugene A. Tyner. Doctor Sinclair Dunn born 7 November 1886 died 11 May 1970 buried Ft. Ogden Cem., Desoto County, Florida never married was a Barber in Arcadia, Florida. Doctor Robinson Dunn was the son of Calvin Dunn of Barnwell County, South Carolina. Would appreciate any other information that can be added to these families. The Tyners were in Levy County, Florida about 1880 - 1900. >From: FLHILLSB-D-request@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com >To: FLHILLSB-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: FLHILLSB-D Digest V01 #110 >Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:12:57 -0700 > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Hello, Does anyone on the list have access to marriage records in Tampa 1924. Specifically, I'm looking for the marriage of Thomas O. Martin to Lillian (last name unknown) on April 20, 1924. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Janet

Look and see if you can find him in any of the WWI draft records. Someone else on the list can probably tell you where you could find those. He could be in Tampa prior to the directory ... he may have been living in a boarding home. I've run into the same situation of not being able to locate individuals because of this. Check the Tampa History museum ... I don't thing that is the correct name ... that is down town on Franklin Street. They might have some ideas of where to access those type of historical records. Kathy in FL mamkmm2@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <SCMATSON@aol.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: [FLHILLSB] Tampa Police Department > Hi, > Has anyone requested information about an ancestor from the Tampa Police > Department and/or the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department? My husband's > grandfather (John Elwood Matson, Sr) was apparently employed first by the > Tampa Police and later by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department. His > obit states he was one of the first motorcycle officers with the Tampa Police > Department (around 1925). He died in 1975. I am searching for the name of > his first wife and the approximate date that he moved to Tampa, Florida. > The city directories for Tampa don't list him until 1927 and no spouse is > listed. I haven't been able to locate him on the 1910 or 1920 census yet. > He is present with his family in the 1900 census in Philadelphia. > Any ideas on how to proceed with this would be appreciated. > > Suzanne Collins Matson > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.282 / Virus Database: 150 - Release Date: 9/25/01

Hi, Has anyone requested information about an ancestor from the Tampa Police Department and/or the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department? My husband's grandfather (John Elwood Matson, Sr) was apparently employed first by the Tampa Police and later by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department. His obit states he was one of the first motorcycle officers with the Tampa Police Department (around 1925). He died in 1975. I am searching for the name of his first wife and the approximate date that he moved to Tampa, Florida. The city directories for Tampa don't list him until 1927 and no spouse is listed. I haven't been able to locate him on the 1910 or 1920 census yet. He is present with his family in the 1900 census in Philadelphia. Any ideas on how to proceed with this would be appreciated. Suzanne Collins Matson

Can anyone please help me find information on the following family. Mabel Anschutz Shepard I MAY HAVE found her in the SSDI, b. 1899 d. 1983. From a scrape of info in 1981 we were contacted by a Virgina Roth interested in information on our Warren family. They were connected and we sent info to this Virgina in care of Mabel in Venice. Mabel's mother was Grace Lillian Warren, her father was Alfred Anschutz. We think Mabel and another sister Helen. Not sure of any other siblings. We are connected through Grace's sister Sarah. The Warren family is originally from Pittsburgh PA. Grace and Alfred moved to WV after their marriage in 1897. Mabel is listed as living in Charleston WV in 1949 per a will of Grace's brother Samuel F Warren. Any and all information on this family is most welcome. Please reply to nancy.r.evans@verizon.net With Sincerest Thanks, Nancy R. Evans

Anzy Jane Patterson married Lawrence P. Kettles 23 December 1857 in Hillsborough County, Florida. Anzy was born about December 1842 probably Benton County, Florida. She had a brother named Martin D. Patterson who was said to have been born in Micanopy, Florida about 1845 - 1847. Lawrence P. Kettles is believed to have died in the Civil War and Anzy married 2nd to Doctor Roberson or Robinson Dunn about 1875. Anzy was living next door to Doctor Dunn and his first wife, Sarah, in the 1870 Alachua County, Florida census. I don't know what happened to his first wife but he and Anzy were living in Marion County, Florida in the 1880 census. Anzy had at least one child by Lawrence P. Kettles and her name was Mary Ella born about 1864. The children by Doctor Dunn were Janette Nettie Dunn born March 1876 died 1940 buried Ft. Ogden Cem., Desoto County, Florida married Eugene A. Tyner son of Josiah A. Tyner. California Callie Dunn born July 1879 may have married R. J. Tomkins in Alachua County, Florida. Viola Dunn born April 1882 may have married the brother of Eugene A. Tyner. Doctor Sinclair Dunn born 7 November 1886 died 11 May 1970 buried Ft. Ogden Cem., Desoto County, Florida never married was a Barber in Arcadia, Florida. Doctor Robinson Dunn was the son of Calvin Dunn of Barnwell County, South Carolina. Would appreciate any other information that can be added to these families. The Tyners were in Levy County, Florida about 1880 - 1900.

Thanks to everyone for your help. I probably should have mentioned that I live in Indiana, so driving to the local courthouse won't work. However, I happen to live 1 hour away from the second largest genealogical collection in the USA (Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne IN). So I'm going to call them tomorrow and see about getting the microfilm for the Tampa Tribune. After going into THOR, I found obits for my Brandon side also! Thanks again Wendy

I am a descendant of Rev. C.S. Reynolds. Our family history has been traced back to Canada. Asa and Electra Reynolds came to America from Canada in the 1700's. Unfortunately some information has come up missing and thats all we remember except that Asa died on his way back north and is buried in Milford Indiana. The next generation I am aware of would be Rev. Cooley Sumner Reynolds. He married Judith Alexander in 1854 in Hillsborough County FL. I know Judith was born in GA, and for some reason I'm thinking they met in Ocala FL. CS Reynolds was the associate editor at the paper in Tampa before moving to Clearwater to become the editor at that paper. His son was Sumner Jeffords Reynolds who married Nellie Brandon in Clearwater in 1899. Can anyone point me in the right direction to help fill in these holes? Thanks Wendy Thomas > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

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