Several years ago the Walter Hauler I am trying to locate lived at 3438 Huguenot Ave Bronx NY 10475-1008 Does SKS have access to a city directoryand could tell me who currently lives at this address and what the phone number might be. If this is not a proper question I'm sure I'll hear about it. Regards

These are the names in the bio: Benedict, Stone, Kempton, Church, Dailey, Brown, Hobbs, Inman, Hartley, Robbins, Armstrong, Thomas, Osborn, Clark, Porter, Slocum, Potter, Bondy, Cox, Carpenter, Sawyer, Waite From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901 - page 185-187 WILLIAM HENRY TRIPP, a venerable resident of Rock township, Rock county, has come to a serene and beautiful old age, with the memories of a long and useful life behind him. He is a true type of the American farmer; not afraid of hard work, willing to labor and wait, careful and frugal, and yet generous and open-handed. He has lived to enjoy the results of industrious and well-spent years, and to gain and hold the confidence and respect of all who know him. Mr. TRIPP was born in Scranton, Penn., Feb. 18, 1821 and is a son of Stephen and Nancy (BENEDICT) TRIPP, natives of Rhode Island and New York, respectively. Isaac TRIPP, his grandfather, was a native of Rhode Island, where his ancestors had lived since 1610, was a farmer, and lived to the age of seventy-three. He served in the Revolutionary war. He was the father of twelve children. The following appeared in a Scranton (Penn.) paper of Dec. 12, 1900: "It has been ascertained by diligent research by one of the Tripp family that their name originated in the following manner: About the middle of the Thirteenth century a party of Danes overran England and found a lodgement in one of the strong-walled castles for which the country was noted. An English general of the family by the name of Howard, and a few brave followers crossed the moat, scaled the walls of the castle and drove out the Danes. The king asked the general, 'How did you accomplish the herculean task?' The answer was, 'We tripped over the moat, tripped over the wall, tripped up the enemy and drove them out.' Then the king said, 'Thy tripping was a grand and glorious trip, ' and he knighted the general forthwith, and said, 'henceforth thy name and the name of thy posterity shall be Tripp through all the coming ages.' And Tripp it was, and is, and will be to the end of time." Stephen TRIPP, our subject's father, moved to Pennsylvania with his father in 1776, the family settling in the Lackawanna Valley; they arrived fifteen days after the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence. There were only two white families in Providence at that time. They were obliged to go to Wilkes-Barre even for salt and other necessaries, and the first store in the Valley, was kept in the front part of Stephen Tripp's house, by COX & CARPENTER. Mr. TRIPP once traded 200 acres in the "Notch" for a set of whiskey stills. He followed farming. His old homestead on the west side of the road on the hill in Hyde Park (Scranton), is still standing; the newest portion was built over eighty-six years ago. There he resided until his death, in 1841, at the age of sixty-five years. He was a man of affairs, and held the office of justice of the peace, and various other local positions. His wife reached the age of eighty-three. They were Baptists in religious faith. ! Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. TRIPP, Horace married (first) Almira STONE, of Abington, and (second) Caroline KEMPTON; Harriet married Samuel CHURCH; Hannah married Herman DAILEY; Martha died in infancy; Samuel married (first) Sally BROWN and (second) Polly HOBBS; Martha (2) died in infancy; Nehemiah married Margaret INMAN; Polly (Mary) married (first) James HARTLEY and (second) Isaac ROBBINS; William Henry is our subject; Fanny married Lewis ARMSTRONG. Only two survive, Polly and William Henry. Mrs. Polly (TRIPP) ROBBINS was born March 11, 1819, in a portion of the old Stephen TRIPP homestead built about one hundred years ago. Her first school teacher was Samuel CHURCH, who afterward married her sister, Harriet. In 1861 she married James HARTLEY, of Glenwood, Penn., who died in 1870, and in 1874 she married Isaac ROBBINS. She is now living quietly in Scranton, at the home of Charles J. CHURCH, exceedingly well preserved in mind and body. Joshua BENEDICT, father of Mrs. Nancy (BENEDICT) TRIPP, and our subject's maternal grandfather, was born in New York, of English descent, and lived to the advanced age of eighty-three. He, also, was a soldier in the Revolution. He was the father of three sons and four daughters. William Henry TRIPP was reared on the farm near Scranton, and farming has been the occupation of his life. It is a noble calling, and if loyally followed may serve to bring the noblest faculties of a man's soul, and it has been a kindly mistress to this venerable Rock county farmer. He had a farmer boy's advantages in the district school, and, being of a thoughtful and observant disposition, has acquired a very fair knowledge of men and the world as he has gone through. His period of life has covered some of the most important chapters of the world's history, and he fully understands the significance of what he has seen as it was becoming history. Mr. TRIPP was united in marriage, Jan.14, 1844, to Miss Delilah THOMAS, a daughter of John and Eliza (OSBORN) THOMAS. Three children were born to their union: Theodore F., George B. and Hattie H. Theodore F. enlisted in Company C, 35th Wis. V. I., served at the front two years, and contracted disease from which he died, at home; he was only nineteen when he enlisted, and is remembered as an opened-faced and manly young man. George B. married Ida CLARK, and they have had two children, Mary L. and Minnie. Hattie H. married J. B. PORTER; they live in the town of Porter, Rock county, and have a family of four sons, J. K., Rockwell, Wallace and Liel. Mrs. TRIPP is a Methodist, and is a lady of excellent character and standing. Mr. TRIPP belongs to Blue Lodge No. 14, A. F. & A. M., in Janesville; Janesville Chapter No. 5, R. A. M.; and Janesville Commandery, No. 2, K. T., and is highly esteemed among his fraternal associates. He is an ardent Republican, and he raised the fi! rst banner bearing the names of McKinley and Roosevelt in the late Presidential campaign, hoisting same within twelve hours after their nomination, in Philadelphia. It was 6 x 14 feet in dimensions, and floated from a 55-foot flag-staff at his home. Mr. TRIPP hoisted a flag at half-mast on the closing day and hour of the Nineteenth century, and had it at the mast-head on the morning of the Twentieth century. Mr. TRIPP has held various town offices, was chairman of the town board two terms, and was a member of the General Assembly in 1857, being the youngest member of that body with one exception. He served in the Legislature with the late Senator Philetus Sawyer, and ex-Gov. David H. Waite, of Colorado, who is known as "Bloody Bridle" Waite. At the time of his friend Sawyer's burial, Mr. TRIPP was unable to attend the funeral and he hoisted his flag at half-mast. Our subject has served as trustee for the Institution for the Blind twenty-one years, proving himself one o! f the most capable officials associated with the noble institution, and has been appointed by six different governors of the State. He was a charter member of the Central Wisconsin Bank, was its first vice-president, and a member of its first board of directors. When it became a National bank he retired from the active management. Mr. TRIPP came west in 1851, with his wife and eldest son, then six years old, and bought his present farm, then comprising 200 acres, but now reduced to fifty acres. It is four miles from Janesville, on the Hanover road. On this place he has made his home forty-nine years, and has witnessed the development of what was then a wilderness into a most charming and attractive country. With the TRIPP family is associated the romantic history of Frances SLOCUM, a distant relative of the subject of this narrative, who Nov. 2, 1778, four months after the Wyoming Massacre, when she was only five years old, and was not found until sixty years later. She had married a chief of the Miami Indians, and they came West and lived near what is now Peru, Ind. There she died, and was buried. Her grave is now marked by a very appropriate monument, costing seven hundred dollars, which was unveiled May 17, 1900, in the presence of three thousand people, two of whom were from Wisconsin - Mr. TRIPP and Mrs. E. C. POTTER (of Whitewater). The unfortunate captive had reared a family of children, and had become an Indian in every sense of the word except her blood. The monument was unveiled by two great-great-granddaughters of Frances SLOCUM, Victoria and Mabel Ray BONDY. My note..... The lady that I found this article for said they knew about this very, very distant relative and have a picture of the monument.... and, her daughter had recently given a speech in school about Frances Slocum (prior to my even sending them this info). I just love stories like these..... wish I could find one in one of MY families!

I wanted to take just a second to thank the many 'listers' who have written me a thank you for the bios I have been doing. (I haven't been replying to each personally). I just want you to know that I'm having as much fun 'reading' these as I'm doing them as you all are probably as they come thru..... and wasn't expecting the thanks. I'm hopeful some little tidbit will be the 'jackpot' for someone and that will make it ALL worth while! I'm about to start on a few more, so stay tuned. (I have about 12 left for Rock County, WI - I'm not sure how many will have NY connections - so you on that list might get fewer.) Carol

Brian, If you mean those whose final destination was NY, not those who would be dropped elsewhere on the way (i.e. Boston), only those passengers who were third class/ steerage went to Ellis Island. 1st and 2nd Cabin passengers were let off in Manhattan. But the Ellis Island manifests still list those passengers and even the members of the crew of those ships, so no matter where they got off, if they came to NY, they should be on the manifests. Joy

I just went to the following site, which has a lot of good information! It includes historical background, how to get military records (remember the 1973 fire destroyed 16-18 million records!), and a form SF-180 that you can print out in various media. http://members.aol.com/Rayhbanks/famous.html Jean

It's my understanding that they simply showed up at Ellis then went thru the examining process. Curiously my 17 year-old father came from Italy with his father who got off the ship at Providence RI. The ship then went to NY where my father disembarked. He's on the passenger list to Providence, and then to NY, and that threw me for many years. Someone accidentally found him in the Ellis database and told me. Dave Hug in CA http://home.lightspeed.net/~davey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Keanie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:22 PM Subject: Ellis Island > Could someone please explain for me what the criteria was to land at Ellis Island. Did all immigrants coming to the New York 1900 - 1920 come in through Ellis Island or was there circumstances that would cause some to land there and others to land elsewhere even if on the same vessel and the same voyage. > > Thanks. > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit the GEN-NYS-L Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers!) web page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/FAQ/GEN-NYS-L.html >

Hi, all: Are there any SWIFTS out there, who are descended from General Joseph Gardner Swift, first graduate of West Point? If so, I would be more than delighted to hear from you. He is buried in my hometown, and is about to have a ceremony this spring at his gravesite, marking the Bicentennial of his graduation. Any information on any living descendants will be welcomed. Verne Marshall

Could someone please explain for me what the criteria was to land at Ellis Island. Did all immigrants coming to the New York 1900 - 1920 come in through Ellis Island or was there circumstances that would cause some to land there and others to land elsewhere even if on the same vessel and the same voyage. Thanks.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 844 CHARLES H. DICKINSON, painter; P.O. Edgerton; born in Utica, Oneida, Co., N.Y., Feb. 27, 1833. Son of John W. and Mary (GUSTIN). Mr. C. H. DICKINSON came to Wisconsin and settled in Edgerton, in 1855. Carpenter and joiner by trade, which he worked at when he came to Edgerton. Married, Jan. 5, 1856, Myra C. MARTIN, daughter of Joel C. MARTIN, of New York; had one child - Lucy I., wife of James WHITE, a miller at Fulton. Member of Fulton Masonic Lodge and I.O. O. F., Edgerton; attend M. E. Church; Republican.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 844 JAMES CROFT, merchant, Edgerton; born in York, Yorkshire, England, in 1816; came to America in 1842, and settled in Wisconsin, with his parents, Joseph and Margaret (AYRES), who were early settlers in Janesville, and the first to build a house on the west side of the Rock River; came to Edgerton twenty-two to twenty-three years ago, and entered into the manufacture of brick with Mr. CULTON, under the title of CROFT & CULTON; four years afterward, sold out to CULTON, and went to England on a visit to his home, and returned to America in 1861. In 1866, he commenced the present business of dry-goods merchandising; is by trade a carpenter, which he learned in England. Married Esther L. BROWN, daughter of Squire BROWN, of Bridgewater, N.Y. His brother, Matthew CROFT, was born in the same city, in 1821, and carries on a general store in Edgerton.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 844 ORSON COX, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Fulton Center; born in Steuben Co., N.Y., in 1816; lived there till he was 4 years old; moved with his parents to Cayuga Co.; lived there till he was 20, when he went to farming for himself, in Seneca Co., for three years; leaving there, came to Wisconsin May 7, 1842, and purchased eighty acres where now stands his homestead; afterward adding, till now he owns 282 acres, and 161 acres one mile east, in all 443 acres. Married, in 1846, Miss Laura ALLEN, daughter of Stephen ALLEN, of Jefferson Co. Have three children - Mary F., William H., Henry W. Was Constable and Collector at an early day, when that officer collected taxes. Was Road Commissioner two terms, laying out the first roads in the township. Republican; Universalist.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 844 G. E. COWAN, farmer, Secs. 22 and 23; P.O. Edgerton; born in Cayuga Co., N.Y., Aug. 14, 1811; always followed farming; came to Wisconsin in 1848, and located on Section 14; purchased his present homestead in 1850. Married Mary Jane WARD in 1840, who was a native of Ira, Cayuga Co.; born June 28, 1818, died in November, 1859. He owns 200 acres, under cultivation. He raises corn, oats, potatoes, wheat, barley, and tobacco, poultry and stock.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 744 DEXTER DRURY, livery, sale and boarding stable, Race street; was born in Sturbridge, Worcester Co., Mass.; came to Wisconsin the latter part of May, 1855, locating at Beloit; Mr. DRURY moved from Sturbridge to Spencer, Mass., and remained there until he was 17 years of age; from Spencer moved to South Brookfield, Mass.; there learned the shoemaker's trade; went to Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Mass., and worked at the shoe business for ten years; at this time, having accumulated some money, he went into the livery business; from Williamstown he came to Beloit and started in the livery business under the firm name of DRESSER & DRURY; Mr. DRESSER sold out his interest to Walter CAPRON, and, after eight months, Mr. CAPRON sold out his interest to Mr. DRURY, and since that time, he has conducted the business alone. Married Sept. 18, 1872, Lorinda SWAN, of Sherman Hollow, Onondaga Co., N.Y.; has four children by a former wife - Josephine Augusta, Eugene Royal, Lawrence Adams, Ett! a M. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 743 JOHN DATES, farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Beloit; born in Dutchess Co., N.Y., in 1814; in 1833, he went to Chemung Co., N.Y., and remained there till 1841; he then went to Rochester, N.Y., where he resided till 1844; then came to Illinois and located near Rockford; came to Beloit in 1845, and bought a farm, which he lived on for five years, then sold it; he then bought sixty acres in Sec. 27, with residence and barns, lived on it for eighteen years, then sold the property, now in the city limits, to W.N. HAND; he then bought ninety-five acres in Sec. 29, part of the KNILL farm and with residence and barns, on which he made some improvements, and now occupies it; afterward, sold thirty acres of the farm, and now owns only sixty-five acres, with residence, etc. He married, in Rochester, N.Y., in 1842, Caroline VERVALIN, daughter of Isaac and Diana VERVALIN, residents of Rochester; she was born at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1822; they had three children - George W., Alice M., and Frank H.! ; George is a traveling salesman, and single; Alice is married, and lives in Michigan; Frank is married, and is a traveling salesman; George enlisted in the 22d Wis. Vol.; was taken sick one year after, discharged, and re-enlisted in the 42d Wis., and was with the regiment till the close of the war.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 743 JOHN W. CRIST, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Beloit; born in Orange Co., N.Y., in 1816; came to Beloit in 1858, and bought 300 acres of land, with a small residence, of which one-half was improved; he improved 75 acres more, and the balance is timber and pasture land, in Secs. 14 and 15; he afterward built a handsome residence, which he now occupies. He married, in New York City, in February, 1855, Mary E. LAWRENCE, widow of William LAWRENCE. Mr. CRIST was married before, to Eliza DIBBLE, sister of his present wife, and now has six children living.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 743 B. P. CRANE, retired; was born in Colebrook, Coos Co., N.H., April 7, 1807, and came to Wisconsin in March, 1837, locating at Beloit; at Colebrook, Mr. Crane followed farming in the summer and taught school during the winters, and also learned the trade of a carpenter; from Colebrook he moved to Beloit, where he engaged in the carpentering business, and among others, built the house he now lives in . Mr. Crane enlisted in the army during the late war and was appointed Army Carpenter and stationed at Nashville, Tenn. He married, March 25, 1869, Jane H. WILSON, of New York; he has one son by his first wife - Ellery B. Mr. and Mrs. CRANE are members of the Presbyterian Church at Beloit

From History of Rock County Wis.; publ. 1879 - page 743 J. I. COMSTOCK, foreman of East Side mill, Rock River Paper Co.; was born in Florence, Oneida Co., N.Y., Jan. 3, 1834, where he received his early education and assisted his father on the farm; he came to Wisconsin Nov. 5, 1856, locating at Beloit; from Florence he moved to Stephenson Co., Ill., and then to Beloit; was at first foreman of the saw-mill, which was afterward turned into a paper-mill, in which he engaged as general help; in 1873, he was appointed foreman of the East Side works of the Rock River Paper Co., which position he now holds. He enlisted in September, 1861, in Co. E, 34th Ill. V.I., Col. Kirk, and received his discharge from that regiment in June, 1862; he then enlisted in the 16th Wis. V.I., Co. F., Col. Fairchild, and received his discharge in July, 1865; he was engaged in the battles of Mumford, Ky.; Shiloh, April 7, 1862; first siege of Corinth, Big Shanty Station, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ga.; Lovejoy Station and Bentonville, N.C., and through t! o the Atlantic with Gen. Sherman. Mr. COMSTOCK married, in March, 1878, Elizabeth PANGBORN of Worth Co., Ga.

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 - page 701 GEORGE W. CHITTENDEN, physician; was born in the town of Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N.Y., Feb. 3, 1820; his father, Jared CHITTENDEN, was an extensive farmer, and for many years Justice of the Peace; he served in the Colonial army during the entire war of the Revolution, as Sergeant of artillery, having enlisted in 1775; about 1790 he moved from Connecticut, his native State, to Westmoreland, where he died in 1828. The mother of Dr. CHITTENDEN was Asena DOUGLAS, a descendant of the New London family of that name, whose ancestors are traced to William DOUGLAS, who came from Scotland in 1640; her parents removed from Connecticut to Oneida Co. in 1879, when all Central New York was a wilderness; she was married to Jared CHITTENDEN in 1804, and became the mother of six sons and four daughters; she was a woman of rare Christian virtues, and her wise and noble life, aided by careful teaching, exerted a powerful influence in molding the character of her children; she died in the Ba! ptist faith, in 1851. George worked on the farm until he was 19 years of age, his early education, being at the district school, was as good as circumstances allowed; having a decided literary taste, he at this age began an academic course, preparatory for college, and, with the exception of one winter spent in teaching a district school, continued until the fall of 1843, when he was fully prepared to enter college, but the limited means at his command compelled him to relinquish this cherished design; he therefore entered upon a course of professional study, and graduated at Albany Medical College in January, 1846; in April, 1846, he went to Chicago, where he practiced a few months, during which time he devoted considerable attention, investigating the principles of the homeopathic school of medicine; in November, 1846, he settled in Janesville, Wis., where he rapidly acquired an extensive practice; the following year he was elected Vice President of the Rock River Medical! Association, embracing Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, and in this capacity delivered the semi-annual essay; on this occasion, he reviewed the various medical systems, urging upon the profession the duty of investigating all systems and adopting all truth; about this time he commenced a series of practical tests, to settle in his own mind the truth of fallacy of the theory of homeopathy, and its correlative minute doses, which investigation extended through several months, until he became fully convinced and felt constrained to adopt it in his practice; at this time homeopathy was but little known, had few patrons, and was relentlessly assailed by the allopathic profession, hence to adopt it involved a conflict between duty and interest. He possessed largely the confidence of the allopathic profession, and through their co-operation had acquired a goodly reputation as a surgeon. Thus, to adopt the practice of this system was to invite ostracism from the medical associati! on and alienation from the "regular" profession; it included also, as a necessary consequence, a severe contest to overcome the prevailing ignorance of its merits, and the bitter prejudice intensified by opposition to establish its claim to public confidence. Notwithstanding this, the Doctor, feeling confident of its ultimate success, announced himself as a homeopathic physician and labored zealously for its propagation. After an experience of nearly thirty years, his confidence in the wisdom of this change remains unshaken. As a means of more fully preparing himself for this practice, he attended a course of lectures in the winter of 1849-50, at Philadelphia, and graduated in March, 1850, at the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. The Doctor has been a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy most of the time since 1857, and contributed valuable articles to medical journals; he has performed several capital operations, among them being amputations at the! hip joint and shoulder joint. Politically, Dr. CHITTENDEN acts with the Republican party though being in no sense a politician, and ever avoiding anything like political preferment; his religious views are liberal and practical. (I do not have the rest of the bio)

From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879 page 701 HENRY CHAPIN, farmer, Secs. 13 and 14; P.O. Janesville; owns 116-3/4 acres; values his land at $75 an acre; general stock and grain-raising, lime and stone-dealer; came to Rock Co. Sept. 3, 1838; was Treasurer of School District nine years. Born in Weathersfield, Vt., Windsor Co., July 19, 1827. Married Louisa LOVE, Jan. 1, 1858, at Beloit; she was born in Rochester, N.Y.; have one child, Duet C.; three children dead - Charles H., Lavella and Etta. Democrat.

From Portrait and Biographical Record of Rock County Wis. publ. 1889 - page 952 CHAUNCEY TUTTLE, who is numbered among the earliest settlers of Rock County, and for many years a prominent citizen, was born in Oneida County, N.Y., on the 19th day of May, 1796, and was a son of Solomon TUTTLE, who served during the entire War of the Revolution. In 1800, when a young lad of four years, our subject removed with his parents to Rutland, Jefferson Co., N.Y., and became a leading pioneer of that county. He there grew to manhood, receiving a common-school education, and on arriving at years of maturity was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Amy WEAVER, who was a most estimable lady and a member of the Baptist Church. Six children were born of their union, four of whom are living at this writing, as follows: James F., who now makes his home in Fulton Township; George M., who resides in Roscoe, Ill.; Permelia, wife of H. P. HOSKINS, a resident of Chicago; and Sarah J., wife of the Rev. Lindon RIGLEY, of Los Angeles, Cal. In 1836, Mr. TUTTLE cast his lot with the pioneer settlers of Rock County, where he continued to make his home until called from this life. At the time of his arrival here no roads had been made, and the travelers were forced to follow the Indian trails, which were often very obscure or almost totally obliterated. The land was still in its primitive condition, hardly a furrow had been turned, but few claims had been taken and on this unsettled frontier, Mr. TUTTLE began the development of a home and farm. Settling in Turtle Township, he gave his whole time and attention to the work in hand, and in the course of time, his labors received their reward in bountiful harvests. Though the duties were many, the days sped merrily in the little cabin until the winter of 1855-6, when a dark gloom overshadowed the home caused by the death of the wife and mother. Kind and loving, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need, her death proved a sad loss to the community. Mr! . TUTTLE was again married, his second union being with Miss Julia BENEDICT, who was born in Rutland, N.Y., and a daughter of Stephen and Deborah (DELEVAN) BENEDICT, who were descended from the old Huguenot ancestry. In his earlier years, our subject was a warm supporter of the Whig party, but on its dissolution he joined the new Republican party, and continued to act with that great organization until his death. He died at his home in Beloit, to which he had removed in 1858. (I do not have the next page)