Dear Kathy I am researching Maria Gifford who, on the 1861 and 1871 Census' for Handsworrth, Staffordshire, UK , stated that she was born in Londonderry, IRL c.1800-1810. I have no idea who her parents were. She left Ireland and was married to my GGGfather James Blair and living in Nova Scotia by 1824. Whether she married prior to emigrating is unknown. James and Maria had four children that I know of: Robert Gifford Blair (my GGfather) who emigrated to Australia James Robert Blair born c.1824 in Nova Scotia. Died Calcutta, India 1850 Rebecca Blair died c.1834 Maria Blair - and there may have been others. When her husband James died she married Joseph Smith who was manager at Albion Mines, Nova Scotia. They lived in Amherst, NS until c.1852 when they moved to Handsworth, Staffordshire, uk. Maria died c. 1886. She was highly religious and raised her children similarly. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and safe 1999 Kindest Regards Ron Blair 3 Lamport Lane Brandy Creek 3820 Australia ---------- > From: Kathy McClung <rmcclung@sprintmail.com> > To: GIFFORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GIFFORD-L] Bridget Gifford, Rev. William Gifford > Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 8:47 AM > > I am researching Bridget Gifford who lived in Ballylusky (Ballynoe), > County Cork. She married Michael Morrison. They had a daughter > Elizabeth who was born in 1859, another daughter, Bridget and 2 sons: > James and John. There may have been more children that we do not know > of. We just know of the ones that immigrated to America. Bridget > Gifford died in County Cork, Ireland but we do not know when. > > A "Rev. William Gifford" has come up in my research. He may be a > relative. We are not sure as of yet. He is listed in the 1848-1864 > Griffith Valuation as residing in Ballyvodock West in Cork. > > If anyone has ANY information at all, please eamil me. Thank you very > much. > > Kathy

I am researching Bridget Gifford who lived in Ballylusky (Ballynoe), County Cork. She married Michael Morrison. They had a daughter Elizabeth who was born in 1859, another daughter, Bridget and 2 sons: James and John. There may have been more children that we do not know of. We just know of the ones that immigrated to America. Bridget Gifford died in County Cork, Ireland but we do not know when. A "Rev. William Gifford" has come up in my research. He may be a relative. We are not sure as of yet. He is listed in the 1848-1864 Griffith Valuation as residing in Ballyvodock West in Cork. If anyone has ANY information at all, please eamil me. Thank you very much. Kathy

Just a note to let everyone know I'm going out of town for Thanksgiving. I'll be leaving early Wednesday morning for Amherst, VA and will be returning Friday evening. I will not have access to a computer while away so I'll check my mail before I leave and as soon as possible when I return. In the meantime, I hope all of you have a wonderful TURKEY DAY! Luann Garrett List Owner

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Does anyone have information on Stephen Gifford. Per New England Heads page 93, he was an original proprietor of Norwich CT in 1659 and was born in England in 1641. I am trying to determine who his parents were and where in England he was born. I know the lineage in the USA per Harry Gifford's book: Gifford Geneaology 1626 - 1896. John Gifford

my research has not found a whole lot about William. The New England Directory of Early Citizens (that may not be the exact name--records are not handy so I can check it) identifies William as coming to Barnstable in 1654 and that he was a bricklayer. If you go to the LDS Family History Center near you and look on the Ancestral File on the computer, you will find a line of ancestry for William dating back to the fourth or fifth century, going through a cousin of William the Conqueror back to a king of Finland. Unfortunately, other genealogists that I've corresponded with me tell me that solid proof has never been found for William's parentage in England (evidently there's some confusion about whether Phillip was his father or grandfather), so I'm not sure how accurate it is. I'm still verifying the information further down the line on my ancestors, so I haven't gotten that far as yet. Hope this helps, Annie Savidge in Idaho ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Helen, Can you please send me your e-mail address. Marge Marjorie Lafrican

Marge: My e-mail is: HSteven899@aol.com Helen

--WebTV-Mail-1799484479-2452 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Dear Helen, Thank you so much for your help. If you are interested,the children you listed under unknown wife belong to Elizabeth Grey/Grant.Eliz.and William were married 2-11-1635 in St.Martin of the Fields,London,Eng.My next in line is Robert married to Sarah Wing.Thank you again,Helen and I hope I can help you someday. Take care, Marge Marjorie Lafrican --WebTV-Mail-1799484479-2452 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101.iap.bryant.webtv.net (mailsorter-101.iap.bryant.webtv.net [207.79.35.91]) by postoffice-122.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/po.gso.24Feb98) with ESMTP id KAA17819; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:28:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by mailsorter-101.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id KAA01189; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:28:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA00550; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:27:47 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:27:47 -0800 (PST) From: HSteven899@aol.com Message-ID: <75a86629.36506e75@aol.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:27:01 EST Old-To: GIFFORD-L@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 174 Subject: [GIFFORD-L] Re: Unidentified subject! Resent-Message-ID: <"Sx5CzB.A.XI.i6GU2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: GIFFORD-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GIFFORD-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GIFFORD-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GIFFORD-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/79 X-Loop: GIFFORD-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GIFFORD-L-request@rootsweb.com I have that WILLIAM GIFFORD arrived in the New World ca 1642 but I do not have the name of the ship he arrived on. He was born ca 1615 prob. in England and it is possible that he was the son of Phillip Gifford and his wife Mary Turner Gifford; another source states that he may have been the son of an Anthi Gifford of Dublin Ireland. William and his family were Quakers; he was a tailor by trade. William married twice 1) Patience Russell and 2) Mary Mills, dau of John Mills and his wife Sarah (----). *see note below. William Gifford and his wife Mary Mills were married 16 July 1683. William's children were: Possibly by 1st wife Patience Russell John - 1642-1708 marr. Elishua Crow(ell) Patience - 1644-1675 marr. Richard Kirby Hannaniah - 1646-1709 marr Elizabeth (----) It could be that the following children were by an unknown wife *see note below William - 1654-1739 marr 1) Hannah (----) 2) Lydia Hatch Robert - 1656-1730 marr 1) Sarah Wing 2) Elizabeth Cornell Christopher - 1658-1730 marr 1) Meribah (---) 2) Deborah Perry Children by Mary Mills Mary Jonathan - 1684-1734-5 marr Lydia Abbott James - 1685-6-1734 marr Deborah Lewis Sources: "Our Yeoman Ancestors" pg 77-79 "Ancestral Lines Revised" by Carl Boyer "New England Hist. and Gen. Register" V 128 p 241-250 NOTE; Carl Boyer states that William was married three times and that Mary Mills was his third wife. Hope this helps Helen Stevenson HSteven899@aol.com --WebTV-Mail-1799484479-2452--

Marge.... Thank you for the name of William GIFFORD'S first wife. My step-sons line is also that of Robert 1656-1730 and his wife Sarah WING. Would you be willing to compare records? The boys line is: William, Robert, Simeon, Job, Martha who married THOMAS GIDLEY in 1790 in Dartmouth, MA. I have WILLIAM GIFFORD's children as: John, Patience, Hannaniah poss children of 1st wife. William, Robert, Christopher poss children of 2nd wife and Mary, Jonathon and James children poss of third wife. Except for Jonathan and James I only have the possible year the event i.e.; birth, marriage, death, occured. For ROBERT GIFFORD I have that he possibly married 2) Elizabeth dau. of Stephen Cornell. Robert's children possibly were Jeremiah; Mary; Benjamin; Stephen; Rebecca; Timothy; Ann; Lydia and Simeon who marr. Susanna JENKINS. Any comments? Helen Stevenson HSteven899@aol.com

I have that WILLIAM GIFFORD arrived in the New World ca 1642 but I do not have the name of the ship he arrived on. He was born ca 1615 prob. in England and it is possible that he was the son of Phillip Gifford and his wife Mary Turner Gifford; another source states that he may have been the son of an Anthi Gifford of Dublin Ireland. William and his family were Quakers; he was a tailor by trade. William married twice 1) Patience Russell and 2) Mary Mills, dau of John Mills and his wife Sarah (----). *see note below. William Gifford and his wife Mary Mills were married 16 July 1683. William's children were: Possibly by 1st wife Patience Russell John - 1642-1708 marr. Elishua Crow(ell) Patience - 1644-1675 marr. Richard Kirby Hannaniah - 1646-1709 marr Elizabeth (----) It could be that the following children were by an unknown wife *see note below William - 1654-1739 marr 1) Hannah (----) 2) Lydia Hatch Robert - 1656-1730 marr 1) Sarah Wing 2) Elizabeth Cornell Christopher - 1658-1730 marr 1) Meribah (---) 2) Deborah Perry Children by Mary Mills Mary Jonathan - 1684-1734-5 marr Lydia Abbott James - 1685-6-1734 marr Deborah Lewis Sources: "Our Yeoman Ancestors" pg 77-79 "Ancestral Lines Revised" by Carl Boyer "New England Hist. and Gen. Register" V 128 p 241-250 NOTE; Carl Boyer states that William was married three times and that Mary Mills was his third wife. Hope this helps Helen Stevenson HSteven899@aol.com

Do you have a Fred Ivan Gifford b. 1901 in Loveland, CO in your clan?

Can anyone help me before Christmas with information on William Gifford 1 of Sandwich Mass such as the ship he came on and a short bio of his life in Mass.I am trying to gather info.for my son-in-law on his ancestors as a Christmas gift. Thank you Marge Marjorie Lafrican

Hi, all! I am looking for info on my gg grandfather, William Bedford Gifford born July 11, 1870. He was married three times - first to someone rumored to be named "Cordelia" (LNU). They had six children: 1. Dora Florance Gifford...born in 1887 in Tennessee; married John Kinkade in 1905 and had 7 kids - Bertha, William, Albert, Walter, Marshal, Gifford and Alfred; married Samuel Ellison in 1927 and had 1 son, Lawrence; married Connie Potter in 1952; died in 1981 in Tennessee 2. George T. Gifford...born 1889; married Claud Inman in 1914 and had 3 sons - Lloyd, Harry & G.W.; died about 1955. 3. Sarah Minnie Gifford...born 1891; married Chess Tate in 1911 and had 5 kids - have the name of only one son, Oscoe. 4. Ada Estelee Gifford...born 1893; married James Howell and had 3 kids - Beulah, Howard & Willie; died in 1983. 5. Annie M. Gifford...born 1895; married William Mathis and had 9 kids - Jobe, M.C., Earl, Robert, Leon, Juanita, Hazeline, Lorene & Helen; died in 1974. 6. Albert Dewey Gifford...born 1900; married Nell Kagel in 1924 and had 2 kids - Holly & Albert, Jr. William's first wife died in 1909 and he then married M.L. Flippo. It is unknown what happened with the second marriage but he then married Delphia Flippo in 1929 and had 2 more children: 1. Rochonell Gifford...born in 1930; married Richard Lineberry and had 1 daughter named Joan. 2. William Isaac Gifford... born in 1936; married JoAnn (LNU) and had 3 kids - Rhonda, Terry & Regena; then he married Doris Howell in 1975. Can anyone help me? Thanks!- Karin Stahl

I'm searching for any information on Eleanor GIFFORD, who married Stephen SHIPMAN 1808 @ Shelby Co, KY. Don't know when or where she was born, and the only clue to a sib or father is the finding that a James GIFFORD signed her marriage certificate, there in Kentucky in 1808. There was not an indication whether James was a brother or father, or ? Eleanor and her husband migrated North to Sullivan Co, Indiana for a short time then the last place I can find them is in Crawford Co, IL (near Hardinville, IL), where Stephen died in 1849. It appears Eleanor was still alive in 1849, but she doesn't show up on any census or other papers written after Stephen died, nor do we find evidence of where she is buried or where she died. Please help me. -- Thank you & sincerely, Allan Griffith, # 1 Jodi Lane, Bloomington, IL, USA 61701 home phone: 309-829-2063, if no answer try 309-828-2059 most reliable email: magriff@bigfoot.com alternates if above doesn't work: magriff@davesworld.net OR magrif@pol.net Personal HomePage: http://www.bigfoot.com/~magriff/ PEG HomePage: http://homepage.davesworld.net/~magriff

I am unable to find any information on my ggrandmother, Mary Lou Gifford Holley. All I know of her is she was married to my ggrandfather and they had 2 sons. My ggrandfather's family lived in the Angelina Co, TX area but I've been unable to locate any of them on ANY census! If you have a Mary Lou Gifford in your line that lived in TX, PLEASE, PLEASE contact me. Thanks, Luann

My GIFFORD line begins with Gideon born ca 1810 in TN. He was listed in the 1820 Smith Co., TN census, 1850 & 60 Sumner County, TN census. His wife's name was Prudence, born ca 1815 also in TN. I have a list of eight children and would like to connect with someone working this line. Hazel Garrett garret@telapex.com

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I am looking for Cecil Henry GIFFORD. He is my Grandfather. All I know is that he was born in Somerset, England. He married Lucy FIELD from Littleton, Shepperton England. They had 4 children Winifred b about 1905/1906 Evelyn Lavinia dob unknown William Phyllis Marjorie (my Mother) b 23 April 1913. On my mothers birth certificate she was born at Sirdar Road School, Kensington, where my Grandfather was the school Caretaker. Can any one help me please. Jennifer INMAN Gloucester UK