Keith, Good to see you're online now! Did you finished updating the Buffington database that you were soliciting info on last Fall? I snail-mailed you a packet and heard from my Aunt Jean (Allen) that you had copied her with the preliminary f\data. Thanks for doing that and for all your efforts. Anxious to see the final result. Ed Gentzler (Seattle) IALOUISA-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > IALOUISA-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 13 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Osborn ["Keith/Connie Street" > <ckcasey@lis] > #2 Re: Willis Descendants? ["Keith/Connie Street" > <ckcasey@lis] > #3 RE: Osborn [Kathy Scott > <kscott@kdsi.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from IALOUISA-D, send a message to > > IALOUISA-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Osborn > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 02:41:08 -0600 > From: "Keith/Connie Street" <ckcasey@lisco.net> > To: "Kathy Scott" <kscott@kdsi.net>, > "'IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com'" <IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Dear Kathy > The 1990 Cemeteries of Louisa County, Grandview Township, Grandview > Cemetery, lists J. O. Osborn, died 18 October 1899, aged 75 years; > husband > of P. A. Osborn. Also, P. A. Osborn, died 12 February 1900, aged 66 > years 8 > months 12 days, wife of J. O. Also, Alice Osborn, died 1877, aged 14 > years; > dau of J. O. and P. A. Osborn. Also, Sarah Osborn, died 9 October > 1860, > aged 2 years; daughter of J. O. and P. A. Osborn. There are no other > Osborns in that cemetery. > >From your list of names, the only Osborn marriage prior to 1900 is > Bertha > Osborne who married Fred D. Hemmel by the index on 9 June 1875, > recorded in > Book D Page 459. > Keith Street > > ---------- > > From: Kathy Scott <kscott@kdsi.net> > > To: 'IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com' > > Subject: Osborn > > Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 10:39 PM > > > > > > --------- > > From: Norma F. Jennings[SMTP:njennings@lisco.net] > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 6:34 PM > > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: re:new policy > > > > As a Rootsweb Sponsor, I am limited to having two Mailing lists > > > > Thank you, Norma. We are lucky there are people to take on counties > so > we can have mailing lists. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > John Quincy OSBORN(e) and Phoebe Ann GOULD came to Grandview, Louisa > Co. > IA from New Jersey about 1854. Phoebe was buried at Grandview Feb > 1900. > Their children were: > > Emma Cotterel > > Bertha Hummel > > Lydia Ann > > Katherine > > Clara Dodder > > Sarah > > Alice > > John Richard > > Hannah Ann Stokes > > George > > Josephine "Del" Parks > > Lucy. > > Would love to correspond with cousins. > > Kathy in Nebraska > > > > ______________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Willis Descendants? > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 03:15:18 -0600 > From: "Keith/Connie Street" <ckcasey@lisco.net> > To: <cbeck@lenox.heartland.net> > CC: <IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Dear Connie, > Change of plans--we didn't get to go to Des Moines and then Rochester, > > Minnesota, as we had planned, so I can reply to you a bit sooner. You > have > some questions I'll try to answer--but not all of them. > I am not related to the Willis family here. I gathered the information > I > have in tracking down descendants of the people in the photographs. I > haven't pursued this for several years--lots of things I start never > get > finished, as I get involved with something new. I have information on > dozens of Louisa County families. Norma and I have spent years in > gathering > such information, and we are both members of the Louisa County > Genealogical > Society and help others as time and energy permit. We don't have a > Corresponding Secretary and I partially fulfill that function, but not > > always on a timely basis. > My mail address is 325 Franklin, Wapello, IA 52653 and telephone > 319-523-8164. > I am posting this to the entire list, because there may be someone > else > interested in the WILLIS name. > Do you have the ability to receive a scanned photograph? What I have > are > commercial portraits prepared by a studio--not taken with a personal > camera. Most have the name of the photographer or studio. I have a > scanner, > but haven't used it yet and don't know much about it--but should > learn! > One picture is of Mrs. E. Thompson and Mrs. Lairsa Willis (or it looks > like > Lairsa). They are both old in appearance--70's or so. There is a > single > picture that could be either Elizabeth or Lavisa--or neither. There is > one > that I think is Lavisa with a girl of about six or so, braided hair, > with > her arm around her grandmother, I would guess. There are pictures of > the > five daughters of Elizabeth; some are family portraits of their > famililes. > There is a picture of one daughter and family, Nancy, who married an > Armstrong. Two young ladies are identified as Ida Hay and Sadie Dunn. > There > are baby pictures of Lila Clare Morrow and Glen Crawford Morrow. There > is a > picture of Sally Crawford, who later married John Morrow. I don't know > if > Robert Willis is pictured; there are several pictures of men, either > singly > or with parents, brothers, etc. > How I identified pictures, gained familly information etc. is too long > a > story to relate here. > Sincerely, > Keith > > ---------- > > From: Connie Beck <cbeck@lenox.heartland.net> > > To: Keith/Connie Street <ckcasey@lisco.net> > > Cc: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Willis Descendants? > > Date: Friday, March 13, 1998 4:12 PM > > > > Keith, > > Wow@!@! > > This is too easy! I just put the querie on the internet for the 1st > > > time and wrote to Louisa County for the first time yesterday, and I > > get a response! And what a response! Where are you from? Are you > a > > descendant of the Willises also? If not, you sure are dedicated to > > researching them! > > > > It told my husband what you wrote about the Willis family, and I > > commented that your response must have made my blood pressure rise > > about 20 degrees! He said that I can't handle the pressure on the > > net--that I should just get off! > > > > Could I have a copy of the pictures of LaVisa? I would even like > some > > of Elizabeth. I have a picture of 4 women and I think Elizabeth and > > > LaVisa are 2 of them. Do you have that picture? I also have been > > given several pictures of relatives that live near Columbus > Junction, > > IA, that I can't identify. Do you have relatives there? > > > > Is LaVisa young or old in your pictures? Do you have any pictures > of > > Robert Willis? > > > > Have you run into any other descendants of the Willises besides the > > Virginia guy? I wonder if I could ever write him now. > > > > I am anxious to hear what your pictures are like. How did you ever > > find a descendant related to the photographed? > > > > Connie Beck, Taylor Co., IA > > > > PS I wonder if there are any Willis descendants now reading our > > letters? Wish they would speak up!!!! > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Osborn > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:01:13 -0600 > From: Kathy Scott <kscott@kdsi.net> > To: "'Keith/Connie Street'" <ckcasey@lisco.net>, > "'IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com'" > <IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Keith - Thank you! > This was both helpful and surprising. I knew about what ages Sarah & > Alice died, but not exact dates. Infant Lydia Ann should have been > buried there, also. Is it possible she didn't have a stone therefore > was not in the cemetery listing? The surprise was I thought John Q. > died in Webster Co. NE. Clara Dodder should be buried in Grandview > Cem ca 1935? > Can you tell me if you see any other Osborn(e), Gould or Quick? John > Q's brother, Elijah, a jewelry salesman, was supposed to be buried in > Swank Cemetery at Grandview in 1901. Is Swank the same as Grandview > Cemetery? > Thanks for looking. > Kathy > ---------- > From: Keith/Connie Street[SMTP:ckcasey@lisco.net] > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 1998 2:41 AM > To: Kathy Scott; 'IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com' > Subject: Re: Osborn > > Dear Kathy > The 1990 Cemeteries of Louisa County, Grandview Township, Grandview > Cemetery, lists J. O. Osborn, died 18 October 1899, aged 75 years; > husband > of P. A. Osborn. Also, P. A. Osborn, died 12 February 1900, aged 66 > years 8 > months 12 days, wife of J. O. Also, Alice Osborn, died 1877, aged 14 > years; > dau of J. O. and P. A. Osborn. Also, Sarah Osborn, died 9 October > 1860, > aged 2 years; daughter of J. O. and P. A. Osborn. There are no other > Osborns in that cemetery. > >From your list of names, the only Osborn marriage prior to 1900 is > Bertha > Osborne who married Fred D. Hemmel by the index on 9 June 1875, > recorded in > Book D Page 459. > Keith Street > > ---------- > > From: Kathy Scott <kscott@kdsi.net> > > To: 'IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com' > > Subject: Osborn > > Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 10:39 PM > > > > > > --------- > > From: Norma F. Jennings[SMTP:njennings@lisco.net] > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 6:34 PM > > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: re:new policy > > > > As a Rootsweb Sponsor, I am limited to having two Mailing lists > > > > Thank you, Norma. We are lucky there are people to take on counties > so > we can have mailing lists. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > John Quincy OSBORN(e) and Phoebe Ann GOULD came to Grandview, Louisa > Co. > IA from New Jersey about 1854. Phoebe was buried at Grandview Feb > 1900. > Their children were: > > Emma Cotterel > > Bertha Hummel > > Lydia Ann > > Katherine > > Clara Dodder > > Sarah > > Alice > > John Richard > > Hannah Ann Stokes > > George > > Josephine "Del" Parks > > Lucy. > > Would love to correspond with cousins. > > Kathy in Nebraska > >