Paul, You seem to know more then you realize, I wish I even new that much about my ancestor, you work on the rail road. Charlotte Paul Kinsey wrote: > Natalie and Charlotte, have tried in the past to find information but > without success. If you do find something please put it on the mailing list. > My notes for my grandfather Alva Demoine Kinsey (1862-1922) is as follows, > not much help. > Paul Kinsey > >From my father Raymond George Kinsey > "When Alva's mother died, Alva(11 yrs. old) and his brother, Marshall (8 > yrs. old) went to live with the Hann's. Eventually he married their > daughter, Ida Mae. Before he was married, Alva and his brother went to > Missouri to build railroad tracks. Told of having to go through the cane > breaks(bamboo) which were a problem. Alva worked in railroad car repair shop > (Logansport) as a member of the "rip team" fixing defective railroad cars. > Road a bike to work except in bad weather when walked. He worked 6 days a > week, 12 hours a day. He made $40 a month, $20 went toward house payments, > $20 to cloth and feed 6." > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Flock's" <flocks4@junct.com> > To: <INCASS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 6:17 PM > Subject: Re: [INCASS] RAILROADS IN LOGANSPORT > > > Natalie, > > I sure would like to talk to you. I'm also looking up information on RR > in Cass > > couunty at Logansport, maybe we can share our references. > > I'm looking for John Miller who had work on the R R in 1860. I sure we > can do > > some good for each other. > > > > > > Charlotte > > > > I30smthng@aol.com wrote: > > > > > My husband's great-great grandfather worked for the Pensylvania RR as a > > > shopman in Logansport. Would there be any type of records still in > existance > > > on RR employees in the 1880 to 1920 timeframe? > > > > > > Natalie in CA > > > > > > ==== INCASS Mailing List ==== > > > @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- > > > Visit the Cass County INGenWeb at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~incass/county.html > > > > > > ============================== > > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > > ==== INCASS Mailing List ==== > > @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- > > Visit the Cass County INGenWeb at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~incass/county.html > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ==== INCASS Mailing List ==== > @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- > Come work at Sprinkle Cemetery on Saturday, August 19, 2000 from 8 a.m. to noon. Call or email for details - Debby - 457-8702 or dbeheler@indy.net > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/