where is grandmothers' house... On Sun, 28 May 2000 09:45:29 -0500 "Brian & Anna Smith" <railyard@freewwweb.com> writes: >Well, we finally made a trip to Brazil last Tuesday, but didn't get to >my >grandmother's house. We DID make it to the genealogy room at the Clay >County Library and found some additional information on Savannah >Atkinson. > >According to the records that we found, she was listed as both >Susanna, >Savanah and Savanna. They list her parents as John Atkinson and Mary >J. >Welkey. She married Edward Frederick Peter Carl Mitscher on May 7, >1893. >We believe that we found a death record of her father John Atkinson on >July >28, 1903 at the age of 59 in Brazil, meaning that he was born in >either 1843 >or 1844. >We did find a record of a John Atkinson in the Encyclopedic Directory >of >Clay County, Indiana, which says that John was a miner, owned his >home, was >born in 1843 in England and moved to Clay County in 1886. > >Brian D. Smith > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Brian & Anna Smith <railyard@freewwweb.com> >To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:55 PM >Subject: Smith/Atkinson > > >> Actually, I don't have any information on Arthur, yet. I need to go >talk >to >> my Grandma Smith, over in Brazil. I've been meaning to get over >there, >but >> never seem to have the time. I guess that this will be my excuse. >When I >> talk to her, I'll have to ask her if she remembers her grandparents' >names, >> which would help the situation a lot. >> >> As far as the Smith's in Clay County, saying that they were legion >seems >to >> be an understatement, because I'm trying to trace my genealogy on >both my >> mother and father's sides, who were both from Clay County and have >found >at >> least four different (I hope) lines of Smith's along the way. >> >> If we find a connection to James Atkinson, I'll let you know. >> We'll see what we can find out. >> >> Thanks, >> Brian >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dale White <dwhite@jdv.net> >> To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:52 PM >> Subject: Re: Atkinson >> >> >> > >> > >> > Brian & Anna Smith wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > 2nd Great Grandson of Savannah Atkinson >> > > and >> > >> > Could you tell me if Savannah's fathers name was James Atkinson? >There >is >> > sketchy information on these that moved to Indiana. I certainly >will >> give you >> > all of this ged.com it is about 1500 names that go back to >Ireland. It >> does >> > incompass the family of Clark, Jones, McCoy, Baskin, and many >others. >> > >> > Second I would like Arthur Smith's parents since I am also >searching on >> Smith's >> > of Vigo and Clay Co., IN My Smith line goes back to J. R, Smith >of >> Cloverland >> > who came to Clay Co from NH was in Ontario Canada, then to Meigs >Co., >OH. >> Could >> > there be a connection to this family. I realize that the Smiths >were >> legion in >> > Clay Co., IN. It was just a thought that he could be from this >family. >> Muriel >> > >> > >> > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >> > Help support Rootsweb,become a member at; >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >> Be sure to visit the InGenWeb site for links to all Indiana >Counties; >> http://www.ingenweb.org/ >> >> > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >Visit the Clay County Indiana InGenWeb site at; >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/ > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.