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/ > >