This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MEWMAW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2059 Message Board Post: LOOKING FOR BIRTH CERTIF. OR DATE HARRIETT ROSE MEWMAW WAS BORN - COULD BE LISTED AS HATTIE ROSE MEWMAW (LAST NAME HAS DIFFERENT SPELLINGS) BORN DEC. 1867 OR DEC 1868 - PARENTS JAMES A. MEWMAW & JULIA A. COOK MEWMAW - THANKS SO MUCH

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1869.1 Message Board Post: new email address

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2040.2 Message Board Post: I know some Koehlers in Floyd. Chris is a New Albany firefighter. He's a good friend of my brother. His mother lives close to me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schmetzer-Hartmann Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/840.863 Message Board Post: Please note my new e-mail address. Thanks, Cyndie Brasher, rjbrasher@charter.net

On August 12, 1865 a business block was destroyed with a $12,000 loss and again on December 18, 1865 a business block was destroyed with a $55,000 loss. This was indicated in the Indiana Historical website and I wondered if anyone is familiar with either of these fires, what blocks on which streets these business were located and if one by chance may have been the lumber business of Thomas Sinex & son Elisha West Sinex. According to the 1860 census the R.E. of Thomas Sinex was shown as $22,000 and in the 1870 census his R.E. had dropped to $1500. Can anyone help me with this? Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)

Although sad, this is interesting to me, as Hannah Jocelyn as shown below being the daughter of Augustus Jocelyn, her mother was Jane Sinex. In the 1880 census for New Albany Hannah & Joseph Wright are shown in the household of Jane (Sinex) Jocelyn as daughter/son-in-law. Is there anyone in New Albany who could check for further information on this tragedy. Was Joseph Wright tried and convicted, or was the death left "natural" due to blood poisoning? If my family history is following right, then Jane Sinex Jocelyn was a sister to my 3rd great grandfather Thomas Sinex (wife Flora West) and John Sinex (wife Mary Stetser) and with John being the coroner in New Albany for many years just prior that interim. Thank you for any help anyone might be able to give me. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <spcarpenter@ka.net> > To: <INFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 7:38 PM > Subject: [INFLOYD] Hannah Jocelyn’s Death Feb 1881 > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Jocelyn, Wright > > Classification: Obituary > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2058 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > from the > > Daily Ledger Standard > > New Albany, Indiana 12 Feb 1881 > > > > Hannah Jocelyn’s Death > > Her Paramour, Joseph Wright, Accused of Murdering Her > > The Physicians and Coroner Say Blood Poisoning > > > > Hannah Jocelyn was the daughter of the late Augustus Jocelyn, of this > city. Some three years ago she left the city with a man named Joseph Wright, > but to whom she was not married. This man Wright is a bad man and a thief. > He is wanted at Louisville for stealing a skiff. He is well known to the > police of this city as a “crooked rascal.” This morning marshal Carpenter > received a letter from the chief of police at Evansville, making inquiries > as to Wright’s antecedents, saying he had him in hoc and believed he had > caused the death of his paramour, Hannah Jocelyn. > > Wright and Hannah Jocelyn lived wretchedly on a little boat that laid > at the shore at the foot of Oak street, in Evansville. On the 24th day of > January she gave premature birth to a child. Before her death she told > persons who came to the boat that she was dying from the cruel treatment she > had received from Wright. She also gave her name to these persons and her > residence when at home at New Albany. These facts becoming public after her > death, coroner Hermeling, of Evansville, examined into the case. > > The examination of several witnesses, among them being two doctors, > developed the fact that the woman died from blood poisoning. One of the > witnesses testified that the woman was not Wright’s wife, but Hannah > Jocelyn, and that she had lived with Wright for three years without being > married to him. The same witness said that Wright was cruel to her and about > three weeks before her death, while their boat was lying at the mouth of > Green river, he seized her by the hands and drew her over a small door, > injuring her back so severely that she was confined to her bed for some > days. This statement was substantiated by others, who said that the woman > complained of her back up to the time of her death. The coroner thought > seriously at one time of arresting Wright for having caused his paramour’s > death, but on hearing the testimony of the doctors that she had died from > blood poisoning, he returned a verdict to that effect. > > The chief of police of Evansville, however, thought there was enough > in the case to justify him in arresting and holding Wright until he could > hear from New Albany. Marshal Carpenter has taken such steps in the case as > are necessary. > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jocelyn, Wright Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2058 Message Board Post: from the Daily Ledger Standard New Albany, Indiana 12 Feb 1881 Hannah Jocelyn’s Death Her Paramour, Joseph Wright, Accused of Murdering Her The Physicians and Coroner Say Blood Poisoning Hannah Jocelyn was the daughter of the late Augustus Jocelyn, of this city. Some three years ago she left the city with a man named Joseph Wright, but to whom she was not married. This man Wright is a bad man and a thief. He is wanted at Louisville for stealing a skiff. He is well known to the police of this city as a “crooked rascal.” This morning marshal Carpenter received a letter from the chief of police at Evansville, making inquiries as to Wright’s antecedents, saying he had him in hoc and believed he had caused the death of his paramour, Hannah Jocelyn. Wright and Hannah Jocelyn lived wretchedly on a little boat that laid at the shore at the foot of Oak street, in Evansville. On the 24th day of January she gave premature birth to a child. Before her death she told persons who came to the boat that she was dying from the cruel treatment she had received from Wright. She also gave her name to these persons and her residence when at home at New Albany. These facts becoming public after her death, coroner Hermeling, of Evansville, examined into the case. The examination of several witnesses, among them being two doctors, developed the fact that the woman died from blood poisoning. One of the witnesses testified that the woman was not Wright’s wife, but Hannah Jocelyn, and that she had lived with Wright for three years without being married to him. The same witness said that Wright was cruel to her and about three weeks before her death, while their boat was lying at the mouth of Green river, he seized her by the hands and drew her over a small door, injuring her back so severely that she was confined to her bed for some days. This statement was substantiated by others, who said that the woman complained of her back up to the time of her death. The coroner thought seriously at one time of arresting Wright for having caused his paramour’s death, but on hearing the testimony of the doctors that she had died from blood poisoning, he returned a verdict to that effect. The chief of police of Evansville, however, thought there was enough in the case to justify him in arresting and holding Wright until he could hear from New Albany. Marshal Carpenter has taken such steps in the case as are necessary.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1992.1 Message Board Post: Hello, Lisa, Sarah Jane Snyder was my gggrandmother, her son Lafayette Brown b 1 Apr 1867 IL was my ggrandfather. Am very interested in info you have. I also have info on Robert Brown and Sarah Jane's children. Thank you!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ramsey family Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2057 Message Board Post: Looking for information and obutaries on the folling people Patricia Louise Ramsey Heil died Sept 28, 1993---William Heil died March 29, 1993 and Georgie Ramsey Sexton who died May 24, 2005. Any informatiom on any of these people would be greatly appreciated.I am looking for any information on the Ramsey family in Floyd County and Jefferson county.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grant, Sni??er Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2056 Message Board Post: Found a Samuel Grant, age 27, born Indiana and Lucy Ann Grant, age 36, born Kentucky in the Floyd County, Indiana census 1850, New Albany area. Found marriage listing for Samuel Grant and Lucy Ann Sni??er in 1848 in the Indiana 1845 section on ancestry. Does anyone know if this Samuel Grant was widowed by 1859 and had moved to Coles County, Illinois? Please help if you can. Thanks. Michelle

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dignam Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2055 Message Board Post: The following funeral notice was found in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette on June 26, 1884: DIGNAM - JAMES DIGNAM, at the residence of his son, JOHN T. DIGNAM, No 154 Third Avenue, at 12 o'clock, in the 84th year of his age. (Indianapolis and New Albany IN papers, please copy.)

I am looking for a birth record for James Peter McGuire, who was born 27 Dec 1853, in New Albany, Floyd county, Indiana. This was an Irish Catholic family, so a baptismal record might also be possible. What resources are available for either the birth or baptismal record? What Catholic churches were in New Albany at the time?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/1954.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sue: I live in California. I was Jessamine County last summer. I can give you a list of places to visit. There appears to be a lot of information available on the Neats and the Smith. Please contact me by email at dsmith3546@aol.com David Smith

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Neet/Neat and Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/3h.2ADE/1954.1 Message Board Post: Dear David, I am researching Reuben Neat and his ancestors and descendents. I have found a lot of information on the Neet/Need/Neat family on ancestry.com. Very detailed. I have also put together the descendents of Ruben's brother, George Washington Neat from the 1800s to the present. Do you live in Jessamine County? I am coming to Kentucky next week for a few days and have been trying hard to put things together before I come. Sincerely, Sue Porter

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2047.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi, I have Mary Utz and David Wolfe in my family tree as well. I don't have any recorded information for them yet. I will get to the cemetery this weekend and see what I can come up with. Erica

Saltillo Saltillo is quite a large city, but possessed none of the natural beauties of location of Monterey, no orange or fig trees, a few straggling vines and an occasional century plant relieve the monotony; many of the natives half clad, dirty and idle, lounge in the streets, beg from door to door, or sleep on the stones in the suburbs. It is celebrated for goats, plagues, fleas, shaggy ponies and beggars. There is, however, some industry displayed by a few weavers, who manufacture fancy colored blankets, used by both sexes. The houses here, as in all Mexico, are built of unburnt brick and stone, two storied, of almost universal height, plain and white. Very little wood is used by the Mexicans in building. The ceilings are generally arched and the roofs made of cement and soil, and often flower gardens are cultivated on the house tops; no glass in the windows, but iron grate bars are universally used. The cooking is done over square ovens with charcoal, and the vessels are stone crockery. Stoves were then unknown, and as the climate is mild, no other fires were maintained except for cooking purposes. It was a dirty place, and fleas the natural product of the dust of the city. On the outskirts of the city are some fine residences of rich men, but the city proper, though substantially built, is not at all fascinating. There is, however, one building very majestic and beautifully proportioned, the cathedral, second in grandeur to the grand cathedrals at the City of Mexico and Pueblo. It is ornamented with rich carvings in fresco and elegant mouldings adorn the wings. Thirty-five years ago several of the Greys entered the cathedral together. Frank Scribner, George Lapping and the writer are still living here, Goff and Warren Robinson are dead and the others scattered, and may be dead for aught I know. It was crowded to overflowing-men, women and children all standing-suddenly, at the bidding of the priest, all kneeled upon the large stone floor, making divers and sundry crosses with their hands upon the forehead and breast, and chanting in concert. It was a solemn scene. After the vast crowd of worshippers had finished their adulations and retired, we advanced into the interior to view the splendors of the altars and the glittering ornaments of the towering dome. Above the grand altar blazes forth beautiful carvings in gold, so brilliant as to dazzle the eyes of the beholder. On one side was a statue of the Virgin Mary, on the other the bleeding Savior on the cross. The thunder tones of the organ were hushed and silence reigned while we contemplated and surveyed the temple erected to the worship of God. The dome is embellished with frescoes of angels reveling amid stars of brilliancy and exquisite softness. The paintings are very fine, representing various saints, the virgin and child, the Savior, etc. The simplicity of the services in our catholic churches at home dwindle into insignificance beside the stately grandeur of the holy Mass in the churches of Mexico. to be continued . . . Posted by Sue P. Carpenter 2005, all rights reserved

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOPPER WHITLOCK SUMMERS UTZ and BAKER families in Floyd Co. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/2047.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Tracy: I have UTZ, SUMMERS, and BAKER ancestors buried there. They all lived in or near the Georgetown area in southwestern Floyd Co. The oldest section of the cemetery is the southwest corner next to the entrance, and the graves get more recent as you go east and north. If you think we have any connections, visit my website "Pathways to the Past" at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jackott/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/2047.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a George Washington Wolfe who married a mary Conrad. a David Wolfe who married a Mary Utz and a Margaret Eddleman. there are a few scattered here and there but I just wanted to contact someone who can maybe give me a layout and names of those who are buried there because I am always finding someone else that is related. Tracy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2047.1 Message Board Post: Hi Tracy, There isn't a phone number for the cemetery. I live not far from the cemetery and go there sometimes cause some of my family is buried there, I can if you send me a list of what relatives of yours is buried there I can go and look for them and give you the information if you like, or contact the New Albany Floyd County Library Genealogy dept and talk to them they may be able to help. Erica