Hi John, Welcome to the list! Some say that the JOLLY name may have come from France though I have no definite proof. My lot go back to the 1700s at least in Cornwall. Perhaps some of our American lines can help you more. Rgds Kay At 01:05 AM 03-12-00, you wrote: >Hi everyone!! > >This is my first Jolly post (hopefully not my last!) and I'm hoping one of >the members can help me out. > >My great grandmother Harriet JOLLY born on 1 Sep 1850 (place unknown) and >died on 5 Dec 1917 in Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA. She was >married to Thomas Walter MURRAY (date and place unknown). Thomas was born on >23 Mar 1844 in Kentucky (??unproven) and died on 2 Feb 1923 in Darlington, >Lafayette County, Wisconsin. > >They had the following children: > >William Lee MURRAY (b: 20 Feb 1870 Lafayette County, WI and died in >Darlington, Lafayette County, WI (unknown date). >John C. MURRAY (1st) (b: 5 Feb 1872 and died on 24 Jun 1891 both in >Darlington, WI) >Helen M. MURRAY (b: 11 Dec 1873; d: 19 Dec 1874 both in Darlington, WI) >Florence Alma MURRAY (b: 6 Apr 1875) >Bessie Kennedy MURRAY (1st) (b: 5 Oct 1876; d: 8 Mar 1877 both birth and >death were in Lafayette County, WI) >Alexander MURRAY (b:26 Dec 1877 in Lafayette County, WI) >Laura Ann MURRAY (b: 7 Mar 1879; d: 11 Feb 1928 both in Lafayette County, WI) >Bessie Kennedy MURRAY (b: 17 Nov 1880; d: 6 Aug 1946 both in Lafayette >County, WI) >Thomas W. MURRAY Jr. (b: 28 Mar 1882; d: 14 Aug 1941) >Cordelia Mae MURRAY (b: 29 Jun 1883; d: 28 Sep 1956 in Lafayette County, WI; >m: William SCHWARTZ) >Robert Gordon MURRAY (b: 10 Feb 1885; d: 6 Sep 1961 in Darlington, Lafayette >County, WI) >Alice Leila MURRAY (b: 7 Jan 1887) >Jess Earl MURRAY (b: 8 Aug 1888 in Lafayette County, WI) >Joanna MURRAY (b: 24 Feb 1890 in Lafayette County, WI; m: Ray Wedge in >Lafayette County, WI) >John C. MURRAY (2nd) (b: 4 Sep 1891 in Lafayette County, WI) >Roy Arthur MURRAY (b: 20 Apr 1893 Lafayette County, WI; d: 20 Jan 1967 in >Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois; m: Ruth ??) >Charles Daniel MURRAY (b: 21 Dec 1895 in Lamont, Lafayette County, WI; d: 14 >Sep 1958 in Freeport, Stephenson County, IL; m: Mary Lillian Schwartz) > >WOW...17 children of this pair!! I am a descendant of the last child - >Charles Daniel MURRAY. I have tried the Murray-L already and the >descendants of these individuals are apparently not on Murray-L. I am >looking for the JOLLY line now. > >Does anyone have info on the JOLLY family of Southern or Southwestern >Wisconsin during the mid and late 1800s?? I thought that by listing the >children that someone may be able to recognize Harriet JOLLY. > >Could anyone tell me what the original nationality the JOLLY family in >Wisconsin may be? I'm without a clue as to whether it is a Scottish, >English, or maybe some other area? > >Thanks for your help in advance!! > >John Murray > > > >============================== >Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp Kay Hinnrichsen Mandurah, Western Australia Listowner Rootsweb *JOLLY *BOSANKO *TONKIN Lists - also searching for WILSON, ECCLESTONE, HINRICHSEN and more http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ Research Names: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/hin02.html