Fran, I will keep my eyes open for your people. Small world! Fay Carol Crider ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Salyers" <fallingoaks@mac.com> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [KYMUHLEN] Birth Index 1874-78 is Complete > Dear Fay, > Thanks for your interest in the records. I'm going to send them to > several people at one time in a separate e-mail, so you'll get them that > way. > > For now, I just had to write to say "Wow!" That's what I said to myself > when I saw that you are researching Crittenden County and now live there. > I spent almost an hour looking through Crittenden County Court Clerk > orders today, looking for anything related to my ancestors James A. > Cardwell and his wife Eleanor Alice Fitzsimmons Cardwell. They married in > Union County in 1855 and still lived there in the 1860 census. By the > time of the 1870 census, they lived in the Bells Mines Precinct of > Crittenden County with five children. James A. (my gg grandfather) was a > miner. I have been unable to learn much about their lives there in > Crittenden. The most frustrating thing is that I have been unable to > trace either James A. or Eleanor back to discover the names of their > parents. Also, I have been unable to find out when Eleanor immigrated > from Ireland -- or from which county in Ireland. > > If you happen upon any of these names in your research -- or can link me > with descendants -- I'd very much appreciate hearing about it. Below I've > included a chronology of James A. and Eleanor's appearances in various > census records. Note that her first name changes frequently. Any clues > that you happen to stumble upon would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > Fran > > ELEANOR ALICE FITZSIMMONS CARDWELL and JAMES A. CARDWELL > 1850: These Fitzsimmons in Union County as laborers in house of carpenter > Isaac Clayton: Thomas 18, James 22, Mike 25, Thomas 30 (indexed online as > FitzsSemmons and Semmons. 1850 Census Book 976-902 u58ho, Pg. 2 -- KHS). > However, no Eleanor listed! At this time James A. Cardwell lives with > first wife Lucy Jane Stallions and their infant son, James W. > > 1860: Eleanor lives with husband James A. Cardwell and 3 children (James > W., Edmund, Warner Taylor) in Morganfield, Union Co., Ky. > > 1870: as "EA" with husband James A. Cardwell in CRITTENDEN COUNTY with 5 > children (Edmund, Warner Taylor, M. Elizabeth, Annabelle, Catherine. A > sixth child, Marguerite, arrives in 1872.) > > 1880: as "Alice" – head of household, living with Edmund (23), Anna (16), > Marguerite (9) > > 1900: As "Ellen" Cardwell, age 66, b. Ireland, now widow, Hopkins County, > living with daughters Elizabeth, Annabell, Catherine, Marguerite (b. > 1871), grandson Robert, granddaughter Mary. > > > On Apr 11, 2006, at 3:55 PM, FAY CAROL CRIDER wrote: > >> Dear Fran, >> >> I would like a copy of each year you have of the Muhlenberg County >> records. I am researching a lot of different families that settled early >> on in Muhlenberg County. They are Rhoads, Jackson, Bell, Robertson, >> Bradley, Tipton, McKinney, Wilson, Jenkins, etc. As a result, I wind up >> researching allied lines of my families. >> >> I grew up on the original Jackson farm near Drakesboro and have done >> extensive research from that area, including the Cundiff- Jackson >> connection of Don Casbier. >> >> I appreciate all the hard work you are doing with the Muhlenberg County >> records and know how frustrating it can be to read some of those old >> records. I am currently working on a couple of the Crittenden County, >> KY census records. I live in Marion, KY. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Fay Carol [Jackson] Crider >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Salyers" <fallingoaks@mac.com> >> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:17 PM >> Subject: [KYMUHLEN] Birth Index 1874-78 is Complete >> >> >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> I have finished entering data for Muhlenberg County births for the >>> years 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1878. (No records are available to me for >>> 1877.) Info for each year is in its own Word file and includes name of >>> child born, sex, race, and birth date. >>> >>> It will be months before the index for the whole state is available, >>> but I will be glad to send these Muhlenberg County documents now to >>> anyone who would like to have them. Please tell me which year(s) >>> interest you, and I'll respond by e-mail. >>> >>> I have not alphabetized the names (this step will be done by another >>> volunteer working on the indexing project), but you can easily do a >>> word search to locate the surname you're looking for. If you see a >>> familiar name on the list and want more info, let me know. I can look >>> on the full printout and send you the names of the parents and their >>> places of birth. >>> >>> Fran Salyers >>> Frankfort, Kentucky >>> Researching these direct ancestors with Muhlenberg County ties: >>> Wilkins, Cardwell, Roark, Lewis, Jarvis, Millard, Ingram, Diver, >>> Nelson, Davis, Griffith >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >>> New content added every business day. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. 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