Hi, My indirect ancestor was Gabriel LOY, so I took note of your message re: biblical names. However, Gabriel was born ca. 1826 in Bavaria, according to the 1880 Fed. Census for Wisconsin. Where in Illinois is Effingham? Gabriel enlisted in the Civil War from Indianapolis or Evansville. Moved to WI after discharge. Doesn't seem to necessarily be a link here, but it was interesting to hear about the biblical names. Best Wishes, Beth Arnott. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jmlh@megsinet.com> To: <LOY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: [LOY] William P. Loy PA to IL to MO > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Loy, Oliver, Turner > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eex.2ACIB/337 > > Message Board Post: > > William P. Loy (dob c1825 in PA, near Uniontown) m Mary Turner; son William L. Loy (bc1856 in LaSalle Co., IL) m Wiletta Oliver. Trying to find more information about William P. Loy's family who was said to have lived in the Effingham, IL area. Family also said to have been of Hessian descent, large, with many boys with biblical names. Any information out there? > > > ==== LOY Mailing List ==== > *** Roxanne Munns, ListHostess *** > To unsubscribe, send "UNSUBSCRIBE" to LOY-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Beth, Since the message was gatewayed from the message board, I think you'll have to reply to the message board for the poster to get your message. But as to where Effingham is, it's in southern Illinois. This is where my Loys came from, but I've never run across any of these Loys living there. In 1870 it was just my Loys and descendants of Matthias Loy, and an unknown Isaac Loy family from Ohio that I've yet to find ancestry on. Delores On 1/29/02 9:24 AM, "Dave or Beth Arnott" <dsarnott@execpc.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My indirect ancestor was Gabriel LOY, so I took note of your message re: > biblical names. > > However, Gabriel was born ca. 1826 in Bavaria, according to the 1880 Fed. > Census for Wisconsin. Where in Illinois is Effingham? Gabriel enlisted in > the Civil War from Indianapolis or Evansville. Moved to WI after discharge. > > Doesn't seem to necessarily be a link here, but it was interesting to hear > about the biblical names. > > Best Wishes, Beth Arnott. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jmlh@megsinet.com> > To: <LOY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 8:40 AM > Subject: [LOY] William P. Loy PA to IL to MO > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Surnames: Loy, Oliver, Turner >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eex.2ACIB/337 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> William P. Loy (dob c1825 in PA, near Uniontown) m Mary Turner; son > William L. Loy (bc1856 in LaSalle Co., IL) m Wiletta Oliver. Trying to find > more information about William P. Loy's family who was said to have lived in > the Effingham, IL area. Family also said to have been of Hessian descent, > large, with many boys with biblical names. Any information out there? >> >> >> ==== LOY Mailing List ==== >> *** Roxanne Munns, ListHostess *** >> To unsubscribe, send "UNSUBSCRIBE" to LOY-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > > ==== LOY Mailing List ==== > *** Roxanne Munns, ListHostess *** > Please check out the LOY home page at: > http://loyhistory.cjb.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hello! Effingham is in central Illinois. Nat Geographic had an issue last year on the national road (c1840-50). It went west from general area of Uniontown, PA to Effingham and points west. Explains how the Loys got there. There still seems to be presence of the Loy surname in the area. Joanna