Hi Jim Could I trouble you to check your copy of the The Old Rehoboth Cemetery for EMERSON or EMMERSON. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Jean Emerson Jim Bullock wrote: >Daniel Horton has already given you the location of the "old burying ground" >which, incidentally, is in the Rumford section of East Providence. Seekonk >was the Indian name for the area in which Rehoboth was settled and became a >town in 1645. Some authors continued using the name Seekonk for Rehoboth, >but it should not be confused with the present day town of Seekonk which was >incorporated in 1812. > >In regards to finding a grave that dates back to 1685 in the Newman >Cemetery, the chances are not good. In the early years many of the grave >markers were nothing more than field stones with persons' initials and year >of death scratched on them. For example one stone for Philip Walker is >marked "P. W. 1679". Many of these stones were removed and have been used >in the construction of the walls on the street sides of the cemetery. > >Some markers have been renewed in later years. For example, markers for >John (d. 1685) and Sarah (d. 1661) Read were erected by descendants in 1880. > >There is a typescript entitled "The Old Rehoboth Cemetery" prepared in 1632 >by Marion Pearce Carter that lists the markers that existed at that time. I >have a copy and would be glad to check it for names and dates. > >Jim Bullock > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Stan Zuris [mailto:inoybz@comcast.net] >>Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:09 AM >>To: MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [MABRISTO] Seekonk >> >>Hello! We are searching for the gravesite of an ancestor who >>was interred >>in the "old burying ground" at Seekonk in 1685, according to a >>genealogy >>book published in the 1860's. Would someone be so kind as to advise us >>whether this "burying ground" still exists and if so where it >>is located? >>Many thanks. S/Stanley Zuris >> >> > > > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > >

Thanks to all of you who were so kind to answer my query about the old burying ground, and to provide such helpful advice. The ancestor in question was the John Read who died in 1685, who presumably now has a multitude of descendants. We live in New Mexico and have a grandson who has just started work in Newport. We thought it would be a lark for him to find and view the gravesite when he wanted to do some local exploring. S/Stan Zuris

If you'll give me the name of your ancestor, I might be able to help. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Stan Zuris [mailto:inoybz@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:09 PM To: MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MABRISTO] Seekonk Hello! We are searching for the gravesite of an ancestor who was interred in the "old burying ground" at Seekonk in 1685, according to a genealogy book published in the 1860's. Would someone be so kind as to advise us whether this "burying ground" still exists and if so where it is located? Many thanks. S/Stanley Zuris ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

The old burying grounds during that time are now located in East Providence RI at the Newman Congregational Church. Junction of Pawtucket and Newman Avenues. There is another 1711 church yard in Rehoboth Ma for the Palmer River area church , which was one of the first splinter groups. Daniel E Horton

Daniel Horton has already given you the location of the "old burying ground" which, incidentally, is in the Rumford section of East Providence. Seekonk was the Indian name for the area in which Rehoboth was settled and became a town in 1645. Some authors continued using the name Seekonk for Rehoboth, but it should not be confused with the present day town of Seekonk which was incorporated in 1812. In regards to finding a grave that dates back to 1685 in the Newman Cemetery, the chances are not good. In the early years many of the grave markers were nothing more than field stones with persons' initials and year of death scratched on them. For example one stone for Philip Walker is marked "P. W. 1679". Many of these stones were removed and have been used in the construction of the walls on the street sides of the cemetery. Some markers have been renewed in later years. For example, markers for John (d. 1685) and Sarah (d. 1661) Read were erected by descendants in 1880. There is a typescript entitled "The Old Rehoboth Cemetery" prepared in 1632 by Marion Pearce Carter that lists the markers that existed at that time. I have a copy and would be glad to check it for names and dates. Jim Bullock >-----Original Message----- >From: Stan Zuris [mailto:inoybz@comcast.net] >Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:09 AM >To: MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MABRISTO] Seekonk > >Hello! We are searching for the gravesite of an ancestor who >was interred >in the "old burying ground" at Seekonk in 1685, according to a >genealogy >book published in the 1860's. Would someone be so kind as to advise us >whether this "burying ground" still exists and if so where it >is located? >Many thanks. S/Stanley Zuris

Hello! We are searching for the gravesite of an ancestor who was interred in the "old burying ground" at Seekonk in 1685, according to a genealogy book published in the 1860's. Would someone be so kind as to advise us whether this "burying ground" still exists and if so where it is located? Many thanks. S/Stanley Zuris

At 10:14 AM 6/21/2006, you wrote: >hello all >i am looking for any mcmanus family for attleboro. my grandfather was >William F. McManus. >diana Is that William Franklin McManus b. 26 May 1903? He was son of William E. McManus (b. Worcester MA) and Louise Mary Ryder (b. Ontario Canada). Was there specific information you were looking for? Florence

Thank you very much. I couldn't find this information the other night. When I looked up the bill history, it came up with nothing. I may have been looking in the wrong place. Also, Sharon Sergeant sent a message to the MAESSEX list which was forwarded to a Quebec list I belong to. It has additional information about what is going on with these bills. thanks again, Lisa Sharon's message is below - -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Sergeant [mailto:info@AncestralManor.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:01 AM To: MAESSEX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAESSEX] MASSACHUSETTS RECORDS ACCESS ALERT Hello I am on the MGC board and took part in the meetings in recent weeks with the Supervisor of Public Records who was attempting to get realistic bills to expedite the digitization of records and orderly transfer to the Massachusetts Archives from the Department of Public Health. Rep OBrien refused modifications that would make the bills acceptable - ie he is adamant that the indexes and the vital records be removed from public records, until they are transfered to the Massachusetts archives and are only then deemed public records. The last meeting was on Friday and NEHGS was represented. It was only on Friday that it was clear that O'Brien would not budge on the removal of vital records from public records. Whether NEHGS plans to announce to their membership, I do not know. You may wish to contact them directly. MGC is the umbrella organization to which NEHGS belongs. These bills are in the House Ways and Means committee: http://www.mass.gov/legis/184history/h03642.htm http://www.mass.gov/legis/184history/h03643.htm http://www.mass.gov/legis/184history/h03644.htm MGC will update www.massgencouncil.org as we get further info. This records closing effort is only old news only in the sense that it has been going on for 25 years, which is why the MGC was formed. So every session, new bills get introduced - with minor tweeks - but all with the same intent - close the records. Last fall, at the hearing for these bills, the rationale was to prepare for the 2004 Terrorism bill regulations regarding "Minimum Standards for Birth Certificates" - even though the statue for certified birth certificate formats for federal purposes has no jurisdiction on the records information access at the state level. This spring, the rationale is that the records must be closed to prevent Identity Theft, even though the millions of security breaches that have escalated identity theft are from unsecured government and financial institution databases or electronic transactions, not via vital records. So these bills always get the political banner du jour, without regard to the facts. The MGC fully supports measures that do address the real issues. I will be scheduling teleconference phone sessions for people who would like to discuss this issue in more detail. Legislators are also welcome, so when you see the announcement, you may wish to invite your rep to participate. Sharon Sergeant ----- Original Message ----- From: <MSGANDCO@aol.com> To: <MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] MASSACHUSETTS RECORDS ACCESS ALERT > Lisa, > > Here is what the Massachusetts website has to say about the bills: > > http://www.mass.gov/legis/184history/h03642.htm > > Petition of Thomas J. O'Brien and others relative to birth, marriage and > death records. > 01/26/05 H Referred to the committee on Public Health > 01/26/05 S Senate concurred > Public Hearing date Oct 19 am at 10:00 in Room A-1 > 03/22/06 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee > on House Ways and Means -HJ 1305 > > All three bills list the same information I pasted above for H-3642, so they > are being treated as a group so far and they are definitely still very much > alive. > > Matt >

hello all i am looking for any mcmanus family for attleboro. my grandfather was William F. McManus. diana

Lisa, Here is what the Massachusetts website has to say about the bills: http://www.mass.gov/legis/184history/h03642.htm Petition of Thomas J. O'Brien and others relative to birth, marriage and death records. 01/26/05 H Referred to the committee on Public Health  01/26/05 S Senate concurred Public Hearing date Oct 19 am at 10:00 in Room A-1 03/22/06 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means  -HJ 1305 All three bills list the same information I pasted above for H-3642, so they are being treated as a group so far and they are definitely still very much alive. Matt

I tried to find information on these bills, but the mass.gov website is confusing. One of the original bills from last year was 3448, and the text of that bill is not on line any longer because it was killed last year. I think it is a concern that the text of these 3 bills is still on their website, but I couldn't seem to find a date or any other information saying they were going to be discussed in June as Sharon mentioned. http://www.mass.gov/legis/#hear_mark Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale H. Cook" <radiotest@cox.net> To: <MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] MASSACHUSETTS RECORDS ACCESS ALERT > At 09:43 PM 6/19/2006, Sharon Sergeant wrote: > > >Legislative bills (H-3642, H-3643, and H-3644 > > Is this not old news? Did not those bills die in committee? The MGC > page appears never to have been updated since last fall when the > bills were in committee. The only mention of them in NEHGS eNews was > in the issue of 05-Oct-2005, and eNews never showed them reported out > to the House floor. > > Dale H. Cook; Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; > Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project > http://members.cox.net/oldcolony/index.shtml > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

At 09:43 PM 6/19/2006, Sharon Sergeant wrote: >Legislative bills (H-3642, H-3643, and H-3644 Is this not old news? Did not those bills die in committee? The MGC page appears never to have been updated since last fall when the bills were in committee. The only mention of them in NEHGS eNews was in the issue of 05-Oct-2005, and eNews never showed them reported out to the House floor. Dale H. Cook; Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project http://members.cox.net/oldcolony/index.shtml

MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGICAL COUNCIL (MGC) P.O. Box 5393 Cochituate, MA 01778 www.massgencouncil.org ALERT ALERT ALERT MGC urges all genealogists who care about access to vital records to act now! Legislative bills (H-3642, H-3643, and H-3644, petitioned by Plymouth Rep. Thomas J. O’Brien, et al.), currently pending in the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee, are being pushed for passage within two weeks. They will close public records that have been open for nearly 400 years as well as the indexes to them. We all must contact our Massachusetts state Representatives and Senators to oppose these three (O’Brien) bills for the following reasons: The bills call for restricting access to all birth records since 1915 and all marriage and death records since 1955. These records are currently open public records and are the entry point for genealogical and medical history research. Restricting public access to the indexes of these records is unprecedented. It will deny use by all non-governmental individuals: researchers in genealogy, medical history, probate heirs, banks, journalists, and historians. Contact should be made immediately. We stopped these bills in 2003 – but now support for them in the legislature is formidable. If YOU don’t speak now, these bills will change the face of genealogy in Massachusetts and beyond. MOST EFFECTIVE: a signed letter with your reasons for opposing these closures, using your own words. To view a sample letter for your legislators, click here http://home.comcast.net/~massgencouncil/ConstituentLetter.htm ALSO: telephone calls, face to face meetings, and e-mails. SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: urge your sympathetic relatives, friends, neighbors, and the professionals listed above to do the same. Contact information for your representatives and senators is available at: http://www.mass.gov/legis/ your town clerk the state house at (617) 722-2000 the postal address is: Representative (or Senator) _______, State House, Room _______, Boston, MA 02133. If you have any questions, please respond to Sharon Sergeant, MGC Director of Programs, and member of the MGC Civil Records Committee or visit our website at www.massgencouncil.org

> P.S. I'm curious whether the "Shriner's Burn Institute" is the only > place > where "serious burn victims" are brought in eastern MA ! > Burn victims from Fall River would be sent to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. I don't know about Shriners. I've pasted a Globe article you might want. It mentions a victim now in RIH. Carrie Carrie Tucker, Librarian East Bridgewater High School Library 11 Plymouth Street East Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02333 508-378-5841 ctucker@sailsinc.org In Portuguese neighborhood, grief caused by fire touches all By Ray Henry, Associated Press Writer | June 16, 2006 FALL RIVER, Mass. --When firefighters found Emily Carvalho's body in a Portuguese social hall gutted by fire, one longtime friend wasn't shocked to learn where she fell. Overwhelmed by the flames and thick smoke that killed four women, Carvalho, 80, apparently collapsed in the club's kitchen clutching a cousin and a rosary, her son said. She died in the room where she once fed her own immediate family and a second, even larger one: her immigrant neighbors from St. Michael's Island in the Azores. "She was the kitchen," said Maria Jacob, 51, who also immigrated from St. Michael's and watched her injured neighbors flee in panic from the burning club Wednesday night. The fire erupted during a prayer service and proved cruel for many reasons, especially because it cut across so many family lines in this working class coastal city about 20 miles southeast of Providence, R.I. Almost half of Fall River's 92,000 residents claim Portuguese heritage, many families came from the same Atlantic island, once worked in the same textile mills and attended the same churches. "What makes this an incredible tragedy is these hardworking Fall River families were gathering to celebrate their lives, their culture, their spirit, their faith," said Mayor Ed Lambert. Members of Our Lady of Light Society, a club Carvalho and her late husband helped found, were gathering for a prayer service that customarily precedes an annual religious festival. Candles were being lit around a shrine to the Holy Ghost when the fire started, and it quickly spread to the crepe paper and satin decorations ringing the room. Some society members tried to put out the flames with water, a fire extinguisher and by stomping on them, but the blaze grew too rapidly, state Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said. Four people were killed and 12 were injured. Thirty people were in the three-story building when the fire broke out. The building has apartments on the two floors above the social club. "They didn't have a chance," Bristol County District Attorney Paul F. Walsh Jr. said. Michelle Pacheco, 24, was holding her 1 1/2-year-old niece on her lap when the fire started. She said a wave of heat hit her in the face, blistering her skin. "It was a lot of fire," she said. "A lot of heat. The whole room was black. We had trouble breathing." Pacheco grabbed her niece and ran for a door, but it was stuck. Eventually, someone kicked it down, and people rushed out, she said. "I thought we were all going to die," said Pacheco, was hospitalized overnight with burns. Her niece, Autumn Silvio, was in good condition Thursday at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence. Emily Carvalho's son, Lenny, was helping erect a tent in the club's rear parking lot to prepare for the festival. He said he heard people screaming from inside. Seconds later, he could see flames on the walls and smoke coming from the windows. The heat seemed to jam a rear door that Carvalho said he and other men eventually broke open. He said they smashed windows and shouted for those inside to follow the sound of their voices. "We tried to save everybody, but we only got one through the window," he said. That woman was 62-year-old Maria Costa, who was in intensive care at Rhode Island Hospital. Her 31-year-old daughter, Christine Costa, died in the fire, according to Christine's uncle, Manuel Costa, president of Our Lady of Light Association. Another victim, Isabella Raposa, 67, was attending the service with her husband of 50 years, John Raposa, her nephew Joe Pavao said. After finding a door stuck, John Raposa broke a window with his fist, climbed out and tried to pull his wife through, but she slipped from his grasp, Pavao said. The identity of the fourth woman killed wasn't immediately available. Authorities haven't released the names of the dead and injured. "In the midst of the tragic losses in last night's fire we remember that the Portuguese community in Fall River has always drawn great strength from faith and family," Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley, who once served as bishop of the Fall River Roman Catholic Diocese, said in a statement Thursday that offered prayers for the victims and the grieving. "The people of Fall River remain close to my heart, be assured of my prayers and remembrance at Mass," he said.

Hello, I'd like to offer my sympathy to those researchers in the Fall River area who have been directly affected by the "fatal fire" which has just occurred ! I have just read on the Azores List that several of the researchers there had family who were burned or injured in the fire or suffered smoke inhalation - including babies ! From watching the News this week, I have seen people with the same surnames of members of my friend, Bob's extended family ! We have no way of knowing whether they are distantly related to Bob, but they could be somehow connected ! PACHECO, CARVALHO, MEDEIROS, PEREIRA / PERRY, MOURA, etc. ! If any researchers in Bristol County had relatives who originally lived in the Cambridge and Somerville area, perhaps you would consider posting a query on the MA and MAMiddle Lists ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I'm curious whether the "Shriner's Burn Institute" is the only place where "serious burn victims" are brought in eastern MA ! http://www.shrinershq.org/hospitals/burninst/index.html

NEHGS has Winnifred Leonard b on 13 Sep 1870 Fall River to Michael and Winnifred Leonard, both b Ireland Her family in 1870 census recorded in June before her birth: Year: 1870; Census Place: Fall River Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_604; Page: 264; Image: 15. the NEHGS marriage record shows two conflicting records for Winnifred's parents, Michael Leonard b Ireland married Winnifred Quigley , maiden name Burns, on Nov 25 1866. Michael's parents parents were a Patrick and Catherine; Winnifred's parents were a Michael and Winnifred ; it was a SECOND marriage for both of them. I think there are mistakes in this record because it is recorded a few pages earlier with lines crossed through it(as if to indicate some errors) with this info: Michael Leonard b Ireland, parents Patrick and Catherine , married Winnifred Burns, maiden name Quigley(no parents listed) on 12 Nov 1866, second marriage for both. There are Burns and Quigleys families in Fall River with the name Winifred--not sure how it all fits together... From: <theclown16@optonline.net> To: <MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] Edwin H. Porter > Here are some details from NEHGS VR's 1841-1810. > Edwin H. Porte was son of Columbus P. and Margaret A. Porter, he was born Metcalfe County, KY. Winifred's parents were Michael and Winifred and she was born in Fall River it looks like she was 21 and he 27 at time of marriage. Married by C. Hughes Catholic Priest. > Porter Edwin H. Fall River 1891 vol. 415 pg. 178 Marriage > > Porter Edwin H. Fall River 1904 39 69 Death > From the seath record we have Edwin born Glasgow, KY to Columbus P. and Margaret Davis. Father and mother both born Kentucky. he died Feb. 28, 1904 of Tuberculosis. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J Hardy > Date: Thursday, June 8, 2006 11:36 am > Subject: [MABRISTO] Edwin H. Porter > To: MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com > > > Hello, I am trying to find some extra info on Edwin H. Porter > > reporter in > > the Lizzie Borden case and author of Fall River Tragedy. > > I know that he was born in Kentucky, worked for the Fall River > > Daily Globe > > and was married to Winifred A. Leonard (born September 1870) in > > 1891 in > > Fall River. > > In the 1900 census he comes up with two children FLorence E. > > 1892 and > > Winifred A. 1898 > > He died February 18 1904. Beyond that, I can't find any info. I > > can't find > > him the 1880 census anywhere. I can't find his wife as a Leonard. > > Assuming that Winifred married again, I can't find any other > > Winifred that > > seems to match her details. > > > > Argh. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > Jessie > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today > > it's FREE! > > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added > > in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Yes, Jim. I would appreciate any info on the descendants of John. He is the bro to my ggrandmother Catharine Alix Lynn also b. St. Alphonse. The history is somewhat sad. As are many whose parents put their children to work in the mills. I know this happened to my ggrandmother and her siblings. I would love to contact any of the descendants of John as well. There were nine children to Henry Lynn. My ggrandmother Bridget died just over a yr after the birth of her seventh child who only lived briefly. I know from a woman in Fall River who is from Henry's second marriage lineage that I must look like Henry's line somewhere. This woman is a clone of my mother/myself. So I must look like his family somewhere down history. I am slowly gathering info on the descendants of my Kelly/Lynn family. Grandma is the one that left Fall River. My sister/I were the first born away from Fall River. My dream is to visit St. Patrick's and St. Alphonse. These two places hold a good deal of history for me on all my lines. Thanks for the response. If you have addies for John's descendants you could give them my e-mail addy. Pat Jones Darke Co OH. -----Original Message----- >From: Jim McCarthy <jimhmc@comcast.net> >Sent: Jun 8, 2006 1:50 PM >To: MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] John S. Ellis & Ellen Lynn > >Don't know if this helps, but..... >John Lynn, b. 4/5/1884 in St. Alphonse, Canada, married Mary Horan on >6/10/1912 in Fall River. His parents were Henry Lynn and Bridget Kelly. I >was tracking the Horans so have information on John [only] and his >descendents. Jim McCarthy, Somerville, MA >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat jones" <riverrat1115@earthlink.net> >To: <MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:01 PM >Subject: [MABRISTO] John S. Ellis & Ellen Lynn > > >> Ellen Lynn was the aunt to my grandmother Catherine Mary (nee Malone) >> Entwistle "KITTY." >> I spoke to one of grandma, Kitty's last living relatives a few years ago. >> I know most remained in the Fall River area from her generation as did my >> grandmother's. >> Ellen b. 1879 in Quebec. The family relocated to Fall River after the >> marriage of thier father, Henry Lynn. >> Most of the family are buried at St. Patrick's. >> Ellen Lynn m. John S. Ellis of England. >> These are some of the names I have as children of Ellen Lynn/John S. Ellis >> Mariana Ellis (possible married name McKinney) >> Albert S. Ellis >> Preston J. Ellis 18 Sep 1907 d. May 1975 >> George Ellis >> Elizabeth A. Ellis >> Robert Ellis >> John R. Ellis >> Howard V. Ellis >> Patricia Ellis >> Barbara Ellis (I think it was Barbara I spoke to) >> I know there was a grandson, Robert Ellis, b. @1923 >> I am quite certain descendants of this family are near the area of Fall >> River. I would love to find any of them. I know I have a photo with some >> family members. I don't know who they are. >> I will jpst put this out there and hope for a find. >> Pat Jones. >> Darke Co OH. >> >> >> My grandma Kitty as the child of Ellen's older sister Catherine A. (Lynn) >> Malone. also buried at St. Patrick's. >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

1870 census. Edwin H. with family. Name: Columbus P Porter Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835 Age in 1870: 35 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Lafayette, Metcalfe, Kentucky Family and neighbors: View Results Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View Image Post Office: Center Image Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Lafayette, Metcalfe, Kentucky; Roll: M593_489; Page: 60; Image: 123. 1880 censusEdwin Porter C. P. Porter, Margret A. Porter Tompkinsville, Monroe, KY abt 1864 Kentucky Name: Edwin Porter Age: 16 Estimated birth year: abt 1864 Birthplace: Kentucky Occupation: At School Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Father's name: C. P. Porter Father's birthplace: VA Mother's name: Margret A. Porter Mother's birthplace: KY Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky; Roll: T9_434; Family History Film: 1254434; Page: 318.3000; Enumeration District: 203; Image: . ----- Original Message ----- From: J Hardy Date: Thursday, June 8, 2006 11:36 am Subject: [MABRISTO] Edwin H. Porter To: MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com > Hello, I am trying to find some extra info on Edwin H. Porter > reporter in > the Lizzie Borden case and author of Fall River Tragedy. > I know that he was born in Kentucky, worked for the Fall River > Daily Globe > and was married to Winifred A. Leonard (born September 1870) in > 1891 in > Fall River. > In the 1900 census he comes up with two children FLorence E. > 1892 and > Winifred A. 1898 > He died February 18 1904. Beyond that, I can't find any info. I > can't find > him the 1880 census anywhere. I can't find his wife as a Leonard. > Assuming that Winifred married again, I can't find any other > Winifred that > seems to match her details. > > Argh. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Jessie > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today > it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added > in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Here are some details from NEHGS VR's 1841-1810. Edwin H. Porte was son of Columbus P. and Margaret A. Porter, he was born Metcalfe County, KY. Winifred's parents were Michael and Winifred and she was born in Fall River it looks like she was 21 and he 27 at time of marriage. Married by C. Hughes Catholic Priest. Porter Edwin H. Fall River 1891 vol. 415 pg. 178 Marriage Porter Edwin H. Fall River 1904 39 69 Death From the seath record we have Edwin born Glasgow, KY to Columbus P. and Margaret Davis. Father and mother both born Kentucky. he died Feb. 28, 1904 of Tuberculosis. ----- Original Message ----- From: J Hardy Date: Thursday, June 8, 2006 11:36 am Subject: [MABRISTO] Edwin H. Porter To: MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com > Hello, I am trying to find some extra info on Edwin H. Porter > reporter in > the Lizzie Borden case and author of Fall River Tragedy. > I know that he was born in Kentucky, worked for the Fall River > Daily Globe > and was married to Winifred A. Leonard (born September 1870) in > 1891 in > Fall River. > In the 1900 census he comes up with two children FLorence E. > 1892 and > Winifred A. 1898 > He died February 18 1904. Beyond that, I can't find any info. I > can't find > him the 1880 census anywhere. I can't find his wife as a Leonard. > Assuming that Winifred married again, I can't find any other > Winifred that > seems to match her details. > > Argh. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Jessie > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today > it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added > in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hello, I am trying to find some extra info on Edwin H. Porter reporter in the Lizzie Borden case and author of Fall River Tragedy. I know that he was born in Kentucky, worked for the Fall River Daily Globe and was married to Winifred A. Leonard (born September 1870) in 1891 in Fall River. In the 1900 census he comes up with two children FLorence E. 1892 and Winifred A. 1898 He died February 18 1904. Beyond that, I can't find any info. I can't find him the 1880 census anywhere. I can't find his wife as a Leonard. Assuming that Winifred married again, I can't find any other Winifred that seems to match her details. Argh. Does anyone have any ideas? Jessie _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/