John, There's a very good chance your John Rafferty comes from this line. Descendants of Patrick Rafferty 1 Patrick Rafferty b: 1810 in Ireland .. +Mary (???) b: 1804 .... 2 Patrick Rafferty b: Jan 1843 in Maryland d: 05 Apr 1908 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD Burial: 07 Apr 1908 St. Michael's Cemetery, Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD ........ +Elizabeth (???) b: Jan 1845 in Pennsylvania m: Abt. 1866 probably in Pennsylvania d: Jan 1907 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD Burial: 01 Feb 1907 St. Michael's RC Cemetery, Frostburg, MD ........... 3 John W. Rafferty b: Jul 1868 in Pennsylvania ........... 3 Mary Rafferty b: Nov 1869 in Pennsylvania ................. 4 Regina Rafferty b: May 1898 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD ........... 3 Jane (Jennie) Rafferty b: Jan 1871 in Pennsylvania d: Abt. 1950 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD +Peter F. Carroll b: 10 Mar 1864 in Scotland m: 30 Oct 1888 in St. Michaels RC Church, Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD d: 04 Dec 1922 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD Burial: St. Michael's Cemetery, Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD ........... 3 Bridget Rafferty b: Apr 1872 in Pennsylvania ........... 3 Michael Rafferty b: Mar 1863 in Pennsylvania d: 10 Dec 1908 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD ............... +Laura Marie Lyons b: Aug 1864 in Maryland d: Dec 1905 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD ................. 4 Elizabeth Rafferty b: Jul 1896 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD ................. 4 Jane Frances Rafferty b: Oct 1897 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD d: 1983 ..................... +John William Brannon, Jr. b: 1894 in Mt. Savage, Allegany Co., MD d: 1964 ................. 4 Lavern Rafferty b: May 1899 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD ........... 3 Bernard Rafferty b: Dec 1877 in Pennsylvania ........... 3 Charles (Charley) Rafferty b: 14 Feb 1878 in Pennsylvania .... 2 Thomas Rafferty b: 1833 d: Nov 1864 in Allegany Co., MD ........ +Marie (???) .... 2 John Rafferty b: 1836 .... 2 Bernard Rafferty b: 1845 ........ +Maria E. Finegan b: 1846 in Allegany Co., MD m: 17 Sep 1865 in St. Michael's RC Church, Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD ........... 3 Bernard Rafferty b: 22 Nov 1882 in Eckhart Mines, Allegany Co., MD I don't have more of the family as I was only working with one branch, via the CARROLL marriage connection. Hope this helps. Bob Thompson <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

John~ In the data I received from the SCALLY/RAFFERTY line last year, I have a John RAFFERTY married to a Rita (no last name. The data I was given does not list any children from this marriage. Here is the line I have. John & Mary (no maiden name) RAFFERTY circa 1800 Ireland. Never emigrated Patrick RAFFERTY, son, born in Ireland circa 1860, died in PA, possibly Messhoppen, PA No wife's name given CHILDREN OF Patrick RAFFERTY Charles Patrick RAFFERTY, b. 1878 , Messhoppen, PA d. 13 April 1949, Frostburg, MD Wife: Anastasia SCALLY (daughter of Bridget nee CHAMBERS SCALLY) John William RAFFERTY, b. about 1866, Messhoppen, PA d. 4 December 1921 Ullane RAFFERTY, died 9 October 1924; no other data given Mary RAFFERTY, died 22 May 1932; no other data given Children of Charles Patrick RAFFERTY & Anastasia SCALLY 1.) Charles d. 2 Aug. 1974; Married Nora GOTFELTY 29 Sep 1929 2.) Charles twin who died, possibly at birth 3.) Joseph, married Maude LOCKARD 24 May 1933; no data re: DOB or DOD 4.) Mary Angela, married Fran CONORY; no other data **5.) John, married Rita; no other data but believe this is your man 6.) Bernard, married Angela BONMO; no other data 7.) Ellen, married Frank KOMATZ (She also had a twin who died) No other data 8.) Anastasia, married Herman PHILLIPS (She also had a twin who died). No other data 9.) Norbert G., married Elsi V. KYLER 2 Feb. 1934; no other data 10.) Margaret, married Albert TWIGG 11.) Lawrence Omar, married twice - Pauline & Margaret BRODE 12.) Francis, buried at Arlington Cemetery. No other data. Since we have corresponded in the past, I do believe that this RAFFERTY line which is connected to my husband's CHAMBERS ancestors is the one you are seeking. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH Gerdemanbunch <gerdemanbunch@web.de> wrote: John Rafferty and Reta Blank had a son name John Edward Rafferty born Nov 22 1939. John married a Eleanor Porter Now what I am looking for is John Father`s name was.? Plus when did John &Reta get married? John G. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John Rafferty and Reta Blank had a son name John Edward Rafferty born Nov 22 1939. John married a Eleanor Porter Now what I am looking for is John Father`s name was.? Plus when did John &Reta get married? John G.

Hello All, I have added another 10 pages to the book "Maryland Wills Vol. 2 1685-1702". If anyone is interested it's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click the link on the book's index page to jump to the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.8/716 - Release Date: 3/9/2007 6:53 PM

If anyone is interested I have a newspaper article dated 19 Mar 1907 Cumberland, MD. It is a lawsuit that Rebecca Smouse brought against my grandfather Harrison Wilbur Johnson for 2 million dollars. She invested in the Johnson-Ingerall Co, which he was president of. I can't send an attachment, so email me reiss46atverizondotnet if you would like a copy. Also have one about Carrie Bramble running away to PA to see Harrison Wilbur Johnson, who she later married, it was from 1899. Also, John Bramble (Carries' father) bailed Harrison Wilbur out of Jail. BJ

Just an interesting Eck family note - years ago I worked with a librarian in Indianapolis who told the story of her brother Ed (not Edward) who enlisted in the U.S. Navy in WWII as Ed Eck, and they told him that his was the shortest name in U. S. Naval History! <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Don't know if this will help anyone. Here is an obit for James H Brotemarkle. I went to Delaware and met his Dau. Ruth Johnson Eck, I have a picture of her. Her mother was Elva Weller Johnson Brotemarkle (prior marriage to Rev. Chester Johnson who passed away at age 21, son of Harrison Wilbur Johnson and Carrie Bramble.) Ruth's step sister Sharon Keefer lives in Cumberland. Ruth has passed away.. JAMES H. BROTEMARKLE CUMBERLAND - James Henry Brotemarkle, 95, of Cumberland, formerly of Bowmans Addition, died at the Allegany County Nursing Home. Born July 18, 1902, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late Harry W. Brotemarkle and Mary K. Hinkle. He also was preceded in death by his wife, the Rev. Elva C. (Weller) Johnson Brotemarkle; one brother; two sisters; and two sons, James Brotemarkle and William R. Brotemarkle Sr. Mr. Brotemarkle was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Mr. Brotemarkle was the retired owner and operator of Brotemarkle Wall Papering Service. He was a member and co-founder, along with his wife, of the Grace Community Church, Valley Road. He was also an avid fisherman and hunter. Surviving are three daughters, Ruth Johnson Eck and husband Donald, Newark, Del., the Rev. Florence Shewbridge, Rawlings, and Sharon F. Keefer and husband James, Cumberland; one daughter-in-law, Phyllis Brotemarkle, Rawlings; five grandchildren, William R. Brotemarkle, James H. Brotemarkle, Nancy Shirey, Donald B. Eck Jr., and Lois Drell; and several great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Monday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Rodney L. Casteel Sr. officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Burial Park.

Thanks for everyone's assistances regarding the Bible of S. E. Duckworth. A descendant of his family line has been located and the Bible will soon be back with the proper Duckworth family. Pat-T

Thanks to everyone for sharing your information with me. I really appreciate everyone's willingness to help. I will spend the evening reading over this information. I will try to personally contact each person to see if I can share what I have with you. Again, it is so good to know that we have this source to seek and share information. Again, Thanks everyone, Connie

Pat, Do you have any dates for this bible? Carol

The bible was printed in 1907; it contains NO genealogical information. I suppose the only value is 1.That it is a Bible and 2. That the family would know at one time it belonged to a family member. _____ From: caskey23@comcast.net [mailto:caskey23@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 5:52 PM To: Patty125@adelphia.net; mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] S. E. Duckworth Pat, Do you have any dates for this bible? Carol

If anyone has any stories about the lives of Brant and Brotemarkle family history and would share with me I would really appreciate it. I love the stories.. Thanks in advance, Barbara Hott Reiss46atverizondotnet

G.Hillery Brant and Barbara Ellen Brotemarkle had a dau. Lillian May Brant. She first married William G. Hiser (Hiser Barrel CO.) WM died 20 Feb 1918 Cumb. All. MD. Lillian lived near the old John Heights Element. School near Memorial Hospital. Lillian b. 1879 Cumb. All. MD, died 31 March 1947 buried Rose Hill Cemetery, she had six children with William Garland Hiser. On 18 Nov 1927 she married my grandfather Harrison Wilbur Johnson, within a couple years he left her and went to Grottoes, VA (where he is buried) and lived with another woman Eleanor Knight. He was a railroader. Harrison Wilbur was married to Carrie Bramble, they had 2 children Rev. Chester Harrison Johnson and Eva Mae Johnson, (she married George Stein. Harrison Wilbur left Carrie Bramble, lived with my grandmother Esther (Drewnoski), together they had 4 children, but he was not divorced from Carrie Bramble. The day after he was divorced from Carrie, he married Lillian May (Brant) Hiser widow, my mother and siblings were put in the Burlington WV orphanage after a year of living with Harrison and Lillian. My mother remembered her well. Harrison it seems would get involved with a wealthy woman, spend her money making patents, then leave her. So I am told. Now there is a relationship somehow between Carrie Bramble and Lillian Brant. There is a lady in Cumberland that tried to explain all the connections. I need to call her again. She married a Brotemarkle. I took a picture recently of a Brotemarkle that is buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Cumb. MD. Both Carrie's mother and Lillian's grandmother's were a Rice. Carrie's-Elizabeth Ann Rice (dau of Levi) Lillian's- Susannah Rice (don't know who her father is). Ok, now this gets interesting, I am related of course to my grandmother (mate #3) of Harrison Wilbur, I am related to his 2nd wife Carrie Bramble through the Rice. I am related to his 4th wife Lillian Brant through her Rice. BTW, Harrison's 1st wife was Nettie B Chaney, and I don't even want to go there, they did have a son John Joseph Johnson. I might have some more tidbits if anyone is interested. It is tangled. Has taken me many years to get it figured out. This from Rose Hill Cemetery Book about Lilllian May (Brant) Hiser Johnson: Johnson, Lillie May Age: 68, Residence: Cumberland, MD. Date died: 31 March 1947, Burial: 3 April 1947, Funeral Home: George, Area: 83, Lot 22, Grave: A-2, Pg. ref: 172. Buried next to 1st husband, William Hiser. BJ reiss46atverizondotnet

I had a great aunt Jane Hamilton > that married a George Siehl in Allegany Co.MD and they moved to > Somerset Co.PA. I have two Beachy books which pretty much covers all of them that lived in Somerset County, PA. My late husband's grandparents lived there. Just behind Garrett Co. MD. Now, tell me more about Jane HAMILTON. Thanks, ConnieB.

I am trying to find the family of S. E. DUCKWORTH. I have a Bible that I would like to return to this family. Written inside the cover: Presented to Bessie REED by S. E. Duckworth in loving memory of Grandmother THOMPSON. Someone also wrote in the Bible "Scott Duckworth to his sister Bessie?" Pat-T

David, As a descendant of Andrew Jackson Brant, I thank you for the information you passed on. Janis <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

I have just been reading thru cemetery listings at rootsweb for Somerset County PA, which is directly across the the MD border - I noticed some Alleg. county names, including BRANT, Harshberger and Beachy - might be worth a try to check these out if you had Allegany Co. families that you can't locate. I had a great aunt Jane Hamilton that married a George Siehl in Allegany Co.MD and they moved to Somerset Co.PA. Just a resource that might help you out. Ruth Sprowls

Connie, In the 1860 census, George H & Barbara Brant are living with George's parents Frederick & Mary in Cumberland Valley, Bedford Co PA. They were enumerated on July 7th, 1860. What is clear is that the Miss Brotemarkle who married George H used the name Barbara. In 1850, she is also listed as Barbara, living with her parents Michael and Susana in Allegany County. The date differences are easy to explain. What is recorded in the marriage records is the date of the marriage license. The name difference is open to lots of speculation, including difficulty reading the original records to the possibility that Barbara's legal name was actually Margaret. Hopefully this helps, Carol -------------- Original message -------------- From: connielark@comcast.net > Seeking help on a Brotemarkle/Brant connection. I had George Hilleary Brant > married to Barbara Ellen Brotemarkle March 20, 1860. Cannot remember where this > information came from. I also have found a record from the Allegany County > Marriages - Book B that list a George H. Brant married to Margaret E. > Brotemarkle March 2, 1860. Would appreciate any help regarding these names and > dates of marriage. > Thanks, > Connie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

I'm not sure how this figures into Connie's query, but I'll toss it in there in case it's of any use. I remembered running across this newspaper mention from 1868--I'm guessing it's the same family. Maybe not. As run in the Bedford Inquirer for June 5, 1868. "Notice of Inquisition. Henry Brant, late of Cumberland Valley Twp, leaving widow Rebecca (since deceased), and seven children, to wit: George of Allegany Co., MD; Jacob; John (deceased, leaving issue); Andrew Jackson of Cumberland Valley Twp.; Catherine, wife of George Leasure of Cumberland, MD; and Rebecca, deceased." Only 6, not 7, children are actually listed. And the older couple were a Henry & Rebecca. So, I'm not sure this relates to Frederick and Mary's son George. Was Henry a brother to Frederick? This Henry was dead prior to 1850, and had baptized a child at the Old Log Church in Schellsburg as early as the 1810s. His widow Rebecca advertised the following notice from the Bedford Gazette of February 22, 1850: "Real Estate. 260 acres adjoining John Hendrickson & Moses Hardinger in Cumberland Valley, late the property of Henry Brant, dec'd. Rebecca Brant." To make things even more confusing, this marriage notice ran in the Gazette on June 20, 1845: "Married--on Thursday, the 22nd ult., Henry Brant to Rebecca Work, both of Harrison Twp." Clearly, this isn't the Henry Brant that baptized a child 30 years prior, nor is it likely the the Henry Brant whose estate was being dickered over in 1868. I have no particular interest in the Brant line, but remembered some newspaper gleanings concerning them. Hope they can be of use. Additionally, the following wills were probated in Bedford Co.: Frederick Brant, 1866 (Bk 4, p. 504); Henry Brant, 1848 (Bk 3, p. 413); and William Brant, Sr., 1892 (Bk 7, p. 151). There are also extensive Orphans Court files for Frederick, George, Henry, and William Brant in Bedford Co., outlining particular estate details and disputes. David in Richmond, VA <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Try Darius39@verizon.net from here on. -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of connielark@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 6:29 PM To: MDALLEGA@ROOTSWEB Subject: [MDALLEGA] Hillary Brant Darius, Could you please reply to this msg. I tried to send a msg to you, but it was returned stating delivery problems encountered. Thanks,Connie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message