Oh boy, this is a long shot... I had relatives who lived in Grahamtown that I remember when I was a little girl. She, Marie, was a pretty woman with short black hair, used to visit us in Knapps Meadow and we'd visit them. This would have been in the 1950's. She lived with another woman, I can't recall if it was her mother, sister or what. They lived in a brown and yellow house going towards Frostburg, it was on the right side, about 3 or 4 before the sharp turn to the left and the turn to the right to go to The Maplehurst. I believe she was my mother (Ruth McFarlane Thrasher)'s cousin on the McFarlane side but her last name was not McFarlane. Wish my brain was working better. Anyone from Grahamtown that remembers them? I may be able to find some living cousins from the McFarlane side if I could nail down the name. Thanks ~ Chere caskey23@comcast.net wrote: 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 ------------------------------- 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

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

Hello All, I just uploaded a map from Sharff's "History of Maryland" titled "Early Maryland and Virginia". I am not sure what year it depicts. If anyone is interested it's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant, Abernathy and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.8/714 - Release Date: 3/8/2007 10:58 AM

Connie, I have a Brant genealogy that's pretty thorough. What specifically would you like to know? I'll see if I can help. 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.

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

-----Original Message----- From: caskey23@comcast.net To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 6:02 PM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Back on the job Folks, I am glad to be back. Computer woes have plagued me for several months. I have, thanks to several unscheduled days off, been able to catch up with a number of items on the Allegany County Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh including indexing the queries and updating all pages with my new email address. Hopefully all continues to go smoothly. Thanks for the welcome back, Connie. Carol ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

HENRY GERKEN Would someone who has access to the booklet, "Naturalized in Cumberland" by Eleanor Albright please check this listing for me. Henry Gerken --- should be found on page 38. There should be a date and a code of either "A" or "D" Thanks in advance. Todd Gerkin tgerkin@triad.rr.com

Folks, The transcription that Nora Avery spoke of earlier is posted on the Allegany County website now. You can find it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/churches/CresaptownME.htm There are lots of familiar names. It's worth a look. The records include baptisms, funerals, marriages and other church records. Thanks Nora! Carol

In doing some research on a lateral family (Ann Collins m unknown Carter), I have found their descendents living on Clay Mountain Road, Mt Savage and they listed their occupations as clay miners. Several of their children (John and Edward) died in Mt Savage in the 70's. Anyone researching these families? Would also like to know more about the clay mining and possibly where Clay Mountain Road would have been. Pat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out." - I.F. Stone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 39 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!

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: 268.18.6/709 - Release Date: 3/3/2007 8:12 AM

There is a Port Clinton in Ohio. It is in the resort area of South Bass Island, Sandusky, and the amusment park of Cedar Point. Directly on Lake Erie, if you drove further in current time you would be in the Detroit area of MI. Perhaps they migrated down from Canada via this route. Someone mentioned the St. Lawrence, but it is nowhere near the river in the 19th century or the St. Lawrence Seaway of the 20th century. It was a seaport and one could and can sail directly across to Canada. I spent my summers on South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay) as a child. Then and until we sold our boat, we would take summer runs up to Pelee Island which is in the Canadian area of Lake Erie and to mainland Canada. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH Karen Hangsleben <phangsleben@ghg.net> wrote: I'm getting closer to completing my FGS on the Gordon family. I learned today that Bertie Gordon Glenn Page True was actually a Bertha Gordon. I found that she died in 1953 and was buried somewhere in Allegany Co. She had a son named Clyde Gordon Page who lived the majority of his life in Lavale. He died in 1999. His obit says that he is buried at Hillcrest Cem. Where is this? He was wed to Thelma Eagan who predeceased him. He was born in Port Clinton. I'm assuming that this is in MD - where? Who were the Cumberland Bluebirds? He was a retiree from Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. Might someone remember him? I'd welcome additional information or recollections. Thanks to all on the list who have offered their help - Karen Nelson Hangsleben ------------------------------- 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

His obit says that he is buried at Hillcrest Cem. Where is this? It's on a hill, of course, about a mile east of Cumberland at Naves' Crossroads. If you're going east from Cumberland, the cemetery will be on your left. Can't miss it. Connie

Port Clinton is in Ohio - I have found some of my relatives came to the US through the St. Lawrence and Port Clinton was their point of immigration

I'm getting closer to completing my FGS on the Gordon family. I learned today that Bertie Gordon Glenn Page True was actually a Bertha Gordon. I found that she died in 1953 and was buried somewhere in Allegany Co. She had a son named Clyde Gordon Page who lived the majority of his life in Lavale. He died in 1999. His obit says that he is buried at Hillcrest Cem. Where is this? He was wed to Thelma Eagan who predeceased him. He was born in Port Clinton. I'm assuming that this is in MD - where? Who were the Cumberland Bluebirds? He was a retiree from Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. Might someone remember him? I'd welcome additional information or recollections. Thanks to all on the list who have offered their help - Karen Nelson Hangsleben

Hello List, I am looking for any information on Robert James Lewis b. abt 1883 in Pittsburgh. He lived on Springdale St Cumberland, MD in 1930. Wife Mamie, daughter Hilda (Cramblitt), grandson Thomas R. Cramblitt, son Harry Lewis b. abt 1915. Sorry for first unfinished message - hit some mysterious key! Thank you for any help. Tomi _________________________________________________________________ Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more….then map the best route! http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag1&FORM=MGAC01

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Just checking in to see if there are any new members to the list that have CREEGAN connections that would like to share information. Thx for any help. Karen Creegan Cooper

Sharon, Here is a little something that may help from the census data. 1900 MT Savage, Allegany, Maryland Isick Gordon 39 Lucie Gordon 40 Edgar Gordon 19 Aug 1880 Robert Gordon 17 Cleveland Gordon 15 Earnest Gordon 12 Inez Gordon 10 Ruth Gordon 7 Marry Gordon 5 Russel Gordon 8.12 1910 United States Federal Census > Maryland > Washington > Sandy Hook > District 134 Edgar L Gordon age 29 married 5 yrs Evelyn age 25 ??? Gladys Daug age 2 Carol E or Carie E age 1 3/12 (see 1920 - Clara) 1920 United States Federal Census > Maryland > Frederick > Brunswick > District 95 Mrs Evelyn Gordon age 34 widow Clara age 11 Cleveland Gordon & Family (in next house - Edgar's brother) Mrs Clara Twigg age 59 (next to Cleveland Gordon) William age 21 Charley age 19 In 1910, Clara is already widowed 10 children with 8 living George 21, Claud 17, Willie 12 and Charles 8 are at home In 1930 Charles is married and living in Baltimore. Clara & William are living with him. Clara may have no connection, but the names on the tombstones may help. Carol -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Sharon Banzhoff" <shabanz@earthlink.net> > Perhaps one of the Gordon researchers can answer this question for me. It > would solve a 10 year old mystery. > > I went to Knoxville, (Frederick Co.) MD to find where Denton Twigg and his > family. They left Allegany Co., MD and settled in Knoxville, MD. The men > in Denton Twigg's family are buried in the Knoxville, MD Old Reformed > Church Cemetery. Knoxville is in the Brunswick MD area and has been a RR > town from very early on. > > The tombstones for the 6-8 Twiggs are very distinct and all lined up in a > row. In the very middle of two of Denton's sons is buried an Edgar L. > Gordon - d. 3/1/1917 (36 - 6 9) His stone is exactly like the Twigg stones > and they are the only stones in this cemetery I noticed like this. Other > than Denton, all of the Twiggs buried in this cemetery are young men, ages > 26, 22 15, 13 and so on. I don't know what happened to the wives of these > men. I know the one remarried a John H. Smith and he is buried at the end > of the Twiggs and yes, he has the same type of stone. Minnie Twigg Smith's > name is on the tombstone with John's but she has no death date on the stone. > > After finding Edgar L. Gordon, I thought perhaps he was an Allegany Co. man > that married one of Denton's daughters, moved to Knoxville/Brunswick area > and he too worked on the RR with the Twigg men. Does any of the Gordon > researcher's know who this Gordon is? > > Sharon > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Carol, Thank you so much for the info you sent. This Gordon "WAS" from Allegany Co. When I checked the children I have for Denton and Clara Twigg, I find that Edgar married Denton Twigg's daughter, Evaline and the census indicated they had a daughter named Clara. Clara was named after her grandmother, Clara (Weaver) Twigg, Denton's wife from the Little Orleans area. Thanks for getting me started to finish this line. I have been working on my paternal lines for a change. I found that my father's side of the family is right from Washington Co. in the Clear Spring area where I live. I always thought they were from Berkeley Co, WV. My. paternal 4th gr-grandparents are buried within 8 miles of my home. Small world!!!!! Sharon

There is an obit for a man that fits your profile/name listed in the Washington Co., MD Obit Locator. You can obtain a copy of this obit from the Washington Co. Free Library. The obit appeared 8 Mar 1917 in the Daily Mail. No age was listed - but it sure seems worth a shot after 10 years of wondering. Karen -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Banzhoff Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:42 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDALLEGA] Gordon Researchers - Edgar L. Gordon Perhaps one of the Gordon researchers can answer this question for me. It would solve a 10 year old mystery. I went to Knoxville, (Frederick Co.) MD to find where Denton Twigg and his family. They left Allegany Co., MD and settled in Knoxville, MD. The men in Denton Twigg's family are buried in the Knoxville, MD Old Reformed Church Cemetery. Knoxville is in the Brunswick MD area and has been a RR town from very early on. The tombstones for the 6-8 Twiggs are very distinct and all lined up in a row. In the very middle of two of Denton's sons is buried an Edgar L. Gordon - d. 3/1/1917 (36 - 6 9) His stone is exactly like the Twigg stones and they are the only stones in this cemetery I noticed like this. Other than Denton, all of the Twiggs buried in this cemetery are young men, ages 26, 22 15, 13 and so on. I don't know what happened to the wives of these men. I know the one remarried a John H. Smith and he is buried at the end of the Twiggs and yes, he has the same type of stone. Minnie Twigg Smith's name is on the tombstone with John's but she has no death date on the stone. After finding Edgar L. Gordon, I thought perhaps he was an Allegany Co. man that married one of Denton's daughters, moved to Knoxville/Brunswick area and he too worked on the RR with the Twigg men. Does any of the Gordon researcher's know who this Gordon is? Sharon ------------------------------- 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