Bill: Try searching "Maddox" if you're searching census records. The census takers commonly used what they "heard" from the person giving the information. census *Indexes* are often so far off the surname you are looking for that they are useless. Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Mattox" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 4:57 PM Subject: [MDGARRET] MATTOX and GANTZ > To the Garret County list: > > > > I am trying to research my family roots and I am stuck in Grantville. Based > on what I have read and seen, I suspect that it is a very nice place to be > stuck J > > > > I am looking for information on Nannie Ruth GANTZ. She was my paternal > Great Grandmother and was married to William Robert MATTOX. I have been > told by family members that she had a connection to Grantsville. Census > data indicates that in 1910 the family was living in Frostburg, MD. But > family members have told me that she was from Grantsville and that her > family had some sort of a retail store there. My mother thinks it was a > general store of some type. She had a sister whose name was Pearl who ran > this store with her husband. I suspect but do not know for sure, that the > store was in the Gantz family and was passed down to Pearl and her husband. > > > > Based on the dates that I have and the information that has been passed my > way, my best guess is that the store was in business at least in the years > between 1900 and 1920, with the likely possibility that the store was being > operated prior to and subsequent to those dates. William Robert MATTOX was > a carpenter/cabinetmaker and according to family lore, apparently did some > work in the store as well as some remodeling work on one of the churches in > Frostburg. I suspect that this all took place right around the 1910 census. > > > > > Family recollections are sketchy so I do not know the name of Pearl's > husband. > > > > Nannie Ruth GANTZ and my Grandfather, William Robert MATTOX, seem to have > mysteriously appeared in public records in 1900. I can find no traces of > them prior to the 1900 census. > > > > If anyone might have access to any data that may be of help to me I would be > in your debt. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Bill Mattox > > Madison, WI > > [email protected] > > > > ====================================== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > ------------------------------------ > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >