What were the locations of the enumerations? That can be very significant since "born here" was very frequent if the responder did not have a strong view or the enumerator was not very persistent. Did all of these die before 1920? > [Original Message] > From: Sam Bowser <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/4/2006 8:20:11 AM > Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] The Henry Bittinger Study > > I decided to do a study as to where William H. Bittinger's children indicated he was born > in the 1880 through 1910 federal census. The results are pretty clear that as far as his > children were aware, he was born in MD. > > Responses- 18 indicate William was born in MD; 1 in Ohio. > > Thomas Henry Bittinger- > 1880- Father born in MD; Mother born in Ireland. > 1900- Father born in Ohio, Mother born in Ireland. > 1910- Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > > Catharine (Bittinger) Brennaman- > 1880-both Parents born in MD. > 1900-both Parents born in MD. > 1910-Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > > Cornelius Bittinger- > 1880- No place of birth given for Father, Mother > born in Ireland. > 1900- Died in 1894 > > Josiah Bittinger- > 1880- Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > 1900- Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > 1910- Deceased. > > Anna Elizabeth (Bittinger) Stark- > 1880- Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > 1900- Both Parents born in MD. > 1910- Both Parents born in MD. > > Sarah Ellen (Bittinger) Orendorf- > 1880- Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > 1900- Both Parents born in MD. > 1910- Both Parents born in MD. > > Julia Ann (Bittinger) Miller- > 1880- Both Parents born in MD. > 1900- Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > 1910- Died in 1907. > > Alice (Bittinger) Buckel > 1880- Father born in MD, Mother born in Ireland. > 1900- Father born in MD, Mother born in Germany. > 1910- Both Parents born in MD. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:29 PM > Subject: [MDGARRET] The Henry Bittinger Study > > > > > > Bob would tell me how people would walk up to him and strike up a > > conversation about his being of Indian blood. I didn���t have a ���The Bittinger book,��� so > > Bob would tell me a little about what had been written as well as other, > > more believable versions. > > On this last trip, Bob said someone had just recently confirmed that based > > on Henry Bittinger���s whereabouts before William was born, he was of Shawnee > > blood. > > Up to this point I didn���t know about William, only about the lady he called ��� > > Grandma Buckel.��� I really wanted to get Bob���s side of the story about > > William and asked him if he would tell me the story so I could document it > > properly. > > Bob agreed to meet a little early before dinner our last night in Maryland > > and he very patiently took me back to a time when Henry Bittinger was living > > with the Indians. I do not know the source of the information on how Bob > > finally found out about his grandfather, but here is what I learned > > The Story About William . . . > > Most knew William H. ���Bill��� Bittinger as Henry Bittinger���s youngest son. He > > was even given the middle initial of Henry���s name. Henry Bittinger was known > > to have lived among the Indians as a young man. Why he lived with the > > Indians is not known. At some point Henry got into an argument with an Indian > > inside of a cabin and the male Indian and squaw were both killed. Both were buried > > under the floor of the cabin where they would not be found so that Henry > > could get away. It was not known what the argument was about. The child would > > have died if left behind. That child was William. One would wonder if the > > argument might have been over the child. As you will see later, it appears William��� > > s older brothers were also of Indian blood. > > William���s death was reported in the Bittinger book as a result of his > > falling on a sapling while chasing after a deer. The sapling went through his side > > mortally injuring him. Bob believes William was stabbed. > > Bob���s stories about William seemed to be very credible. It seems to match > > the time period that Henry and his family were missing for several years. Bob���s > > great-uncles, the twins, on pages 73 & 75 of The Bittinger Book appear to be > > of Indian blood���they are obviously not identical twins���could even have been > > from two different families. > > Before I decided to write this story, I first read the first 23 pages of The > > Bittinger book very intently to see what had been written before. I > > discovered several interesting things that happened leading up to and after William���s > > birth and I put that in a timeline as well as numbered the children born. > > It is impossible to verify through documentation if William, the ���twins��� > > Jonathan or Solomon or even if the ���missing��� child (#7) were Henry���s and > > Barbara���s biological children. > > The census records give some evidence that three children had been born in > > OH. The twins were said to have been born May 14, 1814. They look very much > > like Native Americans in their picture in The Bittinger book, p. 73 and 75. > > Someone gave their birthplace as Maryland in the 1850 or 1870 census. Ohio > > schedules had been destroyed, so there is no real proof, just more ���say so.��� > > William (b. Apr 24, 1817), child #10 was Henry and Barbara Bittinger���s last > > child���Barbara would have been 45 when William was born. Three children under > > six for a woman that age would be a handful. > > The following is a timeline summary from what I read. > > (1) There was a period of time from 1806-1816 that Henry���s whereabouts > > were not known. He was no longer a resident of Somerset after 1806. He > > reappears in 1815 taxed in District 2, which is now part of Northern Garrett County > > (Grantsville?). > > (2) 1816 was a bad weather year for Garrett County, Henry���s father Philip > > died this same year, and Henry sold his share of Philip���s estate (in > > Brothersvalley, Somerset, 1�� miles NE of Meyersdale, along Berkeley Flat Road, now > > owned by Harold Saylor) > > (3) In 1817, Henry���s worth was reassessed. It appears he lost a horse and > > gained cattle. His cash was also less. Could be he bargained with the > > Shawnee for the children born after 1806. Who would know. Records were not kept on > > Indian births or marriages. Women and children���s names were not included in > > the census before 1850���just the number of how many males and females in > > various age categories. > > (4) The marriage of Henry (b. Jul 14, 1778) and Barbara Barbary Bauser > > (b. Jul 1772) was estimated to be about 1799 based on the age of their first > > child Peter born Jul 17, 1800. Henry was about 21 and Barbara already 27. > > Therefore, when William was born in the Spring of 1817, Barbara would have been > > almost 45. How many would have even known this family when they moved back > > after 11 years? How many would have seen her through the winter to know if she > > had been pregnant or not���the snow probably hadn���t even melted by April 24th. > > Who would have been the wiser whether Barbara had even carried the baby, > > especially if she was a little on the heavy side. > > As far as I can tell, there is no documentation to prove or disprove the > > last five children were Henry���s and Barbara���s. > > The stories in the Bittinger book that were passed down through Charlotte > > Bittinger���s family shows that Henry not only lived with the Indians, but he was > > obviously welcomed into their camp and into their homes. The stories told by > > Henry Bittinger���s grandchildren show Henry���s disregard and lack of respect > > toward the Indians. Could it be that after Henry received his portion of his > > father���s estate in 1816, he needed to populate his household quickly to help > > with the farm as his older children were approaching legal age. This meant > > that at 21, the boys, now men, would no longer be required to hand over their > > wages to the head of household. Many worked outside of the farm to earn wages > > and that was all turned over. That's the way it was as told to me by my > > cousin Doris Knox. > > Peter and Charlotte Bittinger, Henry and Barbara���s two oldest children, > > would have been 17 and 15, when William was born (or brought home). > > Bob Brenneman descends from William���s line as follows _[1]_ > > (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn1) : > > 1. William H. ���Bill��� Bittinger (Apr 24, 1817-Dec 9, 1862) m. (Apr 11, > > 1843) Agnes Ruckle (May 2, 1816-Mar 23, 1875). > > 1.1 Alice Bittinger (Jul 23, 1858-Apr 1, 1937) m. Joe Buckel (Nov 10, > > 1848-Sep 27, 1920) > > 1.1.1 Mary Jane Buckel (Oct 23, 1889-Jun 14, 1973) m. Lloyd Franklin > > Brenneman (Dec 1, 1872-Mar 27, 1953). Mary was called ���Mary Lloyd��� after > > marrying to differentiate her from the other Mary Brennemans. > > 1.1.1.1 Robert Owen ���Bob��� Brenneman (Jul 30, 1918) m. Marguerite Lucille > > ���Margie��� Hetrick (Sep 14, 1926) > > The Shawnee > > The Shawnee are known to have resided in Ohio. I did some research on > > Tecumseh (means Shooting Star), a Shawnee chief from Ohio, more specifically it is > > believed he was born in a camp near Chilicothe which only means ���The Old > > Campsite.���_[2]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn2) The place of his birth > > and his age are equally uncertain. The first record of Tecumseh���s official > > communication with the whites was in 1807 (the same time frame that Henry and > > family disappeared). > > Tecumseh was the son of a Shawnee chief and the captured daughter of > > Governor Jesse Bayles and Marie Monraine. They came from the vicinity of Winchester > > in the Shenandoah Valley to settle near Ice���s Ferry in 1770. Their second > > child, daughter Mary, born in 1763, was stolen by the Indians and returned years > > later with a two-year old son whom she call Tecumseh. She said he was born > > in the Indian Camp on Quarry Run, about two miles from Ice���s Ferry. Tecumseh > > was said to have a complexion more of a light brown (or a light copper) than > > red, his countenance oval, with bright hazel eyes���some said his eyes were more > > green���Henry referred to the Shawnee as ���yellow buggers.��� There are white, > > black, yellow, tan and red Indians. > > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > _[1]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref1) From The Bittinger Book by > > Wayne Bittinger > > > > _[2]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref2) Tecumseh and the Bayles > > Family Tradition by G. H. Bayles, taken from the Register of Kentucky > > Historical Society > > > > > > > > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? 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