> 1) William D. Friend b: Feb.1884 > 2) Rebecca L. Friend b: Mar.1885 > 3) Lucy V. Friend b: Aug.1886 > When you zoom in on the image it looks like the census taker wrote "Laly", then wrote a large capital "C" over the second "l" to change it to "Lacy". Right or wrong, it looks like his intent was Lacy, rather than Lucy. > 4) Alvin Harrison Friend b: Aug.1889 > Census says Aug. 1887, > 5) Blanch Friend b: Jul.1891 Census says July 1889. > > 6) Lindsey Ellis Friend b: Jun.1893 The month is illegible. > > 7) Mathias D. Friend b: Jul.1895 > 8) Barbara M. C. Friend b: Jul.1899 What I interpreted as "Pearly" is followed by a period. Still looks like "Pearly." to me. There are several capital B's on the page to compare it to. > > 9) Marie Vespie Friend b: Jun.30.1908 > ====== > I list Marie as having died in 1987 and being buried in the Hoyes Run > Cem.over in McHenry so maybe someone could check for her birthdate if they > have a current list for the Cem. > She was married to a McDonald and living in Pottsville, Pa. in 1959, > according to her brother Alvin's obit. > Stephen & Mary married Oct.24.1880 so if daughter Marie was born before > William her birth year would have been between 1881 and 1883. > Alvin's obit listed one of his surviving sisters as "Mrs. Mary Woods" of > Morgantown. > Could "Mary" be the "M" in Barbara M.C.'s name? > ====== > Mr. Sam said: > "....Children: Wm. D., Feb 1884. "Rebecca L.", > March, 1885. "Lacy V.", Aug., 1886. "Alva H.", Aug., 1887; > "Blanch", July 1889; "Lenzie (?) E.", Aug.(?), 1893. "Mathias D.", July > 1895. "Pearly M. C.", July, 1899...." > ~ > There are lot's of spelling errors on this census page (as usual). Note > neighbor Soloman Sines' surname is spelled Sine and his son Asa's name is > spelled Asia while son John Henry, living next door, gets his surname > spelled correctly as Sines. > Anyway, if you look closer at those handwritten entries for Stephen Jr.'s > family you'll see: > "Lacy V." is Lucy V. > "Alva H." is a son, this is Alvin Harrison (according to his obit) and > "Pearly" is Barby for Barbara M.C. > ============= > Bye for now, > Kathleen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Samuel J. Bowser <bowsersa@pa.net> > To: <MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 2:21 PM > Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] friend/sines > <snip> > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.