Mispelled word Mississippi River John Rathbone wrote: > >From John Rathbone at jrathbon@dreamscape.com > > G'Day, Everyone! > > A day late and a surname short. I have looked at all your submissions and > have two conclusions: 1) I am unable to help anyone with their particular > brick wall (or strong headwind!) and 2) the reverse is also probably true! > However, here are the names, in modified format as suggested: (BTW, I use > the term "originating" to indicate my earliest citable contact with the > name.) > > LANGWORTHY Originating in Widdecombe, ENG, emigrating to the area of > Plymouth, MA in 18th century, ending up with Orthello Sidney, William > Franklin, Floy Pearl, Claire, and Rose LANGWORTHY in Hamilton, NY until > mid-1940s. > POPE Originating in Plymouth, ENG and ditto re: > emigration, ending up in the Edmeston, NY area in 1930s and 40s. > EVANS Originating in Yeovil, ENG and emigrating in late > 19th Century to Gloversville, NY. All golvecutters, a number of sons of > this family so emigrated, but went to different parts of the US and lost > contact with each other. > SOULE, George As in "Mayflower immigrant", but very little is known of > his lineage or life back in ENG. > RATHBONE, John Originating in Liverpool, ENG, b. circa 1814, > emigrating to New London, CT circa 1845, iron-worker or shipwright, in > business on Gold St. > BAILEY, Almira m. above J. RATHBONE c. 1850, later divorced and moved > to the Hamptons on Long Island. Interesting story. > CRAWFORD, Harriet N. According to census, from PA, c. 1830-1850. m. > to son, John, of above John RATHBONE.* I would like most to find out about > this mystery lady and her family, because family ties to the southern > states** is apparently through her side of the family. > FENNEKOHL, George William Frederick (anglicized) b. 1875, > Lesum-nach-Bremen, GER, emigrated to New York City, NY, owned HOllings > (later the Terminal) Hotel in NYC, died 1935. > SHULTZ, Wilhelmina ("Minnie") b. 1879 in Jersy City, NJ, 2nd m. to > FENNEKOHL (1901), daughter of Adolf (or Otto) SCHULZ and Elizabeth MEYER. > Note different spelling of surname -- these are documented and are > compounding the problems of research. > > It also appears that most of these folks (except for George Soule, who was > indentured to a man who took him along on the Mayflower) either swam, rowed, > or sailed their own small craft to North America. Or stowed away or "jumped > ship." I have yet to find one on any passenger list. > > * Noting a point made earlier in someone's twx, the first-born son of each > of these families was named "John" from about 1814 through 1936. I have no > sons; my younger brother's son is "Jason" and his son is "Jack"; my > daughter's first born is "Ian". And so it goes. Nothing proven, no point > made, just a flyspeck on the parchment of family traditions... > > ** Typical of most of my research, I have found a relative who remembers > being taken for a trip to the Chicago Fair in the 19-teens and continuing on > a trip through the south "to visit a lot of relatives" -- but can neither > remember their names nor where they visited. "I was a kid -- what would I > remember about that? The fair was great!" (He was about 12 or 14 at the > time!) > -----Original Message----- > From: bill@dr-fox.com <Bill@Dr-Fox.Com> > > >BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER LIST MEMBERS ANY SIGNIFICANT > >(OR INSIGNIFICANT) FIND YOU HAVE MADE. IT HELPS OTHERS TO PRESS ON > >WITH THEIR OWN SEARCH. > > > I guess these are insignificant enough! [;>)) But who knows, maybe it can > help someone... > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > WHILE NO CONTROVERSY IS PERMITTED ON NEWGEN THERE IS A SOAPBOX > ON THE WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.DR-FOX.COM WHERE YOU CAN EXPRESS YOURSELF