My name if Glenn Jerrell and I was born and raised in Millville. Thanks for the info. I am new at this and have gathered the following: Descendants of Zechariah FitzGerald Generation No. 1 1. ZECHARIAH2 FITZGERALD (JERREL1) was born Abt. 1770 in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, NJ, and died May 05, 1837 in Fairfield, Cumberland County, NJ. He married (1) JUDITH CORSON November 15, 1769 in Fairfiled, Cumberland, NJ. She was born Abt. 1779 in Fairfield, Cumberland County, NJ, and died March 03, 1813. He married (2) JUDITH JONES February 16, 1814. Children of ZECHARIAH FITZGERALD and JUDITH CORSON are: 2. i. JOHN3 FITZGERALD. ii. DAUGHTERS FITZGERALD. 3. iii. ISAAC F. FITZGERALD, b. 1801, Fairfield Township, Cumberland, NJ; d. 1858. 4. iv. JEREMIAH FITZGERALD, b. February 04, 1807, Fairfield, Cumberland County, NJ; d. May 04, 1884, Cumberland County, NJ. Child of ZECHARIAH FITZGERALD and JUDITH JONES is: 5. v. BOWER S3 JARREL, b. 1818. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN3 FITZGERALD (ZECHARIAH2, JERREL1) He married (1) ELIZA SYLVERS. He married (2) SYLVIA PARSONS Abt. 1834, daughter of JONATHAN PARSONS and MARTHA DANIELS. She was born November 05, 1807 in Cumberland, NJ, and died May 09, 1888. Children of JOHN FITZGERALD and SYLVIA PARSONS are: i. MARTHA4 GERALD, b. Abt. 1837, Cumberland, New Jersey. ii. ADELINE JERREL, b. Abt. 1842; m. SAMUEL R. TROUT, November 14, 1863, Downe Twp, Cumberland, New Jersey. 3. ISAAC F.3 FITZGERALD (ZECHARIAH2, JERREL1) was born 1801 in Fairfield Township, Cumberland, NJ, and died 1858. He married (1) ELIZABETH SYLVERS July 09, 1826 in Cumberland County, NJ. She was born 1810. He married (2) SILVIA PARSONS July 09, 1826 in Cumberland County, NJ. He married (3) ELIZA PARENTS April 30, 1829. She was born 1810 in New Jersey, and died May 20, 1880 in Cedarville, Fairfield, NJ. Children of ISAAC FITZGERALD and ELIZA PARENTS are: 6. i. SAMUEL4 FITZGERALD, b. March 18, 1830, New Jersey; d. January 31, 1900, Downe Township, NJ. ii. GACHENAH (M OR F?) FITZGERALD, b. 1832. 7. iii. AMANDA JERRELL, b. September 16, 1834, New Jersey; d. February 18, 1904, Fairton, Cumberland County, NJ. iv. HARRIET FITZGERALD, b. 1837. v. ISAAC FITZGERALD, b. 1843, NJ; m. LIZZIE BLIZZARD, April 10, 1869, Cumberland, NJ. 8. vi. JOSEPH JERRELL, b. 1848. 9. vii. JOHN P. JERRELL, b. October 04, 1840, Fairfield Township, NJ; d. May 11, 1902, Bridgeton, NJ. viii. LAURA B. JERRELL, b. WFT Est. 1824-1851. 4. JEREMIAH3 FITZGERALD (ZECHARIAH2, JERREL1) was born February 04, 1807 in Fairfield, Cumberland County, NJ, and died May 04, 1884 in Cumberland County, NJ. He married ELIZABETH SAUDER Abt. 1832 in Cumberland County, NJ. Child of JEREMIAH FITZGERALD and ELIZABETH SAUDER is: i. WM.4 FITZGERALD, b. November 12, 1836, Haleyville, New Jersey; d. June 06, 1915, Bridgeton, Cumberland, NJ. 5. BOWER S3 JARREL (ZECHARIAH2 FITZGERALD, JERREL1) was born 1818. He married (1) ELVIRA J. GITHENS, daughter of WILLIAM GITHENS and RUTH. She died June 30, 1835. He married (2) HANNAH H. DIXON May 01, 1841 in Cumberland County, NJ. She was born Abt. 1822, and died February 22, 1845. He married (3) ABIGAIL WESTCOTT March 25, 1847 in Cumberland County, NJ. She was born Abt. 1818, and died November 19, 1853. Children of BOWER JARREL and ELVIRA GITHENS are: i. ALBERT B4 JERRELL. ii. ELLEN S JERRELL, m. PEARCE. iii. ANNA JERRELL, m. TENNEY. Children of BOWER JARREL and ABIGAIL WESTCOTT are: iv. B S4 J, b. Abt. 1848. v. H P J, b. Abt. 1850. vi. Z J, b. Abt. 1851. vii. E J, b. Abt. 1853. Generation No. 3 6. SAMUEL4 FITZGERALD (ISAAC F.3, ZECHARIAH2, JERREL1) was born March 18, 1830 in New Jersey, and died January 31, 1900 in Downe Township, NJ. He married VIOLETTA SHAW March 27, 1852. She was born April 13, 1829 in No NJ birth certificate, and died August 02, 1898. Child of SAMUEL FITZGERALD and VIOLETTA SHAW is: i. LILLIAN B.5 JERRELL, b. 1855; d. 1941; m. WILLIAM HENRY HUSTED, WFT Est. 1883-1907; b. August 04, 1852; d. August 27, 1912, Newport, NJ. 7. AMANDA4 JERRELL (ISAAC F.3 FITZGERALD, ZECHARIAH2, JERREL1) was born September 16, 1834 in New Jersey, and died February 18, 1904 in Fairton, Cumberland County, NJ. She married MICHAEL SWING December 31, 1856 in Cumberland, NJ, son of SIMON SWING and SARAH DAVIS. He was born January 23, 1834 in Fairfield Township, Coumberland County, New Jersey, and died October 09, 1902. Children of AMANDA JERRELL and MICHAEL SWING are: i. ELIZABETH5 SWING. ii. SARAH A SWING. 8. JOSEPH4 JERRELL (ISAAC F.3 FITZGERALD, ZECHARIAH2, JERREL1) was born 1848. He married SARAH Abt. 1868. She was born 1850. Child of JOSEPH JERRELL and SARAH is: i. LEWIS5 JERRELL, b. 1870. 9. JOHN P.4 JERRELL (ISAAC F.3 FITZGERALD, ZECHARIAH2, JERREL1) was born October 04, 1840 in Fairfield Township, NJ, and died May 11, 1902 in Bridgeton, NJ. He married SARAH E. ELMER September 25, 1862 in Beverly, NJ, daughter of GEORGE ELMER and DEBORAH OGDEN. She was born April 16, 1843 in Fairfield Township, NJ, and died January 13, 1921 in Bridgeton, NJ. Children of JOHN JERRELL and SARAH ELMER are: i. WILLIAM Q.5 JERRELL. ii. MELVIN L. JERRELL, b. 1865, Cumberland County, NJ; d. 1928; m. LAURA W. FRENCH, September 19, 1885; b. February 22, 1868; d. 1950. iii. AMANDA S JERRELL, b. 1867. iv. SARAH E. JERRELL, b. 1870. v. JAMES SMITH JERRELL, SR., b. September 28, 1871, Cedarville, NJ; d. December 07, 1945, Millville, NJ; m. MATILDA SOPHIE KUHLMAN; b. July 08, 1876; d. October 21, 1920, Millville, NJ. vi. DEBORAH O. JERRELL, b. 1876, Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey/Cumberland Co., NJ. vii. NELLIE P. JERRELL, b. 1878, Bridgeton, NJ; d. 1884, NJ. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:51 AM Subject: [NJCUMBER] Re: Jeremiah Jarrell (1807-1884);NJ > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1086.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Perhaps this will help collectors of Jarrell/ Jerrell/ Gerald/ > FitzGerald, as well as Parsons. I want to make you aware of a John > Isaac Jerrell who is the right age and place to be a possible bro. > of your Jeremiah. > > It also raises my eyebrow to see a post mentioning both Fairfield > and Haleyville/ Downe, since one of the earliest recorded Parsonses > in South Jersey is the Margaret who md. Rev. Daniel Elmer (b. 1690 > d. Jan. 14, 1755). They apparently had already married in > Connecticut or Massa. before Rev. Daniel relocated as pastor of what > later became Fairfield Presbyterian Church. > > Margaret was born Sept. 19, 1693 in Springfield, Mass. (original > source for this is uncertain) and was granddaughter of Deacon > Benjamin Parsons, one of Springfield's first settlers. Both > Margaret and the Rev. died in Fairfield, NJ. I have not seen > Margaret's d-date anywhere (though I have visited and photographed > the later one for Rev. Daniel). Sources agree that she died young, > after having several children, none of whom we can yet connect to > our Jehu Parsons. > > Jehu d. in Downe twp. in 1834, in his late 90s. So far, we cannot > prove that he was in S. Jersey earlier than a 1773 tax record (nor > whether he relates to the earlier "Cape May Parsonses,") but so far > we believe Jehu was b. in Cecil County MD in 1736. He and a brother > Wm. (b. 1737) were sons of William and Gartaret/ Gertrit Lorenz/ > Lawrence, who both died in Dec. 1741. > > Although Jehu probably had an earlier marriage, his oldest proven > son (living at the time of his 1834 Will) was Jonathan Parsons, Sr. > (b: 1776 in Downe Twp., d: Aug. 30, 1867 in Haleyville NJ). > Jonathan Sr. md. Martha Daniels (b: 1786, place unk.) on March 03, > 1803 in Cumberland, and he d: 1864. > > One of their children, Rhoda (b. 1804) married in 1821 John Logan or > Leger (also called Holeger and Hollinger). Then her second husband > was William Corson. The MHS chart has the marriages reversed, as > determined by Rhoda's descendant Tom Hollinger. Tom says Rhoda was > at least 50 at the time of the second marriage, and had no children > with Corson. > > Another dau. of Jonathan and Rhoda was Sylvia "Silvie" Parsons b: > Nov. 05, 1807 in Cumberland NJ d: May 09, 1888 in Haleyville. She > md. John Isaac Jerrell (b: March 01, 1804) in Downe, on July 09, > 1826, somewhere in Cumberland County, and d: June 05, 1878 in > Haleyville. > > The only two children this chart names for them are Jonathan > Jerrell, b: July 13, 1835 in Haleyville; d: Dec. 11, 1874 in > Mauricetown; and Martha "Pattie" Jerrell. b: 1839 in Cumberland NJ, > who md. John Berry (b: 1828). > > One o' these days, we Parsons descendants want to make further > corrections and additions to this ambitious chart at MHS, or at > least to note "see Jarrell chart" for Sylvia's branch, if you have > something on file. > > Perhaps Tom Hollinger will chime in. Also, does anyone have the > e-mail of a Margaret b. approx. 1947, whose mother is Lois Jarrell? > I knew Margaret as a child. I recall that she had someone's Jarrell > research and added to it, but no longer have her e-mail addy. > Please share this with her so she can join this List, or send me her > addy privately at dol_sol (at) hotmail.com. > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pharo Willets Ridgway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1078.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: PHARO The founder of this family was James Pharo, who came to this country in the ship "Shield" in 1678. James Pharo had land in the north-eastern part of Ocean county, as in 1795-6, surveys on behalf of his heirs were made near Mosquito Cove and one from them to James Willets. A branch of this family setteled at Barnegat. They were of the line of Timothy Pharo, born 1742. He married Hannah Ridgway, only daughter of Robert Ridgeway; she was born 1752, and died 1801. During the latter part of the last century, Amos Pharo was justice of the peace, and surveyor in Stafford Township and quite prominant in public affairs. At Freehold are many marriages performed by him. He married his wife Elizabeth in Rahway. from Slaters History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, page xlv.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1092.1.1 Message Board Post: I've got to pull out the big box ... give me a little time and I'll share what I have. About Burton... my uncle Burt Alcorn still lives in Millville and your graduation date of 1966 is close to the time when he would have been in or completed high school. Seeing "Burton" in your earlier post sparked a fond memory of my great uncle Burton Alcorn who lived in Port Norris. I remember visiting grandmother, Isabel Alcorn (nee Holmes), on Sunday mornings and then walking across the street to Burton's house where he'd usually have a few candies to hand out. Burton was the closest I'd get to having a grandfather. His brother and my paternal grandfather, William Henry Alcorn, and my maternal grandfather, Peter Jurick, were both dead by the time I was born in 1955. I have Burton's bible. It is poor shape and deteriorating. I fear there is no salvaging it. A couple pages contain hand-written birth and marriage records. My parents tell me he gave it to them several days before he died. Sam
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paxton, Smith, Link, Kates, Dunn, Murray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1093 Message Board Post: I have found a Paxton ancestor on the 1880 Census, Edward Paxton b-1848, Spouse, Mary Paxton b-1849, Son Edward Paxton b-1876. There is also a Emma Platt b-1855, all from Bridgeton, Cumberland County, and I am trying to connect her to the Paxton Line. Is she related to Edward or Mary? Any Help would be appreciated. Thanks, Andrea.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//wQB.2ACE/1092.1 Message Board Post: (laughing) That was one of those "slips," because the only Alcorn I can recall when I grew up in S. Jersey was Burton. I graduated Millville h.s. in 1966, but I think by then Burt had moved away. So, no, I don't think there is another Alcorn "looking" into local genealogy. It was YOUR name I meant to say, because you once said that Trout was yours, yet didn't add any more details. I hope you aren't the only one who finds the Parsons updates useful, as they so far represent a few of us making some very time consuming trips to courthouses, cem's and historical societies, paying for documents, plus phoning or visiting many co-descendants. I mentioned some others in my post earlier today, but we can certainly use more help in going to (or writing to) the above sources; buying needed CD's, NJ Archives documents or LDS microfilms, etc. We also still do welcome any written update you have since Parsons-granddaughter Adeline married your Trout. Can you recall when you first heard about Jehu Parsons, Sam? Are there any photos or papers you can share? -- Dolores
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1092 Message Board Post: The Parsons updates have been fascinating. Jehu has long been one of my brick walls. But Delaware Delores' surname advisory and latest note suggested there was a Burton Alcorn also looking down this line - along with the Trouts and Jerrell/Jarells. Yikes! I thought I'd been alone. Sam Alcorn Lewisburg, Pa. (formerly of Millville)
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1091 Message Board Post: Please read my post of today’s date, if you follow Parsons; Roberson/ Robinson; Hollinger; Daniels; Stites; Laws; Alcorn; Jarrell/ Jerrell; Tribet/ Tribbett. --D
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/877.7 Message Board Post: This post got some varied response during 2003, which I certainly appreciate. However, since some of us were "talking" details behind the scenes in recent months, it's time to update website readers on some corrections and additions: -- Jehu Parsons died in his 90s, not 80s, as author Norman Bailey apparently thought. The 1830 census shows Jehu in his 90s, though his wife was in her 70s. This gives credence to a discovery by Lynn Ference of a Jehu Parsons b. 1736 in Cecil County, MD, with a brother William. (However, no trace of "our" Jehu is yet found between 1741 Cecil and NJ-Downe's 1773 tax rolls).) -- None of us now believes that Joanna, Johanna or Johannah was mother of Jonathan or any other child with Jehu Parsons, but only a 2nd or 3rd wife to a widower. She was a generation younger than Jehu, b. in the 1750s (maiden name and possible former married name unknown) then died in 1836 or 1837, a couple of years after Jehu. The preparer of the chart at Millville h.s. noted her as wife, so for a while we figured Bailey was wrong and Johanna was the mother of all the Downe twp. children. -- Jehu never mentioned a wife in his Will, suggesting he and Johanna were legally separated. Then, Johanna left just $1 to Nathan Parsons, middle son and co-executor for Jehu. She surely would have left more to him or his 6 younger offspring if any were hers. Instead, she left all to Reeves Roberson or Robinson (relationship unknown) as per her Will and Inventory obtained by Carol Saul Gromer. -- Bob Evans, when preparing the MHS chart likely started by his aunt Irene, did note, "may have had an earlier wife, Phebe." This is what Bailey wrote (and, in fact, Bailey seemed unaware of Johanna even though a legal ad in a newspaper proves he was legally married to J. by 1828). Since one of his Baileys md. a Parsons, and the Parsonses used the name Phebe a few times, we therefore believe Phebe was the mother of all 7 children named in Jehu's 1834 Will but had died by 1828. -- Since Jonathan (Jehu's oldest ch. mentioned in the Will) was born in 1776 when Jehu was 40, we further believe Jehu had an earlier marriage, but that no children from that one were living by 1834. There was a Wm. Parsons in Downe's 1793 Militia who may have been his son. -- No one has yet found parents for Jonathan's wife Martha Daniels, even after Sarah Robbins Hoffman paid for a NJ Archives search. -- Tom Hollinger has updated us on this site re the descendants of Rhoda Parsons and her spouse, whom records variably call Legar, Logan, Holegar and Hollinger. -- The Martha above was apparently married to a Stites prior to Jacob Laws, and the Lydia Parsons vs. Hankins "thing" is totally confusing. -- If Burton Alcorn or another follower of Trout and Jarrell/ Jerrell can update us on this branch, this will be welcomed for our update to the Jehu Descendants chart (minus living people's names, if you like). -- A single census stat in Ohio suggested that Sarah Parsons Tribbett, 2nd child of Jehu (or maybe first?) was b. in Delaware, but my several visits to the Del. Archives have not proven that. -- We still can't nail down the Jehu Parsons "link" to the Salisbury MD area, but d____ if they don't ALSO have 2 Jehu Parsons and other similar first and last names! They also have a "Parsonsburg" NE of Salisbury, at the end of a railroad, just like the "Parsonstown" near Port Norris NJ. I sincerely hope that further discussions on all South Jersey Parsons lines will take place on this website, as well as the Parsons sites offered by both Rootsweb and you-know-who. ((smiles)) -- Delaware Dolores
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/15.288.1 Message Board Post: Approximately what years are we talking, for Thomas Coats (or Coates Sutton, please?) And which Mead/ Meade, or Abit/ Abbott names enter into this picture? Does any Blew/ Blue show up? (List administrator, I would like to receive EVERYTHING that is either on the "list" or on the Cumberland website, please. Often I see someone responding to a post that never reached my mailbox, or post something that never reaches the site. Why not merge the two, anyway? Thankx. --D )
My Sutton ancestors are from Thomas Coates Sutton and his son Thomas who married Edith Abit (Abbot). I have a cousin, who has concentrated on this line. My grandmother who was a Sutton just passed away in September at age 94. Her older brother is still living. Connie
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/15.288 Message Board Post: I dont know if anyone has ever found the answer to the Sutton question...but here goes..Ozwin Sutton b. 24 oct 1746 in Oxford, PA was the son of Ozwin Sutton b.1719 in Oxford PA m. Elizabeth ?and had also Isaac, John,and Elizabeth. Ozwin sr. was the son of John Sutton b.1684ca and his wife Parnell, also from Oxford PA. John and Parnel had besides Ozwin,John,Luke,Mary,Elizabeh,William and Thomas Coates Sutton of Salem,Co NJ. The Salem Co and Cumberland co Suttons are related.SUTTON,ABBOT,GARRISON,TANVER,MEAD,CROASDALE, are a few of the surnams from Salem co.
I made the trip to to Mount Pleasant in Mvl and found the grave of my Margaret Langley Gifford Sheppard. She was born Jy 10, 1853 and d. Jy 30, 1921. Her stone says she was wife of John W. Gifford and then "the late wife of" Jacob D. Sheppard. She is buried next to John, whose stone LOOKS like Jy 17, 1840 to Apr 12, 1902.) In front of, but outside their curbed plot are small stones for an Ella V. Camp and a Frank M., with no dates. I get the impression these were babies. At the back of their plot, within the curbing, is a stone saying "Ella, dau. of John W. and Mary E. Gifford, July 30, 1867 to Aug. 23, 1885. " Next to this 18 year old girl's stone is a small one for "Elmer Carr, July 7, 1891, age 1 year." Obviously this is not Ella's baby, since she died in 1885, but whose is it? Someone obviously liked the name Ella. I really think these are all Giffords, not Sheppards (they just let my Margaret "in" because she was mother of some Giffords.) ----Original Message Follows---- From: "leslie" <[email protected]> To: "Dol Sol" <[email protected]>,"NJCumber" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:20:54 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) I reply to both I do not know why Ravyn has not answered me. I don't understand how the mailing list work either. Leslie ASAP Life is a gift shaped by choices. War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left !! . -------Original Message------- From: Dol Sol Date: 03/17/05 12:59:54 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) (to Leslie only; not to any List) Leslie, I am "corn-fused" about the difference between NJ Cumberland's "Mailing List" and their actual website that you can view by going to rootsweb.com, then state, then county. Why can't they MERGE and get it over with???? I am wondering if this Ravyn even saw what I wrote, since apparently some msgs. go to just one group. Also, did you not post your msg. below to NJ-Cumberland, instead of just me? Ravyn, or someone else, might help with Hann and these other names if it's posted; but as I said, I only was concerned about this one Gifford and thought i'd help out, since she apparently has not looked at the various census. Have you? As of today, I started going right to the "live" NJ-Cumberland site, posting there if I have something to say, then hoping that it gets to the "list" also. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "leslie" <[email protected]> To: "Dol Sol" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:02:46 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) I am interested in Ella Hann Pettit. I am working on all Hanns in South Jersey Ella's parents where Alfred and Rebecca S. Scull Hann they had seven children. I knew Ella ( sometimes Ellen) married a Pettit, but know nothing else, can you fill me in. Thank You, Leslie ASAP Life is a gift shaped by choices. War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left !! .. -------Original Message------- From: Dol Sol Date: 02/20/05 18:48:14 To: [email protected] Subject: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) Ravyn, you claim to have anecdotal info on many Cumberland County surnames you recently mentioned. I assume that means youve heard stories, but neither you nor any of your cousins have actually gone to historical societies or courthouses for the "real thing." You also did not quote from any Census data, but since I have a distant Gifford myself (nee Margaret Langley 1850's to 1920's), I did check the 1920 Census for you, as a jump-start. In 1920 Millville, renting on Sassafras St., is Richard Hann, age 30 and wife Tillie, 28. He is a general laborer. They had no children, nor had they yet taken in their niece (your grandmother) Ella. Renting next door is a widow, Sarah Spencer, 73, and her single daughter Ella, 38 (born approx. 1882). Sarah also houses a granddaughter Ella Pettit, 8 (who is obviously your GM, born in 1911.) Was this older Ella the one who married a Gifford? Sarah Spencer's 1920 household also includes a stepson Charlie, age 47. None of the 3 adults has any occupation listed. There may be some errors here, but the way the clerk wrote it, the surnames of Charlie and the older Ella were both Spencer (but, could Charlie actually be a son in LAW, instead of STEP-son?) I tried to back up to the 1910 C., but there is no Sarah Spencer anywhere near age 63. The Millville Historical Society surely has several obituaries you need -- and -I think - - suggests only nominal donations (maybe $5 per request?) Write to them at 200 E. Main St., Millville NJ 08332 or phone 856-825-7000, extension 275. They do not have e-mail. MHS has Millville census records from 1830 - 1880; obituary files from 1936-1974; Mt. Pleasant Cemetery records -- and many surprises. If you have any willing co-researcher within reasonable distance, their 2nd and Main St. headquarters is open from 1 to 4 on Sundays and Wednesdays -- but phone first, as they have only a few volunteers (who might be ill and need to close). You can also access the NJ Census at many historical societies and libraries, OR your nearest Mormon center in any nation (Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints). You may also pay for a subscription to Ancestry.com or HeritageQuest, to access the Census and more. Your library might even have HQ at no charge for members, or an Ancestry subscription you can use on the premises. -- Delaware Dolores (Langley)
I made the trip to to Mount Pleasant in Mvl and found the grave of my Margaret Langley Gifford Sheppard. She was born Jy 10, 1853 and d. Jy 30, 1921. Her stone says she was wife of John W. Gifford and then "the late wife of" Jacob D. Sheppard. She is buried next to John, whose stone LOOKS like Jy 17, 1840 to Apr 12, 1902.) In front of, but outside their curbed plot are small stones for an Ella V. Camp and a Frank M., with no dates. I get the impression these were babies. At the back of their plot, within the curbing, is a stone saying "Ella, dau. of John W. and Mary E. Gifford, July 30, 1867 to Aug. 23, 1885. " Next to this 18 year old girl's stone is a small one for "Elmer Carr, July 7, 1891, age 1 year." Obviously this is not Ella's baby, since she died in 1885, but whose is it? Someone obviously liked the name Ella. I really think these are all Giffords, not Sheppards (they just let my Margaret "in" because she was mother of some Giffords.) ----Original Message Follows---- From: "leslie" <[email protected]> To: "Dol Sol" <[email protected]>,"NJCumber" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:20:54 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) I reply to both I do not know why Ravyn has not answered me. I don't understand how the mailing list work either. Leslie ASAP Life is a gift shaped by choices. War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left !! . -------Original Message------- From: Dol Sol Date: 03/17/05 12:59:54 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) (to Leslie only; not to any List) Leslie, I am "corn-fused" about the difference between NJ Cumberland's "Mailing List" and their actual website that you can view by going to rootsweb.com, then state, then county. Why can't they MERGE and get it over with???? I am wondering if this Ravyn even saw what I wrote, since apparently some msgs. go to just one group. Also, did you not post your msg. below to NJ-Cumberland, instead of just me? Ravyn, or someone else, might help with Hann and these other names if it's posted; but as I said, I only was concerned about this one Gifford and thought i'd help out, since she apparently has not looked at the various census. Have you? As of today, I started going right to the "live" NJ-Cumberland site, posting there if I have something to say, then hoping that it gets to the "list" also. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "leslie" <[email protected]> To: "Dol Sol" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:02:46 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) I am interested in Ella Hann Pettit. I am working on all Hanns in South Jersey Ella's parents where Alfred and Rebecca S. Scull Hann they had seven children. I knew Ella ( sometimes Ellen) married a Pettit, but know nothing else, can you fill me in. Thank You, Leslie ASAP Life is a gift shaped by choices. War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left !! .. -------Original Message------- From: Dol Sol Date: 02/20/05 18:48:14 To: [email protected] Subject: [NJCUMBER] Gifford-Hann-Spencer-Pettit-Langley (attn. Ravyn) Ravyn, you claim to have anecdotal info on many Cumberland County surnames you recently mentioned. I assume that means youve heard stories, but neither you nor any of your cousins have actually gone to historical societies or courthouses for the "real thing." You also did not quote from any Census data, but since I have a distant Gifford myself (nee Margaret Langley 1850's to 1920's), I did check the 1920 Census for you, as a jump-start. In 1920 Millville, renting on Sassafras St., is Richard Hann, age 30 and wife Tillie, 28. He is a general laborer. They had no children, nor had they yet taken in their niece (your grandmother) Ella. Renting next door is a widow, Sarah Spencer, 73, and her single daughter Ella, 38 (born approx. 1882). Sarah also houses a granddaughter Ella Pettit, 8 (who is obviously your GM, born in 1911.) Was this older Ella the one who married a Gifford? Sarah Spencer's 1920 household also includes a stepson Charlie, age 47. None of the 3 adults has any occupation listed. There may be some errors here, but the way the clerk wrote it, the surnames of Charlie and the older Ella were both Spencer (but, could Charlie actually be a son in LAW, instead of STEP-son?) I tried to back up to the 1910 C., but there is no Sarah Spencer anywhere near age 63. The Millville Historical Society surely has several obituaries you need -- and -I think - - suggests only nominal donations (maybe $5 per request?) Write to them at 200 E. Main St., Millville NJ 08332 or phone 856-825-7000, extension 275. They do not have e-mail. MHS has Millville census records from 1830 - 1880; obituary files from 1936-1974; Mt. Pleasant Cemetery records -- and many surprises. If you have any willing co-researcher within reasonable distance, their 2nd and Main St. headquarters is open from 1 to 4 on Sundays and Wednesdays -- but phone first, as they have only a few volunteers (who might be ill and need to close). You can also access the NJ Census at many historical societies and libraries, OR your nearest Mormon center in any nation (Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints). You may also pay for a subscription to Ancestry.com or HeritageQuest, to access the Census and more. Your library might even have HQ at no charge for members, or an Ancestry subscription you can use on the premises. -- Delaware Dolores (Langley)
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/1090 Message Board Post: Does anyone have information on Marble Mowers Pangburn's second wife Pauline; what was her maiden name, who was she, where did she come from, when did she pass away? She had a daughter named Hannah Pangburn born 1915 in Millville New Jersey.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1078.1.3 Message Board Post: thanks--apparently I have not been getting notices of replies to this board--sorry--yes please do email me with any questions or other info you might have. I will try to do the same in response. I have not been feeling well the last month(chronic problems) but I hope the Spring weather will lighten the mood. Ravyn
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/1078.1.2 Message Board Post: Terry? My mother was the daughter of Marble Pangburn, I feel that I possibly have information that you may not have and you may have information that I could use. Please contact me. Thanks H. McAllister
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/1086.2 Message Board Post: A while back I extracted and posted to this board all Jarrell deaths listed in the Baker cemetery records. You may find some of your missing info there. Also I have run across a Nathan P Gerls who served in the Nixon Guard, Company G, 24th NJ Volunteer Regiment. He was killed at the battle of Fredricksburg Dec 11-15, 1862.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/1089 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the family of William S Corson of Buckshutem, NJ. Buckshutem is located between Mauricetown and Laurel Lake NJ. William served in the Nixon Guards, Company G of the 24th NJ Volunteers Regiment. He was wounded in the "arms and body severly" in the battle of Fredricksburg, Dec 12-15. 1862. Company G was a 90 day enlistment. They were formed approx Sept 1862. He married Rhoda Parsons Hollinger daughter of Jonathon Parsons about 1863.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Van Meter, Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/1068.1.2 Message Board Post: Apparently Alice's parents were John Van Meter (c. 1826-1857) and Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Isaac Johnson and Rachel DuBois of Salem Co. Alice was born on Dec. 6, 1856 in Bridgeton. Her birth name might have been Margaret. I'm trying to find the parents of John Van Meter. Have you ever come across him? Apparently he died soon after Alice was born. There was an older daughter as well, Barbara, called "Kate."
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Van Meter, Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/1088 Message Board Post: Looking for info about John van Meter and Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Isaac Johnson and Rachel DuBois. They had a daughter b. in Bridgeton, Cumberland Co. on Dec 6, 1856 named Alice or Margaret. John died in 1857, probably in Cumberland or Salem Co. Who were John Van Meter's parents?