Dear Mark and other Listers! Thank you very much, Mark, for your message in regard to Cornelius Peterson of Seneca, NY. I have studied the information and compared with other records on ancestry.com, but, unfortunately, this Cornelius was quite obviously born in NY, and he was also married many years «too early» compared to the guy I am looking for! So, I fear we have to «eliminate» him as a «candidate»… Could it be that «our» Cornelius was killed in the Civil War? Are there any military records at all that can be consulted? Or are they all unavailable to the public? Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! I'll keep hoping that something will appear, sooner or later… Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Mar 16, 2017, at 1:26 PM, Mark Erickson <[email protected]> wrote: > > There’s a family tree on Ancestry that might be your man. He was born 4 > days after the date you gave. > > Cornelius Peterson > > Born on 28 Mar 1823 to Peter P Peterson and Catheryn Ditmars. Cornelius > married Arriet Ten Quick and had 5 children. He passed away on 1895 in > Village, Seneca, New York, USA. > > https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/cornelius-peterson_130214996 ~~~~~~~~~~ > On Mar 15, 2017, at 7:15 PM, Lars E. Oyane <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Listers! > > I have just recently learned of this individual from Bergen, Norway: > > Cornelius Olai Peterson, born in Bergen Mar. 24, 1823, fathered an illegitimate child in Bergen in 1851, but had by 1857 emigrated to the US, where that same year he enlisted at Norfolk, VA: > > Name: Cornelius Peterson > Enlistment Date: Aug 1857 > Enlistment Place: Norfolk > Age: 34 > Birth Year: 1823 > Birth Place: Norway > Complexion: Fair > Volume: 6 > Page: 205 > NARA Publication Title: Weekly return of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ("Enlistment Rendezvous"), Jan. 6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891 > NARA Publication Number: M1953 > NARA Roll: 6 > FHL Film Number: 2367945 > > And next he is also found in this enlistment record from Philadelphia from 1860: > > Name: Cornelius Peterson > Enlistment Date: Oct 1860 > Enlistment Place: Philadelphia > Age: 37 > Birth Year: 1823 > Birth Place: Bergen, Norway > Complexion: Fair > Volume: 12 > Page: 170 > NARA Publication Title: Weekly return of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ("Enlistment Rendezvous"), Jan. 6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891 > NARA Publication Number: M1953 > NARA Roll: 12 > FHL Film Number: 2367951 > > I am very curious to find out what happened to this guy!? Do we have any experts on military «business» who is able to help me? > > Thanks a million in advance for your great assistance in this matter! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane