I looked her up on Ancestry did you know that her name may have been Lightbrown, a Elizabeth Lightbrown lived in the same home as her in the 1860 census, age 33 possibly a sister? **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

You are such a sweetie!! Yes, Elizabeth Lightbown was born Eliza Jane Browne. She was the first member of the Browne family to come to the US. I figure she would have immigrated around1847 when she would have been around 20, as she didn't come with the rest of her family in 1852. She first shows up in Stillwater, and soon becomes involved with a handsome (I imagine) military man whom she eventually marries. How she managed to be in Stillwater is a mystery, at this point (but that's for another time). What is disturbing is that she is with her sister Mary and brother-in-law, Charles Davis, without her 2 young boys, ages 9 and 6. I found a distant cousin who has done an indepth research on Eliza. He sent me some copies. They include legal papers with Charles' Davis and his dad, Alvin Davis' signatures as witnesses! After being with Mary Ellen in 1860, Eliza dies (my cousin thinks "female" troubles) in a place called "Hidden's or Kidden's Corner". This is written in her dad's handwritting on a slip of paper that was stuck in the family Bible. He wrote an initial after the place..."N"... My cousin thinks that might mean New Jersey because Lightbown was in the Marines and would have been at maritime ports. I think, if she were dying she might not be far from her sister, and would have stayed in NY. But I have searched both states and have not come up with a similar name. I should take another look. Aren't mysteries great? The real motivation for me right now is to get a hold of some legal documents, and if I'm lucky, I'll find the real spelling of where Mary Ellen was born. No one seems to know where "Rosena" is. My gx4-grandfather was obviously literate but not a very good speller :-} You're a doll to be helping me like this! Donna On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:03 PM, <CABCAH@aol.com> wrote: > I looked her up on Ancestry > did you know that her name may have been Lightbrown, a Elizabeth Lightbrown > lived in the same home as her in the 1860 census, age 33 possibly a sister? > > > > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL > Home. > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

For place names in New York and New Jersey, I would recommend Vasiliev, Ren, From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State placenames Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004, xviii, 258 p New Jersey Local names, Trenton: New Jersey Dept of Transportation, 1995, 69 p. Also, check the local library for historical atlases since more place names than we think have been changed over the years. Good luck. Tom Ebert --- Donna Wilson <elwewo1@gmail.com> wrote: > You are such a sweetie!! > Yes, Elizabeth Lightbown was born Eliza Jane Browne. > She was the > first member of the Browne family to come to the US. > I figure she > would have immigrated around1847 when she would have > been around 20, > as she didn't come with the rest of her family in > 1852. She first > shows up in Stillwater, and soon becomes involved > with a handsome (I > imagine) military man whom she eventually marries. > How she managed to > be in Stillwater is a mystery, at this point (but > that's for another > time). > What is disturbing is that she is with her sister > Mary and > brother-in-law, Charles Davis, without her 2 young > boys, ages 9 and 6. > I found a distant cousin who has done an indepth > research on Eliza. > He sent me some copies. They include legal papers > with Charles' Davis > and his dad, Alvin Davis' signatures as witnesses! > > After being with Mary Ellen in 1860, Eliza dies (my > cousin thinks > "female" troubles) in a place called "Hidden's or > Kidden's Corner". > This is written in her dad's handwritting on a slip > of paper that was > stuck in the family Bible. He wrote an initial > after the > place..."N"... My cousin thinks that might mean New > Jersey because > Lightbown was in the Marines and would have been at > maritime ports. I > think, if she were dying she might not be far from > her sister, and > would have stayed in NY. But I have searched both > states and have not > come up with a similar name. I should take another > look. Aren't > mysteries great? > > The real motivation for me right now is to get a > hold of some legal > documents, and if I'm lucky, I'll find the real > spelling of where Mary > Ellen was born. No one seems to know where "Rosena" > is. My > gx4-grandfather was obviously literate but not a > very good speller :-} > > You're a doll to be helping me like this! > Donna > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:03 PM, <CABCAH@aol.com> > wrote: > > I looked her up on Ancestry > > did you know that her name may have been > Lightbrown, a Elizabeth Lightbrown > > lived in the same home as her in the 1860 census, > age 33 possibly a sister? > > > > > > > > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. > Watch the video on AOL > > Home. > > > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) > > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping