Gary, re: Sophia - I would check the probate records for all the Tompkins in Greene Co hoping for a mention of a daughter Sophia. Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Dufel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 10:27 AM Subject: [NYGREENE] Rev Hedstrom plus Dunagan and Tompkins > > I want to thank eveyone who took in interest in The Rev Hedstrom. I wasn't > so much interested in his bio as I was finding records of people who he > officiated at their wedding or christenings, but I do appreciate people > spending some time on this task. > > There are two other brick walls that I have never broken down. Again with > all the great advice I have been given and the efforts of some people on > the > Rev Hedstrom, I ask if anyone has clues to either of the following. It is > not that I expect people to do my research as I sit back, I am simply out > of > ideas and can use the expertise of others to see if these walls can be > knocked loose. > > 1. A Michael Donegan/Dunagan/Dunigan (born in Ireland about 1804) > probably > arrived in Hunter about 1826-1827, married Elenor Underhill and they had > numerous children as was the fashion of the day (Mary Ann, John, Andrew, > Michael, Ellen, Lucy, William, Martha, Julia Theresa, and possibly one > older > daughter from the 1820's who never got listed by name in the census). In > about 1848 they moved to Ulster County - Town of Olive. My main quest is > to > get any info on the background of Michael Donegan "from Ireland". I have > found no records of any kind in Hunter for he or his family. No church > records, no marriage, christenings, land - if it wasn't for census records > I > would wonder if he existed. So any ideas to get a line on Michael or on > the > descendants of the daughters would be welcome. I have very good info on > the > sons - some of whom were in the Civil War. > > 2. Sophia Tompkins - born in Greene County probably mid 1820's, married > to > Jacob Hornbeck in 1844 in Prattsville, then moved to Denning/Grahamsville > on > the border of Ulster and Sullivan County. I know there were a number of > Tompkins in southern Greene including several in the Lexington area. But > I > have never been able to put Sophia to a family line. Again, no records of > marriage, christenings, etc. Just a blank wall. I do have good records > of > her descendants, her husband's civil war demise and ultimately her murder > at > the hands of her second husband - but who were her parents? > > Gary > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message