Hi Odie: I'm not sure if this is a connection to your family, but I have had contact with a very nice lady regarding the Parkers of St. Lawrence and Jefferson County-Contact her to find out!! Her address: sallyg@west.net Regards, Laurine Amo NYJEFFER-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NYJEFFER-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 44 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Pillar Point Lighthouse/Ward F ["Mark Wentling" <mwentlin@ngs.org>] > #2 Keeper of Grove Cemetery, LaFargev ["Mark Wentling" <mwentlin@ngs.org>] > #3 PHOTO: Hanchett School, Mansville, ["Mark Wentling" <mwentlin@ngs.org>] > #4 PARKER Mass>Maine>Vermont> N.Y. ["odie" <odie@pathwaynet.com>] > #5 Lincoln League Bowling [PNUTREG@cs.com] > #6 Baseball League in Jefferson Count [PNUTREG@cs.com] > #7 Pillar Point Lighthouse [Lois <doghouse@imcnet.net>] > #8 Nott family in Jefferson County [Clatsie@aol.com] > #9 site has moved.... ["W. David Samuelsen" <dsam@sampubc] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NYJEFFER-D, send a message to > > NYJEFFER-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > NYJEFFER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Pillar Point Lighthouse/Ward Family > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:47:12 -0500 > From: "Mark Wentling" <mwentlin@ngs.org> > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi folks, > > The Wards were the last keepers of Rock Island Lighthouse in the River next to > the Thousand Islands Bridge. I know because my 3g-grandfather, Michael J. > Diepolder, was keeper there too (1886-1901) and in the course of my research I > contacted the Seaway Trails Office in Sackets to purchase one of their > lighthouse books -- it turned out that the lady who answered the phone used to > picnic on the island because she was somehow related to the Wards. (She now has > a view of the lighthouse from her living room window -- wish I did!) > > Anyway, while I don't have any info about the Wards on my website, I have posted > an image of the lighthouse and several snippets from Michael Diepolder's > original keeper's logs, which are today kept in the National Archives. You can > see this information at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/welcome.html -- > Click on DIEPOLDER > > So if the person out there is still wondering which Wards were lighthouse > keepers I would suggest calling the Seway Trails Office. Hope this is a help! > > Sincerely, > Mark A. Wentling > Washington, D.C. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Keeper of Grove Cemetery, LaFargeville??? > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:07:02 -0500 > From: "Mark Wentling" <mwentlin@ngs.org> > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > Can anyone please tell me contact info for the record keeper of Grove Cemetery, > Lafargeville? I'd like to get burial records for a couple of my ancestors. > > Thanks, > Mark Wentling > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: PHOTO: Hanchett School, Mansville, c.1894/1895 > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:15:49 -0500 > From: "Mark Wentling" <mwentlin@ngs.org> > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi folks, > > I've just posted to my website a photo of a class from Hanchett School, in > Mannsville, town of Ellisburgh, taken c.1894/1895. Classmembers and teacher are > labelled. > > You can access the photo by going to > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/welcome.html -- Click "Features" in the > upper left-hand corner of the page and you'll see the link to the photo in the > menu that follows. > > Please note that I don't own the original so I can't make copies, but you're > welcome to download for your own purposes. > > Hope this helps somebody out there!!! > > Sincerely, > Mark A. Wentling > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: PARKER Mass>Maine>Vermont> N.Y. > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:27:37 -0500 > From: "odie" <odie@pathwaynet.com> > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > Looking for information on the family of John PARKER b. 5 April 1759 > at Shirley, Mass. Around 1774, he moved with his older brother, Abel > PARKER, to Maine, where he learned the trade of blacksmith and stayed > two years. John, had joined the main army under General Washington, > on Long Island. He was made Sergeant. After the war he married Lucy > BLANCHARD and they moved to Windham, Vermont. Around 1806, they moved > to New York, in 1822 purchased land at Jefferson County New York > Rodman). > They had seven children: five boys and two girls. Sometime after the > mother Lucy had died John married 2nd to Fanny NEWTON, sister to > Nehemiah NEWTON. > I would like to learn the names of all the children of John and Lucy > (BLANCHARD) PARKER, one son was Abel PARKER. John died in 1840. > > Thank-You > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Lincoln League Bowling > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:48:58 EST > From: PNUTREG@cs.com > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > Is there anyone out there who has any history on the Bowlers from the Lincoln > League Bowling League in Watertown, New York? They had a couple of Good > State Bowling Awards Teams through the years and in the 40's and 50's were > pretty well known. Does this group still exist? I'm interested in some of > their Early Records if I can find a Sports Fan. > > Pat McMahon Regan > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Baseball League in Jefferson County > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:51:51 EST > From: PNUTREG@cs.com > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > I was under the impression that there was a pretty good Baseball League in > the Jefferson County Area in the 1930's. I was told that my Father played in > this League. > Does anyone have any knowledge of a Baseball League at this time? > > Patricia McMahon Regan > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Pillar Point Lighthouse > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:28:37 -0500 > From: Lois <doghouse@imcnet.net> > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > Thank you all!!! > > I appreciate the info and the suggestions. I will forward them on. > Thanks so much!! > > Lois > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Nott family in Jefferson County > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:29:21 EST > From: Clatsie@aol.com > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > Would like to find descendants of Samuel Nott b. 1834 possibly at Lyme, or > his brother William Nott b. 1836. They were the oldest sons of Justus Nott. > Any information on this Nott family would be appreciated. > > Carolyn Cobb > Salem, Oregon > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: site has moved.... > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 23:34:03 -0700 > From: "W. David Samuelsen" <dsam@sampubco.com> > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > SAMPUBCO moved to new address and it's a new home all it's own. > > new home: > http://www.sampubco.com > > You will need to bookmark this site because the search engines > (altavista, dogpile, snap, etc) will not update their directories > for 4 to 8 weeks or longer. > > W. David Samuelsen > SAMPUBCO > Home of the Wills (probate, that is!)