I have found a reference to a Col. Brainerd (p.223) and Denman Brainerd (p.23). The pages are in a book available online at: http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ANY7530 Happy hunting, Stu V.O. On Jul 10, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Michael Boyer O'Leary wrote: > I am working on Rice Morse Brainerd/ard, son of Levi, but have not > been able to figure out what happened to Rice after > 1871, when he's mentioned in Levi's will. He may have been deceased > by 1880, as I can't find him in the Census. He may also have been > dec'd by 1875, since he doesn't appear in Orleans Co. in that year's > state census, although he easily could have been in another county. > He does not appear in any of the cemetery records for Orleans or > Genesee Counties either. > > Sooooo ... what happened to Rice?! His wife died in 1861 and their > only child Anna is working as a domestic servant in another house > by 1870. > > Does anyone have any info or suggestions? > Thanks, > Michael > Michael Boyer O'Leary, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Boston College > Carroll School of Management > Organization Studies Department, Fulton Hall 434 > 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808 > Tel 617/552-6823 [Office] Fax 810/885-2514 > e-mails: [email protected], or [email protected] and > [email protected] (both lifetime) > home page: http://www2.bc.edu/~olearymn/ > Consortio et probitate procedimus ~ Through cooperation and integrity > we prosper > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYORLEAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
Have you checked the Heritage site through the Rochester (NY) Library? http://www.libraryweb.org/heritage.html You will need a Monroe County, NY library card number. Brainard, Lucy Abigail, The genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard family in America : 1649-1908 Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Press. :, 1908, 1465 pgs. There is mention of Levi and "Rica" in this genealogy. I'll attempt to copy some of it: #170 Levi Brainerd (Zechariah, Zecharian, Elijah, Elijah, Daniel) of Durham, Green Co., N.Y.; m. Jan. 1, 1828 or '30, Mary Morse, b. Aug 27, 1804, in Durham, N.Y., dau. Of Elihu and Hannah (Tyler) Morse. Mrs. Mary (Morse) Brainerd d. May 31, 1842, in Freedom, N.Y. He had quite a mechanical genius and was a carpenter by trade. At the age of twenty-one he started out with a kit of tools and a strong determination to make a living for himself. He moved to Batavia, N.Y., in 1846, and afterwards became a farmer. He m. (2), Sept. 14, 1848, Julia Powers, b. about 1822, dau. Of Daniel and Elizabeth (________) Powers. Mr. Levi Brainerd d. Sept. 15, 1874, ae. 67 yrs., 1 d., in Batavia, N.Y. Mrs. Julia (Powers) Brainerd d. _______. Children by the first marriage: i. Rica M., b. June 28, 1829, in Durham, N.Y. ii. Diantha, b. Oct. 15, 1830, in Durham, N.Y.; d. Mch. 9, 1854, in Batavia, N.Y. iii. Zachariah, b. Jan. 7, 1835, in Durham, N.Y. iv. Jesse, b. Sept. 3, 1837, in Freedom, N.Y. v. Mary, b. Aug. 8, 1839, in Freedom, N.Y.; d. Feb. 9, 1865, in Batavia, N.Y. vi. Zerah, b. Feb. 3, 1842, in Freedom, N.Y. Child by the second marriage: vii. Elizabeth, b. ______ This was taken from "The Genealogy of the Brainerd - Brainard Family in American. >From 1649-1908 By Lucy Abigail Brainard Copyright C 1999-2007 ProQuest-CSA LLC. All rights reserved. Terms and Conditions. v7.90 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stu VanOrden Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYORLEAN] Rice M. Brainard in Orleans & Genesee Cos., NY? I have found a reference to a Col. Brainerd (p.223) and Denman Brainerd (p.23). The pages are in a book available online at: http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ANY7530 Happy hunting, Stu V.O. On Jul 10, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Michael Boyer O'Leary wrote: > I am working on Rice Morse Brainerd/ard, son of Levi, but have not > been able to figure out what happened to Rice after > 1871, when he's mentioned in Levi's will. He may have been deceased > by 1880, as I can't find him in the Census. He may also have been > dec'd by 1875, since he doesn't appear in Orleans Co. in that year's > state census, although he easily could have been in another county. > He does not appear in any of the cemetery records for Orleans or > Genesee Counties either. > > Sooooo ... what happened to Rice?! His wife died in 1861 and their > only child Anna is working as a domestic servant in another house > by 1870. > > Does anyone have any info or suggestions? > Thanks, > Michael > Michael Boyer O'Leary, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Boston College > Carroll School of Management > Organization Studies Department, Fulton Hall 434 > 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808 > Tel 617/552-6823 [Office] Fax 810/885-2514 > e-mails: [email protected], or [email protected] and > [email protected] (both lifetime) > home page: http://www2.bc.edu/~olearymn/ > Consortio et probitate procedimus ~ Through cooperation and integrity > we prosper > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYORLEAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- 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