Hi, It's far more likely that your Finneys came from further east, e.g. Pennsylvania, or Maryland as your Orr family did. Or, they might have been immigrants, probably from Ireland, who came ashore and quickly went on to Ohio. There was, however, some migration out of Guernsey County at this time (~1830), as it was on the National Road and so something of a beachhead into Ohio in the first quarter of the century. If you search the Guernsey County Genweb site, you'll also find a number of Finneys (John, Mary, Andrew, and Thomas ) listed in "Portrait and Biographical Record" and in the census records: http://www.usgennet.org/search/oh.html Have you done any census research on them, yet? For example, are they the right age to be Isaac's parent, and do they have any children in the age range of your Isaac in the 1840 census? Have you found Isaac on the 1850 census? This is the first to list occupation, so you might find some other Finneys that are carpenters, and they might be relatives. If you haven't already, join the Finney surname mailing list as it's the easiest way to connect with Finneys in diverse locations. P.S. Watch out for incorrect spellings and transcriptions from the Census. For example, what may look like a "Z" on census records is probably an "L", i.e. "Zincoln" is almost certainly "Lincoln". Good hunting, S R C A cott obert ranston nderson srca@mindspring.com Admin, {C{offield,ollosky,ommons,ranston,ummins},OHGuerns,USAGen}@RootsWeb.com USGenWeb Coordinator, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/guernsey/ On Saturday, July 5, 2008 3:07 PM MT, gfinney@comcast.net wrote: >Greetings, > >I am looking to come into contact and exchange genealogy >information with anyone that is researching the Finney surname. > > >I have been researching my Coshocton/Tuscarawas County Finney >ancestor for 14 years now and I have not been able to locate >the name of his parents. At the end of August I will be taking >the trip from California to Ohio, for one short week, in the >hopes of finding some more detailed information on my ancestors >from Ohio. I will be the first person in my family line to >return to Ohio since my Great Grandfather left for Missouri >sometime between 1880 and 1889. > >It is my hopes that by posting this message in the neighboring >counties of Tuscarawas and Coshocton Counties that I may find >someone who is researching the same Finney line that I am. I >cannot find the parents of my Civil War Veteran ancestor nor do >I know if he has any siblings. I have not even been able to >figure out his middle name from the middle initial that I have. > I will post some information on my ancestor in the hopes that >his name appear in the research of one of your list members. >Thank you in advance for anyone that can assist me. > >Isaac B. Finney was born in or about the year of 1830 or 1831. >This is an estimated date as I have no actual documentation to >his actual date of birth. His death record shows his age as 43 >years, 3 months, and 24 days of age at the time of his death on >March 14, 1874. When Isaac enlisted in the Civil War on >September 11, 1861 he stated that he was 29 years of age. > > >On September 11, 1853, Isaac B. Finney married Rachel Orr. >Rachel was the daughter of William Orr and Ann Perkins of Perry >Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. William Orr was from >Maryland and was a veteran of the War of 1812. Ann Perkins was >born in Virginia. The marriage was conducted by Clark Conwell, >Esquire, at the home of William and Ann Orr. > >Isaac B. Finney was a carpenter. I do not know if this was a >trade taught to him by his father or if it was a trade he >learned from someone else. > >Isaac and Rachel had 10 surviving children, if the information >on the death certificates for the two older children are >correct then they were born in Washington Township near Gilmore >in 1853 and 1859. Isaac is found in census records as living >in Coshocton County in 1860 and 1870 and his Civil War pension >records states that Isaac and Rachel moved back to Tuscarawas >in Washington Township, near Gilmore in late 1870. One of their >children , Josephine, stayed behind in Coshocton County due to >an illness and lived in the home of Mary Zincoln. > >Children's names: > >William Finney - Died at a young age >Hannah Finney - Died at a young age >George Washington Finney - Married Minnie Dempster, lived in Columbus. >Robert Ellsworth Finney - Married Irma Herrick >Kezia Ann Finney - Married Leonard Kail >Isaac Marshel Finney - Unknown if married. Last found in 1880 >census in Centerville, Indiana >Ozias S. Finney - Married Hester Mitchell and Prudence Murphy, both in Indiana. >Josephine Finney - Remained in Coshocton Co. when Finney family >moved back to Tuscarawas in 1870 >Josephus Finney - Married unknown and lived in Steubenville in >1910. Josephine and Josephus were twins. >Lewellis Pendleton Finney - Married Mary Borders and Georgia >Ann Miles, 1890 and 1893 in Missouri. >Mary E. Finney - Married Jacob Miller and then later someone named Williams. >Lillie Dale Finney - Married Ed Fowler > > >Isaac and Rachel are listed on page 182 of the Tuscarawas >County Cemetery listing and are in Volume 6 of the Tuscarawas >County Cemetery Inscriptions. They are both shown as being >buried in West Union Cemetery near the town of Gilmore. > > >================== >To review all messages sent to the mailing list, visit >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ohguerns >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >OHGUERNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am looking for an ORR family that might have lived in eastern OH or western PA. Martha Burnside married an ORR. Anyone connected with this group? TIA, Linda On Jul 6, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Scott R. C. Anderson wrote: > Hi, > > It's far more likely that your Finneys came from further east, e.g. > Pennsylvania, or Maryland as your Orr family did. Or, they might > have been immigrants, probably from Ireland, who came ashore and > quickly went on to Ohio. There was, however, some migration out of > Guernsey County at this time (~1830), as it was on the National Road > and so something of a beachhead into Ohio in the first quarter of > the century. > > If you search the Guernsey County Genweb site, you'll also find a > number of Finneys (John, Mary, Andrew, and Thomas ) listed in > "Portrait and Biographical Record" and in the census records: > > http://www.usgennet.org/search/oh.html > > Have you done any census research on them, yet? For example, are > they the right age to be Isaac's parent, and do they have any > children in the age range of your Isaac in the 1840 census? > > Have you found Isaac on the 1850 census? This is the first to list > occupation, so you might find some other Finneys that are > carpenters, and they might be relatives. > > If you haven't already, join the Finney surname mailing list as it's > the easiest way to connect with Finneys in diverse locations. > > P.S. Watch out for incorrect spellings and transcriptions from the > Census. For example, what may look like a "Z" on census records is > probably an "L", i.e. "Zincoln" is almost certainly "Lincoln". > > Good hunting, > > S R C A > cott obert ranston nderson > srca@mindspring.com > Admin, {C{offield,ollosky,ommons,ranston,ummins},OHGuerns,USAGen}@RootsWeb.com > USGenWeb Coordinator, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/guernsey/ > > On Saturday, July 5, 2008 3:07 PM MT, gfinney@comcast.net wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I am looking to come into contact and exchange genealogy >> information with anyone that is researching the Finney surname. >> >> >> I have been researching my Coshocton/Tuscarawas County Finney >> ancestor for 14 years now and I have not been able to locate >> the name of his parents. At the end of August I will be taking >> the trip from California to Ohio, for one short week, in the >> hopes of finding some more detailed information on my ancestors >> from Ohio. I will be the first person in my family line to >> return to Ohio since my Great Grandfather left for Missouri >> sometime between 1880 and 1889. >> >> It is my hopes that by posting this message in the neighboring >> counties of Tuscarawas and Coshocton Counties that I may find >> someone who is researching the same Finney line that I am. I >> cannot find the parents of my Civil War Veteran ancestor nor do >> I know if he has any siblings. I have not even been able to >> figure out his middle name from the middle initial that I have. >> I will post some information on my ancestor in the hopes that >> his name appear in the research of one of your list members. >> Thank you in advance for anyone that can assist me. >> >> Isaac B. Finney was born in or about the year of 1830 or 1831. >> This is an estimated date as I have no actual documentation to >> his actual date of birth. His death record shows his age as 43 >> years, 3 months, and 24 days of age at the time of his death on >> March 14, 1874. When Isaac enlisted in the Civil War on >> September 11, 1861 he stated that he was 29 years of age. >> >> >> On September 11, 1853, Isaac B. Finney married Rachel Orr. >> Rachel was the daughter of William Orr and Ann Perkins of Perry >> Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. William Orr was from >> Maryland and was a veteran of the War of 1812. Ann Perkins was >> born in Virginia. The marriage was conducted by Clark Conwell, >> Esquire, at the home of William and Ann Orr. >> >> Isaac B. Finney was a carpenter. I do not know if this was a >> trade taught to him by his father or if it was a trade he >> learned from someone else. >> >> Isaac and Rachel had 10 surviving children, if the information >> on the death certificates for the two older children are >> correct then they were born in Washington Township near Gilmore >> in 1853 and 1859. Isaac is found in census records as living >> in Coshocton County in 1860 and 1870 and his Civil War pension >> records states that Isaac and Rachel moved back to Tuscarawas >> in Washington Township, near Gilmore in late 1870. One of their >> children , Josephine, stayed behind in Coshocton County due to >> an illness and lived in the home of Mary Zincoln. >> >> Children's names: >> >> William Finney - Died at a young age >> Hannah Finney - Died at a young age >> George Washington Finney - Married Minnie Dempster, lived in >> Columbus. >> Robert Ellsworth Finney - Married Irma Herrick >> Kezia Ann Finney - Married Leonard Kail >> Isaac Marshel Finney - Unknown if married. Last found in 1880 >> census in Centerville, Indiana >> Ozias S. Finney - Married Hester Mitchell and Prudence Murphy, both >> in Indiana. >> Josephine Finney - Remained in Coshocton Co. when Finney family >> moved back to Tuscarawas in 1870 >> Josephus Finney - Married unknown and lived in Steubenville in >> 1910. Josephine and Josephus were twins. >> Lewellis Pendleton Finney - Married Mary Borders and Georgia >> Ann Miles, 1890 and 1893 in Missouri. >> Mary E. Finney - Married Jacob Miller and then later someone named >> Williams. >> Lillie Dale Finney - Married Ed Fowler >> >> >> Isaac and Rachel are listed on page 182 of the Tuscarawas >> County Cemetery listing and are in Volume 6 of the Tuscarawas >> County Cemetery Inscriptions. They are both shown as being >> buried in West Union Cemetery near the town of Gilmore. >> >> >> ================== >> To review all messages sent to the mailing list, visit >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ohguerns >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OHGUERNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ================== > To review all messages sent to the mailing list, visit http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ohguerns > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGUERNS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

I found some Orr's and Finney's in the Guernsey County Probate Records Index. That's the 3 documents attached. Guernsey County Genealogy Society keeps the records, if these are people you are looking for. Best of luck. MaryLu Metz On 7/6/08 9:41 AM, "Linda Holley" <ljholley@comcast.net> wrote: > I am looking for an ORR family that might have lived in eastern OH or > western PA. Martha Burnside married an ORR. Anyone connected with > this group? > > TIA, Linda > > On Jul 6, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Scott R. C. Anderson wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It's far more likely that your Finneys came from further east, e.g. >> Pennsylvania, or Maryland as your Orr family did. Or, they might >> have been immigrants, probably from Ireland, who came ashore and >> quickly went on to Ohio. There was, however, some migration out of >> Guernsey County at this time (~1830), as it was on the National Road >> and so something of a beachhead into Ohio in the first quarter of >> the century. >> >> If you search the Guernsey County Genweb site, you'll also find a >> number of Finneys (John, Mary, Andrew, and Thomas ) listed in >> "Portrait and Biographical Record" and in the census records: >> >> http://www.usgennet.org/search/oh.html >> >> Have you done any census research on them, yet? For example, are >> they the right age to be Isaac's parent, and do they have any >> children in the age range of your Isaac in the 1840 census? >> >> Have you found Isaac on the 1850 census? This is the first to list >> occupation, so you might find some other Finneys that are >> carpenters, and they might be relatives. >> >> If you haven't already, join the Finney surname mailing list as it's >> the easiest way to connect with Finneys in diverse locations. >> >> P.S. Watch out for incorrect spellings and transcriptions from the >> Census. For example, what may look like a "Z" on census records is >> probably an "L", i.e. "Zincoln" is almost certainly "Lincoln". >> >> Good hunting, >> >> S R C A >> cott obert ranston nderson >> srca@mindspring.com >> Admin, >> {C{offield,ollosky,ommons,ranston,ummins},OHGuerns,USAGen}@RootsWeb.com >> USGenWeb Coordinator, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/guernsey/ >> >> On Saturday, July 5, 2008 3:07 PM MT, gfinney@comcast.net wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I am looking to come into contact and exchange genealogy >>> information with anyone that is researching the Finney surname. >>> >>> >>> I have been researching my Coshocton/Tuscarawas County Finney >>> ancestor for 14 years now and I have not been able to locate >>> the name of his parents. At the end of August I will be taking >>> the trip from California to Ohio, for one short week, in the >>> hopes of finding some more detailed information on my ancestors >>> from Ohio. I will be the first person in my family line to >>> return to Ohio since my Great Grandfather left for Missouri >>> sometime between 1880 and 1889. >>> >>> It is my hopes that by posting this message in the neighboring >>> counties of Tuscarawas and Coshocton Counties that I may find >>> someone who is researching the same Finney line that I am. I >>> cannot find the parents of my Civil War Veteran ancestor nor do >>> I know if he has any siblings. I have not even been able to >>> figure out his middle name from the middle initial that I have. >>> I will post some information on my ancestor in the hopes that >>> his name appear in the research of one of your list members. >>> Thank you in advance for anyone that can assist me. >>> >>> Isaac B. Finney was born in or about the year of 1830 or 1831. >>> This is an estimated date as I have no actual documentation to >>> his actual date of birth. His death record shows his age as 43 >>> years, 3 months, and 24 days of age at the time of his death on >>> March 14, 1874. When Isaac enlisted in the Civil War on >>> September 11, 1861 he stated that he was 29 years of age. >>> >>> >>> On September 11, 1853, Isaac B. Finney married Rachel Orr. >>> Rachel was the daughter of William Orr and Ann Perkins of Perry >>> Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. William Orr was from >>> Maryland and was a veteran of the War of 1812. Ann Perkins was >>> born in Virginia. The marriage was conducted by Clark Conwell, >>> Esquire, at the home of William and Ann Orr. >>> >>> Isaac B. Finney was a carpenter. I do not know if this was a >>> trade taught to him by his father or if it was a trade he >>> learned from someone else. >>> >>> Isaac and Rachel had 10 surviving children, if the information >>> on the death certificates for the two older children are >>> correct then they were born in Washington Township near Gilmore >>> in 1853 and 1859. Isaac is found in census records as living >>> in Coshocton County in 1860 and 1870 and his Civil War pension >>> records states that Isaac and Rachel moved back to Tuscarawas >>> in Washington Township, near Gilmore in late 1870. One of their >>> children , Josephine, stayed behind in Coshocton County due to >>> an illness and lived in the home of Mary Zincoln. >>> >>> Children's names: >>> >>> William Finney - Died at a young age >>> Hannah Finney - Died at a young age >>> George Washington Finney - Married Minnie Dempster, lived in >>> Columbus. >>> Robert Ellsworth Finney - Married Irma Herrick >>> Kezia Ann Finney - Married Leonard Kail >>> Isaac Marshel Finney - Unknown if married. Last found in 1880 >>> census in Centerville, Indiana >>> Ozias S. Finney - Married Hester Mitchell and Prudence Murphy, both >>> in Indiana. >>> Josephine Finney - Remained in Coshocton Co. when Finney family >>> moved back to Tuscarawas in 1870 >>> Josephus Finney - Married unknown and lived in Steubenville in >>> 1910. Josephine and Josephus were twins. >>> Lewellis Pendleton Finney - Married Mary Borders and Georgia >>> Ann Miles, 1890 and 1893 in Missouri. >>> Mary E. Finney - Married Jacob Miller and then later someone named >>> Williams. >>> Lillie Dale Finney - Married Ed Fowler >>> >>> >>> Isaac and Rachel are listed on page 182 of the Tuscarawas >>> County Cemetery listing and are in Volume 6 of the Tuscarawas >>> County Cemetery Inscriptions. They are both shown as being >>> buried in West Union Cemetery near the town of Gilmore. >>> >>> >>> ================== >>> To review all messages sent to the mailing list, visit >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ohguerns >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> OHGUERNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ================== >> To review all messages sent to the mailing list, visit >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ohguerns >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OHGUERNS-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ================== > To review all messages sent to the mailing list, visit > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ohguerns > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHGUERNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message