Here's a query which was included in the Rootsweb Help Email group. Perhaps some of you might be able to suggest ideas directly to his address. Julia ___________________ Subject: I search for my father RICHARD GRAY Posted by Claude Richard <marie-francoise.vincent-paez@wanadoo.fr> on Wed,25 Nov 1998 Surnames: GRAY I have tried desperately to research my father in my own way, without results. I'm going to try to synthesize the point of my research. I'm French. In 1943, an American soldier named Richard Gray was based at Oran in Algeria. He was between 20 and 23 years old. In this town, he met a young woman, my mother : Lucienne Martin 17 years old. They were very fond of each other and wanted to be married. He would receive wedding dress pictures from his sister, living in USA. Richard Gray had been transferred at the end of 1943 or at the beginning on 1944 to an unknown place to continue the war. He should have been informed by mail of my birth (31 August 1944). This story may be banal if some troubling events didn't thwart this love story. Richard wrote a lot to my mother during the war, and when he returned in USA in 1944. He wanted to marry her and he had expressed it in his mail. Unfortunately, all his letters were intercepted and destroyed by my grandmother who didn't want this marriage to take place, with her daughter and her child moving to USA. I learned in March 1998, by my mother, the origin of my birth. My mother, during this 54 year period, thought she had been deserted in a cowardly manner by her lover. To be deserted pregnant at her age has been very difficult for her to bear. I made inquiries in my family and I learned a few things about this story by an aunt. My grandmother, before her death, confided to her she destroyed all of their correspondence and a few papers belonging to my mother. The account of my aunt was better, although she never knew Richard Gray, all her explanations can be tested. Two months ago I could learned the truth from my mother. This weight of being a deserted woman and unmarried mother was out and at that time she told me my father's name. The effort of forgetting this bad time of her life, years passing by, has a resulted in fading memories. The only factual information I have is: 1: He was in Oran (Algeria) in October-November 1943 2: His provisional military base wasn't near the harbor or the airport, which could mean that he was in the Army 3: He came back alive to the USA - it seems before the end of the war. 4: His military base was situed in southeast of Oran, between Choupot area and Cuvelier area. A road separed the base of a big market-hall. 5: His dress uniform was a khaki jacket in a silky cloth. He had a cap. He wore high shoes and gaiters. 6: His military friends called him "Dick". He had got a friend called "Mike". I have created a web site to try to research him. In this site, I have place a picture of my mother at that time. I have written more than 1,000 emails to Gray families in USA. I used all the opportunities of internet for this research that is fruitless. Unfortunately, the name Gray is very widespread in USA. If Richard Gray can be found, if he wants, he will be able to contact me. I just want to know if he is still alive and in this case, if he has been informed about my search. Excuse me for my impertinence, I would very much like to find him still living, and if so, I would like to hold him tight in my arms. It's VERY IMPORTANT to know the name of his Army. Is there a veteran who was in Oran during the WWW II and would answer me ? Yours sincerely. Mister Paez Claude Richard Allee du Vent d'Est - Les Vautes N° 7 83320 - Carqueiranne France phone : 33 04 94 58 75 09 http://aa-ienet.com/RICHA1.htm

Dear Jefferson County, Ohio Researchers, Following the lead of Jean Scarlott, I checked the 1830 Census Index for Jefferson County, Ohio online on the USGenWeb page for said county, and found Peter CRITSER under the variant spelling of "CRICHER". Peter CRITSER/CRICHER was enumerated in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1830. Upon studying a detailed modern map of Ross Township, Jefferson County, I located a Bacon Ridge Road in the extreme southwest corner of Ross Township. Peter CRITSER died 27 Sep 1839, at about age 60, and was buried in Bacon Ridge Cemetery. Can you confirm that the Bacon Ridge Cemetery is located on modern-day Bacon Ridge Road in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio? Anyone with research in Ross Township, please contact me, as I am unfamiliar with the history of Ross Township. Thank you so much for your help! Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio

I am looking for information on two SCOTT families, probably related.Anbody have any information or ideas? Family 1 Probably the grandchildren of Benjamin SCOTT, and the children of William SCOTT, born in Washington County, PA; all children born in Jefferson County, OH, but moved to Belmont County, OH, around 1827.Probably related to the McFADDEN family in Belmont County. --Mary Ann Scott b. 16 Oct 1821; married David McCully; moved to Henry County, Iowa, 1844; to Oregon in 1852. --Jane Elizabeth Scott b. 13 Aug 1823; married John L. STARKEY; moved to Henry County, and to Oregon. --William Scott b. 13 Nov 1825; moved to Henry County, IA; probably killed returning to Iowa from the California goldfields. --Catherine Scott b. 18 Nov 1827; married ___ Selby; lived in Nebraska. FAMILY 2 Likely cousins of the above; know only of two brothers: Samuel R. SCOTT b. 1823 St. Clairesville, Belmont Co., OH; moved to Henry County, IA, and eventually to Oregon; had a brother, Joseph Scott, also went to Oregon. Sandy Wilbur Gresham, OR and Dummer, NH

Are there any UDELLS or descendants of UDELLS out there? Bes: UDELL Seeker in Montana phl3851@montana.com

Dear Researchers of Jefferson County, Ohio, Charity CRITSER "of Jefferson County, Ohio" was included in the sale of a tract of land which was located in Brooke County, [West] Virginia. The deed was dated 23 Oct 1823, and was recorded in Book Ten, page 280, Brooke County Deed Books. The transaction was entitled "Critser Heirs to Lewis Cline". Knowing that Charity CRITSER resided in Jefferson County, Ohio in October of 1823 gives rise to the question of where in the county she lived. Was her home in Steubenville? Thank you for any help on CRITSER/KRITZER records in Jefferson County, Ohio. Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio

Dear Researchers who are Studying Jefferson County, Ohio, Having joined the Jefferson County, Ohio Mailing List today, may I descibe my reason for such interest? I am now drawn to Jefferson County by my research of the CRITSERs. Peter CRITSER [beware of variant spellings] died 27 Sep 1839, in Jefferson County, Ohio, and was buried at Bacon Ridge Cemetery. Peter CRITSER's son Samuel CRITSER married the widow Rebecca DOUGLAS BARNEY, 29 Oct 1841, in Greenup County, Kentucky. Samuel CRITSER was born 19 May 1818 in Brooke County, [West] Virginia. Peter CRITSER lived in Wellsburg, Brooke County, [West] Virginia in 1820 at least. Please help me to learn more about both Peter and Samuel CRITSER! Samuel CRITSER played an important role in the life of my third-great grandfather William COOPER, as his stepfather-in-law. Samuel CRITSER served as a Deacon in the Greenupsburgh Christian Church, Greenup County, Kentucky. Combine that fact with the realization that Samuel CRITSER's birthplace of Wellsburg, Virginia was home to one of the first Disciples churches, and one has the intriguing question of Peter CRITSER's level of involvement in the Christian Church. Thank you for your suggestions and insights. Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio

The Jefferson Co., part of USGENWEB has a listing for all the towns/twp old and new. Audrey a transplant from Jefferson Co., to Florida

Pam My 1871 Atlas shows that York is (was?) several miles north of Adena and west of Smithfield (but not quite level with Smithfield. If you look at the Jeff. Co. link from Maps page of the Jeff. Co. OGS website, you can see York. Smithfield Twp is in the lower map. Karen -------------------------- Jamela85@aol.com wrote: > > My gr gr gr grandfather, William Harris, who married Elizabeth Jones in the > late 1850s or early 1860s, was born in York, Smithfield twp. I don't see this > town on the map. Can someone tell me about where it is located? > Pam > > ==== OHJEFFER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list. Send an e mail to > ohjeffer-l-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message body.

thanks Briana....that's esactly what I wanted to know! ---------- > From: Leadfoot65@aol.com > To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: warren township > Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 8:31 AM > > Years ago I wrote to the Engineer's Office and they sent me one. > > Briana Caccamo > Munroe Falls, OH > > > ==== OHJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Reminder: Please do not send mail to the list using HTML ot RTF > If you aren't sure, visit > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm

My gr gr gr grandfather, William Harris, who married Elizabeth Jones in the late 1850s or early 1860s, was born in York, Smithfield twp. I don't see this town on the map. Can someone tell me about where it is located? Pam

Years ago I wrote to the Engineer's Office and they sent me one. Briana Caccamo Munroe Falls, OH

James Floyd Wilson was 19 years old on May 7, 1918. His birthdate is possibly in July. Also, does anyone know if the Health Dept. in Steubenville, OH has an e-mail address where one might possibly confirm a birth/death date. Thank you.

Could someone tell me where Warren township was in 1863? Is it possible to get a Jefferson County township map from the state, or county?

The one I like is, " I told you I didn't feel good."

Thanks for a good laugh PHYLLIS

Hello, Thought you might enjoy some Epitaphs during this slow Email period. Julia ******** On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, >Nova Scotia: > Here lies > Ezekial Aikle > Age 102 > The Good Die Young. > > In a London, England cemetery: > Ann Mann > Here lies Ann Mann, > Who lived an old maid > But died an old Mann. > Dec. 8, 1767 > > In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: > Anna Wallace > The children of Israel wanted bread > And the Lord sent them manna, > Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, > And the Devil sent him Anna. > > Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: > Here lies > Johnny Yeast > Pardon me > For not rising. > > Memory of an accident in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania >cemetery: > Here lies the body > of Jonathan Blake > Stepped on the gas > Instead of the brake. > > In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: > Here lays Butch, > We planted him raw. > He was quick on the trigger, > But slow on the draw. > > A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: > Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died >January 3, > 1803. His comely young widow, aged 23, has many >qualifications of a > good wife, and yearns to be comforted. > > A lawyer's epitaph in England: > Sir John Strange > Here lies an honest lawyer, > And that is Strange. > > Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont: > I was somebody. > Who, is no business of yours. > > Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, >Arizona in > the cowboy days of the 1880's. He's buried in the Boot >Hill Cemetery in > Tombstone, Arizona: > Here lies Lester Moore > Four slugs from a .44 > No Les No More. > > John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: > Reader if cash thou art > In want of any > Dig 4 feet deep > And thou wilt find a Penny. > > On Margaret Daniels grave at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, >Virginia: > She always said her feet were killing her > but nobody believed her. > > In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: > On the 22nd of June > - Jonathan Fiddle - > Went out of tune. > > Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont has an >epitaph that > sounds like something from a Three Stooges movie: > Here lies the body of our Anna > Done to death by a banana > It wasn't the fruit that laid her low > But the skin of the thing that made her go. > > More fun with names with Owen Moore in Battersea, London, >England: > Gone away > Owin' more > Than he could pay. > > Someone in Winslow, Maine didn't like Mr. Wood: > In Memory of Beza Wood > Departed this life > Nov. 2, 1837 > Aged 45 yrs. > Here lies one Wood > Enclosed in wood > One Wood > Within another. > The outer wood > Is very good: > We cannot praise > The other. > > On a grave from the 1880's in Nantucket, Massachusetts: > Under the sod and under the trees > Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. > He is not here, there's only the pod: > Pease shelled out and went to God. > > The grave of Ellen Shannon in Girard, Pennsylvania is >almost a consumer > tip: > Who was fatally burned > March 21, 1870 > by the explosion of a lamp > filled with "R.E. Danforth's > Non-Explosive Burning Fluid" > > Oops! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: > Born 1903--Died 1942 > Looked up the elevator shaft to see if > the car was on the way down. It was. > > In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: > Here lies an Atheist > All dressed up > And no place to go.

I have been to Brilliant recently, and I know that at least High St. and Market St. are there. My grandparents lived on Market (Paddy and Dora FLEMING), and my gr-gr uncle on High (Charles SIVARD). There are still Gilchrists and Bucys in town. I'm related to Thomas Cromwell BUCY (b. 1816). I will ask my cousin who still lives there about other names and streets. On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:38:14 -0500 (EST) jdynbttn@sgi.net writes: >thank you all for the answers to my Brilliant question ;) > >i have an 1870's map of the place. it says "LaGrange, Phillipsburg >P.O., >Wells Township" > >the streets are Cross, Smithfield, Prospect, High, Market, and Front >Streets. do any of you live nearby, and happen to know if the streets >still >retain the same names? I think it'd be intersting to drive by and >look at >my ancestors house, if it's still up. are many of the old houses >still there? > >how about are the same families living in the town? >some of the surnames on the map are: >Linton, Gilchrist, Obney, Barret, Wallace, Rickey, Gracy, Rodgers, >Bucy, >Downer, Ross, Dunning, Fitzgerald. > >also, it shows a "Ferry to Wellsburg", and a railroad, the "Cleveland >and >Pittsburgh" running through town. > >thanks, >JoAnn. > > >==== OHJEFFER Mailing List ==== >Reminder: Please do not send mail to the list using HTML ot RTF >If you aren't sure, visit >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Julia, Thanks for the laughs. I passed em' on to some of my friends. Joe Aten Wilson ---------- > From: Julia A. (Heaton)Krutilla <fkrutill@weir.net> > To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Funny Epitaphs for a slow weekend. > Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 4:06 PM > > Hello, > > Thought you might enjoy some Epitaphs during this slow Email period. > > Julia > > ******** > > On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, > >Nova Scotia: > > Here lies > > Ezekial Aikle > > Age 102 > > The Good Die Young. > > > > In a London, England cemetery: > > Ann Mann > > Here lies Ann Mann, > > Who lived an old maid > > But died an old Mann. > > Dec. 8, 1767 > > > > In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: > > Anna Wallace > > The children of Israel wanted bread > > And the Lord sent them manna, > > Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, > > And the Devil sent him Anna. > > > > Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: > > Here lies > > Johnny Yeast > > Pardon me > > For not rising. > > > > Memory of an accident in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania > >cemetery: > > Here lies the body > > of Jonathan Blake > > Stepped on the gas > > Instead of the brake. > > > > In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: > > Here lays Butch, > > We planted him raw. > > He was quick on the trigger, > > But slow on the draw. > > > > A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: > > Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died > >January 3, > > 1803. His comely young widow, aged 23, has many > >qualifications of a > > good wife, and yearns to be comforted. > > > > A lawyer's epitaph in England: > > Sir John Strange > > Here lies an honest lawyer, > > And that is Strange. > > > > Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont: > > I was somebody. > > Who, is no business of yours. > > > > Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, > >Arizona in > > the cowboy days of the 1880's. He's buried in the Boot > >Hill Cemetery in > > Tombstone, Arizona: > > Here lies Lester Moore > > Four slugs from a .44 > > No Les No More. > > > > John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: > > Reader if cash thou art > > In want of any > > Dig 4 feet deep > > And thou wilt find a Penny. > > > > On Margaret Daniels grave at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, > >Virginia: > > She always said her feet were killing her > > but nobody believed her. > > > > In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: > > On the 22nd of June > > - Jonathan Fiddle - > > Went out of tune. > > > > Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont has an > >epitaph that > > sounds like something from a Three Stooges movie: > > Here lies the body of our Anna > > Done to death by a banana > > It wasn't the fruit that laid her low > > But the skin of the thing that made her go. > > > > More fun with names with Owen Moore in Battersea, London, > >England: > > Gone away > > Owin' more > > Than he could pay. > > > > Someone in Winslow, Maine didn't like Mr. Wood: > > In Memory of Beza Wood > > Departed this life > > Nov. 2, 1837 > > Aged 45 yrs. > > Here lies one Wood > > Enclosed in wood > > One Wood > > Within another. > > The outer wood > > Is very good: > > We cannot praise > > The other. > > > > On a grave from the 1880's in Nantucket, Massachusetts: > > Under the sod and under the trees > > Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. > > He is not here, there's only the pod: > > Pease shelled out and went to God. > > > > The grave of Ellen Shannon in Girard, Pennsylvania is > >almost a consumer > > tip: > > Who was fatally burned > > March 21, 1870 > > by the explosion of a lamp > > filled with "R.E. Danforth's > > Non-Explosive Burning Fluid" > > > > Oops! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: > > Born 1903--Died 1942 > > Looked up the elevator shaft to see if > > the car was on the way down. It was. > > > > In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: > > Here lies an Atheist > > All dressed up > > And no place to go.

Seeking further DESCENDANTS of: 1 James Burgett b: January 1842 Carroll, OH . +Elizabeth L. Philpot b: 1849 Fox Twp, Carroll, OH m: December 12, 1877 Columbiana, OH . 2 Jettie M. Burgett b: February 26, 1875 Fox Twp, Carroll, OH ..... +James M. Gordon b: July 10, 1878 Springfield, Jefferson, OH m: April 02, 1901 Carroll, OH . 2 Jessep Burgett b: March 27, 1875 Springfield Twp, Jefferson, OH . 2 Lottie B. Burgett b: June 1881 OH . 2 Anna Pearl Burgett b: June 13, 1884 Pinehill, Carroll, OH ..... +Oliver L. Wilson b: April 16, 1880 Jefferson, OH m: May 29, 1901 Carroll, OH . 2 James L. Burgett b: June 04, 1887 Springfield, Carroll, OH

When you run across some one in the family that was sent to the electric chair, this is how you record it: "Uncle Tom occupied a seat of applied electronics at an important government institution. He was attached to his position by the strongest of ties and his death came as a real shock." Happy Thanksgiving John Peterson Ozona, Florida