I suspect that Effie Norwood is actually Elizabeth Mariah Norwood, David's daughter, b. about 1800. She shows up in Ancestry.com with no mention of a husband. Bill Reque SF djweber wrote: >Bill, > >Sorry, I have no information on the surname Vosburgh within my Norwood >records. No Effie, either. I will admit that I do not have the names of >all the Stephen Norwood nor all the David Norwood children. Stephen's wife, >Elisabeth Welch, may have been of English origin while David's wife, Maria >Schaefer was probably of Germanic in ancestry. However, Jacob and John >Norwood of the 1810 Columbia County, New York census were probably brothers >and adding a Jacob to the family and knowing that a sister married a Mathias >Hoogtailing could suggest that one of the family members had a daughter >named Effie. While I would assume that "Effie" might be used in most any >language, I have seen it and its variations most often in Germanic use, >Effie, Elfi, Effi, Frida, Freda, Frieda, Friede, Friedel, Elfriede, Elfreda, >Elfrida. David Norwood was born in 1776 and I know he had children born in >1802 (Sally), 1808 (Anna) and 1809 (Heinrich/Henry).....an earlier birth of >Effie might be possible. > >My notes on the Norwood family are "rambling notes". As my prime interest >has been Mary Norwood Wilson, I have been forced to dig into the entire >family in order to find any information about Mary. > >djweber >djwdjw@ix.netcom.com >------------------------- >---- Original Message ----- >From: "Bill Reque" <reque@ix.netcom.com> >To: <OHLAKE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 6:26 AM >Subject: Re: [OHLAKE] Stephen Norwood > > > > >>I'm looking for an Effie Norwood who married a Vosburgh, probably around >>Painesville, and had a daughter named Ellen Vosburgh, b. 1819 >>Bill Reque >>SF >> >> >> > > > >==== OHLAKE Mailing List ==== >To post messages to everyone on the list, send >your email message to: OHLAKE-L@rootsweb.com > > > >