Sorry, I could not resist: If she had two Boring husbands, what did she do for entertainment? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary" <crwsggd@sonic.net> To: "Beth Rykhus" <eflad@comcast.net> Cc: <PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Sarah Jones > Well, this one is really muddy. I have Daniel Gray listed as the son of > Philip and Susanna Lantzy Gray, as does John Pfeister. I also have his > wife listed as Sarah Jones with no other information about Sarah. It > appears I got his wife's name from Marilyn K. Washington. Daniel's > baptismal record lists him as the son of Philip and Elizabeth Lantzy. Of > course, Philip was married to Susanna Lantzy; it was Philip's brother > Henry who was married to Elizabeth Lantzy. > > from CATHOLIC VITAL RECORDS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, by Rev. A. Ledoux, > Vol. III, page 217, record #4907: > > KRAEH, Danielis (Philippi/Elisabethae Lanzi) b. 05-22 bp. 06-14-1853 > gp: Josepho Lanzi/Elisa Ursula Lanzi IB (St. Benedict, Carrolltown, > PA) > > There are three family trees at ancestry.com that list Daniel as the son > of Henry and Elizabeth with the birth date given above. One of them also > lists a son Daniel born "abt 1853" for Philip and Susanna. There is only > one Daniel Gray/Kraeh listed in Ledoux. It's not impossible that > Elizabeth could have had Daniel (b. 22 May 1853) in between Andrew (b. > 10 Aug 1852) and Theresa (b. 12 Sep 1854), but seems unlikely as the > time between Andrew's birth and Daniel's is barely 9 months. I lean more > in favor of Daniel being the son of Philip and Susanna. The tree that > contains two Daniels both born in 1853 says the son of Henry and > Elizabeth "died very young," and the son of Philip and Susanna was > married to Sarah Jones with three children listed: Fidelis, Gilbert, and > Lawrence. To make matters more interesting, Brian Cartwright has Daniel > A. GREY born abt. 1853, no parents listed, married to Sarah Ann Boring > with nine children including Fidelis, Gilbert, and Lawrence. Her mother > is Mary Ann Keith and her father unknown. Brian also has a second > marriage for Mary Ann Keith to an Unknown Boring who appears to be the > father of all her children except Sarah. There are two other trees that > include Mary Ann Keith. One has her married to Leonard Boring > (1804-1880) with Catherine (Cassie) the only child listed (although > there is a note saying they had two boys and four girls) and the other > has her married to Adam Boring (1804-1867) with all the children > including Sarah listed. Daughters Catherine and Nancy were born in 1873 > and 1875. Did Mary Ann Keith have two Boring husbands? Where was Leonard > in 1870? > > 18 Aug 1870 Green Twp, Indiana Co, Pa > reel M593_1350 page 271a house 368 family 360 > Penn Run P.O. > BORING, Mary A 38 f Pa, keeping house, $500 of land, $200 of property > Sarah 13 f Pa, in school > Eliza 5 f Pa > Timothy 3 m Pa [in 1880 this child is listed as Ezekiah and he is > likely the Hess Boring listed in Sarah's obit and the Hezekiah listed in > Mary Ann Kieth's obit.] > James 2 m Pa > > Indiana County Gazette, Feb. 15, 1905 > Mrs. Boring, of Grip, Passes Away After Suffering From Cancer > Two descendants of the pioneer Keith family, of Grip, Green > township, died within a few hours of each other early in the morning of > Monday, February 6. Mrs. Mary Ann Boring, a daughter of Mrs. Leah Keith, > who died last fall at the age of 102 years, died at her home in Grip, > shortly after midnight Monday morning. Her death was caused by cancer > from which she had suffered for a year. Four hours after Mrs. Boring's > death her nephew, William Keith, died in Barnesboro from injuries > sustained on February 3 when a tree fell on him. Mrs. Boring was aged 75 > years and had always resided near Grip. Her husband died 25 years ago. > She is survived by the following children: James and Hezekiah Boring, of > Green township; *Mrs. Sarah Ann Gray* and Mrs. Lewis, of Spangler; and > Mrs. Cassie Lowman, of Garman's Mills. The funeral services were held on > Wednesday forenoon and were conducted by Rev. Armstrong. Interment was > made in the McDowell graveyard. > > It gets better! In 1860 Mary Ann Keith is still living at home with her > mother and siblings, her surname listed as Keith, and there is no Sarah, > age three, in the household. There is no Sarah Boring in Indiana or > Cambria Co. There is no Sarah Jones in Indiana Co. In 1870 there is a > Sarah Jones, age 11 in Croyle Twp. with seven siblings, one of whom is a > younger brother named Edwin. So is Mary Ann Keith really Sarah's mother > or her step-mother? Did Sarah come to live with Mary Ann through her > Boring marriage(s) or through a marriage to Unknown Jones before she > married Unknown/Leonard/Adam Boring? > > Now we both need help! I emailed someone who posted a correction to the > 1900 census for Barr Twp. where Mary Ann is living with daughter Eliza > Ann and her husband Harry Good. Her surname was listed as Bourn or > Borne. Maybe she can help sort out Mary Ann Keith's husbands. > > 1900 US Census, PA, Cambria Co., Barr Twp., T623-1387, ED 102, page 11B, > image 22: > > GREY, Sarah A., HOH, Sep 1856, age 43, w, 10 children/9 living, PA > Wales, PA, O/F farm > Fidelus, son, Jul 1876, age 23, s, PA PA PA, Day Laborer > Gilbert, son, Aug 1877, age 22, s, PA PA PA, Day Laborer > Lawrence, son, Aug 1879, age 20, s, PA PA PA, Day Laborer > Emma, dau, Dec 1882, age 17, s, PA PA PA > Harry, son, Oct 1887, age 12, s, PA PA PA > Elmer, son, Oct 1889, age 10, s, PA PA PA > Roselia, dau, Mar 1893, age 7, s, PA PA PA > Clara, dau, Jun 1894, age 5, s, PA PA PA > Mary, dau, Feb 1896, age 4, s, PA PA PA > > The Cambria Co. Marriage Index has Clara Mary Gray married to Michael > John Byrne in 1918, Vol. 57, page 308, Emma Gray married to Herman M. > Miller in 1905, Vol. 28, page 456, and Rose Gray married to James > Gilbert Miller in 1914, Vol. 49, page 276. There was no listing for Mary > Gray married to Levi Kelly, but I had the Kelly surname, no given name, > from Marilyn for Mary. > > I'll let you know if I hear more about Mary Ann Keith and her Boring > relations. > > > > > Beth Rykhus wrote: >> Hi Researchers, >> >> I need a little help here. I have Sarah Jones married to Daniel Gray. >> >> North Cambria News, Thursday, February 2, 1928 >> Mrs. Sara Gray, age 71, died last Friday at 6:00 o'clock at her >> home >> in Spangler from a complications of diseases. She was the widow of >> Daniel >> Gray. >> She is survived by the following children: >> Fidelis, New York City; Gilbert, Lawrence, and Harry, of Spangler; Elmer, >> at >> home; Mrs. E. Miller, St Benedict; Mrs Michael Byrnes, Barnesboro; and >> Mrs. >> Levi Kelly, of Spangler. >> >> ***She is survived by the following half-brothers and sisters: >> Edwin Jones, West Virginia; Hess Boring, Washington State: Mrs David >> Lawrence, and >> Mrs. Arthur Davis, of Barnesboro. >> The funeral mass was held at St. Patrick's Church in Spangler, and >> interment was made at St. Benedict [not sure if this means St. Joseph >> Church >> in St. Benedict, or St. Benedict's Church in Carrolltown.] The >> arrangements >> were in charge of M. J. Bacha Funeral Home. >> >> It says she has half-brothers and sisters. >> >> One half brother is Edwin Jones. To me this could indicate that her >> father >> was married prior to the birth of Sarah and Edwin is from his first >> marriage >> >> >> Now, it says Hess Boring. This could mean that her mother was also >> previously married to a ?? Boring and had Hess from that marriage, prior >> to >> the birth of Sarah. >> >> Anyway, does anyone know who the parents of Sarah Jones are and the first >> names of her sisters? >> >> Thanking you in advance. >> >> Beth >> >> >> >> - - - - - - - - - - >> >> Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: >> http://www.camgenpa.com/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1869 - Release Date: >> 12/30/2008 12:06 PM >> >> > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >