Matt: We have DECOURCEY's in our line that are from the Buffalo, NY area. Mona
Really? John C. DeCourcey/DeCoursey (census has different spelling for each child) married Catherine Hout. They had 10 children, James Charles DeCoursey who married Vida. James and Vida had three children.. Harry, James, and Ruth. James Charles and his son Harry, both signed up for WWI. Frank, Martin, Bertha DeCoursey who married a James Malone Stoneham (I've recently found this); James Stoneham was in the military and guarded George Washington Grave. John, George, Chester, Williams, Elnora and one other name in there I can't make out. Frank may have married a Susan and had Robert and Betty. Not sure on this family.. I don't feel safe claiming them mine just yet. Anything Ring a Bell? Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Mona Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SPAM] [PA-CAMERON] DeCoursey/DeCourcey Matt: We have DECOURCEY's in our line that are from the Buffalo, NY area. Mona ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero
Matt, THERE IS A CONNECTION! Mona Anderson and I are first cousins - our fathers (William and Jack) are brothers. Your James Charles DeCourcey's wife was Alvida (Vida) Charlotta Extrom (originally spelled Ekstrom) - daughter of Carl August Extrom and Maria Christina Svensdotter. Vida was born in Langaryd, Jonkopings Lan, Smaland, Sweden in 1878 and emigrated to the US with her mother and siblings (Karl Hjalmar b. 12-26-1874; Johan Saloman b. 9-18-1876; and Olga Vilhelmina b. 5/8/1880). Four other children were born in Elk and Cameron County following Maria's emigration to the US in late 1883/early 1884 - still working on this. Her husband CArl August had emigrated three years earlier by himself in 1881 landing in the lumber camps in Sterling Run. Many Swedes and Norwegian "woodsmen" emigrated to the US in the mid-to late 1800's following the cutting and depletion of the forests in those countries. Vida was a sister to Mona's and my paternal grandmother Rosie Almira Extrom Cox. "Uncle" Jim and "Aunt" Vida lived most of their married life in Buffalo, NY. They actually had 4 children: Harry C. (b. 6-2-1900), Ruth (don't have any dates), Virginia (b. abt 1921) and James (b. abt 1904). Jim and his boys all worked for the PRR. This is the one Extrom branch (Vida and Jim) Mona and I have the least information on so we are thrilled to have your connection. I have a group Extrom family photo from the early 1920's which includes Vida and Jim and several of their children along with Vida's parent Carl August and Maria Christina. We would love to share information you as our two older Cox aunts (ages 99 and 94 respectively) are little fuzzy (rightfully so!) on all they can remember about Aunt Vida and Uncle Jim. Mona and I have history on Vida's mother's family (Maria Christina) dating back to the early 1700's in Sweden. Look forward to hearing from you. Jack Cox Arlington, MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew T. Hout" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: RE: [SPAM] [PA-CAMERON] DeCoursey/DeCourcey > Really? John C. DeCourcey/DeCoursey (census has different spelling for each > child) married Catherine Hout. They had 10 children, James Charles > DeCoursey who married Vida. James and Vida had three children.. Harry, > James, and Ruth. James Charles and his son Harry, both signed up for WWI. > Frank, Martin, Bertha DeCoursey who married a James Malone Stoneham (I've > recently found this); James Stoneham was in the military and guarded George > Washington Grave. John, George, Chester, Williams, Elnora and one other name > in there I can't make out. > > Frank may have married a Susan and had Robert and Betty. Not sure on this > family.. I don't feel safe claiming them mine just yet. > > Anything Ring a Bell? > > Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mona Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SPAM] [PA-CAMERON] DeCoursey/DeCourcey > > > Matt: > > We have DECOURCEY's in our line that are from the Buffalo, NY area. > > Mona > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >