This family never ceases to amaze me. I did not realize that Benjamin Franklin was a Byers. In both the 1850 and 1860 censuses, he is listed as a Parker! I thought it rather odd that Ledyard had given two sons the same name, but then, people do funny things. Do you need these census entries? John Parker's obit lists brother Ami, and two sisters, Margaret Whittaker and Nancy Hogle. Margaret is listed in the 1850 census entry as M.E., age 6/12, and the entire family, including Eli Byus (sic), age 19, and Benjamin Parker, age 11, appears in the 1860 census entry. Is Eli another of Margaret Minium's children by her first husband? Why would he be listed as a Byers but Benjamin listed as a Parker? And where was he in the 1850 census? Do you know Margaret's first husband's first name? None of John's Parker half-sibs are mentioned in the obit, so it is not surprising that Byers half-sibs weren't mentioned either. Please give me your mailing address. If you prefer, you can contact me at [email protected] Annette >From: "Donald" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Crawf'rd] Ledyard Parker >Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 23:42:51 -0400 > >Annette, > >I would be interested in both of them. I believe they were half brothers >to >my Benjamin Franklin Byers. Their mother was Margaret Minium Byers Parker. > >Would you have any information about a Margaret Parker - she may have >married a Whitaker and lived in the Conneautville area? > >Thanks, >Nancy > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Annette Lynch <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 8:49 PM >Subject: [Crawf'rd] Ledyard Parker > > > > > > I finally found my Parker notes. I have an obit for John Parker and one >for > > Ami B. Parker. If you are interested in either of those, let me know. > > > > Annette > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > This List is dedicated to Crawford County, Pennsylvania. If have a >problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please contact >Kathleen off-list at [email protected] Thanks. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== >*** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, a business trip? *** >Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject and Message >area to: [email protected] Digest? Replace "L" with "D". > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

Evidently Ben Franklin was popular. Just to make sure there is less (!) confusion, there were evidently 2 Benjamin Franklins: Benjamin Franklin Parker, born to Ledyard and Hannah Wolcott Thompson about 1838. Ledyard and Hannah were married Aug. 12, 1838. They were divorced in 1949. She might have filed in 1947 Then, based on the Byers family information, (Barbara, Nancy), there was a Benjamin Franklin Byers, born in 1948 to a William Byers and Margaret Minium. Margaret later married Ledyard Parker on Oct. 20, 1849. There is evidence, that Margaret Minium was still married to him when he died in City Point Virginia. An exceprt lists her as his widow. Hannah probably had her Benjamin Franklin Parker with her when they divorced. If Benjamin Franklin was 11 in the 1860 census it has to be Ben F. Byers, not Parker. As for the 1850 Census, I don't have it, and don't know the age listed, but I would assume it was Byers because Hannah left and went to Wisconsin. Mistakes were made in the census, so could be to us a coincidence because there were 2 Ben Franklins Sharon -----Original Message----- From: Annette Lynch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Crawf'rd] Ledyard Parker This family never ceases to amaze me. I did not realize that Benjamin Franklin was a Byers. In both the 1850 and 1860 censuses, he is listed as a Parker! I thought it rather odd that Ledyard had given two sons the same name, but then, people do funny things. Do you need these census entries? John Parker's obit lists brother Ami, and two sisters, Margaret Whittaker and Nancy Hogle. Margaret is listed in the 1850 census entry as M.E., age 6/12, and the entire family, including Eli Byus (sic), age 19, and Benjamin Parker, age 11, appears in the 1860 census entry. Is Eli another of Margaret Minium's children by her first husband? Why would he be listed as a Byers but Benjamin listed as a Parker? And where was he in the 1850 census? Do you know Margaret's first husband's first name? None of John's Parker half-sibs are mentioned in the obit, so it is not surprising that Byers half-sibs weren't mentioned either. Please give me your mailing address. If you prefer, you can contact me at [email protected] Annette >From: "Donald" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Crawf'rd] Ledyard Parker >Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 23:42:51 -0400 > >Annette, > >I would be interested in both of them. I believe they were half >brothers >to >my Benjamin Franklin Byers. Their mother was Margaret Minium Byers Parker. > >Would you have any information about a Margaret Parker - she may have >married a Whitaker and lived in the Conneautville area? > >Thanks, >Nancy > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Annette Lynch <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 8:49 PM >Subject: [Crawf'rd] Ledyard Parker > > > > > > I finally found my Parker notes. I have an obit for John Parker and > > one >for > > Ami B. Parker. If you are interested in either of those, let me > > know. > > > > Annette > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > This List is dedicated to Crawford County, Pennsylvania. If have a >problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please contact >Kathleen off-list at [email protected] Thanks. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== >*** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, a business trip? *** Send an >email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject and Message area to: >[email protected] Digest? Replace "L" with "D". > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in your wall? Remember, day and night, the RootsWeb Archives are always there to browse or search from http://www.rootsweb.com . ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237