Hi All ~ In researching for my husband's great-grandfather, Samuel C. Patterson in the Mercer/Erie Co. PA area, I sent off & paid for a probate record hoping it would be of some help. It wasn't our Patterson's, but hopefully someone on the list can use this record. I'll be glad to send it to anyone interested. I'm including the Chautauqua Co. NY area because the probate was actually filed in Mayville - how it popped up in Mercer Co. where I was looking, I'm not sure. Samuel A. Patterson was husband of Martha L. Patterson of Sheridan, he had sons John V. and James G. both of Sheridan, and daughter Mary A. Ward of Forestville. He died 12 October 1883 according to the Surrogate's Court Proceedings on Probate of Will dated 13 November 1883. This document is 9 pgs in length. ~gina~ ===== ~gina thomas patterson~ Please visit my home page at www.burningskyenterprises.com, click on "Family Album". Researching families Brumbelow, Carsten, Leitch, Manes, Patterson, Stiffler, Thomas, Tye & more than I have fingers, toes, earrings & nose holes for!

It still is - in the COUNTY of Erie <smile>. It's a few miles NE of Ashtabula, OH, sort of between Cranesville and Albion, near the lake. I'm sure you can find it on Mapquest.com or other online map services. Try http://city.state-pa.us/Erie-County/Lundys-Lane or the great USGS site at geonames.usgs.gov/gnisform.html --- Cairn619@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone know where Lundys Lane was located. > It was in the city of Erie. > My relatives are located there in the 1870 > census. > Thank you, > Mary > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to > PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single > word unsubscribe in the message subject and > body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with > PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that > various viruses are floating around the > newslists. While no viruses have yet been > transmitted via this board, all readers are > strongly encouraged to keep their virus > checkers up to date in order to ensure that > your computer will not be impacted should this > occur. > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Hi, Does anyone know where Lundys Lane was located. It was in the city of Erie. My relatives are located there in the 1870 census. Thank you, Mary

This is a forwarded message - Please reply directly to Brockness@cs.com if you can help. Bill Klauk ----- Original Message ----- From: Brockness@cs.com Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 6:18 PM Subject: Tubbs Corners Bill, Does Tubbs Corners, still exist? and if so how to get there? Besides,go through Albion, 6 N ? to Ohio line? Betty Researching the George A. Myers family for a friend, thought I d take a drive, when I go to Albion again on Wed. Thanks for any help, Betty

This is a forwarded message. If anyone is replying, please send directly to jlhatcher@juno.com This message is slightly off topic (not strictly genealogy related), but perhaps someone can help Ms. Hatcher. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan L. Hatcher" <jlhatcher@juno.com> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 8:58 PM Subject: Gudgeonville Bridge Photos~Desperately looking for good photos of Gudgeonville Bridge > > Dear Bill Klauk, > > Thank you for your web site. I know that this e-mail address is only > supposed to be for special info. but I could not find another e-mail > address to use. I was really hoping that you could still help me. I've > been desperately looking for some good, clear photos of Gudgeonville > Bridge. I've been going through every web site on Pennsylvania history > and on covered bridges in every part of the Northeastern US that I can > find over the past month and a half and I still need some help. I am a > realist painter, who specializes in portraits,murals and calligrapher-- > and now I have the unique privilege of doing my first covered bridge > portrait~a 24" x 30" painting of Gudgeonville Bridge for some > acquaintances. They have a certain view of the Gudgeonville Bridge in > Erie County, PA that they want me to capture, with a bit of the bridge's > reflections in the river below. > > Unfortunately, for the first month I was trying to draw and make sense > out of a terrible, xerox copied photo of the Cain Road Bridge in Ohio > that they had given me. We never could meet in person and they kept > insisting that that was the view they wanted. Nothing could convince > them that it was Cain Road Bridge and not Gudgeonville Bridge. Now, I'm > finally back to drawing up the Gudgeonville Bridge--the one that they > really wanted in the first place. Unfortuately, I can hardly see any > details in this photo, either. I have spent countless weeks and hours on > the internet and at the library and in book stores searching for photos > of these 2 bridges, but haven'tt found anything that can specifically > help me in this very challenging project. If you know of any clear, > lengthwise views of the Gudgeonville Bridge it would help me greatly. I > really need to move on to other projects and am very busy with my kids at > home this summere, so I really need to get this covered bridge portrait > done. Any helpful suggestions or photos that you can point me to?. I > especially need to understand the unique formation of the "piers", those > beautiful stone underpinnings which hold up the Gudgeonville Bridge. I > need to see how the bridge and its unerpinnings are attached to the > embankment. The photo I was given only has dark shadows. From other views > of this bridge, which I've found on the internet, the "buttresses" or > "piers" look very special and rounded and quite different from any other > covered briedge that I've seen thius far. The photo I was given makes > them look totally flat and hardly the same. > > I would really appreciate your help with this very important matter. > > Sincerely, Jill Suzanne Hatcher > <jlhatcher@juno.com> >

Hi, Cousin Laurel!!! I don't have any info to speak of about your Lee side, but according to my FamilyTreeMaker file, I'm your 2nd cousin once removed -- and, more importantly, I have lots of information on the Walling line that I'd be delighted to share with you! [I belatedly realized that I may well have corresponded with Laurel previously, thus having nothing new to offer her, but hey! -- she may be able to link to my own Lee family in West Virginia!] Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel Anderson" <landerson@zoominternet.net> To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: [PAERIE] Lees of Northeast, PA, Erie Co. > I have been trying to research my dad's LEE family in Erie > Co.--Northeast, PA to be exact. My dad's father, William (Bill) John > Lee, divorced my dad's mother, Jean Walling about 1940 and rumor was he > remarried within 10 years or so after that. His parents were George LEE > and Mary Louise MCLAUGHLIN. George's parents were John Edward LEE and > Margaret MOSTON. We just recently found an old letter that had the > woman's name tha William married after my grandmother. Her name is Mrs. > CARMEN (Valerie/Valery) FARBO. Her maiden name was SORGER. We do know > that apparently growing up, (when she was a SORGER), she lived in the > 1300 block of W. 10th Ave in Erie in a house once occupied by Bill > BRENNAN's family. The letter says that Bill Brennan was an architect and > his wife worked for the Dept. of Public Welfare. The letter says that > before WWII, Brennans sold the house to the Sorger family, who they > believe later sold it to Dr. JACKMAN and in 1982 it was owned by Warren > JONES. This Valerie FARBO, in 1982, was supposed to be living at 3431 W. > 41st St. in Erie. This info was given to my aunt at the time from a Jean > or Joan CRONIN wife of Bob DAILEY, former county official. So if any of > these family names ring a bell, they may be friends of this family that > could get me some info on them. > > William Lee basically disappeared sometime after 1948 or so. Rumors were > he was killed in a bar fight in Mexico, but no one knows for sure, not > even his own mother. > > If anyone can possibly find out any further info based on this new info, > it would be greatly appreciated. Someone already researched the Erie Co. > marriage records for William LEE around that time and didn't find any. > Some suggestions have been to check out the Ripley, NY area. That is > where he married my Grandmother. I intend to check that out. I also got > a phone number for the house that Mrs. Farbo lived in, and is now > occupied apparently by her daughter in law. I've called and only got an > answering machine, so I may just write a letter. > > Basically, my dad would like to know if this Mrs. Carmen (Valerie) Farbo > did marry William Lee, his dad. And did they have any children? I guess > the years would be sometime between 1940-1955 or so. I have access to > the census info and cannot find much info that would help. I really need > directory info for the 1940-55 years that might tell me if they were > living together. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! > > Laurel Anderson > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should this occur. > > ============================== > 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 > >

I have been trying to research my dad's LEE family in Erie Co.--Northeast, PA to be exact. My dad's father, William (Bill) John Lee, divorced my dad's mother, Jean Walling about 1940 and rumor was he remarried within 10 years or so after that. His parents were George LEE and Mary Louise MCLAUGHLIN. George's parents were John Edward LEE and Margaret MOSTON. We just recently found an old letter that had the woman's name tha William married after my grandmother. Her name is Mrs. CARMEN (Valerie/Valery) FARBO. Her maiden name was SORGER. We do know that apparently growing up, (when she was a SORGER), she lived in the 1300 block of W. 10th Ave in Erie in a house once occupied by Bill BRENNAN's family. The letter says that Bill Brennan was an architect and his wife worked for the Dept. of Public Welfare. The letter says that before WWII, Brennans sold the house to the Sorger family, who they believe later sold it to Dr. JACKMAN and in 1982 it was owned by Warren JONES. This Valerie FARBO, in 1982, was supposed to be living at 3431 W. 41st St. in Erie. This info was given to my aunt at the time from a Jean or Joan CRONIN wife of Bob DAILEY, former county official. So if any of these family names ring a bell, they may be friends of this family that could get me some info on them. William Lee basically disappeared sometime after 1948 or so. Rumors were he was killed in a bar fight in Mexico, but no one knows for sure, not even his own mother. If anyone can possibly find out any further info based on this new info, it would be greatly appreciated. Someone already researched the Erie Co. marriage records for William LEE around that time and didn't find any. Some suggestions have been to check out the Ripley, NY area. That is where he married my Grandmother. I intend to check that out. I also got a phone number for the house that Mrs. Farbo lived in, and is now occupied apparently by her daughter in law. I've called and only got an answering machine, so I may just write a letter. Basically, my dad would like to know if this Mrs. Carmen (Valerie) Farbo did marry William Lee, his dad. And did they have any children? I guess the years would be sometime between 1940-1955 or so. I have access to the census info and cannot find much info that would help. I really need directory info for the 1940-55 years that might tell me if they were living together. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Laurel Anderson

Harrison J. BARTON b. Feb 1889 in PA, son of James E. & Minnie BARTON. Harrison married Frances L. ? prob. in NY. Their children were: Marion E. b. Feb 1910 in NY James C. b. 1913 in AL Ruth L. b. 1919 in AL Norman b. 1923 in AL Carol b. 1925 in AL Harrison and Frances were listed in the 1910 Census of Clymer Town, Chautauqua Co., NY living next to his father. They were in the 1920 Census of Grand Bay, Mobile Co., AL also next to his father. In the 1930 Census they were listed in North East Twp., Erie Co., PA I would like to correspond with any descendants of this family! Donna Merrill

James E. BARTON b. 5 Jan 1853 in Oneida Co., NY, son of Thomas BARTON and Rhoda CALKINS. He married 1) Irene DUMOND/DENUM. He married 2) Minnie ? James and Minnie's Children were: Harrison J. b. Feb 1889 in PA, md. Frances ? Irma/Emma C. b. Sep 1890 Vera A. b. Jul 1893 Morris E. b. May 1900 A. Cecil b. 1903 James and Minnie were listed in the 1900 Census of Erie Co., PA, the 1910 Census of Chautauqua Co., NY, 1920 Census of Mobile, AL. I believe James died in Mobile, Alabama 29 Feb 1920. His son Harrison J. went to AL with his father and by 1930 he was back in Erie Co., PA. Any help on this family would be appreciated!!! Thanks, Donna Merrill

Hello List, We are continuing the cemetery theme for July. A lot of new info has been posted, with more on the way. I will be offline from Thursday midnight until early Monday. Going to visit step daughter and grand daughter in New Jersey. Web site will run by itself and if anyone sends me any contributions, the messages will wait my return, along with all the spam that still makes it through the spam filter. I will update website updates sometime next week. In the meantime, I invite everyone to visit the What's New page at www.rootsweb.com/~paerie Bill Klauk Volunteer County Coordinator, Erie Co (PA) Genealogy

I looked and looked - but found neither of these guys, or their wives, in Erie Co. in 1860 or 1870. I did find a Milton Porter in 1860 in Erie Co., but he was 41 and had a different wife (Emeline). Could they have lived somewhere else? Used other given names? Their surnames are too common to do a universal search. Sorry... --- JChan18003@aol.com wrote: > Alvin CARTER, wife Adelle or Adella he b. 1829 > and > M.W. PORTER, wife Sophia he b. 1812 NY - thanks > in advance - Jim Chandler __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Alvin CARTER, wife Adelle or Adella he b. 1829 and M.W. PORTER, wife Sophia he b. 1812 NY - thanks in advance - Jim Chandler

Richard, My Reed ancestor, David Reed, listed his address as a man Erie County when he purchased land in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1803. I am not sure if he had been there a long time, or just passing through. Since early Erie records are very scarce, I've never found anything on him. His mother was an Elizabeth, but know very little about her husband or her parents, do have some evidence, but nothing documented. Doris Reed Forsyth In my local library I just found yesterday a reference for the surname I am researching that appears to have had a bio write up. The reference given was "Erie County History by Reed ", and I wonder if anyone has a copy of that and could look up my surname to see whether this was a long bio or a passing mention. ---Richard ______________________________

Looking for marriages for Harriet Carter b. March 01, 1825 Greenfield Twp - Alvin Carter b. April 12, 1829 Greenfield Twp. and Sophia Carter b. May 19, 1831 Greenfield Twp. - any help greatly appreciated - Jim Chandler

In my local library I just found yesterday a reference for the surname I am researching that appears to have had a bio write up. The reference given was "Erie County History by Reed ", and I wonder if anyone has a copy of that and could look up my surname to see whether this was a long bio or a passing mention. ---Richard

Stacey, there are some web sites for railroad afficianados, PA RR especially. Do a Google search -- that's how I found them. They may be able to help you identify the specific railroad. And there are a couple museums that house the old payroll records of the PA RR. If he was a section hand, the railroad was probably not being built. He would have been responsible for making repairs over a certain length of existing track. Just because his wife's obit says he was dead, that doesn't necessarily make it so. Being an Irish family, he could have been "dead to them", meaning "we don't want any association with him". It was also a way to save face to avoid saying "the rotten old so and so deserted me". Neither of these explanation may be the correct one for your family, but I wanted to make the point that the obit may not necessarily be accurate. Hope this might help a little. Genie Flahie -------Original Message------- From: StaceyRego@aol.com Sent: 06/20/03 06:00 AM To: PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAERIE] Disappearance//Railroad pension records/other RR info... > > I have a very tough case to crack on the disappearance of my great-grandfather. I need a small miracle here. Does anyone know of any railroad pension records available for any railroad in Erie Co from abt. 1920 -1950? The Railroad Retirement Board can't help me because I don't have enough info on my great-grandfather, Daniel Caughlin. He disappeared some time after 1923 (last time family saw him), but his wife--Lena's obit in 1950 indicated that he had already died so someone knew about it. The county, library, and state can't locate death info for him though. He's not in the SSDI either. Daniel's wife--Lena was still living in Girard on the 1930 census and still married, but Daniel wasn't with her and I can't locate him on the 1930 census. He was a section-hand b/w 1910 & 1920, living in Harborcreek, Northeast, and Girard. I need a new angle to find out when/where/how he died. Anyone know anything about Daniel Caughlin or perhaps know of a railroad being built in Erie Co b/w 1923 & 1930 that may have led Daniel to another county or state? Also, does anyone know of any RR pension records available for Erie Co b/w 1920 & 1950?? Thank you for any info or advice you may offer!! Sincerely, Stacey ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should this occur. ============================== 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 >

I don't know if there is a connection, but my great-great-great-great-great aunt, Anna COLLIER, was married to Orange KING. Although both Orange and Anna are buried in Onondaga County, NY, Anna's sister, my great-great-great-great grandmother, Rebecca COLLIER and her husband James BATES, moved to Ellington, in Chautauqua County, NY around 1815 and at least two of their children lived in Erie County, including my great-great-great grandfather, Alpheus BATES. Since they ended up nearby, I thought there might be a chance that your KINGs are somehow connected to Orange KING. Lee -----Original Message----- From: donald spears [mailto:dspears2@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:15 AM To: PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAERIE] lucy dutton king Julie, I do not have any more on Lucy's parents, but an uncle of my husband has been working on the family for years and I am going to check with him. I do have a photo with Lucy King and one that has Lucy and sister with a question mark on the back. I would like to get copies of the gravestones if possible. Can I send you the money for them? I grew up in Corry and spent a lot of time in the Clymer area, never realizing someday I would wish I had listened to my grandmother's stories.If I get anything more on Lucy's parents I will let you know. Gail ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should this occur. ============================== 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

Does anyone have the right e-mail address for Julie? The two I have are not working emails. Thanks. Gail

If someone can look this up for me or tell me how to obtain an obituary that would have appeared in an Erie paper about August 1, 1941 for a Mrs. Martha C. Smith (maiden name Mullin/Mullen) who was born in Norwood, Canada in 1864. She was married to a John H. Smith and had lived in Warren PA until about 1911 when they moved to Erie. I'm getting "closer" to my Mullin/Mullen family!!! Thank you! Ginny

Hi Julie, I noticed that in 1910 there was a Charles Keech 17 living at the Elmwood Home. Also a friend of mine emailed and Lucy King Dutton is living with a brother in Wayne Township in 1880 and is listed as a widow. In 1850 Lucy and Calvin S Dutton are listed with children, and on the same page and after some King families there is another Calvin Dutton with a wife Lucina, which explains why a death list I have did not have Lucy on it, but I have to check the dates as I think they have the date of birth for Calvin S, I'm not sure. Will check it tonight. Gail