This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1402.1.12 Message Board Post: I would appreciate a copy of your information "More about the Riggs". My e-mail address is murt@cox.net. I have an abstract of Genealogy of the Riggs Family by John Wallace. Do you know where I can secure the entire booklet?

Hello List, If anyone has documented evidence as to the birth and parentage, and marriage of Stephen Riggs, please contact me. David Harrison Riggs DHRiggsLondon@aol.com Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines, Iowa. Published 1888 Stephen Riggs, deceased, one of the very earliest pioneers of Des Moines County, Iowa, was a native of Maryland. and when but a small child went with his parents to Kentucky, where his early life was spent upon a farm. In that state he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Riggs, a distant relative, who was a native of Kentucky, and daughter of William Riggs. In 1836, they left that state and emigrated to Des Moines County, Iowa, settling in Franklin Township, where Mr. Riggs purchased land and developed a fine farm. Here they endured all the trials of pioneer life, for at the time of their settlement the country was an unbroken wilderness, deer and wild game were to be seen on the prairies, bands of Indians were often in the neighborhood, and the dreaded howl of wolves were frequently heard at night. Mr. Riggs was prominent among those who helped to build up Des Moines County. He was one of the surveyors of Burlington, and his energy and enterprise aided largely in all public interests, and in the progress and development of the county he was prominent among the foremost workers. He resided upon his farm in Franklin Township, until about 1848, when he removed to Sullivan County, Missouri, where his death occurred about 1867. His wife died about one year later. Both were members of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Riggs reared a family of 14 children, all of whom were honorable men and women. Only two now reside in this state-- Martha Ann, wife of George Ibbotson, and Lutitia, wife of a. Dillon, of New London, Iowa. In early life, he was a member of the Whig Party. He always opposed slavery. At the first organization of the Republican Party joined its ranks. He was a resolute and conservative man, and highly respected in the community where he resided. Children of Stephen and Eliabeth Riggs: (Data submitted by Cleda Bass, descendant, of Pasco, Washington. She lived many years in Missouri before moving to Washington. She is the consultant for this family.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs- Porter- LaRue- Christian ( VA/W VA ) - IL - NE- 1831-1940 Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1423 Message Board Post: Ed, JoAnn Nesiba was kind enough to send me some info, including the elusive name of Porter' Riggs mother. She was Anna Isabel Porter. I suspect that she died during her first and only child's (Porter) birth, as his dad, Isaac Riggs, quickly remarried Nancy LaRue. Porter's dad, Isaac Riggs, died of a gunshot wound years later; he and Nancy are buried together in a family plot. I guess Anna Isabel (Porter) Riggs is there, too. I am currently looking for her family in (W) Virginia. The Navy tags of Porter's Christian Riggs - the grandson who was both the paternal and maternal namesake - must be very precious!! Tamara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGGS FRAZER EDGAR THOMAS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1422.1 Message Board Post: Reunion is for the descendants of Annie RIGGS. This year marks the 100th anniversary of her purchase of the Kohler Hotel, which is now the Annie RIGGS Memorial Museum. Annie Stella FRAZER was born Nov 1858 in Dona Ana, NM and died May 1931 in Fort Stockton, TX. She was the daughter of George FRAZER b. 1828 and May/Mary EDGAR. She married Barney Kemp RIGGS in 1891 Pecos TX. Their four children were Barney, Ernest Monroe, George, and Eva Lee (Evelyn) RIGGS <Eva married Joseph THOMAS>. For more information on the reunion to be held July 2, 3, and 4th 2004 in Fort Stockton TX please contact George RIGGS at geriggs@co.pecos.tx.us

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGGS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1422 Message Board Post: Reunion is also commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Annie RIGGS Hotel in Fort Stockton, Texas. Activities planned for July 2, 3,and 4th. More info to be posted.

Bobby: Some interesting things and I haven't even scratch the surface. Have you ever heard or seen a thing called the "Agricultural Census", It is supposed to be available through several libraries. They say the years 1810 to 1880 are available. I guess I have another thing to look up at the TSLA this summer. Jim H. BGCarwile@aol.com wrote: INTERESTING Information from 2000 Federal Census available at this site..... http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html Click here: Census 2000 Gateway ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the following URL: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam

I'm researching a John M. Vanderpool, who married an unknown Riggs woman in either North Carolina or Kentucky sometime between 1800 and 1812. My line is James Vanderpool, their first son, born in 1813. I note that James lives next to a Reddin Riggs in Indiana (Lawrence County) in 1850, and I am hoping to work back from Reddin to see if this leads me to the father of this unknown Riggs woman. She would be the mother of James Vanderpool. Reddin, born in 1800, might well be the uncle of James Vanderpool. If you are researching Reddin Riggs (who lives near James in Washington County, Indiana, in 1840 as well), I would very much like to be in contact with you. (My guess is that this woman's father was James Riggs, and if you are researching the man of that name who lives in North Carolina during the late 1700s, I'd like to hear from you too.) Donn Neal

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1374.1.1 Message Board Post: I saw your post concerning Ruben Riggs and Andrew C. Riggs, both are in my line will exchange information if you are interested.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1374.1 Message Board Post: George, when was she born? I have been working on descendants of Reuben Riggs of Calhoun County and Andrew C Riggs of Freeo twp in Ouachita County.

INTERESTING Information from 2000 Federal Census available at this site..... http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html Click here: Census 2000 Gateway

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1.13.42.124 Message Board Post: Yes Ira Benton Riggs is the son of Rolin and Malinda. I would like very much to hear from you.

Looking for Donald Kevin Riggs from Michigan. Kevin are you subscribed to this list? Rich Boyd

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1421 Message Board Post: Delia (or Adelia Riggs) born 1860 in Sussex County, NJ, d/o Zenas D. Riggs and Susan Bailey. Delia was a dentist at a time when a woman dentist was rare. She is found living with her parents in Goshen, NY in 1880, then in Philadelphia (presumably where she went to dental school), then with a sister in Hamburg, Sussex County, later with another sister in Goshen, NY. Probably died around 1950 in Goshen. Looking for information or burial site. Delia was known as "Aunt Dee" in the family. She never married, and may have practiced dentistry in all of the above places. Thank you. Sandra Rodman

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1419.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Many thanks Geoff.I will push on with the Rigg surname. Kev.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1419.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Kev: With the extra info you've provided, I'm 95% positive that your Louisa A was a RIGG and not a RIGGS. - Registering births was compulsory in the UK from 1875 onwards, and there's no Louisa RIGGS indexed (as I'm only researching RIGGS, I've no data for RIGG births, I'm sorry); - you say her son Robert's death record shows her as a RIGG of Bradford (Yorkshire); - RIGGS is predominantly a surname from the South-West of England (Dorset, and also the adjacent counties of Devon and Hampshire), whereas RIGG is a surname from the North (Westmorland, Lancashire and Yorkshire).

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1419.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your prompt response Geoff.I have tried most avenues to find our Louisa in England,entering the United States and searchable marriage records online.I am aware of the Louisa Rigg of Upleatham but she was still there, aged 16,on the 1891 census.Our Louisa is supposed(as per 1920 US census)to have arrived in the US in 1888. In the 1920 census she was in Allegheny in Pennsylvania and her age was recorded as 39.If that was correctly recorded,and based on that having to be her age in the year prior to the census,then she was born in 1880. The death record for her son Robert(the 3rd)refers to his mother as Louisa Rigg of Bradford England whereas other records refer to her as Louisa A Riggs.To rub salt into the wound she named her first daughter Louisa A. There is an answer out there somewhere Geoff and I would be very grateful for any clues. Regards, Kev.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1419.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, I can't identify your Louisa A as yet: - the only Louisa A(nnie) recorded on the Ellis Island web site entered the USA in 1920 from Devon; - the only Louisa A births registered in the UK in c19th are in 1882 and 1889, both in Somerset, and there are no Louisa births registered in Yorkshire; - there is no Louisa A in the 1881 census for Great Britain, but there is a Louisa RIGG in Yorkshire, age 6 and born/living with her parents in Upleatham, which is near Middlesbrough and nowhere near Bradford. Where was she living in the 1920 US census and, more importantly, what was her stated age?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs, Von Barby Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1420 Message Board Post: The following item was published in the Baltimore Sun on March 8, 2004; they appeared online: Item 1: Dorothy Mary von Barby, a Howard County native who married a German aristocrat and was stranded in Germany during World War II, died Saturday from pneumonia at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The Frederick homemaker was 95. Born in Cooksville, the former Dorothy Riggs grew up on her family's racehorse-breeding farm and attended public schools. When she was 14, her parents sent her to live with relatives in Germany. While she was finishing school there she met her future husband, Baron Hans Wiprecht von Barby. The two married in 1928. The couple was living in Germany with their two children when World War II broke out. "We were stuck over there," recalls her daughter, recalls her daughter, Maria Nomita Brady of Bethesda. Baron von Barby was ordered to join the German army. Mrs. von Barby struggled to keep her family safe and survived several close scrapes, including once when her Frankfort house was bombed. Fortunately, she wasn't in it at the time, her daughter said. After the war, the couple returned to the United States, living in Florida, Washington, and for the past 35 years, Frederick. Mrs. von Barby's husband, who had dropped his title, died in 1986. A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St Andrews Union Chapel, at Union Chapel Road and Route 97 in Glenwood. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. von Barby is survived by a son, Hans Wiprecht von Barby Jr of Evergreen, Colo.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1419 Message Board Post: Louisa A Riggs emigrated to America in 1888(according to 1920 USA census record)and became naturalised in 1893. LOUISA would have only been a young girl in 1888 so it is assumed she travelled with family and is believed to have been from the Bradford district in Yorkshire UK She married ROBERT MALACHI MCWADE the second around 1898. Is anyone researching this branch of the Riggs?

Dear Sally, Membership of the Riggs Cousin's Club is only for persons who can supply me with a definite connection to any of the descendants of Abraham Riggs or his brother Isaac Riggs. The boys aged 13 and 15 respectably, were imported under the Head Rights Law, we believe from England. They went before the Accomack County Court in 1687 to confirm their ages and be handed over to their two different masters until they reached the age of 21 and were released from bondage as free men. Very little is know about Isaac's descendants, They may of moved into Maryland. Abraham married Roaanna Unknown, Children were: (1)Joshua Riggs m. Unknown (2) Isaac Riggs m. Sussannah Sparrow (3) Nancy Riggs m. George Willet (4) 5 known children (2) Joshua Riggs (Nothing discovered yet) (2) Mary Riggs m. Unknown Brandy (3) Sally Brandy (1) John Riggs m (a) Unknown Finley, (b) Jemima Melichop (2) Unknown (1) Moses Riggs (Nothing known) (1) Joseph Riggs m. either Naomi McComb or Rose Unknown, Then Sarah Unknown Six children by first marriage : (2) John Riggs m. Salady or Sarah, Children: George Day,Elizabeth, Stephen, and Joseph (2) Rachel Riggs m. ? (2) Joseph Riggs m. ? (2) Abraham Riggs m. Mary Bird, Children: Leah, William H., Abraham (2) Esther m Unknown Hickman (2) Susanna m. Unknown Onions By Sarah Unknown: (2) Elizabeth I found what I think to be the last Accomack Riggs as being dead in 1935. Regards, David Harrisson Riggs My line: (Joseph Harrison Riggs, Walter Riggs, Harrison Riggs, Isaac Byrd Riggs, Joseph Riggs, William H. Riggs, Abraham Riggs, Joseph Riggs, Abraham Riggs)