This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURTON CHASE RAWSON OLNEY KEACH JORDAN PAINE SMITH BROWN SIMMONDS SLATER KINGSBURY MACKEACHAN MCEACHAN Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/322 Message Board Post: The following is correspondence which shows the information which I have gathered from a variety of sources. I do not know which County in Rhode Island Woodville is located in so I will be posting this message to all of them. ---------- From: "Elaine Merrell" <lmerrell@rcn.com> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 18:25:35 -0400 To: "Monica MacKeachan" <beads@aspi.net> Subject: Re: Killingly, Ct. Query Monica, See if there's anything here to help you: 1920 Federal Census, Killingly, CT Cromwell O. Chase age 54 b. CT parents b CT >>>THAT WOULD GIVE CROMWELL O. CHASE A BIRTHYEAR OF 1866 (however, there is a Cromwell Chase from the HALE COLLECTION that has a birthyear of 1763 !!! And a Cromwell Chase who said he was 20 in 1884, which would give him a birthyear of 1864) Jennie I wife age 50 b RI parents b RI --- which would give her a Birthyear of 1870 >>>Connecticut Family Researcher David Wilson found this in Connecticut Archives,"Cromwell O, age 20 of Killingly married Ida Jeannie Button, age 15 of Woodville, Rhode Island 22 October 1884, married by Rev. F. B. Knapp, recorded by Charles H. Keach, clerk" This account gives Ida Jeannie a Birthyear of 1869, which is close to 1870 as noted above. Cromwell D. son age 20 b CT >>>THIS WOULD GIVE CROMWELL D A BIRTHYEAR OF 1900 Dorothy V. daughter age 15 b. CT Danforth O. son age 13 b CT Beatrice A. daughter age 10 b. CT >From Ancestry: Beatrice Avis Chase b 2 Feb 1909, Killingly, CT daughter of Cromwell O. Chase and Ida Jane Burton, d 26 Feb 1992, married George Dennison Torrey 1933 in Chatham, NY Also from Ancestry: Cromwell O. Chase, son of Cromwell Dyer Chase and Mary C. Bastow (dau of Otis Bastow and Susan Slater) >>>From HALE COLLECTION, Headstones @ the Chase #2 Cemetary in Killingly, CT ___ Mary Chase b. 1767 d. Feb 3, 1848 @ age 82 >>>From HALE COLLECTION, Headstones @ the Chase #2 Cemetary in Killingly, CT ___ Cromwell Chase b. 1763 d. Oct. 9, 1831 @ age 68 Cromwell Dyer Chase was b. May 16, 1827 >>> Employee's First Name: Cromwell Dyer Chase >>> Date of Birth: April 16, 1899 Cromwell Dyer Chase was son of Cromwell Chase and Mahala Dyer Wood >>>From Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records -- Windham County, Ct: Births, Deaths, Marriages 1708 - 1850 ____ Cromwell Chase m. Mariah Matthews b. of Killingly Sept. 11, 1838 by Nicholas Branch Cromwell Chase was son of Reuben Chase and Lydia Seamans The last info has this quote attached "Research of Hannah Harriet Smith Hammond Entries: 1195 Updated: Mon Dec 16 22:15:02 2002 Contact: Harry R. Hammond ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This database is posted as a tribute to the 40 years of research of Hannah Harriet Smith 1903-1986. Hannah was a life long resident of E. Killingly, CT. Her source information is listed under the notes for her name. No further information is available." Hope there's something here to help you, Elaine :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica MacKeachan" <beads@aspi.net> To: <lmerrell@mail1.nai.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:10 PM Subject: Killingly, Ct. Query > Wednesday, May 21, 2003, beads@aspi.net Monica Lynne (Calabria) MacKeachan > > Hi. I am looking for Birth Certificate - or notice of birth - for > Grace Vivian Chase -- could be spelled "Grase", as was when I recently went > to Massachusetts to obtain my Maternal Grandmother's Birth Certificate. (I > had someone at Vital Statistics change it on my copy to "Grace"). Grace was > my Great Grandmother. I have always been told that Grace was born on Leap > Day, Feb. 29. I do not know if this is true or not. What I have found out is > that she could have been born February 28, 1888 in Killingly, Connecticut. > The Killingly, Connecticut part is almost postively accurate as I have seen > Grace's place of birth listed as Killingly and/or Connecticut in the few > places that I have found her name listed at all. > > I have looked in the Census and found Grace Chase married to Paul Rawson and > living in Worcester City, Massachusetts in the April 2, 1930 2-WD Worcester > Census. I have Paul Olney Rawson's Birth Certificate; b. June 7, 1894 in > Thompson, Connecticut -- Father and mother: Wyman V. Rawson and Lola Bell > Olney. In the 1930 Worcester, Massachusetts Census Grace V. Chase Rawson is > listed as being 40 years old -- which would give her a birthyear of 1890 > (before April, because that is when the Census was taken!). Grace's > birthplace is listed as being in Connecticut. Her father was listed as being > born in Connecticut and her mother was listed as being in Rhode Island. > > I sent away for Grace Vivian Chase's application for Social Security. I > recieved a letter with the copy. The letter said that "Grace Rawson > application for a Social Security number shows the account number > 048-26-983D, which is her husband's number. Her correct Social Security > number is 019-56-1322. She never had a Social Security number before she > filed a claim for benefits under her husband's Social Security number". > Assuming the other information on Grace's Social Security "Claim" is > accurate here is what it says, > Full Name Given at Birth: Grace Vivian Chase > Person's Place of Birth: Killingly, Windham, Conn > Mother's Full Name at Her Birth: Ida Jane Burton > Father's Full Name: Cromwell Otis Chase > Person's Date of Birth 2-28-1888 > Person's Present Age: 89 > Today's Date: 3-8-77 > > It is signed grace V Rawson with an address of North Grosvenordale, CT > 06255. (This I know to be true because I had visted her and her husband Paul > there when I was a little girl). There is also a note that says, "Change of > Address: 47 Lewis Ave., Walpole, Mass. 02081", which I also know to be true > because when Paul O. Rawson died in May 1976 I was 12 years old and went to > the funeral. It was a short time after that when Grace V. Chase Rawson went > to live with her daughter - my grandmother - Lola B. Rawson Keach, who lived > in Walpole, Massachusetts at the time. (Lola B. Rawson married Rev. Stanley > Keach and as a minister and his wife they moved alot depending on where > Stanley would be called to give his service) > > I sent for a Cromwell Chase's Social Security Number, but it turned out to > be Cromwell Dyer Chase ----- Father's Name was listed as Cromwell Otis > Chase. > Employee's First Name: Cromwell Dyer Chase > Street and Number: R.F.D. #1 > Post Office: Putnam > State: Connecticut > Business Name of Present Employer: The Putnam Company > Age at Last Birthday: 38 > Date of Birth: April 16, 1899 > Place of Birth: Killingly, Windham County, Conn. > Father's Name: Cromwell Otis Chase > Mother's Full Maiden Name: Jeannie Ida Burton > Date Signed: May 12, 1937 > Signed: Cromwell D. Chase > > I presume that Cromwell Dyer Chase is Grace Vivian Chase's brother. What I > do not know is if he is Grace's younger brother or older brother. > > I have found very little information about Cromwell Dyer Chase and even less > information about Cromwell Otis Chase and Ida Jane "Jeannie" Burton. > > I had been told that the "Rawson/Chase" Progenitor was "Cromwell Chase", so > that might be why I am having difficulty locating information about Cromwell > Otis Chase. (I have searched a few ships logs and searched at Ellis Island > and have not found him) > > I will happily pay for copies of any documents found on Grace Vivian Chase > and Cromwell Dyer Chase -- BOTH FROM KILLINGLY, CT. > > e-mail me for my street address in New Hampshire. > beads@aspi.net > THANK-YOU > : ) > Monica MacKeachan