>Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 00:36:20 -0400 (EDT) >From: [email protected] (by way of Phil Roblee <[email protected]>) >Subject: Before Calvin >... >I didn't get what I had hoped to get on my trip to WNY, but it was >productive, nonetheless. Don couldn't find the letter he had earlier >referred to (the one that allegedly contained Calvin's lineage), but he >had a lot of good information. If nothing else, my visit rekindled his >interest, and in turn his new interest rekindled the interests of others >with whom he had been in contact over the years. I'm confident the >Calvin issue will be resolved before our family reunion! >I managed to find the grave of Laura Everts McKnight, wife of Calvin. >She's buried in Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., NY in a cemetery on Maple Grove >Road...the cemetery where Orlando, her son, is buried. Her tombstone >lists the name, Laura McKnight, and it lies next to the grave sites of E. >Everts, G. Everts, and Sally (I think...my notes aren't with me at the >moment), his wife. As for Calvin's lineage, Don had information that he <had obtained from Connie (in Delaware), and she had speculated that >Calvin was the son of Hiram Rublee, son of William and Katurah. She >listed his birthdate as 1806...like your information, Bob...meaning he >died when he was about 29 years old. Maybe you can help here, Bob. The >GEDCOM file you sent contains >information about Calvin (son of Hiram), and it lists a birth (1806) and >death (1811?) date, in addition to a burial reference. If your >information >about Calvin is correct, and if it is based upon your visual inspection >of his tombstone, then the Hiram/Calvin/Orlando connection is wrong. >Where did you get your information about Calvin? >In my telephone conversation with Connie yesterday, she seems very >interested in Nathaneal Roblee/Rublee/Robblee's lineage. I'm not sure >where she's going with it, but it's a logical next step. Neither of us >have seen any information about Nathaneal's children. Anything out >there? >Other info I found is of interest only to descendants of Orlando Roblee >and Agnes T. Crandall. Don had a Crandall Family History book published >by a now-97 year old female Crandall descendant in Washington DC. I >contacted her (unbelievably sharp for someone born at the turn of the >century!), and she's sending me a copy of her book. >Lastly, I had hoped to visit the Rublee graves near Jamestown, Chatauqua >County, NY, but time didn't permit. In 3 days I visited six >cemeteries...some more than once. >It was fun, regardless. It must be in the blood, huh? >... >Phil > > > > > >Dear Phil, > Sounds like your trip expanded our aggregate store of knowledge. >The big question that I have is about the teaser that you left us >dangling with before you left. Did Don have any lineage previous to >Calvin, died 1835? Did he have any loose clues about people he couldn't >place? > I look forward to seeing Don's and Connie's additional information >on various family members as well as their thoughts about the earlier >family history. Hope to hear from them soon. > Coincidentally, I happened to speak with one of my co-workers last >Sunday who is of French descent. I asked him to pronounce 2 spellings of >our name, Robbilliard and Robleyer. The first was pronounced >Raw-blee-arr, and the second was pronounced Rob-blee. Now I know that >this is nowhere as exact as an expert in languages might be able to pin >things down, but it was how it was said by a literate French speaking >person. I didn't know that the comments on pronunciation had flown back >and forth until after my email had straightened out late last Sunday. It >is just another clue that points in a particular direction which may or >may not be part of the result we are all seeking. Hope to hear from you >soon. >Bob >