>Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 18:00:40 -0700 (PDT) >From: [email protected] >Subject: ROBLEE-D Digest V98 #9 >X-Loop: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/volume98/9 >To: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] > >ROBLEE-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 9 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Fwd: 1870-1875 J'burg Census [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #2 Fwd: RE: Passenger Lists [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #3 Fwd: Reuben reputedly from Vermont [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #4 Fwd: RE: Grouping Families [Or If [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #5 Fwd: FW: Milo wrote more than one! [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #6 Fwd: Info from Connie Roblee, Mary [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #7 Fwd: Replies to Various Notes [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from ROBLEE-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >Douglas G. Detling >[email protected] > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:06:55 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: 1870-1875 J'burg Census >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 21:10:04 -0400 >>From: [email protected] (Carol Thomas) >>Subject: 1870-1875 J'burg Census >> >>1870 Census >> >> Last Name Age Birthplace Other Info >>2 Roblee Luther 57 NY >> Margaret 56 NY >> William G. 86 NY >> >>3 Roblee Elisha P. 36 NY >> Mary J. 36 NY >> Hamilton 17 NY >> Washington 19 NY >> Sarah A. 19 NY >> >>11 Roblee Isaac 40 NY >> Sally 37 NY >> Chloe 13 NY >> Henry 11 NY >> Dora L. 7 NY >> Francis B. 3 NY >> Helen C. NY >> >>12 Roblee Theron 58 NY >> Mary 53 NY >> William A. 21 NY >> Malden 17 NY >> Ann 14 NY >> Martha J. 12 NY >> >>16 Roblee Lyman 24 NY >> Mary L. 15 NY >> Francis NY >> >>29 SaundersBenjamin 42 VT >> Mary A. 55 NY >> Edwin J. 22 NY >> Roblee Ann 78 NY >> >>39 Roblee Hiram 26 NY >> Eliza 26 VT >> >> Roblee Charles C. 29 NY >> Sarah J. 29 NY >> George L. 7 NY >> >>107 Roblee Calvin 22 >> Sarah 24 >> Helen 3 >> Fanny 1 >> Lincoln Philo 25 >> Roblee Calvin 83 >> >>112 Roblee Lyman 46 >> Amy 38 >> Henry 15 >> Squires Phebe 15 >> Monroe Henry 37 >> Laura 14 >> William 4 >> >>122 Roblee George 55 >> Sally 50 >> John T. 28 >> Theron 25 >> George 17 >> Samuel 12 >> David 9 >> >>132 Roblee Hugh 24 >> Sophia 24 >> Etta 1 >> Hands James 22 >> >>203 Waddell Robert 36 NY >> Electa J. 27 NY >> Burk R. 11 NY >> William R. 6 NY >> Leland 2 NY >> Roblee Susan 44 NY >> Harrison 17 NY >> Austin Albert 22 NY >> Lumire Lewis 24 Canada >> > >>1875 Census >> >># Last Name First Name Age Birthplace Other Info >>337 Waddell Robert 41 Warren frame house >> Electa 32 Warren >> Burk 16 Warren >> William 11 Warren >> Lee 7 Warren >> Rosa 3 Warren >> Roblee Susan 51 Warren >> Balcomb Caleb 29 Warren >> >> >>4 Roblee Washington 25 Warren plank house >> Lydia 25 Renssalaer >> Benny 4 Warren >> Alley 2 Warren >> >> >>10 Roblee Elisha 41 Warren frame house >> Mary 41 Warren >> Margaret 3 Warren >> Fuller Delia 16 Warren adopted >>daughter > Cross Judson 14 Warren adopted son >> >>12 Roblee Hugh 29 Warren frame house >> Sophia 28 Warren >> Ettie 6 Warren >> Richard Warren >> Russell Charles 20 Warren brother in >law >> >>13 Roblee Luther 63 Washington frame house >> Margaret 62 Renssalaer >> >>22 Roblee Hamilton 22 Warren frame house >> Maryette 20 Warren >> Nellie 3 Warren >> Scott Warren >> >>26 Roblee Lyman 29 Warren frame house >> Mary 21 Warren >> Frank 5 Warren >> >>53 Roblee Malden 22 Warren frame house >> Amelia 20 Warren >> Mary Warren >> >>65 Roblee Isaac 45 Washington frame house >> Sally 42 Warren >> Henry 16 Warren >> Dora 12 WArren >> Bert 8 Warren >> Ellen 5 Warren >> >>75 Roblee George 60 Washington plank house >> Sally 55 Warren >> John 33 Warren >> Theron 29 Warren >> George 22 Warren >> Samuel 17 Warren >> David 14 Warren >> >>98 Roblee Calvin 28 Warren frame house >> Adalaid 29 Essex > >> Stella 8 Warren >> Fannie 6 Warren >> Gertrude Warren >> >>99 Roblee Sarah 34 Warren log house >> George 12 Warren >> >> >>104 Roblee Hiram 25 Washington frame house >> Eliza 25 Washington >> >>125 Roblee Lyman 51 Washington frame house >> Emma 46 Warren >> Henry 20 Warren >> Calvin 87 Washington father >> >>133 Roblee Edwin 31 Orleans frame house >> Mary 29 Albany >> Vernon Warren >> >>137 Bowman Ebenezer 35 Canada frame house >> Adelia 31 Canada >> Emma 9 Warren >> George 7 Warren >> Eveline 5 Hamilton >> Rose Warren >> Roblee William H. 22 Warren >> > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:43:29 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Passenger Lists >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 22:33:23 -0400 >>... >>Hi Karen [Roblee]-- To comment on the Rapalje theory -- If we are indeed >>desc. from Joris Rapalje, that family spent a generation or two in the >>Netherlands, and came with the Dutch settlers. Thus, the Dutch >>pronunciation seems the >>most relevant, rather than the French/Belgian. I asked a Dutch >>acquaintance how Rapalje would be pronounced. He pronounced the first >>syllable like "rop" (rhymes with "bop") and emphasized the three >>syllables kind of equally -- rop-el-yea (last syllable vowel sound a >>long a). It seems a very short leap from there to Rop-lea (ending sound >>a long a) to Robblee. However, this interim spelling we get in >>Huntington of Rublier or Rublear does not fit with this sequence. I also >>note that if Robilliard was pronouced as you suggest, without the final >>rd, it would also sound very similar to Rapalje. Interesting. >> >>The persistance of the Rapalje theory (I keep running into it) is >>somewhat persuasive to me and geographically, of course, it works very >>well. The Rapaljes settled in Brooklyn NY and spread out from there. >>Huntington is just a hop, skip and a jump away from there. >> >>Cindy >> >> >>Cindy Walcott >>Planning, Policy and Practice Unit >>Social Services >>103 South Main St. >>Waterbury, VT 05671 >>phone: (802) 241-2126 >>e-mail: [email protected] >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: K E Robblee [SMTP:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 7:16 PM >>To: Roblee, Phil >>Cc: [email protected] >>Subject: RE: Passenger Lists >> >>At 9:26 AM -0400 6/30/98, Roblee, Phil wrote: >>>To our resident Linguist, Karen Robblee... >>>do you have any comments on Lynda's message? >>> >>>Phil Roblee >> >>Phil, This is a tough question. Based on the consonants, the "Rapelje" >>theory seems more plausible. It would be much more likely for "p" to be >>replaced by "b(b)" than for "dg" to be replaced by "b(b)". >> >>(Only one thing needs to happen for the sound "p" to change to "b": the >>vocal cords need to start vibrating. But at least two things need to happen >>for "dg" to change to "b". First the cluster would need to simplify to one >>or the other sound ["d(d)" or "g(g)"], and then the place of articulation >>needs to change. [Either the "d" produced with the front of the tongue or >>the "g" produced using the back of the tongue would be replaced by a "b" >>which is produced using one's lips.]) >> >>But "Rapelje" does not account for the vowel in the first syllable. Since >>we see variation between "o" and "u" in the forms "Rob(b)lee" and >>"Rub(b)lee", I am inclined to think that there must have been a rounded >>vowel in the first syllable. "a"-like vowels tend not to be rounded, and >>are less likely than "o" to be replaced by "u". > >> >>>From a purely linguistic point of view, I like Bob's theory that the >>family >>name is derived from "Robbilliard". From what I understand, in the 17th >>century the French probably would not have pronounced the word final "rd". >>The rounded French "o" might also account for the variation between "o" and >>"u". In addition, since the "i" after the "bb" was not stressed, it could >>easily have dropped out through a type of contraction. >> >>But I wouldn't rule out the other possibilities. I agree with Lynda's >>suggestion that orthography can be significant. If the "B" was written in a >>way that looked like "dg" it could have replaced it. >> >>(I hope this wasn't more "linguistic" information than you wanted!) >> >>Karen >> >> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [SMTP:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 8:05 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Passenger Lists >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Do any of you have records of any Robblee (or similar spelling or >>>> sound) >>>> from passenger lists? I was wondering thru the NEHGS library this >>weekend >>>> and >>>> found a book with 2 possibles. >>>> >>>> "Passengers To America", edited by Michael Tepper, Gen. Publ. Co., >>>> Baltimore, >>>> 1977. >>>> >>>> 1) pg 65: >>>> "2 Maij 1635 >>>> Theis (sic) under written names are to be transported to ye Barbadoes >>>> imbarqued >>>> in the Alexander Capt. Burche and Gilbert Grimes Mr P'Certificate from >>the >>>> Minister where they late dwelt the men tooke the oaths of Alleg and >>>> Supremacie >>>> die et a pred." >>>> >>>> This list includes: >>>> "Geo: Rudglie" age 17 y >>>> "Jo:Bush" age 22 y >>>> {This name is a stretch for Robblee-like but, it would be easy to >>mis-read >>>> a "B" >>>> with a tail, as "dg". Especially if the person reading it wasn't >>familiar >>>> with >>>> the name of Robley/Roblie. Also, in sound, this name is as close to >>>> Robblee as >>>> is Rapelje/Raplee.} >>>> >>>> 2) pg 256: >>>> "Port of London, 28 Feb. to 7 Mar. 1774." >>>> List includes: >>>> Joseph Robley, age 25y, Planter from Togabo, on the ship "Tobago >>Planter", >>>> going >>>> to Tobago to his plantations. >>>> Charles Thomas, age 23, Clerk from Westminster, on the ship "Tobago >>>> Planter", >>>> goin to Tobago on business. >>>> >>>> {During the 1600's, there were quite a few people who moved between New >>>> England >>>> and Long Island to and from the Carribean Islands like Tobago and >>>> Barbados.} >>>> Has anyone searched passenger lists? Any idea where the info came >>>> from >>>> which states that George & William came to Long Island in 1623? This >>>> sound >>>> pretty specific and must have originated somewhere. Any thoughts? >>>> If anyone has done a routine search of passenger lists, could you >>send >>>> us a >>>> listing of the sources you've already check so that we're not having to >>>> duplicate work already done? >>>> Lynda >> > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:09:35 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Reuben reputedly from Vermont >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Subject: Reuben reputedly from Vermont >>Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 17:41:47 -0400 >>... >>I went to public records today at lunch and looked at the deeds for both >>Arlington and Shaftsbury, VT (on microfilm there). I was hoping I could >>find Reuben Robblee there. I think those are the two towns he has been >>associated with (Lynda -- can you confirm? I think you were looking into >>this a year ago or so.) He does not appear in either the grantor or the >>granter index for the appropriate period for either town. I also looked >>at the index for the probate records for Bennington County. Nothing >>there either. I attempted to look at the index for Addison Co., but >>there isn't one. They had a fire in 1852, and the filmed what they >>salvaged -- but it is unindexed. >> >>I want to do a more thorough search of the New Haven VT land records >>sometime soon. I have done kind of a cursory search in the past. Lots >>of Rublees buying and selling land there in the early days. Some >>Robblees too, including a Nathaniel. I'll report when I have had a >>chance to complete this research. >> >>Cindy >> > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:32:45 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Grouping Families [Or If We Only Knew} >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: "Roblee, Phil" <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: Grouping Families [Or If We Only Knew} >>Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 09:22:56 -0400 >>... >>Hi all: >>Bob [Robblee], you may be right about Calvin. We may know more next >>week. As you all >>know, William Roblee has surfaced (thanks to our lovely web site!) as >>another individual searching the same information as me. He lives a few >>miles from my parents home, where I'm visiting this weekend. Another >>cousin, who doesn't have a computer but who has done genealogy research, >>also lives in the area. I plan to compare notes with them this weekend, >>and I plan to take Bob and Cindy's files with me as additional >>information. I am very hopeful that between the three of us this weekend >>we'll be able to figure out the Calvin thing. >>Another item: The origin of our surname...In my conversation with Don >>(the other cousin in WNY), he indicated that his research suggests we are >>tied with de Rapalje or de Robillard (or something like that). William >>(Bill) indicated he had evidence of an origin sounding like de-Rob-i->lar. > Now, it's possible we're all looking at the same information in >>concluding a possible connection with these names, but I don't need a 2 X >>4 across the temple to think there might be something to what I'm >hearing. >>Lastly for now... >>Phil Roblee >> > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:16:33 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: FW: Milo wrote more than one! >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>>[email protected] On Behalf Of >>Cindy Walcott >>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 1998 2:34 PM >>> To: 'Roblee List' >>> Subject: Milo wrote more than one! >>> >>> Well - today I received from Bob Robblee a manuscript by Milo Resolvo >>> Roblee. I opened up, and said to myself "Oh, I already have it". >> > >>>Getting deeper into it, however, I realized that it is quite a different >>>version than the one I have. This has caused me to wonder what other >>>variations are running around among us! > >>>Here are the various Robblee/Rublee manuscripts I have (not counting >>>Rublee stuff): >>> >>>Two versions of what I call the "Carpenter Manuscript": >>> >>> 1. A version dated April 1949, headed "Descendants of Ruben and Phebe >>> Roblee -- revised Apr. 1949 by G. W. Carpenter. >>>From files of Mrs. Clarence Jones, Historian of Minerva, NY". I got >>>this from the LDS library in Salt Lake City, courtesy of Marianne >>>Conlee, whose husband is a Rublee descendant. They live in Orem, Utah >>>and are Mormans. >>> >>> 2. A version headed "Supplementary Information Regarding Roblee >>>Genealogy (June 1949). Data supplied by Mrs. William W. Roblee of >>>Riverside, Calfornia, gives the following additional >>>information regarding the early generations of the family" I call this >>>Carpenter revised in my mind, because it looks like the one above, but >>>with some additions. There is no indication of who made the revisions. >>>I got this from Jim Roblee, who got it from Ralph Roblee. >>> >>> Two versions (now) of the Milo Resolvo Roblee manuscript. Both are >>> entitled: "The Family Tree of the Roblee's Compiled in November 1900 >>>by M. R. Roblee." Both begin with a 2 plus page introduction which is >>>identical. >>> >>> There they depart. >>> >>> 1. From Jim Roblee who got it from Ralph Roblee. It has an additional >>>2 1/2 pages, which contains information on the desc. of Theron Roblee >>>and Ann Baker. Theron was Milo's grandfather. >>> >>> 2. From Bob Robblee who got it from (who??). It has an additional >>>almost 8 pages of family data. Milo attempts to trace all >>>of Theron's siblings and their descendants, as well as he could. >>> >>> Jim -- I assume the Ralph Roblee you corresponded with is Ralph Woods >>>Roblee II ( b.1939) ,son of Ralph W. Roblee, son of >>>William W. Roblee (see Carpenter Revised, above) , son of Milo R. >>>Roblee -- in other words, Milo's great grandson? >>> >>> Bob -- where did you get your version of M. R. >>>Roblee? ... >>> >>> So, everybody -- are there any more versions >>running around? >>> >>> Cindy >> > >______________________________X-Message: #6 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:37:36 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Info from Connie Roblee, Marydel Del. >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: "Roblee, Phil" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Info from Connie Roblee, Marydel Del. >>Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:45:26 -0400 >>... >>A few weeks ago I passed along an address and phone number for Connie >>Roblee who, like me, is trying to find an ancestral connection for Calvin >>Roblee who died Ft. Ann, Washington County Feb 2, 1835. Connie mailed me >>some information, and I thought it might be worthwhile to pass along some >>of the information she sent. As of yet, she's not in the internet. Take >>the information for what it's worth. I've placed quotes around her text >>(some paraphrased), and my notes within her quotes are placed between [ ] >>marks. >> >> "The town [of East Berkshire, Vermont] burned Sep 23 1913. The >>Rublee store, one of the buildings, was totally lost. They also had >>problems with flooding. He [Rublee?] rebuilt, but lost the side of the >>building in a wind storm. They [town of Berkshire] sold me their book -- >>Town of Berkshire--State of Vermont --June 22, 1781. It has a two page >>write-up on the Rublees taken from The Roblee Book written by Dr. Paul >>Monroe and Rhoda Hope Berger....They maintain the Daspard Colet DeRapalje >>lineage. So far I'm not convinced. >> Vermont was claimed by New hampshire and New York. It became an >>Independent State in 1789. In 1790 it joined the others. This has created >>confusion for the 1790 census information.... >> >> ...Suffolk, Huntinton, First Church. NY. >>Rublier, William m. Abigail Brush 21 Dec 1727 >>Rublier, Andrew m. Hannah Brush 20 Jul 1730; m. Abigail Hawkins 30 Jul 1733 >> c. Rublier, Abigail 13 Apr 1729 >> c. Rublier, William 21 Jan 1732 >> c. Rublier, Hannah 10 Nov 1734 >> c. Rublier, Thomas 18 May 1735 >> c. Rublier, Reuben Mar 1738 >> c. Rublier, John Mar 1739... >> >> ...Courthouse in Conn. >> The Rev War-Thomas Rubbelee >> b: Bennington Vt. -- Capt Browson's Co. 1782 >> d: Shaftbury Vt. 1808 >> m: Lydia" >> >>Connie listed a couple Rubelees: >>" 1800 Rubelee, Nathaniel--10010-00010-00 Wash Co. NY >> Rubelee, Philip--10010-10010-00 Wash Co. NY >>Nathaniel died Dec 28 1834 -- 63 yrs old -- buried at Middle Granville >>Cemetery with a new headstone....Samuel [don't know where this came from] >>and Philip moved to Addison Co. Vt -- Bristol..." >> >>Then, she lists a few citations for Rueban Roblee: >> >>"Roblee, Rueban [sic] >> Holland Land Office Batavia NY July 1992 >>Rueban was mentioned many times. He was mentioned in the Orleans County >>Pioneer's Association. He was not a member but they considered him a >>pioneer. According to the records -- >> Lyman & Orman Spicer, and Rueban Roblee of Washington County came >>Kendall Village and located on lot 119. Lymen went on to Clarkson to build >>a brick factory. >> Rueban returned to Granville, Wash. County in the autumn of 1821 and >>married Mary Spicer, the sister of Lyman and Orman. In 1823 he returned to >>Kendall and opened a hotel. In 1825 he opened a blacksmith shop which he > >>sold. After this he became a farmer. He was a member of the >>assembly--1850-51-53. He and a friend built the furst building in Kendal >>[sic] 1821. >> August 31, 1831 munutes of the Baptist Church of Kenal delegates met >>at Roblee home to organize North Murry Baptist Conference. In 1835 they >>merged their church with the Congregational Society--In 1873, due to deaths, >>it was no more. >> The following Roblees listed in the Orleans book: >>Mary 683 >>Mary Spicer 671 >>Norman 664 >>Rueban 664-661-671-679 >>Saloma 214 teacher 1824 >>Spicer 670 >>On page 664: >> Lot 95-Norman 50-51 Acres July 1 1848 >> Lot 108-Rueban 25 Acres June 12 1832 >> Lot 108-Rueban 78 acres July 31 1854" >> >>Hopefully, there's something to be gleaned from these tidbits. Hopefully, >>there's something to be added to these tidbits as well. >>Later... >> >> >>Phil Roblee >> > >______________________________X-Message: #7 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:40:54 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Replies to Various Notes >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:12:52 -0700 >>From: Bob Robblee <[email protected]> >>Subject: Replies to Various Notes >>... >>Dear Mark [Roblee], >> I'm still looking for descendents of William Jaden Robblee, son of >>Harris Robblee, who was supposed to have married a lady named Miller and >>who had a son and a daughter, I believe, before he was lost at sea in >>1886. >> >>Dear Phil [Roblee], >> Thanks for the notes from Connie. Another person whom is not quite >>sure of the Rapalje connection. Her information sure answers questions >>about the whereabouts of most of the family of Reuben, married Mary >>{Polly] Spicer. Cindy posted most of his family and I wonder if there >>were any other descendents? >> The comment about her finding a new headstone at the gravesite of >>Nathaneal Roblee, died 28 Dec 1834 is of great interest, I believe. I >>came across a similiar circumstance at the Stoney Beach Cemetary in Nova >>Scotia where my daughter and I found a new marker at the grave of John >>Harris Robblee. As I mentioned to her at the time, there is a family out >>there that cares about this site and sooner or later, we will contact >>them. The same will apply here, I'm sure, and hopefully, that person >>will have more for us into the past as well as forward to the present. >> I noticed that we have had one note from William A. Roblee, whom I >>believe you were in touch with when you were on vacation about the first >>of this month. I wondered, seeing as we haven't heard further from him, >>if he wishes to be "Subscribed" ? Have you been in further contatct with >>him? >> Dear Cindy [Walcott], >> Thanks for the information and will you sent us on Hiram Rublee as >>well as the location of the Dutchess Co. Records. I wish I could spend >>some time there because I feel some our answers will be discovered >>there. >> Would you mind posting to my daughter, Deanne, at >>[email protected] the program that you are using for attaching and >>coding files? She has been attempting to download these for me but she >>wonders if her software, [Windows 97 and Corel Office] might be >>incompatible with your programming. >> That last set of notes I sent you were sent to me from Ralph Roblee >>in San Diego, Milo's ggrandson. I believe that they were written prior >>to the condensed set many of us had seen in the past. Corrections were >>made in what I believe was Milo's handwriting. >> Now, I've wondered whom he would have talked to when he went to >>visit Granville ca 1895. Not many of the original families were there at >>that point. I think he would have spoken to Isaac Roblee, youngest son >>of Luther, when he travelled to the North Creek area. Ike would have > >>been 60-70 years of age at that time. Milo did not seek out and speak >>with his Aunt Mary, married Benjamin Saunders, who might have shed >>further light on our ancestry. He also mentions contacting a family in >>Colorado, cousins of his grandfather, but he had misplaced the notes. A >>teaser to lead us on. >>Dear Carol [Thomas], >> Thanks for the postings of the Johnsburg Census. I await any further >>listings, seeing as the Census kept including more family information as >>it moved on through the years. >>Bob >