Hi M&J, I like your story too. I think most of us, when awake & not brain boiled by this summer heat, know some of the major world event battles. I assume he was talking about Airiad FitzSTEPHEN, the knight. I don't know much about him yet, but I assume most of us will eventually connect back to him, even if we are English, Welch, German, Greek, French or whatever we think we are. I am trying to remember the stories about the printers in Paris named Stevens. I'm trying to remember the brother's names and their father's name and the years they lived in Paris. Were they French or Swiss ? And which book did I read this out of ??? Thanks, DS On 7/5/07, tursiops <tursiops@cccomm.net> wrote: > Sorry, but the Battle of Hastings was 1066, when William the Conqueror (aka > William the Bastard, A Norman King) beat King Harald. The Bayeux tapestry > is featuring events of that battle. Check for another battle on the date you give. > They had battles all the time back then. > One funny one? The Muslims noted that the Crusader Knights all wore their > heavy army in that hot sun, and they always rode stallions in order to carry the > rider and the weight of his armor. The Muslims came out, riding mares that > were in estrus, the stallions wanted to make love, not war, and the knights were > thrown to the ground, where they were easy victims to Muslim arrows and > weapons! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: M&JStevens > To: stevens@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 6:55 PM > Subject: Re: [STEVENS] Stevens - census lookup > > > Cousin David, > One thing about searching for MCStevens is that I've overturned a > heap of information and climbed way back up into the the Family Tree > ---thirty-three generations, to the year of 1211---Battle of Hastings. > I am related to 22 million people now. > I have found some really interesting characters, a few ancestors of > mine led extraordinary lives---with swords and pistols. > A pistol of example--- > "Hosmer" E. STEVENS, deputized U.S. Field Deputy Marshal in the year > of 1901 at the age of 94 in the Arizona territories. > Long, long story---very condensed version follows : > Many years before the Civil War, or War Between The States--- > James Edward STEVENS---ancestral cousin, (and I was not even > looking for him when I picked up his trail) from Putnam County, GA > Seems that he shot and killed a gentleman, in defense, who was flirting > with his fiancee---the family of the gentleman decided to come after > him---so James and fiancee fled to Alabama. > Shortly afterward, they fled further into Oklahoma, where she died > after several years. > James crossed into the Arizona Territories into Roswell, > which is now New Mexico, spent the night on the trail but shot > a guy just before daybreak and then fled, again. > James decided to take up with some Mexican desperados and > make a living from the fruits of Stage coaches and wagon trains. > They rested in Mexico, just across the Rio Grande. > And then one day, near Tuscon, and while he was "hosmering" > or shoeing a horse, he was approached by a US Field Marshal. > "I've been watching you." said the US Marshal. Hosmer had hung > his guns just inside the livery stable doors and thought for sure > he had finally been caught. > "I like the way you take care of horses, Hosmer" (seems > the name Hosmer stuck). > "How would you like to work for the Field Marshal's office?" > said the US Marshal. "I need someone that can take care of > our horses." ---So "Hosmer" (James) Edward STEVENS ---my > ancestral cousin---worked for years as a "hosmer", cook for > the jail, janitor and pinning up wanted posters around town > for the US Field Marshal's office--before he was Deputized > in 1901 at the age of 94. > I found a ton of information about "Hosmer".---it was > so easy----some are not brick walls. > -----Prof.M.C.Stevens momo7@sover.net > =============================== > David Stevens wrote: > > >When I get frustrated at my own brick walls, I like to switch & work > >on other people's brick walls. It usually helps to get a different > >perspective. I have a Cherokee ancestor, Lemuel Dugan Long, and he is > >surrounded by so much mis-information, I get my kids to work on him, > >because they don't know the false trails. :-) > > I'm sure I'll add yours to my project & look for him when all my > >doors seem closed. > >David > > > > > >On 7/5/07, M&JStevens <momo7@sover.net> wrote: > > > > > >>Hello again 'cousin' , > >> > >>I have tried 'Find-A-Grave' several times. Also, I have bounced off > >>the SSN Death Records---which do not display middle names or > >>initials---whereas, I made some very long trips to Erie, NY and > >>Amity, PA to find the gravestones had a different middle initial > >>---and the church records confirmed that these two individuals > >>were not the --- Merle [Merlin] CAREY Stevens that I seek. > >> I have been searching for MCS since 1949---visiting SC, GA, > >>AL, MI, MS, TX, NM, FL, TN, KY, NC, VA & West VA., and > >>I should have recorded all the STEVENS headstones that I saw. > >> I should add that he had no war record, but I did find his WW1 > >>draft registration card showing that he a right ankle problem > >>and was exempt from the draft at age 22. > >> Other than a birth 'notification'---a one-line entry in the town > >>record of Roanoke, AL that was called in 10 days after his birth in > >>Rock Mills, AL ---there is no official or 'delayed' birth certification. > >> Talk about 'brick walls'. > >>Thanks, > >>Prof.M.Stevens momo7@sover.net > >>================ > >>David Stevens wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I searched most of the night on this one and a few others. > >>>I did a variety of searches on the 1930 census. I tried all of his > >>>names and I tried misspelling his name (which works more times than > >>>I'd wish), but not on Merle Merlin Carey Stevens. > >>> For a "final resting place" search, have you tried "Find-A-Grave" ? > >>>I use FIND-A-GRAVE quite a lot & I did a variety of searches on it and > >>>found a dozen or so possible names and a few even had a close > >>>birthdate, but didn't seem to match. You never know when someone like > >>>me will find his grave & take a headstone photo & post it. > >>> Are there other sites like Find-A-Grave ? > >>> > >>>DS > >>> > >>> > >>>On 7/4/07, M&JStevens <momo7@sover.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hello 'Cousin' David Stevens, > >>>> I am in search of a : > >>>>Merle [aka: "Merlin"] Carey STEVENS > >>>> Actually, I am interested in where this individual's final > >>>>resting place is. > >>>>---He just might appear on a Census using his 'aka' monicker. > >>>>The time-space element, however, would be after 1930---when > >>>>he disappeared in 1933 from South Carolina. I know there was > >>>>no Federal Census after 1930---but I do know there were State > >>>>Census of some type during the period just before WW2. > >>>> I have the 1900, 1910, and the 1920 Census showing his name. > >>>>----Helpful identity of this individual: > >>>>1. [never had a Social Security Number issued to him] > >>>>2. born 1895 Rock Mills, Alabama > >>>>3. telegraph operator, Postal Telegraph, Atlanta, GA > >>>>4. stock market "ticker reader", > >>>>5. Mgr. Fenner & Beane office in Atlanta, GA during 1920s. > >>>>6. [never had a driver's license] > >>>>7. [never owned property or was a property tax payer] > >>>>8. [never had a photograph of him for identification] > >>>>9. [did not attend a public or private school] > >>>>10. [no record as a tax-payer of the United States of America > >>>> Yes. I need a "Census" lookup for this individual---and if his > >>>>name appears on any record that I have missed in the "Top 10" > >>>>above---I would be greatly appreciative of anyone who could > >>>>supply me with a lead as to where this individual wound up. > >>>> Oh yes, I have also searched various Death Records throughout > >>>>the 13 Southeastern States---to no avail. > >>>>---Thanks in advance, > >>>>----Professor Marley Stevens momo7@sover.net\ > >>>>=============================== > >>>>David Stevens wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Does anybody need a census lookup today ? > >>>>> > >>>>>------------------------------- > >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>------------------------------- > >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.0/887 - Release Date: 7/5/2007 1:55 PM > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >