Hi Dennis Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. Boy since I retired I have no time. I am always on the go. I am leaving for San Diego and will be gone for a couple weeks. Need some cool ocean breeze, 109 next week here. Love the heat, but it is nice to feel the cool Pacific and see that wonderful California green. Our GGGGrandfather was the same, Jeremiah Tuttle, b. Jan 1778 Goshen, NY. UE Loyalist patented 400 acres Matilda township, Dundas Co. Ont Can. NY. His son Jeremiah Tuttle was my GGGrandfather and his son George Tuttle was my GGrandfather. My Grandmother was Emma Esther Tuttle, b. Steptoe Butte Washington Territory. She was orphaned at 14 with four younger brothers and sisters. A incredible lady, she at 14 moved the children from Washington Territory then Washington State to Petaluma, CA. where George Tuttle, her father had family. I have a hard time imagining a young girl in 1894/5 after the death of her mother making that trip with the four children. I know that George Tuttle had at least three sister and a two brother living in the Petaluma, CA. area. Candace (Daicy) Tuttle Fraser, Anna Tuttle Densmore, Ella Tuttle Beckeley, Elanson E. Tuttle and Cyrus Tuttle, Cyrus's Son had the Tuttle Drug Store in Petaluma, CA. Upon arrival in Petaluma, CA. the children were split up among the family. As close as I can figure it Emma left Petaluma between 1899 and 1901 for San Francisco. Emma was married four times, Mark Benson, Joseph C. Fraters*, Joseph Heffernan, and Chris Clause. The records on the first two marriages were destroyed in the San Francisco 1906 earthquake. Which Emma was at with her two children George Benson and Leslie Frater. I was told that after the earthquake they spent two weeks living on the beach in San Francisco with the two children. My Grandfather was Joseph Fraters, * Joseph spelled his name four or five different ways he was Portuguese, yet on my uncles birth certificate he listed color or race as Spanish and German? His father, Isaac Frates was born in Madeira. He left during the unrest 1840/50 and arrived in California . He married Domecia Silva. My mother Ethel M Fraters Heffernan married a George Kelly. Hence my I sent a copy of the message to Betty Swanson and her son Gary. Betty father was Mark Benson, Emma first child. What I find most surprising is that Jeremiah (b. Jan 1778)Father in- law was John Bull. Well Ill close for this morning and get some sleep its 4:00 AM and I have to get up early 6:30, it is a yard work day, hahahaha. Please keep in contact. I am rebuilding a VW camper, have three old VW, hope to finish it by next summer and do Canada, have to chase history. All be safe Pat Tuttle Family wrote: > > Part 1.1 Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: 7bit