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Am researching he following surnames - will share info Schirmer Ratmann Biehler Winner Pettet Wlliamson Ring Kirker Muller Murphy Thanks, Remri@aol.com

thanks jackie At 07:22 AM 8/21/99 PDT, you wrote: >There is Pattison in Waller County which is just west of Houston, not too >far. My guess would be right around 80 miles from Galveston. There is >Patroon in Shelby County very near the Louisiana border. This would be NE >(basically) of Galveston. There is a small incorporated area NE of Houston >about 30+ miles called Patton Village, but I do not know the history of this >incorporated area. I would vote for Pattison, Texas because the railroad >expanded west in the late 1800's and that particular corridor was well >traveled (the I-10 West) area. > > >>From: deffes@acadiacom.net >>Reply-To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com >>To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Master List of 1900 Storm Victims >>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:39:38 -0500 >> >>Where is Patton TX where the Landrum family was listed as either being from >>or found? Jackie Deffes >> >> >>At 11:09 PM 8/13/99 EDT, you wrote: >> >In a message dated 08/13/1999 9:56:06 PM Central Daylight Time, >> >iraggi@tisd.net writes: >> > >> ><< www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm >> >> >Got it this time---copied and pasted before, no luck--computers are >>strange >> >machines sometimes. Thanks for the comeback >> >JB >> > >> > >> >> > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > >

There is Pattison in Waller County which is just west of Houston, not too far. My guess would be right around 80 miles from Galveston. There is Patroon in Shelby County very near the Louisiana border. This would be NE (basically) of Galveston. There is a small incorporated area NE of Houston about 30+ miles called Patton Village, but I do not know the history of this incorporated area. I would vote for Pattison, Texas because the railroad expanded west in the late 1800's and that particular corridor was well traveled (the I-10 West) area. >From: deffes@acadiacom.net >Reply-To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Master List of 1900 Storm Victims >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:39:38 -0500 > >Where is Patton TX where the Landrum family was listed as either being from >or found? Jackie Deffes > > >At 11:09 PM 8/13/99 EDT, you wrote: > >In a message dated 08/13/1999 9:56:06 PM Central Daylight Time, > >iraggi@tisd.net writes: > > > ><< www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm >> > >Got it this time---copied and pasted before, no luck--computers are >strange > >machines sometimes. Thanks for the comeback > >JB > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Me too! Thanks! Jim, Charlotte, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Turner <jnturner@gte.net> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 10:03 PM Subject: [TXGALVES] The 1900 Storm Victims > As a member of the genealogical community interested in Galveston County, I > would like to take my hat off to Shelly Henley Kelly for the work she has put > into developing this Master List of 1900 Storm Victims. I have talked to her > periodically from the time she started this project many months ago, and I > know the tremendous effort that it took. > > For some time, we have wanted to have this information available on-line. The > Storm Victims are a continual matter of genealogical inquiry across the > country. By cross-checking the several existing lists against the city > directories, and working with meticulous care, Shelly has produced a wonderful > genealogical resource, clearly superior to any other version. > > Shelly, we congratulate you and thank you! > > Jim Turner > > >

Nice e-mail Teresa. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: iraggi <iraggi@tisd.net> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] The 1900 Storm Victims > Everyone on the List.: > I just want to let everyone know that I was not trying to be rude or mean > in anyway. When I told Shelly that the "O" & "P" were the same. I was just > wanting to know if there where any surnames that started with the letter > "P". I am very glad myself that the site was put on line. That is less > looking I have to do. So if anyone thinks that I was rude in the way I > went about asking " Well I am sorry " Shelly just keep up the good work. > Thank you for fixing the problem. > > Teresa > iraggi@tisd.net > Victoria, TX > > Iraggi*Maggio*Marzullo*Burizillari*Ferraro - Palermo,Sicily > Smith*Meeks*Moore*Stevens - TN,MS > Leeper*Shannon*McCauley - MS, AR, SC > Crawford*Ragon - AR,TN,MS > Meyer* Myers* and other spellings - TX > & alot more ! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Turner <jnturner@gte.net> > To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 9:03 PM > Subject: [TXGALVES] The 1900 Storm Victims > > > > As a member of the genealogical community interested in Galveston County, > I > > would like to take my hat off to Shelly Henley Kelly for the work she has > put > > into developing this Master List of 1900 Storm Victims. I have talked to > her > > periodically from the time she started this project many months ago, and I > > know the tremendous effort that it took. > > > > For some time, we have wanted to have this information available on-line. > The > > Storm Victims are a continual matter of genealogical inquiry across the > > country. By cross-checking the several existing lists against the city > > directories, and working with meticulous care, Shelly has produced a > wonderful > > genealogical resource, clearly superior to any other version. > > > > Shelly, we congratulate you and thank you! > > > > Jim Turner > > > > > >

Everyone on the List.: I just want to let everyone know that I was not trying to be rude or mean in anyway. When I told Shelly that the "O" & "P" were the same. I was just wanting to know if there where any surnames that started with the letter "P". I am very glad myself that the site was put on line. That is less looking I have to do. So if anyone thinks that I was rude in the way I went about asking " Well I am sorry " Shelly just keep up the good work. Thank you for fixing the problem. Teresa iraggi@tisd.net Victoria, TX Iraggi*Maggio*Marzullo*Burizillari*Ferraro - Palermo,Sicily Smith*Meeks*Moore*Stevens - TN,MS Leeper*Shannon*McCauley - MS, AR, SC Crawford*Ragon - AR,TN,MS Meyer* Myers* and other spellings - TX & alot more ! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Turner <jnturner@gte.net> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 9:03 PM Subject: [TXGALVES] The 1900 Storm Victims > As a member of the genealogical community interested in Galveston County, I > would like to take my hat off to Shelly Henley Kelly for the work she has put > into developing this Master List of 1900 Storm Victims. I have talked to her > periodically from the time she started this project many months ago, and I > know the tremendous effort that it took. > > For some time, we have wanted to have this information available on-line. The > Storm Victims are a continual matter of genealogical inquiry across the > country. By cross-checking the several existing lists against the city > directories, and working with meticulous care, Shelly has produced a wonderful > genealogical resource, clearly superior to any other version. > > Shelly, we congratulate you and thank you! > > Jim Turner > >

I am a native of Galveston (BOI). I found all my relatives that where lost in "THE STORM" on the list. My grandfather John Robert Harris lost his entire family including his parents except one twelve year old son. I've had bits and pieces on most of them, the list confirmed what I had and completed what I didn't. Thanks Shelly for all your hard work. I'm sure you have helped people all over the globe. I live in Birmingham AL now and don't get back "home" very often. If I can help anyone with a lookup from the Birmingham Library, please let me know. Emmett Harris Wright, Class of 1951 Ball High School

Jim thanks for your explanations on Patton. Since that is where the B. Landrum and family was obvoiusly located as it is in the book that lists the 1900 storm victims. They were my ggrandparents and their siblins (my grandfathers parents and siblings). I was not aware of where Patton was located but it seems that they were either found or recorded as missing from Patton. As far as I remember - it was always known that he did not find his parents or siblings and he was in Beaumont for the day - that is why he was saved. Jackie Deffes At 06:24 PM 8/14/99 -0700, you wrote: >deffes@acadiacom.net wrote: >> >> Where is Patton TX where the Landrum family was listed as either being >> from or found? Jackie Deffes > >Jackie, > >Patton was on the Bolivar Peninsula, about midway down the peninsula. >There was a hotel there, the Patton Hotel, owned by Charles R. Patton. >Also nearby was Patton Beach and Patton's Grove. > >Every Saturday in the summer of 1900, the Gulf and Interstate Railroad >ran a "Gulf Coast Special" from Beaumont to High Island, Rollover, Patton >and Galveston (crossing the Galveston Bay Channel on a barge). > >On Saturday, September 8, the morning of the Great Hurricane, the train >reached Bolivar Point, but the water was too rough to load the cars onto >the barge. It was turned around and, shortly after noon, started back >east toward High Island. When it reached Patton Beach, it stopped and >picked up a large group of adults and children. The train then continued >on to Rollover where the water was so high that further progress was >impossible. The engineer backed the train to Patton, waited there about >three hours, then attempted to go back to Bolivar Point. But the water >by then was even higher and the train had to return to the Patton depot. >The passengers waited on the train from Saturday afternoon until >six-thirty Sunday morning with breakers crashing against the cars, >howling wind, and driving rain. During the height of the storm, huge >waves washed high over the train, completely submerging it at times. >Passengers described watching as all the homes along Patton Beach were >washed out sea, one by one. > >This account and other stories about the impact of the Hurricane around >Patton Beach can be found in the book, They Made Their Own Law: Stories >of Bolivar Peninsula, by Melanie Wiggins; Rice University Press, Houston, >1990. Although many names are mentioned, I did not see the name of >LANDRUM. > >Jim Turner > > >

As a member of the genealogical community interested in Galveston County, I would like to take my hat off to Shelly Henley Kelly for the work she has put into developing this Master List of 1900 Storm Victims. I have talked to her periodically from the time she started this project many months ago, and I know the tremendous effort that it took. For some time, we have wanted to have this information available on-line. The Storm Victims are a continual matter of genealogical inquiry across the country. By cross-checking the several existing lists against the city directories, and working with meticulous care, Shelly has produced a wonderful genealogical resource, clearly superior to any other version. Shelly, we congratulate you and thank you! Jim Turner

deffes@acadiacom.net wrote: > > Where is Patton TX where the Landrum family was listed as either being > from or found? Jackie Deffes Jackie, Patton was on the Bolivar Peninsula, about midway down the peninsula. There was a hotel there, the Patton Hotel, owned by Charles R. Patton. Also nearby was Patton Beach and Patton's Grove. Every Saturday in the summer of 1900, the Gulf and Interstate Railroad ran a "Gulf Coast Special" from Beaumont to High Island, Rollover, Patton and Galveston (crossing the Galveston Bay Channel on a barge). On Saturday, September 8, the morning of the Great Hurricane, the train reached Bolivar Point, but the water was too rough to load the cars onto the barge. It was turned around and, shortly after noon, started back east toward High Island. When it reached Patton Beach, it stopped and picked up a large group of adults and children. The train then continued on to Rollover where the water was so high that further progress was impossible. The engineer backed the train to Patton, waited there about three hours, then attempted to go back to Bolivar Point. But the water by then was even higher and the train had to return to the Patton depot. The passengers waited on the train from Saturday afternoon until six-thirty Sunday morning with breakers crashing against the cars, howling wind, and driving rain. During the height of the storm, huge waves washed high over the train, completely submerging it at times. Passengers described watching as all the homes along Patton Beach were washed out sea, one by one. This account and other stories about the impact of the Hurricane around Patton Beach can be found in the book, They Made Their Own Law: Stories of Bolivar Peninsula, by Melanie Wiggins; Rice University Press, Houston, 1990. Although many names are mentioned, I did not see the name of LANDRUM. Jim Turner

There's also a Patton in Galveston County, according to the Texas Handbook Online. Sorry to say that I do no know where it is located. Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Shelly Henley Kelly <shelly@rosenberg-library.org> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Master List of 1900 Storm Victims > Texas Almanac shows there is a Pattonfield in Upshur County. There is a Patton > Village in Montgomery County. > I'm not sure which one the list refers to though or if there was an earlier > "Patton" Texas in 1899-1900. > > Shelly > > deffes@acadiacom.net wrote: > > > Where is Patton TX where the Landrum family was listed as either being from > > or found? Jackie Deffes > > > > At 11:09 PM 8/13/99 EDT, you wrote: > > >In a message dated 08/13/1999 9:56:06 PM Central Daylight Time, > > >iraggi@tisd.net writes: > > > > > ><< www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm >> > > >Got it this time---copied and pasted before, no luck--computers are strange > > >machines sometimes. Thanks for the comeback > > >JB > > > > > > > >

Thanks alot Shelly. I hope it was not alot of trouble for you. Keep up the good work. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: Shelly Henley Kelly <shelly@rosenberg-library.org> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Master List of 1900 Storm Victims > Okay, it's fixed -- go for it! > > iraggi wrote: > > > Has anyone else noticed that the "O" & "P" both have the names in them? > > Both have the "O" , were there no victims with the surnames that start with > > "P"? Thank for checking on this for me. > > Teresa > > iraggi@tisd.net > > Victoria, TX > > > > Iraggi*Maggio*Marzullo*Burizillari*Ferraro - Palermo,Sicily > > Smith*Meeks*Moore*Stevens - TN,MS > > Leeper*Shannon*McCauley - MS, AR, SC > > Crawford*Ragon - AR,TN,MS > > Meyer* Myers* and other spellings - TX > > & alot more ! > > - >

Okay, it's fixed -- go for it! iraggi wrote: > Has anyone else noticed that the "O" & "P" both have the names in them? > Both have the "O" , were there no victims with the surnames that start with > "P"? Thank for checking on this for me. > Teresa > iraggi@tisd.net > Victoria, TX > > Iraggi*Maggio*Marzullo*Burizillari*Ferraro - Palermo,Sicily > Smith*Meeks*Moore*Stevens - TN,MS > Leeper*Shannon*McCauley - MS, AR, SC > Crawford*Ragon - AR,TN,MS > Meyer* Myers* and other spellings - TX > & alot more ! > -

Texas Almanac shows there is a Pattonfield in Upshur County. There is a Patton Village in Montgomery County. I'm not sure which one the list refers to though or if there was an earlier "Patton" Texas in 1899-1900. Shelly deffes@acadiacom.net wrote: > Where is Patton TX where the Landrum family was listed as either being from > or found? Jackie Deffes > > At 11:09 PM 8/13/99 EDT, you wrote: > >In a message dated 08/13/1999 9:56:06 PM Central Daylight Time, > >iraggi@tisd.net writes: > > > ><< www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm >> > >Got it this time---copied and pasted before, no luck--computers are strange > >machines sometimes. Thanks for the comeback > >JB > > > >

Ouch! Thanks for catching this for me!!! If you see anything else odd, PLEASE let me know! I'll change it this morning (Sat.) Shelly iraggi wrote: > Has anyone else noticed that the "O" & "P" both have the names in them? > Both have the "O" , were there no victims with the surnames that start with > "P"? Thank for checking on this for me. > Teresa > iraggi@tisd.net > Victoria, TX > > Iraggi*Maggio*Marzullo*Burizillari*Ferraro - Palermo,Sicily > Smith*Meeks*Moore*Stevens - TN,MS > Leeper*Shannon*McCauley - MS, AR, SC > Crawford*Ragon - AR,TN,MS > Meyer* Myers* and other spellings - TX > & alot more ! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Kelki@aol.com> > To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Master List of 1900 Storm Victims > > > In a message dated 8/13/99 6:58:03 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > Jwb2725@aol.com > > writes: > > > > << In a message dated 08/13/1999 5:00:04 PM Central Daylight Time, > > shelly@rosenberg-library.org writes: > > > > << www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm > > >> > > Shelly--I am on AOL and cannot access the url for the 1900 storm victims. > > Is > > the above correct--or am I doing something wrong. Thanks for an answer > > Jane > > >> > > > > Jane, I am on AOL also and did not have a problem accessing the url. I > just > > copied the address and then pasted it into AOL's browser (at the top of > the > > page, where it says "Find"). I didn't even have to type in http:// at the > > beginning, but depending on what AOL version you have, you might have to > do > > that (http://www. etc....). > > > > If you have Microsoft Explorer, you could also use that. Hope this > helps.... > > Kim > > Denver, CO > >

You need the http:// added before the www. It should read like this: http://www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc1900storm.htm hope this works for you. Emmett Wright ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jwb2725@aol.com> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Master List of 1900 Storm Victims > In a message dated 08/13/1999 5:00:04 PM Central Daylight Time, > shelly@rosenberg-library.org writes: > > <<http:// www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm > >> > Shelly--I am on AOL and cannot access the url for the 1900 storm victims. Is > the above correct--or am I doing something wrong. Thanks for an answer > Jane > >

<A HREF="http://www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm">1900 Galveston Storm</A>

Where is Patton TX where the Landrum family was listed as either being from or found? Jackie Deffes At 11:09 PM 8/13/99 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 08/13/1999 9:56:06 PM Central Daylight Time, >iraggi@tisd.net writes: > ><< www.rosenberg-library.org/gthc/1900storm.htm >> >Got it this time---copied and pasted before, no luck--computers are strange >machines sometimes. Thanks for the comeback >JB > >