Galveston County, Texas, Queries A new message, "Metcalf - Texas City?," was posted by Tonya Aultman-Harris on Sat, 26 Jun 1999 --- NAME: Tonya Aultman-Harris EMAIL: mtharris@ev1.net SURNAMES: Metcalf DATE: Jun 26 1999 I am looking for more information on my Metcalf family. I have, so far, Leslie Metcalf b.1891 m.Sue Forbis. Children: Arvid Daris Metcalf, Marlin Metcalf. Arvid b.1918Tx City, TX m.Myra Bivens (they had 4 children). Arvid died on August 3, 1978. That is all I have on them, if anyone has anymore information on them, please contact me..

A new message, "Griffin/Anderson," was posted by Mary Smithey on Sat, 26 Jun 1999 on the Galveston County Genealogy web page queries section: --- NAME: Mary Smithey EMAIL: MARY@tca.net SURNAMES: Griffin, Anderson DATE: Jun 26 1999 QRYTEXT: Seeking information on Christopher Columbus/C.C. Anderson who died on Jan. 14.1911 in the home of Mr.& Mrs. J.J. Griffin in Pierce Station, Texas. Pierce Station is now Pierce, Texas in Wharton Co. I am trying to find out who C.C. Anderson parents/siblings were. I have some information that tells that C.C. was born in MS then information tells me LA. Jacob and Ella "Callie" Griffin had a broading house in Texas City as well as Pierce, Texas. According to a 1910 Texas Cenus C.C. Anderson was in the house hold of Jacob Griffin in Wharton Co, What is the connection between the Anderson's and the Griffin's? I have been told that Jacob was the 1st Sheriff for Texas City and before that Texas City Marshall. The Griffin's are buried at the Asher Cemt. in Mound Creek, C.C. Anderson is buried at the Sample Cemt. in Smiley, Texas beside his wife Mary Goldman. Mary died in 1901. Any help will be greatly appreaciated. Thanks for the help. Mary Smithey MARY@tca.net

Glenn of Huntingwick

Hello: I am researching Harris and Galveston counties for Dr. Gordon. At this time I am waiting on a response from the library regarding some obituaries. I am beginning to think Dr. Gordon may have returned to his home state of Virginia and I am looking in the wrong place altogether. I am also trying to find his son Mallory Gordon. If you see this name anywhere, I would appreciate the reference. Regards, Estelle Gordon

Bertha: Thanks for the information regarding Galveston GORDON records. I will write the funeral home as a start to see what they have on record. If that goes nowhere, my next step will be to write the library for ideas. I am beginning to think Dr. Gordon may have returned to his home state of Virginia and I may be looking in the wrong place altogether. But I have to eliminate Galveston / Harris counties first. Thanks for the encouragement. Regards, Estelle Gordon

Recently, there have been reports circulating around the internet about a finding of lost military records which replace the ones destroyed in the 1973 fire in St Louis. This is how the story goes: >Pension Files Found >Over a hundred boxes of pension records that date back to the "Revolutionary >War, War of 1812 and the Seminole War" were recently found at the National >Archives. None of these have ever been indexed or microfilmed. They are >arranged by account number and are being published in American Genealogy >Magazine by Datatrace System, PO Box 1587, Stephenville, Texas 76401. > >Veterans Records Discovered >Some 10 million duplicate of 20th century military records thought to >have been destroyed in the 1973 fire have been found by the Veterans >Administration. If you have been told the records you need were burned >in that fire, you may want to write again to: National Personnel Records, >GSA 9700 Page Blvd. St. Louis, MO." It would be great if it were true. Unfortunately, at least some of this appears to be a hoax or a misunderstanding. According to the telephone directory service for Stephenville, TX, there is no listing for a company by the name of Datatrace System. There is no "American Genealogy Magazine," that I can find. There is a scholarly journal called "The American Genealogist." In regard to the records "found by the Veterans Administration," I spoke to the Office of the Director of the National Personnel Records Center, who told me that the story is not true. The closest thing to it was the discovery of some computer records from a study done by the Army Surgeon General's Office. The data is very limited and access to it is restricted. Here is what NPRC has said about these files: "Medical-Related Alternate Records. In 1988, a collection of computer tapes containing ten million hospital/treatment facility admission records was transferred to NPRC(MPR). These records, originally created by the U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office (SGO), were discovered by the National Academy of Sciences and offered to the National Archives for use by NPRC(MPR). The source records existed in a computer code format and required extensive analysis to interpret the code into English. Between 1988-1990, NPRC(MPR) was able to salvage 7.8 million records of individual admissions for use as a major supplement to other smaller sources of medical information. The subjects of the records were active duty Army and Army Air Corps personnel in service between 1942 to 1945. In addition, active duty Army personnel who served between 1950 and 1954 and a limited number of Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and military cadet personnel for the same period (about 5% of the 1950-54 file) are included. The admissions records are not specific or detailed medical documents, but summarized information indexed by military service number. They contain limited medical treatment information, but diagnosis, type of operation, and dates/places of treatment or hospitalization are frequently included. Although no names are shown, patients are identified by military service number and certain personal data including age, race, sex and place of birth. THESE RECORDS ARE NOT DUPLICATES OF THE ORIGINAL MEDICAL TREATMENT FILES LOST IN THE 1973 FIRE AT NPRC(MPR). They were created using data sampling techniques for statistical purposes. Therefore, the listings are not complete and many admissions were skipped during the sampling process. Nevertheless, the information is useful as proof to support certain benefit claims." Jim Turner

I'm trying to find information on OLIVER MORGAN and his wife THERISSA. I know they lived at Port Bolivar in 1872 when their daughter IZORA was born. In the Galveston Co. Marriage index I found where THERISSA married A.L. MERRIMAN 4/29/73. My great Aunt had a clipping that read when IZORA MORGAN (my grGrandmother) married W.C. PATTON in 1887 the reception was help at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Morgan. I would like to find a death date on Oliver, or any information on him or A.L. Merriman. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Sharon Sembera semberaelec@juno.com

Have you looked in Houston, Harris County, TX? A lot of Galvestonians moved to Houston, and Houston did have a Gordon's Jeweler for many years--perhaps related to your family??? Adrian

Galveston County, Texas, Queries A new message, "GORDONS in Galveston," was posted by Estelle Gordon on Sat, 19 Jun 1999 --- NAME: Estelle Gordon EMAIL: RedTop3@aol.com SURNAMES: GORDON DATE: Jun 19 1999 QRYTEXT: Is anybody researching GORDON's on Galveston? I am particularily interested in James Gordon, listed in 1910 census as a dentist in Galveston. After 1910 he and his family seemed to have vanished. Any help is appreciated..

In a message dated 6/24/99 8:06:08 AM Central Daylight Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << Is anybody researching GORDON's on Galveston? I am particularily interested in James Gordon, listed in 1910 census as a dentist in Galveston. After 1910 he and his family seemed to have vanished. Any help is appreciated.. >> Hello Here is what I found in the "Early Texas Death & Legal Records From Joseph Franklin's Diary & John Griffin's Sexton Records". Pg 49:8 Feb 1885 Gordon, Mrs. James P. died at Galveston, Mechanic Street between 26th & 27th. Pg 50: 3 August 1887 Gordon, George C., old steamboat Captain, died aged 60 years at Dayton near Liberty, TX his home. Pg 51:18 February 1889 Gorden, Charles aged 40 years, died at Galveston. Pg 98: {pg 109} 4 June 1902:states that deacon Dr. Gordon was a pallbearer for a Mrs. Margaret S. Mather{member of the First Presbyterian Church} Pg 174:28 January 1892 Gordon, James aged 58 years, died at Galveston, Pneumonia "Lakeview Cemetery" Vol 1 1887-1908 Lakeview Cemetery/3015-57th St/Galveston,TX 77551 Gorden, Jas Nativity:Scotland Residence:Galveston male/age 58/single/date of death:28 Jan 1892 Place of Death:Galveston/Disease:Catahral Pneumonis Name of Physician:H. C. WIlkinson Name of Undertaker:J. H. Stoner Date of Internment:28 Jan 1892 Section H/Block 4 Remarks:Typographical Union Block "Lakeview Cemetery" Vol 11 1908-1917 Gordon, Edward Nativity:Galveston/Residence:Galveston Age:28/single/ Date of Death: 26 May 1915 Place of Death:1918 Ave P/Disease:Electric Shock Date of Interment:27 May 1915/Section:P Grave Number: 263 Remarks:Inquest by E. B. Holman J.P. Malloy & Son Funeral Home 3028 Broadway Galveston, TX 77550 <409>763-2475 Malloys went into business in 1902 & they have their records in books that they can make copies from of the FUNERAL RECORDS & they also have an index in each book. Always send an large SASE Do hope that this will be of help to you. I realize that these dates are much earlier but they more than likely have a connection to the person that your searching for. Bertha Ellen

A helpful list of tips for researching immigrants to the U.S., reprinted from Ancestry Daily News, Wednesday, June 23, 1999: "SEARCHING FOR AN IMMIGRANT'S ORIGINS : QUICK REFERENCE" (From "They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins," by Loretto D. Szucs) <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> ======================================================= ~ To begin the search for an immigrant's origins, learn as much as you can about that person, including full name, approximate birth date, native country, approximately when that person came to the United States, and where that person lived after his or her arrival in the United States. ~ Since 1790, naturalizations in the United States have been performed according to federal law. ~ Before 1906, any federal, state, or local court of record (a court having a seal or one that kept records) could naturalize aliens. ~ Aliens intending to be naturalized citizens first filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen. ~ Declarations of intention are instruments by which applicants for U.S. citizenship renounced allegiance to foreign sovereignties and declared their intentions to become U.S. citizens. ~ A declaration of intention usually preceded proof of residence or a petition to become a citizen by two or more years. ~ In most years, a declaration of intention was not required if the person had been honorably discharged from the U.S. military or had entered the country when a minor (under the age of twenty-one). ~ After five years (except for a brief period when the laws changed) in the United States, an alien could petition a court to be naturalized. ~ Naturalization petitions are instruments by which those who had declared their intention to become a U.S. citizen and who had met the residence requirements made formal application for U.S. citizenship. ~ Many aliens waited more than the required five years to become naturalized. ~ Many aliens who filed declarations of intention never completed the process by petitioning for naturalization. ~ Naturalization depositions are formal statements in support of an applicant's petition by witnesses designated by the applicant. ~ Certificates or records of naturalization and oaths of allegiance are documents which granted citizenship to petitioners. ~ Courts held hearings on the petition of an alien and took testimony from witnesses to determine whether the alien met residence and character requirements. ~ When the petition was accepted, the alien took the oath of allegiance and the court recorded the final naturalization order or certificate. ~ Before 1906, the final order was usually recorded in the court's minute or order book, and the court usually issued the new citizen a certificate of naturalization. ~ Before 1906, naturalization forms (records) varied significantly from state to state, county to county, and year to year. ~ Between 1855 and 1922, an alien woman became a citizen automatically if she married an American citizen. ~ A woman could derive citizenship from her naturalized father or her husband (derivative citizenship). ~ Relatively few single women became naturalized citizens before 1922, and married women could not be naturalized on their own unless they were widowed or divorced. ~ Non-native minor children became American citizens when their parents were naturalized. ~ Former slaves were made citizens by the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1868. ~ American Indians were made citizens by federal laws passed in 1887 and 1924. ~ Aliens from China, Japan, and other East and South Asian countries were barred from becoming citizens from 1882 to 1943. ~ Expedited naturalization proceedings were available to aliens who were U.S. Army veterans from 1862; U.S. Navy veterans from 1894; and wartime enlisted servicemen and women from 1918. ~ Under the 1906 Basic Naturalization Act, naturalization forms were standardized and the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, later the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), examined petitions for naturalization. ~ After 1906, the standard naturalization records contain more biographical information than previously. ~ The INS has duplicate naturalization records for individuals who were naturalized after 1906. ~ Women twenty-one years of age or over were entitled to citizenship in 1922, and derivative citizenship was discontinued. ======================================================= NATURALIZATION LINKS & RESOURCES <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> ======================================================= Naturalization Records Reference Guide in the Learning Center http://www.ancestry.com/research/natrecords.htm (Information contained in the records, where to find the records, information needed to request records, and some important points to keep in mind) NARA's Guide to Naturalization Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/natural.html For naturalizations that took place after 27 September 1906 Call 1-800-870-3676 to request the form be mailed to you. Or download Form G-639 at: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/forms/download/g-639.htm Or, to have the forms mailed to you, fill out the form at: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/exec/forms/index.asp

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--part1_5a9bd4d0.249d3052_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_5a9bd4d0.249d3052_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <PRICE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (rly-yh05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.37]) by air-yh03.mail.aol.com (v59.51) with SMTP; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 13:33:41 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (vx) with SMTP; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 13:33:28 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA21372; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <003801beba79$21b3e740$65e1e4ce@twilkerson> From: "Tamara and Allen Wilkerson" <hoosiers@digital.net> Old-To: "Tamara and Allen Wilkerson" <hoosiers@digital.net>, "Beau Bowen" <beau@netgsi.com>, "Freeman List" <Freeman-L@rootsweb.com>, "Price List" <Price-L@rootsweb.com>, "Hunt List" <Hunt-L@rootsweb.com>, "D.Y. McIntyre" <bubba@strato.net>, "Brooks List" <Brooks-L@rootsweb.com>, "Boren List" <Boren-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Dates of Epidemics Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 13:28:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Resent-Message-ID: <todKwD.A.ILF.DP9a3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: PRICE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PRICE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <PRICE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1568 X-Loop: PRICE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PRICE-L-request@rootsweb.com QUOTE: > > I received this on another list - very informative! But always in the > case of someone else's research - you need to check out these dates to > your own satisfaction. > > In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors > disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. > > Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing > as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people > disappearing from records can be traced to their dying during an epidemic or > moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United > States are listed below: > > 1657 Boston Measles > 1687 Boston Measles > 1690 New York Yellow Fever > 1713 Boston Measles > 1729 Boston Measles > 1732-3 Worldwide Influenza > 1738 South Carolina Smallpox > 1739-40 Boston Measles > 1747 CT,NY,PA,SC Measles > 1759 N. America [areas inhabited by white people] Measles > 1761 North America and West Indies Influenza > 1772 North America Measles > 1775 N. America [especially hard in NE] epidemic Unknown > 1775-6 Worldwide [one of the worst epidemics] Influenza > 1783 Dover, DE ["extremely fatal"] Bilious Disorder > 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles > 1793 Vermont [a "putrid" fever] and Influenza > 1793 VA [killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks] Influenza > 1793 Philadelphia [one of the worst epidemics] Yellow Fever > 1793 Harrisburg, PA [many unexplained deaths] Unknown > 1793 Middletown, PA [many mysterious deaths] Unknown > 1794 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever > 1796-7 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever > 1798 Philadelphia, PA [one of the worst] Yellow Fever > 1803 New York Yellow Fever > 1820-3 Nationwide [starts Schuylkill River and spreads] "Fever" > 1831-2 Nationwide [brought by English emigrants] Asiatic Cholera > 1832 NY City and other major cities Cholera > 1837 Philadelphia Typhus > 1841 Nationwide [especially severe in the south] Yellow Fever > 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever > 1847-8 Worldwide Influenza > 1848-9 North America Cholera > 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever > 1850-1 North America Influenza > 1852 Nationwide [New Orleans-8,000 die in summer] Yellow Fever > 1855 Nationwide [many parts] Yellow Fever > 1857-9 Worldwide [one of the greatest epidemics] Influenza > 1860-1 Pennsylvania Smallpox > 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans} {Smallpox > Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC} Cholera and a series of recurring > epidemics of: Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever > 1873-5 North America and Europe Influenza > 1878 New Orleans [last great epidemic] Yellow Fever > 1885 Plymouth, PA Typhoid > 1886 Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever > 1918 (high point year) Influenza Worldwide more people were > hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army > training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps. > > Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: > 1833 Columbus, OH > 1834 New York City > 1849 New York > 1851 Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains, and Missouri ==== PRICE Mailing List ==== Need list assistance? Please contact: crb@ponyexpress.net List Adm for PRICE-L and PRICE-D Now with over 540 subscribers! --part1_5a9bd4d0.249d3052_boundary--

In a message dated 6/18/99 10:32:08 PM Central Daylight Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << a.v. ayers b. about 1846 in al. d. 1913 in texas. wife annie b. about 1852 in tx. d. 1911 in tx. billy marshall. b. 3/1811 in ireland. d. 3/1891 in tx. wife louise b. ireland d. tx.. >> Found: William Marshall died 29 Oct 1885 age 25 died in Galveston,TX of consumption. This was in the EARLY TEXAS DEATH & LEGAL RECORDS FROM JOSEPH FRANKLIN'S DIARY & JOHN GRIFFIN'S SEXTON RECORDS Will do some more research on this query later in other books as I have to run a few errands. Bertha Ellen

Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page Queries A new message, "ayers & marshall," was posted by ken olinger on Fri, 18 Jun 1999 --- NAME: ken olinger EMAIL: 1951s@gte.net SURNAMES: ayers, marshall DATE: Jun 18 1999 QRYTEXT: a.v. ayers b. about 1846 in al. d. 1913 in texas. wife annie b. about 1852 in tx. d. 1911 in tx. billy marshall. b. 3/1811 in ireland. d. 3/1891 in tx. wife louise b. ireland d. tx..

Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries: A new message, "Grandparents/ Greatgrandparents," was posted by Mitzie on Fri, 18 Jun 1999 It is a response to "Immigrant Great Grandparents," posted by Mitzie on Sun, 13 Jun 1999 --- NAME: Mitzie EMAIL: angel3@crprod.com SURNAMES: Gaulrapp, Reabel, Raebel DATE: Jun 18 1999 Looking for info on Greatgrandparents from Eppenheim, and Barden-Barden,Germany. They came over through New York sometime in the mid to late 1800's..

Thanks, Jim, for reminding me about passport and immigration information. I have a book about the National Archives but it has been loaned out to a lady at work for over a year now. I will check out the web page and see if I can get the info from it. I think in the case of T.W. House and maybe Charles Shearn, I might have some luck in this area. I know for a fact that T.W. House went BACK to England for part of a year. His children went to school over there, so wouldn't they all have to have had passports? He and his wife were born in England but his children were all born in Texas. I'll write more later. I know I said I'd write LAST Friday, but it didn't work out, so I'll try again this Friday. I'm supposed to work 4 - 10 hour days and have every Friday off, but it ends up I'm away from the house about 12 hours or longer every day, M-Th. When I get home, get dinner and clean up, I only have a little time for this. Then I'm so behind I have to catch up on the weekends - with housework and emails and whatever else comes up. It's a never-ending cycle it seems. And I never seem to be able to take time to get myself organized. Oh well, enough complaining. At least I CAN work. I'll talk to you again soon. Marianne >NEW GENEALOGY PAGES AT NARA > >PASSPORT APPLICATIONS >http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/passport.html