Hi Arlene: You posted the following message: On Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:45:07 -0800 (PST) [email protected] (Arleen) writes: >Don't know if this spelling is correct, its what I have, new to this >list. >My VanAusdale line: > >Caleb VanAusdale b.1765 d.1826/27; m. Esther T. Shanklin b.1769 d.1810 >Cornelius VanAusdale b.1793 VA.,d.1862 MO; m. Frances Carter >Littlepage 1814 VA. >Robert VanAusdale b. 1819 VA., d.1848 MO; m. Mary Baker 1841 St Louis >MO. >Cornelius VanAusdale b.1843 St Louis MO., d 1925 KS.; m. Mary Frances >Tomlinson 1862 MO >Octavia VanAusdale b. 1867 MO. d.1951 OR; m. Walker Jackson Witt 1886 >KS. >If any of this sounds familar to anyone, I would like to expand on >what little I know. Thanks, Arleen Hi Arlene: I am thrilled to hear from you via VanArsdale rootsweb!! You are definitely related to my husband!!! His line comes down the same way as far as Robert. Then he descends from one of Robert and Mary Baker VANARSDALE's daughter, Eliza. (At that point most documentation spells the name with the "R" in it. ) I know that Robert also had a sister named Octavia Ingle VANARSDALE, which would have been Cornelius' aunt, whom he obviously named his daughter after. Just this weekend I began working on what happened to the other children of Robert, since I only know what happened to Eliza. I was especially interested in Cornelius, since I believe he is the only son of Robert and I knew he died in western Kansas. (We live in Prairie Village, KS, a suburb of Kansas City.) Eliza (Cornelius' sister) married T.C. Winterbower and they had at least 4 daughters, M. Elizabeth about 1870, Hattie B. about 1874, Margaret Octavia about 1876 and Samira A. about 1878. These children were all raised in Ashland, MO (between Columbia and Jefferson City). Margaret Octavia is my mother-in-law's paternal grandmother. Margaret Octavia married William Thomas NICHOLS in Ashland MO and they had a son named Gilbert Winterbower NICHOLS born in 1907, who is my mother-in-law's father. He moved to Kansas City and married Lillian Lenora JARBOE and they had my mother-in-law, Nancy Louise NICHOLS in 1930. She married John William AULD in Kansas City and had my husband, Seth Hamilton AULD. He was raised in Leawood, KS, a suburb of Kansas City and we were married in 1986 and have one son, Seth Hamilton Auld, Jr born in 1988. Hope this message didn't get too confusing. You may e-mail me at the following e-mail address: [email protected] and let me know where you fit into this picture. Are you a daughter of Octavia? And where do you live? Look forward to hearing from you soon. Be glad to share and hopefully get more info from you on your family. Sincerely, Valerie Auld _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] --------- End forwarded message ---------- _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]