Yes, it's definitely an "A" at the start of Auria and a "dot" over the "i" so it certainly looks like "Auria" was written down by the scribe. I wonder where he copied his information from? and if it was legible??? ["Amia" could be another take on the name, but that doesn't make sense.....] McMurry does appear to have an "s" before the "y" however and you would wonder why all the given names are there except for Mrs. "L." Omsted - Was the scribe having trouble copying the list of names on to this page? [We will probably never know!] Stephen ZZZZZZZZZZ On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Arlene Reeves <arkretired@hotmail.com>wrote: > > The names listed on the warrant # 27532 are: Luke, Philip, Daniel and Isaac > Vannorman, Mrs. Hannah McMurry, Mrs. L. Omsted, Mrs Auria Russel, and Mrs. > Susanna Chase. (as best I can transcribe them.) > > Arlene > > > Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 09:50:26 -0400 > > From: stephe.w300@gmail.com > > To: vannorman@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [VANNORMAN] Ana VanArnam married to Cornelius Russell > > > > Hi again! > > > > Sorry - MY BAD!!! Not enough Sleep! > > > > I'm confusing my families....... > > > > My Anna / Hannah comment still holds, but forget what I said about the > > will - (I even switched from Isaac to William somehow) > > > > It was the "U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants 1789 - 1858" at Ancestry that > gave > > us this list of children. I'll have to pull my copy of the original and > take > > another look at it again.... > > > > Stephen > > > > [P.S. - Pete's comment is correct, however I still think it would be more > > apt to be the couple's own children named in the petition, especially > when > > none of them would have been underage when it was written in the 1840's.] > > > > SW > > > > Off to bed now, ZZZZZZZZZZZ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Arlene Reeves <arkretired@hotmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Hi > > >> > > >> Where would the will be? > > >> > > >> > Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 08:25:42 -0400 > > >> > From: stephe.w300@gmail.com > > >> > To: vannorman@rootsweb.com > > >> > Subject: Re: [VANNORMAN] Ana VanArnam married to Cornelius Russell > > >> > > > >> > Hi! > > >> > > > >> > My two cents worth... > > >> > > > >> > I had speculated earlier that I wondered if it could actually read > > >> > Maria on the original, if the writing was really poor, but I can > also > > >> easily > > >> > see how Anna could be made from Auria - again with poor writing. I > guess > > >> > we'll have to purchase a copy of the will eventually to see what the > > >> > original looks like....... > > >> > > > >> > The only drawback with it being the name Anna is that there is > already > > >> > a sister Hannah, and "back in the day", those two names could be > > >> > interchangeable, and both weren't often used in the same family. > [Not a > > >> rule > > >> > etched in stone, however.....] > > >> > > > >> > Stephen > > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your > inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >