Hi Linda! Many thanks for all of this information you have gathered - it has been a great help with sorting out many of these families. The following transcription of the death registration for Amanda, daughter of James and Orpha, lists the maiden name of Orpha as Finch - so I guess we need a tie-breaker from another child's record! [Of course the record by Orpha is more likely to be correct.....] ! from familysearch.org pilot program (now the beta.familysearch.org site) Name: Amanda M. Jackson Titles: Death date: 17 Nov 1914 Death place: Akron, Summit, Ohio Birth date: 30 Jul 1840 Estimated birth year: Birth place: Ohio Age at death: 74 years 3 months 18 days Gender: Female Marital status: Widowed Race or color: Caucasian Street address: 449 Locust St. Occupation: Housewife Residence: Akron, Summit, Ohio Burial date: 19 Nov 1914 Burial place: Cemetery name: Glendale Cem. Spouse name: Father name: James Van Norman Father titles: Father birth place: N.Y. Mother name: Orpha Finch Mother titles: Mother birth place: N.Y. GSU film number: 1983286 Digital GS number: 4021675 Image number: 270 Reference number: fn 63073 Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953 On 11/12/10, Linda Noggle <lindanoggle@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi > > I pulled the pension application for James Van Orman - he served in War of > 1812 -under Cpt. Robert Whitakers Co. NY Militia > His wife Orpha filed #19243 11759 > > I see most of the information I have is already known - James died > 5/19/1869 in Lodi, Ohio > It mentions Orpha's last name is Fleming. (Can anyone tell me where the > Finch name came from) > They were married in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York on 12/31/1819 by one > Oliver Rase. > Says bounty land in 1860 and the warrant was issued. > > Orpha died 5/25/1887. Orpha was living at 1037 East Madison Ave., > Cleveland, Ohio in 1887 > > Deposition from John Rowler in 1878 (he was born in Canandaigua in 1801) who > knew the couple - but was not present at their wedding. > > Linda Noggle > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >