My ggfather died 29 Jan 1906 at 37 years, 8 months, 27 days. 19060129 - 370827 =18689302 - 8870 18680432 April 32, 1868. Sorry, April only has 30 days. One important thing to mention, on this topic: In computing birth dates from age at death, remember that people didn't age backwards. First, they aged all their years, to their final anniversary on birth, then all their final full months, to their final 'monthiversary"; then their final days. A person born 29 February 1896 turned 1 year old on 1 March 1897, 4 years old on 1 March 1900, and 104 years old on 29 February 2000. A person who turned 4 years, 0 months, 0 days on 1 March 1900 was born EITHER on 29 February OR 1 March 1896; many more ambiguous ages exist due to 28, 29, 30 and 31 -day months. Tom In a message dated 28-Feb-02 20:55:33 Greenwich Standard Time, Cpzb4@aol.com writes: > Subj: [VASTAFFO-L] Birth Calculator > Date: 28-Feb-02 20:55:33 Greenwich Standard Time > From: Cpzb4@aol.com > Reply-to: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com > To: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com > > I found this on http://olivetreegenealogy.com website. > > How do you figure a birthdate? Suppose the person died May 06, 1889, at the > age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days. > Write the year, month, day as: 18890506 (1889, May, 06) > Subtract the age at death: 710709 (71 yrs, 7 mos, 09 days) > This gives the figure: 18179797 > Now subtract 8870: 8870 > The result is: 18170927 (1817/09/27 > > > 1817 September 27) > >

I found this on http://olivetreegenealogy.com website. How do you figure a birthdate? Suppose the person died May 06, 1889, at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days. Write the year, month, day as: 18890506 (1889, May, 06) Subtract the age at death: 710709 (71 yrs, 7 mos, 09 days) This gives the figure: 18179797 Now subtract 8870: 8870 The result is: 18170927 (1817/09/27 1817 September 27)

This is for any site who wishes to use it. You are welcome to copy it. Info came off the original census. Dwelling 1656 Enter jail AGE Occupation Born Crime Charles S. Morgan 50 Superintendent, VA > >> of the Penitentiary >> Alcinda 38 Wife >> " >> Alcinda 15 daughter >> " >> Charles S. 14 son >> " >> Stephen E. 12 son >> " >> George P. Morgan 29 Asst. Keeper " >> John Moss 27 Guard >> MD. Prisoner's name/race/yr. enter jail/ age/occupation/born/crime > >> James Grimes Mulatto 1847 40 Shoemaker VA >> Stabbing >> Joseph Hunt Mulatto 1842 48 Shoemaker NC >> Murder >> Josiah Butler 1847 60 Shoemaker MD. >> " >> C. Owens 1848 45 Shoemaker VA >> " >> Jas. Craddock 1848 50 Shoemaker VA >> " >> J. W. Sovegrove 1848 37 Shoemaker VA >> " R. Ridgeway 1846 32 Harness Maker VA " Richard P. Sea 1846 23 Tailor VA " Thomas D. Betts 1848 50 Tailor VA " W. D. Simmons 1839 41 Millstone Maker VA " T. J. Thomason 1848 20 Blacksmith VA " Bryant Boon Black 1839 31 Asce Maker " " Nelson Hooper 1845 33 Asce Grinder " " Alfred Dodd 1841 31 Blacksmith " " A. Goslin 1846 34 Millstone Maker " " Thomas F. Marks 1838 30 Weaver " " F. Winston Black 1846 31 Weaver " " D. W. McCure 1843 50 Weaver Ohio " William A. Beard 1847 54 Spooler VA " G. Brown 1842 59 Spooler Germany " John Bryant 1847 30 Carpenter VA " William P J Taylor 1848 26 " " " S. Todd 1845 42 Cabinet Maker " " Parks D. Sernard 1838 29 Painter " " John Perry 1847 33 Carpenter " " John Daviderson 1842 48 Jobless " " Robert Page 1837 43 Shoemaker " " Joseph N. Jones 1849 48 Washer " " Betty Richardson 1839 49 Seamstress " " Turner Estes 1849 39 Shoemaker KY " James Southerland 1849 49 " VA " J. F. Schinburger 1849 30 " " " Robert Mills Black 1850 39 " " " F. Carter 1850 23 Wheelwright " Manslaughter A. Burrus 1848 32 Weaver " " J. B. Davis 1849 43 Carpenter " " William Cole 1848 37 Carpenter " " John Wheeler Black 1847 24 Shoemaker " " Henry Bass 1850 37 Carpenter " " A. Elder 1850 48 Carpenter " " Robert Veney 1846 44 Jobless " Shooting C. Bryant 1848 57 Spooler " " R. Whitmore 1847 54 Quiller " " J. Mozingo 1850 29 Asce Maker " " Tom Johnson Black 1847 24 Blacksmith " " Robert Alfred Mulatto 1847 27 Carpenter " " Tom Harris Black 1843 30 Shoemaker " " N. B. Sprinkle 1849 46 Quiller " " John Binford Mulatto 1849 35 Shoemaker " " Martin Freeman Mulatto 1844 40 Blacksmith Maine Stabbing M. S. C. Shelly 1845 34 Tailor VA " James Cooke Black 1846 25 Asc maker " " Jese Bates Mulatto 1847 37 Weaver " Assault John Kieser Mulatto 1848 38 Carpenter " " A. Artey Black 1849 30 Seamstress " " J. Holley Black 1847 25 Blacksmith " Wounding E. Byars Mulatto 1845 45 Weaver "Pi_ _ ining S. Burgess 1847 30 Shoemaker " Rape William Anderson 1848 25 Carpenter Pennsylvania Rape F. Hyson 1848 30 Asce Maker VA Rape I am sending this on with a follow up [Part 2 Penitentiary] I am not sure of the occupation of Asc maker or Asce grinder. Does anyone know if I have it right? It seems so clear on the census, yet it made no sense to me. Please feel free to correct it if you know of the right spelling. June > >

I don't have any of the Kenny's listed in your 2nd message, but I do have 22 Kenny's in my data base (Fauquier) starting with Andrew Kenny b ca 1765 m Nancy Horton. Their children were: Elanus, Sylvanus, Susanna, and Richard. Regards, Phyllis. George V Hilburn wrote: >In the Stafford County tax lists were Kennys, namely, John Kenny, John >Kenny Jr, Thomas Kenny, Andrew Kenny, and Ann Kenny. The years were 1783 >to 1800. It is possible that two of them, Ann Kenny and Andrew Kenny move >over to Fauquier County. If it is the same Andrew Kenny, he was even >married in Fauquier County to Nancy Horton, 1789, bondsman, and possible >grandfather being Jacob Stadler. Is anyone familiar with these families? > >George V Hilburn >Hillb-4@Juno.com > > >==== VASTAFFO Mailing List ==== >Visit the Stafford County USGenWeb Home Page. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vastaffo > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

At rootsweb.com, worldconnect, there a John Kenny who married an Agnus Berryman. Does anyone know the actual marriage date, and what they families they are from? George V Hilburn Hillb-4@Juno.com

In the Stafford County tax lists were Kennys, namely, John Kenny, John Kenny Jr, Thomas Kenny, Andrew Kenny, and Ann Kenny. The years were 1783 to 1800. It is possible that two of them, Ann Kenny and Andrew Kenny move over to Fauquier County. If it is the same Andrew Kenny, he was even married in Fauquier County to Nancy Horton, 1789, bondsman, and possible grandfather being Jacob Stadler. Is anyone familiar with these families? George V Hilburn Hillb-4@Juno.com

In a message dated 13-Feb-02 23:49:43 Greenwich Standard Time, Cpzb4@aol.com writes: > My records show: > Ministers - Fredericksburg & Stafford County: For George W. Lightner year > 1858 - Stafford Methodist Epis. South. > > Methodist Episcopal Church South (Fredericksburg) records available to the > public are photo-duplicated and are at the CRRL. what's CRRL?

1850 Stafford Co., VA Census page 24 Sept. 13 Household# 404 George W. Lightner 43 born in Maryland Mary A. 33 she and the children born in VA. Virginia H. 13 George 11 Mary C. 8 Margaret Robinson 23 I could not make out Geo. w. Lightner's occupation it started with a P I don't know if it said Priest or Parish, or ? June

My records show: Ministers - Fredericksburg & Stafford County: For George W. Lightner year 1858 - Stafford Methodist Epis. South. Methodist Episcopal Church South (Fredericksburg) records available to the public are photo-duplicated and are at the CRRL. These records extend from 1871 and appear to be fairly complete. The church's history as congregation in Fredericksburg began in 1848. Except for the time when reports were not made because the church was within Federal lines in 1863 & 64, the congregation was active and still is. Located on Hanover Street. June

Any clue what church GW Lightner served, though? Like, where I could find a church record to go with the county record? BTW the difficult handwriting makes me think that "Francis" as transcribed here might have been "Travers" First time, best I could see it was "Yxavier" Was "Francis" directly from the book, or from the microfilm? Age 35? The microfilm looks like it could say 35 or 32, and 32 is more like what the census says later. (The floor of the 2 may be very faint. I can't see a hat on the 5 if it's a 5) In a message dated 13-Feb-02 03:49:56 Greenwich Standard Time, Cpzb4@aol.com writes: > Stafford Marriages: > > William Dent son of Francis & Anna Dent > age: 25 occupation Miller > Place of Residence: Hope Haven > Married: Mary F. Stewart > daughter of Robert & Elizabeth Stewart > Age: 18 > Place of Residence: Stafford Co. > Married: May 7, 1857 Stafford Co., VA > denom of minister Episcopalian > > William Dent son of Francis & Anna Dent > Age: 35 widow > Farmer > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Married: Lucinda Bussle > daughter of Charles & Lucinda Bussle > Age: 21 years 3 months > Single > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Place of Marriage: Stafford 12/27/1866 > denom of minister (Methodist) > ***** My direct ancestors, above ********

My lines have a Margaret E. GOLLAHURN, d/o Benjamin GOLLAHURN and Margaret, and born 1845, m. 31 Jan 1866 James DENT. In a message dated 13-Feb-02 18:49:53 Greenwich Standard Time, tcm36@juno.com writes: > Subj: [VASTAFFO-L] Gallahan, Allison, Quann, Thompson > Date: 13-Feb-02 18:49:53 Greenwich Standard Time > From: tcm36@juno.com (Teresa m Bell-Figueroa) > Reply-to: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com > To: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com > > I am looking for information and relatives of the following surnames: > Gallahan's, Allison's, Quann's and Thompson. > The Thompson's came from the Floyd Co area before coming to the Stafford > area. > Thank you >

I am looking for information and relatives of the following surnames: Gallahan's, Allison's, Quann's and Thompson. The Thompson's came from the Floyd Co area before coming to the Stafford area. Thank you

Thank you for the submission, June. I'll get it posted sometime today! If you have anything else, just let me know! Thanks again... Suzanne, County Coordinator: Adair Co., KY: www.rootsweb.com/~kyadair Boone Co., KY: www.rootsweb.com/~kyboone Henry Co., KY: www.rootsweb.com/~kyhenry Stafford Co., VA: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vastaffo/ Home Page: Yelton & Osborn Family http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~csyelton/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cpzb4@aol.com> To: <VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [VASTAFFO-L] G.W. Lightner, Methodist minister > Stafford Marriages: > > William Dent son of Francis & Anna Dent > age: 25 occupation Miller > Place of Residence: Hope Haven > Married: Mary F. Stewart > daughter of Robert & Elizabeth Stewart > Age: 18 > Place of Residence: Stafford Co. > Married: May 7, 1857 Stafford Co., VA > denom of minister Episcopalian > > William Dent son of Francis & Anna Dent > Age: 35 widow > Farmer > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Married: Lucinda Bussle > daughter of Charles & Lucinda Bussle > Age: 21 years 3 months > Single > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Place of Marriage: Stafford 12/27/1866 > denom of minister (Methodist) > > John H. Dent > son of Francis & Ann Dent > Age: 21 > single > farmer > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Married: Margaret E. Gollahorn > daughter of Benjamin & Margaret Gollahorn > Age 21 > Single > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Place of Marriage: Stafford 1/31/1866 > denom of minister (Baptist) > > John Dent son of Travers & Ann Dent > age 22 > Single > Sailor > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Married: Mary Frances Knoxville > daughter of Townley & Lucy Knoxville > age 17 > single > Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA > Married: Fredericksburg > denom of minister (Methodist) > Marriage Date: 5/30/1855 > > June > > > ==== VASTAFFO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Stafford County USGenWeb Home Page. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vastaffo > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02

Stafford Marriages: William Dent son of Francis & Anna Dent age: 25 occupation Miller Place of Residence: Hope Haven Married: Mary F. Stewart daughter of Robert & Elizabeth Stewart Age: 18 Place of Residence: Stafford Co. Married: May 7, 1857 Stafford Co., VA denom of minister Episcopalian William Dent son of Francis & Anna Dent Age: 35 widow Farmer Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA Married: Lucinda Bussle daughter of Charles & Lucinda Bussle Age: 21 years 3 months Single Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA Place of Marriage: Stafford 12/27/1866 denom of minister (Methodist) John H. Dent son of Francis & Ann Dent Age: 21 single farmer Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA Married: Margaret E. Gollahorn daughter of Benjamin & Margaret Gollahorn Age 21 Single Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA Place of Marriage: Stafford 1/31/1866 denom of minister (Baptist) John Dent son of Travers & Ann Dent age 22 Single Sailor Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA Married: Mary Frances Knoxville daughter of Townley & Lucy Knoxville age 17 single Place of Birth & Residence: Stafford Co., VA Married: Fredericksburg denom of minister (Methodist) Marriage Date: 5/30/1855 June

My ancestors, William DENT (b. abt 1838, s/o Travers DENT and Ann) and Louisa BUSSLE (b. Sep 1845, d/o Charles BUSSLE & Lucinda) m. 27 Dec 1866 in Stafford County, by G.W. Lightner, Methodist minister. Does anyone know what church he would have been serving? Do you know if they have records of marriages?

Thanks everyone I did find Sallie Ann Snead. I had thought it was Sneed but it was Snead. Sallie Ann Snead, abt 1831 in Fluvanna Co. Va. and died Nov. 1869, married John Lawson Brooks, b. about 1815 in Stafford Co. Va. and died about 1905 in Stafford. They are buried on Boze's Land which was called at one time Myrtle Grove. It is a dencely populated with trees and the only time you can see the graves are in the Winter. Its very close to Brooks Landing in the Widewater area. Now I need to look for John Lawson's parents and again thanks alot. Cathy

When the death certificate is filled out, the family member or the clerk could have put the wrong name down as the mother, by mistake. It has happened. I would go with the census. My father put his grandfather down as Malvery and it was Mallory. And there was a Malvery as well as Mallory. He didn't know his father's family that well, because they didn't keep in touch with them. He was trying to fill in the death certificate buy memory from childhood.

Here is what I have. J. Lawson Brooks married Sallie? They had a daughter named Letishia . Now one of these two women was a Dickinson and the other was suspected to come from the Sneed Family. My Grandfather carries the Sneed name in hs name ,Theodore Sneed Brooks Sr. I have trying to find out if William and Lousia had a daughter named Letishia or Sallie. I belive that Sallie was a Sneed, b. abt. 1825 and Letishia was the daughter of Sallie and a Dickinson before she married J. Lawson Brooks. Sallie was pregnant when she married J. Lawson Brooks. Census shows a Lawson Brooks with a wife named Salli and a daughter 3mos. old in the 1850 Stafford Co. Va. Daughters name was Letishia On my grandfathers death certificate it shows Father was Lawson Brooks and Mother was Letishia no maiden name Can anyone help or make a suggestion as to what may have happeneed cathy

> > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:01:27 EST > From: WOOFNJOE@aol.com > To: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone have any information on William B. Sneed b. 1827 and d. 1870. He > married Louisa A. b. 1822 and d. 1911 They are buriedat the Aquia church in > Stafford and I need to know who thier children were and who they married. > Please help > Cathy Cathy: I would suspect that the three other SNEEDs, born in the 1850's and also buried in the Aquia Cem., would be the children of William B. & Louisa A. Sneed. I assume you have these others already on file? It would also appear, from my work in the area, that the SNEEDs did not arrive in Stafford Co. until after 1850. Jim W. Tackitt, 1830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520; <Jim@TackettFamilies.com> *************************************************************** Tackett Assn. Website: <http://www.tackettfamilies.com> co-compiler, "Stafford Co., VA, 1800-1850," 1980. [For a reply to personal genealogy email, please include your full name & home USPS mailing address. Thanks.]

Cathy woofnjoe@aol.com wrote to ask: Does anyone have any information on William B. Sneed b. 1827 and d. 1870. He married Louisa A. b. 1822 and d. 1911 They are buriedat the Aquia church in Stafford and I need to know who thier children were and who they married. The age given does not match the information above, but Louisa may be the Louisa A. SNEAD [sic] listed in the 1910 census of Stafford County at http://us-gen.com/va/stafford/census/1910/1910censupg127.htm The Stafford County website does not seem to have much additional information about this family, but there are some other SNEADs on the same page who may be related. I did not search their names, as this is not one of my families. But I do highly recommend the Stafford County website to ANYONE researching Stafford County families: http://us-gen.com/va/stafford/ Also, as the note at the bottom of the posting says, one can search this list's archived messages. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl I do not know whether the Louisa listed in the 1910 census of Stafford County is "your" Louisa. She appears to have been born around 1835. I think she is this woman, already a widow and living in Fluvanna County (from the LDS transcription of the 1880 census): Census Place: Columbia, Fluvanna, Virginia Source: FHL Film 1255365 National Archives Film T9-1365 Page 410C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Louisa SNEED Self F W W 45 VA Occ: Farming Fa: VA Mo: VA Lucy SNEED Dau F S W 27 VA Occ: Teaching School Fa: VA Mo: VA Emily SNEED Dau F S W 21 VA Occ: At Home Fa: VA Mo: VA Rosa SNEED Dau F S W 20 VA Occ: At Home Fa: VA Mo: VA William SNEED Son M S W 16 VA Occ: At School Fa: VA Mo: VA If that is "your" Louisa, the family may have lived mostly in Fluvanna Co rather than Stafford County. P.S. The Stafford County site's list of people buried at Aquia Episcopal Church says Louisa A. Sneed was born in 1833. http://us-gen.com/va/stafford/cemeteries/aquiaepiscem.htm Perhaps the stone was hard to read. Good luck in your search. Laura