I just signed up for the Digest in the last few days and was a little confused by the message that came back acknowledging the subscription. It says, "by default, copies of your own submissions will be returned." Does that mean that the "searching for..." material that I sent in originally didn't get posted in the Digests? (I had asked for help with Ernest and Hannibal Clarke.) Please get me straightened out. Thanks, Wyndham Clarke -----Original Message----- From: VTFRANKL-D-request@rootsweb.com <VTFRANKL-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: VTFRANKL-D@rootsweb.com <VTFRANKL-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 29, 2000 3:42 PM Subject: VTFRANKL-D Digest V00 #50

Thanks ,for all the responses must have skipped school the day they were were talking about that war. Elaine SURNAMES:BUSHEY-IBEY-DEMAS-TURNER-CLARK-FRIAR-RIDER-HEATON-MARTIN-DIT-BRIGGS-RUSSEL-GRIFFITH-CADY

Could someone tell me what war was in 1898. In my grandmothers diary she made reference to someone running off to war??? Thanks for any help. Elaine SURNAMES:BUSHEY-IBEY-DEMAS-TURNER-CLARK-FRIAR-RIDER-HEATON-MARTIN-DIT-BRIGGS-RUSSEL-GRIFFITH-CADY

I am looking for information on Alexander (Alec) Dussault (Duso) who was born May 14, 1815 in Canada. He died Sept 19, 1904 in Montgomery, VT. His wife's name was (Harriet( Mary Sharron. She was born May 4, 1821 in Canada and died July 17, 1881 in Enosburg, VT. They had nine (9) children all born in Enosburg, VT. Alexander's mother name may have been Sophia Dernkrom.

I am looking for information on Peter LaBelle, born 19 Sept 1834 in ?Canada. He died on July 19, 1889 in Enosburg,VT and buried in Bakersfield, VT. He was married to Nancy Lavigne who died Oct. 10, 1895 in Enosburg, VT. Peter's father may also have been named Peter.

I am looking for information on Lomby (?Lambert or Lamby) LaVigne. He was born 19 Sept. 1806 in Canada. He died July 3, 1895 in Bakersfield, VT. He married Mary (Garrow) Garand who also died Oct 13, 1901 in Bakersfield, VT.

Got this from another list and thought some of you might be able to interested in seeing this. jackie AMSubject: Fw: Names of Old Occupations > ***************************** > Old Occupations > > Accomptant - Accountant > Almoner- Giver of charity to the needy > Amanuensis - Secretary or stenographer > Artificer - A soldier mechanic who does repairs > Bailie - Bailiff > Baxter - Baker > Bluestocking - Female writer > Boniface - Keeper of an inn > Brazier - One who works with brass > Brewster - Beer manufacturer > Brightsmith - Metal Worker > Burgonmaster - Mayor > Caulker - One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows or seemsto make > them > watertight by using tar or oakum-hem fiber produced by taking old ropes > apart > Chaisemaker - Carriage maker > Chandler - Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles;retailer of > groceries, ship supplier > Chiffonnier - Wig maker > Clark - Clerk > Clerk - Clergyman, cleric > Clicker - The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite > customers; one who received > the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form > ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine > which clicked. > Cohen - Priest > Collier - Coal miner > Colporteur - Peddler of books > Cooper - One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops,such as > casks, barrels, tubs, etc. > Cordwainer - Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from > Cordova/Cordoba in Spain > Costermonger - Peddler of fruits and vegetables > Crocker - Potter > Crowner - Coroner > Currier - One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb;one who > tanned leather by > incorporating oil or grease > Docker - Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo > Dowser - One who finds water using a rod or witching stick > Draper - A dealer in dry goods > Drayman - One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for > carrying > heavy loads > Dresser- A surgeon's assistant in a hospital > Drover - One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle > Duffer - Peddler > Factor - Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business > for > another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate > Farrier - A blacksmith, one who shoes horses > Faulkner- Falconer > Fellmonger - One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for > leather making > Fletcher - One who made bows and arrows > Fuller - One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by > moistening, heating, and > pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth > Gaoler - A keeper of the goal, a jailer > Glazier - Window glassmanHacker - Maker of hoes > Hatcheler - One who combed out or carded flax > Haymonger - Dealer in hay > Hayward - Keeper of fences > Higgler - Itinerant peddler > Hillier - Roof tiler > Hind- A farm laborer > Holster - A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn > Hooker - Reaper > Hooper - One who made hoops for casks and barrels > Huckster - Sells small wares > Husbandman - A farmer who cultivated the land > Jagger - Fish peddler > Journeyman - One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his > craft,not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day > Joyner / Joiner - A skilled carpenter > Keeler - Bargeman > Kempster - Wool comber > Lardner - Keeper of the cupboard > Lavender - Washer woman > Lederer - Leather maker > Leech - Physician > Longshoreman - Stevedore > Lormer - Maker of horse gear > Malender - Farmer > Maltster - Brewer > Manciple - A steward > Mason - Bricklayer > Mintmaster - One who issued local currency > Monger - Seller of goods (ale, fish) > Muleskinner - Teamster > Neatherder - Herds cows > Ordinary Keeper- Innkeeper with fixed prices > Pattern Maker - A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a > wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end > Peregrinator - Itinerant wanderer > Peruker - A wig maker > Pettifogger - A shyster lawyer > Pigman - Crockery dealer > Plumber - One who applied sheet lead for roofing andset lead frames for > plain or stained glass windows. > Porter - Door keeper > Puddler - Wrought iron worker > Quarrier- Quarry worker > Rigger - Hoist tackle worker > Ripper - Seller of fish > Roper - Maker of rope or nets > Saddler - One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for > horses > Sawbones- Physician > Sawyer - One who saws; carpenter > Schumacker - Shoemaker > Scribler - A minor or worthless author > Scrivener - Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public > Scrutiner - Election judge > Shrieve - SheriffSlater - Roofer > Slopseller- Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop > Snobscat / Snob - One who repaired shoes > Sorter - Tailor > Spinster - A woman who spins or an unmarried woman > Spurrer - Maker of spurs > Squire - Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace > Stuff gown - Junior barrister > Stuff gownsman J- unior barrister > Supercargo - Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the > commercial concerns of the ship. > Tanner - One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather > Tapley - One who puts the tap in an ale cask > Tasker - Reaper > Teamster - One who drives a team for hauling > Thatcher - Roofer > Tide waiter - Customs inspector > Tinker - An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman > Tipstaff - Policeman > Travers - Toll bridge collection > Tucker - Cleaner of cloth goods > Turner - A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles > Victualer - A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army,navy, or ship > with > food > Vulcan - Blacksmith > Wagoner - Teamster not for hire > Wainwright - Wagon maker > Waiter - Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to > collect duty on goods brought in. > Waterman - Boatman who plies for hire > Webster - Operator of looms > Wharfinger - Owner of a wharf > Wheelwright - One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages,etc. > Whitesmith - Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work > Whitewing - Street sweeper > Whitster - Bleach of cloth > Wright - Workman, especially a construction worker > Yeoman - Farmer who owns his own land > > compiled by Dan Burrows > "I put these 130 items together from many sources and used it as a handout > for our local Orange County (NY) Genealogical Society. I was asked by many > recipients if the CHART could be forwarded to other lists or used in local > newsletters. The answer is yes -- please share this information." > Dan Burrows - dburrows1@juno.com > I'm not stuck, I'm ancesterally challenged! Researching: Clough, Chamberlain, Gauthier, Buzzell, Baird, Gilligan Rootsweb Email List Administrator for: GAUTHIER-L, GILLIGAN-L, and CHAMBERLAIN-L@rootsweb.com

Hi Frank, The folks at City Hall are really helpful in locating St. Albans records if the names and dates are right. Since Murphy doesn't sound like a French name, I assume they would have spelled it "Murphy." I had trouble initially searching for Rogers, since the family was really Royer/Rodier in French... I found records in those names, with dates, at St. Mary's church and Holy Angels church though and went from there. If your Murphy's had 6 children in St. Albans, you may find their baptism records in one of those churches as a starter. And in 1868, their marriage record (assuming they were married in Catholic Church) would have been at St. Mary's, since Holy Angels was built I think in 1873. I haven't started looking for railroad records yet, but I am on the Quebec and St-Hyacinthe lists. Good luck to you. Noel ________________ >>Hello Noel: > >Wish I could provide some assistance on Franklin County vital records and >your family. I too share a similar ancestry. My great grandparents >Alexandre Murphy and Mary Godard emigrated from Quebec - St. Jean(him) and >Longueuil (her). They were married - apparently in St. Albans, VT in 1868 >(so far unable to locate the record) and raised a family of 6 children >there. Alexandre also worked for the Vermont Central Railroad. I have been >trying to locate records from the railroad in hopes that they would shed >more light on this family - about which I know so little. It is very >possible I have relatives living in the St. Albans area, but I lack >information on my grandfather John's other siblings and their descendants. >Immigration records were not kept for entry into the US from Canada until >the late 1900s - so there is little or no help there for us. I haven't been >successful in finding lookup vlounteers to research the Franklin County >vital records or the fedral censuses for the couple or the siblings. > >Regarding the ancestors from St. Hyacinthe, have you posted to the >GenForums by surname and by region? or the Quebec lists? There might be >help there, Noel. > >Good luck in your search, and if you find a way to access the railroad >records or a kind soul that does St. Albans area lookups please keep me in >mind. > >Frank Murphy >Mt. Clemens MI >

> #1 [VTFRANKL] Franklin Co/St.Albans,V [Noel Smith <noelsmith@erols.com>] > >Hello Noel: Wish I could provide some assistance on Franklin County vital records and your family. I too share a similar ancestry. My great grandparents Alexandre Murphy and Mary Godard emigrated from Quebec - St. Jean(him) and Longueuil (her). They were married - apparently in St. Albans, VT in 1868 (so far unable to locate the record) and raised a family of 6 children there. Alexandre also worked for the Vermont Central Railroad. I have been trying to locate records from the railroad in hopes that they would shed more light on this family - about which I know so little. It is very possible I have relatives living in the St. Albans area, but I lack information on my grandfather John's other siblings and their descendants. Immigration records were not kept for entry into the US from Canada until the late 1900s - so there is little or no help there for us. I haven't been successful in finding lookup vlounteers to research the Franklin County vital records or the fedral censuses for the couple or the siblings. Regarding the ancestors from St. Hyacinthe, have you posted to the GenForums by surname and by region? or the Quebec lists? There might be help there, Noel. Good luck in your search, and if you find a way to access the railroad records or a kind soul that does St. Albans area lookups please keep me in mind. Frank Murphy Mt. Clemens MI

Hi, List -- This is a longshot. I'm looking for a Frank Edward TROMBLEY, Sr., unknown date of birth, probably born in Canada approximately 1870+/-. At some point, he married a Clara Mosher (spelled in various ways) of Cherubusco, NY. They had several children, including: Frank Edward TROMBLEY, Jr., b12 Aug 1893 in Montgomery, VT, and Nelson TROMBLEY, b22 Dec 1894 in St. Albans, VT. Nelson was my grandfather. On 19 May 1923, in St. Albans, Nelson married my grandmother, Lillian Arlett Goodwin b26 Mar 1897 in Newport, VT. They were both St. Albans' residents until their deaths, 14 oct 1952 and 6 March 1967, respectively. Any information on any of these people or their siblings would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks and Happy Easter, Joan S.

Hi, everyone... The object of my Franklin County search is the family of WILLIAM and MARY (INGALLS) SEAL. They arrived in St. Albans from Montreal (after a brief stop in Bakersfield) about 1879, and remained there until Wm's death in 1899. Their children were as follows: 1. MARY ANN SEAL married Charles REYNOLDS of Sharon, VT. One child, died in infancy. 2. JOHN SEAL married MELISSA LOVELETTE , and they had two sons: JOHN and THEODORE (born 1896-1899). 3. SUSAN SEAL married Eli G. MURRAY & had several children 4. EMMA SEAL married Henry C. MEYER 5. ISABELLA SEAL married Stephen BUSYA, a native of Austria. 6. ELIZABETH SEAL - don't know if she ever married. These folks all (and I do mean ALL! <g>) seem to have disappeared about 1902 from their respective homes. Have no idea where they all went!!! Thanks, all, and Happy Easter! Susan Laursen Willig: valcour@earthlink.net List Administrator for VTADDISO, E M P E Y, G A R F I E L D, IRL-PALATINE, NYWashington-Rooters and Coordinator for Washington County, NY, Gen Exchange Project: http://www.genexchange.com/ny/washington/

Looking for any information on this family line: Joel WILSON b: abt 1776 d: 1 Jul 1843 Fairfax VT married unknown Children were all born in Fairfax VT: Dorcol b: about 1794 d: 17 Aug 1799 Fairfax VT Ira b: abt 1795 d: 26 Dec 1796 Fairfax VT Laura b: 18 Jul 1790 m: 13 Jul 1817 Ezekial RICHARDSON Orra b: 30 Dec 1807 m: 13 Jul 1817 Harry F WILSON Amos b: 19 Dec 1809 m: Elizabeth WRIGHT (d: 8 Apr 1832) m: 29 May 1832 Hannah FARNSWORTH Luciba b: 22 Dec 1813 m: 8 Mar 1827 David WILCOX If anyone has these names in their family line or has come across them I would love to hear from you. Any help would be very much appreciated. Sandi Jo Willson-Curreen Tokoroa, New Zealand SandiJo@xtra.co.nz

Hi Listers, My g-grandparents were Jean Royer/Rodier (John Rogers) and Marie Tétreau (Mary Tatro) who married in St. Albans in 1864 and raised a large family there. John worked with the railroad, and he died in 1901, but there is very little other information about him. His death record says his parents were Jean Rodier and Madeleine ----- from St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, but I cannot find out anything about them either. There may still be some Rogers descendants in ST. Albans, because there were 13 children in the family. Has anyone done research on this Rogers family, or can anyone tell me anything about this John Rogers? Thanks for any help. Noel Smith noelsmith@erols.com

Afternoon, list. I'm looking for some help (of course).... Now that some kind list-cousin has helped me out (thank you, Andree), I know that my Sarah Ann LAVARNWAY was, or could have been, Sarah Ann LIVERNOIS. Or could even have been Sarah Ann LIVERNOIS dit BENOIT. Sarah Ann was born in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont about 1824, but was in Crown Point, Essex, New York by 1848 when her first child was born. Would greatly appreciate any help, suggestions or even vague hints <g>............. Kate Sowdon Plymouth, MA Kgsowdon@capecod.net

Hi All Recently I got a copy of one page of the marriage registers for the year of 8172. I can list the names here and if anyone is interested in the rest of the info on these people then you can email me privately. jackie THIS IS PAGE 8 TOWN OF SWANTON VT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/1872 Merrit BULLIS & Matilda RECINE Wm D SHERMAN & Fanny E FOSTER (BEALS) Charles W SMITH & Elizabeth M IRELAND Lewis GOUTHIER & Paulina BEARD Edward TATRO & Mary DEBARGE Merton H BROOKS & Hattie L GREEN Rodney L WOOD & Jane DONALDSON Edgar N BULLARD & Jane E (LASELL) LADD Timothy CASGRAIN & Odelea DEUNAIS Frank COMMING & Lucy RUSLOW Martin O'CONNOR & Rose DOOM Stephen BUTRAM JR & Mary Louesa BROW Francis LASHWAY JR & Louisa COOLAM David YESTAW & Nancy RYAN Abdrew J BEEBE & Addie L MARVIN I'm not stuck, I'm ancesterally challenged! Researching: Clough, Chamberlain, Gauthier, Buzzell, Baird, Gilligan Rootsweb Email List Administrator for: GAUTHIER-L, GILLIGAN-L, and CHAMBERLAIN-L@rootsweb.com

My familys are LAHUE, FURKEY, DESROSIER, JACQUES,JORDAN,and MARTIN

My line decends from Col. Elisha Sheldon through his son, George. I would love to find some "cousins" who still live in Vermont to correspond with. More information about Elisha is what I am really seeking. Mary Jo McQueen in California

I am looking for the parents of Julia Ann Lambert born abt. 1843 in Fairfax, Franklin Co., VT. She married Jacob Williams Apr 27, 1895 in St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you. Sharon

Looking for any information on the family of Alexandre Murphy of St. Albans Vermont. Alexander was born in St Jean (sur Richelieu) PQ in 1848 the son of John Murphy and Esther Hebert. Alexandre married Mary Godard of Longueuil PQ in 1868, daughter of Leon Godard and Denise Colin. I have not found the marriage record in Quebec and am wondering if Alexandre and Mary married in St. Albans. I'm assuming they were married in a RC church and I have learned that there was only one in town in 1868 - Immaculate Conception (St. Marys). He reportedly worked for the Vermont Central Railroad as a mechanic. I have learned that Alexandre and Mary had six children: John Alexander b. 1869, Charles b. 1869, Emma b. 1876, Marl L. b 1878, Mary S. b 1879 and Samuel b 1888. If this connects with anyone, or if someone has access to BMD records for St. Albans, I would appreciate any and all information on this family. Frank Murphy Mt. Clemens, Michigan grandson of John Alexander Murphy

Hi, If anyone is researching this family in Vermont happen to have some names and dates from numerous towns. Be glad to share with those searching Stebbins who married with MEUNIER, LALOR, GOODRICH, ASH, BUSHEY. Andree