I am at a standstill. I need to know the Mother and Father of Mary L. Hogan, or any info that would lead to information about her and her family. Any help would be appreciated.......Thanks Mary L. Hogan, born in October of 1859 in either St. Albans or Morrisville, Vermont. She died in February 1913. Her daughter, my grandmother on my father's side was Thirza J. Towne Thirza J. Towne appears in our database as the second of four children born to Herbert Willie Towne and Mary L. Hogan who were married 4 Mar 1884, evidently in St. Albans or Shelby, VT. Her father, Herbert Willie Towne, was born 24 Jul 1859 in Bloomingdale, Essex, NY and died 18 Mar 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. His wife, Mary L. Hogan was born in 1859 in St. Albans, Vermont and died in 1914. Thirza's direct line back to the immigrants William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne of Topsfield, Essex, MA is as follows: 1. Thirza L. Towne 2. Herbert Willie Towne m. Mary L. Hogan 3. Charles Carroll K. Towne m. Jeannette M. Lamson 4. George Towne m. Ruth Parcher 5. Edmund Towne m. Nancy (Anna) Fisher 6. Silas Towne m. Susanna Locke 7. Ephraim Towne m. Sarah Kenney 8. John Towne m. Mary Smith 9. Jacob Towne m. Catherine Symonds 10. William Towne m. Joanna Blessing ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Aloha James, Suggest that you focus on finding either the church or the civil record of the marriage of Mary L. HOGAN and Herbert Willie TOWNE who you say were married 4 Mar 1884 at St. Albans or Shelby. (Pardon my ignorance but where is Shelby?) Either record should tell you the names of the parents. HOGAN sounds Irish and Irish generally suggests Catholic. Write to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 45 Fairfield St., St. Albans, VT 05478 which was established in 1847 as St. Mary's Church to serve a predominantly Irish congregation. You might also try Holy Angels Catholic Church, 246 Lake S, St. Albans established in 1872 to serve a predominantly Franco-American congregation. If you haven't already searched the VT Vital Records and contacted the city clerk at St. Albans for that marriage, you should do so. When I write to churches, I include a SASE and a small donation which always gets me an answer. You might also look for the baptisms of the children of Herbert and Mary because often the grandparents were Godparents of their grand children. Don't give up. I've had genealogical research problems in Franklin County in the 19th C that had less data than you have, and was able to make considerable progress. Jerry Lesperance, Aiea, Hawaii ----- Original Message ----- From: James L Williams <jimwilliams9@juno.com> To: <VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 2:30 AM Subject: [VTFRANKL] Mary L. Hogan b 10, 1859 m Herbert W. Towne, 3/4/1884. > I am at a standstill. I need to know the Mother and Father of Mary L. > Hogan, or any info that would lead to information about her and her > family. Any help would be appreciated.......Thanks > > Mary L. Hogan, born in October of 1859 in either St. Albans or > Morrisville, Vermont. She died in February 1913. > > Her daughter, my grandmother on my father's side was Thirza J. Towne > > Thirza J. Towne appears in our database as the second of four children > born to Herbert Willie Towne and Mary L. Hogan who were married 4 Mar > 1884, evidently in St. Albans or Shelby, VT. > > Her father, Herbert Willie Towne, was born 24 Jul 1859 in Bloomingdale, > Essex, NY and died 18 Mar 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. His wife, Mary L. > Hogan > was born in 1859 in St. Albans, Vermont and died in 1914. > > Thirza's direct line back to the immigrants William and Joanna (Blessing) > > Towne of Topsfield, Essex, MA is as follows: > > 1. Thirza L. Towne > 2. Herbert Willie Towne m. Mary L. Hogan > 3. Charles Carroll K. Towne m. Jeannette M. Lamson > 4. George Towne m. Ruth Parcher > 5. Edmund Towne m. Nancy (Anna) Fisher > 6. Silas Towne m. Susanna Locke > 7. Ephraim Towne m. Sarah Kenney > 8. John Towne m. Mary Smith > 9. Jacob Towne m. Catherine Symonds > 10. William Towne m. Joanna Blessing > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Please Use Your Subject Line Effectively, Do Not Recycle Them > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp >