Hello Marilyn, :) Oh my *goodness*!!!!!!!!! I am sitting at my computer in *disbelief* of what I have just read!!!!!!! *Marilyn* you have *answered* my *prayers*!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I am shaking at the thought of *finally* connecting with *true*Washburn*kindred* as I have felt like I was shooting-an-arrow-into-the-dark working primarily off of my father's (*yes*, Harold Dean Saurer's) :) somewhat faded memories and the few document copies/info I have obtained!!!!! Off I was to bed, then the phone rang late tonight.....then something inside me said, "Hmmm....I *wonder* if there is any *interesting* E-mail awaiting for me?" Need I say, I am *ecstatic* to hear from you, Marilyn!!!!!!!!! :) Indeed I have been searching for leads to find a trace! :) *Dreams* truly *do* come true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) It is very interesting that you know of the Jay Washburn homestead! Just a couple of months ago my mother sent me a very *old* picture of it!!!!!!!! Just this passed Friday afternoon I made *several* lazer copy enlargements of this homestead which came out *incredible* (especially considering the faded condition of the original)!!!!!!!!! :) I would *love* to send one to you!!!!!!!! :) .....It looks like that ole "outhouse" I've heard about in the foreground!!!!! (Giggle!) My Grandma Bernice Saurer wrote on the back of the picture, "Grandma Washburn's homestead", meaning Bernice's Grandma!!!!! :) Do you know my father personally or "of" him???? I have posed *soooooo* many Washburn family questions to him, including what cousin's names are.......and he could remember only so much. (Giggle!!!) Guess he's just "getting old" beyond his years! (Tee-hee!!!!!) ;) One of the things that my father did share with me was about another Washburn house that was decorated with American Indian and other items in a "ballroom". He said that he could remember some of the decorations vividly! I am wondering if he was remembering your Grandfather's house and farm? :) My father *told* me about "a book" that was written about our leg of the Washburn family. It looks like you've beat-me-to-the-chase on that one!!!!!!! :) Wow!!!!!!!! :) What is the title, publisher, and citation info? Also, what is the year of publishing and publisher name, etc. for "The Van Benschoten Family in America" by W. H. Van Benschoten? I *definitely* want to connect with a "finder" of rare and old books to get a copy of *both* of those!!!! Boy, who could ask for a better E-mail? Not only have I found a bloodline cousin, but my cousin knows of *two*books* written about our direct family lines!!!!!!!!!!! Indeed someone upstairs must be smiling down on me!!!!!!!! :) What is the "SLC"? Is there one in San Diego, or could I borrow both books somewhere here (until I find a copies for sale)? How far back does Mildred's book trace our lineage? How about the Van Benschoten book? Before your E-mail tonight the farthest back I got was to Jay's name with census hints on his parents! :) In fact, I didn't even know what Etta's *real* name was until last fall!!!!!! I always thought that her name was "Mary".....close! Her *mother's* name was "Mary"!!!!!! Perhaps that's what I remembered from my (literally) *all*day*long* family history question-and-answer-sessions I would have with my grandparents, particularly with Grandpa Elmer Saurer, on my summer-and-winter-time visits with them before they died. Is Richard Flint of the Washburn clan or did he purchase the old homestead? My father spoke of a man who was about 19 yrs. old in the 1950's (he couldn't remember a name) who wanted to stay on the homestead and continue the family farming way of life. I have been wondering if the house was still in the bloodline or not. I can't begin to tell you how surprised and impressed I am to be writing to you at this very moment!!!!!! There are *sooooo* many things I want to ask about........so many things I want to catch-up on! :) I'm not sure how much you know about the lives of my parents, so I'll fill-in a few blanks for the time being......My father is an only child, raised in Wayne County, Ohio, who in the beginning of 1967 was sent off to Vietnam. In April of '67 he was in his second helicopter crash, which rendered him the *only* survivor of the nine men on board, and badly burned. Six months to the day after his accident, I was born. My father was hospitalized and operated on for *two*years* following this accident. After all related treatment, his body had a *very*low* tollerance for extreme temperature changes. Thus, on December 30 or 31, 1968, our family of three moved from Ohio to 'Oahu, Hawai'i, where I was raised and my sister Teresa was born and raised. To sum it all up, I had *very*little* exposure to my Grandparents, much less the families of my Great-Grandparents! I have asked my parents many questions about family and have found that time and distance took its toll. I am *sooooooo* happy to have found *you*, Marilyn!!!!!!!! :) Well, I think that our other cousins who have read this far are wondering when I am going to stop rambling on and E-mail you personally! (Giggle!) So I'm going to do just that!!!! Thank you everyone for your tollerance of two cousins becoming "connected"!!!!!!!!! :) Much love, Beth*.........a fellow Washburn descendant who at present cannot believe her eyes are perceiving such good fortune!!!!! *;) _________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Elain Olney's Washburn Family Book Resent-Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 20:50:20 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 22:59:49 -0600 From: "MARILYN W. POWELL" <[email protected]> To: "BETH SAURER" <[email protected]>, "Washburn Families" <[email protected]> Hello Cousin Beth, YOU"VE HIT PAYDIRT! And, Beth. I can do you better than Elaine's book! Mildred Smith Parkinson, my father's cousin published a small book in 1954. Your father, Harold Dean Sauer was b 10-19-1940! Elaine's book is wonderful and takes the ancestors back to old William the immigrant of Long Island. However, she takes off on James' brother, Joseph, Jr and OUR line is through James. Mildred's book is of the James' line. It can be found on the shelf of the SLC. I'm sure it's out of print by now. My Dad was born in Greenwich, I've visited there as a child and as a young woman. The farm that Jay lived on (so stated in Mildred's book) was "around the corner" from my grandfather's farm. Richard Flint is the owner of Jay's farm now-or was at the time we sold my grandfather's farm in 1980's. Any other questions? Father of your Jay and my g-grandfather (Daniel Smith W.) was HENRY G(riffin) Washburn m. to ANN MARIA VAN BENSCHOTEN. (Her ancestry can be found in "The Van Benschoten Family in America" by W. H. Van Benschoten). I am lucky enough to own a small bedside table belonging to her, also, a rocking chair that she was sitting in for a picture taken of the family at Daniel Smith W's home. Mildred, in her youth was so taken with the fact that her grandfather took time off from work to take Mr. W. H. Van Benschoten around (while W. H. was gathering material for his book) - that she decided to write family history ~ and the result was her book. So much I can tell you. I have letters from D.S. and also from Ann Maria in my posession. 'Nuf for now ~ Marilyn Washburn Powell Orange TX ---------- > From: BETH SAURER <[email protected]> > To: Washburn Families <[email protected]> > Subject: Elain Olney's Washburn Family Book > Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 9:44 PM > > Hello cousins! :) > > Tom Neel of the Ohio Genealogical Society was kind enough to refer > me to Elain Olney's (of Manhattan, Kansas) book on the Washburn family > in regards to research on our Huron County, Ohio WASHBURNs. Would any > of you happen to have this book? Tom mentioned that these Huron County > WASHBURNs lived in Greenwich (as did mine), Fitchville, and New London, > Ohio. I would *love* to have a look-up done on the below WASHBURNs to > see what kind, if any, info it has on them! :) > > Thank you cousins! > > Beth* Saurer......San Diego, California....... *;) > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > Mr. Washburn, b. ~1815-35, NY > + Mrs., b. ~1815-35, OH > Jay Washburn, b. 4/1852, OH, d. 5/9/1922, OH > + Mary, b. 2/1852, OH > (at least 3 children names are unknown to me) > Howard Washburn, b. 8/1879, OH > Etta May Washburn, b. 10/1895, OH, d. 2/16/1919, > OH at 23 yrs. > (Burried in Edwards Grove cemetery, > Ripley twp, OH) > + Archie Paul Bliss, b. 1890, OH, d. 1977, OH > (Burried in Maple Grove cemetery, New > Haven twp, OH > with subsequent wife, Lavella B. > Bliss 1900-1982) > Mary Bliss, b. ~1914-5, OH > + "Tub" Scott > 3 children, most likely still > living > Bernice May Bliss, b. 5/23/1916, OH, d. > 2/4/1985, OH > (Bernice was 2 when Etta passed > away) > + Elmer Ray Saurer, b. 10/2/1907, OH, d. > 12/7/1992, OH > One child, my father > ME! ;) > My younger sister