Don, I have a Richard Johns listed in the Probate book the record is E-3809. Also have several others. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Johns" <donfromwi@webtv.net> To: <WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:04 AM Subject: Re: [WILAFAYE] 1880 Census lookups > > --WebTV-Mail-2620-885 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Jim, I don`t believe we have a connection. All of my family came to > Wisconsin in the late 1840s. They remained in Lafayette County until > 1856. From there they went to Iowa County near Mifflin. I just recently > found out that a nephew of my gggrandfather Henry Johns must have sailed > to the states with Henry and his wife and children. I found him living > in Hazel Green on the 1850 census. He died 27 Dec 1903 and is buried at > Provident Cemetery in the Town of Benton. By the way they came from the > Parish of Germoe, Cornwall, England. > =================================== Do you have a copy of the probate > index for Lafayette County? I was just going to contact the County Court > House in Darlington to see if they had the probate records on Richard > Johns my ggrand father and William Johns the one I was just refering to. > If you could check these out for me I sure would appreciate it. I notice > they are for sale for $17.00 through the Lafayette County Genealogy > Society but if they are on the index I would just order their records > from the court house. =================================== Richard Johns > was born in England in 1843. He died in Nov of 1903. > =================================== William was born 25 Dec 1822 in > England & died 27 Dec 1903 > =================================== Jim, if you could check this out for > I would apprciate it. > =================================== I just started researching my family > about a year ago. I started in England with the idea that would be more > difficult that researching here in the states. I got fooled. It seems to > be more difficult then it is in England. The churches kept pretty good > records over there. I found my family stayed around two parishes which > simplified the research. At this time I have them back to 1585. > =================================== Where Are your ancesters from? There > are a lot of John`s from Wales, Ireland, & even Germany. > =================================== Well I guess I had better close for > to night. Hope you have the info I`m looking for. > =================================== Nice chatting with ya. > Don Johns > > > --WebTV-Mail-2620-885 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Received: from smtpin-101-8.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.42) by > storefull-213.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Tue, 29 May 2001 > 16:25:13 -0700 (PDT) > Received: by smtpin-101-8.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id E69C0166; > Tue, 29 May 2001 16:25:14 -0700 (PDT) > Delivered-To: donfromwi@webtv.net > Received: from lists7.rootsweb.com (lists7.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.56]) by > smtpin-101-8.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id > 5DC4F15E for <donfromwi@webtv.net>; Tue, 29 May 2001 16:25:14 -0700 > (PDT) > Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists7.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id > f4TNIx929644; Tue, 29 May 2001 17:18:59 -0600 > Resent-Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 17:18:59 -0600 > X-Original-Sender: jneth3@home.com Tue May 29 17:18:58 2001 > Message-ID: <002d01c0e895$49975700$faac0e18@mdsn1.wi.home.com> > From: "James Nethery" <jneth3@home.com> > Old-To: <WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> > References: <4683-3B13293D-2482@storefull-214.iap.bryant.webtv.net> > Subject: Re: [WILAFAYE] 1880 Census lookups > Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 18:15:44 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 > Resent-Message-ID: <dqo2JD.A._OH.i5CF7@lists7.rootsweb.com> > To: WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/195 > X-Loop: WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: WILAFAYE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Don Johns: Saw your query and was wondering if you have any Johns from near > Dayton, Ohio. My great great grandmother Mary Eleanor Johns was born 18 > March 1831 near Dayton. Her father was Powell Johns and her mother's last > name was Williamson. They were both born in Penn. Mary E. Johns married > William Knight McFarland 21 April 1852. They moved to Waukon, Iowa where > William died and Mary died in Winthrop, Ia 08 March 1922. > > Any connection??????? > > james a. nethery > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Johns" <donfromwi@webtv.net> > To: <WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:44 PM > Subject: Re: [WILAFAYE] 1880 Census lookups > > > > Ethel, > > My name is Don Johns from Manitowoc, Wi. I would like like to know if > > WILLIAM JOHNS & his wife MARY JOHNS are listed on the 1880 Lafayette > > County census. 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