Have yall ever stopped to think that our ancestors "talked funny" to our ear? If we did have them for Thanksgiving they all would talk "funny" and even some would not speak "English" of the American variety. They probably wouldn't smell great and have most of their teeth missing and would be in their 30's but look 60...but wouldn't it be great for even one day to talk to them....what would they think of us....not having to cut fire wood or go out and outsmart and shoot a turkey or goose...to have more to eat with than a wooden spoon and bowl that may have been passed around among the family...to be warm without smelling like burned wood and to be clean and in fresh clothes that did not stink because you would not bath until the streams fthawed in the spring...I think they would be so overcome with our style of living that they would be speechless....can you imagine taking them for a first ride in a car that was heated and cooled. The looks on the ladies' faces when they saw all the clothes in our closets....and oboy! I can just hear gggggrand mamas going "tisk, tisk, tisk" at the leanght of the clothes for women.....and the gggggrand dad's laughing at the gggggrandsons buying rum at the liq. store............how much fun showing them our world that they made possible with all their sacrifices and hard work................maybe that is what the aftertime is for...meeting with all that went before to compare notes...what a grand banquet that will be.........huh???? MA B.
Something I learned while doing gene. work was that when you get into your family search you will begin to pick up on a pattern of first and middle names that run in your families. I don't know that that holds true any more in families. There was a family pattern that our ancesters followed and I am not sure if I have it right but the first son was named after the paternal grandfather, first daughter named after the mother or maternal grandmother. It seems like I remember in families that were all female offspring, the paternal grandparents' family name was given to females as middle names. It was one reason some women had such long names sometimes. You can find interesting information on the naming patters. Cyndi somebody has published one book I remember that was really helpful as she discussed naming patters and even handwriting that our ancestors used...But I don't mean to waste your time with this because I have forgotten so much since having a stroke...sorry if I bored anyone or broke the rules of the list. MA Bartlett ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Middle Initials |I have had a big problem with middle initials in my searching too, and even | problems when both names were known. Sometimes they are on the census by the | middle name, sometimes by the first, until now I don't really know what was | the first or the middle!!
Kay, Where are your Wrights from? Jeff On Nov 18, 2005, at 6:07 PM, N & K Chestnut wrote: > You cannot blame me for trying. > I guess that sometimes people (male & female) were given initials > instead of names, and the letter didn't stand for anything or any > name. > > Case in point, sister-in-law, Shirley K. WRIGHT, and the K. didn't > stand for anything or name. > > Case in point, GGrandfather, David G. SMITH, and no one knows or > knew what the "G." stood for. > > Kay (Williams) Chestnut > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:48 PM > Subject: RE: [WILLIAMS] Question - R. = ??? > > > >> Kay, >> I have no idea what it stood for. James R. had 6 sons and Joseph >> R. is the >> only "R". He had a grandson and g grandson named Robert. I thought >> I would >> get more info from the pension file but not this one. >> >> Helen >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: N & K Chestnut [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:19 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [WILLIAMS] Question - R. = ??? >> >> >> Hi Helen, >> Any idea what the "R." stood for, for Joseph R. WILLIAMS & >> James R. >> WILLIAMS? >> I have a James Riley WILLIAMS born about 1843 probably in >> Washington >> Co., IL. But his descendant had a 23/25 match with a WILLIAMS in >> TN. >> >> Kay (Williams) Chestnut >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Helen" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:09 PM >> Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams in Cocke Co., TN >> >> >> >>> I have just received the Civil War Pension file for Joseph R. >>> Williams. He >>> was the oldest son of my gg grandfather, James R. Williams. >>> Joseph R. was >>> born April 3, 1846 in Newport, Cocke Co., TN. Until now the first >>> place I >>> found James R. was in Subdivision 15, Knox Co. in 1850 census. My g >>> grandfather, Alexander L. Williams was born there Nov. 14, 1850. >>> Im >>> looking for Williams that were in Cocke Co. in the 1840s, any >>> that moved >>> on >>> to Knox Co., Roane Co, Monroe Co, Loudon Co. and these are just >>> some of >>> the >>> places I have found some of my Williams line. >>> >>> Helen >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >>> List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/ >>> williams.html >>> Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added >>> in the >>> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >> List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/ >> williams.html >> Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >> List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/ >> williams.html >> Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, >> find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >
I have had a big problem with middle initials in my searching too, and even problems when both names were known. Sometimes they are on the census by the middle name, sometimes by the first, until now I don't really know what was the first or the middle!! Now where my Mother was born in OK, you knew everyone's middle name because when the mother was mad she called you by your 1st & middle names. My mother carried that on & I have too. When my kids heard me call them by both names, oh they knew they were in trouble!!
Kay, I have no idea what it stood for. James R. had 6 sons and Joseph R. is the only "R". He had a grandson and g grandson named Robert. I thought I would get more info from the pension file but not this one. Helen -----Original Message----- From: N & K Chestnut [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WILLIAMS] Question - R. = ??? Hi Helen, Any idea what the "R." stood for, for Joseph R. WILLIAMS & James R. WILLIAMS? I have a James Riley WILLIAMS born about 1843 probably in Washington Co., IL. But his descendant had a 23/25 match with a WILLIAMS in TN. Kay (Williams) Chestnut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:09 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams in Cocke Co., TN >I have just received the Civil War Pension file for Joseph R. Williams. He > was the oldest son of my gg grandfather, James R. Williams. Joseph R. was > born April 3, 1846 in Newport, Cocke Co., TN. Until now the first place I > found James R. was in Subdivision 15, Knox Co. in 1850 census. My g > grandfather, Alexander L. Williams was born there Nov. 14, 1850. Im > looking for Williams that were in Cocke Co. in the 1840s, any that moved > on > to Knox Co., Roane Co, Monroe Co, Loudon Co. and these are just some of > the > places I have found some of my Williams line. > > Helen > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx
I have just received the Civil War Pension file for Joseph R. Williams. He was the oldest son of my gg grandfather, James R. Williams. Joseph R. was born April 3, 1846 in Newport, Cocke Co., TN. Until now the first place I found James R. was in Subdivision 15, Knox Co. in 1850 census. My g grandfather, Alexander L. Williams was born there Nov. 14, 1850. Im looking for Williams that were in Cocke Co. in the 1840s, any that moved on to Knox Co., Roane Co, Monroe Co, Loudon Co. and these are just some of the places I have found some of my Williams line. Helen
You cannot blame me for trying. I guess that sometimes people (male & female) were given initials instead of names, and the letter didn't stand for anything or any name. Case in point, sister-in-law, Shirley K. WRIGHT, and the K. didn't stand for anything or name. Case in point, GGrandfather, David G. SMITH, and no one knows or knew what the "G." stood for. Kay (Williams) Chestnut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:48 PM Subject: RE: [WILLIAMS] Question - R. = ??? > Kay, > I have no idea what it stood for. James R. had 6 sons and Joseph R. is the > only "R". He had a grandson and g grandson named Robert. I thought I would > get more info from the pension file but not this one. > > Helen > > -----Original Message----- > From: N & K Chestnut [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WILLIAMS] Question - R. = ??? > > > Hi Helen, > Any idea what the "R." stood for, for Joseph R. WILLIAMS & James R. > WILLIAMS? > I have a James Riley WILLIAMS born about 1843 probably in Washington > Co., IL. But his descendant had a 23/25 match with a WILLIAMS in TN. > > Kay (Williams) Chestnut > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:09 PM > Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams in Cocke Co., TN > > >>I have just received the Civil War Pension file for Joseph R. Williams. He >> was the oldest son of my gg grandfather, James R. Williams. Joseph R. was >> born April 3, 1846 in Newport, Cocke Co., TN. Until now the first place I >> found James R. was in Subdivision 15, Knox Co. in 1850 census. My g >> grandfather, Alexander L. Williams was born there Nov. 14, 1850. Im >> looking for Williams that were in Cocke Co. in the 1840s, any that moved >> on >> to Knox Co., Roane Co, Monroe Co, Loudon Co. and these are just some of >> the >> places I have found some of my Williams line. >> >> Helen >> >> >> >> ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >> List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html >> Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >
Hi Helen, Any idea what the "R." stood for, for Joseph R. WILLIAMS & James R. WILLIAMS? I have a James Riley WILLIAMS born about 1843 probably in Washington Co., IL. But his descendant had a 23/25 match with a WILLIAMS in TN. Kay (Williams) Chestnut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:09 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams in Cocke Co., TN >I have just received the Civil War Pension file for Joseph R. Williams. He > was the oldest son of my gg grandfather, James R. Williams. Joseph R. was > born April 3, 1846 in Newport, Cocke Co., TN. Until now the first place I > found James R. was in Subdivision 15, Knox Co. in 1850 census. My g > grandfather, Alexander L. Williams was born there Nov. 14, 1850. Im > looking for Williams that were in Cocke Co. in the 1840s, any that moved > on > to Knox Co., Roane Co, Monroe Co, Loudon Co. and these are just some of > the > places I have found some of my Williams line. > > Helen > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >
Hello Gary: M.D. had a son named James . and a daughter named Melinda.a son named Rielly Samuel, and daughter Sara Frances .I don't know what James middle name is Jean
Did M.D. Williams have a brother by the name of James Ollie Williams or a sister named Mandy? Gary >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In a message dated 11/16/2005 11:21:10 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I am looking for my G-Grandfather. M.D. Williams, wife is named Sara on death cert. of my grandmother. Sara Frances Williams ,Chance. I would like to know where they lived at death. in 1860 census they were in Whitfield co . Ga. In Varnell.In 1870 in Red Clay. that is the last info I have.with the wife named Nancy.? I think the last name Haney , tho I'm not sure.I would appreciate any help. Thank you very moch
YAHOO MESSENGER:michaelsgurl28 Owner of LossofaSiblingSupportGroup on MSN at groups.msn.com/LossofaSiblingSupportGroup ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Carolyn Bruce" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Thanksgiving Dinner Guest Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:33:19 -0500 My Thanksgiving dinner guests would be my husband's great-great grandparents John Alfred WILLIAMS and his first wife, Delilah CHEEK, of Lee CoVA, she having been born there in 1837, and died there in 1867. I would ask him everything he knows about his parents, grandparents, etc., because I am nearly 400 miles away from any records he might have left in the Lee County courthouse that might tell me. I would tell her what I know about her children, because she died at age 30, and hardly knew them. I would ask her if I am right in guessing that the WILLIAMS babies that died in Lee County shortly after her death were her twins, and did she die of childbirth complications. I would ask him why the sheriff sold his acreage in Back Valley, when his back taxes were 76 cents. I know he was sick for a long time, but I don't know with what, and was that why he couldn't pay his taxes? I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Carolyn HALE BRUCE Co-author Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots and Rebel King, The Har'ships http://www.RebelKing.com Our newest published title: Virginiana, A Visitors' Guide to Virginia History and Other Stuff http://www.VirginianaBooks.com Coming Nov 1st: Herb Jones, Poet With a Paintbrush by Barbara Jones Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary King" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Thanksgiving Dinner Guest >My ancestor choice would be my gggrandmother, Lucinda Williams. She was >born in Missouri in 1819 and married John Smith Newberry in Clinton County, >Missouri in 1837. I believe that her father was Charles Williams, born >1782 in Virginia, married Juditha Brummett. So many mysteries! > > >==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html >Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
My Thanksgiving dinner guests would be my husband's great-great grandparents John Alfred WILLIAMS and his first wife, Delilah CHEEK, of Lee CoVA, she having been born there in 1837, and died there in 1867. I would ask him everything he knows about his parents, grandparents, etc., because I am nearly 400 miles away from any records he might have left in the Lee County courthouse that might tell me. I would tell her what I know about her children, because she died at age 30, and hardly knew them. I would ask her if I am right in guessing that the WILLIAMS babies that died in Lee County shortly after her death were her twins, and did she die of childbirth complications. I would ask him why the sheriff sold his acreage in Back Valley, when his back taxes were 76 cents. I know he was sick for a long time, but I don't know with what, and was that why he couldn't pay his taxes? I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Carolyn HALE BRUCE Co-author Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots and Rebel King, The Har'ships http://www.RebelKing.com Our newest published title: Virginiana, A Visitors' Guide to Virginia History and Other Stuff http://www.VirginianaBooks.com Coming Nov 1st: Herb Jones, Poet With a Paintbrush by Barbara Jones Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary King" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Thanksgiving Dinner Guest > My ancestor choice would be my gggrandmother, Lucinda Williams. She was > born in Missouri in 1819 and married John Smith Newberry in Clinton > County, Missouri in 1837. I believe that her father was Charles Williams, > born 1782 in Virginia, married Juditha Brummett. So many mysteries! > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >
Is anyone familiar with the family of William Williams of Carter Co.,TN.? On the 1900 census, he is 50 years old and has a boarder named Abe Garland living with him. Abe was my grandfather, but when he married in 1905, he went by Abe Williams, and John Williams was listed as his father on his legal documents. So, my question is...did William have a brother , or uncle, or father, named John ? This is just one of the confusing bits of information I have found on my grandfather, and any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Karen Williams Lee Williamsburg,VA
Retracing my steps: Williams - Gamage connection - http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogy/washburn.html Orrington L Williams born 25 October 1837 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, Maine son of Thomas B Williams (Nathaniel Hall Williams 4, George 3, Samuel 2, Thomas 1) and Elvira Briery daughter of John Briery (Thomas [Bryeryhurst] 2, John [Brierhurst] 1). He died 1916 in Madison, Somerset, Maine. Sylvia Pullen Gamage born 9 November 1832 in North Anson, Somerset, Maine daughter of William Gamage (William 5, Joshua 4, Nathaniel 3, Joshua 2, John 1) and Lonie or Lona Pullen (Jonathan 5, Stephen 4, James 3, Nicholas 2, John 1). She died between 12 May 1915 and 1926 in Madison. Married 9 September 1860. Children: 1. Cora Estelle Williams born 24 July 1863, died 17 September 1928. Married Mr. Fogg. 2. Alice Eldora Williams born 3 July 18__ (probably 1860's) in Madison. Married Edward Jones Washburn son of Alden F Washburn and Judith L Jones. Three daughters. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WilliamsCousins/message/50 3. Willard Williams born 1869/70, died 1942. Sources available on request. If you have anything to add, subtract, confirm or refute or if you have any connection with this family I'd like to hear from you. If you'd like to add this information to your database or share it with others feel free to do so and please cite the source. If you would like to publish this information in your web site, your own book, CD or other publication I would appreciate a note from you saying so. Please do not submit this data to any person, organization or firm that is in the business of collecting data to put on commercial CD's or commercial web sites for the purpose of selling it to their patrons. Best wishes, David David Sylvester 28 North Searsport Road Searsport, Maine 04974 Free Genealogy -- Roots should be shared.
I am looking for my G-Grandfather. M.D. Williams, wife is named Sara on death cert. of my grandmother. Sara Frances Williams ,Chance. I would like to know where they lived at death. in 1860 census they were in Whitfield co . Ga. In Varnell.In 1870 in Red Clay. that is the last info I have.with the wife named Nancy.? I think the last name Haney , tho I'm not sure.I would appreciate any help. Thank you very moch
My ancestor choice would be my gggrandmother, Lucinda Williams. She was born in Missouri in 1819 and married John Smith Newberry in Clinton County, Missouri in 1837. I believe that her father was Charles Williams, born 1782 in Virginia, married Juditha Brummett. So many mysteries!
Donna, Any email that was missed on any of the Mailing Lists can be viewed in the Rootsweb Archive for whichever Surname. The link at the very bottom of this message contains the shortcut to the Williams messages (beside List web page...), where you can click onto the link that says "Browse the WILLIAMS archives", which will bring up all of the years and months of Messages for the WILLIAMS surname. To save time, here is the link to my first Message on the "Epidemics in America". http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WILLIAMS/2005-11/1131922281 Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna B" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Epidemics > Deloris, > > I don't remember seeing the epidemic email. Would you care to repost it > for me? Thank you. > > Donna > > Deloris Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Glad to help. I, too, thinks well worth keeping a copy for my files. > > Deloris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 7:50 PM > Subject: [WILLIAMS] Epidemics > > >> Thank you very much for the text on epidemics in American and the sites >> for epidemics World Wide. I also did not have this information so I made >> copies and appreciate the information in my family search. >> >> Judy Smith/Colorado >> researching Smith and Williams>Kentucky>Missouri >> >> >> ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >> List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html >> Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >
Thank you very much for the list. My great great grandmother died in Iowa in 1881 with the Small Pox. She had moved there from the Michigan area, so I don't know for sure where she was exposed. Donna Janet <[email protected]> wrote: Going through some of my old file, I came across this message which was originally posted on the Hertford County, NC message board by Marianne Ordway, which is still very useful info to have. Deloris Williams Epidemics in America 1628-1918 In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below: Years Area Epidemic 1628-1631 New England Small Pox 1638 New England Small Pox & Spotted Fever 1648-1649 Massachusetts Bay Colony Small Pox 1657-1658 Boston Measles 1659 Massachusetts Bay Colony Throat Distemper 1677-1678 Charlestown & Boston Small Pox 1679-1680 Virginia Small Pox 1687 Boston Measles 1689-1690 New England Small Pox 1690 New York Yellow Fever 1693 Boston, MA Yellow Fever 1696 Jamestown, VA Small Pox 1699 Charleston & Philadelphia Yellow Fever Mar 1699 South Carolina Small Pox 1702 New York Yellow Fever 1702-1703 Boston, MA Small Pox 1706 Charleston Yellow Fever 1711-1712 South Carolina Small Pox 1713 Boston Measles 1715-1725 Most of the Colonies Small Pox 1721 Boston, MA Small Pox 1723-1730 Boston, NY,Philadelphia Small Pox 1729 Boston Measles 1732 Charleston & New York Yellow Fever 1732-3 Worldwide Influenza 1735-1740 New England Small Pox, Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria 1734 Virginia Yellow Fever 1738 South Carolina Smallpox 1739-40 Boston Measles 1741 Virginia Yellow Fever 1747 CT,NY,PA,SC Measles 1752 Boston, MA Small Pox 1759 N. Amer Measles 1760-1761 CT, RI, Mass.,Charleston Small Pox 1761 N. Amer and West Indies Influenza 1762 Philadelphia Yellow Fever 1763 Philadelphia Throat Distemper 1764 Boston, MA Small Pox 1769 New York Throat Distemper 1772 N. America Measles 1772-1774 New England Small Pox 1775 N.Amer[especially NE] Epidemic Unknown 1775-6 Worldwide [severe epidemics] Influenza 1776 Boston, MA Small Pox 1778 Boston, MA Small Pox 1783 Dover, DE ["extremely fatal"] Bilious Disorder 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles 1792 Boston, MA Small Pox 1793 Vermont[a "putrid" fever] Influenza 1793 VA [killed 500 in 5 co.'s in 4 wks] Influenza 1793 Philadelphia [severe epidemics] Yellow Fever 1793 Harrisburg, PA [many unexplained deaths] Cause Unknown 1793 Middletown, PA [many mysterious deaths] Cause Unknown 1794 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1796-7 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia, PA [severe] Yellow Fever 1803 New York Yellow Fever 1820-3 Nationwide [starts-Schuylkill River and spreads] "Fever" 1831-2 Nationwide [brought by English emigrants] Asiatic Cholera 1832 NY City and other major cities Cholera 1833 Columbus, OH Cholera 1834 New York City Cholera 1837 Philadelphia Typhus 1841 Nationwide [severe in the south] Yellow Fever 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever 1847-8 Worldwide Influenza 1848-9 North America Cholera 1849 New York Cholera 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1850-1 North America Influenza 1851 Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains, and Missouri - Cholera 1852 Nationwide [New Orleans-8,000 die in summer] - Yellow Fever 1855 Nationwide [many parts] Yellow Fever 1857-9 Worldwide [devasating epidemics] Influenza 1860-1 Pennsylvania Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans - Smallpox Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC - Cholera A series of recurring epidemics of: Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever 1873-5 N. America and Europe Influenza 1878 New Orleans [last great epidemic] Yellow Fever 1885 Plymouth, PA Typhoid 1886 Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide[high point yr] more people were hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps of Influenza. ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.
Going through some of my old file, I came across this message which was originally posted on the Hertford County, NC message board by Marianne Ordway, which is still very useful info to have. Deloris Williams Epidemics in America 1628-1918 In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below: Years Area Epidemic 1628-1631 New England Small Pox 1638 New England Small Pox & Spotted Fever 1648-1649 Massachusetts Bay Colony Small Pox 1657-1658 Boston Measles 1659 Massachusetts Bay Colony Throat Distemper 1677-1678 Charlestown & Boston Small Pox 1679-1680 Virginia Small Pox 1687 Boston Measles 1689-1690 New England Small Pox 1690 New York Yellow Fever 1693 Boston, MA Yellow Fever 1696 Jamestown, VA Small Pox 1699 Charleston & Philadelphia Yellow Fever Mar 1699 South Carolina Small Pox 1702 New York Yellow Fever 1702-1703 Boston, MA Small Pox 1706 Charleston Yellow Fever 1711-1712 South Carolina Small Pox 1713 Boston Measles 1715-1725 Most of the Colonies Small Pox 1721 Boston, MA Small Pox 1723-1730 Boston, NY,Philadelphia Small Pox 1729 Boston Measles 1732 Charleston & New York Yellow Fever 1732-3 Worldwide Influenza 1735-1740 New England Small Pox, Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria 1734 Virginia Yellow Fever 1738 South Carolina Smallpox 1739-40 Boston Measles 1741 Virginia Yellow Fever 1747 CT,NY,PA,SC Measles 1752 Boston, MA Small Pox 1759 N. Amer Measles 1760-1761 CT, RI, Mass.,Charleston Small Pox 1761 N. Amer and West Indies Influenza 1762 Philadelphia Yellow Fever 1763 Philadelphia Throat Distemper 1764 Boston, MA Small Pox 1769 New York Throat Distemper 1772 N. America Measles 1772-1774 New England Small Pox 1775 N.Amer[especially NE] Epidemic Unknown 1775-6 Worldwide [severe epidemics] Influenza 1776 Boston, MA Small Pox 1778 Boston, MA Small Pox 1783 Dover, DE ["extremely fatal"] Bilious Disorder 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles 1792 Boston, MA Small Pox 1793 Vermont[a "putrid" fever] Influenza 1793 VA [killed 500 in 5 co.'s in 4 wks] Influenza 1793 Philadelphia [severe epidemics] Yellow Fever 1793 Harrisburg, PA [many unexplained deaths] Cause Unknown 1793 Middletown, PA [many mysterious deaths] Cause Unknown 1794 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1796-7 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia, PA [severe] Yellow Fever 1803 New York Yellow Fever 1820-3 Nationwide [starts-Schuylkill River and spreads] "Fever" 1831-2 Nationwide [brought by English emigrants] Asiatic Cholera 1832 NY City and other major cities Cholera 1833 Columbus, OH Cholera 1834 New York City Cholera 1837 Philadelphia Typhus 1841 Nationwide [severe in the south] Yellow Fever 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever 1847-8 Worldwide Influenza 1848-9 North America Cholera 1849 New York Cholera 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1850-1 North America Influenza 1851 Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains, and Missouri - Cholera 1852 Nationwide [New Orleans-8,000 die in summer] - Yellow Fever 1855 Nationwide [many parts] Yellow Fever 1857-9 Worldwide [devasating epidemics] Influenza 1860-1 Pennsylvania Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans - Smallpox Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC - Cholera A series of recurring epidemics of: Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever 1873-5 N. America and Europe Influenza 1878 New Orleans [last great epidemic] Yellow Fever 1885 Plymouth, PA Typhoid 1886 Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide[high point yr] more people were hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps of Influenza.
Deloris, I don't remember seeing the epidemic email. Would you care to repost it for me? Thank you. Donna Deloris Williams <[email protected]> wrote: Glad to help. I, too, thinks well worth keeping a copy for my files. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 7:50 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Epidemics > Thank you very much for the text on epidemics in American and the sites > for epidemics World Wide. I also did not have this information so I made > copies and appreciate the information in my family search. > > Judy Smith/Colorado > researching Smith and Williams>Kentucky>Missouri > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.