This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/433.805.833.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I just wanted to ask if you are familiar with Edward Ball's book "A Slave in the Family" I highly recommend it to anyone that has an intrest in genealogy. He describes how he tracks his family, and what he finds about the Ball family.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ball Langfitt Campbell Farquer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/433.805.833.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have some information, but I think it relates to the Langiftt Family. According to Joseph Ball's obit article 1876, his wife was Margaret Langfitt, born in Beaver Co., PA, married in May 1828. "She was second cousin of Pres. James K. Polk, and came from a family of strong military prepensities. Her grandfather was soldier in the Revolutionary War, her father in the war of 1812. She had two brothers in the Mexican war and two sons in the Civil War." Our Joseph Ball born in Lounden County, VA in 1803 became a member of House of Representatives in Iowa. He was a high profile person, but the articles just keep saying he came from the same family as Mary (Ball) Washington, and never saying who his parents are. Joseph's son (George W. Ball) states (in a letter) that the father of Joseph died when Joseph was 3 years old. That's all we know. I have some indication Joseph had a brother by the name of Stephen. I've even tried to follow the Ball line down from before Mary Ball, but there are just too many. We show Martha Farquer b. 1788-d. 1850
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/433.805.833.1.2 Message Board Post: Seeing thse postings re. members of the Ball Family, I have a couple of Balls who crop up in my database: Catherine who married Levi D. Dungan, Mary Ann who married George Betz (3/20/1820), and Rosalind Ida who married Frederick Herman Leuschner. Does anyone have any further information about them? I have information regarding the families into which they married... Thanks.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/433.805.833.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I'm sorry to say that I have no more info. on Martha Farquar other than she died in wv. after falling from a horse. This info. that you have shared is really exciting! do you have any other info. on the Farquar family?
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ball Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/433.805.833.1 Message Board Post: John Langfitt also had a daughter, Margaret who married Joseph Ball of Louden County, VA. His family is related to the Mary Ball Washington family by Joseph's obit in 1876. Mary Ball is George Washington's, mother. The obit reports that Margaret is a second cousin to Pres. James. Polk. We are trying to find info on Joseph Ball parents and the connection to Mary Ball's family. Do you have information?
This is a Message Board Post that is gateway to this mailing list. Surnames: Gaudio / Greco / Mandarino Pasquale Gaudio, son to Antonio Gaudio and Mario Greco Gaudio of Mendocino Italy came to the US with his brother Pietro. Initially they settled in western Pennsylvania, where they lived near relations, The Mandarino's. They moved on and settled in Follansbee West Virginia where Pasquale had 13 children and Pietro 8. They had 3 sisters who never came to the U.S. to settle. If you have information on them, their sisters or any of the above please reply to: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Black Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/2017 Message Board Post: I wonder if someone in brooke co.,wv would do a lookup in the public library for me.there is a book #226 that has info on the black surname and I am desperate to find out if it is on my Black surname. thank you , winona
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OSBORN MAHAN BRODEN BELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/2016 Message Board Post: Looking for parents of AMOS STEWARD,b.1 mar 1830;ROBERT ARTHUR b.8 may1827; ELIZABETH ANN b.14 jul1828; SUSAN b.14 mar 1801 OSBORN. Susanna born in MD m. William MAHAN in BROOKE CO WV, 30 dec1835, died 1862 Brooke Co. All information was found in my grandmother's bible.Susan is her grandmother.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/2015 Message Board Post: Genealogy Look Up Forum is a website of volunteers who will do various types of genealogical look ups for those researching their family history. Please check our website out and bookmark it for future references. We also get new volunteers added weekly, so please keep checking back for new volunteers. During 2005 we will be doing some major changes to the website to make it easier to navigate and also look more appealing for our visitors. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genealogylookup/
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ATKINSON, McKIM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FCC.2ACE/2013.1 Message Board Post: MYSTERY SOLVED! The mystery of who lived in the log cabin at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbrooke/Mystery.htm has been solved with the help of Katherine Slasor who phoned and provided the family name of McKIM. Back in the 1990s, Katherine Slasor and her sister June organized the most enjoyable historical excursions in and around our Ohio Valley which included Hancock and Brooke Cos., WV; Beaver and Washington Co., PA areas. They were small bus tours of historical places, and cemeteries where June with the help of a microphone narrated the details of these pioneer families as the bus jogged and tossed her about on the back country roads. At the end of the tours (which lasted approx. 4 hours), we would always stop at some small church, or grange, and dine on some of the most pleasurable fare of the area. This provided a chance for all to share in family stories and also question those in attendance, and meet newly-found distant cousins. At the same time, these two sisters provided 50 + paged booklets packed full of facts, maps, stories and old photographs of the pioneers. A donation would provide a copy of these 8 ½ x 11” booklets after each tour and I always took them to the Vivian Snyder Library http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjcha/ in Steubenville, Jefferson Co., OH where a special file exist – hopefully to this day. Now back to answer regarding the “Mystery Log Cabin”: In one of these booklets – The McKim saga is pleasantly provided. “Down the gentle slope behind the mansion house of Nannie and Clara, stands the original log home where the first Thomas (McKIM) and his bride, Nancy ATKINSON went to housekeeping. It was moved a short distance from its original location and a second addition was attached to it.” Additional info in that booklet says, records of Brooke County provide the marriage date 16 March 1826 of Thomas and Nancy – and the first record for the surname McKIM. Thomas and family remain for the 1830, and 1840 census, but moved to Illinois where Thomas passes on, and widow Nancy returns to Brooke county 1850 census with her little brood. The “Leaves of History – McKim Ridge-Morton Hill” provides detailed information on the McKim descendants in within its pages. Now, let’s hope some subscriber is descended from this McKIM-ATKINSON family and adds their name to the Surname Lists at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbrooke/surnamem.htm
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BUCEY/BUSEY/BUSSEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/166.177.179.1 Message Board Post: My old notes provide info from The History of Jefferson Co., OH – that Asa BUCEY (b. 1802 Maryland – d. 1856 Warren Twp., Jeff. Co., OH) was brought to Jeff Co as a young boy by his father, Thomas. Your connection is most likely with this early pioneer. Asa’s wife was Mary A. GIRT, and their known children – Thomas, Hiram, Henry Wesley, Leonard and Charles. Variations on this name in MD – BUCEY/BUSEY/BUSSEY. My connection with the family is Susannah BUCEY b. 1737; mar. Nehemiah VEIRS (b. 1733) both from Montgomery/Fredrick Co., MD; lived in Amwell Twp., Wash. Co., PA (taxed 1773), purchased land 1796 along McMahons Run, Ohio/BrookeCo., VA/WV. Lived for a short time in Steubenville, Jeff. Co., OH 1807-d. bef. 1810 census. I haven't a document connecting Susannah to Thomas or Asa but suspect they are related as living near. Susannah has a proven siblings, Griffith, Dianah, Sarah, John and Samuel. Julia A. Heaton Krutilla's Ancestor Page: http://krutillaja.home.comcast.net/
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: freeman, shepard, Colburn,Salter,Geake, Bradley,Maddock, Qunici, Terry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FCC.2ACE/2014 Message Board Post: I have a obituary 1968 of Samuel D. Shepard of Barre,Vt. Know Not to much of this family, but he is my Grandfather on mother's side, Born October 1882 in Canada, Married Florence Clburn in 1915, trying to find his parentsThe obituary says he left two brothers Frank , and a Freeman Sheapard. Sister, Alma Martin of Claremont, N.H. Help Please Help. Thank you.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bucey Carpenter Taylor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/166.177.179 Message Board Post: I have a Bucey Line in Jefferson Co Ohio with Carpenter and Taylor can you help me
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meek, James Franklin Farber, etc., Barr, Lutes, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/493.497 Message Board Post: Researching Meek of Brooke Co., W. Va., all of that family and specifically Samuel Meek born in Brooke Co., W. Va. in 1806 and wife Sarah Farber born in N.J.(I think) in 1821, both died in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Groshong Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FCC.2ACE/1841.1.1 Message Board Post: Cornelia Veum Gunion is my gggrandmother. I too, have some info and would like to share/verify.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARRIS, PARSONS, PERSONS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/468.185 Message Board Post: I am making a correction to the information mentioned in an earlier query about the August 28, 1807 will of John Harris in Brooke County, WV. Instead of "Sally Carsons," the daughter should be listed as Sally Parsons. Sarah (Sally) Harris was the wife of Jonathan Parsons. I would appreciate any information about the John Harris, Baldwin Parsons or Jonathan Parsons families.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mayhall, Kerr, Wilson, Storey, Jackson, Antill, Swihart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FCC.2ACE/2009.4.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the information. I was planning a trip this summer to WV, to try to do some local research in the library and court house. I'll have to look up those books while I'm there. Thanks again, and ANY info is very much appreciated.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/2009.4 Message Board Post: I know this is not the detail that you might want...BUT in the Brooke county court order books that my friend and I hae transcribed, the name of James, Timothy, and William show up. We have NOT completed this series of books. They are available in the Brooke county genealogy section of the Wellsburg Library. Good luck in your search!
The 4th Annual History Genealogy Fair Saturday, September 24, 2005 Avella Community Center, Avella Heights, Washington Co., PA Set Ups begin at 9 a.m. with tables and chairs provided. There is NO FEE for setting-up or for attendance. Just bring your old pictures, scrapbooks, genealogical information, family histories, census records, graveyard inscriptions, clippings, maps, laptops, or whatever your interest may be. Donations will be appreciated to cover the cost of this event. If you plan to set up a display, please contact the director no later than September 1, 2005. Kathryn Slasor, Director History Genealogy Fair 742 Cedar Grove Road Burgettstown, PA 15021 Ph. (724) 947-3983 (This announcement will be posted at Brooke County WVGenWeb page: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbrooke/notes.htm>http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbrooke/notes.htm )
Plans for Military Honor Roll Monument in Jefferson Township Since Jefferson Twp., Washington Co., PA is just across the state border you may have ancestors/relatives eligible for the following project. David Gould of the Jefferson Township Historical Society is spearheading a project of a Memorial Honor Roll of all persons who ever lived in that township and served in any American war, from the Indian Wars through the present. This monument according to Wayne Kraeer, a representative of Gaydos Monument of Canonsburg will be erected on the societys grounds near the center of the Village of Eldersville. Please provide vital details such as full name of veteran, branch of service, rank, war, in which service occurred, honors received, outstanding war experiences, full names of parents including mothers maiden name, and area of the township in which they at one time resided. Forward this information to: Mr. William S. Welch, Jr. 276 Eldersville Road Burgettstown, PA 15021