----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Ann Merritt <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:36 PM Subject: [WVMINGO] location of MERRIMACK. > Dear Friends, > I am writing in hope of untangling a few mysteries and need all the help I > can get. The response below helps to answer 2 questions but now adds a few > more. This is what I have. > > I needed to know where Merrimac was as it is listed as the cemetery that A > Muncy was buried at. I had thought it might be related to my mother Mary > Louise Welch. Now I find it might have been related to here stepmother, > Maryetta Hodge Welch. I still have no clue as to the Litton Family which is > my moms' mother. Here name was Ethel Litton Welch and I believe she died > around 1933-34. This line is a huge brick wall. I think they were from > Martin Co and later settled in Pike and Johnson Counties. Mom was born in > Pond Creek, Goody KY in 1933. Later they moved to StoneCoal W.Va.. The > family was of course miners. > > The notes asks the name of Pollys' first husband. That I can answer it was > Dennis Welch. He would have been related to my Mom, cousins. New question > ... did Polly remarry? who? > Also I see that Pollys' Mom was a Castle. I am still searching for the > Castle family that had a murder in it around 1870, so far no luck. > > Also this Ermal Thompson that answered the original post. I have tried on > several occasions to contact him. His mail bounces back to me. I also have > a letter from an attorney named Thompson with a partner named Maynard from > Inez KY regarding several divorce issues in the late 1930's. One of the > names in this letter is Mary Branham. I don't have a clue as to how she fits > in. > > So if any of you get bored feel free to solve any of the old mysteries for > me. Thank you much. Now that my 84 hours a week are over I can once again > enjoy my research and get back to my friends. > Semper Fi, > Mary > > Surnames Researched: Hajduk,Welch, Collins, Litton, and Szela > Proud member of the Women Marines Association > Proud lister at [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ermal Thompson <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:16 AM > Subject: [JoKY] location of MERRIMACK. > > > Posted on: Johnson County, Ky Queries > Board URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Johnson?read=3727 > > Surname: > ------------------------- > > Merrimack is in West Virginia, about nine miles from Williamson route 49. > I to am seeking information, I'am the grandson of polly welch who was a > Vanhoose. do you know the name of her first husband. polly welch b1892 > in Johnson County KY. father Henry J Vanhoose. mother was Margaret Castle > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >