Thursday, March 29, 2012

Ancestry.com

Well, I deleted my family tree I had started and began all over again. I have about 4 other family trees that when I get them incorporated into the newest one, I will delete them to so there won't be any more confusion. All the family trees I had on there relate to me so I started with myself and will connect every one to me through other people. I also found I had another account where I had started a second tree on one of the surnames, so I logged in and deleted that family tree to. There were just too many of my own plus all the other's that have some connection to mine showing up in those little green leaves. I look at most of them but I don't accept them unless they have some information I don't have that I know would be correct and can double check easily. As soon as I finish with one Surname tree I will go in and delete it so that it doesn't keep coming up. I won't continue them either so there is no reason to keep them on there. I was going to put all my family on FTM and then upload it to Ancestry but I didn't and doubt if I will now. I may later download all the information I have on Ancestry to my FTM and see if that works. When it is sync'd, I can work in one and automatically update the other one instead of keyboarding it all in again on the other one. Well, I really wish I had done that before getting it so large, but it's not to late so I may try that about 2 in the morning when it's free to upload and download and doesn't use up my allotted megabytes for the day. That really sucks if you know what I mean. I have trouble with the slowness of this Internet connection anyway. It just dies all of a sudden and the screens' are stuck and nothing moves, back or forward or anywhere. So it may be doing something in the background either on the Internet or on my computer but it sure stops me working when it happens. I miss the problem and trouble free days - Oh, I've never had any! Wishing and hoping and thinking and wishing and hoping and thinking. I'm outa here. Got work to do.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Carroll County Kentucky Marriages

BOOK 3

Page 402
HEWETT, JOHN M. Age 24 Born Galltin Co, KY; Father Ohio; Mother Ohio; farmer.
CURLIN, LUCY ANN Age 22 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Gallatin Co, KY; Mother Gallatin Co, KY.
3 Apr 1876 residence of John M Hewetts; No return filed.

page 52
JASKSON, ANDREW Age 19 Born Kentucky; Father born Kentucky; Mother born Kentucky; farmer.
BISHOP, MARY Age 19 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father born Kentucky; Mother born Kentucky; Father of bride gives Consent.
18 Nov 1870 at residence of Thomas Bishop
Witness: William Neville, Thomas Bishop

page 521
JACKSON, ANDREW Age 38 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Virginia; Mother Henry Co, KY; farmer 2nd Mrg.
COGHILL, MARY J. Age 27 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Carroll Co, KY; Mother Carroll Co, KY;
17 Mar 1878 by W. H. Quisenberry at residence of J. S. Garriott.
Witness: William Garriott, John F. Garriott


BOOK 8

page 220
HEWITT, WILLIAM A. Age 34 Born Indiana; Father Henry Hewitt; Mother Mariah Hewitt: farmer divorced.
MONTGOMERY, PAULINE Age 21 Born Gallatin Co, KY; Father Marion Montgomery; Mother Emma Montgomery: 1st Mrg
8 Oct 1914 at Sanders, Carroll, KY. On the return:
7 Oct 1914 Hewitt, William A. and Montgomery, Pauline were married at Worthville, Carroll Co, KY by Rev. B. F. Cosby MG; Witness: Russell Cosby, Marvin Cosby.

BOOK 9

page 208
STOCKDALE, EARL A. Age 21 Born Carroll Co, KY;Father W.F.Stockdale; Mother Sylvia Stockdale; farming, 1st Mrg.
HEWITT, BESSIE E. Age 20 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Ed Hewitt; Mother Julia Hewitt: 1st Mrg. Consent of father.
22 Nov 1919 Carrollton by W.E. Johnson, MMC.
Witness: Ed Hewitt, Julia Hewitt.

page 266
HEWITT, WILLIAM ALBERT Age 40 Born Indiana; Father Henry Hewitt; Mother Mariah Hewitt: farming widower:
HUGHES, NORA Age 33 Born Owen Co, KY; Father Robert Skirvin; Mother Matilda Skirvin: widow.
8 Mar 1920 by W.R. Johnson Min Methodist Ch at Carrollton.
Witness: Mrs. Bettie Mitchell, Jacob Skirvin.

page 155
O'DONOVAN, DENNIS Age 25 Born Henry Co., KY; Father William ODonovan; Mother Emma O'Donovan: farming 1st Mrg.
PERKINS, VIOLA Age 22 Born Gallatin Co, KY; Father Joe Perkins; Mother Nannie Perkins: 1st Mrg.
5 Jul 1919 by W.T. Rowland Minister Methodist Episcopal Ch South.
Witness: Allen Perkins, Sallie O'Donovan

page 407
PERKINS, ALLEN Age 18 Born Gallatin Co, KY; Father Joe Perkins; Mother Nannie Perkins: farming, 1st Mrg Consent of father.
O'DONOVAN, SALLIE K. Age 17 Born Owen Co., KY; Father William E. O'Odonovan; Mother Emma O'Dononvan: Consent of guardian.
5 Mar 1921 by W.T. Rowland, Minister Methodist Episcopal Ch, South.
Witness: James O'Odonovan, Ms Pauline Perkins.

page 371
DARBRO, VICTOR Age 29 Born Owen Co, KY; Father James Darbro; Mother Tilda Darbro; farming 1st Mrg.
O DUNAVAN, MRYTLE Age 21 Born Owen Co, KY; Father Wm O'Dunavan; Mother O'Dunavan; 1st Mrg.
27 Nov 1920 by W. T. Rowland, Minister Methodist Episcopal Ch.
Witness: Wm. Brooks, Estell Gardner

page 416
O'DONOVAN, JAMES Age 22 Born Owen Co, KY; Father Wm. E. O'Donovan; Mother Emma O'Donovan; farming, 1st Mrg.
PERKINS, PAULINE Age 16 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Joe Perkins; Mother Ann Perkins. 1st Mrg.
25 Mar 1921 by W. T. Rowland, Mins Meth. Epis. Ch South:
Witness: Mary De Rowland, Joseph Myers.

page 192
MARTIN, LYTER Age 25 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Wm Martin; Mother Mary Martin; farming, 1st Mrg.
HEWITT, CORA MAY Age 16 Born Carroll Co. KY; Father J.H. Hewitt; Mother Hallie Hewitt: Consent of Father; 1st Mrg.
16 or 18 of Oct 1919 by W.T. Rowland, MME CH South:
Witness: Carl Martin, Mamie Hewitt.


BOOK 10

page 640
HEWITT, G.L. Age 19 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Edward Hewitt; Mother Julia Hewitt; farmer 1st Mrg.
O;DONOVAN, MAUD LEE Age 18 Father: W.E. O'Donovan; Mother Emma O'Donovan; 1st Mrg.
3 Sep 1927 by G.D. Prentiss, Min MEC in Carrollton.
Witness: James O'Donovan, Pauline O'Donovan.

page 625
HEWITT, CARROLL Age 24 Born Rush Co, Indiana; Father F.M.Hewitt; Mother Mag Hewitt: painting, 1st Mrg.
STOUTT, OPAL Age 21 Born Jennings Co., Indiana; Father Everett Stoutt; Mother Elsie Stoutt. 1st Mrg.
19 Jul 1927 G.D. Prentiss, Elder at M.E.C.
Witness: Mrs Kathrine Whisman, Forest Whisman

BOOK 11

page 387
HEWITT, FLETCHER A. Age 57 Born Bennington, Indiana; Father Henry Hewitt; Mother Marie E. Hewitt: farmer, 1st Mrg.
THOMAS, MRS. SOPHIA Age 55 Born Ohio; Father Bill Nagle; Mother Janice Nagle; widow.
24 Feb 1930 by D.L. Rothweiler, Min MEC Wothville, KY
Witness: Mrs. R.L. Rothweiler, Miss LaVergne Rothweiler.

BOOK 12

page 157
GROSS, ROY Age 21 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father W.T. Gross; Mother Cordie Gross; farmer 1st Mrg.
HEWITT, MARGARET Age 21 Born Columbus, Indiana; Father Albert Hewitt; Mother Pauline Hewitt; 1st Mrg.
25 Jan 1933 by R.L. Hardin, Carroll Co. Judge.
Witness: Buford Webster, Mrs James Gayle.

page 230
JACKSON, OTIS Age 24 Born Bowling Green, KY; Father Walter Jackson; Mother Mrs W.T. Jackson; laborer, 1st Mrg.
EGERTON, GLAYDS Age 19 Born Trimble Co, KY; Father Edgar Egerton; Mother Maude Egerton; 1st Mrg.
21 Aug 1933 by R.L. Hardin Carroll Co Judge
Withness: Maude Egerton, Bruce Hanlon

BOOK 13

page 171
HEWITT, LEONARD G. Age 25 Born Delaware Co, Indiana; Father Marion H Hewitt; Mother Sarah Hewitt; teacher,
RUSSELL, WILMA JANE Age 21 Born Delaware Co, Indiana; Father Marion A Russell; Mother Alma Russell;
19 Dec 1936 by R.L. Hardin, Carroll Co Judge
Witness: L.T.Griffith, Jennie Lee Summer

page 169
HEWITT, YOULIF J. Age 17 born Carroll Co, KY; Father John Hewitt; Mother Hallie Hewitt: farmer
OGBURN, BEULAH MAE Age 21 born Carroll Co, KY; Father Harry Ogburn; Mother Lulu Ogburn;
19 Dec 1936 by R. Paul Caudill, Minister Baptist Ch
Witness: Rosa Kendall, Mrs. Hallie Hewitt

Carroll County Marriages, Carrollton, KY

Book 5:
page 147:
HEWITT, EDWARD E. Age 20 Born Indiana; Father born Indiana; Mother born Indiana: farmer, 1st. Mrg.
FORD, JULIA Age 24 Born Indiana; Father born England, Mother born Indiana:
2nd Mrg.
26 Oct 1893 by W.V. Adams: Witness: Edwin C. Hewitt, Henry H. Hewitt signed with X; William Adams.

page 435:
SKIRVIN, WILLIE Age 23 Born Grant Co, KY; Father born Owen Co., KY; Mother born Owen Co., KY: farmer 1st Mrg.
HEWITT, DORA Age 17 born Switzerland Co., IN; Father born Switzerland Co., IN; Mother born Switzerland Co., IN: 1st Mrg.
4 May 1898 at Presybeterian Parsonage, Carrollton by W. V. Evans.
Witness: Henry H Skirvin, George L Hewitt, Samuel J. Singet (sp?).

page 200:
SKIRVIN, GEORGE Age 22 Born Owen Co, KY; Father born Owen Co., KY; Mother born Owen Co., KY: farmer 1st Mrg.
HEWITT, KATIE S. Age 17 Born Indiana; Father born Indiana; Mother born Indiana: 1st Mrg.
11 Sep 1894 at John Marlette's by John S. Cheek, Pastor Baptist Church
Witness: George Romans, Loulie Romans, Henry Hewitt.


BOOK 6:
page 669
HEWITT, ROY Age 21 Born Carroll Co., KY; Father Henry Hewott born Carroll Co, KY; Mother Maria Hewott of Indiana: farmer, 1st Mrg.
BROCK, MARY Age 16 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father William Brock born Gallatin Co, KY; Mother Ms Lewis born ?; Consent by father; 1st Mrg.
16 Mar 1907 at Carrollton by W.T. Rowland. Witness: Marvin Lewis, Mrs. Marvin Lewis.

page 148
HEWITT, JOHN Age 21 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father born Carroll Co, KY; Mother born Carroll Co, KY; farmer 1st Mrg.
MARTIN, HALLIE Age 16 born Carroll Co, KY; Father born Carroll Co, KY; Mother born Carroll Co, KY: 1st Mrg. Consent of brides father in person.
10 Sep 1902 at Presbyterian Parsonage Carrollton, by W.V. Evans, Minister.
Witness: Mose Martin, Okley Hewitt, Oscar Martin.

page 262
HEWITT, OAKLEY Age 25 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father born KY; Mother born KY: farmer 1st Mrg.
HOWARD, JEANETTE Age 16 Born Carroll Co, KY; Consent of father in person: 1st Mrg
17 Feb 1904 by J. W. Vallandingham, Minister Baptist Ch
Witness: Josh Howard, John Hewitt.

BOOK 7

page 447
HEWITT, CLEVELAND Age 22 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Henry Hewitt born Indiana; Mother Mariah Hewitt born Indiana: farmer, 1st Mrg.
RICHERSON, LOLA Age 16 Born Grant Co, KY; Father Sherman Richerson born KY; Mother Cassie Richerson born KY: 1st Mrg.Consent by father.
2 Sep 1911 Worthville, KY by C. P. Pilow
Witness: Sherman Richerson, Johnson Craig, Henry Hewitt.

page 574
HUDSON, PLEASANT Age 34 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father Robert Hudson born KY; Mother Malinda Hudson born KY: farmer 2nd Mrg.
HEWITT, SARAH Age 16 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father E.C. Hewitt born KY; Mother Julia Hewitt born KY; Consent of father. 1st. Mrg.
13 Jul 1912 residence of & by W.T. Rowland, MG Carrollton.
Witness: Ms. De Rowland, E.C. Hewitt

page 260
HEWITT, ALBERT Age 30 Born Indiana; Father Henry Hewitt born Indiana; Mother Mariah Hewitt born Indiana: farmer 2nd Mrg.
PIERCE, ALLIE Age 18 Born Ohio; Father Ed Pierce born Missouri; Mother Emma Pierce: 1st Mrg. Consent of brides parents.
1 Mar 1910 residence of & by W. T. Rowland, MG. Carrollton.
Witness: G.E. Pierce, Eva Skirvin, W. K. McClure.

page 129
HEWITT, VIRGIL Age 24 Born Carroll Co, KY; Father John Hewitt born Gallatin Co KY; Mother Lucy Hewitt born Carroll Co, KY. farmer, 1st Mrg.
MARTIN, NETTIE Age 18 Born Carroll Co KY; 1st Mrg. Consent of brides mother, Cora Martin.
10 Feb 1909 residence of & by J.F. Jones:
Witness: Mrs. Lena Jones, Lucille Jones, Mabel Meeks.
NOTE: for Nettie Martin: born 29 Oct 1890 died 26 Mar 1920, daughter of Anthony Thomas Martin, Cora Martin per death record.

Monday, March 12, 2012

CARROL COUNTY KENTUCKY MARRIAGE BOOKS

PICKETT, JOSEPH B. 27 ys. 1st Mrg. hardware clerk- Switz.Co, IN son of John and Nannie PICKETT.
ROMANS, EVELYN 17 ys. 1st Mrg. Switzerland Co, IN daughter of Charles and Katie ROMANS
31 Mar 1925: Book 10 page 295: Witness: Hallie Romans and Luther Fothergill; R.L. Hardin, Judge.

PICKETT, JEPTHA 22 ys. Indiana, parents not listed, born 1865. MILLS, SUSAN E. 16 ys. Indiana, parents not listed, born 1871. 16 Nov 1887: Book 4 page 505: Witness: E.A. Gullion and Isaac Trout; C.H. Trout

PEELMAN, JAMES 23 ys. Farmer, Indiana, Father born PA; Mother born KY
RAY, MOLLIE 18ys. Pendleton KY, Father born NC; Mother born Bourbon Co, KY
25 Apr 1880: Book 4 page 22: Witness: James Lyons, Hiram Diuguid, Lewellen McCain.
Married at William Ray’s residence by R.H. Buckles

GILBERT, SAMUEL 56ys. Lamb, Switz, Indiana: Father born Vevay, Indiana, Mother born N.J.
PEELMAN, MISSOURI 43 ys Switz. Co, Indiana, parents born Switzerland Co, Indiana - 3rd Mrg.
13 Nov 1899: Book 5 page 547: Witness: De Rowland, Luther Rowland; W.T.Rowland, MMC residence.

McCUNE, GERTIE, 15ys. 1sr Mrg Sparta, Owen Co, KY: Parents- J.D. & Belle McCune. Parents consent.
ROBERTS, BOONIE 19 ys. Brickmason: Parents – B.F. Roberts of Missouri, Elizabeth Roberts, Sanders KY. 10 Dec 1910: Book 7 page 376: Witness: Israel Smith, Caddie See. W.A.Stafford JP, of Carroll Co, KY

ROBERTS, BOONIE, 43 ys. Widower – Laborer: Parents Ben and Eliza Roberts.
LAMBERT, ETHEL, 23 ys. Widow; Parents: John and Emma Lilly 31 Dec 1938: Book 13 page 640 Witness: Caddie Bicker, Mrs. W. J. Clarke by W.J. Clarke, MG

ROBERTS, GLEN 23 ys farmer, 1st Mrg. Parents: George & Ella Roberts of Switzerland Co, IN
HARPER, OPAL 21 ys 1st Mrg. Parents: Jesse & Ella Harper 26 Jul 1919: Book 9 page 164: Witness: Earl Roberts & Buelah Hambrick; by Sam Coombs, Co. Jdg.

ROBERTS, HARRISON M. 26ys. 1st Mrg. Farmer; Parents: not listed born Switzerland Co, IN
ELLIS, ELIZABETH 17 ys. 1st Mrg. Parents: not listed born Switzerland Co, IN ....
31 Jul 1897: Book 5 page 388: Presbyterian Parsonage by W.W. Evans, MPC Witness: D.W. McKendree, Mort Pavey.

ROMANS, LEWIS H. 34, born Owen Co, KY: Farmer: Parents: John & Eliza Jane Romans.
HARLOW, BEATRICE 27, born Owen Co, KY: Parents: John & Elizabeth Harlow.
2 May 1923: Book 10 page 55: Witness: Nellie Romans, Albert Romans.

ROMANS, LEWIS, 46, Divorced: Parents: John & Eliza Jane Romans
SHUTTLEWORTH, MINNIE, 34, Divorced: Parents: George Sr & Evelyn Tucker.
6 Mar 1936: Book 13 page 19: Witness: Minnie Tucker, L.T.Griffith: R.L. Hardin, County Judge.


ROMANS, WM T. 24ys, 1st Mrg. Born Owen Co., KY; liveS W. Covington:
Parents: Wyatt & Romans
ROMANS, DAISY 21ys. 1st. Mrg. Born Indiana Territory: Parents: Andy & Emma Romans of KY.
27 Nov 1905: Book 6 page 433: Witness: Mrs. Lothridge, Mrs. Bright; Henry Lothridge Residence. J.S. Wilson, Minister of Baptist Church.


TURNER, JOHN 58 ys, 2nd Mrg. Farmer. Born Boone Co, KY: Father-Wm Turner born Mercer Co., KY Mother – Amy Green born Harrison Co., KY. BRADLEY, NANCY A. 37ys. 2nd. Mrg. Born KY: Father born Harrison Co., KY Mother born Harrison Co., KY 8 Aug 1889: Book 5 page 450: Witness: R.L. Vallandingham, James Bradley at The Southworth Hotel, Carroll Co, KY by O.M. Ruey, Minister of Baptist Church.

KENTUCKY DEATH RECORDS 1852 – 1953

HEWITT, ANNIE LEE: Worthville, Carroll, KY; File #12872; May 54936: Reg # 5; Reg. Distr: # 312; Primary Reg. Distr # 4586: born 1 Feb 1936 Owen Co, KY: died 3 May 1936 Worthville, Carroll, KY: Buried 4 May 1936 Worthville, Carroll, KY: daughter of Cleve HEWITT born Gallatin Co, KY and Lola RICHERSON born Grant Co, KY. Mirian Bell MD
SKIRVIN, DORA FLORENCE: Carroll Co, KY: died 8 April 1953: age 72: born 1881 Indiana USA: daughter of Henry HEWITT and Elizabeth MINOR: Informant; Lizzie Calvert.
MILLER, SHIRLEY JANE: Warren Co, KY: died 4 Oct 1937: age 10m17d: born 17 Nov 1936: daughter of Aubrey HEWITT and Rachel MILLER: Informant; Rachel Miller. Bowling Green, Warren, KY
SANDERS, BEATRICE: Carroll Co, KY: died 15 Jul 1929: age 18y4m3d: born: 12 Mar 1911 Carroll Co, KY. Daughter of William SKIRVIN and Dora HEWITT: Informant; S.S. Sanders of Ghent, Carroll, KY. J.S. Brown, MD; Burial: Bedford, Trimble Co, KY 17 Jul 1929.
JACKSON, BARBARA A: Gallatin Co, KY: died 15 Jan 1945; Mother- Icie Webster. V16: C07657: Year 1945:
JACKSON, ELIZABETH E. GARROTT: Carroll Co, KY: died 2 Mar 1940: age 28 : daughter of Mr. Rosie GARROTT and B. WRIGHT.
JACKSON, JOHN WM.: died 26 May 1937: born 25 Jan 1873: age 64. Son of William JACKSON and Minerva SAPP: husband of: Clara JACKSON

Technology

Sometimes I wonder about all this technology and people like me who are not technological to a great degree, and not completely ignorant of how it works either.

I put my family on Family Tree software which is an Ancestry.com product and I uploaded one branch of my family, but then Ancestry has all these hints/leaves that they want me to look at and when I do I find so many mistakes in theirs that I don't want to use the information in my tree. I don't want to corrupt my tree and/or not be able to fix it. Okay,

I know we don't have to accept anything we don't want to put in there and I mostly ignore the hints/leaves after checking them out. I want to put my own information that I find on my own or with a little help from Ancestry when I want to. I didn't want to put all these side lines on this branch of the tree but it keeps bugging me to do so and I end up putting in the information because I read these other hints that have the information all wrong and I can't stand by and let it become an accepted misconception on all the other family tree's out there.

Too many people are blandly accepting all they read as true instead of getting at the truth and it is spreading like wildfire does. It is too easy to just accept the work of someone else and it is time consuming and (in my opinion a whole lot more fun) to search out the true records and get the correct information.

I have made a lot of mistakes in my own research because I accepted my mother's work on her line. I actually need to apologize to Mr Adam Mark Fonda because he may (still not sure, doing more research) have been correct in the use of the name Peter for the middle name of my ancestor, even though he told me he did it on his own and not that he found it actually written that way, but because most family's named the son after the father in some way, by using father's given name as the son's middle name, which I find is true in many cases but not all. But I don't intend to use that in my own family tree unless I see in records that it is actually the whole real name of the person.

As I said I put one branch of my grandmother's line on Ancestry and now I have to update it on a weekly or sometimes daily basis as I didn't put in all the children's information or the spouses of the children etc and I don't have all the dates as I should have. I have other tree's started that relate to that tree on Ancestry and I can take that information and transfer it over. I also have my family and my inlaw's family on Tribal Pages which takes up time to update all the time to. So much to do and not enough hours in a day to do it all. Hopefully I will accomplish much on this day if I don't get sleepy, as it is warm and rainy out doors. Have to make some cards today too for some people who are special. Off to the boards.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Mistakes Can Happen

In doing research I have come across some impossibilities that keep on getting passed down, mainly because people don't look closely at what they find and copy the information without really checking everything out about it. Take the record of Isaac Cole. Isaac was born in Rockland Co., NY and christened on 3 Nov 1779 in Tappan, Rockland, NY. It also states that he died 16 Jul 1855. He was the son of Isaac Abrahan Cole/Kool and Catherine Severns according to this record I found. Under marriages it says his spouse was Anna Vickey and they were married Nov 20, 1860. Now some people are going to take this record and copy it verbatim without looking at the information and seeing the fault with it. If he died in 1855, they couldn't be married in 1860 unless you are writing a sci-fi novel or making a movie where the corpse is kept around so someone could inherit or something. Yuk! Now if the mistake was just in a misprint of the date, say the marriage date should be 1760 instead, it still seems like it would be wrong since Isaac wasn't christened until 1779. The problem here is that there is no birth date listed. Most family's had their children christened shortly after birth so they take the christening date to represent the birth date of the child when a birth date can't be found. But, what if, for some reason Isaac didn't get christened shortly after birth and was christened years later. Here's where more research is demanded. You would have to find the parents, and siblings to see if that would be plausible according to the dates of birth or christenings of each of them. I have a whole family listing the births/christenings and death dates of each of Isaac's siblings and they all died in the 1800's, including Isaac, and his sister Sarah was the last to die in 1863. Some have birthdates and some have christening dates and some have both, so it seems likely that the marriage between Isaac and Anna Vickey never happened, at least not on that date of 20 Nov 1860. Read carefully every piece of information you find before incorporating it into your own tree, because a mistake like this could cause numerous problems for you later on. Now then, here is a plausible explanation, but may not be true either. Isaac Cole/Kool may not be the right one. There could be another Isaac Cole/Kool out there who did marry Anna Vickey on 20 Nov 1860, just not this Isaac Cole/Kool, son of Isaac Abraham and Catherine Severns Cole/Kool. Have fun researching.

Update to this story: There is another record submitted that has Isaac Cole and Anna Vickery married on 20 November in 'wait for it', 1800. Aha, someone mis-wrote the year, probably because older records are sometimes very hard to read or faded out or just illegible to our eyes. Make sure your dates always make sense. Another mistake was the spouse's surname spelling. In one record it was Vickey and in the other, the correct dated one, it was Vickery. I have come across records where a given name for a child changed every ten years during the census taking. Because some parents gave 3 or 4 names for a given name of a child like this one - Sophia Margareta Anna. This woman every ten years was listed by something different but her date of birth/age always matched so I knew it was the same person in the same family. At the later census' she was called Anna because she named her girl child Sophia Margaret. Happy hunting.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Church Records of 1795

Here are some more miscellaneous records my mother had collected when she was researching her family tree:

Broadalbin Presbyterian and Mayfield Dutch Reformed

Abraham, son of Dowe Fonda and Alida Van Hess; born 10 Sep 1799:
Catherine, daughter of Peter V/U Fonda and Maria McAlistir; born 8 Dec 1817:
John, son of Rulef Van Derwerker and Polly Fonda; born 29 May 1808:
Sarah, daughter of Isaac Funda and Lena Vedder; born 28 Nov 1799:
Betsy, daughter of Isaac Funda and Catherine Vedder: born 6 Mar 1804:
Eldert, son of Cornelius Fonda and Caty Vily; born 16 Nov 1800:
Letty, daughter of Cornelius Fonda and Caty Vily; born 18 Aug 1803:
Catherine, daughter of Peter Vedder and Lena (Helena) Fonda; born 14 Oct 1812:
Angeline, daughter of Helena Fonda and Abraham Van Olinda; born ? ? 1817:

Membership: Betsy Fonda and George Thompson
Membership: S. Collins and Jane Stoddard of Amsterdam, NY

Marriage: Abraham Fonda and Miss Horsewell; 27 Jul 1843:
Marriage: Betsy Jane Collins of Broadalbin to William Strait of Perth, NY on 18 Jan 1849:
Marriage: Abraham Fonda and Ann Fort; 1800: daughter Catherine born 4 Dec 1803:
Betsy/Elizabeth Fonda and John McAllister: daughter Caty born 18 Aug 1808; son Cornelius born 12 Mar 1806:

Lunn Fonda to the Church of Christ at the Bought-Watervliet, Albany Co: 30 Dec 1845: wife Caly died 2 Jun 1832, age 45::
Gertrude Fonda from Bernhard Bay, NY to Cortland, NY a letter for transfer 4 Apr 1915:
23 Jul 1841: William Fonda and wife applied for letters to unite with church in Brownsville, Jefferson Co., application deferred on account of unfavorable report of conduct during his residence at Tribes Hill, NY where he kept a public house; new residence near Watertown.

Church Records of Canajoharie or Ft Plain
Polly Ehle 1 Jan 1788: ?? ( don't know what these dates are: )
Jacob G Fonda 20 Aug 1790: ( don't know what these dates are: )

Graves moved from graveyard east of Montgomery Co. Fairgrounds:One large marker with names front and back:

Front:
John Fonda 1740 - 1815
Dow I Fonda 1785 - 1815
Henry I Fonda 1783 - 1832
Catherine Fonda 1819 - 1821
Catherine Ann Fonda 1822 - 1831
Caty Fonda 1798 - 1810
Henry Salsbury 1795 - 1855
Douwe Fonda 1769 - 1772

Back:
Elizabeth McGown 1829 - 1832
Jacob Hardenberg 1760 - 1806
Sarah Hardenberg 1762 - 1811
Judy Hardenberg 1801 - 1819
Caty Maria Searl 1803 - 1803
John Wemple 1778 - 1814
Rachel Wemple 1772 - 1795
Andrew Wemple 1769 - 1813