Husband Daniel James Murphy
Born: May 24, 1919
Baptized:
Died: October 19, 1977
Buried: - St. Mary's, Clinton, IA
Marriage:
Wife Kathleen McCormick
Born: August 13, 1919
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William James McCormick
Mother: Catherine McCarthy
Children
1 M Murphy
Born:
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Buried:
Spouse: Condon
2 F Murphy
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
3 M Murphy
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Child - Murphy
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Husband Herbert E. Spitzer
Born: September 23, 1907
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Marcella McCormick
Born: September 20, 1914
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Thomas Francis McCormick
Mother: Mary A. Duffy
Children
Husband Lawrence J. Tyne
Born: May 4, 1855
Baptized:
Died: July 6, 1909
Buried: - St. James Calvary Cemetery, Lee, IL
Marriage:
Wife Margaret McCormick
Born: - Kilbraugh, Ireland
Baptized: November 24, 1844 - Gortnahoo, Ireland
Died: February 4, 1904
Buried:
Father: Daniel Cormack McCormick
Mother: Mary Farrell
Children
Husband Edward Joseph Welsh
Born: March 28, 1897
Baptized:
Died: February 6, 1969
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Margaret Louise McCormick
Born: January 24, 1904
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Daniel J. McCormick
Mother: Louise Marrin
Children
1 M William Welsh
Born: October 13, 1929
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Krachlaver
2 M Welsh
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Austin
3 F Welsh
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Schrank
General Notes: Child - Welsh
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Husband Charles Wells
Born:
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Marriage: October 11, 1873 - Sullivan Co., Missouri
Wife Martha Emiline McCormick
Born: - Iowa
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Died:
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Father: Alexander McCormick
Mother: Irena Jane Garlinghouse
Children
1 M Thomas Wells
Born: February 1876 - Missouri
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Minne Dell Wells
Born: January 1, 1880 - Boynton, , Missouiri
Baptized:
Died: May 12, 1949 - Milan, Sullivan Co., Missouri
Cause of Death: Gum Infection
Buried: - Fairview-Campbell Cem., Sullivan Co., MO
Husband John Henry McMenamin
Born: July 23, 1879 - East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, NY
Baptized:
Died: August 17, 1955 - Dekalb, Ill
Cause of Death: Adult Onset Diabetes
Buried: 1955 - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Father: Patrick Joseph McMenamin
Mother: Mary Anne McMenamin
Marriage: August 22, 1911 - St. James Catholic Church, Lee, IL
Wife Martha Madeline McCormick
Born: December 23, 1882 - Shabbona, Clinton Township, Dekalb County, IL
Baptized:
Died: May 13, 1976 - Dekalb, IL
Buried: May 17, 1976 - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Father: John Andrew McCormick
Mother: Julia Cargan
Children
1 M Joseph Patrick McMenamin
Born: December 31, 1912 - Afton Township, Dekalb County, IL
Baptized:
Died: July 2, 2002 - Evanston, IL
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Spouse: Mary M. Minnegan
Marr: 1941 - Dekalb, IL
2 M Robert John McMenamin
Born: February 16, 1914 - Afton Township, Dekalb County, IL
Baptized:
Died: December 8, 2008 - Deerfield, IL
Cause of Death: Diabetes
Buried: December 15, 2008 - Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, IL
Spouse: Margaret Mac Namee
Marr: 1943
3 M Victarthur McMenamin
AKA: Vic
Born: October 11, 1915 - Afton Township, Dekalb County, IL
Baptized:
Died: October 14, 1996 - Veteran's Home, Manteno, IL
Buried: October 19, 1996 - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Spouse: Dorothy Snyder
4 F Barbara Jean McMenamin
Born: October 20, 1918 - Afton Township, Dekalb County, IL
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: James Robert Montgomery
Marr: September 4, 1943 - St Mary Church Rectory, 321 Pine Street, Dekalb, IL
5 F Martha Claire McMenamin
Born: April 24, 1923 - Afton Township, Dekalb County, IL
Baptized:
Died: April 14, 1993 - Majorca, Spain
Buried: - Majorca, Spain
General Notes: Husband - John Henry McMenamin
Diabetic (late onset) like his brother Eugene, 1901-1965, and sister Anne, 1888-1964.
John and Martha met at a "community party" in about 1908. John had dated Martha's sister, Evelyn, once or twice before meeting Martha. The party had been held at the farm home of a cousin. Young people had parties in their homes, dancing, card games, picnics - inviting neighbors and relatives.
John & Martha were 33 and 28 when married in 1911.
John continued farming the 360 acre farm owned by his father, Patrick.
Patrick, John's father, retired in a new home nearby, just north.
John bought 240 acres of the 360 acres in 1917; lost them in 1929, during the Great Depression. He stayed on the farm to run it for its new owners.
John & Martha left the "family" farm in 1941, moving into DeKalb on Augusta Avenue.
General Notes: Wife - Martha Madeline McCormick
Seventh of nine sisters, she would grow up with only four of those sisters: Elizabeth, Evelyn, Catherine and Julia.
Her 13-year-old sister Nellie would die when Martha was three; sister Theresa at five days old, before Martha was born; Lucy would die at age five months, three years before Martha was born; and Rosella (and her Mother, Julia) at birth when Martha was about to be eight years old.
Martha graduated from Shabbona, IL, High School in 1900, Valedictorian of her Class.
Her speech to the graduating class follows:
"The Women of Yesterday and Today”
by Martha McCormick
"At the early dawn of history, about four or five thousand years ago, we find civilization scattered along the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates rivers. But of the history of the people living along these rivers at this time very little is known.
In Egypt we find the majority of the people living in ignorance. The weaker classes being entirely without knowledge of what the word liberty meant. While of woman we have no authentic history, for she was regarded as of no importance.
But of the people living in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys, we have more knowledge. We find them to be a migratory class of people, sometimes moving in large numbers with their families. The men exploring the country and leaving the work for the women, who were treated as slaves by everyone.
Simonides, an ancient Greek poet in speaking against women in general, compares the different classes of them to various despicable animals by saying, "Jews made this supreme evil - women; even though they seem to be of good, when one has got one, she becomes a plague." Another poet, Hipponax, says, "A woman gives two days of happiness to man - her bridal and her burial."
This was the manner in which women were regarded, in the early days of Greece; though she had as many noble qualities as man she was never allowed to make use of them. Her main duties were to cook and spin and oversee the domestic slaves of whom she herself was practically one. She was seldom allowed to appear in public or to meet even in her own house the male friends of her husband.
In Rome she was treated nearly the same. Until her marriage she was kept in seclusion, after which she might attend the races of the circus and arena.
We thus see that in two of the most important countries of the ancient world, women were regarded with little or no respect. And if we were to study the history of these nations, we would find them filled with some of the worst crime the world has ever witnessed. At one time, being the predominating nations on the earth, at the present day, they are among the weakest. If we would look into their history more carefully, we would undoubtedly find one of the causes of their downfall to rest mainly on the fact that women were regarded with no reverence.
During the early virtuous period of Roman history, divorce was unusual, but in later and more degenerated times it became very common. The husband had the right to divorce his wife for the slightest cause or for no cause at all. In this disregard of the sanctity of the family relation may doubtless be found the cause of the degeneracy and failure of the Roman nation.
But about one hundred years before Christ, we find a new class of people migrating from the north of Europe into the south. These people were the Teutons. They were a very strong tribe and brought new manners and customs with them. Though the Teutons had neither arts nor sciences, they had something better than all of these; they had personal worth; capacity for civilization, love of personal freedom and reverence for womanhood! As they mingled with the inhabitants of the South of Europe, they gave new ideas to these people, and at the beginning of the eleventh century we find a form of society organized especially for the protection of the weak and the oppressed. This system, which was known as Chivalry and which was at its height during the fifteenth century, had a great influence over the people of its time. Though it was weak in some points, if we were to speak of the beneficial refining influence of chivalry, we should say that it undoubtedly contributed powerfully to lift that sentiment of respect for the gentler sex, that characterized all the northern nations of Europe of its time, into reverence for womanhood, which forms one of the distinguishing characteristics of the present age.
From the time of Chivalry up to the present time, women have gradually gained the respect of most nations. It is true that in several of the Oriental countries, women are kept in seclusion.
In Burma at the present day, the girls are seldom taught to read, for according to the Budahist belief, woman is naturally sinful and it scarcely pays to educate her. The Burmese woman has more rights than any women Asia. The Japanese wife is address as a slave by her own husband, and she seldom appears in the room when he has a guest. The Korean lady cannot go out into the street except in a closed chair, and the small footed Chinese wife is the slave of her mother-in-law and millions of the women of India and Turkey are not to be seen on the street.
In India, women are in fact the slaves of their husbands. They receive little education and have but few rights. The Hindu wife never eats until her husband has finished his meal, and then she takes what is left. Widows cannot marry again and are despised by the family and everyone else. A widow usually lives at the home of her mother-in-law, and the members of the family do all they can to make here life miserable, for it is supposed that the husband is happy in heaven just in proportion as his widow is miserable on earth.
We thus see that in several countries at the present day, women are still treated as slaves, but if we look at the advancement of these countries we find very little progress, and the countries themselves have little to do with the civilized world. While if we look at the women of Europe, England, and the United States, we find them occupying some of the highest and most responsible positions that can be offered to them.
In England, liberty is enjoyed by all women but they do not have as many rights as the American women have.
In our western states at the present day, the women take an active part in governmental affairs, and it is the hope of some ambitious women of the East that this field will soon be open to them. They also take part in business affairs which were formerly occupied only by men.
The American woman began this work of development in the business line, at the close of the Civil War. They were driven to it by want. Tens of thousands of the bread-winners in both the north and south lay dead upon the battle field or were unfitted to support their families.
The women were compelled to do it or starve. They came out of their quiet homes where they had been tenderly sheltered, while busied with their gentle duties as wives and mothers; they went into the market place and took up the fight for a living as promptly, as willingly and as bravely as their husbands and sons had gone into that easier fight five years before.
Hithertoo there had been but few lines of business open to them and now they argued, that if they as well as men must earn their bread, other opportunities should be given to them, and in a few years they demanded all the professions, which were open to men to be open to them.
You may see how foolish and how dangerous is her mistake. But you cannot refuse a cheer to her courage. No battle ever was fought more gallantly, than that which resulted in giving every woman the opportunity to earn her living.
But in the stress of the fight and the heat of the victory, she has forgotten that the earning of bread and the public work, which she is wrenching out of the hands of men, are only duties to her when forced upon her by necessity. That the wifely and motherly duty which she left behind in the quiet home was the work appointed her by God, and that the support given to her man while she did it was her due.
Having thus looked at the woman of yesterday and today, if we would gaze into the future, we will hope to find her not only taking part in the social and political affairs, but fulfilling her place in the home, for it is through the influence of woman that is moulded the character of the future men and women of the world."
At age 29, in 1911, Martha would marry John Henry McMenamin age 32, giving birth to children in 1912, 1914, 1915, 1918 and 1923.
Three of her five children would participate in World War II;
Son Victor became a Tailgunner on a B-24 bomber over the Proeste oil fields, was shot down and held captive by the Germans at Stalag XVII from October 1943 until the following summer;
Son Robert, became an Army Captain and participated at D-Day, 1944. Both returned safely.
Youngest daughter, Martha Claire, was accepted into the Women's Air Corps and served as a photographer in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1944-46.
General Notes: Child - Joseph Patrick McMenamin
OVERVIEW
Tyrone is the largest of nine counties in Northern Ireland, which like Canada is part of the British Commonwealth. The rest of Ireland, the Republic of Ireland,(1) consists of twenty-six counties. Ireland’s division into counties(2) began in 1210 A.D. under the rule of England’s King John. Tyrone was one of nine counties comprising the historic Ulster province. Tyrone is an inland county with no access to the sea. Omagh, its county seat, stands at the confluence of three rivers, rich in salmon, trout, and mussel pearls. Laugh Neagh on its eastern border is the largest lake in the British Isle.
In 1936, I asked my McMenamin grandfather about his roots. The name of his native county I wrote down as "Teerone". Most teenagers today could probably do better at spelling it. I was twenty three then. Many of my Irish acquaintances have shown little interest in their roots. their parents were generally the children of immigrant parents, children who, as adults, developed little interest in the "old country". It is among the grandchildren of immigrants a feeling for family began to surface, a generation later.
One 19th-century American has written "The sacred tie of family, reaching backward and forward, binds the generations of men together and draws out plaintive musings of our being on the solemn alteration from cradle to grave."(3) Another once wrote: "It is surely no credit to any man to be regardless of the past from which the present has sprung, and without which the present cannot be interpreted."(4)
Joseph P. McMenamin
June 28, 1985
1. In 1922, it was the Irish Free State, of status similar to Canada. In 1936, this was abolished and a new state, Eire, declared independent of England. In 1949, with other changes, Eire became a Republic.
2. Some were named after Chief towns like Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Longford.
3. Edward Everett
4. Amos C. Carpenter
THE COUNTY TYRONE
Its area is about that of the State of Rhode Island. Its climate is variable with an average rainfall of 55" in the northern part and 42" in the southern part. Its topography is also variable with hills, dales and flat plains. Its name actually means land of Owen.
When my grandparents were toddlers in Tyrone (1858) there were 66 McMenamin househoolders listed for the county; and almost twice as many in Donegal. But comparatively few elsewhere. No wonder McMenamins marrieed McMenamins in those days.
McMENAMIN ROOTS IN TYRONE
McMenamins originated in northern Ireland. Some have their roots in Donegal or Derry; mine were in the County Tyrone. My father’s parents were born there in the 1850’s. Government records of that decade list some sixty McMenamin households in Tyrone, one hundred in Donegal, and only fifteen in Derry. The occupants obviously had survived the conquest of Ulster two hundred years earlier.
Ulster was Ireland’s northernmost kingdom. (The others were Leinster, Meath, Munster and Connaught.) Until 1650 A.D., Ulster was the most completely Irish part of Ireland. For centuries it had been ruled by O’Neill chiefs. It was an O’Neill chieftain who drove Viking invaders out of Ulster even though they had conquered and were ruling most of the island. Among the supporters of the great O’Neill (and O’Donnell) clans of Ulster were our McMenamin ancestors. In the bardic Annals of Loch Ce, 1303 A.D., one may find the documented deaths of an Ulster chieftain’s two nephews. Both were McMenamins. The roots of our Gaelic surname are deep; the history, dark and sad; it is covered in a future chapter.
Ireland’s history covers centuries of conquest. After Viking rule was crushed, English invasion began. By 1600 most of the island was under English control and by 1603, all of it.
Then it was that Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, surrendered Ulster and all of Ireland’s people submitted to British rule and law. The conquered were ordered to renounce their loyalty to the Roman Catholic Church as England had previously done.(1) However, loyal followers of O’Neill, including the McMenamin families, refused and so lost their lands and civil rights. Their descendants endured two centuries of poverty and despair.
I was fifty-two before visiting Tyrone and this visit was all too brief. We drove across the county west to east in two days. Once I had read of it being a gloomy place but I found it with a dramatic beauty all its own. The visit was in mid-August and the weather ideal for enjoying landscapes. There were brief stops at several cemeteries and churches, with an increasing sense of inadequate preparation. The year was 1965. If only I knew then what I know now.
Now, twenty years later, I have read the 1802 Statistical Survey of the County Tyrone with observations on the Means of Improvement. It was authored by a contemporary of my great, great grandparents -- a John McEvoy of Rash, near Omagh. (Omagh is scarcely fifteen miles from my paternal grandparents’ native townlands so I wonder if they ever visited it before emigrating in their late teens.)
How much of Ireland outside of Tyrone did this author, McEvoy, actually know? One wonders. He prefaced his observations with a remark about his county’s "opulence and variety". Later he mentioned sites of old Druid altar and Danish forts which the "common people" held in great reverence; also, "other monuments", stone crosses with "hieroglyphic figures and holy wells’ held in great veneration by the lower classes, especially the Roman Catholics who visited them on pilgrimages.
My great grandparents, James and Anne McMenamin, were buried in Magherakeel cemetery which has a holy well from which St. Patrick is said to have drunk. They were of the "lower class". They had married four years before the famine. They never saw any of the fifty some grandchildren, one of whom was my father. Their graves lack a lasting marker and McEvoy helps us understand why. James and Anne were poor farm tenants on 17 acres, such a small parcel of land. Back in 1802, McEvoy wrote this about Tyrone’s tenants: "Tenants in general are so wretchedly poor that a great length of time elapses before any permanent advantage can derive to them from the improvement of their farms, which do not yield probably one-fourth of what have been possible if money had been provided for ditching, draining and liming -- i.e. better management. the landlords would greatly benefit from this and it would increase the value of their property. The repair of houses and offices(2) generally fall upon the tenant, hence buildings are usually in need of repair or if repaired, are poorly done."
According to McEvoy these peasants rarely had meat to eat. The very poorest subsisted on potatoes, a dependable food source even from poor soils. It was forty years after McEvoy’s report that the reliable potato failed the already hungry Irishmen. The critical year of the Famine was 1847, a year of too many cool, wet and cloudy days favoring the growth of a ravenous mold parasite on potato plants. Even tubers left over in storage were attacked and destroyed. By winter many of the rural poor were starving. Quakers opened soup kitchens offering daily rations but thousands began to die.
But James and Anne were lucky to live in an area that raised oats and barley as well as potatoes, one of Tyrone’s better agricultural regions. According to Griffith’s Land Evaluation survey of 1858 , they leased seventeen acres from an Anne Tennent. I would hope that they had a cow and a horse and surely some poultry. Whatever they had, they survived the Famine years with their two babies and went on to have seven more children.
It was only two years after the Famine that Queen Victoria made a brief "look-in" visit to Ireland. This was the year when London’s Quarterly Review contained a lengthily article "Tours in Ireland" featuring some ugly comments about Victoria’s Irish subjects saying, for example, that the Irish peasants for three centuries had been known for their "natural indolence and sloth, reluctance to labour and lazy contentment". One writer admitted there had been a "mischievous system of land-letting" and that many landlords were "impatient, improvident and unjust" but went on to say that this "would have been insignificant" had the Irish peasants been "active and Industrious".(3)
Such remarks were typical in this rambling series of commentaries about the current "tours" in Ireland. The different observers seemed oblivious of the history that shaped the peasant’s plight, a history that could help explain the loss of incentives and motivation, those urges that generate industrious activity.
James and Anne McMenamin must have been exceptional peasants; they must have been hard workers. They were among the one hundred tenants under thirty-eight landlords of parceled Tyrone farms according to Griffiths’s 1858 Land Evaluation records.(4) They would have been classified as tenant farmers, a step above "cottier". A cottier was a sub-tenant; working a plot of land only big enough to raise potatoes. Legally they had less rights than tenants. Their housing consisted of one-room windowless cabins, having earthen floors and usually a loft. The tenant-farmer hardly fared better in dwellings. Their’s may have had a window or two, a chimney, stone walls and but still earthen floors. One can with little difficulty, realize some of the discomforts and hardships of a crowded, growing family -- especially in the cold damp weeks of winters. Four of their eight sons managed to escape this plight by emigrating.
One of them was Patrick, my grandfather. Fifty years after the publication of Griffith’s famous volumes Patrick owned and worked without tenants a 160-acre farm in America, an Illinois farm larger than all but one of those leased by the thirty-eight landlords in his father’s Tyrone!
My grandfather was the sixth child of James and Anne McMenamin. He was born on May 25, 1854. His older sister and brothers were 10-year-old Kate (already familiar with the chores of motherhood), 8-year-old Michael, 6-year-old Owen, 4-year-old James and 2-year-old Ned. (Ned’s slightly deformed feet were already a concern to his parents.) Anne must have been a sturdy woman. She had three more children after my grandfather; all nine saw adulthood and lived to a "ripe old age" -- except Owen who died of typhoid fever at forty-four.
Rearing nine children (eight of them boys) during those post-Famine years was exceptional. Epidemics of cholera, typhus and dysentery took many of the survivors. Not since Europe’s Black Plague had a people been so decimated; and this included one McMenamin family living not too far from James and Anne. Testimony of this, I found during a brief stop in St. Patrick’s Cemetery at Castlederg in August, 1965. There one can see a McMenamin family gravestone bearing the names and burial dates of five sisters.
They died as follows: Mary at 22, in 1865, Catherine at 31, in 1865, Margaret at 28, in 1868, Ellen at 25, in 1870, and Honora at 31, in 1889. James and Anne must have attended their burials and wondered at their own family’s record. We too must wonder. Without child clinics, immunization, vitamins and pediatricians, they raised nine children to maturity. Their losses resulted from emigration.
Michael1, their eldest, left at twenty in 1866. An uncle, Ned McMenamin, already settled near Albany, New York, helped Michael find work as a farm hand. At twenty-nine, Michael returned to Ireland, built a cottage for his aging parents and then brought a bride back to America. James first purchased a 30-acre farm and then a 155-acre farm in Clifton Park, New York. Meanwhile some of his brothers had begun to leave2.
Patrick, my grandfather, left Ireland at nineteen, with a friend, Jim Crowe. The year was 1873. Patrick’s betrothed was a colleen of the same surname, Mary Anne McMenamin, from the nearby town of Killeter. Three years after his leaving she joined him and they were married on June 8, 1876, in Greenbush, New York.(5) After their second baby, my father, came, Patrick moved his family to Illinois, where he eventually purchased a 360-acre farm and reared ten children (I am the first born of that second son, John.). According to several of those ten children, Patrick and Mary Anne always claimed not to be close blood relatives. There are so many McMenamin families in the Ireland of their time this is possible. Mary McMenamin, my great grandmother, mother of Kate and the eight boys was a McMenamin prior to marriage also. Patrick’s brother Henry (the New Zealander) also married a girl whose maiden name was McMenamin.
Owen went with his wife, Mary Jane Crowe (sister of Patrick’s emigrating companion) and first born, James. Qwen lived in Rensselaer, New York for ten years before moving his family to Chicago. There he died of typhoid within days of his thirteenth child’s birth1. "Tyrone" actually means "land of Owen".
James left also, but not for good. James was the family’s "restless wanderer" . After working in Pittsburgh five years he visited his brothers in New York (1888) and Illinois and finally left for Australia. He died after settling down back home in Ireland, a confirmed bachelor, affectionately called the "Australian".
Hugh was the last of James and Anne’s sons to leave for America. I am not sure of the year he left Ireland. He was married in St. Mary’s Church in DeKalb, Illinois in 1885. Hugh also married an emigrating Irish girl, Mary Maguire. They reared seven children and also purchased a farm in DeKalb County. My grandfather Patrick sponsored Hugh’s emigration. They were always very close. There are a number of early group photos of their families together on various occasions.
Henry2 and John (the youngest sons of James and Anne) never chose to travel. They remained close by their aging parents along with lame Ned3, spinster Kate4 and James5, "The Australian". It seems incredible this remarkable couple should die without seeing any of their forty grandchildren1. Their last days ended in the cottage Michael provided, cared for by Kate2 and her bachelor brothers.(6)
In the high ground of Magherakeel Cemetery the bones of James and Anne McMenamin have dissolved into the Irish earth whose nutrients maintained their sturdy bodies. They, too, had parents and grandparents who are part of our legendary family history. Beyond their time we find fragments and anecdotes that tease the curious. Before their time family records were not kept; it was illegal to keep official entries of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths in Ireland’s Catholic churches. Given the year of their first born’s birth as 1844 and that they would have been in their early twenties, that is that James and Mary would likely have been born around 1820, they could have lived till 1890 (their seventies). There is no exact dates of their deaths.
For two centuries England’s Penal Laws prohibited Ireland’s Roman Catholics from keeping such vital statistics. These laws were enforced rigorously, particularly during the 18th century. In 1829 (about the time James and Anne were infants) Catholic Emancipation was bestowed upon Ireland. Like Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation the implementation was slow. It was 1863 before baptismal and marriage records began to appear in Termonamongan, the parish of James and Anne. (By then, my grandfather, Patrick, was nine years old.)
Termonamongan’s boundary lines have changed during this century. Geographically it consists mostly of that western-most protuberance noticeable on ant map of the County Tyrone. Termonamongan is one of Tyrone’s oldest parishes, it’s history goes back to St. Patrick. Its Gaelic name consists of termon, an ancient term for any land set aside for church maintenance; and of mongan, the Mongan family(7) who had been its hereditary wardens for centuries. Such wardenship carried with it protection, right of sanctuary, and immunity from lay exactions. So, the name Termonamongan is a historical relic.
Termonamongan was truly a McMenamin parish in the nineteenth century. In Griffith’s Land Valuation, the County Tyrone lists forty-eight McMenamins as "occupiers" of land in this parish alone. Not one of these owned the parcels of land they occupied. Like James and Anne these McMenamins were peasants, either tenant farmers or mere cottiers. Most of them were illiterate, holding on to the Roman Catholic faith their English rulers wanted them to abandon. They descended from generations of despair.
If there was an epitaph placed on the grave of my great grandparents in Magherakeel Cemetery it might well read :
"And there are some of whom there is no memorial;
who are perished as if they had never been,
and born as if they had never been born,
and their children with them.
But these were men of mercy,
whose Godly deeds have not failed.
Good things continue with their seed."
Ecclus: 44, 9-11
1. Two centuries later, 82 percent of the Irish people belonged to the Roman Catholic Church even though the government had prersecuted them in favor of the established Church of Ireland. See p. 165, The Church of Ireland, D.H. Akenson, Yale University Press, 1971.
2. Office was the Victorian term used then for any small outdoor toilet closet; these were considered an asset to one's property.
3. "Tours of Ireland", The Quarterly Review, 85: 503-504, 1849.
4. In 1858, James and Anne lived at Edenreagh on 17 acres leased from Anne Tennent.
5. According to their children, they always claimed not to be close blood relatives. There were so many McMenamin families in the Ireland of their time, this is possible.
6. Henry finally married at fifty.
7. In Magherakeel Cemetery, no tombstone is more impressive than that of Father Cornelius O'Mongan, ordained by Oliver Plunkett in 1674 and died in 1724. Somewhere nearby lie James and Anne McMenamin.
General Notes: Child - Robert John McMenamin
Robert John McMenamin was born so very far away from today...
on a gray, frozen, February’s winter day
on the flat prairie expanse of Northern Illinois
in an isolated white farm house heated by a stove--
a breach birth in the kitchen.
Vignettes from Bob’s Life (as recounted in some of his favorite stories)
Young farm boy: “Sometimes, when my brother Joe and I got up in the morning, the chamber pot under our bed was frozen.” In the out house, what did we use? . . . [smile] well, the good old Sears Roebuck catalogue . . . and some pages were better than others.”
Farm Boy: “I was trying to make a little bit of money gathering fur but some one was breaking into my traps near the creek. One morning, I got up early, and I saw a man walking near one of my traps. I fired my shotgun in the air. . . I never saw the man again.”
Teen Age Farm Boy: [1928] “I was sitting next to my father on the farm truck, going into Waterman [a small town near DeKalb]. There were some people parading in Ku Klux Klan clothing. I asked my father who these people were. He said: ‘Oh, just some darn fools who don’t like Negroes, Jews and Catholics’. I thought for a minute and then said ‘Yeah, but Dad, there are no Negroes out here. And there are no Jews. And we’re the only Catholics!!!!”
Young Salesman: “I was trying to sell an automatic milking machine to this old German farming couple. The husband was all for it but his strong looking wife kept the pocket book and she was dead set against it. So, I asked her how her husband’s health was. She said, ‘Pretty good but he has pretty bad arthritis in his hands.’ I made the sale.”
New Husband, to his War Bride: [prior to his 1944 embarkation and at a Lime of “loose lips sink ships’] “Margaret, you will know the ship very well.” [Mom had taken the U.S.S. Manhattan to Europe in the l930s as a child as part of a luxurious family summer vacation. Dad took the same ship with 10,000 soldiers across the cold North Atlantic.]
Soldier in War: [at liberation of Landsberg, a Nazi concentration camp] “It was terrible and, as a result, our soldiers were pretty rough with the camp guards. I walked into one of the smoldering buildings. Sitting on one of the wooden bunks, a shrunken woman, one of the survivors, kept saying in broken English: ‘Why? We are good people. We are good people.”
Soldier in War: [August, 1945] “I got a weekend pass and was able to jump onto a DC- 3 cargo plane headed to Paris. I had not flown very much and became nauseous. Oh, how the nurses on the plane were cracking up as they saw this officer throwing up in a bucket at the back of the plane! When we landed at Le Bourget, where Lindbergh had landed in 1927, I went to find a taxi. The French newsboys were screaming: ‘Bombe atomique! Bombe atomique!”
Father of Large Family [1960]: “The family finally joined me in Paris and we went up to the house that I had been able to rent after much difficulty. The owner was very strict and she had made sure that I would have no dogs and no eats but she had never asked about the size of my family. She was at the house when we arrived and counted the number of children emerging from the two ears. And then she said very loudly in terror:
“Dix enfants Americains. Oh, mon dieu” [Ten American children - - - Oh, my God!!!!!!]
Son-in-Law: “Your mom’s father was a prominent, successful North Shore lawyer. Late in his life, I asked him why he let me marry his daughter when, at the time I was dating your mom, my family had lost the farm and my own father was in a state sanatorium suffering from a nervous breakdown. Grandpa McNamee said: ‘Bob, all I saw was that you loved your mother and your father.”
International Businessman: [Algerian-French Wail “I came into the Paris office one morning and my French colleagues were very upset. Our Algerian subsidiary had just received a message from the Algerian Nationalists that members of our Algerian staff might be killed unless the American company paid a $10,000 protection fee I had to figure out how to save the staff without getting Chicago headquarters all up in arms.”
International Businessman: [Moscow, 1970s] “We were down to a few remaining open points on the big deal with the Soviets. Our team went back to our Old World hotel room to discuss whether we should compromise on anything. We thought our room was bugged and so we went out onto the old balcony, which started to make some unnerving sounds as all four of us stood on it. We decided to go back into the room.”
Elderly Husband: [Overheard by his daughter shortly before his death] “Margaret, let me sing you a love song.”
. . . saw the KKK marching and had the chance to vote for Barack Obama. He raised farm animals. He had a lot of children.
. . . experienced the Great Depression and told his children that fortunate Americans must
always help the less fortunate.
. . . witnessed the Holocaust: “Never let any one tell you it did not happen. I saw it. It happened.”
Robert John McMenamin lived a long life and often said, “We are so lucky, Margaret. It is wonderful.”
Died of complications of late stage Diabetes, contracted at about age 90.
General Notes: Child - Victarthur McMenamin
Oral History Interview with Vic McMenamin, done by Erin Fitzpatrick-Bjorn and Jeff Bjorn, 18 August 1993, DeKalb, Illinois:
One day a few summers ago we had the chance to sit down with Uncle Vic in his apartment at the “High Rise” in DeKalb and hear some stories from his flying days. We’ve had the notes from our interview since then, and had just recently typed them up for Jeff to share at a very special Veteran’s Day celebration being held at the school he teaches at next month. Over 150 W.W.II veterans will attend and be honored during a full-day event which will include a “USO show” and a B-17 fly-by. Jeff will be sharing Uncle Vic’s experiences with his students. Below we’ve tried to capture the essence of the information and stories Vic shared with us. We hope you enjoy reading about this special man!
Mementos of Uncle Vic’s World War II flying days were scattered around his apartment as we sat down to hear him tell about his experiences: a few photos, a painting, a medal, even a model airplane. One photo was of a blue-gray plane with red highlights and a star on it. It was a B-24J “Liberator,” the type of plane Vic flew in. Another photo was of a plane in battle; that frame was decorated with Vic’s Distinguished Flying Cross Medal. A third photo was that of Combat Crew 240-172, with eleven flyers.
Vic said that at the time of the war he was not interested in history, just in girls and drinking. “The changing of the guard [at Buckingham Palace] meant nothing to me. Now I regret it. When I was over there [in England] I went into London two times.” One time Vic flew into London for a plane part but, as he told it, “all I saw was the inside of one pub for about an hour.”
He recalled that he went off the base one of the first nights he was over there and went into a town of about 40,000 people. He went through some villages along the way where there were houses with thatched roofs and streams running through the villages. “And damned if the geese weren’t even floating . . . Just like the postcards we’d seen.”
When Vic left home for Europe in 1942 his father had just gotten his first rubber wheeled tractor. In Europe he saw a man with a horse and an oxen with a single plow planting potatoes just as he’d done for years and years.
Vic spent one of his weeks on the Rock of Gibraltar and remembered it as “interesting as hell.” A GI and his wife had just been sent there. They were the first army personnel there and they invited Vic up to their home. The experience just getting to their home was an exciting one: “streets were curvin’ and curvin’. I was scared to death.”
One of the raids Vic told us about was over Proeste(1.), Romania. All bombing was done from about five miles up. In Proeste they had a concise target; they could’ve gone in with bombers to saturate, but they didn’t have enough planes, so they decided to go in at a low level. They lost about 40% of their planes. During the Proeste raid Vic sat for thirteen hours and forty-five minutes in the tail turret of his plane (80% of this flight was non-combat). He described it as “sitting in a high chair.” There was no room to move and he had to use a cup with a tube for urinating.
“I remember most just prior to target we had to climb up for 50 feet above fields to get over smokestacks. Coming down for the last initial point(2.) there was a call for test fire about fifteen to twenty miles out. Twin 50’s [guns] test fired and I noticed a farmer and his wife right between my bullets.”
After the raid there were several holes in the vertical stabilizers in Vic’s plane. The vertical stabilizers stick out on both sides of the plane just in front of the tail gunner’s (Vic’s) seat.
The Proeste raid was the only single action in World War II in which five Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded. Only two of those were awarded to living men. Five commanders of the bomber group received the military’s highest award.
Vic’s plane was eventually shot down about forty miles south of Vienna. It was June and they were doing a “milk run.” He didn’t remember seeing a fighter or very much flak. They had been in England and were sent back to Tunis. They could hit the Vengasi factory from Tunisia. On the return to base his and sixteen or seventeen other planes went down. He couldn’t see any of the other planes, couldn’t see much except the tail piece basically. They had extra fuel on board instead of a full load of bombs, and oxygen tanks above the fuel. Vic left his rear hatch, counted five and pulled the string.
He landed on the ground and began trying to get his wits about him. “Didn’t get a scratch. Couldn’t get a purple heart.” As he began drawing maps of Italy and Tunisia using the information he had about where they’d flown, Vic saw his co-pilot, Roberts, a man on his first mission, walking due north instead of south. “Obviously he was in shock and was bleeding from the leg.”
All the US soldiers were captured except one pilot(3.) and a bombardier who died. Vic wasn’t sure at the time, but said that when he didn’t see any other chutes open he assumed that his good friend Bugyie(4.) didn’t make it. They picked up several prisoners along they way to the camp, but still no Bugyie. About the fifth day, Vic was walking around the camp and saw Bugyie. Vic did not even stop to say hello or anything, he just ran back to the barracks yelling, “Bugyie’s here. Bugyie’s here.” Bugyie later told Vic he hadn’t pulled his cord until he was at about 3,000 feet because he was afraid of the fighters.
On April 8, 1945, the Germans began marching the group. At one point, while they were waiting to get water, Vic noticed there a small incline. He got a few friends to get the guards’ attention. “I said, ‘get their backs to where I’m going.’ I knew if I could get ten minutes the embankment would hide me.” Vic walked in the evenings and at night to prevent his detection. He dug up potatoes from the fields to eat. He also remembered kernals of corn from horse dung.
Once, Vic walked up to a farmhouse (it was rare to see a house outside a village) which had no phone wires running to it and no lights. He saw a man chopping wood. Between the man and the building (about 3/4 of a mile away) he saw another man, who he walked right up to. “I’ll be a sonafabitch if he wasn’t a mongoloid. He couldn’t talk. The one guy who could help me was a nut! I went right up to the farmer and asked for brot. He thought I was a refugee or something and gave me bread.”
Three or four days later Vic saw some women. He told them he was an “Amerikanish Fleiger.” They took him to a ditch and told him to lay down. Eventually they took him to Anna Engelbrecht, an aristocratic, anti-Hitler woman. She found a young lady of about 35 who spoke almost perfect English. Her husband happened to be a prisoner of the US from the African invasion.
“I couldn’t see the war ending until September or later so I thought I’d stock up on food and move on. [But] she knew a berger who needed help so I started working for him. I’d plant potatoes in the afternoon. The evening the ladies took me down it was nearly dusk. He took me into the barns and showed me his oxen, horse and a big pig. At the end of the barn he said, ‘here’s your toilet,’ and showed me.”
The next morning Vic had to take the pigs out to pasture, and he pitched manure later. Animal and human waste went into the same pot. He had to go down into it in his shoes and socks to pitch it up. While he was down there he saw some water trickling down the gutter. He didn’t realize it was actually waste coming down until he went over and looked up to see a woman on the hole!
The farmer Vic worked for had a winecellar on the edge of the village, and every so often they’d have to wipe down the kegs. “He would take me out say at noon and then return at four or five. He’d show me a keg I could drink from while I’d work. Then when he’d come out in the evening we’d drink from another keg. We visited as long as we could.”
Since they were still near a town that the 15th had been bombing and still in the area of the prison camp, Vic didn’t want anyone to know he was an American flyer. “It was reasonable to assume that people in this village had relatives killed.” It would not have been good if they had discovered an American flyer in their midst, so Vic posed as a North African Frenchman. However, “after all that wine I went home singing ‘Give My Regards to Broadway.’ Luckily no English speakers heard!”
This is the end of the stories Vic told us that day, but there were many, many others. His courage and resourcefulness and that of the thousands of other veterans like him who fought for freedom and justice in World War II is something to be admired and respected. We will always remember him, especially on this Veteran’s Day.
1. Uncle Vic called the town he was talking about Proeste. However, we can find no town by that name in Romania. The Romanian name for the town is Ploiesti.
2. The final turn and then there is no more deviating from the course. That point to the target is a dead run.
3. A Terry Olson corresponded with me in 1997, indicating that his father, Stan F. Olson, was the pilot who did not survive the incident. Terry said that his father was the only one aboard who did not survive.
4. The spelling of this friend’s name may be incorrect; Olson referred to Steve Buggie. The pronunciation is boo’jee.
In 1987, when explaining to his nephew, Bill Montgomery, about the moment the plane was hit he said, "All I remember was feeling the plane shudder a bit behind me, as I was sitting facing out the rear glass of the tailgunner position. When I realized we had begun a descent, I turned around to see the front of the plane gone. I quickly grabbed my parachute and headed for the way out and as I got just a few feet below the plane it exploded."
Two more stories Vic related to Bill Montgomery:
One story was about his "duty" one day of cleaning the open pit in the ground used as an open toilet, it being full of human waste. The only way to clean it was to jump down into it and shovel it out. That was one of his most degrading experiences, until a very large and very fat German woman came to use the toilet and did not regard his being in it at all, as she stood by the side of the "toilet", turned around, lifted her skirt and proceeded to make her deposit in the direction of Vic.
The other story was about an experience Vic had while living on a small farm after escaping from the prison camp, doing work for a Hitler-sympathizing little fat man, who even wore a small, narrow, black mustache as further example of his loyalty. This was much to the chagrin of Vic, and he could do nothing about working for such a slob of a man. He continued to pretend to be a frenchman until the American liberation came nearby and his host pretended to celebrate the Americans in his presence. With that, Vic gave up his "disguise" and punched the little Hitler in the stomach saying, "God Bless America", in English.
Flight Records for: Flight Crew 240172, 506th Bomb Squadron, 44th Group:
Mission No. / Pilot / (Victor McMenamin's) Position / A/C Type / A/C Serial No. / Date / Mission Date / Target
1 - Anderson, Belly Gun, D-5-CO, 41-23787, May 1, 1943, Diversion, France
2 - Anderson, Belly Gun, D-25-CO, 41-24235, May 4, 1943, Diversion, Holland
3 - Anderson, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, May 14, 1943, Kiel, Germany Submarine
4 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, May 17, 1943, Bordeaux, France
5 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, May 29, 1943, La Pallice, France
6 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, July 2, 1943, Lecce, Italy
7 - Possey, Belly Gun, D-20-CO, 41-40172, July 5, 1943, Messina, Sicily
8 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, July 8, 1943, Catania, Sicily
9 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, July 10, 1943, Catania, Sicily
10 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-20-CO, 41-24201, July 13, 1943, Crotne, Sicily
11 - Anderson, Tail Gun, D-5-CO, 41-23787, July 15, 1943, Foggia, Italy
12 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, July 17, 1943, Naples, Italy
13 - Beam, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, July 19, 1943, Rome, Italy
14 - Anderson, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, August 1, 1943, Ploesti, Romania
15 - Anderson, Tail Gun, D-35-CO, 41-40172, August 16, 1943, Foggia, Italy
16 - Olson, Tail Gun, D-160-CO, 42-72857, September 24, 1943, Pisa, Italy
17 - Olson, Tail Gun, D-160-CO, 42-40370, September 25, 1943, Lucca, Italy
18 - Olson, Tail Gun, D-160-CO, 42-72857, October 1, 1943, Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
CREW #240172, MEMBERS in photo of 27 May 1943:
Anderson - On mission, October 1, 1943, over Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Shaw - On mission
Olson - On mission
Hurst - On mission
Goodson - Post Service, bef 1986
Ferkauff - Post Service, bef 1986
Bell - Post Service, bef 1986
Hearne - Post Service, bef 1986
Hartney - Post Service, August, 1988
Lt. Allen - Post Service, September 29, 1988
McMenamin - Post Service, October, 1996 First mission: ‘Kiehl, May 14th 1943’
In his own handwriting, on the back of his CREW #240172 photo;
"Killed on missions - Anderson, Shaw, Olson, Hurst. Deceased since leaving service, Goodson, Ferkhauff, Bell, Hearne, as of 1986. Aug. 1988, received word Hartney died. Sept. 29th, 1988 Lt. Allen died. As of this date I am the only surviving member of Combat Crew 240172 - Nov. 18th, 1988 - Vic
P.S. I had just been assigned to this crew as tail gunner; replacement for Goldiron who failed to return from pass to Norwich to attend briefing for mission to sub-pens at Kiehl. Later Court-Marshalled. Kiehl was my 1st mission, May 14th, 1943. Dec. 1988 - Just noticed in our Bomb Grp's quarterly magazine that our bombing altitude over Weiner Neustadt was 22,000 ft. but that we were down to 16,000 when our plane blew up. All these years U thought we were still at bombing altitude. I guess I was pretty busy not to notice our descent."
Editorial Written by Vic McMenamin, Staff Sergeant, 8th Air Force
DeKalb Chronicle, June 1990, DeKalb, Illinois
"Remembering"
Editor:
Re: The Flag Controversy.
The above subject has brought to mind a thrilling experience I enjoyed a few days after the Armistice Declaration of WWII in Europe. As an escaped prisoner of war I was returning to my former prison camp seeking transportation, and coming out of a wooded area one morning, lo and, behold, there was the camp with the American flag flying from the same pole that had flown the Nazi Swastika, and in front of which we had to stand for roll call each morning of the previous 18 mos. Even today as I write this, I recall distinctly the thrill I experienced - just standing there, trying to absorb the full impact of the moment. I do believe it is far more intelligent and useful for one to use a pen between his fingers rather than a match-stick to express himself, regardless of ones stand on this issue.
VICTOR A. McMENAMIN
More of Vic's memories of his WWII experiences:
Lived in on a military base in rural England from October 10, 1943 to about July 1, 1943, and in North Africa on missions until October 1, 1943.
His first mission out of Africa, after joining the flight crew he eventually "went down with", was May 14,1943. With that crew, Flight
Crew 240172, 506th Bomb Squadron, 44th Group, he flew a total of 16 missions. That Crew flew a total of 18 missions. The Crew's missions must have at first been based out of England, then transferred to Africa in about July of 1943.
Between May 14th and July 13th he racked up 13 bombing missions. July 13, 1943, was his 13th mission as a tailgunner, over Crotne, Sicily.
Doing the math, he must have flown a total of 21 missions, October 21, 1943, being his 21st mission; 13 missions up to and including July 13, and 8 missions from July 15 to October 1. (NOTE: A little conflicting information: On the back of the photo of his Flight Crew he wrote May 14, 1943, was his first mission, while he wrote home on July 13, 1943, that he had just flown his 13th mission. The Official Flight Records for Flight Crew 240172, 506th Bomb Squadron, 44th Group, say there were eight (8) missions by the crew in that time frame, including the May 14 and July 13 missions, yet Vic wrote home on July 13 that July 13 was his 13th mission. We may not straighten that out.)
On August 1, 1943, they bombed Ploesti, Romania.
They were shot down October 1, 1943, over Wiener-Neustadt, Austria. All but the pilot survived.
He escaped from the Stalag Prison Camp during a forced march on April 8, 1945, and laid low for a month.
While on the run and with enemy soldiers approaching, he knelt by a wooded shrine and said the Rosary (which was sent to him in prison camp by his Aunt Julia) while two Nazi soldiers walked past. The Rosary saved his life that day.
He was protected by an Austrian farmer, while he "passed" as French to the farmer's wife and daughter.
He was "trapped" in the farm's latrine (story related above).
Armistice Day / Victory in Europe Day / V-E Day was May 8, 1945.
He was later condemned by a U.S. Military Chaplain as having been AWOL because he'd escaped as a POW.
LETTERS HOME:
During his time of service, he wrote a total of 86 letters to his Mother and Father, which his mother dutifully saved and denoted as to their arrival dates, not to mention so many other letters to immediate and extended family members, and many friends.
His last letter home from England was dated June 17, 1943.
Martha and John did not receive any letters from Victor between October 30, 1943 (last letter home from Africa) until April 4, 1944 (first letter home as a POW). His first letter home from Stalag XVII-B took five months to arrive.
It was 2-1/2 years since he left home before he saw a photo of any family back home, and he received that in prison camp.
His last two letters were written January 6, 1945, from the Stalag, and were received at home probably in March. At that time, his letters were taking about 2 months to reach DeKalb.
With his last letters arriving in DeKalb in March, it would be well after May 8, 1945, until his parents and family would hear of his status as he was not "repatriated" at his former prison camp by Americans until, in his words, "a few days after the Armistice Declaration" (Letter to the Editor, June 1990, "The Flag Controversy").
It looks as though the POW's were, at first, allowed to write letters about once a month, later on writing twice a month.
Everything was censored twice - once by the Germans and once by the Americans when they received the letters from the Germans.
What day was it when he walked into his parents house on Augusta Avenue? He probably came home on the train from Chicago and may have been delayed in arriving while receiving specialized care in a military hospital following his ordeal as a POW.
He made reference to July 13 being his 13th mission, in his own handwriting on the back of his 8X10 Flight Crew photograph which used to hang in his apartment. NOTE: A little conflicting information: On the back of the photo of his Flight Crew he wrote May 14, 1943, was his first mission, while he wrote home on July 21, 1943, that he had just flown his 13th mission. The Official Flight Records for Flight Crew 240172, 506th Bomb Squadron, 44th Group, say there were eleven (11) missions by the crew in that time frame, including the May 14 and July 21 missions, yet Vic wrote home on July 21 that that day was his 13th mission. We may not straighten that one out. But, to support the 21st mission-count: He wrote in an earlier letter to home, and he once told me, he was hoping to get stateside right after that October 1, 1943 mission, his 21st mission. It was a required break and a required 2-week furlough, being sent home for 2 weeks, after which he would be stationed somewhere non-combat. And of course, he said, he had to get shot down on his last mission! It is also possible he filled-in on other Missions whose Flight Crew needed a tail-gunner, but that's unlikely.
Here's another WWII fact or two about Vic, and his POW experiences:
He wrote a total of 86 letters to his Mother and Father, which Martha dutifully saved and denoted as to their arrival dates, not to mention so many other letters to immediate and extended family members, and many friends.
His last two letters were written January 6, 1945, from the Stalag, and received probably in March. At that time, his letters were taking about 2 months to reach DeKalb.
It looks as though the POW's were, at first, allowed to write letters about once a month, later on writing twice a month.
Everything was censored twice - once by the Germans and once by the Americans when they received the letters from the Germans.
With his last letter arriving in March, it would be well after Armistice Day, May 8, 1945, until his parents and family would hear of his status as he was not "repatriated" at his former prison camp by Americans until, in his words, "a few days after the Armistice Declaration" when he was "looking for transportation" (Letter to the Editor, June 1990, "The Flag Controversy").
44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties 1 October 1943
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506th Sq., #42-72857 Bar-X, Olson STAR SPANGLED HELL
506th Squadron Crew:
OLSON, STANLEY F. Pilot lst Lt. Salt Lake City, Florence, ASN 0-730588 KIA WOM Utah
ROBERTS, EDGAR W. Co-pilot Flight Officer San Jose, ASN T-357 POW California
ALLEN, RONALD S. Jr. Navigator Capt. Wagoner, ASN 0-408633 POW Oklahoma
HANSON, CHESTER B. Bombardier 2nd Lt. Ft. Dodge, ASN 0-667289 POW Iowa
GOODSON, WALTER N. Engineer S/Sgt. Evansville, ASN 35255236 POW Indiana
HEARNE, ALLIE T. Jr. Radio Operator T/Sgt. Jasper, ASN 18059989 POW Texas
BELL, J. R. Asst. Engineer S/Sgt. San Bernardino, ASN 39094739 POW California
FERKAUFF, OSCAR Armorer S/Sgt. Kansas City, ASN 38157563 POW Missouri
BUGYIE, STEVE F. Ball Turret S/Sgt. Exeland, ASN 16131104 Evadee, POW Wisconsin
McMENAMIN, VICTOR A. Tail Turret S/Sgt. DeKalb ASN 16037239 POW Illinois
1st Lt. Stanley F. Olson was the pilot of this 506th Squadron aircraft. The MACR states:
“Approximately 125 to 150 enemy aircraft made vicious attacks on this formation in the target area at 1140 hours. It was hit individually by five Me 109s with nose and passing attacks, very close. This aircraft dropped its bombs and peeled off to the right and was still pursued by five fighters. No chutes observed.”
Steve Bugyie, ball turret operator, adds, “I think that I may have been the last one to depart the airplane - and the first to hit the ground. I delayed pulling my ripcord until the last minute and this, according to Vic McMenamin, tail gunner, may have saved my life. Vic was adjusting his harness when I came out of the ball turret, and he accidentally dropped my chest pack chute down into the turret. I had to crawl back into the turret to retrieve it. Victor claims that he pulled his ripcord right away and saw the ship blow into pieces.
“Due to the flames from the burning bomb bay tank, we do not know who left the plane last. Bell and Ferkauff, the waist gunners, were already gone. It may be that reports of only eight chutes accounts for my being reported as missing in action. I was loose for four days and made about 120 kilometers due west.
“After I got to the ground, my face felt like I had a bad sunburn. The fires were so intense that there was molten aluminum stuck to my face. The molten metal and exploding aircraft may account for the many holes that I had observed in my parachute.
“I did not normally belong to Olson’s crew, as I was flying as a spare gunner for that day only. I was the regular assistant engineer with Lt. Bunce. Lt. Olson may have stayed with the airplane too long as no one ever saw or heard of him again. I think that I had 15 missions when I went down.”
1 October 1943 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties
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Due to the flames from the burning bomb bay tank, we do not know who left the plane last. Lt. Olson may have stayed with the airplane too long as no one ever saw or heard of him again. Bell and Ferkauff, the waist gunners, were already gone.
Up in the nose of the ship, Ron Allen could see the fire in the bomb bay, and was preparing to go out through the nose wheel doors. He snapped on his chest harness chute and moved toward the doors. He recalls: ‘Suddenly I was stopped. I had forgotten to disconnect my communications and oxygen equipment. I quickly disconnected them and jumped. The fires singed my wrists, jacket and hair. As I drifted down, I looked up to see my parachute was full of holes. I didn’t know if I had pulled the ripcord too soon. The chute may have struck the ball turret guns as I went by. There was also the possibility that the turret gunner may have put a few holes in the chute since he was still in the turret and firing.”
On the flight deck, Goodson and Hearne were both burned by the fires that were raging in the bomb bay when they jumped. Goodson also had quite a chunk of skin torn loose when he hit the catwalk in the bomb bay.
Norm Kiefer remembers there were a lot of planes, both bombers and fighters that were burning in the target area. Around this time, Ron Allen and Steve Bugyie were drifting to the ground in their parachutes. Ron reports: “I jumped at 11:45 when our aircraft was at 16,500 feet (we should have been at 22,000 over the target). It was 12:00 noon when I reached the ground. I was hungry, tired, and disgusted. I had an escape kit, but it was not intended to be used in this area. It had Francs in it rather than money that was appropriate to this area. I had an apple that I had obtained the night before. That was all I had to eat for three days except for berries that I could scrounge.
On that third day, I was in a thinly wooded area. As I was lying down trying to figure out what to do to get across a road, I suddenly heard a stick pop behind me. When I turned to look, I saw an Austrian army doctor. I later learned that he was on leave from the Russian front. “The doctor was with his family visiting a farm. The doctor could speak English just as well as I could. He sat down and we visited a while. At one point, the doctor said, ‘Well, the war is going to be over in about 18 months.’ He then went back to rejoin the others. He didn’t attempt to capture me. He told his wife about me and they discussed what to do. He brought me something to eat. He then told me that they had decided, for their own protection, to turn me in. We went to the farmhouse and they gave me some warmed milk. Having been brought up on a dairy farm, warm milk just did not appeal to me.
“One of the farm girls said something and the doctor broke out laughing. He slapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Do you know what she said?’ I replied, ‘I have no idea.’ The doctor then told me, ‘The girl thinks you are good looking.’ There I was, unshaven and my clothing was filthy. What did she see?
“The farmer sent a boy that was about 12 years old for the local constabulary. They put me in the local jail and all the kids from around that town hooted at me. I don’t know whether or not they were making fun of me.”
Steve Bugyie continues: “When I came down, I landed in quite a large pine tree. In order to get down, I had to climb on the shroud lines and broke the top of the tree off. When I hit the ground, I am certain that I was unconscious for a short period of time. When I woke up, I hid in some evergreens. It was fairly late in the afternoon when I heard the whistles of the Germans who were out searching for me. I took off in a westerly direction heading for Switzerland. It was then that I made the rule that I would only travel at night.
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“When I stopped, I found a haystack and went to sleep in it. I was startled awake when I heard a blast from an 88-mm antiaircraft gun. There apparently was a German encampment near there. It was daylight, but I went back to sleep and slept most of the day. When I tried to look out of the stack, I couldn’t see anything. It was mostly an open field in front of me.
“As soon as the sun went down, I took off again. I was loose for three nights and four days. By walking and trotting, from sundown to sunup, I was able to make 190 kilometers (about 120 miles). The next to last night I was loose, I couldn’t find any cover so I slept in a small hay field behind a tavern. It was around noontime when I heard some rustling in the grass next to me. When I looked, I saw a water spaniel smelling me. About 50 yards away was a German hunter, an old fellow with a shotgun. I just lay there and the hunter walked on. When night fell, I took off again.
“I was weak from dysentery as well as the lack of food and water. It was on the fourth day when I approached some people. I was hoping that I could get some help. I spoke to them in German. After a brief conversation, they spoke to one of the people in Hungarian, or some other language. I thought they were sending for food. Instead, they went to bring the Home Guard. The next thing I knew, I was surrounded. I was taken back to Wiener Neustadt. On the following day, Lt. Matson, a pilot from the 389th and I were transported to Dulag Luft.”
General Notes: Child - Barbara Jean McMenamin
Born on the McMenamin Farm, 6 miles south of DeKalb, IL, 5 miles north of Waterman, IL, on October 20, 1918.
Baptism Sponsors were Mary Ann McCormick b 1864 and Henry McCormick b 1874.
Three brothers awaited her arrival, Joseph (1913?), Robert (1914) and Victor (1916?). A sister, M. Claire, would arrive when Barbara was 4-1/2 years old, in 1923.
As a young girl:
My family lived in a large country home.
I went to school for the first five years at the country school, a one-room building. We usually walked to school - truly 1-3/4 miles from home.
As a student I loved school - learning to read, trying to be a good student - as my three brothersd ahead of me were! One was aware of that in a one room schoolhouse - all grades!
At home I was expected to "help in the kitchen. In my high school years, my job each Saturday was to clean the downstairs."
My father taught me to value "family relationships; a good sense of humor, our blessings from being good farmers!" My mother taught me to value "our Catholic faith, to love reading, love good music."
My parents were "very strict about our behavior - anywhere, and our love for one another." What I loved most about my father was "his ability to face up to hardships and misfortunes; to be a good provider for his big family." What I loved most about my mother was "her ability to find time to spend with her children - her unending patience! Her ever present love for all of us." My teenage years were "during the great depression! We were so poor - but we didn't know it - all your friends were the same! Living on a farm - we had plenty of food! With a small dairy we had milk, butter, cottage cheese, chickens, eggs - the best beef, veal, pork - and always a large vegetable garden each summer!" Favorites:
Actors/Actresses: Clark Gable, William Powell, Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy;
Book: Anne of Green Gables;
Radio show: Lux Theater;
Season: Summer;
Vacation spot: Visits with cousins in Chicago;
Holiday: Christmas;
Flower: rose;
Color: blue;
Sport: baseball "(I had three brothers)";
Food: "my mother's home-made bread or her ginger cookies";
Favorite subject in school: English and biology;
Friend: "from 6th grade - Barbara Ferguson, quite opposite of me; we usually tied for scored in tests. She was a fine cellist - could persist with the hours of practice. I would find that difficult - you know I'm not a perfectionist!!"
1924-1929 - For five years, attended rural, one-room school at the corner of Waterman Road and Perry Road, along with her brothers and eventually her little sister. (This school no longer stands.) Walked 1-3/4 miles to school. She "loved school - learning to read, trying to be a good student - as my three brothers, ahead of me, were! One was aware of that in a one room school - all grades!" First started dating at age 17.
1927 - Lived in Chicago, IL, for approximately four months with two of her aunts, Evelyn McCormick (a school teacher who actually had a car), and Elizabeth McCormick (a bookkeeper for a large department store), and Barb's great-aunt who was called "Auntie" Maggie. Barb moved in with her aunts after Christmas when she was eight, at their suggestion, so that she would be able to receive her First Communion at their parish, Queen of Angels. A gift from her aunts for her First Communion was an upright, cedar wardrobe closet. According to Mom, this living arrangement was proposed by the aunts, because Barb's dad was having financial troubles like so many other farmers prior to the "official" start of the Great Depression, and he was going into a personal depression because he knew he was going to lose the farm. (A Chicago attorney bought the farm as an investment, and allowed the family to continue to live there.) The aunts' Chicago apartment was on Sunnyside, across the street from Wells Park, and just down the street from the Biograph Theatre, which would become infamous several years later as the place where the bank robber John Dillinger met his end. Barb's first cousin, Jim O'Connor (his dad worked for the streetcar company in Chicago) taught her how to hop on and ride the streetcars for a nickel or a dime.
1930-1931 - Attended Waterman Grade School, 7th & 8th Grade. Had Mr. Wm. Migel for her teacher in 8th Grade.
1932-1936 - Attended Waterman High School, graduating in 1936.
1936-1938 - Attended Northern Illinois State Teachers College (NISTC) which later became Northern Illinois University (NIU), graduating with her Teaching Degree / Certificate in 1938. (A few photos from this time also exist.)
1938, October - Started teaching at the age of 20 in Oct. 1938, and taught there (one room school house) for three years. She worked as a bookkeeper at Montgomery Ward's store during the summers and for "a full year in 1941". In August 1942 she "accepted a teaching job (2nd-3rd grades) at Blaine School in Batavia for $1000 for nine months!" (That's for the entire school year, not per month!)
1938-1941 - Taught in the one-room Afton Township rural school, south of DeKalb, corner of Perry Road and Waterman Road.
1938-1941 - Worked as a bookkeeper at Montgomery Ward's store during the summers and for "a full year in 1941".
1939 - Attended the World's Fair in New York (Somewhere there are a few photos.)
1941 - Her mother, father, sister Claire, and brother Victor gave up the McMenamin family farm and moved into DeKalb, IL, to a house at 313 Augusta Avenue, near the college, NISTC.
Early 1941 - Nearly married a suitor but cancelled the wedding the evening before it was scheduled. This was brought about as her Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Evelyn could not make it to DeKalb from Chicago on the wedding day before the time she and her prospective groom were to leave for their honeymoon at 4 p.m. During an argument over the situation involving her aunts the night before the wedding, she informed the fiance they would need to wait to leave until the Aunts could arrive in DeKalb and see them off along with the rest of the families. The response from the fiance told her "they were going to wait for no one". She very quickly told him the wedding was off as she could not fathom a lifetime with the overbearing, inflexible man. That night she was being hidden from view on the floorboards of the a brother's car as the now ex-suitor was out looking for her along with his brothers in their car while brandishing a gun. As she and her family knew the ex-suitor would not leave her alone, the next day she left by train to visit Uncles and Cousins in Portland, OR, accompanied by her father, John Henry McMenamin, for a couple weeks, tickets quickly purchased by her oldest brother, Joe, driven to the train by her brother, Bob, who told her she would probably be married to someone else in a couple years (a true prophesy).
1941 - Again due to her father's failing health (he needed treatments for depression at Mercy Center in Aurora, IL) her mother needed Barbara's help at home. Lived with her parents, and siblings Victor and Claire on Augusta Ave. Victor enlisted in the US Army Air Corps shortly after the country entered WWII. Claire joined the WACs but did not see active duty. Her parents would take in renters, students and other individuals from the town.
1941 - Her brother, Victor, brought home an acquaintance and interested renter, a James Robert Montgomery, who was renting a room in the boarding house across the street from St. Mary Church, which later became the Church's convent for Nuns teaching in the St. Mary Grade School, at which all four of Bob and Barb's children would later attend, each child for eight years between 1950 and 1967. James Robert Montgomery moved to DeKalb from Aurora, IL, in 1941 with hopes of continuing his retail merchandiser interests, and at the same time continue his music interests as a drummer, encouraged to move to DeKalb by his friend Dee Palmer who knew Bob's brother-in-law, Harold "Obie" O'Brien. "Obie" had recommended Bob to Dee as a very good "big band" drummer. Bob played drums with Dee Palmer in "combos" from about 1941 until 1970. Bob was allowed to rent a room from the McMenamins on Augusta Avenue.
1941-1943 - Barbara, after first being hired as an Assistant Cashier, worked in the bookkeeping department at the Montgomery Ward retail store in downtown DeKalb, IL, walking to work down Augusta Avenue and North First Street to the store located at Lincoln Highway and First Street, about five blocks. In September, 1941, a Bob Montgomery started working in the shoe department at the Montgomery Ward store.
1941-1943 - During this time a wonderful friendship and subsequent special courtship began between Barbara McMenamin and J. Robert Montgomery. When it became apparent that Bob was taking a special interest in Barb, her oldest brother, Joe, suggested to Bob that it would be the proper thing for Bob to "find other lodging". Bob then rented an apartment from a Mr. & Mrs. Wilson at the SE corner of North First and Oak Streets, in DeKalb.
1942 - August - She "accepted a teaching job (2nd-3rd grades) at Blaine School in Batavia for $1000 for nine months!" (That's for the entire school year, not per month!) She later found out the school building in which she had taught was previously the sanitorium in which the wife of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, had temporarily resided in the mid-1800's. A co-worker of Barbara's at this school was Mary Nolan, who would later be a neighbor on North Fifth Street in DeKalb, IL.
1942 - Summer - Bob and Barb visit Springfield, IL, and Barb's brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Mary McMenamin, living and teaching in Springfield, while also visiting the Lincoln Monument and its Custodian, H.W. Fay, a personal friend of Bob's Grandfather J. Ivor Montgomery.
Fall 1942-Spring 1943 - She rented a room and lived in Batavia, IL, while she taught at Blaine Street Elementary School in Batavia.
1943, Feb 14 - First date with Bob Montgomery, a "formal" dance at Williston Hall at NIU in DeKalb, IL. Other dates were "to a "movie" - after all it was war time - rationed gas, low wages - so we often took a picnic to a local park."
1943, April - After almost two years of "courtship", became engaged to J. Robert Montgomery, who said, "When I get my next raise I think we can afford to get married." When she told her parents of the engagement they said, "We already knew."
Summer 1943 - Bob and Barb fretted over money issues, not seeing any possible way to be able to get married. While visiting Bob's cousin, "Dot" Montgomery Froom and her husband "Bud", in Rockford, they were talked into getting married after being helped to put it all on paper and adding it all up.
1943, September 4 - J. Robert Montgomery and Barbara Jean McMenamin are married at St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb, IL. They honeymooned two nights in a one-room log cabin at White Pines Forest State Park, west of Oregon, IL, 45 miles west of DeKalb. The car trip to White Pines was done with the aid of gasoline rationing stamps gathered from friends (during WWII), in a fog, at one point missing a turn and backtracking 20 miles to their destination. While driving down the last hill approaching the entrance to the park, the brakes went out on the car, so quickly thinking, Bob coasted partway up the next hill, and then put the car in reverse and coasted into the entrance to the park. The next morning, Barb was able to get a ride to the Catholic Church in Oregon, while Bob was able to find a service station that fixed the brakes - for $10. She was only able to work "at Montgomery Ward's in the credit office until Dec. 31 of 1943" because "I was pregnant and really blossoming. One couldn't work while pregnant at that time in history."
1943 - Bob and Barb rented a downstairs apartment at 401 West Locust Street in DeKalb, IL, for six months. Bob would later marvel (to son Bill) that it was during this short period of time he began to appreciate strawberry jelly on his toast for the first time in his life, only to realize sooner than later that children cause the need for economizing in a marriage, hence the loss of the jelly on his toast for the next 20 years. After six months they moved to an apartment at 118-1/2 Oak Street. "As a cook I was OK - had an occasional charred pan. I was lucky - Bob loved to eat and had few if any dislikes."
1943-1944 - Barbara became pregnant during or shortly after their honeymoon. While Barbara was pregnant, and until after their first child was born, they lived in an upstairs apartment (rented from a widowed Mrs. Bowen) across the alley to the east (running from Oak Street to Locust Street) from the house at 112 Oak Street that they would eventually rent from Mr. and Mrs. Wilson that Bob had rented from earlier.
1944, June 5 - A first child was born to Bob and Barb, a daughter, Jean Marie Montgomery, while living at 118-1/2 Oak Street in an apartment.
1944, June 6 - D-Day in Europe.
1946??? - Barbara's parents are helped by her brother, Bob, to purchase a house at 216 W. Locust Street in DeKalb, only two blocks from Barb and Bob. This enables John and Martha to continue to take in boarders, usually college students at that time.
1946, June 13 - A second child was born, a son named Richard James Montgomery.
1948, October 20 - A third child and second son, William John Montgomery, was born almost a month past Barbara's original due date.
1949 - Barb's brother Bob and his wife Margaret and their three children (Madeline, Bobby and Margaret Ann) move to New Zealand, due to Bob's job with International Harvester.
1952-53??? - Barb's parents are again helped by their son, Bob, to convert their two-story house into a two-flat. Due to John's deteriorating health, he could no longer climb stairs, and began to use a wheelchair most of the time. Martha did take in an occasional student boarder, who lived in a made-over room in the cement-block basement. One of the last boarders was from Korea, and his last name was Kim. One of her boarders would eventually become the Mayor of DeKalb, Mr. Frank Von Buer.
1953, February 23 - A fourth child and third son was born, named John Robert Montgomery. They lived in the two-bedroom house at 112 Oak Street until 3-1/2 months after the birth of their fourth child, John Robert Montgomery b 23 Feb 1953.
1953, June - With financial help from Bob's mother, May, Bob and Barb were able to put a down payment on the first and only home they ever owned, at 640 N. Fifth Street in DeKalb. On moving day, Barbara was in St. Mary Hospital with hives caused by a shot of penicillin. Bob's sister, Mary Lou Montgomery O'Brien drove from Wheaton to DeKalb and stayed overnight, supervising the moving and placement of furniture, clothing, kitchen equipment, etc. That afternoon, the children who were able climbed a ladder to pick tart cherries from two cherry trees in the backyard, which Lou promptly turned into fresh cherry sauce for dessert. Barb got home either the next day or the one after that.
1955, July - Barbara's father, John Henry McMenamin, dies of complications caused by diabetes.
1958, June - daughter Jean Marie graduates from St. Mary Parochial School
1958, Summer - Remodeled the house on North 5th Street, adding a large living room on the south of the existing dining room. The previous living room became a 4th bedroom. Two boys shared one bedroom upstairs for the next 8 years or so, until Richard moved out to go to Junior College and live in Elgin, IL, in about 1965.
1960, June - son Richard James graduates from St. Mary Parochial School
1962, June - daughter Jean Marie graduates from De Kalb High School, attends Northern Illinois University in the Fall
1962, June - son William John graduates from St. Mary Parochial School
1964, February 8 - daughter Jean Marie marries Joe Thomas Bjorn
1964, June - Richard James graduates from De Kalb High School. Shortly thereafter begins attending Elgin Community College, and lived in Elgin, IL
1965, Summer - Bathroom / Kitchen addition to rear of house at 640 N. 5th Street
1966, May 26 - First grandchild born, Jeffrey Thomas Bjorn, to Jean Marie and Joe Bjorn
1966, June 8 - William John graduates from De Kalb High School. Attends Northern Illinois University in the Fall
1967, June - Richard James graduated from Elgin Community College and began a 34-year employment with Commonwealth Edison, starting out as a meter-reader.
1967, Fall - Son Richard James enrolls at Northern Illinois University, graduating in December, 1983, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in General Studies
1968, May - Son Richard James drafted into US Army, sent to Viet Nam for 11 months
1968, June 11 - Mother-in-law May Belle Montgomery dies at Pine Acres Center, DeKalb, IL
1968, September 4 - Celebrates 25th Wedding Anniversary
1968, September 7 - Richard James marries Jeanne Lorraine Allen (D)
1968, January 23 - Second grandchild born, Eric Clifford Montgomery, to Richard
1969, April 26 - Son William John marries Pamela Whitson (D)
1969, July - Man steps on the moon
1969, November 3 - Son William John drafted into US Army, sent to Korea
1970, June 18 - First Granddaughter born - Stephanie Lynn Montgomery - to William
1970, November - Son Richard James returns from US Army, Viet Nam
1971, June - Son John Robert graduates from De Kalb High School. Attends Kishwaukee College in the Fall
1971, June - Son William John returns from US Army, Korea
1971 - Fall - Son John Robert starts college at Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
1973, January 31 - Grandson born - Scott William - to William
1973, January - Son William graduates from Kishwaukee College with an Associates Degree
1973 - Husband Bob retires from Chas. Ackerman Stores after 5 years employment, age 62
1973, June - Son John graduates from Kishwaukee College - transfers to University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
1973, September 4 - Celebrated 30th Wedding Anniversary
1973, September - Granddaughter Jennifer Pielstick born to son John
1974, April 23 - Grandson born - Spencer Fitzgerald Montgomery - to Richard
1975, June - Son John graduates from University of Illinois with BA
1976, May 13 - Her Mother, Martha McMenamin, dies at Pine Acres Center in DeKalb, IL
1976, June - Son John graduates from University of Illinois with MA
1976, June 19 - Her Aunt Julia Griffin dies at Pine Acres, the last of her Mother’s sisters
1976, August 26 - Son John marries Kristi Pielstick at Elwood House, DeKalb, IL
1977, Summer - Travels with husband Bob to England and the Island of Majorca, Spain, to visit Barbara's sister, Mary Claire
1977, September 23 - Granddaughter born - Jennifer Pielstick - to John Robert
1977, November 22 - Granddaughter born - Carolyn Martha - to William John
1977, December 11- Grandson born - Joe Ryan Cornish Bjorn - to Jean Marie and Joe Bjorn
1978, March 12 - Husband James Robert Montgomery dies of Prostate Cancer
1978, March 15 - Buries Husband Bob at St. Mary Cemetery, De Kalb, IL
1978, October 20 - Celebrates 60th Birthday
1982, February - Retires from the First National Bank, DeKalb, IL, after 23 years at the bank
1982, September 23 - Granddaughter Martha Pielstick born to son John
1984, October - Sells the house at 640 North 5th Street in DeKalb, IL, and moves to apartment at 318 North First Street, 3rd floor, (The Finn Apartments), the same apartment buildings her Mother Martha and her Aunt Julia had lived until 1975
1987, July 17 - Grandson Robert Pielstick born to son John
1988, Summer - Toured the McMenamin Farm on South First Street (for the last time) with her children, her brother, Bob, and some of her grandchildren, nieces and nephews
1988, October 20 - Celebrates 70th Birthday
1989, June - Grandson Jeffrey Todd Bjorn marries Erin Fitzpatrick
1992, February 14 - Granddaughter Stephanie Lynn Montgomery marries Michael O’Connell (D)
1992, August 12 - First Great-Grandchild Alexander William O’Connell born to Granddaughter Stephanie Lynn
1993, June 3 - Grandson Scott William Montgomery marries Genene Allen (D)
1993, April 14 - Sister Martha Claire McMenamin dies at Majorca, Spain, age 69
1994, July 23 - Great-Grandson Tyler John Montgomery born to Grandson Scott William, on same date as her Father, John Henry McMenamin was born
1996, October 14 - Brother Victor Arthur McMenamin dies, age 81
1997, January 11 - Great-Grandson Quenten Michael O’Connell born to Granddaughter Stephanie Lynn
1997, February 10 - Great-Granddaughter Katherine Jean Montgomery born to Granddaughter Carolyn Martha
1998, October 11 - Granddaughter Carolyn Martha Montgomery marries Duane Paquin
1998, October 20 - Celebrates 80th Birthday
1999, 22 May - Son Richard marries (2nd) Andrea Boolman
2001, XXXX XX - Great-Grandson Alexander born to Granddaughter-in-law Jennifer Boolman XXXXX
2002, July 2 - Brother Joseph Patrick McMenamin dies, age 89
2003, May 2 - Great-Granddaughter Andrea Lynn Paquin born to Granddaughter Carolyn Martha
2004, August 20 - Grandson Scott William Montgomery marries Lindsay Beth Grossman
2004, September 29 - Son John marries (2nd) Lia Johnson
2004, December 20 - Great-Granddaughter Regen Ariel Montgomery born to Grandson Scott William
2005, May 8 - Great-Grandson Evan Robert Kemp born to Granddaughter Stephanie Lynn
2005, XXXX XX - Great-Granddaughter XXXXXX born to Granddaughter-in-law Jennifer XXXX
2005, Winter - Moves from apartment on North First Street in DeKalb to senior living facility at Barb City Manor, DeKalb, IL
2006, June 2 - Great-Grandson Ewan Moss born to Granddaughter Jennifer Pielstick and Fraser Moss
2006, June 17 - Grandson J. Ryan Cornish Bjorn marries Sarah Riley
2006, June 24 - Son, William marries (2nd) Mollie Kay Mathisen Keller
2007, August 23 - Great-Granddaughter Brooke Avery Montgomery born to Grandson Scott William
2008, October (11) 20 - Celebrates 90th Birthday with Open House in DeKalb, IL
2008, December 2 - Fractures pelvis during a fall, spends the next 8 weeks in hospital and rehabilitation facility, Bethany Rehabilitation Facility in DeKalb
2008, December 8 - Brother Robert John McMenamin dies, age 94
2008, January 10 - Moved out of Barb City Manor awaiting her rehabilitation at Bethany Rehab
2009, February 7 - Moves to assisted living facility, Heritage Woods, in DeKalb, IL
General Notes: Child - Martha Claire McMenamin
Graduate of DeKalb Township High School, DeKalb, IL, 1941.
She was accepted into the Women's Air Corps and served as a photographer in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1944-46.
In 1949 she recieved a B.A. from Photographic/Art Center, College of Design in Los Angeles, CA.
She managed the West Coast office of Frank Gianninoto Design and later was an account executive for Saul Bass and Associates, before she became President of her own package design company, M.C.McMenamin, Inc.
In 1968 she was recipient of the first Los Angeles Advertising Women's Achievement Award, and in 1970 she was awarded its Corporate Identity Award.
Lived in Isle de Mallorca, Spain, from 1972 until her death there in 1993.
Husband John F. Spatz
Born: January 8, 1906
Baptized:
Died: July 27, 1966
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary McCormick
Born: November 7, 1907
Baptized:
Died: September 8, 1971
Buried: - Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Father: Thomas Francis McCormick
Mother: Mary A. Duffy
Children
Husband Floyd Staves
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Veronica McCormick
Born: September 15, 1904
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Robert McCormick
Mother: Anna Obrien
Other Spouse: Russell W. Reeves
Children
Husband Russell W. Reeves
Born: May 18, 1911
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Veronica McCormick
Born: September 15, 1904
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Robert McCormick
Mother: Anna Obrien
Other Spouse: Floyd Staves
Children
Husband Patrick McCormick
Born: - Ballysloe, Ireland
Baptized: August 16, 1835 - Gortnahoo, Ireland
Died: November 21, 1898
Buried:
Father: Daniel Cormack McCormick
Mother: Mary Farrell
Marriage:
Wife Mary Oleary
Born: January 3, 1834 - County Tipperary, Ireland
Baptized:
Died: August 15, 1881
Buried: - St. James Calvary Cemetery, Lee, IL
Father: Robert Oleary
Mother: Johannah
Children
1 F Johanna McCormick
Born: September 3, 1858
Baptized:
Died: March 20, 1923
Buried: - St. James Calvary Cemetery, Lee, IL
Spouse: James Minnihan
2 M Daniel McCormick
Born: May 1, 1860
Baptized:
Died: July 13, 1929
Buried: - St. James Calvary Cemetery, Lee, IL
3 M Robert McCormick
Born: April 19, 1862
Baptized:
Died: May 19, 1913
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Spouse: Anna Obrien
4 F Mary Ann McCormick
Born: November 3, 1864
Baptized:
Died: August 21, 1929
Buried: - St. James Calvary Cemetery, Lee, IL
5 F Catherine Kate McCormick
Born: February 11, 1866
Baptized:
Died: November 18, 1935 - Des Moines, IA
Buried: - Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
Spouse: Henry Finan
6 M Thomas McCormick
Born: October 22, 1868
Baptized:
Died: February 11, 1947
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
7 M John F. McCormick
Born: March 28, 1870
Baptized:
Died: May 9, 1898
Buried: - St. James Calvary Cemetery, Lee, IL
8 M William Willie McCormick
Born: December 6, 1871
Baptized:
Died: December 16, 1877
Buried: - St. James Calvary Cemetery, Lee, IL
9 M Henry McCormick
Born: August 11, 1874
Baptized:
Died: August 10, 1952
Buried: - Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
General Notes: Husband - Patrick McCormick
1860 Census(?): Patrick and his wife Mary, with their two children Johanna and Daniel, were counted in Shabbona Township.
General Notes: Child - John F. McCormick
Policeman, died in Line of Duty.
Husband Robert McCormick
Born: April 19, 1862
Baptized:
Died: May 19, 1913
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Father: Patrick McCormick
Mother: Mary Oleary
Marriage:
Wife Anna Obrien
Born: December 6, 1863
Baptized:
Died: January 16, 1924
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Father: Patrick Obrien
Mother: Mary Sheehan
Children
1 M William Patrick McCormick
Born: March 5, 1891
Baptized:
Died: August 16, 1977
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Jordan
2 M Robert Francis McCormick
Born: April 30, 1893
Baptized:
Died: January 17, 1964
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Spouse: Theresa Mihm
3 M John Joseph McCormick
Born: January 7, 1898
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Irene Jordan
4 F Mary Veronica McCormick
Born: September 15, 1904
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Floyd Staves
Spouse: Russell W. Reeves
Husband Robert Francis McCormick
Born: April 30, 1893
Baptized:
Died: January 17, 1964
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Father: Robert McCormick
Mother: Anna Obrien
Marriage:
Wife Theresa Mihm
Born: February 25, 1892
Baptized:
Died: November 9, 1986
Buried: - St. Mary Cemetery, Dekalb, IL
Children
Husband Robert Jordan McCormick
Born: October 31, 1916
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William Patrick McCormick
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Jordan
Marriage:
Wife Frances Ward
Born: December 10, 1920
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Children
1 F Susan McCormick
Born: April 18, 1947
Baptized:
Died: January 18, 1952
Buried:
2 M McCormick
Born:
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3 F McCormick
Born:
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Spouse: Sullivan
4 M McCormick
Born:
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5 F McCormick
Born:
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6 F McCormick
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7 M McCormick
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8 M McCormick
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9 M McCormick
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10 F McCormick
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Husband Benjamin McCorson
Born: 1782 - Standish, Maine
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Marriage: September 8, 1805
Wife Abigail Richardson
Born: January 10, 1784 - Standish, Maine
Baptized:
Died: July 24, 1848 - Standish, Maine
Buried:
Father: Joseph Richardson
Mother: Mary Carpenter
Children
1 F Mary McCorson
Born: 1806 - Standish, Maine
Baptized:
Died:
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Spouse: Laommi Kimball
2 F Rebecca McCorson
Born: 1808 - Standish, Maine
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Laommi Kimball
3 M Daniel McCorson
Born: 1810 - Standish, Maine
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Harriet Clay
4 M Benjamin McCorson
Born: 1812 - Standish, Maine
Baptized:
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5 M Samuel McCorson
Born: 1814 - Standish, Maine
Baptized:
Died: 1828
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6 M James McCorson
Born: 1816 - Standish, Maine
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7 F Catherine McCorson
Born: 1818 - Standish, Maine
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8 F Lucy McCorson
Born: 1820 - Standish, Maine
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General Notes: Wife - Abigail Richardson
Richardson Mem., by J.A.Vinton, 1876, pg 382:
ABIGAIL RICHARDSON, eldest offspring of Joseph and Mary (Carpenter)
Richardson; b. in Standish, Me., Jan. 10, 1784; m. Benjamin McCorson,
Sept. 8, 1805.
They lived in Standish. She died there, July 24, 1848, aged 64 1/2
years.
General Notes: Child - Samuel McCorson
Cause of Death:<CAUS> killed by a falling tree at age 14
Husband Edward William McCory
Born:
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Marriage: October 25, 1940 - The Manse, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
Wife Elsie Beatrice Myers
Born: January 6, 1906 - Myers Point, NS
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Father: Daniel Albert Myers
Mother: Ethel Eliza Manet
Children
Husband Thomas S. McCoubry
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Marriage: February 24, 1917
Wife Edna C. Pinkham
Born: May 1, 1897 - Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine
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Father: Ernest Everett Pinkham 1 2 3
Mother: Annie Loraville Ryder 1 2 3 4
Other Spouse: Francis G. Macdonald - June 23, 1928 - Sagadahoc Co., Maine
Children
General Notes: Husband - Thomas S. McCoubry
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Death Notes: Wife - Edna C. Pinkham
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General Notes: Wife - Edna C. Pinkham
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Husband David Oliver Rideout Jr.
Born: February 9, 1854 - Holliday, Salt Lake Co., Utah
Baptized:
Died: October 10, 1928 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
Buried:
Father: David Oliver Rideout Sr.
Mother: Ann Blows Gilby
Marriage: May 27, 1917
Other Spouse: Mary Ann Terry - January 27, 1877
Other Spouse: Christina Helena Peterson
Wife Effie McCowley
Born: September 24, 1874 - Kellogg, Iowa
Baptized:
Died: 1959 - Portland, Oregon
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - David Oliver Rideout Jr.
BOOK - Rideouts In America
David Oliver Rideout, Jr. Taken for the Herald-Republican. David O.Rideout, a member of the Utah state Senate who is prominently mentionedfor the gubernatorial nomination and who is being urged by a host offriends all over the state to permit his name to be used as a candidatefor the honor, was born at Holiday, Salt Lake County, Utah, in 1855. Hisfather was D. O. Rideout, who was one of the forty-niners intoCalifornia. The senior Rideout shortly afterward returned to Ohio, hisnative state, where he organized a company of pioneers and again startedfor the golden west. He travelled as far as Salt Lake, where heremained, becoming a convert of the Mormon faith.
The young man endured the hardships of early pioneer life in Utah. Hisparents were poor and it became necessary for him to work for himself andcontribute to the support of his mother and sister. As a boy, he workedon a farm, at the saw mills in Cottonwood Canyon, at the mines, at thesmelters and on the railroads and other work. Mr. Rideout was educatedin the common schools of the early days. When the family moved to Draperhe was aided in his studies by Dr. John R. Park, who wasteaching atDraper at that time. Later he attended the Logan Academy. In order tokeep himself in school, it was necessary to sell what little property hepossessed, including his saddle, bridle and favorite riding horse. Thiswas not done without keen regret, but the desire for an educationprevailed. Later he taught school at Spanish Fork, Springville, Salemand South Cottonwood. He then took up the study of lawat Ann Arbor,Michigan. He graduated and was admitted to the bar of that state andlater in Utah.
On his return to Utah after graduating, the enabling act having just beenpassed and the constitutional convention called, he was unanimouslychosen as a nominee to represent his district in the convention, but wasdefeated by the narrow margin of 35 votes. For six years he servedas ajustice of the peace in Draper, being unanimously chosen at eachelection. He was a member of the school board at Draper for elevenyears. He was elected on the Democrtic ticket as state senator in thefirst Legislature, serving in the Senate for the long term, returning in1900. He was again elected state senator as a Republican in 1912 and isstill...Senator Rideout was chairman of the committee of education inthesenate...of the bill which became the school law of the state. Inthelegislature of 1909 Senator Rideout was the chairman of the judiciarycommittee.
Senator Rideout was married in 1877 to Mary A. Terry, a daughter ofJoshua Terry, one of the first pioneers of this state. Mrs. Rideout diedleaving eight children.
During the last session of the Legislature, Senator Rideout secured thepassage of twenty-one bills through the senate, twenty-one of whichpassed the house and twenty of which were signed by the governor. Thisis said to be the highest record in the career of any member of anyLegislature. All the bills were of a constructive and progressivenature.
Among the important bills introduced by Senator Rideout and which becamelaws were the following: A bill authorizing the governor to appoint acommission to inquire into the question of the liability of employers toinjured workmen and to draft a bill to be introduced in the nextLegislature providing compensation in case of injury; a billappropriating $1500 each to the families of the victims of Lopez; amother pension bill providing relief to mothers with dependent children;a land mortgage bank act, providing for the incorporation of rural creditbanks with small capital, designed to promote thrift in smallcommunities; an act providing for the use of the camera in the recordersoffice for thepurpose of recording deeds and other instruments entitledto record, and to make photographic copies of the same. It is estimatedin a county as large as Salt Lake County, $7000 to $10,000 per year couldbe saved in the recording of these instruments alone, in addition to thesaving to attorneys and others who desire certified copies of suchinstruments. This method provides against forgery, as the eye of thecamera sees everything that is on the face of the deed or otherinstrument and makes a perfect record thereof. An act providing for theelection of anadditional justice of the peace of cities of 40,000 ormore inhabitants; seven bills directing the state institutions and stateboard to pay into the state treasury monthly all money received as feesor for the sale of products, stock, etc., looking to greater accuracy inkeeping the accounts of the state. Senator Rideout was also successfulin securing the passage of a joint resolution proposing an amendment toArticleXIII of the constitution relative to revenue and taxation. Thisresolution will be voted on at the next general election. If theamendment carries, the assessor will be able to reach billions ofdollars' worth of property, for the purpose of taxation, which it isimpossible to reach under the constitution as it now stands, and thusconsiderably lessen the rate of taxation of property which now bears itsjust proportion.
During the time that he was a member of the school board in Draper,Senator Rideout was a strong advocate of the centralization of schoolbuildings and he inaugurated the system of transporting the childrenliving at a distance to one central school. At that time the schoolswere widely scattered. For two years he provided such transportation athisown expense in order not to cripple the school funds. Originating inDraper, this system of school centralization and transportation ofchildren has been generally adopted in every school district in thestate.In 1896 Senator Rideout opened up an extensive silica bed in thesouthend of Salt Lake County on the San Pedro railroad, said by expertsto be the largest deposit of silica to be found anywhere in the world,thematerial being used extensively in the building industry and by thesmelting companies for the lining of converters.
Within the past few years, Senator Rideout has been interested in farmingand has been successful in reclaiming a large acreage of alkili landsformerly considered worthless for agricultural purposes. Senator Rideoutis also a director in the affairs of the Draper Canning company,DraperIrrigation and Pipe Line company and the Draper Commercial company.
At his services, U. S. Senator William H. King was one of the speakersand told of his honesty and integrity. Gov. Dern came to the services,and was invited on the stand and asked to speak. The Governor gave awonderful tribute.
General Notes: Wife - Effie McCowley
BOOK - Rideouts In America
David and Effie had no children.
Effie was a school teacher. After David's death, she went to KlamathFalls, Oregon and took care of her aunt. When this aunt passed away shewent to Portland, Oregon to be with her people. She passed away in 1959and is buried in the Rose City Cemetery.
Husband Allison Eyster McCown 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Born: August 22, 1882 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8
Baptized:
Died:
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Marriage: 1907 - Maine
Wife Ida Louise Snowman 3 5 6 7
Born: June 3, 1884 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine 9
Baptized:
Died: February 1986 - Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey 9
Buried:
Father: Albert Edward Snowman 3 4 5 6 7 10 11
Mother: Caroline L. McBean 3 4 5 6 10 11 12
Children
1 M Albert S. McCown 5
Born: 1908 - Haddon Heights, Camden, New Jersey
Baptized:
Died: - Youth
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2 M Allison Eyster McCown 5 6
Born: April 1909 - Haddon Heights, Camden, New Jersey
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Death Notes: Husband - Allison Eyster McCown
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General Notes: Husband - Allison Eyster McCown
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General Notes: Wife - Ida Louise Snowman
This info has been compiled from many sources, such as family bibles, birth & death certificates, obituaries, other family trees, and e-mails from many helpful family members.
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General Notes: Child - Albert S. McCown
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General Notes: Child - Allison Eyster McCown
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Husband Agustus McCoy
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Wife Martha M. McPherson
Born: June 12, 1846
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Father: Ebenezer McPherson
Mother: Florinda Robinson
Children
General Notes: Husband - Agustus McCoy
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General Notes: Wife - Martha M. McPherson
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Husband Pat McCoy
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Wife Nancy Osborne
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Father: Kenneth Warren Osborne
Mother: Theresa Agnus Michaud
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Husband Henry Stewart
Born: October 24, 1847 - Marion County, Georgia, USA
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Died: April 13, 1930 - Terrell County, Georgia, USA
Buried:
Father: Henry Randal Stewart
Mother: Sophie McKinney
Marriage: May 26, 1881 - Svhley Co, GA
Wife Lillian Jane Minnie McCrary
Born: February 2, 1866 - Schley County, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died: August 25, 1938 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
Buried:
Children
1 F Mary Lillian Stewart
Born: July 24, 1883 - Schley County, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died: November 24, 1964 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Clyde B. Chapman
Marr: December 20, 1903 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
2 F Sophia Stewart
Born: July 14, 1886 - Schley County, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died: February 19, 1983 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Motie T. Chapman
Marr: December 16, 1906 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
3 M Henry Bartley Stewart
Born: November 17, 1888 - Schley County, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died: April 29, 1976 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Mildred Little
Marr: 1906 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
4 M John Stewart
Born: 1891 - Schley County, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died:
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Spouse: Orrel Williams
Marr: 1910 - GA
5 M Paul James Stewart
Born: July 15, 1898 - Schley County, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died: October 12, 1976 - Worth County, Georgia, USA
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Henry Stewart
info-J.Sutherland 1995
Worth Co, Schley Co rec
hist of Worth Co, GA
info-Chapman/Woodall
BURI Sumner, Worth Co
MILI CSA, Co 8, 10th GA Reg
pension in Worth Co
General Notes: Wife - Lillian Jane Minnie McCrary
/Stewart/
info-J.Sutherland 1995
Worth Co, Schley Co rec
hist of Worth Co, GA
info-Chapman/Woodall
BURI Sumner, Worth Co, GA
General Notes: Child - Mary Lillian Stewart
/Chapman/
info-J.Sutherland 1995
info-Chapman/Woodall
Hist Worth Co, GA pg485
General Notes: Child - Sophia Stewart
/Chapman/
info-J.Sutherland 1995
info-Chapman/Woodall
Hist Worth Co, GA pg485
General Notes: Child - Henry Bartley Stewart
info-J.Sutherland 1995
info-Chapman/Woodall
BURI Sumner, Worth Co, GA
OCCU Photographer of Sylvester
Hist Worth Co GA pg 485
General Notes: Child - John Stewart
info-J.Sutherland 1995
info-Chapman/Woodall
Hist of Worth,GA pg 485
General Notes: Child - Paul James Stewart
info-J.Sutherland 1995
info-Chapman/Woodall
BURI Sumner, Worth Co, GA
Hist of Worth GA pg 485
Husband John McCraw
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1 F Mercy Lecraw
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Husband McCredy
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Wife Jemima Esther Myers
Born: October 24, 1893 - Myers Point, NS
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Father: Colin Peter Myers
Mother: Lavinia Ann Burgess
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Husband Allison McCreedy
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Wife Rachel Orser
Born: 1852 - New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: Stephen Orser 13
Mother: Sarah Foster
Children
General Notes: Wife - Rachel Orser
Custom Field:<_FA#> 2 children (See Orser File)
Husband David McCrillis 14
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Wife Sally Veasy 14
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Father: Joshua Neal Veasy 15 16
Mother: Molly Fifield 17 18
Children
Husband John McCroskery
Born: 1800 - Ireland
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Marriage: 1816 - Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA
Wife Sarah Shields
Born: 1805 - Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA
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1 F Mary A. McCroskery
Born: 1830 - Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA
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Spouse: John Beveridge Farrington
Marr: 1846 - Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA
General Notes: Husband - John McCroskery
was in Source: "Farringtons" pg 96
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Shields
/McCroskery/
was in Source: "Farringtons" pg 96
General Notes: Child - Mary A. McCroskery
/Farrington/
was in Source: "Farringtons" pg 96
Husband McCue
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Wife Smith
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1 M McCue
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General Notes: Husband - McCue
Living Individual
source Richard Enman/Sharon Collins files + Upton, Oxford, Maine Names + Andover, Oxford, Maine Connections...
General Notes: Wife - Smith
Living Individual
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General Notes: Child - McCue
Living Individual
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Husband William Oldham Short
Born: 1740 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Baptized:
Died: 1815 - Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Buried:
Marriage: 1800 - Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Other Spouse: Unknown - 1765 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Other Spouse: Sarah Bird Oldham - Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Wife Jean McCuiston
Born: 1770 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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Other Spouse: Alexander Nelson - 1786 - NC
Children
General Notes: Husband - William Oldham Short
fam hist-J.Beekman 1993 pg 124-127
had 9-children (5-boys, 4-girls)
General Notes: Wife - Jean McCuiston
/Nelson Short/
fam hist-J.Beekman 1993 pg 124-127
Husband Alexander Nelson
Born: 1760 - NC
Baptized:
Died: 1799
Buried:
Marriage: 1786 - NC
Wife Jean McCuiston
Born: 1770 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Baptized:
Died:
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Other Spouse: William Oldham Short - 1800 - Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Children
General Notes: Husband - Alexander Nelson
fam hist-J.Beekman 1993 pg 124-127
General Notes: Wife - Jean McCuiston
/Nelson Short/
fam hist-J.Beekman 1993 pg 124-127
Husband John G. McMenamin
Born: 1927
Baptized:
Died: 1987
Buried:
Father: Hugh J. McMenamin
Mother: Mary A. Lalley
Marriage:
Wife McCullah
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1 F McMenamin
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2 F McMenamin
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3 F McMenamin
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4 M McMenamin
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General Notes: Wife - McCullah
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General Notes: Child - McMenamin
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Husband Hump McCullah
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Wife Edna Scott
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Other Spouse: Leamon Holland Piles
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1 F Karla Jean McCullah
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2 F Keri McCullah
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3 M Kristopher McCullah
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General Notes: Husband - Hump McCullah
--Other Fields _FA1: Date: Private --Invalid Dates Birth: Private
General Notes: Wife - Edna Scott
--Invalid Dates Birth: Private
General Notes: Child - Karla Jean McCullah
--Invalid Dates Birth: Private
General Notes: Child - Keri McCullah
--Invalid Dates Birth: Private
General Notes: Child - Kristopher McCullah
--Invalid Dates Birth: Private
Husband Philander S. Sage
Born: February 22, 1815 - Trenton, Oneida, New York, USA
Baptized:
Died: - Vevey, Switzerland, Indiana, USA
Buried:
Father: David Sage
Mother: Mary Avery
Marriage: October 4, 1870 - Switzerland, Indiana, USA
Other Spouse: Sarah Ann Seward - 1838 - Allensville, Switzerland, Indiana, USA
Other Spouse: Sage - Steuben, New York, USA
Wife Sophia L. McCulloch
Born: 1841 - Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana, USA
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Children
General Notes: Husband - Philander S. Sage
Name Prefix:<NPFX> Dr.
CONFLICT:
1. Birth Place; also found as Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut.
HISTORY: "Philander S. Sage was the first postmaster of East Enterprise: Cotton Township, 6 Feb, 1864, changed from Allensville. Changed back to Allensville Feb 15, 1864, Changed back to Easter Enterprise March 1, 1865". Internet Search; http://myindianahome.et/gen/swit/records/history/po.html.
General Notes: Wife - Sophia L. McCulloch
NAME: Sophia L. Mc Culloch or McCullouch. LDS B: 10 Nov 2001 MTIMP with birthabt 1820, of East Enterprise, Switzerland, Indiana.
Notes: Marriage
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Husband Hugh McCullom
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1 F Mary McCullom
Born: - Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Baptized:
Died: - Londonderry, Windham, VT
Buried: - Londonderry, Windham, VT
Spouse: Robert Montgomery
Husband Robert Montgomery
Born: - Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Baptized: - Aghadowey Presbyterian Church, Londonderry, Ireland
Died: - Londonderry, Windham, VT
Buried: - Londonderry, Windham, VT
Father: John Montgomery
Mother: Isabella Shaw
Marriage:
Wife Mary McCullom
Born: - Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Baptized:
Died: - Londonderry, Windham, VT
Buried: - Londonderry, Windham, VT
Father: Hugh McCullom
Mother:
Children
1 M William Montgomery
Born: 1675 - Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Baptized:
Died: 1731 - Hopkinton, Middlesex County, MA
Buried: October 1731
Spouse: Mary Aiken
Marr: 1695 - Ulster, Ni
2 M Robert Montgomery
Born: 1682 - Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Baptized:
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Spouse: Montgomery
3 M Hugh Montgomery
Born: 1689 - Glenarm, Antrim, Ireland
Baptized:
Died: 1767 - Londonderry, Rockingham, NH
Buried:
Spouse: Jane Jean Cargill
Marr: May 22, 1715 - Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland
General Notes: Husband - Robert Montgomery
Migrated with his sons, William, Robert and Hugh and surely other family members and children to America in 1718, himself eventually settling in Vermont.
GONE TO AMERICA
by David Christy
They came to this nation’s shores in five great waves, these Scottish-Irish immigrants who would so influence the very burr and fabric of earlyday America.
There’s no special song to them, they didn’t bring the Irish jig or the Highland fling. They didn’t infuse America’s largest cities with their presence. However, this nation is here in large measure because of them.
It’s my fervent view, backed by any number of other historians, the Scotch-Irish had as much or more to do with American independence from England as any immigrant nationality that set foot in the 13 Colonies.
The Scotch-Irish, or Ulster Irish as they correctly were identified, overwhelmingly were Protestant in faith, fiercely independent and had an intense and abiding hatred of the British. Let me say that again — intense hatred.
That animus in itself helped propel the American Colonies into the Revolutionary War in 1775, and it helped sustain the war effort for a number of years even as the great democratic revolution floundered against the predominant military and economic power on earth at the time.
Our history books said colonists disliked taxation, no representation and restraint on trade from their English overseer. But give me hatred every time in a revolution.
So, who were these Ulster Irish immigrants? From 1710 to 1775, upward of 200,000 came by ship from Ireland’s northern Ulster region to America, and another 100,000 emigrated from 1778 to 1812. The mass emigration of the heavily Catholic Irish to America’s ports didn’t occur until the 1840s and early 1850s, although large numbers of native-born Irish came to these shores as early as the 1600s.
Who were these Ulster Irish, these Scots in Irish clothing?
In future years they would become the famous: John Hancock, Andrew Jackson and Elvis Presley, Davy Crockett and Ulysses S. Grant, Neil Armstrong and George S. Patton.
However, in greatest numbers they were simple, hard-working, Presbyterian, fiercely independent, self-reliant people who wanted to own and work land and be free from the oppressive rule of England.
Overwhelmingly, their families all originated in Scotland. Beginning in 1606, the northernmost counties of Ireland were designated the Plantation of Ulster, where hundreds of thousands of lowland Scots emigrated to work the land as tenant farmers. They had come from the region of Scotland where centuries of conflict and war had occurred between the Scots and their English neighbors to the south, where contending armies had battled and devastated the livelihood of these people, always forcing them to look elsewhere to scrape out a living.
When the Anglican Church became the dominant state-sponsored religion in England, Scotland and Ireland, the heavily taxed Presbyterian Scots who had left for a new life in Ireland continually felt the weighty hand of English rule. In their churches, ministers were turned out of their pulpits and no longer allowed to sanctify marriage or teach children aspects of the Presbyterian faith.
Beginning in 1717, the first great emigrations of Ulster Scots to the New World began, as people increasingly looked west to a place where they could establish freedom to live as they chose and worship as they pleased — without England dictating at every turn.
As they boarded ships and came to America in droves throughout the 1700s, it was if England wanted to be done with this independent and troublesome group — and bade them good riddance.
It was a Herculean mistake on the part of England, for these Ulster Scots, these Scotch-Irish as we now call them, took decades of oppression and resentment with them to the Americas.
When the American Revolution began to take shape in the 1770s, the Ulster Scots, almost to every man, were there providing the backbone of the Continental Army.
As one Hessian officer fighting for the British put it, “Call this war by whatever name you may, only call it not an American rebellion; it is nothing more or less than a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian rebellion.”
Or a British general testifying to the House of Commons in London: “Half the rebel Continental Army were from Ireland.”
These Scotch-Irish misfits mostly landed in Pennsylvania, where they rapidly fanned out to the edges of the frontier in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, into the Carolinas and Georgia, and finally westward into Kentucky and Tennessee, making the Appalachian Mountains the barrier and bedrock of their small-farm domain. The rest is history.
I’m proud to say my four-great Christy grandparents were born in Ireland and were Ulster Irish farmers who sailed to America.
Americans everywhere today can thank the Ulster Irish for persevering through centuries of toil and tribulation, making their contribution one of the foremost cornerstones of American independence and democracy.
The Enid News and Eagle Fri Jan 14, 2011, 11:08 PM CST
Christy is news editor at the News & Eagle and can be reached at davidc@enidnews.com
General Notes: Child - William Montgomery
NOTES ON WILLIAM MONTGOMERY (1675 - 1731) AND HIS ARRIVAL IN THE COLONIES / AMERICA:
John and Isabella (Elizabeth) had three sons named William, Hugh, and Robert. This means that Hugh Montgomery, (1689-1767) had father named Robert, and two uncles named Hugh and William. This does show one thing, that these three names do absolutely run in the family. It would not be unusual for Robert to follow his father John's naming pattern for his own sons, when he started his own family.
So, there they were at the beginning, in Ireland, before they left, the Montgomery brothers, all part of same group which would go to the new world . . .
In the Spring of 1718, a body of Scotch-Irish from Northern Ireland sent a petition, signed by 319 representative men on 26 March 1718(1), to Governor Shiite of Massachusetts Bay in the New World requesting land for settlement. Governor Shute was in the third year of his administration of the colony. He was an old soldier of King William, a Lieutenant-Colonel under Marlborough in the Queen Anne Wars and had been wounded in one of the great battles in Flanders. The Rev. William Boyd was dispatched from Ulster to Boston, with the petition, as an agent of the Scotch-Irish to express their desire for settlement in New England. The petition read as follows:
"We whose names are underwritten, Inhabitants of ye North of Ireland, Doe in our own names, and in the names of many others, our Neighbors, Gentlemen, Ministers, Farmers, and Tradesmen, Commissionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved friend, the Reverend Mr. William Boyd, of Macasky, to His Excellency, the Right Honorable Collonel Samuel Suitte, Governour of New England, and to assure His Excellency of our sincere and hearty Inclination to Transport ourselves to that very excellant and renowned Plantation upon our obtaining from His Excellency suitable incouragement. And further to act and Doe in our Names as his prudence shall direct. Given under our hands this 26th day of March, Anno Dom. 1718."
Excerpt From: The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe, by Raymond Campbell Paterson
The Real Cause of the Emigration:
"The Ulster Presbyterians had endured, and survived, past waves of religious discrimination, and would most likely have continued to thrive in the face of official hostility. But in the early years of the new century they were faced with an additional challenge, one that threatened the whole basis of their economic existence in Ireland. By 1710, most of the farm leases granted to the settlers in the 1690’s had expired. New leases were withheld until the tenants agreed to pay greatly increased rents, which many could simply not afford to do. Rather than submit to these new conditions, whole communities, led by their ministers, began to take ship for the Americas. A new exodus was about to begin.
The Scots-Irish migrants who left Ulster in 1718 hailed from two particular districts in County Londonderry. The first group were from the Bann Valley area north of Garvagh and Kilrea, which included the parishes of Aghadowey, Macosquin, Kilrea, Dunboe, and Ballywillin. The second group came from the Foyle Valley area including the Laggan of County Donegal and parts of counties Londonderry and Tyrone, north of Strabane.
In 1719, the year after the first great wave moved west, Archbishop William King wrote an account of the migration from Ulster, pinpointing the real source of the upheaval:
“Some would insinuate that this in some measure is due to the uneasiness dissenters have in the matter of religion. But this is plainly a mistake, for dissenters were never more easy as to that matter than they had been since the Revolution [of 1688] and are at present, and yet never thought of leaving the kingdom till oppressed by the excessive rents and other temporal hardships. Nor do any dissenters leave us, but proportionally of all sorts, except Papists.
The truth is this: after the Revolution, most of the kingdom was waste, and abandoned of people destroyed in the war. The landlords, therefore, were glad to get tenants at any rate and let their lands at very easy rents. They invited abundance of people to come over here, especially from Scotland, and they lived here very happily ever since. But now their leases are expired, and they are obliged not only to give what they paid before the Revolution, but in most places double and in many places treble, so that it is impossible for people to live or subsist on their farms.”
There was much to be done by a family before removal to America. A supply of food, clothing and bedding was necessary and the household goods had to be packed for the long voyage. The land, farm animals and the heavier tools must be sold. These were busy days and the partings must have been hard on all, unless friends hoped to follow soon or be along on the same journey. In leaving their Churches the emigrants did not fail to procure testimonials of good standing to be used in forming fresh religious ties in New England. (Bolton)
A 45 ton vessel of this time carrying 100 passengers plus crew would be CROWDED. The only place on a ship of this size with a bunk would be the captain's cabin. Everyone else would have a hammock, if lucky, a place among or on top of cargo or food supplies, if not. 100 people in a 45 ton ship, which would be approximately 55 feet long excluding bowsprit, would leave no room for a real cargo, though. There would be low headroom below deck. For cooking, as the gimbaled stove had not been invented, there would have been a brick stove below decks, which could only have been used in calm weather. There could conceivably have been weeks at a stretch with no hot food. As for the food, there are lots of old seafaring novels which describe this fairly accurately. Before the 20th century, ship-board food did not change much. In heavy seas or storms the entire area below decks would be dripping wet. If there was much wind, most of the passengers would have been required to stay below deck, they were part of the ballast. The length of the trip would have varied immensely, from less than a month in ideal conditions to three months.
The Irish ships began arriving in America in July, 1718. William and his brothers, Hugh and Robert, sons of Robert Montgomery, grandsons of John and Isabella Montgomery of Garvagh/Aghadowey, Ireland, were aboard some of the five ships which sailed into the little warf at the foot of State Street in Boston, among one-hundred and twenty Scotch-Irish families from Northern Ireland.
Ships recorded as arriving from Ireland in 1718, as recorded in the “News-Letter” newspaper in Boston, include:
Week of July 21- 28 - The “William & Mary”, James Montgomery, Master. (Aboard was the Reverend William Boyd of Macosquin, with “news of many families coming”)
Week of July 28- Aug 4 - The “(unnamed ship)”, John Wilson, Master, with “200 souls aboard”
August 4 - The Brigantine “Robert”, James Ferguson, Master, including Rev. James MacGregor, Hugh Montgomery, Sr. and many others
August 4 - The “William”, Archibald Hunter, Master, from Coleraine
August 4 - The “Mary Anne”, Andrew Watt, Master, from Dublin
September 1 - The “William”, the “Elizabeth" with passengers and provisions, the “Mary and Elizabeth" at 45 tons with 100 passengers and linen (R.J. Dickson, 1966), and the “Dove" at 70 tons
September 4 - The “Pink Dolphin”, John Mackay, Master, from Dublin
September 6 - The “Maccullom" (McCullom), James Law, Master, 100 passengers from Londonderry - with “20 odd families - and linen" (sailed out of Boston for Casco Bay on the 8th of September, 1718, arrived September 22-29)
Later in the fall of 1718, after late October, the ship “Robert" would sail up from Boston into Casco Bay where it became lodged in the ice while quarantined due to smallpox onboard the ship. All aboard spent an entire winter in most the deplorable conditions aboard the ship. This ship most likely included the Reverends MacGregor, McKeen, Cornwall and their followers.
Boston was a town of approximately 12,000 people at this time. Many of the families were natives of Scotland whose heads had passed over into Ulster during the short reign of James II. Several of these families were well off, including the Cargills, who had cousins Jean (Hugh Montgomery) and Mary (John McMurphy) arriving on the ships. These families, or their fathers and neighbors, had felt the edge of the sword of Graham of Claverhouse in Argyleshire, Scotland (Scotch-Irish Society, 1889).
Others in the body were the descendents of those who had participated in the original colonization of Ulster dating from 1610. Still others included descendents of those Scotchmen and Englishmen that Cromwell transplanted at the middle of the century to replace those wasted by his own sword. A few native Irish families were also mingled in. They were escaping the economic and religious oppression there and the fear of their lives from the warring religious factions.
One motive of Massachusetts in providing settlement lands to the Scotch-Irish was to have them settle on the frontiers (in Maine, among others) as a living shield against the French and the Indians. The motive of the Ulstermen in coming to New England was to be free to worship as they saw fit and to establish homes and commercial activities with less government control and ownership of the land.
The Scotch-Irish emigrants were offended at being called 'Irish' because they had frequently ventured their lives for the British Crown against the Irish Papists(4). The people in New England did not understand the distinction and it was some time before they were treated with common decency. Inter- marriage among the Scotch- Irish families was very common for the first few generations because of the ill- treatment that they received from established settlers.
William and Mary Aiken Montgomery came to America with their children on the ship "MacCullum", James Law, Master, from Londonderry, arriving in port at Boston, MA, September 6, 1718. They had departed Londonderry three months earlier. The emigrants aboard the five ships included most of the Presbyterian Congregations of Macosquin, Aghadowey and Kilrea along with people from Ballymoney, Macosquin and Coleraine.
A Captain Robert Temple came over to Boston with his family and servants in the autumn of 1717 to settle as a gentleman farmer. He visited Connecticut and also the lands of the Pejepscot Company about the Androscoggin River in Maine. He much preferred, however, the lands on the east side of the Kennebec, opposite the mouth of the Androscoggin. Upon his return to Boston he was taken into the enterprise, and agreed to undertake the transportation of settlers from Ireland.
Temple engaged two large ships in 1718, and three more ships were chartered the next year. The Scotch-Irish whom he brought over settled on the east bank of the Kennebec, between the present towns of Dresden and Woolwich. The land was called Cork. The names of some of his people were: William Montgomery, --- Caldwell, James Steel, David Steel, --- McNut, James Rankin, William and James Burns or Barns. A few of the Temple colonists settled in Topsham, opposite Brunswick, and several in Cathance, now part of Bowdoinham, on the Kennebec, south of Dresden. Others, the larger part of the several hundred who came under Temple, went to New Hampshire and Pennsylvania to avoid the wrath of Father Rasle and his Indians. Cork was destroyed soon after.
After arriving in Boston between July and September, 1718, the families separated into several groups. On September 8, 1718, there they were, William and Mary Montgomery with their children and grandchildren, among the group on the “Maccullom" which left for Casco Bay (Portland), Maine. They sailed to Casco Bay (then Corke, now Portland, MN) between September 22-29. They helped establish “the new Irish Settlement" with Rev. James Woodside of Garvagh, of the Bann Valley, Northern Ireland (about 4 miles SSW of Aghadowey). See Cyprian Southack's 1720 map of Merrymeeting Bay, the place called Cathance, which in 1910 was called Bowdoinham (Bolton). Among others aboard the ship MacCullom were: (?) Caldwell, James Steel, David Steel, and (?) McNutt. It is quite possible that one of these "Mr. Steels" became the husband of Margaret, the daughter of William's brother, Robert.
The Irish ships must have brought immigrants rapidly, for Southack's map of Maine, published in London in 1720, states that already five hundred had arrived, or about one hundred families. The Boston News-Letter for August 17-24, 1719, prints an item from Piscataqua, Maine, dated August 21st, to the effect that Philip Bass had arrived at the Kennebec River from Londonderry with about two hundred passengers. Many of these must have been friends of those who came in the Maccallum (McCollum), one year earlier.
With the coming of militant Indians the colonists fled, some to the Londonderry, New Hampshire, or to Worcester, and many to Pennsylvania, leaving few traces of their sojourn in Maine. William and Mary and family lived in the Merrymeeting Bay area of Maine for about two years, then removed to Hopkinton, Massachusetts, 1720-1722, following drastic events in conflict with native Indians.
William and Mary and family settled in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, just west of Boston, in about 1720. On September 2, 1724, William Montgomery was one of fourteen who, with Pastor Rev. Samuel Barrett, established the First Congregational Church at Hopkinton, MA. In 1728, Rev. Samuel Barrett officiated the wedding of William's daughter, Abigail, to John Harper in (Christ Church) First Congregational Church of Hopkinton, MA. And then came "trouble" for the Scotch Presbyterian-oriented members of the young First Congregational Church in 1732 . . . see notes for William's son, James Montgomery.
In the Spring of 1719, some of the emigrants aboard the ship "Robert", including Rev. James MacGregor and his followers to include Rev. Cornwall, received Deed to land about 30 miles north of Boston. The deed was given to Captain David Cargill (father of William's brother Hugh Montgomery's wife, Jean) and over a hundred others. Together, they founded the town of Nutfield at that location. Later they changed the town name to Londonderry. Today, it is called Derry, NH. They settled in this area under the leadership of the Reverend James MacGregor, their Pastor in Aghadowey. The deed was dated Oct. 20, 1719. They named this land, "Nutfield". Rev. MacGregor settled in Londonderry, NH and died there Mar. 5, 1729. Rev. MacGregor was married to Marion Cargill. William's brother, Hugh Montgomery had the Rev. MacGregor as his pastor and was married to Jean Cargill. Jean, Mary (McMurphy) and Marion (MacGregor) Cargill were sisters.
SOURCES:
Jennifer Robinson Line
Records of Londonderry, N.H., vols. 1-3 Manchester Historical Society Collections, vols. 5-7, 1908-1914
Cemetery Records, Londonderry, NH
Archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hugh Montgomery, Sr.'s Will, (copy)
“History of Londonderry, N.H.”, by Edward L. Parker, 1851
"History of Middlesex County, MA, Hopkinton", by Samuel Adams Drake
“The Cargill Family in America”, 1910, Luella A. Owen, comp., 49 pgs
“Ulster Emigration to Colonial America, 1718-1775", by R.J. Dickson, appendix C
For 1718, the ships “McCullom”, “Dolphin" (at 70 tons) and “Mary & Elizabeth”, at 45 tons:
“Scotch-Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America”, by Charles Knowles Bolton, Boston, 1910
“Willey's Book of Nutfield”, by George F. Willey, 1895
John McCutcheon <johnmcc@northlink.net>
The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe, by Raymond Campbell Paterson
Manual of the First Congregational Church, Hopkinton, Mass, Organized Sept. 2, 1724, with Historical Sketch, Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1881
The 1718 Migration / The Ulster Background to Migration, by Dr. Linde Lunney, Royal Irish Academy, at: http://www.1718migration.org.uk/s_twoFamilies.asp
OTHER SOURCES, by Danny McMurphy;
(1) The original petition, on parchment paper, still exists at the Historical Society of New Hampshire in Concord, New Hampshire.
2) Various references show this date as being July, 4 August 1718, 14 August 1718, or 14 October 1718. It is probable that the five ships did not arrive simultaneously.
(3) One of the ships (the Robert) was sent to Casco Bay in Maine and quarantined for the entire winter because of smallpox. (Rev. James MacGregor was the pastor heading this group that sailed for Casco Bay, ME)
(4) The Scotch-Irish were Presbyterians and brought ministers with them to Massachusetts. Besides the Reverend William Boyd were the later-arriving Reverend James McGregor, Reverend Cornwell, Reverend Holmes, Reverend Woodside and others.
General Notes: Child - Robert Montgomery
John and Isabella had 3 sons named William, Hugh, and Robert. This means that Hugh Montgomery, (1689- 1767) had father named Robert, and two uncles, named Hugh, and William. This does show one thing, that these 3 names do absolutely run in the family. It would not be unusual for Robert to follow his father John's naming pattern for his own sons, when he started his own family.
So, there they were at the beginning, in Ireland, before they left, the Montgomery brothers, all part of same group which would go to the new world . . .
Excerpt From: The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe, by Raymond Campbell Paterson
The Real Cause of the Emigration:
"The Ulster Presbyterians had endured, and survived, past waves of religious discrimination, and would most likely have continued to thrive in the face of official hostility. But in the early years of the new century they were faced with an additional challenge, one that threatened the whole basis of their economic existence in Ireland. By 1710, most of the farm leases granted to the settlers in the 1690’s had expired. New leases were withheld until the tenants agreed to pay greatly increased rents, which many could simply not afford to do. Rather than submit to these new conditions, whole communities, led by their ministers, began to take ship for the Americas. A new exodus was about to begin.
In 1719, the year after the first great wave moved west, Archbishop William King wrote an account of the migration from Ulster, pinpointing the real source of the upheaval:
“Some would insinuate that this in some measure is due to the uneasiness dissenters have in the matter of religion. But this is plainly a mistake, for dissenters were never more easy as to that matter than they had been since the Revolution [of 1688] and are at present, and yet never thought of leaving the kingdom till oppressed by the excessive rents and other temporal hardships. Nor do any dissenters leave us, but proportionally of all sorts, except Papists.
The truth is this: after the Revolution, most of the kingdom was waste, and abandoned of people destroyed in the war. The landlords, therefore, were glad to get tenants at any rate and let their lands at very easy rents. They invited abundance of people to come over here, especially from Scotland, and they lived here very happily ever since. But now their leases are expired, and they are obliged not only to give what they paid before the Revolution, but in most places double and in many places treble, so that it is impossible for people to live or subsist on their farms.”
In the Spring of 1718, a body of Scotch- Irish from Northern Ireland sent a petition, signed by 319 representative men on 26 March 1718(1), to Governor Shiite of Massachusetts Bay in the New World requesting land for settlement. The Rev. William Boyd was dispatched from Ulster to Boston, with the petition, as an agent of the Scotch-Irish to express their desire for settlement in New England.
The petition read as follows:
"We whose names are underwritten, Inhabitants of ye North of Ireland, Doe in our own names, and in the names of many others, our Neighbors, Gentlemen, Ministers, Farmers, and Tradesmen, Commissionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved friend, the Reverend Mr. William Boyd, of Macasky, to His Excellency, the Right Honorable Collonel Samuel Suitte, Governour of New England, and to assure His Excellency of our sincere and hearty Inclination to Transport ourselves to that very excellant and renowned Plantation upon our obtaining from His Excellency suitable incouragement. And further to act and Doe in our Names as his prudence shall direct. Given under our hands this 26th day of March, Anno Dom. 1718."
Governor Shute was in the third year of his administration of the colony. He was an old soldier of King William, a Lieutenant- Colonel under Marlborough in the Queen Anne wars and had been wounded in one of the great battles in Flanders.
There was much to be done by a family before removal to America. A supply of food, clothing and bedding was necessary and the household goods had to be packed for the long voyage. The land, farm animals and the heavier tools must be sold. These were busy days and the partings must have been hard on all, unless friends hoped to follow soon or be along on the same journey. In leaving their Churches the emigrants did not fail to procure testimonials of good standing to be used in forming fresh religious ties in New England. (Bolton)
The Irish ships began arriving in America in July, 1718. William and his brothers, Hugh and Robert, sons of Robert Montgomery, grandsons of John and Isabella Montgomery of Aghadowey, Ireland, were aboard some of the five ships which sailed into the little warf at the foot of State Street in Boston, among one-hundred and twenty Scotch-Irish families from Northern Ireland.
Ships recorded as arriving from Ireland in 1718, as recorded in the “News-Letter” newspaper in Boston, include:
Week of July 21- 28 - The “William & Mary”, James Montgomery, Master. (Aboard was the Reverend William Boyd of Macosquin, with “news of many families coming”.)
Week of July 28- Aug 4 - The “(unnamed ship)”, John Wilson, Master, with “200 souls aboard”
August 4 - The Brigantine “Robert”, James Ferguson, Master, including Rev. James MacGregor, Hugh Montgomery, Sr. and many others
August 4 - The “William”, Archibald Hunter, Master, from Coleraine
August 4 - The “Mary Anne”, Andrew Watt, Master, from Dublin
September 1 - The “Maccullom- (McCullom), James Law, Master, from Londonderry with “20 odd families - and linen
September 1 - The “William”, the “Elizabeth- with passengers and provisions, the “Mary and Elizabeth- at 45 tons with 100 passengers and linen (R.J. Dickson, 1966), and the “Dove"- at 70 tons
September 4 - The “Pink Dolphin”, John Mackay, Master, from Dublin
Boston was a town of approximately 12,000 people at this time. Many of the families were natives of Scotland whose heads had passed over into Ulster during the short reign of James II. Several of these families were well off, including the Cargills, who had cousins Jean (Hugh Montgomery) and Mary (John McMurphy) arriving on the ships. These families, or their fathers and neighbors, had felt the edge of the sword of Graham of Claverhouse in Argyleshire, Scotland (Scotch- Irish Society, 1889).
Others in the body were the descendents of those who had participated in the original colonization of Ulster dating from 1610. Still others included descendents of those Scotchmen and Englishmen that Cromwell transplanted at the middle of the century to replace those wasted by his own sword. A few native Irish families were also mingled in. They were escaping the economic and religious oppression there and the fear of their lives from the warring religious factions.
One motive of Massachusetts in providing settlement lands to the Scotch- Irish was to have them settle on the frontiers (in Maine, among others) as a living shield against the French and the Indians. The motive of the Ulstermen in coming to New England was to be free to worship as they saw fit and to establish homes and commercial activities with less government control and ownership of the land.
The Scotch-Irish emigrants were offended at being called 'Irish' because they had frequently ventured their lives for the British Crown against the Irish Papists(4). The people in New England did not understand the distinction and it was some time before they were treated with common decency. Inter- marriage among the Scotch- Irish families was very common for the first few generations because of the ill- treatment that they received from established settlers.
(Jennifer Robinson Line)
Robert Montgomery and wife, Mary McCollum, had more than the one son, Hugh, Sr. (Robert probably named his son, Hugh, after Mary's father, Hugh McCollum). It would also be quite customary if he had named a son after himself--"Robert".
Londonderry, N.H. town records mention a Robert Montgomery who arrived about 1720, possibly Hugh, Sr.'s brother. This Robert had 4 children: sons, Hugh and Robert, and daughters, Martha and Margaret. Margaret married a Mr. Steel. All are mentioned by Robert in his will.
Also in town records:
On Oct. 24, 1762, Hugh Montgomery, Jr., yeoman, "buys land of Robert Montgomery, husbandman," (bk. 86, pg. 162). In 1765, Hugh, Jr. buys land again from this same Robert, (bk. 86, pg. 162), (supposed to have been Hugh, Jr.'s father's brother, Robert). In 1765, Robert was no doubt in advanced yrs., and may have been near death at the time. It was common practice to sell property to a close relative, instead of putting it in a will. Hugh Montgomery III's grandson, Chester Montgomery, wrote a long letter, dated May 5, 1890, (at advanced age of 81 yrs.) stating, "............... and if I was correctly informed in my childhood by my father, my grandfather, Hugh, came with 2 brothers and a small colony from Ireland". (This is actually a reference to Chester's great-great grandfather, Hugh, from Ireland in 1718).
SOURCES;
Records of Londonderry, N.H., vols. 1-3
(Manchester Historical Society Collections), vols. 5-7, 1908-1914.
Edward L. Parker, History of Londonderry, N.H., 1851.
Luella A. Owen, comp., "The Cargill Familly in America, 1910, 49 pgs.
George F. Willey, Willey's Book of Nutfield, 1895.
Cemetery Records, Londonderry, N.H.
Archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hugh Montgomery,Sr.'s will, ( copy).
The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe, by Raymond Campbell Paterson
General Notes: Child - Hugh Montgomery
John and Isabella had 3 sons named William, Hugh, and Robert. This means that Hugh Montgomery, (1689- 1767) had father named Robert, and two uncles, named Hugh, and William. This does show one thing, that these 3 names do absolutely run in the family. It would not be unusual for Robert to follow his father John's naming pattern for his own sons, when he started his own family.
So, there they were at the beginning, in Ireland, before they left, the Montgomery brothers, all part of same group which would go to the new world . . .
Excerpt From: The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe, by Raymond Campbell Paterson
The Real Cause of the Emigration:
"The Ulster Presbyterians had endured, and survived, past waves of religious discrimination, and would most likely have continued to thrive in the face of official hostility. But in the early years of the new century they were faced with an additional challenge, one that threatened the whole basis of their economic existence in Ireland. By 1710, most of the farm leases granted to the settlers in the 1690’s had expired. New leases were withheld until the tenants agreed to pay greatly increased rents, which many could simply not afford to do. Rather than submit to these new conditions, whole communities, led by their ministers, began to take ship for the Americas. A new exodus was about to begin.
In 1719, the year after the first great wave moved west, Archbishop William King wrote an account of the migration from Ulster, pinpointing the real source of the upheaval:
“Some would insinuate that this in some measure is due to the uneasiness dissenters have in the matter of religion. But this is plainly a mistake, for dissenters were never more easy as to that matter than they had been since the Revolution [of 1688] and are at present, and yet never thought of leaving the kingdom till oppressed by the excessive rents and other temporal hardships. Nor do any dissenters leave us, but proportionally of all sorts, except Papists.
The truth is this: after the Revolution, most of the kingdom was waste, and abandoned of people destroyed in the war. The landlords, therefore, were glad to get tenants at any rate and let their lands at very easy rents. They invited abundance of people to come over here, especially from Scotland, and they lived here very happily ever since. But now their leases are expired, and they are obliged not only to give what they paid before the Revolution, but in most places double and in many places treble, so that it is impossible for people to live or subsist on their farms.”
In the Spring of 1718, a body of Scotch- Irish from Northern Ireland sent a petition, signed by 319 representative men on 26 March 1718(1), to Governor Shiite of Massachusetts Bay in the New World requesting land for settlement. The Rev. William Boyd was dispatched from Ulster to Boston, with the petition, as an agent of the Scotch-Irish to express their desire for settlement in New England.
The petition read as follows:
"We whose names are underwritten, Inhabitants of ye North of Ireland, Doe in our own names, and in the names of many others, our Neighbors, Gentlemen, Ministers, Farmers, and Tradesmen, Commissionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved friend, the Reverend Mr. William Boyd, of Macasky, to His Excellency, the Right Honorable Collonel Samuel Suitte, Governour of New England, and to assure His Excellency of our sincere and hearty Inclination to Transport ourselves to that very excellant and renowned Plantation upon our obtaining from His Excellency suitable incouragement. And further to act and Doe in our Names as his prudence shall direct. Given under our hands this 26th day of March, Anno Dom. 1718."
Governor Shute was in the third year of his administration of the colony. He was an old soldier of King William, a Lieutenant- Colonel under Marlborough in the Queen Anne wars and had been wounded in one of the great battles in Flanders.
There was much to be done by a family before removal to America. A supply of food, clothing and bedding was necessary and the household goods had to be packed for the long voyage. The land, farm animals and the heavier tools must be sold. These were busy days and the partings must have been hard on all, unless friends hoped to follow soon or be along on the same journey. In leaving their Churches the emigrants did not fail to procure testimonials of good standing to be used in forming fresh religious ties in New England. (Bolton)
The Irish ships began arriving in America in July, 1718. William and his brothers, Hugh and Robert, sons of Robert Montgomery, grandsons of John and Isabella Montgomery of Aghadowey, Ireland, were aboard some of the five ships which sailed into the little warf at the foot of State Street in Boston, among one-hundred and twenty Scotch-Irish families from Northern Ireland.
Ships recorded as arriving from Ireland in 1718, as recorded in the “News-Letter” newspaper in Boston, include:
Week of July 21- 28 - The “William & Mary”, James Montgomery, Master. (Aboard was the Reverend William Boyd of Macosquin, with “news of many families coming”.)
Week of July 28- Aug 4 - The “(unnamed ship)”, John Wilson, Master, with “200 souls aboard”
August 4 - The Brigantine “Robert”, James Ferguson, Master, including Rev. James MacGregor, Hugh Montgomery, Sr. and many others
August 4 - The “William”, Archibald Hunter, Master, from Coleraine
August 4 - The “Mary Anne”, Andrew Watt, Master, from Dublin
September 1 - The “Maccullom- (McCullom), James Law, Master, from Londonderry with “20 odd families - and linen
September 1 - The “William”, the “Elizabeth- with passengers and provisions, the “Mary and Elizabeth- at 45 tons with 100 passengers and linen (R.J. Dickson, 1966), and the “Dove"- at 70 tons
September 4 - The “Pink Dolphin”, John Mackay, Master, from Dublin
Boston was a town of approximately 12,000 people at this time. Many of the families were natives of Scotland whose heads had passed over into Ulster during the short reign of James II. Several of these families were well off, including the Cargills, who had cousins Jean (Hugh Montgomery) and Mary (John McMurphy) arriving on the ships. These families, or their fathers and neighbors, had felt the edge of the sword of Graham of Claverhouse in Argyleshire, Scotland (Scotch- Irish Society, 1889).
Others in the body were the descendents of those who had participated in the original colonization of Ulster dating from 1610. Still others included descendents of those Scotchmen and Englishmen that Cromwell transplanted at the middle of the century to replace those wasted by his own sword. A few native Irish families were also mingled in. They were escaping the economic and religious oppression there and the fear of their lives from the warring religious factions.
One motive of Massachusetts in providing settlement lands to the Scotch- Irish was to have them settle on the frontiers (in Maine, among others) as a living shield against the French and the Indians. The motive of the Ulstermen in coming to New England was to be free to worship as they saw fit and to establish homes and commercial activities with less government control and ownership of the land.
The Scotch-Irish emigrants were offended at being called 'Irish' because they had frequently ventured their lives for the British Crown against the Irish Papists(4). The people in New England did not understand the distinction and it was some time before they were treated with common decency. Inter- marriage among the Scotch- Irish families was very common for the first few generations because of the ill- treatment that they received from established settlers.
(Jennifer Robinson Line)
HUGH MONTGOMERY, SR.:
"During the spring of the year 1715, Hugh Montgomery, the same Hugh who came to New England, was paying his court to Miss Jane (Jean) Cargill, whose sisters, Mrs. McGregor of Aghadowey, Mrs. Gregg of Macosquin, and Mrs. McKeen of Ballymoney (assuming that they all were married at this time) formed an influential family circle. Perhaps Hugh found some difficulty in getting within this circle. At any rate, he and Miss Jane got beyond the circle's outer bound and found themselves in far off Ballymena. There they were married on the 22d of May, not by a minister but by the faith's arch enemy Robert Donald, "curate of Bellymenoch." All of which is sworn to by John Freeland and William Hodge, as if Mr. Donald's certificate was not evidence enough. The records state that Hugh "acknowledgth the disorder of his marriage & professeth his sorrow for it," glad we may be sure that this confession was permitted to be made before the Session instead of to the Congregation." C.N.B.
Hugh Montgomery, Sr., arrived in Boston, MA, Aug. 4, 1718. He and his wife, Jean Cargill, her father, Capt. David Cargill, with wife Janet Smith, and the Cargill family of two sons, seven daughters, five sons-in law, and all their children, traveled together. They were aboard the brigantine, "Robert", with James Ferguson, Master. They had left Ulster three months earlier, in an expedition of five ships, with a total of 120 families. After arriving in Boston, they broke up into several groups.
The "Robert" sailed to Casco Bay, became lodged in the ice, and all aboard spent an entire winter, in most deplorable conditions. In the Spring, they received deed to land about 30 miles north of Boston. They named this land, "Nutfield". The deed was dated Oct. 20, 1719. The deed was given to Capt. Cargill, and over a hundred others. Later, they changed the name to Londonderry. Today, it is called Derry, N.H.
Hugh Montgomery, Sr. was in this group. He lived the rest of his life in Nutfield / Londonderry, N.H. Both he and his wife died there and were buried there, near their home.
Four of their children were born there: Mary, Elizabeth, Hugh, Jr., and David. David was sole executor of Hugh, Sr's will. In his will, Hugh, Sr. also mentions a " well-beloved granddaughter, Jean Orr". Obviously, he had another daughter, not named in his will. This will was written, witnessed, and sealed on May, 6, 1766, in Londonderry, N.H. He died there in 1767, and the will was probated 1768. All in Londonderry, N.H. Town Records.
From 1720 through to the time of his death in 1767, are numerous records of his activities. As an example: In 1733, Hugh Montgomery, Gentleman and Jean, his wife, transfer land, (bk. 42,page 441).
In 1755, Hugh sells for 500 lbs. to his son, " David Montgomery, Husbandman", one half of his home lot., (bk. 64, Pg.206). In 1766, (bk. 82, pg. 493) Hugh and Jean, his wife, together with son, David, and wife, Jean, sell land.
Also in town records:
On Oct. 24, 1762, Hugh Montgomery, Jr., yeoman, "buys land of Robert Montgomery, husbandman," (bk. 86, pg. 162). In 1765, Hugh, Jr. buys land again from this same Robert, (bk. 86, pg. 162), (supposed to have been Hugh, Jr.'s father's brother, Robert).
In 1765, Robert was no doubt in advanced yrs., and may have been near death at the time. It was common practice to sell property to a close relative, instead of putting it in a will. Hugh Montgomery III's grandson, Chester Montgomery, wrote a long letter dated May 5, 1890, (at advanced age of 81 yrs.) stating "............... and if I was correctly informed in my childhood by my father, my grandfather, Hugh, came with 2 brothers and a small colony from Ireland". This is actually a reference to Chester's great- great grandfather, Hugh, from Ireland in 1718).
SOURCES:
Jennifer Robinson Line
Records of Londonderry, N.H., vols. 1-3 Manchester Historical Society Collections, vols. 5-7, 1908-1914
Cemetery Records, Londonderry, N.H.
Archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hugh Montgomery, Sr.'s Will, (copy)
“History of Londonderry, N.H.”, by Edward L. Parker, 1851
"History of Middlesex County, MA, Hopkinton", by Samuel Adams Drake
“The Cargill Family in America”, 1910, Luella A. Owen, comp., 49 pgs
“Ulster Emigration to Colonial America, 1718-1775", by R.J. Dickson, appendix C
For 1718, the ships “McCullom”, “Dolphin" (at 70 tons) and “Mary & Elizabeth”, at 45 tons:
“Scotch-Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America”, by Charles Knowles Bolton, Boston, 1910
“Willey's Book of Nutfield”, by George F. Willey, 1895
John McCutcheon <johnmcc@northlink.net>
The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe, by Raymond Campbell Paterson
Manual of the First Congregatinal Church, Hopkinton, Mass, Organized Sept. 2, 1724, with Historical Sketch, Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1881
The 1718 Migration / The Ulster Background to Migration, by Dr. Linde Lunney, Royal Irish Academy, at: http://www.1718migration.org.uk/s_twoFamilies.asp
OTHER SOURCES, by Danny McMurphy;
(1) The original petition, on parchment paper, still exists at the Historical Society of New Hampshire in Concord, New Hampshire.
(2) Various references show this date as being July, 4 August 1718, 14 August 1718, or 14 October 1718. It is probable that the five ships did not arrive simultaneously.
(3) One of the ships (the Robert) was sent to Casco Bay in Maine and quarantined for the entire winter because of smallpox. (Rev. James MacGregor was the pastor heading this group that sailed for Casco Bay, ME)
(4) The Scotch-Irish were Presbyterians and brought ministers with them to Massachusetts. Besides the Reverend William Boyd were the later-arriving Reverend James McGregor, Reverend Cornwell, Reverend Holmes, Reverend Woodside and others.
Husband Hugh Quigley
Born: 1857 - County Monaghan, Ireland Source - 1871 Census
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Mother: Mary
Marriage: 1882 - Northern County Durham, England
Wife Margaret McCullouck
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1 M James Quigley
Born: January 1884
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Died: July 7, 1885
Buried: July 9, 1885 - Blackhill Cemetery, Section C, Grave #330A, Durham, England
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Wife Charlotte McCullough
Born: December 24, 1916
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Died: January 3, 1983
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Father: Floyd McCullough
Mother: Geneva May Grantham
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Wife Dorothy McCullough
Born: August 7, 1918
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Father: Floyd McCullough
Mother: Geneva May Grantham
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Husband John Pleasant Shaw Nash 19 20
Born: May 11, 1841 - Henry Co., GA.
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Died: May 15, 1924 - Henry Co., GA. 21
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Father: Thompson Edward Nash Reverend 19 20
Mother: Elizabeth Shaw 19 20
Marriage: December 31, 1868 - Clayton Co., Georgia
Other Spouse: Nesbitt 19 20
Noted events in his life were:
1. Unknown 22, CSA - Georgia
2. Unknown 22, CSA - Georgia
Wife Mary Jane McCullough 19 20
Born: August 30, 1850 - Georgia
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Died: December 28, 1928 - Georgia
Buried: - County Line Cong. Christian Ch. Cem., Henry Co., GA.
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1 M Oscar Nash 19 20
Born: April 20, 1872 - Georgia
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Died: October 12, 1873 - Georgia
Buried: - Co.Line Cong.Christian Ch. Cem., Henry Co., GA.
2 M John Quincy Nash 19 20
Born: January 16, 1875 - Georgia
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Died: February 1, 1956 - Georgia
Buried: - County Line Cong. Christian Church Cem., Henry Co., GA.
3 F Minnie Nash 19 20
Born: June 19, 1876 - Georgia
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Died: April 5, 1962 - Georgia
Buried: - Co.Line Cong.Christian Church Cem., Henry Co., GA.
4 M Emmett Nash 19 20
Born: July 13, 1879 - Georgia
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Died: July 5, 1881 - Georgia
Buried: - Co.Line Cong.Christian Ch. Cem., Henry Co., GA.
5 F Carrie Byrd Nash 19 20
Born: November 7, 1885 - Georgia
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Died: May 31, 1954 - Georgia
Buried: - Co.Line Cong.Christian Ch. Cem, Henry Co., GA.
6 M John Pleasant Walter Nash 19 20
Born: February 13, 1882
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Died: December 2, 1897
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7 M Carl Lemuel Nash 19 20
Born: September 23, 1889 - Georgia
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Died: November 30, 1937 - Georgia
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8 M Elihu Nash 19 20
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9 F Pearle Gertrude Nash 19 20
Born: July 10, 1888 - Georgia
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Died: June 6, 1957 - Georgia
Buried: - Co.Line Cong. Christian Ch. Cem., Henry Co., GA.
10 F Sarah Victoria Nash 19 20
Born: December 27, 1869 - Georgia
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Died: July 19, 1886 - Georgia
Buried: - Co.Line Cong.Christian Ch., Henry Co., GA.
General Notes: Child - John Quincy Nash
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John Quincy Nash:
Georgia Military Academy,College Park,Ga.
Corps of Instructors, 1910-1911.
Commanding Officer,Lieut-Col. National Guard of Ga. (Math).
Commandant Riverside Academy two years.
Commandant Kentucky Military Institute three years.
Commandant Georgia Military Academy six years.
Georgia Military Academy,College Park,Fulton Co.,Ga.Information courtesy of Mr.Paul Stockhammer,Dean of Alumni Affairs,Woodward Academy 1979. Inquiry-Lida Nash Neisler
John Quincy Nash:
Georgia Military Academy,College Park,Ga.
CorpsofInstructors, 1910-1911.
Commanding Officer,Lieut-Col. National Guard of Ga. (Math).
Commandant Riverside Academy two years.
Commandant Kentucky Military Institute three years.
Commandant Georgia Military Academy six years.
General Notes: Child - Elihu Nash
Husband Archibald McCurdy
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Mother: McMurphy
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Husband Daniel McCurdy
Born: 1648 - Isle Of Bute, Bute, Scotland
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Marriage: 1666 - Antrim, Northern Ireland
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1 F Janet Susan McCurdy
Born: 1682 - Gendermoth, Derry, Ireland
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Marr: 1703 - Ireland
General Notes: Child - Janet Susan McCurdy
Immigration: BET 1718 AND 1722 Merrymeeting Bay, Brunswick, Cumberland,ME
Husband Thomas Storey
Born: April 21, 1848
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Wife Elizabeth McCurdy
Born: August 18, 1849
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Died: September 24, 1929
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1 F Mary S. Storey 23
Born: July 22, 1879 - Acton, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada
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Died: May 8, 1970 - Hartney, Manitoba, Canada
Buried: - Hartney Riverside Cemetery, Hartney, Manitoba, Canada 24
Spouse: Neil Keith Agnew 23 25
Marr: January 18, 1905 - Acton, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada
Husband John McCurdy 26
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Wife Rachel Tupper 26
Born: April 25, 1810 - Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada, UK
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Died: December 21, 1868
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Father: Samuel Tupper 26
Mother: Rachel Dunlap
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Husband John K. McCurdy 26
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Wife Mary Alice Tupper 26
Born: 1831 - Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada, UK
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Mother: Elizabeth Newcomb 26
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Husband Robert McCurdy 26
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Wife Susan Tupper 26
Born: 1833 - Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada, UK
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Mother: Elizabeth Newcomb 26
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Husband William McCurdy
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Wife Hilda Rose Myers
Born: June 7, 1930 - Head Of Jeddore, NS
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Died: September 15, 1983
Buried: - Middleton United Church Cemetery
Father: John B. Myers
Mother: Mildred Melinda Alice Blakeney
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Husband Jake McCurry 27
Born: August 14, 1886 - Elk City, Cloud, Kansas, United States
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Died: April 5, 1982 - Morris, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
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Father: Thomas C. McCurry 27
Mother: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
Father: Thomas W. McCurry 27
Mother: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
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Wife Margaret Isabel Wright 27
Born: July 22, 1869 - Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
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Died: November 28, 1935 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Father: Samuel Joseph Wright 27
Mother: Frances Allred 27
Other Spouse: Thomas C. McCurry 27 - March 13, 1885 - Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Other Spouse: Thomas W. McCurry 27
Children
General Notes: Husband - Jake McCurry
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Married on 13 Mar 1885
Married at Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Husband Rolla Charles E. Payne 27
Born: August 23, 1892 - Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States
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Died: October 1968 - Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States
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Father: Charles T. Payne 27
Mother: Della Wolfley 27
Marriage: December 28, 1921 - Kansas, United States
Wife Leona McCurry 27
Born: May 4, 1897 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Died: November 26, 1968 - Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States
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Father: Thomas C. McCurry 27
Mother: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
Father: Thomas W. McCurry 27
Mother: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
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1 M Jon Virgil Payne 27
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2 F Jackie Payne 27
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3 F Martha Payne 27
Born: 1913 - Kansas, United States
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4 F Nettie A. Payne 27
Born: 1919 - Kansas, United States
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5 F Madelyn Lee Payne 27
Born: October 26, 1922 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA
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Died: November 3, 2008 - Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Spouse: Stanley Armour Dunham 27
Marr: May 5, 1940
6 F Arlene Nettie Payne 27
Born: 1926 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
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Married on 28 Dec 1921
Married at Kansas, United States
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General Notes: Child - Madelyn Lee Payne
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Husband Thomas C. McCurry 27
Born: January 19, 1850 - Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
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Died: July 19, 1939 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Father: Harbin Wilburn McCurry 27
Mother: Elizabeth Edna Creekmore 27
Marriage: March 13, 1885 - Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Wife Margaret Isabel Wright 27
Born: July 22, 1869 - Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
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Died: November 28, 1935 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Father: Samuel Joseph Wright 27
Mother: Frances Allred 27
Other Spouse: Jake McCurry 27
Other Spouse: Thomas W. McCurry 27
Children
1 M Frank Wright 27
Born: December 1876 - Arkansas, United States
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2 M Thomas W. McCurry 27
Born: January 12, 1890 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Died: March 14, 1977 - Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
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Spouse: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
3 F Dora E. McCurry 27
Born: 1880 - Kansas, United States
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4 M Jake McCurry 27
Born: August 14, 1886 - Elk City, Cloud, Kansas, United States
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Died: April 5, 1982 - Morris, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
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Spouse: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
5 M Thomas Wilburn McCurry 27
Born: January 10, 1889 - Barlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
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Died: January 29, 1980 - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
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6 M Franklin McCurry 27
Born: January 7, 1894 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Died: July 23, 1973 - Houston, Texas, United States
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7 M John R. McCurry 27
Born: March 11, 1897 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Died: May 7, 1984 - Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
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8 F Leona McCurry 27
Born: May 4, 1897 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Died: November 26, 1968 - Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States
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Spouse: Rolla Charles E. Payne 27
Marr: December 28, 1921 - Kansas, United States
9 F Ruth McCurry 27
Born: July 12, 1899 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Died: February 7, 1992
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Married on 13 Mar 1885
Married at Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
General Notes: Child - Frank Wright
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General Notes: Child - Thomas Wilburn McCurry
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General Notes: Child - Franklin McCurry
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General Notes: Child - John R. McCurry
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Married on 28 Dec 1921
Married at Kansas, United States
General Notes: Child - Ruth McCurry
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Husband Thomas W. McCurry 27
Born: January 12, 1890 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
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Died: March 14, 1977 - Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Buried:
Father: Thomas C. McCurry 27
Mother: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
Marriage:
Wife Margaret Isabel Wright 27
Born: July 22, 1869 - Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Baptized:
Died: November 28, 1935 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Buried:
Father: Samuel Joseph Wright 27
Mother: Frances Allred 27
Other Spouse: Thomas C. McCurry 27 - March 13, 1885 - Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Other Spouse: Jake McCurry 27
Children
1 M Jake McCurry 27
Born: August 14, 1886 - Elk City, Cloud, Kansas, United States
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Died: April 5, 1982 - Morris, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Buried:
Spouse: Margaret Isabel Wright 27
2 M Thomas Wilburn McCurry 27
Born: January 10, 1889 - Barlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
Baptized:
Died: January 29, 1980 - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Buried:
3 M Franklin McCurry 27
Born: January 7, 1894 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Baptized:
Died: July 23, 1973 - Houston, Texas, United States
Buried:
4 M John R. McCurry 27
Born: March 11, 1897 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Baptized:
Died: May 7, 1984 - Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Buried:
5 F Leona McCurry 27
Born: May 4, 1897 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Baptized:
Died: November 26, 1968 - Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States
Buried:
Spouse: Rolla Charles E. Payne 27
Marr: December 28, 1921 - Kansas, United States
General Notes: Husband - Thomas W. McCurry
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Married on 13 Mar 1885
Married at Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
General Notes: Child - Jake McCurry
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General Notes: Child - Thomas Wilburn McCurry
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General Notes: Child - Franklin McCurry
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General Notes: Child - John R. McCurry
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General Notes: Child - Leona McCurry
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Married on 28 Dec 1921
Married at Kansas, United States
Husband Carl Logan Powers
Born: 1916 - New Garden, Crawford County, Ohio, USA
Baptized:
Died:
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Father: Orlando Ray Powers
Mother: Estella Stella Martha Hoffmire
Marriage: 1935 - New Garden, Crawford County, Ohio, USA
Wife Luella McCutcheon
Born: 1919 - New Garden, Crawford County, Ohio, USA
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Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Carl Logan Powers
info-K.Coller 1996
General Notes: Wife - Luella McCutcheon
/Powers/
was in info-K.Coller 1996
Husband Charles S. Tapley Third
Born:
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Father: Jr. Charles S. Tapley 28
Mother: Clara Babcock
Marriage:
Wife Madeline McDade
Born:
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Children
1 M Danny Tapley
Born:
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Spouse: Janet Obrien
Spouse: Valerie Boyer
2 M Philip Tapley
Born:
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Spouse: Brenda Obrikis
Spouse: Nancy Nelson
Husband
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Wife Abigail McDaniel 29
Born:
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Died:
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Father: Robert McDaniel 29
Mother: Nancy Keniston 29
Children
Death Notes: Wife - Abigail McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Wife - Abigail McDaniel
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Wife Elinor McDaniel 29
Born:
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Died: December 28, 1831 - New Hampshire
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Father: Nehemiah McDaniel 29
Mother:
Children
General Notes: Wife - Elinor McDaniel
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Husband Samuel J. Renner
Born: October 15, 1872 - Greene Twp, Jay Co, IN
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Died: January 3, 1931 - Jay Co., Portland, IN
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem., Bryant, IN
Father: Abraham Renner
Mother: Elizabeth Walker
Marriage: October 24, 1896 - Jay County, IN
Wife Elizabeth Sonora McDaniel
Born: October 7, 1880 - Marion Co., Indiana
Baptized:
Died: September 25, 1947 - Portland, IN
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem., Bryant, IN
Father: William J. McDaniel
Mother: Susan C. Ricks
Children
1 F Ruth Marie Renner
Born: March 17, 1897 - Jay County, IN
Baptized:
Died: October 1979 - Bluffton, IN
Buried:
Spouse: Edward Twigg
Marr: January 5, 1915 - Jay Co, IN
2 F Lelia Mildred Renner
Born: February 11, 1900 - Jay County, IN
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Died: June 6, 1987 - Portland, IN
Buried: - Green Park Cem.
Spouse: Floyd Stoker
Spouse: Ezra C. Poling
Marr: January 27, 1919
3 M Jacob Raymond Renner
Born: November 11, 1901 - Portland Or Geneva, IN
Baptized:
Died: June 15, 1948 - Ft. Wayne, IN
Buried: June 18, 1948 - Catholic Cem, Ft. Wayne, IN
Spouse: Isabella Ueber
Spouse: Nina Alberta Powell
4 F Margurite Renner
Born: July 5, 1903 - Bryant, IN
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Died: January 19, 1904 - Jay Co, Bryant, IN
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem, W. Of Bryant, IN
5 M Everett Lee Renner
Born: December 23, 1907 - Jay Co, IN
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Died: September 24, 1988 - St. Petersburg, FL
Buried:
Spouse: June Kathryn Lambert
Marr: August 6, 1933 - Toledo, OH
6 F Edith Irene Renner
Born: June 15, 1910 - Jay Co, IN
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Died: October 3, 1992 - Ft. Wayne, IN
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem., Bryant, IN
Spouse: John Wayman
Spouse: Donald E. Gibson
Marr: March 26, 1932
7 F Mary Jane Renner
Born:
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Spouse: Earl J. Kokes
Husband Robert H. Williams
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Wife Ethel M. McDaniel
Born:
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Father: Alexander A. McDaniel
Mother: Margaret Isenhart
Children
Husband Orlie McDaniel
Born:
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Died: November 11, 1917 - France
Buried:
Father: Lee McDaniel
Mother: Colista Jordan
Marriage:
Wife Eva McDaniel
Born:
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Husband James McDaniel
Born: 1820
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Died:
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Marriage: March 4, 1841 - Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Wife Emily Ann Meredith
Born: 1825 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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Died:
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Father: Andrew Meredith
Mother: Ruth Hunt
Children
General Notes: Husband - James McDaniel
fam hist-J.Beekman 1992 pg 75
General Notes: Wife - Emily Ann Meredith
/McDonald/
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Husband John C. McDaniel
Born: December 13, 1883 - Jay County, Portland, IN
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Died: November 24, 1955
Buried:
Father: William J. McDaniel
Mother: Susan C. Ricks
Marriage: January 16, 1902 - Jay County, IN
Other Spouse: Ethel C. Metzner - November 5, 1915 - Jay Co, IN
Wife Viola Timmonds
Born:
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Died: February 24, 1913
Buried:
Children
1 F Inez McDaniel
Born:
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Died:
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Spouse: Rufus Clay
2 M Stanley McDaniel
Born:
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Husband John C. McDaniel
Born: December 13, 1883 - Jay County, Portland, IN
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Died: November 24, 1955
Buried:
Father: William J. McDaniel
Mother: Susan C. Ricks
Marriage: November 5, 1915 - Jay Co, IN
Other Spouse: Viola Timmonds - January 16, 1902 - Jay County, IN
Wife Ethel C. Metzner
Born:
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1 M John McDaniel
Born:
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2 M Max M. McDaniel
Born:
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3 M Lee Allen McDaniel
Born:
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Spouse: Jean Smith
Spouse: Gwendolyn Martin Williamson
Husband Lee Allen McDaniel
Born:
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Died:
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Father: John C. McDaniel
Mother: Ethel C. Metzner
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Gwendolyn Martin Williamson
Wife Jean Smith
Born:
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Died:
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Children
Husband Lee Allen McDaniel
Born:
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Died:
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Father: John C. McDaniel
Mother: Ethel C. Metzner
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Jean Smith
Wife Gwendolyn Martin Williamson
Born:
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Children
Husband Nehemiah McDaniel 29
Born: 1715
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Died: April 15, 1799 - Pembroke, NH
Buried:
Marriage: - Rockingham Co., NH
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Children
1 M Robert McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
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2 F Elinor McDaniel 29
Born:
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Died: December 28, 1831 - New Hampshire
Buried:
3 M John McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
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Died:
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4 F Martha McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
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Died:
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5 F Jennie McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
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6 F Margaret McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
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7 F Mary McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
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Died:
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General Notes: Husband - Nehemiah McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Robert McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Robert McDaniel
Resided with his father in Pembroke, NH where he signed the Association Test in 1776. Children John, Robert, Sam and Thomas Curtis from personal notes from Griffin family records.
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General Notes: Child - Elinor McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - John McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - John McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Martha McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Martha McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Jennie McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Jennie McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Margaret McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Margaret McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Mary McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Mary McDaniel
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Husband Robert McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
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Father: Nehemiah McDaniel 29
Mother:
Marriage: July 2, 1829 - Northfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Wife
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Children
1 M Robert McDaniel 29
Born: 1779 - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died: May 22, 1861 - Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Buried: - McClary Cemetery, Epsom, NH.
Spouse: Nancy Keniston 29
2 M Nehemiah McDaniel 29
Born:
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3 F Sarah McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
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Died:
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4 F Martha McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
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5 F Abigail McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
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6 F Lydia McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
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7 F Susannah McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
8 M John McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
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9 M Samuel McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
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10 M Thomas Curtis McDaniel 29
Born: - New Hampshire
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Died:
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Death Notes: Husband - Robert McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Husband - Robert McDaniel
Resided with his father in Pembroke, NH where he signed the Association Test in 1776. Children John, Robert, Sam and Thomas Curtis from personal notes from Griffin family records.
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Notes: Marriage
Rev. William Patrick officiated
General Notes: Child - Robert McDaniel
Funeral by Rev. Moses Quimby
1801 Robert & Nancy McDaniel received a warning out of town. Dock # 19665
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Death Notes: Child - Nehemiah McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Nehemiah McDaniel
Removed to Northfield where he was residing by 1805. Two of three sons resided in Canterbury, NH
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Death Notes: Child - Sarah McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Sarah McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Martha McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Martha McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Abigail McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Abigail McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Lydia McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Lydia McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Susannah McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Susannah McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - John McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - John McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Samuel McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Samuel McDaniel
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Death Notes: Child - Thomas Curtis McDaniel
Y
General Notes: Child - Thomas Curtis McDaniel
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Husband Robert C. McDaniel
Born: - Milton, Strafford, NH
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Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
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2. Census
3. Census
4. Census
5. Occupation
6. Occupation
7. Occupation
Wife Mary K. Young
Born: - Milton, Strafford, NH
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Died:
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Noted events in her life were:
1. Census
2. Census
3. Census
4. Census
Children
1 F Rhoda McDaniels
AKA: Rhoda K. McDaniel
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Whitehouse
Spouse: Benjamin P. Witham
Spouse: Charles E. Witham
Husband Isaac Ramsdell
Born:
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Died:
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Father: James Ramsdell
Mother: Meribah Johnson
Marriage:
Wife Sally McDaniel
Born:
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Children
1 F Sally Ramsdell
Born: March 29, 1794 - Eastport, Washington , Maine 30
Baptized:
Died:
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2 M Isaac Ramsdell
Born: March 28, 1796 - Eastport, Washington , Maine 30
Baptized:
Died: November 30, 1863 - Trescott, Washington , Maine 30
Buried:
Spouse: Joanna Phinney
3 F Love Ramsdell
Born: November 5, 1799 30
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4 M Daniel Ramsdell
Born: March 26, 1801 - Eastport, Washington , Maine 30
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5 F Merriby Ramsdell
Born: February 11, 1805 - Eastport, Washington , Maine 30
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6 F Huldah Ramsdell
Born: August 14, 1808 - Eastport, Washington , Maine 30
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7 M John Ramsdell
Born: February 20, 1814 30
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8 F Betsey Ramsdell
Born: March 5, 1816 - Lubec, Washington , Maine 30
Baptized:
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9 F Rachel D. Ramsdell
Born: March 4, 1818 30
Baptized:
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10 F Julia Ann Ramsdell
Born: April 10, 1820 - Lubec, Washington , Maine 30
Baptized:
Died:
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11 F Fanny Ramsdell
Born: January 20, 1822 - Lubec, Washington , Maine 30
Baptized:
Died:
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General Notes: Husband - Isaac Ramsdell
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General Notes: Wife - Sally McDaniel
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General Notes: Child - Sally Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Isaac Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Love Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Daniel Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Merriby Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Huldah Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - John Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Betsey Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Rachel D. Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Julia Ann Ramsdell
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General Notes: Child - Fanny Ramsdell
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Husband William J. McDaniel
Born: April 4, 1839 - Greensboro Or Chatham Co., NC
Baptized:
Died: September 20, 1914 - Wayne Twp, Jay Co, IN
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem., Bryant, IN
Father: McDaniel
Mother: Heritage
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Susan C. Ricks - 1875 - Winston Salem, NC
Wife
Born:
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Children
1 M Alexander A. McDaniel
Born: 1858
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Margaret Isenhart
2 F Mary McDaniel
Born: 1860
Baptized:
Died: - Deceased By 1914
Buried:
Spouse: Jack Betz
Husband William J. McDaniel
Born: April 4, 1839 - Greensboro Or Chatham Co., NC
Baptized:
Died: September 20, 1914 - Wayne Twp, Jay Co, IN
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem., Bryant, IN
Father: McDaniel
Mother: Heritage
Marriage: 1875 - Winston Salem, NC
Wife Susan C. Ricks
Born: March 10, 1848 - Winston Salem, North Carolina
Baptized:
Died: September 28, 1923
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem., Bryant, IN
Father: Ricks
Mother: Sarah Premar
Other Spouse: Shephard
Children
1 M Lee McDaniel
Born: 1877 - Jay County, IN
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Colista Jordan
2 F Elizabeth Sonora McDaniel
Born: October 7, 1880 - Marion Co., Indiana
Baptized:
Died: September 25, 1947 - Portland, IN
Buried: - Gravel Hill Cem., Bryant, IN
Spouse: Samuel J. Renner
Marr: October 24, 1896 - Jay County, IN
3 M John C. McDaniel
Born: December 13, 1883 - Jay County, Portland, IN
Baptized:
Died: November 24, 1955
Buried:
Spouse: Viola Timmonds
Marr: January 16, 1902 - Jay County, IN
Spouse: Ethel C. Metzner
Marr: November 5, 1915 - Jay Co, IN
4 M Charles J. McDaniel
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth C. Marks
5 F Minnie McDaniel
Born: May 13, 1888 - Jay County, IN
Baptized:
Died: December 10, 1949 - Los Angeles, California. Buried In Gree
Buried: - Green Park Cemetary, Portland, IN
Spouse: Orla Orlando Gaskill
Marr: December 31, 1905 - N. Meridian St., Portland, IN
Husband Charles McDaniels
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage: 1886 - Glendive, Montana, USA
Wife Dora Orser
Born: August 24, 1865 - Machias, ME, USA
Baptized:
Died: October 1, 1951 - Billings, Montana, USA
Buried:
Father: John Moses Orser Sr.
Mother: Anna Bosworth
Children
1 M Jay H. McDaniels
Born:
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2 F Marguerite McDaniels
Born:
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Spouse: George Ruffcorn
Notes: Marriage
Custom Field:<_FA#> 1 Oct 1951Billings, Montana, USA
_MENDDeath of one spouse
Husband George Ruffcorn
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Wife Marguerite McDaniels
Born:
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Father: Charles McDaniels
Mother: Dora Orser
Children
Husband Whitehouse
Born:
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Died:
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Wife Rhoda McDaniels
AKA: Rhoda K. McDaniel
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Robert C. McDaniel
Mother: Mary K. Young
Other Spouse: Benjamin P. Witham
Other Spouse: Charles E. Witham
Noted events in her life were:
1. Alt. Birth
2. Census
3. Census
4. Census
5. Census
6. Residence
7. Residence
Children
1 M Rufus A. Whitehouse
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Lillie M. Whitehouse
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Thomas E. Whitehouse
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
4 M Robert C. Whitehouse
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Benjamin P. Witham
Born: January 23, 1837 - Wakefield, Carrol, NH
Baptized:
Died:
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Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census
2. Census
3. Military
4. Occupation
5. Residence
Wife Rhoda McDaniels
AKA: Rhoda K. McDaniel
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Robert C. McDaniel
Mother: Mary K. Young
Other Spouse: Whitehouse
Other Spouse: Charles E. Witham
Noted events in her life were:
1. Alt. Birth
2. Census
3. Census
4. Census
5. Census
6. Residence
7. Residence
Children
1 M Lucien D. Witham
Born: - Wakefield, Carroll, NH
Baptized:
Died:
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2 M Charles C. Witham
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Benjamin P. Witham
Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
Co. A; b. Wakefield; age 24; res Wakefield; enl. Aug 30, 1861; must Sep 18, 1861 as Private; must out Sep 27, 1861
Husband Charles E. Witham
Born: December 17, 1843 - Kittery Point, York, ME
Baptized:
Died: May 12, 1864 - Spotsylvania Court House, VA
Buried:
Father: Ephraim Witham
Mother: Susan A. Remick
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census
2. Census
3. Military
4. Occupation
5. Residence
Wife Rhoda McDaniels
AKA: Rhoda K. McDaniel
Born: - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Robert C. McDaniel
Mother: Mary K. Young
Other Spouse: Whitehouse
Other Spouse: Benjamin P. Witham
Noted events in her life were:
1. Alt. Birth
2. Census
3. Census
4. Census
5. Census
6. Residence
7. Residence
Children
1 M Lucien D. Witham
Born: - Wakefield, Carroll, NH
Baptized:
Died:
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General Notes: Husband - Charles E. Witham
Charles E. Witham
Residence: Kittery, ME
Enlisted as a Private on 03 March 1864 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company A, 32nd Infantry Regiment, ME on 03 March 1864
Killed on 12 May 1864 in Spotsylvania Court House, VA
Husband Frank McDeary
Born: July 1879 - Indiana
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: March 17, 1907 - Miami Co., IN
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census, Washington, Miami, IN, 1900
Wife Ellen Witham
AKA: Ella Witham
Born: January 1883 - Indiana
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Franklin Witham
Mother: Rachel Anna Reynolds
Noted events in her life were:
1. Census, Peru, Miami, IN, 1900
Children
Husband Oscar McDermett
Born:
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Wife
Born:
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Children
1 F Zora V. McDermett
Born: September 17, 1911
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Jack Debusk
Marr: August 11, 1932
Husband John J. Wallace
Born: October 2, 1871 - Renfrew Co, ON
Baptized:
Died:
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Father: James Wallace
Mother: Elizabeth McNiven
Marriage: July 11, 1894 - Renfrew Co, ON
Wife Mary A. McDermid
AKA: Mary A. Wallace
Born: 1874 - Horton, Renfrew Co, ON
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband McDermott
Born:
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Died:
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Marriage:
Wife Jane McGaffagan
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Father: McGaffagan
Mother:
Children
Husband Horace Earl Wyman
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Father: Earl Hilton Wyman
Mother: Luda G. Hanscom
Marriage: Private
Wife Thelma McDermott
Born:
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Died:
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Children
Notes: Marriage
Husband John McDevitt
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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Children
1 M John McDevitt
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
2 F Anne McDevitt
Born: 1795 - Crndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
Baptized:
Died: 1848 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Buried: - Cambridge Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: John Kelly
General Notes: Child - John McDevitt
His grandson, John W. McDermott, was Supt of Schools in Waltham, MA andSupreme Knight of Columbus
Husband John McDougall 32 33
Born:
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Died:
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Marriage: April 1784 33
Wife Mary McDiarmid 32 33
Born:
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Died:
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Children
1 M Alexander McDougall 32 33
AKA: Alexander* Macdougall
Born: March 4, 1797 - Scotland
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Brown 32 33
Marr: February 18, 1821
Husband Andrew Scott
Born: 1864 - MO
Baptized:
Died: 1935
Buried:
Marriage: 1884 - MO
Wife May B. McDifat
Born: 1868 - MO
Baptized:
Died: 1897
Buried:
Children
1 F Daisy May Scott
Born: December 11, 1889 - Rock Bridge, Ozark Co, MO
Baptized:
Died: January 15, 1975 - Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Buried:
Spouse: George Norton Farrington
Marr: December 11, 1913 - Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
General Notes: Husband - Andrew Scott
info-Scott Farrington
General Notes: Wife - May B. McDifat
/Scott/
info-Scott Farrington
General Notes: Child - Daisy May Scott
/Farrington/
info-Scott Farrington 1994
info-Elaine Farrington 1997
Husband McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife McMenamin
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Joseph Patrick McMenamin
Mother: Mary M. Minnegan
Other Spouse: Milne
Children
1 M McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - McDonald
Contact submitter for discretionary information about Living Individuals.
General Notes: Wife - McMenamin
Contact submitter for discretionary information about Living Individuals.
General Notes: Child - McDonald
Contact submitter for discretionary information about Living Individuals.
Husband McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Jessie A. Pomeroy
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Samuel Franklin Pomeroy
Mother: Nancy Gleason
Children
1 M Lloyd McDonald Major
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Ethel Guptil
General Notes: Child - Lloyd McDonald Major
Retired from the Air Force, and lives in St. Stephen (1990).
Husband McDonald
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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Children
1 F Mary C. McDonald
Born: 1905 - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Loranze Burdeen Nicholson
Marr: June 18, 1930
Spouse: Coyle
2 M Donald McDonald
Born: - Canada
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Child - Mary C. McDonald
Lexia McDonald (b-1874) m. Alexander Nicholson, he died and it may be that Mary C. is a step sister to Donald and her name is Nicholson/Nickelson.
Her parents were from Canada.
Husband McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Kleeora Witham
Born: June 1880 - Illinois
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Benjamin E. Witham
Mother: Ursala Wells
Noted events in her life were:
1. Census, Pana, Christian, IL
2. Residence
Children
1 M William McDonald
Born: February 1898
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Adrian McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Adrian McDonald
Mother: Emma Lapointe
Marriage:
Wife Carol Morang
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Melody McDonald
Born:
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Died:
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2 M Eric McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Husband Ozroe A. Wyman
Born: March 9, 1868 - Peru, Maine
Baptized:
Died: - Rockland, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Elisha Smith Wyman
Mother: Matilda Rice King Barstow
Marriage: November 28, 1895
Wife Alice C. McDonald
Born: August 12, 1871 - North Abington, Massachusetts
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Lester M. Wyman
Born: May 15, 1898
Baptized:
Died: May 1975
Buried:
2 F Louise Wyman
Born: July 26, 1900
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Robert D. Wyman
Born: January 3, 1904
Baptized:
Died: March 13, 1906
Buried:
4 F Elsie Wyman
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Child - Lester M. Wyman
http://www.familysearch.org - SSDI:
Lester WYMAN
Birth Date: 15 May 1898
Death Date: May 1975
Social Security Number: 020-07-5787
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Massachusetts
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 03901
Localities: Berwick, York, Maine
Husband Allan McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Alice McGinty
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Gertrude Maude McDonald
Born: November 16, 1869 - Kinkora, PEI
Baptized:
Died: 1941 - East Millinocket, ME
Buried:
Spouse: John Farmer
Marr: March 6, 1905 - Kinkora, PEI,
Husband John Henry Ployer
Born: July 11, 1859 - PEI
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Ployer
Mother: Janet Collins
Marriage: 1892
Wife Amelia McDonald
Born: 1867
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M John Henry Ployer
Born: September 29, 1892 - Boston MA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Walter Ployer
Born: August 14, 1895 - Boston MA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Ida Ployer
Born: 1902 - Boston MA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Elsie Ployer
Born: September 9, 1906 - Boston MA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Angus Ignace McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: - Iverness, Ecosse
Wife Jane Jeanne McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Marie McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Jacques Denis Lapierre
Marr: February 17, 1800 - St-Laurent, Ile D'orléans, Montmorency, Qc
Husband Joseph Henry Peltier
Born: December 7, 1914 - Dover Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
Baptized:
Died: April 13, 1991 - Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Buried:
Father: Joseph Charles Hermenegilde Peltier
Mother: Ursule Arselie Bechard
Marriage: January 19, 1937 - St. Patrick's Church, Merlin, Ontario, Canada
Wife Annabelle Margaret McDonald
Born: March 8, 1918 - Merlin, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
Baptized:
Died: 1977 - Merlin, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Henry Peltier
1 NAME Larry /Peltier/
2 GIVN Larry
2 SURN Peltier
Husband Richard Raymond
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Arderienne McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Adrian McDonald
Mother: Emma Lapointe
Children
1 F Christina Raymond
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Garrick Raymond
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Arlen Francis McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Winters
Born: June 3, 1921 - Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Harry Elwood Winters
Mother: Ruth Elizabeth Gutierrez
Children
Husband Albert E. Myers
Born: November 27, 1855 - Myers Point, NS
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Colin Myers
Mother: Barbara Ann Shelnut
Marriage: October 16, 1884 - Toney River
Wife Catherine A. McDonald
Born: 1854 - Toney River
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Albert E. Myers
Constable for District 27 in 1880.
REFN: 438
General Notes: Wife - Catherine A. McDonald
REFN: 439
Notes: Marriage
Married by Rev. J W Fraser. Albert was a seaman and they lived in
Jeddore.
Husband Danny Joe McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Glenda Kay Newell
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Newell Edward Waisner
Mother: Wilma Otten
Other Spouse: Walter Edwin Haines
Other Spouse: Ed Barker
Children
Husband David Leroy McDonald
Born: November 13, 1949 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Douglas Leroy McDonald
Mother: Vera Louise Wilson
Marriage: 1977 - Divorced In 1991
Other Spouse: Sherry Diane Urbach - 1970 - Divorced In 1976.
Other Spouse: Laurie Patricia Maccallum - 1996
Wife Carol Ann Setchfield
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. Divorced
Children
1 F Amanda Charlene McDonald
Born: March 15, 1983 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Ashley Annlouise McDonald
Born: December 16, 1986 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Wife - Carol Ann Setchfield
Husband David Leroy McDonald
Born: November 13, 1949 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Douglas Leroy McDonald
Mother: Vera Louise Wilson
Marriage: 1970 - Divorced In 1976.
Other Spouse: Carol Ann Setchfield - 1977 - Divorced In 1991
Other Spouse: Laurie Patricia Maccallum - 1996
Wife Sherry Diane Urbach
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. Divorced
Children
1 F Jennifer Dawn McDonald
Born: August 22, 1973 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Gary Willis
Born: 1953
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Alton Willis
Mother: Mae Mackay
Marriage:
Wife Donnelle McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Nicolle Dubury Willis
Born: 1975
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Matthew Willis
Born: 1983
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Douglas Leroy McDonald
Born: November 30, 1929 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Baptized:
Died: August 1984 - Restland, Dallas TX
Buried:
Father: Bunyan McDonald
Mother: Eva Jaco
Marriage: August 5, 1948 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Wife Vera Louise Wilson
Born: November 23, 1929 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Emmett Joshua Wilson
Mother: Nannie Bell Scott
Children
1 M David Leroy McDonald
Born: November 13, 1949 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Carol Ann Setchfield
Marr: 1977 - Divorced In 1991
Spouse: Sherry Diane Urbach
Marr: 1970 - Divorced In 1976.
Spouse: Laurie Patricia Maccallum
Marr: 1996
2 M Michael Thomas McDonald
Born: October 1, 1953 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Debbie
3 M Richard Douglas McDonald
Born: June 6, 1957 - Dallas
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Jean Marie Turner
General Notes: Husband - Douglas Leroy McDonald
info-D.Miller 1997
General Notes: Wife - Vera Louise Wilson
/McDonald/
MARI at her parents home
info-D.Miller 1997
Husband Ira Bentley Overholt
Born: 1833
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Issac Overholt
Mother: Elizabeth Bentley
Marriage:
Wife Eleanor McDonald
Born: - England
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Frank Overholt
Born: January 22, 1866
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M William Overholt
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband William Sr. Prior
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M William Jr Prior
Born: 1780 - Trowbridge, Wiltshire, , England
Baptized:
Died: November 24, 1837 - Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, England
Buried:
Spouse: Cathhering McEvan
Marr: 1824 - England
Husband Francis Libby Wadsworth
Born: 1833 - Hiram, ME
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Wadsworth
Mother: Mary Benton
Marriage: 1854
Other Spouse: Louisa J. Nye - 1868
Other Spouse: Sarah F. Robinson - 1872
Wife Ellen J. McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Frank Eli Wadsworth
Born: 1854
Baptized:
Died: 1874
Buried:
2 M Fred Eugene Wadsworth
Born: 1855
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Elmer Newkirk
Born: 1870 - IA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: 1888 - Denison, IA
Wife Euphemia McDonald
Born: 1870 - NY
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William McDonald
Mother: Mary West
Children
General Notes: Husband - Elmer Newkirk
info-Edna W. Ingham 1965
General Notes: Wife - Euphemia McDonald
/Newkirk/
info-Edna W. Ingham 1965
Husband George McDonald
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mildred McVittie
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Aletha Frances McDonald
Born: August 21, 1910
Baptized:
Died: February 16, 1979 - Charlottetown PEI
Buried: - Westmoreland PEI
Spouse: Heber Eldon Canfield
Husband Joseph Topham
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Abraham Topham
Mother: Phoebe Larlee 34 35
Marriage:
Wife Helen McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
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Children
Husband Henry F. McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: 1924
Wife Jessie M. Tinkham
Born: March 2, 1873 - Washington, KS
Baptized:
Died: May 17, 1947 - Kittitas, WA
Buried:
Father: Ira David Tinkham
Mother: Mary Ann Bissell
Other Spouse: Oliver W. Page - December 9, 1889 - Seattle (Yesler), WA
Children
Husband Reuben Joseph Myers
Born: June 7, 1865 - Myers Point, NS
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Alexander Myers
Mother: Eliza Ann Mary Mitchell
Marriage: June 18, 1914 - Halifax, NS
Wife Hilda Lillian McDonald
Born: 1866 - Lunenburg
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Reuben Joseph Myers
Reuben was a shoemaker in Halifax, NS. One source says ReubenSamuel.
REFN: 48
General Notes: Wife - Hilda Lillian McDonald
Husband Ian Robert McDonald
Born: February 7, 1996 - Oshawa, On.
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Roy Weldon Cotton
Mother: Theodora Henrica Vorstenbosch
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Kayla Amanda McDonald
Born: February 17, 1989 - Orilla, On.
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Brodie Joseph McDonald
Born: March 26, 1992 - Orilla, On.
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Ian Robert McDonald
Husband Gerald Morrison
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Jeanette Marie McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Adrian McDonald
Mother: Emma Lapointe
Children
1 F Cathy Morrison
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Jane Morrison
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband John McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Jennie Walsh
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Henry A. Walsh
Mother: Harriet Jane Dyment
Children
1 M John Wellington McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Ella Irene McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband John McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Margaet Morrison
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Sarah Christy McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Joseph Macpherson
Husband Joseph McDonald
Born: 1830
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Macdonald
Mother: Macdonald
Marriage:
Wife Isabella McKie
Born: 1832
Baptized:
Died: 1911
Buried:
Father: John McKie
Mother: Mary McKie
Children
1 M James Macdonald
Born: - Eglington P E I
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Macdonald
2 M William Macdonald
Born: 1867 - Eglington P E I
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Nina Macdonald
Born: 1870 - Eglington P E I
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Bruce
4 M Elmar Joseph Macdonald
Born: 1872 - Eglington P E I
Baptized:
Died: 1937
Buried:
Spouse: Abigail Simons
5 F Annie Macdonald
Born: 1875
Baptized:
Died: 1920
Buried:
Husband Dana Osborne
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Judith McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Adrian McDonald
Mother: Emma Lapointe
Children
1 F Michelle Osborne
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Aaron Osborne
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Kenneth Sanborn
Born: August 1887
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Fred H. Sanborn
Mother: Elsie Witham
Marriage: October 31, 1910 - East Hiram, ME
Wife Katherine McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Walter Seavey
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Laura McNeil
Wife Kathleen McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Rebekah Pendleton Seavey
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Gerald Seavey
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Charles Edward Rideout
Born: September 18, 1848 - West Sullivan, Hancock Co., Maine
Baptized:
Died: July 1, 1930
Buried:
Marriage: June 21, 1874
Wife Laura Jeanette McDonald
Born: 1855 - Jersey City, New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Augusta Rideout
Born: - Crookston, Polk Co., Minnesota
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Dennis Rice
2 F Edna Rideout
Born: - Crookston, Polk Co., Minnesota
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Mary M. Rideout
Born: - Crookston, Polk Co., Minnesota
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
4 M William Rideout
Born: - Crookston, Polk Co., Minnesota
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband William Snow
Born: 1848 - Wakefield, N.B.
Baptized:
Died: April 5, 1895
Buried:
Father: Jessie D. Snow
Mother: Hannah Rideout
Marriage:
Wife Lydia A. McDonald
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband John Sutherland
Born: 1452 - Dunbeath, Dunlitchie, Cathness, Scotland
Baptized:
Died: 1508 - Spain
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Margaret McDonald
Born: 1462 - Ross, Cromarthy, Scotland
Baptized:
Died: 1491
Buried:
Children
1 F Elizabeth Sutherland 36
Born: 1488 - Duffus, Morayshire, Scotland 36
Baptized:
Died: September 1535 - Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 36
Buried:
Spouse: John Sinclair 36
Marr: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
General Notes: Child - Elizabeth Sutherland
This is the ancestry of the Wiley and Dorr families of Maine. It was begun by Leonore Dorr and Keneth Wiley. it is a legay of their love of family
Husband Henry Ouzts
Born: 1832 - Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Baptized:
Died: December 30, 1862
Buried:
Father: Henry Ouzts
Mother: Nancy Farrington
Marriage: August 19, 1856 - Hartwell, Georgia, USA
Wife Margaret Adeline McDonald
Born: 1840 - Hartwell, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Belton Ouzts
Born: 1857 - Hartwell, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Sallie Ouzts
Born: 1858 - Hartwell, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Lula Ouzts
Born: 1859 - Hartwell, Georgia, USA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Angus Creek
Marr: 1875 - Hartwell, Georgia, USA
Death Notes: Husband - Henry Ouzts
Co. K, 14Th SC (Typhoid Fever) Civil War, Richmond, Virginia, USA
General Notes: Husband - Henry Ouzts
was in info-R.Ouzts 1995
was in fam hist-M.Jagmin 1996
General Notes: Wife - Margaret Adeline McDonald
/Ouzts/
was in info-R.Ouzts 1995
was in fam hist-M.Jagmin 1996
General Notes: Child - Belton Ouzts
was in info-WFT 42248
General Notes: Child - Sallie Ouzts
was in info-WFT 42248
General Notes: Child - Lula Ouzts
Husband John McEachern
Born: 1810 - Isle Of Skye In The Town Of Uiig In The Hebrides
Baptized:
Died: 1895
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary McDonald
Born: 1814
Baptized:
Died: 1900
Buried:
Children
1 M Charles McEachern
Born: 1840 - Cardigan Prince Edward Island
Baptized:
Died: 1917
Buried:
Husband Loranze Burdeen Nicholson
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: June 18, 1930
Wife Mary C. McDonald
Born: 1905 - New Hampshire
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: McDonald
Mother:
Other Spouse: Coyle
Children
1 F Theresa A. Nicholson
Born: - Maine
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Thomas R. Whitmer
Marr: July 21, 1956
Spouse: Franklin Alcid Dentremont
Marr: March 5, 1994
2 M John Bob Nicholson
Born: March 26, 1931 - Millinocket, ME
Baptized:
Died: December 13, 2006 - Lincoln, , Maine
Buried:
General Notes: Wife - Mary C. McDonald
Lexia McDonald (b-1874) m. Alexander Nicholson, he died and it may be that Mary C. is a step sister to Donald and her name is Nicholson/Nickelson.
Her parents were from Canada.
General Notes: Child - Theresa A. Nicholson
1940 Cemsus East Millinocket, ME
Name: Mary C Nickelson
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: East Millinocket, East Millinocket Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Sister
Relationship to Head of Household: Sister
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Birth Year (Estimated): 1903
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 10-56 Family Number: 160
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B Line Number: 76
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1487
Digital Folder Number: 005462031
Image Number: 00486
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Donald Mcdonald M 52 Canada
Sister Mary C Nickelson F 37 New Hampshire
Nephew Robert Nickelson M 9 Maine
Niece Theresa Nickelson F 8 Maine
General Notes: Child - John Bob Nicholson
East Millinocket - John "Bob" Nicholson, 75, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at a Lincoln hospital. He was born March 26, 1931 in Millinocket, the son of L. Burdeen and Mary C. (Coyle) Nicholson. Bob was educated in East Millinocket schools, graduating from Schenck High School in 1949. He attended trade school in Augusta and worked at Great Northern Paper for a short time before beginning work with the Sanitation Department of the Town of East Millinocket, where he worked for 25 years, retiring in 1989. Although Bob was visually impaired, he was not slowed down at all. He enjoyed riding his bicycle wherever he went, and regularly rode into Millinocket after work, and was known to ride as far as Lincoln and Mattawamkeag. Bob was a communicant of St. Peter's Catholic Church in East Millinocket, and was a 3rd Degree, founding, and life member of the Knights of Columbus #1936 in East Millinocket. He was also a member of Alcoholics Anonymous for over 43 years, and was very active in activities related to AA throughout the state. Bob is survived by a sister, Theresa Dentremont and her husband Frank of East Millinocket; four nieces, Valerie Whitmer-Hammond and her husband Robert of Bunker's Harbor, Maine and Punta Gorda, Florida, Julie Willey and her husband Arthur, Jr. of Millinocket, Nancy Norris and her husband Steve of Orrington, and Christine Whitmer of East Millinocket; a nephew, John Whitmer and his companion Amy Hanson of Portland; one great niece, Vanessa Norris of Orrington; three great nephews, Bryan Sweet of Millinocket, Seth Whitmer of East Millinocket, and Matthew Norris of Orrington; and several cousins and friends. In addition to his parents, Bob was predeceased by a nephew, Tommy Whitmer.