I got this article I ordered in the mail from PERSI and thought everyone might enjoy it! It is entitles Letters Home by D.E. Cross. I found it pretty interesting!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tomlinson Line
It's true. I haven't posted on the blog for a while. I haven't felt like I had much to post! But I'm really excited about a couple of things in my family history searches as of late. One thing I'm excited about is researching a new family line. I know most of our direct descendants are in order for many lines. I've been working on the Hughes/Newman line and much of that line is as far back as I can go. It would take a major investigation to open the vaults beyond what they are and I just don't have the means right now (like time at the FHC) to do it. BUT, there are many tangent lines that still need work done. I found one such line and intend to do many more.
The line I'm working on is on the Hughes side (Elizabeth Hughes Newman). Her grandparents were James and Elizabeth Andrew Hughes of Carsington, Derbyshire, England. One of their daughters, Mary was married to a James Tomlinson and using online records I've been able to push that line back 4 or 5 generations! C'mon. That's pretty exciting! I just recently uploaded them to the New Family Search so their temple work is ready to be done.
How did I do all this online from my living room? Many English counties have their parish (church) records available online. Before the 1800's, EVERYONE was a part of the Church of England so almost every christening, marriage, and burial are recorded. The trick is to just put the "puzzle" together so to speak. I'd be happy to answer any questions about it.
The other thing I'm excited about is from the Cross line. I'm gathering all the information I can on David Eugene's father, Abisha, and family so we can take a trip to North Bloomfield OH where the family homesteaded. In searching, I came across an article published in a civil war periodical called "Letters Home, from David E. Cross". I ordered a copy and I'm excited to examine it when it comes. I'm hoping we'll get a little more details about David's life in the military. I'll let you know when it comes!
The line I'm working on is on the Hughes side (Elizabeth Hughes Newman). Her grandparents were James and Elizabeth Andrew Hughes of Carsington, Derbyshire, England. One of their daughters, Mary was married to a James Tomlinson and using online records I've been able to push that line back 4 or 5 generations! C'mon. That's pretty exciting! I just recently uploaded them to the New Family Search so their temple work is ready to be done.
How did I do all this online from my living room? Many English counties have their parish (church) records available online. Before the 1800's, EVERYONE was a part of the Church of England so almost every christening, marriage, and burial are recorded. The trick is to just put the "puzzle" together so to speak. I'd be happy to answer any questions about it.
The other thing I'm excited about is from the Cross line. I'm gathering all the information I can on David Eugene's father, Abisha, and family so we can take a trip to North Bloomfield OH where the family homesteaded. In searching, I came across an article published in a civil war periodical called "Letters Home, from David E. Cross". I ordered a copy and I'm excited to examine it when it comes. I'm hoping we'll get a little more details about David's life in the military. I'll let you know when it comes!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Ann Elizabeth Newman
Here's a picture of Ann Newman that I found online. From the ages of the children (who I expect are Annie Elizabeth and George Andrew) I think this photo would date to about 1862.
This is a pretty well known photo of Joseph Newman and Elizabeth Hughes Newman.
This is Elizabeth Hughes Newman who outlived her husband by 30 years and ended up living with some of her children in Holladay until she died in 1907.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
current research
Hi everybody!
I don't have anything really great to post so I thought I'd just share what I'm working on right now.
I've been going through New Family Search and seeing what has been done and what hasn't. There's a lot of information there. I've occasionally run across some families that don't have some lines done. I've been pretty lucky (if you can call it lucky!) to find that a lot of parish records in England are available online. So I've been searching online records for names and dates.
Right now I'm working in Wirksworth, Derbyshire and the surrounding towns. The Hughes line (Elizabeth Hughes) comes from Derbyshire. Most of the direct line is intact as far as I can find, but some of the branches need work.
Here's some links from England that I've found:
Wirksworth Derbyshire Parish : http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/PR107.htm#2322
Carsington Derbyshire Parish: http://www.dfhs.org.uk/index.php?id=carsington
I've also been trying to fatten the file with pictures and other information. Mabye I should write a book about every family that I search!
It's so much fun to be a detective and add names and dates to my PAF file! It also takes some brain power because sorting out the generations can get a little shifty. I once heard that one of the main purposes of the internet is to facilitate family history work. Boy, do I believe it!
Love you all!
Katie
I don't have anything really great to post so I thought I'd just share what I'm working on right now.
I've been going through New Family Search and seeing what has been done and what hasn't. There's a lot of information there. I've occasionally run across some families that don't have some lines done. I've been pretty lucky (if you can call it lucky!) to find that a lot of parish records in England are available online. So I've been searching online records for names and dates.
Right now I'm working in Wirksworth, Derbyshire and the surrounding towns. The Hughes line (Elizabeth Hughes) comes from Derbyshire. Most of the direct line is intact as far as I can find, but some of the branches need work.
Here's some links from England that I've found:
Wirksworth Derbyshire Parish : http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/PR107.htm#2322
Carsington Derbyshire Parish: http://www.dfhs.org.uk/index.php?id=carsington
I've also been trying to fatten the file with pictures and other information. Mabye I should write a book about every family that I search!
It's so much fun to be a detective and add names and dates to my PAF file! It also takes some brain power because sorting out the generations can get a little shifty. I once heard that one of the main purposes of the internet is to facilitate family history work. Boy, do I believe it!
Love you all!
Katie
Monday, April 14, 2008
The Newman Family
Posted on the Gibson Family History Wiki September 29, 2007
Joseph and Elizabeth Hughes Newman were from Willenhall*, Staffordshire*, England. Willenhall is a suburb of the city Wolverhampton in southwestern Staffordshire. In this linked map I've been as specific as I could in marking locations.
Willenhall was a small, industrial town until about 1850 when it became a big, industrial town. With the discovery of coal and steel, the town found it's niche producing locks of all kinds. At one point up to 90% of England's locks were produced in Willenhall. The number is still high today. The town is very old and located on a Saxon battle site and is mentioned as early as 910 as Winehala, the saxon word for victory. Our family, including the Colburns, Wilkes and Woolleys have lived in this part of England for a long time.
Joseph Newman was the son of Samuel Newman and Ann Colburn and was born on May 20, 1809. He was the youngest of 14 children, 4 of whom died as children and one as a teenager. All of the children were born in Willenhall and all were baptized/buried at St. Giles church in Willenhall.
St. Gile's was a chapel of ease for St. Peter's church (also called the Old Church) in Wolverhampton. In an effort to lighten the ordinance load, chapels of ease were created in smaller towns. Baptisms and burials could be conducted at St. Gile's but marriages were still done at St. Peter's. The family was in the jurisdiction of the new chapel of St. Stephen's just before they left
England. Joseph was married to Elizabeth Hughes on October 27, 1834 at St. Peter's church. They made their home in Portobello, a village about 1/2 mile west of Willenhall where Joseph worked as a jobbing smith producing tools, chains and other things out of forgeable iron.
By 1841, Joseph and Elizabeth had 2 children left, John (age 3) and Ann (age 11 months), their first child, Samuel, having died at 2 months of age. They added three boys to the family while in Portobello: William, Joseph and James. By 1851, the family had moved to Malthause lane (which no longer exists) in central Willenhall. Their last son, Thomas wasn't born until 1852, just before the family left England for America.
The Newman's were baptized in 1850 and immigrated to America in 1853. They left Liverpool on February 15 aboard the Elivra Owen. Two months later they were starting on their trek westward from Iowa. They came across the plains in the Claudius V. Spencer company and arrived in September. They settled in Big Cottonwood, Utah where Joseph began the totally new trade of farming. They lived in Cottonwood for the res
t of their lives. Joseph Newman died 21 July 1877 and Elizabeth lived until June 4, 1907. They are both buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Joseph and Elizabeth Hughes Newman were from Willenhall*, Staffordshire*, England. Willenhall is a suburb of the city Wolverhampton in southwestern Staffordshire. In this linked map I've been as specific as I could in marking locations.Willenhall was a small, industrial town until about 1850 when it became a big, industrial town. With the discovery of coal and steel, the town found it's niche producing locks of all kinds. At one point up to 90% of England's locks were produced in Willenhall. The number is still high today. The town is very old and located on a Saxon battle site and is mentioned as early as 910 as Winehala, the saxon word for victory. Our family, including the Colburns, Wilkes and Woolleys have lived in this part of England for a long time.
Joseph Newman was the son of Samuel Newman and Ann Colburn and was born on May 20, 1809. He was the youngest of 14 children, 4 of whom died as children and one as a teenager. All of the children were born in Willenhall and all were baptized/buried at St. Giles church in Willenhall.
St. Gile's was a chapel of ease for St. Peter's church (also called the Old Church) in Wolverhampton. In an effort to lighten the ordinance load, chapels of ease were created in smaller towns. Baptisms and burials could be conducted at St. Gile's but marriages were still done at St. Peter's. The family was in the jurisdiction of the new chapel of St. Stephen's just before they left
England. Joseph was married to Elizabeth Hughes on October 27, 1834 at St. Peter's church. They made their home in Portobello, a village about 1/2 mile west of Willenhall where Joseph worked as a jobbing smith producing tools, chains and other things out of forgeable iron.By 1841, Joseph and Elizabeth had 2 children left, John (age 3) and Ann (age 11 months), their first child, Samuel, having died at 2 months of age. They added three boys to the family while in Portobello: William, Joseph and James. By 1851, the family had moved to Malthause lane (which no longer exists) in central Willenhall. Their last son, Thomas wasn't born until 1852, just before the family left England for America.
The Newman's were baptized in 1850 and immigrated to America in 1853. They left Liverpool on February 15 aboard the Elivra Owen. Two months later they were starting on their trek westward from Iowa. They came across the plains in the Claudius V. Spencer company and arrived in September. They settled in Big Cottonwood, Utah where Joseph began the totally new trade of farming. They lived in Cottonwood for the res
t of their lives. Joseph Newman died 21 July 1877 and Elizabeth lived until June 4, 1907. They are both buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.Links:
- Published History of Joseph and Elizabeth Hughes Newman
- Lark Family History Blog with some repeated information but lots of pictures. Scroll down to the bottom and find the Gibson and Newman links.
Monday, March 31, 2008
The Cross Family
From the Gibson Family Wiki, previously posted September, 2007:
David Eugene Cross was born in North Bloomfield, Ohio in 1849. His parents were Abisha Cross Jr. and Mary Howe Penniman. Granddad already has a great synopsis of David's life but little is known about beyond that.
Abisha Sr. (also Abysha or Abishai) was born about 1776 in Poultney, Rutland county, Vermont. At some point he married Susan Grant who was born in 1777, in New York, New York. The earliest census to pick them up is the 1800 census where they are located in Poultney, VT. In 1800, Abisha's family consisted of just him, his wife, a daughter (under age 10) and an unnamed female between the ages of 25-45. We don't know who the other woman was although it was probably either Abisha's mother or, even more likely, Susan's mother.
It was here in Poultney that Abisha jr. was born on November 13, 1807. But they did not stay in Poultney long. The 1810 census places the family in Rutland, New York. By this time there were 3 sons under age 10, one daughter under the age of 10, plus Abisha and Susan. The family was still in Rutland in 1820 where by that time there was Abisha (now over the age of 45), Susan (still under the age of 45), 3 boys under the age of 10, 4 boys aged 10-16, 2 girls under the age of 10, 1 girl aged 16-26, and 5 people in the household engaged in the trade of agriculture.
From here the journey of the family is unclear. I haven't been able to search the U.S. censuses from 1820-1860.
In 1860, Abisha Jr.'s family is located in Bloomfield, Trumbull county, Ohio. Abisha Jr. married Mary Howe Penniman in 1835. By 1860 Abisha has only two children left at home: Mary and David ages 15 & 11 respectively. He is listed as a cooper (barrel maker) with 700$ of real estate value. Also living with the family is a Mary Penniman, age 72 (born in New Hampshire as was her husband). But living in the same town with a different family is Mary Cross, age 16, born in Ohio.
In 1870, only Abisha and Mary were left at home, although Lydia (age 23) was in Warren (a nearby town) going to nurse's school.
In 1880 Abisha and Mary lived with their daughter, Gertrude Cross Pond and her family. Abisha died on May 26, 1896 in Warren, OH. He was buried in North Bloomfield. Mary Howe Penniman Cross died on June 18, 1913 in Marion, Iowa.
I've tried to locate Abisha's grave. His obituary states 
But his tombstone is not on any of the records in North Bloomfield. It could be that his marker has just deteriorated or that he was buried some other place. Ahhh, the mysteries...Kinda gets you excited to figure it all out!
But his tombstone is not on any of the records in North Bloomfield. It could be that his marker has just deteriorated or that he was buried some other place. Ahhh, the mysteries...Kinda gets you excited to figure it all out!Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Family Pictures
I got this photo from Jessie Cheek.
This one is one of the earliest pictures of the James Alexander Cheek Family. The mystery is why there were only 2 boys, we're not sure, but it appears that Hill was missing from this picture, and that the two boys are James Blaine and Charles Edward.
So as far as I can figure out, that puts the people in the picture, from left to right: Charles Edward Cheek, James Alexander Cheek, Laura B Cheek, James Blaine Cheek, Rosalee Elizabeth Rich, Mittie Lemma Cheek (on lap), Clarrisy Ethel Cheek, Ida L Cheek.
This picture was most likely taken in Belle Plains, Callahan County, TX.
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