Friday, October 31, 2008

From my mailbox

Another goodie from my mailbox that may give someone a hand...

Death of: Robert Edmund ELLIOTT
Date: Saturday, December 16, 1944
Place: at home
Age: 68 years
Occupation: retired farmer

Residence: 3818 East Sixth Street, Kansas City, Mo

Survivors:
Wife - Hattie Bell ELLIOTT of the home
Son - Robert F. ELLIOTT of the home
Son - Carl B. ELLIOTT, 416 Cypress Ave., Kansas City, Mo
Son - Earnest R. ELLIOTT, Route No. 4, Kansas City, Kas
Son - Oren S. ELLIOTT, 317 Clinton Place, Kansas City, Mo Daughter - Mrs. Andy VAN SCHOELANDT, 2008 East Forty-fourth Sister - Mrs. B. W. SHOESMITH, Clarkston, Wash Sister - Mrs. E. C. TRIPPLETT, Clarkston, Wash

Services:
Funeral - 1 pm, December 18, Forster Chapel

Reference: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Saturday, December 16, 1944

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

From my mail box

Some of these may be of interest:

Walter Cyril Elliott, Born in Walverhamptom, England, August 12, 1886. His parents are Isaac Elliott and Sarah Jane Evans. Siblings Alice M, 1888, Bertram S, 1883, Ernest E, 1881, Frederick C, 1880, Gertrude L, 1885, Joseph H, 1896, Victor V, 1890.


Can anyone connect Elizabeth Elliott, born 10 June 1720 in Maghera, married
19 May 1741 in Ireland to obert Elliott,who was born in 1695 somewhere in Londonderry, or for that matter any other Elliott?. Elizabeth married David Archibald and the couple later migrated to North America.

Robert's first wife was Mary Johnston,born in Danzig,West Prussia on 2
Nov.1696. Robert and Mary had sons Johnston(b. 1719) and John (b.1721), both born
in Danzig, and Edward(b.1722) in Maghera.Mary is said to have died in
Scotland in 1722 and there is no record of an Elizabeth b.1720 anywhere.

Maverill Elliott was born nov 5 1851, died Dec 2,1881. married a woman by the name of Lindia Dillinger. They had on child a boy by the name of Frank. His nickname was Little Frank or Peddler Frank. He married a woman by the name of Perry, and died in Arkansas. Sorry no date. Maverill, was the 4th son of Jonas G Ellett and Sarah J Rich. They had a total of 12 children.

Still pluggin away...

At last count, I had 4,490 some names in my family tree. I am about 1/3 of the way through re entering all my information that was lost in multiple computer crashes. I cannot believe how far that has come and how many years I have spent working on it. Who knew a simple homework assignment could become one of my life's passions.

Today was exciting while trolling census records for names, I believe I finally found my g-g- grandmother's surname. Of course it is one of those names that could be and was spelled a dozen different ways and I have spent the morning and part of the afternoon looking for clues as to who her family was. i am sure now that she had a brother Isaac and he had a wife Mae and they took my g-g-granfather in after his wife died. Try as I may though I can find no evidence of that family before 1920 though.

Here's the skinny: My g-g- grandfather was Briton/Britton/Britain L. Wilcox. I believe the L was for Levi (his father's name) He married Arvilla. I believe her surname was Truesdail/Truesdale/Truesdell. I found Britton living with Isaac and Mae in Bradford County, PA on the 1920 census. He was about 73 years old then and is listed as brother in law to Isaac and a widower. If anyone has any information on these families I would be SOOOO grateful, please drop me a line.

I get so wrapped up in these families. As I am entering them into my database I cringe when I see a family that survived 4 still births or last their 2 youngest children in a fire or to the influenza outbreak or whopping cough or whatever. I mourn the people I can't find too. I hate that these people were born, married, had children and lives and no one took the time to preserve their existence.

I am sure my children believe I am crazy but every name that I write down, every fact that I locate and preserve for me is a little triumph for those that have gone before. In each of those things is a little part of what I am made up of. I hope they know I appreciate that and will treasure whatever parts I can find.