I just bought a 6-month World Membership to Ancestry - anyone have anything they'd like me to look up?

mbrutsch · 1 month

No, nothing for William Johnston in NZ, sorry.

mbrutsch · 1 month

There's an Elliot Roger Cummings that died in Florida in 2008, does that sound like him?

Also would you say Ancestry is worth the money?

The US edition is, but I wouldn't get the World one unless you already know some European ancestors.

mbrutsch · 1 month

Nothing comes up with that little info, sorry.

mbrutsch · 1 month

Yes, sorry, I've been traveling and haven't been on lately.

putzmiester · 1 month

No problem.

putzmiester · 1 month

These guys are hiring. One of my sons works for them, and on a good month, his commissions will be as much as his salary.

Pepe__Sylvia · 2 months

That's the one I found, in a family tree belonging to Machan2006. I'll look for immigration records; if I can find when he came over, I'll have a date range for searching for Irish records.

FritzvF · 2 months

Sure, I love doing this.

mbrutsch · 2 months

Lots. South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, London. Can you narrow down where he might have been born, or lived?

mbrutsch · 2 months

I have a William Morrison in the 1901 Scotland Census:

Name: William Morrison
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Hugh Morrison
Mother's Name: Mary Morrison
Gender: Male
Where born: Lanark, Motherwell
Registration number: 644/3
Registration district: Dennistoun
Civil parish: Glasgow Springburn
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 11 River Street
Occupation: Message Boy
ED: 123
Household schedule number: 82
Line: 23
Roll: CSSCT1901_279
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh Morrison 41
Mary Morrison 41
Maggie Morrison 16
Frank Morrison 15
William Morrison 14
Bridget Morrison 7
Thomas Morrison 2
Mary Ellen Morrison 2

And again on the 1891 census:

Name: William Morrison
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Hugh Morrison
Mother's Name: Mary Morrison
Gender: Male
Where born: Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Registration number: 639
Registration district: Dalziel
Civil parish: Dalziel
Town: Motherwell
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 6 Leslie St 50 Murray Ter
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 155
Line: 24
Roll: CSSCT1891_235
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh Morrison 31
Mary Morrison 32
Margaret Morrison 7
Francis Morrison 6
William Morrison 4
Ellen Morrison 1

I found this match for a Hugh Morrison, but the tree has been removed by the author:

Birth: 01 Apr 1860 (1 Apr 1860) - Glasgow
Marriage: 04 Nov 1879 (4 Nov 1879)
Death: 10 Apr 1901 - R.I (Rhode Island)
Parents: John Morrison, Margaret McAulay
Spouse: Mary Reilly

Any of that look familiar?

mbrutsch · 2 months

Thanks, I enjoy genealogy, and I'd like to get my money's worth out of this subscription!

mbrutsch · 2 months

Any idea where he might have settled after the war? Where he was born? I find a Charles B. Phillips who was a cadet from Massachusetts in 1860, a retired Colonel in Michigan, another in Ohio.

Pepe__Sylvia · 2 months

Do you know where he was living when he died?

technomad · 2 months

I did it back in 2007; while the information was interesting, it did not help me locate any additional family connections. It did, however, lend credence to some suppositions about the geographic origins of my father's family.

mbrutsch · 2 months

Name: Carl G Saxe
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1890
Birth Place: Ostergotland, Sweden
Death Date: 13 Jan 1937
Death Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Burial Date: 15 Jan 1937
Burial Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Death Age: 46
Occupation: Decorator
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Rockford, Winnebago, Illilnois
Father Name: C A Saxe
Father Birth Place: Ostergotland, Sweden
Mother Name: Marie Saxe
Mother Birth Place: Ostergotland, Sweden
Spouse Name: Alma Saxe

I can't find anything further back than that.

FritzvF · 2 months

My best guess would be Pratt Hathern, Leicestershire and Southwark, Surrey or Pratt Leicestershire.

The Encyclopaedia heraldica or complete dictionary of heraldry, Volume 2, By William Berry describes the arms as having "three bezants, two and one" (a bezant is a gold coin); the shield in your picture might have 2 blobs over 1 blob, but it's too rough to be sure. I think this might be a good start, however.

mbrutsch · 2 months

There are plenty of Istvan Vargas born abt. 1877 in Hungary, but they all arrived after 1900.

mbrutsch · 2 months

If you're sure he sailed on it in 1881, then I can try to find him on the passenger lists.

mbrutsch · 2 months

As far as I can tell, the "British King" did indeed sail from Liverpool, but it was not built until 1881.

mbrutsch · 2 months

No, Ancestry has no Russian records per se. Also, "Selman" is pretty close to "Solomon", and there are lots of Solomons. I'll try to find some good sources outside of Ancestry, though, and if I do, I'll link them in the sidebar.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do.

mbrutsch · 2 months

Patrick Eugene Bennett married Eleanor M Plebane Bennett on 13 Jan 1982 in Clark County, Nevada. What's weird is that the source information says:

Clark County, Nevada Marriage Bureau. Clark County, Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-1966. Las Vegas, Nevada: Clark County, Nevada Marriage Bureau.

So I'm not sure why a 1982 marriage would be included in the '56-'66 Marriage Index.

There's also a "Patrick Eugene Bennett" who was born in 1926 in Illinois, and died in 1991 in Los Angeles.

I think the 'Plebane' from the Nevada might be a type as well as the date, since there is an Eleanor Plebanek who was born in 1926, also in Illinois. That spelling fits with the pronunciation you gave.

A "Michael Bennett" married a "Susie Keller" on 17 Feb 1985 in Hood River, Oregon.

Here's a picture of Susie Keller from the 1969 Golden Valley Junior High yearbook, in San Bernardino, CA. Does that look familiar?

There were several Susan M. Kellers born in California around that time. Do you remember her birthday?

Oh, small world. Here's Michael Bennett, also from the 1969 Golden Valley Junior High yearbook. If that's not your parents, it's a heck of a coincidence.

That's a start. Let me know if any of this looks or sounds familiar.

mbrutsch · 2 months

It would help to know what you are looking for. I found his naturalization record. I'm guessing you know about his wife Josephine, and their children?

mbrutsch · 2 months

No kidding.

mbrutsch · 2 months

Man, that helps a lot. They were married on the 28th day of February in Glasgow. He was a hairdresser's assistant (formerly married to Theresa ?M?ogl), she was a "spinster". Looks like his parents were William and Wilhelmina Shulz, hers were Peter and Margareta Muller. Here, try reading it. On the 1901 census, he was living in Chelsea. His mother's maiden name may have been Ehrhardt. That's all I got.

mbrutsch · 2 months

Here's the Flynn family in 1870, living on 33rd between 10th and 11th:

Dennie Flynn, 36, b. Ireland
Mary Flynn, 36, b. Ireland
Thomas Flynn, 18, b. Ireland
James Flynn, 16, b. New York
Margaret Flynn, 19, b. Ireland

I'll see if I can find a passenger manifest from the British King between 1852 (when Thomas was born in Ireland) and 1854 (when James was born in NY).

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