March 2008:
There are many new obituaries from late 2007 and early 2008. Several new photos , esp. in the John and Teresa Shannon family, including
a notable photo of my gg-grandmother, Catherine Lawler Farrell.
Ballard: Photo of the tombstone of my 4g-gf John Ballard and of the second wife his son Philip Ballard . Also, transcriped wills and corrected death dates for William Ballard and his wife.
I found that the last surviving grandchild of Patrick and Julia (Lucey) Shannon (my gg-grandparents), Frances Leone Skelley Eby died in 2000. I also obtained a copy of her obituary.
Alexander Scott no longer lists
Crystal David William Scott
as a son thanks to
additional evidence found. I previously had doubts as to whether CDW belonged
in this family, and uncovered additional items indicate he does not.
Major updates for the whole Gilchrist line.
The biggest change is that I've changed the mother of my ancestor John Gilchrist to Janet BELL
from Jannet JARDEN based on my personal viewing of
their tombstone in the Spring of 2003. I have posted several new photos of the tombstones and the churches in the area, including for Catherine Welsh Kennedy .
Several updates on the family of Annie Farrell and Thomas L. Shannon Also a revised death date
for Annie (revised April, 2003 from info in her obituary)
Updates for Morrison descendent Ellen Gibson (Oct. 2002)
Previous update, March 2002
All the photos have moved, due to space
limititions here at geocities. The new home of the photos is at
my rootsweb account and a copy of the
photo index is there.
There is still a photo index here.
Please let me know if any photo links are broken as some things may have gotten
lost in the move.
I filled in still more about the Reed families of Clinton County, Iowa,.
I have new facts about the families of John Reed,
his son-in-law Ed Welsh,
and Thomas Reed.
I filled in more about the Reed families of Clinton County, Iowa,
thanks to additional census data.
In particular, new facts about the families of John Reed
and Thomas Reed and his widow.
I learned more about the Wiseman connection to Jeremiah Lucey.
A lot of new information on the Morgan Family (Scott & Vigo Co's, IN, Bourbon
Co., KY, Iowa) including many additions all over the family owing to a lot of new
census data. In particular, I added a lot
to the Nesbit descendents of Elizabeth Morgan Nesbit.
Check back occasionally to see any progress I make in resolving these issues.
Previous update, Nov 2000
I rearranged how all the articles (obits, etc.)
and photos are stored and accessed. The new
organization makes for easier browsing through them. If you used to
have a direct bookmark or link to some photo or obituary, it probably
won't work, now. The article index
and photo index have been updated
There are several new articles and photos.
Alice (Greenwood) Lucey died earlier this year at age 101.
She was married to a grandson of my ggg-grandfather, Jeremiah Lucey.
As far as I know, she was the last living
member (by marriage) of that 3rd generation of Luceys.
Nancy Green Tomlinson. Nancy is the grandmother
of Mary (Tomlinson) Krebs, better known to the world as Marjorie Main,
the actress who played Ma Kettle.
On my grandmother's side, there are numerous updates from cemetery records.
I have updated the burial index.
Morrison Family
The final major piece of the Morrison family is now complete!
We now know what became of Ellen Morrison.
She married Alexander Gibson in Rock Island Co., Illinois, lived
in Keokuk Co., Iowa for a time, and then settled in McPherson Co.,
Nebraska.
Also, more information about David Morrison, who
is apparently buried in Johnson Cemetery of Keokuk Co.
Some new Donegan family facts, particularly about
Maurice and
Michael .
Lawler Family
I thought I had found Ann
Lawler Blessington's son Albert buried at Assumption in Charlotte, but
it turns out to be a different Bert. But I did find Ann's husband's name.
Numerous updates from cemetery records for Daniel Lawler,
Michael Lawler, and many others.
Reed Family
Numerous updates on the family of Richard Reed ,
especially his daughters Katy and Anna.
I filled in many more of the descendents (mainly grandchildren and great-grandchildren)
of Thomas Morgan.
Previous update: (June 1999)
Scott Family
A new long sought ancestor! Thanks to the research
of Jessie Heinzmann, we now can now trace our Scott family back one more generation.
Alexander Scott who died about 1751 in Augusta Co.,
Virginia, was the former dead end for many researchers for many, many years.
Jessie uncovered his parents in New Jersey.
His father, another Alexander Scott, came to New
Jersey in 1684 as the indentured servant of John Campbell.
A lot of updates owing to information from the
Disciples of Christ historical society: Several of
writings of Elisha Scott, and a few more minor
mentions allowing updates of TQ Matthews, John Scott, Alexander Scott
(including new obits for Alexander Scott and Unity Watt).
I untangled some confusion between John Scott
and his uncle John Scott. And I moved some
comments previously with Alexander Scott, Sr.
which now properly go with his son Alexander, Jr.
A new feature: a burial index
listing cemeteries for all the relatives who I know are buried in Iowa.
(If you're planning on going cemetery exploring, you might find this particulary
handy.)
Another new feature: a index of photos
Lots of new photos, including:
I've filled in a lot of information on the branch of the Farrell family
about whom I formerly knew about the least --- the family of
Maria Jane Farrell. I've added lots of biographical
details, obituaries and news articles, and photos.
In particular, I was very excited to receive a photo of
Catherine Lawler Farrell,
second wife of George Farrell, and my gg-grandmother.
New Ballard Ancestors
I have recently learned of 6 new ancestors of my mother in the Ballard
line. Turns out Reuben Ballard's wife
Absilla was also a Ballard and her
ancestors have been traced back three generations.
Matthews Family
I've added a lot of new information about the
Permelia Matthews Shipman family.
We've found several news articles and photos and additional details.
I think there are some minor updates to her father TQ Matthews also.