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WHAT? SLAVE OWNERS IN NEW JERSEY????

2/11/2014

Did you know that New Jersey was a slave state? Did you know that New Jersey did not pass laws to abolish slavery until 1804 and then emancipation was granted very gradually? by 1827 New York State has outlawed and emancipated all slaves held in New York State. New Jersey continued to hold slaves until 1865. The last 16 slaves in New Jersey were released only because of the passage of the 13th amendment to the constitution. In 1850 New Jersey recorded 235 people in bondage within the state. The following is the list of New Jersey Slave owners appearing in the 1850 slave census. I will list these by county, township and then slave holder. As slaves were considered property names were not given just sex and age. Freed slaves often took the last name of their former masters.

Passaic
New Jersey
Jacob E. Vreeland: (female 95, males 75,) Elias A. Vreeland: (female 70,)Daniel A. Vreeland: (male 57) John Riker: (male 70,) Catherine A. Bean:(male 88,Female 67,)John P. Merselis : (male 87,) Jack Jackson : (Female 81,) Jacobus J. Blauvelt: (Male 80) Jane Powlison:(female 78) Richard Westervelt: (Female 76,)Richard Powlison: (male 75, female 70,) Edo E. Merselis :(female mulotto 73,)Peter M.Ryerson: (male 67,)Adrian R. Vanhouten: (Female 66,)John R. Bonta: (female 55,) Cornelius Vanwinkle : (female 65,)John A. Post:(male 65,)Richard J. DeGray:(female 63,)Archan Vanriper:(female 59,)Hannah Vanhouten:(female 58,) John Riker :(female 58,)George J. Rogerson: (female,58) Ruliff Romine:(female 55,) Cornelius P. Hopper:(female 54,) Cornelius Schuzler : (female 51,) John Hogancamp: (female 50,) John D. Michelis: (female 45,)Rachael VanHouten:(female 70,)

Hunterdon
Bethlehem
Joseph Exton:(female,90,)

Rariton
Robert K. Reading:(female 75,)John Hagaman:(female 62,) Elizabeth Waldron: (female 60,)Isaac G. Farlee:(male 80,)

Tewksbury
Robert Craig:(male 65)

Lebanon
Joseph Jenston:(female60,)

Clinton
Paul Apgar : (male 58)

Monmouth
Middletown
J.B.Crawford:(female 90,)Nathaniel S. Wykoff:(male 87, )William Herbert:(male 83,)William Bennet:(female 73,)Wainwright:(female 70,)Chas Higgins:(male 65,)John Hendrickson:(male 60,)William J. Connard:(male 60,female Mulatto 45)JosephEly:(female 58,) Hendrich Plonorred:(male 56,) John W. Holmes:(male 56,) Robert K. Wilson:(female 55,)Jonathan McClam:(male 70,)James A. Keid:(female 63,)

Atlantic
Mary Hulschert:(male88,)John Polhemus:(male 70,)William Haight:( female 60,female 55)John Stoutenborough:( male 51,)

Freehold
Henderson:(male 85,)Alice Vanclief:(female 70,)James W. Holmes:( female 55,)David Stillwell:( female 52,)Johnathan F. Rogers:(female 52,)Thomas C. Thorockmerton :( female 49,)William J. Bowne:( female 46,)Edward Clayton:( female 45,)

Marlboro
David J. Vanderveer:(female 83,)John R. Schanck:(female 70,female 60,) John J. Ely:(female 70,)Thomas B. Conover:( female 50,)John Whitlock:( male 24,male 23,)

Raritan
Holmes Conover:(female 75, male 67,)Elizabeth Stillwell:(female 74,)Hendrick Longstreet:(male 70,Male 50)Courtenus Hiers:(male 65,)Obadiah Stillwell:(female 62,)Barnes B. Smock:( female 60,Male 23, male 23-Mulotto,female 16,)David Williamson:(female 55,)Cyremis Hendrickson:( female55,female 7,male 17, male 11)William Hendrickson:( female 50,male 25, Male 8, female 12,male 22, male 19,)Samuel Stillwell:( female 47,)John Whitlock:( male 24,)Gilbert H. Vanmater:(male 23,)John H. Holmes:( male 22, male 20,)Garret H. Hendrickson:( male 15, female 20, male 19, male 18,)Elizabeth Longstreet:(male 20, female 16,)David Holmes:( female 13, male 14,)

Pequannock
Jacob Berry:(female 75,)Garrett G. Demott:(female 70,)Henry H. Berry:(female 70,)Peter Roome:(female 65,)Abraham A. Jacobus:( female 62,)John L/ Wessels:( female 60,)Giles B. Jacobus:( male 52,)Cornelius Mandeville:( male 50,)

Milstone
John W. VanSchoick:(female 65,)

Shrewsbury

Garrett Morford:(male 65,)Archibald Haviland:(female 59,)

Morris

Elias R. Williams:( female 60,)Stephan Gawin:( female 60,)

Ocean

Charlotte Hubbard:( male 60,)

Somerset
Bedminister
William Vliet:(female 90,)Philip Vanderveer:(male 90,)Theodore Todd:(female 80,)Paul Vandevoort:male 70,)William A. Vanderen: (Male 60,)Thomas Blackwell:(female 55)Henry Vanderven:(male 52,female 0) Robert C. Todd:(male 46)

montgomery
Abraham Cruser:(male 80,)Henry Duryee:(male 60,)Cornelius Cruser:(female 50,)John S. Hogland:(female 47,)

Branchburg
Issac H. Hall:(male 90,)Maria Hall:(male 70,)David Nevius:(female 65,)James Ten Eick:(female65,)Henry Vonderveen:(male 58,)Mary Sisen:(female 48,)

Hilsborough
Petronella Vandoren:(male75,)Abraham D. Quick:(female 70,)Tunis Tunison:(MALE 65,)Rynear Vachrur :(male 60,)Catherine Vachtur:(male 60,)

Bernards
Bergun Vandover:(female,72,)Isreal Bedell:(female 55,)Daniel Whitmack:(male 53,)Peter Coryell:(female 52,)

Bergen
Hackensack
James Paulison :(female 90,)Mary Demott:(male88,)Jacob Edsoll : (female 86, male 62,)Nicholas Kipp: (female 80,)Garret Garrison:(female 79,)Cornelius Ireland:(male 77,) Albert C. Westerett: (female 75,)Lerina Cole:(male 75,)John G. Banta:(male 75,male 60,)Peter J. Ackerman:(female 72,)George Vanriper:(female 69,)Jacob C.Tishum:(male 69,)Margaret Parkis: (female 65,)John DeGroot :(male 65,male 55, male 50,)Cornelius Port:(female 62, Male 50,)James Brinkerhoff:(female 60,)Jacob H. Kipp:(male 60,)Adrianna Ely:(female 55,)Henry C. VanHouten:(male 55,)Richard P. Terhum:(female 52,)Henry J. Brinkerhoff:(female 50,)William H. Day:(female 50, female 50)

New Barbados
Abraham Dermaurt:(female 80,) Elizabeth Boyd :(Female 76,)Isaac A. Panderbrch:(male 68,)John Marinus:(female 66,)Herny J. Paulaus:(female 62,) Henry J. Terhune:(male 62,)Andrew Hopper:(male 55,)

Ho Ho Kus
William G. Hoppe: (female 78,)Henry A. Hoppe:(female 50,)Albert V. Acherum:( female 50,)

lodi
David Anderson:(male 75,)

Washington

John VanWayne:(male 55,)Abraham J. Blanner:(male 55,)Thomas Herrig :(male 53,)

sussex
Wantage
John Titsworth:(female 83,)

Middlesex
North Brunswick
John Conever:(female 80,)Augustus Taylor:(female 70,)Henry Vanlicey:(female 70,)John R. Couenhovin:(female 68,)John Hagaman:(female 65,)Peter Spader:( female 64,)Vincent Barkelew:(male 64,)Fredric Richmond:(female 60,)Hannah Sehenck:( female 60,)John Outcalt: female 60,)Henry Vanarsdale:(female 53,)

Hudson
Franklin
Jacob Race:(female 75,)

North Bergen
John M. Newkirck:(female 67,)Able S. Smith:(male mulotto 57,)
Morris
Hanover
Hiram Smith:(male 75,) John H. Vreeland:(female 70,Male 70,)
Harrison

Henry Tereance:( female 62,)
Mercer
Trenton
Sarah Leake:(female 72,)Clara Leake:(female 72,)

Hopewell

John P. Stout:(female 59,)

Lawrence

Theodore Lanning:(female 58,)

Atlantic
Harbour
Abigail Holdcraft:(female 70,)

Warren
Harmony
Thomas D. Fair:(female 70,)
Franklin
Abram Warren:(female 67,)
Warner

Mercer
Lawrence
Martha Lanning:(male 69,)Edward Lanning:(female 65,)

Hopewell
Andrew MD Lenning:(female 65,)

Essex
Caldwell
Jonathan Beach:(male 72,)

Belleville

Daniel Vanwink :(male 60,)

plainfield
James J. Compton :(female 57,)Ezra Miller:(female 49,) John Denman:(female 0,)

Newark
Mary Fredricks:(female54,)

Morris
Hanover
Susanna SGH:(female 65,) Samuel Fanand:(male 65,) Samuel P. Smith:(female 63,)Adrianna Boudindt:(female 60,)William Dehert:(male 47,)

Where to look for clues to your family

2/8/2014

If you are new to working on your family history you will probably want to run right out and find immediate proof of your ancestors. names and dates can be found in Census records, but the story of who your people really were unfolds through the collection of information found in church, cemetery, vital statistics and various other records, many of which are not yet available on line. The best way to get started is to ask your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles about the family history. Listen to stories told and retold and make notes. Try to pin down time frames and try to sift through the stories to find the kernel of truth. Census reports provide glimpses of family life in 10 year intervals. A lot of life can happen between decades. New York state has state census reports that fall between federal census, but not all of these are found on line. You will have to visit county seats to find many of the records you need and spend time in cemeteries and looking through church records. Church records, especially Catholic church records can be valuable in your search. The Catholic church records the life of each person as they complete the various sacraments. Parents are listed, names of baptismal sponsors (God Parents), marriages, parents of marriage partner, witness to weddings. All of these are valuable clues. You may find , on further search, that a baptismal sponsor is a relative, a sister, brother or cousin of the bride or groom. Following these lines may help you track down a once illusive relation. Visit to local cemeteries can be rewarding and also help you feel connected to your family in a way that a cold factual report can not.
Before running right out to search for your family it is helpful to understand a few things. If you know the cemetery you are looking for your trip will be easier. If the cemetery is still active, you can contact the caretaker for a map of your family plot. The care taker can access the internment records and help you to find all of your family, those you know are there and those you may not yet have known about. If you happen to find your self looking on a weekend when the care taker is not available you can look for stone, but keep in mind that older stones are often difficult to read. Weather wears away at the stone and smooths out the engraving. Flat stones are often over grown with grass and eventually sink deep into the ground and may not be accessible. Even standing stones will begin to sink into the ground and often crack and break with age. Be sure to pack some supplies to take rubbing. This can help you to read fading names and dates. A large, clean sheet of white paper and some rubbing charcoal can help you read the previously illegible, in many cases. Often grass and vines threaten to ruin the stone. This is easily fixed with a pocket knife, a little patience and a tooth brush to clean off the stones. Dates on the stones may not be accurate. This may surprise you. Once would think that of all things the head stone should be correct, but head stones are often purchased after the burial, some times years after. It was not uncommon for children to purchase head stone for their parents only after the last parent dies. Dates and time were easily confused in a past where dates were not well understood or not as important to recall as they are today.
The next thing to keep in mind, before writing letters to churches, of knocking on church secretary doors, or stomping off to search diligently through cemeteries, is roughly when your family member lived and died. You will save hours of frustration knowing this so you can skip the cemeteries or churches that were not yet opened when your family member passed. Understand your family religion. Catholics, when available were buried in Catholic cemeteries, while none Catholics had their own burial places. Indigents were often buried in plots attached to or owned by the county poor house. Immigrants were often segregated by nationality. This is less common now, though you may hear people talk about the Irish section or the Italian section of a cemetery. In some counties the German immigrants set up their own German heritage cemeteries.
When possible you can write to county historians, ( E-mail ) and to local church offices to inquire into records they may have on your families. You will need to provide some information about yourself and your connection to the family name you are researching. Some places will charge a fee to look at and copy records for you, others will not. Churches will not let you look for records your self. County records are are a matter of public record. wills are filed in the county seat, some listing for court proceedings and other miscellaneous information can be found in the county clerk / county records office, including land records. These you will have to search for your self or pay someone to do it for you but the information you can discover is valuable to a genealogist. In early years adoption records were also kept on file in the county clerks office and, in some cases may be kept by the county historian. Adoption records were officially sealed in the 1930's to protect stigmatization of mother and child. At the end of WWII all states had officially closed adoption records unless an adopted adult child petition the court to open them. Even then access to parent information is not always provided. During the 1800's children were abandoned, orphan, or removed from indigent homes by the county welfare office and placed in poor houses, orphanages or sent out west on orphan trains. Some of these records can be found on line with much searching, or recorded in the county offices of the adoptive parents. Private adoptions were also common, between family members or friends or neighbors and were handled by lawyers and filed with the county.
Some years ago I gathered information from each of the New York state counties regarding churches and cemeteries. I had thought to write a book to help burgeoning genealogist save some time. I never published the book, but I will publish the information I have gathered here in hopes that it will be helpful to you in some way.
New York state currently has 62 counties. Not all counties responded to the survey. but it is still helpful to know when the county was founded and what county it came from . If you are looking for someone who lived in that area before it became the current county you will want to look to the parent county for the records. For example, say you are looking for someone who lived in Schuyler county town of Hector in 1850. The county records for Schuyler county are housed in the Watkins Glen county building but in 1850 there was no Schuyler county. Hector was still part of Tompkins county. Here we go:
ALBANY: County seat: Albany. Countyclerk@albanycounty.com. Albany county was formed on 11/1/1683. It was an original county. The first Catholic church was founded in Albany in 1797. Saint Mary's church located at 10 Lodge st. Albany NY 12207. This was the first Catholic church established in New York outside of New York City. The first baptism and the first marriage occurred in 1832. Calvery Cemetery in Glenmont was the first Catholic cemetery established in Albany county in 1856. This is still an active cemetery and records are available on site. If you want to try and write for records the address is 481 Route 9 W. Glenmont NY 12077.

ALLEGANY: County Seat:Belmont formed April 7,1806. Allegany originally belonged to Genessee county. County historian: historian@alleganyco.com. The first Catholic church in Allegany County New York was St. Joseph's, founded in 1846. The founding fathers of theis church were John and Peter Coyle,Timothy Cuthburt and Terrence Brady. Prior to St. Josephs Catholics met in area homes and received their sacraments from visiting Priests. The first Catholic cemetery was established before the church on the same site. The first burial was took place on 12/25/1838. St. Joseph's church was burned to the ground in 1904 and rebuilt on the same site. Some cemetery records are available through the office of the county historian.

BRONX :
The Bronx is named in memory of the areas first European settler, the Swede, Jonas Bronck. The earliest settlement in The Bronx took place along the Harlem River in 1639, in what is now Mott Haven. The Bronx originally was part of Westchester County. Bronx county was founded April 19,1912. There is no email contact for a county historian available for the Bronx. Surveys sent to Bronx historian were never returned. If I gain more information I will provide it in a later post.

BROOME: County seat: Binghamton founded March 25,1806. County Historian : gsmith@co.broome.ny.us. The first Catholic church in Binghamton was St. Patrick's founded in 1838 through the hard work of the 5 Catholic families then residing in Binghamton. The priest assigned to this area traveled from Philadelphia to perform rites. Between his visits layman performed readings and held prayer services in local homes. The history of this church and the efforts to build it are very interesting and can be found on line at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nybroome/brrchis.htm. The historian from Broome county did not return the survey I had sent him. I will post additional information as it is discovered in future posts.

CATTERAUGUS: County Seat:Little Valley founded on March 11,1808. Formerly this was part of Genessee county. County Historian: sfellows@cattco.org . The first Catholic Church was founded in 1862, St. Patrick's church was built in Salemanca close to the Indian reservation. The first services were conducted by a visiting priest once a month.

CAYUGA: County seat: Auburn founded 3/8/1799. County Historian lfrank@cayugacounty.us

CHAUTAUQUA: County Seat Mayville, founded 3/11/1808 . County Historian henrym@chautauqua.ny.us

CHEMUNG: County Seat: Elmira NY founded March 29,1836 from Tioga county. County Historian - historian@chemungvalleymuseum.org. First Catholic church, St. Peter and Paul founded in 1849. Prior to the founding of the Catholic church Catholics attended mass in protestant churches, in private homes and at the court house.

CHENANGO: County seat: Norwich formed March 15,1798 from Tioga and Herkimer counties. County Historian: Countyhistorian@co.chenango.ny.us First Catholic church St. Patrick's 1859. This church burned to the ground in 1888 and was rebuilt as St. Paul's.

CLINTON: county seat Plattsburg founded March 4,1788 from Washington County. County Historian:anastasia.pratt@esc.edu First catholic church established St. Josephs 1843.

COLUMBIA: County Seat: Hudson founded 4/4/1786. County Historian mhowell@govt.com

CORTLAND: County Seat: Cortland founded 4/8/1808 . County Historian jboylan@cortland-co.org

DELAWARE: County seat Delhi formed March 10,1797 from Ulster and Otsego counties. County Historian unavailable

DUTCHESS: County seat-Poughkeepsie formed Nov. 1, 1683. First Catholic church St. Peter's formed 11/24/1837. County Historian wtatum@dutchessny.gov

ERIE: County seat Buffalo, formed 4/2/1821 from Niagara County. First Catholic church- The Lamb of God founded 1832. County Historian unavailable.

ESSEX: County Seat Elizabeth Town founded March 1,1799

FRANKLIN: County Seat: Malone. First catholic church founded 11/7/1834

FULTON: County Seat Johnstown founded 4/18/1838. The first Catholic church was St. Joseph's founded 1856. First Catholic cemeteries St. Mary's and St. Patrick's, both have been abandoned.

GENESSEE: County Seat: Batavia founded 1802 from Ontario county.

GREENE: County Seat: Catskill, founded 3/25/1800 from Albany and Ulster counties. First Catholic church St. Patrick's 1853.

HAMILTON:County Seat Lake Pleasant founded 4/12/1816

HERKIMER: County Seat: Herkimer formed 1791 from Montgomery county.

JEFFERSON: County seat: Watertown founded 3/25/1805

KINGS: County seat Brooklyn founded 11/1/1683

LEWIS: County Seat Lowville formed 1805, formerly part of Oneida county. First Catholic church St. Vincent Depaul erected 1843.

LIVINGSTON: county Seat Geneseo formed in 1821 from Ontario county. First Catholic congregation 1854, first catholic church built, St. Michael's 1889. First Catholic cemetery St. Agnes in Avon 1854.

MADISON: County seat Wampsville founded 3/21/1806.

MONROE:County seat: Rochester founded 2/23/1821

MONTGOMERY: County seat Fonda founded 3/12/1772.

NASSAU: County seat Mineola founded 4/27/1898

New York (Manhatten): County seat New York founded in 1683

NIAGARA: County seat Lockport founded 3/11/1808

ONEIDA: County seat: Utica founded 3/15/1798.

ONONDAGA: County seat Syracuse, founded 3/5/1794

ONTARIO: County seat Canandaigua founded 1789

ORANGE: County seat Goshen, founded 11/1/1683.

ORLEANS: County seat Albion founded 4/15/1825 from Genessee County. First catholic church St. Mary's 1850. Also the first Catholic cemetery.

OSWEGO: County seat Oswego founded 3/1/1816

OTSEGO: County seat Coopers town founded 2/16/1791

PUTNAM: County seat Carmel founded in 6/12/1812.

QUEENS: County seat Jamaica founded in 1683.

RENSSELAER: County Seat Troy founded 1791 from Albany County (1683). First Catholic church St. Peter's 1830. First Catholic cemetery- St. Mary's 1843.

RICHMOND: County Seat Staten Island founded 1683. First catholic church St. Mark's 1839

ROCKLAND:County seat New City founded 2/7/1791.

SARATOGA: county seat Ballston Spa founded 2/7/1791.

SCHENECTADY: County seat Schenectady founded 3/7/1809

SCHOHARIE: County seat Schoharie founded 4/6/1795.

SCHUYLER: County Seat Watkins Glen NY founded 1854 from Tompkins. First Catholic church established in 1846. oldest catholic cemetery St. Mary's 1873.

SENECA: County seat Waterloo founded 3/24/1804. First Catholic church Holy Cross 1849 , first Catholic cemetery established in 1849.

ST. LAWRENCE: County Seat Canton founded 1802 from Herkimer and Clinton Counties. The first Catholic church - St. Mary's 1825, cemetery attached to church.

STEUBEN :County Seat Bath founded 3/18/1796

SUFFOLK:County seat Riverhead founded 11/1/1683.

SULLIVAN: County Seat Monticello founded 1807 from ulster and Orange counties.

TIOGA: County seat Owego founded 2/16/1791.

TOMPKINS: County seat Ithaca founded 4/7/1817.

ULSTER: County seat Kingston, founded 1683.

WARREN: Country seat Lake George founded 3/12/1813.

WASHINGTON: County seat Hudson Falls founded 3/12/1772

WAYNE: County seat; Lyons founded April 11,1823. First Catholic church St. John's 1851.

WESTCHESTER: County seat White plains founded 11/1/1683.

WYOMING: County seat Warsaw, founded 1841 from Genessee county.First Catholic cemetery St. Mary's 1846. Cemetery on site.

YATES: County seat PennYan founded 2/5/1823.

Claude and Ruth Curran of Montour Falls New York

2/7/2014

Claude Curran (12/13/1879) and Ruth Rhinehert (1896) were married in 1917 in Rochester NY. They settled in Montour Falls where they raised five children ; Margaret (1925), James (1927), Claude Jr. (1928), Joseph (1930), and Gerald (4/15/1918).
Claude was the son of Delbert Arnau Curran (1855) and Hattie Brace (1857). He was one of five children ; Carrie (1887), Lottie (1883),Effie (1891), Eva (1894), Claude (1879), Charles (1885). The Delbert Curran family lived in Yates county in Dundee NY. Dell worked as a moulder and later as a school janitor and truant officer.
Hattie Brace was the daughter of Daniel Brace (1837) and Phebe J. (1841). She had two sisters, Martha (1861) and Augusta (1866) and one brother , August (1866). August and Augusta were twins. The Brace family grew up in Hornby Steuben County New York. Hattie died in Penn Yann NY on September 6,1934.
Claude served in the army during WWI between 1917-1918. He worked as a paper hanger and painter and later for Shepard Niles Crane and Hoist Co. In his later years Claude suffered from heart trouble. Between 1935 and 1947 he suffered several bouts of illness but did not let these illness keep him down. In 1936 he shingled his own home on South Genessee street in Montour Falls. In November 1944 Claude spent several weeks in the Shepherd hospital seriously ill. He had a leg amputated before being released back to his home in Montour Falls. After struggling with heart related illness, Claude was taken to Shepherd Hospital on 4/23/1947 where he died. Claude is buried in the Montour Cemetery, Montour Falls NY.
Jane Ruth "Hattie" Rhinehart was born and raised in Montour Falls NY. She was the daughter of Hamilton(1852) and Margaret (1871) Rhinehart and had one sister, Lola (1891.) Lola was teacher in the Watkins glen school district. She married Andrew Love of Watkins Glen NY and had a son Andrew Jr.
Hattie suffered from poor health and frequent hospital stays through out the 1920's, 30's and early 1940's. She underwent several operations at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre PA. in 1921,1935,1937. In 1937 Hattie spent several weeks in the hospital. She was admitted again in June of 1943 for observation and passed away on September 1,1943.
Son Gerald served in the national Guard and joined the army 10/10/1939. Gerald served 7 years during WWII and saw action in the European theater in Africa, Sicily, Normandy and Germany. When he exited the service Gerald returned to Montour Falls and took a job at the Holding Center and married Marjorie J. Murray 8/25/1945. Marjorie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray of Corning NY.
James Adelbert Curran married Hazel Louise Dennison on July 30,1947. Hazel is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dennison of Watkins Glen NY. James also served in the army.
Margaret Lucille Curran married Cpl. Wilfred Bush (1922) 5/10/1942. Margaret and Wilfred had a son, Wilfred Jr. (March 1943. ) Wilfred was able to see and hold his son shortly after his birth, while on furlough from the service. He was killed in action in Africa on May 9,1943. Wilfred was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Bush of Watkins Glen NY. Margaret remarried George Cunningham on April 22,1944.
( information on the Curran family has been found in the US federal census and articles in the Watkins Express.) If you have a family you would like to see appear on this site, please send me your information and I would be happy to take a look. This was just a brief glimpse in to the lives of this family.

A look at some Schuyler County New York families; Jennie and Charles Bond,

2/6/2014

Jennie Gilbert (Oct. 1862) lived in Bath, Steuben New York with her parents , Wakeman Gilbert (July 1832) and Jane (April 1830). Wakeman was a day laborer, born in New York to parents both born in Connecticut. Jennie finished high school and began work as a music teacher. In 1880 she met Charles Bond (1855 NYS) when he boarded at her parents home in Bath New York. Charles was a dealer in music. In 1880 the Gilbert's also had a niece, Clara Hopkins age 7, living with them.
Jennie and Charles were married in 1880 and began life in Bath New York. They lived on West William Street n Bath NY. Throughout the years Charles worked interchangeably as a painter and paper hanger and also as a salesman of music. They had three children; Anna (Nov. 1883), Edith (Nov. 1881) and son Delos G. (1905).
Daughter Anna Bond married Robert J. Magill(1873 NYS) who was a college student attending Canisus College. In 1910 they lived with Charles and Jennie while Robert attended school. Robert was the son of Irish immigrants.
Daughter Edith married George H. Smith and moved to Watkins Glen NY. In 1935 they were living at 205 S. Decatur Street. In 1935 Jennie was living with Edith and George following Charles death. George worked as a chauffeur for a private family.
Son Delos moved to Michigan where he met and married Helen (1904 Minnesota). Helen's father was born in Minnesota, her mother in French Canada ( Quebec). Delos and Helen settled in Pontiac Michigan. Delos worked as an embalmer in a funeral parlor.

Tomorrow we take a glimpse into the Claude and Ruth Curran family of Montour Falls NY and take a look at church history/records, cemetery listings and more.

I have a leaf and other things to think about

2/5/2014

I know you have all seen the commercials for Ancestry.com. They tell you to just put in your name and follow the leafs to build your tree. Ancestry is an invaluable resource for anyone researching family history. It costs a few dollars to access everything, but it is money will spent. But before you run off to start your tree by following the yellow brick road, ( or the leafs in this case) I have a few pointers to keep in mind.
The computer program Ancestry uses will match names and some times dates. Before you accept this into your tree you will need to comb through the information and verify that it is truly your person. It is easy to mistake one person for your own, but first ask yourself if the information makes sense to your family? Are the dates correct or close? Do the names listed in the family correlate to the names of your own family? This is where keeping track of extended family is so important. Does the person live in the area of the country where your family is known to have lived? Families did travel and many people went west, but they did not generally travel back and forth between states, so if you find your family in New York in 1850, Nebraska in 1860 and then PA in 1870, take a closer look.
If a leaf leads you to someone else family tree you may have found a distant relation, congrats. But check out the information carefully. Do they have sources listed for the information they have? Too often novices in a hurry to find their family history select information without verifying it. This can lead you to a very crooked tree , indeed.
It is best to try and source as many of your facts as possible. You can do this through word of mouth family stories, family documents, , birth certificates, death certificates, baptismal cert., report cards, articles in the news paper as well as through the census, vital statistics, naturalization petitions, wills and other government documents. Sourcing residence can be done using phone directories. The more sources you have the more confident you can be that you have all of the correct people. Once you have your facts you can start to put the story together.
In 1824 New York State passed a law which required every county int he state to erect poor houses to house the poor and indigent. Most of those sent to the poor house were immigrants, many were children. The following comes from http://www.poorhousestory.com/1824_law.htm:

LAWS OF NEW-YORKp. 382

CHAP. CCCXXXI

AN ACT to provide for the establishment of County Poor-Houses

Passed November 27, 1824

Duty of board of supervisorsBe it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each county in this state, (the counties of Genesee, Yates, Greene, Washington, Rensselaer, Queens, Essex, New-York, Montgomery, Suffolk, Schoharie, Chautauqua, Cortland, Dutchess, Orange, Allegany, Richmond, Monroe, Sullivan, Cattaraugus, Kings, Putnam, Delaware, Franklin, Oswego, Otsego, Columbia, St. Lawrence, Rockland, Albany, Tompkins, Tioga, Schenectady, Seneca, Madison, Onondaga, Oneida and Ulster, excepted,) at their next meeting after the passing of this act, to direct the purchase of one or more tracts of land, not exceeding the quantity of two hundred acres, and thereon build and erect, for the accommodation, employment and use of the said county, one or more suitable buildings, to be denominated the poor house of the county of _______ and to defray the expense of such purchase and buildings, raise, by tax on estates real and personal, of the freeholders and inhabitants of the same county, a sum not exceeding the sum of seven thousand dollars, by such installments and at such times as may be ordered by the board of supervisors, to be assessed and collected in the same manner as the other county charges are assessed and collected, which money, when collected, shall be paid over by the treasurer of said county to said supervisors, or such persons as they shall for that purpose designate, to be applied to defraying the expenses aforesaid.

Superintendents to be appointed and their dutiesAnd be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the supervisors of said county, at their meeting on the first Tuesday of October, annually, to choose and appoint, by plurality of votes, not less than five persons, who shall be denominated superintendents of the poor house of the county of ________ who shall, until the first Tuesday of October next thereafter, take upon themselves, and have the exclusive charge, management, direction and superintendence of said poor house, and of every thing relating to the same; and shall and may, from time to time, with the approbation and consent of a majority of the judges of the county courts of such county, make, ordain and establish such prudential rules, regulations and by-laws, for the well ordering of the same, and the employment, relief, management and government of the persons therin placed, and the officers and servants therein employed, and the correction of the refractory, disobedient and disorderly, by solitary confinement therein, and feeding them on bread and water only, as they shall deem expedient for the good government of the same; and shall and may, from time to time, appoint and employ a suitable person to be keeper of the same house, and necessary servants under him, and the same keeper and servants remove at pleasure, or otherwise, if they shall deem it more advisable; and it shall be lawful for the said superintendents to contract with some suitable person for the support of those persons who are placed in said poor house, who shall give a bond to said superintendents, with sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of his contract, and who shall and my be authorised to employ the persons so committed to his charge, in like manner as if he was appointed keeper of said poor house.

Paupers to be sent to poor houseAnd be it further enacted, That whenever, after the said poor-house shall be completed, any poor person in any city or town of the same county shall apply for relief, the said overseer of the poor of such city or town shall make application to a justice of the peace of said county, which said justice and overseer shall enquire into the state and circumstances of the person so applying for relief as aforesaid; and if it shall appear to the said justice and overseer of the poor, that such person is in such indigent circumstances as to require relief, it shall be their duty (unless the sickness of the pauper prevent) instead of ordering relief in the manner directed in and by the twenty-fifth section of the act entitled "An act for the relief and settlement of the poor," to issue his warrant under his hand, directed to any constable of such city or town, whose duty it shall be to execute the same, thereby requiring said constable forthwith to take such poor person so applying for relief, and remove him or her to said poor-house, and there deliver him or her to the care of the keeper of the same house, to be relieved and provided for as his or her necessities shall require; and he or she shall be discharged therefrom by order of the superintendents of the same house, or some one of them:

Provision as to disorderly persons

And further, That is case the said superintendent, by a resolution to be passed by a majority of the board, shall give permission, and so long and no longer, as such permission shall be continued, it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the peace of said county, whenever a disorderly person, under or within the meaning of the act entitled "An act for apprehending and punishing disorderly persons," instead of the punishment directed by the same act, by warrant under his hand and seal, to commit such disorderly person or persons to said poor-house, into the custody of the keeper thereof, there to be kept at hard labor for any time not exceeding six months, unless sooner discharged therefrom by order of such superintendents or a majority of them; in which warrant, it shall be sufficient to state and set forth generally, that such person has been duly convicted of being a disorderly person, without more particular specification of the offence.

Provision as to children who beg

And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the overseers of the poor of any town or city in said county, to take up any child under the age of fifteen years, who shall be permitted to beg or solicit charity from door to door, or in any street or highway of such city or town, and carry or send him or her to said poor-house, there to be kept and employed, and instructed in such useful labor as he or she shall be able to perform, and supported until discharged therefrom by order of said superintendents, whose duty it shall be to discharge such child as soon as her or she shall be able to provide for himself or herself.

Duties of keeper of poor house

And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the keeper of said poor-house, to require and compel all persons committed to his care or custody in the same by virtue of this act, to perform such work, labor and service, towards defraying the expense of their maintenance and support, as they shall severally be able to perform, or said superintendent shall from time to time direct; and in case any such person shall neglect or refuse to perform the work, labor and service required of him or her, or shall at any time refuse or neglect any rule, regulation or by-law, which shall as aforesaid be made and established by said superintendents, for the well ordering and government of the persons committed or placed in said poor-house, or shall at any time depart therefrom, until he or she shall be regularly and duly dismissed and discharged there from; in each and every such case, it shall and may be lawful for the keeper of the same house, to place and keep each and every such person in solitary confinement in some part of the same house, and feed him, her or them, with bread and water only, until he or she shall submit to perform the same labor, work and service, and obey, conform and observe the rules, regulations and by-laws aforesaid; or for such time as said keeper shall judge proportioned to his or her respective offence or offences:

Proviso

Provided however, That every such person who shall think himself or herself aggrieved by the conduct of such keeper towards them, may and shall be permitted to make his or her complaint to said superintendents, or any one of them, who shall immediately examine into the grounds of such complaint, and make such order and direction in the case as to him or them shall appear fit and proper; which order shall be final and conclusive in the case.

Expenses how raised and defrayed

And be it further enacted, That the expense of supporting and maintaining such persons as shall or may be sent to or placed in said poor-house pursuant to the provisions of this act, and all expenses incident to keeping, maintaining and governing said poor-house, shall be a charge upon said county; and it shall and may be lawful for the supervisors of said county, to cause such sum as shall remain unpaid at the end of each year, and may be necessary to defray the same expenses, to be annually assessed and collected by a tax on the estates, read and personal, of the freeholders and inhabitants of the same county, in the proportion to the number and expenses of paupers the several towns respectively shall have in the said poor-house; which monies, when collected, shall be paid by the collectors of the several cities and towns in the said county, into the hands of the treasurer of such county, subject to the orders of said superintendents, to be by them applied to the paying and defraying of the same expenses.

Raw materials may be purchasedAnd be it further enacted, That the said superintendents may, at the expense of said county, from time to time, purchase and procure such raw materials to be wrought and manufactured by the persons in said poor-house; and shall and may at all times sell and dispose of the produce of the labor of the same persons, in such manner as they shall judge conducive to the interests of said county;

Superintendents to accountand it shall be the duty of the said superintendents annually, at the meeting of the supervisors of said county, on the first Tuesday of October in each year, to account with the board of supervisors of the said county, for all monies by them received and expended as such superintendents, and pay over any such monies remaining in their hands, as such superintendents, unexpended, to the superintendents who shall then be chosen and appointed in their stead.

Removals of paupers to other counties abolishedAnd be it further enacted, That no person shall be removed as a pauper, out of any city or town, to any other city, town or county, by any order of removal and settlement; but the county where such person shall become sick, infirm and poor, shall support him; and if he be in sufficient health to gain a livelihood, and still become a beggar or vagrant, then he shall be treated as a disorderly person:

ProvisoProvided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the removal of any pauper from one city or town to any other city or town in the came county.

Penalty for fraudulent removalsAnd be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall hereafter send, carry or transport, or cause to be sent, carried or transported, any pauper or paupers, or other poor and indigent person or persons, from and out of any town in any county of this tate, into any town in any other county, with intent to charge such other town or county with the maintenance and support of such pauper or paupers, poor and indigent persons, such offence shall be deemed and adjudged a misdemeanor; and such person or persons so offending, on conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, be punished, by fine in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of said court.

Provision as to the excepted counties And be it further enacted, That if any board of supervisors, or a majority of them, in any of those counties heretofore excepted, shall, at any of their annual meetings hereafter, determine that it will be beneficial to their county to erect a county poor-house, that by filing such determination with the clerk of said county, they shall be at liberty to avail themselves of the provisions of this act.

In 1880 The Schuyler County New York Poor house recorded 289 residents being "Defective, dependent and delinquent. Here are just a few names from that census:
Stella Overhiser was an epileptic with paralysis of the limbs.
The Rose Family; Charles has paralysis of the left side and could no longer work. He and his wife and children, Hannah, John and Ellen were admitted on January 19,1876. Hannah suffered from St. Anthony's dance, (
Sydenham chorea a post infectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence.http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?s=Sydenham+chorea) Ellen was born crippled. John is the only able bodied person in the family but resides there due to his being a child.
Charles LaFever was an infant with water on the brain, an enlarged head.
The Sheffield Family were all able bodied but indigent; Harriet and Abe and children Martha and Charles.
Jefferson Collins was able bodied but was placed in residence for being "intemperate" drinking, fighting, and disturbing the peace.
Estelle Cronk was semi deaf from birth but was self supporting.
William R. Beers suffered from acute mania. He had his first episode of mania at age 22 and had spent some time in Willard Asylum in 1879.

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Cholera Epidemic of 1849- Deaths in Paterson New Jersey

2/5/2014

As promised here is the list of those who lived and died in Patterson New Jersey during the 1849 Cholera epidemic. Cholera is a bacterial infection caused by ingesting contaminated food or water, primarily contamination with human fecal matter. Until 1849 it was thought to be an airborne and mysterious illness that appeared to plague the poor more readily than the wealthy. Dr. Snow proposed a microbial origin for epidemic cholera in 1849 and began to study the disease. By 1855 he had found the link between contaminated water and Cholera infections ( Wikipedia).

Adams, Thomas age 41 Thomas worked in Manufacturing. He had a wife and five children, 3 sons and two daughters.
Edward, Allen 52
Barrow, Alice 30
Bradley, Eliza 25
Brandt, Edward 24
Brown, Thomas 24
Cadmus, Henry T. 43
Campbell, Jacob 1
Campbell, Margaret 3
Campbell, Rebecca 30
Campbell, William 45 William died with his wife, Margaret and infant children. He left behind 3 daughter age 15-24 and one son between age 20-25. William was a tradesman.
Canas, Patrick 6
Candell, John 32
Carnton, Michael 39
Carnton, Michael 28
Clark, William 13
Close, Catherine 18
Cronow, Barbara 33
Cutley, Jane 71
Delangle, Thomas 27
Doherty, Martha 50
Doremus, Ralph G. 40
Douglass, Archibald 2
Drake, Albert T. 37
Feltman, Jacobus 16
Franklin, Mary 1
Garabrant, John 19
Garrabrant, Garret
Gedney, Mary 49
Gillen, Catherine 52
Gillespie, John 50
Haden, Francis 3
Harrison, Betty 12
Harrison, John 58 John Leaves behind a wife and one son
Harrison, Samuel 4
Heney, Bernard 25
Hickett, Joseph 50
Jackson, Betsy 50
Jackson, Frank 51
Johnson, William H. 42
Jones, John 31
Keane, Jane 6
Kelly, Bridget 25
Kelly, Edward 54
Kenneday, Mary 36
Kenneday, William 45
Kentworth, Sarah 37
Kentworthy, Sarah A.
Kerns, William 2
Laird, John 41
Lanb, Mrs. 50
Lee, Thomas 41
Lodge, William 45
Mackling, Catherine 32
Mager, William 19
Maloy, Bridget 13
Marrian, Thomas 24
Marsh, Agnes 46
McCann, Bridget 30
McCardle, Susan 24
McCoy, James 6
McFey, John 34
McGinnis, Patrick 81
McGrotty, Nancy 33
McKivar, James 13
McManis, John 28
McManis, William 2
Mellory, Peter 31
Merrian, Thomas
Metcalf, Martha
M'Grechan, Margaret 59
Miller, Rachel 14
Millhaw, Ellen 49
Moss, James 48
Mulholland, Catharine Infant
Norman, James 6
Orr, james 28
Palmer, Mary 12
Palmer, William 6
Patterson, Thomas 39
Plates, Henry 37
Porter, Thomas 39
Post, John 23
Rafferty, Hugh 66
Redmond, John 34
Richardson, William infant
Ricker, Catherine Jane 19
Ripple, William infant
Riseley, philip 27
Robertson, Sarah 2
Ryan, Patrick 39
Schuyler, Benjamin 1 1/2
Scofield, Mary Ann 46
Semidt, Jacob S. 49
Shorrock, Ann 29
Sindle, Eliza Ann 25
Skelly, Thomas 23
Skinner, Mary 10
Smith, Felix 70
Stimson, Ephriam I. 45
Stott, Lucy 4
Stubert, Hester 13
Thompson, Thomas 3
Turner, William 48
Van Emburg, H'y 31
Vosger, Martin 39
Vreeland, John 50
Wilden, Sophia 47
Wilhelm, John 29
Baker, Harmen 45
Bamper, Lodwick 67
Bannar, Samuel 63
Berry, John 45
Conover, Samuel 29
Demarest, Garret H. 46
Demarest, Kasiah 78
Dykman, Richard 32
Eskie, Sarah 32
McCall, Sarah Jane 32
Messenger, John 45
Stagg, Cornelia 35
Van Voorhis, Abraham 55
Van Voorhis, Kesiah 39
Weymer, Catherine 42
Weymer, George 47

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The Bark Globe 4/28/1847

2/4/2014

On April 28,1847 The Bark Globe landed in Boston harbor coming from Cork Ireland. All passengers listed Ireland as the country they belong to and the US as the country they were planning to inhabit. The following are the families and individuals on board that ship.
Family groups:
Kelly: Timothy (26), Margaret (45), Margaret (17), Catharine (16)
Molany: Margaret (20), James (30),
Twomy: Jeremiah (23), William (27)
Kelly: John(24), Ellen (22), Timothy (50), Michael (22), John (20), Daniel (19)
White: Johanna (20), Mary (18)
Ahern: Pat (30), Ellen (30)
Wiseman: Robert (45), Robert (18), John (16), Thomas (12), Ester (45), Ester (8)
Osagar: John(20), James (1), Eliza (20)
Crosby:Margaret (20), Eliza (18)
Keary: William (33), Moses (35), Mary (20), Catharine (18)
Dowelly: Margaret (30),Pat (20)
Wall: Bridget (15), John (14), Michael (9), Daniel (6), Thomas (1)
Chadwick: Elizabeth (20), Michael (21)
Long: John(30), Elen (20), Margaret (5)
Sullivan: Pat (35), Jeremiah (30)
Collins: John (22), Betsy (19), Nancy (18), John (22)
Howes: Joseph (20), Julia (27)
Sullivan: Bridget (19), Morris (22)
Curtis: Catherine (26), Thomas (30)
Murphy: Bridget (23), William (27), Mary (22), Edmund 920), Nancy (19), Thomas (26), Nelly (18)
Pendegast: Michael (30), Ellen (26)
Gary: William (28), Mary (20)
Gary: Michael (28), Margaret (20)
Lee: William (22),Edmund (18)
Cronin: Pat (25),Bridget (25), Mary(20), Dennis) 21
McCarthy: Timothy (23), Mary (19), Mary (19) ( one is a sister, the other a wife)
Kennedy: Hannah (25), Margaret (24), Mary (23)
Donavan: Dennis (22), Michael (20)
Barret: John (30), Bryant 930)
Toomy: Mary (23), Hannah (19)
Dinnen: william (32), Nancy (26), John (1),

Persons traveling alone:
Stock, Garont (23), Punch, Mary (22), Major, Mary Ann (18), McCarthy, John (25), Buckminister, Isabel (22), Harley, Margaret (18), Leahy, Mary (19), Wool, Margaret (23), Maloney, Michael (25), Coffee, Michael (18),Loughlan, John (30), Kelly, Daniel (50), Smeedy, Thomas (21), Riley, John (40), Crowley, Dennis (28), Harrington, Pat (20), Birmingham, Walter 920), McCarthy, Daniel 923), Downing, Joseph (26), Burns, Dennis(24), Shea, Patrick (26), Keeffe, Timothy (25), Serele, Jeremiah (48), Sullivan, Thomas (20),Biary, Mary (22), Muleahy, Cornelius (24),Toben, Richard 930), Sullivan, Jeremiah(20), Helina, Thomas (22),Aday, Catherine 918),Keefe, Dennis (35), Clifford, David 928), Harris, John (45), Cummins, Dennis (22),Quall, Pat (21), Lwoley, William (24), Welsh, John (27), Connell, John (20),Burn, John (20), Neal, Nelly (24), Willis, Richard (32), Sullivan, John(25), Irvine, Nora (30), O'Keefe, Ellen (18), Corea, Michael 924), Collins, Ellen (22), Brag, Michael(24), Mulphy, Michael(20), Francis, Michael 926), Shehan, John (25), Lunt, Catherine (24), Buckley,Michael(22), Buell, Daniel (17), Mahoney, Cornelius (30),Shea, John (12)

The Wiseman family, Robert born 1802, Ester born 1802 and the children, Robert born 1829, John born 1849, Thomas born 1835 and Ester born 1839 landed in Boston Harbor. Robert was a laborer and most likely came to the US to escape the crushing hunger of their home land. In 1850 The Wisemans had moved from Boston to Hillborough New Hampshire where they reconnected with sons Edward bornb 1824 and George born 1843.

In 1860 the family moved back to Massachusetts, settling in Fall River, Bristol county ward 1 . Robert is working as a day laborer. Esther is keeping house. Thomas and Esther are still living at home. George has passed away .
Edward Wiseman has started his own family and is living next door to his parents with his wife Charlotte born 1824 and children; Esther born in Mass. 1852,Charlotte born in Mass. 1856, Mary born in Mass. 1858, and Robert born 1860. Robert is 6 months old.

John Wiseman has remained in the Boston area. He is not married and is working a s a laborer.

Robert Junior does not appear in the 1860 census but resurfaces in 1870 in Cambridge Mass with wife Ann born 1831 and children John born 1860 and Julia born 1857.

In 1870 we find that Robert Wiseman senior has passed away. Esther remains in Fall River Mass. living with her still single daughter Esther. Daughter Esther works in a cotton Mill.

Edward and his family have left Fall River.
Son Thomas has begun his own family with Maria G. born in Mass. 1841 and son Robert born 1870. They are living with the Delany Family in Fall River. Thomas works as a machinist.
John remains in Boston living with the Cronin and Driscoll families. He has taken a wife, Catherine born in Ireland 1835 and two children, Mary born 1866 in Mass. and George born 1869 in Mass.
By 1880 Esther has passed away and daughter Esther does not appear in the census. She may have married.
Thomas and family remain in Fall River. Baby Robert is no longer with them but they have twin sons, Thomas and Edward born 1872 and William born 1876.
John remains in Boston with wife Catherine and children Mary E., George and Ellen born 1873.

A little bit of history that may help your search or answer some questions

2/3/2014

Family searches can be frustrating. Before 1900 it was not uncommon for people to interchange their first and middle names , birth dates were not always recorded or remembered so approximations were used. Immigrants were often illiterate and uneducated. Many could not read or write and had little concept of when they were born or what their true age was. Many people who want to find their roots will follow and record only their direct line, forgetting or discounting siblings and sibling families. One should remember though that prior to the 1940's there was no social security or guaranteed retirement. Families had to depend on each other. Often a parent can be found living with the families of their grown children. Siblings who have not married or who have no children would live with siblings . Poor houses were also popular throughout the US during the 1800's. Children of indigent parents or orphaned would find themselves in large orphanages or on the orphan trains sent out west to help on farms, or shuffled off to relation who had more resources and needed the help on farms, or in the home. Epidemics periodically swept the US and took many lives. Entire families died out and disappeared from the record over night. Children died of croup, asthma, accidents, and , some times, of child abuse. Laws did not protect children the way they do now. School was not compulsory in the US before 1852 when Massachusetts passed laws to mandate all towns in Mass. provide children with an education. If parents did not send their children to school they could be fined or their children taken and apprenticed to a family that would provide a "proper education". The following shows the date by state that school became mandatory Alabama -1915 Louisiana-1910 Oklahoma-1907 Alaska-1929 Maine-1875 Oregon-1889
Arizona-1899 Maryland- 1902 Pennsylvania-1895 Arkansas-1909 Massachusetts-1852
Rhode Island-1883 California-1874 Michigan-1871 South Carolina-1915 Colorado-1889
Minnesota-1885 South Dakota- 1883 Connecticut- 1872 Mississippi-1918 Tennessee-1905
Delaware-1907 Missouri-1905 Texas-1915 District of Columbia-1864 Montana-1883
Utah-1890 Florida-1915 Nebraska-1887 Vermont- 1867 Georgia-1916 Nevada-1873
Virginia-1908 Hawaii-1893 New Hampshire-1871 Washington-1871 Idaho-1887
New Jersey-1875 West Virginia- 1897 Illinois-1883 New Mexico- 1891 Wisconsin-1879
Indiana-1897 New York-1874 Wyoming-1876 Iowa-1902 North Carolina- 1907 Kansas-1874
North Dakota-1883 Kentucky-1896 Ohio-1877

Epidemics in the US 1657-1919
Measles: Boston- 1657,1687,1713,1729,1739/1740,/Connecticut, NY, PA., SC.-1747,North America-1759,1775,
Philadelphia & NY-1788
Yellow Fever: New York 1690, 1803,Philadelphia-1793,1794,1796/1797,1798, Nation wide-1841,1850,1852(8,000 people died of yellow fever in one summer),1855,New Orleans-1847,1878,
Jacksonville Florida-1886
Influenza:World wide-1732,1733,1775,1776,1781,1782,1847,1848,1857,1858,1859,1918( more people were hospitalized during WWI from influenza than from the war. US army training camps succumbed with 80 percent death rate in camp) Vermont-1793, North America & West Indies-17611850,1851,1873,1874,1875, Virginia-1793 (500 people died in 4 weeks.
Bilious disorder:Delaware-1783
Small Pox:South Carolina-1738, Pennsylvania-1860,1861,
Typhus:Philadelphia-1837,Plymouth PA.-1885
Cholera:Nationwide-1831,1832,New York & Major cities-1832,North America-1848,1849, Columbus Ohio-1833, New York City-1834,1849,Cole County Illinois-1851, great plains-1851, Missouri-1851
Unspecified Fever:Pennsylvania-1793,Nationwide-1820,1821,1822,1823
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, and Washington DC experienced a series of recurring epidemics of Small Pox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever and Yellow fever -1865-1873

Tomorrow look for a list of persons from Paterson New Jersey who died in the epidemic of 1849.

The Tamerand arrived in New York Harbor 8/1/1834

2/3/2014

Roughly 189 passengers arrived at New York Harbor aboard The Tamerand on 8/1/1834. Many families had come to build a new life, to start over after years of oppression at the hands of Britain. The following is a list of families and individuals who made the journey and landed 8/1/1834.
family groups arriving:
Beatty: Agnes (25), John (25), Robert (3) Simon (6 months)
Bell: Rachel (35),Robert (6), Samuel(3), Suanda(3 mon)Thomas (28),Pierce(36), Pierce (8), Maria(19), John (10), George (12), Frances (14), Anne (2)
Beng: John (2), Mark (21)
Butt: William (12),Thomas (18), Michael(14), Mary(39), Margaret (16), John (20), James (47), James (10)
Byrne: Charles(23), Andrew (34),
Dease: Ann (2), Catherine (27)
Delany: Maria (16), Mary (10), Philip (22), William (34), Margaret (44), John (50), John (12), Catherine (6), Bredget (14), Anne (8)
Dunn: Eliza (22), Ellen (24), Patrick (11)
Fenloy: Sarah (22), Patrick (26), Mary (27),
Fowler: George(17),Rebecca (22),Thomas (27),William (23)
Garken: Richard (2), Joseph (24), Elizabeth (20)
Goundy: Thomas (18), Ralph (10), Mary (34),Mary (1), Margaret (16), John (41), John (14), Frances (4), Christopher (7)
Gray: Joseph (18), Joseph (17)
Helles: William (24), William (10), Sarah (?), Mary Ann (8), James (12), Isabella (35), Elizabeth (5)
Hornby: George (46), Elizabeth (48)
Hyland : Catherine (32), Patrick (4mon.), Symon (7), William (32)
Irvin: William (5 mon.), Mary (31), James (31)
Jackson: Thomas (22), William (20)
Keenan: Mary Ann (10), Maria (30), James (12), Frances (6), Ellen (4), Catherine (8)
Keil: Joel (24), Joel (47)
Killen: William (24), Thomas (26)
Kingstom: Thomas (28), William (21)
Lunn: Edward (25),Sarah (24)
Madun: Henry (24), Jane (21)
McCulloch: William (30), Margaret (6 mon.), James (18), George (26)
McGill: John (22), Mary (30)
McGowan: Mary (13), Eliza Jane (1), Catherine (25)
McKeough: Cornelius (29), John (22), Martha (29)
Menen: William (40),Thomas (36), Robert (44), Margaret (46)
Murphy: James (24), David (27)
Naulz: Elizabeth (24), John (22)
Petterson: William (41), William (4), Susannah (32), Janet (2), Helen (8)
Reily: Bridget (50), F. (53), James (18)
Robenson: Thomas (19), John (32), Sophia (31), William (7)
Scallean: Thomas (20), Mary (22)
Shield: Hugh (17), Mary (22), Judith (60), Judith (18), Henry (60), Hannah (25), Catherine (20)
Smethwick: Margaret (50), Patrick (52)
Tumbull : Robert (30) , Janet (20)
Walsh : Bridget (24), Mary (24)Patrick (27)
Were Susan (55), William (43

Singles also on board
Bangley, Robert (23), Beily, Bernard (20), Blackwood, Samuel (27), Boenan (Patrick (23), Brady , Catherine (18), Breman, Patrick (20), Bunton, William (28),Caden, John (26), Canoll, Patrick (26), Chapman, George (20), Close, James (18), Connolly, Patrick (26),Cronin, James (28), Daencomb, John (26), Daomgorle, Christopher (36), Daucaan, Henry (18),Donally, Henry (23), Duffey, John (23), Flannery, Maria (18),
Fox, James (24), Heany. Mary (17), Herican, Ellen (18), Kinlay, Martha(21), Lasler, Dottus (26), Levey, James (26),Martin, Gelbert (30), Mathus, Abetha (21), Matthenson, Andrew (30), McCueran, Mary (20), Moffett, David(18), Mulford, William (28), Richardson, William (18),Sell, Charles Thomas (22), Shea, Dennis (25),Synys, George (50),Warlfuld, Carl (18), Watson, John (20), Welby, Thomas (26), Welson, Agnes (18), Willcot, Matilda (21), Zarrett, Maria (25)

Welcome to America but what will you do now that you are here? The passengers came from England, Scotland, Ireland and one, Carl Warlfuld came from Germany. He was a Draper.

Coming from Scotland were :
The Beatty Family. They were farmers coming here in hopes of continuing their trade. By 1836 John and his family had settled in Peach bottom, York PA. In the 1850 US census we can see that John is working as a farm laborer. His family has expanded to include Jane (1836), James (1838), Agness (1840). John (1843), and Ann, (1848). Robert Passed away shortly after arriving in The US. Simon is now 16 andJohn's wife wife Agness is doing fine.

The Petterson Family. William Petterson brought his family to the US in hopes of practicing his trade as a Surgeon.

The Tumbull family. Robert and Janet arrived in New York Harbor eager to start their own farm.

Welson, Agnes arrived with no destination in mind. She was a servant and ready to attach herself to a welcoming family.
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2/2/2014

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