The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was the worst pandemic in human history, rivaled only by the bubonic plague during the middle ages.

        Between March 1918 and March 1919,  500 million people worldwide, 1/3 of the population of the planet became infected with the H1N1-“Spanish” flu virus.  100 Million People, many of them young and strong, died between March 1918 and March 1919 worldwide.  25% of the population of the United States became infected and of those, an estimated that 675,000 American Men, Women and children died during this pandemic.

      In the spring of 1918 the world was entrenched in WWI.  The United States had not yet joined the fight.  They had remained neutral as long as possible, but following several attacks on American citizens, ( the sinking of the Lucitania-128 Americans killed, President Woodrow Wilson called on Germany to end attacks on passenger ships and though they initially agreed it was not long before they were again sinking civilian vessels, two attacks of sabotage reportedly by German spies, in New Jersey- Black Tom Island munitions is blown up- the explosion was so strong it was felt as far away as Washington DC and Philadelphia PA., fire at  munitions depot in Lyndhurst New jersey- later investigations determined this was an accident and not attributable to the Germans) The United States had declared war on Germany April 6,1917.  Our initial entry into the war consisted of sending support in the way of supplies and raw materials to the allies.  It was not until the summer of 1918 that troops were sent in mass, to the battle field.  They carried the infamous Spanish flu with them.

     It is thought that the flu started in a mild form in the spring of 1918 in or around Haskell Kansas among the general populace. It was not long before it moved to the Army training camp- Camp Funston.  There, in close and fetid conditions the virus thrived. Within three weeks of the first reported case at camp, 1,100 men had been infected. This was known as the three day flu, but it carried a deadly bacterial pneumonia piggyback, so many who survived the three days of flu succumbed to the deadly pneumonia. Those who survived were left weak and unable to maintain their duties for weeks, sometimes months after.

   But war must go on. US troops were sent to the western front in large numbers.  This was no common flu, it was especially virulent and quickly spread throughout Europe and across the globe.  The US Navy estimated 40% of the men contracted flu, the army estimated 36%.  The flu ravaged soldiers on both sides and it is believed that more men died of the flu than were killed in active combat.  This made the military on both sides vulnerable, so reporters were forbidden from reporting on the virus among the troops.  Spain, being a neutral country and also ravaged with flu became the source of reports on the virus.  Because of this it seemed as if the virus must have sprung up in and remained in Spain, even the King was infected.   This was how the virus came to be called the Spanish flu.

    In September of 1918 the virus mutated to an even more virulent and deadly strain.  A person could wake up and feel fine in the morning, start to feel chills by noon and be dead by nightfall.  The virus attacked the lungs and respiratory system and would cause a person to turn blue and suffocate in hours.

       Perhaps the most tragic part of the Spanish Flu story is that, unlike most virus that attack and kill the elderly, the sick or the very young, this flu appeared to be more lethal to the healthy, young adult population 20-50- with the greatest toll taken in the 20-30 year old range.  Researchers are still at a loss to explain this anomaly.  The result was that by March of 1919 there were innumerable children without one parent and even more who had lost both parents and were now orphans worldwide.  Human service workers, churches and families across the globe struggled to meet the burden.  Children were placed, when possible, with relatives, but too often there were no relatives who were able to take them in.  Even children with a living parent could find themselves in an orphan home, if the parent was unable to care for them or was still suffering the effects of the flu.

    So many people died so quickly that it was impossible for health officials or mortuary personal, or the health department to keep up with the work.  An effort was made to bury the dead as soon as possible after their death, but this often took weeks due to illness of the workman needed to complete the many steps.  It is often difficult to locate the graves of the flu victims as many of them were buried without markers and, often, without adequate documentation.  If your relation suddenly drops from the record around the time of a pandemic, it is likely they have fallen victim.  You may not find them in any on-line record but may be able to locate them through on site cemetery records.

Further reading:

http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/1918/

http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/index.html

http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/weheardthebells/script_120709.html

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2090

http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/03/28/1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-creates-orphans-across-d-c/

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-facts-about-the-1918-flu-pandemic.php

  I have endeavored to construct a few histories of probable Spanish flu orphans.  I hope you will find this of interest.

  Robert Burnham born 1869 and wife Mary (1893-) were living in Hornell Steuben New York in 1915.  Robert was a traveling salesman.  The young couple was raising 2 boys; Robert Burnham Jr. (1913) and Charles D. Burnham (1914).  In 1915 they welcomed youngest son James W. Burnham.   Grandmother Isabella Burnham also lived with the family and helped care for the boys.

      The Spanish flu took its toll on this family, but was not able to sink them.  In 1920 we find the three boys living in an orphanage in Hornell Steuben New York.  Robert is 6, Charles is 5 and James is 4.  Things look bleak for our small friends but a look at the 1925 census shows they are all together and reunited with their mother, Mary Burnham and living in Rochester Monroe NY.  Mary is now working as a school teacher.  She is a widow.  Mary was able to raise her sons on her own and send them all to college.   The pain of her loss and the struggle to keep her family over the years must have been tremendous. If you are a relative of this family, take a minute to think about Mary and her struggles and be thankful for her strength and perseverance.

Henry Phelps (1866) worked as a brakeman and struggled to care for his two daughters; Bertha (1909) and Hazel (1911).  Henry had lost his wife shortly after Hazel’s birth but he was determined to care for his girls the best he could. In 1915 he was living in Hornell New York and had move in a care taker to help him care for his daughters.  C.G. Dan (1887) had a daughter of her own, Ana Dan (1910).  The three girls, so close in age, enjoyed playing together.

      This story does not have a happy ending.  Bertha and Hazel Phelps were forced to live in the Hornell Children’s home following their father’s death.  In 1925 they are still there, waiting for a chance to find a family to love them.

Harriet Davis (1908) and her sister Alberta Davis (1916) found themselves alone in the Hornell Orphan home in 1920.  I was not able to find them in the 1925 census and hope that means they were adopted into a good home.  It is probable and adoption would result in a name change. 

   In 1915 they were living a much happier existence with their Father Russell H. Davis (1877_ who worked as a painter, their mother, Addie H. Davis (1880), and siblings; Charles H. Davis (1910), Ralph J. Davis (1912), and Bessie M. Davis (1905).  It is assumed they were all killed by the virus as none of them appear in subsequent census reports. 

Walter Elster (1877) worked as a stationary Fireman.  His wife had passed away by 1915 and Walter and his three children; Blanche (1910), Marguerite (1909), and Gerald (1908) were living in Hornell ward 04 Steuben NY with his mother –in-law, Louisa O’Neill.  He counted heavily on Louisa for help with the children.  When she died on May 11, 1919 it was a devastating blow for the family.  Walter, unable to care for his children alone and maintain his fireman position, was forced, like so many others at that time, to place his children in the Hornell children’s home.  Blanche, Marguerite and Gerald Elster clung to each other for hope that one day , as promised, their father would retrieve them.

    They were some of the lucky children.  By 1925 we find that Walter has remarried a woman 20 years his senior.  Mary has three grown children of her own living with them; Floyd R. Mealenbacher(1897), Clyde L. Mealenbacher (1907), John E. Mealenbacher(1906).  She also had on Harvey H. and Lester R. Mealenbacher who did not living with them at that time.  Happily, Walter has brought his three children back home to him and they continue to live in Hornell Steuben NY.

Mildred M. Frantzen (1911) was born and raised in Jamestown NY ward 6 Chautauqua county.  Her father Carl E. Frantzen (1882) worked as a sales man, his wife, Mary L. Frantzen (1889) was a housewife caring for her children; Melvin E. Frantzen (1907) and Mildred (1911).  Mary’s sister, Mable C. Wiltsie (1894) also lived with them and worked as a laundry worker.  After the flu ravaged the family Mildred found herself alone in the Hornell Children’s home.  She was just 9 years old. 

   Fortunately for Mildred her aunt and uncle; Marie and Earnest Eckman took her into their home in James town.  Mildred was raised with her cousins Lester and Herbert Eckman.

   The Pandemic of 1918-1919 illustrates the value of keeping ones family close.  None of these people thought they would die in the prime of their lives and leave their children alone in the world.  Take a minute to reflect on this and reach out to that loved one who may be slipping away due to the daily cares of the world.  You may not think you need each other now, but you never know what the future may bring.  Until Next time, have a wonderful spring afternoon.

  Meet Patrick Breen.  He was born in Ireland in 1874 or 1875.  Times were hard in Ireland, jobs were few, and many of the people were still suffering from the loss created by the famine of the 1840’s.  Political unrest continued and the whole of the island was still in British hands.

   Young Patrick wanted something more out of life than the constant struggle of his forefathers.  Always a hard worker, Patrick struggled to save for the long voyage across the sea to the Promised Land; America.  In 1887, at the age of 13 or 14, he made the trip. 

     Young Patrick settled in Boston Mass.  Boston was a bustling city, just the right place for an energetic young man with a vision.  He set about the business of building his dream.  On January 3, 1897 Patrick married the beautiful Bridget Foley in Boston. 

     Bridget was a first Generation Irish-American.  Her parents, Michael and Julia Foley had come to Boston years before with the same dreams and values of young Patrick.  The Foleys could neither read nor write, but they made their home in Boston and raised a family of three girls; Annie Foley Born 1878, Julia Foley born 1872, and Bridget Foley born 1873.

   Patrick worked as a laborer for the North End Paving Yard in downtown Boston.  He and Bridget had two children; Margaret Teresa (who later changed her name to Margaret Frances Breen) born 3/29/1898 in Boston-Died 4/11/1987 in Hyannis Mass., and Charles Richard born 2/24/1900 in Boston-Died 12/1/1988 (who later changed his name to Charles James Breen).

   When Patrick left for work on the morning of January 15, 1919 he must have felt pretty good about things.  The winter had been cold and hard, as Boston winters often are, but this morning the air had a touch of spring in it.  The temperature rose from the 2 degrees Fahrenheit it had been for the past week to a balmy 40 degrees.  This alone was enough to make a man feel good.  His children had grown into fine, upstanding American citizens.  His son Charles was serving in the military, off to fight for America in WWI, and his daughter Margaret had blossomed into a lovely young lady poised to start a family of her own. 

  Perhaps Patrick was taking advantage of the unusually warm afternoon while taking his lunch, or perhaps he was preparing to haul a load of stone to another work area in the city.  We can’t know these details, but what we do know is that without warning he felt the ground beneath him start to shake as a loud rumbling sound filled the air.  Things happened so quickly Patrick was barely able to register what was happening to him.   

     Patrick was treated at a makeshift hospital, along with the rest of the 175 people who shared this devastatingly disastrous moment.  He suffered broken ribs and succumbed to pneumonia on January 19, 1919.  Bridget was so distraught over her loss that she died shortly after on February 2, 1919.

      It was lunch time, 12:30 on January 15, 1919. The day was warm and the kids were restless.  They could barely wait for recess to get outside and head home for lunch.  Once the bell rang Anthony Distasio, (Born 1910 Boston), and his three sisters, bounded out into the warm sunny afternoon.  They met Pasquale Iantosca (1909-1919), also on his way home for lunch.  It was a small Italian neighborhood and everyone knew everyone else at the school.     

   The flood came fast and furious.  A wave scooped Anthony up and tossed him on top of the thick, churning liquid like a rag doll. He was powerless in its grip and rode the crest of the wave like a surfer who has lost his board. As quickly as it had scooped him up, the wave tossed him out onto the saturated dirt, dragging at him as it receded.  Anthony could hear his mother, Carmela, calling for him, but he was unable to answer.  He felt as if he were suffocating as he lost consciousness.  When he opened his eyes again three of his four sisters stood looking down on him in horror.  His fourth sister, Maria, just a year older than Anthony, did not survive the onslaught (Maria  Di Stasio 1909-1919).  Anthony would later learn that his friend Pasquale Iantosca was also killed in the day’s disaster.

    Bridget Connolly was born in Ireland in 1854, daughter of Patrick and Mary Connolly.  She left Ireland to find work in America, arriving in Boston in 1872.  She settled in Boston’s North Side among the hard working Immigrant poor.  It was there she met and married the dapper Bartholomew Clougherty. 

     Born in Ireland in 1854, Bart Clougherty, son of Matthias and Anna Clougherty, left his native Galway and arrived in Boston in 1875 at the tender young age of 20.  He worked as a day laborer, taking jobs as he could find them.  It did not take him long to discover Bridget.  They were married in Boston on 2/23/1879.

On   January 1, 1880 the Clougherty’s welcomed twin sons Bartholomew Clougherty Jr. and Mathew J. Clougherty.  On 10/10/1881 they were overjoyed at the birth of Martin Clougherty, but their joy quickly turned to sorrow as the new baby died the same day. Their third child, also a son, was named in honor of their lost infant. Martin Clougherty was born in May of 1882, followed by Stephen in July of 1885 and Theresa on 12/5/1891.

    Bartholomew Jr.  died on 12/14/1890, just shy of his 11th birthday.  By 1900 The Clougherty’s had six children but only 4 living.  In 1901 Mathew Clougherty , now a young man of 20, married Sarah Doherty on 5/29/1901.  He was always glad his parents had been able to attend his wedding.  It was only one year later, on 5/11/1902, that Bartholomew Clougherty passed on.

     Bridget continued to keep house for her children, Martin, Stephen and Theresa.

     There were hard times to face after her husband’s death, as well as some joy. Bridget was able to see the birth of her grandchildren, Sarah Clougherty on 4/22/1902, Mathew Clougherty Jr. 8/12/1905, Theresa Clougherty in 1906, Adeline C. Clougherty in 1908 , Henry A. Clougherty in 1910, and Rita Clougherty in 1914.  Mathew and Sarah moved from Boston to New York City, living in the Bronx while Mathew continued to build his career as an engineer.

    The tragedy that happened on that fateful day in 1919 came without warning.  I am certain Bridget was counting her blessings that warm January afternoon.  The family had weathered the influenza in the fall of 1918 that claimed 4,794 Boston lives.  They had made it through the worst of the bitter winter, and this morning was like a gift from God.  After so many bitter cold weeks, to have a 40 degree day in the middle of January was practically unheard of.

      For Bridget the end came swiftly and took her unawares while she busied herself making lunch for her children.  Her son Stephen, unemployed, was lending her a hand while his brother Martin caught up on his rest after working late the night before.  Bridget sent daughter Teresa to wake him while she and Stephen completed the meal prep.   Bridget had just enough time to look out the window, alerted by an oddly muffled roaring noise.  She screamed as the house exploded around her, killing her instantly.

    Stephan was not as lucky.  He looked up as his mother screamed and watched as his mother was crushed and swept away by the rubble.  He attempted to flee but was unable to get to the door before the disaster overtook him.  Martin and Teresa were able to get out with some injuries.  It took several hours before they located their mother’s remains and discovered that Stephen had been taken to a makeshift hospital and treated for his immediate wounds.  A week or so later he was transferred to another hospital, where his physical wounds seemed to be on the mend but he never quite recovered from the trauma of that fateful afternoon.  Stephen was transferred to a mental hospital, where he remained until his death on 12/10/1919, nearly a year later.

    76 year old Michael J.  Sinnott (b.10/4/1840 ireland-d.1/15/1919) was working as a messenger. His message was never delivered.

       James Joseph Kenneally was working hard at the North end paving yard.  The day was warm and, though it was just mid-January, he was working up a sweat.  He was a laborer and worked the jobs no one else really wanted.  But work was hard to come by and he had a family to take care of so he didn’t complain.  Until this last year he had worked as a teamster for the city of Boston.  He had made friends here at the Paving Yard and as he wiped the sweat from his brow he recognized most of the men working the yard that afternoon.  He may have waved a hello to Patrick Breen across the yard, before returning to his work.

    James was born in Ireland in 1872.  He was the son of Timothy and Honora Kinaly. Always restless, James jumped on board a ship bound for America in 1885 at the ripe age of 13.  James was not a tall man, standing only 5’7” but he was a hard worker. James had settled in Boston where there was always work to be found if you weren’t afraid to look for it.  He liked the feel of the city; it reminded him of home, with the smell of the salty Atlantic wafting on the noon breeze.

    Initially James made his home in Cambridge Massachusetts, traveling to and from Boston to work every day.  It was here that he met and married Mary O’Connell on 5/26/1892.  Mary was also an Irish immigrant, the daughter of Timothy and Margaret O’Connell, born in 1872; she made her way to the US in 1883.  

     James and Mary settled in Cambridge and promptly started a family.  They had the following children: Hanora born in 1894 was named after James’ mother.  They called her Nora, they lost a child, name unknown to us at this time, in 1895 or 1896, and Margaret was born on 1/11/1897, followed closely by Timothy Christopher, named for both of their fathers, on 12/18/1898.  Timothy died at the tender age of four on 2/3/1903,Patrick Francis Kenneally born 8/20/1900, died on Christmas eve, 12/24/1900, James was born 7/24/1901, John came along in 1903, followed by William in 1905 and Catherine in 1906.  Catherine died on 10/20/1906.

   By 1910 the surviving children were half grown and working to help the family.  While James Sr. worked as a teamster for the Coal works, Young Nora, now 15, was working as a laborer for the brush works.  Five children had survived the early years and things were looking up.

   In 1918 James registered for the draft.  The world was at war and he was ready to fight if called to serve.  The family had moved to Boston by this time and James was working as a teamster for the City. Margaret was preparing to marry the handsome young Mr. Casey (first name unknown) and by a miracle the family survived the Spanish flu that hit Boston hard in August of 1918 and lingered until after Thanksgiving.

    And so it was business as usual for the Kenneally’s that January day. James looked up from his work when he heard the explosion.  The ground shook beneath him and it felt as if the world were ending.  For James it was.  He died there, along with 20 others, in a catastrophe unlike anything anyone could have imagined.

  Four others from the North end paving company would lose their lives that day; Paver  John Calhoun (age 43); Laborer William Duffy; Blacksmiths Peter Francis and John M. Seiberlich; along with teamsters William Brogan (61), Eric Laird (17), James Lennon (64), and Peter Shaughnessy; Drivers Flaminio Gallerani and Ralph Martin; Fire fighter George Layhe from engine 31 (38); A foreman for Bay State Express-James McMullen; Longshoreman Thomas Noonan (43); and Express man Cesar Nicolo (32).

   So what was the catastrophe that brought so many lives to an end and seriously injured another 150 people, leaving the North End of Boston in ruins on that warm January 15th 1919?  This was the result of the Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses flood of 1919. Though this sounds like something you might see in a comic, there was nothing funny about the outcome.

     The problem started at the Purity Distilling Company facility, where a tanker of molasses 50 foot tall and 90 foot in diameter stored approximately 2,300,0000 gallons of molasses.  Molasses ferment over time and are used to make rum and other alcohols, as well as munitions.  The tanker was waiting to be transported to the Purity plant in Cambridge but the storage tanker used to hold the delicious but deadly syrup was faulty.  There was reportedly a stress crack in the manhole cover at the base of the tank.  The base is the weakest part of any cylindrical tank. Local residents were known to collect the dripping syrup for their own use.  Molasses candy was a treat few children could refuse, and though the local police tried to keep kids away from the tanker they were not very effective.

     The outside temperature had lingered around zero for weeks, but on January 15, 1919 the temperature warmed quickly to a surprising 41 degrees. Fermentation of the liquid was increasing the internal pressure on the tank.  When the external temperature rose so quickly outside the internal pressure in the tank also increased to a critical point.  On this occasion the tank was filled to capacity.  This had only occurred 7 times previous since the tanker had been built, and under more favorable conditions. There were reports that Purity distilling may have been trying to push production to get ahead of prohibition.  The 18th amendment to the constitution, which would effectively give birth to prohibition, was under review of Congress and would be ratified the following day, January 16, 1919.  The law would go into effect the following year.

    At 12:30 in the afternoon at 529 Commercial Street near Keany Square, Boston Massachusetts the tanker collapsed, or exploded.  Survivors claimed they could feel the ground shaking underneath them and heard a loud roar , followed by a long rumble like an out of control freight train, then a deafening crashing, as the fermenting liquid shot out.  The rivets at the bottom of the tank shot out of the sides like a machine gun and a tsunami of molasses crashed through the streets with a wave 25 feet high at its peak.  It moved swiftly, 35 miles per hour with enough force to bend the steel girders holding the adjacent Boston Elevated Railway.  Buildings were swept from their foundations and homes exploded beneath the raging torrent, moving debris along with it and coating everything and everyone in a warm, thick goo.  People drowned in the waves, bones were broken, lives destroyed.  Several city blocks were flooded with molasses 2-3 feet deep.  Reports from survivors stated it was impossible to make out whether forms writhing in the syrup were man or beast. Many horses, then used for transportation, died struggling to free themselves.

     Anyone caught in the surge was left with coughing fits for months, maybe years after, as the liquid coated their lungs where they had inhaled it. 

    This little-known slice of American history shows us how fragile life can be.  Tragedy can strike without warning and often leaves little trace of the devastation dealt out to so many.  For those readers out there searching for those hard-to-find ancestors and relatives that seemed to vanish without a trace, keep this story in mind. 

   For more in-depth reading on this interesting piece of history you might want to check out the following links:

http://www.charlesbridge.com/client/client_pdfs/arc_pdfs/GREAT_MOLASSES_text.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster

http://www.mnn.com/family/protection-safety/stories/the-1919-boston-molasses-flood-the-forgotten-tragedy-too-bizarre

http://mentalfloss.com/article/27366/bostons-great-molasses-flood-1919

The following is some more information about the families of :

  John Calhoun born in Ireland 1876- died of his injuries on 1/20/1919.  John is buried alone in the New Calvary Cemetery in Mattapan Suffolk Massachusetts.  Unable to determine additional information at this time.

William Duffy, born in Boston 1/5/1861 died Boston 1/15/1919.  Buried at Mattapan Cemetery Suffolk county Mass.  No further information available at this time.

  Peter Francis Born 1855 Ireland- 1/15/1919 Boston.  Buried in Holyhood Cemetery Brookline Norfolk Mass.

 John M. Seiberlich, son of John M. & Anastasia Seiberich,  Born 11/22/1849 in Germany.  Immigrated to Boston and became a naturalized citizen on 5/15/1876.  On5/25/1874 he married Regina Hunzelman, daughter of John M. & Mary C. Hunzelman,also from Germany.  In 1895 they had their only child, Elizabeth Seiberlich.  She died before 1910.

William Brogan son of Patrick and Bridget Brogan, born in Boston April of 1860.  William never married.  He lived with his mother, one brother and two sisters until his mother’s death.  He continued to live with and care for his two sisters until his own untimely death in 1919.

Eric Laird, son of Eric S. laird Sr. Scottish immigrant, and Emma Powers from Canada. Eric was born on 9/8/1901 in Boston.  He had recently acquired his job working as a Teamster.  In addition to his grieving parents Eric left behind 4 siblings, (Robert laird 1900-?, Beatrice Laird 1904-?, Harold Laird 1905-1976, Marion Laird 1908-1992 married a Fay, Russell Laird 1911-?,  He was never to know his last three siblings; Georgina Laird 1917-?, Earl Laird 1920-?, and Ruth Laird 1921-1921.  Eric is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Middlesex county Ma.

James Lennon, son of John and Bridget Lennon was born in Roscommon Ireland on 4/7/1852.  He traveled to America to make his fortune between 1869-1879. He was a hard worker and worked as a laborer and a teamster throughout his life.  James married Annie Elizabeth Sullivan (1865-1918) recently emigrated from Canada, on 9/15/1881.  Annie was the daughter of Michael and Catherine Sullivan and the sister of the famed  John L. Sullivan of Boston.  James and Annie had a large family.  When Annie died of heart disease, at home on Brook ave. in Roxbury on 4/24/1918, she left behind 8 living children, 4 sons and 4 daughters. James untimely and unexpected death on 1/15/1919 must have been a terrible shock to the children, coming so close to their mother’s death.  The Lennon children are as follow: John Lawrence Lennon (1881-1932), George L. Lennon (1883-1925), Arthur James Lennon (1888-1921), Francis Michael Lennon (1895-1978),Anna Elizabeth Lennon (1889-?), Genevieve Lennon (1894-1962),Mary Katherine Lennon Caulfield (married Martin Caulfield prior to 1918)(1887-1921),and Katherine Sullivan Lennon (1906-1967).  In addition to the living children the Lennon’s also lost three children; Grace C. Lennon 1884-1884, Harry Michael Lennon 1886-1886, and one unnamed infant 1890-1890).    The Lennon’s suffered the loss of one child at birth in 1890.  They never revealed the name they had chosen for the child.

Peter Shaughnessy, Like his friend Eric Laird, Peter was just starting out in life.  Peter was the son on Thomas Shaughnessy and Catherine Flannigan, both born in Ireland.  Peter was born in Boston in 1901.  At his death he left 7 living siblings; Patrick Shaughnessy (9/24/1895-?), twins, Edward and Thomas Shaughnessy, (1896-?), Mary Shaughnessy (1903-?), Elizabeth Shaughnessy (10/20/1905-?), and Agnes Shaughnessy 1/11/1908,John Michael Shaughnessy 11/18/1910.  The Shaughnessy’s lost two other children; , Martin Shaughnessy (10/4/1904-11/4/1904) and  Joseph Shaughnessy (1/11/1908-2/10/1908.

Flaminio Gallerani was born in Italy on 6/24/1881, the son of Antonio Gallerani.  He came to the US intent on settling in mass. On 3/21/1909, landing in the port of New York/Ellis Island.   He married Leonora? And went to work as an auto truck driver, the occupation he held on 1/15/1919.  Flaminio had not yet declared his intention to become a naturalized citizen but had registered for the draft on 9/12/1918.  No other information is available at this time.

Ralph Martin, Ralph was a Naval Reservist, registered and ready to keep the peace during WWI.  Born 1/31/1897 to Michael Thomas and Catherine Martin, he was poised to begin a new chapter in his life.  Unfortunately his life was snuffed out before he had the opportunity.

George Layhe was a fireman for Boston from engine 31.  The following is an excerpt from Find Grave regarding George service:

Boston Fire Historical Society~
Jan 15, 1919 3rd Engineer George Layhe, 37 Engine 31 (Fireboat)
The Molasses Tank explosion, he died from injuries when the quarters were destroyed. He was pinned and crushed by furniture and the large pool table. Several other firefighters were injured, 19 other people were killed and 40 injured. 2 alarms from Box 1234 (Commercial opposite Foster Street) sounded at 1240 hours and the 2nd alarm at 1245 hours and 1 alarm Box 1211, (Washington Street North & Endicott Streets) sounded at 1253 hours. Engineer Layhe had 8 years of service. Engine Co. 31 had to move to temporary quarters, foot of Lewis Street with Engine Co. 47 in East Boston. 

   George was born 10/28/1881 in Fort Plain Montgomery county New York to Daniel Layhe and Ellen Mahaney.  George always wanted to be a fireman and joined the fire department as soon as he was old enough to work.  On 8/16/1906 he married Elizabeth Eckbug (1881-Sweden) in Portsmouth New Hampshire.  They settled in Boston and George joined the Boston Fire Department as a Marine engineer.  In 1907 they had their only child, Francis E. Layhe.  On 9/12/1918 George registered for the draft.  His draft card tells us he was tall, medium build with blue eyes and gray hair.  George died while on duty doing what he loved to do.  It was a sad loss for the Boston Fire Department.

James McMullen was born in 1873 to Hugh McMullen and Mary Good, in Calais Maine.  By the time James was 8, the family had moved to Boston and settled in.  James was one of four brothers.  On 12/29/1895 James married Delia A. Quinn in Boston.  Delia died of Tuberculosis and general exhaustion on 1/19/1900.  He married a second time on 2/4/1902 in Boston to Margaret M. Brennan.  They had two children; Warren J. McMullen 1907, and Margaret m. McMullen 1908.

Thomas Noonan born 6/1/1875 in Ireland, immigrated to the US in 1892.  In 1895 he married Margaret ?, (1872-1948) also an Irish Immigrant.  They had the following children:Mary Noonan died in infancy, Rita Noonan, died in infancy, John Noonan B.1896, Catherine Noonan B1898, Thomas F. Noonan Jr. Born 1903-1942, William Noonan born 1907, Margaret Noonan born 1908 and Joseph Noonan born 1909.

Cesar Nicolo born 1887 Italy died 1/15/1919.  Buried in Saint Patrick’s cemetery Watertown Mass.

  

    

     

Black slave owners -1830

  There are pieces of history that often escape our attention.  Schools tend to focus on a very narrow portion of history which is unfortunate as it does not provide us with an accurate picture of the times.

     In a much earlier post I talked about slaves still being held in New Jersey as late as the 1860’s.  While I found that to be incredible what I am reporting today seems almost unthinkable. Throughout early American history there were incidents of Free blacks who purchased and owned slaves.  Most often this was a case of one person gaining their freedom and then purchasing family members, a wife, children, parents, etc.  The idea was then to emancipate them.  In 1830 The US undertook a census to determine how many black slave owners there were in the U.S.

    For a more in-depth look at this interesting portion of history you can consult the Ancestry.com Database Free Negro owners of slaves in the united states in 1830…together with absentee ownership of slaves in the united states.   In many cases, it appears that a free black man would purchase his wife, but not emancipate her until   she completed a probationary period during which, if she did not please him, he would sell her for a profit.

   In many states in 1830 black slave owners enjoyed the same social status as their white counterparts, attending the same churches, sending their children to the same private schools and gathering together in places of amusement and entertainment.  Inter-racial marriage was not uncommon among slave owners in the south.

   While slavery was still in practice in the north in 1830, black slave ownership appears to have been unique to the south, with Louisiana having by far the largest population of black slave owners.  In several states there were cases of Black slave owners holding many slaves and owning large plantations but this was far more prevalent in Louisiana than anywhere else in the United States.

  The following is a list of Free Black slave owners with 20 or more slaves in 1830 pulled from the above mentioned document.

ALABAMA

NAME                                      #SLAVES OWNED              
P.T. Harris                                     24

David Moneck                              27


FLORIDA

Gabriel Perpall                              39


GEORGIA

Betsey Perry                                   25


LOUISIANA

Augustin Bory                            20


Georges De Landre                 46

Widow Zacharie Honore’        21

Madame Antoine Dubuclet        44

Madame Ciprien Riccard             35

Sophie Delhonde                         38

LeFroix DeCuiel                                  59

Joseph Curiel                                        40

Antoine DeCuire                                    70

Leandre Severin                               60

Domnick Maytoier                               25

Louis Meytoier                               54

Augustin Meytoier                         25

Susan Meytoier                               20

Ve Rai Rillieux                                49

Victolce Deslonds                           52

C&S Dusman Ferrand                     38

Martin Lenormand                         44


Martin Donatto                              75

Francis Jerod                                       33

Valarien Osame                                27

Jean B. Muillion                                52

Fils Honore’                                30

Verret Polen                              69



Maryland

Richard Harwood                   39

John Hungerford                  29


North Carolina

Charles Mallett                     36

John Walker                          44


South Carolina


Robert Venning         30

Samuel Walker           24

Thomas F. Capers      47

Daniel J. Waring          41

Lydia Burnie             41

John See               22

Hannah Solomon       20

Virginia

Joseph Bragg       23

William Daniel            32

William Brocken Brough      46


Curtis Carter                  22

Benjamin Taylor            71



 

Today was such a beautiful day that I had to take the opportunity to inventory another cemetery.  Today I went out to Post Creek Cemetery in Catlin, Chemung NY.  My intention was to get pictures, which I did.  Before I left I checked to see if the Post Creek Cemetery had already been inventoried for www.FindA Grave.com ( Find a Grave is a free website that posts cemetery information from all around the world that is given to them by local historians, family researchers, etc.  It is a worthwhile site and I recommend checking it out, but caution that just because you do not see your loved one in the cemetery you thought they would be in does not mean they are not there).  They had a record of it with a total of  29 graves. 

     When I arrived I was certain there were more than 29 graves in the Cemetery.  With my daughter in tow I set out to photograph and inventory what I could.  Many of the stones are illegible.  Some have sunk into the ground so far that only the top protrudes.  Others have been weather worn smooth; still others have had the top portion chipped away.  There were several that we found that we could not read but could feel that there was still writing, if only I had taken some materials to get rubbings.  Sadly, I had not planned that far ahead.          

     There is a very large section in the center for the cemetery that has clearly held graves.  The ground is depressed where caskets have shifted and decayed, but there is no evidence that these spots had headstones.  Not everyone is able to afford a stone.  Even today it is not uncommon for someone to go years, and possibly forever without a proper headstone.  Today the funeral parlor places a temporary bronze placard on the site.  A hundred to two hundred years ago they may have used wooden markers, which have long since decayed back into the soil.

     We carefully went stone-by-stone to record what we could; working from front to back, the front nearest route 414 was evidently the oldest section of the cemetery.  There are a few new graves in the rear, so the cemetery is still somewhat active. 

     When I compared our list with the list on Find a Grave I was surprised at how many names they did not have and that they had a few we did not find.  This is why it is so important when working on a family history to go to the actual locations.  It is really great that so much information is now available online, but one has to scrutinize the data carefully.  Most information you find online has been gathered and made available by people like you and I that understand the value of preserving this information and making it available to the public.  Most of the sites do not have time or money to verify that information is correct or complete.  It is typically collected, transcribed and made available through volunteer efforts as a labor of love. In this case most of the information was sent in by Todd Walker on 2-5-2011. 

      Research is time consuming and tedious, taking painstaking hours to search and verify every last piece of data to insure each piece is as correct as possible and makes sense within the time frame of the project you are working on.  But when you find results it is like a pan handler of the 1890’s sifting out the silt and finding that one nugget of gold.  One piece of data will sustain a researcher for uncountable hours, until the next piece is found.  When you are fortunate you strike a rich vein and the information seems to pour out like water.  It is very addicting and very exhilarating in its own way.

      Finding your information online is nice and makes it much easier to trace family living at a distance, but there is nothing that compares to the feeling one gets when one  finds the data on one’s own, whether it be an old forgotten record, a carelessly hidden will or a forgotten and weather worn  headstone.  Spring is here now so put on your old shoes or mud boots, grab a camera, a note pad and a pen, and get on out to say hello to long lost relations.  They are there just waiting for you to stop by.   

THE POST CREEK CEMETERY-CATLIN CHEMUNG NY

Located on the corner of route 414 and Post Creek road near the Chemung/Steuben County Line.

   The following names appear in the www.findagrave.com web site.  I have made a notation as to whether or not I also located the grave.

Bucher, Annie A   b. unknown d. Apr. 30, 1881    New York, USA (I was unable to locate)

Bucher, Catherine A Perrigo b. 1847 d. Dec. 18, 1923      (Located)

Bucher, Clyde b. 1906 d. 1993 (located)     

Bucher, Elvira E b. Oct. 9, 1858 d. Jun. 19, 1881  (located)

Bucher, Emma E b. unknown d. Dec., 1881 (located)      

Bucher, Ethel b. 1876 d. Mar. 24, 1879       (unable to locate)

Bucher, Ferris L b. 1879 d. 1948     (located)

Bucher, Milo b. 1852 d. 1927 (Located)     

Bucher, Simeon b. 1858 d. 1942       (located)

Bucher, Ursula Ann Smith b. 1848 d. 1934 (located)        

Cady, Ella b. 1866 d. 1893    (located)

Cady, Mark b. 1864 d. 1937 (located)

Dann, Cornelia Robyler b. Sep. 8, 1857 d. Aug. 29, 1931 (located)

Dann, William E b. Nov., 1853 d. 1877       (located.  I think stone reads death in 1915,)

Gee, Margaret W Cook or Betis b. May, 1813 d. Sep. 25, 1841   (unable to locate)

McElwee, George b. Sep. 30, 1856 d. Apr. 12, 1891          (unable to locate)

McElwee, Jane Waite b. Jan. 4, 1823 d. Oct. 26, 1889       (located)

McElwee, William Edward, II b. Oct. 4, 1820 d. Nov. 20, 1893    (unable to locate)

Middaugh, Sarah Smith b. unknown d. Mar., 1928          (unable to locate)

Morrow, James Humphrey b. Aug. 30, 1845 d. Jul. 20, 1936       (unable to locate)

Morrow, Nancy A McElwee b. Jun. 16, 1848 d. Feb. 2, 1929       (unable to locate)  

Sturdevant, Eaden Emerson b. Sep. 20, 1880 d. Oct. 10, 1936     (located)

Sturdevant, Frank L b. Jan. 17, 1907 d. Feb. 5, 1989       (located)

Sturdevant, Kathy Ann b. Oct. 5, 1952 d. Oct. 23, 1957   (Located)

Sturdevant, Leon W b. Dec. 24, 1917 d. Mar. 4, 1986       (Located)

Sturdevant, Luella b. 1886 d. 1962  (Located)

Weaver, Abraham b. Jan. 12, 1798 d. Apr. 20, 1878         (located)

Weaver, Catherine b. Mar. 25, 1795 d. Aug. 29, 1881       (unable to locate)

Weaver, Lewis b. 1821 d. 1889        (unable to locate)

    Please note that I am not saying the people I was unable to find are not here. Many of the stones and monuments were in such poor condition they were unreadable. 

The following is a list of the additional people I found in my inventory.  Many of the stones were difficult to read so dates may not be exact.  They are also not in alphabetical order, but in the order we located them moving front to back, row by row.  While it is easier to locate names in an alphabetical list and most sites that inventory cemeteries use this practice, I am not overly fond of it.  Families tend to be buried in clusters.  Many times clues are found from the proximity of the grave to the other graves around them.  With the Bucher family they appear to have been fond of small monuments with several people buried in one location and the names added to the various sides of the monument.  It is unfortunate that the weather has been so hard on these stones.

Samuel Bucher died 9/4/1883 age 71yrs 9 months 2 days

George W. Bucher son of Samuel and Nancy Busher died?-16-1841 age 6 days

Sophonia B. Bucher Daughter of Samuel and Nancy Bucher died 8/6/1840 age 3 yrs, 2 months, 1 day

Samuel S. Bucher son of Samuel and Nancy Bucher died 9-15-1867 age 19 years 1 day.

Nancy Bucher- Wife of Samuel Bucher died 3-22-1892 aged 83 years 1 month 15 days

?? Daughter of J & J Bucher died 8-5-1810 age 1 year

Jacob Bucher died 8-25-1843 age 68 years 1 month 23 days

Jane Bucher wife of Jacob Bucher died 3-25-1860 age 77 years 2 months 11 days

Frank W. Bucher Died 7-5-?

Cogswell Died 2-7-1891

Cora Cogswell 1879-1882

Arthur Cogswell 1884-1885

Gertrude Cogswell 1897-1898

Avis E. Cogswell Daughter of ? and Sally died 7-2-1883 age 13 years 2 months 2 days

David E. Cogswell died 12-7-1877 age 18 years 7 months 3 days

Sally Ann Cogswell, Wife of Beuell Cogswell died 7-28-1888 age 61 years 20 days

Franklin L. Hamilton son of William & Jane Hamilton died 4-21-1862

Stewart F. Hamilton died 2-23-1860 age 7 months

Milo Hamilton Died 2-27-1860 60 years

Children of William and Jane Hamilton ( unreadable0

Unreadable and sunken stone probably William Hamilton

Jane Hamilton wife of William B12-17-1819 D. 3-30-1904

Emily Bucher (Unreadable )

Mary A. Bucher wife of Milo Bucher B. 12-3-1826 D 2-5-1884 age 65

George Bucher son of William Bucher d 3-?-1851

John Willis Bucher D. 2-11-1851 age 1 year

Milo Bucher (unreadable)

Milo Bucher Jr. D 1851

Robert T. Bucher 1939-1912

Margaret Bucher wife of Robert T. Bucher 1839-1909

John Mouten (Unreadable)

(unreadable) died 6-8-1880

Florence C. Dann ( Mother) 1889-1976

George W. Morrow (Father ) 1872-1955

Jane Perry 1847-1925

Hiram Perry 1848-1924

Herman ? (unreadable)

Lewis Weaver Co.D. 141 Regement NY 1821-1889- wounded in the battle of Atlanta Georgia 1864.

Sally A. Weaver wife of Lewis (no dates) (all of the weavers appear on one stone but dates are unreadable)

Viola weaver,

Oscar weaver

Catherine weaver

Lane Weaver

Katie Weaver

Edward weaver

 

Frederick Bucher  b. 7-2-1814-d.2-5-1888

Lewis E. Kniffin 1832-1868

Mary Kniffin Vanals 1836-1911

Ethel Corwin 1884-1885

Claude S. Corwin 1890-1893

Hank Corwin 1854-1923

Nora his wife (unreadable0

Lewis Halm 1873-1950

Mollie Halm 1882-1952

Mary Halm wife of William 1884-?

George Son of William and Mary Halm d.2-10-1883

Nancy McElwen 1846-1929

James H. Morrow Co D. 50 Regiment NY Engineers b. 8-30-1845 d.7-20-1936

? McElwen b.10-4-18920-?

“Our Baby” Mary Hamilton- Infant death unreadable date

Theodore Davenport 1867-1955

Lillian Davenport 1866-1951

Violet M. Bucher 1885-1956

Olive M. Call wife of Silas E. Call d. 10/10/1867

Seely E. Buck 1829-1899

Lucinda Benson his wife 1830-1880

Richard Eaton Sturdivant  b.9-1-1914- d.10-10-1936

Lesley Leon Sturdivant b.12-15-1941-d.12-15-1941

Ella N. Cook 1864-1858

David E. Cook 1848-1919

James Delison Carpenter b.6-29-1995- D.10-14-2003

Nora Ann Gallaher b. 7-25-1940

Mary J. Brown wife of C.D. Brown 1860-1903

Samuel Yaple d. 8-15-1887

Ernest Edward Hooey NY PFC Co. B 302 Engineers WWI b. 3-25-1891 D. 3-23-1954

Leroy E. Hooey NY Wagoneer Sup. Co, 307 Infantry WWI b3-22-1888- D. 4/21/1962

Libbie Hooey 1893-1982

Sabrina Beebe D. 9-28-1900 age 78

Bertie Beebe (no date)

Amos Beebe (no date)

Jarry Beebe (no date)

Amos Kimble no date (research indicates b1828-d.12-31-1898

Mary Kimble his wife b. 10-7-1834 d. 1891

Leonard Middough 1874-1943

Nellie Middough 1876-19?

John Middough 1841-1912 Co. G. 5oth NY engineers

Sarah H. Middough- wife of John Middough 1846-1978

Roger Rinehart 1940-1967

Gladys M. Rinehart 1912-2002

Lester L. Rinehart 1911-1988

Jess Newton 1865-1938

Mina Newton his wife 1866-1934

Smith (unreadable)


Cemetery Pictures to follow

The Conclusion of Coates family saga: The Charles Coates family comes home

  Those Canadian Coates were very prolific.  Interestingly enough, it seems most of the offspring were female, or died young or left no discernable record. Looking at the decendants of Reuben Coates (1779-1849) & Mehitable Hodgeman (1783 – 1865) we see that, of the off spring of Benjamin Coates (1809-1869 )& Theodosia there is no one to carry the name into the final chapter.

   Of Reuben Coates (1817)&Caroline Kingsley’s tribe Alfonso Coates (1/6/1851 & MaryAnn Coates leave us with one viable son;

Wesley Alfonso Coates(1880-1918) Married Edith May Barber and they had three children;

Florance R Coates (1905 )- no records available

 Robert Alfonzo Coates (1908 – 1918) died young, never married.

Arnold W. Coats (1912 – 1980).  Arnold moved to Vermont and settled there. While living in Vermont and not yet a citizen, on 24 Mar 1944 Arnold joined the army, enlisting from Massachusetts.   He enlisted for the duration of the war.   He married Christine J. ?. after the war. They had one son, Robert J. Coates (1950-present), who provided information for Arnold’s death certificate in 1980.  At that time Robert was living in Hardwich Vermont.  No other information is available at this time.

   Of Sylvester Coates (1825-1910) & Sarah only Horace Sylvester (1857-1942) and Mary Ann Coates  produces viable name bearing heirs:

Arthur C. Coates (1886-1967) married Norah Delisle (1887-1971).  They had four children, but only one son: Fern Coates(1917)May Coates (1918 )Kathleen Coates (1920)Charley Coates (1915 ) Charley remained in Sherbrooke Quebec but I was unable to find any records regarding marriage or children for any of them.

Stuert/Stewart H. Coates (1891-1973) Remained at home with his parents through the 1920s.  No further information is available at this time.

John Coates Jr. (1782-1838) & Elizabeth Foster Wilson (1791) had a little better luck projecting their brood into the future.    

Of Solomon Coates (1815)& Martha Livingston’s offspring only Gordon Coates 91859)& Jessie Viola Graham produced viable sons.  Gordon died before 1921 and Jessie married William Faulkner of Newport Quebec.  Only Elwin Coates (1900) and Horace Coates (1905) appear with her in the 1921 census. I was unable to track them any further. 

Which leave Tyler Coates (1823-1914)& Mary Ann Mayhew (1828-1916) to secure the future for this Coates clan.

Thomas Henry Coates (3/23/1852-1901) married Lydia Pinkham around 1886.  They had three sons;

Percival Orton Coates (1888-1970) Married Dorothy Rose (1895 – 1954) they had the following sons:

Van Henry Coates (1916 – 2002) married Margaret Smitherson in 1938.  They emigrated the Michigan and settled there before 1940, though he did not officially emigrate in 1942.  Van served in the military for the USA in 1845.  He worked as a truck driver. When he returned he divorced Margret. Van is buried in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan, USA. He and Margret had one son together;

Van Jr. Coates (9/1/1942-2000) I was unable to access additional information.  There is an obituary in the Gregory Newspapers that is displayed on Ancestry.com but not accessible without an expensive upgrade to my account.  If anyone reading this has access to the Gregory Michigan papers and finds the obit, if you send it, I will post it.

Orton Coates (1914 – ) Married Eva Harper.  Orton worked as a truck driver with his Father in Law William S. Harper and traveled back and forth between the US and Canada.  Orton and Eva remained in Quebec and had one daughter, Dorothy Coates and one son, Edward Coates.  There is no additional information on them at this time.  It is believed they are still living in Quebec.  Orton married a second time to Helen Lessenba. She and Orton had six sons.  Their names are unknown at this time.

Wilmer Coates (1918 – ) Remained in Canada.  No further information is available at this time

       Percival divorced Dorothy and married Alice Estelle Smith Foster(1895 – 1986) they had the following children:

Allan Coates- died in childhood.

Henry Coates-Died in childhood

Robert Percival Coates (1934 – 2011) Immigrated to the US in 1935, settling in Niagara Falls NY where he lived with relatives or family friends of his mother.  Robert served in the Military in the 1950, where he learned electrical engineering. He married Althea Voss while in the military serving in England. After he returned form the Airforce Robert moved his family to Lansing NY, a suburb of Ithaca NY, where they continue to live.   Their first son, Robert Michael Coates was born in England in 1955.  Robert was killed in a car accident in 1977, leaving no spouse of children.  Robert and Diana had a total of four sons:

Robert Michael Coates (1956-1977)- never married, no children

Paul Coates (11/25/1959- living)  Married Mary B. Kneeland on 11/14/ 1986.  Divorced 2004.  Paul and Mary had four children, one daughter- Meghan D. Coates (1997-present) and three sons; R. Michael Christopher Coates (1987-present) Michael has one son with Sasha Predechet- Talon Coates born 10/22/2009., Alexander Jeremiah Coates (1989-present) as yet unmarried, no children, and John Francis Coates (2000-present) unmarried, no children.

Daniel Wayne Coates(1960-present) Daniel never married but has one son, Robert Daniel Coates (1992-present) as yet unmarried, no children.

Carl Thomas Coates (1968-present)Carl married and divorced Kim Molenoux.  They have one daughter, Rachel Coates.  Carl has remained single, no additional children at this time.

Eugene Gilbert Coates (1892-1976) married Laura Gertrude Mayhew.  In 1923 Eugene moved his family to Michigan, where they settled and remained.  He and Laura had the following heir producing sons:

Cedric Coates(1916 – 2008) married Inez Betty Metz (1919 –)They settled in Howell Michigan where they raised the following sons:

Daniel Scott Coates  (1950) married Katherine Rita Owens.  They have two daughter.

Gary Roy Coates married two times and has a total of seven children, names unknown.  They continue to live in the Howell Michigan area.

John Coates- no information available at this time

Thomas Allan Coates married twice, first to Shiley G.?, no children recorded. The second marriage to Tyne Diana Baugh. They continue to live in the Michigan area. They had three children, two sons and one daughter;

Jeremiah James Patrick Coates(1978) –  married no children as of yet.

Jeffery Allen Coates1982 – married no children as of yet.

Melody Lynn Coates1985 –unmarried, no children at this time.

Robert James Coates (1942 – 1997) Remained in Michigan and married a total of fine times.  He has a total of 5 children with four different mothers. Additional information unavailable at this time.

 

Fred Coates (1918 –) entered and settled in Michigan. No other information is available at this time.

 

James A. Coates (1856 – 1951) & Peggy Macleod (1865 – 1951).  They had the following sons:

Alvin A. Coates (1895) married Martha Arilla Conner.  They remained in Lennoxville Quebec and had one son,; Herbert Coates (2/6/1921-1976)Herbert became a development engineer.  He married Kathleen Wheeler on 6/24/1944 and moved her with him to the USA.  They entered in New York City on 10/11/1956 and officially became a citizen on 2/10/1965.  Herbert and Kathleen had four children, names and sex unknown.  They settled in North Carolina where the family remains today.

Fred C. Coates (1891-1919), - died young.  No spouse, no children

Harold R. Coates (1908-1999), - remained in Quebec.  No additional information available at this time.

 

Benjamin Franklin Coates (9/17/1860 – 2/27/1955) Married Annie Pinkham.  They had the following sons;

 Dave Coates (1908-1960) moved to Michigan and settled there in 1926.  Married Rexie Mae Holland(1926)in 1946.  No further information available at this time.. Presume there are children still living in Michigan USA.

Elwin Coates (1903),  no information available at this time.

Sternis Coates (1896 – 1980), Married Jewell Aulis.  No other information available at this time

Myron Coates (1863 – 1919) Married Scottena Mae Pinkham (1872 – 1951).This family appears ot havbe remained in Quebec but there is no information readily available on them.  They had the following sons;

Hollis Coates(1893 – 1929) no wife, no children,

Charlie Arthur Coates (1897-1901 ) died in childhood

Clarence Raymond Coates(1898 – 1962) no information available

Cecil Richard Coates(1903 – 1957)  Married Kay Campbell no information available

Wallace Douglas Coates(1905 –) remained in Quebec.  No other information available at this time.

Willis Gordon Coates(1907 – 1968)- no further information available.

John Myron Coates (1917) – no information available at this time.

 

 

Well folks, that concludes our series on the Coates families of Massachusetts.  I hope you have found this an enjoyable and helpful series.  It is certainly a lot of information to digest.  I know there are omissions and probably a few incorrect facts scattered here and there.  Research from a distance is never an exact science.  If any of these people belong to you and you have additional information you would like to add, feel free to drop me a line.  If you have an idea for an upcoming segment, let me know this as well.  Until next time pull out your scrap book, take a stroll through a cemetery or have a chat with an aged friend and realize that the past lives in you.

Heir producing Children and grandchildren of  Reuben Coates ( 1779- 1849) &Mehitable Hodgeman:     

Benjamin Coates (1809-1869) & Theodosia (1812)  

Benjamin Coates (1836) Died 1865.  Never married

Hollis Coates (1840), Married Myrtie I.?.  Hollis died shortly after his marriage on 18 mar. 1868 in Eaton Corner Quebec Canada.  No children.

Willis W. Coates (1847-3/30/1888), Married Martha Weir.  They had two children, one son, Roy W. Coates (12/16/1879-10/8/1945) and a daughter Lulu May Coates (1883-1955.) lulu married Stanley Nutbrown.   Willis was a farmer. No additional information on Roy at this time.

Phineas H. Coates (12/22/1846-3/25/1926) Married Susan Sunbury in 1872.  They had two children; Ernest Coates (1876 – 1891) and Ida Coates (1883 – 1897).  Phineas was a farmer and it would appear he may also have been a Baptist Minister.

Lusina Coates (1846- 11/1/1903) married Edward Wheeler.  They had the following children; Nellie Wheeler (1874 ), Maud Wheeler(1876 ) Cora Wheeler(1878) Georgiana Wheeler(1880 )Mark Wheeler(1884 )Edith Wheeler(1886 ) Florence Wheeler(1890 )

Samuel Coates(1848-7/15/1904)married Lucina Gallup.  They had one son ; Wesley Coates (1889-1967)never married.

George D. Coates (1858) No information is available for George at this time.

Reuben Coates (1817) & Caroline Kingsley. 

Lyman Coates born 1848 - 3/10/1877 in Compton Quebec Canada.  Never married.

Alphonso Coates 1/6/1851 Eaton Quebec-4/26/1932 Brighton Vermont. Alfonso married Mary Ann? And had the following children; Lucina Coats (1876-), Nora Coats (1878-) Married Lewis A Davidson(1872 – 1949) Davidson and moved to Brighton Vermont  They had no children.,, Wesley Alfonso Coats (1880-1918), Lillie Coats (1882-),no additional information available Eugene Coats (1885-11/28/1894), Lotti Coats (1888-1980) Married Ulric Cordeau.

Sylvester Coates (1825-12/2/1910)& Sarah  

Horace Sylvester Coates 4/14/1857-11/17/1942. Horace Married Mary Ann Coates, (His Cousin) on 11/11/1885.  Like his father before him, he was a farmer.  Horace and Mary Ann had two sons; Arthur C Coates (1886 – 1967) and Stewart H Coates (1891-1973)  

 

 

Robert Orrin Coates 1860 – 1928,- no further information at this time

 

John A Coates 1861 – 1866, Died in childhood

William Herbert Coates 1863 –died in childhood, prior to 1871.

 

Heir producing Children and grandchildren of John Coates Jr. born (1782-1838) & Elizabeth Foster :

 

Solomon Coates 1815 & Martha Livingston

Livingston Coates(1850- 12/25/1857)- died at age 7.

Elija Coates(1854) No information available at this time.

Henry Coates(1856- never married.  In 1911 he is living with his brother Gordon’s family.  After Gordon’s death Henry continues to live with his sister in law and her new husband.  Gordon has never held a job. I suspect he is disabled or mentally retarded, though he does report the ability to read and write.

Gordon Coates(1859)Married Sadie Mary Colby, widow of Charles Gransen Colby in 1895. She had one son, Irwin Coates (1900) and possibly died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. Gordon married a second time in 1902 to Jessie Viola Graham.  Gordon and Jessie had two more sons; Chance Coates (1902) and Horace Coates (1905).  After Horace death Jessie was remarried to William Faulkner.   She continued to care for her brother in law, Henry and appears in the 1921 census with Irwin and Horace.  The third child does not appear.  It is likely he is deceased but no grave had been located for him either. 

Tyler Coates (1823-1914)& Mary Ann Mayhew(1828 – 1916)

Thomas H. Coates (3/23/1852 – 1901) Married Lydia Pinkham around 1886.  They had three sons; Percival Coates (1888 – 1970),Eugene Gilbert Coates(1892 – 1976)

Thomas Elmer Coats(1901 – 1943).  Thomas died in 1901.  In 1906, Lydia married a second time to Renel O. Churchhill.  Lydia and Renel had one daughter, Lillian E. Churchhill.

 

James A. Coates (1856 – 1951) married Peggy Macleod (1865 – 1951).  They lived in Gould Compton Quebec.  They had the following children: Alvin A. Coates (1895), Annie Coates (1892),Dorothy Coates(1904), Ethel E. Coates (1904), Fred C. Coates (1891-1919), Harold R. Coates (1908-1999), Jane Coates, Katie M. Coates(1902), Laura M. Coates(1901), Lillie M. Coates(1890), Mabel G. Coates(1909-2001), Mary L. Coates(1900),Genny(1906),

 

Benjamin Franklin Coates(9/17/1860 – 2/27/1955) Married Annie Pinkham.  They had the following children;  Dave Coates (1908), Elwin Coates (1903),  Sternis Coates (1896 – 1980),

Pearl Coates (1899 – 1960), Annie Laura Coates (1899) ,Myrtle Coates ( 1906 – 1994)

Myron Coates(1863 – 1919) Married Scottena Mae Pinkham(1872 – 1951).  They had the following children; Hollis Coates(1893 – 1929), Holly Winfred Coates (1893 – 1960)Violet Pearl Coates(1894 )

Lena May Coates (1895 ) Charlie Arthur Coates (1897 )

Clarence Raymond Coates(1898 – 1962)Minnie Mary Coates(1900 )

Cecil Richard Coates(1903 – 1957)Ethel Alice Coates(1904 – 1941)

Wallace Douglas Coates(1905 –)Willis Gordon Coates(1907 – 1968)

Grace Irene Coates (1910 ) Nellie Agnes Coates(1912 ) Bertha Ivy Coates(1913 )

John Myron Coates (1917)  Myron raised his family in the heart of French speaking Quebec.  They often appear in the census with an accent mark over the o in Coates as if it were a French name.

 

David Arthur Coates (1867 –1939) Married Abigail May Coates.  They had two children;

Sebra A. Coats (1897)there is no additional information available concerning Sebra Coates. Garneth M. Coats(1900 –1930) Garneth married J. Clifford Groom in vermont. They had no children.

 

George Coates(1870) information unavailable at this time

 

Oliver Coates (1826-8/1/1861)&, Huldah   

Warren Coates (1851), married Ellen Vancour on 10/31/1891.no further information available at this time.

It looks like we are coming to the finish line.  Tune in next time for the final installment of the Coates Family series.  Follow the Charles Coates descendants as they move back across the boarder to the USA.  If you have enjoyed this series and/or have suggestions for future projects feel free to drop me a line.  If you are related to one of the families we have covered and would like to share updated information or pictures, I welcome all submission.

Today we are turning our attention back to the Charles Coats family.  Let’s take a minute to reap: Charles was born in Wenham Mass. on 11/29/1686, 10 years after the massacre that was known at King Phillip's war, to Mr. Charles Coatt formerly of England .  Charles mother is not mentioned in his birth record. In or around 1700 Charles moved to west field Mass. where he married Hester Neal in 1705.  Hester was born 11/8/1680 in West field.  She was the daughter of Edward Neal Sr. and Martha Hart.  Charles and Hester were married in West field on 2/6/1706.  They had the following name producing heirs all born in west field Mass.:

Charles Coats 6/3/1710-1795 Married Thankful Tute/Tate in Deerfield Mass. on 1750.  Thankful Tuta/Tate, born 2/24/1728 was the daughter of  James Tute born in Ireland 1685 and Keziah Carey born in Mass. 1707.        Charles Coats Jr. fought in both of the French and Indian wars, arriving in Deer field Mass. as soldier in 1744.  Charles was a part of Captain Israel William's company. He served from 12/11/1755-10/18/1756 as a scout. Charels and Thankful Coats had six children.  Of the children of Charles Coats  Jr. we learned that only son John produced name bearing offspring.  He had 8 children with wife Abigail Goodrich. John moved his family to Eaton Quebec.

Edward Coats 12/4/1711- 12/30/1770.   Married  Joanna Allan in Westfield Mass. They had 6 children.  Of his children we discovered that of his children; Elihu Edward Coats  born11/8/ 1757 died 1/3/ 1821- served in the military during the revolution for a term of 8 months in 1778.  He met and married Lucy ?  They settled in East Hampden and had at least one son, Jesse Coates. Jesse Coates was born 12/8/1785 in East Hampden Mass- he died in 1861.  He served in the war of 1812.  On 6/26/1821 he married Asenath Strong born 1801 died 1860.  Jesse worked as a laborer and died a widow in 12/12/1861 of consumption.  Jesse and Asenath had all girls and thus the Coats line descendants ended.  The rest of Edwards off spring were girls who died early, leaving no name producing heirs through Edward’s line.

Stephen Coats 11/25/1713-1758.  In 1738 Stephen Coates Married Martha Kellogg in Westfield.  They had 9 children.  Of his 9 children ther is no immediate information available that carries on the family name.  Stephen had 4 sons and 5 daughters.  The sons did not fare well in the revolutionary war.  One son was left an invalid another was killed, Steven Coats Jr. produced only daughters and there is no information available on the last son.

So of the Charles Coats Family we have only the off spring of John Coats, son of Charles Coates Jr. who moved to Quebec.  And so we continue our Coats family series into Quebec Canada.

 

John Coats born 1756 died 1823.  John served as a minute man during the revolutionary war.  John Married Abigail Goodrich of Webster Mass.    John moved his family to Quebec Canada after 1800.  He died in Eaton Quebec Canada in 1823.  John and Abigail had 8 children, all born in Mass.,  Three died in infancy, 2 were females, leaving three sons to carry on the family name:

Goodrich Coates born 1777 Mass. Died 5/6/1833 in Compton Quebec Canada.  Goodrich appears in the 1825 Canadian census as the head of a family of seven; a wife and five children.  At this time the names and sexes of those children and his wife’s name are unknown.  If the information becomes available I will post it at a later date.

Reuben Coates born 1779- died 1849- Reuben married Mehitable Hodgeman.    Reuben and Mehitible had the following children, all born in Quebec;

 Olive Coates 1808,

 David Coates 1806-1834. No further information available at this time.

 Benjamin Coates 1809-1869 Married Theodosia ?.born 1812.   In 1851 they are living on a farm of their own in close proximity to brother’s John and Reuben Coates.  Benjamin and Theodocia had the following children; Livonia Coates (1834-?), Benjamin Coates (1836) Hollis Coates (1840), Willis Coates (1847), Phineas Coates  (1850), Lusina Coates (1846), Samuel (1848)

Abigail Coates 1811--  2/15/1879.  No further information is available. 

John Coates 1811-1885, married Persis? Born 1817.  In 1851 they had two daughters; Edna Coates born 1847 and Adaline Coates born 1848.  By this time Reuben Coates had passed away and John was caring for his mother, Mehitable Coates on his farm.

Reuben Coates 1817 married Caroline Kingsley.  In 1851 Reuben and Caroline are living on a farm of their own 3 doors down from John Coates.  They have two children at that time; Harriet M. Coates born 1847, and Lyman Coates born 1848.  Also living with them is a Lana Coates age 21. 

 Lucinda Coates 1819-1885.   In 1851 she is still unmarried and living on the farm with her brother john Coates

Sylvester Coates 1825-12/2/1910, married Sarah ? In Bury Quebec Canada on 1/25/1853.  They had the following children, all born in Quebec; Johanna Coates 1855 – 1866.
Horace Sylvester Coates 1857 – 1942, Robert Orrin Coates 1860 – 1928,
Ellen Coates 1861 – 1866, Jane E. Coates 1861 – 1866, John A Coates 1861 – 1866,
William Herbert Coates 1863 –




John Coates Jr. born 1782-1838 married Elizabeth Foster Wilson in Hartland Windsor Vermont on 12/12/1813.  John and Elizabeth had the following children;

Damon Coates 1814- born in Windsor Vermont (all other children born in Quebec), No records have been found for Damon in Canada.  There  is a Damon Coates appearing in the 1865 NY census living in the Syracuse area.  He is a lawyer and married to Sarah?  with  one daughter in 1865, Sarah Coates.  It is unknown if this is the same Damon Coates.  Without further documentation I hesitate to claim him.  The rest of the family remained in Canada for another generation or two before migrating back to the USA.   

Solomon Coates 1815- ? Married Martha ? Livingston (Widow). They had the following children:
 Mary Catherine Coates (1845 )Sarah Coates (1847),  Livingston Coates(1850- died before 1861)
Martha Coates(1852) Elija Coates(1854) Henry Coates(1856) Joshua Coates(1857)
Gordon Coates(1859) Louisa Coates(1859)



Tyler Coates 1823-1914, Tyler Coates 1823-1914, married Mary Ann Mayhew(1828 – 1916)and they had they following children:
Maria Coates (?),Thomas H. Coates (1852 – 1901)James A. Coates (1856 – 1951)
Benjamin Franklin Coates(1860 – 1955)Myron Coates(1863 – 1919)
David Arthur Coates (1867 –?) Arthur Coates (1868 – ?)George Coates(1870 –?)


Oliver Coates 1826-8/1/1861, married Huldah ?.  They had the following children: Warren Coates (1851), Jennette Coates (1853), MaryAnn Coates (1859) Elmira Coates (1859)


Joseph Coates 1829-1/15/1893.  He was a farmer. No other records available at this time.,  

 Thomas Coates 1831. There is no additional information available at this time.

Lorenzo Coates 1835- 4/14/1880.  No additional information is available at this time. 

It would appear that the Coates family flourished in Canada.  In our next segment we will see how many of them we can find to carry the name into the present.  If you are reading any of the posts and have additional information you would like to share please drop me a line and I will include the information in an updated segment.

Chandler Cotes Born 1826 in Rutland Center, Jefferson County, New York, USA- Died 12 Dec 1899 in Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA.   Married Anna Marie Baker.  Chandler and Anna Marie Baker Cotes had four children;

William C. Cotes 1864-1945 in Michigan Married Josephine Cornelius Klett (1871-1960), and settled in Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. It does not appear that they had any children

Andrew Cotes  1862. No information available.

Chandler died in Michigan on 12/12/1879.

Children and Grandchildren of  Eliphelet Cotes 1838 Jefferson County, New York,-1914 Married Julia Elizabeth Hallenbeck in Clark Ohio on 8/8/1861.

Andrew Cotes 1863 Michagan, Married  Opehlia C Klett 10 Apr 1889 in Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan.  Andrew was a Poultry farmer.  He moved to Crosby, Kitsap, Washington and remained there.  No other information is available at this time.

William Cotes 1865, no information available

Albert Eliphelet Cotes 7/2/1874 in Bates County Missouri  -12/19 /1940 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio.  Married Emma M. Yarnell (1872-1937) in 1902.  In 1910 Albert was working as a clerk in a publishing house.  Albert was born with congenital hip joint disease in his left hip, which precluded him from service during WWI.  He was of medium height and medium build.  In 1918 he was living in Ohio and working as a secretary for the Furncliff Cemetery in Springfield Ohio.  By 1920 Albert and Emma had two children, Albert E. Cotes Jr. (1906-1983), and Mariel E. Cotes (1910-1983).  Albert was working as a book keeper.  His father-in-law, David Yarnell, was living with them in Springfield Ohio. In 1930 Albert was back working for the Cemetery as a secretary.  His son has moved out of the home.  His wife Emma and his daughter Muriel are still in the home.  Muriel is 19 and working as a public school teacher.  In 1930 Albert E. Cotes Jr. is working as a transmission man for the telephone company in Ohio and has married Ruth G. McCool.  Albert E. Cotes Jr. and Ruth had the following children; David Cotes (1930), Julia Cotes (1924), Douglas Cotes (1935), Jane Cotes (1938)

 That concludes the Thomas Coats/Coates/Cotes family history review.  We are getting closer to the completion of the Coates family series.  I hope you have been enjoying this brief over view of these families.  Coming soon, the completion of the Charles Coates Family.

This quaint little cemetery is in need of some tender loving care. It is located on ridge road between odessa Ny and Horseheads New York and would be easily missed as it sits on the right hand side of the road ( driving from Odessa to Horseheads) in a curved portion of the road behind an iron fence.  we looked at the life if the Turner family in out past post.  Here are the rest of the people who are recorded as being in this cemetery.  


Barker, Paulina 62808025
b. 1786 d. Jan. 31, 1843.  Wife of David Barker.


Crandell, Amos Wilson 62807868
b. Jul. 12, 1787 d. Mar. 30, 1879
 Married Meribah Mosher(3/30/1792-12/2/1855)  Amos was a farmer.  He resided in Veteran as early as 1836 and buried his mother on the family farm.  In 1850 and 1860 with his wife and children; Mary Crandell, Ulicious Crandel, Deborah Crandall, and Calvin Crandel.  In 1860 his daughter Mary had married Clinton Stiles (Born 1832). They had two children at that time; William A. Stills (1857-?), and Charles A. Stiles (1859-?).  By 1870 Amos is living in Burdett, hector New York and listed as a farm hand on the farm of Joseph J. Fleming(1828-? With Joseph Fleming Jr.1871.) with Charles Crandell (1848) and Sarah Crandell (1849). Charles and Sarah appear to be the children of John Crandell and Mary Thorn.

 Crandell, Amos Wilson 62807930
b. May, 1850 d. Feb. 28, 1853

Infant son of John Crandell (1819 - 1884)and  Mary Thorn Crandell (1821 - 1851).

 Crandell, Dinah Vaughn 62807965
b. Mar. 8, 1767 d. May 24, 1836

Married to Eber Crandell 1786 - Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, and Mother of Amos Wilson Crandell (above). Eber was born in 1755, died in 1844 in Washtenaw County Michigan.

 Crandell, Emily 62807914
b. Nov. 16, 1849 d. Aug. 27, 1850

   Emily is the daughter of John Crandell (1819 - 1884) and  Mary Thorn Crandell (1821 - 1851).
She died at 9 months of age.

 Crandell, Eveline E. Spalding 62807888
b. Nov. 24, 1826 d. Feb. 26, 1903
Eveline E. Spaulding was the second wife of John Crandell (1819 - 1884) and mother of Mary E. Crandell (1859 - 1863) (see below).Eveline was born in Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York. She was the daughter of Amasa Spaulding and Eunice Shumway.  Eveline and John had the following children:
Julia May Crandell 1853 – ?,Amos W. Crandell 1855 – ?, Mary Crandell 1859 – 1863   and
Edwin J. Crandell 1866 – 1949

 Crandell, John 62807878
b. Oct. 17, 1819 d. Dec. 16, 1884 was the son on Amos Wilson Crandell (1787 - 1879)

  Meribah Mosher Crandell (1792 - 1855).  John was a farmer and inherited or purchased the family farm from his father Amos.  We find John with wife Eveline in the 1880 census on the farm. John appears in 1850 married and living on the farm in veteran with wife Mary and children, Charles and Emily.  Emily died shortly after the census was taken.  Her mother Mary followed a year later.  John remarried Eveline Spaulding shortly after Mary’s death.  By 1860 they had the following children, Julia M. Crandal (1851 or 52), Amos W. Crandal (1855), Mary E. Crandal (1859).  Charles is also living with them.  As we do not know how Mary died it is possible daughter Julia may have been her child and she may have died in childbirth.  By 1870 John and Eveline remain in veteran with two children living home; Julia M. Crandall and John E. Crandall.

 Crandell, Mary Thorn 62807896
b. Jun. 21, 1821 d. Sep. 15, 1851 Wife of John Crandell, mother of Amos W. Crandell (above) Emily Crandell (above), Charles (1848-?),

 Crandell, Mary E. 62807939
b. Apr. 1, 1859 d. Mar. 6, 1863.  Infant daughter of John Crandell and Eveline Soaulding.

 Crandell, Meribah Mosher 62807872
b. Mar. 30, 1792 d. Dec. 2, 1855  Wife of Amos Crandell (above)

Earl, Erwin D. 62808020
b. Feb. 27, 1849 d. Apr. 25, 1850. It is very sad that this baby is resting here alone.  He died too young to have established any record of his birth so his parents remain a mystery.  Perhaps someone reading this will have an answer and will send in a message.  Until then he remains an orphan, alone.

 Egbert, Andrew W. 62807969
b. Feb. 16, 1801 d. May 3, 1851.  Andrew was a farmer with 100 acres of land, 75 acres improved, 25 acres unimproved. In 1850 his farm was valued at $2500. With an additional $260. In farm equipment.  He had 2 horses, 4 milk cows, 4 other cattle, 7 sheep and 2 swine.  He produced 100 bushels of wheat, 60 bushels of Indian Corn and 120 bushels of oats.  In 1850 Andrew is found on his farm in veteran Chemung NY with wife Margaret(1804-?) and children; William Egbert (1827), Jane P. Egbert (1829), George Egbert (1830), Horace Egbert (1835), Helen Egbert (1837), Mary Egbert (1839), and Sara Egbert (1846).  Also living with them is Phebe Crandell (1783-?) It is not clear at this time what the connection is to this family or to the other Crandell’s buried here. Phebe does not appear to be buried here and a Phebe Crandall appears in the 1865 New York Census living in Starkey, Yates count NY.

 Egbert, Maria 62807971
b. Aug. 11, 1848 d. Apr. 8, 1849.  Infant daughter of Andrew and Margaret Egbert.

 Egbert, Sarah Crandell 62807985
b. 1838 d. Jun. 18, 1870 Daughter of John and Mary Thorn Crandell.  Sarah married Isaac Egbert (1835 - ____). They had the following children; Willis G. Egbert (1863 - 1865).  Sarah and Isaac were married around 1862.  Followign Sarah’s death Isaac remarried and started a new life in Elmira Chemung NY.

 Egbert, Willis G. 62808001
b. Oct. 6, 1863 d. Jan. 13, 1865.  Infant son of Isaac Egbert and Sarah Crandell.

 Hall, Phebe Mosher 62808010
b. 1785 d. May 26, 1841 wife of Uriah Hall. (See below)

 Hall, Uriah 62808005
b. 1788 d. Jan. 11, 1841.  Uriah worked as a manufacturer.  In 1840 he s seen living in veteran Chemung NY working as a manufacturer with his son.  Uriah had 1 son and 2 daughters, according to the 1940 census.  He was born November 10, 1788 in Crum Elbow, Duchess, New York, United States.  He and Phebe were married in 1807 and had a total of 9 children; Benjamin Hall (1808 – 1885),Isaac Hall(1810 – 1830), (Mercy Hall 1813 – 1844) Mary Ann Hall( 1815 – 1891) Almira Hall(1819 – ?) John Hall (1820 – ?)
Hannah M Hall(1823-1905)Phebe Jane Hall(1826 – 1910)Lucinda Hall(1830 – 1911).  The family moved from Duchess county NY to veteran and remained there from about 1830.

 Hewitt, Henry S. 62808031
b. 1805 d. Mar. 22, 1848.  Unfortunately there is no record available at this time to give us a definitive determination of who Henry S. Hewitt was.  He does not appear in the Civil war enlistments and died before the 1850 census that would have provide identifying information.  If someone can claim this man and share with us some of his history I am sure we would all be interested in hearing more about him.

 Mosher, Sally Olmstead 10538761
b. Apr. 3, 1804 d. Jul. 14, 1861.  Sally married Welcome Mosher (see below).They had at least one child:  Loretta Mosher Earle (1824 - 1887)

 Mosher, Welcome 10538757
b. Feb. 6, 1801 d. Feb. 23, 1866.  Born in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, USA to
Welcome Mosher ( 1766 – 1844)and Deborah Mosher (1758 – 1839), welcome worked as a farmer.  He lived in veteran Chemung in 1840 but had moved to Caitlin Chemung by 1850, where he remained until his death.  Sally and Welcome had the following children;
Loretta Mosher (1824 – )(Maribah L. Mosher 1825 –) Allen Mosher(1827 – )
Catherine T. Mosher(1829 – 1854) John T. Mosher( 1831 – )Charles Mosher(1832 – 1903)
Robert P. Mosher (1833 – 1904) Deborah A. Mosher(1836 – )Welcome A. Mosher(1838 – )
Stephen Mosher(1840 –) Thomas Mosher(1841 – 1841)

 Sherwood, Augustus 62808039
b. Sep. 10, 1799 d. Apr. 23, 1863.  Augustus is reportedly the spouse of Phebe Crandell. I was unable to locate any records that placed Augustus in Chemung county or the neighboring counties.

That concludes our look at the Turner Cemetery.  I want to shout out a special thank you to my daughter who is my good right hand on such expositions.   Next we will complete our look at the Thomas Coates family and work on the Charles Coates family and the conclusion of the Coates Family series.  Until then, the sun is out, the flowers are popping up and the birds are singing so, Keep smiling.

David Turner  3/6/1805-4/21/1882

Julia Ann Greenough Turner 

George Edward Turner 1853-1925

Carrie Turner Woodruff 1/13/1862-6/10/1953

Myrtle W. Woodruff Cassada 9/16/1888-9/14/1947




David was a minister’s son, born in Rensseler, Nassau county New York 3/6/1805-4/21/1882, to Rev. John Turner (1766-1849) and Catherine Field Turner (1835-1909),   He married Julia Ann Greenough  (Greeno) and settled on a farm in Veteran, Chemung New York.  In 1850 the Turner farm boasted 120 Improved acres, 50 unimproved (woods) acres with a cash value of $7,000. David had 4 horses, 7 milk cows, 17 other cattle, 10 sheep and 8 swine.  He also raised wheat, indian corn and oats.  David and Julia had four children; David J. Turner (3/6/1835-6/9/1909), Henry Turner (6/27/1839-8/30/1846, Lucy A. Turner (9/1847-3/27/1851) and George Edward Turner (1853-1925)



George Edward Turner (1853-1925).  George Edward Turner moved to Mount Vernon Linn Iowa before 1885.  He married a Emma ? (1860-1915).  They had the following children; Mae T. Turner Mitchell (1885-1960), Sylvia I. Turner (1888-1973), Claribel T. Turner Cope (1893-1986), Helen M. turner (1898-1950), Samuel A. Turner (1900-1932), Katherine Turner Legrace (1902-1974) L. Maxine Turner (1906-1976), George Turner (1893-?) George Edward worked as an engineer for Wafire Power and Light Company.

  
    I was unable to find a picture of David J. Turner (3/6/1835-6/9/1905).  David Married Mary Lyons (1/30/1865-7/11/1905).  They settled in Elmira where they remained until their subsequent deaths.  They had one daughter, Carrie L. Turner (1/13/1862-6/10/1953).  Carrie remained living with her parents throughout their lives, marrying Adelbert Woodruff (9/11/1861-5/20/1936) in 1885.  Adelbert and Carrie had two children; Turner W. Woodruff (11/11/1894-9/28/1897), and Myrtle W. Woodruff (9/16/1888-9/14/1947) 

   Myrtle woodruff married Harry F. Cassada (1873-1924).  They had three sons; Henry Cassada (1913-?), Robert W. Cassada (1918-?), and Richard Adelbert Cassada (1922).  Following her husband’s death, Myrtle married a second time, to Harry F. Wadsworth (1888-1941). Harry was a coal salesman who traveled a great deal.  In 1930 Harry F. Wadsworth and Myrtle, along with the three boys are living in Paris, Oneida county NY.  In the 1940 census Myrtle appears in Lyons, Wayne NY with John Wadsworth, her two youngest sons and her mother Carrie Woodruff.  It is curious that Harry F. is now John Wadsworth and is working as a bar tender in his own employ. Other than this name change the records match, so I am 95 % sure this is the same family.

       There are no Wadsworth’s or Cassada’s buried in the Turner cemetery.   Carrie out lived her daughter.  After Myrtles death carrie returned to Chemung County and lived in Horseheads until her death.

What a beautiful day it is, here in New York State.  It must be 70 degrees outside today.  I took the opportunity this afternoon to go exploring and get some pictures.  What follows are pictures from The Crandell and Turner Cemetery in Veteran NY.  It is a small fenced cemetery, separated by a secondary internal fence.   The lot is in poor shape, many brambles and most of the stones are sunk or sinking into the ground and unreadable.   I retrieved what I could and we took pictures of most of the stones.  There are maybe 20 stones still showing above ground.  i am not sure if there were ever more than that.  It was a small family burial site on a family farm.  The area around is no longer used for farming.   I will post the pictures here and see what I can find out about the people who are or may be buried there and will report back on that in a future post.  Enjoy.

After searching for several days I have been unable to locate any information on the family of Jonathan Coates son of Thomas Coats Jr.  I am reasonably sure that David Coats remained in Newburyport Essex Mass. as I located a membership application he completed for the Mason society in 1781.  I have been unable to locate marriage records or births for any of Jonathan Coats children.  If I come across this information at a later date I will post it.  If you are searching for this family I would suggest contacting the Essex county Mass. Historian for further assistance.  It is likely they have additional records available or know where one might access them, that have not been put on line yet.

That leaves us with the family of Eliphelet Coats son of James Coats and Martha Rhodes, son of Thomas Jr.

Eliphelet (son) Coates 7/25/1734-married Susannah Turner on 11/29/1759 in Dudley, Worchester Mass.   They had the following children, all born in Killingly Windham Conn.:

Susannah Coats 8/30/1762 married Hezekiah Bellows on 5/25/1780 in Tompson, Windham Conn.

Hannah Coats 9/14/1764- no additional information available at this time.

Azubah Coats ( daughter) 8/24/1767-died in infancy

Azubah Coats II (daughter) 9/30/1769- no available records

Lydia Coats 9/22/1771- no records available.

Eliphalet Coats Jr. 2/19/1774- died 8/21/1846-no additional information available at this time.

John cotes 3/3/1776- died 1847 married 1824 to Relief Chase.  They lived in Rutland, Jefferson NY.  John Coats died in NY State on 6/2/1847.  They had the following children;

Joseph Cotes-1825-1825

Chandler Cotes Born 1826 in Rutland Center, Jefferson County, New York, USA- Died 12 Dec 1899 in Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA.   Married Anna Marie Baker.  Chandler and Anna Marie Baker Cotes had four children;William C. Cotes 1864-1945 in Michigan Married Josephine Cornelius Klett (1871-1960) , Evelyn Cote 1857, Louisa Cotes 1858, Andrew Cotes  1862.  Chandler died in Michigan on 12/12/1879.

Mary E. Cotes 1829 Jefferson County, New York,.  Married Eldridge Crain. 

Aseph Cotes 8/10/1833 Jefferson County, New York,

Eliphelet Cotes 1838 Jefferson County, New York,-1914 Married Julia Elizabeth Hallenbeck in Clark Ohio on 8/8/1861.They had the following children all born in Jefferson County NY; Eva Cotes 1858, Louisa Cotes 1859, Andrew Cotes 1863, William Cotes 1864, William Cotes 1865,Bertha Cotes 1862-1872, Henry E. Cotes 1865-1867, Elizabeth (Bessie) Cotes 1868-1886, Albert Eliphelet Cotes 1874-1940

William T. Cotes 1839 Jefferson County, New York,-1863- no additional information available at this time.

Thomas Cotes 1842 Jefferson County, New York,-1842.  Died at the age of 4 months.

Nancy Coats 7/8/1778 Jefferson County, New York,- died 1865- no records available.

   Eliphalet coats Sr. died 10/16/1818 in Holland Patent Oneida NY.