there used to be, but geneology is still my passion. I'm still waiting to see how you connect to Edward and Clara in Iowa, cause that is where we will connect.
Our Melcher clan came from Oberweier, Baden, Rhastadtt, Germany. Cousins Anton and Dennis arrived on the Brigg Julia in New Orleans in 1839. Anton's brothers can be found briefly in Cincinnati, Ohio area (also Dayton, Kentucky which is directly accross the river from Cin., OH) and eventually settled in the Louisville, Kentucky region of (KY and IN) Anton's brothers were Henry, Valentine, & John (my gggrandfather).
Dennis stayed in Louisville for a short time, long enough to meet Mary Ann (Maria Anna) Faust and marry her in New Albany, Indiana. They moved to Iowa and settled in the Des Moines Area. Dennis's brother is Edward who married his cousin Clara. (Others in their family came as well, but their names are not in my mental Library and I would have to look them up, contact me if you are interested)
Our cousin, Mia Peck went to Germany several years ago and visited the home village. Another cousin, Pat White, has provided much of the Iowa information that I have copies of. I believe there is still an exhibit at the Des Moines History Museum about the role of the Melcher's in Pottery.…
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Date: '83 & the ensuing Winter.
Is a Nat. of
Locality: Germ. Came to
Locality: America 23 years ago. Lived at
Johnstown on the
Mohawk . Came into
Canada in
Date: '81 . Three sons joined Sir
John Johnson , 1 was killed; two others served till end of the War.
Came into Canada because the Rebels persecuted him. They would have taken his life if he had not came away.
Lives 4 miles from
Locality: Montreal , but has land in 4 Township.
Had a Lease from Sir
Name: Wm. Johnston of 100 acres, Lease forever, paying Rent £6 pr. ann. Cleared 50 acres.
Built house, Barn, &c., planted an orchard.
Lost his utensils, furniture, 3 Horses, 3 Cows, 24 sheep, grain, 300 Boards. The Rebels took some, but his wife disposed of some & brought some to
Locality: Canada .
Name: Caleb Peck , Wits.:
Knew Claimt. He had 3 sons in the King's Army. Claimt. was always Loyal. He came in long before the War was over.
Knew his Farm. He had between 30 & 40 acres clear. He had 3 Horses & Cows & Sheep & a Wagon…
Miami Co., OH
Levi Burkett
10 children born to this family
Anna A Burns Beck Reiber, b ca 1824 Ohio
md ca 1840-41
Jacob Beck
ch: Hannah, Sarah, Henry Beck
md John Arnold Reiber b PA
ch: Clement, Alice both b Ohio; Anna A b Iowa
David Burns b ca 1839 Ohio
Henry b ca 1836 Ohio
had Fanny Peck, age 11 living with them in 1850 Ohio Census
Family was in Darke and Miami Counties, Ohio
allied family names, Burn, Beck Boyer, Hittle, Shockey
in Bucks Co., Lancaster Co., PA
in Darke and Miami Counties, OH
in Marshall Co., IA…
, NE
http://calvin_kyle_bobbitt.tripod.com/AK/Migrations.html
Terry Mattison Karla Eastlick http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmason/masonqry.htm
"Bobbitt Bench" 6 miles out of Orofino, ID was named after Andrew and Charles
http://www.migrations.org/individual.php3?record=8300
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?andrew,jackson,bobbitt::bobbitt::786.html
Richardson County, NE in abt 1870
Orofino, Clearwater County, ID in abt 1902
http://home.cybersouth.com/tholmes/d0003/g0000002.html#I4143
sp: Melissa "Malsie" Jane Happ
b: Oct 1867-71 IL
m: 26 Oct 1886 Falls City, Richardson Co., NE
12-______ Bobbitt
b:
d: at 5 weeks
12-William Jesse Bobbitt
b: 8 July 1888 Dawson, NE
sp: Mae Jessie Bills
m: aft 1910 Peck, Nez Perce Co., ID
b: 6 Jul 1889
12-Hubert "Hugh" Joseph Bobbitt
b: 21 Jun 1890 Dawson NE
sp: Mae
m:
13-______ Bobbitt
b:
sp: Mae
m:
14-_______
b:
sp: _____
m:
15-_________
b:
Jennifer Eklund - Karla Eastlick http://genforum.genealogy.com/bobbitt/messages/856.html
12-Andrew Jackson Bobbitt
b: 13 Jan 1892 Dawson NE
12-Charles Augustus Bobbitt
b: 11 Oct 1893 Dawson, NE
d: WWI
12-Edna LaVern Bobbitt
b: 30 Jun 1897
sp: Arthur Cooper
12-Merle Susan Bobbitt
b: 30 Jul 1899 Dawson NE
sp: Donald Alexander Kennedy
m: 20 Sep 1917 Nez Perce, ID
b: 28 Nov 1895 Montana
12-Ione Bobbitt
b: 1902 Dawson, NE
12-Howard Bertram Bobbitt
b: 23 Apr 1905 ID
d: near Wippe ID
http://www.bobbittville.com/Bobbitt-John.htm…
ds, however you can use the Loiselle marriage & the Rivest marriage indexes to help narrow down areas your family originate.
A message from Shari Strahan to all members of French-Canadian Descendants on Genealogy Wise!There seems to be some confusion over what is available to us on-line. Let me take a stab at it:There were always at least two copies of parish records - one kept with the parish, one sent into the diocese. Sometimes an individual record will have differences in content between the two copies and it is recommended you view both if at all possible. And occasionally we can see the ancestors' signatures on one, but not the other.The Drouin microfilms are currently available to subscribers of Ancestry.ca or Ancestry.com, and directly from the Institut Genealogique Drouin at http://www.drouininstitute.com/, also for a fee. These microfilms were made about 1946 from the official records send into the dioceses, and sometimes the quality is poor or pages were "cut off." These are "indexed"on Ancestry, but this was poorly done and obviously not by French speakers. It can be impossible to rely on the index, and many of us are very frustrated by it.Familysearch.org is also making their Quebec parish records available on-line for FREE. These are digital images of the microfilms we previously would rent and view at Family History Centers. There is no comprehensive on-line index as yet, although volunteers are pecking away at it. These records were microfilmed at the parish level in 1976, and end with records (usually) in 1876. They are NOT "Drouin" microfilms. The quality is much higher than the Drouin copies.The real downside of the free Family Search parish records is mainly the 30 year gap between the efforts. Some register pages deteriorated in that interim (or were totally destroyed) and therefore cannot be viewed at all. Also, these records end much earlier 1876ish as opposed to the 1940s, which might be a problem for some researchers.Regards,Shari StrahanGenealogist…
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