Saturday, October 11, 2014

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (SNGF) - What Date Was Your Grandfather Born?

Hey genea-folks, 
it's Saturday Night again, 

 time for more Genealogy Fun!

 


Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1)  
What day of the week was your Grandfather born (either one)? Tell us how you found out.

2) What has happened in recorded history on your Grandfather's birth date (day and month)? Tell us how you found out, and list five events.


3)  What famous people have been born on your Grandfather's birth date?  Tell us how you found out, and list five of them.

4)  Put your responses in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook.


Here's mine (I will refrain from sharing how I found things out):

1)  I picked my maternal grandfather, Lyle Lawrence Carringer, who was born on 2 November 1891 in San Diego, California.

2 November 1891 was a Monday.

2)  Important things in recorded history that occurred on 2 November include:

*  In 1889, North and south Dakota were admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states.
*  In 1895, the prize for the first gasoline powered race in the U.S. was $2000.
*  In 1920,  KDKA in Pittsburgh, starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station.
*  In 1947, Howard Hughes made the first and only flight of the Spruce Goose, the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
*  In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. day.

3)  Here are some of the famous people born on 2 November (I'll bet my grandfather didn't know this!):

*  In 1460, King Edward V of England was born (died 1473)
*  In 1734, Daniel Boone was born (died 1820).
*  In 1755, Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France, was born (died 1793).
*  In 1795, James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, was born (died 1849).
*  In 1913, Burt Lancaster, an American actor was born (died 1994)

4)  That's it!

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Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver


Surname Saturday - MERRIAM (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1051 who is Sarah MERRIAM (1626-1677) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this MERRIAM family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)


130.  Samuel Whitney (1719-1782)
131.  Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783)


262.  John Fletcher (1692-1749)
263.  Mary Goble (1694-1734)

524.  Samuel Fletcher (1657-1744)
525.  Elizabeth Wheeler (1664-1744)


1050.  Thomas Wheeler, born before 08 December 1621 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 24 December 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2100. Thomas Wheeler and 2101. Ann Halsey.  He married 14 October 1648 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1051.  Sarah Merriam, born about 1626 in Hadlow, Kent, England; died 01 February 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Thomas Wheeler and Sarah Merriam are:
*  Sarah Wheeler (1649-1718), married 1669 John Smedley (1646-1717).
*  Joseph Wheeler (1651-1677).
*  Ann Wheeler (1653-1677).
*  John Wheeler (1655-1736), married (1) 1678 Sarah Stearns (1661-1727), (2) 1728 Sarah Farwell (1662-1762).
*  Mary Wheeler (1658-1668).
*  Thomas Wheeler (1662-1695).
*  Elizabeth Wheeler (1664-1744), married 1682 Samuel Fletcher (1657-1744).
*  Timothy Wheeler (1667-1718), married 1692 Lydia Wheeler (1675-1720).
*  Rebecca Wheeler (1670-1710).
*  Ruth Wheeler (1673-????), married 1696 Joseph Warren (1670-1740).

2102.  Joseph Merriam, born about 1600 in Hadlow, Kent, England; died 01 January 1641 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4204. William Merriam and 4205. Sarah Burges.  He married about 1623 in England.
2103.  Sarah Goldstone, born about. 1604 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died 12 March 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4206. John Goldstone and 4207. Frances Thompson.

Children of Joseph Merriam and Sarah Goldstone are:
*  William Merriam (1624-1689), married 1653 Elizabeth Breed (1634-1691).
*  Sarah Merriam (1626-1677), married 1648 Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704)
*  Joseph Merriam (1628-1677), married 1653 Sarah Stone (1633-1704).
*  Thomas Merriam (1630-1637).
*  Elizabeth Merriam (1633-1704), married 1653 Thomas Henchman (1630-1703).
*  Hannah Merriam (1636-????), married 1656 John Buss (1599-????).
*  John Merriam (1641-1724), married 1663 Mary Cooper (1645-1711).

Information about the Merriam family was obtained from:

Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston Mass. : Charles H. Pope, 1906 )

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/10/surname-saturday-merriam-england-to.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver



Friday, October 10, 2014

Major News - Mocavo.com Offers U.S. Census Images

In a major advance in the genealogy world, Mocavo.com just announced Experience the Brand New Census Viewer on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.

You can read about the many features of the Census Viewer.  The feature that I like the best is the "Similar Results" right on the census image page.  When I'm done reviewing the census page I'm on, I can click to find the same person on another record in the Mocavo collection.  Here is a screen for my grandfather, Lyle L. Carringer:


The person search for is highlighted on the census page, there is an index of names and some indexed information below the page image, and the "Similar Results" are on the right side of the screen.

There are more features that are described in detail in the Mocavo blog post.

Until now, Mocavo had only indexed information from the 1790 to 1940 U.S. Census records.  I was told that the images and indexes were obtained from FindMyPast, which bought Mocavo several months ago.

This major advance for Mocavo brings them even with Ancestry.com and ahead of FamilySearch in terms of offering census images, indexes, and additional record search results.

The U.S. census records will be available for subscribers to Mocavo.com's Gold subscribers.  They will be available for free when Mocavo offers their free access weekend several times per year.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/10/major-news-mocavocom-offers-us-census.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver


"Forrest Gump Principle of Genealogical Research" Strikes Again...

I love it when surprises happen to me - it just reinforces my Forrest Gump Principle of Genealogy Research - "Genealogy research is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to find, but you have to look everywhere your 'genealogy gem' might be hiding."

I wrote my 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks biography of my third great-grandfather, Henry Carringer (1800-1879) last night, and it posted this morning.

This morning, while wondering what to do (I forgot about my society blog posts...), I thought "you know, I don't know if I've ever checked Google Books for old Henry Carringer."  So I went to Google Books, and entered the search [henry carringer louisa county iowa] to see what I could find.  Here is the result:



Lookee there - the first two look promising!

The first one was really useful - it was the biography of John Robinson and his wife Eliza Carringer.  It provided John's death date, their marriage date, and their children and grandchildren.  Here is the text from the book:

Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Kansas, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, Together With Portraits and biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States (Chicago : Chapman Bros., 1890)

The biography says:

JOHN ROBINSON, late a resident of Iowa. and numbered among its most worthy citizens, was born in Hubbard County, Ohio, in 1818, and departed this life at his homestead April 29, 1867. He was a good man in all the relations of life, kind and indulgent to his family, industrious and reliable and made for himself a record of which his children will never be ashamed. 

The parents of our subject were Thomas and Mary Robinson who were of Scotch-Irish descent and spent their last days in Pennsylvania. John was reared to manhood in his native State and on the 11th of November, 1858. was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Eliza Carringer. Of this union there were born five children, two of whom, Emma I. and Thomas E., died at the ages of fifteen and thirteen years. The survivors are Henry H., a resident of Colorado; Ella S., and Elmer E. The eldest son married Miss Nancy Stewart and they became the parents of three children, one of whom died in infancy. The survivors are George E. and Herbert L.

Mr. and Mrs. Robinson after their marriage removed, in 1858, to Louisa County, Iowa, where the husband and father died, and where Mrs. Robinson continued to live until the fall of 1881. Then with her three children she came to Northern Kansas, settling upon the land which she now owns and occupies and where, with the assistance of her children, she has built up a comfortable homestead. Mrs. Robinson is a member in good standing of the United Presbyterian Church and a lady greatly respected by all who know her. Mrs. Robinson was born in Mercer County, Pa., June 1, 1827, and is the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Feather) Carringer, likewise natives of the ' Keystone State and both of German ancestry. Eliza was their eldest child and was reared to womanhood in her native county, receiving her education in its primitive schools. Her paternal grandfather served as a soldier seven years in the Revolutionary War. IIer uncle, Jacob Carringer. served in the War of 1812. The parental family consisted of ten children, namely: Eliza, David J., a resident of Colorado; George W., deceased; Cornelius A., residing in Pennsylvania; Mary, who lives with her sister, Mrs. Robinson; Sarah. Henry and Louisa deceased; Matilda. Mrs. Moore. of Riley County, this State, and Harvey M., deceased. Henry served as a soldier in the late Civil War. 


Mr. Robinson was a Republican in politics and a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church.

I spent two hours this afternoon adding source citations and other family information about this Robinson family and their descendants to my RootsMagic database, and then added most of it to the FamilySearch Family Tree.  These are my cousins, and there may be DNA matches hiding in the autosomal DNA matches I have.  That was fun!

The other book for the History of Louisa County, Iowa had only two Civil War regiment listings for Carringer persons.  

I decided to make a Descendants Chart for Henry Carringer (1800-1879) and Sarah Feather (1804-1848), just for fun.  Here it is (full scale it's 15 inches high and 148 inches wide).  I don't know much about several of these Carringer family lines - there are only 76 descendants (and spouses) on this chart.  



Have you put your ancestral names, along with a location, into Google Books to see if there is published information about them?  After all - you never know what you're going to find!  I'm glad I did this today.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/10/forrest-gump-principle-of-genealogical.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver


New Family History Series on CNN - "Roots, Our Journeys Home"

The CNN television network will air a series of program segments with some of their on-air program hosts finding their roots.  The CNN press announcement is at  http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/10/06/cnn-hosts-journey-to-find-their-roots-2/.


The announcement describes each program segment (I have added Pacific times to the listings, CDT times are an hour earlier than EDT, and MDT is an hour later than PDT):

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Storytelling is at the core of what CNN does, and in a week-long series beginning Sunday, October 12th, thirteen of the network’s prominent hosts and anchors set out on a journey to find their ROOTS. A project one-year in the making, these journalists embark on an emotional journey across continents as they discover never-before-known details of their family histories.
ROOTS: OUR JOURNEYS HOME will kick-off on Sunday, October 12th at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT with a special episode of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown and will air across the network throughout the week, culminating in a two-hour special on Monday, October 20th at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. 
The following is the broadcast schedule for ROOTS:
SUNDAY 10/12
Anthony Bourdain – (9 pm ET/6 pm PT) This investigation into the puzzling history of the Bourdain’s great, great, great, grandfather, Paraguayan émigré Jean Bourdain, serves as a springboard to his first tour of this South American country. In Paraguay, Bourdain explores both jungle and desert land, a rich culture, and savory local dishes that include Bife Koygua, Bori Bori, and Sopa Paraguaya.
MONDAY 10/13
Michaela Pereira – (6 am ET/3 am PT on New Day) Michaela Pereira’s adoption journey began when she was very young—just three-months-old in Canada. Although she “hit the jackpot” with her adoptive family, she also knows that much of what you see in front of you—the color of her skin, the curl of her hair—comes from her biological parents. After a brief search years ago led to closed doors, Michaela embarks on her roots journey again—this time not in pursuit of her birth parents, but for the place that her ancestors came from—in St. James Parish, Jamaica.
Anderson Cooper – (8 pm ET/5 pm PT on AC360) Many people know Anderson Cooper as having come from one of America’s most famous families – the Vanderbilts. But growing up, Anderson was always drawn to the southern roots of his father, Wyatt Cooper. Anderson travels to Mississippi where his father grew up and discovers ties between the poor farming family and the rich Vanderbilts that existed before his parents ever met.
TUESDAY 10/14
Chris Cuomo – (6 am ET/3 am PT on New Day) The son and brother of two governors of New York, Chris Cuomo thought he knew all there was to know about his roots, but he discovers a mysterious figure, Germana Castaldo, at the heart of it. Chris travels to the bedrock of the Cuomo family in Italy to retrace her steps.
Jake Tapper – (4 pm ET/1 pm PT on The Lead) Jake Tapper grew up in Philly, blocks from Independence Hall, steeped in Americana. He was surprised to learn his family members were Colonists. He was even more surprised to learn that, during the Revolutionary War, they were traitors who sided with British and fled to Canada. Jake travels to Canada to unravel the mystery of why his family remained loyal to the Crown, and how that changes his own story.
Erin Burnett – (7 pm ET/4 pm PT on Erin Burnett OutFront) After 50 years of living on a farm in Maryland, Erin Burnett’s parents are packing up their memories and moving on. The move prompts Erin to learn more about her roots beyond the home she grew up in and loves so much. Her journey takes her to a remote Scottish island where she uncovers her ancestors' struggle to survive the potato famine, and meets relatives who still call Scotland home.
Don Lemon – (10 pm ET/7 pm PT on CNN Tonight) Because of poor record keeping, it’s nearly impossible for descendants of slaves in America to trace their ancestry past 1870. So CNN’s Don Lemon sets off to find his roots and fill the gaps in his family tree. It’s a journey that takes him from a Louisiana plantation to the hub of the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
WEDNESDAY 10/15
Christine Romans – (6 am ET/3 am PT on New Day) As a journalist, Christine Romans interviews newsmakers every day. But in her family, the real newsmaker is just an ordinary girl who had the courage to leave a small town in Denmark, and everything she knew, behind to start all over again in America. Christine goes there, to where it all started.
Wolf Blitzer – (5 pm ET/2 pm PT on Sit Room) Wolf Blitzer pays a visit to Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust museum. While there, this son of Holocaust survivors discovers his paternal grandparents actually perished in one of the most brutal extermination camps of WWII, Auschwitz. Wolf returns to his roots in Poland: to visit the camp where more than a million Jews were murdered by the Nazis. He travels to his father’s hometown in the neighboring village, where not one Jew lives today. Wolf also looks for any trace of his maternal grandparents – including his namesake Wolf Zylberfuden – a task made more difficult by a Poland completely rebuilt after the war. Wolf then heads to his own hometown of Buffalo, New York, where his parents managed to start a successful new life in America.
Sanjay Gupta – (8 pm ET/5 pm PT on AC360) CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, takes his family half-way around the world to uncover his roots. Their trip, from his mother’s tiny village in Pakistan to his father’s hometown just outside Delhi, is full of surprises. And you won’t believe how mom and dad actually met, right here in America. (re-air Saturday 10/18 at 4:30pm ET on Sanjay Gupta MD)
THURSDAY 10/16
Kate Bolduan – (6 am ET/3 am PT on New Day) Kate Bolduan just gave birth to her first child, a daughter, so finding out about her family tree comes at a perfect time. Bolduan grew up in the Midwest, and was surprised to learn that she comes from a long line of glass blowers from a tiny village in Belgium. Pregnant during her journey, Bolduan set off to find out more about the family business, learning her great great grandmother traveled to America while SHE was pregnant, too. And you'll never believe what historic event happened just weeks before she set sail.
FRIDAY 10/17
John Berman – (6 am ET/3 am PT on New Day) Could John Berman be royalty? Is he related to the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, noted as the Prince of Philosophers? John Berman travels to Amsterdam, the country where his ancestors, the Spinozas, lived for 140 years in search of his “Inner Spinoza”… and the truth.
Fareed Zakaria – (8 pm ET/5 pm PT on AC360) Fareed Zakaria takes viewers on a historical journey as he explores his family’s roots and discovers how his personal story intersects with critical moments in history. Fareed’s father, an orphan and self-made man who eventually became a Minister in India’s government, often claimed that he had Central Asian “warrior” ancestry. Given the lack of records in India, Fareed takes a DNA test to see whether his father’s jocular claims can be validated. True to form, Fareed puts what he learns along the way into greater historical context. (re-air Sunday 9/19, 10am ET on Fareed Zakaria GPS)
MONDAY 10/20
ROOTS: OUR JOURNEYS HOME – 9 pm ET/6 pm PT – CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Michaela Pereira will host a two hour special featuring 12 of the network’s hosts and anchors stories. The special will also include interviews with Anderson Cooper, Michaela Pereira, Erin Burnett and Dr. Sanjay Gupta about what the experience has meant to them personally.
Beginning Friday, October 10, a sneak peek at Roots will be available on CNN.com. As the journeys unfold on-air, viewers online will be invited to watch and share the segments as well as explore more of each anchor’s story through video extras, exclusive photos and first-person accounts of their individual journeys. They will also be able to compare their habits and hobbies to CNN’s anchors with a new “Which anchor are you?” quiz. Throughout, the Roots experience will extend across on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr using the hashtag #CNNRoots.
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It's not clear to me if these family history oriented segments will be a whole hour program, or be one of an umber of segments in each program.  My guess is the latter - perhaps 10 to 15 minutes in length.  I guess we'll find out when the first ones air.
I hope that CNN will put the video segments on their website so we can watch them at our leisure in the coming weeks.
copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 41: #48 Henry Carringer (1800-1879)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #41:

Henry Carringer (1800-1879) is #48 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandfather.  He married in about 1825 to #49 Sarah Feather (1804-1848). 


I am descended through:

*  their son, #24, David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902), who married Rebecca Spangler (1831-1901) in 1851.

*  their son, #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), who married #13 Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944) in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918. 
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                          Henry Carringer [1-8]
*  Alternate Name:          Heinrich Carringer [9]
*  Sex:                             Male   
*  Father:                         Martin Carringer (1758-1835)   
*  Mother:                       Maria Magdalena "Molly" Hoax (1768-1850)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                         6 June 1800, Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [9]
*  Census:                     1 June 1830 (age 29), Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [1]   
*  Census:                     1 June 1840 (age 39), Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [2]
*  Census:                     1 June 1850 (age 49), Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [3]
*  Occupation:              1 June 1850 (age 49), Farmer; Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States[3]
*  Census:                     1 June 1860 (age 59), Perry, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [4]
*  Occupation:              1 June 1860 (age 59), Farmer; Perry, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [4]
*  Deed:                        15 February 1864 (age 63),  Louisa, Iowa, United States [5]
*  Census:                     1 June 1870 (age 69), Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [6]
*  Occupation:              1 June 1870 (age 69), Farmer; Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [6]
*  Death:                       20 April 1879 (age 78), Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [7]
*  Burial:                       after 20 April 1879 (after age 78), Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [7]
*  Probate:                    after 10 August 1881 (after age 81), Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [8, 10-13]        
  
3)  SPOUSE AND CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

*  Spouse 1:                Sarah Feather (1804-1848)   
*  Marriage:                before 1825 (before about age 25), Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [14]
*  Child 1:                  Eliza Carringer (1827-1914)   
*  Child 2:                  David Jackson "D.J." Carringer (1828-1902)   
*  Child 3:                  George Carringer (1832-1880)   
*  Child 4:                  Cornelius A. Carringer (1834-1916)   
*  Child 5:                  Mary Carringer (1835-1908)   
*  Child 6:                  Sarah Carringer (1837-    )   
*  Child 7:                  Henry Carringer (1839-1864)   
*  Child 8:                  Louisa M. Carringer (1842-    )   
*  Child 9:                  Matilda Spangler Carringer (1845-1911)   
*  Child 10:                Harvey Carringer (1848-1870)   
  
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

 The birth date of Heinrich Carringer is listed as 6 June 1800 is from the Martin Carringer family Bible.[9]  Loose pages were included in Martin Carringer's Revolutionary War Pension File.  The Martin Carringer family resided in Mercer County, Pennsylvania at this time.

Henry Carringer's birth date can also be calculated from his age at death (78 years, 9 months, 26 days), and his death date as 20 April 1879, as provided on his gravestone in Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Iowa.[7]  That calculates to a birth date of 25 June 1800.  That's only 19 days after the birth date listed in the Family Bible.

There is no marriage record available for Henry Carringer and Sarah Feather.  There first child was born in June 1827, so an estimated marriage date of "about 1825" seems appropriate.  Henry would have been age 25 in 1825, and Sarah would have been age 21.

The writ of partition in the estate records of Cornelius Feather in Mercer County filed in 1855 identify Sarah as the wife of Henry Carringer.[15]  The section of the writ says:

"...that your petitioner's said father Cornelius Feather lately died intestate leaving him surviving a widow since Dec^d and Issue, your petitioner and George Feather, and also the Issue of two Daughters of said Cornelius Feather towit, Cornelius A., and Ester Ann Milner, children of Mary Milner who was formerly Mary Feather, and said Ester Ann Milner being a miner and having no Guardian; and Eliza, David J., George W., Cornelius A., and Mary Carringer and Sarah, Henry, Loisa M., Matilda S. and Harvy M Carringer, all children of Sarah Carringer intermarried with Henry Carringer who was formerly Sarah Feather, of whom Sarah, Henry, Loiza, Matilda and Harvy are miners and have no Guardian chosen. "

Henry Carringer and Sarah Feather had the ten children named in their grandfather's estate records.  The children of Sarah (Feather) Carringer received $89.95 to divide between them from the estate of their maternal grandfather.[15]

In the 1830 US Census, the Henry Carringer household resided in Sandy Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.[1] The household included:

*   one male age under 5, 
*  one male age 20 to 30, 
*  one female age under 5 
*  one female age 20-30.

In the 1840 US Census, the Henry Carringer household resided in Sandy Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.[2] The household included:

*   one male age under 5, 
*  two males age 5-10, 
*  one male age 10-15, 
*  one male age 30 to 40, 
*  one female age under 5, 
*  one female age 5-10, 
*  one female age 10-15, 
*  one female age 30-40, 
*  one female age 70-80.

In the 1850 U.S. census, the Henry Carringer family resided in Sandy Creek township, Mercer, Pennsylvania.[3] The family included:

*  Henry Caringer, age 56, male, a farmer, $2000 in real property, born PA
*  Eliza Caringer, age 23, female, born PA
*  Jackson Caringer, age 21, male, a carpenter, born PA
*  George Caringer, age 18, male, a farmer, born PA
*  Cornelius Caringer, age 17, male, a farmer, born PA
*  Mary Caringer, age 14, female, born PA, attended school
* Sarah Caringer, age 13, female, born PA, attended school
*  Henry Caringer, age 11, male, born PA, attended school
*  Loisa Caringer, age 9, female, born PA, attended school
*  Matilda Caringer, age 5, female, born PA, attended school
*  Harvey Caringer, age 2, male, born PA
*  Mary Caringer, age 82, female, born MD

In the 1860 U.S. census, the Henry Carringer family resided in Perry township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.[4] The family included:

*  Henry Carringer -- age 60, male, a farmer, $3200 in real property, $643 in personal property, born PA
*  George Carringer -- age 28, male, farmer, $100 in personal property, born PA
*  Mary Carringer -- age 24, female, born PA
*  Sarah Carringer -- age 22, female, born PA
*  Henry Carringer -- age 22, male, laborer, born PA
*  Eliza Carringer -- age 17, female, born PA, attended school
*  Matilda Carringer -- age 14, female, born PA, attended school
*  Harvey Carringer -- age 12, male, born PA, attended school

After 1860 and before 1864, Henry Carringer moved most of his family to Louisa County, Iowa.  His son, David Jackson Carringer, and daughter, Eliza (Carringer) Robinson, had moved their young families to Louisa County in about 1858.

On 15 February, Henry Carringer bought the North half of the South 20 acres of the Northwest quarter of the South west quarter of Section number 19 in Township 75 North of Range 4 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in the County of Louisa; and bought 40 acres of the Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 29, in Township 75 North of Range 5 from William McCullough for $1200.[5]

In the 1870 U.S. census, the Henry Carringer family resided in Columbus City township, Louisa County, Iowa.[6] The household included:

*  Henry Carringer -- age 69, male, white, a farmer, $2000 in real property, $1117 in personal property, born PA
*  Mary Carringer -- age 25, female, white, keeping house, born PA
*  Louisa Carringer -- age 21, female, white, working in town, born PA
*  Harvey Carringer -- age 22, male, white, works on farm, born PA

The gravestone inscription for Henry Carringer in Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa says:[7]

Henry Carringer
Died
Apr. 20 1879
Aged 78 Yrs 9 Mos 28 Dys

Estate Papers were found in the Louisa County, Iowa probate records, in Estate Box 32, Volume V.  The records can be summarized as:[8, 10-13]
.  
D.W. Moore was named administrator of the estate.  Henry Carringer owned the Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 29 in Township 75, Range 5 West.  The heirs-at-law were:

*   Wilbert H. Carringer (minor heir of George W. Carringer, and heir-at-law of Henry Carringer); 
*  Matilda Moore (and husband John S. Moore); 
*  David J. Carringer and Rebecca; 
*  Eliza Robinson; 
*  Mary C. McLaughlin (late Mary C. Carringer, widow of George W. Carringer and wife of James W. McLaughlin), 
*  Mary Carringer and Louisa M. Carringer; 
*  Cornelius S. Carringer and wife Elizabeth.  

James M. McLaughlin was appointed guardian on 25 May 1880 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York.  

The administrator was directed to sell the real estate in order to pay the claims of the creditors.  Money remaining was to be distributed to the heirs.

 An inventory of the real and personal property was presented to the Court and approved on 13 September 1881.  The Inventory and Statement of heirs Said Inventory showed that no personal property came into the hand of the administrator.

Claims of Mary Carringer against the Estate of Henry Carringer Deceased  in the Sum of $1379.33 were filed and was ordered to be paid out of the assets by the Court.

James M. McLaughlin was appointed guardian on 25 May 1880 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York of Wilbert H. Carringer.  However Francis I. Moore was appointed guardian for Wilbert, a minor over age 14 in Louisa County at the time.  Wilbert, as a minor heir to the estate of George W. Carringer, received $125.40 from the estate of Henry Carringer on 2 July 1882.

5)  SOURCES:
 
1. 1830 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Sandy Creek township, Page 237; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M19, Roll 149.

2. 1840 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Sandy Creek township; Page 376, Henry Carringer household, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M704, Roll 474.

3. 1850 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, population schedule; Sandy Creek township,  Page 312, dwelling #853, family #900,  Henry Carringer household, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 796.

4. 1860 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Population Schedule, Perry township; Page 501, dwelling #571, family #544,  Henry Carringer household, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 1140.

5. Louisa County, Iowa, "Louisa County, Iowa, deeds records, 1839-1935; index, 1839-1901", "Deeds, v. 14, 16, 1863-1865," Volume 16, Page 236 (stamped), William McCullough to Henry Carringer entry, 1864; accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,005,863.

6. 1870 United States Federal Census, Louisa County, Iowa, Population Schedule, Columbus City township; page 359, dwelling #120, family #121,  Henry Carringer household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archive Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 406.

7. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Columbus City Cemetery (Columbus City, Iowa), Henry Carringer memorial # 6954404.

8. Louisa County, Iowa, District Court Record Books, Volume V, Pages 237-239, Henry Carringer administration, dated 13 September 1881, administrator's petition to sell real estate; FHL microfilm accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,006,640.

9. "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," indexed database and digital images, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com: 2011), Pension Application W 6905, Martin Carringer; citing Family Bible pages, 1785-1835, Births, entry for Heinrich Carringer, 1800.

10. Louisa County, Iowa, "Probate Records, 1838-1892", Volume V, Page 49, Henry Carringer administration, dated 13 September 1881, guardian appointed for Wilbert H. Carringer; accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,006,640.

11. Louisa County, Iowa, "Probate Records, 1838-1892", Volume V, Page 232, Henry Carringer administration, dated 13 September 1881, Inventory approved; accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,006,640.

12. Louisa County, Iowa, "Probate Records, 1838-1892", Volume V, Page 232, Henry Carringer administration, dated 13 September 1881, allowance of claim; accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,006,640.

13. Louisa County, Iowa, "Probate Records, 1838-1892", Volume V, Page 232, Henry Carringer administration, dated 13 September 1881, approval of guardian's report; accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,006,640.

14. "Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994," digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Mercer County, "Mercer County Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858," Volumes D-E, "Petition for writ of partition" entry for Cornelius Feather, 20 August 1855, Volume E, Pages 148-150 (images 408/409 of 684); citing original records on FHL microfilm US/CAN 878,977.

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