The San Diego Genealogical Society meeting will be on Saturday, 8 March at 12 noon at St. Andrews Lutheran Church (8350 Lake Murray Blvd in San Diego, just south of Jackson Drive).
The program features Kathleen R. Trevena as the speaker on two topics --
* 12 noon: Ancestral Dollars and Cents: Occupations, Money and consumer Spending in Early America
* 1:15 p.m.: Crime, Punishment and Our Ancestors.
The program description and speaker CV reads:
"Do you know how your ancestors earned a living? They weren't ALL farmers were they? When they had some ready cash, was it in the form of nickels and dimes or wampum and tobacco? We will answer these and other questions about how Americans made and spent money in the days before big corporations, ATMs, and malls.
"Whether a witness, juror, constable, or convict, your ancestor almost certainly had contact with the legal system of the day. If we traveled back in time, what would seem familiar and what would be strange? Why were there scarlet letters and dunking stools? When were policemen and penitentiaries invented? Learn more about the law and your ancestors and why we should always look in the many records produced by the legal system.
"Kathleen R. Trevena has been doing genealogy for over 30 years, enjoying both her own ancestors and ancestors she borrows from her friends. She has lectured throughout Southern California and recently presented two lectures at the annual conference of the Utah Genealogical Association in Salt Lake City. 'My talks are more contextual than methodological, more history than how-to. My goal is to encourage people to look at the lives of their ancestors in new ways, using both historical information and examples drawn from genealogical resources.' "
This promises to be an intriguing meeting with an excellent speaker.
SDGS is starting a four session Beginning Genealogy series at 10 a.m. on Saturday 8 March at St. Andrews Lutheran Church. The first class is "Genealogy Basics." You can see more information about this class at http://www.rootsweb.com/~casdgs/classes.html. Space is limited, so contact the organizers at the phone number or email listed on the web page.
SDGS also holds a RootsMagic User's Group at 10 a.m. at St. Andrews Lutheran Church before the society meetings, and a FamilyTreeMaker Users Group on the first Saturday at the SDGS Library from 10 a.m. to noon.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Using FREE Legacy Charting Pre-release Edition
The following news release from Legacy Family Tree was received via email today:
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We are getting closer to the release of Legacy Family Tree version 7. We are just as anxious as you are for the great new features to come, but we also want to be sure that we haven't overlooked anything.
One of the biggest new features will be the ability to create large-scale wall charts, including drop-down descendancies, fan charts, hourglass charts, and many others. This part of Legacy 7 is nearly complete, and we are now "officially" inviting you to take it for a free test drive.
Legacy Charting will be included with Legacy 7 Deluxe edition, but until June 15, 2008, this special pre-release edition is freely available to everyone.
Key features:
* Creates 18 different types of family charts
* All charts are easily customizable
* Choose the number of generations to be displayed
* Select the contents of each box
* Pick from a variety of color themes, including the popular 4-color coding system
* Select from a variety of beautiful backgrounds and page borders
* Insert your own pictures and clipart
* Easily email any chart to family members
* Export to .pdf, .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tiff, .psd
* Order a wall chart and have it delivered to your front door
* Includes a thorough help reference system for easy reference
System Requirements: Windows 98 or higher (including Vista); 20 mb free hard disk space; 256mb RAM
Pricing: FREE for the pre-release edition
Download now: http://www.legacycharting.com/
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I downloaded the software, installed it and tested it for about an hour (first frustrating, then enjoyable!).
My first test was to import a FamilyTreeMaker 16 .FTW file. The file imported, but the charting software did not work correctly - if I selected a person, it made a chart for a different, seemingly randomly selected, person.
UPDATE 6:30 PM: On the advice of the Legacy Charting developer, I compacted my FTM file and it worked perfectly! Thanks, Luc.
So I imported a GEDCOM file of another database, and it worked fine. The file had over 9,000 individuals, so this is a pretty fair test.
I selected the immigrant ancestor, Robert Seaver (1608-1683), to make a Descendant chart of. I asked for 12 generations. The program worked for awhile (maybe 30 seconds) and produced a very large family tree with 6,997 individuals in it. With the size of the boxes selected as 2.0 inches wide and each generation 2.0 inch wide with 0.5 inch spaces between boxes, the chart created was 8,585 inches wide and 44 inches high. You realize, of course, that this chart would be over 700 feet wide - more than two football fields! If I printed it out on 8.5 x 11 paper, it would take 4,040 pages. And a lot of scotch tape, I think!
The program is very versatile as far as appearance - themes, colors, box items, box style, font, line widths, box size, backgrounds, titles, etc.
Here is just a part of the resulting chart for the Descendants of Robert Seaver with the smallest magnification, from a screen shot:
I zeroed in a bit on several of my generations in this zoomed-in screen capture:
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We are getting closer to the release of Legacy Family Tree version 7. We are just as anxious as you are for the great new features to come, but we also want to be sure that we haven't overlooked anything.
One of the biggest new features will be the ability to create large-scale wall charts, including drop-down descendancies, fan charts, hourglass charts, and many others. This part of Legacy 7 is nearly complete, and we are now "officially" inviting you to take it for a free test drive.
Legacy Charting will be included with Legacy 7 Deluxe edition, but until June 15, 2008, this special pre-release edition is freely available to everyone.
Key features:
* Creates 18 different types of family charts
* All charts are easily customizable
* Choose the number of generations to be displayed
* Select the contents of each box
* Pick from a variety of color themes, including the popular 4-color coding system
* Select from a variety of beautiful backgrounds and page borders
* Insert your own pictures and clipart
* Easily email any chart to family members
* Export to .pdf, .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tiff, .psd
* Order a wall chart and have it delivered to your front door
* Includes a thorough help reference system for easy reference
System Requirements: Windows 98 or higher (including Vista); 20 mb free hard disk space; 256mb RAM
Pricing: FREE for the pre-release edition
Download now: http://www.legacycharting.com/
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I downloaded the software, installed it and tested it for about an hour (first frustrating, then enjoyable!).
My first test was to import a FamilyTreeMaker 16 .FTW file. The file imported, but the charting software did not work correctly - if I selected a person, it made a chart for a different, seemingly randomly selected, person.
UPDATE 6:30 PM: On the advice of the Legacy Charting developer, I compacted my FTM file and it worked perfectly! Thanks, Luc.
So I imported a GEDCOM file of another database, and it worked fine. The file had over 9,000 individuals, so this is a pretty fair test.
I selected the immigrant ancestor, Robert Seaver (1608-1683), to make a Descendant chart of. I asked for 12 generations. The program worked for awhile (maybe 30 seconds) and produced a very large family tree with 6,997 individuals in it. With the size of the boxes selected as 2.0 inches wide and each generation 2.0 inch wide with 0.5 inch spaces between boxes, the chart created was 8,585 inches wide and 44 inches high. You realize, of course, that this chart would be over 700 feet wide - more than two football fields! If I printed it out on 8.5 x 11 paper, it would take 4,040 pages. And a lot of scotch tape, I think!
The program is very versatile as far as appearance - themes, colors, box items, box style, font, line widths, box size, backgrounds, titles, etc.
Here is just a part of the resulting chart for the Descendants of Robert Seaver with the smallest magnification, from a screen shot:
I zeroed in a bit on several of my generations in this zoomed-in screen capture:
Here is a higher magnification screen shot with my grandparents and great-grandparents:
There is a "crosshairs" box in the lower right-hand corner of the screen that shows where the screen image is located in the overall wall chart.
In this pre-release version, the user can save the chart in a proprietary Legacy format - the other formats, including .JPG, didn't show when I tried to save the chart. But there are ways around that - I did a screen capture (Ctrl-Print Screen") and saved it as a .JPG in my digital imaging program.
UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: I was able to see how to save the file as one of the advertised files in the Export feature - but I was afraid that doing so would crash my computer.
This program is really very easy to use and can be used to make almost any kind of chart you want. I experimented a bit with backgrounds and other neat options. I don't recall if they will let you import a picture of your own to use as a background.
The problem for users will be controlling the number of pages needed to print out a very large chart and the cost. There's a compromise that needs to be made between font size, box size and number of generations to show. Perhaps a larger cost will be to find a building or a wall that can handle a chart like my Descendants of Robert Seaver (1608-1683) 12 generation chart - it would go half way around Petco Park, or could serve as confetti for a long parade, I think! Don't count on seeing my chart at the SCGS Jamboree.
The presser says that this chart program will be included in Legacy 7.0 when it releases. Cool. Will it make Legacy cost more?
43rd Carnival of Genealogy has 32 submissions
Genea-bloggers really outdid themselves with submissions to the 43rd Carnival of Technology, whose theme was "Technology." 32 bloggers submitted posts about their favorite hardware, software and web site for genealogy research. There are quite a few "newbies" to the Carnival in this edition - this is really the neatest thing about the Carnival - it introduces genealogy bloggers "new to me." Read all of them - the time is well worth it.
The theme for the 44th Carnival of Genealogy is: A Tribute to Women. Write a tribute to a woman on your family tree, a friend, a neighbor, or a historical female figure who has done something to impact your life. Or instead of writing, consider sharing a photo biography of one woman's life. Or create a scrapbook page dedicated to a woman you'd like to honor. For extra credit, sum up her life in a six-word biography.
Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our carnival submission form. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2008. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
The theme for the 44th Carnival of Genealogy is: A Tribute to Women. Write a tribute to a woman on your family tree, a friend, a neighbor, or a historical female figure who has done something to impact your life. Or instead of writing, consider sharing a photo biography of one woman's life. Or create a scrapbook page dedicated to a woman you'd like to honor. For extra credit, sum up her life in a six-word biography.
Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our carnival submission form. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2008. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Descendants of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux - Post 6
This is the sixth in a series of posts that define what I know about the descendants of my 3rd-great-grandparents, Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. Samuel Vaux emigrated from England and settled in Aurora, Erie County, New York in the 1835-1840 time frame. Their family was defined here.
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Descendants of Elizabeth B. Vaux
Generation No. 1
1. Elizabeth B. Vaux (Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born about 1851 in Aurora, Erie County, NY, and died 10 May 1931 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). She married Samuel Crouch 19 October 1871 in Andrew County, MO (IGI). He was born 1841 in ENGLAND, and died 18 May 1931 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA (CA DI).
Children of Elizabeth Vaux and Samuel Crouch are:
...... 2 ... i. Myrtle E. Crouch, born 14 April 1872 in Andrew County, MO (CA DI); died 23 November 1963 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). She married Benjamin R. Milbank about 1910 in NE; born 16 September 1876 in Troy, IL (CA DI); died 21 October 1947 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
+ ... 3 ... ii. William Samuel Crouch, born 25 November 1874 in Andrew County, Missouri (CA DI); died 15 December 1940 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
...... 4 ... iii. Ralph Crouch, born 1880 in Andrew County, MO (CA DI); died in young.
Generation No. 2
...... 3. William Samuel Crouch (Elizabeth B.8 Vaux, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 25 November 1874 in Andrew County, Missouri (CA DI), and died 15 December 1940 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). He married Elizabeth L. Riley before 1899 in probably Iowa. She was born 23 January 1871 in IA (CA DI), and died 11 October 1951 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
Children of William Crouch and Elizabeth Riley are:
...... 5 ... i. Vivian E. Crouch, born 18 July 1899 in Illinois (CA DI); died 26 December 1992 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). She married Arthur C. Meigs; born 17 April 1894 in Iowa; died 06 May 1966 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
...... 6 ... ii. Evangeline W. Crouch, born 25 August 1900 in Iowa; died 12 May 1966 in San Bernardino County, CA (CA DI).
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My intent is to publish three generation descendants reports for each of the children of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. That will bring information about these families into the 20th century but will not include information on possibly living people (if I can help it). While I have some biographical material gleaned from various sources, including personal correspondence, for many of these families, I'm only including the "bare bones" vital records information about them.
My purpose in putting these family summaries on this blog is to make my information about these families available for other researchers and distant relatives to find, with the hope that they will contact me and provide even more family information about the families.
If anybody reading this has information on these families, please contact me via email at rjseaverATcox.net and we can correspond and exchange information. If anybody has additions or corrections to my information, I would appreciate hearing from you!
UPDATED: Modified 5 March to correct errors in database!
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Descendants of Elizabeth B. Vaux
Generation No. 1
1. Elizabeth B. Vaux (Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born about 1851 in Aurora, Erie County, NY, and died 10 May 1931 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). She married Samuel Crouch 19 October 1871 in Andrew County, MO (IGI). He was born 1841 in ENGLAND, and died 18 May 1931 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA (CA DI).
Children of Elizabeth Vaux and Samuel Crouch are:
...... 2 ... i. Myrtle E. Crouch, born 14 April 1872 in Andrew County, MO (CA DI); died 23 November 1963 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). She married Benjamin R. Milbank about 1910 in NE; born 16 September 1876 in Troy, IL (CA DI); died 21 October 1947 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
+ ... 3 ... ii. William Samuel Crouch, born 25 November 1874 in Andrew County, Missouri (CA DI); died 15 December 1940 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
...... 4 ... iii. Ralph Crouch, born 1880 in Andrew County, MO (CA DI); died in young.
Generation No. 2
...... 3. William Samuel Crouch (Elizabeth B.8 Vaux, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 25 November 1874 in Andrew County, Missouri (CA DI), and died 15 December 1940 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). He married Elizabeth L. Riley before 1899 in probably Iowa. She was born 23 January 1871 in IA (CA DI), and died 11 October 1951 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
Children of William Crouch and Elizabeth Riley are:
...... 5 ... i. Vivian E. Crouch, born 18 July 1899 in Illinois (CA DI); died 26 December 1992 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). She married Arthur C. Meigs; born 17 April 1894 in Iowa; died 06 May 1966 in Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI).
...... 6 ... ii. Evangeline W. Crouch, born 25 August 1900 in Iowa; died 12 May 1966 in San Bernardino County, CA (CA DI).
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My intent is to publish three generation descendants reports for each of the children of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. That will bring information about these families into the 20th century but will not include information on possibly living people (if I can help it). While I have some biographical material gleaned from various sources, including personal correspondence, for many of these families, I'm only including the "bare bones" vital records information about them.
My purpose in putting these family summaries on this blog is to make my information about these families available for other researchers and distant relatives to find, with the hope that they will contact me and provide even more family information about the families.
If anybody reading this has information on these families, please contact me via email at rjseaverATcox.net and we can correspond and exchange information. If anybody has additions or corrections to my information, I would appreciate hearing from you!
UPDATED: Modified 5 March to correct errors in database!
Monday, March 3, 2008
SCGS Jamboree 2008 Program is Available
The Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree for 2008 will be held in Burbank CA on 27-29 June, 2008 at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. It's just 116 days away!
The Jamboree program has just been released and the announcement is here for the program schedule and attendance information.
Take a close look at the list of presenters and see if you know anybody listed ... hint - look at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Yep - some of the best "friends" I've never met will be getting together to talk about genealogy blogging.
I will have more to say when the time gets closer.
I wonder what I should wear? Probably not the clothes that I usually blog in ... I'm not sure that sweatshirt, PJs and white socks without shoes are appropriate for this occasion. I'm thinking a wild Hawaiian shirt ... hmmm, that would probably be better on the cruise, but it's what I wear now as President of CVGS. I just hope I don't have to go buy a tie to wear. I'm sure that Angel Linda will help me here!
The San Diego Genealogical Society is sponsoring a train journey to the Jamboree for the Saturday program (I think). We'll go and stay in the hotel, I think, and Linda can entertain our daughter's family (or vice versa) while I'm at the conference.
The Jamboree program has just been released and the announcement is here for the program schedule and attendance information.
Take a close look at the list of presenters and see if you know anybody listed ... hint - look at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Yep - some of the best "friends" I've never met will be getting together to talk about genealogy blogging.
I will have more to say when the time gets closer.
I wonder what I should wear? Probably not the clothes that I usually blog in ... I'm not sure that sweatshirt, PJs and white socks without shoes are appropriate for this occasion. I'm thinking a wild Hawaiian shirt ... hmmm, that would probably be better on the cruise, but it's what I wear now as President of CVGS. I just hope I don't have to go buy a tie to wear. I'm sure that Angel Linda will help me here!
The San Diego Genealogical Society is sponsoring a train journey to the Jamboree for the Saturday program (I think). We'll go and stay in the hotel, I think, and Linda can entertain our daughter's family (or vice versa) while I'm at the conference.
The Elusive Mary Kent (1726-????, married William Cutter)
It's National Women's History month, so I thought I would post some of my most elusive women ancestors in hopes that someone will Google their name and find my post. Ideally, they will provide me with more information about my elusive female ancestor's ancestry. Realistically, they will commiserate with me about the lack of records and wonder why no researcher has figured the problem out yet.
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Mary Kent was born about 1726 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ, and died in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married William Cutter before 1744 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ, son of Richard Cutter and Mercy Kelsey. He was born about 1722 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ, and died 14 February 1780 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
Notes for Mary Kent:
Mary Kent's parents are unknown. It is possible that she was the daughter of Stephen Kent, and the granddaughter of another Stephen Kent who resided in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
It is possible that she was the daughter or sister of William Kent, who witnessed the will of Richard Cutter, her husband's father, in 1757.
However, there are no records to prove these suppositions.
Notes for William Cutter:
The data provided below is taken entirely from "History of the Cutter Family of New England", by Dr. Benjamin Cutter, published Boston, 1871.
William Cutter was known as "Deacon". He was appointed "surveyor of roads" in Woodbridge, New Jersey on 9 March 1773.
His gravestone in Presbyterian Cemetery in Woodbridge reads: "In memory of Deacon William Cutter, who departed this life Feby 14, 1780 in the 58th year of his age."
Children of Mary Kent and William Cutter are:
2 ... i. Stephen Cutter, born 10 February 1744/45 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 21 June 1823 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Tabitha Randolph about 1769 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; born before 06 September 1761 in Elizabeth, Union County, NJ (baptism); died 26 November 1841 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
3 ... ii. Richard Cutter, born about 1746 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 20 August 1770 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Catherine Laing.
4 ... iii. Sarah Cutter, born about 1748 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married John Brown; born about 1734; died 23 April 1797 in NJ.
5 ... iv. Mary Cutter, born about 1750 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
6 ... v. Hannah Cutter, born about 1753 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married William Bloodgood.
7 ... vi. Kelsey Cutter, born about 1756 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 07 March 1798 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Hannah Marsh before 1778 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; born about 1759 in Middlesex County, NJ; died 08 January 1830 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
8 ... vii. Samuel Cutter, born about 1761 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 01 May 1805 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Sarah Bloomfield before 1791 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; born 02 December 1769 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 02 January 1852 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
9 ... viii. Keturah Cutter, born about 1765 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 13 September 1794 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married Joshua Rockhow; born about 1760 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 14 February 1801 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
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My own ancestry is through Stephen Cutter.
If anyone has additions or corrections to this family data, please email me at rjseaverATcox.net. If nothing else, we can discuss the identity of the mother of William Cutter - I believe it is Mercy Kelsey (second wife of Richard Cutter), everybody else thinks it was Mary Pike (first wife of Richard Cutter). I have real good reasons to think this...
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Mary Kent was born about 1726 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ, and died in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married William Cutter before 1744 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ, son of Richard Cutter and Mercy Kelsey. He was born about 1722 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ, and died 14 February 1780 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
Notes for Mary Kent:
Mary Kent's parents are unknown. It is possible that she was the daughter of Stephen Kent, and the granddaughter of another Stephen Kent who resided in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
It is possible that she was the daughter or sister of William Kent, who witnessed the will of Richard Cutter, her husband's father, in 1757.
However, there are no records to prove these suppositions.
Notes for William Cutter:
The data provided below is taken entirely from "History of the Cutter Family of New England", by Dr. Benjamin Cutter, published Boston, 1871.
William Cutter was known as "Deacon". He was appointed "surveyor of roads" in Woodbridge, New Jersey on 9 March 1773.
His gravestone in Presbyterian Cemetery in Woodbridge reads: "In memory of Deacon William Cutter, who departed this life Feby 14, 1780 in the 58th year of his age."
Children of Mary Kent and William Cutter are:
2 ... i. Stephen Cutter, born 10 February 1744/45 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 21 June 1823 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Tabitha Randolph about 1769 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; born before 06 September 1761 in Elizabeth, Union County, NJ (baptism); died 26 November 1841 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
3 ... ii. Richard Cutter, born about 1746 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 20 August 1770 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Catherine Laing.
4 ... iii. Sarah Cutter, born about 1748 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married John Brown; born about 1734; died 23 April 1797 in NJ.
5 ... iv. Mary Cutter, born about 1750 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
6 ... v. Hannah Cutter, born about 1753 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married William Bloodgood.
7 ... vi. Kelsey Cutter, born about 1756 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 07 March 1798 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Hannah Marsh before 1778 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; born about 1759 in Middlesex County, NJ; died 08 January 1830 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
8 ... vii. Samuel Cutter, born about 1761 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 01 May 1805 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He married Sarah Bloomfield before 1791 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; born 02 December 1769 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 02 January 1852 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
9 ... viii. Keturah Cutter, born about 1765 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 13 September 1794 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. She married Joshua Rockhow; born about 1760 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ; died 14 February 1801 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
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My own ancestry is through Stephen Cutter.
If anyone has additions or corrections to this family data, please email me at rjseaverATcox.net. If nothing else, we can discuss the identity of the mother of William Cutter - I believe it is Mercy Kelsey (second wife of Richard Cutter), everybody else thinks it was Mary Pike (first wife of Richard Cutter). I have real good reasons to think this...
Descendants of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux - Post 5
This is the fifth in a series of posts that define what I know about the descendants of my 3rd-great-grandparents, Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. Samuel Vaux emigrated from England and settled in Aurora, Erie County, New York in the 1835-1840 time frame. Their family was defined here.
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Descendants of James P. Vaux
Generation No. 1
1. James P. Vaux (Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born about 1847 in Aurora, Erie County, NY, and died 29 December 1902 in Aurora, Erie County, NY. He married Mary Alice Patrick before 1879 in KS. She was born about 1856 in OH, and died 19 April 1904 in DeKalb, IL.
Children of James Vaux and Mary Patrick are:
...... 2 ... i. Albert/Bert James Vaux, born 03 June 1879 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS. He married Margaret.
...... 3 ... ii. Guy Vaux, born 09 October 1880 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS; died before 1900 in KS.
+ ... 4 ... iii. Calve/Callie Vaux, born 01 January 1883 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS; died 25 December 1947 in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, CA.
Generation No. 2
4. Calve/Callie Vaux (James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 01 January 1883 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS, and died 25 December 1947 in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, CA. She married Clarence Arthur White 1905 in probably KS. He was born 02 June 1883 in Golden Belt, Lincoln County, KS, and died 20 March 1930 in Chicago, Cook County, IL.
Children of Calve/Callie Vaux and Clarence White are:
+ ... 5 ... i. Vaux James White, born 21 May 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, IL; died 01 August 1954 in Balboa, Orange County, CA (CA DI).
...... 6 ... ii. Albert Clarence White, born 29 January 1908 in DeKalb, IL; died 01 November 1951 in Balboa, Orange County, CA (CA DI). He married Florence Shaw 09 May 1931 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; born in Of Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA.
...... 7 ... iii. Arthur Joy White, born 16 July 1909 in Marengo, IL; died 13 February 1970 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). He married Jean.
+ ... 8 ... iv. Alice Lucille White, born 25 July 1911 in Marengo, IL; died 21 March 1996 in Everett, Snohomish County, WA (SSDI).
+ ... 9 ... v. Margaret Elizabeth White, born 06 January 1913 in Marengo, IL.
Generation No. 3
5. Vaux James White (Calve/Callie9 Vaux, James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 21 May 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, IL, and died 01 August 1954 in Balboa, Orange County, CA (CA DI). He married Fern Lulu Rimel 11 May 1937 in Yuma, AZ. She was born 18 October 1917 in Devil's Lake, ND, and died 03 September 1994 in Laguna Hills, Orange County, CA.
Children omitted...
8. Alice Lucille White (Calve/Callie9 Vaux, James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 25 July 1911 in Marengo, IL, and died 21 March 1996 in Everett, Snohomish County, WA (SSDI). She married (1) Cliff. She married (2) Leo Durant.
Children omitted...
9. Margaret Elizabeth White (Calve/Callie9 Vaux, James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 06 January 1913 in Marengo, IL. She married (1) William Nawman. He died 1970. She married (2) Floyd Bull. She married (3) Jack Gardiner. He died 1994.
Children omitted...
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My intent is to publish three generation descendants reports for each of the children of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. That will bring information about these families into the 20th century but will not include information on possibly living people (if I can help it). While I have some biographical material gleaned from various sources, including personal correspondence, for many of these families, I'm only including the "bare bones" vital records information about them.
My purpose in putting these family summaries on this blog is to make my information about these families available for other researchers and distant relatives to find, with the hope that they will contact me and provide even more family information about the families.
If anybody reading this has information on these families, please contact me via email at rjseaverATcox.net and we can correspond and exchange information. If anybody has additions or corrections to my information, I would appreciate hearing from you!
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Descendants of James P. Vaux
Generation No. 1
1. James P. Vaux (Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born about 1847 in Aurora, Erie County, NY, and died 29 December 1902 in Aurora, Erie County, NY. He married Mary Alice Patrick before 1879 in KS. She was born about 1856 in OH, and died 19 April 1904 in DeKalb, IL.
Children of James Vaux and Mary Patrick are:
...... 2 ... i. Albert/Bert James Vaux, born 03 June 1879 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS. He married Margaret.
...... 3 ... ii. Guy Vaux, born 09 October 1880 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS; died before 1900 in KS.
+ ... 4 ... iii. Calve/Callie Vaux, born 01 January 1883 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS; died 25 December 1947 in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, CA.
Generation No. 2
4. Calve/Callie Vaux (James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 01 January 1883 in Jewell, Jewell County, KS, and died 25 December 1947 in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, CA. She married Clarence Arthur White 1905 in probably KS. He was born 02 June 1883 in Golden Belt, Lincoln County, KS, and died 20 March 1930 in Chicago, Cook County, IL.
Children of Calve/Callie Vaux and Clarence White are:
+ ... 5 ... i. Vaux James White, born 21 May 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, IL; died 01 August 1954 in Balboa, Orange County, CA (CA DI).
...... 6 ... ii. Albert Clarence White, born 29 January 1908 in DeKalb, IL; died 01 November 1951 in Balboa, Orange County, CA (CA DI). He married Florence Shaw 09 May 1931 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; born in Of Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA.
...... 7 ... iii. Arthur Joy White, born 16 July 1909 in Marengo, IL; died 13 February 1970 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI). He married Jean.
+ ... 8 ... iv. Alice Lucille White, born 25 July 1911 in Marengo, IL; died 21 March 1996 in Everett, Snohomish County, WA (SSDI).
+ ... 9 ... v. Margaret Elizabeth White, born 06 January 1913 in Marengo, IL.
Generation No. 3
5. Vaux James White (Calve/Callie9 Vaux, James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 21 May 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, IL, and died 01 August 1954 in Balboa, Orange County, CA (CA DI). He married Fern Lulu Rimel 11 May 1937 in Yuma, AZ. She was born 18 October 1917 in Devil's Lake, ND, and died 03 September 1994 in Laguna Hills, Orange County, CA.
Children omitted...
8. Alice Lucille White (Calve/Callie9 Vaux, James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 25 July 1911 in Marengo, IL, and died 21 March 1996 in Everett, Snohomish County, WA (SSDI). She married (1) Cliff. She married (2) Leo Durant.
Children omitted...
9. Margaret Elizabeth White (Calve/Callie9 Vaux, James P.8, Samuel7, James6, John5, James4, William3, John2, Thomas1 Vax) was born 06 January 1913 in Marengo, IL. She married (1) William Nawman. He died 1970. She married (2) Floyd Bull. She married (3) Jack Gardiner. He died 1994.
Children omitted...
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My intent is to publish three generation descendants reports for each of the children of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. That will bring information about these families into the 20th century but will not include information on possibly living people (if I can help it). While I have some biographical material gleaned from various sources, including personal correspondence, for many of these families, I'm only including the "bare bones" vital records information about them.
My purpose in putting these family summaries on this blog is to make my information about these families available for other researchers and distant relatives to find, with the hope that they will contact me and provide even more family information about the families.
If anybody reading this has information on these families, please contact me via email at rjseaverATcox.net and we can correspond and exchange information. If anybody has additions or corrections to my information, I would appreciate hearing from you!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24 February - 1 March 2008
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week.
My criteria are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy, address current genealogy issues, personal family history, are funny or are poignant.
I don't list posts destined for the Carnival of Genealogy, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
* "Genealogy Research Map" by Mark Tucker on the ThinkGenealogy blog. Mark has a knack for putting words into graphics that help people understand relational things. This is a graphic for the Genealogical Proof Standard. Seems to me that Mark could sell laminated large copies of this to thousands of genealogists for an impressive wall hanging.
* "Here's Where I'm at With Analyzing my mtDNA Results" by Jasia on the Creative Gene blog. Jasia struggles to understand the mtDNA test results she has received, and puts her "Customer Support" hat on and suggests ways the commercial testing companies might help themselves by explaining the results better.
* "No Longer a Blogling" by footnoteMaven on the footnoteMaven blog. fM graces us with the true story of her distinctive picture of the footnoteMaven, and celebrates her first anniversary as a genealogy blogger. Well done, fM!
* "Lajos long forgotten: an immigrant baby's story" and "Update on baby Lajos: his arrival at Ellis Island" by Lisa on the 100 Years in America blog. Lisa tells the story, with images of many documents, of a baby named Lajos that emigrated to America in 1907, and she wondered if he made it to America. Donna Pointkouski helped her out by finding the Passenger Arrival list and he's on it. Share Lisa's joy, and documentation.
* "Best of the Internet for Genealogists - 2 March 2008" by Pat Richley on the DearMYRTLE Blog. Ol' Myrt has been posting these regularly on Saturdays and they are very useful to all of us - and to her, since she highlights these items in her weekly podcast.
* "Two Roads: Do McEntee and MacEntee Converge or Fork? Part I" by Thomas MacEntee on the Destination: Austin Family blog. Thomas faces the name spelling challenge head-on with some interesting thoughts and ambitions to solve it. I wish him luck, and know he'll share his findings so that we can all learn from them.
* "Black History Month Wrap-up" by Miriam Midkiff on the Ancestories: Stories of my Ancestors" blog. Miriam summarizes her thoughts about African-American history and genealogy, with helpful links to blogs and web sites.
* "Dead Ancestors Soap Opera: Part III" and "Part IV - Edith Speaks" by Cat on the Genealogy - Digging up Dirt blog. Cat continues her series summarizing the Widows Civil War Pension File of Edith C. Tyrell, widow of George Oakley. You could not find information like this about this family unless someone had written a book! And maybe not then. An excellent example of the value of these documents just coming online at Footnote.com.
* " 'Table boarders Taken": Mary Ann Hicks of Livingston Street, Brooklyn" by Laura Crawley on The Virtual Dime Museum blog. Laura's great-great-grandmother ran a boarding house in Brooklyn, and Laura discovers information about the building and her GGGM. I love and appreciate how Laura ties family stories into historical events and information, and broadens her readers knowledge.
* "Serendipity and a Random Act of Kindness" by Becky Wiseman on the Kinexxions blog. Becky is the beneficiary of contact from two unrelated people as a result of her blogging efforts. Cool! We wish this would happen to each of us, don't we?
Please go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add the blog to your Favorites, Bloglines, reader, feed or email if you like what you read.
Please make a comment to them also - we all appreciate feedback on what we write.
Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me!
UPDATED 8 p.m. - corrected Becky's entry per her comment. Sorry - I assumed they were cousins - makes the story even better!
My criteria are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy, address current genealogy issues, personal family history, are funny or are poignant.
I don't list posts destined for the Carnival of Genealogy, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
* "Genealogy Research Map" by Mark Tucker on the ThinkGenealogy blog. Mark has a knack for putting words into graphics that help people understand relational things. This is a graphic for the Genealogical Proof Standard. Seems to me that Mark could sell laminated large copies of this to thousands of genealogists for an impressive wall hanging.
* "Here's Where I'm at With Analyzing my mtDNA Results" by Jasia on the Creative Gene blog. Jasia struggles to understand the mtDNA test results she has received, and puts her "Customer Support" hat on and suggests ways the commercial testing companies might help themselves by explaining the results better.
* "No Longer a Blogling" by footnoteMaven on the footnoteMaven blog. fM graces us with the true story of her distinctive picture of the footnoteMaven, and celebrates her first anniversary as a genealogy blogger. Well done, fM!
* "Lajos long forgotten: an immigrant baby's story" and "Update on baby Lajos: his arrival at Ellis Island" by Lisa on the 100 Years in America blog. Lisa tells the story, with images of many documents, of a baby named Lajos that emigrated to America in 1907, and she wondered if he made it to America. Donna Pointkouski helped her out by finding the Passenger Arrival list and he's on it. Share Lisa's joy, and documentation.
* "Best of the Internet for Genealogists - 2 March 2008" by Pat Richley on the DearMYRTLE Blog. Ol' Myrt has been posting these regularly on Saturdays and they are very useful to all of us - and to her, since she highlights these items in her weekly podcast.
* "Two Roads: Do McEntee and MacEntee Converge or Fork? Part I" by Thomas MacEntee on the Destination: Austin Family blog. Thomas faces the name spelling challenge head-on with some interesting thoughts and ambitions to solve it. I wish him luck, and know he'll share his findings so that we can all learn from them.
* "Black History Month Wrap-up" by Miriam Midkiff on the Ancestories: Stories of my Ancestors" blog. Miriam summarizes her thoughts about African-American history and genealogy, with helpful links to blogs and web sites.
* "Dead Ancestors Soap Opera: Part III" and "Part IV - Edith Speaks" by Cat on the Genealogy - Digging up Dirt blog. Cat continues her series summarizing the Widows Civil War Pension File of Edith C. Tyrell, widow of George Oakley. You could not find information like this about this family unless someone had written a book! And maybe not then. An excellent example of the value of these documents just coming online at Footnote.com.
* " 'Table boarders Taken": Mary Ann Hicks of Livingston Street, Brooklyn" by Laura Crawley on The Virtual Dime Museum blog. Laura's great-great-grandmother ran a boarding house in Brooklyn, and Laura discovers information about the building and her GGGM. I love and appreciate how Laura ties family stories into historical events and information, and broadens her readers knowledge.
* "Serendipity and a Random Act of Kindness" by Becky Wiseman on the Kinexxions blog. Becky is the beneficiary of contact from two unrelated people as a result of her blogging efforts. Cool! We wish this would happen to each of us, don't we?
Please go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add the blog to your Favorites, Bloglines, reader, feed or email if you like what you read.
Please make a comment to them also - we all appreciate feedback on what we write.
Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me!
UPDATED 8 p.m. - corrected Becky's entry per her comment. Sorry - I assumed they were cousins - makes the story even better!
The Matri-Name Game
Jasia lives up to her Creative Gene name by introducing the concept of Matrinames in her post "What's Your Matriname?" to the genealogy blogging world. She's been reading The Seven Daughters of Eve and Bryan Sykes actually suggested using the surname of the mother as a Matriname. Jasia goes a step farther and suggests using the oldest known female ancestor in the matrilineal line as a second surname.
Thomas MacEntee has made several suggestions for naming conventions also in his post "The Name Game - Family Name Schematics in Different Cultures" on his Destination:Austin Family blog. Thomas discusses several naming conventions that honor both a mother's surname and a father's surname.
If we had all "finished" our genealogy research and had hundreds of generations back in time, wouldn't we all have the (Jasia's) Matriname = "Eve" (no surname known - perhaps "Eve --?--", or "Eve Adamsrib", or "Eve Godsdaughter"?). Or perhaps the name of one of the "seven daughters" of Eve that Sykes identified?
If we used Bryan Sykes suggestion, then my name would be Randall Carringer Seaver.
If we used Jasia's suggestion of using the oldest known matrilineal line surname, then my name would be Randall Martin Seaver (Sarah Martin, born 1792 in NJ, died 1860 in Ontario, wife of John Putman, mother of Eliza Putman, mother of Mary Jane Sovereen, mother of Georgianna Kemp, mother of Emily Auble, mother of Betty Carringer, mother of moi). What if I found another generation or two while working my way back to "Eve whats-her-surname" - would I have to change my legal name to, say, Randall Smith Seaver (if Sarah's mother was a Smith)? That would sure make the lawyers happy, eh?
My preference would be to adopt a fixed naming convention that honors the four grandparents surnames. That would give genealogists a good lead as to what the ancestral names are. In my case, my name would be Randall Seaver Richmond Carringer Auble (grandson of Fred Seaver and Bess Richmond and Lyle Carringer and Emily Auble).
My preference is that the names not be hyphenated, although hyphenating couples makes a lot of sense - as in "Randall Seaver-Richmond Carringer-Auble." It would be clear, at least to genealogists, who married whom, eh?
If one wanted to use the father's surname as the "last name," you could turn it around and make it "Randall Auble Carringer Richmond Seaver." That wouldn't be too hard to carry on and a kid would always know what his grandparents' names were! Note that now many kids just know them by "Grandpa" and "Grandma," if at all. I can just see my 4 year old grandson trying to remember his 5 names! Hey, their brains are just waiting to be filled with useful stuff at that age.
How would the spouse of a person be known? Would a wife take her husband's last name (and if so, which one)? Would they be hypenated too (as in "Leland-Seaver" or vice versa)? Would the husband take the wife's surname also in a hypenated fashion (which makes a lot of sense to me, actually).
What if we get to the "end of the line" of known ancestors, like my Sarah Martin? Would she become "Sarah Unknown-Unknown Unknown-Martin"? Or "Sarah ????-???? ????-Martin" in our databases, at least until we identify her parents and grandparents?
What about adopted, sperm-bank or foundling children? Or out-of-wedlock children? Or people who never had a last name? Would they use adopted family names, or have some sort of indicator attached to their names that might stigmatize them?
Why should we stop with only the four grandparents? Why not 8 great-grandparents or even sixteen great-great-grandparents? Let's see, Randall Sovereen-Kemp Knapp-Auble Vaux-Smith Spangler-Carringer Oatley-White Rich-Richman Newton-Hildreth Smith-Seaver. Maybe that's too many? Even a genius would have to carry a pedigree chart at all times for identity purposes!
There's a lot to think about, isn't there? Implementing this idea would be difficult, I think, since we have about 2 billion names in genealogy databases and at least 6 billion people living in the world at this time. Maybe we could ask the United Nations to force adoption of a universal naming convention. And modification of legal records and vital records and other databases. It would probably take them 50 years just to agree on a naming convention and more time to implement it. And another 6 billion people would be born by the time they made a decision, and would need their name changed.
In my case, I'd have to modify about 40,000 entries in my databases with the modified names, whatever system was mandated. And we would have to re-submit all of the data to the different "Mother of All Genealogy Databases" in order to bring them up to date. Then we'd have to modify all of the genealogy web sites. Even worse, would all of the original records have to be changed in the vital records, church records, census records, etc? More work for county clerks and lawyers, I fear.
Frankly, a serial number tattooed on our body somewhere, or put on an implanted microchip, might make more sense, I think. At least it would cut down on identity theft! But people would have a better idea of their family names.
This is probably too big a decision for a brave, energetic group of genealogy bloggers, with nothing better to do on a rare Sunday without football or baseball games, to make by ourselves! Do you think our Congress-critters would even understand what we are recommending? Do we?
Thomas MacEntee has made several suggestions for naming conventions also in his post "The Name Game - Family Name Schematics in Different Cultures" on his Destination:Austin Family blog. Thomas discusses several naming conventions that honor both a mother's surname and a father's surname.
If we had all "finished" our genealogy research and had hundreds of generations back in time, wouldn't we all have the (Jasia's) Matriname = "Eve" (no surname known - perhaps "Eve --?--", or "Eve Adamsrib", or "Eve Godsdaughter"?). Or perhaps the name of one of the "seven daughters" of Eve that Sykes identified?
If we used Bryan Sykes suggestion, then my name would be Randall Carringer Seaver.
If we used Jasia's suggestion of using the oldest known matrilineal line surname, then my name would be Randall Martin Seaver (Sarah Martin, born 1792 in NJ, died 1860 in Ontario, wife of John Putman, mother of Eliza Putman, mother of Mary Jane Sovereen, mother of Georgianna Kemp, mother of Emily Auble, mother of Betty Carringer, mother of moi). What if I found another generation or two while working my way back to "Eve whats-her-surname" - would I have to change my legal name to, say, Randall Smith Seaver (if Sarah's mother was a Smith)? That would sure make the lawyers happy, eh?
My preference would be to adopt a fixed naming convention that honors the four grandparents surnames. That would give genealogists a good lead as to what the ancestral names are. In my case, my name would be Randall Seaver Richmond Carringer Auble (grandson of Fred Seaver and Bess Richmond and Lyle Carringer and Emily Auble).
My preference is that the names not be hyphenated, although hyphenating couples makes a lot of sense - as in "Randall Seaver-Richmond Carringer-Auble." It would be clear, at least to genealogists, who married whom, eh?
If one wanted to use the father's surname as the "last name," you could turn it around and make it "Randall Auble Carringer Richmond Seaver." That wouldn't be too hard to carry on and a kid would always know what his grandparents' names were! Note that now many kids just know them by "Grandpa" and "Grandma," if at all. I can just see my 4 year old grandson trying to remember his 5 names! Hey, their brains are just waiting to be filled with useful stuff at that age.
How would the spouse of a person be known? Would a wife take her husband's last name (and if so, which one)? Would they be hypenated too (as in "Leland-Seaver" or vice versa)? Would the husband take the wife's surname also in a hypenated fashion (which makes a lot of sense to me, actually).
What if we get to the "end of the line" of known ancestors, like my Sarah Martin? Would she become "Sarah Unknown-Unknown Unknown-Martin"? Or "Sarah ????-???? ????-Martin" in our databases, at least until we identify her parents and grandparents?
What about adopted, sperm-bank or foundling children? Or out-of-wedlock children? Or people who never had a last name? Would they use adopted family names, or have some sort of indicator attached to their names that might stigmatize them?
Why should we stop with only the four grandparents? Why not 8 great-grandparents or even sixteen great-great-grandparents? Let's see, Randall Sovereen-Kemp Knapp-Auble Vaux-Smith Spangler-Carringer Oatley-White Rich-Richman Newton-Hildreth Smith-Seaver. Maybe that's too many? Even a genius would have to carry a pedigree chart at all times for identity purposes!
There's a lot to think about, isn't there? Implementing this idea would be difficult, I think, since we have about 2 billion names in genealogy databases and at least 6 billion people living in the world at this time. Maybe we could ask the United Nations to force adoption of a universal naming convention. And modification of legal records and vital records and other databases. It would probably take them 50 years just to agree on a naming convention and more time to implement it. And another 6 billion people would be born by the time they made a decision, and would need their name changed.
In my case, I'd have to modify about 40,000 entries in my databases with the modified names, whatever system was mandated. And we would have to re-submit all of the data to the different "Mother of All Genealogy Databases" in order to bring them up to date. Then we'd have to modify all of the genealogy web sites. Even worse, would all of the original records have to be changed in the vital records, church records, census records, etc? More work for county clerks and lawyers, I fear.
Frankly, a serial number tattooed on our body somewhere, or put on an implanted microchip, might make more sense, I think. At least it would cut down on identity theft! But people would have a better idea of their family names.
This is probably too big a decision for a brave, energetic group of genealogy bloggers, with nothing better to do on a rare Sunday without football or baseball games, to make by ourselves! Do you think our Congress-critters would even understand what we are recommending? Do we?
Descendants of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux - Post 4
This is the fourth in a series of posts that define what I know about the descendants of my 3rd-great-grandparents, Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. Samuel Vaux emigrated from England and settled in Aurora, Erie County, New York in the 1835-1840 time frame. Their family was defined here.
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Descendants of Abigail A. Vaux
Generation No. 1
1. ABIGAIL A. VAUX (SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 28 October 1844 in Aurora, Erie County, NY (family Bible), and died 11 September 1931 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI). She married DEVIER JAMES SMITH 04 April 1861 in Rolling Prairie, Dodge, WI (family Bible), son of RANSLOW SMITH and MARY BELL. He was born 07 May 1839 in Henderson, Jefferson, NY (family Bible), and died 01 May 1894 in McCook, Red Willow, NE (family Bible).
Children of ABIGAIL VAUX and DEVIER SMITH are:
2. ... i. ABBIE ARDELL/DELLA SMITH, b. 11 April 1862, Waupan, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 01 January 1944, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
3. ... ii. DAVID DEVIER SMITH, b. 15 October 1863, Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 02 February 1920, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI).
...... iii. MARY ANN/MATIE SMITH, b. 07 May 1866, Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 14 July 1922, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (obituary); m. (1) GEORGE M. CHENERY, 10 December 1889, McCook, Red Willow County, NE (divorced Apr 1895); b. 1854; m. (2) JOSEPH C. CRAMER, after 1895, Probably San Diego County, CA; b. about 1843, PA; m. (3) JOHN FRANK MORRILL, after 1920, probably San Diego, San Diego County, CA; b. 23 January 1852, Ohio; d. 27 November 1928, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (age 76).
...... iv. AGNES BELL SMITH, b. 26 February 1868, Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 26 April 1870, Bedford, Taylor County, IA (family Bible).
...... v. LUCIAN/LUTIE H. SMITH, b. 16 June 1875, Bedford, Taylor County, IA (family Bible); d. 19 March 1878, Concordia, Cloud County, KS (family Bible).
Generation No. 2
2. ABBIE ARDELL/DELLA SMITH (ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 11 April 1862 in Waupan, Dodge County, WI (family Bible), and died 01 January 1944 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible). She married HENRY AUSTIN CARRINGER 11 September 1887 in Wano, Cheyenne County, KS (family Bible), son of DAVID CARRINGER and REBECCA SPANGLER. He was born 28 November 1853 in Greenville, Mercer County, PA (family Bible), and died 30 November 1946 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
Children of ABBIE SMITH and HENRY CARRINGER are:
...... i. DEVIER DAVID CARRINGER, b. 19 August 1889, National City, San Diego County, CA (family Bible); d. 10 May 1890, National City, San Diego County, CA (family Bible).
4. ... ii. LYLE LAWRENCE CARRINGER, b. 02 November 1891, San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( family Bible); d. 05 November 1976, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
3. DAVID DEVIER SMITH (ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 15 October 1863 in Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible), and died 02 February 1920 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI). He married (1) LEEVA SMITH 20 May 1889 in McCook, Red Willow County, NE (letter) (divorced ca 1895), daughter of ZACHARIAH SMITH and NANCY GOSNEY. She was born 26 March 1866 in Pineville, McDonald County, MO (CA DI), and died 21 January 1958 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, age 92). He married (2) AMY ASHDOWN 25 November 1908 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI), daughter of TAMSETT ASHDOWN and SARAH C.. She was born About 1877 in San Bernardino County, CA (CA DI), and died 10 October 1939 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 62).
Child of DAVID SMITH and LEEVA SMITH is:
...... i. EVA ETTA SMITH, b. 06 May 1890, McCook, Red Willow County, NE; d. 14 March 1940, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI); m. (1) HOWARD MIXON DEFRANCE, 02 March 1914, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI); b. 13 July 1891, CA; d. 13 March 1937, San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 45); m. (2) JONES, after 1937, San Diego, San Diego County, CA.
Child of DAVID SMITH and AMY ASHDOWN is:
5. ... ii. MAYBELLE C. SMITH, b. 17 May 1902, San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 62); d. 31 March 1964, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI).
Generation No. 3
4. LYLE LAWRENCE CARRINGER (ABBIE ARDELL/DELLA11 SMITH, ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 02 November 1891 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( family Bible), and died 05 November 1976 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible). He married EMILY KEMP AUBLE 19 June 1918 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI). She was born 19 August 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, IL, and died 19 June 1977 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
Child of LYLE CARRINGER and EMILY AUBLE is:
...... i. BETTY VIRGINIA CARRINGER, b. 30 July 1919, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (Certificate); d. 04 January 2002, El Cajon, San Diego County, CA (certificate); m. FREDERICK WALTON SEAVER, 12 July 1942, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI); b. 15 October 1911, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA; d. 26 May 1983, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (Certificate).
5. ... MAYBELLE C. SMITH (DAVID DEVIER11, ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 17 May 1902 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 62), and died 31 March 1964 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI). She married (1) JOHN M. MILNER 05 March 1921 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI). She married (2) HARRY WRIGHT About 1942 in probably San Diego, San Diego County, CA.
Children of MAYBELLE SMITH and JOHN MILNER are:
...... i. JUNE ADELE MILNER, b. 06 June 1922, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA BI); d. 20 January 1995, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI); m. JIMMIE LANE BERTON, 06 July 1951, Los Angeles County, CA (CA MI); b. 18 September 1925, Los Angeles County, CA (CA BI).
...... ii. LOUIS B. MILNER, b. 05 December 1924, San Diego County, CA (CA BI); m. MARGARET R., About 1944, probably San Diego, San Diego County, CA.
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My intent is to publish three generation descendants reports for each of the children of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. That will bring information about these families into the 20th century but will not include information on possibly living people (if I can help it). While I have some biographical material gleaned from various sources, including personal correspondence, for many of these families, I'm only including the "bare bones" vital records information about them.
My purpose in putting these family summaries on this blog is to make my information about these families available for other researchers and distant relatives to find, with the hope that they will contact me and provide even more family information about the families.
If anybody reading this has information on these families, please contact me via email at rjseaverATcox.net and we can correspond and exchange information. If anybody has additions or corrections to my information, I would appreciate hearing from you!
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Descendants of Abigail A. Vaux
Generation No. 1
1. ABIGAIL A. VAUX (SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 28 October 1844 in Aurora, Erie County, NY (family Bible), and died 11 September 1931 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI). She married DEVIER JAMES SMITH 04 April 1861 in Rolling Prairie, Dodge, WI (family Bible), son of RANSLOW SMITH and MARY BELL. He was born 07 May 1839 in Henderson, Jefferson, NY (family Bible), and died 01 May 1894 in McCook, Red Willow, NE (family Bible).
Children of ABIGAIL VAUX and DEVIER SMITH are:
2. ... i. ABBIE ARDELL/DELLA SMITH, b. 11 April 1862, Waupan, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 01 January 1944, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
3. ... ii. DAVID DEVIER SMITH, b. 15 October 1863, Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 02 February 1920, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI).
...... iii. MARY ANN/MATIE SMITH, b. 07 May 1866, Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 14 July 1922, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (obituary); m. (1) GEORGE M. CHENERY, 10 December 1889, McCook, Red Willow County, NE (divorced Apr 1895); b. 1854; m. (2) JOSEPH C. CRAMER, after 1895, Probably San Diego County, CA; b. about 1843, PA; m. (3) JOHN FRANK MORRILL, after 1920, probably San Diego, San Diego County, CA; b. 23 January 1852, Ohio; d. 27 November 1928, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (age 76).
...... iv. AGNES BELL SMITH, b. 26 February 1868, Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible); d. 26 April 1870, Bedford, Taylor County, IA (family Bible).
...... v. LUCIAN/LUTIE H. SMITH, b. 16 June 1875, Bedford, Taylor County, IA (family Bible); d. 19 March 1878, Concordia, Cloud County, KS (family Bible).
Generation No. 2
2. ABBIE ARDELL/DELLA SMITH (ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 11 April 1862 in Waupan, Dodge County, WI (family Bible), and died 01 January 1944 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible). She married HENRY AUSTIN CARRINGER 11 September 1887 in Wano, Cheyenne County, KS (family Bible), son of DAVID CARRINGER and REBECCA SPANGLER. He was born 28 November 1853 in Greenville, Mercer County, PA (family Bible), and died 30 November 1946 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
Children of ABBIE SMITH and HENRY CARRINGER are:
...... i. DEVIER DAVID CARRINGER, b. 19 August 1889, National City, San Diego County, CA (family Bible); d. 10 May 1890, National City, San Diego County, CA (family Bible).
4. ... ii. LYLE LAWRENCE CARRINGER, b. 02 November 1891, San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( family Bible); d. 05 November 1976, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
3. DAVID DEVIER SMITH (ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 15 October 1863 in Rolling Prairie, Dodge County, WI (family Bible), and died 02 February 1920 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI). He married (1) LEEVA SMITH 20 May 1889 in McCook, Red Willow County, NE (letter) (divorced ca 1895), daughter of ZACHARIAH SMITH and NANCY GOSNEY. She was born 26 March 1866 in Pineville, McDonald County, MO (CA DI), and died 21 January 1958 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, age 92). He married (2) AMY ASHDOWN 25 November 1908 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI), daughter of TAMSETT ASHDOWN and SARAH C.. She was born About 1877 in San Bernardino County, CA (CA DI), and died 10 October 1939 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 62).
Child of DAVID SMITH and LEEVA SMITH is:
...... i. EVA ETTA SMITH, b. 06 May 1890, McCook, Red Willow County, NE; d. 14 March 1940, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI); m. (1) HOWARD MIXON DEFRANCE, 02 March 1914, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI); b. 13 July 1891, CA; d. 13 March 1937, San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 45); m. (2) JONES, after 1937, San Diego, San Diego County, CA.
Child of DAVID SMITH and AMY ASHDOWN is:
5. ... ii. MAYBELLE C. SMITH, b. 17 May 1902, San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 62); d. 31 March 1964, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI).
Generation No. 3
4. LYLE LAWRENCE CARRINGER (ABBIE ARDELL/DELLA11 SMITH, ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 02 November 1891 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( family Bible), and died 05 November 1976 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible). He married EMILY KEMP AUBLE 19 June 1918 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI). She was born 19 August 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, IL, and died 19 June 1977 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI, obituary, family Bible).
Child of LYLE CARRINGER and EMILY AUBLE is:
...... i. BETTY VIRGINIA CARRINGER, b. 30 July 1919, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (Certificate); d. 04 January 2002, El Cajon, San Diego County, CA (certificate); m. FREDERICK WALTON SEAVER, 12 July 1942, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI); b. 15 October 1911, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA; d. 26 May 1983, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (Certificate).
5. ... MAYBELLE C. SMITH (DAVID DEVIER11, ABIGAIL A.10 VAUX, SAMUEL9, JAMES8, JOHN7, JAMES6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 VAX, JOHN2, **1) was born 17 May 1902 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA ( CA DI, age 62), and died 31 March 1964 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA DI). She married (1) JOHN M. MILNER 05 March 1921 in San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA MI). She married (2) HARRY WRIGHT About 1942 in probably San Diego, San Diego County, CA.
Children of MAYBELLE SMITH and JOHN MILNER are:
...... i. JUNE ADELE MILNER, b. 06 June 1922, San Diego, San Diego County, CA (CA BI); d. 20 January 1995, Los Angeles County, CA (CA DI); m. JIMMIE LANE BERTON, 06 July 1951, Los Angeles County, CA (CA MI); b. 18 September 1925, Los Angeles County, CA (CA BI).
...... ii. LOUIS B. MILNER, b. 05 December 1924, San Diego County, CA (CA BI); m. MARGARET R., About 1944, probably San Diego, San Diego County, CA.
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My intent is to publish three generation descendants reports for each of the children of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux. That will bring information about these families into the 20th century but will not include information on possibly living people (if I can help it). While I have some biographical material gleaned from various sources, including personal correspondence, for many of these families, I'm only including the "bare bones" vital records information about them.
My purpose in putting these family summaries on this blog is to make my information about these families available for other researchers and distant relatives to find, with the hope that they will contact me and provide even more family information about the families.
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