Since it helps me get caught up quicker, I am going to make this weeks post really easy on me. I am just going to list all the surnames that I have proven for my lines so far.
Absalom
Anderson
Cain
Carey
Champ
Chaney
Chislett
Clements
Collins
Driver
Edwards
Foster
Gale
Gilmour
Haynes
Howard
Hunt
Hyland
Jowles
Knight
Laird
Lawrence
Lucas
McConnell
McKenzie
Mitchell
Moore
Nelis
Newman
Oak/es
Osborne
Pekin
Reeves
Renwick
Richards
Rose
Russell
Sedgley
Semple
Stagg
Thompson
Virgin
The names below are for my husband’s lines.
Bilodeau
Blanchette
Bolduc
Born
Boutin
Brinson
Buescher
Buteau
Champagne
Dallaire
Daniel
Dore
Dupre
Elliott
Elsworth
Fortier
Gornowicz
Goulet
Grenier
Grondin
Hall
Horseman
Huge
Hughes
Jamieson
Jones
Joos
Keating
Keetley
Krager/Krieger
Legare
Lessard
Nadeau
Parry
Portwig
Quirion
Rancour
Severance/Saverence
Simons
Smith
Talbot
Toussaint
Townsend
Wilson
If you have any of these surnames, feel free to send me a message. Always looking to make new connections and meet new family members!
I pondered this one for a while as I couldn’t easily come up with something to write about. I know of only a couple of religions that my research has revealed so far, but nothing worth really writing about. So I chose something closely related to a church.
While researching one of the Elliott families of Dorchester County, Maryland, I came across 2 listings for Baptisms at the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Dorchester Circuit.
The family in question is William Elliott and Amanda Horseman. They had at least 8 children that I know of. Below is a copy of the 1880 Federal census where all the children are listed.
William and Amanda Elliott 1880 Federal Census
William E.
Prudie A.
Oliver
James
Octavia
Levin G.
Clarence (who is listed on 1880 but not as their child)
Adaline (who was on the 1870 but not the 1880)
When I found the family listed on the website http://www.collinsfactor.com, they were under Churches in East New Market.
Baptisms of 1866-1872
DATE
NAME OF PERSON BAPTIZED
LAST NAME
FATHER
MOTHER
DATE OF BIRTH
OFFICIATING MINISTER
Sept 1871
Adaline Alice
Elliott
Wm
Amond
9
S.M. Donoho
Sept 1871
Pridie Ann
Elliott
Wm
Amond
8
S.M. Donoho
Sept 1871
Charles Oliver
Elliott
Wm
Amond
4
S.M. Donoho
Sept 1871
James Cadmus Dashiell
Elliott
Wm
Amond
1
S.M. Donoho
One thing I noticed about this group of baptisms is that the oldest son, William, is missing. He did not die before the baptism date as he is on the 1880 census. Maybe he was missed in the transcription of the records or the records were destroyed.
Baptisms of 1873-1879
DATE
NAME OF PERSON BAPTIZED
LAST NAME
1ST PARENT
2ND PARENT
DATE OF BIRTH
OFFICIATING MINISTER
19 Jan 1878
Octavia J
Elliott
Wm
Amanda
31 Aug 1878
Samuel K Donoho
19 Jan 1878
Levin G. D.
Elliott
Wm
Amanda
7 Feb 1876
Samuel K Donoho
19 Jan 1878
Clara Betrice
Elliott
Wm
Amanda
7 Feb 1876
Samuel K Donoho
This group of baptisms raised a few red flags. Octavia is listed as being born in August of 1878, but the baptism date is 8 months earlier in January 1878. Maybe this is a typo by the website creator that I got the information from or maybe even the minister. A date of 1873 would make more sense, and a 3 could be easily mistaken for an 8!
The other thing I noticed is that Levin and Clara look to be twins. The interesting thing is that I can find no mention of a Clara anywhere. There is Clarence on the 1880 census, a male that is the same age as Levin, but he has no relationship designation to the head of household. Could Clara and Clarence be the same person? Is the name Clara Betrice also a typo?
I would need to look at the actual church records to answer all these questions. If you are related to any of these people, please feel free to contact me.
