ANCESTORS OF WINTON RANKIN
PIEDMONT FARMERS OF BRITISH AND GERMAN ANCESTRY
total family assets before the
Civil War (top) and after (bottom)
James Rankin
born 1807, Mt. Mourne
died 1890, Rowan
Farmer; owned one slave
$3,000
1,900
1852 Mt. Mourne – 1918 Rowan
Farmer
Amanda Shuford
The Rankin farmstead near
Mt. Mourne now lies at the
bottom of Lake Norman, a
reservoir filled in 1963
1853 Rowan – 1928 China Grove
c.1817 Rowan – 1891 Iredell
Farmer
300
1,100
Margaret Poston
1830 Iredell – 1917 Loray
James Rankin
Winton Blair Rankin
1916 Bessemer City – 2015 Raleigh
Food and Drug Administration: from
inspector to Deputy Commissioner.
Lived out of state from 1939 to 1975
Remarried Corinna (Cole) Wilson 1998
Boone
Rutherford
College
Burke
Rowan (“Ro-ANN”)
Bessemer City
China
Mt. Mourne Grove
The dark gray shading shows the extent of the Piedmont soil system
Long is an
English surname
c. 1775 Maryland – 1845 Iredell
Daniel Shuford
German ancestry;
originally “Schuffert”
Elizabeth Savitz
German ancestry;
anglicized as “Savage”
1778 Lincoln – 1839 Rowan
Farmer; owned five slaves
c.1784 – c.1850, Rowan
Edward Poston
100
–
Logan Abernethy
775
600
born 1824, Hickory
died 1909, Rutherford College
House carpenter
Captain in the Confederate Army
Catherine Jarrett
Robert Abernethy
born 1851, Catawba
died 1921, Rutherford College
Itinerant Methodist Episcopal
minister; clock repair and optician
born 1824, Catawba
died 1900, Rutherford College
Jonas and Fannie
lived together after
their spouses died.
Irish and Scottish
ancestry
150
–
1792 Lincoln – 1865 Catawba
Farmer; father owned sixteen slaves
Scottish ancestry
(and probably English)
Fannie Whitener
German ancestry;
originally “Weidner”
Jonas Jarrett
Jonas and Catherine
were first cousins, likely
of German or Swiss
ancestry (their surname
sometimes appeared as
“Tscherrat”).
1806 Lincoln – 1875 Catawba
190
250
c.1799 Lincoln – 1870s Catawba
Carpenter; Farmer; Mechanic
Catherine Jarrett
c.1799 Lincoln – 1860s Catawba
John Blair
Scotch Irish, English,
and Welsh ancestry
John Blair
1,600
1,100
1808 Burke – 1887 Cedar Valley
Farmer
Frances Hill
Hill is an
English surname
Abigail McCreary
Robert McCrary
Julia Blair
1854 Caldwell – 1942 Burke
English ancestry
c.1788 Maryland – 1864 Iredell
Farmer; owned one slave, Milton
Turner Abernethy
1878 Cedar Valley – 1969 Boone
Latin teacher
Iredell (“AR-dell”)
Guilford
Raleigh
Loray
Nancy Long
c. 1808 – c.1848, Iredell
Tula Abernathy
McMin is a
Scottish surname
English ancestry
1761 Maryland – 1845 Iredell
Rebecca King
1875 China Grove – 1966 Boone
Minister; School superindendent;
Dean of English and President
of Appalachian State College
Caldwell
Lenoir (“LEN-or”)
Cedar Valley
Hickory
Catawba – formerly part of Lincoln
Elizabeth McMin
Aaron Mayhew
1808 Lincoln – 1850s Mt. Mourne
Daniel Shuford
1778 – 1855, Mt. Mourne
Farmer; owned one slave, Henry
1778 Lincoln – 1863 Mt. Mourne
Frances Mayhew
Osborne Rankin
James Rankin
Scotch Irish ancestry;
Prehistoric paternal
ancestors likely migrated
through Scandinavia
(Y-DNA haplogroup R1a1a)
1821 Burke – 1912 Cedar Valley
1764 Virginia – 1846 Cedar Valley
Farmer; owned one slave in 1800
Private in the Revolutionary War
1768 Guilford – 1853 Cedar Valley
1800 Burke – 1877 Lenoir
Farmer
Mary Cox
1801 Burke – 1897 Lenoir
300
na
English and Scottish
ancestry
English and Scottish
ancestry
ANCESTORS OF EDITH GRIFFIN
LOWLAND FARMERS OF BRITISH ANCESTRY
total family assets before the
Civil War (top) and after (bottom)
John Griffin
Presley Griffin
$20,336
3,355
1828 – 1884, Nash
Farmer; owned eight slaves
Private in the Confederate Army;
held as a P.O.W. for three months
Margaret Hammons
1835 – 1902, Nash
Madora Strickland
1857 – 1929, Nash
C.M.J. (Claiborne Maharvey
Jacob) Strickland and Elijah
Morgan were first cousins
through their mothers.
Edith Dora Griffin
1911 Spring Hope – 1997 Zebulon
Teacher
Lived out of state from 1939 to 1975
1886 Clayton – 1958 Raleigh
Sister of William Dodd, historian
at the University of Chicago and
Ambassador to Germany, 1933–1937
The dark gray shading shows the extent of the Coastal Plain soil system
1848 Clayton – 1941 Spring Hope
Farmer
Evaline Creech
1849 Clayton – 1909 Wake
Jacob Strickland
Margaret Strickland
Elijah Morgan
618
500
c.1804 – 1860, Nash
1810 – 1896, Nash
Farmer; owned seven slaves
15,600
900
Candis Strickland
born 1819, Nash
900
300
Demsey Dodd
1765 – 1851, Johnston
Farmer; died owning three slaves:
Lewis, Lucelly, and Tempie
Phereby Dodd
Morgan is a
British surname
Candis Strickland was
Martha Chamblee’s
niece-in-law. Strickland
is an English surname.
Demsey and Phereby
Dodd were first
cousins. Dodd is an
English surname.
1768 – 1860, Johnston
Angeline Johnson
James Johnson
James willed seven slaves to
Mary: Joham, Martha, and her
children Henderson, Benford
Robbin, Braswell, and Elenor.
After the war, at least two used
the last name Jones.
Mary Jones
1814 Johnston – 1894 Auburn?
Franklin
Nash
Spring Hope
Johnston
1805 – 1851, Nash
Farmer; father owned three slaves
150
na
c.1798 – 1872, Nash
Finch is an
English surname
1812 Clayton – 1896 Auburn
Farmer
Wake
Raleigh
Zebulon
Auburn
Clayton
James Sullivant
Apparently James and
Charity never married;
it is unclear why. They
lived together, and
James provided for
Margaret in his will.
(His executor was
Jacob Strickland!)
Elizabeth Finch
John Dodd
John Dodd
1808 Wake – 1870s Frankin?
C.M.J. Strickland 1,056
800
Margaret was born out of
wedlock and raised by her
mother and grandparents;
her father married (twice)
and lived nearby.
Annie Dodd
Chamblee is an
English surname
Martha Chamblee
English ancestry
born 1837, Nash
1883 – 1932, Spring Hope
Owned a Ford car dealership
Welsh ancestry
c.1805 – 1858, Nash
Farmer; died owning four slaves:
Miles, James, Amarica, and Francis
1831 – 1900s, Nash
Farmer
Harvey Griffin
11,817
1,800
Charity Hammons
William Griffin
1854 – 1908, Spring Hope
Farmer; Grocer
1795 – 1872, Franklin
Farmer; owned eight slaves
c.1775 – 1839, Johnston
Johnson is an English
or Scottish surname
14,400
–
c.1786 Wake – c.1868 Johnston
“Farmeress”; owned thirteen slaves
Jones is an
English surname
Jesse Creech
English and Scottish
ancestry
Stanford Creech
4,325
5,000
1818 Johnston – 1892 Clayton
Farmer, Grocer; owned four slaves
Margarette Worley
Worley is an
English surname
Martha Horne
Benajah Horne
15,240
2,400
1806 Johnston – 1878 Clayton
Farmer; owned ten slaves
Horne is a
Scottish surname
Elizabeth Tarver
Tarver is an
English surname
1830 – 1862, Clayton
1782 – 1829, Johnston
Farmer
1785 – 1850s, Johnston
1807 Wake – 1880 Clayton
ANCESTORS OF JOSEPH MURRAY
FARMERS AND LABORERS OF BRITISH ANCESTRY
Hugh Murray
Solomon Murray
1827 Ireland – 1864 Knox
Paper maker
Moved to England around 1830;
immigrated to the US in 1848
Susan Buffelow
Joseph Murray
1859 Knox – 1930 Knoxville
Paper mill worker; Machinist
Remarried Emma Marquardt, 1887
Sarah Annie Phibbs
1861 – 1884 Knox
died during childbirth
Joseph Gilbert Murray
1916 Chattanooga – 1973 Burbank
Professional ballroom dancer to age 22;
later owned a dental supply business.
Served in the US Army Dental Corps
in California from 1943 to 1946.
1827 N. Carolina – 1873? Knox
Paper mill worker
Syntha was Thomas’s
mother; her husband
was probably William
Thomas Phibbs
c.1833 Tennessee – 1860s Knox
Farm worker
Named after Thomas Jefferson
Asa Murray
Sarah McCall
1882 Knoxville – 1966 Chattanooga
Foreman at a plow manufacturer
and iron foundry; weekend butcher
1836 Knox – 1900s Knoxville
Wool mill worker
Callie Lillie Wood
1885 – 1982 Chattanooga
School cafeteria manager, 1920s
Cleveland
Fayette
Gilbert Wood
Ross
Calvert
Gilbert Wood’s
route during
the Civil War
Knoxville
Knox
Chattanooga
1830 Ross – 1893 Chattanooga
Farm laborer; Boiler worker
Private in the Union Army;
mustered out at Knoxville
Margaret Stewart
1863 Ontario – 1955 Chattanooga
Nurse
Immigrated to Cleveland in 1866,
then to Chattanooga in 1873
Wake
1802 Calvert? – 1884 Fayette
Farmer
Moved to Ohio in the 1820s, then
Indiana in the 1850s, then back to
Ohio after his wife’s death
Jane Winset
c.1804 Calvert – 1869 Delaware, IN
John Stewart
1832 Blair Atholl – 1911 Chat’nooga
Carpenter for railcars; Alderman
Immigrated to Ontario in 1856,
then to Cleveland in 1866, then to
Chattanooga in 1873
Jean Archibald
Tellico (Cherokee Nation),
where Isaac Buffalow was
discharged from the Army in 1817
Elizabeth Gainor
c.1804 Ireland – 1843 Richmond
1835 Cabrach – 1906 Chattanooga
Midwife; delivered 1,700+ babies
Immigrated to Ottawa in 1858
Murray is an Irish
or Scottish surname
Gainor is an Irish
surname; Richmond
is a market town in
northern England
Isaac Buffalow
c.1784 Wake – 1840s Knox
Farmer; Private in the War of 1812
His father owned six slaves in 1806
Unknown ancestry,
but the surname is
almost certainly not
American Indian
Susan
English ancestry
c. 1786 N. Carolina – 1860s Knox
William Phibbs?
1800s Tennessee – c.1838 Knox?
Syntha
Phibbs is an
English surname
c.1811 Tennessee – c.1851 Knox
Duncan McCall
Scottish ancestry
Mary “Polly” Hickey
English ancestry
(probably)
Benjamin’s parents were born
in Maryland. His father may
have been a shopkeeper who
moved to Washington DC.
Most likely
English ancestry
c.1804 Knox? – 1880 Knox
Farmer; Wagoner; Shoemaker
Valuable land holdings
1811 – 1870s, Knox
Her father owned thirteen slaves
Benjamin Wood
Delaware
c.1803 Ireland – 1867 Trenton, NJ
Paper maker
Moved to England around 1830;
immigrated to Tennessee in 1846
Remarried in 1850 to Polly Carnes
John Winset
born in Maryland
Priscilla Hooper
born 1774, Calvert
Her father owned five slaves in 1800
English ancestry
“an English family...
well-to-do landholders”
Alexander Stewart
1808 Dunkeld – 1875 Cally Lodge
Groundsman for the hunting
lodge of the Duke of Atholl
Janet Douglas
1810 Blair Atholl – 1895 Dunkeld
Alexander Archibald
Margaret MacGregor
Cabrach
Blair Atholl Cally
Dunkeld Lodge
SCOTLAND
ANCESTORS OF MARY RICE
TRADESWORKERS AND FARMERS OF BRITISH (AND DUTCH) ANCESTRY
Dexter Rice
Elbert Rice
1854 Ashtabula – 1931 Tacoma
Barber; Patent medicine dealer;
Drug store owner; Fishmonger
Moved to Trempealeau, Madison
(with first wife Luella Batchelder),
St. Louis (where he married Nettie),
Mellette, Cedartown, McGregor,
Fort Meyers, McGregor, then
Tacoma in the 1920s
Henryetta Cleveland
1859 St. Louis – 1941 Tacoma
Known as Nettie
Lived in Trempealeau as a child,
where she first met Elbert before
moving back to St. Louis
Fred Rice
Mary Elizabeth Rice
1916 McGregor – 1998 Burbank
Telephone operator when young
Known as “Grekka” by her grandkids
Moved to Tacoma, Alameda, San
Diego, Tacoma, Los Angeles, Tacoma
(during wwii), Los Angeles, Burbank
1888 Mellette – 1972 Tacoma
Commercial painter
Ordinary Seaman on the
USS Maryland, 1906–1910
Moved to McGregor, Fort Meyers,
McGregor, Cedar Rapids,
McGregor, Tacoma, Alameda,
San Diego, then Tacoma again
Edna Jacobs
1893 McGregor – 1950 Tacoma
Union
nb
Tacoma
Alameda
Los Angeles Burbank
San Diego
1814 Massachusetts – 1903 Baraboo
Remained in Wisconsin with her
daughter after Dexter moved west
John Cleveland
1814 St. John – 1897 McGregor
Shipwright; Carpenter
Immigrated to Cincinnati in 1838,
then moved back to Canada, then
to St. Louis around 1857, then
Trempealeau, St. Louis again,
Mellette, and McGregor
1816 Frederickton – 1896 McGregor
English and Scottish
ancestry, with possible
7th-gen. link to nobility
Polly Gould
1792 Massachusetts – 1853 Crawford
Gould is an
English surname
Jesse Snow
English ancestry
Eleanor Pratt
Pratt is an
English surname
1788 Montague – 1858 Crawford
Farmer
1780 Ashford – 1864 Crawford
Farmer
c.1781 MA – 1865 Crawford
John Cleveland
1775 Freetown – 1840s? Cincinnati
Shoemaker; NB to OH after 1838
Lydia Jewett
born 1784, Sheffield
Benjamin Morse
1788 Fayette – 1852 Cincinnati
Ship carpenter; NB to OH, c.1830
Anne Tilley
E.W.H. Jacobs
Edward Jacobs
1860 – 1912 McGregor
Cigar merchant
Remarried to Ella Johnson, 1897
(his housekeeper in 1895; born 1874)
marriages dissolved and they lived
together in Iowa before moving to
Minneapolis, where Cora took the name
of her mother’s late fourth husband
(other McGregors were converts, too)
and both married traveling salesmen and
moved west; Cora’s husband was also a
“Doctor of Physical Culture.” Cora was
soon divorced, Imogene was widowed,
and they lived together until Imogene’s
death. Cora remarried a local farmer.
(E.W. H. = Elias White Hale)
1829 Hollidaysb’g – 1893 McGregor
Carpenter; Architect
Emmaline Cook
1830 Bradford – 1901 McGregor
Cora May’s biological father was
Mahlon Kilgore
born 1838, Bethel; Scottish + English
but from age 2 she was raised by
Solomon Eckert
1840 Ulster – 1908 McGregor
Painter; Cigar merchant
First wife Rosetta Birdsey (†1867)
Remarried to Margaret, c.1896
Imogene Demick
1847 Morristown – 1924 Vermillion
Christian Science Healer
Married first Jacob Snyder 1861,
then Mahlon Kilgore 1865, Solomon
Eckert 1869, Gregor McGregor
c.1890, finally Mortimer Flint 1904
Moved to Fillmore, Decorah,
McGregor, Minneapolis,
Watertown, then Vermillion
John, Lydia, Benjamin,
and Anne all had
Loyalist parents who
fled to what is now
New Brunswick at the
time of the American
Revolution. All were of
English ancestry.
1793 Sheffield – 1827 Frederickton
Alexander Jacobs
Cora May Eckert
Fort Meyers
Olive Snow
Mary Morse
Frederickton Sheffield
St. John
Fillmore Minneapolis
Bethel
1867 Wisconsin – 1930 Vermillion
Morristown
Decorah
Fayette
Remarried to Bernard Storch, 1902,
Trempealeau
Mellette
Pownal Montague
Watertown
Baraboo
Freetown
Ulster
then Clarence Lockwood, 1923
Madison
Columbus
Bradford Ashford
Vermillion
Ashtabula
York
McGregor
Crawford Brady Twp.
In the 1890s, Imogene and Cora became
Cedar Rapids Cincinnati
Hollidaysburg
practitioners of Christian Science. Their
St. Louis
Cedartown
1812 NY State – 1896 Tacoma
Cabinet and wagon maker; Farmer
Moved to Crawford, Ashtabula,
and Trempealeau, then west in
the 1870s with one of his sons,
arriving in Union by 1885
Elihu Rice
1792 – 1852, Hollidaysburg
Carpenter; fought in War of 1812
Dorcas Vandeventer
1795 Brady – 1841 Hollidaysburg
Inherited a slave; sold it for a horse
English and Scottish
ancestry
Dutch and (probably)
English ancestry
Stephen Cook
English ancestry (some
via Wales), with possible
distant link to nobility
Elizabeth Neiler
English and Swiss
ancestry
Abram Eckert
German and Dutch
ancestry
Sarah De Graff
De Graff is a
Dutch surname
1796 York – 1851 Bradford
Miller; Disowned by the Quakers
1801 York – 1835 Bradford
1815 Ulster – 1893 Columbus
Farmer
1817 Ulster – 1891 Columbus
Jerome Demick
c.1809 Pownal – 1862 Fillmore
Hotel keeper; Farmer; Laborer
Cyrena Young
c.1826 Vermont – 1860s Fillmore?
“Dymoke” ancestors
from England
Prehistoric maternal
ancestors likely migrated
through northern Europe
(mtDNA haplogroup U5a2b)
ANCESTORS OF THOMAS CARPENTER
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS OF BRITISH ANCESTRY (PLUS SOME DUTCH AND GERMAN)
Philemon Carpenter
1801 Harrison – 1866 New Rochelle
Farmer; $50,000 in assets in 1860
Remarried to Ezit Moody
Deborah Osborn
Brisbane
(now a ghost town)
Fort
Dodge
Thomas Carpenter
c.1799 Fairfield – 1830s New Roch’l
Thomas Moody
1818 Beckington? – 1874 Fairfield
Ice dealer
Arrived with his parents in 1830
Ann Underhill
1821 Eastchester – 1903 Bridgeport
1911 Brisbane – 2010 Pittsfield
Electrical Engineer for General Electric;
held seven patents
1885 – 1981, Fort Dodge
Third-grade teacher
1773 Beckington – 1867 Bridgeport
Miller; immigrated to NY in 1830
Elizabeth Francis
Beckington and
North Bradley
(five miles apart)
1792 N. Bradley – 1865 Bridgeport
Noah Underhill
1775 – 1840, Eastchester
Elizabeth Odell
English ancestry,
traceable back to
William the Conqueror
Scottish ancestry
James Black
Sophia Gabler
German ancestry
Sarah Steele
James Steele
Steele is an
English surname
Sarah Morris
Morris is a
British surname
1856 Greensboro – 1935 Fort Dodge
Farmer; Businessman
Margaret Blackshere
1861 – 1907, Fort Dodge
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Fayette
County
Rye
Harrison
New Rochelle
c.1799 – 1852, Greensboro
born c.1794, Greene
born c.1804, Greene
James Black
Yonkers
Eastchester
Mary Bartram
Daniel and Mary
were fourth cousins
of English ancestry,
traceable back to
William the Conqueror
c.1801 – 1843, Greensboro
Merchant; Justice of the Peace
1827 – 1912, Greensboro
Delaware
1760 – 1801, Fairfield
Benjamin Black
Lucy Black
1822 – 1913, Greensboro
Farmer; Lawyer; Justice of Peace
Greene
County
Greensboro
Daniel Osborn
English and Dutch
ancestry
1880 – 1941, Fort Dodge
Insurance; Shopkeeper
Westchester
County
English ancestry
1772 Rye – 1834 Harrison
1782 Yonkers – 1831, Eastchester
Stafford Carpenter
Pittsfield
Abby Halstead
John Moody
Jane Moody
Thomas James Carpenter
English ancestry
1772 – 1847, Harrison
1765 Fairfield – 1843 Rye
1832 Rye – 1931 Fort Dodge
Cattle dealer; Farmer
Three years in the Union Army
1843 Bridgeport – 1931 Fort Dodge
Librarian
William Carpenter
Francis Blackshere
1827 Greene – 1893 Fort Dodge
Farmer; Shopkeeper; Livestock
dealer; Steamboat captain; Sheriff
Remarried to Margaret Ericson in
1866, then to Frances Core in 1868
Sarah Blackshere
Francis and Sarah
were second cousins
of English and Welsh
ancestry
Nancy Dunaway
John Dunaway
1801 Fayette – 1880s Greene?
Farmer; Wagoner
Irish ancestry
Margaret Robinson
English and Irish
ancestry
Aaron Blackshere
1832 Greene – 1865 Fort Dodge
1795 Delaware − 1841 Greene
Farmer; fought in the War of 1812
1802 Delaware – 1889 Greene
1801 – 1888 Greene?
ANCESTORS OF DONNA WILLIAMS
YANKEE FARMERS OF ENGLISH (AND SCOTTISH) ANCESTRY
Nathaniel Williams
English ancestry,
traceable back to
nobility of all kinds
Maria Porter
Porter is an
English surname
Rufus Glover
Glover is an
English surname
Frederick Williams
Samantha Hurd
Hurd is an
English surname
Ida Jane Ingraham
Elihu Ingraham
Ingraham is an
English surname
Olive Mallory
1797 – 1872, New Ashford
English ancestry,
traceable back to
William the Conqueror
Samuel Pine
Pine is an
English surname
Betsey Card
Card is an
English surname
Alpha Maynard
Maynard is an
English surname
Joshua Maynard
Sarah Warren
c.1786 – 1870, Williamstown
Warren is an
English surname
Caroline Reed
Alexander Reed
Scottish ancestry
Sarah Daniels
English ancestry
Ichabod Sweet
English ancestry
Waty Sherman
1802 NY State – 1879 Berlin
Sherman is an
English surname
William Swift
Swift is a
Scottish surname
Sarah Whitman ?
Whitman is an
English surname
George Williams
1831 – 1915, Lanesboro
Farmer
Minerva Glover
1830 – 1916, Lanesboro
1864 Providence – 1913 Lanesboro
Farmer
Elihu Ingraham, Jr.
1822 – 1908, New Ashford
Farmer; Selectman and town officer
Fought in the Union Army
Married first to Lorania Beach
1919 – 2008, Pittsfield
Nurse (before marriage)
After her parents’ death, adopted by
Ivan Kramer (1892–1982; elec. salesman)
and Vivian Ruffer (1895–1969; teacher)
Celestia Pine
Edward Williams
1833 Hoosick – 1911 Lanesboro
1889 Providence – 1927 Pittsfield
Furnace Worker; Truck Driver
Died of pneumonia seven months
after his wife died of cancer
Eva Maynard
1822 – 1895, Williamstown
Farm laborer; Farmer
Berlin
Schodack
c.1828 – 1869, Williamstown
Daniel Maynard
Williamstown
New Ashford
Cheshire
Lanesboro
Pittsfield
Lenox
Hancock
Colebrook
1849 Williamstown – 1930 Hancock
Farm laborer; Farmer
1792 – 1867, New Ashford
Farmer; Captain in state militia;
Selectman; Justice of the Peace
1810 – 1841, Hoosick
1780 Lanesboro – 1877 Williamst’n
Farmer
1787 – 1859, Williamstown
Sarah Sweet
1854 Berlin – 1931 Hancock
Daniel Sweet
1825 – 1889, Berlin
Farm laborer; Farmer
Providence
1799 Schodack – 1872 Cheshire
Blacksmith
1788 Colebrook – 1865 Williamst’n
Farm laborer; Farmer
1893 Hancock – 1927 Pittsfield
Hoosick
1808 Williamstown – 1833 Lanesb’ro
1803 – 1846, Lanesboro
1858 New Ashford – 1939 Lenox
Donna Louise Williams
1799 – 1875, Lanesboro
Farmer
Lucy Ann Swift
1837 – 1870, Berlin
The same source that lists
Sarah Whitman as Lucy Ann’s
mother also reports that they
were born only six years apart.
1806 – 1888, Berlin
Farmer; Miller
1790 NY State? – 1836 Berlin
born 1831?
ANCESTORS OF DOMINIC MIRA
TRADESWORKERS FROM SICULIANA AND LÌPARI
Giuseppe Mira
c. 1792 – 1832, Siculiana
Bottegaro (Shopkeeper)
Francesco Mira
Anna Lo Castro
Francesca Parisi
Lorenzo Parisi
c.1821 – 1860, Siculiana
Possedente (Landowner)
1825 – c.1895, Siculiana
born c. 1792
1844 – 1904, Siculiana
Apilcoltore (Beekeeper)
Leonardo Dinolfo
Giuseppa Dinolfo
c. 1786 – 1828, Siculiana
Borgese (Smallholder)
1846 – 1916, Siculiana
Domenico Dinolfo
Giuseppa Veneziano
Domenica Lo Iacono
Liborio Lo Iacono
1825 – c. 1855, Siculiana
1830 – 1856, Siculiana
1888 Siculiana – 1979 Rochester
Shoemaker, Insurance Agent
immigrated to the US in 1907,
thenceforth known as John
Dominic Ernest Mira
1919 Rochester – 2011 Phoenix
Industrial Engineer
born c. 1789
Giuseppa Dinolfo
Giuseppe Mira
Giovanni Mira
c. 1792 – 1860, Siculiana
born c. 1797, Siculiana
born c. 1794, Siculiana
son of a Calzalaio (Shoemaker)
The two Giuseppa
Dinolfos here are
not the same person,
and neither had the
same parents as
Leonardo Dinolfo.
Giuseppa Dinolfo
born c. 1797, Siculiana
Concetta Casaceli
1894 Lìpari – 1971 Rochester
immigrated to the US in 1903;
known by her middle name, Elvira
Lìpari
Felice Casaceli
1800 – 1857, Lìpari
Felice Casaceli
1862 Lìpari – 1943 Rochester
Bottaio (Barrel Maker)
immigrated to the US in 1902,
thenceforth known as Felix
Felice Casaceli
Angela Sidoti
Concetta Palamara
Onofrio Palamara
1833 – 1900, Lìpari
Bottaio (Barrel Maker)
1830 – 1900, Lìpari
1804 – 1900, Lìpari
1800 – 1869, Lìpari
Angela Morsillo
born 1805, Lìpari
Maria Lombardo
SICILY
Siculiana
1871 Lìpari – 1958 Rochester
immigrated to the US in 1903,
thenceforth known as Mary
Aunt of singer Guy Lombardo
Gaetano Lombardo
Luigi Lombardo
Giuseppa Nastasi
Giuseppa Castellano
Liberatore Castellano
1835 – c. 1910s, Lìpari
Tintore (Dyer)
1838 – c. 1920s, Lìpari
c. 1819, Positano – 1888 Filicudi
Trafficante (Merchant)
lived in Lìpari from 1830s to 1860s
Maria Famularo
1820 – c. 1860, Lìpari
Positano is a village
just south of Naples;
Filicudi is an island
west of Lìpari.
ANCESTORS OF JOSEPHINE PARISI
FARMERS FROM SICULIANA
Leonardo Panarisi
c. 1787 – 1825, Siculiana
Contadino (Farmer)
Alfonso Panarisi
Liboria Fede
Pietra Guarragi
Leonardo Guarragi
born c. 1820, Siculiana
born 1823, Siculiana
c. 1791 – 1831, Siculiana
born c. 1791
Filippa Magro
Pasquale Panarisi
c. 1800 – 1864, Siculiana
born 1856, Siculiana
Contadino (Farmer)
Leonarda Di Mora
Silvestro Di Mora
born 1844, Siculiana
Alfonso Panarisi
Leona Josephine Parisi
1921 Logansport – 2012 Phoenix
c. 1777 – 1837, Siculiana
Contadino (Farmer)
Vincenzo Di Mora
Leonarda Riolo
Vincenza Magro
Giuseppe Magro
born c. 1816, Siculiana
1886 Siculiana – 1947 Logansport
Farmer, Grocery-Store Owner
immigrated to the US in 1903 on
the same ship as Giacomo Vaccaro,
thenceforth known as Al;
returned to Sicily from 1909 to 1910
to marry Leonarda and have a son
born 1824, Siculiana
c. 1785 – 1865, Siculiana
c. 1792 – 1837, Siculiana
Contadino (Farmer)
Calogera Contrera
c. 1795 – 1845, Siculiana
Leonarda Vaccaro
1892 Siculiana – 1971 Logansport
Dressmaker
immigrated to the US in 1920,
thenceforth known as Leona
Paolo Vaccaro
Giacomo Vaccaro
Anna Manzone
Cristina Santino
Giuseppe Santino
c. 1795 – 1861, Siculiana
Contadino (Farmer)
first wife: Maria Anna Lo Iacono
Giacomo Vaccaro
born c. 1815
c. 1784 – 1839, Siculiana
born c. 1854, Siculiana
Contadino (Farmer)
came to the US in 1903 on the
same ship as Alfonso Panarisi
SICILY
Pasquale Tamburello
Maria Tamburello
born 1865, Siculiana
born c. 1800, Siculiana
Francesco Tamburello
Angela Maria Vella
Giuseppa Barba
Giacomo Barba
born 1833, Siculiana
Siculiana
c. 1776 – 1843, Siculiana
Giuseppa Iacono
born c. 1841, Siculiana
born c. 1813, Siculiana
born c. 1819, Siculiana
Antonia Castello
born 1823, Siculiana
Filippa Magro and
Giuseppe Magro
did not have the
same parents.
ANCESTORS OF JOHN MIHALKO
PEASANT FARMERS FROM EASTERN SLOVAKIA
Péter’s surname also
appeared as Mihalykov.
John’s parents self-identified ethnically as Slovak and spoke Slovak at home. But before 1918, when present-day Slovakia
was still part of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Autro-Hungarian Empire, all names and placenames were recorded in
Hungarian. (Latin and Church Slavonic, however, were used on some church forms. These names were commonly
translated into Hungarian.) Here are the Slovak equivalents of the Hungarian names used on this sheet:
FAMILY NAMES
GIVEN NAMES
RELIGION AT BIRTH
Adamcsik = Adamčik
Csencsarik = Čenčarik
Csizsmarik = Čižmarik
Friga = Friga
Hrenyó = Hreňo
Klobusiczky = Klobušický
Kovály = Kovaľ
Mali = Mali
Magura = Magura
Mátyás = Maťaš
Mihálykó = Mihaľko
Miskó = Miško
Palyó = Paľo
Péter = Peter
Polyaskó = Poľaško
Rohaly = Rohaľ
Rudácskó = Rudačko
András = Andrej (“Ondray”)
Anna = Anna (“Ahna”)
Erzsébet = Alžbeta (“Alzhbehta”)
György = Juraj (“Yurai”)
János = Ján (“Yahn”)
Mária = Mária (“Mahria”)
Mihály = Michal (“Mihckal”)
Péter = Peter (“Petter”)
gc = Greek Catholic
rc = Roman Catholic
ev = “Evangelical” (i.e., Lutheran)
pronounciation of family
names is roughly the same
in both languages
John Mihalko
András Mihálykó
Alsó Hrabócz = Nižný Hrabovec
(“Niszhnee Hrawbovets”)
Nátafalva = Nacina Ves (“Natseena Vess”)
Pazdics = Pozdišovce (“Pawzdishovtseh”)
Rákócz = Rakovec nad Ondavou
(“Rawkovets nahd Owndavoo”)
Sztankócz = Stankovce (“Stankovtseh”)
Sámogy = Šamudovce (“Shawmudovtseh”)
1921 Beaverdale – 1983 West Lafayette
Teacher, Coach, Painter
Served in the Army in World War II
Mária Mátyás
Anna Rudácskó
gc
“Nahtafalva”
SLOVAKIA
Pazdics
“Pawzdich”
Nátafalva and Pazdics are nine miles apart.
Sztankócz (“Stawnkots”), Rákócz (“Rahkots”), and Alsó Hrabócz
(“Olsho Hrawbots”) are all within five miles of Nátafalva.
Sámogy (“Shamodge”) is two miles from Pazdics.
pronounced “Ahna Roodachko”
born 1839, Sztankócz
pronounced “Jirj Mahtyahsh”
born c.1832, Nátafalva
Smallholder
Mária Miskó
pronounced “Mahria Meeshko”
born 1837, Nátafalva
gc
Mária Péter
gc
Mária’s family name
also appeared as
Petranya.
Mihály Rudácskó
gc
Older spelling:
Rudatsko
Anna Klobusiczky
rc
pronounced “Meehai Meehaiko”
Farmworker
pronounced “Meehai Roodachko”
Farmworker
pronounced “Ahna Klobooshitsky”
rc
rc
pronounced “Yahnosh Mahtyahsh”
born c.1810, Alsó Hrabócz
Smallholder
unknown wife
gc
Following Slavic custom,
Mária’s surname often
appeared as Miskova.
György Miskó
gc
Mária Hrenyó
gc
pronounced “Jirj Meeshko”
born c.1815, Nátafalva
Farmworker; Smallholder
pronounced “Mahria Hrenyo”
born c.1814, Sámogy
András Csencsarik
ev
pronounced “Ondrash Chenchawrik”
János Csencsarik
ev
pronounced “Yahnosh Chenchawrik”
born 1858, Pazdics
Servant, Farmworker, Groundsman
Zsuzsanna Palyó
pronounced “Susanna Pahyo”
born c.1861, Pazdics
Zzuzsanna’s surname
also appeared as Palyov.
Mihály Csencsarik
Anna Polyaskó
ev
Erzsébet Csizsmarik ev
György Csizsmarik
ev
Mária Magura
ev
ev
pronounced “Meehai Chenchawrik”
born 1817, Pazdics
Servant
János’s surname also
appeared as Csincsárik.
gc
Older spellings:
Klobusitzky,
Klobusiczki
János Mátyás
György Mátyás
Mária Csencsarik
Nátafalva
gc
rc
pronounced “Mahria Mahtyahsh”
born 1864, Nátafalva
gc
pronounced “Mahria Payter”
born c.1790, Rákócz
Anna’s surname also
appeared as Rudácskova.
pronounced “Jirj Meehaiko”
1893 Nátafalva – 1960 Akron
Miner; Rubber Worker
immigrated to the US in 1912,
thenceforth known as George
ev
pronounced “Mahria Chenchawrick”
1895 Pazdics – 1979 Akron
Hotel Custodian
immigrated to the US in 1914,
thenceforth known as Mary
gc
pronounced “Payter Meehaiko”
born 1834, Nátafalva
Farmworker
Owned a cow and a calf in 1869
pronounced “Ondrash Meehaiko”
born 1868, Nátafalva
Farmworker; Smallholder
PLACENAMES
György Mihálykó
Péter Mihálykó
Both Mihály and his
son Péter were also
recorded with the
family name Mali.
Mihály Mihálykó
pron’cd “Erzhaybet Chizhmawrik”
born 1823, Pazdics
pronounced “Ahna Poyawshko”
born 1794, Pazdics
pronounced “Jirj Chizhmawrik”
pronounced “Mahria Mahgoora”
György Palyó
gc
pronounced “Jirj Pahyo”
born c.1831, Pazdics
Day Laborer
Owned one cow in 1869
Zsuzsanna Friga
pronounced “Susanna Freega”
born 1832, Pazdics
rc
No Greek-Catholic records
from Pazdics before 1875
György Friga
gc
Mária Rohaly
rc
pronounced “Jirj Freega”
Miller; Peasant farmer
pronounced “Mahria Rohai”
born 1794, Pazdics
Mária’s family name
also appeared as
Hrendova and
Hrehanits, neither of
which is common.
Older spelling:
Tsentsarÿk
Older spelling:
Pollÿatsko
Older spelling:
Csizsmarÿk; also
known as Adamtsÿk
Mária’s family name
was sometimes
recorded as Kovály.
ANCESTORS OF MARGARET LEONARD
PIONEER FARMERS OF BRITISH AND WEST GERMANIC ANCESTRY
John Wesley Leonard
1821 Wayne – 1908 St. Joseph
“self-made” Farmer; Republican
Eliza Laing
1824 Wayne – 1882 St. Joseph
Olive Graham
“of English descent”
West
Lafayette
Richland
Holmes
Jacob Dausman
Albert Dausman
1868 Elkhart – 1942 South Bend
Factory worker and Foreman at the
Singer Manufacturing Company
plant for sewing-machine cabinets
Washington
Somerset
John Smith
1820 – 1871 Brant
Farmer; son of New Jersey loyalists
Jacob Dausman
1897 Argos – 1987 West Lafayette
Centre
1816 NY State – 1859 St. Joseph
1825 Wentworth – 1852 Brant
daughter of New Jersey loyalists
Vera Dausman
Wayne
1811 Braintree VT – 1887 St. Joseph
Farmer, “Staunch Republican”
Sarah Whitney
born 1895, St. Joseph County
died 1978, West Lafayette
Professor of agricultural economics
at Purdue; served in World War I
Lake
Logie is a parish in
central Scotland
English ancestry
Harry Leonard
South Bend
Teegarden
Nappanee
Argos
1784 Logie, Scotland – 1864 Wayne
Farmer; arrived in Maryland c.1785
George Veasey
1843 Brant – 1928 St. Joseph
immigrated to the U.S. in 1866
St.
Joseph Elkhart
William Laing
Emma Vesey
Ellen “Nellie” Smith
Welland
“of German descent”
Jewell is an
English surname
1838 Lake – 1887 St. Joseph
Farmer
Brant
Anna Yoder/Yoger
born in Ohio; died 1824, Wayne
William Vesey
Wentworth
Leonard is probably
an English surname
Elizabeth Jewell
1867 – 1956, St. Joseph
1928 Lafayette
born in PA; died 1825, Wayne
Schuyler Leonard
1867 – 1933, St. Joseph
Farmer
Margaret Louise Leonard
Henry Leonard
1814 Wissembourg – 1893 Elkhart
Miller, Farmer; left France in 1828
c.1842 Welland – c.1875 Elkhart
Farmer
immigrated to the U.S. with his
parents in 1850
Mary Hershey
Caroline Weaver
David Weaver
1844 Holmes – 1913 Teegarden
After Jacob’s death, Caroline raised
their children with her second
husband, Levi Newcomer
1818 Welland – 1851 Elkhart
daughter of Pennsylvania loyalists
1814 Somerset – 1891 Elkhart
Farmer
Margaret Rohrer
1818 – 1848, Holmes
German and (some)
British ancestry;
originally Schmidt
English and Swiss
or German ancestry
Wissembourg is a
German-speaking
city in France, on
the German border
Swiss and German
ancestry; originally
“Hersche”
Swiss or German
ancestry
German ancestry
James Crow
Welsh, English,
and Scotch Irish
ancestry
Joseph Crow
Elizabeth Crabbs
Crabbs is an
English surname
Elizabeth Pletcher
Samuel Pletcher
German ancestry;
originally “Pletscher”
Mary Nestlerode
German ancestry;
originally “Nesselroth”
Rosa Ann Crow
1827 Washington – 1902 Richland
Farmer
1875 Richland – 1939 W. Lafayette
1853 Richlnnd – 1939 Nappanee
Farmer, Foreman
1850 Richland – 1915 Nappanee
1828 Washington – 1909 Richland
1812 Centre – 1873 Richland
Tailor, Farmer
1813 Centre – 1862 Richland