Ernst H. W. Schmoe - Julietta Indiana Evangelical Association

I just chanced upon an interesting reference to Ernst H. W. Schmoe, my G.G. Grandfather and family. Here are a few pages from the book. Click to enlarge.

"Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835-1915"

Some of those mentioned in the article:
Frederick Schmoe [b. 1834 in Germany] is believed to be Ernst H.W. Schmoe's brother. "Father & Mother Ostermeire", were William [b. 1803] & Christine Eleanore Tegtmeier Ostermeier [b. 1805], father and step-mother of Ernst Schmoe's wife, Caroline Ostermeier [b. 1828].

Mysterious Schmoe's in Old City Directories

There are a number of Schmoes listed in old directories, most of these individuals are known to me, and in predictable places and times.

Below are a couple of mysterious entries from 2 old City Directories.
Both are Schmoes, and I'm not positive yet, who they are. I'll put my guess for one, the other is so far still unknown.

1936 Oklahoma City, OK, Polk city directory page 672.
Schmoe, Lillian, asst chemist Balyeat Hay Fever & Asthma Clinic, r899 NW 18th.

While there were several Lillian Schmoes (both married and unmarried), I cannot positively place this one with any of the known families, especially in Oklahoma. Any Ideas???


1881 Kansas City Missouri, Hoye's City Directory, page 574
Schmoe, Ernst, carpenter, r. ws. Harrison, bet. 21st and 22nd.

I believe this is Great-Great Grandfather. Ernst H.W. Schmoe born 1822 in Germany. In June of 1880 he was living, with his children, in Jennings County, Indiana, listed as a farmer. His married daughter Mary Reinking with husband Carl and family were living nearby. We know that sometime between June 1880 (census), and June of 1881 (birth of Carl & Mary's dau Pearl in Oak Grove MO), the Reinking's moved to Oak Grove, Jackson County, MO. Not far from Kansas City. The family tradition is that the families first went to Kansas City to find work. The Reinking's stayed in Oak Grove the remainder of their days, but Ernst Schmoe and his other children moved to Prairie Center, Johnson County Kansas sometime before the 1st of March, 1885 (KS state census). Ernst died there in 1894.

Canby Red Raspberry

Garden Pics

Here are a few photos of my garden. On the whole it's pretty sad looking. The potatoes aren't too bad, in fact I sneaked a peek and saw a tennis ball sized spud under one plant, today. We spent some time last year building a raised bed with pumped up dirt, so that's where we planted the spuds. The potted tomato has the same dirt. The tomatoes in the garden area are blooming but look a bit spindly. Maybe they will perk up in time? Today I planted more green beans, carrots and a few sun flower seeds. Since I'm watering anyway it seemed prudent to replant the areas where the seeds did not germinate. Hopefully everything will come up.

Celebrity Tomatoes

Red Pear

Golden Delicious Apples

The garden tomato plants are blooming.

My pathetic garden.

My Prime Jim Blackberry plant.

Happy 4th of July !

Sunrise over the Ruby Mountains

27 Dec 2008 - Sunrise

November
Ancestral Birthdays & Anniversaries

4th Nancy Roxanna Martin Grisso “Roxie”
born: 4 Nov 1876 – in Wild Cherry, Fulton Co., Arkansas
parents: William Enoch Henry Martin & Sarah Elizabeth Wyatt
married: William Austin Grisso – 5 July 1899 in Fulton Co., Arkansas
died: 11 Sept 1948, in Seminole Oklahoma.







5th Mary Law Sturgeon
born: 5 Nov 1770 – Rockbridge Co., Virginia
parents: possibly Michael and Rebecca Law
married: Simpson Sturgeon – about 1795
died: 15 Nov 1857 - Trafalgar, Johnson Co., IN

7th Jennie June Rhoades married A. Mark Collins
married, 7 Nov 1922
Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa












8th Caroline Ostermeier Schmoe married
Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Schmoe
8 Nov 1852 – Hancock Co., Indiana







11th Nancy C. Beavers Wyatt
born: 11 Nov 1826 in TN
parents: possibly Thomas Beavers? & unknown
married: John J. Wyatt about 1855 perhaps in Arkansas
died: 12 Dec 1900 in Wild Cherry, Fulton Co., Arkansas

12th Rebecca Conner Sturgeon
born: 12 Nov 1831 in Dublin Ireland
parents: unknown
married: John S. Sturgeon – 3 Jan 1856 in Johnson Co., Indiana
died: 26 March 1907 - Coin, Colfax Twp.. Page Co, Iowa

[note - this photo was originally identified as Elizabeth Sheets Rhoades, by June Collins. However, June's Cousin Corine Ehnes identified the photograph as Rebecca Conner Sturgeon.]



12th Elizabeth Maurer married Mathias Grisso
12 Nov 1771 - New Hanover, Montgomery Co, PA


14th Ernest Anton Frederick Schmoe
born: 14 Nov 1865 – Hancock Co., Indiana
parents: Ernst H. W. & Caroline Ostermeier Schmoe
married: Minta Victoria Moon - 27 Aug 1889 - Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas
died: 19 Nov 1955 (5 days after his 90th birthday) – Newberg Oregon








15th John S. Sturgeon
born: 15 Nov 1831 Louisville, Jefferson Co, Kentucky
parents: Thomas Law and & Mary Sturgeon Sturgeon
married: Rebecca Conner - 3 Jan 1856 in Johnson Co., Indiana
died: 25 Oct 1890 – buried in Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa







15th Elizabeth Sheets Rhoades
born: 15 Nov 1823 – Fairfield Co., Ohio
parents: Joseph & Mary “Polly” Jackson Sheets
married: Jacob Rhoades – 17 Jan 1845 – Fairfield Co., Ohio
died: 11 Dec 1899 – Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa

16th Thomas Law Sturgeon
born: 16 Nov 1799 in Kentucky or Pennsylvania
parents: Simpson & Mary Law Sturgeon
married: Mary Sturgeon – 20 Dec 1821 – Jefferson Co., Kentucky
died: 8 Jun 1850 – Johnson Co., Indiana


25th Lavina Burnside married John Peter Moon
25 Nov 1833 – Richland Monthly Meeting, Hamilton Co., Indiana


27th Rebecca Sanders Rich
born: 27 Nov 1812, near Caesers Creek MM, Clinton Co. Ohio
parents: William & Amy Williams Sanders
married: Moses Rich – 10 March 1836 - Lick Branch MM, Marion Co., Indiana


27th Jane Miller & Peter Burns
married: 27 Nov 1789 – Augusta Co., Virginia


30th Tracie Grisso Schmoe

born: 30 Nov 1901 – Wild Cherry, Fulton Co., Arkansas
parents: William Austin & Nancy Roxanna Martin Grisso
married: Geary E. Schmoe – 25 Oct 1919 – Fulton Co., Arkansas
died: 4 May 1994, Newberg, Yamhill Co., Oregon

Collins Timeline Map 1817-1900

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I liked doing this. It gave me a sense of where the Stephen L. Collins family roamed. It does not show Erie Co., NY where S.L. was reportedly born. These records show the family's move west.

Mary Ellen Collins Morgan Barber 1901 marriage

Just a few days before Mary Helpher Collin's fall, her daughter Mary Ellen married for the 2nd time to John H. Barber. Below is the text of the newspaper notice.

Pierce City Empire [Pierce Missouri]
September 5, 1901 page 3, column 3

Mr. J. H. Barber and Mrs Mary E. [nee Collins] Morgan, of this city, were married at the Mt. Vernon Hotel, in Mount Vernon, August 26th, Rev. John H. Bright, officiating. Mr Barber and his bride returned to their home in this city last night, and will soon go to Joplin to live, where Misses Bertha and Persis Barber are employed as teachers in the public schools. The Empire, together with the many friends of the family extend congratulations to the bride and groom.

Mary Collins injured in Fall

I just received this from the great people at the Missouri Historical Society, who for a very small fee will do newspaper lookups.

Lockwood Luminary, 30 Aug 1901

The wife of Elder S. L. Collins was quite seriously injured last Monday morning at their home northeast of town. She went to the spring which is a few feet from the door and fell in a swoon partially , in the water and her head struck against a rock in such a manner that blood flowed freely from the wound. Mr Collins went to her assistance as soon as the accident was discovered and the neighbors came to their assistance. Tuesday her condition was better and they were enabled to come to town and visit their son T. Collins. Mr and Mrs Collins are about 80 years of age.

note: Mary Collins died about a year later.

Mary Maria Helfer (Helpher) Collins

I recently received the following newspaper records from the Missouri Archives.

Mary Maria Helpher (my GG-Grandmother) was the wife of Stephen L. Collins. I have more information about her possible family, I will post separately. Mary may have been the daughter of Christopher & Lydia Helfer who lived in Wayne County Ohio at the time of Mary's marriage (1840) to Stephen L. Collins. The circumstantial evidence supports this but so far there is no proven link.

Mary Maria Helpher Collins Obituaries

(from the Missouri Archives)

Lockwood Luminary 26 Dec 1902

As we go to press we learn of the death of Mrs. Collins, widow of the late S.L. Collins at her home near Lockwood today. Funeral services were held at the residence and the interment at the cemetery in the neighborhood. Mrs Collins was about 78 years of age and was a woman whose life had been spent in well doing. She had resided in Dade County many years.

Lockwood Luminary 9 Jan 1903

Obituary

Mary Maria Collins, nee Helpher, died at her home near Lockwood, Dec. 26, 1902. She was born Feb. 28, 1822, in Ashland Co., Ohio, was married to S.L. Collins, Feb. 27, 1840 and joined the Baptist Church the same year. At the time of her death she was 80 years, 10 months, and 10 days old. She leaves 8 children, 5 boys and three girls, 5 children have preceded her to the better land. The children will always remember her kind words and loving deeds of mother may they all be prepared to meet her in that heavenly home where old age never comes and the inhabitants of that city shall not say I am sick, but will be one unending day of joy, a family reunion never to break up. Funeral services were conducted at her home by the writer from Psalms 116:15. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery nearby to await the resurection morn. J. L. Leonard..

Alpha L. Collins 1844-1881

Alpha L. Collins 1844-1881

Alpha L. Collins was the oldest son of Stephen L. & Mary Marie Helpher Collins. He was born in Ohio 23 Jan 1844.

I have not yet found the family in the 1850 census. If anyone can find them I'd be thrilled to hear.

1860 Nebraska Terr Census Nemaha County, Brownville pages 61 & 62, 29 Jun 1860

Collins, Stephen 44 m Baptist Minister 700 800 New York

Collins, Mary 38 f Ohio

Collins, Alpha 16 m Asst. Farmer Ohio

Collins, Christopher 13 m Ohio

Collins, Maria 10 f Indiana

Collins, Ellen 6 f Indiana

Collins, Charles 3 m Illinois

Collins, Mark 1 m Nebraska

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1870 Missouri, Dade Co., Center Twp, p.3

Stephen L Collins 54 b. NY, Minister of the gospel

Mary M Collins 48, b. OH

Alpha L Collins 26, b. OH, farm labourer

Lydia M Collins 20, b. IN

Mary E Collins 15, b. IN

Charles M Collins 13, b. Neb

Ahirah M Collins, 11, b. Neb

Daniel D Collins, 8, b. Neb

John T Collins 6, b. Neb

Emily M Collins 3, b. MO

1880 MO, Center Twp., Dade Co., p.189B

Alpha L. COLLINS Self M Male W 34 OH Pauper OH OH

N. J. COLLINS Wife M Female W 30 TN Keeping House TN TN

Cyrus COLLINS Son S Male W 2 MO OH TN

Alpha married Naomi J. Wright (b. Sept 1849) on the 26th of November 1876 in Dade Co., MO. Alpha's father Stephen L., performed the ceremony. Alpha and Naomi had one child, Cyrus Jerome Collins, He was born, 27 Oct 1878 in Missouri, (and died about Jun 1940). After Alpha's death in 1881, Naomi married, Daniel W. Gamble, 13 Dec 1883 in Dade Co., MO. They moved to Labette Co., KS.

Cyrus Jermoe Collins registered for the WWI draft in 1918 in Labette County Kansas. He lists his birthday as 27 Oct 1878, of medium height, medium build, blue eyes and red hair.

from Lauren Leeman, The State Historical Society of Missouri

rcd 10 July 2008

Greenfield Vedette & the Greenfield Dade Co., Advocate

(same obit ran in both newspapers)

14 July 1881

Obituary

Died of paralysis, June 30th, 1881, in Centre Township, Dade county, Mo., Alpha L. Collins, aged 37 years, oldest child of Elder S.L. Collins and Mary M. Collins, of this county. He leaves a wife, a little son three and a half years old, parents, brothers, sisters and numerous friends to mourn their loss. He professed Christianity at about 14 years of age and joined the Baptist church and was faithful until the end.

Happy Birthday America

Robin

Speaking of robins, here is a photo taken a couple of days ago in our yard. We think this robin was injured some weeks back and has nearly recuped. She/he still has a slight limp but otherwise looks pretty good now. Check out the bird on MUDs website, I'm not sure his is a robin but could be a young one?

Click photo to enlarge.

Charles Martin Collins 1857-1941

Charles Martin Collins was born in May 1857, (his obit says 14 May 1855 but all other records list 1857). Census records indicate he was born in Illinois but I have no idea what county. His obituary states he was born in Buchanan County Missouri but I believe this is incorrect. He was the son of Stephen L. & Mary Marie Helfer Collins, and the brother of my Great-grandfather (Ahira Mark Collins b. 1859 in NE). Charlie would have been about 11 years old when they moved to Dade county Missouri. He spent the rest of his life there. He married Cordelia Jane Harris King on 21 Jan 1877, in Dade County. They had 5 children; Edward R. 1877-1916, Dora Effie (Asher),1882-1902, William Stephen 1884-1921, Frances "Fannie" Leora (Cochran), 1891-1973, and Joseph (who probably died as a child). Either Cordelia died, or they divorced before 28 Nov 1922, which is the date Charley married Cordelia's sister Lillian Ann Harris Cook. Lillian died in 1928. Charley was a farmer his entire life.

This photo is identified as Charley Collins and his brother Ahira Mark Collins taken in the late 30's in Missouri.

Charley died tragically when his home caught fire in December 1941.
His death notice and obituary are from the Lockwood Luminary and supplied by the State Historical Society of Missouri.

Obituaries of Charles M. Collins
Both from the Lockwood Luminary

Friday, 2 January 1942

Chas. M. Collins Meets Horrible Death in Fire
A tragic death occurred to Charley M. Collins, one of Dade County's pioneer residents, Monday morning about eight o'clock. He was 86 years of age and lived alone on his farm about four miles northeast of Lockwood. He had arisen and built a fire in a kitchen stove. In some manner his clothing caught fire and he ran outside to a well where there was a small trough. Apparently he either tore the burning clothing from his body or it was burned and fell from him because near the well there were several pieces of clothing and a pipe which he evidently had been smoking. Either in an effort to return to the house to save some of his belongings or because he was dazed with pain, he returned to the house. The building was enveloped in flames when nearby neighbors arrived at the place and there was nothing they could do to put out the fire.
After the fire died down a search was made for the aged man and what was left of his body was found among the ruins. R.L. Haunschild, undertaker, was called and brought the remains to his home for preparation for burial. Services are announced for Thursday afternoon at the Lockwood Baptist church. Burial will follow at the Collins cemetery, north of Lockwood.

Friday 9 January 1942

Charley M. Collins
Charley M. Collins was born May 14, 1855, in Buchanan county, Missouri, and departed this life December 29, 1941, at nine o'clock a.m at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 15 days. He was the son of Rev Stephen and Martha Collins. At an early age he came to Dade county with his parents, and spent the remainder of his lifetime in this county.
He was united in marriage to Cordelia Jane Harris in January, 1878. To this union five children were born, Edward, Dora, Effie, William Stephen, Joseph and Fannie Leora. All have preceded him in death except Mrs Fannie Leora Cochran. He is survived by four grandchildren, Gilbert and Maurice Collins, Vera Beisner and Golden Collins, also six great grandchildren.
He was converted at the age of twenty-two and was later ordained a deacon in the Lockwood Baptist church, where he served the remainder of his life.
Funeral services were held at Lockwood Baptist Church, Thursday afternoon, January 1st. The sermon was delivered by Rev Geo Gray. Burial was at the Collins cemetery, north of Lockwood, under direction of R.L. Haunchild.

Clara M. (Collins) Powell 1870-1940

Clara M. Collins was born about March of 1870, the oldest child of Christopher Royce and Esta Jennie Cleavinger Collins, the first cousin of my Grandpa Mark Collins. In 1870 she is living with her parents in Daviess County Missouri. Christopher & Jennie had married there in Dec of 1868. In 1880 she is living with her family in Brownville, Nemaha Co., Nebraska. By 1887 her family had moved to St. Joseph, MO, where she is listed as a seamstress working for Wood Manufacturing Co, and living at 311 Middleton St. With her mother and brother Stephen Moses Collins, they moved to 1208 N. 3^rd St in St. Joe by 1890, she is still listed as a seamstress. 10 years later, the 1900 census has Clara M. Collins born, March 1870 in MO, divorced, a dressmaker, her father born in OH, and her mother born in MO. I cannot find Clara in the 1910 census. Sometime before the death of her father in 1919, Clara married Bertrand B. Powell and moved to Chicago where she and her husband were listed in the 1920 census. By 1930 they had moved to Marion Co., IN, where she died in 1940 of lobar pneumonia. Her residence was listed as 2421 N. Ritter St. in Indianapolis IN. As far as I can tell she had no children.

Sunset to the NW 19 June 2008

I did brighten this pic since it was getting a bit dark when I noticed the brilliant color to the NW.

June means Roses

This is the first year we've had many flowers on the hedge roses (rosa woodsii) we planted 3 years ago. The bushes are about 4 feet high now with pretty pink blooms. These were purchased from the Nevada Division of Forestry in little pots and like the lilacs have done great.

Moon Over the Rubies

Taken at sunset tonight 16 June 2008.

Rabbit Run

Our resident bunny.

John Timothy Collins 1864-1926

John Timothy Collins was born the 9th of June 1864 in Nebraska, the son of Stephen L. & Mary Marie Helpher Collins. He was a farmer and shoemaker. In Jan 1884, he married Laura M. Rogers in Dade Co., MO, and they had 5 children. They were: Ira Jacob (b. Dec 1884), Mary F. (b. July 1892), Laura Maud (b. July 1896), Charley (b. 1901), and Linnie L. (b. 1904).

From the good folk at the Missouri Archives.

Lockwood Luminary - 19 Mar 1926
J.T. Collins passed away at his house in Lockwood Monday morning at an early hour, following a grave illness that extended over several months duration. Early last year Mr. Collins was taken to a Springfield hospital for an operation. He was brought home in a short time, his family being advised that he would never be well. A greater part of the time his suffering has been intense. Regardless of the many disappointments, in the face of the fact that he knew his condition was hopeless, he was a patient sufferer. Those who knew him best and saw him most were his best friends. Mr. Collins had maintained a shoe repair shop in Lockwood for years. He submitted to an operation years ago, at which time one of his limbs was amputated near the hip. He was compelled to use a crutch and often working all day at his place of business when others of much better health would have been at home. He was 61 years of age. Funeral services were held at Lockwood Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. L. Leonard, of Springfield, a former friend of the deceased. Burial was at Lockwood Cemetery. Mr Collins is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters, other relatives and friends.

Lockwood Luminary
Ira Collins left Sunday morning for Bethany MO, where he has secured employment. Mr Collins spent the past several weeks at this place assisting in the care of his father, J.T. Collins. The later passed away the day following the departure of his son.

Lockwood Luminary
Charley Collins and wife returned to Lockwood Saturday from Kansas City where the former ha been employed since the first of the year. They will remain indefinitely at the home of Mrs J.T. Collins.

Lockwood Luminary
Mr & Mrs Jack Baker were called to Lockwood Monday from their home in Kansas City by a message announcing the death of the latter's father, J.T. Collins.

June 4th Snow in the Ruby Mountains

Sunset - 4 June 2008 - click to enlarge.

White Lilacs in May

We were surprised to see that one of our many lilac bushes is producing snowy white flowers. It was one of about 20 small starts we purchased from the Nevada Department of Forestry and planted about 3 years ago. All of the others seem to be the standard common Lilac and producing purple flowers. Fortunately they all have the same great smell.

Memorial Day Tribute

As Memorial Day approaches we all should reflect and be grateful for the sacrifices and dedication of our Veterans and currently serving Military personal. Here is a link to my previous Veteran's Day post. Thank you for your service !

Christopher Royce Collins update #2

OBITs and More..

To see the other Christopher R Collins, posts go HERE and Update #1 Here.

Through the kindness of Chester O. Fiene and the State Historical Society of Missouri, we now have the following additional information about Christopher R. Collins

Lexington News - 17 April 1919
C.R. Collins, 71 years old, died of heart disease, at the home of his step son, C. W. Selby, near Lexington, Monday, April 14. Mr Collins was born in Seaville, Ohio, May 11, 1847. He is survived by his wife, one son, S.M. Collins of St. Joseph Missouri, one daughter, Mrs B.B. Powell of Chicago, and one step son, C. W. Selby. He is also survived by three brothers, and three sisters. Before coming to Lexington Mr Collins made his home in Golden City Missouri. The funeral was held at four o'clock Monday afternoon.

Card of thanks - Lexington News (Missouri) 17 Apr 1919
We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in the death of our beloved husband and father. We shall never forget you in this hour of sadness. Mrs C.B. Collins, Mrs B.B. Powell, S.M. Collins, Mr & Mrs C W Selby and family.

The Lexington Intellinger , 18 April 1919 (lookup by Chester O. Fiene)

Death of C.R. Collins - C.R. Collins died at the home of his step-son, C.W. Selby, east of Lexington, Monday morning at 12:25 o'clock. His death was due to heart trouble. Mr Collins was born in Ohio and leaves a wife, one son and one daughter. The funeral was held Monday evening at 4 o'clock.

Cemetery listing showing page 168, Machpelah Cemetery, Lexington Missouri, Ewing Addition II. (lookup by Chester O. Fiene May 2008)

Collins, Christopher R. ; 11 May 1847; 14 Apr 1919

From this we now know that

Christopher was buried in Machpelah Cemetery (Ewing Addition II).

Christopher's daughter (Clara) married B. B. Powell, and they lived in Chicago. S. M. Collins is Stephen Moses Collins who later moved from St. Joseph to California.

Christopher and Jenny's daughter Sarah must have died before his death. in fact the only record I have of Sarah is the 1880 census.

Clara must have married between 1900 (census St Joseph MO), and the Apr 1919, death of her father. We still don't know if Clara had children.

We are indebted to Reference Specialist, Lauren Leeman at The State Historical Society of Missouri and Chester O. Fiene, for this great boost to our Collins Family research.

Cherry Blossoms - 18 May 2008

Tulips in May

Taken today !

Genealogy Trails - Nevada - Elko

Genealogy Trails is a relatively new website of volunteers who transcribe and post actual records for free access. The format is similar to the US GenWeb Project, with state then county pages. These are not just links to other websites, but links to actual transcribed data.

The State of Nevada page.

The Elko County page includes transcriptions of: Newspaper Stories, Cemeteries, & Obituaries.

One especially nice feature is that there appears to be NO commercial advertising. This is an increasingly rare but most welcome feature. Searching from the main page does not seem to work with Mozilla/Firefox. The pages however are laid out well and easily navigated.

Worth a look.

FamilySearch Labs

The FamilySearch Labs is continually expanding it's free genealogical offerings. It requires a free sign-up. Along with the increased offerings, it is getting a very polished look. I just noticed it is now including Baptisims, Marriages, & Burials for Norway 1700-1900. I have recently made good use of several of their searchable and browsable databases. It is amazing what volunteers can accomplish. FamilySearch Indexing is a great place to donate some time.

Christopher Royce Collins update #1

See my earlier post re: Christopher Royce Collins. As an update I have found a bit more to fill in the picture of his life. I am still looking and welcome any information. Listed below are Christopher's probable marriage record to Jennie Cleavinger, and the 1900 census listing. I've requested an obituary but have not received it thus far. Except for Christopher's son Stephen Moses Collins who migrated to California, I know almost nothing about his children, who would be my grandfather's first cousins.

Probable marriage record: Daviess County MO, P.209, 23 Dec 1868

This document was difficult to read, but is reasonably consistant with the information we have about Christopher & Jennie Cleavinger Collins.

Missouri, Daviess County, on the 23rd day of December 1868, I joined as husband and wife, G. C. R. Colins, Esta J. Clevinger. This given under my hand this the 17th day of January 1869. V. G. Anderson, A member of the Gospel of the M.E. Church.
Filed for Record Feb, 11, 1869
Robert H. Grantham, Recorder

note: The California Death Index listing for Stephen Moses Collins (son of Christopher & Jennie), lists the mother's maiden name as Cleavinger.

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1900 Missouri, Barton County census
Golden City, Dist 20, page 46, 13 June 1900

Collins, Chester: head, born- July 1846 in OH; age 53; married 7 yrs; occupation- harnessmaker; father b. OH; mother b. PA; can -read, write, & speak English; owns his house free of mortgage.

Collins, Annie: wife, b. Jan 1852 in IN; age 48; married 7 yrs; 4 children born - 2 yet living; parents b. IN. can read, write & speak English.

Moore, Mary A: help, b. Aug 1830 in OH; age 69; widow; 8 children born - 7 yet living; parents b. OH; helps in housework; can read, write and speak English.

Elko Nevada Marriages Free at BYUI

The BYUI Western States Marriage Index includes a great collection of Nevada marriage records.

"For going on three decades, the BYU-I (formerly Ricks College) Arthur Porter Special Collections area of the David O. McKay Library in Rexburg, Idaho has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. This extraction is called the Western States Marriage Index."

In checking the Western States Marriage Index for Elko County listings it is interesting to note that in part, they used the Chart & Quill [the quarterly publication of the now defunct Northeastern Nevada Genealogical Society] as one of several sources. The Chart & Quill editorial staff obtained its data from various local newspapers, and the Elko County Recorder's office official records. What has never been extracted to my knowledge are the Marriage Applications housed in the Elko County Clerk's office which start in 1889 (according to the C & Q). In every case, the researcher should check the original record for accuracy. In addition to marriages the Chart & Quill record births and deaths for Elko County, from about 1869 to 1913.

Triangular Outhouse?

Here's a link with an Elko Nevada mention.
I've never seen an outhouse in the shape of a triangle. I wonder if they ran out of wood?

1905 Letter from Toano, Elko Co. NV, Earthquake

Here is an interesting letter written from Toano Nevada in November 1905. The author "Ches" writes to his wife Miss Jennie Nicholson (in Oakland CA) of an earthquake he felt. This letter is part of the, TNGenWeb.org, Letters From Forgotten Ancestors project. Collection of Fred Smoot, Provenance: David G. Phillips, Miami, Florida (eBay Auction, 2005). Transcription: © Fred Smoot 2005.

There are letters from many different states, so it is well worth a look-see.

Dan Turner's Excellent ElkoRose website has a Toano page with lots of photos and links.

Christopher Royce Collins - I had it wrong!

This is a developing story but I thought I'd post a tease until I have all the facts straight.

Christopher Royce Collins was the brother of Ahira Mark Collins. Both were the sons of Stephen L. Collins and Mary Marie Helpher.

From various sources I had the following about Christopher:
He was born abt 1847 in Ohio.
He married Jennie Cleavinger in about 1868, possibly in Daviess Co., MO.
In the 1870 census, he is living in Daviess Co. MO, Monroe Twp p. 359. The listing shows a Samuel Will age 83 born in TN, unknown relationship; Jenny age 20 b. MO; Clara is listed as 2/12 b. MO.; and Christ age 33, b. OH.
He was living in Nemaha Co., Neb in 1880, with wife Jennie & 3 children:
Clara M. Collins b. abt Mar 1870 in MO.
Stephen Moses Collins b. 30 Jun 1872, in Caldwell Co., MO, died in CA.
Sarah Collins b. 1876 in MO.
Christopher was a harness maker.
Various St Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, directories have the following:
Christopher R. Collins harnessmkr. r. 311 Middleton Saint Joseph MO 1887
Clara Collins Wood manufacturing co works r. 311 Middleton St Joseph MO 1887
Mrs. Jennie Collins r. 311 Middleton Saint Joseph MO 1887
Arthur McCurdy M. G. Post teamster r. 311 Middleton Saint Joseph MO 1887
Collins Clara seamstress Wood Mfg Co. r 1208 n 3d 1890
Collins Jennie (wid Christopher R.) r 1208 n 3d 1890
Collins Moses driver r 1208 n 3d 1890
McCurdy Arthur H. teamster r 1208 n 3d 1890

Database: Buchanan County, Missouri Taxpayers, 1891-95, 1901
Surname Given Name Township Post Office Year
Collins Jennie St Joseph 1895

From the above I assumed that Christopher had died about 1889, possibly in or near St. Joseph Missouri, but... I WAS WRONG. Through FamilyTreeMaker v16's automatic search feature, which searches ancestry.com, I discovered a 1910 listing for a Christopher R. Collins living in Barton Co., MO, with wife Annie, what a surprise. A further hunt has located a marriage record of Annie Ladd to Christopher R. Collins, married 24 Dec 1892, in Barton County MO. Christopher's 1919 death certificate was also found at Missouri Digital Heritage. I am still looking for the details, but suffice it to say that Christopher did NOT die in 1889 and lived another 30 years. Expect an update in the next few weeks.....as details emerge.

Ahira Mark Collins – Serendipity at the cemetery.

Ahira Mark Collins was born at Brownville, Nemaha County, Nebraska Territory, 17 Jan 1859.

He was the son of Stephen Loren and Mary Marie Helpher Collins. In an interview (1979) with my grandfather Mark Collins (b. 1901), I asked how his father had decided to move to Oregon. I was told that his dad had been helping his father farm a place in SW Missouri when he had a vivid dream. In the dream the devil told him to go to Oregon and an Angel told him to stay in Missouri. In 1889 A. Mark Collins arrived by train at The Dalles, Oregon. In 1893 he married Julia Porter at The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon.

Their 5 children; Jesse McKinley, Thomas Antone (Ed), Fairy Valentine, Ahira Mark, & Joseph Claude, were all born near Tygh Valley Oregon. A. Mark homesteaded 21 acres, about 1 ½ miles north of Shearer Bridge Road. Joey the youngest died as a baby and may be buried at the homestead, along with his oldest brother Jesse McKinley who drown in about 1914-5. In 1910 Julia become ill and went to stay with her sister in Iowa. Julia died there, 13 March 1910, of tuberculosis, and is buried in Essex, Page County Iowa. The children remained with Julia's sister Jesse who raised them as her own. Ahira Mark Collins died 13 Oct 1939, at The Dalles Oregon, and is buried in the IOOF cemetery.

Five years ago on a trip to The Dalles, with my sister, we visited the IOOF cemetery. Once there, we found two maintenance workers one of whom indicated that Great-Grandpa Mark was buried in a certain section, but that he did not know the exact spot without checking the records in the cemetery office. With a 180 degree sweeping motion of his arm, he indicated where we should start looking. This was a huge area.. I hopped out of the car and my sister with the aid of one of the workers started up and down the rows of graves. Instead, I headed out on foot angling across with no sense of where I was headed or even if there would be a headstone to mark the grave. I walked at a steady pace for a few minutes until I felt the sudden urge to stop. Looking down at that spot, not 6 inches from my foot, was the small flat headstone of my great-grandfather, Ahira Mark Collins. I firmly believe he guided me straight to his grave.

Obituary: "The Dalles Weekly Chronicle" 14 Oct 1939 page 2 – The Dalles, Wasco County Oregon. Mark Collins, 80, resident of Tygh Valley for 52 years, died yesterday at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by C.R. Callaway & Sons. Surviving relatives include, Mrs Abe Fulkerson, Shenandoah IA, and two sons Mark Collins, Dundee, and Ed Collins, Redmond.

The Dalles Daily of Oct 16th 1939
Services Announced - Funeral rites for Mark Collins, long time resident of Tygh Valley who died here Friday, will be held from Callaway's chapel tomorrow at 3:30 pm, it was announced today.

The Dalles Daily of Oct 17th 1939
Funeral serviced for Mark Collins, Tygh Valley man who died last week, were held this afternoon from Callaway's chapel with Rev. W. I. Eck officiating. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery. (The Dalles).

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Misc records:
BLM records www.glorecords.blm.gov
Ahira M. Collins
Wasco Co. Oregon, Twp 3S, Range 14E, Section 31, lot 2.
Title Issued - 14 Sept 1908
21.13 Acres. Document # 5711
Misc Doc # 8575
Accession/Serial # 13229 BLM serial # ORTDAA 062560

1922-23 Wasco County Oregon Farmers Directory
Collins, A.M. , PO The Dalles; owns 21 acres; sec 31, twp 3S, RG 14; assd. $330; 2 mi NE Tygh Valley.

1905-6 Wasco County Oregon Tax List - R.L. Polk & Co.
Collins, A.M. $525, Tygh.

Yard Visitor.

Digital Librarian

This is a wonderful list of digital content across the web and world.
Digital Librarian.
and a sublink to online books search page.

I did a search there for Nevada and received the following hits:

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• The Birds of Nevada, by Jean M. Linsdale
  • PDF at unm.edu
  • DjVu at unm.edu
• Birds of the Charleston Mountains, Nevada, by Adriaan Joseph Van Rossem
  • PDF at unm.edu
  • DjVu at unm.edu
• An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada (two volumes), by William Kelly (HTML at LOC)
• A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines, Nevada and the Great Basin Region, Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras (Virginia, NV: F. Boegle, c1889), by Dan De Quille (HTML at nevadaobserver.com)
• Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, by Clarence King
  • HTML at LOC
  • page images at MOA
• Preliminary Report Concerning Explorations and Surveys, Principally in Nevada and Arizona (1872), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at MOA)
• Preliminary Report Upon a Reconnaissance Through Southern and Southeastern Nevada, Made in 1869, by George M. Wheeler and D. W. Lockwood (page images at MOA)
• Reminiscences of Senator William M. Stewart of Nevada (New York and Washington: Neale Publishing Company, 1908), by William M. Stewart, ed. by George Rothwell Brown (HTML at nevadaobserver.com)
• Synopsis of a Report on Mining in California and Nevada, U.S.A. (1879), by G. Thureau (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Yosemite Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California, by J. D. Whitney (illustrated HTML with commentary at Yosemite Web)
• The Young Engineers in Nevada: or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)

Ebay's Ugly New Face - BOYCOTT Continues !

A great new Ebay blog post by Timothy Church at www.seekingalpha.com.

"eBay Bares Its Ugly New Face"

With ebay stock in free fall it will be interesting to see how long new CEO Donahoe will last?
The comments to this post indicate that recently there were literally tens of thousands of spurious "test" listings admittedly placed there by ebay, as a "limited test that has run it course". Yeah right..
see this link.

Boycott links:
http://www.myspace.com/boycottebay
DelphiForums.com
http://powersellersunite.com/
http://ebayboycott.info/forums/

PayPal wrongs Ebay seller KUTV Get Gephardt helps!

Ebay owned PayPal froze the PayPal account of a Utah Ebay seller, so he was out, not only his money but the product as well. Here is a good example of what is in store for Ebay sellers and PayPal users as Ebay and partner PayPal make it hard or even impossible for sellers to make an honest dollar. Bill Gephardt of KUTV news channel in Salt Lake City, calls PayPal to task.

Sunrise over the Ruby Mountains

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The view from the porch this morning at 6am - 26 Feb 2008.

Ebay Boycott Continues - May be Costing Ebay Millions !

Ebay recently announced a new higher net fee structure and bad-for-seller feedback policies. The feedback changes will precipitate a rise in scam buyers with no recourse for sellers but to absorb this cost. This is impossible for low volume sellers. Ebay knows this. Financial partner PayPal has also changed some policies most notably the ability to freeze a seller account for 21 days based on a buyer's complaint (whether true or not). Many sellers, especially the mom & pop stores are posting their concerns on boards and have organized a boycott of the Ebay Auction giant. Many have been developing their own web sites and moving their listings to other auction venues. I just read the following great post:
How Does the Boycott Impact eBay? by Timothy Church, which indicates that Ebay may be losing millions of dollars a day to the Boycott.

Message board posts are urging sellers to continue the boycott, indefinitely.

Below is a graph showing Ebay's dramatic drop in page hits over the last 3 years. From Alexa.com. While this does not show the effects of the Boycott since it stops at Feb 15th, it is a startling example of Ebay's lack of management skills to keep sellers selling and buyers buying. Ebay's stock prices have been tumbling in recent months as well, from about $40 per share last October to the current price of $27 per share. It is amazing to me that Ebay management's solution to their failing business, is to raise fees and institute policies to chase away sellers and ultimately escalate the prices for buyers. After carefully examining the new policies, I recently closed my 10 year old account with Ebay and have closed my PayPal account as well. I have no plans to either buy or sell there again. If falling page hits, and sinking stock prices are any indication, Ebay aka Feebay, Greedbay, is going down the toilet and rather quickly.

Wells Nevada Earthquake

We were awakened this morning to the sound of our bed banging against the wall. Having previously lived in Southern California, we knew immediately what was happening. The shaking lasted approximately 30-40 seconds. I was amazed at how quickly there were reports on both TV and the internet. A family member who lives in Wells (we live 50 miles away) is fine, but a light fixture fell from the ceiling and flower pots and photos were thrown to the floor. I have a 2nd hand (but reliable) report that the Obama headquarters there is in shambles.

The Elko Daily Free Press has a photo and article.

Here are 2 historic photos of Wells.

Mountain West Digital Library - Gravemarker Photos

The Mountain West Digital Library, includes a collection of gravemarker photographs by Austin Fife. A search for "Gravemarker", yields 635 hits. Some are from northeastern Nevada, including a few each in cemeteries at; Elko , Battle Mountain, & Winnemucca.

The Winter of 1889-90 in NE Nevada.

The winter of 1889-90 in Northeastern Nevada was brutal to ranchers. It has been estimated that up to 95% of the cattle in Elko County perished that winter due to the deep snows and frigid temperatures.

From the Daily Nevada State Journal 2 March 1890:
"A.G. Dawley returned last evening from Halleck. He reports a fearful state of affairs in Ruby Valley. In his corrals and about his stables the snow is drifted to a depth of 15 feet. He has two stallions in the stable which cannot be got out as the snow is piled up almost as high as the building, and feed and water is carried in to them through a small opening. During the recent storm about eight inches of snow fell which was fearfully drifted by the hurricane which prevailed during the fore part of the week. Mr Dawley fears this winter will pretty near wind up the stock business in Ruby Valley."

Digital Collections at the University of Nevada at Reno

Enjoy these great digital photographs, maps and images of Nevada,
from UNR's 21 digital collections.
Nevada Digital Conservancy.

My favorite is "Just Passin' Through" The Lincoln & Victory Highways in Nevada.

Part # 4 - Final Chapter - The Technological Evolution of a Cemetery Database.

The Internet to the rescue.

To read the earlier posts in this series go to: Part #1, Part #2, & Part #3.

My copyrighted manuscript, Northeastern Nevada Cemetery & Obituary Records, was stuck in a technological time warp. It was created using Dfile64, data management software on the venerable Commodore 64 computer between 1985-1987. Residing on dozens, of 5 ¼ floppy diskettes, the 300 pages of data needed updating... but how? Several tries to read the data from a variety of non Commodore machines had failed. After several years and a number of attempts, I gave up and began to retype the entire database from my only printed (and fading) copy.

Sometime before 1997, Internet access became available in our rural area, and I signed up. Amazed, I was soon searching for a solution to my database dilemma. What I found gave me great hope, that the considerable investment in time and money could be saved.

A number of people were (and still are) working on emulation software and interface hardware to allow compatibility between the Commodore 64 and more modern DOS/WIN computers. I don't know the history of the retro-computing efforts of these people but they have my undying gratitude. As an early user of Ebay, I found what I was looking for, an interface called the X1541 cable with The Star Commander software. I remember emailing the seller ( Joe Forrester?) to ask if the combo would allow me to hook my Commodore 1541 disk drive to my PC, then transfer the files to my PC's hard drive . His response was, of course it will do that and much more. He said it would even allow me to run the original software if that is what I needed. Excited, at Ebay, I purchased the interface cable and software, for about $30.

The hookup was as easy as pugging in the cable then loading the software. I can't begin to describe the exhilaration and relief I felt when I saw the red light of the 1541 drive come on, and the contents of the first disk displayed on my Win95 computer's monitor. MAGIC... I held my breath as one by one I slowly copied the contents of each disk to waiting folders on my hard-drive. Once that was accomplished, I was more than a little worried that I would not be able to import those captured files into Excel. With some experimentation, I was ultimately successful. It was not without some problems however, and there was a great deal of clean-up to make the file even modestly usable. A few entries were lost, but with the original printed copy as a reference, I was able to restore it to it's original state. It has expanded dramatically since then and been altered in a number of ways but remains so far unpublished. With self publishing companies like Lulu, it may be possible now to afford publication.

My extreme thanks to Joe Forrester and unknown others whose brilliance saved my data.

Caucus Time in Nevada..

You know it's caucus time in Nevada when.....

you get 10 phone calls in one day from Barack Obama, and you are registered republican.

you get Obama door hangers & brochures delivered to your door in -3 degree temps.

Duncan Hunter calls and invites you to a virtual town meeting and a real live person to talk with.

Fred Thompson calls but says nothing...... dead air ensues.

Ron Paul signs are everywhere.

Hilary visits a school and people start leaving during the Q&A to go to the Obama event.

All major presidential candidates personally visit your rural podunk town of 36,000, all looking for less than 1 delegate in their race for a majority of the 2000 total delegates.

Part # 3 - The Technological Evolution of a Cemetery Database.

The times they are a-changin..

To read the earlier posts in this series go to: Part #1, & Part #2.

From the moment my book, the Northeastern Nevada Cemetery & Obituary Records, was copyrighted as an unpublished work in 1987, it was apparent that this would not be the final version. While the initial data input was compete the book was anything but ready for publication. The necessary corrections and additions took a back seat to my extended duties as the Northeastern Nevada Genealogical Society's vice president and editor of the society's publication the Chart & Quill. For several years there was simply no time to work on revisions of the original file, let alone attempt publication.

During this timeframe we acquired a new computer through a closeout deal from AT&T. For a few hundred dollars we purchased a fancy-dancy machine far and away more powerful than the C-64. The AT&T PC 7300, computer we purchased, had Unix as the OS and was designed as a business computer. It came bundled with word processing, data management, & spreadsheet software. It sported a whopping 1MB of ram, a 5 ¼ floppy drive, and a 20MB HD. With limited programs available for the Unix OS, it was used mostly for letter writing and data entry. It served us well for several years but after many tries, I was not able to import the C-64 generated cemetery file.

The sudden death of our teenage daughter in 1990 further put a significant crimp, in my available energy.

In about 1996, we upgraded to a computer bought from MICRON. I think this was a Win95 machine with SCSI hard drive and Iomega Jaz drive. With each improvement in equipment I tried anew to somehow port in the precious cemetery database. I tried null modems and direct connects through the parallel port. Nothing worked, not because it couldn't, but because I did not have the technical knowledge to make it happen.

Discouraged, I began the lengthy process of retyping the entire 300 page manuscript.

NEXT.....Part # 4.... The Internet to the rescue.

Wind & Snow

Our kind neighbor came over and plowed our driveway this morning. The wind blew hard and plastered everything with a coating of snow. The Toyota Landcruiser is actually red not white in color.

Part # 2 - The Technological Evolution of a Cemetery Database

To read the earlier post in this series go to: Part #1 - The Technological Evolution of a Cemetery Database.

The equipment -
Commodore 64 computer purchased in about 1983,
1541 Commodore Disk Drive – 5 ¼ inch floppy.
Printer [Okimate color dot-matrix].
Monitor [ small green screened Zenith]

The software - was a marvelous data management program called DataFile or DFile64 developed by Mike Konshak and his company MichaelSoft. I think at first it was a type-in program in one of the Commodore magazines like Run or Compute Gazette? It had several utilities including DFPrint, DFCalc, DFMail, etc. I ordered the commercial disks and signed up for his home grown newsletter. The program was very flexible and allowed me to create customized compact files that I could ultimately combine into one grand file. Through several revisions the files eventually occupied literally dozens of 5 ¼ floppies [which cost at that time about $5 a pop]. This was by far the spendiest part of the project.

The project -
From the beginning the goal was to publish a book, so the parameters and content were geared towards that end. To save file space I coded the names of the cemeteries and used abbreviations whenever possible. I made the initial choice to include all data from the cards even though this created some issues when it came time to print. In addition to the index cards entries, supplemental research data was included to enhance and clarify the original information, especially where conflicts existed. This was definitely not just a clone of the card file index. I included a map and detailed list of locations for the cemeteries. The file was never purely a cemetery database since the original cards also included obituary abstracts, and even notes from families regarding deaths and/or burials. The data entry took 1-2 years and hundreds of hours to complete. Approximately 8,000 individual burials, obits and other data were compiled into the original file. Fields included were: name, death date, death place, cemetery, & burial location, birth date, birth place, obituary, and additional notes. After the initial data entry was complete, I printed several working manuscript copies, to satisfy the copyright registration requirements, then gifted working copies to the local museum & mortuary. The unpublished work was registered with the US Copyright office in 1987 and was titled: Northeastern Nevada Cemetery & Obituary Records.

next.. Part #3 ... The times they are a-changin'.....

The Technological Evolution of a Cemetery Database. Part #1

The time was summer 1984, with my husband and two daughters, I moved to the Northeastern part of Nevada. My passion for all manner of genealogical pursuits came with me. Shortly after arriving I discovered that the area was served by the Northeastern Nevada Genealogical Society (now defunct). A finer or more dedicated group of individuals one would never hope to be associated with. As members we all contributed to the collection and recording of any local records of genealogical value. I have special and extra-fond memories of Ellen Primeaux (& her husband Tony). Ellen and I (and occasionally others) spent hour upon hour at the courthouse hand transcribing documents. These transcriptions were eventually compiled then typed and for the most part made their way into the pages of the Chart & Quill, the society's quarterly publication.

The gestation of a cemetery database.

Before I joined, society members had already begun the lengthy task of reading and compiling the data for the many cemeteries that dot this sparsely populated area. Many a fun trip we made to the far reaches of the county (and beyond), to spend a day examining the crumbling headstones and faded wooden markers of the hearty pioneers who settled this great area. We visited tiny ranch cemeteries and even individual isolated graves, whose location might be known to only a handful of individuals. The collected, handwriten data was typed onto index cards, which were housed in a cabinet of drawers, located at the local LDS Family History Center.
Because I owned a computer (Commodore 64), I set to the the task of making a digital record of card file collection of cemetery records. Each card held the name (or names), and when known the death date, location & other information, of individuals who died or were buried in Northeastern Nevada. The goal was to ultimately publish a book. I devised a customized database file and a method of inputing the names into a database. It was essential to keep the file compact because of the severe memory restrictions of the C-64. It is almost unbelievable now, but the C64 had only 64k of ram, yet was very powerful for it's day. I would borrow a drawer containing the alphabetized index cards, bring it home, and enter the data into the special files I had created, saving the files to 5 1/4 floppy disks, before returning the drawer. Part #2.... stay tuned....

Happy New Year !

As the minutes of 2007, tick down, it's time to wish everyone a Safe and Happy New Year.

Twin Falls Idaho Telephone Directories 1923-25

Christmas was wonderful and I received a number of neat gifts, from some equally special people. Having a great family is, of course, the best gift of all. My wonderful Mom & Dad gave me (2) Twin Falls Idaho Mountain Bell telephone books (1923, & 1924-5). Each contains about 20-25 pages and are somewhat fragile. They include the towns of; Buhl, Castleford, Eden, Hansen, Hazleton, Hollister, Kimberly, Murtaugh, & Twin Falls, Idaho. I have already scanned them both, but will scan them again before I put them away. The first scan was to a multi-page PDF file with my CanoScan 8600F scanner. This produced a readable file of the whole document. A bit of testing reveals that a search does not come close to finding all of the target names etc, it is a good starting point however. I will scan them again in a higher resolution for archival purposes, then print out copies to use instead of the originals. A perplexing problem with these is that the original? owner used them as scrapbooks, pasting in articles over the top of the directory listing, obscuring them in whole or in part. Some of the newsprint has been removed, much however remains. I have not researched at this point if it will be feasible or safe to try and remove any of the remaining pasted-in articles. Some of the articles have tiny genealogical bits and pieces but the real prize is the info underneath. I can't tell what sort of glue/paste was used. There was a 1932 date on one article and they all appear to be of that vintage. I'd be happy to hear from anyone with experience in this, and will be scouring the web for information.

Joe and Eddie

In recent days, I have been listening to a newly purchased (remake) of Joe and Eddie songs on cd called, "The Best of Joe and Eddie". Their most famous song is probably There is a Meetin Here Tonight. My favorite however is, Children Go Where I Send Thee, (you can see/hear on YouTube). I had forgotten just how well their voices harmonized, weaving together sounds to create a song with very little accompaniment. The Joe part of Joe and Eddie was tragically killed in a car crash in CA in 1966.

Heritage Books Catalog

Today I received the Fall 2007 Heritage Books News catalog.
I feel like a kid with a new Sears Roebuck, hunting for the toy section.
The catalog is organized by topic and location (country, state, etc). There are CD listings in the back.

For Nevada there are 3 listings:
Boulder City Cemetery 1942-2000 by Diane Green 2001, 2 vol
Boulder City Cemetery, by Diane Green 2007 vol 3
Nevada Civil War Claims, Legislative Reports, by Diane Green AG 2007

I haven't seen or read any of these myself, but they look like a great resource if you have Boulder City NV family.

The catalog is also available online at HeritageBooks.com

Jen

Killed by a drunk driver.

Veteran's Day Family Style

THANK YOU
We honor each of you for your service and commitment to maintaining the freedoms we tend to take for granted.

Freedom is not Free!

There are several living veterans whose photos & names, I have chosen not to include for their privacy. My profound thanks to each one of you for guarding our precious liberties.

Semper Fi

Here is a photo taken a few minutes ago of our flag pole. YES, we have our own flag pole! Early this morning the Marine on the right hoisted the colors to honor the Marine Corps' Birthday. He hasn't worn the uniform in about 50 years but the Corps is at the core of his being and shaped him in no small part into the wonderful human being he is today. So to all the Marines out there... Semper Fi .

Nevada Maps - Cities & More Free

I just came across these listings at the State of Nevada Website. I especially like the great city maps for the smaller towns and communities in Nevada. I don't see either Reno or Las Vegas here but if you are looking for detailed city maps of the rural areas, look no further. One can find street names and cemeteries on these great maps and some are in color. At the same location are detailed .pdf maps of all types including historical. As I come across more I'll add them here.
Nevada City Maps .pdf
More misc maps
Quad maps
Historical Nevada Road Maps going back to 1919

FREE - Nevada 1860-1920 Census

A great (and FREE) resource for those with Nevada ancestry, is the 1860-1920 census database, hosted by the Department of Cultural Affairs,
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office.

Dr. Ken Fliess, affiliated with the Anthropology Department of the University of Nevada, Reno, spearheaded this effort which was funded by the Nevada Legislature and the State Historic Preservation Office.

To use this great resource, read the short introduction, then select the year or years you wish to search and click "Submit". You will be taken to a fill-in search form. One of the first things you'll notice is that the "SURNAME" box is about a third of the way down the form... hmmm maybe, just maybe, this wasn't designed solely for use by genealogists? Nahhh that can't be. One of my favorite features of this search engine is that one can search by: say, occupation and first name. "Teacher" and "Mary", for example, gives a search result list of all the teachers who had the first name of Mary, for the census year(s) selected. The resulting list shows the: last name, first name, age, occupation, and census year. Each of those names is hot linked to all data available for the specified person. What you will NOT get is an image of the census page or a family group. However, there is a "Browse Adjacent Records" link that will allow you to see the persons who were enumerated immediately before and after the target person. Another powerful feature is the ability to enter as few as one letter in the search box. With often misspelled surnames this is a welcome feature.

Thousands of immigrants traveled through Nevada on their way to California, some spending months or even years before reaching their destination. Perhaps your lost Uncle Joe decided to try his luck in the Silver State? It's worth a look.

Here is the search result for William Tremewan (miss-spelled as Frimann), in the 1880, Austin, Lander County, Nevada census.

All Data Available for Specified Person Browse adjacent records Personal Information Surname, First Names: FRIMANN, WILLIAM Age: 37 Sex: M Profession: LABORER Color: W Able to Write: Y Able to Read: Y Sickness: BLANK Blind: N Idiotic: N Insane: N Crippled: N Deaf: N Place of Birth: ENGLAND Month/Year Born: 0/0 Marital Status: M Month Married: 0 Years Married: 0 # of Children: 0 # of Children Alive: 0 US Citizen: Can Vote/Has Voted: Speaks English: School: N Father For: Mother For: Main Relation: H Head Relation: Relation 2: Years in US: 0 Year Imigrated: 0 Naturalized: Year Naturalized: 0 Real Estate: 0 Per Estate: 0 Own: Free: Farm: Industry: Work Status: Months Unemployed: 0 Parent's Language: Father's Language: Mother's Language: Father's P.O.B.: ENGLAND Mother's P.O.B.: ENGLAND Location Information City: County: LANDER Post Office: Street Name: COURT STREET Street Number: BLANK Census Information Census Year: 1880 Page: 6 Line: 12 Enumerator: 23 Supervisor: 0 Day/Month: 10/6 Subunit: AUSTIN CITY Household Number: 95 Family Number: 95 Institution: Ward: Rank: 0 OC Code: 0

FoxFire & Genealogy?

There's a great series of books called Foxfire by B. Eliot Wigginton, which have all manner of interesting topics. Useful things to know like; how to gut out a hog, how to make home-made soap, and how to make moonshine. See the Wiki here. The interviews and narratives of down home folk in Appalachia are fascinating, and give us a glimps of how many of our own ancestors may have lived.

One of my favorite interviews (from Foxfire 3; p. 20) is of a man called, Simmie Free, "Simmie was born on his grandfather's place in Turnerville, Georgia, on January 14, 1892. ("Pa said at five o'clock, and I couldn't argue. I wouldn't of argued to him anyhow. He would have given me a whippin'. That's the way it goes."). He speaks of losing 2 children (Willie & Catherine) to the 1919 flu epidemic. "Come damn near killin' me. I held out that the only thing that kept me alive was just saying, I ain't gonna die!"

The genealogist in me wanted to know more. I learned that:
Simmie died, 26 May 1980, in Rabun Co., GA, at the age of 88.
1900 living with his parents Lafayette & Lucy C. & siblings.
1910 parents listed as Jessie L and Caroline Free.
1917 he was married with one child and listed as a farmer.
1920 he and his wife Annie have 2 sons,
1930 Simmie and his wife have 4 living children.

While this was a fun hunt, it pales in importance to Simmie's own words, in telling us who he was and how he lived. Who knows, if the gas prices keep going up, we may all end up making our own moonshine for fuel, and wishing Simmie was here to show us how.

Nevada Genealogy

4 November 2007
From Alice in Wonderland.
Start at the beginning.... yes, yes, and when you get to the end... STOP !