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James Rankin born 1807, Mt. Mourne died 1890, Rowan Farmer; owned one slave
Frances Mayhew 1808 Lincoln – 1850s Mt. Mourne
Daniel Shuford c.1817 Rowan – 1891 Iredell Farmer
Margaret Poston1830 Iredell – 1917 Loray
Osborne Rankin 1852 Mt. Mourne – 1918 Rowan Farmer
Amanda Shuford 1853 Rowan – 1928 China Grove
Logan Abernethy born 1824, Hickory died 1909, Rutherford College House carpenter Captain in the Confederate Army
Catherine Jarrett born 1824, Catawba died 1900, Rutherford College
John Blair 1808 Burke – 1887 Cedar Valley Farmer
Abigail McCreary 1821 Burke – 1912 Cedar Valley
Robert Abernethy born 1851, Catawba died 1921, Rutherford College Itinerant Methodist Episcopal minister; clock repair and optician
Julia Blair 1854 Caldwell – 1942 Burke
James Rankin 1875 China Grove – 1966 Boone Minister; School superindendent; Dean of English and President of Appalachian State College
Tula Abernathy 1878 Cedar Valley – 1969 Boone Latin teacher
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
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ANCESTORS OF WINTON RANKINJames Rankin 1778 – 1855, Mt. Mourne Farmer; owned one slave, Henry
Elizabeth McMin 1778 Lincoln – 1863 Mt. Mourne
Aaron Mayhew 1761 Maryland – 1845 Iredell
Nancy Long c. 1775 Maryland – 1845 Iredell
Daniel Shuford 1778 Lincoln – 1839 Rowan Farmer; owned �ve slaves
Elizabeth Savitz c.1784 – c.1850, Rowan
Edward Poston c.1788 Maryland – 1864 Iredell Farmer; owned one slave, Milton
Rebecca King c. 1808 – c.1848, Iredell
Turner Abernethy 1792 Lincoln – 1865 Catawba Farmer; father owned sixteen slaves
Fannie Whitener 1806 Lincoln – 1875 Catawba
Jonas Jarrett c.1799 Lincoln – 1870s Catawba Carpenter; Farmer; Mechanic
Catherine Jarrett c.1799 Lincoln – 1860s Catawba
John Blair 1764 Virginia – 1846 Cedar Valley Farmer; owned one slave in 1800 Private in the Revolutionary War
Frances Hill 1768 Guilford – 1853 Cedar Valley
Robert McCrary 1800 Burke – 1877 Lenoir Farmer
Mary Cox 1801 Burke – 1897 Lenoir
PIEDMONT FARMERS OF BRITISH AND GERMAN ANCESTRY
Bessemer CityChinaGrove
Cedar Valley
Catawba – formerly part of Lincoln
RutherfordCollege
Caldwell
Iredell (“AR-dell”)
Rowan (“Ro-ANN”)Burke
Guilford
Hickory
Lenoir (“LEN-or”)
Loray
Scotch Irish ancestry;Prehistoric paternalancestors likely migratedthrough Scandinavia(Y-DNA haplogroup R1a1a)
McMin is a Scottish surname
Scottish ancestry(and probably English)
German ancestry;originally “Weidner”
English ancestry
Long is anEnglish surname
English ancestry
Irish and Scottishancestry
English and Scottishancestry
English and Scottishancestry
Scotch Irish, English,and Welsh ancestry
Hill is anEnglish surname
German ancestry;originally “Schu�ert”
German ancestry;anglicized as “Savage”
Mt. Mourne
Jonas and Catherine were �rst cousins, likely of German or Swiss ancestry (their surname sometimes appeared as “Tscherrat”). Jonas and Fannie
lived together after
their spouses died.
Raleigh
�e Rankin farmstead near Mt. Mourne now lies at the bottom of Lake Norman, a reservoir �lled in 1963
$3,0001,900
total family assets before theCivil War (top) and after (bottom)
1,0001,100
775600
1,6001,100
300na
415250
150–
100–
John Gri�n 1795 – 1872, Franklin Farmer; owned eight slaves
Martha Chamblee 1808 Wake – 1870s Frankin?
James Sullivant 1805 – 1851, Nash Farmer; father owned three slaves
Charity Hammons c.1798 – 1872, Nash
Jacob Strickland c.1805 – 1858, Nash Farmer; died owning four slaves: Miles, James, Amarica, and Francis
Elizabeth Finch c.1804 – 1860, Nash
Elijah Morgan 1810 – 1896, Nash Farmer; owned seven slaves
Candis Strickland born 1819, Nash
ANCESTORS OF EDITH GRIFFINPresley Gri�n 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
C.M.J. Strickland 1831 – 1900s, Nash Farmer
Margaret Strickland born 1837, Nash
William Gri�n 1854 – 1908, Spring Hope Farmer; Grocer
Madora Strickland 1857 – 1929, Nash
John Dodd 1812 Clayton – 1896 Auburn Farmer
Angeline Johnson 1814 Johnston – 1894 Auburn?
Stanford Creech 1818 Johnston – 1892 Clayton Farmer, Grocer; owned four slaves
Martha Horne 1830 – 1862, Clayton
John Dodd 1848 Clayton – 1941 Spring Hope Farmer
Evaline Creech 1849 Clayton – 1909 Wake
Harvey Gri�n 1883 – 1932, Spring Hope Owned a Ford car dealership
Annie Dodd 1886 Clayton – 1958 Raleigh Sister of William Dodd, historian at the University of Chicago and Ambassador to Germany, 1933–1937
Edith Dora Gri�n 1911 Spring Hope – 1997 Zebulon Teacher Lived out of state from 1939 to 1975 Demsey Dodd
1765 – 1851, Johnston Farmer; died owning three slaves: Lewis, Lucelly, and Tempie
Phereby Dodd 1768 – 1860, Johnston
James Johnson c.1775 – 1839, Johnston
Mary Jones c.1786 Wake – c.1868 Johnston“Farmeress”; owned thirteen slaves
Jesse Creech 1782 – 1829, Johnston Farmer
Margarette Worley 1785 – 1850s, Johnston
Benajah Horne 1806 Johnston – 1878 Clayton Farmer; owned ten slaves
Elizabeth Tarver 1807 Wake – 1880 Clayton
LOWLAND FARMERS OF BRITISH ANCESTRY
Wake Franklin
Johnston
Nash
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Chamblee is anEnglish surname
Welsh ancestry
Horne is a Scottish surname
Tarver is anEnglish surname
Johnson is an Englishor Scottish surname
Jones is anEnglish surname
English and Scottishancestry
Worley is anEnglish surname
English ancestry
Finch is anEnglish surname
Apparently James and Charity never married; it is unclear why. �ey lived together, and James provided for Margaret in his will. (His executor was Jacob Strickland!)
C.M.J. (Claiborne Maharvey Jacob) Strickland and Elijah Morgan were �rst cousins through their mothers.
Candis Strickland was Martha Chamblee’s niece-in-law. Strickland is an English surname.
Demsey and Phereby Dodd were �rst cousins. Dodd is an English surname.
Margaret was born out of wedlock and raised by her mother and grandparents; her father married (twice) and lived nearby.
Morgan is a British surname
ClaytonAuburn
Spring HopeRaleighZebulon
James willed seven slaves toMary: Joham, Martha, and her
children Henderson, BenfordRobbin, Braswell, and Elenor.
After the war, at least two usedthe last name Jones.
$20,3363,355
total family assets before theCivil War (top) and after (bottom)
1,056800
618500
4,3255,000
15,2402,400
11,8171,800
15,600900
900300
14,400–
150na
KnoxKnoxville
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 1835 Cabrach – 1906 Chattanooga Midwife; delivered 1,700+ babies Immigrated to Ottawa in 1858
Gilbert Wood 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
Asa Murray 1882 Knoxville – 1966 Chattanooga Foreman at a plow manufacturer and iron foundry; weekend butcher
Callie Lillie Wood 1885 – 1982 Chattanooga School cafeteria manager, 1920s
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.
ANCESTORS OF JOSEPH MURRAY
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 ArchibaldMargaret MacGregor
FARMERS AND LABORERS OF BRITISH ANCESTRY
Most likelyEnglish ancestry
Chattanooga
WakeKnoxKnoxville
Gilbert Wood’s route during the Civil War
Dunkeld
CabrachBlair Atholl Cally
Lodge
Cleveland
SCOTLAND
Tellico (Cherokee Nation),where Isaac Bu�alow wasdischarged from the Army in 1817
Solomon Murray 1827 Ireland – 1864 Knox Paper maker Moved to England around 1830; immigrated to the US in 1848
Susan Bu�elow 1827 N. Carolina – 1873? Knox Paper mill worker
�omas Phibbs c.1833 Tennessee – 1860s Knox Farm worker Named after �omas Je�erson
Sarah McCall 1836 Knox – 1900s Knoxville Wool mill worker
Joseph Murray 1859 Knox – 1930 Knoxville Paper mill worker; Machinist Remarried Emma Marquardt, 1887
Sarah Annie Phibbs 1861 – 1884 Knox died during childbirth
Hugh Murray c.1803 Ireland – 1867 Trenton, NJ Paper maker Moved to England around 1830; immigrated to Tennessee in 1846 Remarried in 1850 to Polly Carnes
Elizabeth Gainor c.1804 Ireland – 1843 Richmond
Isaac Bu�alow c.1784 Wake – 1840s Knox Farmer; Private in the War of 1812 His father owned six slaves in 1806
Susan c. 1786 N. Carolina – 1860s Knox
Murray is an Irishor Scottish surname
Gainor is an Irishsurname; Richmondis a market town in northern England
Unknown ancestry,but the surname isalmost certainly notAmerican Indian
English ancestry
Scottish ancestry
English ancestry(probably)
Phibbs is anEnglish surname
William Phibbs? 1800s Tennessee – c.1838 Knox?
Syntha c.1811 Tennessee – c.1851 Knox
Duncan McCall c.1804 Knox? – 1880 Knox Farmer; Wagoner; Shoemaker Valuable land holdings
Mary “Polly” Hickey 1811 – 1870s, Knox Her father owned thirteen slaves
Benjamin Wood 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
Benjamin’s parents were born in Maryland. His father may have been a shopkeeper who moved to Washington DC.
John Winset born in Maryland
Priscilla Hooper born 1774, Calvert Her father owned �ve slaves in 1800
English ancestry
“an English family... well-to-do landholders”
FayetteRoss
Calvert
Syntha was �omas’smother; her husband
was probably William
Delaware
Elihu Rice 1788 Montague – 1858 Crawford Farmer
Polly Gould 1792 Massachusetts – 1853 Crawford
Jesse Snow 1780 Ashford – 1864 Crawford Farmer
Eleanor Pratt c.1781 MA – 1865 Crawford
John Cleveland 1775 Freetown – 1840s? Cincinnati Shoemaker; NB to OH after 1838
Lydia Jewett born 1784, She�eld
Benjamin Morse 1788 Fayette – 1852 Cincinnati Ship carpenter; NB to OH, c.1830
Anne Tilley 1793 She�eld – 1827 Frederickton
ANCESTORS OF MARY RICEDexter Rice 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
Olive Snow 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
Mary Morse 1816 Frederickton – 1896 McGregor
Elbert Rice 1854 Ashtabula – 1931 Tacoma Barber; Patent medicine dealer; Drug store owner; Fishmonger Moved to Trempealeau, Madison (with �rst 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 �rst met Elbert before moving back to St. Louis
Edward Jacobs 1860 – 1912 McGregor Cigar merchant Remarried to Ella Johnson, 1897 (his housekeeper in 1895; born 1874)
Cora May Eckert 1867 Wisconsin – 1930 Vermillion Remarried to Bernard Storch, 1902, then Clarence Lockwood, 1923
Fred Rice 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
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
Alexander Jacobs 1792 – 1852, Hollidaysburg Carpenter; fought in War of 1812
Dorcas Vandeventer 1795 Brady – 1841 Hollidaysburg Inherited a slave; sold it for a horse
E.W.H. Jacobs (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 �rst Jacob Snyder 1861, then Mahlon Kilgore 1865, Solomon Eckert 1869, Gregor McGregor c.1890, �nally Mortimer Flint 1904 Moved to Fillmore, Decorah, McGregor, Minneapolis, Watertown, then Vermillion
Abram Eckert 1815 Ulster – 1893 Columbus Farmer
Sarah De Gra� 1817 Ulster – 1891 Columbus
Jerome Demick c.1809 Pownal – 1862 Fillmore Hotel keeper; Farmer; Laborer
Cyrena Young c.1826 Vermont – 1860s Fillmore?
TRADESWORKERS AND FARMERS OF BRITISH (AND DUTCH) ANCESTRY
Gould is anEnglish surname
English and Scottishancestry, with possible7th-gen. link to nobility
“Dymoke” ancestors
Prehistoric maternalancestors likely migratedthrough northern Europe(mtDNA haplogroup U5a2b)
English ancestry (somevia Wales), with possible distant link to nobility
German and Dutchancestry
De Gra� is aDutch surname
English ancestry
Pratt is anEnglish surname
English and Scottishancestry
Dutch and (probably)English ancestry
Fort Meyers
Cedartown
AshtabulaColumbus
Trempealeau
St. Louis
Mellette
Madison
Tacoma
Alameda
BurbankLos AngelesSan Diego
HollidaysburgBrady Twp.Cincinnati
Freetown
FayetteSt. John
McGregorCedar Rapids
FillmoreFrederickton She�eld
MontagueUlster
Ashford
MorristownDecorah
Crawford
Baraboo
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John, Lydia, Benjamin, and Anne all had Loyalist parents who ed to what is now New Brunswick at the time of the American Revolution. All were of English ancestry.
Stephen Cook 1796 York – 1851 Bradford Miller; Disowned by the Quakers
Elizabeth Neiler 1801 York – 1835 Bradford
English and Swissancestry
BradfordYork
Pownal
from England
In the 1890s, Imogene and Cora became practitioners of Christian Science. �eir
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.
Minneapolis
Vermillion
Watertown
Bethel
Union
Philemon Carpenter 1801 Harrison – 1866 New Rochelle Farmer; $50,000 in assets in 1860 Remarried to Ezit Moody
Deborah Osborn c.1799 Fair�eld – 1830s New Roch’l
�omas Moody 1818 Beckington? – 1874 Fair�eld Ice dealer Arrived with his parents in 1830
Ann Underhill 1821 Eastchester – 1903 Bridgeport
�omas Carpenter 1832 Rye – 1931 Fort Dodge Cattle dealer; Farmer �ree years in the Union Army
Jane Moody 1843 Bridgeport – 1931 Fort Dodge Librarian
James Black 1822 – 1913, Greensboro Farmer; Lawyer; Justice of Peace
Sarah Steele 1827 – 1912, Greensboro
Aaron Blackshere 1827 Greene – 1893 Fort Dodge Farmer; Shopkeeper; Livestock dealer; Steamboat captain; Sheri� Remarried to Margaret Ericson in 1866, then to Frances Core in 1868
Nancy Dunaway 1832 Greene – 1865 Fort Dodge
James Black 1856 Greensboro – 1935 Fort Dodge Farmer; Businessman
Margaret Blackshere 1861 – 1907, Fort Dodge
Sta�ord Carpenter 1880 – 1941, Fort Dodge Insurance; Shopkeeper
Lucy Black 1885 – 1981, Fort Dodge �ird-grade teacher
�omas James Carpenter 1911 Brisbane – 2010 Pitts�eld Electrical Engineer for General Electric; held seven patents
ANCESTORS OF THOMAS CARPENTERWilliam Carpenter 1772 – 1847, Harrison
Abby Halstead 1772 Rye – 1834 Harrison
Daniel Osborn 1760 – 1801, Fair�eld
Mary Bartram 1765 Fair�eld – 1843 Rye
John Moody 1773 Beckington – 1867 Bridgeport Miller; immigrated to NY in 1830
Elizabeth Francis 1792 N. Bradley – 1865 Bridgeport
Noah Underhill 1775 – 1840, Eastchester
Elizabeth Odell 1782 Yonkers – 1831, Eastchester
Benjamin Black c.1801 – 1843, Greensboro Merchant; Justice of the Peace
Sophia Gabler c.1799 – 1852, Greensboro
James Steele born c.1794, Greene
Sarah Morris born c.1804, Greene
Francis Blackshere 1795 Delaware − 1841 Greene Farmer; fought in the War of 1812
Sarah Blackshere 1802 Delaware – 1889 Greene
John Dunaway 1801 Fayette – 1880s Greene? Farmer; Wagoner
Margaret Robinson 1801 – 1888 Greene?
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS OF BRITISH ANCESTRY (PLUS SOME DUTCH AND GERMAN)English ancestry
English ancestry
Scottish ancestry
German ancestry
Daniel and Marywere fourth cousinsof English ancestry,traceable back toWilliam the Conqueror
English ancestry,traceable back toWilliam the Conqueror
English and Dutchancestry
Irish ancestry
English and Irishancestry
Francis and Sarah were second cousinsof English and Welshancestry
Steele is anEnglish surname
Morris is aBritish surname
Beckington andNorth Bradley(�ve miles apart)
FayetteCounty
Greensboro
Pitts�eldWestchester
CountyBridgeport
Fair�eld
Rye
FortDodge
Brisbane (now a ghost town)
GreeneCounty
Delaware HarrisonNew RochelleNew RochelleHarrisonEastchesterEastchester
YonkersYonkers Rye
Nathaniel Williams 1799 – 1875, Lanesboro Farmer
Maria Porter 1808 Williamstown – 1833 Lanesb’ro
Rufus Glover 1799 Schodack – 1872 Cheshire Blacksmith
Samantha Hurd 1803 – 1846, Lanesboro
Elihu Ingraham 1792 – 1867, New Ashford Farmer; Captain in state militia; Selectman; Justice of the Peace
Olive Mallory 1797 – 1872, New Ashford
Samuel Pine 1810 – 1841, Hoosick
Betsey Card
ANCESTORS OF DONNA WILLIAMSGeorge Williams 1831 – 1915, Lanesboro Farmer
Minerva Glover 1830 – 1916, Lanesboro
Elihu Ingraham, Jr. 1822 – 1908, New Ashford Farmer; Selectman and town o�cer Fought in the Union Army Married �rst to Lorania Beach
Celestia Pine 1833 Hoosick – 1911 Lanesboro
Frederick Williams 1864 Providence – 1913 Lanesboro Farmer
Ida Jane Ingraham 1858 New Ashford – 1939 Lenox
Joshua Maynard 1822 – 1895, Williamstown Farm laborer; Farmer
Caroline Reed c.1828 – 1869, Williamstown
Daniel Sweet 1825 – 1889, Berlin Farm laborer; Farmer
Lucy Ann Swift 1837 – 1870, Berlin
Daniel Maynard 1849 Williamstown – 1930 Hancock Farm laborer; Farmer
Sarah Sweet 1854 Berlin – 1931 Hancock
Edward Williams 1889 Providence – 1927 Pitts�eld Furnace Worker; Truck Driver Died of pneumonia seven months after his wife died of cancer
Eva Maynard 1893 Hancock – 1927 Pitts�eld
Donna Louise Williams 1919 – 2008, Pitts�eld Nurse (before marriage) After her parents’ death, adopted by Ivan Kramer (1892–1982; elec. salesman) and Vivian Ru�er (1895–1969; teacher)
Alpha Maynard 1788 Colebrook – 1865 Williamst’n Farm laborer; Farmer
Sarah Warren c.1786 – 1870, Williamstown
Alexander Reed 1780 Lanesboro – 1877 Williamst’n Farmer
Sarah Daniels 1787 – 1859, Williamstown
Ichabod Sweet 1806 – 1888, Berlin Farmer; Miller
Waty Sherman 1802 NY State – 1879 Berlin
William Swift 1790 NY State? – 1836 Berlin
Sarah Whitman ? born 1831?
YANKEE FARMERS OF ENGLISH (AND SCOTTISH) ANCESTRY
Porter is anEnglish surname
English ancestry,traceable back tonobility of all kinds
Swift is a Scottish surname
Whitman is anEnglish surname
Scottish ancestry
English ancestry
English ancestry
Sherman is anEnglish surname
English ancestry,traceable back toWilliam the Conqueror
Pine is anEnglish surname
Warren is anEnglish surname
Maynard is anEnglish surname
Ingraham is anEnglish surname
Hurd is anEnglish surname
Glover is anEnglish surname
�e same source that lists Sarah Whitman as Lucy Ann’s mother also reports that they were born only six years apart.
Card is anEnglish surname
ProvidenceColebrook
Hoosick
SchodackBerlin Williamstown
LenoxPitts�eldLanesboroCheshireNew Ashford
Hancock
Francesco Mira c.1821 – 1860, Siculiana Possedente (Landowner)
Francesca Parisi 1825 – c.1895, Siculiana
Domenico Dinolfo 1825 – c. 1855, Siculiana
Domenica Lo Iacono 1830 – 1856, Siculiana
Giuseppe Mira 1844 – 1904, Siculiana Apilcoltore (Beekeeper)
Giuseppa Dinolfo 1846 – 1916, Siculiana
Felice Casaceli 1833 – 1900, Lìpari Bottaio (Barrel Maker)
Concetta Palamara 1830 – 1900, Lìpari
Gaetano Lombardo 1835 – c. 1910s, Lìpari Tintore (Dyer)
Giuseppa Castellano 1838 – c. 1920s, Lìpari
Felice Casaceli 1862 Lìpari – 1943 Rochester Bottaio (Barrel Maker) immigrated to the US in 1902, thenceforth known as Felix
Maria Lombardo 1871 Lìpari – 1958 Rochester immigrated to the US in 1903, thenceforth known as Mary Aunt of singer Guy Lombardo
Giovanni Mira 1888 Siculiana – 1979 Rochester Shoemaker, Insurance Agent immigrated to the US in 1907, thenceforth known as John
Concetta Casaceli 1894 Lìpari – 1971 Rochester immigrated to the US in 1903; known by her middle name, Elvira
Dominic Ernest Mira 1919 Rochester – 2011 Phoenix Industrial Engineer
�e two Giuseppa Dinolfos here are not the same person, and neither had the same parents as Leonardo Dinolfo.
SICILY
Siculiana
Lìpari
ANCESTORS OF DOMINIC MIRAGiuseppe Mira c. 1792 – 1832, Siculiana Bottegaro (Shopkeeper)
Anna Lo Castro c. 1792 – 1860, Siculiana
Lorenzo Parisi born c. 1789
Giuseppa Dinolfo born c. 1792
Leonardo Dinolfo c. 1786 – 1828, Siculiana Borgese (Smallholder)
Giuseppa Veneziano born c. 1797, Siculiana
Liborio Lo Iacono born c. 1794, Siculiana son of a Calzalaio (Shoemaker)
Giuseppa Dinolfo born c. 1797, Siculiana
Felice Casaceli 1800 – 1857, Lìpari
Angela Sidoti 1804 – 1900, Lìpari
Onofrio Palamara 1800 – 1869, Lìpari
Angela Morsillo born 1805, Lìpari
Luigi LombardoGiuseppa Nastasi
Liberatore Castellano c. 1819, Positano – 1888 Filicudi Tra�cante (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.
TRADESWORKERS FROM SICULIANA AND LÌPARI
ANCESTORS OF JOSEPHINE PARISI
Alfonso Panarisi born c. 1820, Siculiana
Pietra Guarragi born 1823, Siculiana
Vincenzo Di Mora born c. 1816, Siculiana
Vincenza Magro born 1824, Siculiana
Pasquale Panarisi born 1856, Siculiana Contadino (Farmer)
Leonarda Di Mora born 1844, Siculiana
Paolo Vaccaro c. 1795 – 1861, Siculiana Contadino (Farmer) �rst wife: Maria Anna Lo Iacono
Cristina Santino born c. 1815
Francesco Tamburello born 1833, Siculiana
Giuseppa Barba born c. 1841, Siculiana
Giacomo Vaccaro born c. 1854, Siculiana Contadino (Farmer) came to the US in 1903 on the same ship as Alfonso Panarisi
Maria Tamburello born 1865, Siculiana
Alfonso Panarisi 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
Leonarda Vaccaro 1892 Siculiana – 1971 Logansport Dressmaker immigrated to the US in 1920, thenceforth known as Leona
Leona Josephine Parisi 1921 Logansport – 2012 Phoenix
SICILY
Siculiana
Leonardo Panarisi c. 1787 – 1825, Siculiana Contadino (Farmer)
Liboria Fede c. 1791 – 1831, Siculiana
Leonardo Guarragi born c. 1791
Filippa Magro c. 1800 – 1864, Siculiana
Silvestro Di Mora c. 1777 – 1837, Siculiana Contadino (Farmer)
Leonarda Riolo c. 1785 – 1865, Siculiana
Giuseppe Magro c. 1792 – 1837, Siculiana Contadino (Farmer)
Calogera Contrera c. 1795 – 1845, Siculiana
Giacomo VaccaroAnna Manzone
Giuseppe Santino c. 1776 – 1843, Siculiana
Giuseppa Iacono c. 1784 – 1839, Siculiana
Pasquale Tamburello born c. 1800, Siculiana
Angela Maria Vella born c. 1813, Siculiana
Giacomo Barba born c. 1819, Siculiana
Antonia Castello born 1823, Siculiana
Filippa Magro and Giuseppe Magro did not have the same parents.
FARMERS FROM SICULIANA
György Mihálykó pronounced “Jirj Meehaiko” 1893 Nátafalva – 1960 Akron Miner; Rubber Worker immigrated to the US in 1912, thenceforth known as George
Mária Csencsarik pronounced “Mahria Chenchawrick” 1895 Pazdics – 1979 Akron Hotel Custodian immigrated to the US in 1914, thenceforth known as Mary
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András Mihálykó pronounced “Ondrash Meehaiko” born 1868, Nátafalva Farmworker; Smallholder
Mária Mátyás pronounced “Mahria Mahtyahsh” born 1864, Nátafalva
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János Csencsarik pronounced “Yahnosh Chenchawrik” born 1858, Pazdics Servant, Farmworker, Groundsman
Zsuzsanna Palyó pronounced “Susanna Pahyo” born c.1861, Pazdics
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Zsuzsanna Friga pronounced “Susanna Freega” born 1832, Pazdics
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Mihály Csencsarik pronounced “Meehai Chenchawrik” born 1817, Pazdics Servant
Erzsébet Csizsmarik pron’cd “Erzhaybet Chizhmawrik” born 1823, Pazdics
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György Mátyás pronounced “Jirj Mahtyahsh” born c.1832, Nátafalva Smallholder
Mária Miskó pronounced “Mahria Meeshko” born 1837, Nátafalva
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Péter Mihálykó pronounced “Payter Meehaiko” born 1834, Nátafalva Farmworker Owned a cow and a calf in 1869
Anna Rudácskó pronounced “Ahna Roodachko” born 1839, Sztankócz
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John Mihalko 1921 Beaverdale – 1983 West Lafayette Teacher, Coach, Painter Served in the Army in World War II
ANCESTORS OF JOHN MIHALKOPEASANT FARMERS FROM EASTERN SLOVAKIA
SLOVAKIA
Pazdics “Pawzdich”
Nátafalva“Nahtafalva”
András = Andrej (“Ondray”)Anna = Anna (“Ahna”)Erzsébet = Alžbeta (“Alzhbehta”) György = Juraj (“Yurai”)János = Ján (“Yahn”)Mária = Mária (“Mahria”)Mihály = Michal (“Mihckal”)Péter = Peter (“Petter”)
GIVEN NAMES RELIGION AT BIRTH= Greek Catholic= Roman Catholic= “Evangelical” (i.e., Lutheran)
FAMILY NAMESAdamcsik = AdamčikCsencsarik = ČenčarikCsizsmarik = ČižmarikFriga = FrigaHrenyó = HreňoKlobusiczky = Klobušický Kovály = KovaľMali = MaliMagura = MaguraMátyás = MaťašMihálykó = MihaľkoMiskó = Miško Palyó = PaľoPéter = Peter Polyaskó = PoľaškoRohaly = RohaľRudácskó = Rudačko
John’s parents self-identied ethnically as Slovak and spoke Slovak at home. But before 1918, when present-day Slovakiawas still part of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Autro-Hungarian Empire, all names and placenames were recorded inHungarian. (Latin and Church Slavonic, however, were used on some church forms. ese names were commonlytranslated into Hungarian.) Here are the Slovak equivalents of the Hungarian names used on this sheet:
Nátafalva and Pazdics are nine miles apart.Sztankócz (“Stawnkots”), Rákócz (“Rahkots”), and Alsó Hrabócz
(“Olsho Hrawbots”) are all within ve miles of Nátafalva.Sámogy (“Shamodge”) is two miles from Pazdics.
pronounciation of familynames is roughly the samein both languages
Mária’s family name also appeared as Hrendova and Hrehanits, neither of which is common.
Following Slavic custom, Mária’s surname often appeared as Miskova.
Péter’s surname also appeared as Mihalykov.
Older spelling: Tsentsarÿk
Older spelling: Csizsmarÿk; also known as Adamtsÿk
Mária’s family name was sometimes recorded as Kovály.
Mária’s family name also appeared as Petranya.
Both Mihály and his son Péter were also recorded with the family name Mali.
Older spelling: Rudatsko
Older spellings: Klobusitzky,Klobusiczki
Zzuzsanna’s surname also appeared as Palyov.
János’s surname also appeared as Csincsárik.
Older spelling: Pollÿatsko
No Greek-Catholic records from Pazdics before 1875
György Friga pronounced “Jirj Freega” Miller; Peasant farmer
Mária Rohaly pronounced “Mahria Rohai” born 1794, Pazdics
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András Csencsarik pronounced “Ondrash Chenchawrik”
Anna Polyaskó pronounced “Ahna Poyawshko” born 1794, Pazdics
György Csizsmarik pronounced “Jirj Chizhmawrik”
Mária Magura pronounced “Mahria Mahgoora”
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János Mátyás pronounced “Yahnosh Mahtyahsh” born c.1810, Alsó Hrabócz Smallholder
unknown wife
György Miskó pronounced “Jirj Meeshko” born c.1815, Nátafalva Farmworker; Smallholder
Mária Hrenyó pronounced “Mahria Hrenyo” born c.1814, Sámogy
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Mihály Mihálykó pronounced “Meehai Meehaiko” Farmworker
Mária Péter pronounced “Mahria Payter” born c.1790, Rákócz
Mihály Rudácskó pronounced “Meehai Roodachko” Farmworker
Anna Klobusiczky pronounced “Ahna Klobooshitsky”
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PLACENAMESAlsó 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”)
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Anna’s surname also appeared as Rudácskova.
ANCESTORS OF MARGARET LEONARDJohn Wesley Leonard 1821 Wayne – 1908 St. Joseph “self-made” Farmer; Republican
Eliza Laing 1824 Wayne – 1882 St. Joseph
William Vesey 1838 Lake – 1887 St. Joseph Farmer
Ellen “Nellie” Smith 1843 Brant – 1928 St. Joseph immigrated to the U.S. in 1866
Schuyler Leonard 1867 – 1933, St. Joseph Farmer
Emma Vesey 1867 – 1956, St. Joseph
Jacob Dausman c.1842 Welland – c.1875 Elkhart Farmer immigrated to the U.S. with his parents in 1850
Caroline Weaver 1844 Holmes – 1913 Teegarden After Jacob’s death, Caroline raised their children with her second husband, Levi Newcomer
Joseph Crow 1853 Richlnnd – 1939 Nappanee Farmer, Foreman
Elizabeth Pletcher 1850 Richland – 1915 Nappanee
Albert Dausman 1868 Elkhart – 1942 South Bend Factory worker and Foreman at the Singer Manufacturing Company plant for sewing-machine cabinets
Rosa Ann Crow 1875 Richland – 1939 W. Lafayette
Harry Leonard born 1895, St. Joseph County died 1978, West Lafayette Professor of agricultural economics at Purdue; served in World War I
Vera Dausman 1897 Argos – 1987 West Lafayette
Margaret Louise Leonard 1928 Lafayette
Henry Leonard born in PA; died 1825, Wayne
Anna Yoder/Yoger
William Laing 1784 Logie, Scotland – 1864 Wayne Farmer; arrived in Maryland c.1785
Elizabeth Jewell born in Ohio; died 1824, Wayne
George Veasey 1811 Braintree VT – 1887 St. Joseph Farmer, “Staunch Republican”
Olive Graham 1816 NY State – 1859 St. Joseph
John Smith 1820 – 1871 Brant Farmer; son of New Jersey loyalists
Sarah Whitney 1825 Wentworth – 1852 Brant daughter of New Jersey loyalists
Jacob Dausman 1814 Wissembourg – 1893 Elkhart Miller, Farmer; left France in 1828
Mary Hershey 1818 Welland – 1851 Elkhart daughter of Pennsylvania loyalists
David Weaver 1814 Somerset – 1891 Elkhart Farmer
Margaret Rohrer 1818 – 1848, Holmes
James Crow 1827 Washington – 1902 Richland Farmer
Elizabeth Crabbs 1828 Washington – 1909 Richland
Samuel Pletcher 1812 Centre – 1873 Richland Tailor, Farmer
Mary Nestlerode 1813 Centre – 1862 Richland
Logie is a parish in central Scotland
PIONEER FARMERS OF BRITISH AND WEST GERMANIC ANCESTRY
Jewell is anEnglish surname
Leonard is probably an English surname
“of German descent”
“of English descent”
German and (some) British ancestry; originally Schmidt
English and Swissor German ancestry
Wissembourg is a German-speaking city in France, on the German border
Welsh, English,and Scotch Irish ancestry
German ancestry
Centre
Holmes
Brant Welland
WestLafayette
Lake
Somerset
Washington
ElkhartSt.
Joseph
RichlandWayne
Argos
South BendTeegardenNappanee
Swiss and German ancestry; originally “Hersche”
Swiss or German ancestry
German ancestry;originally “Pletscher”
German ancestry;originally “Nesselroth”
English ancestry
Crabbs is an English surname
Wentworth