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Wes and Jane Cannon, "Re: Renfro-Dunham-Van..."08 June 2007, e-mail to Carl W. Gray (8 June 2007). |
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Wes and Jane Cannon, "Re: Renfro-Dunham-Van..."08 June 2007, e-mail to Carl W. Gray (8 June 2007). |
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Wes and Jane Cannon |
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S3121 |
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> Hello Gratia, > Thank You. > How was your whole trip great and educational, did You go to learn or > did you give some of the learning? > How was your family fine I hope. > I have read about the Dunham/Singletary but do not know if I am parart > of the Singletary or not, are You or Paul? David says he is. I forgot > what King was it and what year? I get on a certain website such as > this one and the one about the VanMatre's in the Virginia Territory on > their front page and I cacan find it again and it is when I have ran out > of ink and we have two printers (Ha-Ha). I was wondering if you find a > Laptop helpful? We are going to go to Ft. > Wayne, IN. Genealogy Library, they say it is a good one, have you > been? >--- Gratia Mahony wrote: > All: I did a bit of research on this. > As you have given below, Ira Dunham m. Phoebe/Phebe Renfro > > I also find Ira Linsy Dunham b. abt. 1850 in OH, > He m. first 25 Dec. 1870 Josephine Renfro > He m. second 8 Oct. 1877 Phebe Ellen Renfro > She was born in Indiana > > From the 1880 census of Noble, Richland Co. IL Ira's father was b. OH, > mother b. OH Phebe's father b. KY, mother b. OH > > In tracing this family back in the census records: > From 1870 census of Townsend Twp. Sandusky Co. OH, p. 247, Family #86; > Ira Dunham 40 Farmer b. OH (so b. abt. 1830) > Rebecca 38 b. OH (she was Rebecca Goulden) > Ira 15 all children b. OH > Mary 13 > Amanda 11 > Isabell 9 > Frank 8 > Alice 5 > Grant 4 > Hannah 2 > Schuyler 8 mos. > > From this we can see that the Ira who m. Phebe Renfro was b. in 1855 > and his parents were Ira (b. abt. 1830) and Rebecca Goulden. The > marriage date given on the FamilySearch.org web site is 3 Feb. 1850. > > From the 1860 census of Townsend, Sandusky Co. OH p. > 96, Family #683; > Ira Dunham 32 Master Farmer b. OH > Rebecca 27 > Ira 5 > Mary A. 3 > Amanda J. 2 > > The next family, # 684 is for James Dununham > James Dunham 40 > Mary 20 > James 11 > Hannah 6 > Rachael 4 mos. > > From the 1850 census of Margaretta Twp. Erie Co. OH (next to Sandusky) > p. 117, Family #108; > Margaret Dunham 44 b. NY (so b. abt. 1806) > Howell 16 b. OH (so b. abt. 1834) > Amanda 9 b. OH (so b. abt. 1841) > Jane 4 b. OH (so b. abt. 1846) > Ira 20 Farmer b. OH (so b. abt. 1830 > Rebecca 17 This would be Rebecca Goulden > > The fact that the husband of Margaret Dunham does not appear on tthe > 1850 census indicates that he was probably dead by 1850. > If we look at the > Dunhams who lived in Erie Co. OH in 1840 we find three living in > Margaretta Twp. These are: > Nathan Dunham age 30-40 in 1840 (so b. 1800-1810) Martha Dunham age > 50-60 in 1840 (so b. 1780-1790) Margarite Dunham age 30-40 in 1840 > (so b. > 1800-1810) She may be the > same > Margaret Dunham who appears in the 1850 census above, however if so > she was having children in 1841 and 1846. > > I have not had a chance to trace this line further back, and they do > not readily appear in my data. They could originate from the Dunham > family of Piscataway, NJ who went to either Salem or Cumberland Co. > NJ. That line has been very difficult to tract. > > I hope this will help you. > > Best, > Gratia > > Gratia Dunham Mahony > 6043 Vereker Dr. > Oxford, OH 45056 > gratiam1@verizon.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WES CANNON [mailto:gpa1gma@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:41 PM > To: renfrosk@murlin.com > Cc: Wes Cannon; David Dunham; Paul Dunham; Carl W Gray; Jane Cannon; > Carl W Gray; Jerry Hundley; lilla@centurytel.net; Gratia Dunham > Mahoney; Leslie Smail > Subject: Re: Renfro-Dunham-Van Meter Family Something for everyone > > > Hello, > > I got back from Richland Co. IL. courthouse and this is what I > > found. > > Ada Dunham wed Birtle VanMeter (Marriage records > > spelling)12-24-1901 dau. of Ira Dunham & Phoebe (a different > > spelling) son of Jason VanMeter. > Florence > > Dunham wed Ellery Broughton 10-27-1895 dau.of Ira Dunham & Phebe > > Renfro & G/dau of Sarah Knowles > (this > > > is the grandmother that raised my Grandma Mabel > and > > was so mean to hher, I guess because Grandma was > born > > > about 15 days after they were wed)(she had to get > in > > on it and where ever she had Ada buried???) son of > > > B. F. Broughton & Nancy Wheeler. I am not sure if is a error or what > > but I wrote it down Ann D. > Behner > > wed John M. Metz 3-31-1879. Eliza J. Behymer wed John Philips > > 8-27-1863. Henrietta """ wed George McClure 12-16-1869. Mary A. """ > > wed W.H. Taylor > 4-18- > > 1861 dau. of N. Behymer. Mary J. """ wed Martin VV. > > Grubb 8-10-1871. Phebe Behymer wed John Norris > 2-8- > > 1875. Renfro's Betsa J. wed Ruben Wright > 10-18-1866. > > He maybe the one that wed Mary A. Swingo > 10-26-1872. > > Harriett """ wed Timothy Gray 11-7-1867. Josephine > "" > > wewed Ira Linsy Dunham 12-25-1870. Myrtle """ wed Charles F. Haynes > > 9-21-1913 (in the book it said James another type error) Dau. of C. > > F. Renfro & Maggie Rodgers. Phebe E. """ wed Ira L. Dunham > 10-8- > > 1877. Rebecca A. """ wed Fredricck Gray 11-30-1873. > > > Emily " frow wedJames I. Jones 10-15-1876. > Caroline > > ""frow wed Charles E. Lowe 7-4-1880 (firecracker > day) > > dau. of Isaac Renfro & Charity Behymer son of > Hardin > > Lowe & Sarah Crow. > > G/Grandma Ada Dunham VanMatre died abt 1905 with child and TB > > weather related. Phebe was 35 and Ira was 45 when Ada was born. > > Charity had Ia B. and > Ada > > in 1900 cenus and shortly there after Ada was Wed > and > > had passed before 1910 census were taken. I need > to > > go back to our College and look in the cesus since > I > > have this looked up and with everyone's help they have gave me. I > > use one website for all I want to copy and I saw names that others > > might be looking for. I some times can put things together by > typing > > it out. > Thank You Everyone, > Jane > > --- renfrosk@murlin.com wrote: > > > I will try sending this to your genealogy address. > I > > have a hotmail > > account, however, my office compputer doesn't tell > me > > when I receive > > e-mail. So I use my murlin address instead. I will try and find > > Isaac's parents tonight, unless we have storms. You mentioned your > > great grandmother Ida Renfro Dunham dieing early, her motheher Pheby > > also died young too. According to the 1900 Census Ada was shown as > > Ida E Dunham born Aug 1883 in IL. Of course the information is as > good > > as who gave it to the > > census taker. This is the only census that I found Ada in. I found > > another sister Florence born in 1879, who married Elery Broughton on > > Oct 27, 1895. > > Evidently she died young too because he was > married > === message truncated === |
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Dunham, Alice
Dunham, Amanda
Dunham, Amanda
Dunham, Frank
Dunham, Grant
Dunham, Hannah
Dunham, Hannah
Dunham, Howell
Dunham, Ira
Dunham, Ira Lindsy
Dunham, Isabell
Dunham, James
Dunham, James
Dunham, Jane
Dunham, Mary
Dunham, Nathan
Dunham, Rachael
Dunham, Schuyler
Goulden, Rebecca
Renfro, Phoebe Ellen |
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Family: Brockhouse, Ronald Dewey / Colclasure, Diana Lynn
Family: Hull, Gene / Colclasure, Diana Lynn |
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