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| 12251 | The relatives on TIJ Strickers death notice in 1927 are: H.J., W.A., J.H., G.M., A.M.E., E.J., H.A. and M.E.J. Stricker. Lid der derde Orde van St Fransicus. Na voorzien te zijn van de H H Sacramenten der Stervenden in den ouderdom van 66 jaar. | Stricker, Theodorus IJsbrand (I32789)
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| 12252 | The subject of this biographical sketch is the son of George P. and Susan (Wiseman) Bass. He was born on the old Wiseman place, January 22, 1830. He is one of a family of eleven children — nine sons and two daughters — of whom five sons and two daughters are now living. When a small boy his parents removed from the old home, in the vicinity of Ashland, to a farm in Howard county, where Lawrence lived and labored until seventeen years of age. The next three years were spent in learning the saddlery business, but not liking the trade, he has never followed it. In the spring of 1850 Mr. Bass started for California by the overland route, reaching his destination in the month of July following. He remained in California and Nevada until 1875, making several business trips East, at onetime bringing with him from Colorado a herd of 2,000 cattle. While in the West he was actively engaged in freighting, mining, and trading in stock. In the spring of 1876 he moved to the A. E. Ellis farm, where he now resides. He is a member of the firm of Bass, Johnston, Brooks & Harris, Ashland. The firm is known as the Trade Centre. They have a branch store at Guthrie, in Callaway county. Mr. Bass is also a member of the Ashland Mill Company; also a stockholder in the Ashland Bank, and one of the directors. He was one of the originators of the Boone county stock sales. He has been an extensive sheep-raiser, having large flocks in Texas. His experience in business is of wider range perhaps than that of any other capitalist or trader in his locality. Mr. Bass was married November 17, 1870, to Miss Sallie Ellis, only daughter of A. E. Ellis, of Boone county. They have had three children — two sons (Abraham Ellis, Lawrence Derby) and one daughter (Roena) — of whom only one, the youngest son, is living. Mr. Bass has had many adventures during his extensive travels, the most thrilling of which perhaps was a shipwreck off the coast of British Columbia in 1858. The vessel was a total wreck. Mr. Bass and several others escaped in an open boat. He is an affable gentleman, kind and courteous in his manners, and is justly honored and esteemed by all who know him. [Source: History of Boone County, Missouri; By Author Col. Wm. F. Switzler; Publ. 1882; Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack] "He is a member of the firm of Bass, Johnston, Brooks & Harris, of Ashland. The firm is known as the Trade Centre. They have a branch store at Guthrie, in Callaway County. Mr. Bass is also a member of the Ashland Mill Company; also a stockholder in the Ashland Bank, and one of the directors. He was one of the originators of the Boone County stock sales. He has been an extensive sheep-raiser, having large flocks in Texas. His experience in business is of wider range perhaps than that of any other capitalist or trader in his locality. . . . He is an affable gentleman, kind and courteous in his manners" (William F. Switzler, The History of Boone County, Missouri, published in 1882). Bass-Johnston Banking Company of Ashland in 1883 was formally chartered in 1897, with J.T.M. Johnston as president. Directors were Johnston; Lawrence Bass; John Lawrence Johnston (1887– 1958), son of J.T.M. and Florence; S.R. Hazell (bank cashier); and Eli Penter (1836– 1915). The firm opened banks in Kansas City and Muskogee, Oklahoma, as well as Denison. | Bass, Lawrence Derby (I20884)
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| 12253 | The town of Marionville, Missouri is named after major James Marion Moore. | Moore, Major James Marion (I21062)
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| 12254 | The Valley of Virginia or the Shenandoah Valley, which was stretched from Winchester, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia to Roanoke, the county seat of Botetourt County, Virginia, is bordered by the Blue Ridge mountains to the East and the Allegheny mountains to the West. This Valley of Virginia does also includes the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. It was the first gateway for the pioneer settlers to settle it. During the eighteenth century, the Valley of Virginia, or the Shenandoah Valley, was considered as the true, yet first ÒbackcountryÓ frontier in the colony of Virginia. Colonial Virginia governors and its public officials had encouraged the settlers from other locations in British Colonies to settle and live there as the true buffer against French and Indian claims in the mountains of northwestern and western Virginia. Almost all pioneer settlers came from the Province of Pennsylvania and Maryland. They had crossed over the Potomac River into the lower Valley of Virginia.Later, they migrated to the upper Valley of Virginia. From ANCESTRY'S RED BOOK, American State, County & Town Sources, Revised Edition by Ancestry Incorporated, this map above clearly shows the area in yellow with the county seat underlined which it is still the center of this writers almost 50 years of Ragan/Reagan family and historical research. From page 43 of A HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA by John Walter Wayland, it stated that "the majority of these settlers had come up the Valley from Maryland and Pennsylvania, but a few had come across the Blue Ridge from East Virginia.Ó Again, on page 238 of the same publication, it stated that Òmost of these came up the Valley from Pennsylvania and Maryland prior to 1800." As appeared from this writers almost 50 years of Ragan/Reagan family and historical research on the first Timothy Ragan/Reagan, his children and his grandchildren, several Ragan/Reagan families from Anne Arundel County, Maryland were now considered as the one of "backcountry" pioneer settlers during 1750's, and 1760's. They had settled first in the watershed of Opequon Creek, branch of the Shenandoah River in "Old" Frederick County, Virginia. [Frederick County, Virginia was created in 1738 from the parent county, Orange County, but it was not organized till 1745. Source: Donald B. Reagan, 2013, Genealogy.com - The Ragan/Reagan families in the western frontier of Virginia. -- Having reached at legal age (21 years), Timothy Ragan,Sr. was one of three witnesses to the will of Richard Moss which was written on Thursday, 15 Jul 1700 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was living in the area of Magothy River there. He was married 24 Nov 1703 in Westminister Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland to Mary Lary. Mary was born circa 1686 probably in Ireland or Anne Arundel County, Maryland. No data had been attempted on her parents. Timothy Ragan,Sr. bought from Christopher Miller on 14 Nov 1705, one hundred (100) acres of land known as "Souldiers Fortune" which was surveyed for Richard Snowdon,Jr. on 08 Dec 1701, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This land was located on "North Branch of Patuxant River in a place called ye fork." The 1706 tax roll of Baltimore County, Maryland showed Timothy Ragan,Sr. and his family as living in area of "the Upper Part of North Side of Patapsco Hundred." Then Timothy Ragan,Sr. was listed on 1707 rent rolls for Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties, Maryland. He was charged four Shillings for one hundred acres of land known as "Souldiers Fortune.Ó This land was located on Ôthe North Branch of Patuxent River near Ivey Hill." He was the one of three witnesses to the will of Nicholas Dorsey which was written on 15 Sep 1717 in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland. There is a clause written in Caleb Dorsey's deed on 24 Mar 1721 to John Beale. It mentioned "50 acres part thereof whereon Timothy Ragan now lives." This deed showed that Timothy Ragan,Sr. and his family was still living in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. There is a Bill of Sale document between Timothy Ragan,Sr. of Baltimore County, Maryland and Daniel Hearne of Prince GeorgeÕs County, Maryland for two (2) heifers on 10 Nov 1723. Then Daniel Hearne of Anne Arundel County, Maryland later executed the same Bill of Sale on 10 Jan 1728 for two (2) heifers back to John Ragan and Timothy Ragan,Jr. that he purchased from Timothy Ragan,Sr. previously. On the same document, these two Bill of Sale have had been approved by Provincial Court and were recorded in Archives of Maryland, Volume 697, page 310-311. This Bill of Sale document provided the crucial evidence to prove the relationships between Timothy Ragan,Sr. and his two sons, John Ragan and Timothy Ragan, Jr. Also, here we find real signatory mark for him on this Bill of Sale. It is unique signature mark, "V". We find that there is a clause written again in Caleb Dorsey's deed on 26 Mar 1732 to John Beale. It stated "50 acres part there of whereon Timothy Ragan now lives." It showed again that he and his family still lives there in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. On 06 Jan 1739/40, there have had been a capital crime, "breaking and entering", by Negro slave Abraham, property of Henry Dorsey against Mary Ragan, wife of Timothy Ragan in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This Negro slave, Abraham, was convicted by the County Court of Anne Arundel County, Maryland in Mar 1739/1740. The death warrant was issued on 20 Mar 1739/40 for Negro slave, Abraham; and was hanged on Wednesday, 26 Mar 1740 at the court house in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This is very unusual crime that have had been committed against her in our Ragan/Reagan family history. From 14 Mar 1744 deed from Basil Dorsey, son and heir of Caleb Dorsey, late, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, it stated that he "expressed his intentions to give to Timothy Regan where Mary Regan, mother of Timothy then lived." Timothy Ragan who purchased "Chew Vineyard," fifty (50) acress of land in Elk Ridge community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland was Timothy Ragan,Jr. Timothy Ragan,Sr. must have died before 14 Mar 1744 in Elk Ridge community, Westminister Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is the belief of this writer that he was buried in unmarked grave beside his wife in the environs of Elk Ridge, Westminister Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Mary Lary Ragan, wife of Timothy Ragan,Sr. remained a widow until her death circa Jan 1764. She left a last will and testament which was written on Sunday, 10 Dec 1752 and was probated on Monday, 23 Jan 1764 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Mary Lary Ragan, widow of Timothy Ragan,Sr. must have had died before 23 Jan 1764 in Elk Ridge community, Westminister Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is the belief of this writer that she was buried in unmarked grave beside her husband in the environs of Elk Ridge, Westminister Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Source: Donald B. Reagan, genealogy.com: ANCESTRY of TIMOTHY RAGAN/REAGAN, REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER | Ragan, Timothy (I25017)
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| 12255 | The widow Grace Creed, married second, Edward Warren. Two deeds (Surry Co., VA) of gift 7/7/1675 DB2, pg 88 show (1.) Grace Creed Warren (Raphael's widow remarried to Edward Warren)a gift to her granddaughter and godchild Grace Beckwith of a heifer. Male increase (calves) to go to Ed Oliver (her step-father.) She is then described as an orphan, underage and unmarried. (2.) is consecutive on the same page and is an identically worded gift from Elizabeth Creed Hogwood to her niece and godchild Elizabeth Beckwith, also an orphan, underage and unmarried. In both deeds, if either girl die before marriage or of age then the gift goes to the other sister. Some sources have Margaret with last name Grace, some have first name Grace "the widow Grace Creed". Facts: There were two wives, as Raphaell Creed married first Margret Baker Feb 4, 1632 in Henbury, Gloucester. They had John, Joane, Thomas and Mary. The book Jamestown, Southern Virginia Counties, Northampton County, North Carolina, Then Westward has widower Francis Hogwood married second Grace Flood. She may have been the mother of Elizabeth, Maudlin and William. | Baker, Margaret (I27631)
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| 12256 | Theo had three children; a daughter in Austria, son Piet, and son Henk. | van der Raadt, Theodorus Johannes (I20114)
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| 12257 | Theodor (Dirk) Voet wurde im Jahre 1724 in Lohne geboren. Er starb im Jahre 1781 in Dinklage. Er heiratete Anna Catharina Fröhle im Jahre 1762 in Dinklage. Anna Catharina Fröhle [Eltern] wurde im Jahre 1736 in Dinklage geboren. Source: Hans Jurgen Thamm Sie hatten die folgenden Kinder in Lohne geboren: M i Johan Henrich Voet 1768- M ii Werner Voet 1770- F iii Anna Elisabeth Voet 1773- F iv Anna Catharina Voet 1777-1777 . F v Anna Margaretha Voet 1777- | Voët, Theodor "Dirk" (I24265)
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| 12258 | Theophilus Bass, was the first County-Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Taney County (now part of Stone County, Missouri), being appointed in 1837 by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs. Coming from a family with means, he was highly educated for one of that period, and was very industrious and had taken up the work of surverying. It was while surveying the "base line" with Nathaniel Boone (son of Daniel Boone) that he met, wooed and won Mildred Shannon, daughter of John David Shannon, of White River Township. Theophilus Bass entered his land on White River (Missouri), just a little way from Forsyth, on August 23, 1845), comprising about 132 acres of Government land for which he paid $1,25 an acre, but turned in Government vouchers for surveyers services as payment. It was on both sides of the river and part of it became known and still is rememered as the Casey homestead (not related Caseys!). The land was sold to Levi Casey in April of 1848, for $1500 the year before Theophilus Bass died. Ill health may have been a factor in his selling this land for he was not quite forty years old. Theophilus owned NW 1/4 on the West and the NE 1/4 on the East side of the White River, giving him a shore line of 1 3/4 miles on the west and 3/4 miles on the east side of the river, and which comprised the new Shepherd of the Hills Estates. He lived on the south side of White River and held court at the mouth of Bull Creek. He was the sixth representative from Taney County to the 15th Gen. Assembly from Taney County, at Jefferson City, in 1848-49., and died while in office March 11th 1849. He was buried at Jefferson City, by Special Act of the Legislature and a tablet was erected to his memory. The following is taken from the proceedings of the Session of 1848-49: "An Act to pay funeral expenses of Hon. Theopolis Bass" Introduced and passed in the Senate march 12, 1849. Mr Mares introduced a Resolution in reference to the death of Theo. Bass, which were read, rules suspended and adopted. Mr. Hicks, introduced a Resolution autorizing George P. Bass (brother) to draw the pay which is due Theo. Bass, late member of Taney County, deceased. Adopted (House). House adopted an Act to pay funeral expenses. Senate adopted following Resolutions relating to the death of Theopolis Bass, and have also adopted House resolutions on the same subject. The House concurred in the Resolitions from the Senate in reference to the death of T.B. The inscription on the tablet in the Cemetery reads: "Sacred to the memory of Theopolis Bass, late Representative from Taney County, Missouri, who was born in Columbia, Murray County, Tennesse, on the 2nd of February 1811, and died on the 11th of March 1949. Erected by an Act of the General Assembly". The Missouri Statesman, published at Columbia, Missouri, says on March 16th, 1849: "Mr. Theopolis Bass, a member of the Legislature from Taney County, and who has been seriously ill during most of the Session, died on Saturday night last. Mr. Bass, was a son of Mr. Lawrence Bass of this County." In reading the preceedings of the latter part of this Session, Theopolis Bass, was absent for many days, unable to answer the roll call, but was reported from day to day as being sick and unable to atend the Sessions. At that day and age, distances were great, roads were bad, travel was light, and news was carried slowly and largely from "mouth to mouth". Mrs. Bass, (or as she was known later, Grandma Nelson,) did not know anything of her husbands death, until weeks later a horseman came riding to her doorway, leading another horse, and announced the death of Theopolis. The riderless horse was the one Theo. rode away to Jefferson City on when he went to attend the Legislature. On its return, it carried his saddle, saddle bags, clothing and gun and other belongings. The rider was believed to be one of his brothers from Boone county. | Bass, Hon. Theophilus (I20789)
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| 12259 | Theophilus Dinsmore married Sarah Bunger. | Dinsmore, Theophilus W. (I27812)
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| 12260 | There are two Jan Kempen buried in Amsterdam 1771/1772. Margaretha was a widow when she died in 1811. | Kempen, Jan Hendriksz (I24727)
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| 12261 | They lived and worked at the house "Djatie Toedjoe" (torn down 1965) on the south-east corner of the Gooweg Van der Weijdenlaan. The couple Maarten van der Raadt (1808-1888) and Marijtje Westerhoven (1806-1879) had five children: Arie (1835-1908) Diewertje (* 1837) Alida (1839-1920) Petroncila (1842-1907) and Klaas (1847-1930). Diewertje became religious and Alida married Leen van den Burg (1832-1897) and was the only one with descendants. The other three children stayed together and ran a joint household. They had some cattle, grew the famous dune potatoes and between 200 and 300 Roe Tulips, including the e.v.t. Proserpine (1875). A beautiful, powerful pink tulip that did not grow fast, of which Arie van der Raadt said: "It is gold in your stall, but copper to pull off!" At this company Dirk de Boer sr. (1876-1956) learned about the bloembollen trade during a few years around 1900. At least that was the intention. Especially Arie van der Raadt was his great teacher in many areas. Arie had read a lot; had a strong opinion on many matters and often made strong and pithy statements. Throughout his life, Dirk de Boer sr. Very regularly reminded Arie van der Raadt, "Arie de Raadt spoke of it!" so he said. Nobody knew who that was anymore, but Dirk still talked about him. Dirk de Boer Sr. was an intern, as was very common at the time. Petronella (Pie van der Raadt was a simple woman who could cook well. She was busy with it all day, with her head or with her hands, They ate well. The brown beans floated in the good butter! always "You have to think like this Dirk, we have dinner at 10 pm, and Mrs. Gevers at 5 pm .." That was literally true, but he also meant it figuratively. The Gevers family of Leeuwenhorst Castle owned the property (Leeuwenhorst abby (Ter Lee monastery) from 1261, was succeeded by the manor Leeuwenhorst arbound 1573, when it was torn down by Leiden residents to prevent use by the Spaniards. It is now replaced by the farm Oud-Leeuwenhorst). The relationship was very good ... If at Christmas the rent could not be paid, or not paid in full, Mrs. Gevers made no fuss about it either. Her three children: Pauline (1886-1942) Cecilia -1888 1978) and Jan Hugo (1891 -1956) sometimes spent an afternoon playing on the farm. Arie van der Raadt let them, even if they made a big mess of it. Mrs. Gevers (Anna Cecilia Gevers-Van Haersma de With (1864 1930). She then later said "The children had such a great time at your farm, Mr. Van der Raad, thank you," And Arie said: But everything comes to an end. After Dirk de Boer Sr. left for the Leidsevaart in April 1904 (a wide water that was dug out by hand), Petronella died in 1907 and Arie in 1908. Then Klaas, who had always lived in their shade, was alone. In 1912 Klaas was married at the age of 65 to Johanna Wijnands (1848-1927). After her death, Jhr. Jan Hugo Gevers, who is as crooked as a hoop, let Klaas be admitted to the newly built retirement home St. Bernardus' in Sassenheim, despite the fact that Klaas had also been unable to pay the rent more often. When the squire went to visit him there, where he was sitting in a nice room, the head nurse said: "It would be nice for Mr. Van Der Raadt if he also had a window on the side, then he would have such a beautiful view!" The squire said, "Have it fixed, and send the bill to me." Klaas passed away on December 17, 1930. He was 83 years old. Translated by Aad van den Burg, decendant of Alida, from a book about Noordwijkerhout in the 20th century by Dirk de Boer who was 88 years old. He visited people and wrote his story about it. | van der Raad, Martinus Hendriksz (I18728)
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| 12262 | They lived at Orange straat in Amsterdam when they wrote their testamente (will) 1765: https://archief.amsterdam/archief/5075/12316 In 1783 in a waiver in about selling property to Jan Vannie Gerritsz and Dirk Vannie: House and yard standing and located in the Haarlemmer Houttuinen otherwise called Droogbak at the Oranjestraat. This was also mentioned in a waiver in 1785 when buyer was Matthijs Ramler. | Meijlander, Elsje (I24015)
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| 12263 | They were the parents of 7 children: young Melvin Theodor, young Eddie, Selma Emelie Heimark Nelson, 1898– 1965 William Heimark, 1901– 1972 Eddie Clarence Heimark, 1903– 1905 Gladys Amelia Heimark Dollansky, 1909– 1965 Morgan Oliver Heimark, 1912– 1997 | Heimark, Albert O. (I32220)
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| 12264 | Third marriage for both. | Family F6855
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| 12265 | Thirteen children. | Wiseman, James (I20897)
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| 12266 | Thomas Edwinson, 7 yrs 3 mos. Little Indian Creek Cemetery and Burial Records | Kaltvedt, Thore Gunders. (I39259)
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| 12267 | Thomas er nevnt som pakter på Sædalsplassen, han paktet Øvstuntræ/Nordrevoll (til dagleg har Nordrevoll vore kalt Øpstutræ). Fana bygdebok har ham som utflyttet til Laksevåg (etter 1820). Pakter på Erdal mellem Øjord 1822, på Haugland, Askøy 1825, Hop, Askøy 1828, 1831, 1833. Sønnen Iver overtar som pakter på Hop mellom 1837 og 1839. Tomas på Natland i 1843 (sønnen Hans hadde Natland). Han dør på Nedre Dyngeland i 1859, antagelig hos sønnen Hans Andreas som døper et barn fra Dyngeland i 1859. | Hjellestad, Tomas Lars. (I4868)
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| 12268 | Thomas fekk kongeleg løyve til ågifta seg då han var i slekt i tredje ledd med Karis første mann Ørje. Thomas kan ha vore bror til Ola Anders. Glesnes, dei er nemnde saman i ei arvesak i 1733. | Glæsnes, Thomas Anders. (I25947)
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| 12269 | Thomas lived with brother Gerardus and family in 1853 in Amsterdam, quarter EE, Lauwrierstraat 634 And then in Amsterdam, quarter CC, Leidschestraat 5 with brother Cornelis Johannes from 1856 | Wilken, Thomas (I34127)
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| 12270 | Thomas meldte utflytting fra Sund til USA i mars 1900 og reiste med Cunard Line ut fra Bergen 20. mars 1900. Bor i Brooklyn med Pauline (og Henrietta) i folketellingene 1910, 1920, 1930 og 1940. | Hammersland, Thomas Henriks. (I16954)
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| 12271 | Thomas STUTFIELD or STUTEVILLE, Christ's college, Cambridge University, entered 1615. Matric. Fell.-Com. from CHRIST'S, Dec. 1615. S. and h. of Sir Martin (1585), of Dalham, Suffolk. B. Feb. 22, 1599. Probably in Paris, c. 1631. Strong Royalist. Married Judith, dau. of Matthew Robinson, of Thorpe, Northants. Died Aug. 23, 1649 (1656, according to Peile). Brother of John (1625), father of the next and of Charles (1657). (Peile, I. 303; Gage, 345; Davy.) | Stuteville, Thomas (I27912)
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| 12272 | Thomas Tørrisen. gift 1790 med slektningen Anna Assersdtr. Østtveit. | Forland, Thomas Tørris. (I7896)
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| 12273 | Thomas van Leeuwen assisteert zijn dochter bij haar ondertrouw | Family F10235
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| 12274 | Thomas var alt på Drøna då dei vart gifte. | Family F2417
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| 12275 | Thomas was born in England. He most likely died during Bacon's Rebellion (8 April 1674), near Farnham, Virginia. He and his wife Elizabeth had at least three sons, William, George and Robert. All three sons settled in Richmond County, Virginia. Thomas Hanks (Hank, Hancks, Hankes, Hanckes) was probably born between the years 1620-30 in or near the village of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England. This is based on the fact that the Hanks Family in general, came from Malmesbury and there is a taxpayer named Thomas Hanks in Malmesbury in 1642, who is never in the tax roles again. As he was a tax payer in 1642, his birth most surely would have been before 1625. However, there is no real proof of when or where in England he was born. Almost all that is known of Thomas in America has been gleaned from Virginia land records, and to understand the significance of those records, a basic knowledge of headrights and indentured servitude is important: By 1620, the Virginia Company had organized an effective system that enabled poorer Englishmen to sail for America. By law, any person who settled in Virginia or paid for the transportation expenses of another person who settled in Virginia should be entitled to receive fifty acres of land for each immigrant. Grantees had to pay annual quitrents (a kind of real estate tax), and "plant and seat" the land in order to keep it. The right to receive fifty acres per person, or per head, was called a headright. The practice was continued under the royal government of Virginia after the dissolution of the Virginia Company, and the Privy council ordered on 22 July 1634 that patents for headrights be issued. A person who was entitled to a headright usually obtained a certificate of entitlement from a county court and then took the certificate to the office of the secretary of the colony, who issued the headright, or right to patent fifty acres of land. The holder of the headright then had the county surveyor make a survey of the land and then took the survey and the headright back to the capital to obtain a patent for the tract of land. When the patent was issued, the names of the immigrants, or headrights, were often included in the text of the document. As valuable properties, headrights could be bought and sold. The person who obtained a patent to a tract of land under a headright might not have been the person who immigrated or who paid for the immigration of another person. Headrights were not always claimed immediately after immigration, either; there are instances in which several years elapsed between a person's entry into Virginia and the acquisition of a headright and sometimes even longer between then and the patenting of a tract of land. The headright system was subject to a wide variety of abuses from outright fraud to multiple claims by a merchant and a ship's captain to a headright for the same immigrant passenger. Some prominent merchants and colonial officials received headrights for themselves each time they returned to Virginia from abroad. As a result of the abuses and of the transferable nature of the headrights, the system, which may have been intended initially to promote settlement and ownership of small plots of land by numerous immigrants, resulted in the accumulation of large tracts of land by a small number of merchants, shippers, and early land speculators. The presence of a name as a headright in a land patent, then, establishes that a person of a certain name had entered Virginia prior to the date of the patent; but it does not prove when the person immigrated or who was initially entitled to the headright. Indentured servants were men, women, and sometimes children who signed a contract with a master to serve a term of four to seven years. In exchange for their service, the indentured servants received their passage paid from England, as well as food, clothing, and shelter once they arrived in the colonies. Some were even paid a salary. When the contract expired, the servant was paid freedom dues of corn, tools, and clothing, and was allowed to leave the plantation. During the time of his indenture, however, the servant was considered his master's personal property and his contract could be inherited or sold. Prices paid for indentured servants varied depending on skills. While under contract a person could not marry or have children. A master's permission was needed to leave the plantation, to perform work for anyone else, or to keep money for personal use. An unruly indentured servant was whipped or punished for improper behavior. Due to poor living conditions, hard labor, and difficulties adjusting to new climates and native diseases, many servants did not live to see their freedom. Often servants ran away from their masters. Since they spoke English, were white, and had specific job skills, runaway indentured servants were not as easily caught as were runaway black slaves. If runaway servants were captured, they were punished by increasing their time of service. Most Hanks historians agree that Thomas had arrived in Virginia by 1644 and was among the estimated 75% or more of Virginia's settlers in the seventeenth century who came as indentured servants. There was widespread unemployment and civil war in England at that time, and young, poor, but often skilled workers saw America as the Land of Opportunity. Thomas was very likely among that class who was impressed by recruiters with promises of land in Virginia and other benefits for several years of servitude. However, at least one researcher speculates that he was a soldier in Lord Cromwell's army, was taken prisoner and transported to Virginia. Whatever the case, Thomas was one of 27 headrights belonging to Thomas Fowke, a merchant of Westmoreland County, on a patent dated 10 June 1654. That, however, doesn't prove in any way when he arrived in the colony or that he was indentured to Fowke. In fact, no record of his indenture has been found, and it is evident he had been in Virginia for a number of years before Fowke claimed to have transported him. The proof is that the previous year, on 16 February 1653, Thomas claimed two headrights of his own in Gloucester County for transporting Joane Litefoot and John Range. Whether these were servants whose labor and headrights he had acquired together, or whether he bought the headrights separately, is not known. Later that year, on 27 September 1653, also in Gloucester County, Thomas Hanks was a witness to the will of Robert Mascall, and by that will inherited 'one young sow, marked on both ears with the Swallow forke.' The gift of the young sow was probably something more than a neighborly courtesy, as young swine were then highly desirable. Gloucester County was a new county formed in 1651 from York County. One side of Thomas' 100 acres was bounded by a stream called, in the patent, 'Hanckes Branch' which would appear to indicate that he had already been for some time a resident of the locality. Hanckes' Branch seems from the description in the patent to have flowed from the northwest into a swamp along the "Southeast side" of the Mattopony River. This river flows southeasterly, but curves southwesterly at one point. This swamp was to the left of where the river curves. This would have been the area just above the present day West Point, where the Mattopony and Pawmunkey rivers join to form the York River. Thomas' land extended northeast towards the Rappahannock River, where his holdings eventually reached. Another important transaction was recorded on 10 February 1654. There lived in what was then Lancaster County, but on the South side of the Rappahannock, Abraham Moone, whose land holdings amounted to 10,500 acres. The greater part of this land had been bought in 1651 and 1653, but Moone was still buying land in 1654. Apparently he was elderly and in poor health, for he leased for three years to Thomas Hanks "The plantation whereon I now live," consisting of 300 acres with his house, four servants and one mare, reserving for himself and wife, one servant and a room in the house. As one of the servants had nearly served his time, Moone agreed to furnish another servant when the time of that one had expired. For this he acknowledged receipt of 16,000 pounds of tobacco in casks - a sizable transaction for the day. Thomas Moone did not live long after the lease was made. Early in 1655 his will was presented for probate, and was recorded February 20th, a year and ten days after making the lease. There was an enormous demand in England for timber to build ships at that time, and other by-products such as tar, turpentine and resinous materials were also needed. By the wording of the lease, it appears that Thomas leased the land for its good stand of timber: Further I do grant unto the sd Thomas Hanks the benefit and privlidge of my whole Dividant of land whereon I am seated for the benefit of timber or any other privlidges whatsoever. Abraham Moone In the presence of John Buckner & Erasmus Chamby" Ten years later, Thomas began to expand his land holdings. His real estate was, from the legal descriptions, mostly of timberland. Over time he acquired enough acreage to extend his boundary line northeasterly to the Rappahannock River, where he possibly had a boat landing of his own. Thomas became a relatively large landowner, amassing various tracts of land totaling in excess of 2400 acres of timberland in Gloucester and New Kent counties. He leased a further 800 acres from Abraham Moone on Moraticon Creek in the Northern Neck area. How much of this land was held at any one particular time is uncertain. During this period of time, there was a great demand for labor to clear the forests and till the land. Thomas Hanks seems to have sponsored a number of indentured servants for that purpose. It is thought that Thomas probably lost all of his land in Bacon's Rebellion due to confiscation. Although Bacon and his men were called rebels, there probably was some justification for their actions. They did not originally rebel against Berkley who until then was not a tyrant, but rather to his lack of protecting the planters, their families and farms against an Indian uprising that occurred in 1675 along this northern frontier. Bacon then, without Berkley's consent, called for volunteers to join with him and they defeated the Indians. Then Berkley, vain of his authority, viciously attacked Bacon and his men, and was defeated. Bacon died near the home of Thomas Hanks, 1 October 1676 and his supporters dissolved their unity. Venting a venomous revenge, Berkley then confiscated the lands and farms of Bacon's supporters and passed them to his own, banishing their families. Berkley was recalled by the King and soon died. Thomas Hanks resided in the very area that was overrun by the Indians and fought over by the Berkley Troops. Within two weeks after the Indian Massacres started, sixty plantations had been burned and the families ravaged and killed. Likely the house and farmstead was burned by the Indians. If his lands were confiscated by Berkley, there would be no record of the rascality. Or if he died a natural death and there were probate records, the actions of the War Between the States and courthouse fires eliminated them. At least there are no further records. Sources: Abraham Lincoln's Hanks Family Genealogy by Vicky Reany Paulson, in the library of Robin Lee. http://brazoriaroots.com/p1761.htm Source: S-2103111469 Repository: #R-2142803482 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0 NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Dietz Printing Co., 1934. 767p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983 From all of the resources checked, there are only four children known to have been born to Thomas Hanks & Elizabeth Lee: William, George, Robert & Peter "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Birth, Marriage & Death" Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hanks-9 | Hanks, Thomas The Immigrant (I25023)
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| 12276 | Thor oppført med bosted Minnesota i America ved vigsla. | Family F12447
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| 12277 | Thore var andre gang gift med Bolette Eg fra Kvinnherad, og hadde datteren Pernille med henne. | Bakke, Thore Thors. (I11427)
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| 12278 | Thorvald kom til New York i 1929, på vei til kusina Anna Singelstad i Emmons, Minnesota. 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA I 1936 søkte han om seamans protection certificate i Los Angeles. 1940 var han innlagt på US Marine hospital i Lincoln, Lincoln, New Mexico 1942 giftet han seg med Katherine Musselwhite. | Kaldefoss, Thorvald Meyer Nils. (I44314)
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| 12279 | Three children with Johannes. | van der Raad, Gerardina Agatha (I33415)
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| 12280 | three daughters, Mrs. John G. Scheperle and Mrs. James L. Perrey, both of Jefferson City, and Mrs. Henry J. Thibault, St. Clair Shores, Mich. | Scholten, Robert Edgar (I21169)
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| 12281 | Three months after the official divorce Mary remarried in Indiana in 1918 and moved with the children (to Illinois (1922), Ohio (1928), Michigan (1930) and Indiana), Worrie to Florida. | Family F7645
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| 12282 | Three sons, including Larry Lewis Howard 1949-2011, and a daughter. | Howard, Jere Cromwell (I20137)
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| 12283 | Ti barn | Birkeland, Ingebrigt Olai Jakobs. (I10904)
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| 12284 | Ti barn i første ekteskap med Sara Maria Plade. g.2) 1790 m. Christiane Theodora Grøgaard. | Stoltenberg, Henrik (I22040)
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| 12285 | Ti barn, åtte i live i 1900. | Uglenes, Johanne Andrine Hansdtr. (I15015)
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| 12286 | Ti barn. | Hevrøy, Albrigt Jacobs. (I10536)
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| 12287 | Ti barn. | Meidell, Gerhard Samsons. (I43493)
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| 12288 | Ti born | Lunde, Ola Aksels. (I30679)
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| 12289 | Ti born i Saskatchewan. Andrew Martin Grasdal, 1914– 2002 Alvin Christian Grasdal, 1916– 2004 Ina Dorothea, 1919-2017 m. Duckworth Conrad John Grasdal, 1921– 2001 Reinhard "Ray" Ingvald Grasdal, 1923– 2008 Mabel Bertilla Grasdal, 1925– 2004 Elmer Clarence Grasdal, 1928– 2003 Carl Ole Grasdal, 1930-2015 Ernest Bjarne Grasdal, 1934– 2009 Lloyd Grasdal, | Drønen Grasdal, Anders Anders. (I34618)
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| 12290 | Ti born med Anna Sofia og sonen Hans Olai f. 1854 med Agate Olsdtr. Kaldafoss. | Botnen, Hans Mikkels. (I29399)
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| 12291 | Ti born, to i fyrste og åtte i andre ekteskapet. | Fadnes, Agnes Lydia (I35817)
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| 12292 | Til Am 1849. Mora levde hjå han i Iowa, på farmen Mariland oppkalla etter kona. På farmen er skipa et familiemuseum. | Levorson, Levord (I14286)
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| 12293 | Til Am. 1849. 50th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry WI 15th Inf Co H. Residence: St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 37. Married. Farmer. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5'5". Enlisted for three years on 15 Jan 1862 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there the same day. Private. Sick in hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, 26 Dec 1862. Died there of disease 14 Feb 1863. Buried in the Nashville National Cemetery; section E, grave 646. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-10, 77-1,8; red book vol 20 p120) (Buslett p574) (Ulvestad p329) (Ager p150, 311) From Vesterheim Norwegian Museum in Decorah, Iowa, USA | Levorson Slaaten, Nils (I14285)
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| 12294 | Til Am. 1857 | Levorson, Ågot (I14289)
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| 12295 | Til Am. 1857 | Levorson, Ola (I14281)
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| 12296 | Til Am. 1857. | Uvdal, Marit Gudbrandsdtr. (I30695)
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| 12297 | Til Am. 1862. Born: Brita 1852-1930, Nils Olai 1854-1908, Ole 1856-1920, Hans Andreas 1859-1926, Helga 1862-1933, (Elling) John L. 1864-1940, Peder 1866-1949, Ellen Marie 1868-1943. Settlet og bodde i og nær Winneshiek, Iowa. Borna gjekk for Ellingson. Fleire er gravlagde på Orleans Lutheran Cemetery i Winneshiek, men steinen til Elling står ikkje der (fordi han er gravlagd ved Big Canoe). Elling Nilsen Lepsei, 63 år, døde 15. januar 1883, jordfestet 19. januar 1883, Big Canoe. | Lepsøy, Elling Nils. (I32276)
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| 12298 | Til Am. 1868. Gift med Sarah Folkedahl (1845-1895, Ventura, Iowa), f. Hardanger. 2g. m norske Annie f. 1877. Daughter May f. 1886 m. Adolph Olson. Sonen Henry Halvorson ble født 9. juni 1882 i Clear Lake. Son nr. 2, Herman Kana Halvorson, proprietor and editor of the Boyceville Press, was born in Ventura, Iowa, Aug. 17, 1890, son of John Halvorson Bly and Sarah Halvorson Bly. Both parents were born in Norway. Each settling at Decorah, Iowa where they met and were married in 1874. His father was in the grain business, and he engaged in farming at Ventura, Iowa, where they remained many years and where his wife died in 1895. | Bly, Johannes "John" Halvors. (I28275)
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| 12299 | Til Am. 1869 | Levorson, Astrid (I14287)
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| 12300 | Til Am. 1869 året etter at far til Sissel, Halvor Ols. Sæte - Søre Solheim reiste til Am. Etter at Halldis og Halvor i Am. var blitt gifte, var dei først i Iowa, 1874 i Northwood, ND, var dei første som setla i Goose River-disdtriktet. | Rueslåtta, Halldis Pålsdtr. (I14262)
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