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

�e dark gray shading shows the extent of the Piedmont soil system

Boone

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

�e dark gray shading shows the extent of the Coastal Plain soil system

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

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