Genealogy Conference and Education

Continuing your Genealogy and Family Research Education

Attending a genealogy conference is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a family researcher or professional genealogist. Not only will you benefit from the genealogy research education but you can hear about the different areas and opportunities that are out there. Genealogy education is something that never ends. There are always new records being released, new repositories opening their doors and let’s not forget new websites to conduct your research.

There are several society conferences and presentations coming up these next few months, here are a few you might want to check out.  

IGHR (Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research) on June 23-28  

Ontario Genealogical Society  on June 16-18  

McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society on July 8  

Genealogical Institute on Federal Records on July 10-14  

BYU Conference on Family History on July 25  

Palatines to America National Conference  on July 28-30 

Delaware

Delaware Genealogical Society  

• ·         Researching Military Records for Genealogy on June 10  
• ·         Saving Family Treasures on July 2  
• ·         Adventures in Research on Aug 6  

Downstate Genealogy Society  

• ·         Downstate Genealogy Society on June 10  

Sussex County Genealogical Society  

• ·         Breaking Through Brick Walls on May 25  
• ·         Beginners Intro to Learning About Genealogy on July 15  

Maryland

Maryland Genealogical Society  

• ·         Finding Overseas Origins of Your English Ancestors  on June 1 
• ·         Reward and Remembrance: Post-Military Service Records on June 3  
• ·         We are Maryland: Free Genealogy Workshop on Western Maryland on June 17  

Another bonus is all the networking you will be able to do, friends you’ll make, and if you’re lucky meet some long-lost family members. 

Sunday Cemetery - General Henry Van Ness Boynton

Published on the 8^th of June in 1905 in the Baltimore American out of Baltimore, MD

BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS

GENERAL BOYNTON NOW RESTS AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY

A Funeral Befitting the Rank of a Brigadier General – The Services Held at New York Ave. Presbyterian Church – Representatives Present From Gridiron Club – Remains Taken to Cemetery on a Gun Caisson – Salute of Eleven Guns From Fort Myer.

     Washington, June 7 – Gen. Henry Van Ness Boynton was buried today in Arlington National Cemetery with distinctive military and civic honors. Although a civilian at the time of his death, he was accorded a funeral befitting an office of the rank he at one time held in the United States Army, that of brigadier general. The funeral services, which took place at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, were conducted by Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe and were participated in by a numerous representation of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, the Loyal Legion and the Gridiron Club, in all of which organizations General Boynton had for many years past been a leading spirit.

     The funeral services were unostentatious, being in strict accord with the wishes of the deceased. The church ceremony consisted principally of an eulogy by Dr. Radcliffe and the singing of two hymns by the Gridiron Club Quartet. Dr. Radcliffe’s eulogy was an eloquent review of the career of a lifelong friend. The floral tributes were many and of varied design, the casket being literally buried in masterpieces of the florist’s art.

     Among the tributes was large floral wreath sent by the city of Chattanooga, where General Boynton was well-known, and a delegation of whose citizens attended the funeral, President Roosevelt, in expressing sympathy to Gen. Andrew S. Burt, Chairman of the committee representing the Army of the Cumberland in the funeral arrangements, took occasion to pay a high tribute to the character and public services of General Boynton, saying that he regarded him as the highest type of a soldier and a citizen, and one of the best examples of patriotic American manhood.

     At the conclusion of the church services two troops of cavalry escorted the remains, which rested on a gun caisson, with artillery sergeants as body bearers,  to their resting place in the historic Arlington. As the funeral cortege passed Fort Myer a brigadier general’s salute of 11 guns was fired and the last military honors were rendered by a volley over the distinguished soldier and citizen’s grave.

     General Boynton, up to within a few weeks of his death, had been president of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and as a tribute to his memory the public schools were closed for the day. The flag on all District buildings were placed at half staff.

     The pallbearers, eight in number, selected by the General before his death form the Gridiron Blub, introduced an innovation. Each member of the club wore a boutonniere of lavender sweet peas, tied with black and white ribbons, the colors of the blub. At the Arlington Cemetery, after Dr. Radcliffe, the officiating clergyman, had pronounced the benediction over the open grave, the eight Gridiron pallbearers advanced and unpinning the flowers from their coats, dropped them in upon the casket as a last tribute to the memory of their fellow member.

Sunday Cemetery - Missing Cemetery Deed

Published the 14^th of June in 1904 in the Sun out of Baltimore, MD

HAD TO POSTPONE FUNERAL

Family of Mrs. M. E. Curley Could Not Find Cemetery Lot Deed.

     The funeral of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Curley, who was instantly killed Wednesday by being caught in the machinery in a mill at Elizabethport, N.J. where she had called to visit her husband had to be postponed yesterday because the deed to the family lot in Mt Alphenaus Cemetery could not be found. That the deed was missing was not discovered until a few hours before the time set for the funeral service.

     Mr. John Curley, her husband, and numerous friends and relatives of the deceased had gathered at the home of Mr. Chas Hoddinott, SN Waipert avenue, Waverly, whence they were to go to the cemetery.

     Mr Curley immediately sent his son, Jas Curley , to Elizabethport to search among Mrs Curley’s effects for the missing document. Meanwhile the body is lying in a vault at the cemetery. If the deed is found the funeral will be held today; otherwise it may be again postponed.

     Mrs Curley was born in Baltimore 58 years ago and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fuchaberger. Thirty-one years ago she was married to Mr Curley and for the last 21 years they had been living in Elizabethport.

The family has been particularity unfortunate. Four of the children have died and a brother of Mrs Curley was drowned. The husband and one son survive. 
                                          (*above article found on Genealogy Bank website)

Scary New Orleans Legend

This is a Halloween type of tale that I haven't heard of before and found it while researching on GenealogyBank.com and thought I would pass it along for a fun read. 

Printed on Tuesday the 27th of January 1857 in the Easton Star out of Easton, Maryland

From the Home Journal

THE SEVEN LOST BRIDES

A LEGEND OF NEW ORLEANS

In the upper part of New Orleans, not far from the Mississippi river, stands an old house well known in that part of the city as “the haunted house.” It is said that no tenant can be induced to remain long in it; but all disturbed by supernatural sights and sound, speedily seek another dwelling. These nocturnal disturbances are sufficiently explained – to some at least – by the following legend:

Long time ago, long before New Orleans was a great city, and when the quarter now known by the name of Lafayette was occupied by cane fields and partly by the marshes, the old house – old even then – stood, as now, not far from the band of the river, and surrounded by blocks and squares of substantial buildings, as to-day, was the centre of plantation and was haunted only by sunny faces and merry voices. Its owner was an old gentleman- a widower- who had seven daughters- all beautiful, intelligent and amiable.

When the oldest daughter was of an age to marry, she was wooed and won by a young planter of the neighborhood, and for once the course of true love seemed to run smooth.

All parties were agreed as to the suitability of the match, and when the wedding night arrived, willing guests flocked from all quarters to do honor to the occasion. The old house was brilliantly illuminated, and the sounds of music and of dancing echoed through its chambers. In short, everything went merrily onward, and gay Louisiana never saw a gayer assemblage. But all the merriment was doomed to meet a strange and sudden end. Scarcely had the nuptial benediction been pronounced, when it was observed that the bride was missing. The evening passed on and she did not return. Wonder was followed by anxiety. Search first was made through the neighborhood, but all without success. All that night, and for days and weeks after, the search was continued with all that sleepless energy and vigilance which love could prompt, but all in vain; not the slightest trace was ever found of the missing bride.

Had she, in some sudden aberration of mind wondered into the boundless swamps, and perished miserably of hunger and exposure? Or had she some fearful and unbosomed grief, which had caused her to cast herself into the turbid waters of the Mississippi? Or had she, perchance, met and loved some person so far beneath her in station as to render an open union hopeless, and they had fled together in distantlands?

Such were some of the conjectures of the gossips concerning her fate, while others told scary stories of the dreadful and desperate deeds of the pirates of the Gulf, of late nights with terrified glances cast over their shoulders towards the door; whispering ghastly tales of the doings of demon huntsman, whose horn was often heard among the woods and marshes, and the baying of whose dogs mingled with the rustling of the wind among the leaves, as it struck upon his ear in the dreary hours of night, caused many a pious Acadian to hastily cross himself and utter au Ave Maria and a petition  for protection against the devil and all his angels.

It would be tedious to tell as to hear save in the briefest manner how one after another five more of the seven daughters disappeared in the same way each in their wedding night till one was left the most beautiful, the best beloved of all. A strange infatuation seemed to enchain all who concerned; and while, when each was lost, the same scene of frantic search, of wild grief, of despairing acquiescence was enacted, none ever dreamed of making the mysterious fate which seemed to hang over the family, an objection to the marriage of the younger girl. And thus it came to pass that the last daughter became betrothed, as the rest had been, to one well worthy of her, and in due time another large company assembled to grace the nuptials.

But on this occasion there was but little of merriment. The guests clustered together in groups of two’s and three’s, and in whispers spoke of the lost sisters. All seemed to feel as though they were shadowed by the wings of some dark and terrible misfortune hovering over the doomed house. No one was found bold enough to utter a jest, or to speak of gay or thoughtless word.

In the meantime all possible care was taken to guard the bride form the fate of her sisters. A chosen body of friends watched constantly over her, and never permitted her to be absent from their sight. Thus were matters situated when the hour appointed for the nuptial ceremony arrived.

But the final vows were scarcely spoken when the sound of a distant horn was heard and the thrill of terror struck to each heart.

It approached nearer and nearer, till at last the heavy tramp of a man, accompanied by the pattering sound of the feet of hurrying dogs were heard upon the veranda. All eyes was fixed upon the closed doors connected with  crash, and a gigantic huntsman, clad in green, and surrounded by a pack of huge and panting hounds stood upon the threshold. Fixed to their places, the spectators stared with glassy eyes on the terrible visitor, and a waited in speechless terror, his future movement. Fixing his flashing eyes upon the bride, with imperial air he raised his right hand toward her. With tottering steps she advanced and sank fainting in his arms. One blast upon his mighty horn, one yell from his ferocious pack, and the green huntsman sprang from the house, bearing with him the inanimate form of the doomed bride. Fainter and fainter grew the sound of the horn and the dogs, till they faded quite away in the distance, and then and not till then, did the beholders of this scene recover from the spell which had deprived them of the power of moving or speaking.

All those who were present at this supernatural abduction have long since mingled their ashes with the parent earth but the old house still stands a witness to the truth of the legend, and on stormy nights, the daemon huntsman’s horn and the laying of the tempest, may be heard sounding along the Mataric Ridge and through the swamps and woods adjoining’ and at midnight hour the ghost of the bereaved old father, yet wandering through the deserted chambers of the ancient house weeping and wringing his shadowy hands and repeating in agonizing tones, the seven lost brides.  

Sunday Cemetery - Five Children Now Orphans

Published on the 9^th of October in 1907 in the Baltimore American out of Baltimore, MD

FIEDLER IS BURIED WITHOUT SERVICE

Murderer Taken to Cemetery Just Before Dark – Wife to Be Buried Today

With no friends or relatives present, the body of Albert Fiedler, who murdered his wife and committed suicide last Sunday afternoon, was lowered into a grave dug in unconsecrated ground shortly before dark yesterday afternoon in Holy Redeemer Cemetery on the Belair road. The time of the burial of the murderer and suicide was kept secret by the undertaker. It was stated in East Baltimore yesterday that the burial of Fielder would take place in Holy Redeemer Cemetery in the afternoon, and scores of persons, mostly women, went to the cemetery and waited several hours for the appearance of the wagon. When the shades of evening began to fall the crowd, which had gathered at the cemetery, left the graveyard and returned to their homes thinking that the funeral of the suicide would take place this morning.

Funeral Director Wendell Dippel had made arrangements with the official at the cemetery for the interment to take place as late in the afternoon as possible, and at 5:30 o’clock the undertaker’s wagon passed through the entrance of the cemetery. The wagon was driven to the part of the cemetery which is unconsecrated, where solitary grave had been dug. The grave is surrounded by the graves of suicides and christened persons, and when the wagon drove up the grave digger laid the ropes across the opening and in the presence of the two men the remains of Albert Fiedler were covered with earth. There were no mourners and no flowers of a religious ritual over all that was mortal of the man who had made five happy children orphans in the space of a few minutes. When the grave was filled the shades of night had enveloped the cemetery.

The funeral of Mrs. Fiedler will take place this morning at 8 o’clock from St. Michael’s Church. Wolfe and Lombard streets. Interment will be in Holy Redeemer Cemetery, but the grave will be nowhere near that of the man who was once her husband. 

Tombstone Tuesday - Samuel Price Family

SAMUEL PRICE

JUNE 16. 1809 – DEC. 3. 1858

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FRANCIS

DIED AUG. 31. 1844 AGED 2 YRS. 11 MOS

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LOUISA

DIED APR. 23. 1846 AGED 2 YRS. 4 MOS

DAUGHTERS OF

SAMUEL & LYDIA A. PRICE

BURIED AT CECILTON, MD

LYDIA ANN

WIFE OF

SAMUEL PRICE

& DAUGHTER OF RICHARD & MARY R.

LOCKWOOD

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OCT. 2. 1819 – APR. 11. 1904

MARY L. PRICE

FEB. 9. 1859 FEB. 4. 1928

[1]1850 United States Federal Census from Maryland shows Samuel Price as head of house hold born about 1809 in Delaware, male, white, occupation listed as a farmer, value of real estate owned listed at 12,000, 41 years of age. Lydia A Price was born about 1819 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 31 years of age. John Price born about 1839 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 11 years of age. Edwin Price born about 1846 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 4 years of age. George Price born about 1848 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 2 years of age. John Adderson born about 1822 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as laborer, 28 years of age. James Davis born about 1828 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as laborer, 22 years of age. Morris Davis born about 1831 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as laborer, 19 years of age. Sarah England born about 1834 in Maryland, white, female, occupation listed as laborer, 16 years of age.

[2]1860 United States Federal Census in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware, Post Office Middletown, Delaware. Shows that Lydia A Price as head of house hold, born about 1820 in Maryland, female, white, occupation listed as farmer, value of real estate owned listed at $12,000 and value of person estate listed at $1,500, 40 years of age at the time. John Price born about 1839 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as farmer, 21 years of age. Edwin Price born about 1846 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 14 years of age. Geo W. Price born about 1848 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 12 years of age. Rich L Price born about 1850 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 10 years of age. Samuel Price born about 1853 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 7 years of age. Mary L Price born about 1855 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 5 years of age. Cornelius Bowles born about 1843 in Ireland , male, white, occupation listed as farm laborer, 19 years of age. Thos Wright born about 1839 in Maryland, male, black, occupation listed as farm laborer, 21 years of age. Jane Caulk born about 1839 in Delaware, female, black, occupation listed as servant, 21 years of age. Ora Sterling born about 1848 in Delaware, female, black, no occupation listed, 12 years of age. Wesley Warner born about 1857 in Delaware, male, black, no occupation listed, 3 years of age.

**Special Note:  Samuel Price, John Adderson, James Davis, Morris Davis and Sarah England who were listed on the 1850 census are not listed on the 1860 census. 

[3]1870 Untied States Federal Census in New Castle County, Middletown state of Delaware. Shows Lydia A Price as head of house hold, born about 1820 in Delaware, female, white, occupation listed as keeping house, value of real estate listed at $11,500 and value of personal estate listed at $300, 50 years of age. Geo W Price born about 1848 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, value of personal estate listed at $150, 22 years of age. Richard L Price born about 1851 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 19 years of age. Samuel Price born about 1853 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 17 years of age. Mary L Price born about 1854 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 16 years of age. Anna Urry born about 1860 in Maryland, female, black, occupation listed as domestic servant, 10 years of age.

**Special Note: Cornelius Bowles, Thos Wright, Jan Caulk, Ora Sterling and Wesley Warner who were listed on the 1860 census are not listed on the 1870 census. 

[4]1880 United States Federal Census in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware. Shows that Lydia A Price as head of house hold, born about 1820 in Delaware, both parents also born in Delaware, female, white, occupation listed as keeping house,  47 years of age.  Mary L Price born about 1855 in Delaware, female, white, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, no occupation listed, 25 years of age. Geo W. Price born about 1848 in Maryland, male, white,  father also born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation listed as music teacher, 32 years of age. Samuel Price was born about 1853 in Delaware, male, white, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation listed as RR agent, 27 years of age. Catherine Touett born about 1830 in Delaware, female, white, both parents born in Delaware, occupation listed as dress maker, 50 years of age. Harrett A Wright born about 1858 in Maryland, female, black, both parents born in Maryland, relationship to head of house hold listed as servant, occupation listed as cook, 22 years of age.

**Special Note: Richard Price and Anna Urry who were listed on the 1870 census but not on the 1880 census.  

[5]1900 United States Federal Census in West St. George Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware. Shows Lydia Price as head of house hold, born OCT 1819 in Delaware, female, white, widowed, mother of six children and all six living, occupation not listed, 80 years of age. George W Price is son to head of house hold, born MAY 1850 in Maryland, male, white, single, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation is listed as Musician, 50 years of age. Mary L Price is son to head of house hold, born FEB 1855 in Delaware, female, white, single, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation is not listed, 45 years of age.

**Special Note: Samuel Price, Catherine Touett and Harrett A Wright who were listed on the 1880 census are not listed on the 1900 census. 

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[1]1850 United States Federal Census Ancesty.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.  Census Place: District 1, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: M432_290; Page: 57A; Image: 118 Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls) 

[2]1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancesty.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Census Place: St Georges, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: M653_96; Page: 837; Image: 140; Family History Library Film: 803096 Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.

[3]1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Place: Middletown, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: M593_120; Page: 718A; Image: 661; Family History Library Film: 545619 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. 

[4]1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancesty.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Place: Saint Georges, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 120; Family History Film: 1254120; Page: 350D; Enumeration District: 030; Image: 0221 Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). 

[5]1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Census Place: Middletown, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 157; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1240157  

Tombstone Tuesday - Gibbs Family

ISAAC GIBBS

AUGUST 5, 1854

MAY 24, 1924

                           FANNIE GRIFFITH                   ISABELLA SINNICKSON

                                    WIFE OF                                           WIFE OF

                              ISAAC GIBBS                                       ISAAC GIBBS

                         BORN DEC 7 1857                             BORN SEPT 30 1863

                       DIED JULY 26 1884                            DIED MAY 19, 1892

CARRIE SINNICKSON

WIFE OF

ISAAC GIBBS

1867-1942

[1]1860 United States Federal Census in Appoquinimink Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware shows Benjamin Gibbs as head of household, born about 1813 in Delaware, male, white, married, value of real estate $18,000, value of personal estate $4,000, occupation listed as a farmer, 46 years of age. Hanah Gibbs, born about 1820 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 40 years of age. Joseph Gibbs, born about 1846 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 14 years of age. Anna Gibbs, born about 1848 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 12 years of age. Gustavus J. Gibbs, born about 1852 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 8 years of age. Isaac Gibbs, born about 1855 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 5 years of age. Edmund Gibbs, born about 1857 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 3 years of age. Catharine Gibbs, bornabout 1857 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 3 years of age. Sarah C Justice, born about 1836 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 24 years of age. William Crisden, born about 1841 in Delaware, male, black, occupation listed as farm laborer, 19 years of age. Edward Monds, born about 1830 in Delaware, male, black, occupation listed as apprentice to farming. 

[2]1870 United States Federal Census in Appoquinimink Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware shows Benjamin Gibbs as head of house hold, born about 1813 in Delaware, male, white, married, value of real estate $20,000 value of personal estate $1,500, occupation listed as register wills, 57 years of age. Hanah Gibbs, wife of head of house hold, female, white, born about 1820 in Delaware, occupation keeping house, 50 years of age. Anne Gibbs, female, white, born about 1848 in Delaware, occupation listed as at home, 22 years of age. Gustavus Gibbs, male, white, born about 1852 in Delaware, occupation listed as farm manager, 18 years of age.  Isaac Gibbs male, white, born about 1855 in Delaware, occupation listed as at home, 15 years of age.  Edmund Gibbs, male, white, born about 1857 in Delaware, occupation listed as at home, 13 years of age.  Catharine Gibbs, female, white, born about 1857 in Delaware, occupation listed as at home, 13 years of age. Washington Rothwell, male, black, born about 1859 in Delaware, occupation listed as farm laborer, 11 years of age. Phillip Pagen, male, black, born about 1852 in Delaware, occupation listed as farm laborer, 18 years of age.  Jeremiah Waters, male, black, born about 1848 in Delaware, occupation listed as farm laborer, 22 years of age.  Mary Milison, female, black, born in 1850 in Maryland, occupation listed as domestic servant, 20.

**Special Note: Joseph Gibbs, Sarah C Justice, William Crisden and Edward Monds who were listed on the 1860 census are not listed on the 1870 census.

[3]1880 United States Federal Census in Kent County in the state of Maryland shows Isaac Gibbs as head of house hold, male, white, born about 1855 in Delaware, both parents born in Delaware, occupation listed as farmer, 25 years of age. Fannie Gibbs, listed as wife to head of house hold, female, white, born about 1858 in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, no occupation listed, 22 years of age. Jenny Smith female, white, born about 1820 in Delaware, both parents born in Maryland, occupation listed as house keeper, 60 years of age. Jos Smallwood male, black, born about 1873 Delaware, both parents born in Maryland, no occupation listed, 7 years of age. Hayes McKay listed as boarder in relation to head of house hold, male, white, born about 1863 in Delaware, both parents born in Maryland, occupation listed as works on farm, 17 years of age. John Williams male, black, born about 1865 in Delaware, both parents born in Maryland, occupation listed as works for the farm, 15 years of age.

**Special Note: Isaac Gibbs is no longer living in his parents’ home, this is the first census showing him as the head of the house hold. 

 [4]1900 United States Federal Census Chesapeake City in Cecil County in the state of Maryland shows Isaac Gibbs as head of house hold, white, male, widowed, born in AUG 1853 in Delaware, both parents born in Delaware, occupation listed as farmer, 44 years of age. Joseph C Gibbs listed as son to head of house hold, white, male, single, born JAN 1892 in Maryland, father born in Delaware and mother in Maryland, occupation listed at school, 8 years of age. Carrie Sinnickson listed as sister-in-law to head of house hold, female, white, single, born SEP 1867 in Maryland, both parents born in New Jersey, no occupation listed, 32 years of age. Emma Bradshaw listed as servant to head of house hold, male, black, single, born MAR 1877 in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, occupation listed as servant, 23 years of age.

**Special Note: Fannie Sinnickson, Jenny Smith, Joe Smallwood, Hayes McKay and John Williams who were listed on the 1880 census are not listed on the 1900 census. 

[5]1910 United States Federal Census in Kent County in the state of Maryland shows Isaac Gibbs as head of house hold, born about 1855 in Delaware, male, white, married for three years, this is his third marriage both parents born in Delaware, occupation listed as farmer, 55 years of age. Carrie Gibbs is listed a wife to head of house hold, born about 1867 in Maryland, female, white, married for three years, both parents born in New Jersey, no occupation listed, 43 years of age. Joseph Gibbs is listed as son to head of house hold, born about 1892 in Maryland, male, white, single, father born in Delaware and mother in Maryland, occupation listed as farm laborer on home farm, 18 years of age.

**Special Note: Emma Bradshaw who was listed on the 1900 census is not listed on the 1910 census. Carrie Sinnickson who was listed as the sister-in-law on the 1900 census she is now listed as the wife on the 1910 census. 

[6]1920 United States Federal Census in Kent County in the state of Maryland shows Isaac Gibbs as head of house hold, born about 1855 in Delaware, male, white, married, owns home mortgage free, both parents born in Delaware, occupation listed as farmer, 65 years of age. Carrie S. Gibbs is wife to head of house hold, born about 1868 in Maryland, female, white, married, both parents born in New Jersey, no occupation listed, 52 years of age.

**Special Note: Joseph Gibbs who was listed on the 1910 census is not listed on the 1920 census.  

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[1]1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Place: Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: M653_96; Page: 707; Image: 10; Family History Library Film: 803096 Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. 

[2]1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Place: Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: M593_120; Page: 433A; Image: 87; Family History Library Film: 545619 Original data:

1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 

[3]1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Place: Masseys, Kent, Maryland; Roll: 512; Family History Film: 1254512; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 047; Image: 0012 Source Information Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). 

[4]1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Place: Chesapeake, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: 620; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 1240620 Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. 

[5]1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Place: Massey, Kent, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1374579. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). 

[6]1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Place: Masseys, Kent, Maryland; Roll: T625_673; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 1060. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). 

Sunday's Cemetery - Founder of the American Navy

Published in April of 1905 in the Baltimore American out of Baltimore, Maryland

PAUL JONES’ BODY IS FOUND

DISCOVERED IN OLD ST. LOUIS CEMETERY AT PARIS

MYSTERY SOLVED AT LAST

Ambassador Porter’s Long Search for Remains of Famous American Admiral Successful - Hundreds of Caskets Unearthed – The Body Found Well Preserved in a Leaden Casket – Anthropologists Pronounce Body that of Founder of American Navy – Will Be Brought to This Country and Entombed With Honors.

(By Cable to The American)

     Paris, April 14 – The remarkable search which Ambassador Porter has conducted for the body of Paul Jones has been crowned with success by the discovery of the body and its identification today by the highest French medical experts as unquestionably that of the famous American admiral who founded the American Navy.

     Ambassador Porter cabled to Washington tonight announcing the successful results of his search. The body is in a good state of preservation considering that the interment took place over 100 years ago.

     The circumstances leading to the final discovery of the body are particularly interesting. General Porter has conducted the search for the last five years, and when Congress recently took no action upon the President’s recommendation for the expenses incident to the search the Ambassador continued the extensive labors at his own expense. A large force of workmen has been engaged night and day tunneling and cross-tunneling the old St. Louis cemetery. This constituted a huge operation, embracing nearly a block covered with buildings and requiring a system of subterranean mining.

The Coffin Opened

     Hundreds of wooden caskets were found, but not until Wednesday were unearthed four laden caskets which gave promise of containing the body of the admiral. Three of them bore plates designating the names of the deceased. The fourth showed superior solidity of workmanship. No plate was found on this casket and it is supposed it was removed when another coffin superimposed on it. The leaden coffin was opened in the presence of General Porter, Colonel Bailly-Blanchard, the second secretary of the American embassy, and Engineer Weis, who has been directing the excavation.

     The body was found to be well preserved owing to its being immersed in alcohol. It was wrapped in a sheet with a packing of straw and hay. Those present were immediately struck by the resemblance of the head to that on the medallion and busts of the admiral.

     As was anticipated, no uniform, decoration or sword were found, as all such materials had been accounted for after the burial.

     The coffin is shaped like a mummy coffin, which coffins were common at that period, widening from the feet to the shoulders, with a round top fitting over the heard.

The Identification

     The casket was taken to the medical school, where Drs. Capitan and Papllant, distinguished, professors of the School of Anthropology and recognized authorities on such investigations, where charged with making a thorough examination for the purpose of identification. To facilitate this the Ambassador furnished them with portraits and medallions, two busts by Houdin and authentic descriptions of the color of the Admiral’s hair and the height and measurement of his body. After the most minute examination the following facts were fully sustained; Length of the body – 5 feet 7 inches – the Admiral’s exact height.

     Size and shape of the head agree with several peculiarities identical with the head of the admiral.

     Hair – dark brown, the same as the admirals; in places slightly grey, indicating a person of his age, 45 years. The hair is long, reaching below the shoulders and combed back and gathers in a clasp at the back of the neck.

     The face is clean shaved, all corresponding exactly with the descriptions, portraits and busts of the admiral.

     The linen is in good condition. One article bears an initial either “J” or an inverted “P.”

Wrapped in Tinfoil

     The body was carefully packed. The limbs were wrapped in tinfoil. Presumable for sea transportation, as indicated in a letter of the Admiral’s nearest friend and a pallbearer of his funeral, Colonel Blackden, who said:

“His body was put in a leaden coffin, so that in case the United States, which he and so essentially served, should claim his remains, they might be more easily removed.”

     Sending that all the internal organs were singularly well preserved, the doctors made an autopsy, which showed distinct proof of the disease from which the Admiral is known to have died. The identification was pronounced complete in every particular.

     Care has been taken to keep the body in its present state of preservation. It will be placed in a handsome casket and deposited in the receiving vault of the American Church, on the Avenue de ‘Alma, until the ambassador can learn the opinion of the government concerning the most appropriate means of transporting it to the United States and giving a fitting sepulcher to the body of the illustrious sailor whose place of burial has so long remained a mystery.

Satisfaction at Washington

     Washington, April 14. – Ambassador Porter’s dispatch announcing the finding of the body of John Paul Jones reached the State Department tonight. There is genuine satisfaction among the officials at Washington that the untiring efforts of Ambassador Porter have been crowned with success. Officials here followed his reports on the subject with keen interest and think it was particularly gratifying that he was able to bring his task to a successful conclusion before retiring from his post. It is probable that a recommendation will be made to congress at its next session looking to his reimbursement. The remains of John Paul Jones are to be brought here and interred to the National Cemetery at Arlington, and it is likely that the transfer will be made the occasion of an interesting demonstrations.

     Last year, at the time the search for the body of John Paul Jones was begun, Mr. Moody, then secretary of the Navy, made the official announcement that if the body were found the government would send a battleship to France to convey it to this country. It is not doubted that Secretary Norton will fulfil the promise then made. 

Saturday Spotting - Baltimore's Rare Copper Find

Published in June of 1904 by Baltimore American out of Baltimore, Maryland.

 RARE OLD ENGRAVINGS FOUND IN BALTIMORE

Copper Plates of 1702 in the Maryland Historical Society and Pratt Library.

As the result of investigation made by Col. George W. F. Vernon the presence in this city of two very rare old copper plate engravings has been brought to light. One is in the rooms of Maryland Historical Society, where it has laid with little or no attention for an indefinite period; the other, which is similar, is in the reading room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

     The engravings are of exceedingly fine lines and is a copy of a painting in the Royal Academy, London, and was designed, engraved and published by James Barry, R. A., professor of painting to the Royal Academy, February 28, 1792. It is probably one of a series which the artist offered to paint gratuitously, allegorically illustrating the culture and progress of human knowledge. This offer was made to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. The painting was made to give credit to Cecilus Calvert as establisher of civil and religious liberty in America, and is peculiarly interesting to both historians and artists.

Description of the Antiques

     The engravings are on a large plat 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 6 inches, and represent Lycurgus, King Alfred, William Penn and other lawgivers, civilians and clergy, the main feature of which exhibits as the central and most conspicuous figure Lycurgus in his Greek attire with a scroll in his hands, reading the name, which is apparently being unrolled by Cecilus Calvert, Baron of Baltimore, held up for the scrutiny of Lycurgus on which is inscribed “Religious and Civil Liberty Established in Maryland, 1649.”

The bottom of the engraving reads as follows:

In the Elysium one of the series of pictures on human culture in the Greek room of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, etc., at the Adelphia, a mistake was committed, owing to the illusion, that has been so generally spread of considering William Penn as the first colonizer who established equal laws of religious and civil liberty. This design is, therefore, added to the series in order to rectify the mistake in the group of legislators, by making Lycurgus looking at these exemplary laws as placed in the hands of Ceceilus Calvert. Baron of Baltimore, who was the original establisher of them in his colony of Maryland many years before William Penn and his colony arrived in America a copy his worthy example.

Mystery of Their Origin

     The manner in which the presence of the engraving was discovered is interesting. It is supposed that the only other copy is in the possession of Dr. M. H. Cryer, of the University of Pennsylvania. Recently Colonel Vernon met Dr. Cryer, and the latter interested him with the description of the copperplate. Upon his return to Baltimore Colonel Vernon called the attention of Maryland Historical Society to the existence of such a plate, when the copy was released from the obscurity in which it has been and given prominent place in the library of the Maryland Historical Society. It was impossible to find out how long the engraving has been in the possession of the society.

     The copy which is in the possession of the Enoch Pratt Library has been in the reading-room for some time, and from whence it came is also shrouded in mystery.

     Barry, the artist, was born in Cork in 1741. In 1777 he was made a royal academician, and 1782 he was elected professor of painting. Owing, however, to a certain turbulence of temper he quarreled with the president of the academy and in 1792 his expulsion took place. He died in 1806.  

Sunday's Cemetery - Cemetery Robbers

Published in February of 1911 in the Baltimore American out of Baltimore, Maryland

MYSTERY IN A CEMETERY

Casket Lifted From Grave, But the Corpse Still Inside

Stanford, Ky.,  January 31. – The coffin containing the body of George B. Saufley , who was a prominent lawyer, and whose family is prominent socially, was found above his grave in Stanford Cemetery early today. At first the authorities refused to allow anyone to approach it until the arrival of bloodhounds. One end of the lid was loose and the tracks of a man and woman in mud on it.

     A strange woman tried to get the body several months ago by having the caretakers of the cemetery exhume it but they refused.  The grave was afterward guarded for several weeks.

     When bloodhounds were taken to the cemetery the coffin was opened and the body was found undisturbed. The dogs immediately took the trail of the supposed robbers. 

Tombstone Tuesday - The Money Family

Last week on “Tombstone Tuesday” I decided to try something a little different and it seems to have had a positive result. So again for this week I will not only include some of the photographs that I took while at Old Saint Anne’s Church Cemetery but also some additional information about the Money family.

                                   FATHER                                             MOTHER

                          JAMES A. MONEY                                 CORA F. MONEY

                                   1865-1941                                          1874-1949

                     LELAND W. MONEY                                PAULINE F. MONEY

                           1898 - 1938                                              1898 – 1960

                                                      JAMES B. MONEY 

                                                             1899 – 1981

                            MARY E. MONEY                      LELAND W. MONEY JR

                                1918 – 2002                                     1927 – 1992

[1]James A Money went to apply for the marriage license for himself and Cora F. Reynolds on the 11^th of October 1894. The license was applied for in the state of Delaware for the sum of two hundred dollars.

[2]1900 United States Federal Census shows that James was born in April 1865 in Delaware and his father Delaware, his mother was born in Delaware. At the time of the census James was 35 years of age. Cora was born in November 1874 in Delaware and her father Delaware, her mother was born in Delaware. At the time of the census Cora was 25 years of age. The census record also shows that James and Cora were married for 6 years at this time.  It also shows three additional family members along with a boarder. Ethel M is their daughter born in Delaware on November 1894. At the time of the census Ethel was 5 years of age. Leland W is one of their sons born in Delaware on January 1898. At the time of the census Leland was 2 years of age. Their other son listed on this census was James B. born in Delaware on December 1899. At the time of this census he was 5 months of age.  The boarder listed on the census is Curtis Gibbs born in Delaware about 1879. He is listed as a single black male and was 21 years of age during the time of this census taking. Both of his parents were also born in Delaware.

[3]1910 United States Federal Census still shows that James was born about 1865 in Delaware, his father Delaware, his mother Delaware.  At the time of the census James was 45 years of age. Cora is still shown as being born about 1875 in Delaware, her father Delaware, her mother Delaware. At the time of the census Cora was 35 years of age. Ethel and both Leland and James continue to appear on this census. They also have and additional five more children who appear on this census record. Ethel M is listed as single and 15 years of age during this census taking. Leland W is listed as single and 12 years of age during this census taking. James B is listed as single and 10 years of age during this census taking.  William R is listed as their son who is 9 years of age. Hilda V is listed as their daughter who is 7 years of age. Walter H is listed as their son who is 5 years of age. Carlton is listed as their son who is 3 years of age. Reynolds is listed as their son who is 1 year and 11 months of age. Anna M is listed as their daughter who is 1 month old. There are two hired hands listed on this census. Douglass Turner age 29, born about 1881 is listed as a black man, born in Delaware and both of his parents were born in Maryland.  Leroy Draper age 19, born about 1891 is listed as a black man, born in Delaware, parents born in Maryland.

**Special note Curtis Gibbs is no longer listed on the census.

[4]1920 United States Federal Census shows James is now 54 years of age and Cora age 45. James occupation is listed as a farmer and rents his family home.  Leland W is listed as single son and 21 years of age. James B is listed as single son and 20 years of age. William R is listed as single son and 19 years of age. Hilda V is listed as single daughter and 16 years of age. W. Harman is listed as single son and 14 years of age. Carleton is listed as a single son and 12 years of age.  Reynolds is listed as a single son and 11 years of age. Anna M is listed as a single daughter and 9 years of age. A new addition to the family is Mary E their daughter is listed as 7 months of age. One black male servant is listed, Charlie E Rouse age 19, born about 1901 and single. 

**Special note - Daughter Ethel M is no longer listed on the census.

                           Hired hand Douglas Turner and Leroy Praper are no longer listed on the census.

[5]1930 United States Federal Census shows James is now 65 years of age and Cora age 55. James B is listed as a single son age 30 with date of birth about 1900 and born in Delaware. W. Harman is listed as single son age 25 with a date of birth about 1905 and born in Delaware. Carlton is listed as a single son age 23 with a date of birth about 1907 and born in Delaware. Reynold is listed as a single son age 21 with a date of birth about 1909 and born in Delaware. Anna N is listed as single daughter age 20 with a date of birth about 1910 and born in Delaware. Mary E is listed as a single daughter age 11 with a date of birth about 1919 and born in Delaware. One lodger is listed on this census; Fredrick Byar born about 1898 in New York, his age at the time of the census is 32. Both of his parents were born in New York.  

** Special note – Sons Leland W. and William R. are no longer listed on the census.

                             Daughter Hilda V. is no longer listed on the census.

                             Male servant, Charlie E Rouse is no longer listed on the census.     

[6]1940 United States Federal Census shows James A at 75 years of age, his occupation as a framer, renting the family home and his highest level of education at 8^th grade. Cora F is 65 years of age with her highest level of education at 8^th grade. James B is listed as a single son age 40, highest level of education at 7^th grade; his occupation is listed as an unpaid farmer on the family farm. Mary E is listed as a single daughter age 21 and completed high school. Fred Beyer is still listed as hired help, age 45 with a date of birth about 1895, single and born in New York, he completed one level of high school. This census record now shows an additional hired hand along with a cook. Rachel Butcher is listed as a cook, private family, born about 1903 age 37; she is listed as Chinese and born in Delaware. Osborne Butcher age 16 born about 1924 he is also listed as Chinese and born in Delaware, with his highest level of education at 7^th grade.   

** Special note – Sons W. Harman, Carlton and Reynolds are no longer listed on the census.   

                             Daughter Anna N. is no longer listed on the census.

While searching on Findagrave.com I was able to collect some additional information on both James and Cora. In addition to the photographs of their tombstones their death certificates were also shared.

James A Money was born 4 APR 1865 in Townsend Town, his father was Benjamin Money born   in Delaware and his mother was Sarah Townsend also born in Delaware. His date of death is 23 JUN 1941. (Memorial #15027587)  

Cora Florence Reynolds was born 12 NOV 1874 in Middletown, Delaware and her father was William Reynolds and her mother was Hannah Moffett. Her date of death is 24 OCT 1949. (Memorial #15027577)   

     

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[1]Delaware Marriage Records, 1806-1933 Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com :  accessed 25 September 2014) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

[2]1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2014) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: (NARA , 1900. T623, 1854 rolls).

[3]1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com :accessed 25 September 2014) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls).  

[4]1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 25 September 2014). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.  Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls).  

[5]1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 25 September 2014). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

[6]1940 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 25 September 2014).Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.