tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88611088939419154762024-03-15T12:17:03.262-07:00It's a long, long journeyStories about my ancestors and my journey searching for them. I want my grandchildren to know my grandparents!Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-53710100730367577232024-03-14T08:41:00.000-07:002024-03-14T08:41:10.405-07:00My great-grandfather, Edward Richard Murphy<p> I knew my great-grandfather, Edward Richard Murphy. I was ten years old when he died. It occurred to me that I was probably the only person living who remembers him. My sister was only one year old when Edward died. But then I remembered that I have a cousin who also has memories of him. So it is time that Edward is memorialized in this blog.</p><p>Edward Richard Murphy was born in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois to William and Elizabeth Smyth Murphy on the 3rd of September 1880. The family was living at 1503 S. Adams St., in Peoria. Edward was the youngest of six children. </p><p>Between 1880 and 1882, the family moved from Adams St. to 311 Chicago St. in Peoria. Edward was two years old when his mother died giving birth to a stillborn baby girl. His mother's death left his father with six children at home to care for. In 1884 Edward's father remarried, a year after his wife Elizabeth's death. He married Anastasia Heneberry Cunningham who was a widow with six children. </p><p>In January of 1890, Edward's stepmother died. He was ten years old. Sadly, his father died in December of 1891. My guess is that the only real stability Edward had in his life during his younger years probably came from his siblings, most likely his sister who was ten years older than him. </p><p>Edward's only sister married in 1896. The first record I have of Edward following his birth record is from 1899 when he was listed in the Peoria City Directory as a clerk at SC Bartlett and resided at 1018 First St., where his sister, her husband, and their baby lived. Edward was listed in the 1900 Peoria Census with his brother Emmett. They were living with their sister and her family. Both were listed as Clerks at SC Bartlett Board of Trade.</p><p>In 1902, at the age of twenty-three, Edward married Kathryn "Kitty" Hanauer. She was twenty years old. Their witnesses were Edward's brother, Charles Murphy, and Katherine Lyons. In December of that year, Edward and Kathryn were witnesses to the marriage of Charles and Katherine's marriage!</p><p>In 1903, Edward and family were living at 211 Armstrong Ave. in Peoria, Illinois</p><p>Sometime in 1903-the family had moved to 521 Fredonia Avenue in Peoria, Illinois. The picture below is of a pregnant Kitty awaiting the arrival of their first child!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1VmQmxPQktLRwM4PBp8Pvt4m4YWNj30Os7s4WHBqsnZXdurEs1dUKgi7Or312f5Ha0vrghnTPKOyTw732yswaWfn4U8kPZevj9jCviRWd5YY75HvsKq95lQ8skhAvak-Y6cZ335Z417UNce5vub8vG4UNoNm2cEwqpz9kkD1tDSv2jpI-l1M_EGYE1Y/s3502/IMG_6409.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2611" data-original-width="3502" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1VmQmxPQktLRwM4PBp8Pvt4m4YWNj30Os7s4WHBqsnZXdurEs1dUKgi7Or312f5Ha0vrghnTPKOyTw732yswaWfn4U8kPZevj9jCviRWd5YY75HvsKq95lQ8skhAvak-Y6cZ335Z417UNce5vub8vG4UNoNm2cEwqpz9kkD1tDSv2jpI-l1M_EGYE1Y/s320/IMG_6409.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A year after their marriage, Edward and Kitty had a daughter, Genevieve Elizabeth. Elizabeth was the first name of both Edward and Kitty's mothers. I would love to know where the name Genevieve was from!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1904- Genevieve Elizabeth Murphy 13 months old.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgquaBVQ6qw4BolrOiaJyT-9GxZdqbA3THJ8QMbZHD-FFE6EV0Q16Lyl0utAbDrZgA2R1wvk-r_8KGCV-sGaCuvyjTQIsJFuY_IGjiFZp-CuZds8x3GqNCt-pP5uRqs7-QXTVlRvMllCrPPSFv7wAIHCTS78ZKTlradMKD9W-WG1NfjO6q-fFC54Sd3T0/s4032/IMG_6411.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgquaBVQ6qw4BolrOiaJyT-9GxZdqbA3THJ8QMbZHD-FFE6EV0Q16Lyl0utAbDrZgA2R1wvk-r_8KGCV-sGaCuvyjTQIsJFuY_IGjiFZp-CuZds8x3GqNCt-pP5uRqs7-QXTVlRvMllCrPPSFv7wAIHCTS78ZKTlradMKD9W-WG1NfjO6q-fFC54Sd3T0/s320/IMG_6411.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>Edward and Kitty's first son was Edward Francis Murphy who was born on the 20th of August in 1906 (my grandfather). He and Genevieve were listed in the 1910 Peoria Census with their parents. Edward was listed as a Clerk at the Board of Trade (he was still with SC Bartlett). The family was still living at 521 Fredonia in Peoria.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Edward F. and Genevieve Murphy:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7se3iv5beJCRcWmvMyorP9zpRApEp5CtoTmhu01vT-hlo0bSdXtup4m_cHWLvwEhev0iSTyVcoQ1K0kh_NiIat2nYp_ciyeRqdKO38BKw0d0m2S6UITvunuSwvhElxIMhMq0mRXrREIDow1slMUSKHYE0purmdIsupmI51JpH1Jets7XLQlQxsD0YWM/s1229/Top-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="799" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7se3iv5beJCRcWmvMyorP9zpRApEp5CtoTmhu01vT-hlo0bSdXtup4m_cHWLvwEhev0iSTyVcoQ1K0kh_NiIat2nYp_ciyeRqdKO38BKw0d0m2S6UITvunuSwvhElxIMhMq0mRXrREIDow1slMUSKHYE0purmdIsupmI51JpH1Jets7XLQlQxsD0YWM/s320/Top-10.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>By 1912, the family had moved to 121 Clarke Avenue in Peoria. Edward was still working for SC Bartlett as a clerk. In 1918, he was listed as a Buyer for SC Bartlett.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">121 Clarke Ave. in Peoria, Illinois</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZL8AFJNYN6bOFNvEQaigKW7u9tyS18dMHRrgTXT8hfkFWyEKHMF4BaKImaDZqZACf6pecaf13uoz4yMTpPP-GV_kuMoSpjLPoFonikpt4fzSszHklffkzkJlCrgIIJfqqdk1hoOTPjYvowzr4KzrwrjAXWhe95ffV3NCJ4_vgfR8sBfHKdUczZtQ-Tpk/s3576/IMG_6405.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2209" data-original-width="3576" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZL8AFJNYN6bOFNvEQaigKW7u9tyS18dMHRrgTXT8hfkFWyEKHMF4BaKImaDZqZACf6pecaf13uoz4yMTpPP-GV_kuMoSpjLPoFonikpt4fzSszHklffkzkJlCrgIIJfqqdk1hoOTPjYvowzr4KzrwrjAXWhe95ffV3NCJ4_vgfR8sBfHKdUczZtQ-Tpk/s320/IMG_6405.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card shows Edward listed at 121 Clark and was a Grain Dealer for SC Bartlett. Edward was marked as "Short" with blue eyes and black hair.</p><p>In 1920, the Peoria Census listed Edward, Kitty, Genevieve, and Edward along with Edward's mother-in-law Elizabeth Hanauer living at 121 Clark St. in Peoria. Edward was listed as a Vice-President for Stacy Grain. Elizabeth is listed as a Nurse (she was a midwife). On the 16th of October of 1920, Edward's brother Patrick Murphy died, the first of his siblings to pass away. Patrick was fifty-two years old. Edward was forty years old at the time.</p><p>March of 1921 brought a new addition to the family. Joseph Francis Murphy was born to Edward and Kitty! Edward was forty years old. Their children Genevieve and Edward were seventeen and fourteen years old, respectively. In 1924, another brother, Charles Murphy died. </p><p>1921 Edward R. Murphy holding his new son Joseph.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_xi9hTDraq1JzA25tJczx4puMoYZsWmy7BHy09qUFJTttQW10OUFiuhfuo_oP8rHHxDconb4QYB1MdbwWzF-D0rVpI35mODGGAMwZmTqrL3JUrf2KEwEuEaBoWj0rjrORIqRHEO-afniqmWaLo1ks4CQOp4w7kGUW0zGHRbD93GV5HhyphenhyphenpuPNz7_rt1o/s4031/IMG_6412.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4031" data-original-width="2338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_xi9hTDraq1JzA25tJczx4puMoYZsWmy7BHy09qUFJTttQW10OUFiuhfuo_oP8rHHxDconb4QYB1MdbwWzF-D0rVpI35mODGGAMwZmTqrL3JUrf2KEwEuEaBoWj0rjrORIqRHEO-afniqmWaLo1ks4CQOp4w7kGUW0zGHRbD93GV5HhyphenhyphenpuPNz7_rt1o/s320/IMG_6412.HEIC" width="186" /></a></div><br /><p>In 1927, Edward and Kitty's son Edward married Mabelle Linnea Seeber. And the following year, their first grandchild was born, Patricia Genevieve. She was named after Edward's brother Patrick and his daughter Genevieve.</p><p>Edward turned fifty years old in 1930. The Peoria Census shows him living at 121 Clark Ave. in Peoria with Kitty, Genevieve, and Joseph. In 1931, Edward's oldest brother James Francis Murphy died. The 1930s brought more changes to Edward's family. Another grandchild, Edward Charles Murphy, was born in 1933. </p><p>Edward continued to work for SC Bartlett until 1936. At that time, Edward was listed as a grocer, living on Columbia Terrace. </p><p>1937-house and shop at the corner of Columbia Terrace and Bestor in Peoria, Illinois.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnVh60GhdTk8IhrkGOXxzjXg5dBmIYhOruTuas9D7yslEh75Zg7Ogg-2X5stKUXdvVCHTfb85LKoBovTaMCZ_KwRfh9_S64scyIyt02EpEexBFPWDvBQXKHfnnb8c_C4RsP2VmHIDdgzfRPeOcpBzl-nnT6I5k2MgEYwyyz79pBd8KL_nd88_48sL0KY/s3975/IMG_6408.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="3975" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnVh60GhdTk8IhrkGOXxzjXg5dBmIYhOruTuas9D7yslEh75Zg7Ogg-2X5stKUXdvVCHTfb85LKoBovTaMCZ_KwRfh9_S64scyIyt02EpEexBFPWDvBQXKHfnnb8c_C4RsP2VmHIDdgzfRPeOcpBzl-nnT6I5k2MgEYwyyz79pBd8KL_nd88_48sL0KY/s320/IMG_6408.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>However, The 1940 Peoria Census lists Edward as age 59 and employed as a Grain Dealer, Board of Trade, which indicates that he was still working for SC Bartlett. In this census, Kitty was listed as the proprietor of a grocery store. It also showed Genevieve, age 36, as a secretary at a hotel (Pere Marquette Hotel). She had completed four years of high school. Joseph was listed as age 19 and had completed one year of college.</p><p>In 1942 Edward's WWII Draft Registration listed him as age 61, living at 901 Columbia. He was employed by Stacy Grain (which may have been SC Bartlett). Edward and Kitty's son Joseph's Draft Registration listed him as age 20, a student at the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana, Illinois.</p><p>From 1943 to 1945 Joseph served overseas in the United States Air Force. "Joe" married Catherine Freeman in 1948. They briefly lived in Chicago, but by 1950 Joe and Cathy had moved to Indianapolis. </p><p>In 1944 Edward's sister Alice Murphy Cody died. She had dementia for several years and was kept at her home. I'm sure it was hard for Edward to lose her, the only mother figure he had known. He had two more brothers die, both in January of 1949. They were Robert Emmett Murphy and William Henry Murphy. Robert had spent the majority of his life in an institution in St. Louis. He was diagnosed with depression and dementia. Edward was then the only one of eight children left living. </p><p>1947- Edward and Kitty in front of their home at 901 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDBhJ8J6WjaHAaP91kwX5SnBvs8Tx6CWuEPV_YVlWtegY2gAM9IVTa_xFOb69pfzzb1XA-rOK6P5wA1XrTleqyqwW8hOq7JRfoZ_xBAJ63S_2JfBruh5sO9MzPRql6Aos5fpbSfbMQQzMSrU_-HFc04VKhcZ5fF6HUEsv8tBDOeeXRjW7NHBupEv_A0U/s671/Top-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="671" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDBhJ8J6WjaHAaP91kwX5SnBvs8Tx6CWuEPV_YVlWtegY2gAM9IVTa_xFOb69pfzzb1XA-rOK6P5wA1XrTleqyqwW8hOq7JRfoZ_xBAJ63S_2JfBruh5sO9MzPRql6Aos5fpbSfbMQQzMSrU_-HFc04VKhcZ5fF6HUEsv8tBDOeeXRjW7NHBupEv_A0U/s320/Top-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Edward and Kitty were listed in the 1950 Peoria Census still living on Columbia Terrace in Peoria. It appears that Edward had retired. He was listed as age 69 and had a confectionary retail candy and ice cream store. Genevieve was still living with her parents. She was forty-six years old and an Executive secretary at a hotel (the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown Peoria).</p><p>In 1952 Genevieve (age forty-eight) married Wayne Matheny (age thirty-six) who went by "Wayne West", his show name. He had popular shows on the radio and later became a popular TV star in Peoria.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">1952-Edward and Kitty's 50th wedding anniversary. Pictured standing are their children Edward F., Genevieve, and Joseph Murphy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzPUwrwBMduBOS9Ot36KWRNg5YDtUkHmxghXVPbAaWlfDWMftWnKDlwG6-uKdBzAJn7KSI_pjvKkZZYh_UeuA7XdyN8r5HIUa6_QFr5YySHJ1j1WjCkFOgTo5FFprEjkDOBfdKmLnDWRp67sOSW1I_0oMH5hpUr37wDIYx3NeNrTrymwRe1Tdc7lfZeg/s1600/Top-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1600" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzPUwrwBMduBOS9Ot36KWRNg5YDtUkHmxghXVPbAaWlfDWMftWnKDlwG6-uKdBzAJn7KSI_pjvKkZZYh_UeuA7XdyN8r5HIUa6_QFr5YySHJ1j1WjCkFOgTo5FFprEjkDOBfdKmLnDWRp67sOSW1I_0oMH5hpUr37wDIYx3NeNrTrymwRe1Tdc7lfZeg/s320/Top-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I remember going to Edward and Kitty's little store on Columbia Terrace. It was attached to their home and next door to a grade school, so they often had many customers there. What I recall was the wonder of all the candy and ice cream. I was only five or six years old. And, of course, I was allowed to get whatever I wanted!</p><p>By 1955, Edward and Kitty were living in an upstairs apartment in the house where Genevieve and her husband lived. It was at 115 Samuel in Peoria Heights, Illinois. I have very clear memories of being there, but all I really remember of Edward (my great-grandfather) was of him sitting in a chair reading either a newspaper or a book. I also remember that he had a great smile! He was a very self-educated man and hated President Roosevelt. He was a very quiet man, small in stature.</p><p>Edward Richard Murphy died on the 12th of December 1959. He was seventy-nine years old. His obituary stated that he had been "in failing health for about four years" and that he "had made his home for the last two years with his son, Edward F. Murphy". I was quite sure that this was untrue and so I sent for and received his death certificate. As I had recalled, he was in the Peoria State Hospital for two years and died there. My guess is that the family did not want it known that he had died there and thus changed the circumstances for the obituary.</p><p>Edward was survived by his wife, Kitty, his three children, six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Sadly, his wife Kitty died in August of 1963 and his son Joe died in October of 1963. His son Edward died in 1976 and Genevieve died in 1992. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJVC-oqFrWHzQtnao8kBItH1H-Bvq5H74obCTpM6IIz1kMYQD2E3t4DBoW4tWfq5mbEzvED4Ai8i-zeRT69zMNOTnBap2YHGuLnZTZnL7kbCmiqdsUuWLqjkfXPMkEE3oVGXfFaXYFMSwxYbkh_Ak4p8rZS6H5ZHJtrbJWW0ysLIsqVIpYOSqqwaSpBc/s1600/Top-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1600" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJVC-oqFrWHzQtnao8kBItH1H-Bvq5H74obCTpM6IIz1kMYQD2E3t4DBoW4tWfq5mbEzvED4Ai8i-zeRT69zMNOTnBap2YHGuLnZTZnL7kbCmiqdsUuWLqjkfXPMkEE3oVGXfFaXYFMSwxYbkh_Ak4p8rZS6H5ZHJtrbJWW0ysLIsqVIpYOSqqwaSpBc/s320/Top-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-18407185379814443002024-03-13T10:14:00.000-07:002024-03-13T10:14:05.854-07:00Alice "Allie" ReadeFor a St. Patrick’s Week Challenge, I am writing about my great-great-great-grandmother Mary Alice “Allie” Reade. She is as far back as I have been able to go with my Murphy ancestry, and she was one of the first I found when I went searching for Murphy relatives at the local Catholic cemetery in Peoria in about 1995. It saddens me that I don’t know a lot about “Allie”. She proved to be one of those elusive women who quietly lived out their lives. Yet she must have been a strong woman to endure as she did.
Alice was born in 1801 in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Her parents were James and Alice "Ally" Lawlor Reade. Known siblings of Alice were Anne, Bridget, Joan, Thomas and Catherine. Alice married James H. Murphy on the 23rd of October in 1831 in Kilmacow Parish, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Alice was thirty years old and James was twenty-eight years old at the time of their marriage. Alice’s sister, Anne Reade, was a witness to the marriage, along with Thomas Holden. James and Alice had seven known children all born in County Kilkenny: Johanna Murphy, born 25 March 1832; James Reade Murphy, born 25 July 1833; Mary Murphy, born around 1837; William Henry Murphy, born in 1838 (my great-great-grandfather); Catherine Murphy, born 19 March 1839; Ellen Murphy, born 05 May 1841; and Margaret Murphy, born 8 August 1844.
Alice’s sisters, Bridget and Joan, were godparents for two of Alice’s children. Sometime in 1848, James and Alice and their seven children (ages four to sixteen) arrived in the United States in New Orleans and spent a year there. They then came on to Peoria County, Illinois settling in Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Illinois. The 1850 Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois census shows the Murphy family living with the Philander Chase family. During these times, Philander Chase sponsored families coming over from Ireland. James Murphy ended up working for him for several years, as head gardener and opening up a quarry for him. Between 1849 and 1855 some of Alice’s family from Ireland came to the Peoria Illinois area. Patrick Reade and his children settled in Peoria, and Daniel Reade’s children settled in Peoria. I believe that Patrick and Daniel were cousins of Alice. Also, her first cousin, Nicholas Reade Henebery settled in Peoria with his family.
Alice’s family appears to have been close to all of these relatives as they are involved through the years with each other, as witnesses to various sacraments, etc. Three of Alice’s children married between 1850 and 1860. Johanna married John Ryan in 1852. Mary married James Ryan (brother to John) in 1854 and in 1856, James married Julia Henebery (daughter of Nicholas Reade Henebery, and James’ second cousin). In 1855 James and Alice were listed in Kickapoo, along with one son and two daughters. Living next door to them was their daughter Johanna and her family. It seems that the families stayed in Kickapoo in the same places for a few years as they were listed in the 1860 census still next door to each other. In this census, James and Alice were listed with one son, William, and two daughters, Ellen and Margaret, but also living with them was their daughter Mary and her family. Johanna and her family were still next door to James and Alice. James was listed as a farmer.
Over the next ten years, the remaining children of James and Alice married: Ellen married Edmond O’Neil in 1861; Catherine married John Dolan and William married Elizabeth Smith, both in 1864; Margaret married Francis Smith (brother to Elizabeth Smith) in 1866. All of the Alice’s children were married in Peoria County, Illinois. So by 1866, after thirty-five years of marriage, James and Alice Murphy had an empty household. By 1869, James was listed as living in Peoria, so he and Alice must have left farming and moved to the city. By then James was sixty-six years old, and Alice was sixty-eight. In the 1870 Peoria Census James was listed as a City Policeman. They were living next door to their son James and his family. James continued to work and was listed in the 1880 Peoria census as a Policeman for the Depot. In this census, Alice was listed as “Invalid”.The census was taken on the 2nd of June in 1880.
Alice died at her son James’ house on the 9th of July in 1880. She was seventy-nine years old. Her cause of death was listed as “Dementia and Old Age”. Obituaries found for Alice included the following: From the Peoria National Democrat--July 10, 1880: "DIED Murphy-In this city at the residence of her son, James R. Murphy, corner 2nd and Merriman streets, Mrs. Alice Murphy, wife of James H. Murphy, in the 79th year of her age; Funeral will take place from her son's residence Sunday, at 2 o'clock pm. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend."
From the Peoria Evening Review-July 9, 1880 "MURPHY-In this city at the residence of her son, James R. Murphy, corner 2nd and Merriman streets, Mrs. Alice Murphy, wife of James H. Murphy, in the 79th year of her age. Funeral will take place from her son's residence Sunday at 2 o'clock pm. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend."
And from Peoria Evening Review-July 12, 1880: "The funeral of Mrs. James Murphy, which took place on Sunday was attended by a large concourse of people. The procession of carriages that followed the remains to the grave was nearly a mile long."
I do wonder why there was not a church funeral for Alice. The family had been devout, active Catholics. She was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Peoria, Illinois. She shares a tombstone with granddaughters Alice and Jennie, children of her son James. The tombstone reads: Alice Read Murphy, Alice and Jennie. Her tombstone is next to her son James Reade Murphy's tombstone.
Alice’s husband, James H. Murphy, lived for another ten years and stayed with their daughter Ellen in Crescent City, Illinois. James Murphy died in 1890 in Crescent City, Iroquois County, Illinois. He is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Gilman, Illinois with his daughter Ellen Murphy O'Neill and family. This always strikes me as so sad that James and Alice were not buried together after all that they had lived through. Having seven children, moving to a new country, and then having to deal with Alice’s dementia as they settled into older age must have been so difficult. Surprisingly for the times, none of Alice’s children preceded her in death. Alice had fifty-seven grandchildren when she died. Two more were born after her death. Six of Alice’s children had daughters named “Alice” after her. She left a large family that thrived throughout the years. As a side-note: Alice is the first of the Murphy side of the family who I have found with dementia. It has remained constant throughout the years in the direct line through her son William Murphy and his descendants. The family always thought it was from the Murphy side of the family, but actually, in our case, it appears that it is possible that it came from the Reade part of the family.
Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-51391990625666643902023-04-25T12:01:00.001-07:002024-03-13T10:20:25.937-07:00What a sad story. Jand McCandlish Murdoch.I was working on going through some Ancestry Hints this morning and came across some records that, of course, led me down the rabbit hole.
I was researching Jane McCandlish Murdock a second cousin once removed. She was born in 1854 in Scotland to William and Margaret Smeaton Murdock. She was listed as living with her parents and siblings in the 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891 censuses in Scotland. I also found a record that she had been admitted to the Woolie Asylum in Dunbartonshire, Scotland on the 21st of February in 1876 when she was 22 years old. I have yet to find records of how long she was there.
On the 10th of June in 1892, Jane married Alexander Edwards. Jane was thirty-eight years old and Alexander was 25 years old when they married. Alexander was a chemist's storeman. On the 27th of August of 1894, Alexander and Jane had a son, John Wilson Edwards. Sadly, Jane died on the 27th of October 1897 when she was forty-three years old, leaving a two-year-old baby behind. Her death certificate listed her parents and stated that she was thirty-nine years old. It said that she died of Acute Mania and Meningitis. Her father was deceased by then. The story gets sadder. I decided to see if I could find out what became of the baby that Jane had left. I found that in 1901, John Wilson Edwards and his father Alexander were living with Alexanders' parents. The next record I found was a death record for John. He died on the 16th of June in 1915 at the Royal Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen. He was twenty-one years old, single, and a schoolteacher. He died from Pyaemia (blood poisoning) from slight abrasions of the face that he had had for about one and a half months. His father's sister was the Informant for the death certificate.
As of now, I have not located any other information on Alexander Edwards. I did see a listing for that name who was buried close to where John had been buried. That Alexander Edwards died in 1913.Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-29277382138799492002023-04-23T10:54:00.000-07:002023-04-23T10:54:13.090-07:00Old Fashioned Genealogy<p>There are often mentions in different posts, blogs, etc. of the importance of writing and requesting records for genealogy. Not all records can be found online, but you can find where to request the records that you are looking for online</p><p>This past week I sent off 3 different requests for records:</p><p>-One to the Arkansas History Commission for Confederate Pension Records for Thomas P Saunders</p><p>-One to the North Dakota Bismark-Mandan Historical and Genealogical Society for Naturalization Records for Olaus Hansson</p><p>-One to NARA for Land Warrants for two grants given to William Adamson, one in 1836 and the other in 1856</p><p>I was quite pleased with myself that I took the time to find where these records would be and that I actually sat down and requested them! I am very hopeful that I might learn some valuable and/or interesting information from my requests. I will post what I find!</p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-86034720613867983652023-01-27T09:59:00.002-08:002023-01-27T10:01:56.350-08:00#52Ancestors-Oops<p> Oops is a great topic and there are so many things to write about, but I am sharing the first thing that came to my mind!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQVWfTHJA2fvvwqNLegjc7ob7hN1GyMKEs7G4wX0sXOpEDyIdjallMp8c9qDQUCWBPEv9F13glN27U0-tDIWbZhupMbi3HL0Ti3bSN6RmXC_hl5T4LJtIDa0KUMqIZnLLfIzVd5Gk-wk76lRbWJVmNXRb7W3SjWcF4KUV6wZe9Cs3tHUjIyUTQU_Y/s1746/Top-8.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQVWfTHJA2fvvwqNLegjc7ob7hN1GyMKEs7G4wX0sXOpEDyIdjallMp8c9qDQUCWBPEv9F13glN27U0-tDIWbZhupMbi3HL0Ti3bSN6RmXC_hl5T4LJtIDa0KUMqIZnLLfIzVd5Gk-wk76lRbWJVmNXRb7W3SjWcF4KUV6wZe9Cs3tHUjIyUTQU_Y/s320/Top-8.bmp" width="238" /></a></div><br /><p>My father was born in 1927. His parents had married in 1910. They then had three children: in 1911, 1913, and 1915. And twelve years later...oops...my father was born!</p><p>My father's sister, who was born in 1913, would often recall how she would drop my father off at kindergarten on her way to college!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-14818528508098241992023-01-20T08:49:00.002-08:002023-01-20T08:49:26.383-08:00#52Ancestors-Education<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8SCc90fY1pvWNNkEviv3itBI0Glrd8sWV4m37XnIPSpIDJLnFff-QUmGERhOZU7jwdTzVsbE38cbVo3oKbJSheALTlw2x_-wwFYL91p_nlbn3cH57WHStymX07f9n4N0FAiPxiB7MXQ8Ul44E9aBqQ-l6vEbjtaQ8QyT9MQAWDqvjdCJ0Cp46lPD/s678/Top-6.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="463" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8SCc90fY1pvWNNkEviv3itBI0Glrd8sWV4m37XnIPSpIDJLnFff-QUmGERhOZU7jwdTzVsbE38cbVo3oKbJSheALTlw2x_-wwFYL91p_nlbn3cH57WHStymX07f9n4N0FAiPxiB7MXQ8Ul44E9aBqQ-l6vEbjtaQ8QyT9MQAWDqvjdCJ0Cp46lPD/s320/Top-6.bmp" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="MsoNormal">I am reposting a blog that I wrote on June 3, 2015, to address the topic "Education"! Above is a picture of Arthur and Nye Gray Adamson. It still amazes me that both of my grandparents graduated from college!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This week’s challenge was the topic “Commencement”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose to write about my paternal grandparents. Both of my grandparents graduated from college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this amazing since they were both born in the late 1800s when going to college was not often considered an option! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">My grandfather, Arthur Logan Adamson, was born on the 29<sup>th</sup> of April in 1885 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the eleventh of thirteen children and, as far as I know, the only one to attend college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He graduated from Olney High School in 1903.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family story is that his parents sold their farm in order for Art to attend Westfield College in Westfield, Illinois.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">My grandmother, Lotta Nye Gray, was born on the 5<sup>th</sup> of July in 1888 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the second of five children. One of her brothers also graduated from college. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Art graduated from Westfield College in 1906 after “three years of hard work and summer school”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While at Westfield he played quarterback for the football team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nye graduated from Westfield in 1907 and was president of her class (which consisted of five students!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art and Nye had begun dating each other before they left Westfield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mCtuiIigjrIE5nUAXxEZAj55YgnYwIuFfxPWzBeNcySzw-hhBAkegqgTC2yeLMbSqxN8h4-O2sLH3lOwYme1RSstPMyus_f9qxV3ZjF7KzhHLTeLcX1wil80akPVrYnvEccqhOYqBoo/s1600/Scan-017.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mCtuiIigjrIE5nUAXxEZAj55YgnYwIuFfxPWzBeNcySzw-hhBAkegqgTC2yeLMbSqxN8h4-O2sLH3lOwYme1RSstPMyus_f9qxV3ZjF7KzhHLTeLcX1wil80akPVrYnvEccqhOYqBoo/s320/Scan-017.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The above picture was taken from The Lanz 1907, the yearbook from Westfield College. It refers to her interest in my grandfather in the line:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="MsoNormal">"Being a descendant of Adam she has taken a special interest in one of his sons..." </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></blockquote><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Art and Nye married in 1910 and went on to have four children. All of their four children graduated from college during the years of 1935 to 1948.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span>Obviously, education remained very important to Art and Nye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><p> </p><div><br /></div>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-34941097819589002592023-01-08T12:45:00.003-08:002023-01-08T12:45:40.106-08:00#52Ancestors: Favorite Photo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbh9g4LGEB9LMYnuD-Nyn-0dQKi92a7RnqRgAAquSnCdyT_tCRJhLTWLnDSBoiBeVyItoNtfZpKll-ruVHtA1EYTRk4mxmpVmGzZBnOHg-hIC6Iyat2dP_6K3o4zQpwGUzlZBhU3yhMIaKq_WAf7sn9iUryDrsYQyTTYpLZ3pj-a3AkGRWXwBpJPMi/s1162/Top-97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbh9g4LGEB9LMYnuD-Nyn-0dQKi92a7RnqRgAAquSnCdyT_tCRJhLTWLnDSBoiBeVyItoNtfZpKll-ruVHtA1EYTRk4mxmpVmGzZBnOHg-hIC6Iyat2dP_6K3o4zQpwGUzlZBhU3yhMIaKq_WAf7sn9iUryDrsYQyTTYpLZ3pj-a3AkGRWXwBpJPMi/s320/Top-97.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>This was fairly easy to choose! It is my grandmother and my mother in about 1928!<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /> </p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-59568342935901435972023-01-08T12:38:00.004-08:002023-01-08T12:38:52.159-08:00#52Ancestors-I'd Like to Meet<p> I may only hit some 52 weeks this year, but this is a start! The topic is who I would like to meet. That was a pretty easy choice for me. I want to meet and talk to my great-great-great-grandmother Mary Alice "Allie" Reade. Allie was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1801. It was there that she married James H Murphy in 1831. </p><p>I choose her because I would like to learn more about her Reade family history and her husband's history. And, at least in our family, it has always tended to be the women who know the secrets, and just knowledge of the families, so I am guessing that Allie could tell me a great deal that I have not been able to uncover!</p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-55728268366326482402022-03-19T12:18:00.001-07:002022-09-22T09:09:04.962-07:00Interesting Will-Low Masses<p> I came across an interesting will written in 1937 while doing some family genealogy yesterday. This woman, Lida, came from a wealthy family consisting of 13 children. She died in 1945. She had no children and was widowed. The directions in her Will to her executor were the following Masses for the repose of the souls of:</p><p>-1000 Low Masses to be said for her father, her mother, and their children</p><p>-500 Low Masses for herself</p><p>-100 Low Masses for an aunt and uncle</p><p>-100 Low Masses for her deceased husband</p><p>-100 Low Masses for the souls in purgatory, 25 to be said at St. Mary's Cathedral, 25 to be said at Sacred Heart Church, 25 to be said at St. John's Church and 25 to be said at St. Joseph's Church</p><p>-50 Low Masses for the conversion of sinners, 15 to be said at St. Mary's Cathedral, 15 ar Sacred Heart Church, 10 to be said at St. John's Church and 10 to be said at St. Joseph's Church</p><p>That's a lot of Low Masses!</p><p>In addition to the Low Masses, the Will indicated the following:</p><p>-gave a sister all of her interest in the family trust</p><p>- gave $200 each to 2 nephews and 2 nieces (children of one of her sisters)</p><p>-gave $300 to the Sisters of St. Joseph who run the Academy of the Sacred Heart</p><p>-gave all the rest of her estate to her above-named sister</p><p>As it turned out, her sister (to whom she left all of her interest in a family trust and all of the rest of her estate) was deceased. Lida did have two sisters living, but they were never mentioned in her Will.</p><p>I also found the probate where the courts had to find Lida's living relatives. Oddly, the two living sisters were not mentioned but a number of nieces and nephews were named. They were the children of two other sisters. I sure would like to know the story of this family dynamics! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-77683727957568289182022-01-09T12:54:00.002-08:002022-01-09T12:54:31.642-08:002021 in Review<p> Well, another year has passed and I still haven't managed to reach the two goals that I continue to set for myself each year. Thankfully, I don't let that stop the rest of my research and I had many helpful finds this past year. As more records are available, more is learned. Peoria County has been releasing old records, along with the Genealogical Society in Peoria and those have been quite helpful. The records I have been focused on lately are Undertaker Records, which have been indexed and available online. And I continue to keep up with my Ancestry Hints, which are often very helpful!</p><p>I think that my goal for 2022 will be to journal/blog here more often as I work through genealogy puzzles!</p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-41706911924036312922021-11-14T11:51:00.001-08:002021-11-14T11:51:14.383-08:00Finding Two 3rd Great-Grandmother's Families<p> I have been meaning to post about finding one of my 3rd great-grandmother's family for a while now, and in the time of my procrastination, I found another 3rd great-grandmother's family! I have always wondered about female family members who moved away with their husbands after they married. Did any of their origin family move with them or near them, or perhaps, moved near them later?</p><p>The first family member I want to discuss is Mary "Polly" Wilson. She married William Adamson in 1806 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee. A "Michael Wilson" was named in their marriage bond, so I wondered if he was her brother. I also suspected that Catherine "Cath" Wilson McCoy Stites was her sister. I had no proof of either being related. And honestly, I still do not have actual proof, but enough evidence to say with confidence that I have found Polly's family.</p><p>Polly and William's second son was named Allen, so that is where I began...finding an Allen Wilson, who was born in 1765 in Virginia, with his children born in Tennessee. I learned that his eldest son was Michael Wilson. I started seriously considering that perhaps this Allen Wilson and his wife Polly Browder were Polly Wilson's parents.</p><p>This past summer I had seen a post about a Martha Wilson who married Alfred Quertermous in 1855 in Crittenden County, Kentucky (where William and Polly Wilson had settled). As I corresponded with the poster we agreed that we had a lot of family in common. Then the poster mentioned that Martha Wilson had been married at the home of William Adamson. She was the daughter of Allen Wilson, Jr. Martha's father died about 1846, and her mother died in 1855. In the 1840 Census, the Allen Wilson family was listed as living in Union County, right next door to Crittenden County.</p><p>So then I began researching more of Allen Wilson, Sr's children:</p><p>-Catherine Wilson was listed in 1830 in Livingston County (before Crittenden County was formed); she was in Lawrence County, IL in 1840, and Richland County IL in 1850, all places that relatives of my Adamson's were.</p><p>-James Wilson was married in 1822 in Livingston County, KY; he was living in Crittenden County in 1850, 1860, and 1865 censuses.</p><p>-Priscilla Wilson married in 1827 in Livingston County, KY, was listed there in 1830 and 1840 censuses, and in Crittenden County, KY in 1850.</p><p>I am quite sure (again, without actual proof) that I found Polly Wilson's family and that they had all lived very close by to her!!!</p><p>The next family that I recently found was that of my 3rd great-grandmother Elspet "Elizabeth" Wood. She was born in 1801 in Scotland (her parents were Alexander and Catherine Douglas). Elspet married David Erskine Gray in 1819 in Scotland. She and David and their children came to the United States in 1837 and settled in Vigo County, Indiana. Again, did Elspet ever see any of her family again? </p><p>As I researched the family, I found that she had one brother and three sisters:</p><p>-James appeared to have remained in Scotland.</p><p>-Catherine "Cath" married Thomas Torrance and their four sons were born in Scotland. In 1841 the family was still living in Scotland. However, by 1860, Catherine was listed in Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN with three of her sons.</p><p>-Ellison married Peter Murry (Murray). In 1841 she was listed as living in Scotland with two daughters and one son. The next record I have found for Ellison was that she died and was buried in Terre Haute, IN in 1860.</p><p>So, it seems that Elspet's sisters did come from Scotland to the United States and settled where she was at some point after 1841.</p><p>I need to do some more research on these sisters in the Indiana records. But for now, I have found it so comforting to know that these two women (my 3rd great-grandmothers) were surrounded by their brothers and/or sisters. Family is everything!</p><p><br /></p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-90509099740183710312021-04-04T10:50:00.000-07:002021-04-04T10:50:37.201-07:00Prison Warden Killed During Inmates Escape<p> James Delahunty was the warden for the Nebraska State Prison when he was shot and killed during an escape by three inmates. It was James' 55th birthday.</p><p>James is not a direct ancestor to me. My 1st cousin 4x removed was Mary Reade. She married Thomas Delahunty. James was the nephew of Thomas Delahunty. I found the story of James compelling enough to do some research on him.</p><p>James Delahunty was born March 14th, 1858 in Peoria, Illinois to Patrick and Ellen (Kennedy) Delahunty, both natives of Ireland. James was the oldest of eight known children. Around 1884, the family moved from Peoria to Clay Center, Nebraska, where James' father continued farming. His father died in 1889.</p><p>By 1906, a city directory for Lincoln, Nebraska, indicated that James Delahunty was a deputy warden at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.</p><p>The 1910 census for Clay County, Nebraska shows James, age 43, living on the farm with his mother and some siblings. It shows that James was divorced, and working as a farmer (however, he was the warden of the prison).</p><p>On March 4th of 1912, there appeared to be concerns about "dope" being brought into the prison and some were calling for James to be replaced as warden, but the governor believed that James was doing a good job, so he remained. Ten days later, 3 inmates used explosives to get free and shot 2 guards as they made their escape. James came out of his office shooting at the escaped convicts. He was shot in the right hip but continued to shoot at them. He was then shot in the chest and died.</p><p>I learned from a newspaper article that his brother John also worked at the prison and that their mother was the prison matron. Neither of them had been injured or involved in the shooting.</p><p>There were services held for James Delahunty at the Cathedral in Lincoln, Nebraska, and then his body was shipped to Peoria, Illinois for burial.</p><p><br /></p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-83736493511500614562021-01-09T09:40:00.006-08:002022-01-09T12:47:19.786-08:00Goals for 2021<p> A new year begins and I wanted to avoid making any kind of resolutions, but then it occurred to me that I do need to decide on some goals for my genealogy. 2020 was a year full of changes for me (selling our house, moving across the country, surgery, etc.) and, while I continued to stay caught up on my Ancestry Hints, I don't feel like I got any real genealogy research done. Now that I am settled into our new home, I know no one (other than my husband!), there are no activities to attend (due to COVID), and it is winter, so this is the perfect time to get back into my research.</p><p>Of course, the two goals that I have had for years, still remain:</p><p>-to locate a photo of my great-great-grandfather, William H. Murphy, from his years in Peoria, Illinois after spending his first twelve years in Ireland. He lived in Peoria from 1850 until his death in 1891. He held several city jobs (such as deputy sheriff, etc) so I find it hard to believe that there is not a photo of him out there somewhere!</p><p>-to learn the father of my great-great-great-grandfather William Adamson (born @1789 and died @1865)</p><p>Other goals are:</p><p>-to learn more about Katherine Fox Feger and her children</p><p>-to continue to study the lives of James and Mary Alice Reed Murphy and their children (one of whom is the above mentioned William Murphy)</p><p>I hope that I will continue to identify other goals as the year continues.</p>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-70062145596593109612020-03-18T09:40:00.002-07:002021-01-09T09:07:26.970-08:00Katherine "Katie" M. Fox-FOUNDI have written two prior posts about Katie Fox, one in 2012 and the other in 2015. <i> </i>I had never been able to learn what had happened to her after her father died in 1898. Katherine Fox was a fairly common name and so I was never sure of finding the correct records. She was one of my major brick walls.<br />
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A couple of days ago an Ancestry.com hint came up for Katie. It was an obituary in Newspapers.com for a Herman Seger, who had married Catherine Fox in 1900 in Peoria. I searched for Herman Seger with all my genealogical powers! I searched for his parents and his children who were all named in the obituary. I found NOTHING. Finally, I pulled up the 1910 Peoria County Census and entered the first name (Herman), the year he was born (1875) and that he lived in Peoria. Right away names came up and guess what was there: Herman Feger with his wife Catherine.<br />
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As it turned out, the obituary had his last name spelled wrong, along with his father's last name and his children's last names. I just have never seen that big of an error in an obituary.<br />
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Now that left me with the question, was this Catherine Fox the Katherine Fox that I have been searching for (for over twenty-five years)? I found all the censuses for the Feger family, but I needed proof of who Katherine's parents were. They were not listed at her Find-A-Grave site. All I could think of was that I needed to try to find a record of Herman and Catherine's marriage.<br />
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I started by going to the Peoria County Clerk's website. As I looked around on there for a while, I came across a link that led me to old records that have been scanned. There are Births (1878-1915), Marriages (1825-1904), and Deaths (Dec. 1877-1915). It was an amazing find!!!<br />
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But the most amazing part was that I found the marriage records for Herman Feger and Katherine Fox and her parents were listed: William Fox and Mary Smith!!!! It was her!<br />
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I was so happy to know that she had married and had three children. By the time Katie was twenty-four, she had lost both parents and all five siblings had died. She was alone in the world for the most part. Her first two children were even named William and Mary after her parents. Katie lived until 1957. I am hoping to find an obituary for her once the library re-opens (COVID-19).<br />
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Never, ever give up!Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-25416473786064142712020-01-07T10:42:00.000-08:002020-01-07T10:42:13.370-08:00My Favorite PhotoI am selectively choosing prompts from 52 Ancestors and especially like this week's prompt which is My Favorite Photo! It is this great picture of my grandparents, taken around 1970. It is always on my refrigerator so I can see them and sometimes "talk" to them!<br />
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<br />Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-47927170253467721672020-01-07T10:04:00.003-08:002021-01-09T09:14:27.620-08:00Review of 2019Well, I had one post in 2019. That is hard to believe. I had some great finds in 2019, mostly from Ancestry.com. And I began researching my brother-in-law's family at my sister's request.<br />
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In September of last year, my long-lost cousin and I spent a weekend together, at my home with our husbands, that was absolutely wonderful. We had not seen each other since around 1960 maybe? I had been searching for her since about 1994. She found me (!) on Ancestry in 2018. When she arrived at my house, I was able to give her her father's childhood missal with his name written in it that I had found among my mother's belongings. Her father died in 1963, so it was quite a touching moment to finally lay it in her hands! We really had a good time with them and hope to see more of them.<br />
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So, my goal for 2020? Well, that's an obvious one! I need to blog more! I'll start with a post today!Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-43752250498266482592019-02-23T10:49:00.001-08:002019-02-23T10:49:39.533-08:00Isaac Adamson 1847-1880<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought that I had written about Isaac Adamson before, but apparently I haven't. What happened to his children has been a big brick wall in my research for a very long time. A large piece of the wall crumbled recently!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isaac Adamson (my 1st cousin 3x removed) was born around 1847 in Missouri to Allen and Elizabeth Saunders Adamson. He was the eighth of twelve known children, and the sixth son (out of eight). Isaac's mother died in around 1857, when he was ten years old. His father left all of the minor children in the care of Peter Saunders (brother of Isaac's mother):</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e453f;">Texas County Court Records (Volume 2):</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e453f;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e453f;">"Friday Dec. 10, 1858:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e453f;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e453f;">Guardian</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e453f;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e453f;">It is ordered by the Court that Peter Sanders be appointed Guardian of the person of Josiah, Isaac, Elijah, John Wesley, Catherine, Mary Ann and Edward E. Adamson, miner (?) heirs of Allen and Elizabeth Adamson, Deceased."</span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #4e453f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In 1862, when Isaac was fifteen, he enlisted in the Eighth Missouri Infantry (CSA) with three of his brothers (Allen, John Wesley and William). Isaac was described as having grey eyes, sandy hair and a fair complexion. He was 5'6' tall. There is no record of Isaac ever being wounded or hospitalized while serving. He surrendered in New Orleans in 1865. He was eighteen years old, having seen three years of fighting. His older brother Allen was killed during the War.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e453f;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is assumed that Isaac returned to Texas County, Missouri following the War. In 1868 he married Elizabeth Hamby there. The 1870 Census for Texas County, Missouri showed that Isaac worked in a saw mill, was twenty-two years old, and was living with his wife and daughter, Elizabeth. In the 1880 Phelps County, Missouri Census, Isaac was listed as age twenty-eight working in the iron mines. He was living with his wife and three daughters. Daughter Mary was born about 1876, and daughter Mallissa was born in 1880.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e453f;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In May of 1879, Isaac was in a mining accident and broke his leg. In December of 1880, Isaac was in a mining accident and killed:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And that was where the story ended for me. I could never locate Isaac's wife or his three daughters, despite numerous attempts over the years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, a couple of weeks ago, out of the blue, I got an email from a descendant of Mallissa Adamson, Isaac's daughter. It appears that Mallissa had been raised by a relative of her mother. She had been told, and always believed, that her mother had died in childbirth and her father had been hung as a horse thief. Mallissa was treated like a servant and was never taught to read or write. She never knew that she had sisters. Mallissa did marry and have children of her own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It feels like the story of this family just keeps getting sadder! Now I wonder if Mallissa's sisters ever knew about her? Her oldest sister Elizabeth was eleven years old when Mallissa was born, so surely she remembered having a younger sister. The middle sister, Mary, was only four years old when Mallissa was born.</span><br />
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Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-62520493047461684842018-12-31T13:31:00.000-08:002018-12-31T13:31:14.083-08:00Two more mysteries solvedFor years I have been trying to find out two things about my grandfather, Eddie Murphy. One is where he went to high school and the other was how he met my grandmother. Both facts have been quite elusive. My mother had told me that Grandpa had gone to Manual High School. However, no records of him attending have ever been found. So then I thought maybe he had gone to the Catholic high school. Again, no records found. Dead end.<br />
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A few days ago my sister and I met with two first cousins who we haven't seen for quite some time. Both live out of town from us. <br />
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As we discussed various things, one cousin began to tell us the story that he has always heard about how our grandparents met! And the story began with Grandpa attending high school...for one day! He got into a fight and was kicked out of school. So he didn't tell his parents, and just left home each day as if he were headed to school. After a few days, he noticed a sign at the local newspaper looking for a copy boy. He went in and got the job, but was told that he needed to dress up each day in shirt and tie. He headed to Szolds (a local department store) and a lovely young girl sold him a suit, shirt and tie. And she was to become my grandmother!<br />
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And just like that, my questions were answered! Incidentally, Grandpa retired from that newspaper after forty-eight years working there. By the time he retired, he was the political editor for the paper. Pretty good for a kid with an eighth grade education!Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-7349312308978465152018-12-31T13:18:00.000-08:002018-12-31T13:18:19.683-08:00#52Ancestors-Week 48-Next to Last: Nancy ThompsonMy third great-aunt, Nancy Thompson, was the next to last child (that I have recorded) born to Moses and Rachel Foard Thompson.<br />
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Nancy was born in about 1819 in Tennessee, probably in Bedford County. Between 1846 to 1840, her family came to Illinois. It appears that Nancy married John Omsby in about 1838 (marriage records have not been found) in either Tennessee or Illinois.<br />
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Nancy and John had ten known children. The first was a son born about 1839. I don't know any more about him. Three more sons followed, all born in Illinois. They had a daughter in 1848, then three more sons, then two more daughters. The last child (Susan) was born in 1858. Sadly, the two youngest daughters died in infancy. One son died in 1857 at the age of seven. I have not been able to find any records for another son, so he may have died early also.<br />
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John Omsby, Nancy's husband, died in November of 1858. Nancy soon followed him, dying in February of 1859. When they died, they left five living children, ages five to seventeen.<br />
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Nancy was buried in Wesley Cemetery in Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois.Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-6093166578291385062018-11-27T14:30:00.002-08:002018-11-27T14:30:35.100-08:00#52Ancestors-Week 47-ThankfulI have a million reasons to be thankful for my grandmother, who I called "Nanya". One of the reasons I am thankful for her is that she instilled in me an interest in family history, on both her side of the family and my grandfather's side of his family. One of the best things that she told me was when I asked if we were related to the O'Meara family. The O'Meara's were often included in our family gatherings and I knew that Jo O'Meara was my great-grandmother's best friend. So when I asked that of Nanya, she casually said "Oh, they're shirt-tale relatives from way back in Ireland.". That was probably when I was around twelve years old. About thirty-five years later, I began doing genealogy and remembered that comment. It took a lot of research, but eventually I found the connections between the families! And it did go back to Ireland in the early 1800's. It's so amazing to think that the families are still connected....as it turned out a friend I know from church is related to the O'Meara family! Just that one question and comment so many years ago, lead to so much family history!<br />
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<br />Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-46063131369702175642018-11-27T14:17:00.002-08:002018-11-27T14:17:37.877-08:00#52Ancestors-Week 46-Random Fact<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, this is a weird one and really caught me off guard! I requested WWII Service records for one of my great-uncles. When they arrived, I read this random fact: <span style="background-color: white; color: #181a1c;"><i>Right testicle surgically removed when he had hernia surgery. </i><b>Not really a fact I needed to know about him, but there it was. </b> You never know what you might learn about an ancestor!</span></span>Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-56299456474693781322018-11-12T10:53:00.003-08:002018-11-12T10:53:26.771-08:00#52Ancestors-Week 45-BeardedThis week's prompt is Bearded. I believe that the closest ancestor I have who wore a beard was my great grandfather, Moses Thompson Adamson. Below here Moses is pictured with his wife Lydia. Moses was born in 1838 and every picture I have seen of him, he is bearded.<br />
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Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-39515046314718774982018-11-12T10:43:00.001-08:002018-11-12T10:43:22.737-08:00#52Ancestors-Week 44: FrighteningHere is what I find frightening....all of the information that is somewhere out there that I may never find or learn!<br />
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This past month, I heard from a fourth cousin once removed, who is descended from a sister of my great-great-great grandfather, Patrick Smyth (born in 1809 in Ireland). This cousin has a great deal more information on the Smyth family than I. Including Patrick Smyth's parents names!!! Incredible!<br />
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I am so thankful that there are people willing to reach out and share information!Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-66418331946285540392018-11-12T10:38:00.000-08:002018-11-12T10:38:48.753-08:00#52Ancestors-Week 43-Cause of Death: Edward E. Adamson<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e453f; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">from The Houston Herald, Texas County, MO, July 11, 2002, page 8:</span><br />
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I have tried to find out information about this cause of death for years. The young man was Edward E. Adamson. He had been born in about 1857 in Missouri. He married Martha "Mattie" E. Eldridge in 1875 in Texas County, Missouri. I have found no solid evidence of Mattie since his death. She may have married George Morse in 1880, but again, I do not have solid proof that this is the same woman, since she is listed as "Mattie Eldridge" for the marriage to George, instead of "Mattie Adamson". I have found neither her nor George in the 1880 Census listings. I tried to get coroner records for the death of Edward Adamson, but was told that the records don't exist. Nor have I come across any other newspaper articles about his death. So was it a suicide or was it foul play?Sue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-75386226847917831282018-10-17T14:32:00.000-07:002018-10-17T14:32:29.430-07:00#52Ancestors-Week 40-Ten: William Adamson's 10 ChildrenThe theme for this week is Ten. I thought about who might have had ten children and came up with the following:<br />
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William Adamson was my great-great-great grandfather. He was born around 1789 in North Carolina. It is believed that he married Mary "Polly" Wilson in 1806 in Lebanon County, Tennessee. William and Mary had ten known children:<br />
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Aaron W. born around 1808 (my great-great grandfather)<br />
Allen born around 1809<br />
William A. born in 1812<br />
Robert born in 1818<br />
Mary born around 1819<br />
Michael born around 1823<br />
female born between 1825 to 1830<br />
Nancy born around 1829<br />
James born around 1830<br />
John W. born in 1832<br />
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As you can see, I only know exact years of birth for three of the ten children. That is frustrating, but I can only work with the records that I can find! The child listed as "female" has only been found in the 1840 Census records. So she had either died or was married by the 1850 Census. The first eight children were born in Tennessee, and the last two were born in Kentucky. All of the children married (exception with the "female" who I don't know about her status). From these ten children were thirty-nine known grandchildren.<br />
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