One of my friends asked a question on FB about clairvoyance and belief in it. I can be somewhat skeptical, but yes, I think I may be a sensitive. How else do you explain some of the things that I find.
I have a bucket list of people who have passed that I would like to contact me. And they are ...
1. Nathaniel Davidson. He was my great-great-great grandfather and my stopping point on that side. His daughter, Susan (ok, I'd like to hear from her, too) married John Stearns Percival.
2. Dr. John Stearns Percival, the father of the John mentioned above. He died in 1841 and I would really like more info from him. And his first wife.
3. Matilda Fleet Hinton Goodridge. Said first wife of Dr. John Percival. No idea when or why she died. My suspicion is childbirth, because she was young. And that's probably the leading cause of death of women between 1810 and 1822.
4. Wilhelmina Zabrack. Or whatever her last name was. She was the wife of my great-great grandfather, Christian Klesat/Cleasott/Clesott/Klevesaat - I can go on all day about the variations. No idea where they were married or where the children were born. I do know where her husband was born, but no evidence they lived any where near each other. How did they meet?
5. My grandfather, Charles Zimmeth. I would just love to sit and talk to him about it was like when he was a kid, about his first wife (Josephine LaPierre) and his second wife (my grandmother, Luetta Meyer.) Where was he in 1940?
6. Herbert Davidson Percival, M. D. Why did he desert his wife and where did he really go?
7. One of hubby's aunts. Because she believed she could reach out from beyond. She also believed in reincarnation. Just because.
8. My late mother-in-law. I have some questions for her.
Not that I wouldn't want my own parents to contact me. Every so often I'd really like to talk to both of them. They are always missed. But the rest of the people on my list all have questions I would like answered.
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Monday, August 13, 2018
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Kirtley & Bohannon
It's really nice to be able to find the marriage bond for your great-great-great-great grandparents, in this case Elijah Kirtley and Ann Bohannon. It would also be nice to actually see a marriage record.
Elijah and Ann were the parents of about 7 children. Their middle child was Sarah Ann Kirtley, who married Dr. John Stearns Percival. I had a clue delivered to me in the form of Sarah Ann Kirtley Percival Webb's (second husband was Lewis Webb) headstone, where it states she is the daughter of Elijah and Ann Kirtley.
The last piece, on the bottom, included with the marriage bond is the permission from Ann's father, Elliot Bohannon.
Copyright 2010-2018, ACK for Gene Notes
Elijah and Ann were the parents of about 7 children. Their middle child was Sarah Ann Kirtley, who married Dr. John Stearns Percival. I had a clue delivered to me in the form of Sarah Ann Kirtley Percival Webb's (second husband was Lewis Webb) headstone, where it states she is the daughter of Elijah and Ann Kirtley.The last piece, on the bottom, included with the marriage bond is the permission from Ann's father, Elliot Bohannon.
Copyright 2010-2018, ACK for Gene Notes
Monday, April 9, 2018
On the Hunt for H. G. Percival
My great-great-great grandfather, Dr. John Percival was married twice. I can document 4 of his children. I believe there were 6.
By his first wife, Matilda Fleet Hinton Goodridge, family says, he had a son Egbert D. Percival and a daughter Elizabeth. By his second wife, Sarah Ann Kirtley, he supposed had John Stearns Percival, Jr.; Jabez, Eliza and William. I have no documentation for Elizabeth or William.
Egbert married Fannie Banks in Rising Sun, Ohio county, Indiana in 1848. By 1850, they are living in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1851, Fannie gives birth to a child, who dies October 3, 1851. They migrated to Placer county, California in 1852 via Nicaragua and Acapulco, Mexico and San Francisco aboard the Independence.
In 1860 Egbert, Fannie and son, HENRY (very clearly written) aged 1 year. In 1870, Fannie is head of household, Henry (again very clearly written) is 11, Fannie's mother Sarah Banks is living with them and Egbert is enumerated last. The household was enumerated in September of 1870. The 1870 census asks for all people living in the house on June 1, 1870. Egbert died June 11, 1870.
In 1873, Fannie remarries, one C. W. Humphreys. In 1880 they are enumerated in Truckee, Nevada county, California. Also enumerated with them is H. G. Percival, aged 21, stepson to C. W. Humphreys and again, Fannie's mother, Sarah banks (step-mother.)
So, I've seen Henry Percival progress from Henry Percival to H. G. Percival. In 1900 and 1910 he appears as Harvey G. Percival.
There is a death record in the index for one Harvey Green Percival who resided in Nevada county, California, age 54, who died January 26, 1914. In most of the censuses, his father is listed as being born in Indiana, and his mother, too. There is some variation in 1900 and 1910 with his father being born in Kentucky and his mother in Indiana in 1900 and 1910 his father in Indiana and his mother in Tennessee. With my own great-great grandfather, John Stearns Percival, Jr., he is sometimes shown and being born in Kentucky and sometimes in Indiana. So that result is not unexpected.
I found this death notice over the weekend.
I would just love to know how he went from being Henry Percival to Harvey Percival. I'm pretty sure this is my guy. I have a feeling if I ever do view his death certificate, the parents' names won't be listed.
Copyright 2010-2018, ACK for Gene Notes
By his first wife, Matilda Fleet Hinton Goodridge, family says, he had a son Egbert D. Percival and a daughter Elizabeth. By his second wife, Sarah Ann Kirtley, he supposed had John Stearns Percival, Jr.; Jabez, Eliza and William. I have no documentation for Elizabeth or William.
Egbert married Fannie Banks in Rising Sun, Ohio county, Indiana in 1848. By 1850, they are living in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1851, Fannie gives birth to a child, who dies October 3, 1851. They migrated to Placer county, California in 1852 via Nicaragua and Acapulco, Mexico and San Francisco aboard the Independence.
In 1860 Egbert, Fannie and son, HENRY (very clearly written) aged 1 year. In 1870, Fannie is head of household, Henry (again very clearly written) is 11, Fannie's mother Sarah Banks is living with them and Egbert is enumerated last. The household was enumerated in September of 1870. The 1870 census asks for all people living in the house on June 1, 1870. Egbert died June 11, 1870.
In 1873, Fannie remarries, one C. W. Humphreys. In 1880 they are enumerated in Truckee, Nevada county, California. Also enumerated with them is H. G. Percival, aged 21, stepson to C. W. Humphreys and again, Fannie's mother, Sarah banks (step-mother.)
So, I've seen Henry Percival progress from Henry Percival to H. G. Percival. In 1900 and 1910 he appears as Harvey G. Percival.
There is a death record in the index for one Harvey Green Percival who resided in Nevada county, California, age 54, who died January 26, 1914. In most of the censuses, his father is listed as being born in Indiana, and his mother, too. There is some variation in 1900 and 1910 with his father being born in Kentucky and his mother in Indiana in 1900 and 1910 his father in Indiana and his mother in Tennessee. With my own great-great grandfather, John Stearns Percival, Jr., he is sometimes shown and being born in Kentucky and sometimes in Indiana. So that result is not unexpected.
I found this death notice over the weekend.
I would just love to know how he went from being Henry Percival to Harvey Percival. I'm pretty sure this is my guy. I have a feeling if I ever do view his death certificate, the parents' names won't be listed.
Copyright 2010-2018, ACK for Gene Notes
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