Forget Me Not: Yarborough S. Alford, 1971 MS

Yarborough was a "lifelong resident of Pike County." I wonder what percentage  of our population, today, stay in one area for their lifetimes. My husband and I have remained in New York State but we live in a different counties than where we grew up. However, two of my brothers live in the same town as we did as children.

Yarborough S. Alford 

 

19 October 1891 MS – 29 March 1971 MS

Son of Jeptha Josephus Alford & Olevia Luminda Fortenberry

 

Pike Native’s Rites Set

 

Tylertown – Funeral services for Yarborough Alford, 80, will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in Progress Baptist Church.

 

Mr. Alford, a native and lifelong resident of Pike County, died Monday morning in Walthall County General Hospital.

 

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ina Simmons Alford; two sons, Melvin Alford, Maryland, J. D. Alford, Progress; one brother, Claude Alford, Progress; three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Bruns, California, Mrs. Errol Smith, Columbia, Mrs. Lillie Ellzey, Tylertown and one grandchild. 

 

Rev. Jerry Wise will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Hartman Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. 

 

 

 

Enterprise Journal

McComb, MS, 30 Mar 1971, page 4

Newspapers.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forget Me Not: Frederick Wolf, 1891 PA

These two newspaper notices tell us of the illness and death of Frederick Wolf, the "oldest citizen of Abbottsville." He was 87 years old.

Note: the first notice was published 30 Oct. I believe he had died before that was published. I need to double check my source.

Mr. Frederick Wolf, the oldest citizen of Abbottsville, is critically ill.

New Oxford Item

New Oxford, PA, 30 Oct 1891, page 5

Newspapers.com

 Frederick Wolf

 Born 9 September 1804, Berwick, Adams County, PA

Died 29 October 1891, Abbottsville, Adams County, PA

Son of John Frederick Wolf & Esther Barbara Shaffer

Husband of Louisa C. Goetz

My 4x great uncle

Adams - in Abbottstown, Frederick Wolf, ex - director of the poor, aged 87.

The Sentinel

Carlisle, PA, 6 Nov 1891, page 3

Newspapers.com

Vintage Photographs: Seth Benner Morrison

When I have a vintage photograph I feel I have many people to thank, beginning with the person who took out the camera and loaded it with film. It is wonderful that the photographer decided to preserve the image of their family member. Did they have any idea of how long the image would be passed along into the future? 

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

 Seth Benner Morrison

24 Mar 1861 PA - 18 Apr 1952 OH

Son of William Hiram Morrison & Emily Benner

Husband of Margaret Jane Gruissy

Holding granddaughter, Helen Alice Morrison Kauffman

Father of 8:

Mona D. Morrison Hurd, 1881 OH - 1968 MI;

Lena Bella Morrison Swagger, 1883 OH - 1962 OH;

Emily Augusta Morrison Peters, 1888 OH - 1950;

Albert Rowlen Morrison, 1894 OH - 1977 OH;

Florence Vera Morrison Rowlee, 1896 OH - 1966 CA;

Paul Allen Morrison, 1899 OH - 1960 OH;

Pauline Ann Morrison Maurer, 1899 OH - 1979 OH;

Peter Clifford Morrison, 1902 - 1968

Photos given to me by Carole Morrison

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Blog Anniversary, 2010 - 2023

 

Happy Blog Anniversary to me!

I'd like to share a big piece of cake with all of you to celebrate Leaves & Branches.

Thanks for stopping by on my blog anniversary, begun in 2010, because of my desire to connect with others who may share a family connection. 

Thanks to my daughter, Alyssa, who taught me about blogs and who set up this page for me. It has undergone changes over time but the idea of learning and sharing remains its focus.

Thanks to all the bloggers who have taught me research tips and methods for sharing my discoveries.

Please help me to blow out all those candles with wishes for more new discoveries to share in new blog posts.

Read About Me to learn who I am.

Geneabloggers salute to my anniversary.

A Few Family Wedding Anniversaries:

• Thomas Kenneth Mark & Nancy Regina Victoria (Gruissy) Mark, 1903 OH
• Clifton B. Brumfield & Ada Salena Rollins, 1885
• Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy, 1880 OH
• Delbert K. Brown & Alberta Joy Gardner, 1948 NY
• Lambert Jochemse Van Valkenberg & Annetjen Jacobs, 1642 Netherlands
• Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady, 1870 Ireland

Book Report: The Edge of New Netherland

Do you have roots in the early Dutch in New Netherlands? My Van Valkenberg family was in the colony and this book has taught me about the place where they lived. 

 

 

 

The Edge of New Netherland

 

L. F. Tantillo

Published for the New Netherland Institute, 2011

Contents

 

New Netherland

The Bastion

Fort Casimir

Comparisons

 

During the 17^th century a small European Protestant country comprised of seven provinces and ruled by a prince rather than a king, became a dominant international sea power and a leader in global trade. It is referred to as Holland, although Holland was only part of the country, The United Provinces of the Netherlands, achieved a level of success unparalleled by a nation of its size in the colonial era. 

 

Holland’s colony of New Netherlands encompassed much of today’s New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware and part of Pennsylvania. The primary rivers were today’s Hudson, Connecticut and Delaware rivers. 

 

This beautifully illustrated book gives a look at life in New Netherland. Learn about the fur trade; its trappers and hunters; the hat production and trade. Learn about the forts and their bastions. 

 

The book then gives details on Fort Casimir in Delaware. My family lived in Fort Orange in New York but this is still a very interesting history.

 

 

Forget Me Not: Julius C. Alford, 1937

Julius Ceaser Alford

15 January 1855 LA – 11 April 1937

Son of Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Fortenberry

 

My First Cousin, 3x Removed

J. C. Alford, 82, Dies at Progress

 

Julius C. Alford, eighty – two years old, died at his home in Progress community April the eleventh. Mr. Alford was a faithful member of the Baptist Church and lived in Pike county most of his life. 

 

He leaves  his wife and seven children, 

E. C. [Elmer C. Alford], 

H. Victor [Hollis Victor Alford], 

Talmadge [Dewitt Talmadge Alford] 

and Mrs. Losia Simmons [Losia Irene Alford] of Progress;

 Mrs. Ada Ball of Osyka; 

Mrs. John Burris of Smithdale; 

and H. E. Alford [Hugh Edwin Alford] of Washington, D. C.; 

fifteen grnadchildren and four great grandchildren. One brother, the Rev. N. E. Alford [Needham Edwin Alford] of Magnolia, and one sister of McComb, [Laura Ann Alford Fortenberry] besides a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his loss.

 

He was buried in Silver Springs cemetery, with Kennedy Funeral Home in charge.

My records also show another daughter, Floy Maudlina Alford, 11 Apr 1903 - 1919.

Source: J. C. Alford, 82, Dies at Progress. (McComb, MS: McComb Daily Journal, 21 April 1937) 3; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed February 2023. 

 

 

 

Vintage Photograph: Thomas A. Coyle

Thomas was my maternal grandmother's brother.  There were seven children in the family and only two boys. The first boy, Francis Patrick Coyle, died before he reached two years old. Thomas had five sisters to contend with. His father, Michael Coyle, left the family and then Thomas was the only male. Thomas also left. He may have gotten in with a bad group of young men. In this vintage photograph my great uncle looks like a charming little boy. If you can tell me more about Thomas, I'd be delighted to hear from you.

Thomas A. Coyle

Born 16 Dec 1903 New York City

Son of Michael Coyle & Mary Josephine Mullane

Photograph taken on the occasion of his First Holy Communion 

I own this original photograph.

Forget Me Not: Paul A. Morrison, 1960 OH

Paul Allen Morrison

6 December 1899 OH – 8 April 1960 OH

Son of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy

Husband of Elnore Marguerite Castor

Father of Marjorie Elnore Morrison Graff

Brothers: Clifford, Peter & Paul Morrison

 

Paul A. Morrison

 

Wooster – Paul A. Morrison, 60, a one – time resident of Rittman, died in a Middletown, O. hospital. He had lived in Middletown since leaving Rittman about 1940. He had been ill four months.

 

A native of Sullivan, O., he moved to Rittman in 1918 and worked as a power engineer for the Ohio Boxboard Co. Since 1940 he had done the same work for Middletown Diamond Gardner Co.

 

He was a charter member of the Rittman Masonic Lodge.

 

Surviving are his wife, Elnore, a daughter, Mrs. Richard Graff of Wooster; four grandchildren and two brothers, Albert of Florida, Peter of Akron, four sisters, Mrs. Mona Hurd, Iona, Mich., Mrs. Florence Stead, Los Angeles, Mrs. Pauline Mowrer [Paul’s twin] of Akron, and Mrs. Lena Swelger of Wadsworth.

 

Services will be held at 3 p. m. Tuesday in the McIntire Funeral Chapel here, the Rev. Robert Tuck of Central Christian Church, officiating.

 

Burial will be in Wooster Cemetery, and the Chapel will be open to callers after 7 p. m. Monday.

The Akron Beacon Journal

Akron, OH, 10 April 1960, page 34

Newspapers.com

Paul & Elnore Morrison

Paul & Elnore Morrison, 1959

Book Report: Deacons’ Accounts 1652 – 1674 Beverwijck/Albany

In researching various branches of my family I have to travel or reach out to places far from my house. However, when I learned more about our  Fortenberry/Van Valkenberg family the search came closer and closer to home. I only have to drive across the nearby Hudson River to go to the one time home of my 9^th great grandfather, Lambert Jochemse Van Valkenberg.

 

Growing up in the Hudson River Valley of New York I have known that we were settled by the Dutch. New York was New Netherland. Albany was Fort Orange with the village of Beverwijck surrounding it. I have been excited to learn my family was a part of those early days. 

 

 

 

Deacons’ Accounts 1652 – 1674 Beverwijck/Albany

 

Janny Venema,

Translator & Editor

 

Picton Press, 1998

 

This book is a “translation of the account books, which were kept between 1652 and 1674 by the deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church, Albany’s oldest church.” 

 

Contents

 

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Glossary

Key to Abbreviations

Deacons’ Accounts

Bibliography

Index

 

 

In 1930 a small folio of 250 pages was found in the Dutch Reformed Church, the oldest church in Albany, NY. It was “bound in vellum with buckskin thongs.” This book is a transcript of that precious folio. 

 

The Dutch Reformed Church had a “consistory, consisting of a minister, elders and deacons.” (p ix) The deacons’ records show the church took care of the people in many ways. The poor were given medical care. Money was given for education of poor children. Needy people were boarded out or their rent was paid. There were provisions for coffins and funerals. Food and clothing was distributed. In April 1660 my ancestor, Lambert, was given “some bacon and meat.” (p 71) In November of that year he was given a blanket. (p 77) In June 1661 he was given “one schepel of corn.” (p 85) He continued with hard times. In December 1664 Lambert was given a pair of shoes and his wife was given 5 pounds of butter. (p 119) His name is included in these records until 1669.

 

Lambert Jochemse Van Valkenberg

c 1616 Netherlands – c 1685 NY

Son of Lambert Jochemse Van Valkenberg

 

 

My copy of this book has many bright colored sticky notes for book marks. I have scribbled in the margins and rejoiced over the discoveries. I am very grateful for the discovery of that ancient folio in 1930.

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• William Jasper Fortenberry
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