FREE October 4th Workshop

10 a.m. to 4 p.m, in the Community Room

at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library, 4375 Bonita Road

 Genealogy can be a solitary hobby. How often have you tried to interest your family in their family history and your genealogy research? If you’ve been greeted by “ho hums” and “I don’t have time,” we have the perfect workshop for you. The CVGS Seminar Committee has planned a day of ideas and projects to spark that interest in your family, with special focus on getting the kids ‘hooked.’

 The first of five sessions, “Create a Keepsake” will show you how to have your family help create an heirloom that’s fun and practical. You will laugh when you see what it is.

 The second session is titled “Storytelling.” Bring a short episode to share with the group - just a minute or two. It can be funny or dramatic, from your life or a distant relative’s. You’ll learn how the sharing of stories around the dinner table will get your family to open up. And how the children love to hear of their parents’ misadventures! Family history can be fun!

Bring a sack lunch, and we’ll eat picnic-style on the patio (weather permitting). Coffee, tea and water will be provided.

 After lunch you can try your hand at an artistic project in “Design a Family Crest.” We will offer a brief overview of heraldry and show how you can get your family to design their own coat of arms. If your ancestors had a family crest, please bring it; perhaps you will learn something about its symbolism. And, here’s more fun for the kids – you’ll get some good tips on getting them to design their own personal coat of arms. What little boy wouldn’t want a crest with a T-Rex on it?

 The fourth session, “Pictures with Captions,” will show how old family photos can provide a fun family activity. Bring copies of old photos (the ones from the 1950’s can be a hoot!). We will show you how comic-style ‘speech bubbles’ will get the family giggling and trying to top each other with funny captions.

 We will cover “Family Genealogy Charts” in the final hour. You will receive a packet of useful charts with instructions on how to use them. If you’re a genealogy beginner, bring information on your parents and grandparents and our member experts will assist you. For the more advanced, we will offer useful information; and everyone will take home a large family tree chart to impress your family.

We will provide materials. This will be a great interactive event, so don’t forget to bring a short family story, copies of old photos, a sack lunch, a family coat of arms if you have one, and information to fill out a family tree.

 All this, and a great Door Prize, too, supplied by Janet Hovorka (the “Chart Chick” and owner of www.FamilyChartMasters.com), who is providing the large family tree charts! And it's FREE!!

 This is a FREE workshop for all persons to attend, intended to help beginners and seasoned researchers engage with their family members in learning about their family history.

 For more information, contact Susi Pentico at susicp@cox.net or (619) 623-5250. 


This taken from CVGS Newsletter, Editor Randy Seaver, writer of article was Karen Yarger and Susi Pentico

Wyoming Find, Do you know where this is?

Do  you know when it opened and when it closed? Did it house women?

Travel Tuesday, Hello Bosler, Wyoming

The town is now very small. Just before you go over into Wheatland on the old highway.

Bosler, Wyo on Hwy 30 and 34.
Iron Mountain Ranch Company has tales of the old west.  Tom Horn tales.
 I bought Starbucks here and a  breakfast roll.  About only thing awake in town.

Abraham Fry Deed thanks to Lloyd Roupe

Abraham Fry Deed

Thank you, Lloyd for sharing with us!
Subject:  Re: Abraham Fry deed   
Date:  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 11:07:53 EST   
From:  LRoupe@aol.com     
To:  hsdurbin@alltel.net
    Helen, this is an abstract of the deed in Hampshire Co Court-House in Romney.    
I found this deed in Hampshire Co Court House, Romney, WVa. This is for everyone 
researching the Huffman-Fry families. (I have 3 Huffman & 3 Fry lines).  
This is in Deed Book 11, pages 370-371-372 dated 10-4-1798, between Jacob Mouser, Sr. of 
the County of Hampshire, State of Virginia & Catharine his wife of the one part, 
& Henry Huffman & Catharine his wife, Herbert Humes & Margaret his wife, George 
Huffman & Juliana his wife, Peter Fry, Susannah Fry, Catharine Fry, Abraham Fry, 
Mary Fry & Elisabeth Fry, heirs & legal representatives of Abraham Fry, 
late of the County of Berkeley, decd. Whereas the said Jacob Mouser did contract 
for, bargain & sell unto the said Abraham Fry in his lifetime for a valuable 
consideration a certain tract or parcel of land, situate lying & being in the County 
of Hampshire on the Waters of Little Cacapon, but before a deed could be properly 
executed for the said land the said Abraham Fry departed this life intestate, 
whereby the interest & estate in the said land became vested in his above named 
children. The land was formerly granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to the 
said Jacob Mouser by Patent bearing date the 1st day of March 1792.
      P.S. this deed has 3 of my ancestors, (1) George & Juliana (Fry) Huffman, 
(2) Peter Fry who mrd Sarah Chapman & (3) Susannah Fry who mrd another George 
Huffman (a s/o John Huffman, [of John, the progenator] who d:1824 in 
Berkeley Co,(W)Va). There were a lot of Huffman-Fry inter-marriages before 
& after coming to Greene Co.
          Lloyd


Susan Jones Pentico descends from Catrouch and Henry Huffman/Hoffman            dcd DEC/Jan 1811,2 Will probated Jan 1812.

Degree of Separation Trowbridge

It has taken me a couple trips to figure this quiz out.  My Great Grandmother Margaret Mae Eastman Foulk, and I wrote to each other for many years right up until the time she died in Jan of 1958. This was the year I graduated from high school.

Having kept her letters, my heart was very heavy when the Navy contracted to move us to Hawaii and when we arrived an entire box was missing. Yes, the letters, many pictures and family heirlooms, not able to replace. This was in 1967 late winter before spring.

The mother of Margaret Mae Eastman Foulk b 1874 BlackHawk Co. IA was Lydia Trowbridge born 1841. Edwardsville, NY. Very old line and goes long way back.  Married in Black Hawk Co. Iowa  28 October 1860.

I can remember some of the stories but must are gone forever unless someone else recorded them from her way back then.

I am not sure if I ever met her in person, I probably didn't since they (Margaret Mae and her husband) lived near my Dad for a period of time in WYO 1920's.  I know I have a few pictures that Mom later shared with me after the loss of the container.   This is my Dad's side of the family.

Interestingly when Josh Taylor did a presentation at Burbank Jamboree, he actually shares some  of the same line that I do.

Some of Margaret's stories are in my Diary from when I was young.  For some reason it was not in that box with the other items lost.

Johann Loos (John Lewis) Family wife Elizabeth Huffman

updated September 26, 2002.
The white-outed spaces are the names of the living.
This was submitted to Susi from Gary L. Lewis. Thank you, Gary!


LEWIS LINEAGE
Revised Nov.1998
By Gary L. Lewis
                   Member of Captain John Walls Militia American Rev. War?
.........1 John LEWIS (Johannes LOOS) b? d? 1805
...........+Elizabeth Huffman b? d?
............2 John George Lewis b. 1779 Virginia d, 1852 Knox County, Ohio
.............+Susannah Bricker b. 1785 Maryland d. 1859 Knox County, Ohio
..............3 Elizabeth Lewis b. 1803 d?
..............3 Rachel Lewis b. 1804 d.?
..............3 Sarah Lewis b. 1807 d. ?
..............3 Phebe Lewis Fix b. 1821 d.?
................+Unknown Fix
..............3 Benjamin Franklin Lewis b. 1827 d.?
..............3 Jacob Lewis b. ? d. ?
..............3 George Lewis b. ? d. ?
..............3 Isaac Lewis b. ? d. ?
..............3 Peter Lewis b. ? d. ?
..............3 Solomon Lewis b. ? d. ?
............2 Tilghman John Henry Lewis b. 1781 Virginia d. 1858
.............+Hannah Jane Arnold b. 1792 d. 1858
..............3 Samuel Lewis b. 1804 d. 1872
................+Martha Blackledge b. ? d. ?
................. 4 Andrew Lewis B. 1809 d. ?
................. 4 Isaac Lewis
................. 4 Betty Lewis
................. 4 Stiers Lewis b. 1855 d. 1903
....................+Marharet (Unknown) b. 1855 d. 1939
....................5 Bertha Lewis b. 1876 d. ?
......................+John Corbet
....................5 Mary Lewis b. abt. 1878 d. ?
................. 4 Levi Lewis b. 1859 d. 1935
....................+Ida (Unknown) b. 1860 d. 1948
................. 4 John Lewis
................. 4 Ellsworth Lewis
....................+Jane (unknown)
..............3 John Lewis b. 1814 d. 1893
................+Hannah Jane Reeves b. 1833 d. 1904
................. 4 Tillman Lewis b. 1855 d. 1935
....................+Clara D. (unknown) b. 1868 d. 1924
....................5 Hollis D. Lewis b. 1885 d. 19??
......................+Dessie M. Holden b. 1884 d. 1925
........................(the living removed here)
................. 4 John Lewis b. abt 1859 d. ?
................. 4 Homer Lewis b. abt 1861 d. ?
....................+Hannah M Bigler m. 1886
................. 4 Hannah M. Lewis b. abt 1863 d. ?
................. 4 Elizabeth Lewis Kelly b. 1863 d.?
................. 4 Isaac Lewis b. 1871 d. before age 10
................. 4 Jesse R. Lewis b. 1872 d. 1940
....................+Marie Hopewell b. 1878 d. 1944
....................5 Bonnie Lewis Milby b. 1899 d. 1965
......................+Wilber Milby b. ? d. ?
........................(the living removed here)
....................5 Glenna Lewis Kincade b. 1903 d. 1953
......................+Robert Kincade b. 1894 d. ?
....................5 Glenn Lewis b. ? d. ?
......................+Helen (unknown) b. ? d. ?
....................5 Donald G. Lewis b. 1905 d. 1972
......................+Sylvia Rush b. 1910 d. 1982
........................(the living removed here)
....................5 Roy Allen Lewis b. 1907 d. 1971 Unmarried PFC376th Infantry US Army
....................5 John F. Lewis b. 1910 d. 1979
......................+(1)Ethyl (unknown)
........................(the living removed here)
......................+(2)Catherine Dommsky b. ? living
........................(the living removed here)
....................5 Stanley Hoover Lewis b. 1912 d. 1959
......................+Ann Roulle b. 1915 d. 1993
........................(several lines of the living removed here)
................. 4 Hannah Margaret Lewis Stull b. ? d. ?
....................+Richard Stull b. ? d. ?
........................(several lines of the living removed here)
..............3 Sarah Lewis b. 1809 d. 1982
..............3 Daniel Lewis b. 1813-15 d. 1884
................+Susan Bell b. ? d. ?
................. 4 Mary Jane Lewis b. 1837 d. 1910
................. 4 John Lewis b. 1838 d. 1930
....................+Mary Ann Gay b. 1838 d. 1899
................. 4 Lucinda Lewis b. 1841 d. 1913 (unmarried)
................. 4 Maria Lewis b. 1844 d. 1913   (unmarried)
................. 4 Emeline Lewis b. 1841 d. ? (unmarried)
................. 4 Annabell Lewis Riggs b. 1850 d. 1925
....................+Brice Riggs b. 1845 d. 1910
................. 4 James Lewis b. 1852 d. ?
..............3 Miriah Lewis b. 1819 d. 1893 (spelled Maria in tombsotne)
..............3 George Lewis b. abt 1828 d. ?
..............3 Nancy Lewis b. abt 1849 d. ?
............2 John Daniel Lewis b. 1792 d. 1819
.............+Esther Woodruff b. 1792 d. 1868
..............3 John Lewis b. ? d. ?
..............3 Elizabeth Lewis b. ? d. ?
..............3 Mary Ann Lewis b. 1817 d. 1904
................+Abel Hoover b. 1815 d. 1880
............2 Elizabeth Lewis b. 17?? d. 1872
............2 Sarah Lewis b. ? d. ?
............2 Anna Mary Lewis Keys b. ? d. ?
.............+Isaac Keys b. 1787 d. 1833

First child born 1779 which puts her birth abt 1750's era, maybe 1760's but do not think so, it  would be late 1760's.  I have his Will if I can find it.  Much of this done before major computer input.

Anyone with more knowledge please share.  She was sibling to Henry Huffman, George Huffman and others according to our research?

Treasure Chest Thursday, Rev. Joseph Patterson

After 30 years of looking digging and discussing the Patterson lineage, a break came a couple of years ago.

There is much out there on the Patterson's.  Just had to find the right  one. He died in Alleghany Co. near Pittsburg, PA. He lived in Washington Co. for many years.. He is Jane Patterson's father.

He is obviously the reason cousin Karen said Mom looked just like her Aunt.  They were kin. We are kin.  With those comments I started digging in earnest to learn Jane's father's name. It seemed to take for ever. A Tidbit here and a tidbit there but never enough to confirm. A trip to Los Angeles Library helped.  He was born in Ireland  20 March 1752, fought in the Rev. War and  moved west became an ordained minister and died 4 Feb 1832.  

I keep telling people books, books hold lots of keys, not necessarily the internet but books.

John Strain - View media - Ancestry.com  Frontier Inhabitants Religious Agreement

History of Raccoon Church, Candor Pa. 1788-1899 by Margaret S Sturgeon
notes Joseph Patterson, Preacher of the Gospel at the Raccoon Church, near Candor, PA
John Carlisle - View media - Ancestry.com
James Stewart - View media - Ancestry.com  Wow, new source and more family
Alexander McCandless Jr - View media - Ancestry.com
Rev Joseph Patterson (1752 - 1832) - Find A Grave Memorial

Allegheny Cemetery Pittsburg, Allegheny Co.,  PA Memorial No. 107491257
Awesome inscription on the tombstone.
Jean Doherty thank you so much.

A Walk Down Memory Lane, My Answer to Thomas

A Walk Down Memory Lane,  My Answer to Thomas

Wow,  what a memory this creates.  O yes, I was, Was very proficient on my first computer.
It was a Mac LC11. I was one of the volunteers that Montgomery Junior High School had trained to help the teachers, teach computers to the students.  Yes, there was a day I knew what I was doing.

The computers the school used was a few years older than my first purchase. But the system worked and I knew my way around it.

It was bigger and  boxier than the one I own.  It had a 4 ? inch platform and a big box sat on top.
We had standard sized key boards.

For me it was a dream come true. I knew it could help me doing research for reports and charts and many things the open market was using them for.  I was so ready to learn this and help the school move the students forward.

It was fun.  We all had a few problems working the programs to start.  Some the Apple Company had to fix. Ironic, if you get enough people on the system the bugs will show up.

I can not remember the model of the one we had at Montgomery Junior High School but it was some time before I could afford one and then our son was told to start college he must have a computer for two classes. We took the plunge.  It was probably 7 or 8 years.

At the same time, husband was working for Otay Water Company and they were working on getting hand held for reading meters.  We all had fun.

Today I hear (?) they drive the trucks down the street and the computer reads the meter from the trucks.
My husband walked many miles every day reading meters. Up Dictionary Hill and down and all about the region that the Water Company covered.  He braved dogs and shotguns and irate customers and friendly ones too.

The  Water District's & School District's Computers in the 70's was a huge monster and took up rooms of space. Of course, we know that today you can get them wrist watch size.  So spy people say.  I am still using an Apple computer and my entire system is right behind the screen I read or write from. No monster on the floor or on the desk beside the screen.

It  has an ironic twist because we were taught that we could be able to upgrade and change over time and not replace. Not true it advanced, so I am told so fast, that they do not upgrade you so you have the same program or system some times not even a year.

Not being a fan of fast changes,  I drag to buy new and do new systems.  Some of the new features are great some I do not think any of us normal (?) people need.  Sure it's a convenience.

How many of you could do most of the work on an Electric Typewriter?  I loved mine.
Understanding why writers, have back up typewriters in their cabins and away places so the creative juices can still flow with out electricity.