Surname Saturday : Sullivan

The SULLIVAN surname is in my maternal line.  The origins of the surname are unknown at this time.

Stories and history : 

Ahnentafel # 101 : Sarah Sullivan (1777-1872).  Sarah was born May 19, 1777 in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland.  She married before 1816 to William King (c1790-1869).  William was born circa 1790 in North Carolina.  They had 8 children and lived inWayne County, Indiana.  They divorced August 1833 in Wayne County, Indiana, before both moving to Madison County, Indiana.  William died May 7, 1869 in Wabash County, Indiana.  Sarah died January 14, 1872 in Madison County, Indiana.

Ahnentafel # 202 : Cornelius Sullivan.  Cornelius married Susanna ________.  Nothing further is known at this time.

Related blog posts :

• David King Family - Marion County, Indiana

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On This Day : December 1

1697 - James NEWBOLD died.  James was the son of Michael NEWBOLD and Anne CLAYTON.

1716 - Prudence HURLBUT born in Woodbury, Connecticut.  Prudence was the daughter of Joseph HURLBUT and Mary CASTLE.

1721 - Michael NEWBOLD died.  Michael was the son of Michael NEWBOLD and Anne CLAYTON.

1749 - Judith MAXSON married John Matthew GREENE in Washington County, Pennsylvania.  Judith was the daughter of John MAXSON and Hannah MAXSON.

1756 - Susannah CHEW married Savil WILSON.  Susannah was the daughter of Jeffrey CHEW and Amy DRIVER.

1769 - Rebecca PATRICK born.  Rebecca was the daughter of John PATRICK and Janett McPHEETERS.

1770 - Helen WRIGHT born.  Helen was the daughter of Peter WRIGHT and Robena CROUSE.

1779 - Robert SUMNER died.  Robert was the son of Robert SUMNER and Phoebe BEALS.

1787 - Ann BEALS born. Ann was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Susanna JACKSON.

1788 - Judith PHILBRICK born.  Judith was the daughter of John PHILBRICK and Sally JEWETT.

1805 - Edward HAWORTH born.  Edward was the son of Absalom HAWORTH and Mary WEST.

1809 - George SILLS born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.  George was the son of Michael SILLS and Rosanna FETTERS.  George was Eileen's 3x-great grandfather.

1823 - Mary Ann Maria BEALS born in Clinton County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of Nathan C. BEALS and Elizabeth CHEW.

1835 - Sarah Wilson LAMBERTSON born in Warren County, New Jersey.  Sarah was the daughter of John LAMBERTSON and Sarah A. WILLSON.

1836 - Henry WARDLAW married Mary L. PURDUM in Brown County, Ohio.  Henry was the son of Samuel WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.

1842 - Abraham SWAFFORD died in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Abraham was the son of Peter SWAFFORD and Rennie HOWARD.

1864 - Mary Civilia YOUNG born in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of Charles YOUNG and Nancy SCOTHORN.

1887 - Dottie E. KING died.  Dottie was the daughter of David KING and Litha Ann Trumilis D'Amsel MAY.

1900 - Mary R. DEACON died in Mt. Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Mary was the daughter of Daniel DEACON and Margaret RIDGEWAY.

1907 - John Hugh SCOTT married Alice Matilda GUINN.  John was the son of Samuel Hunter SCOTT and Isabella Jane McGREGOR.

1963 - Margret Lena DAVIS died.  Margret was the daughter of John Thomas RICHARDS and Mary Jane CROCKETT.

1984 - Albert METZNER died in East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.  Albert was the son of Albert Louis METZNER and Linnea Henrietta CHRISTENSEN.

1985 - Mary Ethel GARTIN died in Kansas City, Kansas.  Mary was the daughter of John William SWAFFORD and Viola Mae MILLER.

Death Certificate : Mary Keziah (Chew) LeMaster, Jay County, Indiana (1927)

Source: Mary K. LeMaster, death certificate Book H-8, page 144 (1927), Jay County Health Department, Portland, Indiana

Jay County Indiana
Geneology Death Record

Name: Lemaster, Mary K.

Date of Death:  2/22/1927  Time: 4:20    Sex: F

Age: 80  Months: 0   Days:  9  Hours: 0   Minutes: 0

Birthdate:  2/13/1847    Place: New Jersey
Death Address: Madison Township
Residence : Salamonia, Indiana

County : Jay County

Marital Status: Married   Spouse:  Laman Lemaster

Race: White   Occupation:  Housewife
Father: Dr. E.C. Chew     Birth: New Jersey
Mother: Caroline Woolston     Birth: New Jersey
Burial Place: Salamonia, Indiana

Burial Date: 2/25/1927
Funeral Home: N.R. Williamson & Son

Address: Portland, Indiana

File Date: 2/28/1927   Book No.: H-8   Page No. 144   Local No. [blank]
Physician : J.J. Kidder

Manner of Death : Natural

Cause of Death : Arteriosclrosis

The above death certificate is for my paternal 2nd-great grandmother, Mary Keziah (Chew) LeMaster (1847-1927).  I obtained this record on my recent research trip to Jay County.

Right off the bat, the interesting fact is the spelling of the name.  The surname keeps fluctuating in the records with and without a final 's'.

Facts that I already knew were her birthdate and birthplace.  The certificate lists her birthplace as February 13, 1847 in New Jersey.  Other sources have indicated that her birthplace was Mt. Holly in Burlington County, New Jersey.

Mary was married, and the certificate lists her husband as Laman.  Whether or not this is a typographical error and a misreading of the name of her husband, Luman, I do not know as I wasn't allowed to examine the original record.

The certificate lists here father as Dr. E.C. Chew born in New Jersey and her mother as Caroline Woolston born in New Jersey.  This correlates with other information I have, though her father's full name was Ezekial Cooper Chew.

Her date of burial in Salamonia, Indiana was February 25, 1927 and the funeral home was the N.R. Williamson & Son funeral home of Portland.

The physician on file was J.J. Kidder and Mary's cause of death was listed as arteriosclerosis.  This agrees with her obituary, which mentions that she had suffered from heart trouble for some time.  Dr. John J. Kidder was a physician in Salamonia, who began practicing there in 1896, according to the 1922 county history.