The BURPBEE surname is in my maternal line. The origins of the surname are English, though I have much more to research about this line.
Stories and history :
Ahnentafel # 3341 : Sarah Burpbee (1660-1729). Sarah was born May 21, 1660 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. She married Samuel Spofford (1653-1744) on December 4, 1676 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Samuel was born January 31, 1653 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. They had at least one son. Samuel died January 1, 1744 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Sarah died November 18, 1729 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Ahnentafel # 6682 : Thomas Burpbee (1639-1701). Thomas was born September 3, 1639 in England. He married Sarah Kelley (1641-1713) on April 15, 1659 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born February 12, 1641 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. They had at least one daughter. Sarah died December 25, 1713 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Thomas died June 1, 1701 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
Tuesday, January 06, 2015
Tombstone Tuesday : Elizabeth (Wright) Jones
Elizabeth (Wright) Jones (1863-1882) is buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana. She was the wife of William Alpha Jones (c1858-1934) and the daughter of Joseph W. and Rebecca (Heaton) Wright.
Elizabeth was the mother of a daughter, Myrtle M. Jones. Elizabeth died September 15, 1882, and may have died during childbirth.
Elizabeth was my maternal second great grandaunt. Elizabeth was born in 1863 in Brown County, Ohio.
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Monday, January 05, 2015
Military Monday : Tobias Otterbein Chew, World War II Draft Registration, 1942
Working my way through the hints in the Ancestry database for World War II Draft Registrations, 1942 and located this registration in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania for Tobias Otterbein Chew, my paternal first cousin three times removed.
Before locating this record, I didn't have much in my database on Tobias. I knew from the 1910 census that he was a public school teacher, at that time in Lenawee County, Michigan. This record shows that he was employed at the Indiana State Teachers College in Indiana, Pennsylvania, possibly as a professor. This opens up another avenue of research.
Tobias was the son of Nathaniel Durbin Chew and Margaret H. Heistand. Tobias' draft registration indicates that his exact date of birth as May 28, 1885 in Montpelier, Ohio. Montpelier is a village in Williams County, Ohio.
Tobias was 54 years old at the time of registration and listed his nearest relative as Muriel Brown Chew, presumably his wife, of Indiana, Pennsylvania. He listed his address as 401 South 13th St., Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Tobias was described as having a dark brown complexion, negro male, brown eyes, and black hair. Why was he listed as negro? He definitely was listed as white in the census records. Was this a mistake or something else? He was 5' 5 1/2" tall, weighing 145 lbs.
This draft registration gave me some areas to search, and a quick Google search indicates that Tobias O. Chew wrote a book, Practical High School Speller , when he was the Superintendent of Public Schools in Washburn, Wisconsin.
Military Monday – We all have ancestors who have served in the military. Military Monday is a place to post their images, stories and records of their service in various branches of the military. Military Monday is an ongoing series by Cindy at Everything’s Relative – Researching Your Family History.
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Before locating this record, I didn't have much in my database on Tobias. I knew from the 1910 census that he was a public school teacher, at that time in Lenawee County, Michigan. This record shows that he was employed at the Indiana State Teachers College in Indiana, Pennsylvania, possibly as a professor. This opens up another avenue of research.
Tobias was the son of Nathaniel Durbin Chew and Margaret H. Heistand. Tobias' draft registration indicates that his exact date of birth as May 28, 1885 in Montpelier, Ohio. Montpelier is a village in Williams County, Ohio.
Tobias was 54 years old at the time of registration and listed his nearest relative as Muriel Brown Chew, presumably his wife, of Indiana, Pennsylvania. He listed his address as 401 South 13th St., Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Tobias was described as having a dark brown complexion, negro male, brown eyes, and black hair. Why was he listed as negro? He definitely was listed as white in the census records. Was this a mistake or something else? He was 5' 5 1/2" tall, weighing 145 lbs.
This draft registration gave me some areas to search, and a quick Google search indicates that Tobias O. Chew wrote a book, Practical High School Speller , when he was the Superintendent of Public Schools in Washburn, Wisconsin.
Military Monday – We all have ancestors who have served in the military. Military Monday is a place to post their images, stories and records of their service in various branches of the military. Military Monday is an ongoing series by Cindy at Everything’s Relative – Researching Your Family History.
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