The BOYE surname is in my paternal line. The origins of the surname are French, although I know very little at this point about the family.
Ahnentafel # 2763 : Catherine Boye (c1635-aft1680). Catherine was born circa 1635 in Otterberg, Bayern. She married Pierre Viellard (c1630-1680) about 1663 in Otterberg, Bayern. Pierre was born circa 1630 in Sedan, Ardennes, Frances. They were the parents of at least one child. Pierre September 9, 1680 in Otterberg, Bayern. Catherine died after 1680.
Ahnentafel # 5526 : Giles Boye Nothing further known.
Surname Saturday – create a post in which you discuss a surname and mention its origins, its geographical location(s) and how it fits into your genealogy research. Surname Saturday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Parents Deny Their Son Shot the Sheriff
Located some more information in newspaper clippings about my black sheep cousin, Harry Pierpont, and his family. Seems the family felt like the police were harassing them because of their son's involvement with John Dillinger. They also claimed that he didn't murder the sheriff.
His parents were Joseph Gilbert and Lena (Orcutt) Pierpont. Lena was related to me on the Metzner side of the family. Will have to see if I can find out anything else about their tavern plans, I believe at one point they had a restaurant near Lakeville as well.
 |
| Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana July 13, 1934, page 14 |
PIERPONTS SEEK COURT ORDER
Goshen, Ind. July 13 (U.P.) - A court order to restrain detectives from following them will be sought by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pierpont, parents of Harry Pierpont, Dillinger gang lieutenant.
Their intention was announced upon their arrival here to open a beer tavern two miles west of Goshen.
Both expressed bitterness over their inability to escape constant surveillance.
They denied that their son is guilty of slaying Sheriff Jesse Sarber, of Lima, O., in delivering John Dillinger from jail there last October, and claimed they neither was acquainted with the bandit leader.
They said Pierpont was at home the night Sarber was killed. He is under death sentence in the Ohio state prison in connection with the murder.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Military Monday : Nathaniel Durbin 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 Kent County, Michigan for Nathaniel Durbin Chew, my paternal first cousin three times removed.
Before locating this record, I didn't have much information on Nathaniel, who was the son of Nathaniel Durbin Chew and Margaret H. Heistand. Nathaniel's draft registration card indicates his exact date of birth as May 2, 1877 in Rossburg, Darke County, Ohio, where the Chew family lived before they moved by the 1880 census to Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.
Nathaniel was 64 years old at the time of the registration, and his nearest living relative was listed as Margaret Chew, of Evanston, Illinois, his daughter.
Nathaniel's occupation in the 1910 census was given as missionary to Korea, and his employer listed on the draft registration card as Rev. Babbitt of the Courtland Circuit of the Methodist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Nathaniel was described as having a light complexion, white male, 5'10" with blue eyes and brown hair.
This draft registration provides a few more clues to add to my database. Nathaniel was married to Nettie Trumbauer and was the father of three chidlren : Nathaniel, Margaret S. and Elizabeth.
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.
 |
| Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration. |
Before locating this record, I didn't have much information on Nathaniel, who was the son of Nathaniel Durbin Chew and Margaret H. Heistand. Nathaniel's draft registration card indicates his exact date of birth as May 2, 1877 in Rossburg, Darke County, Ohio, where the Chew family lived before they moved by the 1880 census to Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.
Nathaniel was 64 years old at the time of the registration, and his nearest living relative was listed as Margaret Chew, of Evanston, Illinois, his daughter.
Nathaniel's occupation in the 1910 census was given as missionary to Korea, and his employer listed on the draft registration card as Rev. Babbitt of the Courtland Circuit of the Methodist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Nathaniel was described as having a light complexion, white male, 5'10" with blue eyes and brown hair.
This draft registration provides a few more clues to add to my database. Nathaniel was married to Nettie Trumbauer and was the father of three chidlren : Nathaniel, Margaret S. and Elizabeth.
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.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)