A Genealogy Hunt

Part 856ab – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Fanny Abraham and William Barak – 1857 Marriage Registration

2013-04-30T20:34:00.004-04:00

Good Day,

I’m back to my search and research of my ancestry and genealogy.

Following up from Part 852ab, Bernard very nicely provided me with a copy of the Entry of Marriage from the General Register Office. Here is a copy of the image.

My transcription –

1857
Marriage solemnized at 5 Lisle St. Leicester Sq in the district of Strand in the County of Middlesex

No. – 152
When Married. – February 18th, 1857
Names and Surname. – William Barak, Fanny Abraham
Age. – full, full
Condition. – Widower, Spinster
Rank or Profession. – CardBox Master, -
Residence at the time of Marriage. – 43 Queen Sq, Bristol, 5 Lisle St., Leicester Sq.
Father’s Name and Surname. – Meier Barak, Victor Abraham
Rank or Profession of Father. – Gentm, Deceased

Married in the House, 5 Lisle St., Liecester Sq according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jewish Religion by me, Nadler Dr, Chief Rab.

This Marriage was solemnized between us, William Barak, Fanny Abraham in the Presence of us, Philip Abraham, Adolph Blumenthal

IA Levy _____

GG-Grandaunt Fanny Abraham, according to the Marriage Registration, married William Barak at her family home at 5 Lisle Street in Leicester Square in the West End of London. Also note the two witnesses: gg-granduncle Philip Abraham, gg-grandaunt Fanny's elder brother; and gg-granduncle Adolph Blumenthal, gg-grandaunt Fanny's brother-in-law and husband of her younger sister gg-grandaunt Matilda (née Abraham) Blumenthal.

Of course I have a question, what occupation is a CardBox Master?

And then there is the mystery in four years...

Thank you Bernard and Anne for your research and information.

Enjoy,

Jim

My Tangent - Just A Short Break

2013-04-20T23:59:00.000-04:00

Good Day,

I have been taking a short break from my search and research in the work of my genealogy. I am currently refocusing my thoughts as to a redo of my site A Genealogy Hunt. This of course is taking some considerable thought process on my part. I will continue with my journal of A Genealogy Hunt, but as it is now beyond 1,000 Postings I think that a new and different approach for accessibility might be in order.

Will be back shortly.

In the meantime check out my two other sites - Quilts SB and Jim's Trek.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 855a – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1890 Death – Great-Great-Granduncle Philip Abraham – London England

2013-04-07T15:30:00.002-04:00

Good Day,

The discoveries through my search and research continue as I focus on my Abraham Family Line. From The Times I just found the 23 December 1890 Death Announcement of great-great-granduncle Philip Abraham.

From The Times Digital Archive via the Godfrey Memorial Library here are the images.

My transcription –

THE TIMES
No. 33,202.
LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1890
PRICE 3d.

DEATHS.

On the 18th inst., PHILIP, eldest son of the late VICTOR
ABRAHAM, of Lisle-street, Leicester-square, aged 83.

And from my files I found the Death Index page for the quarter October, November, and December 1890. I found the image via the FreeBMD, Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

My transcription –

1 DEATHS registered in October, November, and December 1890 [AAN-ADA

A

ABRAHAM, Philip. 89………………Pancras 1 b. 94

Also on file I did find the General Register Office 1890 Death registration for gg-granduncle Philip Abraham.

My transcription –

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF DEATH
GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE

Application Number COL349496

REGISTRATION DISTRICT – Pancras

1890 DEATH in the Sub-district of Camden Two in the County of London

No. 459
1. When and where died – Seventeenth December 1890, 101 Bayham Street
2. Name and surname – Philip Abraham
3. Sex – Male
4. Age – 89 Years
5. Occupation – Teacher of Languages
6. Cause of death – Decay of nature. Epithelioma of the Tongue. Certified by . T. W. Coffeie F.R.C.S.
7. Signature, description and residence of informant - J. Duncan Young, Son-in-Law. Present at the Death. 74 Kings Road Pancras
8. When registered – Nineteenth December 1890
9. Signature of registrar - _____, District Registrar

There is a discrepancy as to the actual date of death, based on the entries on the Death Register and The Times Deaths announcement, the “Seventeenth December” and the “18th inst.”, respectively. All-things-being-equal I would lean toward the 17 December 1890 from the copy from the Death Register versus the reporting of the 18 December 1890 in The Times.

If you have any questions, thoughts, ideas, and comments, please feel free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 854ap – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1859 Marriage – Great-Great Granduncle Solomon Abraham – London, England

2013-04-06T13:15:00.000-04:00

Good Day,

I have been searching The Times newspaper for any grain of information of my Abraham Family Line ancestry and genealogy. It is a wonder what technology and OCR, optical character recognition, can do nowadays. And of course, I have found another new find. (New to me that is.)

Today I chanced upon the Marriage announcement of my great-great-granduncle Solomon Abraham to Sarah Bloom Phillips. The date of The Times publication is 19 December 1959. The date of the announcement marriage was 14 December 1859. The printed text is “On the 14th inst.,” which does mean “On the 14th of this month”, and as the published date of The Time is 19 December it would be apparent that the date of the marriage was 14 December 1859.

Here are my images as downloaded from The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007 via Godfrey Memorial Library.

My transcription –

The Times
No. 23,493
LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1859
PRICE 4d.

MARRIAGES

On the 14th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Adler, assisted by the Rev. M.
B. Levy, S. Abraham, Esq., of Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square, son
of the late Victor Abraham, of 5, Lisle-street, to Sara Bloom, second
daughter of Lawrence Phillips, Esq., of Russell-place, Fitzroy-square.

I am always amazed at the amount of information that can be gleaned from such a small amount of words in such an announcement. Using Google maps I have been able to map out the approximate locations of residence as presented by the announcement. GG-Granduncle Solomon Abraham was “of Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square”. I have labeled that location with the “A” marker. GGG-Grandfather Victor Abraham, gg-granduncle Solomon’s and gg-grandfather Benjamin Victor’s father was “the late” of 5 Lisle Street. Marker “B” highlights that approximate location. GG-Granduncle Solomon’s wife, Sarah Bloom Phillips was “of Russell-place, Fitzroy-square”. This location is the “C” marker.

One name in the announcement immediately leads me to another question. “Rev. Dr. Adler” was “assisted by the Rev. M. B. Levy”. Could this “Rev. M. B. Levy” by related to ggg-grandmother Rebecca (née Levy) Abraham, gg-granduncle Solomon’s mother?

And then there is the happenstance of a non-typical name. That name is gg-grandaunt Sara’s middle name “Bloom”. Years gone by, I worked as a stock boy in a pharmacy in Montreal named The Apothecary. The owners of The Apothecary were the Bloom Family. Who knows?

Any comment, question, thought, and idea, please contact me. Stay tuned, as usual there is more to come.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 853p – Smith Groh Genealogy – Parisé Descendant Chart – 11th Update

2013-04-05T16:33:00.001-04:00

Good Day,

My search and research of the Parisé Family Line is getting more and more complicated. As I delve into the ancestry and the genealogy of the Parisé and related Family I am amazed at the information that I am finding. The main issue is that there appears to be quite of a bit of information provided on the Internet, but the main problem is the lack of qualifying sources and citations. Each time I come across some iota of information regarding the family I feel that it is necessary to try and find some corroborating evidence.

And I have created my GenoPro descendant charts which work as white boards for me. I can place information, that which could be pertinent to the genealogy of the family, and then I can add my notes and cross-references. My Descendant Charts are always works-in-progress. This is now the 11th Parisé Descendant Chart.

I have made a substantial number of recent discoveries and it appears that the Parisé Families were resident both in Bonaventure County in Gaspé in Quebec as well as in Gloucester County in New Brunswick. From the information that I have been able to find there seems to be leads that the Families may have traveled across, and back-and-forth, the Chaleur Bay between Port Daniel (A), Bonaventure, Paspébiac, and Caraquet (B), and to locations close by. This also makes sense as it appears to be that the main source of occupation and employment was fishing.

Stay tuned for more details as I continue my search and research.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 852ab – Smith Robgertson Genealogy – 1857 Marriage – Great-Great-Grandaunt Fanny Abraham – London, England

2013-04-02T16:06:00.000-04:00

Good Day,

At times you never know which Family Line I may be searching and researching in my work of my genealogy and ancestry. And as more and more documents and sources become available, in this generation of technology, more and more is discovered and revealed.

Today I was able to find an image of The Times of England dated 21 February 1857. It is the Marriage announcement dated 18th February of great-great-grandaunt Fanny Abraham to William Barak of Queen-Square, Bristol. Here is the image I have been able to download from the Godfrey Memorial Library.

My transcription –

The Times
No. 22,610
LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1857
PRICE 4d.

MARRIAGES.

On the 18th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Adler, Fanny, third daughter of
the late Victor Abraham, to Mr. William Barak, of Queen-square,
Bristol.

Reference is made to the “late”, my ggg-grandfather Victor Abraham. He had passed away about nine years before in 1848. From the information that I have, gg-grandaunt Fanny, who was born about 1809, would have been about 48 years old at her marriage to William Barak. Is there a possibility of an earlier marriage?

According to Wikipedia - Queen Square is a 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres) garden square in the centre of Bristol, England. It was originally a fashionable residential address, but now most of the buildings are in office use. Queen Square, in Bristol, is about a 10-hour carriage ride from the approximate London address of the Abraham Family.

Stay tuned to A Genealogy Hunt for my continued search and research.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 851pg – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1817 Marriage 6-Times Great-Grandfather Michel Parisé and Louise Grenier – Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada

2013-03-31T11:38:00.001-04:00

Good Day,

This week I’ve been working, in my research of the genealogy of the Parisé Family Line and Ancestry, on the 1817 Marriage of CKs 6-times great-grandfather Michel Parisé. This was gggggg-grandfather Michel’s second marriage after the passing of gggggg-grandmother Rosalie (née Roussey) Parisé. His second wife was Louise Grenier.

Both gggggg-grandfather Michel Parisé and his second wife Louise Grenier were a widower and widow, respectively, at the time of their 18 April 1818 marriage. Louise Grenier’s previous husband was Isaac Huart. As you can see the surnames Grenier and Huart (aka Huard) are once again appearing within the Parisé Family Line. At times it gets extremely confusing when I’m trying to ensure that I have the correct ancestors in the correct generation, especially in light of the fact that there are a number of grandfathers who were named Michel Parisé.

I lucked out in being able to find both Registers’ entries for the 1817 Marriage Registration of 6-times great-grandfather Michel Parisé and his wife Louise Grenier. Both are included in The Drouin Collection and both are digitized images available through Ancestry.ca. One entry is listed and indexed under the name of Michel Parisé, the other under the name Michel Poirier.

The two Registers are the 1817 Carleton Parish and the 1771 to 1811 St. Bonaventure County Registers.

My attempted transcription -

CARLETON
PAROISSE
ST-JOSEPH
CO.BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
AU GREFFE
DE
NEW-CARLISLE

Paspébiac 6 M
Michel Parisé
et
Louise Grenier

Le vingt huit Avril mil huit cent dix sept vu la publication de trois
bans de marriage au Prône de notre messe paroissiale entre
Michel Parisé veuf de Rosalie Roussi de la paroisse de Paspébiac
d’une part, et Louis Grenier, veuve d’Isaac Huart de la même
paroisse d’autre part, ne l’étant trouvé aucun autre empé
chement au dit marriage que celui de quatrième degree d’affinité
dont les parties ont été dispencées par nous suivant qu’il a
plu à Monsigneur L’Évèque de Québec de nous y autho
riser en verta de pouvoir qu’il lu a reçu du St Siege jusqu’a ré
vocation par un _____ de vingt neuf Mars mil huit cent
huit, et attendu que l’épouse n’est point été marie, ou que si elle
L’a été, elle ne soit point en la persusance du ravisseur? Nous Prêtre
Missionnaire avons reçu leur mutuel consentement de marriage
en presence de Jean Chapeaudeau pere de Benons Chapeaudeau,
d’Hubert Parisé parents de L’époux, de Joseph Benjamin et Pierre
Loyselle qui n’ont sousigner ainsi que les nouveaux Epoux
De ce signer.

Henri? Demers Ptre.

My attempted translation -

CARLETON
PARISH
ST JOSEPH
CO.BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
THE REGISTRY
OF
NEW CARLISLE

Paspébiac
6 M
Michel Parisé
and
Louise Grenier

On the 28th of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, saw the publication of three banns of marriage, to Advocates at our parish mass, between Michel Parisé, widower of Rosalie Roussi, of the parish of Paspébiac, on one hand, and Louise Grenier, widow of Isaac Huart of the same parish, on the other hand, not having found no other impediment to the said marriage, that of the fourth degree of affinity which the parties were given by us following that the Monsignor the Bishop of Quebec has pleased, we authorized _____ into power, he read and received St. Siege until revoked by a _____ of 29 March one thousand eight hundred and eight, and whereas the wife is not been married, or if she was, it is the point of the _____, We in pursuance the Missionary priest have received their mutual consent of marriage in the presence of Jean Chapeaudeau, father of Benons Chapeaudeau, Hubert Parise's the husband's parents, Joseph Benjamin Pierre Loyselle, who and the new husband have signed, Three words between on line Bans

Henri? Demers Ptre.

And the research continues, and gets more and more complicated.

Stay tuned for my update to the Parisé Descendant Chart.

Please feel free to comment and ask any question regarding my search of the Parisé Family line.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 850t – Smith McCullogh Genealogy – 1914 World War I Attestation – GG-Grandfather Alfred Wade Trefry

2013-03-24T19:18:00.001-04:00

Good Day,

Sometimes in my search and research I need to switch family lines when I come across a document when I have just been following a different path. As the genealogy and family tree continues to grow, the number of pathways into our ancestry continues to grow exponentially.

Today I discovered both sides of the 1914 World War I Attestation document for CK’s great-great-grandfather Alfred Wade Trefry. Previously, in my files I had stumbled upon only the front page. Now I have discovered both the front and back of the form.

Included on the form is the name of ggg-grandfather Capt. C(harles) K(nowles) Trefry. Note also that gg-grandfather Alfred is registered as having been a School Teacher at the time of his registration 23 September 1914. GG-Grandfather Alfred did become a Doctor.

The source of my discovery – Library and Archives Canada, Reference RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9769 – 1. Here are the downloaded images. As they are pretty well legible I will not be transcribing them.

If you have any comment or question please feel free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 849h – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1865 Death and Burial – Romain Huard, the Senior

2013-03-23T17:02:00.001-04:00

Good Day,

My search and research of the Parisé Family Line and genealogy now has revealed the apparent reason for CK’s gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier) becoming a widow. Her first husband Romain Huard died sometime around the 17th of May 1865 and was buried in the Parish Cemetery on the 19th. Their son, half-ggg-granduncle, also named Romain Huard had just passed away in infancy on the 21st of January in that same year.

The following is the Burial Registration from the New Carlisle Register as obtained from The Drouin Collection and downloaded from Ancestry.ca.

My transcription –

1865
PASPEBIAC
PARIOSSE
NOTRE-DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
AU GREFFE
DE NEW-CARLISLE
S. 11
Romain Huard
Paspe…

Le dix-neuf Mai mil huit cent soixante cinq
nous prêtre curé soussigné avons inhume dans la cimetière
de cette paroi∫se le corps de Romain Huard décédé l’avant
veille à l’âge de vingt huit ans; épouse légitime de Catherine
Grenier de cette paroi∫se. Présents à l’inhumation Edouard
Huard père de defunct. James Loisel & un grand nombre
d’autre qui n’ont pas signer.

J. G. Fournier Ptre

And my attempted translation –

1865
PASPEBIAC
PARIOSSE
NOTRE-DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
THE REGISTRY
OF
NEW CARLISLE
S. 11
Roman Huard
PASPE ...

On the 19th May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty five, we the undersigned parish priest have interred in the cemetery of this parish, the body of Romain Huard who died two days before at the age of twenty-eight years; legitimate husband of Catherine Grenier of this parish. Present at the burial, Edouard Huard, father of the dead, James Loisel & many other who did not sign.

J. G. Fournier Priest

Based on the information that I have chanced upon from the Registers, gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier) was married in January 1860 to Romain Huard, possibly her 1st cousin. Romain Huard passed away in May 1865. GGGG-Grandfather Thimothée Parisé married his first wife, Julienne Chapados in August 1865. Julienne Chapados may have been gggg-grandfather Thimothée’s 1st cousin. She passed away July 1866. Then gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine, who also appear to have been 1st cousins, married in August 1867. And now you understand why I have been taking a wee bit of time deciphering who was who was who…

Stay tuned for my next installment.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 848p – Smith Groh Genealogy – Parisé Descendant Chart – Update

2013-03-22T15:03:00.000-04:00

Good Day,

And yes it is that time again to update my Parisé Descendant Chart.

All new and updated data, including the cross-references to my Posting on A Genealogy Hunt, are entered in red. A red or blue yellow-filled symbol represents the actual blood line. In this case this is one of CK’s blood lines.

Obviously the Parisé Descendant Chart is now getting too big for the regular desktop and notebook monitor. I will shortly be creating a Parisé I and a Parisé II Descendant Charts. If you have any questions and comments please feel free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 847h – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1861 Baptism – Half-GGG-Grandaunt Elizabeth Huard – Paspébiac, Quebec

2013-03-22T14:07:00.001-04:00

Good Day,

And yes this can be bloody boring… and tedious at times, but genealogy search and research is not necessarily cut out for everyone. And yes you can always block my emails and notes of the information… but I will not interrupt my search and research. It is my thing and I do not have to make any excuses for what I please to do.

My search and research of the Parisé Family Line has me presently investigating how many children CK’s gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier formerly Huard) Parisé before she married gggg-grandfather Thimothée Parisé. And success, I have discovered another daughter, half-ggg-grandaunt Elizabeth Huard. She was born on the 20th of January 1861 and baptized on the 27th of the same month. All-things-being-equal Elizabeth could have been gggg-grandmother Catherine’s first daughter and child with her first husband Romain Huard.

Here are the images as I downloaded from The Drouin Collection via Ancestry.ca. I have included the two pages from both Registers from the Registers of the Parish of Notre Dame and of New Carlisle. I have included a highlighted copy of the New Carlisle page as it is much easier to read and transcribe.

My transcription –

1861

PASPEBIAC
PAROISSE
NOTRE-DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
AU
GREFFE
DE
NEW-CARLISLE

B.3
Elizabeth
Huard

Le vingt-sept Janvier mil huit cent soixante un nous
Prêtre sou∫signé avons baptisé Elizabeth née il ya a sept
jours de légitime marriage de Romain Huard
pêcheur et de Catherine Grenier de Paspebiac
Parrain Abel Huard, marraine Rachel A∫sard?
qui n’ont pas signer.

MC Fostine Ptre

My translation –

1861

PASPEBIAC
PARISH
NOTRE-DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
TO
REGISTRY
OF
NEW CARLISLE

B.3
Elizabeth
Huard

On the 27th of January one thousand eight hundred sixty one we the undersigned priest have baptized Elizabeth, born seven days ago, of the legitimate marriage of Roman Huard, fisherman, and Catherine Grenier of Paspebiac. Godfather Abel Huard, Godmother, Rachel Assard? who did not sign.

MC Fostine Priest

And now on to continue my search and research. My latest count is the CK’s gggg-grandmother Catherine did have, at least, eight children.

Enjoy, and stay tuned for more,

Jim

Part 846h – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1865 Burial – Half-GGG-Granduncle Romain Huard – Paspébiac, Quebec

2013-03-15T16:28:00.002-04:00

Good Day,

In the search and research of one’s ancestry and genealogy one never knows what one may stumble upon, nor how soon one can discover an ancestor’s vital records. I am searching the Huard family name to determine how many children CK’s gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier) may have had while she was married to her first husband Romain Huard. I have found that Ancestry.ca has uploaded just over 600 records with the surname Huard of Paspébiac from The Drouin Collection. My search involved going through each one for the period from 1859 to about 1866.

And then I stumbled upon the 1865 Burial Registration of half-ggg-granduncle Romain Huard. Here are the images I downloaded.

My transcription –

1865
PASPEBIAC
PAROISSE
NOTRE DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
AU GREFFE
DE
NEW-CARLISLE

S. 1ième
Romain Huard
Paspe…

Le vingt trois Janvier mil huit cent soixante
cinq nous prêtre sou∫signé avons inhumé dans le
cimetière de cetter paroi∫se le corps de Romain décé-
dé l’avant veille à l’âge de cinq mois seize jours; en-
fant légitime de Romain Huard pêcheur et de
Catherine Grenier de cette paroi∫se. Présent: Catherine
Grenier Mère de l’enfant, Edouard Huard et plusieurs autres
qui n’ont pas signer.

C G. Fournier Ptr.

And my translation –

1865
PASPEBIAC
PARISH
NOTRE DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
THE REGISTRY
OF
NEW CARLISLE

S. 1st
Romain Huard
PASPE ...

On the twenty-third of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, we the undersigned priest have interred in the cemetery of this parish, the body of Romain, who died two days before, at the age of five months sixteen days; legitimate child of Romain Huard, fisherman and Catherine Grenier of this parish. Present: Catherine Grenier Mother of the child, Edward Huard and others who did not sign.

C G. Fournier Priest

I am continuing to search for ancestors. I have turned up two more pieces of evidence and I am currently reviewing the registrations. Stay tuned.

Feel free to comment and use any of my work and research. Please be courteous and cite my name Jim Smith and my site A Genealogy Hunt.

Regards,

Jim

Part 845h – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1864 Baptism – Half-GGG-Granduncle Romain Huard – Paspébiac, Quebec

2013-03-13T15:05:00.000-04:00

Good Day,

Following up from my previous post and my search and research of the genealogy of the Parisé Family Line, CK’s gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier), gggg-grandfather Thimothée Parisé’s second wife was also married twice. Her first husband was Romain Huard and they were married in Notre-Dame Parish in the County of Bonaventure, Quebec, 17 January 1860. (See Part 807gh.)

Based on my search, I have discovered that there is a possibility that Romain Huard, gggg-grandmother Catherine’s first husband may have passed away sometime around 19 May 1865. According to a Notre-Dame-de-la-Purificatin register he was buried on that day.

As they, gggg-grandmother Catherine and Romain Huard were married for approximately five years I have been searching the registers to see if I could discover any record of baptism, etc., relating to any possible children of their marriage. To date I have located one, a baptism of CK’s half-ggg-granduncle Romain Huard. He was born3 August 1864 and baptized 7 August.

The following images are from Parish of Notre Dame Register as provided by The Drouin Collection. I downloaded the pages via Ancestry.ca.

My transcription –

1864
PASPEBIAC
PAROISSE
NOTRE-DAME
CO BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
AU
GREFFE
DE
NEW-CARLISLE

B. 34 –
Romain Huard
Paspe

Le sept Août mil huit cent soixante
quatre nous prêtre sou∫signé avons baptisé
Romain né le trois au légitime marriage de
Romain Huard cultivateur & pêcheur et de Ca-
therine Grenier de cette paroi∫se. Le parrain a
été John Huard et la Marraine Marthe Huard
qui n’ont pas signer le père absent.

L. G. Fournier Prtre.

And my translation –

1864
PASPEBIAC
PARISH
NOTRE-DAME
BONAVENTURE CO
P.Q.

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
TO
REGISTRY
OF
NEW CARLISLE

B. 34 -
Romain Huard
PASPÉBIAC

On the 7th of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, we the undersigned priest have baptized Romain born on the third of the lawful marriage of Romain Huard farmer & fisherman and Catherine Grenier of this parish. The godfather was John Huard and Godmother Martha Huard who did not sign. The father was absent.

L. G. Fournier Priest

Based on this find, gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier formerly Huard) Parisé had, by her two marriages, at least seven children including ggg-grandfather Pierre Leandre (aka Leo) Parisé.

Please feel free to comment.

Enjoy, and the search of our ancestry continues.

Jim

Part 844g – Smith Groh Genealogy – GGGG-Grandmother Catherine (née Grenier formerly Huard) Parisé – 1840 Baptism – Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada

2013-03-11T17:57:00.001-04:00

Good day,

In my continuing search and research of the genealogy of the Parisé Family Line I have now found the 20 September 1840 Baptism registration of CK’s gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier formerly Huard) Parisé. From The Drouin Collection I have been able to find both registrations of gggg-grandmother Catherine’s baptism at the mission of Paspébiac at Notre Dame de la Purificatin in the Parish of Notre-Dame, Bonaventure County, Quebec.

According to the registration gggg-grandmother Catherine was born the 20th of July of 1840 and baptized the 20th of September. Her parents were ggggg-grandparents Jacques and Catherine (née Duguay) Parisé.

One image is number 16 of 22 of the 1840 Register. The second image is number 29 of 380 if the 1839 to 1864 Register. The second image, number 29, is much more difficult to transcribe and translate due to the condition of the image, as presented.

My transcription –

1840
PASPEBIAC
PAROISSE
NOTRE-DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
AU
GREFFE
DE
NEW-CARLISLE

B. 49.
Catherine
Grenier

Le vingt Septembre mils huit
cent quarante nous prêtre sou∫si-
gné avons baptisé Catherine né le
vingt juillet dernier du légitime
marriage de Jacques Grenier (a) et de Ca
therine Duguay de Paspébiac Par-
rain Félix Thériault Marraine
Théophile Parisé, qui n’ont pas signer
(a) pêcheur

Alain Ptre

My translation –

1840
PASPEBIAC
PARISH
NOTRE-DAME
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
TO
REGISTRY
DE
NEW CARLISLE

B. 49.
Catherine
Grenier

The September 20 mils eight hundred and forty we the undersigned priest have baptized Catherine born July 20 last of the legitimate marriage of Jacques Grenier (a) and Catherine Duguay of Paspébiac. Félix Thériault Godfather, Godmother Théophile Parisé, who did not sign.

(a) fisherman

Alain Priest

My search continues. I have stumbled upon on a number of links to the Parisé genealogy on line. All-things-being-equal I am also searching for the good sources and citations.

Enjoy, and stay tuned,

Jim

Part 843p – Smith Groh Genealogy – Parisé – GGGG-Grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier) Clooz Reporting

2013-03-08T14:59:00.001-05:00

Good day,

I have been organizing my collection of genealogy documentation, specifically those of CK’s gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier) Parisé. With my organization I enter as possible the documents that are collected into my Clooz database.

The following are some reports of all documentation that I have entered today for gggg-grandfather Thimothée Parisé and gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier) Parisé.

As you can see from the documents I am still searching and researching for gggg-grandfather Thimothée’s Marriage and Death/Burial Dates. On behalf of gggg-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier, formerly Huard) Parisé I need to discover and enter into Clooz all vital records: Birth/Baptism; Marriage; and Death/Burial Dates.

If you have any comment, question, thought, or idea, please feel free to contact me.

A Genealogy Hunt just hit 148,000 Pageviews. Not bad for a small, niche journal of family genealogy.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 842p - Smith Groh Genealogy - Parisé Consanguinity - Paspébiac, Québec, Canada

2013-03-04T17:31:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

I have been working on the uploading of Parisé marriages, circa 1860 through 1867, to my Clooz database. The search and research of the Parisé Family Line has increased in complexity. It appears that there are many cases of first and second marriages due to the untimely passing of a spouse.

The case of CK's gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier) Parisé is somewhat complicated. Both gggg-grandfather Thimothée and gggg-grandmother Catherine, when they married in 1867 in Paspébiac, had been widowed. That is just the beginning.

Based on the documentation from the Registers in The Drouin Collection the work is somewhat time-consuming. I have to transcribe each document, albeit registration, and then translate each from the French. The nice thing is that there appears to be a set format of producing each birth, marriage, and burial registration. This format allows me to “expect” what should be written, regularly, in each registration.

The one thing that has had me somewhat baffled is trying to understand the idea of "degrees of consanguinity". I was able to grasp the idea that the degree of consanguinity is the degree of relationship. I also understood, based on the degree of relationship, persons, specifically within the Roman Catholic Church would be, and are required to obtain a form of dispensation, that is, exemption from the Church hierarchy in order to be married.

The part that is somewhat confusing is when there is reference to two levels or two degrees of consanguinity within the same registration. For example, from gggg-grandfather Thimothée 1865 and first marriage to Julienne Chapados the document reads, I transcribed “du la dispense du trois au troisième & du quatre au quatrième degree de consanguinité qui la trousait entre…” My translation “and exemption from three to third & four to fourth degree of consanguinity which was between the two…” (See Part 802cp.)

And this is where I got confused… Logically, how could a dispensation be received for two different levels of consanguinity, third and fourth?

The following is a Table of Consanguinity.

Based on the 1865 Registration gggg-grandfather Thimothée Parisé and his first wife, Julienne Chapados may have shared two degrees of consanguinity. If I understand the chart correctly, this might mean that gggg-grandfather Thimothée and his first wife; Julienne could have been First Cousins – 4th Degree. They also may have been, according to the 3rd Degree, each other’s Nephew or Niece or Uncle or Aunt. All-things-being-equal they could have been both and that is where it gets truly confusing.

If you look at the Parisé Descendant Chart you can see that in the generation immediately above gggg-grandfather Thimothée and Julienne Chapados there are three female individuals with the surname Dugué or Duguay. (There are actually four Dugués that I have found and then the overall relationship then gets even more confusing.)

Are you confused? Just wait...

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 841p – Smith Groh Genealogy – Parisé Descendant Chart – Update

2013-02-22T15:47:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

In my search and research of the Parisé Family Line and Genealogy I have not, as yet, discovered any more children born to CK’s gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier) Parisé than the six accounted for thus far. Both gggg-grandfather Thimothée and gggg-grandmother Catherine were a widower and widow, respectively.

Here is the newly updated Parisé Descendant Chart.

GGGG-grandfather Thimothée had been married previously to Juliene Chapados. Julienne (née Chapados) and their son, Louis Ligroi Parisé had passed away in 1866. GGGG-grandmother Catherine (née Grenier) Parisé had been married to Romain Huard. I have not discovered when he passed away nor have I found, at this point, whether gggg-grandmother Catherine and her first husband Romain ever had had any children.

I will now be focusing in on gggg-grandfather Thimothée Parisé ancestors. I continue my search and research.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 840p – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1868 – GGG-Granduncle Napoléon Parisé – Port Daniel, Québec

2013-02-19T16:34:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

Another find in my search and research of the genealogy and Parisé Family Line. This time CK’s ggg-granduncle Napoléon Parisé, the eldest son of gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier). GGG-Granduncle Napoléon was born and baptized in 1868 in Port Daniel in the Parish of St. Georges, Bonaventure County in Gaspé, Québec.

Here are the images from The Drouin Collection of the Church and Civil Registers. I have downloaded them from Ancestry.ca.

My transcription -

1855-70
PORT DANIEL
PAROISSE
ST-GEORGES
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIE
AU
GREFFE
DE
NEW-CARLISLE

B.20

Napoleon
Parisé
P.D.

Le vingt et un juin, mil huit cent soix-
ante et huit, nous pretre soussigné
avons baptisé Napoléon, né le douze du
meme mois de légitime mariage de Thimothée Parisé
et de Catherine Grenier de cette paroisse: Parrain:
Michel Parisé: marraine: Roalie Parisé
lesquels ainsi que le pere ont déclaré ne savoir
signer.

N. Levesque Ptre

My translation –

1855-1870
PORT DANIEL
PARISH
ST-GEORGES
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHY
AT
REGISTRY
OF
NEW CARLISLE

B.20

Napoleon
Parise
P.D.

On the 21st June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, we the undersigned priest have baptized Napoléon who was born on the twelfth of the same month of the legitimate marriage of Timothy Parisé and Catherine Grenier of this parish: Sponsor: Michel Parisé: Godmother: Rosalie Parisé of which the father and they said could not sign.

N. Levesque Priest

Based on the information that I have uncovered to date it appears that gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier) Parisé may have had six children:

1. GGG-Granduncle Napoléon,
2. GGG-Granduncle Jean Abel,
3. GGG-Grandaunt Marie Agnès,
4. GGG-Grandaunt Marie Archange,
5. GGG-Grandfather Pierre Léandre (Leo), and
6. GGG-Grandaunt Malvina

The search continues, and the document finds keep rolling in.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 839p – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1872 – GGG-Granduncle Jean Abel Parisé – Port Daniel, Québec

2013-02-14T14:31:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

And today's find in my search and research of the genealogy of the Parisé Family Line is the 1872 Baptism Registration of CK's ggg-granduncle Jean Abel Parisé. I discovered both the Civil and Parochial Registrations from The Drouin Collection. Both were downloaded from Ancestry.ca.

GGG-Granduncle Jean Abel Parisé is gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier)'s second child and second son. He was born 7 September 1872 and baptized on the 10^th of the same month.

Presently I have discovered an elder brother, ggg-granduncle Napolèon

My transcription -

1855
A
1890

PORT-DANIEL
CTE BONAVENTURE
ST-GEORGES

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
A LA
PAROISSE

B. 36
Jean
Abel
Parisé

Le dix Novembre mil huit cent
soixante et douze, nous prêtre
soussigné, avons baptisé
Jean Abel, né le sept du
même mois, du Légitme marriage
de Thimothée Parisé, pêcheur
et cultivateur, et de Catherine
Grenier, de cette paroisse.
Parrain: Alexis Parisé; marraine
Marie Parisé qui one dé-
claré ne savoir signer. Le
père absent.

N. Levesque Prtre

And my translation -

1855
TO
1890

PORT DANIEL
BONAVENTURE COUNTY
ST-GEORGES

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
THE
PARISH

B. 36
John
Abel
Parisé

On the November 10 one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, we the undersigned priest, have baptized Jean Abel, born in September of the same month, of the legitimate marriage of Timothy Parisé, fisherman and farmer, and Catherine Grenier, of this parish. Sponsor: Alexis Parisé, godmother Marie Parisé said that they could not sign. The father was absent.

N. Levesque Priest

Presently I have discovered an elder brother to ggg-granduncle Jean Abel, ggg-granduncle Napolèon who was baptized in 1868. Given the spread of four years between ggg-granduncles Jean Abel and Napolèon there may have been another Parisé sibling. Stay tuned and check back to see who and what I may find.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 838p – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1874 – GGG-Grandaunt Marie Agnès Parisé – Port Daniel, Québec

2013-02-13T12:44:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

I’ve been a wee bit removed from my regular search and research in my genealogy work. I’m trying to set myself on some sort of daily schedule to complete the reams of documents that I have most recent discovered of the Parisé Family Line. I figured I would just bite the bullet and head straight into the work and present my findings.

The next on my lists of finds is the Baptism Registration of CK’s ggg-grandaunt Marie Agnès Parisé. As the document indicates she was born 12 December 1874 and baptized on Christmas Day.

Here are the images from The Drouin Collection as downloaded from Ancestry.ca.

My transcription –

1855
A
1890
PORT-DANIEL
CTE BONAVENTURE
QUÉ
PAROISSE
ST. GEORGES

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
A LA
PAROISSE

B. 40
Marie
Agnès
Parisé

Le vingt cinq Décembre mil huit
cent soixante et quatorze, nous
prêtre soussigné, avons baptisé
Marie Agnès, née le douze du
même mois du légitime ma-
riage de Thimothée Parisé,
pêcheur et cultivateur, et de
Catherine Grenier, de cette
parosse. Parrain: Guillaume
Langlais, soussigné; marraine
Elizabeth Huard, qui a declare
ne savoir signer. Le père absent.

Guilluame Langlais
N. Lévesque Prtre

My translation –

1855
TO
1890
PORT-DANIEL
BONAVENTURE CTE
QUÉ
PARISH OF
ST. GEORGES

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
THE
PARISH

B. 40
Mary
Agnes
Parisé

On December 25th, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, we the undersigned priest, have baptized Marie Agnes, born on the twelfth of the same month of the lawful marriage of Timothée Parisé, fisherman and farmer, and Catherine Grenier, of this parish. Sponsor: Guillaume Langlais, the undersigned, godmother Elizabeth Huard, who declared she could not sign. The father was absent.

Guilluame Langlais
N. Lévesque Priest

Next on my list CK’s ggg-granduncle Jean Abel Parisé. Stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 837hg – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Search for the Marriage of Great-Grandparents John Eugene and Hannah (née Gallagher) Holmes – Pennsylvania?

2013-02-05T15:54:00.004-05:00

Good Day,

Sometimes in the work of my search and research of genealogy I have a number of pokers in the fire. In this case it is the search of the vital records of the actual marriage of great-grandparents John Eugene and Hannah (née Gallagher) Holmes.

According to the 1880 US Census taken in Rahn Township in the County of Schuylkill, Pennsylvania they were husband and wife as of 18 June 1880. Of their three children listed on the same Census, their eldest, granduncle John Herbert Holmes was 4 years old. (See Part 751h.) Further according to the Calvary Episcopal Church Baptism Register he was baptized 2 November 1876 and his parents are listed as Jno. Eugene & Hanora ~~Boyd~~ Holmes. This Church was located at Tamaqua in Schuylkill County. (See Part 768h.)

Following the two document leads and searching for great-grandparents John Eugene and Hannah (aka Honora)’s marriage I began a search for a registration in the Tamaqua area.

Today I received notice from The Historical Society of Schuylkill County that

The information that you are requesting would need to come from church records. It wasn’t until 1885 that Schuylkill County began keeping marriage records and it was 1893 when they started to keep birth records. We do have an index of marriages that appeared in the Pottsville Miners Journal newspaper for the timeframe that John & Hannah would have been married but they are not listed in the index. We don’t have any Episcopal Church records for the Tamaqua area.

Back to the drawing board. Where were great-grandparents John and Hannah married? I will searching.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 836p – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1876 – GGG-Grandaunt Marie Archange Almanda Parisé – Port Daniel, Québec

2013-02-02T21:00:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

The search and research continues. This time I will be presenting a number of discovered documents for ancestors, especially of CK’s collateral line and genealogy.

Train station of Port Daniel, Gaspésie, Québec, Canada,
dated 10 August 2012
photographed and owned by Torbenbrinker (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The first would be CK’s ggg-grandaunt Marie Archange Almanda Parisé. She was born 11 November 1876 in the Port Daniel vicinity in the County Bonaventure, Québec. Her parents were gggg-grandparents Thimothée and Catherine (née Grenier) Parisé.

I have downloaded the images from the Douin Collection as provided by the Quebec, Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967, databases by Ancestry.ca. The first is Image 267 of 543.

1855
A
1890

PORT-DANIEL
CTE BONAVENTURE
QUÉ

PAROISSE
ST-GEORGES

REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
A LA
PAROISSE

B. 38
Marie
Archange
Parisé

Le dix-neuf Novembre mil huit cent soixante et
seize, nous prêtre soussigné, avons baptisé Marie
Archange Almanda, née le onze du meme mois du
légitime marriage de Thimothée Parisé, pêcheur et culti-
vateur, et de Catherine Grenier, de cette paroisse. Parain
Samuel Chouinard qui, ainsi que le père, a declare ne savoir
signer Marraine: Julienne Huard, soussignée. Lecture faite.

Julienne Huard

R Beaumont, Prtre.

My translation –

1855
TO
1890

PORT DANIEL -
BONAVENTURE COUNTY
QUÉ

PARISH
ST-GEORGES

RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHES
OF THE
PARISH

B. 38
Mary
Archangel
Parisé

On the 19 November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, we the undersigned priest, have baptized Marie Archange Almanda born the eleventh of the same month of the legitimate marriage of Timothy Parise, fisherman and farmer, and Catherine Grenier, of this parish. Samuel Chouinard godfather and the father declared that they could not sign. Godmother: Julienne Huard, undersigned. Reading done.

Julienne Huard

R Beaumont, Priest.

The second image is also of the Drouin Collection and provided via Ancestry.ca. It is image 109 of 136. I have not transcribed or translated Image 109 as it appears that all wording is quite similar to the previous above Image 267.

The search and research continues.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 835p – Smith Groh Genealogy – Parisé Descendant Chart Updated

2013-02-01T13:17:00.002-05:00

Good Day,

A good way to begin a new month, February, is with an update of a visual representation of the CK’s Parisé Family Descendant Chart. It is a very good method, for me to, to have this type of pictorial arrangement, of the ancestry and genealogy of the family that I am currently working on.

This is now my 8^th update of the Parisé Descendant Chart. This new update now includes 6-times great-grandparents Michel and Rosalie (née Roussi) Parisey and 7-times great-grandparents – Michel and Marie (née Albert) Parisey and Pierre Léon and Anne (née Chapados) Roussi.

All information on this Descendant Chart is based on current and available information. It may change as new and more correct data is discovered. New and updated day may be entered in red. A red or blue and yellow symbol represents the actual blood line.

If you have any new information, data, ideas, family history, please feel free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 835pr – Smith Groh Genealogy – 1797 Marriage – 6-Times Great-Grandparents Michel Parisey and Rosalie Roussi – Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada

2013-01-28T16:02:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

My next find in my search and research of the genealogy and ancestry of the Parisé Family are two Marriage Registrations. They are the 1797 Parish and Civil Marriage Registrations for CK’s 6-times great-grandparents Michel Parisey and Rosalie Roussi.

According to the documents the marriage took place 12 October 1797 in Paspébiac in the County of Bonaventure, in Gaspé, Québec, Canada. It appears that gggggg-grandmother Rosalie (née Roussi) Parisey was from Paspébiac. And we now have the names of her parents, 7-times great-grandparents Pierre Léon Roussi and Anne, what I believe is, Chapados.

On the other hand we have another new discovery. It appears that according to the documentation that gggggg-grandfather Michel Parisey was from the south across Chaleur Bay, from Caraquet in New Brunswick. Coincidentally this is approximately 200 miles from where CK’s father was born in Oromocto. Amazing!

Also we are now introduced to gggggg-grandfather Michel’s parents, 7-times great-grandparents Michel Parisey and Marie Albert. Another branch discovered.

Here is the image of the Parish Registration. Due to the quality of the image I have not attempted to transcribe. The Civil Registration which follows is of better value and the penmanship of the Priest is great. From The Drouin Collection via Ancestry.ca, Image 11 of 37.

The following are the pages from the Civil Register, downloaded from The Droun Collection, via Ancestry.ca. Images 150 and 151 of 195.

My transcription –

1771
A
1811
ST. BONAVENTURE
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.
REGISTRES
PHOTOGRAPHIES
AU
GREFFE
DE
NEW-CARLISLE

292

M. 5
Michel
Parisey
&
Rosalie
Roussi

Le douze octobre mil sept cent quatre-vingt
dix-sept, par nous prêtre missionnaire
ont été mis par les liens du mariage Michel
Parisey, fils majeur de Michel Parisey et de
Marie Albert de Caraquet, et Rosalie Roussi
fille majeure de Pierre Leon Roussi et d’Anne
Chapados de Paspébiac. Les parties ayant
obtenu de nous dispense de trois bans et ne
s’étant trouvé aucun empèchement nous leur
avons donné la benediction nuptial selon les
forms presents par notre Mère La Sainte
Eglise en Présence de Francois Gionet amis
de l’époux et Pierre Léon Roussi père Pierre
Léon Roussi frère de l’épouse les mis ont signé
avec nous, les autres ont declare ne le savoir
faire.

Francois Gionet

Delaraisne Ptre

My attempted translation –

1771
TO
1811
ST. BONAVENTURE
CO. BONAVENTURE
P.Q.
RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHS
TO
REGISTRY
OF
NEW CARLISLE

292

5 M.
Michel
Parisey
&
Rosalie
Roussi

On October 12, one thousand seven hundred ninety-seven by us missionary priest, were joined by marriage Parisey Michel, adult son of Michel Parisey and Marie Albert of Caraquet and Roussi Rosalie, adult daughter of Pierre Leon Roussi and Anne Chapados, of Paspébiac. The parties having obtained dispensation of three banns by us, and having found no impediment we gave them the nuptial blessing according to present forms by The Holy Mother Church, in the Presence of Francois Gionet, friends of the bridegroom, and Pierre Léon Roussi, father, Pierre Léon Roussi, brother of the wife, and signed with us, others have stated that they did not know how.

Francois Gionet

Delaraisne Priest

Any questions, thoughts, ideas, please feel free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 834h – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – The Mystery of GG-Grandfather Audley Holmes – 1854 – And?

2013-01-26T14:11:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

My investigation into the death and murder trial of great-great-grandfather Audley Holmes has not been shelved. I have not been deterred by the closed doors or barricades at the end of each pathway that I have, thus far, conducted an inquiry.

This week I received a new response to the continued investigation from the Luzerne County Historical Society.

January 18, 2013

Thank you for your request for additional research on the death of Audley Holmes. We spent another hour in searching the Luzerne Union and the Pittston Gazette newspapers for any further articles on Mr. Holmes or Margaret Burk, the accused murderer, but were unable to find anything. We search the Pittston Gazette from July 1855 to February 1st, 1856 and the Luzerne Union from July 1855 to January 16th, 1856.

In the last article we found from January of 1855, it was noted that the case was remanded for trial at the next term of Court. The next term was April and enclosed is an article regarding the April term of court, but there is no mention of a case involving Holmes or Burk having been heard

.

Here is an image of the copy of the article April Term of Court from the 4 April 1855 edition of the Luzerne Union.

The following are six of my previous 2012 posts regarding the mystery of the death and murder of gg-grandfather Audley Holmes. Check them out. Bring yourself up-to-date. Can you shed some light?

Jul 15 – Part 733h – 1854 Death and Burial – Great-Great-Grandfather Audley Holmes – Murdered?

Jul 17 – Part 734h – 1854 Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Jul 25 – Part 739h – 1854 Wiles-Barre, Luzerne County, PA – Murder Investigation

Sep 21 – Part 770h – 1854 Cold Case Opened – Who Dunnit?

Sep 29 – Part 771h – 1854 – She Was The Cook!!!

Sep 30 – Part 772h – 1855 – The Plot Thickens

We have some more pokers in the fire regarding the investigation. Stay tuned. If you have any ideas, or if you stumble upon any family treasured papers please let me know.

Enjoy,

Jim