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51	Nancy Kingsbury was the second wife of Caleb Baldwin. His first marriage was with Phoebe Gaylord, of Newburgh. When the Mormon excitement was at its height, and its teachings were being discussed pro and con at every fireside, Caleb and Nancy became converts of the new faith. There was an element of mysticism in it sufficient to be an attraction to people of intense religious emotion, and it is possible that the former Baptist minister, who lived in that county, and whom they often met, may have been the influence that decided them to leave their comfortable home and its environment of kinship and life-long neighbors, to face what proved to be danger and many hardships. (from: The Pioneer Families of Cleveland 1796-1840, by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, Vol. 1, 1914)	Nancy Kingsbury
52	A teacher living at 129 rue Montmartre, Paris at the time of Marie Labbé's birth.	Nicolas Labbé
53	Dr. Lecomte attended the birth of his three grandaughters. All three births took place at his house. He was 58 at the time of Marie Anna Labbé's birth.	Jean Marie Augustine Lecomte
54	Alexander Leckie McGregor was born in Bonhill, County of Dumbarton, Scotland May 15, 1860. He came to the United States in his early 20's and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He worked for R.S. Scourey. He met Hattie Berrington and they were married October 5, 1887 at St. Marks Episcopal Church in Cleveland. Their three children were born in Cleveland. Bruce Roy September 2, 1888, Margaret (Maggie) Dolzell May 13, 1891, and Isabel McIntyre August 17, 1893. When the children were all small they moved to Poland, Maine where his brother Andrew worked for N.Q. Pope, a horse breeder. The name of the farm was White Oak Hill Farm. Alexander became the manager. Mr. Pope sold some of his horses and farm equipment. He then sent Alexander to veterinary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated March 24, 1898. Mr. Pope was going to set Alexander up in veterinary business in Lewiston, Maine, but Mr. Pope died. He stayed and worked for Mrs. Pope until the farm was sold. He returned to Cleveland and worked for Dr. Street until he came to California. The family first moved to Oakland in 1901. He worked with his brother, Bruce, who was caretaker of Oakland Cemetery. Through a lawyer friend of Bruce, he learned that the Collins Ranch on the west side fo the Santa Clara River needed a ranch manager. They came to Piru in June, 1901. The family lived in a hotel in Piru for a short time, then moved to the Collins Ranch. While on the Collins Ranch, Alexander purchased property from Lorraine P. Guiberson, John Collins, J.H. Sloan, Samuel Guiberson, and W.P. Hammon. This formed the McGregor Ranch on Guiberson Rd. and Cavin Rd. On many maps the road east of Cavin was McGregor Rd, but finally it was all named Guiberson Rd. Bruce, Margaret, and Isabel attended the Cienaga School. On June 5, 1912, Bruce Roy McGregor and Eva May Root were married in Ventura, California. They purchased the McGregor Ranch from Alexander and Hattie. Alexander and Hattie lived on the Boardman Ranch on the corner of C St. and Sespe Ave. for awhile. They also lived at 421 Fillmore St. before they moved to Placerita Canyon, near Newhall, California. Alexander did practice as a veterinarian. He took care of the work horses for Union Oil on the Torrey Lease. He gave up the veterinary as people would not pay him. Margaret married George Berrington on March 10, 1910. They purchased the ranch that Alexander had managed for several years. They raised their family there: Bruce, Albert, Maybelle, George, and James. Albert and James still own part of this ranch. Isabel and Lacy Shaffer were married on September 20, 1919. He had homesteaded some property along the Santa Clara River below the Berrington Ranch. He sold this to Bruce and Eva McGregor in 1920. Isabel and Lacy settled in Canoga Park where they ranched and raised two daughters, Louise and Isabel. The original McGregor Ranch was olives, apricots and a small alfalfa field. Later he planted lemons, oranges, and grapefruit. There was a time they raised lima beans and tomatoes between the young trees. At the time of the St. Francis Dam break, March 13, 1928, they suffered a great loss, as many ranchers did, but repairs and replanting was taken care of by Los Angeles City. Bruce and Eva raised their four children on this ranch: Alexander Bruce, Harold Edward, Luceal Harriet, and Margaret Anna. In 1937 Bruce and Eva purchased 5 acres from George and Maggie Berrington on the south side of Guiberson Rd., east of the home place. Here they build a new home. Bruce managed the ranch until October, 1958, when he passed away. Harold then managed the ranch. In June 1967 the ranch was sold to Mrs. Batten. Alexander B. McGregor passed away on December 22, 1980. Harold and his wife Ella (Long) live in Sheridan, Montana, where he ran a cattle ranch from June, 1968 to December, 1978. He is now retired. Luceal and her husband Leland Lewis owned and managed a grocery store in Sheridan, Montana from September, 1972 to December, 1978. They have recently returned to California and live in Santa Paula. Margaret and her husband Elmer Schueler live in Rushford, Minnesota where they have a mink and Hereford farm. Source: Luceal McGregor Lewis, 1989 __________________________________________________________________________ He arrived on September 28, 1882 with his brother Bruce. Source: New York Passenger Lists; Ancestry.com __________________________________________________________________________ He was a very outgoing man and a fun grandfather who loved kids. Louise remembers spending many enjoyable visits to her grandparents' Placerita Canyon ranch. He would take her to get an Ice Cream Soda at the soda fountain while her grandmother would do the grocery shopping. Louise remembers bringing soup to "Old Mac," a miner who came to Placerita canyon, but never made any money. He lived in a shack in the McGregor property. Old Mac was not very tidy and Louise remembers he had ants crawling in his beard. He was such a good friend to the McGregors that they burried him in the family plot when he died. He was friends with William S. Hart. Source: Louise Mouchet __________________________________________________________________________ He came to Fillmore in 1901 (according to History of Ventura County) __________________________________________________________________________ The Vale of Leven is an area of Scotland in West Dunbartonshire concentrated around the River Leven, which flows from Loch Lomond to the River Clyde. The area is situated just a few miles north of the town of Dumbarton and contains various communities tied into one conurbation. The largest of these communities is the town of Alexandria, which sits on the Western bank of the Leven. Alexandria is connected to Renton in the South and to Balloch in the North. Across the river from Alexandria is Bonhill which is connected to Jamestown to the North. The area is traditionally industrial, but with the decline of manufacturing in Scotland has had to look to new areas for employment. The industrial past of the area gave it a radical reputation, with Communism and Socialism being popular political philosiphies in particular. In modern years the Scottish National Party has performed quite well in the area. The areas name lends itself to Alexandria's local football club, Vale of Leven FC and secondary school, Vale of Leven Academy. Source: Wikipedia, http://www.fact-index.com/v/va/vale_of_leven.html	Alexander Leckie McGregor
55	Aunt Annie had twelve brothers and was the only girl in her family. Her niece Louise remembers Annie asking what she wanted to do when she grew up. Louise said she wanted to marry a farmer and have lots of kids. Aunt Annie threw up her arms and said, "Oh!" She never married. She lived with her brother and sister-in-law, Alex and Hattie, in Placerita Canyon. After Alex died, she lived with Hattie for the rest of her life.	Annie Bruce McGregor
56	Mrs. Shaffer's family moved to Fillmore from Ohio when she was three years old.	Isabel McIntyre McGregor
57	The McGregor family bible showed a birth date in March 1813, but the old parish records for Drymen showed August 23, 1813.	John McGregor
58	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
59	Exact birth date and death date from Social Security death index for 437-38-6799. This was the only Joe Mineo born in the right place and year (per the 1930 census), so I am assuming this is his record.	Joseph Fred Mineo
60	The following is from Steve Coulter: GEORGE MOCK, believed to be a son of Henry Mauck, born John George Mauck in Germany before 1743; died 1808 near Middletown, Frederick Co., VA; will written 13 Sept 1803; proved 4 Oct 1808 at Winchester, Frederick Co., VA. George Mock also arrived at Port Philadelphia on 18 Sept 1749 aboard the ship Ann. He settled in Lancaster County, PA, where he married on 21 April 1761 at Warwick Settlement in Clay Township to Sophia Muller, 4th child of Johann Leonhardt Muller & Ana Maria ________; b. 6 May 1737 in Lancaster Co., PA; christened 30 May 1737 at East Cocalico, Lancaster Co., PA; died about 1821 in Frederick Co., VA. George and Sophia belonged to the Emmanuel Lutheran church located near present-day Brickerville; at that time the church w known as the Warwick Congregation. About 1775, George & Sophia moved to the area of Middletown, Frederick Co., VA. On 8 Sept 1775, he purchased 307-1/2 acres of land on Cedar Creek from William Vance. In his will, written 13 Sept 1803, and proved 4 Oct 1808 at Winchester, Frederick Co., VA, George Mock states his son George married a woman contrary to his wishes and was otherwise disobedient; he then leaves George Jr. only one dollar. This was a common practice when disinheriti children. If the child was not mentioned at all, he or she could sue t estate, claiming he or she was accidently omitted. George Jr's first child, our grandmother Rebecca, was born 8 May 1803. If George Sr. saw this baby granddaughter before he wrote his will four months later, you wonder how he could be so hard-hearted. He also disinherited his son Daniel, leaving him only one dollar. George Sr. mentioned owning land in both Frederick and Shenandoah Counties in Virginia. The remaining son, Christopher Mock, evidently didn't agree with the way his father's estate was divided. When Christopher died the following year, leaving a widow but no children, he bequeathed property to both his disinherited brothers. George's children are identified by his will as: Christopher, who died without children about 1809; GEORGE, who moved on to Montgomery Co., VA for several years, then died in Harrison Co., IN in 1837; Daniel, who moved on to Fairfield Co., OH, where he died by 1830; Catherina who married Jeremiah Eberly and whose descendants remain in the Shenandoah Valley to this da Susannah who married Philip Setzer and settled in Warren Co., VA, dying before 1850; Christina who married Jacob Harmon and moved to Montgomery Co., VA where she died in 1839. The descendants of brothers Daniel and George Jr. retained the surname spelling of Muck.	George Mock
61	First lived in Wattsburg, B.C. (Sawmill). Came to U.S. when 10 months old via Marcus Washington on the Great Northern passenger train from Fernie B.C. Lived in Spokane from Sept. 1907 - Aug 13, 1911 at: 1023 Heroy St. 1625 Water St. 1404 Helena St. Lived in Libby Montana from Aug 13, 1911 - 1913 Lived in Kellogg Idaho from 1913 - June 1916 Lived in Clarkston Washington from July 1916 - June 1921 Lived at 25 Cottage Grove, Wallace, Idaho from June 1921 - October 1926 Left to visit sister in San Diego, Calif. October 1926 - March 1927 According to the 1930 L.A. City directory he lived at 1654 Murray Dr. and worked as an adjuster for the Home Accident Insurance Company. Received a law degree from Olympic University, Los Angeles in 1931 According to the 1934 L.A. City Directory he lived at 1420 Edgecliff Dr. and his roomate was O. Benton Shafer (a printer whose business address was 4006 Santa Monica Blvd. In 1934 he homsteaded a property in Riverside, California with two other men for about a year. According to the 1941 L.A. City directory his occupation was clerk and he lived at 715 N. Kenmore Ave. Lived at 1600 Griffith Park Blvd., Apt. 301 in Los Angeles beginning in January, 1943 Worked at Western Auto Co., and then Union Hardware in Los Angeles. After marrying Louise they lived in Pico Rivera. About a year after George was born, they they moved to Casanas Ave. in Downey. In about 1961 they moved to Napa St. in Northridge where they lived for a year while looking for a house in the Valley. For some reason he isn't listed in the 1930 census. I found Murray Drive in district 19-13 (Ancestry.com district 13, pages 47, 62, 63, and 83 - also Murray Circle on page 83) and 1654 was not one of the addresses listed.	Francois Leon Paul Mouchet
62	Worked in Paris as a building inspector. After he married Marie, they lived at 185 Rue Du Faubourg Poissonnier in the 9th Arrondissment. That's were Suzanne was born. Immigrated to Canada via the U.S., arriving Boston on June 18, 1903 and then travelling on to Montreal. Settled in Cranbrook, B.C. where his two sons were born. Then moved to Washington. Died in a mining accident in the Tamarak Mine Note: found birth record on FHL film # 1123217. Searched 1873-1877 and did not find any siblings during that period.	Leon Felix Mouchet
63	She was born at her parents home at 185 Rue Du Faubourg Poissonnier in the 9th Arrondissment, Paris.	Suzanne Bathilde Marie Jeanne Mouchet
64	The following information is from Steve Coulter: GEORGE MOCK/MUCK, son of George Muck & Sophia Muller, born George Moc June 1771 in Lancaster Co., PA; christened 22 June 1771 at Warwick Congregation near present-day Brickerville in Clay Twp.; died 1 Sept 1837 in Harrison Co., IN; buried with his wife in Hottel/Gilmore cemetery in Washington Twp., 4 miles southwest of Corydon, Indiana, near his daughter, Rebecca Keller. In the 20th century, the adjacent farmers did not maintain their fences, and allowed their cattle to graze in the cemetery. As a result, all the gravestones have been knocked over. George's was in many pieces when I found it 30 years ago. His surname was spelled Muck on his tombstone, as was his wife's. On 26 Aug 1802 in Frederick Co., VA, George Mock marri Mary Gander, dau of Peter Gander & Barbara Weber; b. 21 Sept 1777; d. 14 Feb 1849 in Harrison Co., IN. The marriage bond was signed by Mary's brother, Jacob Gander. When planning to marry in eighteenth and nineteenth centu Virginia & North Carolina, the prospective groom took out a bond from t clerk of the court in the county where the bride had her usual residence as surety that there was no legal obstacle to the proposed marriage. George appears in the personal property tax lists of Frederick Co 1799, 1801, and 1802. From 1803 through 1811, he is on the Montgomery Co., VA personal property tax lists. In the 1810 federal census of Montgomery Co., VA, he is listed as George Muk. In 1811, George & Mary moved to Harris Co., IN, where they owned 160 acres in section 8, twp. 4, range 3. On 8 June 1818, George Mock purchased 50 acres in section 18, twp. 5, range 5, for $6; and 100 acres in section 7, twp., 5, range 5, for $7. In his will, dated the same day as his death, 1 Sept 1837, and proved 18 Sept 1837, George Muck identifies his wife as Mary and their children as Elizabeth, John, Jacob, Samuel, Margaret wife of Henry Keller, and Nancy wife of Anthony Pitman. The administrator was his nephew, Peter Senseney, son of Mary's sister Nancy. All other records found for Henry Keller's wife call her Rebecca Muck; possibly her full name was Rebecca Margaret, and her father was used to calling her by her middle name. Both her marriage record and her tombstone, and the 1850 federal census call her Rebecca. On 24 Aug 1839, in Harrison Co., IN, Rebecca Keller sold her 1/6th share of her father's land in section 8, twp. 4, range 3, to her brother Samuel & his wife Mary. Children of George Muck & Mary Gander: 1. Rebecca Muck b. 8 May 1803 in Virginia; d. 9 June 1881 in Harrison Co., IN; m. 25 July 1821 in Harrison Co., IN to Henry Keller II, son of Henry Keller & Margaret Snapp (see Hottel, Keller, Snapp). Rebecca's husband Henry died 18 Oct 1837--48 days after her father, George Muck. Rebecca was carrying their last child at the time. In the 1850 Federal census, Rebecca, with $2,000 of real estate, was head of a household containing her six Keller children. (See Hottel & Keller pages for Rebecca's children. 2. Nancy Muck, b. about 1805 in VA; d. about 1836; m. 22 May 1828 in Harrison Co., IN to Anthony Pitman, b. about 1802 in VA; at least 4 children: Mary, Samuel, Elisabeth, & Rebecca 3. Jacob Muck b. about 1806 in VA; farmer; m. 1 July 1832 in Harrison Co., IN to Elizabeth Melton, dau of David O.Melton & Catherine Pfrimmer; at least 5 children:Mary, Catharine, Nancy, David, Sarah A. 4. Samuel Muck b. about 1808 in VA; farmer; m. Mary ________; at least 2 children: Eliza J., George S. 5. Mary Muck, b. c. 1810; possibly the daughter Elizabeth named in her father's will? Mary Elizabeth was a common name in the 1800s. 6. John Muck b. about 1812 in IN; farmer; m. 31 Dec 1835 in Harrison Co., IN to Ursula Fellme; at least 6 children: Rebecca, Julian, Ester, Elizabet George, & Sarah 7. Henry Muck, not named in his father's will, so may have pre-deceased him; m. Jane McFadden	George Muck
65	Came to Harrison Co., Indiana in 1811 with her parents. Source: Steven Coulter	Rebecca Margaret Muck
66	The following is from Steve Coulter: JOHANN LEONHARDT MULLER, father of our grandmother Sophia Muller Mock, was born about 1712, probably in the German Palatinate; died in late 1761 (will signed 2 Nov; probated 9 Dec) in Warwick Township, Lancaster Co., PA. He arrived in America 14 Aug 1728 on the ship Mortonhouse. He married 1st to Ana Maria __________; 10 children: Johannes Jacob, Susanna, Maria Magdalena, SOPHIA, Leonhard, Anna Elisabetha, Anna Barbara, Anna Catarina, Christoph, & Margaretha. He married 2nd 24 July 1750 in Warwick to Maria Barbara Eichelberger; 3 children: Christina Barbara, John Georg Michael, & Andreas. His will calls him Leonhard Miller, and names his wife Barbara & 9 children: Jacob, Leonhard, Susanna, Sophia, Elizabeth, Barbara, Catharine, Christopher, & Andrew.	Johann Leonhardt Muller
67	Ten children were born to James and Abigail, all in the same cottage in Cotton End.	James Parish
68	The following was Emailed to me by Cindy Maloof, a descendent of Ann via her daughter Emma (another paper about Ann follows): Cindy's notes: This article is a little hard to follow because it jumps around talking about Ann and her daughter Emma. The names in parentheses were added by me to make it a little easier to follow. Ann was very well known for her lacemaking and it is said that Emma helped make the lace for Queen Victoria's wedding (based on a family letter). Article from Cindy: Mrs. Ann Berrington of Cardington, England who is in her 103rd year In the course of a number of interviews in the year 1908 with aged men and women living in and near Bedford, we first made the aquaintence of Mrs. Nancy Berrington (Ann Nancy Parish), who headed, the list, and still occupies that honourable position, as regards longevity. At that time there was some uncertainty as to her exact age, but there was no doubt that she had long been a nonagenarian. Our representative found this young lady skipping about the garden, cutting flowers and making up a nose-gay for a visitor. Mrs. Berrington was laughing and talking gaily and evidently thought nothing of getting over a fence to save herself a few steps in passing from the flower beds to another part of the ground. Could we have a little conversation? Certainly. Intruding? Not at all--she was accustomed to receive visitors. The first thing that struck one on entering Mrs. Berrington's neat and cleanly kept cottage was the inevitable pillow for making lace. For it was a fact that at that age and for several years since, Mrs. Berrington still pursued her favourite craft. On the pillow was a length of recently made lace of elegant design. To look into her clear, intelligent eyes one could not doubt that she could see to make lace, and her manner and appearance was twenty-five years younger than she looked. When she was about 70 her eyesight faculties seemed good all round, and she conversed in a lively manner that soon put the stranger at ease. There could be no doubt as to her advanced age, for other elderly persons in the parish remembered her as old Mrs. Berrington all their lives. Such was the substance of the introductory remarks in our description of a very interesting interview with Mrs. Berrington ten years ago. The old lady is still living in the same cottage, grown a little feebler perhaps, and suffering last week from a chill that she caught in the recent snap of cold weather, but on Sunday she was recovering, and looking, according to one report, as well as she had done any time these last ten years. On the same day, in 1898, when we saw Mrs. Berrington, we paid a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Emma Thompson(Emma Berrington), who was living at Cotton End, and was then 75 years of age. We found her on the allotment digging potatoes--Ashleaf Prolifics, which she and her husband had grown for the last eight and thirty years, and they would grow no other. Like her mother, she had had ten children, and seven of them were living--there are now six. She could count up 22 grand-children, but was a little uncertain about the number in the next generation. Mrs. Thompson was looking robust, and seemed to carry her years better than most people her age. She had then been living at Cotton End 56 years, and was of opinion that people lived to a great age in those parts, because it was a pleasant country and a nice air. Her husband, a shoemaker by trade, planted the orchard on the acre allotment some sixty years before. Ten years have passed by, and the scene shifts to a house in Houghton-road, Bedford, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. Litchfield, a very respectable and worthy couple, with whom Mrs. Thompson has been living for some years. Mrs. Litchfield is one of the children of Mrs. Emma Thompson. Last week we recorded the death in America of Mrs. Mary Thompson, another daughter of old Mrs. Berrington, and mentioned then that the two sisters married two brothers, hence the name. The American paper stated the age of Mrs. Berrington as 108, but it was estimated on this side of the water that she could not be so old as that, and we were informed that her daughter, Mrs. Emma Thompson, possessed documentary evidence of her correct age. This was forthcoming this week in the form of information derived from the church register. It states that Ann Berrington, daughter of James and Abigail Parish, was born on May 11th 1806, was baptised in Cardington Church, Nov. 3rd, 1811, and married John Berrington, on December 24, 1822. Her two sisters, Mary, born June 5, 1801, and Susanna, born Dec. 6, 1802, were baptised at the same time. From these dates it appears, then that she was baptised at the age of five, was married in her seventeenth year, and will be 103 years old if she lives to the 11th May next. To return for a moment to her daughter, Mrs. Thompson, now 85 years of age, we found her no longer the active woman of ten years ago, but bed-ridden, which has been her condition for four years, but with her intellect and memory wonderfully clear. She was delighted to have a visitor, and in a feeble, but clear and sweet voice, recalled at some length reminiscences of her life, but it was even more charming to witness the Christian piety of the old soul, her undoubted happiness, and her profound thankfulness for her blessings and consolations. Such a frame of mind under the circumstances would have seemed incredible if we had not seen her and heard her conversation. She spoke very highly of Mr. Whitbread, whom she described as a "very sensible man indeed". She has had a few visitors, but there can be no doubt that she is well-cared for by her daughter. Ours was a surprise visit, but the air of cleanliness and cheerfulness in the room was unmistakeable. Over and over again the old lady reiterated that with all the riches in the world she could be no happier, which is obvious enough, but--twelve months ago she received poor relief to the extent of 7/6, and this has barred her from the old age pension, which would have been very welcome in this case. The centenarian,(Ann Berrington) whose portrait shows her sitting at the door of the cottage where she has lived so long, was born at Cotton End, the daughter of a small farmer named Parish, who went to live at Hitchin for three years. His daughter, Ann, went with him, and this was the only time she was long away from Cardington. When the family returned, and the father died, it became necessary, in order to fulfill some legal-requirement, that the children should be baptised at the church. Hence the baptism of the three sisters at the same time. The two sisters have long been dead, and her brother died at Little Staughton 40 years ago. All ten children of Ann Berrington were born in the cottage where she is now living, and which she has steadily refused to leave, although she has been offered better accommodation. The old lady still has her young man lodger, who, by this time, must have lodged with her sixty years. Lace-making, she told us, she learned before she was five years of age, and she could sell it as fast as she could make it. Her husband was a gardener, and he was three days short of 80 years of age when he died 21 years ago. Mrs. Berrington said she remembered Samuel Whitbread, the old one of all, whose portrait in the Shire Hall at Bedford was just like him--had just his big eyes. Recalling the Waterloo days, she said that bread went up t 2/6 and a penny the peck loaf, as she remembered paying those coins; pickled pork was 15d. and 16d. per lb.; loaf sugar 14 d. and 15d. lb., and beef they never knew the price of. Yet, added the old lady, she had been the mother of ten children Mrs. Emma Thompson is the oldest, and Mr. Charles Berrington, of Waterloo road, Bedford, the youngest. The only other survivor is Joseph Berrington, of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., and he is well in his eighties. __________________________________________________________________________________ I found the paper below in the files of Luceal McGregor Lewis (my mother's cousin). Joseph was her great-grandfather. Her notes said, "I do not know when Frank Berrington wrote this paper. I know that I met him in the summer of 1937 when we were in Cleveland. I was 15 at the time." At Cotton End, England a daughter Ann was born to James and Abigail Parrish on May 11, 1806. She was baptized in Cardington Church November 3rd 1811, and married to John Berrington on December 24, 1822, and died February 1, 1909. With the exception of three years, Mrs. Berrington spent her whole life, 103 years in the picturesque cottage in the lane where all her ten children were born, at Cardington near Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It was here that Mary Berrington was born on August 31, 1825. She was married to John Thompson April 15, 1845. Their long and happy wedded life was blessed with 10 children, three of whom died in infancy. In May 1851, he came to America and settled in Cleveland. Six months later she and her two children Anna and Christian, and brother Joseph Berrington joined him in Cleveland where Mr. Thompson was engaged in selling wood and coal, operating the first coal yard on the west side of Cleveland. Later they moved to their farm at Middleburg, Ohio, and in 1893, having retired from active labor, they with their son Arthur moved to the farm at Sharon Center, Ohio where they spent their declining years. At this old homestead John Thompson passed away March 9th 1905 at the age of 80 years 4 months and 4 days, and Mary Thompson died November 2nd, 1908 age 83 years. 2 months and 2 days, and was buried at Sharon Center, Ohio. Their seven children, Anna, Christian, Emma, Fred, Ed, Alfred and Arthur all were living at the time of the death of their parents. Also surviving were 36 grand children and 21 great grand children. If these grand old forefathers were living today they would have 100 great grandchildren and 33 great-great grandchildren. At the time of the death of Mary Thompson she left her aged mother in England, one brother, Joseph Parrish Berrington of Cleveland, Ohio, (the father of Charles, Hattie, Sam, Jessie, John and Ella, one brother, Charles Berrington of Bedford, England, one sister in England one year older by the name of Emma Thompson. The coincidence of this name is brought about because of the fact that Mary and Emma Berrington married brothers, John and Thomas Thompson, Thomas and Emma Berrington Thompson were the father and mother of John, Mark, Anna, Emily, Joe, Charles, Elizabeth and Mary. __________________________________________________________________________________ Obituary - from the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. The obituary was in the Whitbread papers and was probably from the Bedford Record. We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Ann Berrington, which took place at nine o'clock yesterday morning, at the cottage where she had lived so long in the village of Cardington. As stated in our recent notice of this venerable woman, her age was at least 102 years. Mrs. Berrington herself believed that she was much older, and this belief is shared by her friends, but reference to evidence obtained from register of Cardington Church shows that she was baptised on November 3rd, 1811, and her birth is said to be dated May 11th, 1806, but as she was married on December 24th, 1822, to John Berrington, it would appear that this event took place some months before she had attained her seventeenth year. Hopes were entertained that she would live to complete another year of her age, but she had grown very feeble lately. During the very cold weather of a few weeks ago, Mrs. Berrington caught a chill, but from this illness she all but recovered. However, about ten days before her death, she again took to her bed, and as she seemed quite worn out, there were slight hopes of her recovery, and she passed away on Monday morning, death being attributed to senile decay. Of the ten children three survive, viz., the oldest, Mrs. Emma Thompson, aged 85, now living with her daughter, Mrs. Litchfield, in Houghton-road, Bedford; Mr. Joseph Berrington, of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.; and the youngest, Mr. Charles Berrington of Waterloo-road, Bedford. The funeral is appointed to take place at Cardington Church next Friday afternoon at three o'clock.	Ann Nancy Parrish
69	Per will of Thomas Pattison, she was living at 28 Rue Constantiople, Paris in 1937.	Jeanne Marie Louise Pattison
70	The following was written by Marie Pattison for her son: March 17, 1952 To my son Frank Paul Mouchet who asked for it. I have to go out but before I do I am going to write a few words here and start doing what I have wanted to do for years, jot down a few things that have happened to me and which may make either entertaining reading for my children and grandchildren after I am gone, or lull them to sleep which after all is very useful too. I will start by trying to remember as well as I can what I have been told about our ancestors. My grandparents (paternal) had a family tree, but I do not know what happened to it after they died. (I have just remembered. Some member of the family was coming to America and had been fascinated by the family tree. He found the house where my great-grandparents had lived, at Philadelphia and where my grandmother had been born and lived. Afterwards my grandmother discovered the family tree had disappeared forever.) When Frank was here last fall, he suggested that I do so and I had the impression that he would be interested. On my mother's side Scene Assembleé Nationale, Paris, France - French Revolution: To this assembly all the titled nobles were not convened, but ordered to go; they were given the choice to either renounce their titles or to be beheaded. Some proudly refused and were guillotined. Others preferred to live as plain citizens. An ancestor of mother's, on my mother's side was a count and chose to keep his head. 'Till I grew up and became more practical I despised him and to me it was a blot, a skeleton in the family's cupboard; but after all if he had not kept he head (physically as well as mentally) I would not be writing this. The only proofs I have of this are the following: As a child I heard my mother and her sister talk about it several times. My second cousin Anna Desjardins had all the proofs and family papers and had loaned them to my mother to apply for a "Bureau de tabac" which the French government gave as a pension to reward officer's widows or others whose husband or family had either rendered some important service or shown proof of unusual loyalty to the French Republic. They really were tobacco shops, some smaller some worth a fortune on the Grands Boulevards in Paris; they could be leased or the recipient could run it herself. Your grandmother Mouchet had one in Brittany; I believe and leased it as they lived in Paris. The government has full supervision over tobacco in all shapes and it was said that if you planted one plant, it must be reported to the authorities and was under surveillance all the time. There was a heavy tax on tobacco, salt, matches and I believe sugar. It was a current joke to say that was the reason the quality of those above mentioned commodities was so poor, the government was overseer. To come back to "nos moutons." My mother did not obtain a "bureau de tabac" and returned the papers to her first cousin Anna Desjardins. As a small child and as long as I lived in Paris I saw part of the china set on the walls of our dining room. It was ivory, with lovely blue designs and in the middle of each plate was a crown of count. My mother told me that the whole set had come down to her mother and on the death of their parents the three surviving daughters had divided the table china set and silverware. The latter supposed to be pure silver was so heavy and impractical that each girl had sold her share and so many pieces of the table chinaware had been broken or sold that my mother was the only one who had a few pieces left. I have written to my sister to know what had become of them but never received any answer to this question. By the way, after that memorable session of the National Assembly, our ancestors took the name of Lecomte; no one seemed to object. My mother's maiden name was Lecomte. That was your great-grandmother and George's children's great-great-grandmother. Note, on June 20, 1789, after the French people's revolt asking for suppressions of all abuses, abolition of feudal rights and privileges and requesting political freedom, the elected representatives which met on the above date. The representatives declared themselves the "Assembleé Nationale" and sat in constant sessions. At one of those your noble (?) ancestor was summoned with many other nobles. Either he was an enlightened man or a very cowardly one; take your choice. He kept his head and lived without a title of plain citizen and so we were born and lived too. When I was a little girl, about 6 years old, as far as I can remember, my father and mother and myself went to visit my mother's "soeur de lait" milk sister whose mother had nursed both babies her own and my mother till the latter was weaned. I remember that she and her husband lived on a farm. It was either at Brie or Brie Comte Robert I am not sure of the name, but it was not far from Paris. I stayed awake all night because it was so quiet. I could not sleep and I heard a rooster crow and suddenly I did not want to sleep because I loved it and did not wish to miss any of it. I heard heavenly church bells early the first morning. My mother's "soeur de lait" took me for walks and she told me that my grandfather (he really was my mother's and my own great-grandfather) was or rather had been a doctor and that as long as I lived I must never forget that I had every reason to be proud of him; he was a saint and no one had ever called on him in vain. At all hours, day and night, he was ready to get in his carriage through all kinds of weather to go and take care of people as long as he lived. Odd as it may seem, I have never forgotten and for the first time I notice that she did not mention his wife of whom I know nothing. A few years afterwards my mother gave me his seals and weights and told me he used them to mix his own medicines or rather prescriptions. Some were tiny, as thin as paper, small squares of copper of different sizes to weigh poison, she told me, and explained that a doctor had some to treat and cure his patients. Another time Maman told me that when she was born the grandfather Docteur was there and she was so tiny that he placed her in a shoebox. My mother was born in Lousaine where the purest of French was spoken with the purest accent and she had an old book she gave me; it was most fascinating, all about the castles of Lousaine. Her father was very well educated and had been tutor of some counts' sons and my mother knew the castle like she did her own home, but I have forgotten the name. She showed it to me in that book. Her parents who received an excellent education had three daughters also well educated and later in life opened a boarding school for young women of good families and young foreigners ditto. My grandparents on my father's side lived in London at the time and sent their daughter, tante Marthe, to France to "be finished" as well as to learn the best French. She loved and admired Mr. and Mrs. Labbé and their oldest daughter Marie. The two girls, by some strange quirk of nature were fair with blue eyes, had a pretty complexion and looked enough alike to be sisters. My mother who was very kind hated parrots with a fierce and to me incomprehensible hatred. When we passed a pet shop and saw one, she became quite upset. One day I asked her the reason and she told me that when she was a girl at that boarding school of her parents, they had bought one. She was fond of it and one day while she was talking to it, she put her face close to the cage and the bird nearly bit her nose off. In my childish imagination I saw the scene. This must be why I always thought their eyes and beak looked cruel and malevolent. When my grandparents Labbé died, the three daughters became heads of the boarding school, but they were young, close to Paris and on holidays would go to the city to buy their new clothes, of which the town gossips did not approve. Once they went to Paris to buy their Easter hats and veils. One Sunday the priest of the parish preached about young girls going to wicked Paris and coming back the next day not only with fashionable new hats, but veils! The three sisters decided to sell the school and separate. My mother went to Paris, opened another boarding school in the suburbs to which the Misses Marthe and Lucie Pattison went. Their brother came from London to visit them, was introduced to pretty Marie Labbé, fell in love with her, would not take her numerous no's for an answer and to her great surprise, my pretty little mother married my good-looking father. One of her sisters decided to marry a lawyer and both were married the same day at a double wedding ceremony. My parents had four children: William Thomas born in 1875 or 1876. As far as I can remember he was a year or 13 months older than I. Marie Anna Emilie Honorine, your mother (myself). Marthe Marie 2 or 3 years younger than I. Jeanne Marie Louise about 5 years younger than me. William and myself looked remarkably alike. He was a big healthy baby. He caught croup which I believe was diphtheria and died at between 18 to 22 months. Little Marthe was a smaller baby; there was an epidemic of meningitis which she caught and died of. After their marriage my parents settled in Paris, another Pattison girl, the oldest, Sarah, came to Paris and married a well to do lawyer. The war of 1870 caught them in Paris which they could not leave and were there during the terrible siege de Paris by the Germans. The invasion was followed by the most awful and bloody civil war. People lived behind shutters not daring to show themselves. My mother was not married at the time and never mentioned those horrible days. My grandparents Pattison sent hampers of food by balloons to their daughters who lived at the lawyer's, their son-in-law. My aunt Lucy told me that he was very shrewd, had seen what was coming and filled up his cellars with foods of all kind. I believe I told you about Aunt Lucy's encounter with the German Army when they entered Paris. I may write about it later. Everything comes to an end and peace came and my father's parents decided to leave London and make a new home in Paris where by now all their children lived. My grandmother Isabelle Greene was an American born Quaker. Her parents lived in Philadelphia and I am very sorry I never inquired about the dates of their birth. (inserted text: Grandfather Thomas Pattison born in 1802, Grandmother Isabella Green born in 1821-your great great grandparents.) My great grandfather was a wealthy cloth merchant. He and his wife lived in a large house there and were sincere Quakers. I think my grandmother told me that her mother died when she was fourteen and she kept house for her father until she was about 24 or more when he died. Every year he went to England and Ireland to buy cloth, the very best, and when his daughter was old enough she shared those trips by sailboats. Great grandpa Greene relaxed en route and Grandma packed trunks with worldly clothes, even ball dresses. She told me that one trip was especially rough and tough and they were shipwrecked not far from an island (I forget the name). They were saved and luckily there was a British Consul there. The luggage of course was lost but Isabel went back to the beach to find a trunk of hers dancing merrily on the waves and while she watched breathlessly a huge wave cast it up on the sand. It was waterproof and when the Counsul gave a ball for them before their departure, she was the only one wearing her own ball dress and was easily the belle of the ball. I was quite startled when Granny told me it was the best trip of all! Young and a pretty new dress! No, people have not changed much at heart. My grandmother, after her father's death, became his wealthy heiress. Unfortunately, being a Quaker, he had made a will in her favor but a trusty friend, also a Quaker, disappeared with all cash of which he alone knew of and could not be traced, so Isabel Greene inherited the house and all furnishings and the money left in the house for current expenses. She wrote a very well to do relation cousin who lived in Ireland and following her advice sold everything and went to live with her. She met Thomas Stanus Pattison who was a civil engineer at the time and they were married. T.S. Pattison was outstanding in his profession and later on had an offer to manage the enormous estate of a wealthy landowner. Of this marriage several children were born. Those who lived and which I knew were: Sarah (oldest) married the lawyer Mr. Hurel. Marthe - never married. Lucie - never married Isabelle married Paul d' Hennin Thomas Stanus, my father, married Marie Anna Labbé. When my grandfather retired with a handsome pension he took his family to London where they made their home till they moved to Paris. I was quite small, but I remember that they had a large corner apartment with a balcony. Avenue de al Grande Armie which at that time was very fashionable. I remember visiting them and as I had not brought my doll with me she made one with the little fireside broom. She used to bounce me on her knee saying "Ride a cock horse to Brandbury Cross." I remember that on one occasion we went to wish them good-bye. We were going to the seaside. As we reached the street, waiting for the fiacre (cab) we looked up and waved at them. I felt "funny"; we got in the cab and I became violently sick to my father's great disgust. He asked Maman if I always had to do that to which she replied that I was very sensitive and became upset. (Tableau de famille.) One day one bell rang and Maman opened the door to a cousin who was crying and saying that grandfather was dying. Then I remember the day of the funeral and someone lifting me to place a bunch of violets, his favorite flowers, near his hands. The place was dark and I had to keep quiet because grandfather was sleeping. I was five years of age and he was eighty. He must have been born in 1802. It is very odd that I do not remember him at all nor ever seeing him alive. I remember the others at that time. My mother loved him and he was very fond of her. He was peaceful and gentle, but once or twice he had become very angry. My mother said it was a "sainte colire" holy anger. They were both poets. He had a small book of verse published and when I was grownup my aunts showed it to me and one was "to my granddaughter." I was to have it but I came to America and forgot about it. I guess I am very sorry.	Marie Anna Emilie Honorine Pattison
71	Found the following entry in the IGI: THOMAS PATTISON - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male, Birth: About 1805 Of, Lisburn Monthly Meeting, Antrim, Ireland THOMAS PATTISON - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male, Marriage: About 1839 (married Isabel) From the Holywood graveyard inscriptions: PATTISON "Here lies the body of William Pattison of Drumbridge, late of Lisburn, who was born at Adare, County Limerick, January the 23rd 1777 and finished his course July the 13th 1832 in this Village. With poverty of spirit blest Rest happy saint, in Jesus rest A sinner saved, through grace forgiven Redeemed from earth to reign in Heaven Thy labours of unwearied love By thee forgot are crowned above Crowned through the mercy of thy Lord With a free, full, immense reward. Here also rests his beloved wife Martha Pattison who died at Lisburn on the 8th of October 1845 aged 83 years. The sweet rememberance of the just Shall flourish when she sleeps in dust. Here reposes the body of Thomas Pattison, C.E., son of the above, who died at Paris on 5th April 1883 aged 79 years. He that keepeth thee, will not slumber."	Thomas Pattison
72	He was born in Lisburn, (Northern) Ireland. As a young man, he came to Paris to visit his sisters who were attending a boarding school there. He met and fell in love with Marie Anna Labbé, who owned the school. They were separated during the Siege of Paris, she in Paris and he in London. The 1871 census shows he was living with his parents in St. Martin, Westminster and it shows his occupation as "porter, out of employ." In the next two or three years, Thomas went back to Paris and married Marie. He taught English in Paris. Thomas and Marie had four children there. He then married Bathilde (per a note I received from Jane Bathilde Robinson on one of the Ancestry forums - I have no proof of this). He died at 12 Beckwith Rd., Dulwich, (South London), England. His daughter Jeanne was living at the same address. His occupation was listed as "former commercial traveler." Sources: Society of Friends, Register Transcripts for Lisburn, Ireland Notes of Marie Pattison Death certificate of Thomas Stannus Pattison	Thomas Stannus Pattison
73	from Thomas (genaholic/@/freecall-uk.co.uk): I have checked through my inscription records for Holywood Graveyard, County Down and found the following information:- PATTISON "Here lies the body of William Pattison of Drumbridge, late of Lisburn, who was born at Adare, County Limerick, January the 23rd 1777 and finished his course July the 13th 1832 in this Village. With poverty of spirit blest Rest happy saint, in Jesus rest A sinner saved, through grace forgiven Redeemed from earth to reign in Heaven Thy labours of unwearied love By thee forgot are crowned above Crowned through the mercy of thy Lord With a free, full, immense reward. Here also rests his beloved wife Martha Pattison who died at Lisburn on the 8th of October 1845 aged 83 years. The sweet rememberance of the just Shall flourish when she sleeps in dust. Here reposes the body of Thomas Pattison, C.E., son of the above, who died at Paris on 5th April 1883 aged 79 years. He that keepeth thee, will not slumber."	William Pattison
74	Dates of birth and death from the California Death Index on Ancestry.co	Joseph John Risher
75	Lewis was adopted. One family story says that Lewis was the product of an affair between Helen and another man. The 1900 and 1910 census seem to support this. In 1900 Helen ("Ellen") was shown as not having any children. In 1910 she was shown as the mother of one child, still alive and the relationship of Lewis to Ed Roberts is adopted. Ed Martin Roberts and Helen Bagley were listed as parents on the record of Lewis' marriage to Clara. He wrote a sports column for a Grand Island Nebraska newspaper, and later for the Long Beach Independant. The California death index on Ancestry.com lists his year of birth as 1904.	Lewis Fletcher Roberts
76	Graduated in 1947 from South High School in Salt Lake City. According to Wikipedia: "A high school no longer extant—South High School, on State Street—once served the southern part of Salt Lake City. The district built this school during the depression to accommodate about 1000 students from the private LDS High School, which closed in 1931. Located in what became a business district by the 1980s, falling enrollment prompted the district to close South High after the 1987-1988 school year. The district donated the school building to the Salt Lake Community College." In his High School Annual he wrote his address: 1216 Charlton Ave. After graduating, he entered the Army. After that he attended college. Owned and operated a service station in Salt Lake City. Paul, Waneta and Paulette moved to California in 1958 where he became an aerospace engineer. Worked for Litton for a number of years. Invented a device that deployed the reentry parachute for the Apollo spacecraft. On the design team for the ring laser gyro.	Paul Fenimore Roberts
77	According to a listing of Kemmerer headstones at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wylincol/Kemmerer.htm, Giovana was b. 1888 d. 1928.	Giovanna Ropelato
78	Lee was an alcoholic. On March 19, 1914 he shot his wife, Maggie, and then killed himself. Maggie recovered. Leo and Audrey went to live with their uncle Lacy Shaffer for five years.	Lee Russell
79	Eight children were born to Byron and Rebecca Shaffer. She died in childbirth and the three youngest children, Lacy, Mabel and Ralph, were placed in the McKinley Home for Orphans in Los Angeles for a few years. Byron sent for a mail order bride, named Maggie, and after they were married he brought Lacy, Mabel and Ralph home. (Note: when Byron and Maggie were small children, he lived in Vinton, Iowa and she lived in southern Iowa. Could the families have known each other? If so, it calls into doubt the mail-order bride story.) Byron then went off to Alaska with one of his brothers to seek his fortune in the gold rush there. At one point he and the brother built a boat to cross a lake. Another gold seeker came along bought the boat. Before they knew it they were in the boat building business! They never did mine gold. Byron was very religious and was known to be a "holy roller" (talking in tongues, etc.), probably a member of the Assemby of God. In his later years, in Santa Cruz, he was a member of the Glad Tidings Assembly. The records don't quite agree on his middle name, where he was born, and when. Family bible: Byron Alson Shaffer b. July 24, 1854 in Columbus Ohio Marriage certificate: Byron A. Shaffer b. 1853 in Illinois Funeral card: Byron Allen Shaffer b. July 24, 1853 Obit: Byron Allison Shaffer b. 1853 in Illinois Death cert: Byron Allen Shaffer b. 1853 in Illinois (informant Ralph Shaffer) 1870 census: b. 1852 in Illinois 1880 census: b. 1853 in Ohio 1920 census: b. 1853 in Illinois 1930 census: b. 1854 in Iowa sources: General information - Louise Shaffer Mouchet Vital statistics - Bertha Young, Shaffer Family bible Alaska adventure - Gerald Young Religion - Louise Shaffer Mouchet, Byron Shaffer funeral card Byron didn't stay in once place for very long, as evidenced by this timeline: Born in Illinois?? Vinton Iowa - 1860 and 1870, census Juniata, Nebraska - 1879-1880, marriage, census Lincoln, Nebraska - 1881, birth of William (not confirmed) Oakland, California - 1883, birth of Margaret (not confirmed) Shasta County (2 locations near Redding: Mill Creek and Buckeye) - 1886-1891 Births of Pansy, Lacy, and Mabel; 1890 Great Register of Voters Santa Paula - 1892 birth of Ralph (not confirmed) Alaska - after 1894 (family story) Fillmore - on or shortly after 1904 (based on a photograph of Byron's Fillmore ranch) Tulare County (from Byron's obituary) Santa Cruz - 1913-1937 (from Byron's obituary)	Byron Alson Shaffer
80	The 1860 census shows George W. and Rosella Shaffer and family to be living in Vinton, Iowa. His profession is listed as "carpenter" and he owned $400 in real estate and $150 in personal property. The 1870 census mortality schedule also said we was a carpenter and that he died of consumption (tuberculosis) in August of 1869 at the age of 42. The mortality schedule listed is state of birth as Illinois. In 1870, after George died, the census shows Rosella and family still living in Vinton. At that time, Byron's profession is listed as farming. Obituary from the Vinton Eagle, August 11, 1869: Sudden Death -- Last winter it was our painful duty to chronicle two sudden deaths, and that task becomes again ours. Mr. G.W. Shaffer had been for some months past in the employ of Ellis Bros. in their carpenter shop, and though not in robust health was still able to earn a subsistence for his wife and six small children. On Saturday last, Mr. Shaffer worked as usual during the forenoon, and seemed well. At dinner he ate heartily, and after a moment's rest started back to work in company with Mr. Ellis, who lives near. They had gone but a few rods when Mr. Shaffer began coughing, and brought up a small clot of blood. Remarking that was unusual, he was again seized with coughing and brought up larger quantities of blood. Turning around, and saying, "Ellis, I am gone," he endeavored, with the assistance of his companion, to reach home. But it was not to be, for after a few steps he fell exhausted on the ground, expired in a few moments, and was carried a corpse into the home which he had left not fifteen minutes before in apparent health. The terrible and sudden grief to he wife and little ones may be imagined, but not described. The deceased was buried Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. We learn that he left only the homestead to his family and that was encumbered with a debt of $200. We are informed that the Methodist Church, (of which we believe the deceased was a member,) design raising the above amount, giving the mother a home for her fatherless ones. Should any of our citizens be asked to aide, we home they may heed the call of charity.	George Washington Shaffer
81	Lacy was one of eight children born to Byron and Rebecca Shaffer. She died in childbirth and the three youngest children, Lacy, Maybell and Ralph, were placed in the McKinley Home for Orphans in Los Angeles for a few years. Lacy said that his father got the kids out of the orphanage as soon as they were old enough to work. Byron sent for a mail order bride and after they were married he brought Lacy, Mabell and Ralph home. Byron then went off to Alaska to seek his fortune in the gold rush there. Lacy married Isabel and they lived in Fillmore, California. Louise was born in Fillmore in 1916. In 1919, shortly after the Owens Valley aqueduct brought water to the San Fernando Valley, the couple moved from Fillmore by horse and wagon to their newly purchased ranch on Mason Avenue in Owensmouth (now known as Canoga Park). Although he only had a 6th grade education, he had a lot of knowledge. When he wanted to do taxidermy he got a book from the library and figured out how to do it. He designed a horse-powered threshing machine to thresh beans. When some perch came into the bathtub from the aqueduct water he built a fish pond for them and they grew the fish to full size. The ranch was farmed until 1955, at which time it was sold for housing development, including the area of Sunnybrae Elementary School. Lacy still kept a grape vineyard on the remaining land. They sold the grapes to the Isabella grape juice company. In the 1960s their vineyard was to isolated from other agriculture and he was unable to sell the grapes. After that he and Isabel sold the grapes on a U-Pick basis.	Lacy Elmer Shaffer
82	Louise was born in Fillmore, California. She remembers that her father drove a car, but farmed with a team of horses. They had a hand-powered washing machine that they bought at the Ventura County Fair. When they moved to Canoga Park Lacy drove the family and their posessions in the car and then came back to for the horses. Her dad bought a 1924 Dodge and it was their first "closed in" car. It was a touring car that had a fabric top that they could put on when it rained. The seats could fold completely flat and the family would sleep on them when they went camping. In cold weather they would heat water and pour it over the manifold to make the car easier to start. Louise remembers her grandfather Alex teasing her father, "Are you sure you can get them home in that thing?" Lacy's answer was, "I've got a wrench and a wheelbarrow. We'll make it!" She fondly remembered family get-togethers at "the Lake" and visiting her grandparents (Alexander and Hattie McGregor) in Placerita Canyon. After Alex died, Hattie would take Louise, Harold, and Bert for a week at a time. They would go down to the river and bury each other in the sand. When the farm workers came to pick walnuts, they would hang around the campfires and the workers would give them Mexican food. The 1941 L.A. City directory lists her as a nurse working at General Hospital and living in Canoga Park. She served as an Army nurse in WWII. Was stationed in Llandudno, England during the war. The nurses slept in a "manor house" and all the latrines and medical facilities were in tents. They only had one bathtub, in a tent, for all the nurses. They were allowed one bath every five days. The nurses had practice drills in case of attack. They drilled climbing down a ladder from the third floor. In case of aerial attack the nurses were supposed to disperse into the hills, but instead they all ran together to the same place. After the war was over she was transferred to Bremerhaven, Germany. She recalls spending 5 days on a train riddled with bullet holes. Once the nurses arrived they treated the starving POWs until they could be evacuated.	Louise Shaffer
83	He lived in Halifax, England. He lived Watertown, Massachusetts. He lived Dedham, Massachusetts.	Abraham Shaw
84	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
85	The following is from Steve Coulter. He said he found this information online and had not verified any of the facts. BARBARA WEBER GANDER'S ancestors lived in Switzerland. The earliest found was HEINRICH HANS WEBER, b. about 1520 in Zurich, Switzerland; d. about 1590 in Hausen, Zurich. At least one son: KLEI JORG "GEORGE" WEBER, son of Heinrich Hans Weber, b. about 1578 in Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland; d. after 1649 in Muhlekram, Germany; marri Elsbeth Schnebli, dau of Jacob Schnebli (b. about 1560 in Switzerlan about 1640 in Switzerland); b. 1 May 1593 in Offoldern, Zurich, Switzerland; d. between 1623 & 1633. George & Elsbeth had at least one son: HEINRICH WEBER, son of George Weber & Elsbeth Schnebli, b. about 1621 in Hirzel, Switzerland; d. 16 Oct 1696 in Switzerland; m. 26 Jan 1640/41 to Elizabeth Ruggin, dau of Uli Ruggin & Anna Ruegg; b. about 1622 in Switzerland; d. before 1670 in Switzerland. Heinrich & Elizabeth had at least one son: JOHANN ANTON "HANS" WEBER, son of Heinrich Weber & Elizabeth Ruggin, b. 10 Jan 1657/58 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; d. 17 Dec 1724 in Bowmansvill Lancaster Co., PA; buried Weaverland Mennonite Cemetery; m. about 16 Switzerland to Maria Margaretha Herr, dau of Hans Herr & Margareth Koch; b. about 1660 in Zurich, Switzerland; d. after Nov 1725 in Lancaster Co., PA; at least 6 children: Johannes (1683-1755); John (1685-1750); JACOB WEBER (1688-1747); Henry (1690-1745); Georg (1693-1772); & Maria (1695-1787) In 1707, Hans Weber started on the arduous voyage through Europe to England, where he and his wife and three of their four sons boarded an English ship, possibly the Concord, and set sail for America. They settled first in Germantown, PA, but soon moved to Lancaster County, PA. Hans bought about 500 acres in the Lampeter region, and later bought much more land in th area and others. His son Jacob and daughter Maria immigrated ten years later, in 1717, and rejoined the family. Hans Weber lived to the age of 84, dying of malarial fever on 17 Dec 1724. He was buried in a cemetery in the Weizenthal area. Hans was survived by his wife and children, who divided his large estate. His eldest son had built a stone house for the parent still stands. JACOB WEBER/WEAVER, son of Hans Weber & Maria Margaretha Herr, b. about 1688, probably in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; d. about 1747 in Lancaster Co., PA; m. 10 March 1723 in Lancaster Co., PA to Anna Bauman, dau of Wendel Bauman & Ann ________; b. about 1703 in Europe; immigrated 1717; d. 11 Feb 1771 or 1777 at Weaverland, Lancaster Co., PA; buried Weaverland Mennonite Cemetery; at least 8 children: Jacob, John, Mary, Anna, BARBARA m. Peter Gander, Henry, George, & Elizabeth Jacob Weber was believed to have been a minister in the Swiss Mennonite religion. He and his two younger brothers bought land in the Baumansville/Bowmansville area of Lancaster Co., PA. Their father bought them 500 more acres, which they developed through the years. This land was first known as Blue Ball Run and is located along the Conestoga Creek. It lat became known as Weberthal or Weaverland, and is still called that today. In America, the Webers soon adopted the name Weaver, although those in the first generation used both names throughout their lives and often had both names on their tombstones.	Barbara Weber
86	Digitized from: New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Micropublication M237. Rolls # 95-580. National Archives, Washington, D.C. New York. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Micropublication T715. Rolls # 5592-6267. National Archives, Washington, D.C	Source: New York Passenger Lists [database online].