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| 6501 | from Find-a-grave entry of D.Curtis, 12 Dec 2013 COPELAND, AMOS M. - Age, 22 years. Enrolled, August 24, 1861, at Oswego, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. A, 81st Infantry Regiment, September 14, 1861; promoted first sergeant; re-enlisted as a veteran, January 1, 1864; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. C, May 1, 1864; wounded in action, September 30, 1864, at Fort Harrison, Va.; accidentally wounded on railroad, November 7, 1864; died, January 13, 1865, at National Hospital, Baltimore, Md. | Copeland, Amos (I9429)
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| 6502 | from findagrave Age 48. Husband of Anna Mary. Son of Clements Arens and Anna Schmitz. Married at age 27. Father of five. Resided at 239 Macomb, Detroit. Professor John N. Arens was the organist and choir master of St. Mary's Catholic church. He was born in Germany and came to America in 1867. In 1872, he came to Detroit to become the organist and school teacher at St. Boniface church under the pastorate of Rev. Fr. B. J. Wermers. Suffered from arterial insufficiency with ??? hypertrophy and pulmonary oedema. Immediate cause of death was dropsy. Services were held at St. Mary's church. Buried December 6, 1901. | Arens, John N (I300)
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| 6503 | from findagrave Henriette was born in Schmolsin, Pommern, Prussia. She married Carl Hoppe @ 1844-45 in Schmolsin. Their children Franz "Frank" August Rudolph Hoppe, Mathilde Rank, Eduard Carl Hoppe and August Hermann Hoppe were all born in Pommern, Prussia before the family immigrated to the U.S. in the 1870s and settled in Detroit, MI. Henriette was the beloved grandmother of Otto, Hermann, Leo, Franz and Ida Hoppe; Johann, Ida, Martha, Emma, Werner, Carl, Klara, Richard and Mathilde Rank, Emma A. J. (nee Hoppe) Brosofske-Browe, and Arthur Hoppe; and Carl Johann, Johann August and Wilhelmine Louise Hoppe. Great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother to many who never got the opportunity to thank her for coming to the United States to make a better life for her family and the children of her children and their children....Henriette died of heart disease at age 68 in Detroit. | Labudde, Henrietta (I312)
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| 6504 | from findagrave Mathilde was born in Massow, Pommern, Prussia. She married in Prussia and had her first child, Johann, there before they emigrated to the U. S. in the early 1870s and settled in the Detroit area. She was the beloved wife of Ferdinand Rank (1842-1930). Loving mother of Johann, Ida, Martha, Emma, Werner, Carl, Klara, Richard and Mathilde. Dear daughter of Carl Hoppe and Henriette (nee Labudde) Hoppe of Schmolsin, Pommern, Prussia and Detroit, MI. Dear sister of Franz August Rudolph Hoppe, Eduard Carl Hoppe and August Hermann Hoppe. | Hoppe, Mathilda (I310)
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| 6505 | from findagrave bio of Luana Smith Wood buried at Wolf Creek Cemetery, Adrian, MI (maintained by Linda Melnik) Her first Husband was William Hawley. They had four children: Josephine, Elisha S, Matilda, and Lucinda B. Her second husband was Leander Wood. They had one child, Charles. | Hawley, Matilda (I15226)
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| 6506 | from findagrave biography Martha Jane Woods moved with her family to Lucas Co., IA from Barry, IL. Then in 1873 they moved to Smith Co., KS. After her father's death in 1892 she made her home with her brother, Edmond L. Woods. They moved to Republic Co., KS in 1913. She died at the home of her brother, Edmund in Courtland Twp., Republic Co., KS. The Christian Church minister of Lebanon, Smith, KS conducted the grave site service. She never married. | Woods, Martha Jane (I17753)
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| 6507 | from findagrave biography (Submitted by Cousin - Anita (Eckler/Null-Noll Family) Rodgers) Nellie Grace was born on July 10, 1875 in Warsaw, Kosciusko Co., IN - the daughter of George Edward and Clara Null Baker. Granddaughter of John Henry and Barbara Ann Eckler Null. Her only sibling - Frank E Baker was two years her junior. Lost account of him after the 1880 Census (2-3 yrs of age). They had lived in South Bend, St. Joseph Co. & Bourbon, Kosciusko Co. , Indiana before settling in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN. Nellie Grace married William Mulhollen Jackson the 19th of July 1899 in Lafayette, IN. They became the parents of Lyndon Vesper "Earl" Jackson, Laurence Mulhollen Jackson and Eleanore Elizabeth Jackson (Glenn Joseph Garman). She was 89yrs old at time of her passing. Nellie was laid to rest next to her husband who had passed in 1934. | Baker, Nellie Grace (I26463)
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| 6508 | from findagrave information (by Jaci added on 27 Apr 2016) Carl Bucholz b. 1837 in GER, died on 29 Sep 1909 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN of cardiac dilatation. Burial on 1 Oct at Minneapolis Pioneers & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in lot 55, block N, grave 5F-N W1/2 | Buchholz, Carl (I13949)
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| 6509 | from findagrave information (by Jaci added on 27 Apr 2016) Charles R Bucholz b. 1871 in CT to Carl Bucholz and Martha Hiller, died on 12 Nov 1910 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN of pulmonary tuberculosis. Burial on 15 Nov at Minneapolis Pioneers & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in lot 5, block 6, grave 8F-S W1/2 | Buchholz, Charles Reynold (I13953)
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| 6510 | From findagrave.com biography Charles William Varnum was born February 25, 1862 in Speaker, Sanilac County, Michigan; the forth of six children of Richard Martin and Harriet Ann Perkins Varnum. He married Lulu Lee DeLissenbee daughter of Leonard W. and Mary Stallcup DeLissenbee, on June 1, 1893. They had no children. Charles was a teacher and a lawyer, graduated L.L.B. in 1888 from Iowa State University, and secretary of Republican League in 1894. | Varnum, Charles William (I2763)
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| 6511 | from Findings by the Commissioners on Recent Accidents in "Boston Herald", 18 Oct 1882 (genealogybank.com) Death of Charles W. Dodge at Eastern railroad station Oct. 11, 1882 - This sad accident resulted form the insufficient accommodations of the station and from the crowd and hurry of a general holiday. Mr. Dodge was on his way to the cards, and therefore ad the rights of a passenger. The platform on which he was walking extends beyond the walls of the station and is contracted to the width of four feet nine inches. This narrow platform was obstructed by trunks and baggage. A trunk of extraordinary shape and length was thrown from a truck by contact with a car, which was "thrown" on the station to make up a train. This struck Mr. Dodge with such force that he died before he could reach the hospital. The managers of the Eastern Railroad Company did not contest before the board their liability for the fatal result, and regret that they have thus far failed to obtain the additional land which would enable them to increase their facilities. | Dodge, Charles Wayne (I2203)
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| 6512 | From FOUNDERS' MEMORIAL PARK in HOUSTON, TEXAS SZABO, Catharine Adelia Died: 10 Jan 1866, age 31 years _Wife of A. Adolf, daughter of C.S. & Z.M. Kelley_ SZABO, Kate Kelly Died: 19 April 1866, aged 3 months, 10 days _Daughter of A.A. & C.A. Szabo_ | Kelly, Catherine Adelia (I1838)
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| 6513 | from Freida Wallace of genealogy.com 10 Oct 1999 - am searching father's family.James Clare Wallace born 10/26/1889, place unknown. Had a brother William Worden Wallace. Clare, my father, died 3/15/36 in El Paso, Texas, but resided and buried in Dallas.Worden died abt. 1942 in Corpus Christi, Texas. No known relatives. Would be so grateful for any help. 21 Aug 2000 - Searching for father's family. James Clair (Clare) Wallace lived in Dallas, Tx married Frances May Weatherly. Had brother William Worden. Family may have lived near Waco. Any help appreciated.1889-1935. | Wallace, James Clare (I2315)
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| 6514 | from from "Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999" (familysearch.org) On 14 Jul 1937 in Kingston, JAM, Peter Ivanhoe Munroe, 28, a clerk, residing St Andrew, son of Peter Munroe married Jean Tholea Perkins, 21, a dressmaker, residing 15 Woodford St, daughter of George Perkins. Witnesses B.F & C.L Edwards. On Aug 1943 "Jean Tholea" was corrected by Jane Munroe to "Jane Thompson" | Family: Peter Ivanhoe Munroe / Jane Thompson “Jean” Perkins (F5065)
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| 6515 | from from "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001" (familysearch.org) Baby Boy Lewis was born 16 Aug 1858 in Fall River MA to Nathaniel Lewis, a shoemaker b. IRE, & Flora b. IRE | Lewis, Joseph J (I16149)
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| 6516 | from from "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" (ancestry.com) Richard Lafayette Baker was born 4 Feb 1924 in Detroit, Wayne, MI to Lafayette Baker and Cecelia Mcklernan. Death date 12 Feb 2007. | Baker, Richard Lafayette (I15241)
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| 6517 | from from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", 24 Nov 1964 (newspapers.com) Ernest A. Perkins, aged 50 years, of 143 Melville Street, Saturday, November 21, 1964. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Leising Perkins; his son Lee Ernest; his daughter Margaret Annas and a neice, Miss Carol Annas. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mattle Funeral Home, 853 Culver Road. Prayer Wednesday morning at 8:30 at the parlors followed by a Solemn Requiem Mass at 9:00 o'clock at Corpus Christi Church. | Perkins, Ernest A (I21714)
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| 6518 | from Gazette & Courier - Monday, January 8, 1872 Born in Peoria, Ill. Jan. 1, a daughter, Mary Alice Kellogg, to Charles H. Kellogg and Flora J. Kellogg, and grand-daughter to Bela Kellogg of this town. | Kellogg, Mary Alice (I2344)
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| 6519 | From Genforum Letter I am seeking information about Adolf Alexander SZABO, son of Istvan and Eleanor SZABO, who was born July 13, 1831 in Kis-Szombar, (near Pest) Hungary, and died in 1905, at Houston, Texas. He was Treasurer of Houston, Texas from about 1890 through 1905. He was married to Kate KELLEY of Connecticut on June 5, 1860. He was also known as Alex SZABO. I do not know if Adolf and Kate SZABO had any children or not. A street in Houston, Texas is named for SZABO. | Szabo, Alexander Adolf (I1827)
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| 6520 | from Glens Falls Post Star, 12 Apr 1929 (fultonhistory.com) Mrs. Mariah Palmer, 65, wife of Elmer Palmer, died at 10 Wednesday night at Palmer's Ridge, Town of Moreau. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Leona Palmer. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 tomorrow from the home. Interment will be in the Gansevoost cemetery. | Sisson, Mariah (I1288)
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| 6521 | from Granby NY Death Transcipt (posted by GOurs9697 on ancestry.com) Albert P Perkins, age 87y 6m 14d, born Exeter RI to Pordon Perkins & Morvel Coon, died 31 Aug 1895 in Granby NY of a bowel obstruction. Burial in Butler Center. | Perkins, Albert Potter (I21158)
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| 6522 | from Grandview Cemetery Inscription THOMAS / PATTISON / DIED / Apr.24.1894. / AGED / 63Y.3M.18D. / At Rest | Pattison, Thomas Henry (I15900)
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| 6523 | From Greely Directories 1913: COUZENS & Day Tin Shop Chas Couzens and Earl Day proprs Coronado Court Greeley 1922: COUZENS & DAY Furnaces Coronado Ct Greeley 1937: COUZENS & Day Co tin shop 815 1/2 11th Greeley | Day, George Earle (I6948)
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| 6524 | from Harris Family Geneology - In Memory of Morgan Harris by Maya Harris (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Maya-Harris/index.html) Francis married Wm Morton Paterson who was in the confectionery and biscuit business. They went to New Zealand in 1926 with their two children. In about 1940 Frances and Morton with their daughter Mary and husband Ralph Sketch returned to Canada and settled in Oakville. About 1944 Morton and Frances were divorced. | Family: William Morton Paterson / Frances Wavertree Harris (F1965)
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| 6525 | From Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography by Thomas William Herringshaw, 1901, pg 960 VARNUM, CHARLES W., lawyer, politician, orator, was born Feb. 25, 1862, in Sanilac County, Mich. He attended the Hillsdale college; graduated with highest honors from the Iowa City Commercial college, amd from the law department of the state university of Iowa with the degree of LL.B. He has attained success in the profession of law at Denver, Colo. In 1891 he organized the Republican league of Colorado, and was its first president. He has been three times a delegate to the National League convention, and secured the national convention of 1894 for Denver. In 1894 he was elected chairman of the national silver party committee of Denver. | Varnum, Charles William (I2763)
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| 6526 | From Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography by Thomas William Herringshaw, 1901, pg 961 VARNUM, LULU LEE, suffragist. She was the first woman delegate to a national political convention of one of the old parties; and is well known in Colorado as a state organizer of women's republican clubs. She is the wife of Charles W. Varnum, the secretary and state organizer of the Republican league of Colorado, and she has been his right hand in the very successful work he has accomplished. | DeLissenbee, Lulu Lee (I6679)
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| 6527 | from Hew Jersey Marriage Return (posted on ancestry) On 29 Dec 1886 in NJ (widowed bride's father house), Adam Allan Morton, 25, a machinist, residing Arlington NH, born Dundas Ontario to Adam Morton b. SCT & Mary Jardine b. SCT, married Irene Westlake, 27, residing Arlington, born NY to Richard Westlake b. ENG & Margaret Hallow b. NY. | Family: Adam Allan Morton / Irene Westlake (F10139)
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| 6528 | From Historical Album of Orleans County, N.Y. (1879) William H. Wood is a native of Pittsford, Rutland county, Vt. He came to Ridgeway when quite young, and has followed the harness business most of the time. He married Catharine Bennett, of Farmington, N.Y., January 22nd, 1843. They have two children living - Louisa A. and William A., the latter of whom is in the mercantile business in Medina. Charles died at the age of four years, and Edward at the age of seventeen. | Wood, William H (I883)
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| 6529 | From Historical and Genealogical Record of Colchester County by Thomas Miller, 1873 in Chapter IV Alexander Miller, 3rd, eldest son of the foregoing Alex. Miller and Rebecca Baird, his wife, was born in Truro, May 8th, 1796 (being the same day that Truro Village was burnt). He was married to Sarah, daughter of John Faulkner and Janet Moor, his wife. (Sarah being the widow of the late James Perkins who was drowned from a fishing boat at Five Islands, and left a young widow and one daughter. This daughter is now the wife of Robert Cummings, and has two sons and one daughter). Alexander Miller and Sarah Perkins were married Dec. 19th, 1822. They had three sons and two daughters. in Chapter IX Janet, The second daughter of Hugh and Janet Moor, was born in Truro, March 28th, 1765. She was married to John Faulkner. Sarah, their eldest daughter, was married to James Perkins, they had one daughter whose name was Sarah Ann. James Perkins was drowned down the bay, when engaged in fishing, about the year 1818. His widow was married again to Alexander Miller, December 19th, 1822. They had three sons and two daughters. Alexander Miller died May 31st, 1855. | Family: James Perkins / Sarah Faulkner (F385)
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| 6530 | From History of Mercer County Andrew J. McDowell, farmer, post-office Greenville, was born in Steuben County, N.Y., May 1, 1827. His parents were James and Catharine (McCutchen) McDowell, natives of Scotland, who emigrated from Ireland a family of six children about 1823, and settled in Steuben County, N.Y. Three children were born after their coming. About 1835 the family removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, where the father died in June, 1844. This broke up the home, and the mother afterward died at the home of her daughter in Clarksville, Mercer County. | McDowell, James (I881)
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| 6531 | From History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1170 WILLIAM BROWN, deceased, was born in West Salem Township in 1816, and was a son of Richard and Barbara Brown, spoken of in the sketch of his brother, James R. Our subject grew up and spent his whole life in West Salem Township. He was twice married. His first wife was Maria, daughter of Andrew Brown, by whom three children survive: Clorinda, wife of J. W. Woods; Eliza J., wife of Alfred Moats, and Mary L., wife of Grover Fetterman. His wife died, and July 12, 1866, he was married to Mrs. Mary Ann Brown, daughter of Alexander Nelson. She was born in Sandy Creek Township, and November 25, 1852, married James Brown, by whom she had two children: Irwin C., and Emily L., wife of Augustus Kamerer. By her second marriage one son. William S., was born. Both the sons reside with their mother in West Salem Township. Politically Mr. Brown was a Republican, and one of the respected citizens of the township, where he died June 25, 1868. From "The Greenville Record-Argus", 7 Dect 1911 (newspaperarchive.com) MRS. WELLINGTON WOODS Mrs. Clarinda Brown Woods, wife of Wellington Woods of Maysville, died at her home November 30, 1911, aged 67 years. She was an estimable Christian woman, loved by all who knew her and for many years a consistent member of the West Salem Baptist Church. When the time of her departure came she was ready to go and in her words of farewell requested her loved ones to pray and so live that they should some time meet her in heaven. The members of her family left to mourn her death are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Herman Mohr and Mrs. Melvin and one son Ernest. all of Maysville. "Thy day has come, not gone; thy sun has risen, not set. thy life is now beyond the reach of death of change, not ended - but begun. O noble soul! O gentel heart! Hail and and farewell." | Brown, Clarinda (I1649)
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| 6532 | From History of Monroe County, New York Jesse Church, Joseph Emerson with his three sons, Erastus, Joseph, and George, and one daughter who became the wife of John Reed, the first supervisor of Sweden. Also, in the same year, Clark Hall, Thomas Hill, the first supervisor, Rev Robert Hill, George Hill, and a sister, Mrs. Emerson, settled in town. | Hill, Thomas (I116)
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| 6533 | from History of Niagara county, by NY Sanford & Co, Hon J. W. Labar, though American born, is of French descent, his father having been a commissary in the army of the Marquis de La Fayette, and having come with that distinguished general to America during the struggle for independence. Mr Labar was born September 5th, 1807, in the town of Northampton, Montgomery county, N. Y. He removed to Orleans county in 1834, and from there, in 1836, to Royalton, Niagara county, and in 1860 he came from Royalton to the town of Lockport, where he has long been engaged as a farmer and fruit-grower. Mr. Labar is a well known and influential citizen and business man, and the confidence of the people in his ability and integrity was manifested by his election from this district as a member of the State Legislature for the years 1857 and 1858. He was married July 14th, 1832, to Miss Almira Palmer, of Northumberland, Saratoga county, N. Y. | Labar, John Wesley (I1000)
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| 6534 | From History of Pittsford by AM Caverly Stephen Wood, a stone-cutter by trade, married Deborah Avery, July 13, 1806, and located on the place formerly owned by Dr. William Frisbie. His principal business was the making of gravestones, and he quarried his stone from a ledge now owned by Abraham Owen, and lying a little southwest of the residence of Abel Morgan. He changed his residence several times while a citizen of the town and left it about the year 1814. | Wood, Stephen (I149)
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| 6535 | From History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois From the First Settlement in 1834 to the Civil War by CHARLES A. CHURCH To Dr. Kerr belongs the honor of preaching the first war sermon in Rockford after the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Sunday morning the news came that President Lincoln had issued a call for seventy -five thousand men. It was one of those critical moments in the nation's life. Under its solemn inspiration, Dr. Kerr preached an impressive patriotic discourse in the afternoon in the First church, and for the first time in local history the American flag was displayed from the pulpit. Dr. Kerr preached the first funeral discourse over a dead soldier, a brother of Lucius Day, whose remains had been returned to Rockford for burial. These memorial services were held in the street in front of the old court house. | Day, John Fred (I2052)
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| 6536 | From HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF TRELAWNY by Daniel L. Ogilvie transcribed by http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com DORNOCK WATER SUPPLY If ever there was a successful Water Supply scheme that has justified the expenditure of Government funds, the Dornock ranks in priority. Not only in the colossal engineering achievement which has its second only in far away Australia, we understand, but its supreme utility. The natural elements have been harnessed to facilitate mankind in such a way that the skill applied coupled with the result, fills us with amazement. It was an impossible task to the layman. Many laughed and were looking for failure to have been justified in ?I told you so?. The Water Supply Law was enacted in 1889, giving powers to the Municipal Boards to establish Water Supplies and to levy rates, but for years it was a dead letter law. In 1896, upon pressure being brought on the Board by residents in the Duncans and contiguous Districts the Water Supply Law was for the first time implemented. On the advice of a Water Diviner a Well was dug in the Duncans Market land, the property of the Parish. The depth was around 200 feet and all the water that seeped in for a day was not enough to satisfy the needs of a child. £2,000 was expended on this fruitless scheme. The Central Government made a Grant of £1,000 and the Board?s Loan of £1,000 as paid off around the year 1900. The Well was made use of in 1937, as a Public Latrine Pit. The next application of the Law was in the year 1902, when the Falmouth Water Supply was taken over, an account of which is given above. The inhabitants of these dry areas around Duncans were always agitating for a permanent and reliable water supply. From Duncans proper the distance to the ?Spring? which runs continuously is approximately four miles down hill ? and such a hill it is. The ordinary man advocated the construction of a large Tank, but is was argued against as the district suffers from seasonal drought and the Sugar Estates which wanted water would derive no benefit. Somewhere around 1912, Mr. Holmes, an Hydraulic Engineer was commissioned by the Central Government to advise on the establishment of a Water Supply to meet the needs of those Districts, the growth of which were being stunted for want of this amenity, especially Duncans and Clark?s Town. He when about his work submitted his plan and an Estimate for harnessing the Dornock River for the purpose. The matter was submitted to the Board but it was advised that the Parish could not finance such a project as if we remember correctly, £60,000 was the estimated cost. Time passed, but the Board was always urging and nagging Government to finalize the matter. To pave the way around the year 1919, on the advice of Mr. W. Fitz-Ritson, its capable Clerk, the Board passed a Resolution advocating the creating of a Fund by Government and allocating each year a few thousand Pounds to assist Parishes in establishing Public Water Supplies. The Government was so enamoured with the proposal that it caused the Resolution to be Gazetted. The suggestion was later approved by the Legislature and made Law. The Board was never weary in importuning Government over this Water Supply. We remember in the year 1919, when Governor Probyn made an official visit to the Parish and after the address was read, Mr. Joseph Stockhausen in a most passionate speech said to the Governor, ?Sir, we beg you, we beseech you ? for God sake give us water?. The earnestness in which Mr. Stockhausen delivered himself appeared to have touched the Governor. He remarked in his reply, I will do my best for you in this respect. The proposal was now receiving favourable consideration. Government was prepared to make the cost half Grant and half Loan, but it wanted to know how the Board would finance the Loan. Certain modifications were made to the Holmes scheme with a view to making it less costly to be covered by a moderate rating of the area to be served. The financial undertaking was peeled down to around £26,000, half of which would be the Board?s liability. The Collector of Taxes; roll was examined and after manipulations and careful calculations it was agreed that a 1/9d rate in the £10 on the value of properties in the area would cover Interest and Sinking Fund to service the Loan. This analysis was submitted to Government and the reply was ?a case had been made out? and the Director of Public Works would be requested to cooperate. The D.P.W. was fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. R. F. Perkins who had made a special study in Hydraulics and who was a Consultant Engineer for the P.W.D. The Parish and particularly the area involved in the Dornock Water Supply operations owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Perkins and if no other visible monument is erected to his memory, this Water Supply will always bear testimony to his worth and self sacrifice. We who know of his devotion to the task, his pride in the result of his labours are in a position to pay this tribute to one who by generations may be forgotten. The monetary price was but of secondary consideration in his untiring and independable efforts. He treated the operations of the Water Supply as if it were part of his flesh. He loved the work and found pleasure in it. We will at this point attempt to give a layman?s description of the topography and matters relating to the magnitude of the undertaking from its inception. The Dornock River rises in the vicinity of Stewart Town nearly two miles to the east. (The Cinema Film ?A Daughter of the Gods? was projected at this spot some years ago). Its current is almost imperceptible at normal times but as it runs in a gorge to the sea at Rio Bueno it develops momentum. Before reaching the intake at the Works the water rolls over several Dams of rocks which may have centuries ago fallen from the precipitous cliffs. It was one of these Dams that our Engineer decided to improve and divert the water as his skill directed him. Before a start could be made work of a pioneering nature had to be tackled. Water must be raised to an elevation of nearly 900 feet within 3 miles. Road had to be built through the forest which abounds in cliffs and boulders. Time, skill and money had to be employed in making this dream a reality. The difficulty of the task could hardly be foreseen for an exact estimate to have been made of the cost. Cement had to be manhandled down this steep and winding tract, a track that had to be restored after each shower of rain. The contrivances and devices applied in the work of transportation of materials were indeed ingenious if they were even primitive. After the foundation was laid the removal of heavy machinery was undertaken. This was a job that called for the utmost care and foresight. Lives had to be protected and machinery also. Only one man received a slight injury when he fell over the ?Jazz bend?. No part of the machinery at any time suffered damage. Over 100 tons. The conduit of aqueduct runs for about 20 chains going in a westerly direction towards the works, creating a uniform current and a fall of approximately 12 feet. By the water power from this 3 foot square conduit falling on two over-shot Turbines the machinery is operated and this passes on to the Pumps. It is with some amount of hesitance that we trespass in a description of the fine art of Engineering of which subject we are not fully qualified in giving a faithful outline. We apologize for any offence to their susceptibles. Notwithstanding, we are allowed to say that after just 3 years of toil and sweat the constant prayers of the people concerned were answered and water was made to pump water to an elevation of 900 feet into a Reservoir with a capacity of 300,000 gallons. The Rising Main has a diameter of 8 inches and is of steel. Up to the year 1943, there were 38 miles of Main pipes serving an area of 30 square miles. The total cost in 1943 was £43,000, half of which the Central Government?s grant and the other half a loan to the Parish. Owing to the severe drought in 1927, the inhabitants could not wait for the laying down of pipes to be completed, so they combined and induced Government to turn on the water prematurely on Good Friday in April 1927. This was what was said in the Gleaner of the 21st. April: ?At about 11 o?clock on Good Friday the hopes of many years to the residents at Duncans and the nearby Districts were realized when the turncock turned on the water from the Reservoir at the Dornock Scheme and residents who up to a few hours before had to go miles for water could receive same ad lib, at the Stand-pipes in the Town. The gravity of the situation was brought before the Government by a Resolution passed at a recent massed meeting held by the Rev. D. D. Parnther and sent to the Hon. Colonial Secretary. The Resolution was ably supported by the Trelawny Parochial Board and it is very gratifying to see that the Government has arranged temporary measures whereby the situation can be relieved pending the completion of the Scheme. It is understood that as soon as the tappings and meters for the large properties are erected, the Parochial Board will take over the Scheme. At present the Reservoir is filled by the P.W.D. staff twice a week at a cost of £6 per week which bill is being paid by the Parish Board. The inhabitants are therefore by this arrangement receiving water free as the Collection of Rates will not commence until the Works are taken over by the Board.? It may be the outcome of sentiments (but we are British subjects, and this peculiar trait is quite in keeping with the Nation?s ideology) but we are constrained to feel that if no public monument is raised up to Mr. Perkins? memory, it would be fitting for photographs of him to be in the household of the people whose children may cherish his memory. Generations yet unborn will not know of the annual scourge of the so-called ?Vomiting Sickness? in these areas. They will not know that each year dozens of children died from this malady. They will never conjecture that the chief sources of their drinking water was cattle ponds. From the inauguration of the Dornock Water Supply the very name ?Vomiting Sickness?: is forgotten as is ?Yellow Fever?. We remember the lamentations in October, 1926, when Mr. Perkins in testing the Machinery was caught by the fly-wheel and thrown to the ground seriously injuring his hip and other parts of his body. To extricate himself from certain death, he had to tear his jacket. He had to seek medical aid and was laid up for months, but as soon as he could, he was back on the work in which he was so devoted. Many heartfelt prayers were said for the recover of Mr. Perkins especially by the people for whose benefit he had been working and it was a happy day when he was once more seen being driven by his self-sacrificing and devoted daughter, Miss Lily G. Perkins. So as to be of service to the public and be near to supervise this work of his, he accepted a reduced salary of £300, yet withal in the year 1941 the Parochial Board in its wisdom thought it advisable to relieve him of his position and placed the Superintendent of Roads & Works in charge. Mr. Perkins died in 1942 at his home at Claremont in the Parish of St. Ann, much beloved by all. Due to an extended service an additional Turbine was installed in 1943. The Revenue from this supply is ever inadequate to meet the annual charges which now runs into thousands of pounds, being met by the Taxes from the whole Parish. But the lives that have been saved and the comfort and happiness it has brought to hundreds of people in is sufficient justification for the expenditure. It is to be hoped that at no distant date the roadway from the Reservoir to the Works will be so improved as to facilitate visitors and students in Hydraulic Engineering. Since the above was written a driving road has been constructed at Bengal near Rio Bueno which goes almost to the Works. We understand that the river is being harnessed to produce electricity for lower Trelawny and also to pump water into the Reservoir. | Perkins, Robert Cyrus Francis (I1903)
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| 6537 | from History of the Town of Bridgewater (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/WindsorBridgewater.html) Dea. Joseph PERKINS, brother of Benjamin, was killed here by the falling of a tree, in June, 1824. Joseph was a worthy deacon of the Congregational church, and left a family of five to mourn his loss. | Perkins, Joseph (I2714)
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| 6538 | from History of the Town of Bridgewater (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/WindsorBridgewater.html) Dr. Benjamin PERKINS, born at Lyme, Conn., about 1763, came to Bridgewater at an early date, and was one of the victims of the fever epidemic of 1813. This epidemic prevailed to an alarming degree, sweeping off great numbers of the most respectable and useful citizens. Nineteen persons in the town were swept off in the month of March, a great portion of whom were heads of families. Mr. PERKINS' grave is at Bridgewater cemetery. | Perkins, Benjamin (I2715)
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| 6539 | From History of the town of Rockingham, Vermont by Lyman Simpson Hayes, pg 774 James, b. Mar. 24, 1798; m. 1st Oct. 16, 1822, Almira S. Fay, d. Oct. 4, 1834, ae. 31 yrs.; m. 2d Alice S. Ingraham, d. Sept. 7, 1878, ae. 67 years; he d. Nov. 15, 1881; res. at S. R. and Cambridgeport. Children: 1. Lucia b. at S. R.; m. Aug., 1852, Charles B. Day, wholesale merchant of Peoria, Ill., formerly of R.; she d. Nov. 13, 1895. Children: i. Gertrude; m. Rollin Wiley; res. Chicago, Ill. ii. Charles; res. Chicago | Weaver, Lucia A (I5349)
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| 6540 | From IGI Family Record Continental Europe Peter Clos born 14 JUL 1829 in Eschdorf, Wiltz, Luxembourg, died 24 JUL 1899 married Maria Mahnen born 10 OCT 1816 in Vichten, Redange, Luxembourg, died 19 FEB 1876 | Clos, Peter (I3844)
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| 6541 | from Illinois Birth Corticate (familysearch.org) Adleen Amanda Keiser was born 3 Sep 1897 in Mount Olive, Macoupin, IL to Henry William Keiser, a farmer age 30 born Mount Olive, and Kathryn Margaret Wolters, a housewife age 30 born Concordia MO. | Keiser, Adleen (I2688)
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| 6542 | from Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) Barbara Day Wiley born on 16 Nov 1916 in Evanston, IL to Donald F Wiley, 30, Sales manager, born IL and Mercey Judith Miller, 29, born IL, housewife | Wiley, Barbara Day (I2095)
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| 6543 | from Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) Donna Judith Wiley born 3 Mar 1912 in Chicago, first child of Donald Flether Wiley, 24, salesman, born Peoria, IL and Mercy Judith Miller Wiley, 22, born Peoria, IL | Wiley, Donna Judith (I2094)
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| 6544 | from Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) Mary Florence Baker born 27 Sep 1914 in Chicago to John Fredrick Baker, 39, of Oswego, NY and Florence June Mckenney, 25, of Bement, IL From Social Security Records MARY K GOODRIDGE b: 27 Sep 1914 d: 16 Oct 2004 Last Residence: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN Card Issued: Illinois | Baker, Mary Catherine (I2294)
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| 6545 | from Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) Patricia Miller Wiley born 7 May 1918 in Evanston, IL to Donald Flether Wiley, 32, born Peoria, IL, Sales Manager and Mercy Judith Miller, 36, born Peoria, IL, housewife | Wiley, Patricia Miller (I2096)
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| 6546 | from Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) Cordelia Baker, widow, age 81y 6m 18d, born Mar 23, 1838 in USA to Stephen Donwell, b. USA, and Nancy Perchhans, b. USA, died Oct. 11, 1919 in Chiago, Cook, IL of Cerebral Hemorrhage secondary to senelity. Burial on Oct 12, 1919 in Whitehall MI. Informant Little Sisters of the Poor. | Dunwell, Cordelia Marie (I798)
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| 6547 | from Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) John Haeb b. 6 Dec 1846 in Germany, died 30 Jun 1915 in Chicago, Cook, IL of Chronic Gastritis. child of John Hart of Germany and unknown of Germany. married. Occupation: carpenter. In city for 50 yrs. Buried 3 Jul 1915 at St. Marie. Informant Katherine Haeb | Haeb, John (I6751)
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| 6548 | from Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) Peter J Haeb b. St Paul, MN, d. 3 Jun 1903, aged 28 yrs 7 months of pneumonia. lived in IL for 16 yrs. Occupation: teamster. Buried on 6 Jun 1903 in St. Marys. | Haeb, Peter J (I6760)
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| 6549 | from Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 (familysearch.org) Marriage on 6 Jan 1914 in Chicago, Cook, IL of Philip R. Day, 40, and Arabella M. Bright, 40 | Family: Philip Royden Day / Arabella Bright (F892)
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| 6550 | from Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (familysearch.com) Catherine Taylor Baker born 24 Mar 1838 in Oriskany, NY to Samuel R Taylor of Oriskany, NY and Margaret Sinclair of Glasgow, Scotland died 16 Jan 1926 in Chicago, Cook, IL. Burial in Oswego, NY. | Taylor, Katherine Cotter (I844)
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