Barrett Family Genealogy Research

Here is some information I found on the Barretts that I am related to.

1880 Census for Stonewall, Frederick, Virginia

Ida M. Barrett age 5
Effa R. Barrett age 1

listed with their parents Mary A. Wingerter and John Barrett

1910 Census for Stonewall, Frederick, Virginia

Clarence B. Barrett age 29
Eva E. Barrett age 33
Mary C. Barrett age 3

Clarence is listed with his wife and daughter.

1930 Census for Stonewall, Frederick, Virginia

Roland L. Buncotter age 51
Anna M. Buncotter age 19
Clarence B. Barrett age 49

Clarence is listed living with his brother-in-law. Anna is Roland's daughter.

For those interested, here is how I am related to these people:

Mary A. Wingerter is my 3rd great aunt.
Her brother David is my 2nd great-grandfather.
Our common ancestors are John Wingerter and Barbara Dellit - her parents and my 3rd great-grandparents.
Her husband would be my 3rd great uncle.
Ida, Effa, and Clarence were all their children so they would be my 1st cousins 3 times removed.
Mary C. Barrett would be my 1st cousin 4 times removed.
Roland Buncotter's (or Buncutter's) wife was my 1st cousin 3 times removed (the youngest sibling of Ida, Effa, and Clarence not mentioned in the above censuses) - that would be Mary Salena Barrett.
So their daughter Anna is my 1st cousin 4 times removed (and Mary C. Barrett's first cousin).

Genealogy Update

Well, I went to the genealogy library for a couple of hours today. This trip wasn't as profitable as other trips have been. Or it didn't feel that way. And I probably won't be going on a Sunday again til April 27th, the last Sunday in April, since Easter precludes any genealogy on the fourth Sunday this month and I will be camping the second weekend in April (which is not the 8th, like I had thought, but the 12th, and yay! looks like my roommate will go with me so I won't be on my own.)

Anyhow, I found information on people I cannot yet connect to our lines and also a couple of families that do connect, but they are not direct ancestors or very closely related. That's why it felt less profitable, I guess. Hopefully next time will be better.

However, I don't think I shared with you what I found on the Foremans last time. I found a ton of information on this Kidwell family that ties into our Foreman line this way: My mother is Linda Lockhart, her father is William James Lockhart, his father was James Harrison Lockhart, his mother was Mary Jane Foreman, her father was John A. Foreman, his father was Amos Foreman, and his father was David Foreman. David also had a son named David who had a son named Austin who married a Joanna Kidwell. So, Austin Foreman (who lived in the 1800s) and I are first cousins, five times removed. A slightly closer relation would be David Foreman, II, who is my fourth great grand uncle. David Foreman, II (who was Austin's father) married Frances Kidwell. Oh wait, am I saying that Austin Foreman married someone with the same last name as his mother? Yes, I am. Austin and Joanna were first cousins. Which wouldn't be so bad if they were the only relations we have who married their first cousin, but they are just a drop in the bucket. The next time you sneeze, you can thank our Virginia roots and the inclination to marry your cousin! Anyway, back on topic. In case you wanted to add these people to your records, the children of Frances and David Foreman, II were: Hiram, Ann, Henry, Ellen, Austin, Mary, David Foreman, III, Jacob, John, Lucinda, and Louisa. I have more information on these people (and of course, the Kidwells), if you are interested.

I've included a family tree that shows the parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents of our Amos Foreman (my 4th great-grandfather). You can click on the image to see a larger version.

Genealogy This Saturday

That's right, I said Saturday, not Sunday. Mom and I are going to the BYU genealogy library in the afternoon or evening for anyone who wants to come along.

Genealogy Update

I went to BYU's genealogy library again today. I stayed for about 2 and 1/2 hours this time. I researched a little on the Johnstons and Foremans. The main thing I discovered is that our ancestor Joseph Johnston's mother was not married to John Johnston, he was her son. She was married to William Johnston. This should help in researching that line further back. For those of you who don't know we are related to William Johnston this way: my mother, Linda Lockhart's father was William Lockhart. His mother was Mary Ellen Pugh. Her mother was Annie Eliza Pool. Her mother was Nancy A. Johnston. Her father was Joseph Johnston, and his father was William Johnston. That's 8 generations!

Genealogy Saturday

Mom came up and we went to the genealogy library yesterday. She found people to do templework for and had me learn how to do a temple ready disk (so if any of you want to do this, I can help you). I researched in the same source I did last time (I'm now through page 54). I mostly found information on Foremans (that is Grandpa Lockhart's mother's line). I think before I am through, we will find we are related to everyone in that part of Virginia and West Virginia.

We had such a great time we are going again next Sunday. Anyone is welcome to come along. You can look for people to do templework for with Mom or research old records from Virginia with me, or choose to do something entirely different (and either one of us will be happy to help you).

Potpourri

So I went to the genealogy library today (I know, the title is misleading, this is not about flowers) and did some research. I was there for about an hour and a half. I found information on some Clowsers, Carpers, and Caudys that was useful and some other stuff that will hopefully be useful the next time I research. Mom is coming for a visit so we plan to do genealogy this Saturday (let me know if you want to come along) and I also plan to do genealogy the following Sunday (the 24th).

Another genealogy update

Saturday I went to the genealogy library with Mom. Mom looked up temple information and I looked through cemetery records. I found quite a bit. The most exciting thing I found, for me, was Fabra Wingerter. She is probably related to Barbara Dellet as her maiden name was Dellet. I think she is either a sister (this is the one I think is most likely), cousin, or niece. I wasn't expecting to find anything on Wingerters, but there she was. Anyhow, she was born in 1839 in Pennsylvania to John and Barbara Dellet and she died in Frederick County, Virginia on Nov 28, 1876 at age 37. Kind of a young age to die at. And isn't Fabra an interesting name? I'd never seen that before.

Next Sunday the BYU genealogy library is open and I plan to go. If you want to come along, just let me know. I would be happy to help you with anything you want to do.

Genealogy Update

I went to the BYU Family History Center today and researched Jenkins' genealogy. I just worked on the children of John T. and Eliza Ann Jenkins and their families. I also got a list of sources to look at when I go to the Salt Lake Family History Library with Mom, hopefully this weekend. Mostly cemetery records. Anyway, if you want any of the information I found on the Jenkinses just let me know.

Genealogy Sunday

Just to let you all know, I am going to the BYU genealogy library on Sunday. I don't know what time. But if you decide you want to come, give me a call and we can set up a time to meet. It's fun, whether you believe it or not. And since I have no church, just think, I can probably accommodate any schedule! Want to go in the morning, great, afternoon, just fine, early evening, well who doesn't? Don't feel obligated to stay a long time, I never do. I think I only went for an hour last time. Come and stay half an hour if you want, I won't feel bad. Anyway, you are all invited (yes, even you Jack). Also, you can post to this message if you find it hard to reach me by phone.

What I found

So I went to the Family History Center today and did genealogy for about an hour. I found possible birth dates and places for all of John T. Jenkins' siblings. Now I just need to find a more reliable source on them to be sure. I don't plan on doing any more genealogy for a couple of weeks, but when I do, I think I will stick with the Jenkinses and Pughs.

Genealogy at the Library Next Sunday

For anybody interested, I am going to the Family History Center in Provo next Sunday. If you want to come along, just post a message in response to this and we can arrange the time, etc.

More genealogy success!

I went to the BYU Family History Center today for about 3 hours. I just researched Wingerters and their descendants. The easy stuff is now pretty much done. If I want to find anything more, I'm going to have to dig deeper. Mom and I are thinking about going to the Family History Library in Salt Lake during the Christmas holiday. I have some sources to check for the Dellitt line I've been researching, but it would be good if I could go prepared to do more research on the Wingerters. I need to find out which port John Wingerter and his mother and sister came through and what ship they came over on. Hopefully that will also give me the port they left from in Germany. I did do research on this some years ago with no luck, so I'm not particularly hopeful. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess. Anyway, if you want the information on our relatives that I found today, leave me a message letting me know you're interested in it and I will get it to you.

Genealogy at the Library this Sunday

I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be going to the BYU genealogy library this Sunday, in case anyone wants to come. I will be working on the Wingerters, but let me know if you plan to come and what line you want to research, and I will be happy to bring information on that line. The library is open from 10-7, but I will only go for a few hours.

Genealogy Success!

I must take back what I said about finding information on the Wingerters. I went to the genealogy library today and Angela came with me and I found lots of information on the Wingerters. I found dates, places, and yes, entirely new people to add. Well, technically, they were Klines, and Buncutters, etc. but Wingerter descendants. They are mostly descendants of Fanny Wingerter, but some for Mary (both sisters of David Wingerter, my 2nd great-grandfather). If you are interested in this information, just let me know and I will send it to you.

I promised that I would have things you could do to research the Wilson line in my next genealogy post, so here it is:

Actually, I would probably contact Aunt Marie and see if she would send me a GEDCOM file of her Wilson genealogy.

Without having done that, you could try and find more information on George Francis Leconte and Mary Ann Osborn, parents of Elizabeth Mary Ann Leconte, who is my 2nd great-grandmother. I have that she was born May 27 1872 in Fulworth Rents, England. I remember from the research I did a long time ago that this is in St. Alban's Parish in London, England. Elizabeth died June 12, 1933 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada (where grandma was from). So look in the parish records in 1872 to find her birth and christening and her parents listed. It might give more information about the parents that you can use to figure out when they were born and where.

If you would rather research the Wilson line (grandpa instead of grandma), we trace our Wilson line back to Thomas Wilson (born about 1658 in Overton, Flintshire, Wales) and his wife Mary (born 1662). Their son was William Wilson (born Mar 3, 1684 in Overton, Flintshire, Wales). I don't know if they were English or Welsh, but if you try to find Thomas' parents it's likely his dad was William (thus the surname Wilson) but that is not necessarily the case. Also, you might find Thomas listed as Thomas ap William, ap meaning "son of". I've never researched Welsh records, so no clue as to how you go about it, but I would try looking in parish records. It would be great if you could find a death date for Thomas.

But that would be a really difficult research project to take on. I was going to suggest a more do-able research project, but really, the Leconte line is the do-able one. Though I would still strongly suggest contacting Aunt Marie before doing anything, no need to duplicate work that has already been done.

Genealogy

Hi all, but especially family. Today I went to the Family History Center at the BYU library and did research on a Dellitt family I believe is related to us (I just have to find the link). Anyhow, yesterday Dan mentioned that it would be great if I gave suggestions of things you could do if you wanted to get started doing genealogy. I decided my blog was a great place to post these suggestions, then everyone has access to them.

If you want to help me research the Dellitt line and are able to go to the Salt Lake Family History Library, go to the US/Canada book section and look at the book Pennsylvania Births, Lancaster County, 1723-1800 by John T. Humphrey, published in 1997. Call # is 974.815 K2h v1 and v2. You should look for any Dellitts (various spellings Delit, Dellet, Dillet, Deleet, they are endless) especially a John Dellitt and a Barbara Dellitt and also a Barbara Ackerman. The John Dellitt I am looking at as the possible father of our Barbara Dellit was possibly born 22 Mar 1760 and died 1 Dec 1845. He would have been married to Barbara Ackerman possibly born 30 Aug 1779 died 5 Apr 1847. They may have been married 4 Mar 1804 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the First Reformed Congregation at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is possible that John and Barbara Dellit had a child in 1805 for there is a Barbara Deelet listed as the mother for a baptism performed 17 Nov 1805 in Chester County, Pennsylvania at the First Reformed Congregation at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County was formed from Chester County).

If you can't go to the Salt Lake library but live in Utah county, you can go to the Family History Center at BYU M-Sat and every 2nd and 4th Sun from 10 am - 7 pm. Call me if you want me to go with you, as I often go on those Sundays. Anyhow, using their computers you can access the Family History Library Catalog to be prepared for when you can go to the Salt Lake library (they also have a lot of microfilm at the BYU library) or you can use the computer to access Ancestry.com. Doing so you could look for Ethel M. Hanson in Mercer County, Illinois in the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census (which I hope to do soon, but feel free to beat me to it, that would be cool), oh it doesn't have to be Mercer county, but it probably will be.

If you would like to research a line other than the Dellitts, here are some suggestions:

We could really use more information on Seth Thomas Clark (married to Mary Henshaw and father of Mary Catherine Clark). Seth is my 4th great-grandfather on grandma Lockhart's line. I have that he was born 15 Mar 1800 and died 3 Dec 1866 in Frederick County, Virginia. He was married 11 Oct 1827 in Frederick County, Virginia. He is buried in the Hopewell Cemetery (which probably means he was a Quaker), Clearbrook, Frederick County, Virginia. He was also married to Martha Lucinda Deck. He had 3 children with her. But we come through Mary with whom he had 6 children. If I were going to the BYU library I would get on ancestry.com and look for Seth in their database, especially if they had any listed in the following censuses (censuses are always a good starting place): 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830 (I'm not sure when he and Mary started living in Kansas but you might check for him in any territorial censuses or tax lists they may have had between 1830 and 1850), 1840, 1850, 1860, obviously, you are looking at Virginia in these censuses and limit yourself to Clarks in Frederick, Hampshire, or Berkeley counties. Obviously there's a lot of research to be done on this line, not just Seth.

Mom has been working on the Davidson line so I will leave it to her if you want to do something with that line. She may have more updated information than I have.

Anyone want the Wingerters? They are my special project but very elusive, so maybe they are just waiting for YOU to get started. They are a little complicated so I will just let you post that you want to work on this line before posting any suggestions.

Mom and I have really been having lots of luck with the Jenkins line of late, so that might be a great place to start if you want quick results. We have that Sarah Welch (my 3rd great-grandmother) wife of Alfred Carper and mother of Martha Elizabeth Carper was from Washington County, Maryland. It's possible that Comfort Melissa was raised by Sarah and Alfred but was actually Sarah's sister. Anyhow, look for Sarah Welch in the Maryland (Washington County) censuses for 1810, 1820, 1830 and of course, Welch could have been spelled Welsh or some other way. Maybe you will find her listed as a child in which case you would find her parents and siblings (hopefully) which would be really cool. I've meant to do this but just never have.

It would be great to get birth and death dates for Robert Hodgson (there were several but I'm referring to the father of Eliza Ann Hodgson and husband of Lurena Watson). He lived in Frederick County. He was first married 10 Mar 1795 to Susannah Long and his last child was born sometime after 1815, so that gives you a time frame to work with. He was probably a Quaker. (we have his parents and children and whatnot, just no birth or death dates or a burial place). Again, check census records (before 1790 you will need to look at tax lists and other types of records) for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820.

The Pughs have been a goldmine of late. It would be nice, though, to have a death date for Anne or Ann Wright married to Thomas Pugh and mother of Rachel Pugh (Anne/Ann is my 5th great-grandmother) She was born 1725 in Pennsylvania or Virginia and died in Frederick County, Virginia. She was married in 1753. She had a will dated 5-4-1803, which should give you a timeframe. Burial place would be nice. She was an upstanding Quaker, so possibly Hopewell Cemetery? Just look for her in the 1800 and 1810 censuses for Virginia (Frederick County) for now. There are obviously other sources to look in but this post is starting to get rather long!

Another person you could research would be Michael Jenkins, born about 1760 and married to Rachel Pugh and father of John T. Jenkins. He is my 4th great-grandfather. He was a Quaker, married in 1787 and his youngest child was born 16 Mar 1803. He was from Hampshire county, I believe. But look for him in Frederick and Berkeley counties as well. (Hampshire and Berkeley are in West Virginia now but were part of Virginia at that time). So again, check for him in the Virginia census records for 1790, 1800, 1810 and also the tax lists before 1790.

If you want me to pick for you, here are my thoughts: Angela should research Sarah Welch as she did research her in the past, Dan could research Seth Thomas Clark, Scott could research Robert Hodgson, Andy could research Michael Jenkins and Mother, if I am telling you what to do, would research Ann/Anne Wright, since she is already researching that line.

Do you want to research the Wilson line? I will try to post suggestions for that in a future post (as well as people from Grandpa Lockhart's side).