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Following is materiall exchanged by Wilma and Early (and I) in 1991 which
I have reposted with their approval. JFC
"TOPIC: GENEALOGY SURNAMES
TIME: 10/14 11:33 AM
TO: WILMA RANGER
FROM: EARLY GARDNER
SUBJECT: CALDWELL/VA/1765+
Wilma, was the woman from GA from Tunnel Hill or Whitfield
Co? I have a cousin there whom I have not met, that is doing
Caldwell research. Also a cousing in Ill. and one in misc.
I would like yp share your publication with them if I may ie
the Caldwell Courier. In an earlier post I stated there were
not any Caldwells in 1820 York co SC census. However on a
closer look I found Gilbreath and William >>
And I found a will of Curtis Caldwell, one of the first
landowners of York Co. Estate of Curtis Caldwell. Box 15,
Pack 318.
Probate Judge Office Abbeville SC. We Sarah Caldwell, John
Fondren, George Hodges are bound unto Moses Taggart. Ord. in
the sum of 2000 lbs. Dated 5 June 1784. the inventory was
taken, but no date given, andi it was "certified to us in
Virginia money.", the sale was held on 27 Aug 1784. (At the
the sale the name Caldwell was spelled Kelwelld) Those who
bought at the were viz. Sarah Kalwelld, slaves Chana, Jain,
Sam, Hannah,. Nethan Lankford Emye. William Jordon, >>
Rachiel, Robert Hobs, Filies, Mathew Kelwelld, John Jonsome,
Robert Hodges. No Heirs given
I have some more info. from Abbeville, most of which seem to
be estate sales, as was the one for Curtis Caldwell.
Charles Caldwell, mentions wife Abigail, and HER uncle John
Caldwell, dated 1827 Abigail Caldwell, daus Levinda, Sophia,
and Elizabeth 1828 Edna Caldwell, son George, Dau Anne
Webber. dau Margaret R Caldwell, granddau Virginia Pickens
Maynard, George Caldwell Webber, (grandson?) 1855 George F
Caldwell, 1834, mentions Samuel Caldwell, Edna, Ann,
Rebecca, George, and James Caldwell, not mentioned as heirs
however. James Caldwell, 1842, left widow and 9 kids, states
son in law is William H Harris, mentions Jane Y and W H
Caldwell, >>>>
If you are interested in these, I will post some more.
Other names are James H Caldwll 1842
Ann Elizabeth Caldwell 1837
Sarah Caldwell, 1833
Joseph Caldwell 1803
John Caldwell 1797
and John Caldwell 1779
Let me know..Early
PS in this mountain of paper I have lost your address and
phone number. Thanks".(Early Gardner to Wilma Ranger 10/14/91)
Jim
"Hi Early - 'tis me again "little Eva" The following I have
re: a Robt Caldwell Sr. b9Jly 1732 m1Jan 1755 Mary Logan This
is a bible record. This Rob't Caldwell was a son of Capt.
John Caldwell who mMgt Phillips in Ireland and led a large
group of Scotch Presbys. to America, landing in PA 1727.
Later Capt John went to VA and secured a large grant for his
colony and most of the group moved to what laterw called
"Southside VA" Several of Capt. John's sisters and their
husbands came with him as did some of his wife's family--
The Phillips.
Among the kin, was a sister of John Caldwell, Jeane or Jane,
who had been marr. in Ireland to Alex. Richey (Sr.) The
Richeys and Caldwells intermarr. many times and many went to
SC during and aft the RW. Barbara "(TO:ALL 10/10/91) Jim
"Subject: Discussion of another 1991 CALDWELL note
early,
Thanks for your discussion of a book which you located at
library. Your information is very similar to a portion
gained by my sister of KY in some of her study. There are a
few differences in detail from your exactly posted gathered
material; there are enough similar points to possibly
consider more double study. I may have posted this >> here
making a portion reviewable by current interested folks,
anyway hers states: The first Caldwells in America were
Andrew and his brother John who settled in Augusta Co. Va.
Margeret Phillips, John's wife in 1734. He was kown as "John
the Immigrant". His nine sons and several daughters are
ancestors of most Caldwells in VA, SC, TN & KY. His son David
Adaline Caldwell's direct ancestor. [My question what does
this mean] The Caldwells originated in Italy ca. 1500 & were
engaged in "liscensed" piracy under the King of France. They
fled> to Scotland where they became lawyers & Presbyterians
in later generations. Sir John Caldwell recived lands from
King James I during Religious wars and built Castle Caldwell
on River Erne in Ireland.
>>>There may be minor or significant differences with
information you observed.
>>>My sister visited significatly damaged Castle Caldwell in
Ireland in 1988.
She lists a term "Connected with James III of Scotand"; I
don't recall if she observed this specific information on
area of her visit to the Castle CALDWELL. Or it relates to
information our GGuncle of London KY (a formally assigned
medical aid during and at least a short while after end of
Civil war who later completed education at Medical University
of Louisville KY) included in his article in Johnson's
History of KY vol.3. This GGuncle named Thomas Peyton
Caldwell (buried as Coldwell) artical states that our
ancestor came directly to east TN County from Scotland rather
than first spend time in Ireland.>>>
------------------
My weak memory of your firm copy mentions 3 early CALDWELL VA
arival brothers, 2 having exactly the same name as two my
sister recorded. I am sorry I don't recall if the dates of
arrival reported are identical.
Regards, Jim <James Forga Caldwell> 10/14/91 10:10 pm cdtFrom jcaldwel2
"There is another film that might help some Caldwell
researchers in York Co SC. "The Genealogy of William McElwee
II, of Clarks Fork of York Co SC, complied by Pinckney
Glasgow McElwee. Film 087414, item 2. 227 pages William
McElwee II (1718-1807) was the son of Wm. McElwee I of Co
Tyrone, Ireland.
According to tradition, his grand father came to Ireland from
Co Ross Scotland and was a >> member of Clan Ross. Wm II and
his brother David emigrated to America in 1750 and landed in
Philadelphia PA. William m Janet Black (1738-1825) in 1757
in PA. they moved to Brunswick Co VA which is now Greenville
Co VA. Their first three children were born here. James b
1758, William II b 1762, and John Calvin, b 1765. In the
summer of 1765, they moved their family to Clarks Fork of
Bullocks Creek in York District of SC which was being settled
by Scotch and Irish settlers. They were the parents of 8
children. The last five were Eleanor b 1766, Agnes b 1770,
Ann b 1771, May b 1772, Elizabeth b 1774, A line of descent
is given>> for all of their childrens desc. Includes Oates,
Leslie, Faulkner, Caldwell, Galloway, McGill and other
related families. Includes Index. early in so calif. "
(To Wilma Ranger 10/15/91) Jim
"TO: ALL
FROM: MICHAEL GRIMM SUBJECT: CALDWELL/VA/1765+
I do not know if I fit in here to any of your lines but need
to find out.
I have the following info on Caldwells:
Two brothers born in Scotland came to America.
John Caldwell and Joseph Caldwell.
John Caldwell m. Jane Boggs
Their children: Alexander and Ezekiel
Alexander b. 1798 d. 25 Jun. 1888 buried at McCreary
Cemetery in Marshall Co., W.Va. m. 4 Dec. 1827 Rhumana
(Rhuie) Wetzel b. 1794 d. 26 Feb. 1865 buried in same.
Ezekiel m. Chloe Wetzel sister of Rhumana.
Their children: Alfred b. 1828 d. 1863
Alexander b. 1832 d. 1906
m. Amanda Price
Please let me know if this fits in to anyone. I have more
info if it does. MIKE GRIMM" (TO ALL 10/15/91) Jim
James Forga CALDWELL/COLDWELL
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Just a bit of material posted in 1991 by Wilma ... and Early GARDNER
Early, just found some 1880 census from Montgomery AR.
location Name age B. F.B. M.B.
hh 399 Caldwell, Margaret 59 Ire Ire Ire
Eliza H. dau 2 5 AL SC Ire
Richard C. son 21 AL SC Ire
James R 16 AL SC Ire
400 Caldwell, Joseph 62 SC SC unk
Mary H sf 61 Ire Ire Ire
Margaret dau 25 AL SC Ire
Joseph L son 19 AL SC Ire
Samuel son 23 AL SC Ire
Elizabeth Dau-il 17 AR AL SC
Margaret 59 and Mary 61 are sisters.
401 Caldwell, John L. 23 AL SC Ire
Josephine 20 AL -- --
378 Caldwell, William 31 AL SC Ire
Vista A 31 AL TN TN
378 Caldwell, William F son 5 AL AL AL
Sarah M. dau 1 AR AL AL
380 Caldwell, G. C. 29 AL SC AL
Susan A. WF 20 AL GA AL
386 Caldwell, Robert 34 AL SC ?
Sarah 31 AL GA
James son 19 AL AL
William son 8 AL AL
George son 5 AL AL
1790 SC Newberry Co.
Caldwell, WM 1 male o/10 1 Female o/10
1800 Union co SC. Joseph Caldwell 10010--10100-01
Union co SC William Caldwell 10010- 10100-00
1810 York Co. SC William Caldwell # 286
York Co. SC Sherod James #233
York Co. SC Cpt Sherrod James #271
York Co. SC James B Fulton #264
1820 Chester Co SC Joseph Caldwell pg 52A
SAB Geo Caldwell pg 50a
SAB John Caldwell pg 57
SAB WM D pg 58
The Fulton, James, Sandlin, Simpson all go together. Also
Wallace and Irons, tho did not find Irons until AR. then not
the right one. I will have to have a cousin in AR do a little
more checking for me. but the Joseph was Sherrod's brother
and perhaps their father was Joseph and his the James of W.
VA. A lot of things to get all set.
Let me know if any thing matches up and will keep digging,
guess best for me is to send you all the stuff and have a
look see also. Wilma (To Early Gardner10/6/91)
Subject: NC CALDWELL census conversation 1820-50
Wilma,
I have been running census's this week at the FHC in WLA and
found that 1820 has NO Caldwells, but a big group are there
by 1830, including My Robert, Galbreath, another Robert, a
Joseph, William Jr. and an Elizabeth age 30-40 widow. there
is a William and his wife who are between 70-80 years. In
1850 there is Robert, James and others which I didn't>> have
time to finish.
Anyone have Wallaces' connected to Caldwell?? there is a
Wallace living in the home of Gilbreath Caldwell, here name
is Jane age 87 in 1850, b in Ireland in 1763. Wallace is an
old family and several of them, in York Co SC.
Any one connected to the name Lowry, John and Mary both age
70 b 1780 in Ireland. Neighbors next door to Caldwells.
also a Sarah Love age 60 b in Ireland 1790.>>>
Oral Hx by John Whalan, states Colwell (Caldwell) Maxwells
mother in Co Donegal was a Wallace, his father was James
Maxwell. He arrived York Co in 1848, Frances (Fannie)
Caldwell had a dau the next year and she and Colwell were
married in 1855 in Georgia, Whitfield/Walker Co.
Sure would like to piece this all together. Another thought
is Maybe John Whalen got the names mixed up...which I do
frequently..Maxwell and Caldwell.. and maybe Robert
Caldwell's mother was a Wallace. The Caldwells and Wallaces
were from the two counties, Donegal and Tyrone..in close>>
proximity and maybe they were all friends, relatives and
neighbors before they started coming over here.
Loves, Caldwells, Wallaces and Maxwells, that is! early in
so calif.
Ps Wilma, is it William you are searching. Here is a list of
the neighbors of york co for the two williams:
Logan Crawford Quinn Lesley Caldwell Caldwell Mills Kind Hill
McElwee Caloway McElwee and Garden.
Have you checked the McElwee film from the FHC SLC? It has>
Caldwell info and they were on Bullocks Creek Clarks Fork I
think.
I didn't get any eye-openers from it but it tells me how
close they all were living and probably in blood line too!
Some neighbors of the other Wm Caldwell, the 70-80 yr old are
Clark, Nullinox, Sandlew? Caverny, Blalock? Love and Love.
I am starting grad school this week and don't know how much
time I will have to follow up on this, but will keep you
informed on any thing new I find." eg (Early Gardner to
Wilma Ranger 10/4/91) Jim
Material posted in 1991by Early and Wilma which over the years I have
reposted with approval.
Jim James Forga CALDWELL/COLDWELL
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Patti,
"The following published in Belfast Times 1856 by R. M.
Sibbet, Historian of Ireland:
The Caldwells of Ayrshire became very prominet family in
1349. William Caldwell, Prebendary of Glasgow, was Lord
Chancellor of Scotland, and his descendant William Caldwell
of Stratton, Ayrshire, had sons Joseph, David and John, who
appeared early in the Parish of Enniskillen, (county)
Fermanagh.
John Caldwell, son of William, became prominent as a merchant
in Enniskillen and Londonderry; he died at Enniskillen,
County Fermanagh, 1639; will proven March 1640; married 1627
Mary Sweetinham.
Issue: Baptisms: Derry Cathedral
I William Caldwell baptised May 10, 1628; buried Parish of
Glendermott, Co., Donegal, Oct 20, 1698; marr'd Londonderry
by John Hanford, Mayor of Londonderry, May 27, 1652,
Elizabeth Huston.
Issue;
A. John Caldwell, bap Aug 19, 1653
B. Robert Caldwell bap. Nov. 3, 1654.
C. Thomas Caldwell, bap. June 10, 1656.
D. Alexander Caldwell, bap. Sept. 23, 1659
E. Jean Caldwell, bap. Sept 2, 1661.
II. John Caldwell, bap. Sep 16, 1630; bur Parish of
Ballycogan, Co.,Donegal, Nov. 18, 1692. 1st Marr. June 11,
1651, Margaret Porter, who was bur May 16, 1653; no issue.
2nd marr. in Londonderry by John Elwin, Mayor, on June 6,
1654,
Mary Holmes, bap. June 16, 1632; bur May 14, 1695, dau of
James Holmes and his wife Jane Jennings, daughter of Francis
and Jean (Scott) Jennings of County Londonderry.
Issue:
A Margaret Caldwell, bap. Aug 19, 1655.
B. Joseph Caldwell, bap. Jan 9, 1657; bur Parish of
Ballybogan, County Donegal, Sep 3, 1730; marr. April 8, 1682,
Jane McGhie.
C. John Caldwell, bap. June 10, 1659.
D. Mary Jane Caldwell, bap. Oct. 8, 1660.
E. William Caldwell, bap. April 20, 1662; bur Oct. 20, 1725;
marr. Oct. 2, 1697, Elizabeth Porter.
F. Andrew Caldwell, bpa. Sept. 8, 1664.
III. Mary Caldwell, bap. Sep 20, 1632; marr. Jan 9, 1654,
William Eiffield.
IV. James Caldwell, bap. Nov. 30, 1634; died Castlecauldwell
Co., Fermanagh, Ireland, 1716; High Sheriff, created Baronet
1683; marr. Catherine, daughter of Sir James Hume.
His grandson, Hon. James Caldwell, born County Tyrone,
Ireland, 1724, emigrated to America 1769; died Wheeling,
West Virginia ca 1800; marr. in Ireland 1752 Elizabeth
Alexander.
V. Margaret Caldwell, bap. May 24, 1636; marr April 8, 1660,
Hugh Delop.
VI. Joseph Caldwell, bap April 6, 1638.
VII Alexander Caldwell, bap Sep 4, 1639; died Dublin (?)
marr. his cousin Ann Caldwell.
Issue;
A. Jane Caldwell, bap. Jan 26, 1661
B. John Caldwell, bap. Feb 3, 1662.
C. Agnes Caldwell, bap. July 18, 1665.
D. David Caldwell, bap July 1667./
E William Caldwell, bap. Jan 11, 1669.
F. Henry Caldwell, bpa. Sep 2, 1671.
This is the linage for Club Creek John Caldwell of Lunenburg
Co., VA. and the James Caldwell who died in W. VA 1804.
Cousins, The will of Sir James was destroyed in 1922, Irish
up rising." (Wilma Ranger to All 10/6/91) Jim
Material presented by Wilma in 1991. I have reposted over the years with
her approval. JFC James Forga CALDWELL/COLDWELL
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Penny [mailto:wpenny@angeion.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 1998 11:20 AM
> To: CALDWELL-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [CALDWELL-L] Elizabeth CALDWELL in TN
>
>
> Birth location is based on later census data. One source says Dad
> was born in Scotland, and Mom in GA--but I have found no evidence
> of people with this background in a census in the appropriate years in TN.
It wouldn't be a huge surprise to have them be missed in a census, given the
place and time. I have some Kentucky relatives to seemed to be pretty crafty
about avoiding the census taker. You might also remember that her reports
about where her parents were born could be based on misinformation or faulty
memory -- or even worse, a romantic notion about where she WANTED them to be
from. My mother, for example, always remembered her step-father being born
in Georgia. When I finally found his information I discovered he was born
in Alabama, in a small town just across the river from Columbus, GA.
You might see if you can match ONE birth place of parents with her last
name, or try to match a family with a daughter in her age bracket in the
1860 census.
Kim Day
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Hi!
This is my first posting here. I am having 'typical' difficulty in tracing a woman ancestor, made more challenging by her getting married at the age of 13.
My great-grandmother Elizabeth was born 20 Jan 1853 in TN. She married James PENNY in 1867 and lived in KS afterward.
Birth location is based on later census data. One source says Dad was born in Scotland, and Mom in GA--but I have found no evidence of people with this background in a census in the appropriate years in TN.
Thx--
Bill Penny,
in
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>
>About that same time RAND's management, whose obliviousness to
>the activities of the staff is legendary, was finally beginning
>to suspect something was not quite kosher on the Web server.
>Looking at the visitor counts, it was straining even management's
>credibility that that many people actually cared what RAND was.
>
>Sensing a problem in the making, K & B registered the name of
>RootsWeb.com and started serving the RSL and other genealogical
>material out of their mountainside cabin in February of 1996.
>They were amazed when a Dutch site spotlighted them and they got
>*3,000* hits in one day. In May of 1996 K & B got their first T1.
>A big day was 50,000 Web hits.
>
>While RootsWeb was getting started, Apple's eWorld was having
>difficulty hosting ROOTS-L and its sister lists. There was a
>major crash at eWorld in July of 1996, and RootsWeb began list
>serving for ROOTS-L. K & B consumed 197.3 gallons of coffee and
>4.73 stomach linings moving ROOTS-L to our servers.
>
>RootsWeb began accepting voluntary contributions from its users
>at that point, because the costs were beginning to exceed what K
>& B could afford from their own pockets.
>
>In the Fall, Winter, and Spring of 1996-97 RootsWeb continued
>growing, adding support for the USGenWeb Archives and for many
>USGenWeb counties.
>
>RootsWeb discovered a call-girl ring was being operated out of
>one of the Websites it hosted in January, 1997. The Website was
>closed immediately, though there are unconfirmed reports that B
>archived the GIFs somewhere at RootsWeb.
>
>In May of 1997 RootsWeb adopted 1,000 Maiser mailing lists, after
>that server was destroyed by a spam attack from the sleazes at
>Atlanta's Benchmark Printing. Another 227.7 gallons of coffee
>were consumed and 6.38 stomach linings destroyed.
>
>At the same time the Maiser lists were settling in, RootsWeb had
>its final round of attacks by a cracker who had been breaking
>into its systems for months. Things culminated in a sort of
>surreal exchange of e-mail between the cracker and B, and that
>seems to have ended the problem.
>
>In August of 1997 RootsWeb adopted the dozen or so *large* lists
>still being served by eWorld. During the following Fall, Winter,
>and Spring RootsWeb continued to grow.
>
>February of 1998 brought the worst of the El Nino storms, and B
>spent most of one week living in a dark, unheated network
>operations center as he tended the generator that kept RootsWeb
>online.
>
>In April of 1998 Palladium Interactive, publisher of the
>extraordinary Ultimate Family Tree software, became the corporate
>sponsor of RootsWeb. Palladium's sponsorship enabled RootsWeb to
>continue to grow.
>
>The RootsWeb Review, edited by Julie Case and Myra Vanderpool
>Gormley, published its first edition on 17 June 1998.
>
>At present, RootsWeb hosts more than 2,700 Websites and 3,600
>mailing lists. RootsWeb now has a dozen servers and five T1s
>worth of bandwidth, and handles more than 1,300,000 Web hits and
>3,000,000 pieces of e-mail on a typical day. RootsWeb expects to
>be adding several more main servers and a sixth (and possibly
>seventh) T1 within the next few weeks.
>
>If you would like to help RootsWeb by becoming a member, sponsor,
>donor, or patron, please visit:
><http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html>
>
>*****************************************************************
>
>MAILING LISTS AND WEB SITES: To subscribe or unsubscribe from any
>RootsWeb mailing list, send an e-mail message with only the word
>SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the subject and the body of the
>message to [name of list]-L-request(a)rootsweb.com (for mail mode)
>or to [name of list]-D-request(a)rootsweb.com (for digest mode). If
>you have an automatic signature file, please be sure to turn it
>off before you send the request. For example, if you wish to be
>removed from this mailing list, send your UNSUBSCRIBE message to:
>
> Rootsweb-Review-L-request(a)rootsweb.com
>
>NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS RECENTLY CREATED ON ROOTSWEB:
>
>Bartlett-Roots (an alternate Bartlett mailing list)
>Cales
>Cassie
>Downing
>Fergus
>Fowler
>Gatewood
>Grenfell
>Haffey
>Koehler/Kohler
>Lay
>Lund
>McClurg
>McNeal
>Mattingly
>Scott (Clan Scott Society)
>VanLandingham/Vallandingham
>
>NEW COUNTY AND STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES AND GROUPS AT
>ROOTSWEB:
>
>AL--Lowndes County
>AZ--Paradise Valley Genealogy Project in Arizona
>GA--Madison County
>IA--Madison County
>LA--Louisiana USGenWeb discussion list; LAGenWeb Archive
>coordinators and volunteers
>MS--Jefferson Davis County; Montgomery County
>NC--North Carolina USGenWeb discussion list
>NJ--Morris County
>VA--Grayson County; Patrick County; Rockingham County
>WI--Marquette County
>WV--Calhoun County
>
>SPOTLIGHT ON WEB SITES FOUND ON ROOTSWEB:
>
>MAINE OLD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, M.O.C.A.
><http://www.rootsweb.com/~memoca/moca.htm> is dedicated to the
>preservation of Maine's neglected cemeteries. Among the group's
>active projects is preparing its county cemetery listings for
>publication. The York County Cemetery Records (a 2,976-page tome)
>is complete and offered for sale. The next set in this series
>will be Kennebec County. M.O.C.A. also publishes a quarterly
>newsletter for its members. At its meeting July 11 at Church of
>the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Rangeley, Maine, the
>speaker will be Senator John Benoit whose topic will be "Maine
>Cemetery Laws."
>
>DOWNWARD BOUND: HELP FINDING YOUR ANCESTORS OF GREAT LAKES
>SHIPPING <http:www.rootsweb.com/~migls/archives.html> offers help
>regarding resources and material pertaining to ancestors who were
>involved with shipping on the Great Lakes -- the U.S. and Canada.
>Whether they owned or worked on a ship, were dock hands, shipyard
>workers, lighthouse keepers, U.S. Lifesaver, Coast Guard
>personnel or Merchant Marine, this is a good site to visit.
>There's an onsite search engine (if you have Java-capable
>browser) for the entire Downward Bound site for surnames, ship
>names and place names. This is another excellent site -- part of
>the USGenWeb project.
>
>*****************************************************************
>
>BACKSTAGE AT ROOTSWEB: EXCERPTS FROM THE STAFF DIARY.
>
>6/18/98 (B) No joy on the 5th T1. Battled traffic to make it to
>the wouldbe Redondo Beach NOC before the DeltaNet tech got here
>at 10a. Made it just in time. We installed the new Bay Networks
>ARN router on our LAN down here (our first 100 Mb backbone!), but
>when we tried to bring up the frame circuit we just got dead air.
>So we called GTE, who had finished the install yesterday. So we
>thought. Turns out the circuit hadn't worked for them, and the
>GTE installer had gone home without sharing that fact with any of
>us. Anyway, we provided motivation to GTE and by 3:30 we had a
>live frame relay circuit. Still no joy connecting to DeltaNet,
>though. So after some phone calls, we find out that the circuit
>cuts through Pac Bell territory and Pac Bell hasn't done their
>thing yet. So at 5:10p we find the right Pac Bell tech and they
>say we'll be up in 10 minutes. I think he was buying time to run
>for the door. Anyway, it's 9:15p now and still no circuit, so I'm
>starting the 102 mile drive for home. I'll be back down here
>tomorrow trying to finish the install.
>
>6/23/98 (B) There's never a dull moment around here. I get a call
>at 4pm from Scott Rosen, the admin I share a NOC with here in
>Pine Mountain Club. *All* of his servers have just crashed and
>rebooted. So we meet at the NOC, verify that all of his boxes did
>simultaneously reboot, and observe that none of RootsWeb's boxes
>went down. Since we have separate uninterruptible power supplies,
>we immediately suspect something went wrong with his. We run
>diagnostics, but everything is fine. Then we hear footsteps
>overhead. That is definitely *not* normal, because the NOC is on
>the top floor. Looking out the window, we realize the
>electricians are here installing the ducting for our new T1
>connections. Following the new ducting down the wall, we realize
>they drilled through the wall and neatly into Scott's main power
>line. The resulting short and power glitch rebooted all his
>boxen. Bet it was pretty exciting for the guy running the drill,
>too. As I was saying, never a dull moment. At least it wasn't a
>condor roosting on the microwave antenna this time.
>
>6/24/98 (B) The British Broadcasting Corporation has just brought
>down our main mail server. They've got something hopelessly
>buggered in their mail handling and it causes mail loops. I've
>removed the proximate cause of the mess, and I'm searching for
>any other list subscribers from that host. If I find them I'll
>kill them.
>
>*****************************************************************
>
>TECH HUMOR: I once received a fax with a note on the bottom to
>fax the document back to the sender when I was finished with it,
>because he needed to keep it.
>
>
>
Patti Caldwell Fasy <impattic(a)mediaone.net>
Listmistress
"Past experience should be a guidepost not a hitching post".........
I am just starting to try to find my family. My mothers maiden name was
Caldwell, her fathers name was Glynn David Caldwell. He was born around
1889. He married Leona Essie Goins in Ark. around 1920. He enlisted in
the mitilary in Johnson county Ark. He died in St. Louis in 1950 or
1951. I would love in information anyone has. Gayle
I am looking for a copy of "Joseph and Catherine Elder Caldwell of
Fairfield County, South Carolina And Their Descendents" by James Philo
Caldwell (2ND) Copyrighted 1981.
Anyone know where to get a copy?
JohnC
Greetings fellow searchers-
I am trying to track down any information
regarding my husband's g-grandmother. Her
name was Hattie CALDWELL, and she was
supposedly born in Montana. She married
Wm O'LEARY and had 3 children while living in
MT. Hubby's grandmother Frances O"LEARY
moved to California and died here in 1987. Her
brother William Jr. also moved to CA, but he died
in 1963(ish).
Any of this sound familiar?
Cheers,
Christine Munsterman
cmunster(a)cvdls.ucdavis.edu
Looking for Ada Caldwell, b. abt 1880, m. Carroll Green Sullivan, Dec
28, 1899. d. March 7, 1909. All this happened in Williamson Co. TN as
far as I know. Who are this ladies parents and siblings? Any help
appreciated. Thanks.
Chris
ckrell(a)glccomputers.com
Hi,
Are yur Colwells from SC? Barb Evans
At 11:19 PM 6/16/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm new to this list. The surname COLWELL was not specifically mentioned
>in the description, so I am checking to see if this is an appropriate
>place for me to be, and if so, if there are any COLWELL researchers among
>its readers.
>
>=============================================================================
>Robin E. Thomas
>Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
>Montana State University
>Bozeman, MT 59717
>=============================================================================
>
>
>==== CALDWELL Mailing List ====
>To contact Patti Caldwell, Listmistress, click below:
> mailto:impattic@mediaone.net
>remember, "Please practice random acts of kindness"........
>
>
>
>
>
>
Continuing on . . .
Thomas Bonear COLWELL marries Sarah A. White in Honesdale, PA on September
18, 1850. Children are (all born in Honesdale, PA):
Frank Jamison b. Oct. 15, 1851 d. Oct. 20, 1912
Ella Jane b. Jan. 29, 1854 d. May 19, 1912 (married Charles Dolph)
Sidney Bonear b. April 28, 1857 d. Oct. 8, 1921 (children Frank and
Maude/Mrs. Albert French)
Arthur Kimble b. June 9, 1861 d. Jan. 4, 1921?
Gilbert White b. Aug. 18, 1864 d. Feb. 4, 1898 (married Ella Isgar)
Elizabeth Mason b. Aug. 4, 1867 (married Harry Swingle)
*Thomas Frederick "Fred" b. April 1, 1871 d. June 6, 1928 (married Anna
Vickers)
Children of "Fred" COLWELL and Anna Vickers:
Dorothea Rebecca b. June 29, 1901 d. Oct. 6, 1960 (married Garfield
Thomas Oct. 25, 1924)
Embelton d. 1950 (married Vera ??)
Irvin d. Jan. 12, 1980 (married Marion Jenkins)
end of my COLWELL line
=============================================================================
Robin E. Thomas
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
=============================================================================
It appears there are other COLWELL researchers on this surname list, so I
thought I'd post mine and see if there's any response.
Thomas COLWELL, born England Nov. 23, 1781, died Wayne County, PA May 24,
1859, married Jane ??, born England Nov. 14, 1785, died Wayne Co., PA Dec.
30, 1853. Son is:
Thomas Bonear (mother's maiden name?) COLWELL, born England April 19,
1822, died Honesdale, PA Feb. 25, 1881, married Sarah A. WHITE in
Honesdale, PA, Sep. 18, 1850.
Possible second son: Charles COLWELL, listed in 1850 Texas Township, PA
census (below Thomas Bonear Colwell) as age 22, blacksmith from England,
both living with non-relative -- boarding house?
Will provide follow-up post with children and grandchildren of Thomas &
Sarah.
=============================================================================
Robin E. Thomas
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
=============================================================================
My most wanted CALDWELL:
Thomas CALDWELL b 1785(3) MD(3) or VA(7) d 11 Sep 1856(7) will probated 6 Oct 1856 Jefferson Co KY m 11 Feb 1808 Bourbon Co KY Hettie Gaines COLLINS to James COLLINS. His 2m 5 Feb 1837(4) Jefferson Co KY Rhatnis WOODS b 1807(3) KY(3) to Elias WOODS. His children:
1 James Collins(2) CULWELL b 1 Jul 1809 KY d 12 Feb 1899 Pike Co MO m 12 Feb 1833 Jefferson Co KY Peachie Ann WILHOIT 2m 19 Jan 1882 (div) Mrs. Carrie A. LAZEAR
2 Lydia CULWELL b 8 Sep 1816(2) Jefferson Co KY(2) m 3 Sep 1837 John JAMES
3 Edward C. CULWELL b 14 Nov 1818 Jefferson Co KY d 5 Feb 1888 Pike Co MO 1m 13 Jan 1842 Nancy G. WILLIS 2m her cousin Harriet E. WOODSON
4 Sarah CULWELL b 1822 Jefferson Co KY m 3 Mar 1837 Jefferson Co KY John A. SHROTE
5 dau m Jno JONES of IN
6 Vinard B. CALDWELL b 1823(5) KY(5) d 14 Jun 1910 Union Co KY m 1858 Elizabeth QUISENBERRY
7 Allen CALDWELL b 1826(3) KY(3) m 11 Jul 1855(6) Shelby Co KY Lucinda SMITH(6)
8 William D. CALDWELL b 1827(3) KY(3) d 22 Sep 1916 Union Co KY m 1853 Frances I. WHITECOTTON
9 Richard CALDWELL b 1830(3) KY(3)
2m
A Nancy CALDWELL b 1840(3) KY(3) m 4 Nov 1856(4) William H. BRUMLEY(4)
B Jane CALDWELL b 1846(3) KY(3)
SOURCE: 1-Thomas CALDWELL will, 2-Joy DAVIS, 3-1850 census Jefferson Co KY, 4-Jefferson Co KY marriages, 5-1870 Union Co KY, 6-IGI, 7- Jefferson Co KY deaths 1856
Mary Johnston
I'm new to this list. The surname COLWELL was not specifically mentioned
in the description, so I am checking to see if this is an appropriate
place for me to be, and if so, if there are any COLWELL researchers among
its readers.
=============================================================================
Robin E. Thomas
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
=============================================================================
Hello everyone. I'm Sandy Redden and I've just subscribed to your group. I
also just started researching my grandfather's family (six months ago I
didn't even know my great-grandfather's name). Here's what I know, and what
I'm looking for:
My grandfather was Oscar Caldwell (born 1894 in Del Rio, TN). He was one of
nine children of SOLOMON and Laura Farmer Caldwell (all these children were
born in Cocke County, TN). Laura Farmer was from Madison County, NC.
Children from this marriage were Swan, Stokely, Oscar, Polly, Ruble,
Louella, Alfred, Mary and Cora.
The 1900 Census shows Solomon as being born May, 1846 -- yet the 1910 census
shows him at age 60, meaning he was born in 1850. A common problem I'm
discovering!!!
Solomon Caldwell was married twice -- and there were two children from the
first marriage -- George and Daniel (name of first wife unknown). I have
located Daniel in Cocke County, TN, but have NO information on George. I
have no other information on Solomon yet.
Does anyone out there have a Solomon Caldwell in their family records. I am
looking for his father and mother's names, where Solomon was born and any
siblings. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for any information you might be able to provide, and I
look forward to communicating with you all as I learn more about my
Caldwell's. My grandfather apparently NEVER talked about his family, thus
we had very little information to go on.
Again, thank you.
My name is Robert Morton, South Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA.
My gr.gr. grandmother was Elizabeth CALDWELL MORTON. Born in Cameron County,
PA, w/o Abraham MORTON. I have her descendants, but know not of her sibs or
parents.
Robert
ubj: Caldwell family information
Date: 98-06-11 00:23:39 EDT
From: bkovaric(a)gte.net (Barbara Kovarick)
Reply-to: bkovaric(a)gte.net (Barbara Kovarick)
To: "EUSDA05(a)Aol.com"@smtp1.mailsrvcs.net
Louisa Ann Caldwell daughter of William Philpot Curran Caldwell is my Great,
Great, Great Grandmother. My information show that Louisa Jane or Louise
Ann was born in Princeton KY on April 7, 1834 and died on April 11, 1914
Hyattsville, MD. She married George Washington Johnston on July 30, 1856.
Her father William Philpot Curran Caldwell was a Reverend. My Family
History as documented by my Great Uncles Edward C. Johnston and Allen K.
Johnston show that William learned to be a tanner and established his own
tannery in Caldwell Co. KY. He sold the tannery to devote full time to
ministry. He was a member of the A.F. & A.M. an old line WHIG.
I enjoyed your web page and thought I would share this with you.
Sincerely,
Barb Kovarick
Hello out there-I'm hoping someone has information on the following:
Rachael/Rebecca CALDWELL, b. abt. 1828-m. Samuel MONTGOMERT. I THINK
Rachae/Rebecca died in Clay Co.-not sure. I've seen a number of land and
census records for Samuel MONTGOMERY-Pontotoc, Habersham/White, Tippah
and Union counties.. Could all be same person. I do know that had at
least one child: Mary Ann "Mollie" MONTGOMERY, b. 12/16/1845, m. Ezra
(?) COBB. Mollie and Ezra(?) buried in New Harmony-is this a cemetery or
town?? they had at least one child: Sarah Frances COBB, b. abt. 1865,
who m. Orville Simmons BELL, b. 1859-both buried in Fairfield cem. or MS.
They had number of children, incl. my grandmother, Lillian BELL, b.
1894-d. 1986 in Tippah Co., MS. Perhaps this ties in with someone else's
research. Thanks in advance. Linda