Jim,
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. My DeRosier ancestors were French, and when a name or
word or place with the i e r was pronounced, it sounded like (i a). Many times, I found
ancestors with the spelling Derosia. That name also has many, many variations. So I'm
having a good old time researching all my French ancestors.
I also had one German ancestor whose wife died on the trip over here from Germany and when
he got here he dumped his kids in an orphanage. Their name was Himpele, and pronounced
Himpeley. The person at the orphanage wrote it as "Himberly" and even carved the
name into their wooden chest and that's the name they were registered under at the
orphanage. I finally put 2 and 2 together along with the first names of the kids, which I
had, but those are just a small part of the roadblocks we run into as family researchers.
Fun, fun, fun.
Marilyn Craig
On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Jim Casady wrote:
I'll add that there is some interesting consistency insofar as
variations in
the name and that geography often had an influence on how the name was
spelled. While it doesn't hold 100% true by any means, spellings of Casady,
Casada, Cassity, Cassady, etc. can be very strong indications of the
geographic location of ancestors and what time or era they might have
arrived in that particular location. It's handier for tracing backwards
than forward, but there are definitely clues in the spellings.
I identified 18 different spellings of the name some time ago as well as the
dispersion of the spellings around the country and the most common to the
rarest spelling of the name at that time. It was a very interesting
project.
Jim Casady
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From: cassidy-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:cassidy-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Marilyn Craig
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:06 AM
To: cassidy(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CASSIDY] Cass?dy in and near Sussex County, NJ around 1800
Hello,
I have Cassidys in my family. My gg grandmother was Marie Adelaide Cassidy
(Delia) (also spelled in a variety of ways) Casda, Cassite, Casete, Cassete,
Cassada, and on and on. One thing to remember is that spelling was not an
issue in those days. Often people were not literate and wouldn't have known
the correct spelling anyway.
The recorder just wrote down the sounds they heard and were not always the
same as the next recorder.
For instance, when her husband died in 1850 (she married Francis DeRosier)
his tombstone read Dewrosier. It was in the census that she could not read
or write.
Anyway, her parents, my ggg grandparents were Patrick (often listed as
Pierre) Cassidy and Marie Desange Boudreau.
Could this be your line? I have much more information but no sense going
into it unless we have them in common.
Marilyn Craig
On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:17 PM, R Mau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure the protocols for posting here, but here goes! I hope
> this isn't too long.
>
> Along with a couple of other family members I've discovered along the
> way, I'm investigating the Cass?dy family or families who were in and
> near Sussex County, NJ in the late 1700s and early 1800s. We have
> wills and other records that place John Cassidy and his four sons,
> John Jr., James, Patrick and William, in Sussex County around 1820.
> There are other records that put a John Cassidy and a Patrick Cassidy
> in Sussex county in the late 1700s and earlier 1800s.
>
> We have evidence that some of the family migrated to Michigan, some to
> Illionis, some to Kansas and there are links to the areas of New York
> and Pennsylvania that adjoin Sussex County in the far northwest corner
> of New Jersey.
>
> The work, as I'm sure others have discovered, of following a person
> through those time periods is hampered by the many spellings of the
> name. We have records with Cassidy, Cassady, Cassida, and Cassedy that
> we believe all refer to the same family line we're interested.
>
> So the 'ask' is for any one with a John Cass?dy or a Patrick Cass?dy,
> where the '?' represents any of the different spellings, to please
> post or contact us via this board. We'd be happy to share the what we
> know and what we think about Cass?dy in and from Sussex County, NJ.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Rick Mau
>
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