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Author: mindonnahallberg
Surnames: moss, cluff, barker
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cluff/93.1/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
i have additional info minnie was my ggreat grandmother, i was also named after her i have records dating back on her married name to 1680 in england, my tree is public, under barker,miller,moss,cluff, montgomery kiger.
mindonnahallberg(a)comcast.net
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Morning!
A new handy search string has been adapted for this list from one provided
by a subscriber on the Listowners Mailing List. I'll include it here for
others to use:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CLUFF
Shortened version to same location: http://snipurl.com/1p74w
These URL's will take you to the advanced search location of the archive and
places CLUFF into the prompt for the name of the surname list. Pretty neat!
All you need do is to type what you are searching for into the appropriate
prompts.
Hope this helps!
Later...Nancy
Nancy C*luff S*iders
List Admin for: C*LUFF, C*OUNTRYMAN, L*ETSON, M*CKAY-ELKENNY, O*LDEN,
S*ACKETT, S*CAMMAHORN, S*IDERS, T*SFA
Surname Mailing Lists Board Admin for: C*aplinger, C*luff, C*ountryman,
L*etson, M*cKay, O*lden, S*ackett, S*cammahorn, S*iders
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to
render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward. ~Margaret
Fairless Barber
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Author: rkleve1
Surnames: Cluff, Burch, Clough, Clauff
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cluff/217/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
Does anyone know anything about the parents/siblings of my great grandfather - George Abram Cluff or Clough? b Dec 22, 1833 in NY or NJ. Both places are listed on census forms. He told his son that he grew up in a big house near the beach of the Hudson Bay. This probably meant either the mouth of the Hudson River or a small bay up river. It is very possible that his parents were not born in that area. George A. Cluff said he had lots of brothers and sisters but did not seem to have any contact with them as an adult. No pictures that have been handed down to his descendants seem to be of his family.
George A. Cluff left home and went west at a young age. Oral family history is that he was a wagon master and led freight trains along the Platte River to Denver CO in the early 1850's - true. As wagon master he had told his men not to shoot at the Indians. When the Indians came up to the wagon train he would give them trinkets and food. The story goes that one of the men on the train got frightened and shot and killed one of the Indians. George left that man behind for Indian Justice. He told the crew that if he didn't the Indians would attack the train and kill them all.
George came to Fulton, Whiteside Co IL, by boat, on the Mississippi River, with several Indian men. He married Eliza Susannah Burch in 1855 in Whiteside Co IL. They farmed in Garden Plains twp, Whiteside Co IL. In the late 1870's they moved to Ringgold Co IA where George and Eliza run a hotel/cafe. Descendants have never tried to research this line because family history said he changed his name. I do not think he changed his name - just the spelling after he married. The marriage certificate is signed George Abram Cluff and all census and property titles are signed Clauff. A daughter signed her marriage certificate Clough.
George Cluff never talked about his family. His oldest daughter was Mary Elizabeth - possibly named after her paternal grandmother. His second daughter was Johanna Margaret - named after her maternal grandmother. His oldest son was George Ira - named after paternal grandfather? and maternal grandfather. His other son was Charles Edward - these are not Burch names. Does anyone have a record of a George Cluff m to Mary Elizabeth Unknown that lived in NY or NJ in the early 1800's. George A. Cluff/Clauff had no obit - just a small death notice in the paper. There are lots of pictures of his wife and children but none of George?? George was intelligent and well educated. His descendants are very talented. Artistically and musically.
Family history said that George killed a man and that is why he had no contact with his family. I think the Indian Justice story is where the "killed a man" story came from and I can't believe that would be a reason for being cut off from his family in the 1850's. But it is possible that someone died and that was the reason he left the east and his family home and went to the Midwest.
Does anyone have this man in their Cluff/Clough family history? It is possible that "he was born on the wrong side of the blanket".
HELP !!
Reta Kleve
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