Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state.
Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Trainer, Rogers
Classification: obituary
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1152/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
Tri City Herald
Pasco, WA
21 June 1977
W. HARMON COLBY
2 Jul 1904 - 19 Jun 1977
YAKIMA -- W. Harmon Colby, 73, of 409 So. 47th Ave., died Sunday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Clear Lake, Iowa, and moved to Sunnyside at and early age.
He served as superintendent of the Riverside School District in Spokane, the Lower Snoqualmie School District and the Twisp School District.
He moved to Yakima in 1966, when he retired.
He was one of the developers of driver's education in the state, and was a member of the Sunnyside Methodist Church, the Sunnyside Masonic Lodge and Twisp Kiwanis.
Survivors include his wife, Madeline Colby, Yakima; a daughter, Judy Trainer, Prosser; sons, David Colby, Selah, and Craig Colby, Wenatchee; sister, May Rogers, Seattle; brothers, Bert Colby, Quincy, Lee Colby and Dr. Merton Colby, both of Sunnyside; also eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Keith and Keith Funeral Home, Yakima, with Dr. Lawrence Linnemann officiating.
Burial will be in the Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, under the direction of Keith and Keith Funeral Home.
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
>From the Bradford Burial Ground
ERECTED
In Memory of
Mrs Elizabeth Colby
Relict of Mr
Benjamin Colby
who Died March
the 9th AD 1786
in the 81st Years
of her age
Does anyone know who she is?
Ron
Ronald Colby
ronaldcolby(a)q.com
Kearns, Utah
801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/
COLBY'S BOOKS:
http://stores.ebay.com/colbysbookstore
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: abl0nd2nd
Surnames: COLBY,GORDON, HUTCHINSON, FARNHAM, HUNTRESS, KIMBALL & QUIMBY
Classification: birth
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1151/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
These are from Births and Deaths as registered in Laconia, NH 1887-1904.
"Unnamed male child born 30 Mar 1892 , the 2nd child of John E COLBY, a carpenter, b. Lakeport & Jennie GORDON, b. Woodsville."
"Edith Gertrude COLBY b. 21 Dec 1892, the 2nd child of George P COLBY, a grocer, b. Thetford,VT & Rosa E HUTCHINSON, b Gilmanton."
" Lydia FARNHAM died 7 May 1898 b. Bridgewater, a wid. housekeeper aged 89 years, d/o Abner COLBY & Lydia HUNTRESS."
" Etta M KIMBALL died 31 Oct 1892, aged 52 years, b. Hill, a housewife, d/o Wilson COLBY & Martha QUIMBY. Both parents born in Hill."
***** Unsure if this Martha QUIMBY is related to my QUIMBY line.
Lois
abl0nd2nd(a)aol.com
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: RonColby41
Surnames:
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1058.1.1.1/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
According to research done by Bethel Burrows on this family. Colman Colby and Phebe Jackson's son William was born Feb 13 1817 and died the same day.
See attached Family group sheet
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1629 - Release Date: 8/23/2008 1:16 PM
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: alice_volkert
Surnames: COLBY
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1058.1.1/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=colby...
Please see for ancestors for Edwin A. Colby
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: rkimball189
Surnames: Colby, Littlefield, Joyal, Lillis
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1058.1/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
Sadie and Lena COLBY are sisters. The family also included Edith, Alice and Carl. I've worked Emily Wales Littlefield back a few generations but have little solid on Edwin Albion COLBY who is the father of Sadie and Lena other than what is in these marriage notices and the fact that he was living (age 6) with his mother in New Hampton NH in 1850 with his mother Caroline, died in 1891 and is burried in Bristol, NH. Can anyone help? I'm happy to share what I have including sources.
Richard Kimball
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Danly, White
Classification: obituary
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1150/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
Mark Theodore Colby, of Mount Dora, FL died February 22, 2008. He was born in Sheridan, Indiana on September 16, 1930.
After graduating from Brown University in 1952 he worked as a reporter for the New Haven Register and as a feature writer for the Yale University News Service before joining the U.S. Information Agency and serving in the press offices of American embassies in Lebanon, Sudan and Laos. He later joined the Foreign Service of the State Department and served his country at embassies and consulates in Belgian Congo, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Vietnam, Morocco, Germany and Ivory Coast.
He moved to Mount Dora in 1998 after spending 18 post-retirement years in New Bern, NC where he maintained his interest in foreign affairs as a consultant to American companies doing business abroad.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Graham Colby, his son, W. Graham White and his wife Susan of Altamonte Springs, FL, two grandchildren, Jennifer and Mark White, and by his sister, Charlotte Danly Jackson of Lyme, CT, two nephews, Bruce Danly and Matthew Danly and his niece, Allison Danly Lazear.
A Memorial Service will be held March 3, 2008 at 11 A.M. at the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Dora, followed by a reception for family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to The Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203-9868 or to a charity of one's choice.
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
Bob
I'm not sure who he is. There is a file on Mary Edwards at the DUP
(Daughter of Utah Pioneers http://www.dupinternational.org/ ) in Salt
Lake. As of yet I haven't ventured up there to get it. Why the DUP has
info on her I'm not sure. As far as I can tell they didn't come to Utah.
Sorry I can't be of more help
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "RC Colby" <roccos1023(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: "Colby L" <colby-l(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:43 PM
Subject: [COLBY] Elias F. Colby b. NH abt. 1811
Ron,
Any parentage known for Elias F. Colby?
Mary M. (Edwards) Colby b. 1806 Gilmonton, NH d. 11/24/1889 Lebonon, Oregon.
Dau of John and Betsey Holden Edwards.
Married Elias F. Colby June 6, 1849, Bristol, NH, d. Apr 29, 1884
I am reading a book "Covered Wagon Women" Diaries & letters from the western
trails, 1850. Univ. of Nebraska Press 1983
Two letters that Mary Colby wrote to family in Ohio in 1850 and 1852 are
published in the book.
She wrote about her trip with her husband by wagon from Ohio to Oregon.
I did find them in the 1880 census:
Name: Elias F. Colby
Home in 1880: Silverton, Marion, Oregon
Age: 69
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's birthplace: New Hampshire
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Elias F. Colby 69
Mary M. Colby
Bob Colby
=============================
Colby list archives:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/COLBY/
-------------------------------
To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
COLBY-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in
the subject and the body of the message
Ron,
Any parentage known for Elias F. Colby?
Mary M. (Edwards) Colby b. 1806 Gilmonton, NH d. 11/24/1889 Lebonon, Oregon. Dau of John and Betsey Holden Edwards.
Married Elias F. Colby June 6, 1849, Bristol, NH, d. Apr 29, 1884
I am reading a book "Covered Wagon Women" Diaries & letters from the western trails, 1850. Univ. of Nebraska Press 1983
Two letters that Mary Colby wrote to family in Ohio in 1850 and 1852 are published in the book.
She wrote about her trip with her husband by wagon from Ohio to Oregon.
I did find them in the 1880 census:
Name: Elias F. Colby
Home in 1880: Silverton, Marion, Oregon
Age: 69
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's birthplace: New Hampshire
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Elias F. Colby 69
Mary M. Colby
Bob Colby
Is this William Raines Colby the son of Abraham Colby and Sally Lane?
Ron
The New York Times
August 4, 1888
New York City, New York
A ROGUE OF MANY PARTS.
PECULIAR RECORD OF A CRIMINAL NOW IN SAN FRANCISCO.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. -- To William Raines Colby, formerly a medium in this city,
belongs, according to the Chicago police, the distinction of having
successfully posed at various times as Spiritualist, Baptist minister,
gambler, and train robber. Colby is now in San Francisco, where it was
arranged to arrest him to-day on a charge of robbing the mails. Last Week
the Secret Service officers got on his track, and interviewed detectives
here who told them all they knew of Colby, and through a friend discovered
that gentleman's San Francisco address. The Federal officers left for San
Francisco on Sunday night, and if they have not already captured the
fugitive are expected to get him to-day. Three years ago Colby was playing
the medium at 2,626 Stat-street, in this city. He was extremely successful.
His séances were crowded, and he was making a big income. His manner was
prepossessing, and in private life he appeared an estimable citizen, who
paid much attention to his wife and two children.
While Colby was thus prospering L. B. Ind, and armory detective, took rooms
in the same house and succeeded in getting on intimate terms with the
medium, who proved to have more worldly tastes than anybody suspected. This
excited Ind's curiosity, and he wrote for information to some of the places
in which Colby told him he had lived. Replies came saying that no Colby had
ever lived in the towns in question. Ind thereupon sent out photographs of
his friend and they proved more effective. In every case the picture was
recognized as that of "Parson Raines."
"An interesting story," said Ind to-day, "came from Hearne Junction, Texas,
about Colby, or 'Parson Raines.' In 1875 'Parson Raines' was a Baptist
preacher in Hearne Junction. He was very active in religious work and was
especially prominent as a leader in revival meetings. On Jan 21, 1875, he
was leading a revival when, in the midst of the services, a mail train which
stopped for dinner pulled in. 'Parson Raines' asked an assistant to keep
the meeting going for a few minutes, and, after the mail clerk had left the
car to go to his dinner, broke into the car and stole $3,000 in registered
packages. To accomplish this feat he had previously scraped acquaintance
with the mail clerk, John F. Lipphard, now editor of the American Flag,
New-York City, and induced him, as a precautionary measure, to use a lock on
his car door which he (Raines) furnished him. It was not long before
suspicion pointed to Raines, and he was arrested. The proofs of his guilt
were absolutely convincing and he was sentenced to five years in the
Huntsville Penitentiary. He only served two years, as the President was
deceived into pardoning him on the plea that Raines was in the last stages
of consumption."
While Ind had been making his investigation Colby, the medium, took to
gambling. One day he won $4,000, sold his household effects, and
disappeared, after acknowledging to Ind that he had been concerned in the
Texas incident. Ind traced him to San Francisco and learned that he was
flourishing as a medium in that city. In his researches Ind accidentally
discovered, as short time ago, that Raines was guilty of mail robberies
previous to the one for which he was punished Thereupon he put the United
States officers on the medium's track.
You can google him.
There is a Dr. anthony O. colby living in Iowa City, IA. could be him
> [Original Message]
> From: Ronald Colby <ronaldcolby(a)q.com>
> To: COLBY-L <COLBY(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: 8/17/2008 9:06:07 PM
> Subject: [COLBY] Anthony Owen Colby
>
> Anyone know who this Anthony Owen Colby is and how he might fit in?
>
> COLBY, ANTHONY OWEN Healing Time
> New York, Seaview Books. 1978,
>
> This book deals with quiting smokening.
> I seen another reference to him as Anthony Owen Colby MD.
>
> Ron
>
>
> Ronald Colby
> ronaldcolby(a)q.com
> Kearns, Utah
> 801-680-1317
>
> I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
>
> COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS:
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/
> COLBY'S BOOKS:
> http://stores.ebay.com/colbysbookstore
>
>
>
> =============================
> Colby list archives:
> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/COLBY/
> -------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
COLBY-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes
in the subject and the body of the message
Anyone know who this Anthony Owen Colby is and how he might fit in?
COLBY, ANTHONY OWEN Healing Time
New York, Seaview Books. 1978,
This book deals with quiting smokening.
I seen another reference to him as Anthony Owen Colby MD.
Ron
Ronald Colby
ronaldcolby(a)q.com
Kearns, Utah
801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/
COLBY'S BOOKS:
http://stores.ebay.com/colbysbookstore
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: Weese1
Surnames: Colby
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1149.1/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
Hi. There are a few routes you could take. Contact your local library and see if they have microfilm of old newspapers; if there is a Family History Center near you, they might also have old newspapers on microfilm; or they could order it for you from the main center in Utah. You could also contact the cemetery and see if they have any old information on file for your ancestors that may be helpful. You could also check Ancestry.com and see if they have any NH newspaper databases; you'd have to pay to view them, but you wouldn't have to leave home! I hope this has been helpful. Good luck! Lisa
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
I have Colby's, a last name derived from my Charbonneau's, who emigrated
from Canada, probably in the early to middle 1800's. The moved from Quebec
Province. Many of my Colby's/Charbonneaus changed their name as they
settled in Holyoke, South Hadley, Springfield, Chicopee, MA.
I have lots more, but will begin with the information above,.
Nancy Curry
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: friggybriggy
Surnames: COLBY
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/754.2.3/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
Hello there! I just now fouond your response to my query - 2 years later.... My gggrandfather's name is Amasa Drake Colby; b in NH d in Berkeley. I was wondering if he had any descendants I don't know about. Do you think might be a relative?? Thanks. Kate Jennings
my email is kjennings03(a)comcast.net
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
USCIS Establishes Genealogy Program
WASHINGTON — Customers can now turn to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) for help in researching their family’s immigration
history through the agency’s new Genealogy Program.
USCIS maintains historical records documenting the arrival and
naturalization of millions of immigrants who arrived in the United
States since the late 1800s or and naturalized between 1906 and 1956.
Until today, the process to request these records was handled through a
Freedom of Information Act / Privacy Act (FOIA) request.
“In many cases USCIS is the only government agency that has certain
historical records that provide the missing link which genealogists or
family historians need,” said Jonathan “Jock” Scharfen, USCIS’ Acting
Director.
The agency anticipates interest in genealogy to continue to grow. In the
past four years alone, USCIS received more than 40,000 FOIA requests for
historical records. The new genealogy program will create a dedicated
queue for genealogists, historians and others seeking genealogical and
historical records and reference services that generally require no FOIA
expertise. As a result, USCIS will provide more timely responses to
requests for records of deceased individuals.
Individuals may submit genealogy records requests by using the new
forms, G-1041 -/Genealogy Index Search Request/, and G-1041A -
/Genealogy Records Request/. Both forms are available on the new USCIS
Genealogy Program page at: http://www.uscis.gov/genealogy. The fees include:
* Genealogy Index Search - $20
* Copy of a File on Microfilm - $20
* Copy of a Textual File Copy - $35.
Bob
Isaac Colby and Margaret Boscoe's son James. Is his name James Eli Colby or
James Eri Colby? I see it both ways, which is correct?
Ron
Ronald Colby
ronaldcolby(a)q.com
Kearns, Utah
801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/
COLBY'S BOOKS:
http://stores.ebay.com/colbysbookstore
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: jbailey143
Surnames: Colby
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1149/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I am in search of a few old specific obituaries/info.
I am not even sure how far back they printed obituaries.
I am looking specifically for
Leonard Osborn Colby b. 1/28/1858, d. 1/1920, in Canterbry, NH., buried in Northfield, NH
Also, his parents; Leonard b. 1816, d. 9/12/1887, and his wife, Mary A. (Paige)b. 1915, d. 5/13/1903, buried at the Evens Cem., in Bow, NH.
If anyone could help me, even with suggestions, I would be greatful.
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
hi,
anyone know who these people are ?
1849 Chicago Directory
J. P. Colby, boarder, 121 Randolph
O. D. Colby, Billiard Saloon
1846 Directory of Chicago
O. D. Colby, Billard Saloon
thanks.
marilyn