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In the Hampton National Cemetery:
Rowland A Colby Died: Jun 2, 1890
C E Colby Died: Apr 7, 1914
C E Colby is Caroline E Colby wife of Rowland A Colby
It would help when visiting cemeteries, as a favor to everyone, sto take
pictures of the headstones and upload them to findagrave.
Ron
Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving. Now where is Santa so I can give
him my list.
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From: "Joe" <sgtkidjoe(a)cox.net>
To: <colby(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [COLBY] Findagrave.com
I was able to locate my Great-grand father Walter Frank Colby and his
spouses Ruth and after her passing, Julia. I already had their information,
but it was nice to see them on there. I am related to them via their son
Robert Myron Colby, whose son is Joseph Walter Lamont Colby Sr, my dad.
I located a baby Colby, born\died Jun 10, 1926, Oak Grove Cemetery
Portsmouth, Virginia. Does anyone have any information about this child? I
live in Portsmouth and was going to investigate.
There are some other Colby's listed in the Hampton National Cemetery nearby
that I was going to go visit and see if I could find some information about.
They are:
CE Colby PVT US Army Died Apr 7, 1914
JF Colby Sep 3, 1965
JG Colby Mar 3, 1864
Rowland A Colby Jun 2, 1890
Wenham J. Colby Jan, 1978
Joe
L O L .. but I still wish I could just find out what happened to him
- he just sorta disappeared!
On Nov 27, 2009, at 12:38 AM, Forsterk3940(a)aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 11/26/09 5:25:44 PM, kate7(a)comcast.net writes:
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>> "IF" I could find him, my great grandfather William Colby, Born
>> 1852 Richmond County Georgia, DIED???????
>>
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> Oh, I'm sure he must have by now.
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> :- )
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That's the best answer yet. I'm changing mine. What an opportunity to
break down my biggest brick wall. Brilliant.
Oh boy, am I stuffed. Aargh!
<<If I could talk to him for one day he would be
able to finally settle the search for his parents that I started on more
than 18 years ago.
Nancy Colby Shockey>>
Ron,
I would invite my great great Grandfather, Smith Colby to Thanksgiving
dinner so I could ask him who his parents were and what happened to his first
wife and 3 of their children. If I could talk to him for one day he would be
able to finally settle the search for his parents that I started on more
than 18 years ago.
Nancy Colby Shockey
Wouldn't that be a wonderful Blessing!!!
In a message dated 11/26/2009 12:21:47 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
ronaldcolby(a)q.com writes:
IF you had the ability, which one of your ancestors would you invite to
your Thanksgiving Dinner?
Ron
In a message dated 11/26/09 5:25:44 PM, kate7(a)comcast.net writes:
> "IF" I could find him, my great grandfather William Colby, Born
> 1852 Richmond County Georgia, DIED???????
>
Oh, I'm sure he must have by now.
:- )
I would like to have lunch with Ida Colby known as "DiDi" and her Mother
Ruth Taylor "Ma Taylor".. it would have been my husbands great grandmother
and ggrandmother.... too very interesting ladies
In a message dated 11/26/2009 8:25:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
kate7(a)comcast.net writes:
"IF" I could find him, my great grandfather William Colby, Born
1852 Richmond County Georgia, DIED???????
On Nov 26, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Ronald Colby wrote:
> IF you had the ability, which one of your ancestors would you
> invite to
> your Thanksgiving Dinner?
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> Ron
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"IF" I could find him, my great grandfather William Colby, Born
1852 Richmond County Georgia, DIED???????
On Nov 26, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Ronald Colby wrote:
> IF you had the ability, which one of your ancestors would you
> invite to
> your Thanksgiving Dinner?
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> Ron
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My father, Keith V. Colby. . . .It was my dream to find and meet him prior to his death and although we came close a couple of times, it did not happen. He passed away in 1991. He would be my choice to have come to dinner.
Karie (Colby) McAuliffe
Wherever you are, be noble; Whatever you do, do well;
Whenever you speak, speak kindly; Bring joy wherever you dwell.
--- On Thu, 11/26/09, Ronald Colby <ronaldcolby(a)q.com> wrote:
From: Ronald Colby <ronaldcolby(a)q.com>
Subject: [COLBY] Thanksgiving Dinner
To: "COLBY-L" <COLBY(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 7:21 PM
IF you had the ability, which one of your ancestors would you invite to
your Thanksgiving Dinner?
Ron
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The greatest quest we could invite and be the most interesting would be our
great ancestor Anthony and Sussana Colby
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! G. Colby Manorville N.Y.
I would have my Mother & Father and deceased brothers & sister, along with my Grandparents whom I never met.
From: Ronald Colby
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:21 PM
To: COLBY-L
Subject: [COLBY] Thanksgiving Dinner
IF you had the ability, which one of your ancestors would you invite to
your Thanksgiving Dinner?
Ron
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I think having you to entertain us at Thanksgiving would be wild, Ron!
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Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:21 PM
Subject: [COLBY] Thanksgiving Dinner
> IF you had the ability, which one of your ancestors would you invite to
> your Thanksgiving Dinner?
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I've not read all of these emails yet, but both my husband and I are
descended from different daughters of Richard Warren - making us cousins.
Our boys love this, saying they Knew something was wrong with us all along
: )
Kate [also]
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From: <Forsterk3940(a)aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [COLBY] Thanksgiving Dinner
> Interesting. The three replies so far are from Mayflower descendants.
> I
> wonder how many of us we'll find.
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> But don't be shy if you don't have/haven't yet found your Mayflower.
> Whom
> would you invite to your feast?
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> Kate
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Hi Todd! Yes, you are working on those questions for Spencer. How's it
going? I would LOVE to time travel back and interview all of my
(english-speaking) ancestors. Wow, would that be fun.
Kate
Interesting. The three replies so far are from Mayflower descendants. I
wonder how many of us we'll find.
But don't be shy if you don't have/haven't yet found your Mayflower. Whom
would you invite to your feast?
Kate
Thanksgiving table....Great, great grandfather Spencer Colby....
"Why did you leave Moose River, Maine?
What was your route to Grand Rapids?
Why'd you leave there for Nebraska?
And tell me about the Civil War!"
Todd R. Nelson
toddnelson(a)hughes.net
Ah yes, Cindy, and I watched "Desperate Voyage: The Mayflower" on the
History Channel a couple days ago--Those Billington boys were a handful! Did
you inherit that wild streak?
Happy Day,
Kate
LOL not really... lol But it makes for great conversation! When my
daughter was in 1st grade they were talking about Thanksgiving and the
Mayflower, etc... I had my brother (who did that side of the family) give me the
lineage back to Billington. she went to school and told about the
billingtons - they also has a small write up in a childrens book about the
Mayflower. For the next 4 years, that same teacher asked her to come down and talk
to the 1st grade class about the Mayflower and the Billingotns.. lol
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Cindy
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today
and make a new ending. ~ Maria Robinson
"You're probably going to lose a lot of games the next few years. And my
advice to you is when you lose, don't make excuses, don't blame your coaches
or teammates or the officials. Just play every day as hard as you can.
And regardless of what the outcome of those games are, you keep your head
high. Because if you're doing everything you can to the best of your
ability, you have nothing-nothing- to be embarrassed about"
Lloyd Carr
In a message dated 11/26/2009 2:40:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Forsterk3940(a)aol.com writes:
Ah yes, Cindy, and I watched "Desperate Voyage: The Mayflower" on the
History Channel a couple days ago--Those Billington boys were a handful!
Did
you inherit that wild streak?
Happy Day,
Kate
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John and Eleanor Billington - They were there! came over on the
Mayflower...
Cindy Corwin Lobb
Westland, MI
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today
and make a new ending. ~ Maria Robinson
"You're probably going to lose a lot of games the next few years. And my
advice to you is when you lose, don't make excuses, don't blame your coaches
or teammates or the officials. Just play every day as hard as you can.
And regardless of what the outcome of those games are, you keep your head
high. Because if you're doing everything you can to the best of your
ability, you have nothing-nothing- to be embarrassed about"
Lloyd Carr
In a message dated 11/26/2009 2:22:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
ronaldcolby(a)q.com writes:
IF you had the ability, which one of your ancestors would you invite to
your Thanksgiving Dinner?
Ron
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Hi, Deborah!
While you are doing updates, here are a few additions and corrections you can make to your Colby Connection WorldConnect website and to the FindAGrave memorial for my great grandfather, Guy Irving Colby:
a.. Date of death: According to his obituary in the 12 July 1911 edition of the Springfield, Illinois State Journal-Register, he died the afternoon of 11 July 1911 (not 12 July).
b.. As shown on your website, his second wife, Laura Lynn Troxell, was born in 1861. This date is missing from her FindAGrave memorial as well as his. Also, her maiden name is missing from both FindAGrave entries.
c.. His third wife, Bessie Olive Hall, was born in Girard, Crawford, Kansas (your website just has "Kansas"). She died in 1957 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington (not in 1931, as currently shown on his FindAGrave memorial). This information came from their granddaughter, Linda Mae (Colby) Shamek, the younger daughter of their son Logan Hall Colby.
d.. Children's birthplace: My grandfather, Guy Irving Colby Jr., was born in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts (your website shows Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois). The family moved to Chicago in 1887 or 1888, and the other four children from my great grandfather's first marriage were all born on Chicago (your website shows Springfield for three of them). The family did not move from Chicago to Springfield until 1895.
e.. Children's names and birthdates: Marion's full name was Marion Higgins Colby. According to her death certificate, she was actually born in Chicago 1 Nov 1888 (your website shows 29 Oct 1888). She died of membranous croup (probably diphteria) in Chicago on 9 Mar 1894, at the age of 5y, 4m, 8d. Frank's full name was Frank Eastman Colby (after Col. Frank French Eastman, my great grandfather's brother-in-law). Your website shows Frank and Marion as twins, but that was not the case. According to his death certificate, Frank was actually born in Chicago on 6 May 1893. It was a premature birth, and he lived only four days, dying on 10 May 1893. Both Frank and Marion were originally buried in Oakwoods Cemetery in Chicago. When my great grandmother (Lucy Maria Higgins Colby) died of pneumonia in 1900 at the tragically young age of 35, my great grandfather bought a family plot in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. Frank's and Marion's remains were reinterred in that plot, where they share a single headstone. In all, there are ten burials in that plot: My great grandfather, his first two wives, Frank and Marion, my grandfather, my grandmother, and my father's three siblings (Marion Dell Colby, Muriel Miller Colby, and Glen Higgins Colby). The one remaining space was intended for my father, but since he is buried in Dallas, Texas (where he lived the last 26 years of his life), it will probably never be used.
I currenly have in my data base a total of 189 descendants of my great grandfather, Guy Irving Colby.
Regards,
Guy I. Colby IV
Irving, TX
----- Original Message -----
From: Deborah M Colby
To: colby(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [COLBY] Findagrave.com
I just finish going through all 2409 entries and where I had additional info, wrote to the owner to update the info so others would have an easier time finding their loved ones.