Madaline Agatha ("Madge") DARON

[9767]

10 DEC 1901 - 7 FEB 1974

Father: Willis Wilson DARON
Mother: Margaret Kathryn KINER

Family 1 : John Thomas LOWERY

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|                         |                     |                     |_Catharina Magdalena (Ley or) LOY ________|_Anna Maria DAY ___________________
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|                         |_Elizabeth BRINER ___|
|                           (1814 - 1895) m 1839|
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|--Madaline Agatha ("Madge") DARON 
|  (1901 - 1974)
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|                                                _Jacob KINER ________|
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|                          _Henry K. KINER _____|
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|                         |                     |_Margaretta KLINE ___|
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|                         |                                           |_Mary Magdalena SHEIBLEY _________________|_Anna Elizabeth (Heinsen or) HEIM _
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|_Margaret Kathryn KINER _|
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[9767] In 1945 Madaline and John r. Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA. "The Sentinel [Carlisle, PA], 7 February 1974," p. 6: "Mrs. Madge Lowery, 72, of 147 N. Pitt St., died this morning at the Carlisle Hospital. Mrs. Lowery was born Dec. 12, 1901, in Carlisle the daughter of the late William and Kattie Kiner Daron and was the widow of John T. Lowery. She was a former employe of the Embers, a former bookkeeper for the James Wilson Hotel and Swigert's Meat Market. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Harry (Alma) Ruhl, 316 E. North St. and several nieces and nephews The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Hoffman Funeral Home, 219 N. Hanover St., with the Rev. William R. Swisher officiating. Burial will be in Westminster Cemetery."

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Bruce Stephen DEGROFF

[8911]

31 DEC 1930 - ____

Father: Clarence Ellsworth DEGROFF
Mother: Florence Belle LASER


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 _Clarence Ellsworth DEGROFF _|
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|--Bruce Stephen DEGROFF 
|  (1930 - ....)
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|_Florence Belle LASER _______|
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                              |                                                     _Henry BLY __________|_Mary BOZEMAN _________
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                              |                               _James Henry BLY ____|
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                              |_Virginia ("Jennie") May BLY _|
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                                                             |                      _Henry BRINER _______|_Maria Elizabeth LOEB _
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                                                             |_Sarah BRINER _______|
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                                                                                   |                      _John CRAIGLOW ________+
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                                                                                   |_Lydia Ann CRAIGLOW _|_Hannah LOCK __________
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[8911] Bruce m. in 1953 at St. Matthew Cathedral, Washington, DC Louise Clayre Partridge and had Joyce Lynn DeGroff (April 16, 1954 at Washington DC), Bruce Thomas DeGroff (June 12, 1956 at Toledo, OH) and Barbara Ann DeGroff (June 2, 1958 at Buffalo, NY).

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Joan DOUGLAS

[24281]

BY 1382 - ____

Father: William DOUGLAS
Mother: Margaret STEWART

Family 1 : William DE DACRE
  1. +Thomas DE DACRE

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                       _Archibald DOUGLAS __|
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| (.... - 1384)       |
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|--Joan DOUGLAS 
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|                                                                                        _John Stewart of BONKYL _+
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|                                                                  _Alexander STEWART __|_________________________
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A 2009 posting by Jim _____ in GenForm.genealogy.com in reply to Carl _____ "Re: Joan Douglas wife of William Dacre c.1357-1399":

You're agreeing in large part with what I stated before (five + years ago), that there is no evident proof of this Joan's parentage-but also there's really no proof this particular Joan Douglas, as a wife of William de Dacre or daughter of James, Earl Douglas, ever existed at all. The problem stems from earlier derivative sources, The Visitations of Yorkshire for one (1563, 1564, William Flowers, 1881), which on p. 83 (chart) show the wife of William Dacre to be "doghter of therl Doglas" (sic). Also, the first edition of the Complete Peerage, vol. III (1890), p. 2 stated: "he m. Joan Douglas, said to have been an illegit. da. of James (Douglas), Earl Douglas [S.] He d. 20 July 1398."

This last excerpt was corrected in the second edition of the Complete Peerage, vol. IV, p. 6: ": He is said to have m. (g) Joan Douglas.(s) He m. Mary…(i)"

Note in the corrected version the subtle "he is said to have" (as in rumored to have) versus the statement he married Mary (unknown). Unfortunately, information, good or bad, once released seems to develop a life of its own. The footnotes (g) and (i) provide more clarification as to the identity of his wife:

"(g) Record as on p. i, note " d." Genealogists add that Joan was illegit. da. of James, Earl of Douglas. But if so (and if she were the mother of the heir), this
worthy, b. about 1358, would have been a grandfather at the age of 29, or thereabouts."

"(i) Writ de dote assignanda " Marie que fuit uxor Willelmi de Dacre chivaler defuncti," 3 Oct. (Close Roll, i Hen. IV, p. I, m. 37)."

Note (g) points out the chronological implausibility that this supposed Joan could not have been both a daughter of James, Earl of Douglas and (as wife of William Dacre) the mother of Thomas Dacre. So if not Thomas's mother, her information is relegated to a less important detail and would not be as important to this lineage.

Note (i) cites a writ assigning Mary, widow of William de Dacre (knight, deceased), her dower. The text dates it 3 October 1399 (he died 20 July 1399) Most social histories of that time period will tell you that such a writ was usually issued within 90 days or so of the death of the husband, as this was. But it identifies his widow as Mary. We have no evidentiary reason to suppose or speculate that Mary was also called Joan or that she was a Douglas.

The subject of illegitimacy during the Middle Ages could (and has) filled volumes. We know it was fairly widespread during that time period; not just among the nobility or royalty. Other than the fathers who acknowledged such children-and apparently most didn't-we only have the recorded instances of leyrwite in manorial courts to go by. Illegitimate pregnancies fell under the catchall term of fornication and leyrwite was usually levied against the woman. For men, such extramarital activities were held as a minor misdeed by medieval churchmen-that is, by those who weren't practicing it themselves. Finding records of out of wedlock children (at a time when perhaps 5% of the population at best was documented) creates a major and often insurmountable task for genealogists and family historians today. If there is no evidence, then following most genealogical guidelines (GPS and others), you'd have to conclude a connection can't honestly be made.

I didn't mention, nor did I notice anyone else in this thread mentioning a will for William de Dacre. Typically, not being mentioned in a will could indicate a number of situations. The child wasn't his, the child predeceased the father, the father had not acknowledged the child, or there could have been a dispute where perhaps the child was disowned. But, charters, chancellery records, charters, and other documents can sometimes be found that might help determine what the situation was and why a child was excluded. But where there is simply no primary evidence of a person ever existing you have to question why a researcher would want to include him or her in a genealogy (other than perhaps as a footnote). Genealogy is, after all, about documentation, not speculation.

As for the possibility of a middle name (e.g. Mary Joan Douglas or Joan Mary Douglas), I'm afraid middle names were not customary in fourteenth-century England. They are a later convention, something on the order of mid-1600s for England-even later before the usage could be called widespread. So, I'd have to disagree with that idea just on this basis alone.

You also mentioned lack of citations in the sources mentioned. If you carefully follow the footnotes in The Complete Peerage, The Scots Peerage, and other similar compilations (with a notable exception to Faris, The Plantagenet Ancestry, where they are usually found in the text) you'll find reference to the sources used. Case in point; CP IV (1916), p. 6 re: William de Dacre, Lord Dacre. While limited to a single paragraph on him, his information contained 6 footnotes (d through i) containing the following citations:


Fine Roll, 7 Ric. II, 12.
Close Roll, m. 13 d
Close Roll, m 42 d
Reference to p. 1, note "d." (which in turn referred to H. Howard, Howard Memorials)
Ch. Inq. P. m., Ric. II, file 109, no. 18
Reference to Dugdale (Baronage or Monasticon Anglicanum, unspecified)
Close Roll, 1 Hen. IV, p. 1, m. 37


As an example of the Scots Peerage (founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland) citations, here is SP III, pp. 148-155 footnotes for William, 1st Earl of Douglas (a favorite ancestor), father of James (2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar) and George (1st Earl of Angus):


Rotuli Scotiae, i, 709, 749
Reg. Honoris de Morton, ii, 46, 47
Foedera, iii, 246
The Douglas Book, i, 222-228
The Douglas Book, iii, 360, 361
cf. Seventh Hist. MSS, Rep. App. 527
Fordun, ed. 1871, 376
Acta Parl. Scot.,i , 522, 523
Sterlings of Keir, 199
Cf. Liber de Melros, ii, 428-433
The Douglas Book, i, 236
Bain, Cal. Docs. Scot., iv, No. 9
Cf. Acta. Parl. Scot.,i, 524, 525
Bain, Cal. Docs. Scot., iv, No. 91
Acta. Parl. Scot.,i, 495, 496, 526, 527
The House of Douglas, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, i, 86
Cf. The Douglas Book, i, 253, 254
Ibid, 255
The Douglas Book, i, 371
Rotuli Scotae, i, 960
Liber de Melros, ii, 478-480
The Douglas Book, i, 291; ii, 550
cf. The Douglas Book, i, 287
Reg. Mag. Sig., 16 April 1476
Mar Charter Chest
Gen. Reg. Ho., No. 220
Exch. Rolls, iv, 86
Les. Ecossais en France, Parl, Michel, i, 64
i 290; ii, 550
Antiquities of Aberdeen and Banff, iv, 731


Admittedly Cokayne's CP usually provides more sources than most, but it is one of the reasons it's considered a benchmark. It's important to check citations however. Your mention of these shows you are aware of their value. Case in point; earlier in the thread I mentioned Faris, PA, p. 105, the excerpt being: "…William de Dacre [5th Lord Dacre of Gilsland] (of baronial descent), by his wife Joan Douglas, said to be base-born daughter of James Douglas, 2nd Earl Douglas." His information is found under the title "Philippe de Neville," wife of Thomas de Dacre (son and heir of William); the citations being:

H.S.P. 16:84 (1881) (1563 Vis. Yorks).

Clay (1913), p. 37.

C. P. 4:7-9 (1916).

Paget (1977), p. 416.

You don't have to go far to find problems here when you check these sources. As previously cited (and despite the phonic spelling), you see in the Visitations of Yorkshire that the supposed father of this Joan was simply listed as the Earl of Douglas (therl Doglas). James was not mentioned by name, and, while he is a possible father, no explanation was given for the interpretation that this necessarily meant it was James, the 2nd earl. Then, the citation to CP IV contains information on William de Dacre on p. 6 and his son Thomas on p. 7, yet the authors are inexplicably citing pages 7-9. Pages 8 and 9 contain information on Joan, Baroness Dacre (p. 8) and Thomas Fiennes, Lord Dacre (p. 9) neither of whom are mentioned. Worse, they took information from p. 6, which they obviously read, but didn't include it in the citation; omitting any mention of the properly cited Mary in favor of the supposed wife Joan Douglas. There is more here that displays less than accurate use of source citations, but these two alone are sufficient to show that, at best, this wasn't very carefully researched or documented.

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Morris D. GEIST

[13852]

5 APR 1897 - MAY 1963

Father: William B. GEIST
Mother: Catherine M. ("Cassie") GEIST

Family 1 : Katie E. (Smith or) SCHMIDT
  1.  Dorothy GEIST
  2.  Robert GEIST

                                                                                                           _Christoph GEIST ___________
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                                                                              _Andreas GEIST _____________|_Anna Margaretha PLOWHEAD __
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                                                        _Abraham GEIST ______|
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                                                       |                     |                             _Johann Nicholas SCHNEIDER _+
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                                                       |                     |_Maria Catharina SCHNEIDER _|_Anna Maria BORDNER ________
                                                       |                       (1778 - 1859)                (1756 - 1827)              
                                  _John H. GEIST ______|
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                                 |                     |                                                   _Caspar HEPLER _____________+
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                                 |                     |                      _Christopher HEPLER ________|_Anna Maria SCHMIDT ________
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                                 |                     |_Elizabeth HEPLER ___|
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                                 |                                           |_Catherine WAGNER __________|_Louisa HUBER ______________
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|                                |                                            _Johann Jacob BEISEL _______|_Mary Catharine CLADER _____
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|                                |                      _Peter BEISEL _______|
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|                                |                     |                     |                             _Hans Jacob (Jr) WAGNER ____+
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|                                |                     |                     |_Gertraut WAGNER ___________|_Louisa HUBER ______________
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|                                |_Harriet BEISEL _____|
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|                                                      |_Magdalena HEIM _____|
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|--Morris D. GEIST 
|  (1897 - 1963)
|                                                                                                          _Christoph GEIST ___________
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|                                                                             _Andreas GEIST _____________|_Anna Margaretha PLOWHEAD __
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|                                                       _Andreas GEIST ______|
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|                                                      |                     |                             _Johann Nicholas SCHNEIDER _+
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|                                                      |                     |_Maria Catharina SCHNEIDER _|_Anna Maria BORDNER ________
|                                                      |                       (1778 - 1859)                (1756 - 1827)              
|                                 _Daniel H. GEIST ____|
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|                                |                     |                                                   _Caspar HEPLER _____________+
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|                                |                     |                      _Christopher HEPLER ________|_Anna Maria SCHMIDT ________
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|                                |                     |_Magdalena HEPLER ___|
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|                                |                                           |                             _Hans Jacob (Jr) WAGNER ____+
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|                                |                                           |_Catherine WAGNER __________|_Louisa HUBER ______________
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|_Catherine M. ("Cassie") GEIST _|
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                                 |_Cecelia UPDEGRAVE __|
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                                                       |                                                   _Johann Adam KIMMEL ________+
                                                       |                                                  | (1733 - 1778) m 1756       
                                                       |                      _Jacob KIMMEL ______________|_Barbara MILLER ____________
                                                       |                     | (1766 - 1843) m 1807         (1733 - 1794)              
                                                       |_Catherine KIMMEL ___|
                                                         (1814 - 1889)       |
                                                                             |                             _Peter (Sr) NAGEL __________+
                                                                             |                            | (1750 - 1804) m 1773       
                                                                             |_Catherine NAGEL ___________|_Barbara IMLER _____________
                                                                               (1784 - 1848) m 1807         (1755 - ....)              

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[13852] "Shamokin News-Dispatch [Shamokin, PA], 20 May 1963," p. 2: "Morris D. Geist, 66, of 244 Line St., Sunbury, a native of Leck Kill, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 In Shamokin State General Hospitall, where he had been a patjent since May 6. He had been in failing health for a year. Born April 5, 1897, Mr. Geist was a son of the late William and Catherine Geist. He was a former resident of Rebuck. and lived in Sunbury since 1937. Mr, Geist, a carpenter by trade, was a member of Himmel's Lutheran Church, Rebuck. Surviving are the widow, the former Katie Schmidt; two children, Mrs. Dorothy Shipman, and Robert Geist, both of Dornsife R.D.; and four sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Haas, Lebanon, Mrs. Jennie Wolfgang, Valley View; Mrs. Stella Reitz, Leck Kill, and Miss Edna Geist, Millersburg, and four grandchildren."

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Herman Lewis LEACH

8 JAN 1871 - 1939

Father: Samuel Thompson LEACH
Mother: Harriet S. ("Hattie") STAPLES

Family 1 : Caroline Maria ("Caro") PERKINS
  1.  Caro Eleanor LEACH
  2. +Forestine ("Addie") LEACH
  3.  Elizabeth Nancy LEACH

                                                                                                          _Nehemiah LEACH ________+
                                                                                                         | (1709 - 1769) m 1735   
                                                                              _James (Sr.) LEACH ________|_Ruth BRYANT ___________
                                                                             | (1738 - 1822) m 1761        (1714 - 1775)          
                                                        _John LEACH _________|
                                                       | (.... - 1845) m 1786|
                                                       |                     |                            _Nathaniel FREEMAN _____+
                                                       |                     |                           | (1719 - ....) m 1736   
                                                       |                     |_Alice FREEMAN ____________|_Mary PERKINS __________
                                                       |                       (1739 - 1824) m 1761        (1721 - ....)          
                                  _John LEACH _________|
                                 | (1813 - ....)       |
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                                 |                     |_Mary SIMPSON _______|
                                 |                       (1771 - 1845) m 1786|
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| (1841 - ....) m 1864           |
|                                |                                                                        _James MCCAUSLAND ______+
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|                                |                                            _Alexander MCCASLIN _______|_Mary Jane POOR ________
|                                |                                           | (1763 - 1853) m 1788        (1724 - 1824)          
|                                |                      _Adam MCCASLIN ______|
|                                |                     | (1791 - 1867)       |
|                                |                     |                     |                            _Reuben (Sr.) GRAY _____+
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|                                |                     |                     |_Abigail GRAY _____________|_Abigail BLACK _________
|                                |                     |                       (1768 - ....) m 1788        (1743 - 1820)          
|                                |_Margaret MCCASLIN __|
|                                  (1814 - ....)       |
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|                                                      |_Mary STEVENS _______|
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|--Herman Lewis LEACH 
|  (1871 - 1939)
|                                                                                                         _Miles STAPLES _________+
|                                                                                                        | (.... - 1810) m 1753   
|                                                                             _Jothan STAPLES ___________|_Sarah Trudy TREFETHEN _
|                                                                            | (1756 - 1818) m 1778        (.... - 1808)          
|                                                       _Jothan STAPLES _____|
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|                                                      |                        m 1778                                            
|                                 _James STAPLES ______|
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|_Harriet S. ("Hattie") STAPLES _|
  (1847 - 1916) m 1864           |
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                                 |                                            _Archibald HANEY __________|________________________
                                 |                                           | (1732 - 1821) m 1754                               
                                 |                      _Edward HANEY _______|
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                                 |                     |                     |                            _Edward HOWARD _________+
                                 |                     |                     |                           | (1707 - ....)          
                                 |                     |                     |_Margaret Susannah HOWARD _|_Susannah MITCHELL _____
                                 |                     |                       (1735 - 1819) m 1754        (1708 - 1769)          
                                 |_Nancy HANEY ________|
                                   (1808 - 1892) m 1832|
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                                                       |_Martha COLLEY ______|
                                                         (1775 - 1869)       |
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James H. LEIGHTON

[58435]

8 JUN 1921 - 24 JAN 2004

Father: Neil Harry LEIGHTON
Mother: Caroline ("Carrie") Jane PRICE

Family 1 : Rose ENGSTROM

                                                                                                                 _Jacob LEIGHTON _____+
                                                                                                                | (1787 - 1870)       
                                                                                     _Alfred Cogswell LEIGHTON _|_____________________
                                                                                    | (1812 - 1894) m 1834                            
                                                         _George Pembroke LEIGHTON _|
                                                        | (1837 - 1883) m 1860      |
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                                                        |                           |_Dorcas LEBARON ___________|_____________________
                                                        |                             (1809 - 1884) m 1834                            
                                   _Alfred C. LEIGHTON _|
                                  | (1867 - 1943)       |
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                                  |                     |                                                       |                     
                                  |                     |                            ___________________________|_____________________
                                  |                     |                           |                                                 
                                  |                     |_Martha N. HILL ___________|
                                  |                       (1844 - 1911) m 1860      |
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 _Neil Harry LEIGHTON ____________|
| (1892 - 1955) m 1913            |
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|                                 |_Etta May PATTEN ____|
|                                   (1870 - 1947)       |
|                                                       |                                                        _____________________
|                                                       |                                                       |                     
|                                                       |                            ___________________________|_____________________
|                                                       |                           |                                                 
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|                                                                                   |                            _____________________
|                                                                                   |                           |                     
|                                                                                   |___________________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                                                     
|
|--James H. LEIGHTON 
|  (1921 - 2004)
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|                                 |                                                 |                            _____________________
|                                 |                                                 |                           |                     
|                                 |                                                 |___________________________|_____________________
|                                 |                                                                                                   
|_Caroline ("Carrie") Jane PRICE _|
  (1894 - 1989) m 1913            |
                                  |                                                                              _____________________
                                  |                                                                             |                     
                                  |                                                  ___________________________|_____________________
                                  |                                                 |                                                 
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                                  |                     |                           |___________________________|_____________________
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                                  |_____________________|
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                                                        |                            ___________________________|_____________________
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[58435] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 25 September 2008: "Portage and Patten - James H. Leighton Sr., 82, died Jan 24, 2004, at Houlton. He was born on June 8, 1921, in Limestone, the son of Neal and Carrie (Price) Leighton. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II. He retired from the Limestone Hospital as a hospital engineer after 33 years. He was a past fire chief of the Limestone Fire Dept. James was a former member of the American Legion and was a past president of Kiwanis, and a registered Maine guide for more than 39 years. He was survived by his wife of 62 years, Rose (Engstrom) Leighton of Portage and Crystal; two children, James A. Leighton Jr. and his wife, Wanda, of Orrington, and Caroline and her husband, Mike Skinner, of Crystal; three grandchildren, CJ Leighton and his wife, Carolyn, Ashley Skinner, and Brooks Skinner and his wife, Misty; three great-grandchildren, Brooke and Parker Skinner and Samantha Floyd; two sisters, Shirley Orr of Florida, Alene Thompson of Presque Isle; one brother, Neal Leighton Jr. of Limestone." James served as a Sgt. in the U.S. Army duing World War II.

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Sally MORGRAGE

[17507]

18 AUG 1779 - 24 NOV 1856

Father: Peter MORGRAGE
Mother: Peggy MOORE

Family 1 : James (Jr.) LEACH
  1. +Susan LEACH
  2.  Elizabeth LEACH
  3. +Peter Mograge LEACH
  4.  James LEACH
  5.  Margaret ("Peggy") LEACH
  6. +Sarah ("Salley") LEACH
  7.  Lavinia LEACH

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 _Peter MORGRAGE _____|
| (1752 - 1817)       |
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|--Sally MORGRAGE 
|  (1779 - 1856)
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|_Peggy MOORE ________|
  (1757 - 1849)       |
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[17507] AKA Sallie.

[61811] [S14] Penobscot, ME VR

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Billung I of The OBOTRITES

____ - ____

Father: Aribert I of the OBOTRITES

Family 1 :
  1. +Billung of The OBOTRITES

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                               _Vislas I, King of OBOTRITES _|
                              | (.... - 0700)                |
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 _Aribert I of the OBOTRITES _|
| (.... - 0724)               |
|                             |                                                                                         _Godepert of the LOMBARDS _+
|                             |                                                                                        | (.... - 0662)             
|                             |                                                             _Reginpert, Duke of TURIN _|___________________________
|                             |                                                            |                                                       
|                             |                               _Aripert II of the LOMBARDS _|
|                             |                              | (.... - 0712)               |
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|                             |                              |                                                                                     
|                             |_Petrussa of the LOMBARDS ____|
|                                                            |
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|                                                                                          |___________________________|___________________________
|                                                                                                                                                  
|
|--Billung I of The OBOTRITES 
|  
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Wilhelmina ("Minnie") PAIRAN

[34039]

15 FEB 1859 - 7 SEP 1940

Family 1 : Gerney WEBSTER
  1.  Frank B. WEBSTER

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[34039] Minnie's death certificate states she is daughter of Henry Pairan (b. in Germany) and Gertrude Tease (b. in Germany). Henry was a day laborer (age 30 years) according to the 1860 federal census in Lockville, Fairfield Co., OH which reports his wife Anna was age 23). Anna is listed as Anna Gertrude Tease on Henry's death certificate.

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Robert STARKWEATHER

[42128]

1620 - 1674

Family 1 : Jennet ROBERTS
  1. +John STARKWEATHER

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[42128] Robert Starkweather was born in Wales or Scotland or the Isle of Man, and immigrated during or before 1640 to Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married Jennet Roberts and moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts where he died. They are the parents of four known children. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and elsewhere. See http://bakerfamilytree.blogspot.com/2014/10/chapter-36-our-starkweather-ancestors.html

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Anna Maria VENES

1627 - 1713

Family 1 : Hans SCHAFFER
  1. +Elizabeth SCHAFFER

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