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[49030] Hans and parents are from the unverified file in 2021 at https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-John-Bixler which states he m. Madalena ______.
[57922] Rose is daughter of Asa Clark (b. in 1809) & Mary Waltz (1823-1908; m. 1 April 1850 in Newcastle, Lincoln Co., ME).
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[2265] Senfrie married a forester of the Duke of Normandy at Sauqueville near Arques.
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[20893] Augustus, raised in Penobscot, ME, served in the 1st DC Cavalry, Co. D, in the War Between the States, and was a prisoner for six months. He was also Sheriff of Hancock Co., ME, Postmaster at Ellsworth, and Custodian of the U.S. Coaling Station at East Lamoine, Me from its inception. He m. (2) 4 Dec 1907 Flora Hopkins of Ellsworth.
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[31071] Michael m. in 1645 in CT Ann Adams (1624-1685) and had Hester Griswold (1648-1695) who m. 16 Oct 1652 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT Nathan Bradley (1639-1712) and had Anne Bradley (1669-1749) according to the unverified Byron file in Ancestry.com in 2011.
[47453] Mary is daughter of John Holmes (1779-1865) & Dorothy "Dolly" Bagley (1780-1848).
[45864] Rebecca is from a 2020 unverified file L6PV-CJV in familysearch.org which states she is daughter of Samuel Krieger (1795-1869) and Mary Magdalena Rowe (1798-1865, m. 1819 in Coshocton, OH).
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Virginia Horler notes:
Sylvanus was a leading architect in Pasadena and prominently known in southern California. He began professional practice in 1913 under the firm name of Marston & Van Pelt, and after 1926 was associated in partnership with Edgar Mayberry.
In 1884 when he was four months old, Silvanus moved with his family to Pasadena. After a public school education and two years of supplementary study at Pomona College, he decided on a career in Architecture, and in 1903 he entered Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. After graduating four years later he returned to California and worked at first as draftsman in Los Angeles offices.
In 1913 he formed his first partnership with Garret Van Pelt of Pasadena.
On 8 Sep 1918 Sylvanus registered for the WWI draft. Age 35, born 16 Aug 1883, architect, self employed, office on Chamber of Commerce Blvd., Pasadena, CA, married to Edith A., they lived at 661 So. El Molino in Pasadena; medium height and build, grey eyes, brown hair. (4-4-27.C No. 759)
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A book on Sylvanus Marston by Kathleen Tuttle was published in 2001: "Sylvanus Marston Pasadena's Quintessential Architect"
This book contains information that Sylvanus went by the knickname "Van." He liked the outdoors and sports and played golf at the Annadale Country Club and the Overland Club. He designed the first bungalow court in the country, the St. Francis Court on Colorado Boulevard (now a Target store site). Marston designed more than 90 bungalows in the Pasadena area, and he was the most prolific architect during the Craftsman Period.
Later he designed homes in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Hancock Park. Some of his most visible projects in Paadean include the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel (now the Ninth Federal Court of Appeals), the Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Pacific Asian Museum and the Connelly Cadillac Show Room (now Jacob Marse Florist).
In 1942 Marston was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (F.A.I.A.). He was a two-term president of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects that had about 80 members at the time. He was a well-recognized leader in the architectural community and designed over 600 projects during his lifetime. He married Edith A. Hatfield, married 1910, b. 9 Jun 1882, d. SEP 1975 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California.
Children:
i. Paul Hatfield Marston, b. 12 Mar 1912 in California, d. 2 Sep 1994 in Los Angeles County, California.
ii. Keith Palmer Marston, b. 2 Jun 1914 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, d. 11 Jan 2001 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California. He married /Nancy/.
iii. Bruce Marston, b. 10 May 1916 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, d. JUL 1975 in California.
"The Daily Item [Sunbury, PA], 30 June 1958," p. 19: "David L. Minnich, 71, of 1036 North Sixth Street, Reading, died Sunday evening in St. Joseph's Hospital, Reading, following a brief illness. He had been a patient In the hospital for a week. Mr. Minnich was born in Klingerstown, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Minnich. He spent a major portion of his life in Rough and Ready, and lived in the Herndon area for about 10 years. Mr. Minnich operated a general merchandise store at Rough and Ready, and was last employed as a maintenance-man at Grace Evangelical Church, Reading. He was married Dec. 29, 1906 at Rough and Ready to Cora I. Herb. Mr. Minnich belonged to Salem Lutheran Church, Rough and Ready. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Helen Weaver, Berrysburg, and Mrs. Myrtle Potter, Trevorton; three sons, D. Spurgeon Minnich, Reading; F. Earl, Reading; and Whalen, Halifax R.D. 1; nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Foust funeral home, Trevorton, in charge of Rev. jonn D. Keener, his pastor. Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin."
Probably descended from two brothers, Simon and Peter Minnich, arrived at Phila., PA in 1737, as detailed in "Counting Kindred," E.E. Deppen and M.L. Deppen (1940). These brothers are claimed to descend from Baron Muench, a former Roman Catholic, who for his Calvinist faith paid the ultimate penalty. His family fled to various border lands of France for temporary refuge. Peter, ages 39, and Simon, aged 37 in 1737, were botn in the Palatinate of Huguenot stock. They settled in the Tuplehocken Valley (then Lancaster County, PA). Peter drifted northward into Pine Grove Township (now Schuylkill County, PA), where a large posterity live to carry the name of the pioneer whose family suffered Indian massacres and other hardships. The family here write the name "Minnig." The brother, Simon, resided in Upper Tulpehocken Township and married Catharine _ump [first letter of surname obliterated in book]; Catharine's grave is the oldest in Little Tulpehocken Church cemetery. Simon and Catharine had Christopher Minnich (1737-1806) who m. in 1757 Barbara Heider and had Benjamin Minnich (1776-1832; m. Susan Schoepfler, 1775-1838). Benjamin and Susan had Christiana Minnich (1799-1873) who married Jacob Potteiger (or Pfatteicher or Botteiger) and had Anna Potteiger who m. Levi Gring. Christopher (1737-1806) was sergeant in Capt. Ferd. Ritter's Co., under Col. Jos. Heister, 6th Battalion, per 3rd Series, Vol. 6, PA Archives. {This information is from Anita Batz via Internet, 3/98, and is not verified.)
"Pedigree Resource File", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org) provides the line shown here, but must be verified. Find A Grave notes for daughter Rachel state Richard m. Nancy Ann Kirkpatrick. Also see "Past and Present of Iroquois County, Illinois," p. 21, and "Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana," p. 204. Ancestry.com suggests the meaning of the surname: "French: from a pet form of the personal name Bernard." A posting on the Ross Co., OH message board in Ancestry.com offers: ". . . Richard Nowland (spelled many ways) who died in Ross County, OH in 1801. He and his wife, Nancy Ann Kirkpatrick, were in Ross County as early as 1796. He was on the 1795 Tax List in Mason County, KY. Before that he may have been briefly in PA, coming from VA & MD. Who were his parents? Who were Nancy's parents? What happened to Nancy after the death of Richard? Children: Charity Charlotte Nolin m. George Suitors; John Nolind m. Lurena Shepherd (who were her parents?); Margaret Nolin m. Aaron Busson; William Nolin m. Elizabeth Kirkendall; Roseanne Noulen m. Jacob Ritchhart (Richards); Rachel Nolin m. John Fulk (Faulk); Thomas Nolin m. Jane Kirkpatrick."
http://sellers-sellars-sollars-zellars.net/ohross.htm reports: "June 6, 1802 (Abstract of Wills, Books A., B., C., & D., Ross Co., OH., page 103), page 131; Richard Nolan, dec'd. Charges against estate by William Nolin, Admin'r, boarding 3 orphans for 3 months $15.00; Funeral charges $6.00; David Henderson, Ezekiel Bassel, Henry Kirkendall, John McDougall, Isaiah Dewer, Ignatius Sollars, John Berry, Peter Tittel, George ater, John Timmons." and "6-6-1802= PAGE 151, Richard Nolen, charges against estate by Wm Nolin, Adm, Ignatius Sellers/Sollars, John Berry, Henry Kirkendall."
this website also offers: "The Abstract of Wills of Books A., B., C., & D., Ross Co., OH., page 103 give us the following: Oct. 26, 1818, No. 110, page 120: Henry Kuykendall of Ross Co. Ohio. My Wife. My sons Isaac, Abraham, Henry, Jacob and Executors hereinafter named 'to consult and agree upon what part of my perishable property can best be spared from the use of my family and that such part so set off after being appraised be sold at public vendue (venue?).' Wife, Elizabeth one half dozen pewter plates, etc., one pewter dish. Sons John and Archibald under age. Daughter Polly. Daughter Kitty. 'I desire that my sons Abraham, Henry, Jacob, John and Archibald give to my daughter Peggy Thompson, wife of James Thompson.' To Peggy Nolin daughter of William and Elizabeth Nolin my daughter. Rest of children of William and Elizabeth. Daughters of Kitty and Polly Kuykendall. John Stipp. Daughter Sarah Kuykendall. Executors Joseph Cardner and my son Isaac. October 26, 1818. Witnesses: John and Jonathon A. Hall and Ignatius Sollars. A CODICIL (appendix to a will) made with named witnesses."
[5693] See http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/rfc/gw114.htm#I5032 in 2003.
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Young was the American religious leader and colonizer of Utah, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons).
Young spent his boyhood in the farm country of Vermont and western New York and received only two months of formal schooling. He worked as a carpenter, glazier, and journeyman painter. In 1829 he settled in the town of Mendon, New York, where he met a brother and disciple of Joseph Smith, founder and prophet of the Mormons. Smith's brother converted Young, previously a Methodist, to Mormonism, and on April 14, 1832, he was baptized and confirmed in the church. Young quickly distinguished himself as a preacher and evangelist in the area around Mendon; within the year he was ordained an elder.
Between 1833 and 1836, Young's fame and stature within the Mormon movement rapidly increased. About 1833 he organized a group of Mormons in the eastern states and led them to Kirtland, Ohio, where Joseph Smith had established headquarters. At Kirtland, Young met Smith for the first time. Impressed by Young's zeal and persuasive powers, Smith sent him into the surrounding states and Canada on missionary assignments. When, in 1835, the Mormons created a Quorum, or Council, of Twelve Apostles with powers second only to those of Smith, Young was named one of the apostles. In 1836 he was elected president of the Quorum. He was a strong figure in the movement during the period of persecution, climaxed (1838) by the migration to Hancock County, Illinois, and the establishment there of Nauvoo as the new center of Mormonism.
From 1839 to 1841 Young worked with the Mormon mission in Liverpool, England, preaching and distributing religious literature; he arranged for the emigration of about 70,000 converts from Europe to America. He returned to the U.S. in 1841 and for several years served as a missionary in the eastern states. After Joseph Smith was shot and killed by a lynch mob in 1844, Young was elected acting president of the Mormon church and henceforth was its leader.
Because of sentiment against their group in Illinois, Young and his colleagues decided to leave Nauvoo. In 1846-47 he organized and supervised the migration of close to 5000 Mormons across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains into the arid Great Basin. There, in Great Salt Lake Valley, he founded (July 1847) Great Salt Lake City. On December 5, 1847, he was formally elected head of the Mormon church.
Under Young's autocratic leadership Salt Lake City and the surrounding region soon became the Zion, or promised land, that the Mormons had long sought. His followers build extensive irrigation projects; developed farms, small businesses, and cooperative stores; and set up a legislature, public school, and two institutions of higher learning. In 1850 the U.S. Congress enacted legislation establishing the region, previously known as the state of Deseret, as the territory of Utah. Young was made territorial governor.
In August 1852, Young publicly endorsed the doctrine of polygamy, basing his pronouncement on a revelation said to have been experienced by Joseph Smith in 1843. His open advocacy of the doctrine disturbed the federal government and the non-Mormon residents of Utah. Finally, in 1857, President James Buchanan appointed a new territorial governor. Young refused to relinquish his post, and when rumors of an armed Mormon rebellion reached Washington, the president sent federal troops to Utah. Hostilities were averted, largely as a result of Young's statesmanship, and the new governor was installed without incident. Nonetheless, as president of the church, Young continued to play a dominant role in Utah. In 1871 he was indicted on a polygamy charge but was not convicted. Young is believed to have married 27 times and was survived by 17 wives and 57 children.