Our "Brick Wall" Ancestors
Every one of us has at least one ancestor that simply refuses to be found! I call them "brick wall" family members! And that's what this page is all about!
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2007
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Name: ALCORN, ALLCORN, , Maud (e) B.
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Year: 1895 Place: Kentucky
Submitted by: Eva Stokes
Submitted Sun Jan 21 18:35:18 2007
Query: I"m looking for any information on my ggggrandmother. Maud(e) Alcorn, Allcorn, was born 1895 and I have been told that she died shortly after she gave birth to her daughter Lucille Selma. Maud had married a man by the name of Nickolas Austin. Their daughter was born 1919. Last knows home in 1920 was Cincinnati Ward 1, Hamilton, Ohio. I beleive her parents are William and Martha Alcorn,Allcorn. Both from Kentucky maybe around the Pulaski, Bourbon, area. If anyone has any information please feel free to e-mail me. Thank you.
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Name: RIDDELL, Neal
Migration Information:
Into Boone County - Year: 1802
From: Orange co VA
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Birth Information of Ancestor:
Year: 1798 Place:
Orange Co., VA
Submitted by: James Riddell
Submitted Thu Feb 15 13:28:52 2007
Query: Neal Riddell is the son of Willliam Riddell who came to Ky in 1802. Neal had several brothers and sisters and extende family in Boone co. Latest info I have is an 1840 Census. I can find no other information. Any help will be appreciated.
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Name: JACKSON, Howard
Migration Information:
Into Boone County - Year: before1850
From: Madison Co KY
From Boone County - Year: before1860
To: Gallatin Co KY
Birth Information of Ancestor:
Year: about 1824 Place:
Ky or NC
Submitted by: vickie
Submitted Wed Apr 11 10:08:35 2007
Query: Census records show Howard and Sarah (Little) Jackson in Boone Co KY in 1850. Four children were born to them before 1860 - Thomas, Mary, Andrew and Margaret Ellen. Aside from the census, we have been unable to find other records about the family to show that they were in Boone Co. We would appreciate any info at all about the family, and would gladly share what we have about the Howard Jackson family.
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Name: MARSHALL, Jacob
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Year: 1837 Place: ky
Submitted by: carolyn
Submitted Sat Apr 28 19:44:27 2007
Query: I'm looking for information on a Jacob Marshall marrried to an Alice Marshall. He could also be known as Jack,Joseph,is the name for the 1880 census. children are Jacob P (1863),Julia(1866),Polina(1872)Amelia(1875) and Edith(1879). Any information would be helpful. Jacob was also married to an America Ryle. Says Jacob Marshall died around 1899. Can't find info on him.
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Name: SWIFT, Granville
Migration Information:
Into Boone County - Year: By 1850
From: NY
From Boone County - Year: Between 1860- 1870
To: Brown County, IN
Birth Information of Ancestor:
Year: btw 1821 and 1828 Place: NY
Submitted by: Debra Wilson
Submitted Sun May 13 16:38:07 2007
Query: Granville married Eliza Jane Coffman 12/23/1850 in Boone County. Was living in Boone County in 1860. Lived in Brown County, IN in 1870 until his death. I'm trying to find anything about Granville prior to his marriage in 1850.
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Name: RYLE, Florence
Migration Information:
Into Boone County - Year: 1874
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From Boone County - Year: 1892
To: Floyed county , Indiana
Birth Information of Ancestor:
Year: 1874 Place:
Boone county ky
Submitted by: Nancy
Greenwalt Submitted Mon Jun 25 21:52:14 2007
Query: Florence Ryle was my grandmother she married my grandfather Cremer Draper oct 8 1892 i would like to know more about her and her Father and Mother. The birth date might be wrong I dont know. thank you for your help also I need to know if she had brothers and sisters
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Name: STEWART, Susan
Migration Information:
Into Boone County - Year: 1870
From: North Carolina
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To: Harlan KY
Birth Information of Ancestor:
Year: 1851 Place:
North Carolina
Submitted by: kim carmical
Submitted Sun Jul 22 07:29:56 2007
Query: Looking for info on Susan Stewart. She was listed on the 1870 Federal census as living in Big Horn, Boone, KY. At that time she was living with Isaac Carmical and they had several children together. She was supposed to be a Cherokee Indian. Any info will be appriciated.
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Name: HANKINS, John
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Year: 1851 Place:
BooneCo, KY
Submitted by: Shelly Landreth
Submitted Fri Aug 10 10:06:05 2007
Query: I am looking for information about the Hankins family. John Hankins was born in 1851 in Boone Co, KY, I beleive. He was the son of Thomas Hankins and Eliza J? His father was probably born in Tennessee or Pennsylvania. Any information on this name would be helpful. Thank You
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Name: BERKSHIRE, Robert Lee, son of William T
Migration Information:
Into Boone County - Year: 1870's
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To: Hardin/ Boone County
Birth Information of Ancestor:
Year: Oct. 1 1873 Place:
Indiana
Submitted by: Gina Morris
Submitted Sun Aug 26 11:44:02 2007
Query: Hello, I am trying to find information on my mother, Wanda Lee Berkshire, born in Ft. Mitchell, Kenton on August 27, 1921 to Robert Lee Berkshire, of Old Stor Mills Road--- born October 1, 1873 and to Shirley/Sherley/Shurley Jenkins who passed away January 29, 1937 in Hardin. Robert Lee Berkshire passed February 6, 1937, just 8 days after his wife, Shirley died. They had a son named Luther Elijah born February 14, 1919; a daughter named Bessie, and a daughter from Shirley's previous marriage, named Eva Charlotte who was born in Montana. I am very interested in making contact with any resources for any of these beloved ancestors. My mother Wanda Lee Berkshire is listed in error as "FRED"! - a daughter! --- of Robert Lee Berkshire in the census---the census taker did write "Wanda" but the "W" looks like an "F" and whoever transposed the information completely botched the name by recording it as "FRED"! Also if anyone has any information or photos of the Grocer William T Berkshire (Robert Lee Berkshire's father) I would be extremely happy to know/see. And if anyone knows how the whole Berkshire Textile industry got started or where I could find a detailed book, especially with regard to the entrepreneurial spirit of the time---and which Berkshire's drove the market place... It must have been such an exciting, bustling, purposeful time and place!
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Name: ,
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Feb 20 08:15:50 2008
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Name: ,
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Year: 1770-1780 Place:
Virginia?
Submitted by: Mary Urban
Submitted Tue Apr 1 18:48:48 2008
Query: Is Mary the widow of Armstead Holder of Fauquier Co. VA? Is Emily E. who married John A. Vest in 1849 her daughter?
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Name: ,
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Submitted by: Mary Urban Submitted
Tue Apr 1 18:51:35 2008
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Name: Thomas, Philip
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Year: ca 1782 Place:
Maryland or Virginia
Submitted by: Marilyn M Fair
Submitted Sun May 25 13:28:14 2008
Query: Looking for information regarding the family of Philip Thomas who resided in Boone Co. Ky. from at least 1820 through 1860, he was born either in Maryland or VA, both are stated on census records, his wife was names Susan and she was born in Mary land ca 1790. They had numerous children perhaps as many as 10-12. I am trying to prove they had a daughter named Sophia born ca 1818-1820 in Maryland who married an immigrant named Thomas O'Brien. It appears that Philip and Susan came to Boone Co. Ky. around 1819, perhaps a little before. Philip died in Boone Co. in 1861, when did Susan die and where are they buried. At least two of their children were deaf and mute, Omer and Louisa. One of their sons , Philip M. Thomas may have married Louisa B. Tilley in 1851 in Boone Co. Please contact via email mfair@kc.rr.com to share info. Thanks Marilyn
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Name: Dollard,
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Submitted by: Gloria
Submitted Tue Aug 5 03:34:05 2008
Query: Would like any help with the names Dollard,Nickerson and Watson.
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