Saturday, August 31, 2013
William Dafforn
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Os8nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wwQGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3218%2C7229210
Weist Family
9. MARY WEIST was born 1 JAN 1819 in Huntingdon Co, PA, and died 30 OCT
1903 in Fort Wayne, IN. She was the daughter of 18. JACOB WEIST and 19.
CATHERINE.
Children of MARY WEIST and JOHN WESLEY PUTT are:
i. SARAH ANN PUTT was born 9 OCT 1841 in Ohio, and died 15 SEP 1913 in Pleasant Twp, Allen Co, IN. She married NELSON ORN 17 FEB 1859 in Allen Co IN. He was born ABT 1835 in Van Wert Co, OH, and died 1862. She married CHARLES "CHARLIE" WEIST 17 DEC 1863 in Allen Co IN, son of SAMUEL WEIST and LEITHA "LEAH" PEACH. He was born 11 DEC 1837 in Union, OH, and died 12 FEB 1911.
18. JACOB WEIST was born ABT 1784 in Germany.
19. CATHERINE was born ABT 1788 in Pennsylvania.
Children of CATHERINE and JACOB WEIST are:
9. i. MARY WEIST was born 1 JAN 1819 in Huntingdon Co, PA, and died 30 OCT 1903 in Fort Wayne, IN. She married JOHN WESLEY PUTT 31 DEC 1840 in Stark Co, OH, son of BENJAMIN M PUTT and BARBARA LAVINIA LOWMAN. He was born 24 MAR 1819 in Washington County, MD, and died 13 DEC 1903 in Fort Wayne, IN.
Children of MARY WEIST and JOHN WESLEY PUTT are:
i. SARAH ANN PUTT was born 9 OCT 1841 in Ohio, and died 15 SEP 1913 in Pleasant Twp, Allen Co, IN. She married NELSON ORN 17 FEB 1859 in Allen Co IN. He was born ABT 1835 in Van Wert Co, OH, and died 1862. She married CHARLES "CHARLIE" WEIST 17 DEC 1863 in Allen Co IN, son of SAMUEL WEIST and LEITHA "LEAH" PEACH. He was born 11 DEC 1837 in Union, OH, and died 12 FEB 1911.
18. JACOB WEIST was born ABT 1784 in Germany.
19. CATHERINE was born ABT 1788 in Pennsylvania.
Children of CATHERINE and JACOB WEIST are:
9. i. MARY WEIST was born 1 JAN 1819 in Huntingdon Co, PA, and died 30 OCT 1903 in Fort Wayne, IN. She married JOHN WESLEY PUTT 31 DEC 1840 in Stark Co, OH, son of BENJAMIN M PUTT and BARBARA LAVINIA LOWMAN. He was born 24 MAR 1819 in Washington County, MD, and died 13 DEC 1903 in Fort Wayne, IN.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Horatis S. Wiest, "Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920"
| Name: | Horatis S. Wiest |
| Event Type: | Death |
| Event Date: | 30 Mar 1920 |
| Event Place: | South Bend, Indiana |
| Age: | 50 |
| Birth Year (Estimated): | 1870 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | W |
| Affiliate Repository Place: | City Health Office, South Bend |
| Source Reference: | The source of this record is the book CH-49 on page 482 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. |
| Note: |
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Alexander Hays
Alexander Hays (1822 - 1885)
Born in North Carolina, USA on 1822 to James Hays and Elizabeth. Alexander married Malinda Hoover and had 2 children. Alexander married Estherann McCullough and had a child. He passed away on 20 Mar 1885 in Wayne, Indiana, USA.Malinda Hoover
Malinda Hoover (1825 - 1866) |
Robert Smith
| Birth: | 1843 |
| Death: | 1908 |
 | |
| Burial: West Lawn Cemetery Hagerstown Wayne County Indiana, USA Plot: Sec. 5 | |
Created by: susan clemons Record added: Sep 15, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 7654061 | |
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Malinda Hoover Hays
| Birth: | Apr. 20, 1825 |
| Death: | Jul. 11, 1866 |
Daughter of Absolom and Sarah Shaffer Hoover Married Alexander Hays on March 26, 1846 Family links: Spouse: Alexander Hays (____ - 1885) Inscription: 41y 3m 9d | |
| Burial: Sugar Grove Cemetery Wayne County Indiana, USA Plot: Row 8 North Section | |
Created by: susan clemons Record added: Dec 28, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63394493 | |
Alexander Hays
| Birth: | unknown | ||||||||
| Death: | Mar. 20, 1885 | ||||||||
Married Malinda Hoover on March 26, 1846 Married Esther Ann McCullough on May 7, 1868, daughter of James and Elizabeth McCullough. She is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery. Family links: Spouse: Malinda Hoover Hays (1825 - 1866)* *Calculated relationship Inscription: 63y 2m 10d | |||||||||
| Burial: Sugar Grove Cemetery Wayne County Indiana, USA Plot: Row 8 North Section | |||||||||
Created by: susan clemons Record added: Dec 28, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63394485  | |||||||||
Hoover Family of Wayne County Indiana related to President Hoover
|
Herbert
Hoover
The man who would become U.S. President at the time of its greatest economic crisis spoke in Richmond about the need to help consumers, little knowing in seven years he would be tasked with salvaging the economy. Secretary of Commerce and future president Herbert Hoover spoke at Earlham’s College Diamond Jubilee luncheon on June 6, 1922. Hoover was a multi-millionaire and a member of the Republican Party, who later became president. He was also related to the Hoover family that came to Wayne County from West Milton, Ohio, and settled a portion of what would become Richmond. When as 31st president he entered the White House at a time of prosperity, Americans expected him to lead them to even better days. But seven months after he took the oath of office the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began. Hoover oversaw loans to business, but deemphasized caring for the downtrodden, whose aid he thought should remain a voluntary effort. He and many business leaders believed that prosperity would quickly return to the United States. To some he acted too slowly, as his efforts were largely ineffective. In later years he would donate the income from his government work, including his pension, to charity. Ex-president Hoover again spoke at Earlham on June 12, 1939, on a comeback trail after an unsuccessful presidency. He would not complete his comeback as chief executive, but he would, by the end of his life, restore the country’s faith in him as an American. |
Friday, August 24, 2012
Kelly Family, Cincinnati Ohio 1840s
- book:
- Cincinnati in 1841
- Charles Cist
917.7199 C58
Contains historical and descriptive information on Cincinnati as well as statistical data. Cist also wrote Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1851 and Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1859. Utilizing all three works, one can see the successive growth of Cincinnati from 1840 to 1860.
Irish Ohioans
Irish Ohioans
Numerous Ohioans are descended from Irish ancestors. Today,
Irish Ohioans continue to enhance Ohio's cultural and social landscape.
During the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, millions of immigrants migrated to the United States of America, hoping to live the American Dream. Before the American Civil War, most immigrants arrived in the United States from Great Britain, Germany, and Ireland. By the 1880s, the home countries of immigrants began to change. Many of the new immigrants to arrive in the United States came from Eastern European countries, like Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, rather than from Western European countries, like Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany.
In 1860, 328,249 immigrants lived in Ohio. These people accounted for fourteen percent of the state's population. By 1900, the number of immigrants in Ohio rose to 458,734, but the percentage of the population that was foreign-born declined to eleven percent. Most of these immigrants in 1900 came from Germany, Great Britain, and Ireland, yet a growing number of Eastern Europeans were also migrating to the state.
People of Irish heritage were among the earliest white settlers of Ohio. Many migrated from Pennsylvania during the late 1700s and the early 1800s along Zane's Trace. Others came later to help build the numerous canals constructed during the 1820s and 1830s. Many of these people came to Ohio as a direct result of the potato famine in Ireland during the 1840s. Unable to pay mortgages for their land due to the poor potato crop, many of these people hoped to come to the United States to start their lives again. Many arrived with nothing more than a few pieces of clothing.
While most of the Irish immigrants hoped to become farmers, without any money, they took whatever jobs they could receive. These jobs were usually among the least desirable ones in the United States, because of the hard work and the poor wages. Many of these people who came to Ohio first served as laborers on canals like the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. Once railroads arrived in the state, many of these same workers helped lay the track. Other Ohioans did not always receive the Irish migrants with open arms. Most Ohioans were from Protestant faiths and opposed the Irish, who usually followed Roman Catholicism. Struggling Ohioans also did not like competition from the recently arrived migrants. During the 1850s, many Ohioans joined the new Know-Nothing (American) Party. This political party vehemently opposed new immigrants�especially the Irish�from coming to the United States. Hatred of the Irish was so deep during this time period that many communities required deceased Irishmen and women be buried in Irish-only cemeteries. Despite their difficulties, many of the Irish migrants succeeded in establishing successful lives in Ohio. They also helped improve Ohio's economic standing by helping the state establish a transportation infrastructure.
While many Irish Ohioans faced discrimination, these same people also commonly opposed the arrival of new groups to the state, especially free African Americans or runaway slaves. Race riots sometimes occurred, especially if whites feared that African Americans were gaining too much power or infringing upon white opportunities. For example, in 1829, one such riot occurred in Cincinnati, because Irish immigrants disliked economic competition from the African-American community. The Irish tried to drive African Americans from Cincinnati, but they were unsuccessful in this effort.
Because of violent episodes like the one that occurred in Cincinnati in 1829, Irish immigrants tended to establish their own communities. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many native-born Americans feared outsiders. Some of these people objected to the immigrants' religious and cultural beliefs, while others believed that the foreigners would corrupt the morals of United States citizens. These people also contended that the quality of life within the United States would decline, as there were not enough jobs to employ the millions of people migrating to America. Many native-born Americans hoped either to limit immigration or to force foreigners to convert to American customs and beliefs. It would take several generations before the immigrants became truly accepted by the vast majority of white Ohioans.
While Irish migration to Ohio peaked during the 1840s, thousands of Irish men and women continued to migrate to the state during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. In 1900, 55,018 native-born Irish people resided in Ohio, making them the second largest such group, behind only Germans, in the state. The number of Irish migrants declined over the next twenty years. In 1920, only 29,262 native-born Irish people lived in Ohio, ranking them as the tenth largest group behind Germans, Hungarians, Poles, Italians, Austrians, Russians, British, Czechoslovakians, and Yugoslavians. The number of Irish immigrants continued to decline during the rest of the twentieth century, with it nearly ceasing following World War II.
At the start of the twenty-first century, Irish culture and institutions continue to thrive in Ohio. Irish social organizations, such as the Irish American Club-East Side, Inc., and the West Side Irish-American Club both of Cleveland, exist in most of the state's major cities.
During the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, millions of immigrants migrated to the United States of America, hoping to live the American Dream. Before the American Civil War, most immigrants arrived in the United States from Great Britain, Germany, and Ireland. By the 1880s, the home countries of immigrants began to change. Many of the new immigrants to arrive in the United States came from Eastern European countries, like Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, rather than from Western European countries, like Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany.
In 1860, 328,249 immigrants lived in Ohio. These people accounted for fourteen percent of the state's population. By 1900, the number of immigrants in Ohio rose to 458,734, but the percentage of the population that was foreign-born declined to eleven percent. Most of these immigrants in 1900 came from Germany, Great Britain, and Ireland, yet a growing number of Eastern Europeans were also migrating to the state.
People of Irish heritage were among the earliest white settlers of Ohio. Many migrated from Pennsylvania during the late 1700s and the early 1800s along Zane's Trace. Others came later to help build the numerous canals constructed during the 1820s and 1830s. Many of these people came to Ohio as a direct result of the potato famine in Ireland during the 1840s. Unable to pay mortgages for their land due to the poor potato crop, many of these people hoped to come to the United States to start their lives again. Many arrived with nothing more than a few pieces of clothing.
While most of the Irish immigrants hoped to become farmers, without any money, they took whatever jobs they could receive. These jobs were usually among the least desirable ones in the United States, because of the hard work and the poor wages. Many of these people who came to Ohio first served as laborers on canals like the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. Once railroads arrived in the state, many of these same workers helped lay the track. Other Ohioans did not always receive the Irish migrants with open arms. Most Ohioans were from Protestant faiths and opposed the Irish, who usually followed Roman Catholicism. Struggling Ohioans also did not like competition from the recently arrived migrants. During the 1850s, many Ohioans joined the new Know-Nothing (American) Party. This political party vehemently opposed new immigrants�especially the Irish�from coming to the United States. Hatred of the Irish was so deep during this time period that many communities required deceased Irishmen and women be buried in Irish-only cemeteries. Despite their difficulties, many of the Irish migrants succeeded in establishing successful lives in Ohio. They also helped improve Ohio's economic standing by helping the state establish a transportation infrastructure.
While many Irish Ohioans faced discrimination, these same people also commonly opposed the arrival of new groups to the state, especially free African Americans or runaway slaves. Race riots sometimes occurred, especially if whites feared that African Americans were gaining too much power or infringing upon white opportunities. For example, in 1829, one such riot occurred in Cincinnati, because Irish immigrants disliked economic competition from the African-American community. The Irish tried to drive African Americans from Cincinnati, but they were unsuccessful in this effort.
Because of violent episodes like the one that occurred in Cincinnati in 1829, Irish immigrants tended to establish their own communities. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many native-born Americans feared outsiders. Some of these people objected to the immigrants' religious and cultural beliefs, while others believed that the foreigners would corrupt the morals of United States citizens. These people also contended that the quality of life within the United States would decline, as there were not enough jobs to employ the millions of people migrating to America. Many native-born Americans hoped either to limit immigration or to force foreigners to convert to American customs and beliefs. It would take several generations before the immigrants became truly accepted by the vast majority of white Ohioans.
While Irish migration to Ohio peaked during the 1840s, thousands of Irish men and women continued to migrate to the state during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. In 1900, 55,018 native-born Irish people resided in Ohio, making them the second largest such group, behind only Germans, in the state. The number of Irish migrants declined over the next twenty years. In 1920, only 29,262 native-born Irish people lived in Ohio, ranking them as the tenth largest group behind Germans, Hungarians, Poles, Italians, Austrians, Russians, British, Czechoslovakians, and Yugoslavians. The number of Irish immigrants continued to decline during the rest of the twentieth century, with it nearly ceasing following World War II.
At the start of the twenty-first century, Irish culture and institutions continue to thrive in Ohio. Irish social organizations, such as the Irish American Club-East Side, Inc., and the West Side Irish-American Club both of Cleveland, exist in most of the state's major cities.
References and Suggested Reading
Van Tassel, David D., and John J. Grabowski, eds. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. - Available from Amazon.com
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