John Bosel Mannin (1776-c.1869)

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors #21 – John Bosel Mannin (1776-c.1869)
I’m not sure which is more frustrating for me this week, moving or software. It was my intent to write about my 5th great grandfather, John Bosel Mannin, Sr. When I opened Family Tree Maker for Mac 3, where I manage my general information I found that I had no sources connected with John. I am sure I lost the connections in my software when I upgraded to FTM4M3 some time ago. (See my blog about my experience here.)

Photo of boxes courtesy Robert S. Donovan / CC BY 2.0

The second part of my frustration is that I am moving, from Georgia to Maine. It is a big move and my wife and I have a lot of stuff. Well my files on the Mannin(g) family are packed and somewhere on the inside of a 10x12x7 foot cube of boxes and furniture in the garage, so, I basically have virtually nothing to hang my hat on in terms of sources.

One of the other problems I have with my Mannin research is
that is is extremely old.  I utilized the
research of others fairly often in those days, a practice I don’t do much of any longer. In any event, sorting out and unraveling the
Mannin line will be a daunting task.
I then decided to take a look at he who I believe was his
son and my 4th great grandfather, Meredith Mannin.  In looking at Meredith, I was unable to find
any of the sources that proviced clear evidence that John Bosel was Meredith’s
father.  I did several searches on
Meredith for what I call “low hanging fruit” – Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.  From the Ancestry “shakey
leaves” and other searches I was able to confirm much of what I had regarding
Meredith, but no connection to John Bosel Mannin.  I need to further research Meredith so that I
can connect him to John Bosel properly. 
Then I can do further research on John Bosel Mannin and his ancestors.  As I mentioned, I’m in the middle of a move
and don’t have the time to do any serious research right now, hopefully, I will
be able to do so in the fall.    

Bio – John Bosel Mannin

A Page from the Mannin Bible
(Several sources including Ancestry.com)

John Bosel Mannin was born 27 May 1776 in Bedford Virginia.
He married Catherine Barnett 
while in Virginia.
They had at least five children. Martha, Samuel, Meredith,
Tarleton, and John Bosel (Jr.).
They located to Kentucky probably about 1799. (Martha was
born in Virginia and Samuel in Kentucky.)
John appears to have died before 1870.

List of Greats

1.    
Mary Elizabeth Manning
2.    
John William Manning
3.    
Enoch Mannin
4.    
Meredith Mannin
5.   
John
Bosel Mannin
6.    
Samuel Mannin
7.    
Meredith Mannin

Further Research.

Do complete research redo on John Bosel Mannin documenting
sources clearly.  

Sources:

Photo of boxes courtesy Robert S. Donovan / CC BY 2.0
Mannin Bible: Several sources including Ancestry.com)

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Alice Mulligan Swayze (1769-1850)

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors #20 – Alice Mulligan Swayze (1769-1850)

Sons of the American Revolution Logo
Sons of the American Revolution
Logo

There are times when I am afraid that I might be perpetuating
mistakes of others.  Although I do not
have any certain issues with what I think I know about Alice Mulligan Swayze, I
have no original sources for anything.  I
do have, what I believe to be fairly reliable, references from the Daughters of
the American Revolution (DAR) and from the Sons of the American Revolution
(SAR).  I also have references to Alice
in a couple books, and finally I have references to her from a government from
years after her death.  Nothing that I have
is direct evidence.  I understand I can
purchase some copies of the material used in some of the DAR submissions; I
will probably need to do that in the future. I don’t know if the SAR has the
same or similar program.  Their website
is a bit more complicated and difficult to figure out.

Like most colonial period females, there is nothing about her
directly that I have found. References to her are based upon her husband’s
activities and actions.  David Swayze
married her; there is never a mention about her marrying him.  In any event, here is what I think I know.

Bio – Alice Mulligan

Cecil County, Maryland
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons 

Alice was born 22 May 1769 in Cecil, Maryland[i].  I do not have her parent’s information.

She married David Swayze 20 Jan 1792 also in Cecil, Maryland[ii],
although it is possible that she married David earlier in 1788[iii].

Sometime before 1812, she located with her husband to New Salem,
Fairfield County, Ohio.

By 1829, her husband was a class leader & church officer;
circuit preachers made their home there & for years the M.E. preaching,
prayer meetings & class meetings were held at her house[ii].

Alice died 03 Jan 1850 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio[iv].

List of Greats

1.    
Rufus Harry Darling
2.    
Elizabeth Jane Swayze
3.    
David Swayze
4.   
Alice
Mulligan

Further Research.

      Get documents
originally used for DAR & SAR Applications.

Sources:

[i] Sons
of the American Revolution – Volume: 150; SAR Membership Number: 22943
[ii] “Genealogy of the Swasey Family,”
Page 185 –
Judge David Swazey.
[iii] “Official
roster of the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the state of Ohio“ Columbus,
Ohio – Page 360 – Swayze, David (Fairfield Co.)
[iv] DAR
Genealogical Research Databases – Descendants List – DAR – Nat’l #:
244347 – Ancestor #: A111692.

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Hildur Christina Krafve Mattson (1895-1976)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Don Taylor

Matson Project
Ancestor Sketch
By Don Taylor

Photo of Don Taylor with cat Nasi.It is not always about your ancestors but ancestors that have made a difference in your life.  When I began looking at my records regarding Hildur I realized that things weren’t right in my software, Family Tree Maker for Mac 2.  I thought that I had the relationships right.  I had the relationship of my stepfather set to step and his relationship to me as step, but his still showed up as my father and Hildur as my grandmother. I finally figured out that under People, Attach/Detach people that if I detached myself from him that he popped up as my stepfather and all was well.  I think the process of establishing relationships in FTM4Mac2 is unintuitive and should be streamlined.  How half siblings and stepsiblings
are displayed are not clear and are difficult to get correct. I think that if
you put the correct relationship in the relationship tab that should be all
that should be necessary.
While writing this biography, I realized that I only have one photo that includes Hildur, and that one is a distance shot from Christmas 1970.  Of course, upon scanning the photo and cropping it to include only Hildur it is very blurry and poor quality.  If anyone has a better photo of her I would
love it.

Bio – Hildur Christina Krafve

Hildur Christina Krafve Mattson
Christmas 1970

Hildur’s parents came to America from Sweden in 1885 and 1887 and settled in Minnesota. Hildur was born on 26 May 1895, the third of six children to Josef (Joseph) and Maria (Mary) Persson (or Person) Krafve in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]

In 1900, the family lived in southeast Minneapolis at 717 28th Ave, an area that now the University of Minnesota Reuse Program buildings.[2]

The 1910 census finds the family in Maple Ridge Township in Isanti County, which is a few miles north of Cambridge. As an interesting side note, in 1917 a Reuben Krafve, son of Carl Krafve committed suicide in Maple Ridge Township when he received notice that he was drafted. I haven’t found the relationship to our Krafve’s yet, but I would think one is quite possible. I’ll need to look further into that.

I have been unable to find the Krafve’s in the 1920 census. I have found that their surname is spelled many different ways and have a lot more research to do to see if I can find them.

Hildur married Eddie Matson (aka Edward William Mattson) on 25 Mar 1922 in Hennepin County. A copy of certificate may be ordered from one of my favorite Minnesota websites: Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS).

4218 Upton Avenue North Today
Thanks to Google Maps

When my stepfather was born, in 1925, the family lived in a tiny (726 square feet), but new (built in 1924), home at 4218 Upton Ave. North, a house that exists today.

The family probably outgrew the tiny house on Upton and by
the 1930 census the family had moved to Southside Township, Wright County. [3]
Sometime between 1935 and 1940 the family moved a few miles
away to Annandale.[4] The family moved back to Minneapolis before 1942 and lived at 2024 Girard Ave. No. That house no longer exists. According to city directories, they lived there until at least 1948.[5]
Hildur died on 30 July 1976 in Hennepin County. A copy of
the certificate can be ordered from the Minnesota Historical Society.[6] Hildur Mattson was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery in Minnesota with her husband.

Further Research.

  • Get better photo of Hildur if possible.
  • Determine if Carl and Reuben Krafve are related.
  • Find Hildur Krafve in the 1920 Census.
  • Get a copy of Eddie & Hildur’s wedding certificate.
  • Get a copy of Hildur’s death certificate.
  • Determine Hildur’s burial place.

Sources:

[1] Ancestry.com – Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 – Hildur Christina Krafve FHL Film Number: 1498835.
[2] Family Search – Minnesota > Hennepin > ED 121 Election District 11 (incl. Augsburg Seminary) Minneapolis city Ward 11 > image 6 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T623.
[3] Ancestry.com – 1930 Census – Place: Southside, Wright, Minnesota; Roll: 1136; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 510.0; FHL microfilm: 2340871
[4] Ancestry.com – 1940 Census – Annandale, Wright, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1970; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 86-3
[5] Ancestry.com – U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) 1948 – Minneapolis City Directory – Page 921.
[6] Minnesota Historical Society – Minnesota Death Certificate Index – CERTID# 1976-MN-021131

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Bertha Barbara TrĂĽmpi Huber

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors #18
Darling-Huber-Trumpi Line

Bio: Bertha Barbara (TrĂĽmpi) Huber (1884-1968)

The umlaut helps to confuse Bertha’s records in America. Usually, the umlaut is dropped and Trumpi is used, it is also Trumpe and sometimes Trumpy, misspellings include Trunpe. Bertha was born the oldest child of Bernhard Trumpe and Bertha Koch on 9 May 1884, in Ennenda, Glarus, Switzerland. We know nothing about her childhood, although we do know she “came from a big family and had a stepmother as her father married twice.
She is my wife’s most recent immigrant coming to America in 1903 when she was only 18 years old. She came in the care of an aunt and uncle who traveled from America to get her in Switzerland and bring her back. She then settled in Wisconsin where she met Johann (John) Huber. She married Johann on 2 March 1905 in New Glarius, Wisconsin,[1] most likely at the Swiss Church in New Glarus in a religious ceremony by Rev. A. Roth. Anna Altman and Gebert Huber were the witnesses.
The young couple settled in Primrose, Dane County, Wisconsin. [2]
In April of 1908, she had her first child, a daughter, Florence Wilma Huber.
1909-02-07 - Morning Star (Rockford, IL) Page- 13 - Home Seekers ad

1909 ad for Baldwin County Colonization Co. From The Morning Star (Rockford, IL)

Three Chicago businessmen formed the Baldwin County Colonization Company in 1903: Alexander Klappenback, F. W. Herdick, and Henry Bartling. They hoped to establish a German colony near Perdido Bay, Alabama. In 1904, settlers were offered 20 and 40-acre portions of land.[3] They provided free trips to southern Alabama in February to people who bought property in the Colony.

The excitement of land of their own in the warmth of Alabama enticed the young family to move south in 1907 or 1908. Shortly after she and John located to Elberta, Baldwin County, Alabama, in 1908 she gave birth to her second child.[4]
Sometime between 1916 and 1920, the young family decided to return to the north and purchased a farm in James Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. After daughter died in 1934, their granddaughter came to live with them (Bertha, her husband, and her son Clarence). Bertha spoke Romansh, High German, and English. Her husband died in 1948. She continued to live at the James Township farm until she died from a coronary occlusion on 21 March 1964.
Bertha was buried in an unmarked grave at Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan. Section 116, Plot S692 on March 25th.
List of Great Ancestors
1.    Bertha Barbara Trümpi
2.     Bernhard Trümpe

Sources:

[1] Wisconsin Marriage Records, Johana Huber and Bertha Trunpe, 02 Mar 1905.
[2] Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905, Ancestry.Com
[3] Baldwin County, AL Genealogy Trails. See: https://genealogytrails.com/ala/baldwin/cities/elberta.html
[4] 1910 Census, Ancestry.com, https://www.Ancestry.com, Elberta and Josephine, Baldwin, Alabama; Roll: T624_1; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 1374014.

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Hannah Beardsley Hulse Swayze

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Don Taylor
52 Ancestors #17 – Hannah Beardsley (1671-1743)

Bio – Hannah Beardsley Jenner Hulse Swayze

Hannah is one of those ancestors for whom other people’s
research is confusing and conflicting and for whom my research needs to be
somewhat daunting. 

Pirate Henry Morgan
Most of what I’ve found about Hannah puts her birth at 30
Apr 1671.  She was born of Joseph and Abigail
Phebe Dayton Beardsley.  One researcher
puts her birth at Brookhaven, New York, however most put her birth at Stratford,
Connecticut.  The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1­55,
edited by Lorraine Cook White lists Hannah, daughter of Joseph Beardsley as
being born in 1671.[1]  It is key to note that another Hannah
Beardsley, daughter of Samuell Beardsley, was born 1682, also in Connecticut.
Her death is consistently reported by other researchers as 2
February, 1742/43. (Year is inconsistent because of Julian/Gregorian calendar
shift.)
Several researchers indicate that she married Richard Hulse
in 1681, when she would have been only 10 years old.  I just can’t accept that date.  Several others indicate she married Samuel
Jenner in 1691, however, it appears that when she married Samuel Swazey her
last name was Hulse,[2] which
would suggest that she married Hulse after Jenner, if she married Jenner at
all.  All of the pedigrees I’ve seen
indicate she married Samuel in 1698 although the location is in question. Some
say Suffolk county, New York, others say Queens county, New York. In any event
it will take a lot of work to unravel the marriages.
I am really happy that one of the researchers included
sources with their pedigree on line. 
There were nine different sources that supported that individual’s
facts.[3]  This is awesome and a real help.  I wish everyone included their sources.  I will now be able to review the sources this
person used, analyze the source material and develop my own hypothesis. 
It is very unclear about Hannah’s possible children.  Certainly, the 4 Hulse children ascribed to
her can be dismissed as all were supposedly born before she was 5 years old.
The two Jenner children ascribed to her could be hers if she, in fact married
Jenner but I currently don’t believe so. One was born the year she married
Swazey and she would have had to marry Hulse in between.  It just doesn’t seem likely to me.
Page from Handel’s “Messiah”
She appears to have had at least six children with Samuel
Swazey,  John, Mathias, Susannah, Mary,
Samuel, and Elizabeth. There are no significant gaps in the children’s births
so I don’t expect any infant deaths in her children.
Historically, 1671, the year of Hannah’s birth, saw pirate
Henry Morgan defeating the Spanish in Panama, King Charles II on the throne in
England, and Louis XIV, king of France, founding AcadĂ©mie royale d’architecture,
the world’s first school of Architecture. [4]
Hannah died a month before Handel’s “Messiah” premiered in
London.
I remember Hannah Beardsley Swayze this week, on the 343rd anniversary of her birth.

List of Greats

Rufus Harry Darling
Elizabeth Jane Swayze
David Swayze
David Swayze
Amos Swayze
Mathias Swayze
Hannah Beardsley
Joseph Beardsley
William Beardsley 

Further Research

Review Sources provided by Family Search and integrate facts.
Sort out Hannah’s marriages.
Further investigate Hannah’s parents and see about siblings.

Sources:

[1] Connecticut Town
Birth Records, pre­1870, Ancestry.com, https://www.Ancestry.com, Hannah Beardsley https://search.ancestry.com/cgi­bin/sse.dll?
h=594063&db=CTvitalsBarbour&indiv=try
[2] Torry, Clarence
A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, USA:, Genealogical
Publishing Co., 2004), Ancestry.com, https://www.Ancestry.com, Page 723 –
Swezey, Samuel – Hannah Beardsley
[Hannah Hulse] .
[3] Pedigree Resource
File, FamilySearch.org, Hannah Beardsley – Submission id:
MMD8-X5C – Date: 3/9/2014 – Accessed 2014-04-22. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/33RM-JWL.

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