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| 1 | "According to newspaper article she died of lung congestion." A Census reported that the children of William & Hadassah lived in the hotel operated by John Elliot. Hadassah re-married to John Elliot. The kids had the following duties while part of the new relationship: Robert at 13 years - bartender George - 11 years - bartender Emma - 9 years - music teacher Anna - 7 years - clerk William - 5 years "minister W. Cassles" Buried in Toronto Necropolis Sec K, Lot 71 | IRWIN, Hadassah Mary (I76903)
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| 2 | "According to newspaper article she died of lung congestion." A Census reported that the children of William & Hadassah lived in the hotel operated by John Elliot. Hadassah re-married to John Elliot. The kids had the following duties while part of the new relationship: Robert at 13 years - bartender George - 11 years - bartender Emma - 9 years - music teacher Anna - 7 years - clerk William - 5 years | IRWIN, Hadassah Mary (I76903)
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| 3 | "In the meantime Emma was growing up on the Alkali Lake Ranch. She was born in 1872 and was the youngest child of Herman Otto Bowe and his native wife Quilinick - Caroline. She was a promising child and her parents expected great things of her. She completed all of her schooling in New Westminster and then went to Chicago with her father to see the World's Fair and to complete her music studies. She was a gifted musician and artist. She was also a keen horsewoman and could shoot a rifle with great accuracy. She had only been home a year or so when a group of musical Kirkpatricks came to surprise the Bowes with a visit. . . . They danced until day light and breakfast was announced by the voluntary cooks. "The second night Emma Bowe went to the Indian Village which was less than a mile from the ranch house. She invited the young folks to come down and take in the dance. They were all good dancers, as they had been dancing for years in their own hall, so they came eagerly and had an enjoyable time. There was no discrimination, they mixed and danced and had more fun than the previous night." ~ Kirkpatrick Gold, June 15, 1992 edition Sam Kirkpatrick says she was "remarkable ranch girl of a bygone period... she was more than a remarkable woman, she was a rare specimen of humanity. She was a planner, a manager." ------------------------------- Conversation with Kae Larson at the 2013 Kirkpatrick Family Reunion: When Emma eloped she was very sureptitious about it. She began secretly putting things into saddlebags in preparation. She rode for 2 days and 3 nights to Kamloops. By the time HOB caught up by stage, she was "wedded and bedded." Her piano was hauled in by 9 pack horses. There were detailed instructions in German and English on how to move it and reassemble it. | BOWE, Emma (I43)
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| 4 | "Most of his life he lived in Platteville, Iowa County, Wisconsin." Kirkpatrick Gold, June 15, 1992, page 14. According to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick, in one of his letters, "John was about six feet two or three inches and weighed over two hundred pound." | KIRKPATRICK, John (I140)
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| 5 | "She grew to Womanhood at Kamloops, she was not Educated, but Spoke English very well, Jimmy Died rather suddenly so Emma had to go to her Relatives at the Spatsum Reserve, on her first visit to Spences Bridge she met the Tall Blonde Thomas G, they were attracted to one another by the fact that they Converse in the English Language. Thomas was amazed and Probably Facinated, as White Women were few and Far between in those Days, so naturaly a Romance Bloomed like a Flower, but fast, after a whirl wind Court ship they in Double Harness, it was a Blessing for young Jim and Billy, as the oly words they had learned to speak was in the Indian Language. Emma was very Devoted to Thomas, and accepted his ready Made Family and Proceded forthwith to add to it, and eventually became a Mother to a large Family of Kirkpatrick. My Mother was Probably the only Mother that Jimand Bill ever remembered, as Bills Mother died early in Life." Gary Stephenson called her "Georgi Thomas," though I don't recall why. (Chat with Gary, June 2013, Dawn (Kirkpatrick) Turner) | BARR, Emma (Quimetco) (I110)
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| 6 | (A History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, by Frank Walcott Hutt,1924). (The land at first)... as an extensive garden, had been planted bynatives (before the whites came). The " Old Field", previous to thepermanent settlement of this territory by transcient settlers, huntersand small farmers, built their homes along the edge of the old Indianfarmland. Who these were, there remains no further record, but it isunderstood that all had left before the outbreak of the King Philip Warin 1675, with the excepion of Captain Jared Talbot, who when the waractually made itself evident, went over to Taunton to join the colonistat the garrison house. The name of Jared Talbot is the first to appear inthe old records of this purchase. The earliest family record that hasbeen preserved announces the marriage of Jared Talbot and RebeccaHathaway, May 4 1687. It is believed that theirs was the first framehouse in Dighton. In 1715 Captain Jarad Talbot and Deacon AbrahamHathaway were given charge of the use of the ferry-boat, which was to befree for the inhabitants on all public days. | TALBOT, Jared (I25866)
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| 7 | 1630 emigrated on ship, "Mary and John". 1637 went to Cohannet (Taunton). | STRONG, Eleanor (I29410)
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| 8 | 4 DEC 1638 took Freeman's oath in Mass. tanner trade. Walter was one of the earliest settlers at Cohanet, afterwards namedTaunton. He and his brother John took up farms on the west bank of theTaunton River about one mile from the "Green." The section is now knownas Dean Street. He was also Selectman for 20 years, a Representative to the GeneralCourt, and a deacon of his church. | DEANE, Walter (I29409)
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| 9 | A carpenter, proprietor, 1636-7. He was one of the early proprietors ofLancaster, where his youngest 4 children were probably born. Lawrence Waters was a Proprietor at Watertown in 1636 and 1637. By hiswife Ann Linton he had six children born there. A carpenter, he was one of three sent up, in 1645, by the grantees of theNashaway Plantation (later called Lancaster), to make suitablepreparation for their own coming. The proprietors assigned him a lot uponwhich he built a house, probably the second building erected by white menin Lancaster. The first birth certified to be issued in the town of Lancaster, by RalphHoughton, was that of Joseph, son of Lawrence Waters, April 29, 1647. Thefirst attested death in the town was that of Rachel, infant daughter ofLawrence Waters, in March, 1649. He planted the intervale between Penacoook and Still Rivers before 1647,a region then included in Lancaster. On Jun 1, 1655 then of Lancaster, he sold to Robert Harrington, 3parcels of land in Watertown, deed signed 17 Jun 1668. He was aproprietor at Lancaster in 1658. He became a freeman in 1663. After the massacre of 1676, we find him withhis wife, and Samuel with his wife and two children, seeking shelter inCharlestown, where Stephen became responsible to the authorities forthem. Lawrence Waters was then blind. He died December 9, 1687, inCharlestown, aged about eighty-five years, outliving his wife sevenyears. | WATERS, Lawrence (I18662)
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| 10 | A desendant on her father's side in the thirty-first generation ofCharlemagne, Frankish king and Roman emperor, by his wife Hildegarde,daughter of the Swabian duke Godfrey; in the thrity-second of Pepin theShort, the first Carlovingian king of the Franks; in the thirty-fourth ofPepin of Heristal, mayor of the palace under the last Merovingian kings,who died A.D. 714. | LAKE, Martha (I25128)
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| 11 | A footsoldier of Bradford, Massachusetts. In 1707 he removed to Bradford,Massachusetts, where he made his home until his death n 1743. He wastwice married, and has three children by his first wife, Sarah Atwood,who died in 1717, and three by his second wife, Elizabeth Atwood, hisfirst wife's sister, the last child born being Major James Head. | HEAD, James (I15064)
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| 12 | A friend wrote to me when I was staying with Grandma and Grandpa in Minnesota at this time. ~ Dawn | MAY, Peter Paul (I2251)
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| 13 | Abraham Browne arrived with with wife Lydia in the Winthrop Fleet inApril or July of 1630. He is listed "of Hawkdon, Suffolk", and bound forWatertown, where he settled. Abraham is probably the son of Thomas of Hawkedon, County Suffolk nearBury St. Edmunds. He was admitted Freeman on Mar. 6, 1632.He wasselectman at Watertown for many years and was a surveyor. He died in 1650, and Lydia married on Nov. 27, 1659 to Andrew Hodges ofIpswich. After Andrew's death in Dec. 1665, she came back to Watertown,and died there Sept. 27, 1686. Abraham's pedigree back to 1330 iscontained in Bond's "History of Watertown Massachusetts". | BROWNE, Abraham (I13753)
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| 14 | According to "Our Family Tree," it looks as though Ruby married both a Kirkpatrick and a Bowe, though the order is not given. Ages of the births of the children suggest Kirkpatrick came first. | LAVENTURE, Ruby May (I83402)
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| 15 | According to "Our Family Tree," James "died for freedom and honour" at Vimy Ridge, France, in World War I. Jimmy's mother, Emma, saw his death in a vision at the time it occurred, even though he was on the other side of the planet. | KIRKPATRICK, James Douglas (I46)
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| 16 | According to a letter written to him from his daughter Sheila (my mom). I have the letter in my collection. ~ Dawn | REICHERT, Jozef (Joseph, Joe) (I34)
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| 17 | According to Alice's nephew, Brian W. Kirkpatrick (son of her brother George), Alice loved to play the horses and always had a bra full of $5 bills. She and her second husband Vern bought shares in Royalite, which later became another company and they did very well with them, but Alice still played the horses. She'd poke a pin through the list of horses racing and pick the one the pin hit and she did VERY well this way. May have had the second sight. | KIRKPATRICK, Alice Isobel (I58)
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| 18 | According to an obituary, Lottie went to school in New Westminster, 387 miles away from home, at St. Anne's Academy. Mrs. Eagle was a skillful player of the piano, the first that was shipped into that section, according to the same obituary. (Kirkpatrick Gold, Feb 23, 1992 edition) Lottie and Basil moved to Duncan, BC, and lived there for many years. | BOWE, Charlotte "Lottie" (I100)
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| 19 | According to dad (Brian W. Kirkpatrick), Grandpa George worked at Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). He put gilt on the "fancy train." Worked there for 35 years in the Coach Shop. He also trained at the School of Fine Arts in Banff. ---------- On November 30, 2013 Dayel (Dale Jean Kirkpatrick) mentioned on Facebook that my Grandpa George Kirkpatrick and her dad, Samuel Thomas Kirkpatrick, saved each others' lives twice each. She says that George saved Sam from drowning twice and Sam saved Geo with cardio-pulimnary resuscitation CPR twice. | KIRKPATRICK, George Theodore (I41)
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| 20 | According to dad (Brian W. Kirkpatrick), Jack Shortt was the "brand inspector" for southern Alberta. Apparently, he also used to be an artist - a painter. But he contracted MS and had to quit. An from dad on February 19, 2013: "Yes he would go anywhere that cattle were being sold and examine the brand to determine that it was legit. and could be sold, basically to stop rustling and prove that a brand had not been changed. After uncle Jack they started using the RCMP for brand inspections." | SHORTT, John Hudson "Jack" (I83394)
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| 21 | According to George Kirkpatrick, his grandson, this is where "Grandpa Wood" lived. ~ Dawn (Kirkpatrick) Turner, June 2013 | WOOD, David Vincent (I45)
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| 22 | According to her marriage certificate. | BOWE, Emma (I43)
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| 23 | According to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bowers/lane/thomasl.htm: In a Land Deed signed by his son Joseph LANE Sr, it states that: "Deed from Joseph Lane and Julian his wife of Isle of Wight County, Sept. 4, 1710, to Thomas Lane, of Surrey County 200 acres given me by my father (Thomas Lane, patent 1682) in his last will and testament (father Thomas Lane, patent 1682). Signed, Joseph Lane (Ielian) Julian Lane "Sealed in red wax. Wit: Thomas Hart, Mary Hart, Thomas Lane Jr. The witnesses Thomas and Mary Hart were the son in-law and daughter of Richard & Eliz. Washington- his will Nov. 9, 1724, Surrey Co." (Ref. Surrey County Deed Book 5, page 37) This can be found on Microfilm at the Family History Center called" General History of the LANES of NC and GA." There is some refrences that state Thomas LANE SR. was the son of John LANE who married the daughter of Robert BIRD, John had sons Robert, Thomas and John, however more research needs to be done. | LANE, Thomas (I2014)
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| 24 | According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec: Elizabeth WEARE * (daughter of Hon. Nathaniel WEARE * and Elizabeth SWAINE (SWAYNE) *) on 20 Dec 1681 in Hampton, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire. Elizabeth WEARE * was born on 5 Jan 1658 in Newberry, Massachusetts. She died about 1722 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire. | WEARE, Elizabeth (I179)
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| 25 | According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec: John CRAM (CRAMBE) was born in 1537 in Well in Alford, Lincolnshire Co, England. He died about 1615 in England. The earliest member of the Cram line was researched by Michael Cram "The Cram Sourcebook - 1996". Additional information on the early Cram family line is available through; Allen L. Potts 5820 So Majestic Pine Drive Murry, Utah 84107 phone 1-801-268-2906 E-mail allenp19@.idt.net | CRAM (CRAMBE), John (I203)
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| 26 | According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec: John CRAM was born on 29 Feb 1596 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. He was christened on 29 Jan 1597 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. He emigrated in 1638 from Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. He died on 5 Mar 1682 in Hampton, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire. The majority of the Cram family history is from research conducted by Janet Stewart and was subsequently expanded by research conducted by Michael Cram (see the references). The numbering following the ancestoral Cram line came from Janet and helps to follow through the families - John Cram (#1) born 1595 through Rev. Abiel Cram (#7) born 1802. From the Cram Source Book Vol I, Appendix G, page 195; "There is a dispute as to just who the parents of John Cram (the first member of the family to emmigrate from England to America) were. Victor Channing Sanborn, Esq., of Kenilworth, Illinois was published in the January, 1914 issue of New England Genealogical and Historical Register. Sanborn presents his proof that John Cram (1) was not descended from the von Cramms of Germany, but is of earlier English heritage." We have chosen to align our genealogy with the conclusions of Victor Sanborn which is in conflict with some family histories. The name Cram is mostly from the German "kram". The German spelling was von Cramm as in the Village Cramm near Wolfenbuttel. Other early variations of the spelling include Crambe, Crame, and Cramme which appeared throughout parish registers. John's birth date has been reported as both 1597 and 1607 with disagreement on his who his parents really were. It was research by Michael A. Cram that presented the best case for identification as represented in this history. The essence of the connection was Hester and John's son Joseph who was mentioned in the 1632 transcripts of Falsthorpe, England where Joseph's baptism was recorded and the June 24th 1648 records of Exeter in New England where Joseph was reported drowned at age 15 years. They lived in Alford (town), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Bilsby (Parish) and in Farlsthrope in Lincolnshire (County), England. The family immigrated to Boston with Rev. John Wainwright's party in (1638?) by some records.. He settled at Muddy River, now Longwood, Mass in 1635 and was a proprietor in Boston in this time frame. He was also an early proprietor of Exeter, N.H. after moving there in 1638. He later moved to Hampton, N.H. in 1650. A will from the Old Norfolk County Records; "John Cram (his I mark) of Hampton, with consent of my wife Hester Cram, conveyed to my son Benjamin Cram my now dwelling house and houselot with ye barn and other buildings standing thereon; also 5 acres of salt marsh which was sometimes Richard Swaine's, bounded by Ben: Swett, Henry Green and Mr. Christopher Hussey; and, also, one-half of my stock of cattle and implements belonging to husbandry as cart, ploughs, chains, yokes and such like instruments. I convey to my son Tho Cram 6 acres of salt marsh, bounded by ye fals river, Phillip Lewis and John Marian; also 4 acres of meadow bounded by Anthony Stanian and Robert Tuck; also, my grant of 40 acres at ye new plantation and ye other half of my cattle and implements. My said sons are to maintain their father and mother during their lives; and to my daughter Mary 30L, to my daughter Lydia Cram 30L at various times specified, 24:12:1665. Signed, also, by Benjamin Cram (his + mark) and Thomas Cram (his V mark). Wit: Joseph Dow and Daniell Tilton. Ack. by all these parties May 21, 1668 before Samuel Dalton, Commisioner." He was married to Esther "Hester" WHITE * on 7 Jun 1624 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. Esther "Hester" WHITE * was born about 1595 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. She emigrated in 1638 from Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. She died on 16 May 1677. ------------- From another (unknown) source: John Cram of Bilsby and Farlesthorpe came to Boston in 1635 with a groupof Lincolnshire men. He was alloted 16 acres at Brookline on Muddy River.He followed Wainwright north and in 1639 became one of the founders ofExeter, New Hampshire. He was a signer of the "Wainwright Combination." John was in the first division of land at Exeter, alloted 8 acres and 4poles. In 1658 he moved to Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He firstsettled in Hampton Falls near the site of the Weare monument. Later, theold Cram homestead was erected by him. It is the oldest house in townand was occupied by generations of the Cram family, beginning withBenjamin the son of John. It was said of John that he was "a man ofsound and discriminating mind , judicious, and honest. " In the record ofhis death, he is styled, "Good old John Cram, one just in hisgeneration". John died in Hampton Falls on 5 Mar 1682. His wife, Hester, died 16 May1677. | CRAM, John (I185)
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| 27 | According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec: The family was affiliated with the Quaker Church. In 1674 Thomas and other Hampton men were admonished for calling a Quaker meeting. He was a soldier in the Narragansett, or King Phillip's War, which ended in 1676. On Dec 20, 1681 he was reported as a ship owner in Hampton Falls. Thomas lived in Hampton Falls and served in King Philip's War. Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Weare, one of the mostinfluential men in the town of Hampton and throughout the province.Twice, Thomas went as agent to England to lay the people's grievancesbefore the King. | CRAM, Thomas (I178)
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| 28 | According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec: Thomas CRAM (CRAMBE) was born on 28 Oct 1567 in Alford, England. He was baptized on 28 Oct 1567 in Alford, England. He died about 1639 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. Thomas of Alford and Bilsby. The father of the first Cram to immigrate to the United States was identified by Michael Cram in the "Cram Sourcebook - 1996". Thomas Crambe was from Alford and Bilsby and most probably born in Alford. As the testor of 1638, an abstract of his April 3, 1638 will can be found in the Cram Sourcebook, Vol 1, page 201. | CRAM (CRAMBE), Thomas (I194)
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| 29 | According to http://www.spoonergen.com/trees/US-William/notes.html#NI15593: According to family tradition, William Peck emigrated from England to this country with his wife, Elizabeth, and his son, Jeremiah, in the ship "Hector", arriving at Boston, from London in late May of 1637. The first record of William in this country is in 1638 as a founder of the New Haven Colony. On June 4, 1639 William is listed as one of the original proprietors at New Haven where he signed the fundamental Agreement. William Peck was admitted Freeman of the colony on October 20, 1640. He was a merchant by occupation, a trustee, treasurer, and the general business agent of the Colony Collegiate School, established on the basis of the Hopkins fund. In 1659, he was a merchant at New Haven and Deacon of the Church. The records there call him "Mr." which then indicated considerable respect. On October 4, 1694, William died and was buried two days later in the Old Burial Ground. The grave was later covered by the Center Church, but his stone was moved in 1821 to the new cemetery. His will was probated on October 11, 1694, and mentions his second wife and four children who survived him. ("Probate Records of New Haven, Connecticut" II:176) | PECK, William (I249)
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| 30 | According to http://www.spoonergen.com/trees/US-William/notes.html#NI15593: The De Wolfs belong to the oldest aristocracy of Flanders, Saxony and Livonia (the Baltic Provinces of Russia). According to legend, the origin of the name de Wolf is practically the same in every country. According to family tradition in Belgium, Frederick de Wolf's first known ancestor, Louis de Saint-Etienne, of the French noble family of that name, was one of King Charles the Fifth's attendants on a hunting expedition. During the chase, a wolf cub crossed the King's path; Charles threw his lance at the cub, mortally wounding it, and breaking the weapon against a tree. An enormous she-wolf, seeing her offspring wounded, rushed from the forest upon the King, who had nothing but a hunting knife to defend himself with. Louis de Saint-Etienne rushed between the wolf and the King and dispatched it with his sword, thus saving the King's life. As a reward, the King Knighted Louis, who from this time was called de Loup, and was ancestor of the noble French family of that name. His grandson, Emile de Loup, accompanied the Princess Matilda to Germany at the time of her marriage. Emile de Loup became a great favorite at the Saxon Court and had the title of Baron conferred on him in 1427. He then changed his name from French to German and was known afterwards as de Wolf. It was his direct descendant, Maximillian de Wolf who founded the Belgian branch of the family. "About the middle of the seventeenth century a younger son of Baron de Wolf of Livonia emigrated, presumably to America, and was never heard from again by his family. The name 'Baltazer de Woolfe', however, shows up in the court records of Hartford, Connecticut, on March 5, 1656. The spelling of the name is similar to that which a court clerk might assume phonetically from a foreign accent, and Balthazar was very impatient with the puritanical restrictions of the town. Having been hauled into court with others 'presented for smoking in the streets contra to the law', it is said that he paid his fine, lit his pipe, and walked out. Whether or not he was the youngest son of Baron de Wolf of Livonia is still open to conjecture. In the interest of truth it must be said that he has also been made a French Huguenot fleeing persecution; a Russian; a Jew; a Protestant refugee from Holland. One source says that Balthazar was indubitably English, witness his handwriting and the names of his children. No one has suggested he was an American aborigine, even though he smoked a pipe. In 1668 Ba[l]thazar de Wolf's name appears in the Lyme, Connecticut, records, and in 1677 he was chosen 'Committee of the Town'. He is last mentioned in 1695. He and his wife Alice had six children, the eldest of whom was Edward. Balthazar De Wolf's exact origins are uncertain, but he was educated and industrious. He settled in Lyme, Conn., in 1660, coming from Hartford, and became well-established in the community. He had numerous offspring, some of which resettled Acadia after the French were expelled. "Balthazar de Wolf of 1656 Connecticut is our first American de Wolf ancestor of whom we have a record. This much is indisputable. The first record of Balthazar is at Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1656-64. In 1668 he and his three sons, Edward, Simon and Stephen are recorded as members of the training band at Lyme. There is also a record that one Nicholas Jennings was indicted for witchcraft in "causing the death of the wife of Regnold Marvin and a child of Balthazar de Wolf." (Ascendents and Descendants of Joseph De Wolf of Granby, Connecticut"; compiled by Oratia J. De Wolf; Coraopolis, Pennsylvania; 1902) In "Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut" (Jan 1650-June 1663) it has several notations about Balthazar. On 5 Mar 1656: included among "those presented for smoaking in the street contra to law...Baltazar de Woolfe, presented by Will Marcum, constable for Mattabesick." 5 Sep 1661: the indictment of Nicholas and Margaret Jennings for witchcraft in the loss of several lives (chief was Marie Marvin, included also "ye child of Baalshar de Wolf". The child is spoken of as "bewitched to death". Note: Balthazar was also later noted as being a "witch hunter". abt 1645 when Balthazar was 25, he married Alice, in Westfield, Middlesex, Connecticut. Born abt 1624 in Westfield, Middlesex, Connecticut. | DE WOLF, Balthazar (I247)
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| 31 | According to Jeanette (Wood) Hunter, Inez was the only one of her siblings born in Canada. November 15, 2012 - talk with Brian Kirkpatrick Inez went to dance school in Calgary. Miss Jean Gauld, late 1920s or mid-1930s. Inez could stretch her leg straight up and touch the top of the doorway with her toes. I do know grandma had beautiful long legs. According to Archives Canada, "Jean Helen Gauld, 1902?-1984, moved to Calgary, Alberta with her father around 1914. She won many awards for her Highland dancing, and by the age of 14 established herself as a professional dance instructor. She expanded her range to include ballet, ethnic, and modern styles. Later in her career she taught at Mount Royal College and the Montessori School of Calgary." There are photos of her in the Glenbow Archives, Calgary. According to her son George, Inez was a Congregationalist in Calgary, later became United Church. (Not clear to me from my notes if the Congregationalist Church became the United Church or if Grandma did, hereself.) Also according to George, Mavis Deeves was Grandma's best friend growing up. | WOOD, Inez Jean (I40)
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| 32 | According to JP Kirkpatrick site: http://www.jpkirkpatrick.com/Kirkpatrick/AlexanderKPDesc/b3409.htm Isabella was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. When her five brothers removed to Northern Ireland in 1725, she remained in Scotland with her father. Isabella married William Douglas. Isabella Kirkpatrick and William Douglas were married in 1712. (Dawn's note: if Isabella was born Abt 1711 she would not have married in 1712.) ------------ "Found record of Isabella Kirkpatrick born abt 1698 in Scotland. (Birth Records CD # 17 extracted from Lineage Linkage CD # 100)" Source: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kirkpatrick-176 ------------ | KIRKPATRICK, Isabella (I84462)
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| 33 | According to jpkirkpatrick.com: 5. Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick was born on 9 Nov 1766 in South Carolina. He died on 16 Dec 1821 in Bond Co., Illinois. He was buried in Moody Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co., Illinois. (29) Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick's birthdate is given as 9 Nov 1766 in South Carolina. He is generally considered the eldest son of James the son of the Immigrant, although the exact order of birth is not certain. His mother was Susannah Gillham. Thomas married abt. 1797 Mary 'Polly' Lane who was born 18 Dec 1777. Mary Lane was the twin sister of Sarah Lane who married Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick's brother John. The two sisters were daughters of Jesse and Winifred (Aycock) Lane. Jesse was born in Halifax, NC on 3 July 1733. He served as a Revolutionary War officer in the 3rd North Carolina Contenentals and is reputed to have been at the battle of Kings Mountain. The family moved to Georgia in 1784, first to Elbert and Oglethorpe counties, and finally to Jackson County.* We do not have a marriage date or place for Thomas and Mary, although it probably took place in Jackson County, Georgia, abt. 1797. Thomas Kirkpatrick was named among Jackson County, GA's first Justices of the Peace on 4 Aug 1797 (The Early History of Jackson County, Georgia by G.J.N.Wilson, 1914, p. 296). Jesse Springer in her book Cranehook on Delaware (a genealogy published in Illinois), states that the Georgia Department of Archives & History, in correspondence dated 17 May 1961, informed her that Thomas Kirkpatrick served as Justice of the Peace of Jackson County, commissioned 3 Jun 1799. Again, the book Gone To Georgia: Jackson & Gwinnett Counties and Their Neighbors in the Western Migration (Compiled by William C. Stewart, National Genealogical Society Publication #30, 1965) gives Kirkpatrick's appointment as Justice of the Peace in Jackson County in 1799. David Kirkpatrick in his genealogy, An American Kirkpatrick Family, reproduces newspaper clipping facing page 34. The clipping was found in the effects of James G. Kirkpatrick, descendant of Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick, presumably from an Illinois newspaper. It refers in the last two paragraphs to a document 130 years old in the possession of George Kirkpatrick, James G. Kirkpatrick's brother. It is an order of Governor Jared Irwin of Georgia, appointing Thomas Kirkpatrick a Justice of the Peace, signed as follows: "...given under my hand and seal at the State House in Louisville, this 13th day of June, Anno Dom. 1797 in the 21st year of American Independence." ** A number of land transactions show up connecting Kirkpatrick to Georgia and Jackson County. A 1788 grant gives Thomas Kirkpatrick 300 acres in Franklin County, GA. *** (Jackson County was erected from Franklin County). The land is described as bordered on the northwest by Scott's lands but vacant on all other sides. **** Franklin was one of Georgia's original counties. In 1807 another grant of 200 acres is given to Thomas Kirkpatrick on his own headright, this time in Jackson County. It is bordered on the Northeast by Kirkpatrick's (which one?) land, on the southeast by Jarrett, on the southwest by surveyed land and on the northwest by Deprest's land. This grant is signed by the Governor Jared Irwin. ***** A transaction between Thomas Kirkpatrick and Francis Kirkpatrick both of Jackson County, Georgia, concerns a transfer of land, 120 acres on Curries Creek, for 100 dollars "unto him in hand paid," from Thomas to Francis, 26 May 1798. On the 9th of October 1805, James Kirkpatrick for the sum of $500 agrees to buy land on Curries Creek in Jackson County from Thomas Kirkpatrick. Another record dated 17 Nov 1815 records the transfer by Thomas Kirkpatrick of Madison County, Illinois Territory, of 200 acres of land in Jackson County, Georgia, for the sum of $500 to John Boyle of Jackson County. The land is described as a tract on the waters of Currey Creek and reference is made to "grant for the same in my name signed by his excellency the Governor, the 25th day of November 1807." All of these records are on file in the Jackson County courthouse as Book AB-110, Book D-265, and Book F-442 respectively. The last described transaction is obviously a sale by Thomas Kirkpatrick of land described in the previous paragraph as being granted to him on his own headright. Kirkpatrick had departed from Georgia and was living in Madison County in the Illinois Territory and was selling off his land back east. We find papers dated March and April in 1802 that Kirkpatrick signed in his capacity as Justice of the Peace of Jackson County. It would appear from this that he did not move to Illinois until sometime in 1802--a year when other Kirkpatrick's, Gillham's, and related families, moved in some numbers to the western territory. According to John Fletcher Kirkpatrick, the motivating factor in the move to Illinois was the reluctance of Thomas and his brother John to raise their children in slave territory. Thomas and Polly's son, Thomas Milligan states that Thomas had been raised in the Presbyterian Church, but that he and Polly were 'converted' (to Methodism) in the Cane Ridge Revival which took place in central Kentucky in 1801, and was the single most notable event in the major religious movement usually call the "Second Great Awakening." It is possible, but not very likely, that they were present at cane ridge. It is more likely that Thomas and Polly became Methodists under the influence of the religious revival of which the Cane Ridge Revival was a part. In any event, it is clear that they, along with Thomas's brother John and his family, became Methodists at approximately the time they moved to Illinois. This conversion was to have profound effects on the families of both brothers. The family settled in a spot in Illinois about 20 miles northeast of St Louis, Missouri. The land Thomas settled on was bought as the militia claim of Pierre LeJoy (#991), 8 Jun 1804, and a second militia claim (#1719) of Louis LeBrun, Jr., affirmed to Thomas Kirkpatrick 16 Nov 1806. These claims are recorded in the American State Papers, 2nd Volume, Public Lands. The two Frenchmen had served in the militia on the early Mississippi frontier and grants of land were awarded for this service. These lands were located on what was known as Cohos (or Cohokia) Creek in Madison County. Kirkpatrick built a cabin there about 1805. Madison County, IL was organized as a county 4 Sep 1812. The home of Thomas Kirkpatrick was designated as the County Seat of Government by the Territorial Governor, Ninian Edwards: "September 14th, by Ninian Edwards, Governor of the Illinois Territory, a Proclamation: By Virtue of the powers vested in the Governor of the Territory, I do hereby lay off a County or district to be called the County of Madison to be included within the following bounds viz to begin on the Mississippi to run the second township line above Cahokia East until it strikes the dividing line of Upper Canada, thence with said line to the Mississippi and thence down the Mississippi to the beginning--I do appoint the house of Thomas Kirkpatrick to be the seat of Justice of said County...done at Kaskaskia the 14th day of September 1812 and of the Independence of the United States the 37th, Ninian Edwards..." ****** On 23 June 1813 the Governor appointed Thomas Kirkpatrick as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Madison County, again as a County Judge on 25 Dec 1814 and 10 Jan 1816. (These records are also found in the Territorial Papers of Illinois, Vols. 16 and 17.) Thomas Kirkpatrick is recorded on a tax list dated 1814 as having one slave and six horses with a total tax of $4.00. ******* Kirkpatrick's land claim covered the Northwest part of the present town of Edwardsville, IL. In the Indian troubles that preceeded the War of 1812, Kirkpatrick built a block house on the land, which was meant as a protection for several families living in the adjacent area. Kirkpatrick served briefly as a Lieutenant in the militia during this period. The muster rolls of Lieut. Daniel G. Moore's company of volunteer infantry called into service from 9 May 1813 to 9 Jun 1813, lists Thomas Kirkpatrick and his oldest son James Harrison Kirkpatrick as privates. Harrison Kirkpatrick would have been about 15 years of age at this time. A John Kirkpatrick, probably Thomas' brother, is also listed. (Illinois in the War of 1812-1814, Stevens, 1904.) Brink's History of Madison County, Illinois, reproduces this document giving Kirkpatrick Lieutenancy: "Edwardsville, September 24, 1814, Sir--This day there was an election held at this place for a Captain and First and Second Lieutenants, by the volunteers that have of late been raised in consequence of your request to Isam Gillham and J.G. Lofton, Esq. The company detained the election until about the 4 of the O'Clock in the afternoon in hopes we would have been joined by Mr. Stout and a party from that neighborhood. On being disappointed, we proceeded to elect John G. Lofton, Captain, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1st Lieutenant, and Samuel G. Morse, 2nd Lieutenant, and intend when orders are received, to elect the balance of the officers, so as to dispose of the officers in each settlement which may join. We assure your Excellency that the old men have volunteered with a spirit that reflects an honor on the old veterans of '76. The notice of the election was so short in this settlement that the people had not general notice, but there remains no doubt but the company will be complete before this reaches you.-- there are 70 on the list now. The above officers were elected by a unanimous vote. Very respectfully yours, Thos. Kirkpatrick C. Cadwell, Judges of the Election" Samuel G. Morse, mentioned in the above paragraph as being elected 2nd Lieutenant, married three times and two of his wives were Kirkpatrick women. He seems to have been closely associated with Thomas Kirkpatrick, at least for a time, and served in both Madison and Bond counties as Sheriff. At the first meeting of the Court of Common Pleas in Kirkpatrick's home, Kirkpatrick applied for and received a license to keep a public house. He paid $6.50 for the license and had prices stipulated by the Court: a meal for 25 cents, corn or oats 1 bit per gallon, hay for the night 12 1/2 cents, rum or wine 37 1/2 cents per half-pint. In 1816 a town surveyed by Kirkpatrick was set out. It was called Edwardsville in honor of Ninian Edwards, then territorial governor of Illinois. The Court of Common Pleas was superseded 19 December 1814 by a territorial law which created county courts, concerned with the administrative affairs of the counties. Governor Edwards commissioned Kirkpatrick as one of the three judges of the first such Madison County Court. It met for the first time 6 March 1816. Sometime in 1816 he donated $100 to the building of a Madison County courthouse. The Kirkpatrick name pretty well disappears after about 1816 from county histories of Madison County, IL. This corresponds with the appearance of Thomas Kirkpatrick and others in Bond County, a little to the east. An epidemic of 'milk sickness' is sometimes credited as the reason for this settler exodus. On 1 July 1815, Thomas sold to Dr. George Cadwell two lots in Edwardsville, including the lot containing his dwelling. This probably marks the date of the removal of Thomas and his family to the vicinity of Greenville, which at that time was still a part of Madison County. He remained a Madison County judge and continued to show up in Madison County records until Bond County was set up in 1817 from Madison County territory. On 17 Sep 1817, Thomas Kirkpatrick and Polly his wife deeded two acres of land in Bond County to John Kirkpatrick, Robert Galispie, Andrew Moody, Robert Diamond, John Spellers, Francis Kirkpatrick and Isaac Price, in trust to be used as a meeting house for the Methodist Episcopal Church. In Bond County, Thomas was a defendant in several civil suits brought by Samuel Whiteside and others. In some of the suits he was co-defendant with his brother Francis and his son James Harrison. What was the cause of the suits is unknown. On 12 Feb. 1817, Kirkpatrick was appointed a Judge in Bond County, and also at the same time he was named a Justice of the Peace. Finally, he was named as a Judge of Probate. he was still active in the affairs of the county when he served as a foreman of a grand jury in Bond County on 15 May 1820. Thomas died in Bond County, IL 16 Dec 1821. In an obituary, the Edwardsville Spectator said, in part: "Society has seldom felt a regret more prevalent, or more sincere, than has been called forth by the death of the Hon. Thomas Kirkpatrick on Sunday the 16th last, late Judge of Probate for the county of Bond...in early life, the attachment of his father to the cause of our indepence, brought upon him the vengeful malignity of the Tories, and he was killed by them, at his own house, desolving the care of a large family upon the subject of our present notice. In a war, in which the frontier inhabitants of Georgia (where he then resided)******** were called to defend their hard earned possessions, against the lawless aggressions of a savage and barbarous foe, he early shared it's perils, and performed the duties of a commissary until peace succeeded...For the term of fifteen years, from 1803 to 1818 he discharged with the responsible duties of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, with the ability always satisfactory and with adherance to justice...He was at that time elected a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of our State, and though born and educated under the influence of different sentiments, was one of those who firmly maintained the political truth that 'all men are born free and equal'... He had a fondness for books, and had acquired a fund of useful information on various subjects, especially religious...For more than twenty years he was a professor of the Christian religion..." Thomas made a will dated 15 Dec 1821 in Bond County, IL, naming his wife Polly and his sons James H. and John L. Kirkpatrick as executors. The will is not too informative. Mary 'Polly' Kirkpatrick, Thomas' wife, died 1 February 1839 in Morgan County, IL. Her will dated 30 Jan 1839 in Morgan County, IL, is a little more interesting. She gives $250 to Charles Alford and Jonathan Hart Kirkpatrick, her two youngest sons. She gives to daughters Emily and Sarah Louisa (Loiza) $20 each; $50 to Pope Curtis Kirkpatrick, son of her son Richard H. Kirkpatrick, deceased; and the rest to share equally in monies raised by the sale of her property, that is, says the will, one-twelfth part to James H., John L., Joseph L., William P., Emily, Sarah, Jesse W., Thomas M., Francis A., Charles 'Alphred' (Alford), and Jonathan Hart, "each of them being my sons and daughters", also one-twelfth part to the children of my daughter Winifred, "now deceased". John L. Kirkpatrick and Daniel Troy were named executors. Witnesses were John Fox and John H. Barton. Filed with the papers is an inventory made March 1839 giving details of notes held against the estate and other details. Among those listed are John L. Kirkpatrick, Francis Kirkpatrick and Asa C. New. =============================== * For more on this family, see Joseph Habersham Historical Collections, Vol. 2, 1902, Atlanta, p. 619, "General History of the Lanes of North Carolina and Georgia". **Louisville: "In 1786, the assembly directed that a new town, to be called Louisville, be located within twenty miles of Galphin's Old Town on the Ogeechee as capital. Augusta was to be the capital until Louisville was ready for occupancy which was not until 1795." History of Georgia, K. Coleman, ed., Univ. of Georgia Press, Athens, GA., 1977. *** Georgia Department of Archives & History, Atlanta, Grant Book PPP, p. 294. **** "Scott's lands" were probably the lands of Thomas' step-father Joseph Scott. ***** Grant Book G-5, p. 191. ******Territorial Records of Illinois, edited by Edmund James, Illinois State Historical Library, No. 11, 1901. ******* This list is given in the Madison County section of the County Archives in Illinois, by Pease, Illinois State Historical Library, 1915, page 410. ******** This is incorrect. The Kirkpatrick's lived in South Carolina during the Revolution. He was married to Mary Ann "Polly" Lane (daughter of Jesse Lane and Winifred Aycock) in 1797 in Jackson Co., Georgia.(30) Mary Ann "Polly" Lane was born on 18 Dec 1777 in Wake Co., North Carolina.(31) She died on 1 Feb 1839 in Morgan Co., Illinois. Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick and Mary Ann "Polly" Lane had the following children: child+217 i. James Harrison Kirkpatrick. child+218 ii. John Lane Kirkpatrick. child219 iii. Isaac Gillham Kirkpatrick was born on 22 Feb 1801 in Georgia. He died on 17 Mar 1810 in Madison Co., Illinois.(32) Isaac Gillham Kirkpatrick died at the age of 9 from drowning in a river in Illinois. child+220 iv. Joseph Lane Kirkpatrick Rev.. child+221 v. Richard Henry Kirkpatrick. child+222 vi. William P. Kirkpatrick. child+223 vii. Susan Emily Kirkpatrick. child+224 viii. Winnifred P. Kirkpatrick. child+225 ix. Jesse Walker Kirkpatrick. child+226 x. Sarah Louisa Kirkpatrick. child+227 xi. Thomas Milligan Kirkpatrick. child+228 xii. Francis Asbury Kirkpatrick. child229 xiii. Polly D. Kirkpatrick was born on 20 Mar 1817 in Madison Co., Illinois. She died on 17 Apr 1819 in Madison Co., Illinois. child+230 xiv. Charles Alford Kirkpatrick. child231 xv. Jonathan Hart Kirkpatrick was born on 15 Jan 1822 in Bond Co., Illinois. Jonathan Hart went west to California during the Gold Rush. Nothing further is known of him. Lyllis Brown states: Went to California, was a bachelor. 1 | KIRKPATRICK, Honorable Thomas Newton (I81)
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| 34 | According to jpkirkpatrick.com: James Harrison Kirkpatrick was born in Jackson Co., GA on 15 May 1798. He came West with his family to Illinois in 1802 and lived a good part of his life in that territory. He married in Bond Co., IL on 30 Sep 1820 to Nancy Hufner. James H. served with his father in the War of 1812. He is listed (age 16 or 17) with Captain James B. Moor's Company of Mounted Illinois militia in 1815. His father served in the same company for the same span of time. James H. Kirkpatrick, who usually went by the name of Harrison, moved north in Illinois to the Galena area and stayed in this general geographic region until his death. He is found on a list of names in a poll book dated at Fever River, an early name for the Galena area, 7 August 1826. The document is in the Peoria County Archives, Peoria, Illinois, but the mining area it deals with was the Fever River precinct which included Galena. In 1826 Peoria County included evereything North to the State Line. He is found in the 1830 census of Iowa County, Michigan Territory (later to be Wisconsin Territory). It is probable that Harrison was married twice. Nancy was the mother of the three oldest children, but she had probably died by 1830, since no wife appears in the 1830 census. The 1840 census shows a wife aged between 20 and 30, who was too young to have been the older children's mother, but who was probably the mother of the five younger children. By the time of the 1850 census, this second wife had also probably died. At least she does not appear in the record. We do not know the name of this second wife. In 1836, in the first census of the original counties of "Dubuque and Demoine" in Wisconsis Territory (later Iowa Territory), we find James H. Kirkpatrick with a family of eight. Again in 1840 in an Iowa census this time, he is found in Dubuque County (Second District). This is an area across the Mississippi River from the Galena/Iowa County Region. In 1847 he is listed as living "at the head of the Platte" in Grant Co., Wisconsin. This census gives a family of eight. In the 1850 U.S. Census for what is termed the Eastern District of Grant County, Wisconsin, James is again listed but with no wife and children numbering six -- some born in Wisconsin, some born in Iowa, and some in Illinois. Among those not listed are two children attributed to him by the writings of others. They are Samuel D. and Thomas Kirkpatrick. Samuel D. Kirkpatrick lived most of his life in Illinois, first in Alton and then, after 1868 in Montgomery Co., Illinois. Thomas went to California in 1850 and eventually moved, first to Washington State, and then in 1859 to British Columbia, Canada. [In 1860 Census with son in law Lewis Williams and daughter Mary and their children in Lafayette Co. Wisconsin] In the 1870 U.S. Census Harrison Kirkpatrick is found living in Washburn, Grant Co., WI (now the town of Arthur), with his daughter and her husband Louis Howell and their family. Harrison's age is given as 79, birthplace as GA, Occupation as miner. Harrison Kirkpatrick along with many of his relatives, was in this tri-state region of Iowa/Wisconsin/Illinois because of the lead mining activity in the area. On 19 Jun 1875, in Platteville, Grant Co., WI, Harrison Kirkpatrick made his will. After payment of his expenses and debts he bequeathed any surplus of his estate to Mary L. Williams, wife of Lewis Williams, of Clifton, WI, and to Eliza C. Kirkpatrick of Platteville, WI, his daughters. He named John Fletcher Kirkpatrick, a cousin, as administrator. One of the witnesses to the will was Rebecca Loofbourow, who was the remarried widow of James Harrison Kirkpatrick's brother, Richard H. Kirkpatrick. Richard had been an early settler and miner in this same territory. James Harrison Kirkpatrick died 8 July 1876 in Platteville, Grant Co., WI and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, in that city. His marker given his age as 78 years, 1 month and 23 days. He was married to Nancy Hufner on 30 Sep 1820 in Bond Co., Illinois.(147) Nancy Hufner was born about 1800. She died about 1830. James Harrison Kirkpatrick and Nancy Hufner had the following children: Samuel D. Kirkpatrick. Thomas Gillham Kirkpatrick. Mary L. Kirkpatrick. He was married to 2nd Wife UnknownJHK about 1830. 2nd Wife UnknownJHK was born about 1815. She died about 1850. James Harrison Kirkpatrick and 2nd Wife UnknownJHK had the following children: John D. Kirkpatrick was born about 1833 in Grant Co., Wisconsin. James H. , Jr. Kirkpatrick. Elizabeth C. Kirkpatrick was born about 1837 in Iowa. Living unmarried in 1875 in Platteville, Grant Co., WI. Sarah S. Kirkpatrick was born about 1840 in Iowa. child+678 v. Eliza C. Kirkpatrick. ----------------- Obituary found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant/obits.htm PLATTEVILLE WITNESS-(date unknown) Obituary of James H. Kirkpatrick- Kirkpatrick - Died in Platteville, Wis., July 8, 1876, James H. Kirkpatrick in the 79th year of his age. He was born in Georgia, moved to the Northwest when quite young, was married early in life and raised a family - several of whom preceded him to the better land. He has been a widower over 30 years. Converted when about 13 years old, he has been a constant member of the Methodist Episcopal church for more than 65 years. He was at the first camp meeting held in Wisconsin, and was a member of the first class formed north of Platteville. He filled, with acceptibility, several important offices in the church, such as Sunday School superintendent, class leader, and steward. A little reserved in deportment, though clear in Christian experience, but never ostentatious. A few days ago he said, my feet are near the waters of Jordan, but all is bright and clear on the other side, the enemy has sorely tempted me, but I have the victory. James Sims, Belmont, July 11, 1876 ------------------- Found at Kirkpatrick Queries, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6540/query.html KIRKPATRICK, James Harrison: Looking for other descendants of James Harrison Kirkpatrick, b. 1798 in GA, d. 1876 in Platteville, WI. Children were Samuel D., b. 5 Feb 1822 Thomas, no birthdate Mary L. (my GG grandmother, m. Lewis Williams), b. ca. 1826 John D., b. ca. 1833 James H., b. ca. 1835 Elizabeth C., b. ca. 1837 Sarah S., b. ca. 1840 Eliza C., b. ca. 1843 and maybe one other. Mary Williams and Eliza Kirkpatrick were the only heirs listed in their father's will. James H. was the son of Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick, and the grandson of James Kirkpatrick, killed by Tories during the Revolutionary War. Contact: Scott Thomson, P.O. Box 311, Whitehall, WI 54773, Phone: 715-538-2103 | KIRKPATRICK, James Harrison (I77)
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| 35 | According to jpkirkpatrick.com: "James Kirkpatrick was born abt. 1710 (1700-1715 WFT Est.) in Dumfrieshire, Scotland. Settled briefly in Pennsylvania before receiving Land Grants in South Carolina (in a portion of the colony that at that time was administered by North Carolina). "His will is dated March 10, 1786 he and Mary (Newton) were buried in "The Old Irish Cemetery/Graveyard" near Loves Crossing on the Broad River in South Carolina. Today this cemetery is abandoned which is located in the bottoms of the Broad River about one mile South of the bridge at Lockhart, SC, on the Chester County side of the river. The cemetery has been used recently as a cattle grazing pasture and is very difficult to reach. "The tradition of the descendants of James Kirkpatrick, who settled on lands granted by the Governor of North Carolina to him, that lay along Turkey Creek, a branch of the Broad River and situate in now what is York and Chester Counties, South Carolina are that this is a Scottish family that moved to North Ireland, in a 'neck-saving' operation. One Robert Kirkpatrick, a descendant of the Barony of Kirkmichael, was hung in 1746, for his part in the rebellion of 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' in 1745. "It had been believed that in 1746, James migrated to Northern Ireland with his father and five brothers. (New information has been found to show that James and his four brothers migrated from Belfast, Ireland to the colonies in 1736. Originally it was believed that two younger brothers, Andrew and Alexander had left Scotland about this time and came to the colonies, while the remainder of the family migrated to N. Ireland, and thence came to the colonies in the later years. Evidence now shows that the family had moved to N. Ireland in 1725, and thence to the Americas in 1736.) "He came to America and landed in the area around New Castle, Delaware but settled in the area now known as Reading, PA, but was not there very long, and in early 1750's he appears in South Carolina. There is no 'official date' on the move to South Carolina, but the Gaston and Gillham families, with whom they were very closely associated, both went there in 1750-1751. His brother Alexander and Andrew moved to New Jersey soon after landing in New Castle by crossing the Delaware at Philadelphia. "On 24 September 1754 he is given land grants by the Governor of North Carolina to lands situate Turkey Creek in what is now South Carolina. The total of his land grants were 1,350 acres along Turkey Creek. "Mary Newton? died on 16 Sep 1769 in Rockhill, York or Fairfield Co., South Carolina." --------------------------------------------- Another clue? From the Kirkpatrick Newsletter (cited): "I am connected to the Kirkpatricks through Alexander [James "the Immigrant's brother] who came to America in 1736 via Ireland. We visted Basking Ridge, N.J. and saw Alexander's grave in the churchyard there. We noted that although other family members buried in the churchyard used Kirkpatrick, Alexander's stone used Kilpatrick... Last spring my wife and I were in Ireland. I noticed there were quite a few names preceded by "Kil". I was told that Kil means church in Gaelic. Could it be that Alexander, who lived about ten years in Ireland before coming to America, adopted the Irish version of Kirk? In later years descendants of Alexander Kirkpatrick dropped the "patrick" and went by the shortened name, Kirk. "When we visited the churchyard at Basking Ridge, NJ we were told by the pastor that members of his church [were] living in the Alexander Kirkpatrick house at Mine Brook. He called them for us and they kindly showed us through this stone house. It had been modernized, but still had the old flavor to it. Up the road was another house, built of stone by one of his sons...David, I believe." | KIRKPATRICK, James "the Immigrant" (I144)
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| 36 | According to jpkirkpatrick.com: (Some of this is quoted from Uncle Sam's letters) Thomas Gillham Kirkpatrick... married on 24 March 1847 in Grant County, Wisconsin, to Esther Jane Stiles, daughter of Reuben and Eliza Stiles, who was born ca. 1832 in Michigan and died in 1851. In 1849 came news of the discovery of gold in California. Thomas was one who was fired by gold fever. He told his story to his son Samuel, who wrote it down as nearly as possible as it was told to him. "...Eventually I was married, and during our second year of married life, [came] the startling news of the great Gold rush to California and of course I was set on going. My wife objected, but I promised to come back in two years with a fortune, or send money for her to join me in California. She finally gave in, but nearly broke her heart when we parted, and so I left this beautiful young woman and a handsome baby boy behind, never to see them again. O dear God, why did I do it? "Well, when we finally reached California, we were too late for the gold, as all the good ground was taken, and hundreds of claims were staked that were no good. Those that got good ground were taking out millions of dollars worth of gold. Hundreds of men were working for wages, while thousands were in the hills hunting for gold. New towns were springing up in a dozen places, and the big demand was for lumber. That was my chance, there was lots of good timber and plenty of water for power, so I got busy on a saw mill, and by early fall I was operating at full capacity, and really coining money. The climate was ideal. I was elated, the world seemed bright, my future was assured, and I was happy, so began to make plans to get my wife and son to California. I kept on trying to get a letter through to her, but there was no organized mail service. Many letters started on their way East. Some went by boat to Panama where freight was being toted across the Isthmus from the Atlantic, where hundreds of boats were bringing freight from all parts of the states, and during all this time I never got one word from home. I decided, I would have to make the trip East so I made all arrangements for a man to run my business, and the Bank that had opened up, to handle the finances, and made enquiries as to the best and quickest way to make the trip. "Then suddenly a letter arrived, a letter that was to change my whole life, from a respected business man, to an outcast, a ruined man. I opened the letter. It was not from my wife, but from the old Mason [his father-in-law]. It started off, 'Dear Tom, your wife is dead.' That was all I could read. I got up and walked. My eyes were flooded with tears. It was night time. I walked towards the mountains, I never knew where I went or how far. It was nearly morning when I got home." He was married to Esther Jane Stiles (daughter of Reuben Stiles and Eliza ???) on 24 Mar 1847 in Grant Co., Wisconsin. Esther Jane Stiles was born about 1832 in Michigan. She died in 1851 in Wisconsin. ------------------------------------- Notes from conversation with Kae Larson (Nana's daughter) at the 2013 Kirkpatrick Family reunion: About 1922 or 1923 a woman came and saw Nana looking for a Kirkpatrick. Not sure if this is the time, but there is a rumour that TG's granddaughter from his first marriage (the one where Esther Stiles passed away and we never knew where the baby went) came looking for him. Cannot verify. | STILES, Esther Jane (I108)
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| 37 | According to jpkirkpatrick.com: James died on 1 Jan 1781 at the hands of a neighbor whom he had paroled to his home. He was killed in front of his wife and family. | KIRKPATRICK, James (I136)
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| 38 | According to jpkirkpatrick.com: James Kirkpatrick is said to have been born in 1743. Since his father emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1736, and shortly lived in Pennsylvania prior to being found in 1750-51 in South Carolina and receiving land grants from the governor of North Carolina in 1754. According to family sources he was killed by a group of Tories during the Revolution. He is buried in Bullock's Creek Cemetery, York County, SC. The headstone reads: "James Kirkpatrick, Deceast, 1781"...the stone lies flat to the ground and is found in the older part of the cemetary near other Kirkpatrick's James Kirkpatrick served in the Revolution with the South Carolina militia. An indent is on file in Columbia, SC, at the South Carolina Archives, made to James Kilpatrick for duty with Brandon's Regiment 'Before and since the fall of Charleston'. Brandon would be Thomas Brandon, born in Pennsylvania and migrant to what is now Union County, SC. Brandon often served under General Sumter. We know he was active at Musgrove's Mill, King's Mountain, Blackstock's and Cowpens. We do not have any information as to whether James Kirkpatrick was with Brandon during any of these actions. This indent (U2956 Book X) was paid 17 November 1788 and received and signed for on that date by Thomas Gillham, executor, James Kirkpatrick's father-in-law. The signed receipt, again, bears the name of James Kilpatrick but is unquestionably James Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick met his death during the Revolution in his own home during a tumultuous period of the war. South Carolina was torn by war, by shifting allegiances, by bitter blood fights between the native Patriots and Tories, and by family differences. After an engagement James Kirkpatrick went parole for a captured Tory neighbor named Mayfield, allowing him to return home to his family. The men returned to their respective homes. Still smarting from the battle loss, a group of Tories who had discovered from Mayfield that Kirkpatrick had returned home, surrounded his house. Bursting through the doors they killed him in front of his wife. The date is ordinarily given as New Years Day, 1781. This is family tradition, but has continued to be told in all four son's families down through the years. James Kirkpatrick married Susannah Gillham, a daughter of Thomas Gillham abt. 1765 or thereabouts their oldest child was born in 1766. James Kirkpatrick died intestate. We have uncovered NO records--inventories, sale bills, guardianships or otherwise-- bearing on this intestacy. After Kirkpatrick's death Susannah Kirkpatrick married Joseph Scott. Day Jewell states that this marriage took place in South Carolina circa 1783. He further states that the Scott family moved to Georgia about 1788. From later records we find the family in Jackson County Georgia. Scott's will dated 25 November 1817, and on file in Jackson County, Georgia, states: "First I give to beloved wife Suanna Scott one negro woman named Nance & her girl child named Rachel together with their future increase to be disposed of in any way she may think proper, also two cows & calves, her choice, one bay horse called Raustor, all my stock of hogs, one feathered bed & furniture, all my household & kitchen furniture & all my plantation tools, all to be at her disposal except one cupboard which at my wifes decease I give to my son Joseph....." Susannah (Gillham) Kirkpatrick Scott removed to Illinois in 1818 with her son James Kirkpatrick, escorted apparently by his brothers John and Francis who returned from Illinois Territory for the task. Susannah died, date unknown, apparently in Sangamon County, Illinois, while living with her son John. An undated paper by John Fletcher Kirkpatrick, a grandson of Susannah (Gillham) Kirkpatrick Scott, tells the story this way: "After his death (James Kirkpatrick) she married a man by the name of Potts (actually Scott--probably a transcription error over time). At his death my father (John Kirkpatrick) and uncle Frank (Francis Kirkpatrick) went to Georgia after her and Uncle James and family and moved her to Illinois, but I cannot remember the year. She lived with us when we lived in Bond County and went with us when we moved to Sangamon County, near Springfield, where she died." ("History of the Kirkpatricks", paper by John Fletcher Kirkpatrick, son of Susannah's son John. No date.) He was married to Susannah Gillham (daughter of Thomas Gillham and Margaret Campbell) in 1765 in York Co., South Carolina. Susannah Gillham was born about 1746. She died in 1831 in Sangamon Co., Illinois. | KIRKPATRICK, James (I136)
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| 39 | According to jpkirkpatrick.com: Jonathan Hart went west to California during the Gold Rush. Nothing further is known of him. | KIRKPATRICK, Jonathan Hart (I96)
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| 40 | According to Kirkpatrick Gold newsletter: Jean Barman has sent the beginning of the article about Herman Otto Bowe. It is from the book A History of British Columbia by R. E. Gosnel, Victoria, Author of General History, compiled by The Leewis Publishing Co., The Hill Binding Co., 1906. HERMAN OTTO BOWE Herman Otto Bowe, who came to British Columbia in 1858, attracted by the Fraser River gold excitement, and is now living at New Westminster, was born Dec 3, 1834, in Germany, his parents being John and Elsebe (Kruse) Bowe, both natives of the fatherland and representatives of old families there. John Bowe was a distiller by trade and followed that pursuit for many years. Henry O. Bowe acquired his education in the schools of his native country, and when fourteen years of age put aside his text books to enter upon his business career. After a year spent as an apprentice in a grocery store he went on a sailing vessel and for four years sailed the seas. He then made his way to California in the spring of 1854 and followed mining for four years in Tuolumne County... (The remainder of the article is in the fifth issue of Kirkpatrick Gold, pg 13, LK.) In another issue (Feb 23/92): HOB signed on with a sailing ship as a water boy. One family memory mentioned Helgoland, which is a small island north of Germany and to the south of Denmark. Perhaps this was the port from which he sailed. Nana says he sailed around the world three and a half times and then jumped ship in California. Alfred Bowe says he travelled to the Yukon and then back, to BC. Nana says he ended up in New Westminster when news came of gold up the Fraser River. HOB and his partner, Phil Grinder, pre-empted land at Alkali Lake and registered the first ranch in BC. The partners worked together to mine the creeks and they bought cattle and horses. The smallpox epidemic hit the Cariboo in 1861/62 and after that HOB married and Caroline was the name he gave to his bride. She was an Indian Princess and the daughter of Chief Pasha. Her Indian name was was Quilinick. (The name Quilinick, Nana's spelling, is probably a phonetic spelling of the name. It is spelled differently in various sources e.g. in the 1881 BC census it is spelled Colenuk, in the 1891 census it is Calenick and Rhonda Alphonse spells it Kulinkia.) (Probaby written by Lonna Kirkpatrick.) Same issue, page 4, says that in 1904, after the death of Caroline, HOB married Mrs. Sarah Allkins (the widow of Mr. Charles Allkins). They lived on Queens Avenue in New Westminster. -------------------- Phone call from Julia Blair on 30 Mar 2013: She mentioned that H.O.B.'s father died in Germany so his mother put him on a ship, as she couldn't support him. That's how he wound up sailing the world. | BOWE, Herman Otto (I76)
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| 41 | According to letters from friends at the time. I have these letters in my collection. ~ Dawn | RICHARDS, Sheila Rose (I6)
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| 42 | According to researchers, Robert Prince had sisters Bethia who marriedJoseph Hutchinson and Rebecca who married John Putnam Jr. and they wereprobably the children of James Prince of Norwich, England and wife Mary. In the Rate Books of Norfolk, Eng. Easter 1633/34: St. Peter'sPermontergate. John Gedney 1/2d. Lakenham: "poor" widow Prince andchildren allowed 3d. Mary, widow of Prince, married John Gedney. | PRINCE, Bethiah (I15649)
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| 43 | According to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick, in one of his letters, "In size, Grandfather Thomas was about five feet, eight inches, of light build." According to jpkirkpatrick.com: (Some of this is quoted from Uncle Sam's letters) Thomas Gillham Kirkpatrick was born 3 November 1823 in Bond County, Illinois, and he died 7 May 1907 in Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada. As a young man he married on 24 March 1847 in Grant County, Wisconsin, to Esther Jane Stiles, daughter of Reuben and Eliza Stiles, who was born ca. 1832 in Michigan and died in 1851. In 1849 came news of the discovery of gold in California. Thomas was one who was fired by gold fever. He told his story to his son Samuel, who wrote it down as nearly as possible as it was told to him. "...Eventually I was married, and during our second year of married life, [came] the startling news of the great Gold rush to California and of course I was set on going. My wife objected, but I promised to come back in two years with a fortune, or send money for her to join me in California. She finally gave in, but nearly broke her heart when we parted, and so I left this beautiful young woman and a handsome baby boy behind, never to see them again. O dear God, why did I do it? "Well we eventually got rolling, about a hundred strong, with 60 wagons, mostly 4 horse teams, some had oxen. There was 12 women and about the same number of children. There was nothing but hardships from the start to finish. There was sickness and death, there were rivers to cross, some could be forded, others where the stock had to swim, and we had to build rafts to take our wagons and supplies across. There were prairies where there was no wood to cook with, there were desert like plains where there was no water, there were mountains to climb, mountain passes where the snow laid nearly all summer, and there were no roads. Indians were numerous. Though they did not attack our train, they did worry us. On many occasions they watched from nearby hills as our train went by. Many trains had gone ahead of us, so their track was easy enough to follow, but there were several routes. The Northern trail led to Oregon. Well all went well till we reached the fork where one route led south, then there was a split in opinions. The southern trail was said to be better traveling, but much longer so a vote was taken, and a small party including one of the assistant wagon bosses voted to go south. The others said we better keep plugging on over the shortest route as we were far behind our schedule now. So our party was split. But the party I was with, all reached California. We did meet many people who became discouraged and turned back. All the way from Missouri to the mountains we met them every day or so. I sent letters by some of them to my wife. "Well, when we finally reached California, we were too late for the gold, as all the good ground was taken, and hundreds of claims were staked that were no good. Those that got good ground were taking out millions of dollars worth of gold. Hundreds of men were working for wages, while thousands were in the hills hunting for gold. New towns were springing up in a dozen places, and the big demand was for lumber. That was my chance, there was lots of good timber and plenty of water for power, so I got busy on a saw mill, and by early fall I was operating at full capacity, and really coining money. The climate was ideal. I was elated, the world seemed bright, my future was assured, and I was happy, so began to make plans to get my wife and son to California. I kept on trying to get a letter through to her, but there was no organized mail service. Many letters started on their way East. Some went by boat to Panama where freight was being toted across the Isthmus from the Atlantic, where hundreds of boats were bringing freight from all parts of the states, and during all this time I never got one word from home. I decided, I would have to make the trip East so I made all arrangements for a man to run my business, and the Bank that had opened up, to handle the finances, and made enquiries as to the best and quickest way to make the trip. "Then suddenly a letter arrived, a letter that was to change my whole life, from a respected business man, to an outcast, a ruined man. I opened the letter. It was not from my wife, but from the old Mason [his father-in-law]. It started off, 'Dear Tom, your wife is dead.' That was all I could read. I got up and walked. My eyes were flooded with tears. It was night time. I walked towards the mountains, I never knew where I went or how far. It was nearly morning when I got home. I had tried all night to think, to hope there was some mistake, yet I knew it must be true. "It brought my bright happy world crashing down on me. I was ruined, my plans, my hopes, were all blasted forever. What was I to do? Where could I go? I had to leave California, with all my happy dreams behind. I had to go somewhere, anywhere, to try and forget the past, so I sold out everything I had for the best offer for cash... "Yes, I had to go, so I headed north for Oregon, on foot. I had my rifle and a small pack sack. I took my time. I spent months in the mountains. I found an empty trappers cabin and made it my headquarters till spring, then I wandered on. In early summer I arrived at what is now Portland, Oregon. It was a thriving community. Business men, men of all trades and professions, farmers, laborers, they were all settling here, and the crying need was lumber. Small boats plying up and down the coast brought what lumber that was to be had but they must [have] more. When they found I was a Millman they called a meeting, and made me offers. They would furnish all the help I needed, the farmers would haul the logs, and they would take their pay in lumber later on. Well it seemed to me that it was my duty to go ahead with this mill, not for myself, but those honest hard working people that needed the lumber. I knew the timber was good and very plentiful, so I agreed, and we went to work. Some forty odd men turned out the next day, many first class carpenters, and that mill was erected in short order. I also got a planer from San Francisco, and so the huge water wheel began to roll. We turned out the finest dressed fir lumber any man ever saw. It was taken right from the planer and hauled away, and in due course all my bills were paid off. Then the money started rolling in, but it didn't last long. "A tall and distinguished looking man called on me and we had a long talk. He was a lumber baron from the East. He made a fortune in lumber and was now looking for a new field of operation. He asked if I would be interested in selling my business. I told him I hadn't given it much thought, but every man will sell at a price. 'Perhaps you could make me an offer and see how our opinions compare in regards to value.' he said 'I have been here several days and looked the situation over and am prepared to make you an offer that I think is fair to both of us.' Then he made his offer, which seemed to me to be outrageously high, so I said, 'Give me the rest of the day to think it over.' So I went back to work and tried to think. Money was no object, as I had more California Gold in pack than I wished to lug around. In regards to the future, there was no future for me. I knew 99 men out of a hundred would have refused the offer, as it was a chance of a lifetime. Thousands of acres of the finest fir in the world lined the Oregon coast, yet my feet were beginning to itch. I had that old urge to move on, so I went over after supper and accepted his offer, providing it was not in gold, so he paid me in paper currency on the First National Bank. Then I walked out a free man, with my eyes turned to the mountains in the east. I did not wait for morning. With my rifle and pack sack, I headed east in the moonlight. It was tough going but I made it through in time where I could look down on the beautiful country that is the Yakima-Winatchi fruit belt. The country was new but there was a few farms producing wonderful crops. One man had all his land in hay and grain, as he had a contract with the US Army, who were all mounted, and had over a thousand horses at their post in Oregon, and was looking for a man to haul the hay and barley from Yakima, Wash. to the Dalles, Oregon. He made me a good offer, so looked around and found that mules could be bought and there were many heavy wagons that came in overland from the East. So with 6 mules and 2 wagons, I was in business again. This was a very interesting life. I soon had more than I could handle, and had to hire a man. Well I followed this life for a couple of years, then I thought perhaps it was about time to file on a piece of ground, so I went into the foot hills for several days, and found a dandy spot, with a stream of water for irrigation. I picked a spot for a house, a barn, a chicken house and other buildings. I would get cattle, horses and chickens, a garden and fields of hay and grain. So I went back to Yakima and when I got there, I found several hundred people congregated around the shopping centre of the one street. They all seemed excited. I thought it meant disaster of some kind. I thought an Indian War or perhaps international trouble, but when I reached the centre of the crowd where a man in buckskin garb was doing the talking, I became excited too. He was a Canadian trapper who was well acquainted with the country from the Oregon to the interior of British Columbia. He was telling of the fabulously rich gold strike in the Caribou country of BC, on tributaries of the Fraser River, some four to five hundred miles from the coast. Well it didn't take me long to sell out to the man that worked for me. I bought a dozen horses and equipment and loaded them with supplies and I was ready to go. A great many men from the Yakima Valley made the same move, and within a week we were moving. We hired the trapper as guide. The Army Commander at the Dalles sent a detachment to escort us through to the Canadian border, as this was Nez Perce Indian country and they were known to be very hostile to the whites...And so I left the United States of America, along with my citizenship to that nation, never to return." By the early 1860's, Thomas was in business once again at Cook's Ferry (now Spence's Bridge) on the Thompson River in British Columbia. Here he and his second wife had a son in 1863. She was an Indian from the Spatsum Indian Reserve. Family tradition states that she was not well and before her son was a year old, she returned to her people on the Spatsum Reserve, leaving her son with Thomas. Her name is not known. About 1866, Thomas took a third wife, a "fine young woman from further up the valley, the Snapah Reserve...They were united according to tribal custom, by appearing before old Chief Chin Chin, who was dressed in his official garb. His frilled buckskin jacket was decorated with bear claws, porcupine quills and eagle feathers. His cap was of skunk skin decorated with the tails of flying squirrels, the skull of a redheaded woodpecker and a rattlesnake skin band." By this wife, whose name we also do not know, Thomas had another son. But shortly after the birth of this son, she died. Thomas married a fourth time to Emma Barr, whose Indian name was Quimetco. She had both Indian and Scottish ancestry. She was the daughter of Jimmy Barr, who was the factor at Fort Kamloops. Thomas and Emma had eight children. Emma died in 1892 in Ashcroft, British Columbia. Thomas ran a ferry across the Thompson River for many years and when there was talk of a bridge, he seized the opportunity. He sold his holdings in the ferry, bought a farm in Venables Valley and built a sawmill to cut the lumber for the bridge. The bridge was built by Thomas Spence and the name of the town was changed from Cook's Ferry to Spence's Bridge. Thomas ran the mill for many years, with people coming from all up and down the Caribou Road to buy from it. In 1886, Thomas built a small general store in Ashcroft, British Columbia. In 1888 he sold the store and bought land in Highland Valley. There he started an orchard and grew small fruits. After Emma died in 1892, Thomas sold his holdings in Highland Valley and Venables Valley. Thomas was a vigorous man even in later years, as a note found in the Ashcroft (B.C.) Journal, November 4, 1899, testifies: "Mr. T. G. Kirkpatrick, age 71, on being requested to assist to load cattle at 11 o'clock at night flatly refused. As an excuse for his refusal he said he had been in the saddle for two days." After an adventurous and active life, Thomas spent his last years in Ashcroft, British Columbia, where he died on 7 May 1907. He had attained 83 years, 6 months and 4 days of life. He was married to Esther Jane Stiles (daughter of Reuben Stiles and Eliza ???) on 24 Mar 1847 in Grant Co., Wisconsin.(176) Esther Jane Stiles was born about 1832 in Michigan. She died in 1851 in Wisconsin. | KIRKPATRICK, Thomas Gilham (I69)
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| 44 | According to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick, in one of his letters, "James was about five feet, seven or eight inches in height, but of heavy build." | KIRKPATRICK, James Gillham (I138)
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| 45 | According to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick, in one of his letters, Thomas and his family could not tolerate slavery, so decided to leave Georgia. "So in the fall of 1802 they gathered together their families, loaded their belongings and struck out, crossed over the mountains of Georgia, passed through what afterward became the state of Tennessee and Kentucky into Illinois. They located on the hills east of the Mississippi River about 20 miles northeast of St. Louis. At that time there were only two counties in Illinois, St. Clair and Randolph." | KIRKPATRICK, Honorable Thomas Newton (I81)
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| 46 | According to Sheila Richards (neice) in an email to Dawn Kirkpatrick dated 1/4/2003: "When Uncle Bill was young, (born & raised in Scotland, but I don't know where) he worked on the cattle ships between Scotland and South America. If I remember correctly, he was only about 18 or 19 when he started. When he got tired of that, he got off in New York (?) then came west, thru' Canada somehow. I don't remember knowing more than that. When I was a kid, he ran and managed Rothney Farms for Sandy Cross (of the famous Cross family of the Calgary area.) I think you'll probably get more info from your aunt Fern. I know I sure did love my Uncle Bill. Especially the way his eyes would twinkle!" Later in a conversation with Dawn, Sheila said that Uncle Bill's property bordered Sarcee land and she would get to go to dances over there when she was 15. The dances were so much fun and the boys could really swing a girl aroud, almost off her feet! There were fiddlers and square dancing... From a telephone conversation between Sheila and Dawn: 3:20 PM 1/11/2003 Mom's memories of Uncle Bill's farm: Summers out there, almost every weekend Sandy Cross would take them out or Grandma Milly would take them out. Sandy Cross, multi-millionaire; Uncle Bill was the manager of Sandy's big farm. Sandy went to Scotland bought purebred shorthorn, $32,000. (about 45 years ago?), Calrossy Highland Piper ("Piper") -- most ever spent on that kind of thing in Canada to that date. Gentle bull. Made all money back in the first year. Would let mom take him down to the trough for water. Mom would go into his pen and take a broom handle and beat him up and down the back and the dust would fly and he would close his eyes and wiggle under the broom handle in bliss. Wandered around. Buster the greyhound, slope behind the house, dog and mom would lounge around on the rocks, garter snakes sunning themselves alonside. Auntie Weez [Louise] asked mom to bring in wood. Lifted piece of wood and found nest of baby snakes, picked up handful and hid it in the wood. Wood went flying, Auntie Weez was not impressed. The only time mom ever saw her mad. "But they're just babies, Auntie!" Loved to spend time with Uncle Bill, outside helping him. Auntie Weez couldn't get her to help in the house. -------------------- Letter from Mildred (Charlton) May to "Uncle Bill", unknown date, but may have been before he passed away - perhaps he was ill: Dearest Uncle Bill: The joy you brought to me, is most beautiful!! You took my Sheila and Fern in tow, and taught them many things, they would never have known about. You made my Pete's day, when we had lunch in the barns, during the Stampede!! It was a highlight in our lives. To see the big "calves(?)" suckling at the nursing cow, was rather startling, even to me! But you made your crown, Dear Unk, by the ribbons you won! I also have the many laughs, we shared, which go by the wayside, but dear Bill, we love you and have courage! Your Milly, and family | CAMERON, William "Bill" Smith (I580)
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| 47 | According to Sheila Richards Kirkpatrick Flamand, on 14 Feb 2010, in a conversation with her daughter Dawn, "Grandma Sarah" was her favourite. Sheila would be "sick" when she could get away with it so that she could stay with her grandmother, buried under a thick feather tick. Her sister Fern once said, "Two cookies wouldn't hurt me, Grandma!" According to Fern Richards, Sarah knew Father Lacombe, famous priest of central Alberta. She would run and play with the neighboring Blackfoot children and loved the Native drums and music. When she heard it she couldn't help nodding her head and tapping her foot along with it. | MELLON, Sarah Elizabeth (I214)
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| 48 | According to Sheila Richards Kirkpatrick Flamand, on 14 Feb 2010, in a conversation with her daughter Dawn, she loved that her grandfather would shave the "old fashioned" way, with a leather strop and a straight razor. | CHARLTON, Anthony George (I213)
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| 49 | According to the 1911 census. | ALLKINS, Sarah (I2178)
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| 50 | According to the 1911 census. Street address looks like 707 Queens Avenue? | BOWE, Herman Otto (I76)
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