And what is up with this?

Hypothesis: Elwell is a family name. Should be an Elwell married to a Garrison at least once, somewhere.

Uncle verne has made these same connections, I think. It's funny--like I'm several years behind his thought processes, but hitting similar theories--great minds think alike, no?

http://www.biblerecords.com/elwell.html

SURNAMES:
ELWELL
GARRISON
HUGGINS

Below this line, verbatim from source, except for
some slight formatting changes.

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ELWELL.

BIRTHS

Evan Elwell was born the 8th day of April A Domini 1758.
Ann Elwell, late Ann Garrison, was born 4th May 1764.
Abigal Elwell, Daughter of Evan Elwell was born 21st November
1784.
Susannah Elwell was born 22nd September 1786.
Joel Elwell was born 14th of October 1788.
Nancy Elwell was born 15th of August. 1791.

DEATHS

Mary Elwell, wife of Evan Elwell departed this life 23rd Nov.
1788.
Evan Elwell, Departed this life 27th of March 1797.
Ann Elwell, Second wife of Evan Elwell departed this life
29th April 1816.
Susannah Huggins Departed this life 7th of November 1825
Nancy Elwell, departed this life Dec. 7th 1822.

Printed from the original record in a bible published in
Philadelphia, 1807. A New Jersey Family.


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From an ancestry NJ forum.

I am pulling notes from a book called "Notices From New Jersey Newspapers 1781-1790"; Thomas B.Wilson, pub. Hunterdon House, Lambertville, New Jersey 1988 p. 59

20 April 1784 - New Jersey Gazette
William Garrison, Agent for Forfeited Estates, Salem County, adv. that all persons having demands against the following estates, which have already been sold, settle their accounts before September 1st. The estates referred to are those of:
Moses Atkinson, Hugh Coweperthwaite, Richard Mead, William Pearce, Philip Adams, James Sutton, Thomas Sutton,John Sutton, Israel Elwell, James Dean, Joseph Kendal, Rueben Langley, Abdon Abbot Jr., Robert Whitaker, Thomas Lamb, Jacob Vanmater, George Johnson, Joseph Hewlings, Christopher Rondolaer, Michael Miller, John Daniel, William Rawson, John Morrow, John Booden.

I just don't think that it's coincidence that Elwell was named Elwell. Give the two above things.


and this
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GARRISON/2008-06/1213910380

and this (search garrison)
http://www.archive.org/stream/elwellfamilyinam00elwe/elwellfamilyinam00elwe_djvu.txt


and this
http://genealogytrails.com/njer/salem/marriages.html










http://books.google.com/books?id=DLuVfPFPVOIC&lpg=PA145&dq=elwell%20garrison&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q=elwell%20garrison&f=false

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=garrison&GSfn=samuel&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=31684414&df=all&

LDS things (will be added to)

Book by Irene Pedicord
published 1980
Land Grants of Kentucky
2nd Census of Kentucky 1800
Orange Co Historical Soc #4182 Feb 14 1972
LDS Micro Film #13515 Garrisons in Kentucky

need this. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F459712
stmt. resp.: by T. A. Gassaway
authors: Gassaway, T. A. (Main Author)
format: Manuscript/On Film
language: English
publications: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974
physical: on 1 microfilm reel, 35 mm.

Microreproduction of typescript in Jackson County, Ill.

A genealogy of the descendants of Nicholas Gasaway who was living in Maryland in 1650. In 1686 he married Anne Benson. His will was proved in Jan 1691.

Includes Karnes, Read, Watkins, and related families.

Includes index.

+ Nicholas Gassaway will, MD wills 2:228-231, FHL microfim 0,012,841.

where did greenwood come from?

So I found a Greenwood W. Garrison that enlisted in the 4th Iowa infantry at 46. He, his son-in-law and 4 nephews died in the war.

Enlisted as a Private on 4 July 1861 at the age of 46.
Mortally wounded 22 Feb 1863 at the Battle of Vicksburg, MS
His son John, a son-inlaw and 4 nephews also died in the Civil War

I suspect this name is somehow important to the Garrison family, but why? It's not like Miles was named after him because he died in the war, AFTER miles g.g. had been born.

I also found someone who went to TX named Garrison Greenwood--a minister, I think. There party saw some death to Native Americans. There is also a Prof named that at some school in OR, an engineering school, present-day. Hm.

leads--thurs 3/24

I need to pursue this .
link to search for sang county records.

Did Albert die in Sangamon County or not? Where else is it. Wait, I know he died in Sang Co. I just mean did he reside in sang co when he died? It says mechanicsburg on his death certificate, I think. I'd like to find the actual copy of that and look for a will?

Fuhrwerk/Swinke lines

This (left) is Grammie's fan chart. It's likely not 100% correct because it includes some guesses that I'm making (but to which I am not committed), but this is the part that I've been working on the past few days.

In particular I'm working on the Swinke/Fuhrwerks and trying to figure out who came across on the trip across the Atlantic with Ottelia Swinke Fuhrwerk and her daughter Gertrude. The trip started Feb 15, 1882 and got to NYC on March 1, 1882. They travelled on the Silesia. Listed on the manifest are a "Ferd. Swinke abt 1833 49 männlich (Male) Gnewnau, Westpreußenand "Caroline Swinke born abt 1859, age 23 weiblich (Female) from Gnewnau, Westpreußen."

When I made the fan chart, I thought that perhaps "Ferd" was Ottelia's father and that Caroline would be her sister. Then I found Carol Fleck's genealogy pages. She said that Carolina was a mother to Ottelia and she died here (need to find the death certificate). Ottelia's parents were (according to CF) Herman Swinkie and Carolina Herban. Albert'a she only has the father's name--August Fuhrwerk. So, I probably jumped the gun on the change to the chart. But, Ottelia would have had a twin, or closely timed sister--Caroline, if the Swinke on the ship is a sister (both are listed as 23 years old). It could be that the recorder mixed up the dates of the two, but the ages are the same on the ship's arrival record in NYC.

Here is the manifest from the ship. The party of four is near the bottom on the right hand side page.


I will need to get this film Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths for Gnewau, Westpreußen, Germany; now Gniewowo (Wejherowo), Gdańsk, Poland from the family history library. I'll probably find something there. I believe there are about 10 years of records that I could find there that may be helpful, likely enough to find (1) the marriage of Ottelia & Albert and (2) the birth record of Gertrude, (3) Death record of Ottelia's dad if Carol Fleck's research is correct. Then on the US side I need to find the Ferd and Caroline that are on the manifest. What happened to them once they are off the ship? I should be able to find them in the census.

I also found this, which seems to be a forum for genealogy researchers looking in that area.

mission statement

this blog is to help me keep track of the loads of information I acquire/stumble upon in my searches. I need a place to collect it all. May have to combine this with a google site to accomplish my goals. I want to compile files and notes and keep a record of hypotheses I test.