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Graves Family Newsletter, August 1996 -73 - August 1996 ISSN 0146-0269 Volume 19, Number 112 TTHHEE GGRRAAVVEESS FFAAMMIILLYY NNEEWWSSLLEETTTTEERR Official Publication of the Graves Family Association For all families of Graves, Greaves, Grave, and other spelling variations everywhere CONTENTS GRAVES FAMILY NEWS Graves Family News...........................73 Congratulations to some of the older Reunion of Descendants of Lt. William members of the Graves Family Association. Graves of NS & NB, Canada in Not only have they outlived many of the other Lancaster, NH .................................73 members of the Graves families, but they are How to Research Your Ancestry.........74 still interested in their family history. These Correction ...........................................75 include: Address Changes ...............................75 • Mrs. Ethel Riley, 442 East Little Island Membership Directory Updates ..........75 Rd., Cathlamet, WA 98612, 94 years of Questions and Information..................77 age on July 6, 1996. Descendants of William Greaves and • Mr. Chauncey L. Fish, 1221 Briggs Ann Brittlebank of Hathersage, Chaney Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20905- Derbyshire, England .......................77 5512 (May-Dec.), 93 on June 7, 1996. Descendants of John Graves and Amelia Cassan of Nottinghamshire, There are undoubtedly others, both England...........................................78 members of the Association and members of Chart of Family of John Greaves of your families, who could be noted. If you Stockport, Manchester, England .....79 would like to be mentioned, let me know who Descendants of Samuel Thomas you are. Graves and Elizabeth Anne ------ of Isle of Wight, England .....................82 REUNION OF DESCENDANTS OF LT. Descendants of James Greaves and WILLIAM GRAVES OF NS & NB, Ann ------ of Blackburn, Lancashire, CANADA IN LANCASTER, NH England...........................................83 Descendants of Betsey E. Graves and Joseph S. Pooler of Maine..............85 A reunion was held in Lancaster, NH on Ancestor Chart of Bonnie Belle Pooler of July 19-21, 1996 for descendants of Lt. MA ..................................................86 William Graves of Nova Scotia and New Descendants of William M. Graves and Brunswick, Canada. About 100 people Mary M. Holloway of TN & NC ........87 attended. It was hosted by Jon and Bonnie Descendants of Thomas Little Graves LaBrecque and Nancy and Bill Aceto, and was and Penelope ------ of Rowan Co., NC held at Rogers Campground and Motel in & IN.................................................90 Lancaster. Ancestor Chart of Joyce Allen Standefer Even though it rained part of the weekend, of MS ..............................................93 this area in the White Mountains of NH is so beautiful that no one seemed to mind. Your -74 - editor, Ken Graves, and his wife Sarah, took a what to do next. For effective research, it is few hours on Saturday to hike the Flume and important to search for records of other people some of the other trails near Mt. Washington associated with the particular ancestor you are in the rain. looking for, and also to try to understand the Most of the meals and the socializing were historic context in which your ancestor lived. in the large meeting center of the campground. This practice of broadening the search can also The food was great, the people were the make genealogy much more interesting and friendliest anywhere, and the entertainment alive. was well done (even when the electricity went out for a short time Saturday night). Following is a friendly tip on genealogical research: Try something else. Vital records -- such as the census, births, marriages and HOW TO RESEARCH YOUR deaths -- may be the foundation of your ANCESTRY research, but I think there is much more to genealogy. Yes, we sell a lot of family history Bob Blair of Blair’s Book Service recently books that list the vital records and hopefully sent the following as an e-mail message. It is tell something about the family. But you can reprinted here with his permission. Often we do better. concentrate on a very narrow area in which to search and, if we don’t find what we are Take a look as some of the local histories looking for there, we give up or don’t know we offer. That is where I learned so much about my ancestors. As an example, I found a reference to my family being in the linen business in Northern Ireland, so I read a book Memberships: Regular (U.S. & Canada) $20/year on Irish linen-making to share in the Other countries (air mail) $30/year knowledge of how my ancestors practiced Sustaining $40/year their craft. And I frequently found my family Life (U.S./Canada, 62 and older) $600 one time name listed as the participants of the siege of Foreign memberships must be paid by money Londonderry, and I found a passage that told order in U.S. dollars. All back issues (1976- present) are available at current price. how my ggggggggggggreat grandmother hid her children to avoid being captured by the Newsletter only available to individuals as part of Irish Army. (Those who did not escape were Graves Family Association membership. No marched naked under the outer walls of charge for queries. Londonderry in attempt to rile the Ulster Scots Published by: to sally forth from the protection of their THE GRAVES FAMILY ASSOCIATION fortress and into the open where they would be 261 South St., Wrentham, MA 02093 badly outnumbered.) Internet Home Page: I found general historical descriptions of the http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/gravesfa.html religious persecution of the Scots in Northern Newsletter Editor: Kenneth Vance Graves Ireland, and so I understood when I found that (508)384-8084 three complete generations of my line sailed to Internet: [email protected] New England in 1718. And I felt their pain when I read that their half-built Presbyterian Treasurer: Elaine Tobias, Overland Park, KS Kirk in Massachusetts was burned by the Director, On-line Computer Help: H. W. (“Bud”) Graves, Veradale, WA believers of the "orthodox" church, who Internet: [email protected] accepted only their church. Director, Internet Home Page: It was through a local history book that I Keith G. Calkins, Berrien Springs, MI learned why my gggggggreat grandfather and Internet: [email protected] -75 - his bride and infant son bumped around for Ms. Marna L. Clemons, descended from some 40 days in an ox cart from Massachusetts JOHN GRAVES and Sarah ------ of VA & to Ohio -- a neighbor had made the same trip OH, has moved from Redondo Beach, CA to and returned east to tell everyone about the San Diego, CA, and her permanent address as splendors of Ohio. Gramps then obtained a of Sept. 15, 1996 will be 12120 Mil Pitrero book on Ohio (which I still have) and the next Rd., San Diego, CA 92128. Spring they made the trip. So, consider expanding your research from Ms. Delores Grasty of Odessa, TX, vital records to an understanding of the life of descended from J. D. GRAVES and Helen your ancestors. Wonder what life was like for Logan of TX, has moved to 1207 North Lee, your soldier-ancestor serving in the Apt. 2, Odessa, TX 79761. Revolutionary Army. Search for your family's involvement in the French-Indian War and the Spanish American War. Mrs. Kathryn M. Paulsen, descended from Capt. THOMAS GRAVES of VA, has moved Attempt to discover your gggreat grandpa's from Roswell, NM to 13701 85th Ave. North, unit in the Civil War and then trace the unit's Maple Grove, MN 55369. battles. If you get beyond the vital records, you may find that you develop an understanding and an Mr. Timothy M. Graves, descended from appreciation for the lives of each generation of THOMAS GRAVES of NC & Maury Co., TN, your ancestors. You may even get to the point has moved from New Concord, KY to P.O. where you feel like you really know them. Box 1738, Murfreesboro, TN 37133-1738. Bob and his genealogy book service can be Mrs. Georgia L. Graves, descended from reached at: BLAIRS' BOOK SERVICE, 277 GIDEON GRAVES and Caroline Scott of VT, Crider Lane, Woodstock, VA 22664-9542, E- has moved from Midlothian, VA to 12433 Mail: [email protected], Web Site: Morgan's Glen Circle, Glen Allen, VA 23060. http://www.genealogy.com/blairs, FAX: 540- 459-2676, Voice: 540-459-2090. Mrs. Carolyn S. Morring, descended from JAMES GRAVES of Randolph Co. & Surry Co., NC, has a new address. It is 242 CORRECTION Randolph St., Guin, AL 35563-2025. In the last issue (June 1996), the street name in the address of Mrs. Dixie M. Hickey was Mrs. Pamela K. Rust, descended from Capt. wrong in both the New Members section on p. THOMAS GRAVES of VA, has moved from 51 and her query on p. 72. Her correct address South Jordan, UT to 4408 North 4th Ave., is: 8207 Rockbrook Court, Fort Wayne, IN Evansville, IN 47710. 46825. MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY UPDATES ADDRESS CHANGES New Members AHLGREN, Mr. Harlan E. Miss Marion F. Graves of Memphis, TN, P.O. Box 985, Sun City, CA 92586-0985 descended from Capt. THOMAS GRAVES of Ancestry: Deacon George Graves of Hartford, CT VA, has moved to 487 North Highland St., (#2614 in book) Apt. 11, Memphis, TN 38122-4575. BURCH, Mrs. Linda J. -76 - 1527 South Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Ancestry: Richard Graves and Elizabeth Dorrells of IN MOLEN, Mrs. Joanne Pattiani & MO 1704 Castleberry Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89115-6866 Ancestry: Thomas Graves of Hartford, CT, via #3990 BRANSON, Mrs. Alice M. P.O. Box 100, South Windham, ME 04082 MORRIS, Ms. Beth Ancestry: John Graves and Sarah Mitton of England, 30 Portland St., Lancaster, NH 03584 ME & RI Ancestry: Lt. William Graves of NS & NB, Canada COWEE, Jim and Carol MUNDY, Mrs. Marilynn 16212 Laurie Ann Lane, Redding, CA 96001 4111 West Vernal Pike, #3, Bloomington, IN 47404 Ancestry: Thomas Graves of Hartford, CT, via #3011 Ancestry: William B.
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