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Ancestors West ISSN 0734-4988 Ancestors West SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FALL 2002/WINTER 2003 www.cagenweb.com/~sbarbara/sbcgs Volume 29, Numbers 1&2 IN THIS ISSUE My Name is Charles, But You Can Call Me Charlie. By Geraldine Hewes Thompson 4 The Banner. By Gaye O 'Callahan 6 New York, Kings Co. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902) 6 Illinois State Archives Online Databases 6 Following in the Footsteps of My Ancestors-Keyes, Grant, Matthews & White. By Cheryl Rogers 7 Some Central California Maritime Visitors. Compiled by Jim Norris 8 Japanese Immigrants to the United States 1887-1924 11 Argonauts of California 12 1923 Polish Directory Online 12 Boston HIAS Records 12 New Life for a Dead Cemetery - An Update onthe History of the Cieneguitas Cemetery. By Neal Graffy 13 The Search for Stowaways 20 The Fonnereau Brothers - English Remittance Men in Santa Ynez Valley. By Stephen Hoole , 21 Heredity Organizations Online 25 Common Grave of Japanese Ashes in the Guadalupe Cemetery. Compiled by Shirley Contreras 26 Rushing Around to Figure Sarah Out. By Michael John Neill. 27 Chinese Generation Names. By Ronald Eng Young. 29 The Generation Name Poem. By Kevin Lee 29 German Postcards Online 30 New In The Library 31 More Links 40 Book Reviews. Ted Denniston, Editor. 41 Surrey andSussex: The Genealogists Library Guides 1,3 & 4, ByStewart A. Raymond Surnames and Genealogy: A New Approach, By George Redmonds The History ofthe Sedgwick Reserve, By PaulNefstead Making Copies. By Michael John Neill 43 Society Sponsored Bus Trip 45 Surname Index 47 SBCGS Publication for Sale 47 Calendar of Events Back Cover SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1303, Goleta, CA 93116-1303 E-mail: [email protected] Web Address: www.cagenweb.com/~sbarbara/sbcgs/ Ancestors West is published quarterly in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. As Publications: available, current and back issues are $6 each including postage. Library sub Ancestors West scription to Ancestors West is $20 per year. Ancestors West is indexed in the Editorial Staff: PERiodical Source Index (PERSI), published by the Allen County Public Li Editor - Dorothy Jones Oksner 684-3048 brary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. [email protected] Assistant Editors - Articles of family history or of historical nature are welcomed and utilized as Ted Denniston 968-9364 space permits. If materials are to be returned, include a self-addressed, stamped Book Review Editor- Ted Denniston envelope. Be sure to add your name to copy being submitted. Mailing - Helen PinkertonRydell 687-3234 Ancestors West reserves copyright to authors of signed articles. Permission to reprint a signed article should be obtained directly from the author and Ancestors Tree Tips West should be acknowledged in the reprint. Unsigned material may be reprinted Editor - Diane Stubblefield Sylvester 967-1742 without permission provided Ancestors West is given credit. Responsibility for Mailing - Helen PinkertonRydell 687-3234 accuracy ofmaterial submitted lies with the author. Established in 1972, the Santa Barbara County GenealogicalSociety became incor poratedas a nonprofit501(C)(3)organization in 1986. Itsaim is to promotegeneal ogy by providingassistance and educationalopportunities for those who are inter ested in pursuing their family history. Library: Sahyun Library at the SBCGS facility, 316 Castillo St., Santa Barbara. Hours: Sunday 1-4 p..m.; Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Phone number: (805) 884-9909 Membership: Benefits include Tree Tips (monthly newsletter) and Ancestors West (quarterly) Dues are payable annually beginning on July 1st ofeach year: Active (individual) - $30; Family (husband & wife) - $45; Friend $40; Donor - $60; Patron - $125; Life - $1000 Meetings: First Presbyterian Church. 21 E. Constance Ave. at State St., Santa Barbara, California Regular monthly meetings are heldon the third Saturday of each monthexceptAugust. Meetings begin at 10:30 A.M. and are preceded at 9:30 A.M. by sessions for Beginners, Help Wanted, and Computer Help Past Presidents: ofDirectors: James Friestad 2000-02 Sheila Block President 682-2502 Emily Hills Aasted 1998-00 Jim Friestad Past President 964-0227 Janice Gibson Cloud 1996-98 Bill Boyd First Vice President, Programs 966-9256 Cheryl FitzsimmonsJensen 1994-96 Judith Johnson Second Vice President, Membership 969-7773 Carol Fuller Kosai 1993-94 Lily Rossi Secretary 687-2598 Beatrice Mohr McGrath 1989-92 Charles Walworth Financial Officer 692-9596 Ken Mathewson 1987-88 Don Gill Library Director 967-7236 Janice Gibson Cloud 1985-86 Diane Sylvester Education Director 967-1742 Doreen Cook Dullea 1984 John Woodward Parliamentarian 963-2330 Norman E. Scofield 1983 Ted & Marion Denniston Directors at Large 968-9364 Harry Titus 1982 Emily Aasted Director at Large 687-6097 Emily Perry Thies 1981 Edwin G. Storr Director at Large 969-9895 Bette Gorrell Kot 1980 Julie Raffety Director at Large 969-5823 Harry Titus 1979 Louise Matz Director at Large 967-7353 Mary Ellen Galbraith 1978 Joan E. Jacobs Director at Large 966-4021 Carlton M. Smith 1977 Carolyn Thomas Director at Large 964-5523 Selma Bankhead West 1975-76 Sandy Files Director at Large 684-7339 Harry R. Glen 1974-75 Cheryl White Director at Large 964-5443 Carol Roth 1972-73 Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society Vol. 29, No. I &2, Fall 2002/Winter 2003 Ancestors West 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT detail in these records is astonishing: names, dates, death dates, countries oforigin, names oforphan Amongthe films Ihave recently reviewed con ages, addresses ofparents, real property informa cerningresearch techniques forthe genealogyof tion, court proceedings, etc., etc. Not all records urban families, I came across the records ofthe State are rich or have the same class ofinformation, but ofCalifornia's paymentsofmoney forthe mainte ifyou are missing a sibling or cousin, or can't nance ofOrphans,HalfOrphans,andAbandoned figure out where some youngster was between Children ofthe City ofSan Francisco, 1905-1910. 1905 to 1910 in San Francisco, this gem is a must These records, which cover arelativelysmalltime see. period,containvaluable information forthe genealo Sh&ila/McLcAvoy Block/, President gist The records are organized beginning with Orphans, then the HalfOrphans, and finally, FROM THE EDITOR Abandoned Children, by date offirst application. Thankfully, there is an alphabetical index ofnames. When Steve Hoole in England asked me to dig A mystery writer could have a field day with up some information on Thomas Fonnereau, I had these records. Here's an entry for Kathleen no idea I literally would do just that. He had O'Rourke, child ofLawrence O'Rourke and Annie received information that a P. Fonnereau was Walters, born in 1904 in Los Angeles admitted to buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Ballard with no Mt. St. Joseph Infant Asylum in San Francisco in date. I drove to the cemetery on a mission to June 1908. Her mother died in November 1908. locate the grave to determine ifit was that of Thus, little Kathy wound up in the asylum before Thomas. The cemetery map indicated where the her mother died. Her mother was probably in a plot was located, and with shovel and probe in final illness and could not care for her daughter. hand, the manager with a helper and I went in There is an additional note. "Father supposed to search ofthe plot. No stone or marker was there. have been killed in the quake of 1906." This hints With some random probing, a hard spot was at a certain lack ofconviction on the partofthe hit. Was it a coffin? Digging with a shovel, a flat authorities. Where is Lawrence? Poor little Kathy. stone was uncovered under the sod, and with Here's another heart wrencher. The five scraping and washing offwith a nearby sprinkler, Mandel children ages 5 through 12 have received the stone revealed the letter "F." We had found the State funds pursuant to the application oftheir step Fonnereau grave. Near that grave another stone fatherwho has placed them with a"private family," was uncovered with the same "F" stamped in it, stating that "He has one child ofhis own and this time for Marion "Foster," a Confederate Civil cannot support these." The State pays amounts War Veteran from Missouri, who was the father of between $33 and $55 per month for the support Thomas's brother's wife. It is not clear why the and education ofthese children, hefty sums in register book listed a very obvious "P. Fonnereau," 1908. In addition, the deceased mother and the but our assumption is that the handwriten T was stepfather owned real property valued at $1,400, mistaken for aPsomewhere in the translation. You perhapsthe family home. The recordexplains that can view the stone marker on page 22. The story halfthe property belongs to the deceased mother, ofthe Fonnereaus begins on page 21. The original her separate property. It is not clear from the will ofThomas together with the probate file and record, but the children, who have inherited the deeds solved some ofthe mysteries ofthe two property from their mother, perhaps halftheir brothers and their short time in the Santa Ynez home, are with a foster family. Seems odd. Valley. Lest you think I am making this up, see FHL Vor&thyJovtefrOhbvwr, Editor Film #1412658 for more touching stories. The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society Vol. 29, No. 1&2, Fall 2002/Winter 2003 Ancestors West 3 Tile on wall at Selmer Wake Campus of Adult Education Presented at 2 o'clock, October 3. 2002, Wake Center, Santa Barbara. Charlie Thompson died March 15. 2002 "MY NAME IS CHARLES, BUT But oh, my,did it cause a fuss when we went YOU CAN CALL ME CHARLIE" through U.S. customs! The agent became upset and called in two more agents. They thought we were trying to bring marijuana into the United Mrs.
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