I am trying to find out more about my g,g,g,grandfather who was listed as a Private in 1781 under Peek or Moury in the Rhode Island militia. I think he was...
Dave & Sharon Ballou
ballousalers@...
Jul 1, 2008 3:16 pm
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Probably you know this already but there is an Oliver Ballou in the 1820 Census living in Cumberland, RI. Other sources list a birth date of 1763 so may be...
Oliver born 1759 Oliver born 1763 In the Adin Ballou history /genealogy, he has these two Olivers that would have been born about the right era. Of course, it...
Thanks for the quick response. That's about right. Oliver, Sr. was born in 1759, his son Oliver, Jr. was born in 1789. One son of Oliver, Jr. named...
Dave & Sharon Ballou
ballousalers@...
Jul 1, 2008 5:00 pm
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_http://karenlmiller.net/GenealogyM/Cemetery/BallouCemetery.html_ (http://karenlmiller.net/GenealogyM/Cemetery/BallouCemetery.html) This web site has a neat...
If nothing else, if you have teens planning on going to college and SAR has scholarships, you might want to join. If theSAR does have scholarships, they...
Wow, thanks. I have used 1759, in which Oliver, Sr. was born to Peter Ballou and Elce (Bucklin) in Springfield, R.I. Yet, it's reasonable that 1763 is...
Dave & Sharon Ballou
ballousalers@...
Jul 1, 2008 5:15 pm
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Hi, all, Still looking for any hints regarding one Alice/Alys ABBOTT who was b. 1670 in Portsmouth, Newport, and died 1735 in Rochester, Plymouth, Mass.? She...
Hi DaveI thought about becoming a member but so far haven't bothered as I don't have young children which could be elegible for scholarship awards for college....
Thanks. Mine was a loaded question. My Aunt Marion qualified in 1923 as a young lady. No one in the family took note of it until I began my inquiry. Our...
Dave & Sharon Ballou
ballousalers@...
Jul 1, 2008 5:25 pm
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In a message dated 7/1/2008 10:17:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ballousalers@... writes: <_Jea_ (mailto:Jeanhaverhill@...) Oliver Ballou 1763-1843 ...
Ya, the local attraction is to march in parades and presentations in a tricorn hat and tights. I'm too short and bow legged for that. But, I will join anyway,...
Dave & Sharon Ballou
ballousalers@...
Jul 1, 2008 5:30 pm
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My Oliver only lived to age 59, dying in 1818. He married Tiffany (?) about 1788. The lineage is similar in that his g,g,g,grandmother was Hannah Pike, wife...
Dave & Sharon Ballou
ballousalers@...
Jul 1, 2008 5:38 pm
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please change the subject line once in awhile Paw [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi! Of course the most famous Ballou descendany was President Garfield. Ballou is an old Rhode Island name and while he recently decased our Grand Lodge of...
Thanks, Scott. I've learned more in the past few days than I gleaned in several years of searching. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dave & Sharon Ballou
ballousalers@...
Jul 2, 2008 4:55 pm
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Independence Day Celebration July 4, 1777 The Rhode Island Militia Regiment encamped around Tiverton spent their holiday racing five whale boats up and down...
I have a copy of this census for the Chambers surname. Can someone tell me what the letters following the entry mean? For example James Chambers 60+ R-Newport...
I think this may help Carol..http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ribristo/bmilitar.html ... From: CAROL CHURCH <cchurch@...> Subject: [RI_Ancestors] 1777...
Carol, thank you so much for asking that question. Ironically, I had just finished looking at the 1777 Scituate Military Census and wondered the same thing....
Hi Carol...sometimes in transmission spaces occur in the url...try this one..: http://tinyurl.com/67ojucmake sure no spaces are in it. Just in case:Key To...
Hi, all! Looking for death information for Konstantino Kondari Konturas, b. 5 Feb 1907, in the Netherlands, m. Feb 1940 in Rotterdam, Holland (Netherlands) to...
Hi Jan, I'm sure others will find this also. The lack of death date for Margaretha seems to indicate to me that at the time the survey of the cemetery was...
Oh, Linda! Thank you!? I have forwarded this to the young man for whom I am doing research.? This is his mother's side of the family...? He was born and raised...
Hey Mom, Don't forget to mention to him the free trial at Ancestry. There wasn't much there due to the time period in the US and the lack of Netherlands...
I have a new friend, who lives in Holland.? He is sending me anything he can find! Jan is another RAOGK volunteer...? So, since I am, as well, he is doing alot...
Several years ago, we were discussing this project, and when it was going to be produced. Katrina Brown is a DeWolfe descendant, and discovered that her...
Hi Don. I accidentally found a piece of information this morning which shows that a couple of my "assumptions" were wrong. * I now believe that it was Miss...
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