Davis-Magoon Family

John William Davis (1819-1912) and Abiah Magoon (1830-1917) lived and died in Quebec. They had fifteen children – eight sons and seven daughters. Twelve survived childhood, married and had children. If the Vanderven-Marcellus and Gouthro family trees are accurate, they had 83 grandchildren. 

 

I have multiple DNA matches with descendants of nine of Davis-Magoon children. Two of which are expected since they are siblings of my great-grandmother Matilda McFall. Based on matches with some of their descendants, I believe they are my father's great-grandparents.

* Means DNA match with one or more descendants. The higher the cM the closer the relationship.

Sons:

Norman married Rachel Trouton  - two children

*Wilder married Jane "Jennie" McFall - seven children (477, 285, 221, 144, 127, 75, 54 cM)

*Leonard married Sara Baird - seven children (37 cM)

*John married Mary Jane McNeill - ten children (151, 141, 121, 78, 57, 44, 31 cM))

*George married Sarah McNeill Davis and Martha Thompson - ten children  (103, 73, 60, 42 cM)

*Jeremiah married Annie Baird and Elizabeth Craig - seven children (31 cM)

+Gilbert died in childhood

+Alexander died in childhood

Daughters:

*Melissa married Alfred Conant Dow - nine children (152, 94, 72, 64, 48, 45, 37, 30, 24 cM)

*Roxie married William Alexander McFall - nine children (197,124 cM)

*Maria married John Henry Hughes - ten children (119, 35, 34, 22 cM)

*Lydia married Samuel Woods - six children (92, 42, 34, 29 cM)

Olive married William Graham - five children (daughters)

Ada married James Amm - two children

+Esther died in childhood
 

Researching the Hallberg surname

Researching the Hallberg surname

This morning, I posted the following query on the Ancestry Message Boards > Localities > Scandinavian and Baltic States > Sweden > General 

I found this on MyHeritage for an ancestor of my wife.  I know it references their marriage.

Torparen i Östermo under Östra Grinderum i Frödinge socken Post  FRÖ-V-894 Isacsson Hallberg, Petter Långvikstorp Larsd., Maja Piga Långvikstorp Vigda 1/1 1820 i Frödinge (H)--------------Källa: Frödinge CI:3

1) Are they from Långvikstorp?
2) What does Vigda mean?
3)  The source is Frödinge CI:3.  What is CL:3?
4) Where did they get married - Östermo? Östra Grinderum?  Frödinge?

Thanks in advance for any help.


Bob

Later in July 2017

I have been investigating the Patrik Hallberg Web Site on MyHeritage (I have a subscription). He also has a tree on Ancestry but it does not include sources. The one on MyHeritage does.

Petter Petterson's grandfather was Isac Hallberg Nilsson. Patrik's tree goes back two more generations. Neither his father or grandfather uses Hallberg. The name appears to be documented. Here is the biography included in his profile. 

  i Kropphällerna Båtsmanstorp på Rumshults ägor efter flytt dit 1790.Sedan torpare i Hagenäs eller Jordbro under Rumhult i Hjorted socken.se artikel i Kalmar Läns Tidning 1937 "En gammal Smedsläkt" av Helge Schlyter.*

Post 108703 Isac Född 8/2 1759 i Rumhult, Hjorted (H)Far Ericsson, Nils Mor Olofsdotter, Sara Rumhult--------------Källa: Hjorted C:2 (birth)

Post 26486 Nilsson, Isac DrFörsjönäs Pehrsdotter, Ingrid PigaBresfallVigda 16/10 1785 i Hjorted (H)--------------Källa: Hjorted C:3 (marriage)

Post 73314 Hallberg, Isak  Änkling Inhysesman (ålder: 77 År 2 M)RumhultDöd 9/4 1836 i Hjorted (H)Dödsorsak: ÅlderdomÖvriga uppgifterAnhörig/a: 10 Barn--------------Källa: Hjorted C:4 (death - cause old age, widower living with others).

Mikael Persson, a cousin of Carolyn and Jeff,  is going to check whether the sources are from the Hjorted parish records.

Hallberg was his military name. Båtsman is pronounced "boatsman" and translated to boatswain. He was in the Swedish Navy.

Nils Petter Nilsson and Stina Cajsa Nilsdotter family

Carolyn's 2nd-great-grandparents have four children on record: Stina Maria, Nils Petter, Carl Johan (her great-grandfather AKA CJA Peterson), and Cajsa Lena.

15 May 1868  Nils Petter emigrated destination Nordamerika traveling alone.

2 Apr 1869      Carl Johan  emigrated destination Galva

9 Jun 1871      Stina Nilsdotter emigrated destination Chicago with Clara age 11. This is not Carolyn's 2nd-great-grandmother as I was speculating.

Researching the family, I found lots of new information. I am using the surname Pehrsson since that is on their baptism records

Daughters Stina Maria and Cajsa Lena both married and died in Kristdala. 

I found Stina Maria in the Hultgren-Gustafson Family Tree by Ingvar Hultgren. It did not include her three siblings. It includes seven more generations to your 9th-great-grandfather. 

I found Cajsa Lena in the Ålstam släktträd by Anders Ålstam of Gunnebo, Kalmar, Sverige. It did not include her three siblings but identified Petter Nilsson's parents.I did not include them since there were no source citations.

I think Nils Petter died in Chicago in 1897, but I cannot prove it without ordering the death certificate,

Cemetery mystery?

George Edward  McFall is a first cousin once-removed. He married Orphelia Alice

Eselere -> Flesgin -> Fliess -> Flies ancestors

Abbe Joseph Henri Flies is a third cousin twice removed of my great-grandmother Anna Flies Junius. I heard that he was very interested in family history. I procrastinated writing to him. When I finally did it was the day he died. I received a letter from his niece, Annik Chatellier-Schon several weeks later. She provided me with information about the family but not enough to resolve the questions I posed.

I have a book he wrote, "Ein Deutungsversuch unserer Gottes-, fluss-, Orts-, flur-, und familiennamen." Obviously, it was written in German. A friend translated part of it. An excerpt showing the history of the name follows.

In 1285 Theoderich, Knight, called Buista, Lord of Notzingen, sold the farmland in
Notzingen to the Marienthal Convent. In exchange, Marienthal gave him their serf Johann,
called Eselere of Huncheringen, with all his belongings, and all his descendants, with all movable and unmovable possessions, so that, if this obligation should not be covered through
this guarantee, defense and compensation, then the Convent should own the said Johann and said
properties, for peaceful use. Therefore, We (Theoderich), or any of our descendants, shall not be
permitted to lease or sell said serf.

In 1290 Johann, called Eselere, belonged to the Marienthal Convent.

Around 1294, Heinrich IV, Count of Luxembourg, asked his subject, the Noble Godfried of
Saarbruecken, to build a Water Castle and a Manor House. Godfried had married Kunigunde,
daughter of Arnold of Rodemacher and Anticonia von Ouren, Lords of Huncheringen. These
Lords asked to build a new fortified castle on the old “Kaylbach in Kautwinkel,” near the
“Motteburg” [castle] of Count Heinrich III of Luxemburg. On the advice of his wife Kunigunde,
Godfrid of Saarbruecken now built a barnlike castle in the forest near the cemetery of Durenthal.
This castle is still recognizable by its foundations, the cemetery, the bed of a creek, and the
“Schlossbusch” [castle bush?], the Klatzebusch and the Scheuerbusch. [apparently locally known
landmarks].

When the hostile rulers of Bar moved further into the County of Luxembourg, they forced
Geldart, first Lord of Durendal, to build further defensive positions, which are still remembered
by the local names of Kloeppel, Esch (iron), Goilden (moats) and Fassburch. Fassburch includes
the Silbe Castle and the “Silbe Fass”, i.e. Kas, House (with an S for Sirona). This house should
be the residence of the castle keeper.

The old castle on the “Cherhuegel” in the center of the village became useless, because of the
much stronger Rodemacher-Huncheringer castle in Kautwinkel. Therefore the former castle
keeper Johann Eselere, as appropriate, was named castle keeper of Fassburg by Geldart, Lord of
Durendal. After this, he [Johann Eselere] assumed the name of Flesgin.
For more than two centuries the Flesgin family stayed on the Fassburg as keepers of the
castle.

When, during the 17th century, the two Lords of Mittendal did not want to continue paying
their castle keeper Johansen Flesgin, he moved with his family to Liwingen, where he entered
the service of the Lords of Weiler-zum-Turm, specifically as the miller of the Liwingen Mill.
After this, he shortened his name from Flesgin to Fliess. With the permission, and possibly the
assistance, of the Lords of Weiler-zum-Turm Johannes Fliess (a) built a home, near the mill, and
died shortly thereafter.

Saint Boniface Cemetery

Saint Boniface Cemetery is located at Lawrence and Clark in Chicago. According to Find a Grave, "St. Boniface cemetery was consecrated in 1863.  Named for the apostle of Germany, it was the first cemetery servicing the needs of the German Catholic community in Chicago."

It was about a three block walk from our home on Winthrop Avenue. I remember climbing over the wall on the Magnolia Street side and wandering around. I did this at least once, but maybe a couple more times. Little did I know how important it was to our family.

My great-uncle John Junius and great-aunt  Annie Junius are buried there. Both died in early childhood. There are thirty-one relatives or relatives of relatives buried there.

My great-grandfather's brother, Jean Nicolas Junius worked there for awhile before he returned to Luxembourg.

The Vanderways

I spent a lot of time today working on information found on Find A Grave about several of  Ralph's relatives including his mother, father, grandparents, uncles and two siblings.

A person named Dave H had created most of the memorials and provided a lot of detailed information.