MISSING LINKS: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal Vol. 5, No. 42, 18 October 2000, Circulation: 702,462+ (c) 1996-2000 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley MISSING LINKS and ROOTSWEB REVIEW are free, weekly e-zines. Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com Advertising: sbrenay@myfamilyinc.com RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ IN THIS ISSUE o Sequel to Nina: a Mystery o Web Links o Computer Phobia (Part 2 of 2) o Cemetery Links o Family Reunions o Conferences, Research Trips, Seminars, Workshops o Somebody's Links o Letters to the Editors o Humor o Reprint Policy, Back Issues, How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe NINA: A MYSTERY THE SEQUEL by Alison O'Donnell browdonn@village.uunet.be Copyright Alison O'Donnell (not to be reproduced without the author's permission). browdonn@village.uunet.be On 29 December 1999 [ML 4:53] MISSING LINKS kindly included my tale entitled "Nina: a mystery." This was the story of the search for my grandmother's origins. I had spent a year looking for her birth record in London to no avail and concluded that I was in fact seeking a woman who had reinvented herself for reasons unknown to her descendants. I eventually found her London registry office marriage record to my grandfather, who was a Royal Marine bandmaster/director of music, latterly with the BBC. Between 1919 and 1922 he sailed with the Prince of Wales, to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This was later King Edward VIII, who abdicated from the British throne. Not only had the marriage of Nina LEIGH and Percival Sylvester George O'DONNELL taken place in secret, but also it was some five years later than expected. That was a whole other story concerning his previous marital status, which I spent some months investigating. I also had time to research all my other family lines, one of them back to 1700, whilst I was trying out ideas about how to find Nina. What I did not then know about that marriage certificate, was that there was scarcely a single truthful detail given by my grandmother, whereas my grandfather had meticulously recorded his by then divorced status. Three children had been born by the time of their marriage in 1928, and it seems that very few people knew of the deception. Those who did never passed on the information. As briefly as possible, over four years, I discovered that her second Christian name of Nina was only a stage name, her age was incorrect, her address belonged to one her future brothers-in- law and her father's name and occupation were completely false. The only correct fact was that her name was Winifred, which she had always disliked. She had been a singer in London West End musicals, she had made a recording, and she had been a film extra. These were facts she admitted but no names, dates, or locations were ever volunteered. She had a beautiful voice and indeed she was a beautiful woman. We knew she had had wealthy, well-heeled boyfriends in the early 1920s. However, no-one knew anything about her family. She had no relatives and only very few friends. She refused to answer any questions on these matters and everyone gave up eventually, especially when it became apparent that it would cause much distress. Working together with a researcher after I left London to live in Brussels, he eventually found her traveling on a ship from St. John, Newfoundland to Liverpool, U.K., after having traveled across Canada by train. We knew this because Nina had told her children many years later how wonderful the scenic views were and indeed had kept postcards of various points of her journey. This leads to the other exotic part of her enigmatic life. She had lived in China for some years, she said with her father. Her children knew she could do shorthand and typing and she had sung at weddings and functions. She had kept Chinese postcards, a little jade jewelry, and some clothing, most of which perished during a flood in her apartment during the 1960s. During the four years I searched everywhere I could across several continents, followed up tiny leads, minute scraps of information and clutched at every straw imaginable in my quest to find out who she had been. She had been determined to obliterate all but the most oblique references to her early life. As a genealogical exercise, it was a fine example of how one can find what one is looking for through hard research, diligence, and persistence. The most insignificant fact can lead to the long-awaited breakthrough and when it comes, it all tumbles out so quickly in comparison to the tortuously slow trek which has gone before. My London researcher gave me the bombshell that in 1919, returning from China, she had been traveling with a four-year- old boy named Raymond W. LEIGH, she had U.S. citizenship, the destination address was unknown to us, the people who lived there unheard of, and her age was also off beam. My family didn't believe it was her and until I proved it almost two years later, I had to clam up about it. I had an immediate gut feeling it was her, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up when I saw the name of the man who headed the household of the London address she was bound for. His name was Charles William SHEARS. I thought back to the marriage certificate which gave her father's name as Charles William LEIGH, Import/Export Merchant. I finally found what I was looking for when I went back to London to see whether a Winifred SHEARS and not a Winifred LEIGH had been born to this man. We always thought that the day and month of her birth would not have been altered and indeed they weren't, only the year. I had to wait almost two agonizing weeks for the certificates to arrive back in Brussels. Yes, it was her, Winifred Ada Elizabeth SHEARS, born London 1895 to Charles William and Ellen SHEARS. I then researched the SHEARS family, my great-grandparents, previously totally unknown to me. Her father had worked for the General Post Office in London for more than 41 years, so who had accompanied her to China? A husband perhaps, a Mr. LEIGH maybe, but how to establish this? Much research followed between 1998 and when this story appeared in MISSING LINKS last Christmas. Several researchers and helpers responded to the tale, especially re the U.S. connection, which could only have come about because her husband, whoever he was, was obviously American. I am indebted to them. They know who they are and in fact one or two of them are still assisting on the case. Living in Belgium and trying to do research in the States is extremely difficult. In February 2000 I made yet another trip to London to research the SHEARS. Whilst at the Family Records Centre, on a whim, I decided to see whether Nina had married a Mr. LEIGH in the U.K. I guessed that since the boy Raymond was 4 years old in 1919, I should start at 1914 for a possible marriage record. The index volumes are arranged Jan-Mar, Mar-Jun, etc., and there it was in the first tome I opened. I whooped out loud amongst all those hundreds of people quietly doing their research. In January 1914 in London she married Walter James LEIGH, whose father was Joseph LEIGH, Merchant. Then it seemed logical to look for Raymond's birth and there it was in November of that year. I was stunned. I still had to prove that my granny was both Nina LEIGH and Winifred SHEARS. I had one day left and realized I would have to work in a frenzy to accomplish this. My researcher suggested another long shot. I should look for a Raymond W. LEIGH or even a Raymond SHEARS marrying, say, between the ages of 17 and 32. After four years of searching through these books, I knew the system well and was able to flip through the volumes very quickly, elbowing people out of the way and doing in my back in the process. Thank goodness for the initial W, which stood for his father's name. I found one match and ordered the certificate. Then I looked for children and found one. Then with ten minutes to spare before the building closed and I would return to Belgium the next day, I found four or five people with that child's name marrying, but only one in the county where she had been born. I plumped for her and hoped for the best. Again, nearly two weeks later, by which time I was a complete nervous wreck, it became apparent that this woman, Jennifer, was probably my cousin. We found her still in the same area, via some database research. There's not enough room to describe here what we felt when we discovered that her grandfather had disappeared in China, never declared dead, and that her grandmother had gone off to be an opera singer, ultimately vanishing too, and leaving behind not only a little boy, but also a daughter who was born five weeks after she disembarked at Liverpool. The little girl was a shock to me and of course when I told her that my grandmother and hers were one and the same, she was momentarily speechless. The gaps were filled in quickly after that. Nina's parents took charge of the two children. We have learned that they disapproved of her marriage to Walter and of her stage career. Ultimately her father banished her and after some years she disappeared. Walter never returned and they were never divorced. Raymond passed away in 1987 but my aunt, Betty, is very much alive at 81. She has three children, one of whom lives five minutes away from me in Brussels and another of whom lives near my family in Dublin. Winifred, or Winnie as she is known to them, left England for Ireland after her husband's death in 1945. Two of her four children with PSG O'Donnell are also still alive. We have all met up, exchanged magnificent photographs dating back to the early twentieth century, letters, and clues. It has been an extraordinary experience all round. However, three of us cousins are now working on discovering what became of Walter, their grandfather. We are hoping that if this story appears in "Missing Links," once again, some kind volunteers might offer help in the U.S. His name is Walter James LEIGH, Merchant, born circa 1892, probably in China. His father, Joseph LEIGH, Merchant, apparently died in the Boxer Rebellion circa 1900. He was adopted by Archibald LITTLE and his wife, Alicia LITTLE (nee BEWICKE) (both well-known authors and explorers) and probably accompanied them back to England in 1907. Archibald died in 1908 and bequeathed Walter a small inheritance. We know that Walter worked in Szechuan at some time during the 1920s. Archibald had businesses there. We think he and Nina may have fallen out in China (in Hankow or Shanghai where we know she had lived) because he was not highly thought of by her friends and acquaintances. By the time his adoptive mother, Alicia, died in 1926, he seems to have lost touch with her. He doesn't rate even a passing mention in her 1927 Will. The Consul General in Shanghai was looking for him by 1928 and he was last seen in Shanghai alighting from a tram in 1937. After that there was nothing. We are researching the descendants of the LITTLE and BEWICKE nieces and nephews and have applied to NARA for a consular birth search. Then we will turn to his death, his parents' marriage, etc. We would welcome assistance in Washington or other relevant cities. We are also intending to look at ship's passenger lists here and for Winifred's incoming journey into either the U.S. or Canada between February and April 1919 (by a process of elimination, port by port, a tedious and slow process). We can't sit back until we solve the other half of this mystery. I'd like to thank everyone who helped in this endeavour and especially to RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/ which has been a source of endless inspiration. Everyone who deserves recognition for their assistance will be properly acknowledged in due course. ** PAID ADVERTISEMENTS ** You know the value of knowing your roots. Make it easier for future generations to know theirs. Put your family history on the Internet today. 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The original photo is more than 30 inches long and the end is torn. Give the page a little bit of time to load. http://atticphotos.homestead.com/american.html SAVING GRAVES (Worldwide). http://www.savinggraves.com/ TEXAS, LAREDO. 19th century photos of the family of Felix B. del BARRIO, who was born in Spain, married Maria del PILAR PEREZ de del BARRIO, and died in Laredo, Texas. Photos of the couple and their children were taken in Mexico and in Texas. http://www.tamiu.edu/~rlaperriere/del_barrio.htm TEXAS, LAREDO. HISTORIC HOUSE. Jose O. Guerra, Jr. joguerra@brokersys.com reports that Texas A&M International University Archivist, Renee LaPerriere de Gutierrez, found an album with the photos described above in a small warehouse on the property of a home she had purchased in a historic section of Laredo. She posted photographs of the historic house at this site and of the Felix B. del BARRIO family at the URL in the previous entry, where she hopes they will be seen and recognized by family members who will contact her. http://www.tamiu.edu/~rlaperriere/ourhouse.htm TOMBSTONE TRAVELER'S GUIDE. American cemetery photos, epitaphs, and lore. http://home.flash.net/~leimer/ * * * * * COMPUTER PHOBIA (Part 2 of 2) by Tessa Kirk tjkirk@lineone.net [Re: "Computer Phobia," ML 5:41, 11 October 2000]. When I wrote this I was completely unaware of the replies I would receive in response to last week's article. The count is now more than 100 and I am completely overwhelmed. One message suggested that I write a book. Guess what I have started. I never ever tried one before, and whether it gets printed is another matter, but I am enjoying it.] Having "got online," a whole range of new words forced their way into my consciousness: log on, log off, online, offline, HTML, POP (fizzy drink), spam (meat), gopher (animal), and many more that I am still trying to decipher. Anyway, I started looking for the genealogical pages. A very nice message said that ? pages had been found for me. How kind, I thought, let's have a look look look look! On I went trudging, sorry surfing through page after page. They all looked so helpful and interesting; family research is easy peasy. When I eventually narrowed everything down I realized how naive I was. I found Cindy's List, GenForum, RootsWeb, and a zillion others. I realized that a ton of information is provided by a lot of hardworking people but at the end of the day it is up to the researcher to make the most of the information provided, and that in itself is hard work and needs great determination. What is a great revelation to me is the sense of community there is. Everyone is keen to help and exchange information. That in itself = family. * * * * * CEMETERY LINKS: HYDEVILLE CEMETERY, RUTLAND COUNTY, VERMONT by Howard MrZip007@aol.com, descendant of a War of 1812 veteran buried in the Hydeville Cemetery If you are seeking graves of ancestors who died during the period 1830s to 1870s and perhaps even later, in Rutland County, Vermont, in the Village of Hydeville in particular, you might find that they are buried in little-known Hydeville Cemetery, which is ignored, neglected, and a disgrace. It is about three to four acres in size, situated on a mound, with trees about 12 to 15 feet apart and 50 to 60 feet tall, poison ivy about 6 feet high, and surrounded by an automobile salvage yard (a junk yard of auto wrecks). If you ask residents living in Hydeville where the Hydeville Cemetery is located, they will most likely reply, "There's no cemetery in Hydeville." * * * JOHNSON GRAVES IN TRIGG COUNTY, KENTUCKY by LunaB@webtv.net My husband and I found a graveyard that needed some grooming, located in southern Trigg County, Kentucky near a community known as Linton. From Cadiz, Kentucky, drive south toward Tennessee on Highway 139, also known as South Road, then west on Highway 164 until you come to a gravel road called the Old Dover Road, where you should turn left. About one mile up this road you will see another gravel road going up a steep hill and this goes to the graveyard. The four graves we found were in good condition for their age. The names and dates are: Nancy C. JOHNSON DOB 20 June 1850, DOD 31 October 1931 Truman M. JOHNSON 1881-1960 Leroy JOHNSON Vol. Mounted Inf., Civil War 15 October 1840, 7 July 1923 Ida Ann JOHNSON 27 December 1871, 3 December 1896 I hope this helps someone. I would be willing to make pictures of these if someone needs them. * * * * * FAMILY REUNIONS. Check for reunions of interest and post information about your own upcoming family reunion on RootsWeb's Family Reunions Calendar at [note two-line URL] http://resources.rootsweb.com/~calendar/ cgi-bin/calendar.cgi?calname=FAMILY_REUNIONS or click the link at RootsWeb's home page http://www.rootsweb.com/ * * * * * CONFERENCES, RESEARCH TRIPS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS. Read about and post details of upcoming genealogical events on the Web at http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/gencon/list.htm and/or, after subscribing to GEN-EVENTS-L-request@rootsweb.com, post the notice to the mailing list GEN-EVENTS-L@rootsweb.com 27 October 2000, Friday at 5:30 p.m. THE FRIENDS OF THE VIRGINIA STATE ARCHIVES will present the first ANNUAL SLATTEN LECTURE, "In and Out of His Majesty's Service: the Colonial Militia and the Revolution." This lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception. 28 October 2000. THE FRIENDS OF THE VIRGINIA STATE ARCHIVES (FVSA) will present four lectures by Lloyd Bockstruck at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. This seminar for FVSA members is a nominal $20 and will include a box lunch. Non-members will be accommodated, space allowing, for a fee of $25, which will include a box lunch and a one-year membership in the Society. Those who wish registration forms may request them by telephoning 804-788-1695 or 804-358-1060 or e-mailing rosieb@sprynet.com or writing FVSA, Box 4804, Richmond, VA 23220 28 October 2000. HOUSTON (TEXAS) GENEALOGICAL FORUM FALL SEMINAR www.egroups.com/files/Houston_Genealogical_Forum/HGF.htm 4 November 2000. VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE, 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. FREE ADMISSION, featuring an exhibition of Virginia landscape paintings, historical interpreters, storytelling, music, historic neighborhood tours, and children's activities. http://www.vahistorical.org/ Phone: 804-358-4901 11 November 2000. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF VIRGINIA FALL CONFERENCE, "Digging Deeper: Finding and Interpreting Records You Might Have Missed," with speaker Mary McCampbell Bell, CLS, CGL, will be held at the Virginia Historical Society, on the southwest corner of Boulevard and Kensington Avenue, at 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia. Registration before 31 October is $30 (GRIVA member), $40 (GRIVA non-member; fee includes one year GRIVA membership), or add $5 to the relevant fee for registration after 31 October 2000. Questions? Call Bill: 804-750-2156. Send check made payable to GRIVA to: Bill Thalhimer, 309 Sleepy Hollow Road, Richmond, VA 23229. 18 November 2000. MONTGOMERY COUNTY (TEXAS) GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FALL SEMINAR at the Lone Star Convention Center, Bluebonnet Room, Conroe, Texas. Cost $30 including lunch until 3 November; $35 including lunch after 3 November. Dr. George Schweitzer will be the speaker. The program will be two sessions of Migration Routes and Settlement Patterns and one session on Georgia Genealogical Research Techniques. Details at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm ; mcghs@yahoo.com; P. O. Box 867, Conroe, TX 77035-0867; Fax: 936.273.4888 Phone: Montgomery Co. Genealogical Library 936.788.8363 * * * * * SOMEBODY'S LINKS. Please send notices about genealogical treasures found to juliecase@prodigy.net. To subscribe to SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER, send e-mail that says SUBSCRIBE to Somebodys-Links-Newsletter-L-request@rootsweb.com Back issues can be read online or downloaded from ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/somebody/ They are part of the fully searchable MISSING LINKS archives at http://search-rwr.rootsweb.com/ Also use the GenConnect "Somebody's Links" message board at http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/SomebodysLinks/ * * * I found a pile of photographs at a garage sale in Encinitas, California. It appears that they came from the same photo album and belong together. They range from about the 1880s to the 1930s. I believe the photos belonged to Mrs. Robert BLACKSHAW. Her maiden name may have been Emma SEAVER. Although they may have been living in Missouri, the photos come from various locations -- Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Colorado, as well as Missouri. There is an Aunt Snip or Snif from Leadville, Colorado; Grace May SEAVER; Lida (possibly also a SEAVER), two children -- Lawrence and Tuts. There is a photo of Preston Barton TANNER and his mother (1904) -- I believe this Preston TANNER died in Shawnee Mission, Kansas in 1974; a baby -- "Cousin Merle GRIFFIN"; Robert BLACKSHAW, nicknamed "Sammy"; J. F. SEAVER, taken in Pacific, Missouri; Fern Marie BLACKSHAW of St. Louis, Missouri (she may have been the BLACKSHAW's only child); a photo to Fern from Aunt Lillian. I believe that this is Lillian Amelia BLACKSHAW (possibly MURPHY). There are many more with no names. These photos would like to find their home. Sandra Barber aquila104@home.com While we were visiting in Pennsylvania, we found a large framed setting of several pictures of the BLANSET family. They are good photos of Joseph BLANSET, pioneer, and wife Margaret PENROD, William James BLANSET, the class of Eckel's College, Philadelphia, and John HANLIN of Jenner Township, Somerset County, a CDV* of Mrs. Cornelius BENDER, and a photo of Eliza BLANSET BENDER. [*A CDV is an 1800s photo that measures about 2x3 inches. CDV is an abbreviation for the French phrase "carte de visite." I look mainly for full-length Civil War era women's fashions. The revenue stamp, if present on the back, indicates 1864 through early 1866. That was one method they used to pay for the war. The stamp also increases the value of the photo. The early CDVs were of very thin card stock and had small print identification of the photographer across the back. If it was lengthwise on the back, it was later in the decade or into the next decade.] The pictures we were interested in were of Jacob BLANSET of Latrose, Pennsylvania, in his GAR uniform and wearing his ribbons, and a picture of his wife, Lucinda HORNER BLANSET. Included are three pictures of BLANSET family reunions, a number of newspaper clippings, and a memorial card for Yost MILLER, who died 12 August 1811. The frame was not original and crude, so the pictures have been removed and stored. If anyone related is interested in these pictures, we would be interested in sharing for reimbursement of cost. Mary A.Hutchins mahutchins@usol.com My first husband, James Edward ("Smitty") SMITH, served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 with the RIV RON 9 RIV DIV 9A-5. This was a group that patrolled on the rivers there. He was wounded and received the Purple Heart. While he was in Vietnam, we exchanged voice tapes. I got all of these from his mother in Houston, Texas, after he died in 1971 from the complications of a motorcycle accident. While I was going through the tapes, I found one from Darel L. JARDINE to Miss Daniel KETTERMAN at 16 Brickhead Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. If you know either of these names or people, please e-mail me and I will gladly send the tape to you. It is an old reel-to-reel, small one. I don't know if it will play, but I do know that they will cherish it as much as I do the ones that I have. Christina Schnitzer Crschn@aol.com I have a 1904 photo of Eleanor Ethel JOLLEY aged two years. It was taken by BIRTLES photographers, Leigh House, Warrington, UK and is in beautiful condition and mounted on cream card. If this enchanting toddler grew up to be your Granny, please drop me a line and she's yours. The photo can be viewed here: http://members.spree.com/business/CUDAVLIED/jolley.jpg Carla Randle carla@sixofus.screaming.net A number of photos among my husband's NEVILLE family papers are of various CARROW family members in Texas and England. There is also a photo of Elizabeth ETTLEMAN, born 22 July 1788, married 9 February 1814 Jacob MILLER. They were the parents of Amanda (MILLER) NEVILLE and are both buried in Massillon, Ohio. If you know who any of these people are, please e-mail me. Kate MKCTX@aol.com * * * * * LETTERS TO THE EDITORS. Please send to rwr-editors@rootsweb.com [Re: ML 5:41] My suggestion to Elizabeth Lauckern eliz5@atlantic.net, regarding the marriage records [of some of those married by her grandfather from 1898 to 1923 in Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania] is to send them to the local historian. The records will be found there. This also might prevent them from being lost to fire or whatever. I have done this and it was greatly appreciated beyond my expectations. You could still let people know [what and] where they are. Mike McRorie cimbida@netscape.net MISSING LINKS has connected another lost set of photos with its family. After my notice was published in the "Somebody's Links" section in last week's issue [ML 5:41], I had a response for these and that person in turn was able to contact a direct descendant of the families involved [FREIHERT, QUITTSCHEUBER], who is excited about the find. The photos are on their way home. Thank you for providing the means to a quick placement. Jackie Riley jriley@cwo.com The question with respect to Noah's bees should have addressed the quantity. Since the animals went in two by two and everyone knows that it takes thousands of workers to support one queen, did he take one swarm or two for diversity. Then the quest(ion) would bee, one arkhive or two. R. W. (Dick) Smith dws@cet.com Hallowed Bees. Frances Emerson emersofe@flcc.edu * * * * * HUMOR. Thanks to Michael Leonard LEONARD@inetnebr.com Grant Co., Herald -- Lancaster, Wisconsin, 6 February 1907, p. 7 Vulgar Fractions Everything that Bobby learned at school he endeavored to apply in his daily life and work. When his mother asked him if one of his new friends was an only child, Bobby looked wise and triumphant. "He's got just one sister," said Bobby. "He tried to catch me when he told me he had two half-sisters, but I guess I know enough fractions for that." * * * * * CALL FOR ARTICLES, STORIES. MISSING LINKS welcomes articles about genealogical research methods and sources from all parts of the world. 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