X00196 Ann Halfhyde Green Baptism - Solved!

After searching in a number of places, I did ultimately manage to solve X00196 and track down a baptism record for Ann Halfhyde Green.

I first looked for marriages before 1771 between an Edward Chapman and an Ann. There were a number of different variations, but a few people on Ancestry had pointed to Edward Chapman and Ann Macro as being the ones, so I had a look at that marriage:

The marriage took place in Barrow, Suffolk, where Ann Macro was from, but it notes that Edward Chapman was from St. Edward Parish in Cambridge. So I looked in both places for baptisms and found this one for an Ann Halfhyde Chapman:

So, mystery solved. I have now identified her parents and have found her baptism record. The next mystery, of course is where the names "Green" and "Halfhyde" come from, but that's a mystery for another day.

X00086 Surname Wright in Greenwood Cemetery - Solved!

Some time ago, I was photographing gravestones at Greenwood Cemetery in Owen Sound. I stopped in at the Mausoleum to photograph some memorials on my list and I found a few with the surname Wright. Since Wright is a surname that I'm looking for in Owen Sound I took photos of them:

The names are:

• Margaret D. Wright, wife of Herbert J. Thompson
• William H. Wright
• Isabel McPhee

I've done some research and have since found out that Margaret D. Wright is the daughter of William M. Wright and Annie Maude Dougal, who are in my tree.

On the other hand, William H. Wright and Isabel McPhee do not appear to be connected to my family - at least not as far as I can tell at this point. William H. Wright was the son of Henry Wright and Elizabeth Gray. And while both Wright and Gray have connections to that branch of the family, I don't have any connections by that name.

So, that's another one solved!

Ann Wood Hardy Baptism

A lot of people get Ann Wood Hardy's birth information incorrect. I've seen it many times.

Ann Wood is the wife of Lancelot Hardy. It's easy to verify that via Lancelot and Anne's marriage record from 11 November 1824 in Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, England [D00023].

Then, you can find the family in the 1841 census for England living in Farndale, Yorkshire, England [D01519].

But therein lies the problem that a lot people make. They look at Anne's age in the 1841 census (which is given as 40 in the census) and then assume that was she was born in 1801. And then it's not difficult to find a baptism record for an Ann Wood in 1801 in that general area. But it's completely wrong. Why? Because the 1841 UK census rounded individual's ages to the nearest multiple of five. Which means that an age of 40 years old is only an estimate.

If you assume then that the birth year is only an estimate and then widen your search you'll come across a baptism record for an Ann Wood, born 18 December 1804, daughter of Joseph and Jane Wood [D01077].

And how do Iknow that that is the correct one? Because a number of the baptism records for Lancelot and Ann's children will list the grandparents as well, and they often list the mother as "Ann Wood, daughter of Joseph and Jane". Which is why it's always important to check the original record to see if there is more information on it.

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Sources:
[D00023] (Sherburn, Yorkshire, England), "Marriage Record - Lancelot Hardy & Ann Wood". Rec. Date: 10 Apr 2016. ID: D00023. Cit. Date: 10 Apr 2016.

[D01088] (Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire, England), "Baptism Record - Lancelot Hardy 1827," C10840-1; FHL microfilm 990901 990,901, item 1369.

[D01519] 1841 census of England, Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire, folio 5, page 7; digital images(accessed 5 Feb 2018); citing PRO HO 107/1263/4. Rec. Date: 12 Mar 2017. Cit. Date: 5 Feb 2018.

X00331 Fred Dorrity burial location - Solved!

When I was searching for the grave information for Fred Doritty, I came across two different entries in FindaGrave for him. One in Niagara, Ontario (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136773735/frederick-j-doritty) and one in South Carolina (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121118309/fred-doritty). They both have identical dates of death (15 November 1913).

So, I looked into it further. There's no photo for the one in South Carolina and there is a note on the site with it that says:

"Burial record from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SC DMH). The date of death listed may actually be the burial date. (http://www.richlandlibrary.com/sites/default/files/scdmh_cemetery_list.pdf) Burials may be in unmarked graves in Se"

The note appears to have been cut off, and the link to Richland Library no longer works. I've sent a request to the Richland Library to see if they have the original file. I suspect it may be a case that he's not actually buried in South Carolina, but may have died there, and someone created a false record thinking that he had been buried there.

I have since found this article from the Hamilton Daily Times, dated 25 November 1913 that states that he had been working in North Carolina, but his body was to be interred in Niagara.

So, it would appear that my assumption is correct.

X00348 Sorting out Charles William Taylor Doritty - Solved!

I was a bit puzzled when I found the Find-a-Grave entry for Charles William Taylor Doritty because the listing gives him a date of death of 6 July 1860, and I have found Charles William Taylor Doritty in the 1861 census [D02696]

As well, his year of birth is given as 1844, and both the 1851 and 1861 census would suggest a birth year around 1850 [D02696, D02773]. I've also found his baptism record dated 1850 [D02919]:

So, I did some research and came across this death notice from the British Whig in Kingston, dated 1866 [D07757].

The article gives a date of death of 6 July 1866 and gives an age of 16. So it's likely that he was actually born in 1850. And, the article also explains the cause of death. I have since requested a correction to the Find A Grave site with the updated information.

Sources:
[D02696] 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Lincoln, district 1, sub-district 1, Niagara, p. 15, 5; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca

[D02773] 1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ontario, Lincoln County, district 22, sub-district 210, Niagara, p.65, 24; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.

[D02919] St. Mark's Anglican (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), "Baptism - Charles Doritty"; Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara, Hamilton.

[D07465] St. Mark's Cemetery (Niagara, Lincoln, Ontario).

[D07757] "Died" British Whig, 16 July 1866; p4, col 7. Digital images

X00036 William Douglas Death Information - Solved!

William Douglas is my fourth great-grandfather. He was born in Scotland in the late 1700s and moved to Vermont in the 1820s. I know that he died in November 1829 thanks to a letter from his brother that is in the Owen Sound archives. I have not been able to find any death record for him, even though there are some death records in Vermont that survive from that time period.

I did manage to find a death notice in the Northern Spectator (Poultney, Vermont) from 9 December 1829:

Which confirms the date of death given in the letter (albeit being off by a day - the letter says 15 November 1829, whereas the newspaper article says 14 November 1829).

X00196 Ann Halfhyde Green (ca. 1771 - 1844)

A few weeks ago I mentioned X00196 and the search for a baptism record for Ann Halfhyde Green. I have since made an interesting discovery - I've found a will from an Edward Chapman who died in 1777.

Interestingly enough, it refers to him as "Edward Green, formerly Chapman", and a few pages in, it mentions a daughter named "Ann Halfhyde Chapman".

So, it would seem that the family at some point changed their name from Chapman to Green - or at least the father did - and the daughter eventually did as well. This might help explain why I haven't been able to find a baptism record - I was looking for an Ann Halfhyde Green when I should have been looking for an Ann Halfhyde Chapman. So the search still continues....