---DYE
KILMARTIN & MORAN
LOUNSBERY
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| Surname | Description | Researcher |
|---|---|---|
| AMBLER | Enoch Ambler and wife Catherine Cuck lived in Currytown in 1855. | Nancy Ambler Weinberg |
| BRUMAGHIM | My ancestor was John Brumaghim, later spelled Brumagem, Bromagen and Bromagin. On the Root census in 1830. | Leslie Benjamin |
| BURNS | Researching John Burns Jr. and Maria Gerngross (Carncross) and children of Root. Their son, Henry Burns married Catharine HIBBARD. Catherine's mother was Catherine WESSELLS (Caty, Cornelia) and father, Andrew HIBBARD. "Years ago, a (Flat Creek) store was kept by Hibbard & Wessels. Subsequently, John Burns, Jr. was in trade here for a number of years." | Carol K. Burns |
| CUCK | Abraham Cuck and Anna Sagendorph Garret and Christina Cuck buried in cemetery of Currytown Church in 1846. Daniel Cuck first postmaster and physician. | Nancy Ambler Weinberg |
| DEGRAFF / De Graff / Degraff / Degroff | Researching the DEGRAFF family of Root (Sprakers), NY. John Degraff married Gertrude (Smith) approx 1860, more than likely in Niskayuna. The 1870 census shows them living in Root, NY with two sons - Peter Jay and Ulyssus Grant. The 1870 census shows John, Grant, and daughter Emma Jean, living in Root, NY. John was widowed. In 1900, John was living with Allen Horace and family, working as a farm laborer - in Root, NY. Emma Jean married William Pitcher of Sprakers in 1890. John passed away in 1906 in Sprakers, NY. I have the obit. Looking for any vital records; and any information of John prior to 1860. | Melissa De Graff |
| DRUMM | Maternal great grandfather Jacob Drumm and family lived in Sprakers Basin 1850's to 1880's | Nancy Gray |
| DEY/ ---DYE | The Dey and Dye and Perrine families of Root, Montgomery Co. in the early to mid 1800's are related to my Dye/Dey family of NJ and of Allegheny Co., NY and of Venango Co., PA. Our listserv group, named The Dye Society, has banded together to research our roots, and welcome anyone to join in! Tom Robertshaw | Tom Robertshaw |
| FINKELL | My great great grandparents were Joseph Jeremiah Finkell and Mary Elizabeth Colehamer Finkell. They moved to the Town of Root in the 1860s from the Town of Brunswick in Rensselaer County. They are buried in the Argusville Lutheran Cemetery. It is their farm that is pictured on your website! Their son, Daniel Henry Finkell was my great grandfather. He married Margaret Jane File from Brunswick. They had a farm in the Town of Root. They later lived in Argusville, and Daniel owned a lumber and grist mill there. Their son, Arthur Prescott Finkell was my grandfather, and he lived in Argusville until he moved to Albany to attend Albany Business College. The house that he was born in straddled the Montgomery/Schoharie County line! | Garry Finkell |
| FRIDAY | Conrad FRIDAY (1762-1842) owned a farm of approximately 170 acres, purchased from Conrad Bellinger in 1836 in Root, Montgomery County. Conrad was a Drummer in the Revolutionary War at 14 years of age and is buried in Section B of the Canajoharie Rural Cemetery. He was my G-G-G-G GrandUncle. | David Glen Friday |
KILMARTIN & MORAN | My 3rd great-grandfather Michael KILMARTIN and my 2nd great grandfather John MORAN lived in Root in the 1840s and 1850s. I need help tracing all the Kilmartins and Morans. | Kathleen Moran |
LOUNSBERY | Family of Louis Emmett Lounsbery (b 1856 in Randall NY; d 1946 Binghamton NY). Louis E. was my great-great grandfather. His son Walker Bevins Lounsbery (b 1895 in Randall) was my grandfather. Louis L. Lounsbery (1813-1894) moved to Root, having been born in Onondaga, NY. Walker B. was an avid genealogist and I inherited both his passion and his documents. Families that married Lounsberys while in the Root area included VAN VALKENBURG, MARTIN, SAYLES, DODGE, LANSING, EDWARDS, BEVINS, ROOD, HADLEY, and SEEBER. | Jim Jurista |
| LEHMAN | The LEHMAN family 1821 to mid 1800s. Married into WOODBECK/WHITBECK family. | Bill Bombard |
| LENARDSON | Researching the LENARDSON families of Root, Montgo. Co. John Lenardson 1755-1835, married to Sarah Putman; also the family of John and Ann (Stanhouse) Lenardson: James 1757-1806, and his wife Esther. Others are buried in the Lenardson Burial Lot, Montgomery County, NY. | Mimi Malcolm |
| PERRINE | The Dey and Dye and Perrine families of Root, Montgomery Co. in the early to mid 1800's are related to my Dye/Dey family of NJ and of Allegheny Co., NY and of Venango Co., PA. Our listserv group, named The Dye Society, has banded together to research our roots, and welcome anyone to join in! Tom Robertshaw | Tom Robertshaw |
| RICKARD | 3rd Great Grandfather William Rickard (about 1803 - 1860) and Alletta Morrell (1807 - 1866) were married in 1825. They lived in Root until the mid-1850s. They owned a farm on today's Rappa Road near Flat Creek. Moved and later died in Esopus, NY. | Joe Rickard |
| RITCHIE / PETTIT | The 1855 census has Joseph L. and Mary RITCHIE, who may be the parents of Julia PETTIT, mother of George H. Pettit, all residing in a boarding situation in Root. Any info about these people is welcomed. I believe Julia would have been married to William H. Pettit. | Onebrowncat |
| WOODBECK/ ---WHITBECK | The LEHMAN family 1821 to mid 1800s. Married into WOODBECK/WHITBECK family. | Bill Bombard |
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