Showing posts with label Beland/Bailaw/Bailey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beland/Bailaw/Bailey. Show all posts

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Surname Saturday - McKillops Ireland to Vermont

Disclaimer: As always, my genealogy is a work in progress. There is a lot of information I have yet to locate and possible discrepancies in information already found. While all of my information is sourced in my genealogy software, I am not going to take the time to type all that out here. If you would like a source citation for a particular event, please ask.

If you are related to this family, I want to hear from you!
I have been posting my Surname Saturday posts in alphabetical order; however, I am going to deviate from this for this week and focus on the McKillop family. I am inspired to write about them after being contacted by my 5th cousin earlier this week.

My 2nd great grandaunt, Margaret "Maggie" McKillop
with her husband, George Martin and an unidentified
woman (a daughter, perhaps?).

I don't have a lot of info about this line, and it is one of my lines that intrigues me the most. Mainly because they make up a good portion of my Irish heritage, a heritage I am proud to have (I have other lines that came from Ireland, and I am equally as interested in learning about them, as well...but those lines are for future posts).

 I first posted about the McKillop family over two years ago. Since my initial post, I have discovered more information. My 4th great grandparents were Patrick McKillop and Rose Cassidy of Ireland. I have not found any evidence that they came to America with their children. Their children (at least those I have found in America) were:

  1. James McKillop: My 3rd great grandfather. See below.
  2. Nancy McKillop b. Aug 1837 in Cork/Corky, Ireland. m. John Finely on 4 Sept 1867 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont. d. 2 Oct 1901 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont. (Author's note: A certificate of birth from daughter, Nancy Finely, indicates that her parents, John Finely and Nancy McKillop, were born in Cork, Ireland (a county in southern Ireland). However, Nancy's sister, Elizabeth, was born in Corkey, Ireland (a town in county Antrim), and the 1930 census of daughter, Lizzie, lists their birth place as Northern Ireland. It is likely that 'Cork' was written wrong, and they were born in Corkey, Antrim)
    1. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ann Finely b. 30 May 1868 in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont. m. Renforth Gamblin on 15 Jan 1900 in Ryegate Caledonia, Vermont. d. 28 Jul 1940 from "Toxemia due to carcinoma of the rectum." Buried in the Danville Green Cemetery. 
    2. Nancy Finley b. 26 Apr 1870 in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont. m. James W Rodgers on 27 Nov 1895 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. d. 27 Jun 1953 in Barre, Vermont.
    3. John Badger Finely b. 24 Apr 1872 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont. d. 17 Dec 1934 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont.
    4. Rosa Finely b. 6 Aug 1874 in Cabot, Vermont. m. Archibald Steele on 25 Jun 1902 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. d. 10 Jun 1952 in Danville, Vermont.
      5. Patrick McKillop Grave
    5. William "Willie" Finely b. 21 Nov 1876 in Cabot, Vermont. d. 21 Mar 1938 in Danville, Vermont.
  3. Patrick McKillop b. 30 Jan 1841 in Ireland. d. 21 Feb 1914. buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
  4. Elizabeth McKillop b. 12 May 1846 in Corkey, Ireland. m. James McGill abt. 1869. d. 15 Jan 1921 in Danville, Vermont.


James McKillop &
Margaret Leslie
Grave
My 3rd great grandfather was James McKillop. he was born on 03 May 1862 in Antrim, Ireland. He married Margaret Leslie about 1854 (according to the 1900 US Census). They likely married while still in Ireland as according to the same census, they emigrated to America around 1867. Once in America, I have only found them living Danville, Caledonia, Vermont. James was a farmer by trade. He died on 08 Sept 1907 in Danville. He is buried with his wife in Mount Calvary Cemetery (Plot BB), St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont.

     Margaret Leslie was born about 1823 in Ireland and died about 1912 in Vermont.

Children of James McKillop & Margaret Leslie:

  1. Rose McKillop: My 2nd great grandmother. See below.
  2. John McKillop b. 17 Apr 1861 in Ireland, d. 15 Jun 1897 in Danville, Vermont (cause of death: appendicitis)
  3. Mary Ann McKillop b. 17 Apr 1861 in Ireland, m. Robert M Steele abt. 1889, d. 26 Jul 1911 in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont
    1. Agnes J Steele b. 13 Feb 1893 in Peacham, Vermont
    2. Herbert M Steele b. Jul 1895 in Peacham, Vermont
  4. Margaret "Maggie" McKillop b. 27 Nov 1867 in Ballycastle, Antrim, Ireland, m. George F Martin on 23 Dec 1889 in Barre, Washington, Vermont, d. aft. 24 Jul 1946 (possibly in Williamstown, Orange, Vermont).
    5. Robert & Lizzie
    Martin) Clogston
    1. Lizzie May Martin b. 17 Sept 1891 in Vermont, m. Robert E Clogston on 5 Aug 1914 in Williamstown, Vermont, 21 May 1969 in Williamstown, Vermont. Buried in the Williamstown Cemetery.
    2. Caroline Susan Marin b. 7 Oct 1893 in Williamstown, Vermont. m. Ernest John Auld on 28 Aug 1911. d. aft. 30 Mar 1946.
    3. Harrison Bancroft martin b. 6 Dec 1895 in Williamstown, Vermont, m. Annie R. d. 26 Nov 1955 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont.
    4. John L Martin b. Aug 1897 in Vermont, d. Oct 1942 in Williamstown, Vermont
    5. Raymond Roosevelt Martin b. 16 Sept 1904 in Williamstown, Vermont. m. Hannah Georgia Berno on 10 Sept 1934 in Barre, Vermont. d. 30 Mar 1944 of Pulmonary Tuberculosis  in Barre, Vermont. Buried in Williamstown Cemetery.
    6. Clarence Dix Martin b. 6 Aug 1906 in Williamstown, Vermont. d. 10 Jan 1953. Buried in the Williamstown Village Cemetery.
    7. Rosetta Martin died in infancy
My 2nd great grandmother, Rose McKillop was born on 16 Jan 1857 in Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland. She married James Gamble on 02 Dec 1885 in Danville, Vermont. She died from "senility" on 16 Apr 1940 in Danville, Vermont.
James Gamble was born on 03 May 1862 in Antrim, Ireland To James & Ellen Gamble (who I recently discovered may have come to America, but I have not had time to search for any records. Stay tuned). He died on 28 Jun 1940 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He is buried in Danville, Vermont.
Children of James Gamble and Rose McKillop were:

  1.  Edward John Gamble: My great grandfather. See below
  2. Rosetta May Gamble b. 12 Dec 1892 in Danville, Vermont.
Edward Gamble and Gertrude Baylaw
Grave
My great grandfather, Edward John Gamble, was born on 28 Apr 1888 in Cabot, Vermont. He married Gertrude B. Baylaw/Balaw/Bailaw on 29 Jul 1912 in Cabot, Vermont. He died from bladder cancer on 02 Dec 1955 in Walden, Caledonia, Vermont. He and his wife are buried in the Cabot Village Cemetery. 
Gertrude B Baylaw/Balaw/Bailaw was born on 07 Jun 1893 in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont to Edward Bailaw/Balaw and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Aurilla Aiken. She died on 03 Mar 1994 in Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont.
Children of Edward Gamble and Gertrude Baylaw:

  1. Lena M Baylaw (Daughter from Gertrude's previous relationship) b. 27 Sep 1909 in Vermont. m. George Wilkins on 25 May 1929 in Cabot, Vermont. d. 23 Feb 1974 in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont. Buried in Waterford, Vermont.
  2. Rosetta Maude Gamble b. 22 Aug 1913 in Cabot, Vermont. d. of Broncheal Pneumonia on 29 Oct 1913 in Cabot, Vermont. Buried in the Danville Cemetery.
  3. Richard Gamble b. 16 Jun 1915. m. Lucelle Williams on 06 Oct 1942 in Cabot, Vermont. d. 15 Jan 1992 in Danville, Vermont.
  4.  John Everett Gamble: My grandfather. See below.
  5. Mary Elizabeth Gamble b. 24 Dec 1920 in Cabot, Vermont. m. Raymond Geoffrey Salls on 15 Jun 1940 in Walden, Vermont. d. 24 Dec 1920 in Cabot, Vermont. Buried in the Cabot Village Cemetery, Section 2 Row 15.
  6. Living 
  7. Ellen Rose Gamble b. 31 Aug 1922 in Cabot, Vermont. m. David Dale Dimick on 23 Dec 1950 in Danville, Vermont.
  8. Marjorie Jane Gamble b. 03 Dec 1924 in Cabot, Vermont. m. Gordon George Rodger on 03 May 1949 in Cabot, Vermont. d. 26 Oct 2008 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont. Buried in the West Enosburg Cemetery in Enosburg, Franklin, Vermont.
  9. William "Bill" Edward Gamble b. 16 Apr 1927. m. Reta Elaine Shepard on 22 Oct 1949 in Cabot, Vermont. d. 05 Jun 2012 in Vermont.
  10. Robert "Pete" Arthur Gamble b. 15 Sep 1932 in Cabot, Vermont. m. 1) Vera Irene Dimick on 21 Apr 1951 in Cabot, Vermont and 2) Marjorie (Hanks) Rochette on 14 Mar 1987 in Walden, Vermont. d. 04 Oct 2003 in Walden, Vermont. Buried in the South Walden Cemetery.
My grandfather, John Everett Gamble, was born on 12 Apr 1918 in Cabot, Vermont. He married Mildred Eva Kennison on 20 Dec 1941 in Cabot, Vermont. He served in France during WWII. He died on 31 Jan 1996 in Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont. He and his wife are buried in the Jedediah Hyde Cemetery in Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont.

Mildred "Millie" Eva Kennison was born on 29 Jul 1921 in Richford, Franklin, Vermont to Carlton "Carl" Edgar Kennison and Marie Eva Burnham/Bonneau. She died on 13 Feb 2009 in North Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont.
John & Mildred (Kennison) Gamble


Children of John Gamble and Mildred Kennison:
  1. Roy John Gamble b. 04 Apr 1945 in Enosburg, Franklin, Vermont. d. 09 Jan 2010 in North Hyde Park, Vermont
  2. Living
  3. James Edward Gamble Sr. b. 02 Jan 1952 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont. d. 14 Nov 2000 in Poultney, Vermont. Buried in the St. Raphael Cemetery in Poultney, Vermont.
  4. Living



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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Book of Me, Prompt 7 - Grandparents (Part 2)

These Book of Me posts are inspired by weekly prompts provided by Julie at Angler's Rest.

 Part 1 of this post is about my maternal grandparents, Gary and Esther (Wallace) Baker. This post will focus on my paternal grandparents, John and Mildred "Millie" (Kennison) Gamble.

John and Mildred (Kennison) Gamble


John Gamble during
World War II
John Everett Gamble was born on 12 April 1918 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont to Edward John Gamble and Gertrude B Baylaw. He served in Northern France in 1945 during World War II.

My grandfather was a sweet man who loved his grandchildren very much. I can't recall a time when I would leave him without getting a kiss and him saying that I was a good girl. But despite his good nature, my grandfather was a drinking man.

John Gamble circa 1980s
I have vivid memories of him sitting at his kitchen table with a beer and tobacco pipe. I can still recall the pipe in my mind. The bowl of the pipe was a light brown-more tan than anything-and had a rough texture. The stem was dark brown, smooth, and shiny. His chair was at the back-left of the table. Sometimes his friend and neighbor, Abner, would join him. Near the chair was his rolling desk where he kept his important documents. After his death, the desk was passed on to my father. 

When he wasn’t sitting at the kitchen table, he would nap on the living room floor. He had a “bed” (a pillow and blanket) between his chair and the couch (where my grandmother-who always called my grandfather by his full name, “John Gamble”-was usually sitting). You could only see his legs and hear his snores.

My grandfather died at Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont from complications caused from heart surgery on 31 December 1996.

Mildred "Millie" Eva Kennison was born on 29 July 1921 in Richford, Franklin, Vermont to Carlton "Carl" Edgar Kennison and Marie Eva Burnham/Bonneau. She married John Gamble on 20 December 1941 in Cabot, Vermont.

Millie (Kennison) Gamble
standing in her kitchen
My grandmother was a feisty woman and never took anyone's crap (for lack of a better term). She certainly was not afraid to speak her mind, and often worded things without much tact. She once told me that she could never die because Heaven wouldn't take her and Hell was too scared.

My grandmother & me
Circa 1979/1980
My grandmother loved to tell stories (over and over and over again). Some of her favorite was about her and her sister, Myrtle, hanging out at the train tracks in St. Albans [Vermont] till 1:00 in the morning when they were teens, or hitch-hiking to Massachusetts to see my grandfather while he was stationed at Fort Devons. She also told me that my grandfather proposed marriage to her three times before she said yes. The first two times she was holding out for a proposal from another boy, which never came, so three times seemed to be the charm for my grandfather to win her over. I loved my grandmother's stories. I only wished I would have thought to record them while I had the chance.

Millie Kennison, Eva Burnham/Bonnea,
and Myrtle Kennison
During the last few years of her life, my grandmother suffered with dementia and toward the end, could not remember much of anything or anyone. She did start conversing with herself a few months before she died, and when asked who she was talking to, she would say "John Gamble" who predeceased her by over 12 years. She died in her sleep on 20 December 2009 at her home in North Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont.

For my entire life, my grandparents lived in the olive-green house on Main Street in North Hyde Park. They actually purchased the home when my father was quite young. He recalls moving from their drafty farmhouse in Bakersfield, Vermont where they had an outhouse and no indoor plumbing, to this house in North Hyde ark where they had a bathroom inside and would stay warm throughout the night. He and his brothers thought they had moved into the lap of luxury. In reality, the house was small and run-down (at least when I knew it). It was 2 stories high and had a small basement fl of cobwebs & spiders. The first floor was where the living room, kitchen, and my grandparent's bedroom was. The 2nd floor had 2 bedrooms, which I assume were my father's & uncles when they were young, but during my lifetime one was a guest room filled with my grandmother's treasures, and the 2nd was my uncle's, who never managed to leave his parent's home. Sadly, the house was torn down last year and all that remains is an empty spot where many of my childhood memories once stood.


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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Surname Saturday: Beland/Balaw/Bailaw/Baylaw/Bailey of Peacham, Vermont


Disclaimer: As always, my genealogy is a work in progress. There is a lot of information I have yet to locate and possible discrepancies in information already found. While all of my information is sourced in my genealogy software, I am not going to take the time to type all that out here. If you would like a source citation for a particular event, please ask.

If you are related to this family, I want to hear from you!

I briefly mentioned the Beland/Balaw/Bailaw/Baylaw/Bailey family in my previous Surname Saturday post. I will go into a bit more detail about them here.

I will start by saying that this family could not figure out how their surname should be spelled. This is likely due to a few possibilities:

  1. They came to Vermont from Quebec (and France prior to that) where their name was spelled Beland. Once the family settled in Vermont, their name was spelled in the way that it was pronounced (Bailaw/Balaw).
  2. Illiteracy was high during the 1800s, and it was possible that they didn't know how to write (which seems even more likely considering English was likely not their first language). Record takers likely spelled their name the way it sounded since my ancestors probably couldn't tell them how to spell it.
  3. The Bailey spelling came from my great grand uncle, Fred Bailaw, who decided to move out west and go by the surname Bailey in an attempt to break away from the family he left behind in Vermont. I have my theory as to why he left (keep reading to find out).
My 3rd great grandparents, Toussaint Beland (Allsaints Balaw) (1795-1840) and Elisabeth "Isabelle" Marguerite Turcotte (1803-1865) left Quebec around 1854 and came to settle in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont. They had 10 children, all of which were born in Quebec and came with them to Vermont. Their children were (surname spellings for each are how it is spelled on most records/graves):
  1. Simeon Balaw (1826-1890), Civil War veteran, married Mary King
  2. Margaret Balaw (1828-1910), married Robert Sanderson
  3. Alexander Bailaw (1830-1921), Civil War veteran
  4. Olive Beland (1832-1915), married Paul Provancha
  5. Joseph Bailaw (1835-1865), Civil War veteran, married Clara Whitehall
  6. William Bailaw (1837-?), Civil War veteran, married Elsina Huntington
  7. Edward Bailaw (1840-1924), Civil War veteran, married Mary King
  8. Anna Maria Bailaw (1841-1927), married Leonard Atkins
  9. Elizabeth P. Bailaw (1843-?), married Lorenzo K. Hooker
  10. Lucy Baylaw (1846-?), married _____ Leslie
Toussaint's 3rd great grandfather (my 8th great grandfather), Jean Baptiste Beland immigrated from France to Quebec before 1677, like due to Huguenot persecution in France. The line from Jean Baptiste to Toussaints is Jean Baptiste, Mathurin Jean Baptiste, Alexis, Antoine, Toussaint.

In 2009 I was afforded the privilege of speaking with Florence (Lafayette) Bridges, the great granddaughter of Simeon Balaw. She was about 91 years old when I met her, and she died a few months afterward. During our meeting, she told me some old family legends, gave me some old photos of some of my ancestors, and provided me with a wealth of information she had from her own genealogy research (most of which I have been able to verify).
Photos given to me from Florence Bridges
Photo 1: Mary M King
Photo 2: Fred Bailey
Photo 3: Fred Bailey with his wife, Merial and son, Hubert

One story Mrs. Bridges told me was of her great grandfather's, Simeon's, death. The story that has been
passed through the generations is that Simeon fell ill during war and was discharged. According to the genealogy file provided to me from Mrs. Bridges, "Upon returning home he [Simeon] knew he was to have just broth but the stew his wife Mary made smelled so good he ate some of the meat and he was taken sick and died." According to my own research, Simeon enlisted in the Civil War on 10 Feb 1862 died a little over a year later on 23 Feb 1863 in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont. His cause of death (according to his death certificate) was chronic diarrhea. Did his cause of death have anything to do with Mary's stew? I don't know. Simeon is buried in Peacham Corners Cemetery in Peacham, Vermont.


Following his death, Simeon's wife, Mary, married his brother (my 2nd great grandfather), Edward Bailaw. They had one son together, Fred Bailaw (Bailey) (1867-1927). Mary died in 1881 and is buried in Eaton Cemetery in Marshfield, Washington, Vermont.

Following Mary's death, Edward was living with Elizabeth Aiken. While the two never married, they had a daughter (my great grandmother), Gertrude, together.

All five of the sons of Toussaint Beland (Allsaints Balaw) and Elisabeth "Isabelle" Marguerite Turcotte fought in the Civil War. Four of the five sons made it home (though Simeon just in time to die). Joseph, however, was wounded at the Battle of Fort Stedman in Petersburg, Virginia, on 25 Mar 1865, and died 10 days later on 10 Apr 1865. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery (his gravestone has his name as Joseph Bailey).







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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

American Civil War Genealogy Blog Challenge

I am a day late at posting this, but better late than never. Right?

Bill West, of the West in New England, provided a blogging prompt entitled the American Civil War Genealogy Blog Challenge Here is a little bit about my Civil War ancestors.

I actually have two direct ancestors that fought during the Civil War. Through them, I was able to gain membership as a Daughter of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1861-1865.

My 3rd great-grandfather, George Andrew Holcomb, of Panton, Vermont was a Private in company B of the 11th Vermont Infantry. His enlistment date was 17 Jul 1862 and he was mustered out on 24 Jun 1865.

My 2nd great-grandfather, Edward Balaw (Bailaw, Beland), of Peacham, Vermont was a Private in Company L of the 9th Vermont Infantry. His enlistment date was 09 Jun 1862 and he was discharged on 13 Jul 1965.

Edward's brothers, Simeon, Alexander, Joseph and William, also fought during the Civil War. Joseph was wounded at Petersburg, Virginia on 25 Mar 1865 and died on 04 Apr 1865. He buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.
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