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Post by barbvaillancourt on Apr 6, 2008 10:15:27 GMT -5
Barbara Custer Vaillancourt, my g. g. grandparents are - PATERNAL - Emanuel CUSTER, III & Mary Virginia DEWITT (Lot) Job FRIEND & Mary Jeanette FRIEND Heinrick (Henry) OGGER & Marie BAUM Survitues M LAFEY & Emma Estelle ROUSE MATERNAL - Alexander W. CECIL & Elizabeth WALBURN/WALLIRUM George M JUSTICE & Eliza Martha COLLINS James S. BUTRICK & Catherine Corina DOSS John A. JARRELL & Nancy Alzenia PRICE I am working on a family website, it is not very professional but I do have some documents & photos posted. Please check it out groups.msn.com/BarbarasGenealogySearch/barbara39sgenealogysearch.msnwplease feel free to join. As always any correction/additions are always welcome. Barb
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Post by cazaia on May 22, 2008 17:00:19 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I just joined in and yes I can name my great grandparents. They were John and Angelita Friend.
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on May 23, 2008 17:12:43 GMT -5
Can you tell us where they lived or about any other ancestors or descendants?
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Post by theresaneff on May 31, 2008 17:33:32 GMT -5
Great Grand Parents - My fathers side: (Roy Lee Friend) Willis T. Friend & Emma Pritchett and James Pinkney York & Annie Freeman Mother's Side: (Willie Catherine Lewis Friend) John Alvin Lewis & Rosa Lee Meyers and Andrew Alexander McAllister & Willie Ann Roach
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Post by thomasfriend on Feb 17, 2010 13:38:12 GMT -5
I have only started looking through my fathers books that he worked on. It has been a year sence he pasted away, but I will show what I can find. James Arthur Friend and Martha Jordan Henderson Owen Friend and Hazel Martha Savage Homer Friend and Katie Jane Vansicle Joab Jonah Friend and Amy Emma Sines Andrew Coleman Friend and Sarah Nancy Hardin Joseph Friend and Sarah Mary Sally Green John Lewis Friend Sr. and Karren Hoppuch Hyatt Nils Nicholas Friend and Mary Elizabeth Lewis Johannes John Friend and Anna Coleman Hendricksdotter Nils Lasson Friend and Anna Andersdotter That is as far as I have looked at so far.
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Post by thenderson on Feb 17, 2010 23:26:30 GMT -5
My paternal grandpa's name was William Robert Friend, my paternal great-grand parent's names were John Ison Friend and Mary Virginia Duckworth-Friend. That's about all I know with the Friends. My maternal grandma's name was Iva Belle Scott-Friend, her parents names were John Wesley Scott and Nancy Jane Glover-Scott.
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Post by bkorns on Feb 18, 2010 0:46:52 GMT -5
Welcome New Members, Thomas (reply #49), I also descend from Joseph & Sarah Green Friend. Joseph would be my 4th great grandfather. Guess that makes us cousins Becky
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Post by madair3208 on Mar 9, 2010 20:05:47 GMT -5
Joseph Weimer & Martha Alice Friend Weimer Jonas Glotfelty & RebeccaSprecht Glotfelty
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Mar 10, 2010 14:08:58 GMT -5
Do you have your line worked out to Martha Friends father, Israel Friend, Israel's father, Charles Friend and Charles' father, John Friend, Sr. (Old John) of Friendsville, Maryland?
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Post by afarneth on Mar 30, 2010 8:53:08 GMT -5
I was told by my mother, years ago, that my great grandmother was Martha Alice Savage, daughter of Cornelius Ward Savage and Mary Ann (Polly) Friend. My research has led me to believe that Martha Savage married first, Ben Weimer (Although he is listed as Joseph Weimer on the online Savage genealogy) and then second, Lucien Sliger. My grandmother was Iva Sliger.
This does not seem to square with what madair3208 posted on March 9th. I would appreciate any authoritative help or a reference to official documents to show which is the right line for me. I have it that Polly Friend and Cornelius Ward Savage were second cousins, both tracing back to "Old John" Friend.
I am sure of my grandmother, Iva Sliger and my great-grandmother - Martha Savage. Beyond that, my research could be flawed. One of Ben Weimer's sons, Homer Bruceton Weimer married Mollie Glass of Swanton, MD. Mollie Glass's parents raised my mother until she was 9 years old. This part of my line comes from direct family knowledge which makes me confident in the grandmother, great-grandmother relationship I have outlined above.
Pat, Can you help?
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Mar 30, 2010 16:45:31 GMT -5
I am not sure of "authoritative help or a reference to official documents" but this is what I have in my personal records. Joseph Weimer married Martha Alice Friend but she was the daughter of Israel Friend and Dorcas Willison Friend. Benjamin Weimer (abt. 1846-11 1930) married Martha A. Savage (14 Sept 1846-Nov 1930), daughter of Cornelius Ward Savage (12 Jan 1827-5 May 1893) and Mary Ann (Polly) Friend (30 Oct 1829-23 June 1897). Marriage is recorded as 10 May 1866 at bride's fathers home, Sang Run, Garrett Co., MD. I list only two children to this marriage; Emma and Homer (I have nothing further for either child) Martha A. Savage married (2) Lucien Sliger (abt 1848-abt 1875) marriage recorded in Garrett Co. (Oakland) MD marriage records as 22 Mar 1875. I do not list any children.
This Martha A. Savage is not of my direct Friend lines, therefore my information is limited.
I do show Cornelius Ward Savage as the son of Robinson T. Savage and Sarah Friend; Sarah the daughter of John Friend Jr. and Elizabeth Ward Friend.
I show Mary Ann (Polly) Friend as the daughter of John Simpson Friend and Sophia Kemp Friend.
1860 ACMD Sang Run District 14 Cornelius Savage, 36, farmer, $4000/$327, MD Polly, 31, MD Martha, 14, MD Sarah, 12, MD Sophia, 10, MD Maria, 9, MD Mary, 5, MD Malissa, 1, MD Norman, 4/12, MD
1870 ACMD Johnstown (Hoyes) Cornelius Savage, 40, farmer, $1200/$741 MD Mary, 41, keeps house, MD Sarah, 22, MD Sophia, 20, MD Maria J., 18, MD Mary E., 14, MD Melissa, 11, MD Theresa, 9, MD Sherman, 7, MD Samuel, 3, MD William Hoye, 26, farmer, $3500/$729, MD
1880 GCMD census Sang Run Cornelius Savage, 56, farmer, MD MD MD Mary, 52, wife, keeping house, MD MD MD Susan, 13, daughter, at home MD MD MD Hiram, 11, son, at home, MD MD MD Maggie, 9, daughter, --- MD MD MD Ida, 7, daughter, ---, MD MD MD Mary, 4, daughter, --- MD MD MD Milton, 1, son, --- MD MD MD
Martha and Benjamin Weimer are covered in the book "John Friend, Jr." (see the home page for the Friend Family Association) - a picture of Benjamin Weimer's tombstone; thirteen pages for Cornelius Ward Savage and his family.
Second Edition of the John Friend, Jr. book will be published in the future. Should you discover more information and/or care to share it; it would make a nice addition to the second book.
Hopefully this will give you some more clues.
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Post by afarneth on Mar 30, 2010 19:05:02 GMT -5
Pat, Thank you for the information, it squares directly with the information in my master file. I thought there must be a difference between teh Ben Weimer that I knew of and the Joseph Weimer listed in a previous post.
The only thing I would dispute in your post is that Benjamin Weimer died in October 1869. Martha Savage Weimer died in November 1930 ( the dat you list as Benjamin Weimer's death date)
Ben Weimer appears in the federal record of tombstones provided for Civil War Veterans. Unfortunately, there is a mistake in the transcription on Ancestry.com ( as there are so often ...) and Ben's burial place is listed as Missouri. A look at the original record will reveal that the cemetery was in Friendsville, MD.
Martha and Ben Weimer had an Emma who must have died young. My mother remembered two other children: Dewey and Homer. The son she referred to as Dewey was, I believe, Elmer Ellsworth Weimer born in 1867. Homer Bruceton Weimer was born in 1869 and the father, Ben Weimer, died that year. Thanks so much for your information. Alan Farneth
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Apr 1, 2010 7:55:18 GMT -5
Thank you for catching my mistake Alan.
"Graves of Garrett County, MD by the Youghiogheny Glades Chapter DAR (1987) p. 234 Sang Run Cemetery (Friend's Delight) Friendsville, MD Weimer, Sgt. Joseph, no date, Co A 3rd MD PHB Inf. (wife & children) buried in Oakland Cemetery, [Oakland, Garrett Co., MD] one daughter living in 1972, Josie, age 89)
Weimer, Cpl. Benjamin, no date, Co A 3rd MD (brother to Joseph above)
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Apr 1, 2010 8:09:38 GMT -5
Graves book, page 260, Weimer, Elmer E. 1867-1945; Isabelle L. 1900-1972; Laura I. 1901-1972 (all buried in same plot) Thayerville Cemetery, Rt. 219, Deep Creek Lake, Garrett Co., MD
page 102 Weimer, Mary Ellen 1875 (no death date); wife of Homer B. 1868-1937 Swanton Cemetery, Garrett Co., MD Same page: Weimer, Joseph E. 1905-1967 husband of Juanita M. 1916- no death date Weimer, Charles E., 1903-1915
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Apr 3, 2010 14:28:02 GMT -5
Janet, Janet Ramey sent a reply to your post. *** My name is Janet (Frantz) Ramey. I saw a request for information on a site "Do You Know Your Great Grandparents Name" but could not access the site to respond. Janet Hoff Nelson requested information on Charles T. Hoff and his wife, Rosalie Ellen Friend Hoff. They are my great-grandparents and I can provide information. Charles and Rosalie are buried at Sand Spring Cemetery. Charles, b. 1853 was the son of Abraham Hoff and Huldah Elizabeth Shipley Hoff. Their graves are at Blooming Rose. Samuel Hoff, b. 1843 and married to Julia A. Frantz, b. 1848 (daughter of George F. Frantz and Rebecca Friend Frantz) was a brother to Charles T. Rosalie Ellen Friend Frantz, b. 1855 was the daughter of Gabriel Friend, b. 1826, son of John Simpson Friend and Sophia Kemp Friend, and Elizabeth Jane Savage, b. 1831, daughter of John Savage and Karrenhappuck Friend. Children of Charles T. and Rosalie Ellen were Martha Ann b. 1882 (Mollie, married Elijah Fuller Frantz, son of William B. Frantz and Eliza Jane Fike Frantz. Mollie and Lige were my grandparents); Gabriel b. 1876; Foster C. b. 1885; Playford b.?; Elizabeth A. b. 1879; Roy H. b. 1891 and Hanwalt (Walter) b.? I was at the Friend Museum and Library a couple years ago to research my gggrandmother Rebecca Friend Frantz and hope to return this year to search further. Rebecca was the daughter of Gabriel Friend and Clarissa Ann Peck Steel Friend. Rebecca married George F. Frantz, son of Joseph Frantz of Selbysport. George died between 1850 and 1860, but I have not found when, why or where he was buried. Rebecca's sons were the four Frantz brothers mentioned in "Indian Blood", the youngest George D. being the one who ran away three times to follow his brothers to war. I know that Rebecca was living with her daughter Julia and husband Samuel Hoff after the Civil War. I beliieve Julia may have died young and Samuel remarried. In 1880 Rebecca was listed in the special census for Maryland Hospital at Catonsville, MD. Why was she committed, did she die there, was her body claimed and buried by family - questions I hope to find answers for. You may provide my e-mail to Janet Hoff Nelson should she have further questions. Thank You!
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