Notes from the John Lyons Study Group. Louisiana Submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by various family members. ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives http:/www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. ---------------------------------------------------------------- JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 1 Today's Topics: #1 Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons [VCundy@aol.com] #2 Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons [VCundy@aol.com] #3 Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons ["Shirley Smith" ] #8 Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons [Jan Craven ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 21:50:36 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <81.810ea6bb.25a55cfc@aol.com> Subject: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Santa brought me a new toy for Christmas. Let me know if this dosen't work for everyone so I won't send information to the list that is unreadable. LCAP Pg. 12 AUGUST 21, 1957 [Unable to display image] ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 21:54:17 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <79.7952f830.25a55dd9@aol.com> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I guess that answers that question. At least I received the message unable to display image. If anyone is familar with scanners let me know how I can send a copy of an obituary to the list. Thanks! Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:16:45 -0600 From: "Shirley Smith" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <005701bf57fc$d8352580$7c37bfcf@default> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don't you just LOVE new toys??? They'll make you crazy, so watch out! We got a digital camera...not so easy as others on this list would lead you to believe! Good luck! Shirley Smith -----Original Message----- From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 8:52 PM Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons >I guess that answers that question. At least I received the message unable to >display image. If anyone is familar with scanners let me know how I can send >a copy of an obituary to the list. > > >Thanks! >Valerie > > ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:23:55 -0600 From: "Stuart MacKillican" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000901bf58cf$64fadd20$5172c0d0@pnxcusto> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Val,I dont know what system you have but here is a step by step for Adobe Photo deluxe and whatever yours is it should be similar. 1.set up a new folder for your scanned images(This is what you save to) 2.scan your image. 3.when you are through from your menu pick send. 4.from next menu pick "to disk" 5.from next menu pick "export" 6.from menu tab pick "export" 7.from next menu pick "other export" 8.you should now have a dialog box 9.set your top file to your folder 10.give you scanned image a name (if you havent already) 11.under the "save as" box pick JPEG 12.save the scanned image 13.when you send your e-mail just pick the attach at the top menu bar and find you image in the folder and attach it and send your mail. Hope this helps. Stuart ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 8:54 PM Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons > I guess that answers that question. At least I received the message unable to > display image. If anyone is familar with scanners let me know how I can send > a copy of an obituary to the list. > > > Thanks! > Valerie > ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:52:26 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <79.79565e48.25a6305a@aol.com> Subject: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK....the first time I tried this I simply cut and pasted the article into my email message. I sent it to myself first and it worked fine. It was when I sent it next to the list that the image was unreadable. So this time I am sending it as an attachment. dated January 6, 2000. Wish me luck! Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions . This will be great if I can figure it out. Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 13:09:38 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons ( hand typed) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I give up......I decided to just type this one out so you would finally have it. LCAP pg. 12 August 21, 1957 VINTON SERVICES SET WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. LYONS VINTON- (Spl) Funeral services for Mrs. John E Lyons, who died at 5:30 am. Wednesday in Houston, Texas will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist church here. Burial will be in Big Woods cemetery near Edgerly under the direction of Hixson funeral home of Sulphur. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons lived in both Vinton and Jennings before moving to Houston. Survivors include her husband, John E Lyons of Houston; three daughters, Tally, Bonnie and Deborah Lyons, all of Houston; and her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Tally of Bogalusa. * * * * * * * * * Does anyone know who this Mrs. Lyons belongs to? Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:36:54 -0600 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000106133652.008708d0@127.0.0.1> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Well, I think I can clear up this mystery. Rootsweb has their lists set so that attachments cannot be sent through them. It would simply be too much stuff going though their mail servers, but more than that, many attachments contain viruses and folka don't like that. If anyone wants a copy, they will have to have Valerie send it to them privately. So sorry. Jan At 12:52 PM 01/06/2000 EST, you wrote: >OK....the first time I tried this I simply cut and pasted the article into my >email message. I sent it to myself first and it worked fine. It was when I >sent it next to the list that the image was unreadable. > >So this time I am sending it as an attachment. dated January 6, 2000. Wish me >luck! > >Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions . This will be great if I >can figure it out. > >Valerie > > > ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:49:33 -0600 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000106134931.00857970@127.0.0.1> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons ( hand typed) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From Big Woods: LYONS, Mary Virginia 10 Nov 1917 - 21 Aug 1957 See TALLEY w/o John E. LYONS. Her headstone reads: TALLEY, Mary Virginia 10 Nov 1917 - 21 Aug 1957 W/o John E LYONS. I guess John E got buried in Houston cause he didn't make it to the promised land...I mean Big Woods. Maybe someday we can identify all of the LYONS in the Big Woods. Jan >LCAP pg. 12 August 21, 1957 > > >VINTON SERVICES SET WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. LYONS > >VINTON- (Spl) Funeral services for Mrs. John E Lyons, who died at 5:30 am. >Wednesday in Houston, Texas will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist >church here. > >Burial will be in Big Woods cemetery near Edgerly under the direction of >Hixson funeral home of Sulphur. > >Mr. and Mrs. Lyons lived in both Vinton and Jennings before moving to Houston. > >Survivors include her husband, John E Lyons of Houston; three daughters, >Tally, Bonnie and Deborah Lyons, all of Houston; and her parents. Mr. and >Mrs. R.E. Tally of Bogalusa. > >* * * * * * * * * > >Does anyone know who this Mrs. Lyons belongs to? > > >Valerie > > > JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 2 Today's Topics: #1 Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons [VCundy@aol.com] #2 Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons [joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore)] #3 Mary Virginia Talley [VCundy@aol.com] #4 Obituary for Albert Lyons [VCundy@aol.com] #5 Obituary for Julia Lyons [VCundy@aol.com] #6 Re: Obituary for Julia Lyons [ChezMary@aol.com] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:28:52 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <92.92251f99.25a69b54@aol.com> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Jan....you've saved me much headache trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:44:54 -0600 (CST) From: joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <25003-3875EDD6-6368@storefull-227.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons ( hand typed) Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Val, Have you received any letters from me ? JOY ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:07:35 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Mary Virginia Talley Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nice work Mary...between you and Jan we have this one connected. Mary Virginia Talley married John Elton Lyons who died abt 1980 in Houston. John Elton Lyons was the son of Ira C Lyons and Sara Elizabeth Langford. Ira C is the son of Asa Foreman Lyons and Sudie Fancher Asa is the son of Malachi Michael Lyons and Cynthia Ann Roberts Malachi M is the son of Samuel Lyons and Addela Stanton Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:18:55 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <75.7588b323.25a7880f@aol.com> Subject: Obituary for Albert Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit AMERICAN PRESS, Friday Nov 26, 1943 Albert Lyons, 69, Dies at Carlyss SULPHUR, La. Nov 18---Albert Lyons, retired farmer of Carlyss, died at 1:15 this morning. He had lived in this vicinity all his life. Surviving are his widow and two brothers, Alex and Elson, both of this vicinity. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:45 Friday afternoon from the First Pentecostal church with Rev J.S. Frederick officiating. Interment will follow in Farquhar cemetery with Hixson funeral home in charge of arrangements. * * * * * * * * * * * * Anyone know who this one belongs to? Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:28:48 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <75.7588b325.25a78a60@aol.com> Subject: Obituary for Julia Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LCAP January 16, 1967 pg. 1 RITES SET FOR MOTHER OF Rep. Lyons SULPHUR------Mrs. Julia Lyons, 80, of 301 E Elizabeth St., died at 3:45 am today in the West Calcasieu --Cameron Hospital. She was the mother of State Rep. A.J. (Tubby) Lyons of Lake Charles and W.S. (Mollie) Lyons of Sulphur, superintendent of the Calcasieu Parish Highway Department for Ward 4. Funeral services will be at 3 pm Tuesday in the Hixson Funeral Home chapel here with the Rev. D.W. Poole, pastor of the Henning Memorial Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Farquhar Cemetery. Mrs. Lyons was a native of Houma, and had lived in Sulphur 57 years. Her husband, Archie Lyons, died in 1946. Survivors are two other sons, Enoch and Roddy Lyons, both of Sulphur; one daughter , Mrs. Hollis Taylor of Freeport, Tex; one brother, Peter LeBoeuf of New Orleans; 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. * * * * * * * * * * * Any clues here??????? Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:41:23 EST From: ChezMary@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4b.4b5f5024.25a78d53@aol.com> Subject: Re: Obituary for Julia Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit girl, you are in deep!!!!!! Calcasieu Parish is FULL of LYONS' :-) mary dee JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 3 Today's Topics: #1 Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons [annegil@bellsouth.net] #2 Re: Obituary for Julia Lyons [annegil@bellsouth.net] #3 Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons [VCundy@aol.com] #4 Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons [annegil@bellsouth.net] #5 Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons [annegil@bellsouth.net] #6 Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons [annegil@bellsouth.net] #7 Obituary for MADISON LYONS [VCundy@aol.com] #8 Obituary for J.P. LYONS [VCundy@aol.com] #9 Obituary for LESTER LYONS [VCundy@aol.com] #10 Re: Obituary for LESTER LYONS [DLyons1375@aol.com] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 14:51:30 -0600 From: annegil@bellsouth.net To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387651D2.AFC68F23@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Albert "Buck" Lyons (b) abt 1874 Calcasieu Parish (m) Caroline "Aunt Lini" Courmier. Albert was the son of William A. Lyons & Mary LeDoux. His siblings were; Alozana, Joseph, Josephine, Lillie Augusta, Simeon Ahart, Marion S., Tabitha, Odelia, William O., John "Johnny",Ellison & Jefferson Lyons. John "Johnny" Lyons is my great-great-grandfather. Hope this helps, Anne Galloway Gil Harvey, LA VCundy@aol.com wrote: > AMERICAN PRESS, Friday Nov 26, 1943 > > Albert Lyons, 69, Dies at Carlyss > > SULPHUR, La. Nov 18---Albert Lyons, retired farmer of Carlyss, died at 1:15 > this morning. He had lived in this vicinity all his life. > > Surviving are his widow and two brothers, Alex and Elson, both of this > vicinity. > > Funeral services are scheduled for 2:45 Friday afternoon from the First > Pentecostal church with Rev J.S. Frederick officiating. Interment will follow > in Farquhar cemetery with Hixson funeral home in charge of arrangements. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Anyone know who this one belongs to? > > Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 14:55:53 -0600 From: annegil@bellsouth.net To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387652D9.9B72013A@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Obituary for Julia Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii According to my records; Albert J. "Tubby" Lyons' parents were Archie Swinford Lyons & Leathean Vincent. In your article you list Julia, which could be her second name, but then it also list her brother as Peter LeBoeuf. I guess he could be a half brother or maybe she was married before.... I have no clue on this one..... Anyone? Anne Galloway Gil Harvey, LA VCundy@aol.com wrote: > LCAP January 16, 1967 pg. 1 > > RITES SET FOR MOTHER OF Rep. Lyons > > SULPHUR------Mrs. Julia Lyons, 80, of 301 E Elizabeth St., died at 3:45 am > today in the West Calcasieu --Cameron Hospital. > > She was the mother of State Rep. A.J. (Tubby) Lyons of Lake Charles and W.S. > (Mollie) Lyons of Sulphur, superintendent of the Calcasieu Parish Highway > Department for Ward 4. > > Funeral services will be at 3 pm Tuesday in the Hixson Funeral Home chapel > here with the Rev. D.W. Poole, pastor of the Henning Memorial Methodist > Church officiating. > > Burial will be in the Farquhar Cemetery. > > Mrs. Lyons was a native of Houma, and had lived in Sulphur 57 years. Her > husband, Archie Lyons, died in 1946. > > Survivors are two other sons, Enoch and Roddy Lyons, both of Sulphur; one > daughter , Mrs. Hollis Taylor of Freeport, Tex; one brother, Peter LeBoeuf of > New Orleans; 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. > > * * * * * * * * * * * > > Any clues here??????? > > Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:56:55 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Anne! Which of the siblings do you think the obit is referring to as "Alex"? Do you have dates on the siblings as well? Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 15:02:55 -0600 From: annegil@bellsouth.net To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3876547E.9FE55D1D@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Obituary for Mrs. John E Lyons ( hand typed) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mary Virginia Talley I believe is the daughter of Rudolph Edwin "Dolph" Talley & Willie Bee Holmes. Rudolph was born in 1879 & married Willie on Jan. 29, 1917. I am related to these Talley's from Bogalusa (my dad's side) & my mother is a Lyons. I have no clue who John E. Lyons is. Sorry :( Anne Galloway Gil Harvey, LA Jan Craven wrote: > >From Big Woods: > LYONS, Mary Virginia 10 Nov 1917 - 21 Aug 1957 See TALLEY w/o John E. LYONS. > > Her headstone reads: > TALLEY, Mary Virginia 10 Nov 1917 - 21 Aug 1957 W/o John E LYONS. > > I guess John E got buried in Houston cause he didn't make it to the > promised land...I mean > Big Woods. > Maybe someday we can identify all of the LYONS in the Big Woods. > Jan > > >LCAP pg. 12 August 21, 1957 > > > > > >VINTON SERVICES SET WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. LYONS > > > >VINTON- (Spl) Funeral services for Mrs. John E Lyons, who died at 5:30 am. > >Wednesday in Houston, Texas will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist > >church here. > > > >Burial will be in Big Woods cemetery near Edgerly under the direction of > >Hixson funeral home of Sulphur. > > > >Mr. and Mrs. Lyons lived in both Vinton and Jennings before moving to > Houston. > > > >Survivors include her husband, John E Lyons of Houston; three daughters, > >Tally, Bonnie and Deborah Lyons, all of Houston; and her parents. Mr. and > >Mrs. R.E. Tally of Bogalusa. > > > >* * * * * * * * * > > > >Does anyone know who this Mrs. Lyons belongs to? > > > > > >Valerie > > > > > > ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 15:20:38 -0600 From: annegil@bellsouth.net To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387658A6.B3BAD9@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii William & Mary married in 1860. 1) Alozana Lyons 2) Joseph Lyons 3) Josephine Lyons 4) Lillie Augusta Lyons 5) Simeon Ahart Lyons 6) Marion S. Lyons (m) Nettie Courmier 7) Tabitha Lyons (m) Balezair LeDoux 8) Odelia Lyons (m) Henderson Berry 9) William O. Lyons (m) Unknown 10) John "Johnny" Lyons (b) abt 1872 (m) Mary (Surname Unknown). 11) Alexander "Alex" Lyons (b)1873 (d)1944 (m) M. Emily McQuire. 12) Ellison Lyons (b)abt 1881 (d)1959 (m)Rosa Clark. 13)Jefferson Lyons (b)1885 (d)1943 (m)Nora Grace Johnson in 1910. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6) Marion & Nettie Lyons had children; Aaron, Bill, Bob, Gladys, Jesse, Laticia, & Tabitha Lyons. (NO DATES) 7) Tabitha & Balezair LeDoux had children; William Newton, Harry, J.T., Edith & Ruth LeDoux. (NO DATES) 8) Odelia & Henderson Berry had son, Benson Berry. (NO DATES) 9) William O. Lyons had daughter, Dora Lyons. (NO DATES) 10) Johnny & mary Lyons had children; Walter (b)1896, Mary (b)1898, & George Jack Lyons (b)1900. (I HAVE MORE ON THESE CHILDREN) 11) Alex & M. Emily Lyons had children; Ethel, Lucius, Ronald, Stella, Archie (b)1891, Sylvester (b)1894, Luther (b)1900, Lelia (b)1907, Carl (b)1911 & Roy Lyons (b)1915. (I HAVE MORE ON THESE CHILDREN) 12) Ellison & Rosa Lyons had vhildren; Velma, Loraine, Daisy, & Ellie Lyons. (NO DATES) 13) Jefferson & Grace Lyson had children; William (b)1911, August (b)1914, Etha Belle (b)1915, Lester (b)1918, Esther Ruth (b)1920, Lelia Mae (b)1922 & Clarence David "Mutt" Lyons (b)1930. (I HAVE MORE ON THESE CHILDREN) Hope this help, Anne Galloway Gil Harvey, LA VCundy@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Anne! > > Which of the siblings do you think the obit is referring to as "Alex"? Do you > have dates on the siblings as well? > > Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 15:28:01 -0600 From: annegil@bellsouth.net To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38765A61.D2CD4DB8@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Obituary for Albert Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I also have photos of Albert "Buck" Lyons, His wife, Caroline, & brother, Jefferson Lyons. I have photos of Walter & George Jack Lyons (Johnny's sons) I have photos of George Jack & wife Rose & most of their children. Anne Galloway Gil Harvey, LA ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:31:47 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <49.494169d1.25a7fb93@aol.com> Subject: Obituary for MADISON LYONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LCAP- Pg. 9 25 February 1939 MADISON DIES AT VINTON VINTON, La. Feb 24--- Madison Lyons, 80, member of one of the most prominent families in Southwest Louisiana, died at his home at 7:15 Friday morning, after several days illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Lyons was born at Big Woods, April 9, 1859, and was a life-long member of the Big Woods Primitive Baptist church. He was married to Miss Naomi Perry of Jackson, La. Dec. 6, 1877. The family have made their home at Vinton for the past 40 years where Mr. Lyons has been a prominent cattleman and farmer, though he retired from active business about eight years ago. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Naomi Lyons; one daughter, Mrs. H. J. Nelson of Vinton; two grandchildren, Clayton T. Nelson of Houston and Mrs. Lausen Cox of Orange; two great-grandchildren; three half-brothers, Richard, Alcee and Robert Webre of Vinton; two half sisters, Mrs. Delphine Vincent of Vinton and Mrs. Fred Johnson of DeRidder. Funeral services will be conducted at the family residence at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, Rev. R. A. Carley, of the Vinton Baptist church officiating. Interment will be at Big Woods cemetery under direction of the Burke funeral home. The pallbearers are all nephews of Mr. Lyons and are Mayor Athan Perry, J.A. Perry, Luther Perry, E.J. Perry, Lovell Webre and Raymond Broussard. * * * * * * * * * * * I believe this to be the son of Richard Ahart Lyons and Catherine Perkins Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:44:11 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <72.72b04d51.25a7fe7b@aol.com> Subject: Obituary for J.P. LYONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LCAP 17 Oct 1929 Pg. 1 J.P. LYONS DEAD Funeral Service At 4 P.M. Today at 425 Ryan Street Jacob Preston Lyons, 56 years of age, died at the home of his brother, J. AD. Lyons, 426 Ryan Street, this city, Wednesday evening at 10:47 o'clocl. Funeral services will be conducted from the Lyons home at 4 p.m. today, Father H Cramers officiating. The deceased was a native of Calcasieu Parish, besides Mr. Lyons he is survived by Mrs. Dan Landry. The body will be buried in Graceland cemetery. * * * * * * * * * * Any clues on who this one belongs too ? Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:09:25 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <40.403e2158.25a80465@aol.com> Subject: Obituary for LESTER LYONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LCAP P 16, 2 Jun 1956 Lester Lyons Services Today in Sulphur SULPHUR, (Spl) ---- Funeral services for Lester Jeff Lyons, 38 who died at 9:10 p.m. Thursday in Veterans Hospital, Houston, Tex., following an illness of about a week, were set for 2 p.m., Saturday at Sulphur Pentecostal Faith Temple. Rev. C.C. Williams, pastor, was to officiate, Burial was to be in Mimosa Pines Garden of Memories cemetery, with Hixson funeral home in charge. Mr. Lyons was born and lived all his life in the Carlyss community south of Sulphur. A veteran of World War II , he was also a member of Pentecostal Faith Temple Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Leta Lyons; one daughter, Glenda Faye; one son, Warran; three brothers, William Lyons of Sulphur, August and Clarence D Lyons , both of Carlyss, fours sisters, Mrs. Virgil Cormier and Mrs. Sydney Martin, both of Carlyss, Mrs. C..C. Carr of Sulphur, and Mrs. W.R. Johnson of DeQuincy; and his mother, Mrs. Grace Lyons of Sulphur. * * * * * * * * * * * I believe this to be the son of Jefferson Lyons and Nora Grace Johnson. This Lester would then be the nephew to the Albert Lyons that was provided earlier today. Can anyone confirm this thought? Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #10 Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 01:56:18 EST From: DLyons1375@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3a.3a072857.25a83992@aol.com> Subject: Re: Obituary for LESTER LYONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Val you Are Correct Lester Jeff Lyons Was the son Jefferson Lyons &Nora Grace Johnson Lyons He was also the Nephew of Albert Lyons , He was My Brother I never use my first Name i use my middle name David Lyons . I sent You Descendants Of William A. Lyons Four or five Month ago, I will be Glad To help Any way i can just let me know JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 4 Today's Topics: #1 Obituary of KYLE MADISON LYONS [VCundy@aol.com] #2 Re: [Fwd: Another Lyons Gone] [annegil@bellsouth.net] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 11:55:14 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obituary of KYLE MADISON LYONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LCAP Pg. 1 , 12-3-1965 FORMER MAYOR DR. K.M. LYONS DIES IN SULPHUR SULPHUR--- Dr. Kyle Madison Lyons, 59, who served as Mayor here from 1942-46, died at 12:10 p.m. Thursday in the doctors lounge at West Calcasieu --Cameron Hospital. Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. J. W. Bartlett, pastor , officiating. Burial was to be in the Big Woods Cemetery at Edgerly under the direction of Hixson Funeral home. A member of a pioneer Calcasieu family, Dr. Lyons graduated from Sulphur Hight School and Tulane University School of Medicine. He practiced in Troop, Tex., for two years before returning here in 1933. He was a member of the Calcasieu and Louisiana Medical Societies and was on the staff of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital. Survivors include he wife, Mrs. Pearline Lyons; two sons, Keith M Lyons , Sulphur Finance commissioner, and Samuel Tackett Lyons, both of Sulphur; on ebrother , Dr. Shirley C. Lyons of New Orleans, one sister, Mrs. F.T. Clarke of Houston, Tex., and two grandsons. Pallbearers will be Leon Currie, Olaf Jacobsen, Floyd G Stanley, Bobby Frankland, Herman Busch Jr. and Glenn Overman. Honorary pallbearers will be the doctors on the hospital staff. * * * * * * * * * * * As found in the Big Woods Cemetery listing this Lyons was S/o Dr. Samuel Madison LYONS and Adella BROUSSARD. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 12:46:09 -0600 From: annegil@bellsouth.net To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387785F1.1231F33C@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Another Lyons Gone] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Anyone have any idea who Irving Luria Lyons Jr. belongs to? > He died Sept. 1, 1999 and was in the paper for the last 2 days. This is how it > reads; > > FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1999 - The Times-Picayune > LYONS > Irving Luria Lyons Jr. (Nicky Luria), age 79 years, on Wednesday, September 1, > 1999 at Touro Infirmary. Son of the late Elsa Von Meysenbug & Irving Lyons Sr. > Father of Ilene Lyons, Sonia (Nonie) Louise Lyons, both of New Orleans, and Nila > Haik Alexander of Ackworth, Georgia. Adoptive father of A.G. Lyons and > step-father of Eugene Fransen, both of New Orleans. Brother of Dorethea Lyons > Claverie of New Orleans and Evelyn Lyon Chaleron of Brevard, South Carolina. > Also survived by 3 grandchildren. > Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Memorial Service > at the BULTMAN FUNERAL HOME, 3338 St. Charles Ave., at Louisiana Ave. on Sunday > afternoon, September 12, 1999 at 4:00 PM. Interment will be private. Friends > may call on Sunday afternoon after 3:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, contributions > may be made to Loyola University Music School, Attn. Mr. Robert Gross, 6363 St. > Charles Ave., N.O., LA 70118. > > > SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1999 - The Times-Picayune > LYONS > "Retired drug firm exec., pianist Irving Lyons Jr." > Irving Luria Lyons Jr., a retired business owner and classic pianist, died Sept. > 1, 1999 at Touro Infirmary. He was 79. > Mr. Lyons was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was president of I.L. > Lyons Co. Ltd., a local pharmaceutical firm, for many years. > A gifted classical pianist, Mr. Lyons received a bachelor's degree in music from > Loyola University in 1938 and continued his studies at Julliard School of Music > in New York and at Chicago Music College. > He played with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the New Orleans Civic > Symphony. > He graduated from Alcee Fortier Senior High School and served as a lieutenant in > the Coat Guard during World War II. After the war, he began work in his family > wholesale drug business. In 1952, he was named president of the company. > Mr. Lyons was a member of the Southern Yacht Club and the American > Pharmaceutical Association. > Survivors include three daughters, Ilene Lyons, Sonia "Nonie" Louise Lyons, both > of New Orleans, and Nila Haik Alexander of Ackworth, Georgia. Adoptive father > of A.G. Lyons and step-father of Eugene Fransen, both of New Orleans. Brother > of Dorethea Lyons Claverie of New Orleans and Evelyn Lyon Chaleron of Brevard, > South Carolina. Also survived by 3 grandchildren. > A memorial service will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at Bultman Funeral Home, 3338 > ST. Charles Ave. > Burial will be private. > > > > Please let me know if anyone can identify him. > > > Anne Galloway Gil > Harvey, LA > JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 5 Today's Topics: #1 Shaw/Lyons/Merriman/Johnson/Morgan [Sharon K Sembera To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000126.200905.-232477.7.semberaelec@juno.com> Subject: Shaw/Lyons/Merriman/Johnson/Morgan Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My name is Sharon Sembera, we live in Alvin, Texas I am not descended from John Lyons, but some of my Shaw's married Lyons. Here is my family, and who I am looking for: THOMAS BERWICK JR. b.1740-1789 married ELEANOR WALLACE b. 1748 (they were my 5th Gr.Grandparents) children: ELEANOR BERWICK married WILLIAM NEWMAN (my 4th Gr.Grandparents) ?name unknown married JOSEPH WALLACE REBECCA BERWICK married LUKE BRYAN SR. THOMAS BERWICK III MARY ANN BERWICK married JOHN I. MERRIMAN ELEANOR AND WILLIAM'S children were: THOMAS NEWMAN CAMELLIA NEWMAN married JOHN C. SHAW WILLIAM NEWMAN FELIX NEWMAN AMANDA C. NEWMAN married JONAS (JONES) SHAW (they were my 3rd Gr.Grandparents) AMANDA AND JONAS'S children were: ROBERT LYONS SHAW married SARAN DUNMAN WILLIAM DECATUR SHAW CAMILLA LETITIA SHAW married CHARLES RICHARD HENRY PATTON (my 2nd Gr.Grandparents) FRANKLYN JONES SHAW WALTER BERWICK SHAW married EMMA DUNMAN JULIA CAROLINE SHAW My Gr.Grandfather was WILLIAM CHARLES PATTON married IZORA MORGAN IZORA'S parents were: OLIVER MORGAN of Louisiana, we think around Vermillion Parish and THERISSA JOHNSON also of Louisiana. In 1873 THERISSA married A.S. MERRIMAN of Louisiana. We have not been able to find any information on A.S. MERRIMAN or THERISSA JOHNSON. We know they lived at Bolivar, Texas Galveston Co., as did JONAS SHAW and his family. The LYONS who I have listed in my family tree are: ELIZABETH LYONS who married WILLIAM WADE SHAW b. 1821 LORENA LYONS who married JAMES STROKES SHAW MARY SERINA LYONS who also married JAMES STROKES SHAW DAVID LYONS who married REBECCA MERRIMAN Thanks for any help Sharon ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:16:36 -0600 From: annegil@bellsouth.net To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <388FD4B4.1AEDEFD9@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Shaw/Lyons/Merriman/Johnson/Morgan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I also have your Thomas Berwick who married Eleanor Wallace. I have Mary Angelica not Mary Ann who married John Merriman. I have Eleanor Berwick who married William Newman & then Michael Lyons. I have Rebecca M. Berwick who married Luke Bryan. I have a Margaret Camilla Newman who married John Berwick Shaw. You may contact me by e-mail and I will be happy to share my information with you. Thanks, Anne Galloway Gil Harvey, LA Sharon K Sembera wrote: > My name is Sharon Sembera, we live in Alvin, Texas > I am not descended from John Lyons, but some of my Shaw's married Lyons. > > Here is my family, and who I am looking for: > > THOMAS BERWICK JR. b.1740-1789 > married ELEANOR WALLACE b. 1748 (they were my 5th Gr.Grandparents) > children: > ELEANOR BERWICK married WILLIAM NEWMAN (my 4th Gr.Grandparents) > ?name unknown married JOSEPH WALLACE > REBECCA BERWICK married LUKE BRYAN SR. > THOMAS BERWICK III > MARY ANN BERWICK married JOHN I. MERRIMAN > > ELEANOR AND WILLIAM'S children were: > THOMAS NEWMAN > CAMELLIA NEWMAN married JOHN C. SHAW > WILLIAM NEWMAN > FELIX NEWMAN > AMANDA C. NEWMAN married JONAS (JONES) SHAW (they were my 3rd > Gr.Grandparents) > > AMANDA AND JONAS'S children were: > ROBERT LYONS SHAW married SARAN DUNMAN > WILLIAM DECATUR SHAW > CAMILLA LETITIA SHAW married CHARLES RICHARD HENRY PATTON (my 2nd > Gr.Grandparents) > FRANKLYN JONES SHAW > WALTER BERWICK SHAW married EMMA DUNMAN > JULIA CAROLINE SHAW > > My Gr.Grandfather was WILLIAM CHARLES PATTON married IZORA MORGAN > > IZORA'S parents were: > > OLIVER MORGAN of Louisiana, we think around Vermillion Parish and > THERISSA JOHNSON also of Louisiana. In 1873 THERISSA married A.S. > MERRIMAN of Louisiana. > > We have not been able to find any information on A.S. MERRIMAN or > THERISSA JOHNSON. We know they lived at Bolivar, Texas Galveston Co., as > did JONAS SHAW and his family. > > The LYONS who I have listed in my family tree are: > ELIZABETH LYONS who married WILLIAM WADE SHAW b. 1821 > LORENA LYONS who married JAMES STROKES SHAW > MARY SERINA LYONS who also married JAMES STROKES SHAW > DAVID LYONS who married REBECCA MERRIMAN > > Thanks for any help > Sharon ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:14:51 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Re: Shaw/Lyons/Merriman/Johnson/Morgan Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know how to contact SHARON SHAW, I don't think she is active any longer on the list and might be able to help Sharon Sembera with this line. Valerie JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 6 Today's Topics: #1 Shaw/Lyons/Merriman, etc. ["Lynn & Bill King" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <011701bf6907$bb3714e0$a91990d1@default> Subject: Shaw/Lyons/Merriman, etc. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; boundary="----------------------------"; charset="iso-8859-1" Does anyone know how to contact SHARON SHAW, I don't think she is active any longer on the list and might be able to help Sharon Sembera with this line. Valerie **************************************************** I've got an old (really old) e-mail address: bs-line@pacbell.net for Sharon Shaw. Lynn King ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:21:56 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9a.6280cf.25c21f04@aol.com> Subject: Re: Shaw/Lyons/Merriman, etc. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Lynn. I think she has changed a few times. The most recent I have is a sshaw@gatecom from Sept of 99 but that one is not active either. Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:35:08 -0600 From: Sharon K Sembera To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000127.174352.-179199.9.semberaelec@juno.com> Subject: Re: Shaw/Lyons/Merriman, etc. Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you for the help we have received on this list. I'm really glad we subscribed to it. We've met some very nice and helpful people who we very much appreciate! We have talked with Sharon Shaw in the past, and she has given us a lot of info on our Shaw and Berwick families. She is off line right now taking care of an ailing Aunt. Hopefully she will be back soon. Thanks again for all the help and information. Sharon Sembera JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 7 Today's Topics: #1 Question [joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore)] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 07:27:10 -0600 (CST) From: joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <11492-3892EAAE-3053@storefull-225.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Subject: Question Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit I have run across the mention of "The 1811 LOUISIANA PETITION LIST " several times with a list of names Can anyone tell me what the List is ? JOY JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 8 Today's Topics: #1 Henry Bascom Lyons m. Mary Ann Che [Maude Ann Gilmore To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000208123150.009511d0@mail.airmail.net> Subject: Henry Bascom Lyons m. Mary Ann Chevis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Does anyone on the list know anything about Mary Ann Chevis who married Henry Bascom Lyons b. 1848, son of Aborn (Abram) Lyons and Elizabeth Ann Reeves? Also, I'd appreciate any information you might have on Henry Bascom. Thanks. Maude Ann ________________ Maude Ann Gilmore mag42@airmail.net ________________ JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 9 Today's Topics: #1 Edward Merriman/Elizabeth Lyons [Sharon K Sembera To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000217.100139.-82697.2.semberaelec@juno.com> Subject: Edward Merriman/Elizabeth Lyons Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know who the children of Edward Merriman b. 1801 and Elizabeth Lyons b. 1802? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks Sharon Sembera semberaelec@juno.com JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 11 Today's Topics: #1 Fw: DEATH OF FATHER HEBERT ["Ruby Dusek" ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:32:01 -0600 From: "Ruby Dusek" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <002b01bf7e0a$c0654be0$21e590d1@rdusek> Subject: Fw: DEATH OF FATHER HEBERT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This came in my mail this morning. ruby dusek -----Original Message----- From: Mic Barnette To: Ruby Dusek Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:33 AM Subject: Fw: DEATH OF FATHER HEBERT > >Mic Barnette's Writes a Weekly Genealogy Column In >The Houston Chronicle. Read it on the Web At Barnette's >Family Tree Book Company >http://barnettesbooks.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ruth A. McVey >To: Richard G Morgan Sr >Cc: Tonya Harris ; Sherry Sharp ; Sharon K >Sembera ; Ron Zimmerman ; Rick Allen >; Reeves, Brent CB SCC ; Norma >Karter ; Myers ; Mic Barnette >; mawmawb@swbell.net ; Maude Ann >Gilmore ; LV Hayes ; >LouveniaS@aol.com ; Lois Culver ; Lori >London ; Kevin Morgan ; >Kerrygmo@aol.com ; Judy Riffel >; John ; Jimmy E. Cooley >; Jan Craven ; James Vidrine >; Felton Morgan ; Emma Feldman >; Emlcochran@aol.com ; Dixie >; DB12251@aol.com ; Chris K Tomlinson >; Charlie Hoffpauir ; BRYAN SPURGEON > >Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 7:39 PM >Subject: Fw: DEATH OF FATHER HEBERT > > >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: A.P. "Red" Quebodeaux >>To: Anthony P. QUEBODEAUX >>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 4:17 PM >>Subject: DEATH OF FATHER HEBERT >> >> >>> Regretfully, I have learned that Fr Hebert was found dead in his home >this >>> afternoon. Please watch for details in the news and pass the word to >>others >>> who may have known him or were familiar with all his work on records of >>> south and southwest Louisiana, among others. >>> >>> A. P. Quebodeaux >>> JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 12 Today's Topics: #1 Fr Hebert's Obit ["Ruby Dusek" ] #2 from Opelousas ["Ruby Dusek" ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:47:31 -0600 From: "Ruby Dusek" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000501bf7f9f$44d99120$911990d1@rdusek> Subject: Fr Hebert's Obit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nothing was mentioned about the unbelievable works he published that helped so many of us doing Louisiana research. I will check tomorrow to see if more was mentioned. ruby dusek Lafayette Advertiser, February 25, 2000 Donald J. Hebert MIRE - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2000, at Church of Assumption BVM in Mire for Father Donald Joseph Hebert, 57, of Mire, who died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at his residence. Entombment will be in Assumption Cemetery. Father Hebert attended Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette, St. John Seminary in Little Rock, Ark., and graduated from Notre Dame in New Orleans in 1968. He was ordained June 1, 1968, in Lafayette. He was an assistant pastor at St. Francis Regis in Arnaudville from 1968, until his assignment of assistant pastor in 1970, at St. Anthony in Eunice, until he became pastor of St. Joseph in Cecilia in 1975. In 1980, he became pastor of St. Anthony in Eunice until he became administrator of Annunciation in Duralde in 1984. In 1985, he was pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte until he became pastor of Church of the Assumption BVM in Mire in 1989, until his death. He was named diocesan consultor in 1977, and in 1987, was on the diocesan school board for two terms. Survivors include one sister, Barbara Hebert of New Orleans. Visitation hours will be observed at Assumption Church from 8 a.m. today, with rosaries at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., until service time Friday. Gossen Funeral Home of Rayne is in charge of the arrangements. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:09:40 -0600 From: "Ruby Dusek" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001101bf7fcc$4103fea0$4e1a90d1@rdusek> Subject: from Opelousas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mary Ann Gilmore sent this to me to share. ruby dusek Opelousas Daily World Genealogist priest dies Feb 24 2000 3:09PM By By JACQUELINE COCHRAN Staff Writer The Rev. Donald Hebert, who died Tuesday, not only leaves behind those who knew and loved him, but a collection of books that today is considered an authoritative source of genealogical records. "It is truly as loss of someone who was a real pioneer," said Estelle Perrault, president of the Imperial St. Landry Genealogical and Historical Society. Perrault said the work completed by Hebert is unquestioned among those who seek genealogical confirmation. "Even the national society of the Daughters of the American Revolution require only the volume and page number when you cite anything from Father Hebert." Hebert, 57, served as assistant pastor and then pastor at various area churches, including, St. Francis Regis in Arnaudville, St. Anthony in Eunice, St. Joseph in Cecilia, Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mire. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Assumption BVM in Mire with burial to follow in the church's cemetery. Visitation is 8 a.m. today through time of service Friday at Assumption BVM. Our Lady Queen of All Saints Deacon Eugene LeBoeuf said Hebert was a man with a sense of humor who enjoyed good food and company. "He'd been to my house several times. When I told my daughter that he had passed away, she said she was sorry, for when she got married that was who she wanted to marry her." Every priest leaves their mark with someone, and with Father Hebert there were many, LeBoeuf said. Linda Taylor, Opelousas assistant branch librarian, said while she did not personally know the priest, his name is most familiar as daily, people seek his work for genealogical research. "We have up to 41 volumes of his work and I understand he was working on a 42nd volume," she said. Perrault said that as a priest, Hebert was permitted access to church records few are allowed to see. She said from deteriorating registries he copied the information. By printing and organizing these records, those who otherwise may never have the ability to find them, need now drive only as far as their local library. "This in the only place in the Union, someone has been able to access such a large area of churches and publish them. His books are used all over the country," she said. Perrault said Hebert's work includes nearly every church in southwest Louisiana and even the churches of Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. "I hope someone will be able to step in and finish what he started," Perrault said. JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 13 Today's Topics: #1 Fwd: [LA-LGHS-L] Father Hebert: [Maude Ann Gilmore To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000226182235.0094a4d0@mail.airmail.net> Subject: Fwd: [LA-LGHS-L] Father Hebert: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >Services held for priest > >By BRUCE SCHULTZ >Acadiana bureau > >MIRE -- Services were Friday morning for Catholic priest Donald Joseph >Hebert, considered a pioneer among Louisiana genealogists. > >Hebert, 57, died in his home Tuesday. > >The funeral was at Assumption Catholic Church, where he was pastor. >Entombment was in the church cemetery under direction of Gossen Funeral Home >in Rayne. > >"His passage is a great loss," commented Carl Brasseaux, history professor at >the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and assistant director for the >Center of Louisiana Studies. > >"His work has been invaluable." > >Brasseaux said that, before Hebert published numerous volumes of genealogical >information, tracing a family tree was a time-consuming, difficult process. > >"You have to understand, before Father Hebert came along, it would have taken >a normal individual a few years to 20 years to develop even a skeletal >genealogy," he said. "Now it takes 45 to 90 minutes." > >Hebert published numerous books requiring painstaking work of poring over >records, many written in difficult-to-read handwriting with peculiar idioms >and place names, Brasseaux said. > >Among his books was a 12-volume set containing church and civil records >indices from 1794 until 1920. > >The 41-volume set of Southwest Louisiana records was a collection of >abstracts from the church and civil records from the southwest Louisiana >parishes, and it included Catholic and Protestant churches, and courthouse >records of genealogical and historical value, starting in 1756. > >Hebert also compiled genealogy for southeast Louisiana families, Brasseaux >said. > >Just before his death, he was awaiting a new publication of records for >Louisiana families that moved to southeast Texas, Brasseaux said. It was his >96th publication. > >Hebert attended Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette and St. John Seminary in >Little Rock, Ark.; and was a 1968 graduate from Notre Dame in New Orleans. > >He was ordained June 1, 1968, and in that year he served as assistant pastor >at St. Francis Regis Catholic Church in Arnaudville until his assignment as >assistant pastor in 1970 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice. > >It was in 1970 that he started his genealogical work. > >In 1975, he became pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cecilia. Five >years later, he returned to St. Anthony as pastor. > >In 1984, he became administrator of Annunciation Catholic Church in Duralde. >He was named pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte in 1985. > >In 1989, he was chosen as pastor for Assumption in Mire, where he served >until his death. > >He was named consultor for the Diocese of Lafayette in 1977, and he served on >the diocesan school board for two terms starting in 1987. > >He is survived by a sister, Barbara Hebert of New Orleans. > >A Web site detailing all of his publications can be found on the Internet at >http://www.genweb.net/acadian-cajun/hebpubl.htm#top > > >==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== ________________ Maude Ann Gilmore mag42@airmail.net ________________ JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 14 Today's Topics: #1 Vernon Parish [joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore)] #2 Fwd: Re: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. [joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore)] #3 Fwd: RE: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. [joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore)] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:13:25 -0600 (CST) From: joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <14319-38B98565-8279@storefull-226.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Subject: Vernon Parish Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Here are some Lyons marriages from Vernon Parish Clifford W. Lyons m. Gladys Ruby Burton 02 Feb 1944 - --------------------------------------------------- Dennie Lyons m. Gutha Byrd 25 Sep 1917 - --------------------------------------------------- George Lyons m. Ruby McDonald 26 Aug 1916 - ---------------------------------------------------- James F. Lyons m. Mollie Cooper 26 Dec 1911 - --------------------------------------------------- L. W. Lyons m. Izzie Davis 16 May 1902 - ---------------------------------------------------- Lawson Lyons m. Janie Goff 04 Sep 1902 - ---------------------------------------------------- Marion Lyons m. Nettie Courmier 06 Dec 1900 JOY ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:28:00 -0600 (CST) From: joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <14317-38B988D0-16782@storefull-226.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Subject: Fwd: Re: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. 1690 to Bertie Co. (abt 1710-1820) to Louisiana (abt. 1820) Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-4288-9305 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit This letter is from a new List that is following the connections and the migratition of families instead of a specific name and since we have these name connected to the Lyons I decided to forward it to the List I hope someone can find a connection JOY --WebTV-Mail-4288-9305 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-6.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.40) by storefull-221.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:15:00 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from fb00.eng00.mindspring.net (fb00.eng00.mindspring.net [207.69.200.31]) by mailsorter-101-6.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-e/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id JAA16280 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:14:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mindspring.com (user-38ld08n.dialup.mindspring.com [209.86.129.23]) by fb00.eng00.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA18190; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:14:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <38B566F8.E98D1E6E@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:14:32 -0500 From: Pam Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cvinson@mindspring.com CC: Joy Moore Subject: Re: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. 1690 to Bertie Co. (abt 1710-1820) to Louisiana (abt. 1820) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Catharine-- First, thanks for your very specific subject header. That really helps! Second--I'm very intrigued by your ALDRICH reference. One of the family connections I'm having trouble making is connecting the branch of the ARLEDGE family (often confused by census takers with ALDRICH and ALDRIDGE) who came to MS and then to LA about the same time period as your BASS family. In fact, I believe that several of these surnames you mention married into that ARLEDGE family down the line (LYONS, VINSON, BASS). I have been trying to link this person, ISHAM ARLEDGE, back to the "main" Arledge family trunk. He may have been in Mecklenburg Co NC in 1790 census, and seems to have been in Edgefield Dist SC in 1800 census. Then he appears in 1813 Marion Co MS and 1816 Pike Co MS. Don't know where he was in 1820 but in 1830 he's in Claiborne Parish LA. Land records show that he and probably his sons William and Isaac Arledge were in that area all during the 1830s, along with a probable son John. If you can let me know about the ALDRICH connections you've found, and if this sounds like a possible parallel family to yours, let me know. Pam ************************************* Pam Wilson wilsonpam@mindspring.com Marietta, GA List Administrator, EFSS-L (Early Families in Southern States), HOLBERT-L and LAWLER-L through Rootsweb.com Associate list administrator, Arledge/Aldridge list (arledge@tx3.com) Coordinator, Arledge Family History Project http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8208 Catharine Vinson wrote: > > If anyone has any BASS (Drewry, Jeremiah, John, Mose are given names I > have noted) in their lines that went from NC (first date I have is abt > 1690) to Mississippi (not sure of this) to St. Landry Parish and Rapides > Parish, Louisiana by about 1820, I looking for links to BRYAN, BERWICK, > LYON, COMSTOCK, ALDRICH, WALLIS (WALES, WALLACE), VINSON links to BASS > family that also ended up in Louisiana in the period of roughly 1779 to > 1820. > > Many thanks. > Catharine Vinson > cvinson@mindspring.com > > ==== EFSS Mailing List ==== > Please send messages to EFSS-L@rootsweb.com to share research about EARLY FAMILIES in SOUTHERN STATES in the 1600s through mid-1700s. Be sure to identify yourself and your email address in the body of your message. --WebTV-Mail-4288-9305-- ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:35:18 -0600 (CST) From: joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <14320-38B98A86-5098@storefull-226.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Subject: Fwd: RE: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. 1690 to Bertie Co. (abt 1710-1820) to Louisiana (abt. 1820) Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-27172-2942 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit This gives more details about theletter I just forwarded It seems that they married into the BERWICK in LA I hope that it will help someone If not just delete and forget it Take care JOY --WebTV-Mail-27172-2942 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.120) by storefull-228.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:37:41 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from fb00.eng00.mindspring.net (fb00.eng00.mindspring.net [207.69.200.31]) by mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-d/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id OAA19189 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:37:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms231437 (user-38ld478.dialup.mindspring.com [209.86.144.232]) by fb00.eng00.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA21949; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:37:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Catharine Vinson" To: "Pam Wilson" Cc: "Joy Moore" Subject: RE: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. 1690 to Bertie Co. (abt 1710-1820) to Louisiana (abt. 1820) Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:37:32 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <38B566F8.E98D1E6E@mindspring.com> Pam, I have very little on ALDRICH/ALLREDGE in some of the papers my mother has passed on to date. This is all I've been able to piece together so far and all dates, locations outside of Louisiana are not verified: Rachael ALLREDGE (b. 1750) "of New England" (possibly Rhode Island, Massachusetts) married Guilermo Glasio Guillaum Guilermo William COMSTOCK (b. 1750) "of New England" (possibly Rhode Island, Massachusetts) in 1770 in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Their daughter Helena COMSTOCK (born 1771 in Kentucky) married Joseph BERWICK of La Badia, St. Martinville, Louisiana. I am also working from a record that shows that Thomas BERWICK, Jr married Rachal Comstock, daughter of William Comstock and Rachael EDWARDS, so I'm confused, since I don't show a second marriage for William COMSTOCK. Rachael (ALLREDGE) and William's children I show as: Ester (b. 1770 Rhode Island, MA); Helena (b. 1771 in Kentucky); Rachael (b. 1775 Boston, MA); Amada Amelia Amiee COMSTOCK (b. Opelousas, LA 25 July 1789). Rachael married Thomas BERWICK, Jr. Since there was no freedom of faith in Louisiana (territory of Spain at this time), Rachael ALLREDGE and William COMSTOCK by law would have had to convert to Roman Catholicism to marry in Mt. Martinville. William Comstock (thus the confusion of given names) their youngest child--and only one born in Louisiana) would have been re-named with confirmation into Catholic faith--and show 3 given names--all assiduously documented by the Spanish recordkeepers. The COMSTOCK line in this part of Louisiana would have died out with Rachel and William, since they produced no male children. Their daugher Rachael (born in Boston) married Thomas BERWICK, Jr., (born in Louisiana) the line I'm focusing on to the point of myopia. Anglo-Americans (exclusive of Acadian exiles) were *extremely* scarce in this part of Louisiana in the 1770s and the migration of MA>LA>KY>MA>LA) is interesting to me since it occurs in a limited time span (1750-1789). It's not river trade because of the Massachusetts tie, and I don't find NW Florida/Louisiana which would indicate fur trade. Since two sons of Thomas BERWICK (Joseph and Thomas Jr. married daughers of Rachael ALLREDGE and William COMSTOCK, I'm especially interested in following these lines to try and find if there is a link between the first Thomas Berwick in Louisiana (via Charleston, SC), etc. BERWICK had planned to settle in Natchez Mississippi area after his marriage to Helena WALLIS/WALLACE in Charleston, S.C., but Gov. Galvez (Spanish Territory, based in Cuba) sent him to the Attakapas District of South Louisiana to supervise construction of New Iberia and survey/layout Opelousas. It's my conjecture based on family letters, etc. that he spent a good bit of effort trying to persuade, entice, etc. family friends, relations, and connections to make the move with him. He had ties to Natchez that were maintained through intermarriage for at least two generations of which I am aware. As the surveyor for the Spanish government, he would have been able to facilitate grants of land patents, and this may have been the motivation for others to join him to spend time in what was then a very primitive area of Louisiana. Thomas was a planter, but mostly he was an explorer--some sources cite him as the first Anglo settler west of the Mississippi. I am trying to determine who he enticed to join him in hopes that it will help me as I try to figure out something about the family of the woman he married in South Carolina: Helena Eleanora Birgitta WALES/WALLIS/WALLACE. She "shows up" at the age of 4 in Pennsacola (Spanish territory) in 1752; born in Dublin but of the WALLACE clan of Elismore, Glascow, Scotland. I'm hoping I can find a trace of her in a sibling who may have married into one of the BERWICK and allied family lines. She was a fascinating woman, and her memory deserves to know something of her family's origins she married into the BERWICK family. BERWICK was English, not Scots/Irish and that is a whole other interesting puzzle of why an Englishman was granted the warrant as surveyor for the Spanish government in Spain's territory in North America. English/Spanish relations were far from friendly at the time! Does any of this make any sense? I am starting from scratch on ALLREDGE. A family member in Texas who has a good bit of experience in tracking the family in Louisiana tells me that the ALLREDGE shows as both ALDRICH and ALLREDGE in her papers. I will send her the name of your ISHAM ARLEDGE and see if she can help. Several members of the VINSON line (also off BERWICK line) in Louisiana were in Mecklenburg Co NC at the time period you mention. Sorry for such a long note; I'm running on at the mouth today! Catharine cvinson@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: Pam Wilson [mailto:wilsonpam@mindspring.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 12:15 PM To: cvinson@mindspring.com Cc: Joy Moore Subject: Re: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. 1690 to Bertie Co. (abt 1710-1820) to Louisiana (abt. 1820) Catharine-- First, thanks for your very specific subject header. That really helps! Second--I'm very intrigued by your ALDRICH reference. One of the family connections I'm having trouble making is connecting the branch of the ARLEDGE family (often confused by census takers with ALDRICH and ALDRIDGE) who came to MS and then to LA about the same time period as your BASS family. In fact, I believe that several of these surnames you mention married into that ARLEDGE family down the line (LYONS, VINSON, BASS). I have been trying to link this person, ISHAM ARLEDGE, back to the "main" Arledge family trunk. He may have been in Mecklenburg Co NC in 1790 census, and seems to have been in Edgefield Dist SC in 1800 census. Then he appears in 1813 Marion Co MS and 1816 Pike Co MS. Don't know where he was in 1820 but in 1830 he's in Claiborne Parish LA. Land records show that he and probably his sons William and Isaac Arledge were in that area all during the 1830s, along with a probable son John. If you can let me know about the ALDRICH connections you've found, and if this sounds like a possible parallel family to yours, let me know. Pam ************************************* Pam Wilson wilsonpam@mindspring.com Marietta, GA List Administrator, EFSS-L (Early Families in Southern States), HOLBERT-L and LAWLER-L through Rootsweb.com Associate list administrator, Arledge/Aldridge list (arledge@tx3.com) Coordinator, Arledge Family History Project http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8208 Catharine Vinson wrote: > > If anyone has any BASS (Drewry, Jeremiah, John, Mose are given names I > have noted) in their lines that went from NC (first date I have is abt > 1690) to Mississippi (not sure of this) to St. Landry Parish and Rapides > Parish, Louisiana by about 1820, I looking for links to BRYAN, BERWICK, > LYON, COMSTOCK, ALDRICH, WALLIS (WALES, WALLACE), VINSON links to BASS > family that also ended up in Louisiana in the period of roughly 1779 to > 1820. > > Many thanks. > Catharine Vinson > cvinson@mindspring.com > > ==== EFSS Mailing List ==== > Please send messages to EFSS-L@rootsweb.com to share research about EARLY FAMILIES in SOUTHERN STATES in the 1600s through mid-1700s. Be sure to identify yourself and your email address in the body of your message. JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 15 Today's Topics: #1 New Address [joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore)] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:37:14 -0600 (CST) From: joydm@webtv.net (Joy Moore) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <12789-38D0FFAA-718@storefull-225.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Subject: New Address Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit The new address is Kjoydm@netscape.net Thanks JOY JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 16 Today's Topics: #1 Amanda Lyons Hewitt [Jan Craven ] #2 Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt [Anne Gil ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 09:06:32 -0600 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000320090630.00794160@127.0.0.1> Subject: Amanda Lyons Hewitt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Good morning folks!! I looked (briefly) in my mountains of STUFF and can't find an answer, so am taking it to the experts!! John J. Hewitt m. Amandy Lyons Who were her pa and ma? Would appreciate your help. Jan ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 09:43:49 -0600 From: Anne Gil To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38D64735.D4B9C013@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Jane, I have that Amanda's parents were Gabriel "Abel" Lyons (b)1806 (d)1868 & Mary Ann Bryan (b)1816 (d)1882 (m)1829. Hope this helps, Anne Galloway Gil Jan Craven wrote: > Good morning folks!! > > I looked (briefly) in my mountains of STUFF and can't find an answer, so am > taking it to the experts!! > John J. Hewitt m. Amandy Lyons > Who were her pa and ma? > > Would appreciate your help. > Jan JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 17 Today's Topics: #1 Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt [Neal Lyons ] #2 Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt [Jan Craven ] #3 Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt [ChezMary@aol.com] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:32:30 -0600 From: Neal Lyons To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38D8F59E.A0AC2771@vvm.com> Subject: Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Probate #L6, Orange County, TX, for Abel & Mary Ann LYONS, filed Aug. 22, 1882 shows that one of the 10 children born to Abel & Mary Ann was "Mrs. A.J. HEWITT" of Calcasieu Parish, LA ( first name not given ). "Mary Ann LYONS, born BRYAN, widow of deceased Abel LYONS, died June 3, 1882 at her residence in Calcasieu Parish, LA Abel LYONS had died at his residence in Calcasieu Parish in the summer of 1868." All children listed in the probate are as follows : A.B. LYONS of Orange, TX M.L. LYONS of St. Landry Parish, LA Mrs. M.B. SANDERS of Calcasieu Parish, LA Mrs A. MABREY of Calcasieu Parish, LA George W. LYONS of Orange, TX Mrs. A.J. HEWITT of Calcasieu Parish, LA M.J. LYONS of Calcasieu Parish, LA D.K. (D.H. ?) LYONS of Calcasieu Parish, LA Martha J. VICHERY ( VICKERY ?) of Calcasieu Parish, LA Issac LYONS of Calcasieu Parish, LA ************************ Anne Gil wrote: > Hi Jane, > > I have that Amanda's parents were Gabriel "Abel" Lyons (b)1806 (d)1868 & > Mary Ann Bryan (b)1816 (d)1882 (m)1829. > > Hope this helps, > > Anne Galloway Gil > > Jan Craven wrote: > > > Good morning folks!! > > > > I looked (briefly) in my mountains of STUFF and can't find an answer, so am > > taking it to the experts!! > > John J. Hewitt m. Amandy Lyons > > Who were her pa and ma? > > > > Would appreciate your help. > > Jan ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:48:20 -0600 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000322114818.00844990@127.0.0.1> Subject: Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thanks, Neal!! Jan ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:24:57 EST From: ChezMary@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <49.209b503.260ae889@aol.com> Subject: Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit wasn't Mrs. A.J. Hewitt living in Sulphur????? for some reason that rings a bell.... mary dee JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 18 Today's Topics: #1 Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt [Jan Craven ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:25:50 -0600 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000323072547.00842c70@127.0.0.1> Subject: Re: Amanda Lyons Hewitt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Morning cousins!! Gail Royer Salter is doing a project on Royer Cemetery that is off Hwy27 on the way from Sulphur to DeQuincy. The name of the project is Royer Cemetery, A Community At Rest. She is attempting to do 5 generations of everyone buried there, that person being the second generation. She wants the children of the one buried to be the first generation and then go back to that persons parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. She gave a program at our Genealogy Soc. meeting last Saturday and she gave everyone a list of the folks and where she needed help in identifying them. That is the reason for my query. Jan At 10:24 PM 03/22/2000 EST, you wrote: >wasn't Mrs. A.J. Hewitt living in Sulphur????? for some reason that rings a >bell.... > >mary dee > JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 19 Today's Topics: #1 Re: JOHNLYONS-D Digest V00 #18 [WCHollier@aol.com] #2 Re: JOHNLYONS-D Digest V00 #18 [Jan Craven ] #3 Re: JOHNLYONS-D Digest V00 #18 [WCHollier@aol.com] #4 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS [WCHollier@aol.com] #5 John LYONS, Sr./AHART - BERWICK, W ["Catharine Vinson" Subject: Re: JOHNLYONS-D Digest V00 #18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/24/00 1:49:02 AM Central Standard Time, JOHNLYONS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << This list is archived. To view the archives or to find other sites with information about the Lyons family link to: http://www.aznet.net/~davidl/geneal/files/lyons_main.htm >> ----------------------- Hi, Each time I try to reach the above family link, I'm unsuccessful; it's either unavailable, changed its name or has been removed. Any suggestions? Thanks. W. Charles Hollier ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 07:41:18 -0600 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000324074116.0084dd80@127.0.0.1> Subject: Re: JOHNLYONS-D Digest V00 #18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" You will find it at. http://members.home.net/davidl2/geneal/files/lyons_main.htm Jan At 08:14 AM 03/24/2000 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 3/24/00 1:49:02 AM Central Standard Time, >JOHNLYONS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><< This list is archived. To view the archives or to find > other sites with information about the Lyons family link to: > http://www.aznet.net/~davidl/geneal/files/lyons_main.htm >> > >----------------------- > >Hi, > >Each time I try to reach the above family link, I'm unsuccessful; it's either >unavailable, changed its name or has been removed. Any suggestions? Thanks. >W. Charles Hollier > > > ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:42:28 EST From: WCHollier@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <68.20aa066.260ccac4@aol.com> Subject: Re: JOHNLYONS-D Digest V00 #18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks, Jan. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:26:26 EST From: WCHollier@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <75.27aa1a6.260cf132@aol.com> Subject: ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I descend from John Lyons, Sr., through Solomon B. Harmon, his grandson; Solomon B. Harmon was the son of John Lyons, Sr.'s daughter, Elizabeth and her first husband, David Harmon. Solomon B. Harmon and his line aren't included in the website. How should I offer this information for inclusion in the website? Also, my information is that John Lyons Sr., was the son of Samuel Lyons, of Germany. That information doesn't seem to appear in the website either. Do you have any confirmation of that? Unless the name was anglicized, Lyons doesn't sound German. Also, do you have any information regarding Nancy (Anna) Anne Ahart (1765-1809) of Georgia, who married John Lyons, Sr. in 1778? Lastly, can you point to the place in the website identifying the late Charleton Lyons, a prominent oil executive, born in Vermilion Parish but who lived in Shreveport, and who ran for Governor in the 1960s. I knew his son, Hall Lyons, who recently died, in Mississippi, I think. Thanks for your website; it's a very useful online collection of genealogical information. W. Charles Hollier ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:05:12 -0500 From: "Catharine Vinson" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: John LYONS, Sr./AHART - BERWICK, WALLACE, LYONS in Louisiana prior to John, Sr?? was RE: ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit W. Charles Hollier wrote: Also, do you have any information regarding Nancy (Anna) Anne Ahart (1765-1809) of Georgia, who married John Lyons, Sr. in 1778? ----------------- I have a good bit of information about the LYONS, since the BERWICK and LYONS family made numerous inter-family marriages (and business dealings) in Louisiana from about 1765 onwards. John, Sr. married Agnes Berwick, one of Thomas BERWICK and Helena WALLACE's children. One of Lyons' children with AHART married a Berwick. And so on. I am including informstion I have for John Lyons, Sr. With the exception of Berwick notations, I have not personally verified the data. I believe the data are accurate, however; many people have documented the Lyons' Louisian lines through the years. Hope this helps. I am currently researching Helena WALLACE's parents and have recently learned that her mother's maiden name is reported to be LYONS by some sources. Helena was born (reportedly) in 1748 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, but returned as an infant (?) to Scotland and then she and her parents arrived in what is now Pensacola, Florida in 1754 when she was four years old. Thomas BERWICK evidently met her there and they married on her 20th birthday (reported). I can document Thomas in Pensacola in 1769, but not before. I have no documentation about Helena's parents, but assuming she married a LYONS, I would think there is a connection between her Lyons and the John Lyons line. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Helena Wallace is my biggest mystery.! She and Thomas BERWICK are my 4th great grandparents. Catharine Vinson cvinson@mindspring.com - ---------------------------------- JOHN LYONS, SR. (SAMUEL1) was born 1750 in Virginia or Georgia, and died August 23, 1834 in St. Landry, Louisiana. He married (1) NANCY (ANA) AHART Abt. 1778. She was born Abt. 1760 in , and died June 01, 1809 in Gueydon, Plaquemine Brulee, St. Landry, Louisiana. He married (2) AGNES IMOGENE MARTHEA BERWICK November 30, 1829 in Opelousas. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, daughter of THOMAS BERWICK and HELENA WALLACE. She was born February 15, 1776 in Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana. John Lyons' succession was filed on 3 Sep 1834 at St. Landry Par., LA.4 Nancy Anne Ahart died circa 1 Jun 1809 at Plaquemine Brulee (currently named Branch, Acadia Par.) St. Landry Par., LA.5 Known children of John1 Lyons Sr. and Nancy Anne Ahart were as follows: 2. i. Michael (Jean Michael)2, born circa 1777 at Virginia; married Mary Polly Hayes; married Eleanor Berwick; married Susan Nolan Aikley. (SEE NOTE) 3. ii. John Jr., born circa 1783 at Georgia; married Rachael Marie Foreman; divorced Rachael Marie Foreman; married Rebecca Gilchrist. 4. iii. Gabriel, born circa 1785 at Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL; married Amelia Millie Hayes; married Nancy Ann Burleigh. 5. iv. Elizabeth, born circa 1787 at Pensacola, now Escambia Co., FL; married David Harmon; married Thomas Hayes. 6. v. Samuel Jr., born circa 1794 at Attakapas Post - now, St. Martinville, St. Martin Par., LA; married Tabitha Hayes. 7. vi. William, born circa 1797 at Louisiana; married Hetty Hayes; married Tabatha Harmon; married Elizabeth Cole. 8. vii. David, born circa Dec 1798 at at the Lyons home on Bayou Que de Tortue in what is now, Vermilion Par., LA; married Margaret Rebecca Merriman. NOTE re AGNES BERWICK and JOHN LYONS - Agnes Berwick first married (?) Prather. She married Lyons November 30, 1829 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, after Prather's death. Lyons' first wife also had died. There were no known children of John1 Lyons Sr. and Agness Berwick. NOTE for JEAN MICHAEL LYONS: Michael Lyons was married three times. His first wife was Mary "Polly" Hayes, daughter of Bosman Hayes and his wife Martha Ivy Hayes. They were married on Oct 27, 1800. Mary died May 17, 1826. Michael's second wife was Eleanor Berwick, widow of William Newman. They were married on Sept 10, 1828 according to records filed at the Lafayette Court House, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. She died March 9, 1833. No children were born of this marriage. His third wife was Susan Nolan Reeves Aikley. They were married on April 1, 1834. Michael died on Oct. 19, 1840. His wife, Susan died February 22, 1865. - ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:59:42 EST From: WCHollier@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <42.32dfaed.260d3f4e@aol.com> Subject: Re: JOHNLYONS-D Digest V00 #18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Query: The Hayes and Andrus (Andrews) families came to the Opelousas area in Louisiana in the late 18th century from North and South Carolina and before that, I believe, Virginia. These families intermarried into the Lyons family. Does anyone have information regarding the Hayes and Andrus (Andrews) families before they arrived in Louisiana? I've run into a "brick wall" here and would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks. W. Charles Hollier JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 20 Today's Topics: #1 Re: John LYONS, Sr./AHART - BERWIC [VCundy@aol.com] #2 RE: John LYONS, Sr./AHART - BERWIC ["Catharine Vinson" Subject: Re: John LYONS, Sr./AHART - BERWICK, WALLACE, LYONS in Louisiana prior to Joh... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/24/00 12:06:12 PM Central Standard Time, cvinson@mindspring.com writes: << I am currently researching Helena WALLACE's parents and have recently learned that her mother's maiden name is reported to be LYONS by some sources. Helena was born (reportedly) in 1748 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, but returned as an infant (?) to Scotland and then she and her parents arrived in what is now Pensacola, Florida in 1754 when she was four years old. Thomas BERWICK evidently met her there and they married on her 20th birthday (reported). I can document Thomas in Pensacola in 1769, but not before. I have no documentation about Helena's parents, but assuming she married a LYONS, I would think there is a connection between her Lyons and the John Lyons line. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Helena Wallace is my biggest mystery.! She and Thomas BERWICK are my 4th great grandparents. Catharine Vinson Hi Catharine, Is Helena Wallace the same person as Eleanor Wallace? I have a marriage between Eleanor Wallace and Thomas Berwick taking place on Aug 17, 1768 in the Carolina's. Do you know the names of the children for this couple? Thanks Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:35:58 -0500 From: "Catharine Vinson" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: RE: John LYONS, Sr./AHART - BERWICK, WALLACE, LYONS in Louisiana prior to Joh... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Valerie, Do you have a Carolina marriage record for Helena/Eleanor (she had both given names)? Their marriage is reported in 2-3 locations: Carolina, Pensacola, St. Marys Parish, LA. I posted a list of their children to the list a couple of days ago (and I think I forgot a couple!). I'll resend if you don't have them. Just let me know. Catharine cvinson@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: VCundy@aol.com [mailto:VCundy@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 8:09 PM To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: John LYONS, Sr./AHART - BERWICK, WALLACE, LYONS in Louisianaprior to Joh... In a message dated 3/24/00 12:06:12 PM Central Standard Time, cvinson@mindspring.com writes: << I am currently researching Helena WALLACE's parents and have recently learned that her mother's maiden name is reported to be LYONS by some sources. Helena was born (reportedly) in 1748 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, but returned as an infant (?) to Scotland and then she and her parents arrived in what is now Pensacola, Florida in 1754 when she was four years old. Thomas BERWICK evidently met her there and they married on her 20th birthday (reported). I can document Thomas in Pensacola in 1769, but not before. I have no documentation about Helena's parents, but assuming she married a LYONS, I would think there is a connection between her Lyons and the John Lyons line. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Helena Wallace is my biggest mystery.! She and Thomas BERWICK are my 4th great grandparents. Catharine Vinson Hi Catharine, Is Helena Wallace the same person as Eleanor Wallace? I have a marriage between Eleanor Wallace and Thomas Berwick taking place on Aug 17, 1768 in the Carolina's. Do you know the names of the children for this couple? Thanks Valerie ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 23:14:14 EST From: VCundy@aol.com To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9b.3077101.26103a16@aol.com> Subject: MARCH 26, 2000 Updated members list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a reminder to visit our John Lyons web site located at : http://members.home.net/davidl2/geneal/files/lyons_main.htm Members of the JOHNLYONS list as of March 26, 2000 are as follows: 31 and growing!!!!! 1. Valerie Cundy- Topeka, KANSAS 2. Jan Craven-Lake Charles, LOUISIANA 3. Barbara Langham-Kilgore, TEXAS 4. David Lawrence 5. Ben Carroll-Pasadena,TEXAS 6. LV Hayes-Fayetteville, NORTH CAROLINA 7. Rosemary Carraway-Houston,TEXAS 8. Ruby Dusek- Katy, TEXAS 9. Joy Moore-Karnack,TEXAS 10. Carol Austin-Garden Grove, CALIFORNIA 11. Lesylee Gautreaux- Orange,TEXAS 12. Nelda Stebbins- Ragley, LOUISIANA 13. Shirely Smith-Lake Charles,LOUISIANA 14. Mary Antee 15. Mary Dee Nicks-Phenix City, ALABAMA 16. Bill Hall-Beaumont,TEXAS 17. Stuart MacKillican-Orang,TEXAS 18. Maude Gilmore-Plano,TEXAS 19. Ken Dupuy-Vermilion Par.Historian of Maurice,LA 20. Anne Marie Galloway-Harvey,LOUISIANA 21. Richard D Culbertson-Fort Worth,TEXAS 22. L. Neal Lyons-Temple,TEXAS 23. David Lyons-Sulphur, LOUISIANA 24. Richard Sirmon-Gueydan,LOUISIANA 25. Patty W. Gravois, LOUISIANA 26. Kathy Early-Pasadena, TEXAS 27. Eleanor Damek- Dayton, TEXAS 28. BARNEY VANWINKLE- 29. W. CHARLES HOLLIER- Lafayette, LOUISIANA 30. SHARON SEMBERA- Alvin, TEXAS 31. CATHERINE VINSON- Fredericksburg, TEXAS INACTIVE MEMBERS Mary Hammond -Tyler, TEXAS Mary Lane Jeremy Fountain Jennifer Anne Turner Laura Wright Wayne Linebarger Robert Broussard Betty Gaiennie Tim Lyons Harold Lawrence-Ocean Springs,MISSISSIPPI Sharon Shaw Riecke Baumann Rand Wagner-Lake Charles,LOUISIANA Mike Baumann Jimmy Lawrence Bryan Perkins Shannon Shaw Susan Shanley Michael Lyons Lynn Bagley King-Houston,TEXAS Jo-Anne Arnaud- Crowley,LOUISIANA Michael Bradford-Ocala,FLORIDA Norman Ray Holden-Angleston,TEXAS WELCOME!!!! we invite you to post your connection to JOHN LYONS. We currently have descendants from all 7 children of John and Nancy. MICHAEL Valerie Cundy Jeremy Fountain Wayne Linebarger Tim Lyons Ruby Dusek Joy Moore Carol Austin Maude Gilmore Richard D Culbertson Eleanor Damek JOHN JR. Ben Carroll Mary Hammond Rose Carraway Barbara Langham Laura Wright Mary Lane Shirley Smith Bill Hall Stuart Mackillican Norman Ray Holden GABRIEL Sharon Shaw Shannon Shaw ELIZABETH ( Finally a long, lost cousin found! ) W. Charles Hollier SAMUEL Jennifer Turner Jo Anne Arnaud Betty Gaiennie Robert Broussard Susan Shanley L. Neal Lyons Richard Sirmon Barney VanWinkle WILLIAM Jan Craven Laura Wright Mary Dee Nicks Lesylee Gautreaux Anne Marie Galloway David Lyons Kathy Early DAVID David Lawrence Lynn King Harold Lawrence Michael Bradford Mary Antee Jimmy Lawrence Rand Wagner Mike Baumann Riecke Baumann JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 24 Today's Topics: #1 Lyons of Lambeth Walk ,Aust., and ["Peter J Smith" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000701bfd348$be51c840$7ab637d2@petersmi> Subject: Lyons of Lambeth Walk ,Aust., and New Zealand. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have been unable to get through to the Website ,despite many attempts. I will keep trying. However I would like to post the following to the List , in hope that someone ,somewhere may have a connection. Matthew LYONS m Mary STEWART probably at Lambeth, England. Their son Joseph LYONS chr May 1792( d 5 May 1841) m Amelia ? b Kent, England 12 Jul 1797. Their son James LYONS m Agnes ? b 3 Jul 1814 died Christchurch, New Zealand 30 Oct 1860. Children of James and Agnes . Amelia, James 1846 , Agnes, Joseph Alphonsous b 13 Jul 1842, Marian 6 Apr 1844. Joseph Alphonsous LYONS b Lambeth 13 Jul 1842 m Margaret REYNOLDS b Dec 1856 Menlo, Galway, Ireland. Children of Joseph and Margaret, Mary Ann Dinah 25 Feb 1874, Margaret 28 Jul 1876, Joseph George 25 Apr 1878,Agnes Catherine Monica 4 May 1879,Joseph John 27 Dec 1880, Winnefred Lucy 12 Apr 1882. James and Agnes Lyons and their came to Lyttelton, South Island, New Zealand on the ship 'Zealandia' arriving 14 Nov 1859. It is believed that the LYONS were Jewish people , who were Converts to Catholicism Some of the family went to Australia,where they were in the Shoe industry.We are in contact with some of that line. Thank you for the use of your site, Regards Peter in the South Island of New Zealand. JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 25 Today's Topics: #1 Re: Alliciare Lusk Lyons [Jan Craven ] #2 Re: [Re: Alliciare Lusk Lyons] [Joy Moore ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:28:50 -0500 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000824072629.00b7b270@mail.usunwired.net> Subject: Re: Alliciare Lusk Lyons Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hello Tina, I don't have any more information on Her or the Lusk family I'm ccing this to a list of Lyons researchers and perhaps one of them could help you. Dear Cousins...if you can help Tina, email her privately. stanleyt@flash.net Jan At 08:54 PM 08/23/2000 -0500, you wrote: I am looking for information on the Lusk family and was wondering if you could give me information on Alliciare Lusk, her mother and fathers names and any children she might have had.I found the connection in the lyons family history showing she was married to Bejamin Joshua Lyons. If you could help me I would greatly appreciate it. Tina Stanley ______________________________ X-Message: #2 Date: 24 Aug 00 09:53:22 CDT From: Joy Moore To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000824145322.15537.qmail@wwcst212.netaddress.usa.net> Subject: Re: [Re: Alliciare Lusk Lyons] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Jan Can you change my address on the List and on you address book to read kjoydm@mcc4u.com I have a new Moore to add to the Lyons but I have to get a little more info yet on her. The mother and wife of Danny Moore JR Will talk to you later Joy an Craven wrote: Hello Tina, I don't have any more information on Her or the Lusk family I'm ccing this to a list of Lyons researchers and perhaps one of them could help you. Dear Cousins...if you can help Tina, email her privately. stanleyt@flash.net Jan At 08:54 PM 08/23/2000 -0500, you wrote: >I am looking for information on the Lusk family and was wondering if you >could give me information on Alliciare Lusk, her mother and fathers names >and any children she might have had.I found the connection in the lyons >family history showing she was married to Bejamin Joshua Lyons. >If you could help me I would greatly appreciate it. Tina Stanley JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 26 Today's Topics: #1 Fwd: Abbeville Entertainment [Margaret Moore (by way of Jan Craven ) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000826083229.00bebc40@mail.usunwired.net> Subject: Fwd: Abbeville Entertainment Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good morning cousins This was on the Vermilion list and thought you all would enjoy reading it. There are SEVERAL family names here that will be familiar to most of you. Jan >Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:54:59 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: AKDana@aol.com Wed Aug 23 19:54:58 2000 >From: AKDana@aol.com >Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:54:55 EDT >Subject: Abbeville Entertainment >Old-To: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by lists5.rootsweb.com id e7O2swG29451 >To: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/67 >X-Loop: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: LAVERMIL-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-RCPT-TO: > > > > This article appeared in the Meridional on August 16, 1879. It reveals >how Abbevillians entertained themselves over a century ago, despite the fact >that Abbeville was somewhat isolated. Look for the names of your ancestors in >this article. > Gary, you may wish to include this one in the second volume. > >oAbbeville Amused > > Saturday, Sunday and Monday, August 2, 3 and 4, were days marked with more >than ordinary interest in Abbeville and which will be long remembered by >reason of the many pleasant associations connected therewith. On Saturday >morning the Bazar (sic) opened in the upper story of the Courthouse. The >rooms had been tastefully decorated with evergreens and flowers, while the >different tables presented as attractive display of articles well calculated >to please the eye and tickle the palate of the most exacting Young (sic) >ladies, fair to behold, dear to the hearts of young men, and yet languishing >in all the charming freshness of the teens presided at the various tables >and their bewitching smiles and persuasive pleadings--rivaling even those of >the average caddidate (sic)-- seldom failed of making their subject shell out >the cash. The restaurant was under the care of experienced cooks and the >young ladies in charge spared no pains in administering to the wants of the >hungry. > Of the theatrical performances which occurred at night we can only speak >in terms of the highest praise. LEtourdie a French comedy with handsome >young ladies in all the roles was well rendered. Another French comedy Le >Revers de la Medialle was quite effective, Miss Blanche Perret as the old >maiden aunt, being perfect, while Mlles Bernard, Perret, Addison and Laporte >supported her creditably. An original sketch Lecole du Village (written >by Mr. Labauve, we believe), was well received. An English charade >Outrage was excellent in all its parts, Miss E. Bernard as the old >spinster and Miss Henriette Mouton as the servant girl were capital. Mr. >Edwards [C.J.] and Miss Lodo Smith as the persecuted lovers up to the >occasion. But we must award the palm to the Comedy of errors as being the >best English piece produced, a decision which we think and prolonged applause >of the delighted audience fully sustains. The cast of >characters was >Miss Cherry Forbes Miss E. Bernard >Felix Merriman C.J. Edwards >Miss Malden Miss Rosa Perret >Miss Charlotte Lansing Miss Eve LeBlanc >Adolphus Golding Elijah Wise > The musical part of the programme was in keeping with the rest. Our >Brass Band acquitted itself handsomely and presented a fine appearance. Rev. >Parmentier of Galveston, drew the bow with such skill as to evoke some of the >sweetest violin music ever heard in these parts. He also favored the audience >with a solo from the Opera, and Prof. Mouillaud sang a French song of his own >composition. Mlles Pepilla Abadie, Odille and Odillia Broussard, Henriette >Mouton and Belle Ellis and Mesdames Geo. E. Lyons and Gilbert Labauve, >delighted all with many choice pieces of music, charmingly rendered. > On Sunday morning the Quickstep B.B. Club of New Iberia made their >appearance in town with bright uniforms and colors flying thus adding to the >excitement. They dined at the Hotel [probably the Veranda] as guests of the >Abbevillians, and in the evening, the celebrated sycamore B.B. Club, arrived >and after spending a short time in arranging preliminaries, Mr. R.C. Smedes >was chosen umpire and the game called at 2 oclock, sharp. A large number of >spectators were present, many of whom were ladies, and watched the game with >much interest. In the first inning Mr. G.B. Shaw [Sheriff] was crippled and >J.O. Mouton was substituted. Only eight innings were played by general >consent... > [The Quickstep team from New Iberia, which included Al. Escudier, >Orillion, >Keller, Gankendorff, Guerin, Lyons, Ar. Escudier, Emmer, and Doerlyle (sic) >beat the >Sycamore B.B. team, which included J Deyott, G.W. Summers, J.C. Mouton, W.L. >Vanslyke, A. Ramsey, C. Perry, O. Perry, M. Lebrun, and H.C. Ewing, by a >score of 60 to 11. That is not a typo; the score was 60 to 11. Sounds more >like a football game score. I included the players initials when they were >given. > Mike Escudier, Albert was the pitcher, while Arthur was the catcher for >the New >Iberia team.] > oUpon the whole we think the people of Abbeville will have no occasion >more >enjoyable than the second, third and fourth of August. May the pleasant time >afforded all be soon succeeded by others of equal merit. > > As you imagine this game, remember that the baseball fields were not as >perfect as are ours, and the gloves were much more primitive than ours. Also, >some of the rules of the game were different, back in 1879. >Ken Dupuy > ______________________________ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:03:22 -0500 From: Margaret Moore (by way of Jan Craven ) To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000826090300.00bed7f0@mail.usunwired.net> Subject: Fwd: Police Jury payments Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Here's another one that mentions our family. Jan >Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 16:31:50 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: AKDana@aol.com Sun Aug 20 16:31:49 2000 >From: AKDana@aol.com >Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:31:25 EDT >Subject: Police Jury payments >Old-To: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 >To: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/63 >X-Loop: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: LAVERMIL-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-RCPT-TO: > > PJ met on 11-18-1886 and ordered the following claims be paid: > > George W. Caldwell Bricks and flues at the courthouse $37.50 > G Godchaux Stoves and coal $37.70 > G.E. Lyons Jailor $96.50 > etc. > > I thought that some of you might be interested in these individuals and >these expenses. The first two items are for the new, temporary courthouse >that was built following the destruction of the previous one by fire on April >7, 1885. > I'm not sure for what period of time that Lyons was paid. Not only was he >jailer at this time, he was also the constable-collector. Nor do we know how >many stoves or how much coal was included in what Godchaux was paid. > In connection with his being the jailer, an individual sentenced to the >pen for murder tried to make an escape from the jail when the jailor was >giving him his dinner, according to a report in the 2-13-1886 Meridional. >There was a short scuffle and then the jailer was able to put the man back in >his cell. The article concluded that "Jailers cannot be too particular when >dealing with parties who have a life-time sentence imposed upon them, or >condemned to be hung, for they will, in every instance, take desperate >chances at escape whenever the best opportunity in their minds presents >itself." > >Ken Dupuy > JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 27 Today's Topics: #1 Fr. Hebert's CD ["David Lawrence" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Fr. Hebert's CD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Has anyone heard anything about the future of Fr. Hebert's CD? The Hebert Publications Web site (http://www.hebertpublications.com/) was last updated in June and says that they expect a demo in two weeks. Who has taken over Rev. Hebert's publication business? David -- David Lawrence -- david.lawrence@sdsu.edu Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health V=(619) 594-3691 F=(619)594-1995 http://www.InjuryPreventionWeb.org -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Moore (by way of Jan Craven ) [mmoore@usunwired.net] Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 7:03 AM To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fwd: Police Jury payments Here's another one that mentions our family. Jan >Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 16:31:50 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: AKDana@aol.com Sun Aug 20 16:31:49 2000 >From: AKDana@aol.com >Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:31:25 EDT >Subject: Police Jury payments >Old-To: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 >To: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/63 >X-Loop: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: LAVERMIL-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-RCPT-TO: > > PJ met on 11-18-1886 and ordered the following claims be paid: > > George W. Caldwell Bricks and flues at the courthouse $37.50 > G Godchaux Stoves and coal $37.70 > G.E. Lyons Jailor $96.50 > etc. > > I thought that some of you might be interested in these individuals and >these expenses. The first two items are for the new, temporary courthouse >that was built following the destruction of the previous one by fire on April >7, 1885. > I'm not sure for what period of time that Lyons was paid. Not only was he >jailer at this time, he was also the constable-collector. Nor do we know how >many stoves or how much coal was included in what Godchaux was paid. > In connection with his being the jailer, an individual sentenced to the >pen for murder tried to make an escape from the jail when the jailor was >giving him his dinner, according to a report in the 2-13-1886 Meridional. >There was a short scuffle and then the jailer was able to put the man back in >his cell. The article concluded that "Jailers cannot be too particular when >dealing with parties who have a life-time sentence imposed upon them, or >condemned to be hung, for they will, in every instance, take desperate >chances at escape whenever the best opportunity in their minds presents >itself." > >Ken Dupuy > JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 28 Today's Topics: #1 Fwd: George Petry [Jan Craven ] #2 Fwd: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of la [Jan Craven ] #3 RE: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lan ["Catharine Vinson" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000902142445.00beee10@mail.usunwired.net> Subject: Fwd: George Petry Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Another bit of information. Happy and SAFE Labor Day weekend to all of you. Jan >Resent-Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:17:42 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: AKDana@aol.com Fri Sep 1 18:17:41 2000 >From: AKDana@aol.com >Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:17:29 EDT >Subject: George Petry >Old-To: LA-LGHS-L@rootsweb.com, LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 >To: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/73 >X-Loop: LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: LAVERMIL-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-RCPT-TO: > > According to the Meridional's ledger, which covers the first 30-plus >pages of the surviving minutes of the Abbeville town council, the publication >of the application by David M. Lyons for the Succession of George Petrey >(sic), sometime in 1865, cost $15. > On September 23, 1865, the publication of the sale of property of the >Succession of George Petry cost $40. > > Hopefully, this info will be useful to some. >Ken Dupuy > ______________________________ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 14:26:55 -0500 From: Jan Craven To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000902142646.00bfa2c0@mail.usunwired.net> Subject: Fwd: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Maybe a clue for someone. Jan Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 12:12:41 -0700 X-Original-Sender: AKDana@aol.com Sat Sep 2 12:12:40 2000 From: AKDana@aol.com Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:12:33 EDT Old-To: LA-LGHS-L@rootsweb.com, LAVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 Subject: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands To: LA-LGHS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: LA-LGHS-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: LA-LGHS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2618 X-Loop: LA-LGHS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-Sender: LA-LGHS-L-request@rootsweb.com X-RCPT-TO: Because of the destruction of the courthouse in Abbeville in 1885, many records of land transactions went up in smoke, literally. Consequently, it became necessary to reestablish such transactions. I've recently seen several notices that were posted in the Meridional stating that so-and-so was about to reestablish his or her claim to various tracts of land. The following notice appeared in the Meridional on 4-2-1887 and has the names of individuals that many genealogists will find interesting, I think. To Syrena Lyons, James Shaw, Camilla Shaw and her husband Thomas Johnson, Felix Shaw, Otho Shaw, Hugh Shaw, David T. Shaw, Elizabeth Lyons and her husband Wade Shaw, Josephine Shaw and her husband Hugh Ochiltree, and the heirs of John Shaw, all of the State of Texas, and Salena Shaw and her husband Newton R. Campbell, David M. Lyons, Granville B. Shaw of the parish of Vermilion, and the heirs of Stokley Vinson whose names and residences are unknown. Take notice that the undersigned, on Monday the 6th day of June 1887, before the Hon. Judge of the 25 judicial district court, sitting at chambers, at Abbeville, La. will proceed to reinstate the chain of title under which he holds the following described property, to wit: 1st lots Nos. two, three, and four and five of sec. 18 T. 14, south range four east in the southwestern land district of La., containing one hundred and twelve -4/100 acres. 2nd The undivided three-fourths interest in a certain tract of land situated at a place called 'Little Prairie' and known as the Merriman tract; bounded formerly above and below by lands of McCarty, in front by the Bayou Vermilion, and in the rear by public lands, containing four hundred acres more or less, and improvements thereon. a Two sales from James Stokes Shaw to the undersigned, both passed on or about the 8th day of February 1866 before Wm. Kibbe, notary public of Vermilion parish, embracing both of said tracts of land. b A sale of the last mentioned tract from Stokley Vinson and others and Salena H. Shaw, wife of Robert Vinson, dec'd, now wife of Newton R. Campbell dated__. c A sale from the succession of Rebecca Merriman to Stokley Vinson and said Salena H. Shaw and others, made in the month of December, 1859, covering said last mentioned tract. All of which acts of sale were destroyed by fire at the burning of the court-house (sic) of said parish on the 7th of April, 1885. And you are notified to be present at the time and place assigned for the hearing of this case, and file your answer if you so desire Adrien Nunez per O'Bryan & White Ken Dupuy ______________________________ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:49:52 -0400 From: "Catharine Vinson" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: RE: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is very useful! Many thanks. I've found information for several "lost" family members. Catharine Vinson (researching BERWICK, and especially searching for information about Helena Eleanora Birgitta WALLACE, wife of Thomas BERWICK (c. 1740-1789). Helena's mother's maiden name may have been LYONS, according to a researcher with family records (which I haven't seen). Helena and her parents arrived in the Pensacola/Natchez area is 1752; beyond that I have no information on her until she married BERWICK April 14, 1768 in Charleston, SC (although other records indicate they were married in Louisiana). It's particuarly interesting since John LYONS, Sr. was married (November 30, 1829 in Opelousas. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana) to one of Helena and Thomas' daughters: Agnes Imogene Marthea Berwick.) No known connection between John LYONS, Sr. and Helena WALLACE's mother, so I am starting from scratch in this area. Any information would be greatly appreciated. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:44:32 -0500 From: Sharon K Sembera To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000902.224438.-271583.4.semberaelec@juno.com> Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Catherine, Eleanor Wallace Berwick was my 5th Gr. Grandmother. All I have on her though is that she was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1748. I also have she and Thomas Berwick, Jr. were married in Pensicola, Florida in 1768. (This info came from a researcher on the Internet, and is not verified) I also have Agnes Imogene Berwick b. 1776 married June 1798 in Opelousas, Louisiana to William Prater, Sr. b. 1775 in Virginia, and having to sons: Charles Prater b. 1797 William Prater, Jr. b. 1798 I would like to correct any information that I have wrong, so let me know what you think. Sharon semberaelec@juno.com ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 01:05:25 -0400 From: "Catharine Vinson" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: RE: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sharon, Eleanor (Helena) Wallace Berwick was my 4th Great-Grandmother on my father's side. What really gets my attention in your note is that you have her husband as Thomas Berwick, Jr. I have not documented that his father was also named Thomas, although I think I may have located a Thomas Berwick who is a likely candidate for Thomas Berwick of Louisiana's father. Thomas Berwick (Jr.)'s place of birth (c. 1740) has not been documented to the best of my knowledge. Some sources list England, others Pennsylvania, others South Carolina. Eleanor (Helena)'s father's name is believed to have been A. Darnell (or Dornell) Wallace; his mother's maiden name reported as Lyons. She is reported to have been born in Dublin, but she and her parents returned to Scotland to her father's family near Renfrewshire, Scotland. Eleanor is reported to have been only four years old when she and her parents came to what is now Pensacola (was then Spanish West Florida) in 1752. Years later after the death of her husband Thomas Berwick, she named the first home they had built in the Attakapas District "Elderslie" after her father's family home. It's an interesting tale and I would like to document it to determine if anecdote and reality match up! I have a fair bit of information on the Berwick lines and will be glad to share anything that may be helpful to you. Agnes Imogene Berwick's first marriage was to William Prater, Sr. She married Lyons after Prater's death and she and Lyons had no children. There are other marriages between Berwicks and Lyons in Louisiana; if memory serves me correctly, all were second marriages of widows/widowers. I'd really love to find any documentation for Thomas Berwick's father; I've spent the better part of this year on that particular brick wall! I don't think he and Eleanor/Helena were married in Pensacola, although Berwick was definitely in Pensacola (then English territory) prior to his marriage, as established by his signature on two petitions to the English crown protesting the naming of Browne as replacement governor of the territory following the death of (can't remember name of Governor who died...I need to get out my notes!) Catharine Vinson -----Original Message----- From: Sharon K Sembera [semberaelec@juno.com] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:45 PM To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Catherine, Eleanor Wallace Berwick was my 5th Gr. Grandmother. All I have on her though is that she was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1748. I also have she and Thomas Berwick, Jr. were married in Pensicola, Florida in 1768. (This info came from a researcher on the Internet, and is not verified) I also have Agnes Imogene Berwick b. 1776 married June 1798 in Opelousas, Louisiana to William Prater, Sr. b. 1775 in Virginia, and having to sons: Charles Prater b. 1797 William Prater, Jr. b. 1798 I would like to correct any information that I have wrong, so let me know what you think. Sharon semberaelec@juno.com JOHNLYONS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 29 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lan [Sharon K Sembera To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000903.170023.-303877.2.semberaelec@juno.com> Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Catharine, My 5th Gr. Grandparents were: Thomas Berwick, Jr. b. 1740 (I have listed Pennsylvania) Eleanor Wallace b. 1748 Dublin, Ireland children: Cambria Berwick Elmer Berwick Agnes Imogene Berwick b. 1776 Wallace Berwick Mary Ann Berwick Thomas Berwick III b. 1771 Eleanor Brigite Berwick b. 1778 (my 4th Gr. Grandma) Joseph Berwick b. 1783 Rebecca Berwick b. 1784 Ann Dawson Berwick b. 1787 Eleanor Brigite Berwick married in 1798 to William Newman children: Thomas Newman b. 1800 Camellia Newman b. 1803 William Newman b. 1805 Felix Newman b. 1808 Amanda C. Newman b. 1810 (my 3rd Gr. Grandmother) Amanda C. Newman married 1824 St. Mary Parish, LA to: Jonas (Jones) Shaw children: Mary Eleanor Shaw b. 1825 Robert Lyons Shaw b. 1829 William Decatur Shaw b. 1832 Camilia Letitia Shaw b. 1833 (my 2nd Gr. Grandmother) Franklyn Jones Shaw Walter Berwick Shaw Julia Caroline Shaw b. 1845 Camilia Letitia Shaw b. in Liberty, Texas married 1849 Bolivar, Texas Galveston Co. to: Charles Richard Henry Patton b. 1825 Alabama children: Carrie Camilia Patton b. 1850 Elizabeth Gertrude Patton b. 1851 Mary Amanda Patton b. 1854 William Charles Patton b. 1857 (my Gr. Grandfather) Fannin Laura Patton b. 1864 Sharon ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 20:30:26 -0400 From: "Catharine Vinson" To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: RE: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sharon, This has helped me fill in holes! Thanks. (I have no record of a WALLACE BERWICK. Could you let me know source of information for this child listed as child of Thomas and Helena/Eleanor Berwick? My line from Thomas and Helena/Eleanor (her name is given both ways, and causes confusion in my mind since one of the daughters is named for her except for ordering of names). I have many holes, typos, and incomplete information that I haven't transferred to software as yet. I'm really intrigued that you show Thomas as a "Jr." Do you have any information about his father and mother? 1st Generation: Child of THOMAS BERWICK and ELEANOR/HELENA WALLACE: 1. ELEANOR BRIGITA WALLACE BERWICK, b. September 25, 1778, Opelousas, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana; d. March 09, 1833, Louisiana. 2. MARY ANN (POLLY) BERWICK, b. October 14, 1769, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana; d. January 15, 1832, Louisiana. 3. THOMAS BERWICK, b. January 08, 1771, Louisiana; d. October 13, 1846, Morgan City, Louisiana. 4. CAMBRIA BERWICK, b. July 07, 1773, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana; d. 1787, Louisiana. 5. AGNES IMOGENE MARTHEA BERWICK, b. February 15, 1776, Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana; d. Unknown. 6. ELMER BERWICK, b. February 14, 1780, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana. 7. JOSEPH JOSHUA BERWICK, b. March 19, 1783, St. Martinville, Louisiana OR Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana; d. Bef. November 23, 1852, Berwick Bay, Louisiana. 8. REBECCA MARGARET BERWICK, b. March 12, 1784, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana; d. February 09, 1824, Berwick, Louisiana; m. LUKE BRYAN; b. July 25, 1777, Greenbriar County, West Virginia; d. February 28, 1841, Liberty, Texas. 9. MARGUERITE REBECCA BERWICK, b. May 11, 1786. 10. ANN DAWSON BERWICK, b. March 12, 1787, St. Martinville, Vermillion, Louisiana; d. April 1864, Berwick, St. Mary Parish, Lousiana. 11. INES BERWICK, b. February 15, 1788, St. Mary Parish?, Louisiana. (Only source for this child is Fr. Hebert's books; according to Hebert, she was christened at St. Martin of Tours in St. Martinville.. Most likely she died as an infant.) 2nd Generation: PARENTS: JOSEPH JOSHUA BERWICK was born March 19, 1783 in St. Martinville, Louisiana OR Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, and died Bef. November 23, 1852 in Berwick Bay, Louisiana. He married (1) ELLEN COMSTOCK April 1807 in Attakapas Post, Saint Martin, Louisiana, daughter of WILLIAM COMSTOCK and RACHEL ALDRICH. She was born 1784 in Boston, Massachusetts, and died 1852. He married (2) NANCY O'BRIEN ASHLOCK May 10, 1820 in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. She was born 1784 in Virginia, and died February 05, 1854 in Louisiana. Children of JOSEPH BERWICK and ELLEN COMSTOCK are: i. DAVID BERWICK, b. April 18, 1808; d. November 13, 1874. ii. CELESTINE CAMBRAY BERWICK, b. 1810; m. GIDEON SONNIER, June 04, 1839, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. iii. ELEANORE (ELLEN) HELEN BERWICK, b. July 15, 1814, Louisiana. Child of JOSEPH BERWICK and NANCY ASHLOCK is: iv. NATHAN BERWICK, b. Abt. 1821; m. (1) SUSAN ROCHEL, January 18, 1837, St. Mary, Louisiana; m. (2) OLIVIA KNOTT ROBERTSON1, June 19, 1854, ; m. (3) KATE A. COLTON, October 18, 1860, Lafayette Presbyterian Or Fulton St. Church, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3rd Generation: PARENTS: ELEANORE (ELLEN) HELEN BERWICK was born July 15, 1814 in Louisiana. She married CARROLL MARIE VINSON June 15, 1836 in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, son of ENOS VINSON and CHARITY BALDRIDGE. He was born 1815 in Tennessee. Children of ELEANORE BERWICK and CARROLL VINSON are: i. JOSEPHINE I. VINSON, b. 1837, ; m. LEWIS FRANK SMITH, November 09, 1859, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; b. . (NOTE: "Josephine Vinson, sister to them all, was a tall, raw-boned, dark and jovial woman. After Hucheson's first wife died, he proposed to her and she refused him but she was a surrogate mother to the children. She had a King Charles spaniel and did not remarry.") ii. BAILEY PEYTON VINSON, b. 1838. iii. VAN BUREN VINSON, b. January 30, 1840, ; d. Houston, Harris, Texas. iv. THERESA VINSON, b. October 1845; d. November 20, 1847, Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. 6. v. BALDRIDGE TYLER VINSON, b. 1846, . vi. CARROLL SOULE VINSON, b. 1846, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; d. 1935, . vii. BLANCHE VINSON, b. 1850. viii. FRANK VINSON, b. 1852; d. Aft. 1870, . 4th Generation: PARENTS: VAN BUREN VINSON was born January 30, 1840 in , and died in Houston, Harris, Texas. He married MINERVA THERESA PLOUGH March 13, 1869 in , daughter of AZZO VON PLOUGH and MARIE LEWIS. She was born Abt. 1840 in New Orleans, Orleans, Lousiana, and died in Houston. MINERVA has previously been married to ANDREW J. JOHNS of New Orleans, marrying him in New Orleans May 26, 1855. MINERVA VON PLOUGH lived in New Orleans at Carrolwood which was either sold to or given to Tulane Med School. When she married Andrew Johns, they moved to Franklin, Louisiana (later sold that house to Donaldson Caffrey, Vinson's family friend) and moved to Texas. Children of VAN VINSON and MINERVA PLOUGH are: i. DAVID BERWICK VINSON, b. August 14, 1872, Houston, Harris, Texas; d. Abt. 1943, El Paso, El Paso, Texas. (grandfather) ii. CARROLL LEWIS VINSON, d. Houston, Texas; m. ETHYL CHESTER REEVES, ; b. Abt. 1887, ; d. November 01, 1981, Houston, Harris,Texas. 5th Generation: PARENTS: DAVID BERWICK VINSON was born August 14, 1872 in Houston, Harris, Texas, and died 1943 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas. He married NORMA CALHOUN June 25, 1913 in Houston, Texas, daughter of BENJAMIN ALLEN CALHOUN and FANNIE B. WEBB. She was born May 11, 1884 in Bryan, Brazos,Texas, and died June 01, 1951 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas. Child of DAVID VINSON and NORMA CALHOUN is: i. DR. DAVID BERWICK VINSON, b. October 07, 1917, Houston, Harris, Texas. (my father). -----Original Message----- From: Sharon K Sembera [semberaelec@juno.com] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 6:00 PM To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Catharine, My 5th Gr. Grandparents were: Thomas Berwick, Jr. b. 1740 (I have listed Pennsylvania) Eleanor Wallace b. 1748 Dublin, Ireland children: Cambria Berwick Elmer Berwick Agnes Imogene Berwick b. 1776 Wallace Berwick Mary Ann Berwick Thomas Berwick III b. 1771 Eleanor Brigite Berwick b. 1778 (my 4th Gr. Grandma) Joseph Berwick b. 1783 Rebecca Berwick b. 1784 Ann Dawson Berwick b. 1787 Eleanor Brigite Berwick married in 1798 to William Newman children: Thomas Newman b. 1800 Camellia Newman b. 1803 William Newman b. 1805 Felix Newman b. 1808 Amanda C. Newman b. 1810 (my 3rd Gr. Grandmother) Amanda C. Newman married 1824 St. Mary Parish, LA to: Jonas (Jones) Shaw children: Mary Eleanor Shaw b. 1825 Robert Lyons Shaw b. 1829 William Decatur Shaw b. 1832 Camilia Letitia Shaw b. 1833 (my 2nd Gr. Grandmother) Franklyn Jones Shaw Walter Berwick Shaw Julia Caroline Shaw b. 1845 Camilia Letitia Shaw b. in Liberty, Texas married 1849 Bolivar, Texas Galveston Co. to: Charles Richard Henry Patton b. 1825 Alabama children: Carrie Camilia Patton b. 1850 Elizabeth Gertrude Patton b. 1851 Mary Amanda Patton b. 1854 William Charles Patton b. 1857 (my Gr. Grandfather) Fannin Laura Patton b. 1864 Sharon ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:26:33 -0500 From: Sharon K Sembera To: JOHNLYONS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000903.232747.-303877.5.semberaelec@juno.com> Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Reclamation of lands Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Catharine, Thanks for sending your information. I'll go through mine again tomorrow and give more details. Sorry I didn't give all in one message. This has been a busy weekend for us, so I haven't had a lot of time to sit down at this computer. Thanks again, I'll write more tomorrow. Sharon