March 2010 Update
18 April 2010 - 7:49:04am

I've gotten busy with other things, and this site has languished. Then I had an email (through Ancestry.com) from a cousin (4th cousin, to be precise). She had been tramping through cemeteries in southern Georgia looking for her ancestor. She didn't find hers, but found mine! Her ancestor is John Kendrick, brother of Isaac Kendrick (my 2nd great grandfather). She sent photos of Isaac's grave stone, showing birth, marriage and death dates. Also the grave stone of his parents. What a find. Isaac had died when his daughter, Julia, was an infant. Mom remarried and somehow the family connection was lost or forgotten. Wonderful to be able to reconnect that part of the family tree!

New WebHost, new address
3 July 2008 - 12:45:31pm

I've decided to retire the 10-year-old computer in the front bedroom that has been hosting this site. The new webhost, webhostingbuzz.com, is able to run all of the linux programs that my ancient machine could run. Thus the new domain name and new address.

Death Certificates - Thank you, OHIO!
3 July 2008 - 1:16:01am

Ohio Death Certificates available online through http://search.labs.familysearch.org/ provide wonderful nuggets of information! I found the name of Julia Kendrick Traynor's father listed on her death certificate. Her father died before 1870 (she was born in 1868) and her mother remarried, so the information seemed lost. Julia died in 1926 of complications following gall bladder surgery - she was 58. Her father's name was Isaac. Since Isaac's brother was a well-known doctor in the area around Americus, Georgia, there was other information online. Isaac was just 16 when the Civil War broke out and he enlisted as a private (Isaac W. Kendrick listed as corporal in 55th Volunteer Infantry). Thus I found not only Julia's father but information about her grandparents!

The death certificate of Johann (John) Fischer who died in 1929 gives his father's name as Philip C. Fischer! And the death certificate for Lena Fischer gives her parents as John and Magdalena Schramm.

Tracking down elusive ancestors
10 December 2007 - 12:06:51am

Two elusive families: Lightburn and Beard.
Note begun July 2006

Cornelia Lightburn who married James Beard - had Harriet who married James W. Gardner. Looking through a folder of notes (Helen Mar Gardner's handwriting, maybe James W. Gardner's), I find a note about Elizabeth Beard Newton whose husband was a river boat captain, James Newton.

I see that Frances Ann Hayward married a William S. Newton. I can't find any relationship between these two Newtons who were both born in the 1820's. But there is a very faded daguerreotype of Lydia Newton - daughter of James and Elizabeth. Elizabeth must be sister of Harriet. Lydia looks like she is about 11 years old in the picture.

I cannot find any ancesters of either James Beard (father of Harriet) or Benjamin Lightburn (father of Cornelia). Lydia is in the 1850 and 1860 Ohio census record for the Newton family. But no record of marriage, and no indication of what happened to her.

Note added 12/9/07
Lydia Newton found in Hood River Oregon in the 1900s, because of a note in Grandma's papers about how she'd gone to Oregon. Married to a Lumber tycoon, former river-boat captain. And then, among Dad's files, a picture of Lydia Newton and James Martin. Census shows them married and living in Wisconsin in 1880, James a boat pilot.

New and Updated Pictures
8 December 2007 - 3:13:43pm

I've added some pictures from newly found family sources (more photo albums and folders found in closets of relatives). Dad had a wonderful collection of Larson and Traynor family pictures as well as a photo album of b&w snapshots probably assembled by Mom. And Marcia had a photo album of Grandma's. I understand now that Dave has a Hayward family album packed up in a box somewhere!

I've also corrected some errors, added a few names, cleaned up the database.

And I've fixed the email utility so that if you send a message through this site, it WILL actually be forwarded to my email address! That has not worked for a year - since the last upgrade.

More on the Tillayes
20 August 2007 - 11:05:08pm

Ohio Marriages (under TILLAGE):
WHITMAN, HENRY TILLAGE, SOPHIA 8/13/1815 Gallia OH
PISTOR, CHRISTOPHER TILLAGE, MADELAINE 12/6/1818 Gallia OH
HOWARD, SOLOMON TILLAGE, CATHERINE 10/13/1824 Gallia OH
GARAU, DAVID L. TILLAGE, CATHARINE 12/25/1823 Gallia OH

John B. Tillaye died in 1823 and it looks like his WIDOW married David Garau. There is a David Garreax (shows up as Grrais when transcribed) in the 1830 census for Gallipolis with a female between age 50 and 60. In the 1820 census, the oldest female in the John B. Tillaye (transcribed as Tulia) household was born between 1875 and 1894. This Catharine, wife of John B. Tillaye was born between 1875 and 1880.

Tillaye
8 August 2007 - 12:02:32pm

Catherine Tillaye, born 1797, married Solomon Hayward, Jr. on October 14, 1824 according to record copied out of Solomon's bible. We have lots of information about the Haywards, and about many other family lines that are related. But NOTHING on the Tillaye family.
Then a search for Tillaye turned up John B. Nicholas Tillaye in an early Ohio census - 1796, Gallipolis! Looked again at the list of the French Grant recipients and there he is: John Baptist Nicholas Tillage! And looked again through the early pictures in the Pictorial History of Gallipolis (Evans, Lester, Wood) and there is a picture of the Tillaye house built 1807-1811 by John Tillaye, torn down in the 1970s - one of the oldest brick structures in Gallipolis.
A google for Jean Tillaye turned up Tillayes, including a Jean-Baptiste and a Catherine, born in the 1700s in Normandy in a place called Blangy le Chateau, not too far from another small town, Saint Etienne la Thillaye.

Updating Jones Information
8 August 2007 - 11:53:15am

I had added Sarah Van Horn as wife of John Forsythe. Their daughter, Sarah Forsythe, married William Marsh Jones, father of Ulysses S. Grant Jones. But the dates aren't right. There are quite a few John Forsythes, unfortunately, and now I'm not sure about any of the ancestors of Sarah Forsythe.

William Marsh Jones was born in Connecticut, and census records show him living in Hartford near his uncle (Warren G. Jones, Congregational Clergyman) working as a clerk in 1850. Our family records say he was a grocer in Newark, OH. So sometime before 1860 he moved to Newark where we find him married to Sarah F. with two children.

Further questioning ... looking for a Forsythe living near Newark, OH ... used "fors*th*" as search term which would get "Forsythe, Forsaith, Forsyth" but NOT FORESYTH. Tried "for*" and found them living in Newark in 1850. Sarah Foresyth is living with another women, both working as milliners. Family with the same spelling include parents James and Elizabeth, and siblings John L., Marion, and Susan. I think these are the right Forsythes!

Corrections in the Jones genealogy
21 May 2007 - 1:10:46am

Information gleaned from family records compiled by Bella Jones Lyttle which matched closely a genealogy found on rootsweb had some gaps. The rootsweb genealogy filled in the gap with a "missing link." But that can't be right. Found another genealogy on rootsweb that links the Amos, father of first Diodate, to Jabez which makes more sense since the second Diodate married an Olmsted as did his brother and a cousin. The cousin, Jabez, who married Theodosia Olmsted, was son of first Diodate's brother Daniel - ok you have to draw a tree to see it. But it makes sense that the name Jabez is in this line several times.

It's all in a name ...
22 April 2007 - 12:21:44pm

Found Charles Traynor (Pampa) age 9 living in Rome Georgia (as expected) but father's name in the 1880 Census is Barney Trainer. In 1870 Census for Rome, he is Charles Trainer. Pampa's father lists his birth place as Maryland, and his parents born in Maryland. The 1880 census also has the columns for "Cannot read" and "Cannot write" marked. His wife, Mary (born in Alabama, parents born in South Carolina), is also listed as not being able to read or write.

This we have Pampa's brothers and sisters. Cannot find any of them, except George who is living in Birmingham AL in 1910. No other record of him. But his daughter, Bessie, born in 1898, was in the 1920 census as Elizabeth Traynor.

And then Dad, having seen the family information of his Grandpa remembered a visit from some elderly aunts named Minnie and Anna when he was a child home with the measles (he was probably 6 or 7).

Found the Leonard Larson family in Massilon in 1930 under the name of Carson. That opens a whole range of possibilities for finding lost people in the census .... And by this date, Pampa has forgotten not only where his father was born, but also where he was born: in 1930, Charles Traynor says he and his parents were born in Alabama.

Found Pampa's mother Mary living in Cherokee County, AL (right next to Floyd County GA) in 1900 married to Frank Graham since 1885 thanks to daughter Myrtle FRAYNOR born in 1881. Mary's birth date, birthplace, and birthplace of one parent match information from earlier census info and Myrtle's father was born in Maryland (agrees with earlier info on Charles Sr).

Welcome to the Larson-Fischer Family Genealogy
4 April 2007 - 7:21:04pm

The genealogy information on this website is powered by PhpGedView 4.0.2. This page provides an introduction and overview to this genealogy.

To begin working with the data, you should click on the lists or charts menu. Or use the Search function. Feel free to look around. You can download parts of this database in gedcom form - using the clippings utility. That is available when you are looking at an individual: Options for individual menu gives you some choices and under "Other" you will find "Add to clippings cart." Then you just go to the Clippings Cart and download it.

Note that in the List area, the first listing of last names has all names enclosed by question-marks. These indicate that the name is a married-name. To see birth names, click on another letter or "all."

The Help icons (little question mark) offer suggestions and explanations.

I hope you find this site helpful and interesting. If you are a family member, you can get a login name and password and see living people as well as dead ones.

Charlotte

Beards and Lightburns
4 April 2007 - 7:19:10pm

April 4, 2007
Still searching.
I found a Joseph Lightbone in Westmoreland County in 1790 - gone by 1800. Bob Lightburn (gg grandson of Benjamin Jr.) says Benjamin Jr. was born in 1796 not 1795 as Grandma's notes said. Still need to find out if there were two Elizabeths married to Benjamin Sr. - Grandma's notes say Elizabeth Ha(y)den died in 1790 after the birth of her daughter Elizabeth. Found Elizabeth Hayden born in Morristown, NJ on same date as our Elizabeth Haden. And Bob Lightburn confirms that she married Benjamin Lightburn. He has found a Benjamin Lightbourne married to a Susanna Lightbourne in New York City and is working on determining if they are the same. It seems clear that Benjamin Sr. did come from Bermuda - perhaps orphan son of John Lightbourn and Mary Darrell. I'm not ready to add it to the database yet.

As for James Beard, finally a clue: in a Beard family message board, found a will for John Beard written and probated in 1805 in Beaver, PA willing his Youngstown OH property to his sons John and Hugh, making them executors of his estate, and leaving what remains after distributions to his son James. Since James did not inherit property, and was not listed as executor, it suggests that he was too young. I've posted a request for confirmation on that message board.

Boch family updated
4 April 2007 - 7:06:57pm

April 4, 2007
A week in El Paso visiting Judy and Ed and Mom Fischer (Virginia Dolle) yielded a wealth of information on the Boch side of the family. Will need to confirm much of it since she didn't know very many birth dates. But she did remember names of children and who they married.

The elusive Beards and Lightburns
25 March 2007 - 10:38:02pm

It's in asking the right question!
James BAIRD is alive and well in Gallipolis in 1850. There are Bairds and Beards everywhere. But family lore says that James and Cornelia came from YOUNGSTOWN. But Cornelia was born in Westmoreland County. Now how would a Westmoreland girl end up in Youngstown? Well, Joseph (her brother) happens to be there in 1820! Cornelia and James have their first daughter, Harriet in 1823.
And what about James? where does he come from? Well, we have a John Beard in Beaver, PA (where family lore says he was born) in 1800. And a book of Beard/Baird family genealogy says that a John Beard and Hugh Beard went to Youngstown (and descendants spelled it Beard sometimes and Baird other times - TRUE). It seems pretty clear that James was nephew or brother of Hugh Beard, probably son of John.
And Lightburns? Joseph (Cornelia's brother) died in 1826 (info found in another ged). Sure enough, wife Eleanor appears in 1830 in Youngstown as Elnr Lghbrn in the census. Living near Hugh Beard. Fascinating! A great big jigsaw puzzle!
Charlotte