Mostly Angels in the Sky

Kirk C. Dyer¹

Family

TMG ID:57661, (29 May 1859 - 1900)

Relationship:

4th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Leighton William Dyer¹ B: 1828, D: 8 Apr 1864

Mother*

Charlotte Theodora Puffer¹ B: 24 Nov 1827

Vital Statistics

Born: Kirk C. Dyer was born on Sunday, 29 May 1859, at Wisconsin^G.¹
Died in 1900 at age 40 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Kirk C. Dyer was the son of: Leighton William Dyer and Charlotte Theodora Puffer.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 15 Aug 1886, Kirk, age 27 years, 2 months and 17 days, and Ella Gardner, age 27 years, 9 months and 30 days were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 15 Aug 1886, Kirk, age 27 years, 2 months and 17 days, and Ella Gardner, age 27 years, 9 months and 30 days were married.¹

Child of: Kirk C. Dyer and Ella Gardner

Ethel Theodora Dyer+¹ B: Jul 1886, D: 1946

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Ella Gardner¹

Family

TMG ID:57662, (16 Oct 1858 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Ella Gardner was born on Saturday, 16 Oct 1858, at Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 15 Aug 1886, her married name became Mrs. Dyer (née Gardner).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 15 Aug 1886, Ella, age 27 years, 9 months and 30 days, and Kirk C. Dyer, age 27 years, 2 months and 17 days, son of: Leighton William Dyer and Charlotte Theodora Puffer, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 15 Aug 1886, Ella, age 27 years, 9 months and 30 days, and Kirk C. Dyer, age 27 years, 2 months and 17 days, son of: Leighton William Dyer and Charlotte Theodora Puffer, were married.¹

Child of: Ella Gardner and Kirk C. Dyer

Ethel Theodora Dyer+¹ B: Jul 1886, D: 1946

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Ethel Theodora Dyer¹

Family

TMG ID:57663, (Jul 1886 - 1946)

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Kirk C. Dyer¹ B: 29 May 1859, D: 1900

Mother*

Ella Gardner¹ B: 16 Oct 1858

Vital Statistics

Born: Ethel Theodora Dyer was born in Jul 1886, at Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹
Died in 1946 at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada^G, at age 59 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ethel Theodora Dyer was the daughter of: Kirk C. Dyer and Ella Gardner.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 22 Dec 1915, her married name became Mrs. Ferguson (née Dyer).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 22 Dec 1915, Ethel, age 29 years and 5 months, and Cecil George Ferguson, age 19 years, 10 months and 6 days were married at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 22 Dec 1915, Ethel, age 29 years and 5 months, and Cecil George Ferguson, age 19 years, 10 months and 6 days were married at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹

Child of: Ethel Theodora Dyer and Cecil George Ferguson

John Edwell Ferguson¹ B: 2 May 1921, D: 13 Dec 1925

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Cecil George Ferguson¹

Family

TMG ID:57664, (16 Feb 1896 - 5 Jan 1953)

Vital Statistics

Born: Cecil George Ferguson was born on Sunday, 16 Feb 1896, at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹
Died on Monday, 5 Jan 1953 at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada^G, at age 56 years, 10 months and 20 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 22 Dec 1915, Cecil, age 19 years, 10 months and 6 days, and Ethel Theodora Dyer, age 29 years and 5 months, daughter of: Kirk C. Dyer and Ella Gardner, were married at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 22 Dec 1915, Cecil, age 19 years, 10 months and 6 days, and Ethel Theodora Dyer, age 29 years and 5 months, daughter of: Kirk C. Dyer and Ella Gardner, were married at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹

Child of: Cecil George Ferguson and Ethel Theodora Dyer

John Edwell Ferguson¹ B: 2 May 1921, D: 13 Dec 1925

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

John Edwell Ferguson¹

Family

TMG ID:57665, (2 May 1921 - 13 Dec 1925)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Cecil George Ferguson¹ B: 16 Feb 1896, D: 5 Jan 1953

Mother*

Ethel Theodora Dyer¹ B: Jul 1886, D: 1946

Vital Statistics

Born: John Edwell Ferguson was born on Monday, 2 May 1921, at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 13 Dec 1925 at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada^G, at age 4 years, 7 months and 11 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

John Edwell Ferguson was the son of: Cecil George Ferguson and Ethel Theodora Dyer.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Sarah Dyer¹

Family

TMG ID:57666, (21 Oct 1829 - 9 Mar 1877)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Dyer¹ B: 20 Feb 1782, D: 10 Jan 1864

Mother*

Sarah B. Reed¹ B: 30 Apr 1786, D: 23 Mar 1848

Vital Statistics

Born: Sarah Dyer was born on Wednesday, 21 Oct 1829, at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹
Died on Friday, 9 Mar 1877 at Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont^G, at age 47 years, 4 months and 16 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Sarah Dyer was the daughter of: William Dyer and Sarah B. Reed.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Fanny W. Hayden¹

TMG ID:57667, (c 1803 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Fanny W. Hayden was born circa 1803, at Vermont^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Friday, 31 Oct 1851, her married name became Mrs. Dyer (née Hayden).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 31 Oct 1851, Fanny and William Dyer, age 69 years, 8 months and 11 days, son of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 31 Oct 1851, Fanny and William Dyer, age 69 years, 8 months and 11 days, son of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Abraham Dutcher¹

TMG ID:57668

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Abraham and Sarah Mathewson, daughter of: Winchester Mathewson and Mercy Harrington, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Abraham and Sarah Mathewson, daughter of: Winchester Mathewson and Mercy Harrington, were married.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Ruth Donatelli¹

Family

TMG ID:57669, (Jan 1894 - )

Relationship:

3rd cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Joseph John Donatelli¹ B: 11 Mar 1866, D: 28 Jun 1950

Mother*

Sarah Grace Buck¹ B: 18 Jan 1869, D: 29 Dec 1941

Vital Statistics

Born: Ruth Donatelli was born in Jan 1894, at New York^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ruth Donatelli was the daughter of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Amelia M.²
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Henry (née Donatelli).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Ruth and (?) Henry were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Ruth and (?) Henry were married.¹

Citations

[S105] Bonnie J. Wiley (6433), online e-mail address, Bonnie Jeanne Wiley (103 N. Second St., Cambridge, IL 61238-1234), updated as of 13 Jan 2000.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.

Last Edited

11 Jul 2019

(?) Henry¹

TMG ID:57670

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	(?) and Ruth Donatelli, daughter of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Ruth Donatelli, daughter of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck, were married.¹

Citations

[S105] Bonnie J. Wiley (6433), online e-mail address, Bonnie Jeanne Wiley (103 N. Second St., Cambridge, IL 61238-1234), updated as of 13 Jan 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Victor R. Donatelli^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57671, (28 Feb 1896 - 21 Nov 1970)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Joseph John Donatelli¹ B: 11 Mar 1866, D: 28 Jun 1950

Mother*

Sarah Grace Buck¹ B: 18 Jan 1869, D: 29 Dec 1941

Vital Statistics

Born: Victor R. Donatelli was born on Friday, 28 Feb 1896, at New York^G.²
Died on Saturday, 21 Nov 1970 at Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia^G, at age 74 years, 8 months and 24 days. Details as recorded: 03:40 AM Cause of Death: cerebral hermorrhage Other: diabetes mellitus; congestive heart failure Death Certificate ID: 70 031519. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Ethel (?)²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Victor R. Donatelli was born in Feb 1895, at New York^G.³
He was the son of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Victor and Ethel (?) were married.²
Marriage	1922, Victor, age 25 years, and Ida Jump were married.^1,4

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Victor and Ethel (?) were married.²

Marriage

1922, Victor, age 25 years, and Ida Jump were married.^1,4

Children of: Victor R. Donatelli and Ida Jump

Mildred Ruth Donatelli⁷ B: c 1923
Shirley Jean Donatelli⁷ B: c 1924

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	8 Jun 1900, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York^G	Joseph John Donatelli, Sarah Grace Buck, Viola E. Donatelli, Humbert L. Donatelli and Elvira Julia Donatelli³
Census-1910	16 Apr 1910, 13 Cobb, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York^G	Joseph John Donatelli, Sarah Grace Buck, Viola E. Donatelli, Humbert L. Donatelli, Elvira Julia Donatelli and Louis G. Donatelli⁵
Census-1920	5 Jan 1920, Cobb Ave., Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York^G	Joseph John Donatelli, Sarah Grace Buck, Humbert L. Donatelli, Viola E. Donatelli, Elvira Julia Donatelli and Louis G. Donatelli⁶
Census-1930	7 Apr 1930, 759 Woodbine, Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G	Ida Jump, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli⁴
Census-1940	18 Apr 1940, 439 Quail Street, Albany, Albany County, New York^G	Ida Jump, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli⁷

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

8 Jun 1900, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York^G

Joseph John Donatelli, Sarah Grace Buck, Viola E. Donatelli, Humbert L. Donatelli and Elvira Julia Donatelli³

Census-1910

16 Apr 1910, 13 Cobb, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York^G

Joseph John Donatelli, Sarah Grace Buck, Viola E. Donatelli, Humbert L. Donatelli, Elvira Julia Donatelli and Louis G. Donatelli⁵

Census-1920

5 Jan 1920, Cobb Ave., Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York^G

Joseph John Donatelli, Sarah Grace Buck, Humbert L. Donatelli, Viola E. Donatelli, Elvira Julia Donatelli and Louis G. Donatelli⁶

Census-1930

7 Apr 1930, 759 Woodbine, Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G

Ida Jump, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli⁴

Census-1940

18 Apr 1940, 439 Quail Street, Albany, Albany County, New York^G

Ida Jump, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli⁷

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jan 1920	Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York^G	telegraph operator Wester Union⁶
circa Apr 1930	Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G	telegraph operator steam rail road⁴
circa Apr 1940	Albany, Albany County, New York^G	district manager rail road retirement⁷
circa Nov 1970	Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio^G	regional adjucator railroad²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jan 1920

Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York^G

telegraph operator Wester Union⁶

circa Apr 1930

Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G

telegraph operator steam rail road⁴

circa Apr 1940

Albany, Albany County, New York^G

district manager rail road retirement⁷

circa Nov 1970

Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio^G

regional adjucator railroad²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Victor R. (age 39) and Ida (née Jump) Donatelli lived at: Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G. Also living at this address: Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli.⁷

Citations

[S105] Bonnie J. Wiley (6433), online e-mail address, Bonnie Jeanne Wiley (103 N. Second St., Cambridge, IL 61238-1234), updated as of 13 Jan 2000.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

11 Jul 2019

Ida Jump¹

Family

TMG ID:57672, (c 1896 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Ida Jump was born circa 1896, at New York^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1922, her married name became Mrs. Donatelli (née Jump).³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1922, Ida and Victor R. Donatelli, age 25 years, son of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck, were married.^1,3

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1922, Ida and Victor R. Donatelli, age 25 years, son of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck, were married.^1,3

Children of: Ida Jump and Victor R. Donatelli

Mildred Ruth Donatelli² B: c 1923
Shirley Jean Donatelli² B: c 1924

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1930	7 Apr 1930, 759 Woodbine, Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G	Victor R. Donatelli, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli³
Census-1940	18 Apr 1940, 439 Quail Street, Albany, Albany County, New York^G	Victor R. Donatelli, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1930

7 Apr 1930, 759 Woodbine, Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G

Victor R. Donatelli, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli³

Census-1940

18 Apr 1940, 439 Quail Street, Albany, Albany County, New York^G

Victor R. Donatelli, Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Victor R. (age 39) and Ida (née Jump) Donatelli lived at: Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G. Also living at this address: Mildred Ruth Donatelli and Shirley Jean Donatelli.²

Citations

[S105] Bonnie J. Wiley (6433), online e-mail address, Bonnie Jeanne Wiley (103 N. Second St., Cambridge, IL 61238-1234), updated as of 13 Jan 2000.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

11 Jul 2019

James Elbert Weaver^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57673, (1893 - )

Father*

Henry Weaver²

Mother*

Roxa Himstein²

Vital Statistics

Born: James Elbert Weaver was born in 1893, at Findley Lake, Chautauqua County, New York^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

James Elbert Weaver was the son of: Henry Weaver and Roxa Himstein.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 24 Jun 1920, James, age 27 years, and Elvira Julia Donatelli, age 23 years and 3 months, daughter of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck, were married at Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York^G.^1,2

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 24 Jun 1920, James, age 27 years, and Elvira Julia Donatelli, age 23 years and 3 months, daughter of: Joseph John Donatelli and Sarah Grace Buck, were married at Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York^G.^1,2

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1920	Findley Lake, Chautauqua County, New York^G	rubber worker²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1920

Findley Lake, Chautauqua County, New York^G

rubber worker²

Citations

[S105] Bonnie J. Wiley (6433), online e-mail address, Bonnie Jeanne Wiley (103 N. Second St., Cambridge, IL 61238-1234), updated as of 13 Jan 2000.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936.

Last Edited

11 Jul 2019

John Ruttenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:57674, (1673 - )

Relationship:

7th great-grandfather of Elsie Dora Lewis

Vital Statistics

Born: John Ruttenburg was born in 1673, at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1689, John and Mary Shippee, daughter of: David Shippee and Margaret Scranton, were married at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1689, John and Mary Shippee, daughter of: David Shippee and Margaret Scranton, were married at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Child of: John Ruttenburg and Mary Shippee

Susannah Ruttenburg+¹ B: 1706, D: c 1742

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mary Shippee¹

Family

TMG ID:57675, (1669 - 1723)

Relationship:

7th great-grandmother of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

David Shippee¹ B: 1640, D: 1718

Mother*

Margaret Scranton¹ B: 1643, D: 1718

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Shippee was born in 1669, at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island^G.¹
Died in 1723 at age 54 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Shippee was the daughter of: David Shippee and Margaret Scranton.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1689, her married name became Mrs. Ruttenburg (née Shippee).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1689, Mary and John Ruttenburg were married at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1689, Mary and John Ruttenburg were married at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Child of: Mary Shippee and John Ruttenburg

Susannah Ruttenburg+¹ B: 1706, D: c 1742

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

David Shippee¹

Family

TMG ID:57676, (1640 - 1718)

Relationship:

8th great-grandfather of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas Shippee¹ B: 1600, D: 17 Oct 1683

Mother*

Grace (?)² B: c 1620, D: 31 Jul 1696

Vital Statistics

Born: David Shippee was born in 1640, at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island^G.¹
Died in 1718 at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island^G, at age 78 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

David Shippee was the son of: Thomas Shippee and Grace (?)^1,2

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 15 Aug 1664, David, age 24 years, and Margaret Scranton, age 21 years were married at Warwick, Windsor County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Child of: David Shippee and Margaret Scranton

Mary Shippee+¹ B: 1669, D: 1723

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.
[S726] RootsWeb.com, online http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, Alfred Rose (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Sep 2007.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Margaret Scranton¹

Family

TMG ID:57677, (1643 - 1718)

Relationship:

8th great-grandmother of Elsie Dora Lewis

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Scranton was born in 1643, at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island^G.¹
Died in 1718 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island^G, at age 75 years.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Friday, 15 Aug 1664, her married name became Mrs. Shippee (née Scranton).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 15 Aug 1664, Margaret, age 21 years, and David Shippee, age 24 years, son of: Thomas Shippee and Grace (?), were married at Warwick, Windsor County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Child of: Margaret Scranton and David Shippee

Mary Shippee+¹ B: 1669, D: 1723

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Thomas Shippee¹

Family

TMG ID:57678, (1600 - 17 Oct 1683)

Relationship:

9th great-grandfather of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thanklord Shippee² B: c 1575

Mother*

Elizabeth (?)² B: c 1580

Vital Statistics

Born: Thomas Shippee was born in 1600, at Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 17 Oct 1683 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island^G, at age 83 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Thomas Shippee was the son of: Thanklord Shippee and Elizabeth (?)²

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1638, Thomas and Grace (?) were married at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island^G.²

Child of: Thomas Shippee and Grace (?)

David Shippee+¹ B: 1640, D: 1718

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various.
[S726] RootsWeb.com, online http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, Alfred Rose (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Sep 2007.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Grace (?)¹

Family

TMG ID:57679, (c 1620 - 31 Jul 1696)

Relationship:

9th great-grandmother of Elsie Dora Lewis

Vital Statistics

Born: Grace (?) was born circa 1620, at England, United Kingdom^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 31 Jul 1696 at Rhode Island^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1638, her married name became Mrs. Shippee.

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1638, Grace and Thomas Shippee, son of: Thanklord Shippee and Elizabeth (?), were married at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Child of: Grace (?) and Thomas Shippee

David Shippee+¹ B: 1640, D: 1718

Citations

[S726] RootsWeb.com, online http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, Alfred Rose (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Sep 2007.

Last Edited

13 Jan 2018

Thanklord Shippee¹

Family

TMG ID:57680, (c 1575 - )

Relationship:

10th great-grandfather of Elsie Dora Lewis

Vital Statistics

Born: Thanklord Shippee was born circa 1575, at England, United Kingdom^G.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thanklord and Elizabeth (?) were married.¹

Child of: Thanklord Shippee and Elizabeth (?)

Thomas Shippee+¹ B: 1600, D: 17 Oct 1683

Citations

[S726] RootsWeb.com, online http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, Alfred Rose (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Sep 2007.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

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Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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