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Johnson/Wilson/Tuttle/Bryant

Bryant and Utterback

I am happy to provide a quick note about George Chester Bryant. He was the second husband of Dorothy Josephine Johnson Burgraff and without Chet things may not have turned out so well for the Burgraff children. Chet married Dorothy in 1941 and took on her four children during a time when money was pretty hard to come by. He raised those four as his own and then became grandfather and great-grandfather to successive generations of Burgraff children.

Chet’s mother Margaret Utterback died shortly after his birth and Chet and his two sisters, Clacey and Lula were split up between the Bryant, Utterback and Brown families. While Chet remained in Oklahoma with either his uncles Wiley or William Bryant, Clacey and Lula were sent back to Kentucky and raised with Margaret’s family, although not in the same home.
Here’s a link to a PDF for what I currently have on Chet’s line: George Chester Bryant
Chet’s research will be filed with the Johnson/Wilson/Tuttle/Bryant category tag.

January 26, 2010 By Sharon

Walker/Heisler/Orme/Harford

The Walker/Heisler/Orme/Harford Page

This page is now up and includes the pedigree chart for William Harry Walker. This family line is where I have been doing most of my recent work. A cousin got in touch through Ancestry and we shared information. I came out the best in this deal since she actually knew Nannie Heisler and could provide me with death certificates for William Zed Walker and Nannie Melvina Heisler. I’m currently going through some Philadelphia church records which verify birth, baptism, and deaths in the family. The newspapers have been very helpful in following the Walker and Orme lines. Parish records for Ashton-Under-Lyne and the surrounding area will probably clarify the Walker and Orme lines in the future.

I have a fair start on the Harford and Nicholds line, but Baltimore in the early 1800s is not loaded with online records. The big stumbling block right now is the Heisler line. William is from Ohio and his parents from Germany, but he spends most of his adult life in Baltimore and then moves to Philadelphia. His wife Mary A. Harford dies and is buried in Mount Holley, Burlington County, New Jersey – and I have no idea why! Yet another mystery to be solved with this family.

January 24, 2010 By Sharon

Scott/Beatty/Shaffer/Olinger

The Scott/Beatty/Shaffer/Olinger Page

The basic page with a pedigree chart is up for Scotty’s Scott, Beatty, and Shaffer lines. This family centers in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. His Scott line is a stalled while I try to figure out who James Scott is, and the same is true for his Anthony line. The same is true of his Beatty line. James Beatty appears from Ireland and marries Rebecca Beatty and it is possible they are cousins, but I haven’t gotten that far yet. I am working the Shaffer line because he is the only father that Anna M. Beatty ever knew. After her mother Nancy J. Beatty married him she was listed in his household as Anna M. or Mary A. Shaffer.

About the only line that I have had some real success with is the line of Margaret Olinger. You just have to love those nice solid record keeping Germans! The Olingers and Younts have been in Pennsylvania since before the Revolutionary War and left behind good church records including baptism records. There is still a lot of work to do, but the basics are there.

January 20, 2010 By Sharon

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