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Europe / Re: Baden Germany - Now What?
« on: Saturday 02 March 13 22:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Chris - yes, my name is Cindy.  The Boness family is the one branch that I can't trace back before Englebert.  I do have quite a bit of information about him after he emmigrated to Canada, but nothing before.  It seems that Roots Chat has a policy of deleting your personal email for privacy reasons and not allowing attachments so I can't contact you directly but I would really like to see pictures of the cabinet you have and would like to share information as well.  Not sure where to go from here but here is my email - we'll see if it gets to you or not. cindy.marie@roadrunner.com

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Europe / Re: Baden Germany - Now What?
« on: Thursday 21 April 11 17:08 BST (UK)  »
According to census records I have they married in Germany around 1840 and emigrated to Ontario, Canada.  Canadian immigration records for this time period are almost non-existant so I thought I would try from the Germany end.  I will check out the website you sent - I think they may have had some family in Wisconsin that came at a later date.
Thanks for the help.
Cindy

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Europe / Baden Germany - Now What?
« on: Wednesday 20 April 11 22:16 BST (UK)  »
I was so excited to find in my ancestor's obit that he was from Baden, Germany.  It says that "he was one of the patriots that were forced to leave the fatherland after the troubles on 1848".  I am now looking for any kind of emigration list or some other reference that might tell me more.
His name: Englebert Boness born 1822, his wife Margeter Foxlanger born 1826, married in 1840.
Any ideas?

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Europe / Re: German/Canadian lost ancestors
« on: Friday 15 April 11 21:54 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to you both!  The Englebert Bones obit is hopefully  - I have contacted the local library for a copy.  Also, found Margeret's maiden name from one of her children - it Foxlanger!  Here's hoping this leads me to go further back.  Canadian records are good from 1852 on, but before that it is really hard to find anything, especially immigration records.
Onward and Upward!

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Europe / German/Canadian lost ancestors
« on: Tuesday 12 April 11 21:38 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for any resources that might lead me to discover where the German part of my family came from.  Surname is Boness, Englebert and Margaret.  The first record I find is 1852 Census of Ontario, Canada.  Englebert was born 1822 in "Germany", his wife born 1826 in Germany as well.  He is a cabinet maker living in Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada.  I can't find any immigration records that go back that far in Canada, and since I don't know what part of Germany he came from I don't know where to check there.  Census records say that religon is Church of England - could they have lived in England for a time as well?  Surname querry says Boness originated in the "south of Germany" - not much help.
Any suggestions? ???

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Canada / Re: Lost Family in Oakville, Ontario
« on: Friday 01 April 11 00:26 BST (UK)  »
Hello There:
A lot of my family come from Oakville and I see you have lots of web sites to check.  I found the Oakville Library to be very helpful - they respond to email querries really fast.  One other email address I have is for the Cemetery Clerk for Oakville but I probably shouldn't post that here in such a public forum.  If you can't find the death date for your Driver family just post a reply and I will contact the Cemetery Clerk for you.  Since the death is so recent (in ancestry terms anyway) you may have to provide proof that you are related to this person before they will release any information.
Let me know if I can help...

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Banffshire / Re: Mcdonald James of Aberlour
« on: Tuesday 18 January 11 23:25 GMT (UK)  »
Forfarian - thanks for a new insight.  Just yesterday I head from another source that this "x alias y" might have had something to do with the Jacobite Rising - that Aberlour is close to Culloden so the people were a "wee bit nervous" and thus used a different name to escape the purge of the clans.  Perhaps by the time period I am researching they were getting more comfortable with using their original clan name.  Something to consider, thanks.

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Scotland / Re: Naming children tradition Scotland
« on: Saturday 15 January 11 01:32 GMT (UK)  »
This is great - I have really learned a lot about the area thanks to you all.

Sancti - I do realize that my James birth may not have been recorded, but I still look.  He married in Canada in 1835, his death record does not give parent's names, and I don't know middle names of children.

I am working with 4 OPRs to shead some light on my James. 
#1 - James McDonald of Ruthrie married Margaret McKerron alias Grant in 1806 recorded in Aberlour.  #2 - They had a son James baptised 1811 (Aberlour).
#3 - John McDonald of Macallan married Jean McKerron alias Grant of Knockside in 1808.  #4 - They had a son James baptised 1809.

Both sons birth years would work for me.  I tend to favor the James & Margaret as my James named his first son James and his 2nd daughter Margaret. 
What I find really interesting is that a witness on both baptism records is James McKerron of Knockside.  So in my fanicful brain I have decided that the fathers - James and John - are brothers who married sisters - Margaret & Jane McKerron (alias Grant).  That would be really fun.  Someone told me that these place names are not necissarily towns but names of a "cluster of homes or farms".  Maybe they are close together and they all know eachother.  My big problem in deciding if either of these James are my family is that I know "MY James" was a carpenter, there isn't an occupation for the father James, but the father John was a black smith.
My brain hurts.
 :-\

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Banffshire / Re: Mcdonald James of Aberlour
« on: Friday 14 January 11 23:41 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you - more to think about. :-\
I sent an email to the address on the McKerron site - will see if I get a reply.  Also, checked the site you suggested about surnames and had a thought.  There was also a "location based surname", the family added on the name of the landowner from which they leased their land to the end of their own surname.  Charles Grant was the laird in this area during this time so probably owned most of the land.  Could it be that simple - that Margaret's name was McKerron and the alias is the last name of the land owner?  Will go back to ORPs and see if I can find a birth record for her with McKerron surname.

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