'Black' and 'Gushler / Gieschler' family, Ontario

[flennerz]

Unbelievable stuff...will dig through it, really appreciate it!

Reason is that John Black is my wife's great-great uncle, so trying to see what came of his line of the family.

He and his brother, James Berry Black, moved to Canada in 1880 following the death of their mother; thereafter nothing was heard of them. Their nephew - my wife's grandfather - searched in vain for them throughout his life but sadly died before I managed to turn a few things up via this chat room and Ancestry etc. The James Berry line has yielded living descendents, with whom I'm now in contact, but the John line runs cold in 1911.

Thanks

Matt

[J.J.]

Link to Cavan search, full names of parents for John are Randal John Hamilton Black and Mary Anne Berry.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,480990.0.html

[J.J.]

In 1901 & 1911 James says he came in 1888, John says  1890 and 1885?
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=71647&highlight=46
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=71647&highlight=46
Haven't found 2 Blacks immigrating together, wonder if they came at different times...

Incidently we might be looking for Clarence as Clarence Berry Black...as James named a lad "James John Berry Black" & called him Berry, honouring his  mom's maiden name...

[flennerz]

Good point - hadn't thought that that would be the case! Berry travelled through both sides of the family, and lives on to this day in the middle name of my wife's uncle.

John Black on the Census 1901 has an immigration date of 1880 but it's been transcribed as 1890 - was lucky enough to get a look at it!

James Berry Black appears on the US Census, weirdly, in 1880, staying with an uncle John in Stark, Il. It asks more questions than it answers, to be honest - such as, why only one brother in Il in 1880, and the other elsewhere? - but both appear to be over that side of the Atlantic in 1880, which makes me think I've possibly got the right guys.

Please keep it coming! This is all great stuff!

[jan gieschler]

Hallo from Germany,

I am very interested in my family history and maybe even answer some questions.
jan

[flennerz]

Hallo! Anything I can help with, I will help.

I've made quite a few assumptions but I'm pretty convinced that the Gieschlers married into the Black family. My wife is a Black, and they are from Ireland; I've got information on them arriving in Canada ok, but the problem is that John Black is a pretty common name!

Matt