Isham E. King 1919-1977 North Carolina

I have been working on adding sources to my family history database. So, when I come across new info in my search, of course I add that to my tree. 

I had the name of Isham E King, son of Isham Ernest King (he being my 1st cousin twice removed) and Katie Lee Hester, but I had no dates for him other than b. 1919/1920.

I had found info on an Isham E King (15 April 1919-1 December 1977) but I was trying to find proof that he was my Isham. So I went to newspapers.com and tried variations of the name. I came up with 12 hits. I was looking for a birth announcement around April 15, 1919. I didn't find one, but I decided to see what the articles were about. I found this:

The Twin-City Daily Sentinel, (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Monday 17 November 1919

BABY IS LEFT ON PORCH OF A HOME IN DURHAM

Durham, Nov. 17.—A baby was found on the front porch of J. A. Albright, 108 Seeman street, Saturday night at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Albright left the house for a few minutes, about 8 o’clock to visit a neighbor, and when she returned she found the baby on the front porch of her residence. It was snugly packed in a new basket, well dressed, with good clothes, and was contentedly sucking a nursing bottle with calm serenity, unmindful of the great world about it. Pinned to the baby was a note bearing these words: “I’m looking for Mrs. Isham King. I’m seven months old, and am a Mellin’s fed baby.” That was all.

     Upon finding the little waif, Mrs. Albright made haste to call Mrs. King, who is a near neighbor. Mrs. King came over and when she beheld the little tot, she took it home. There is no clue as to who left the babe where it was found. The opinion is that not knowing where Mrs. King lived the basket  and its contents had been left as near her residence as possible, or where they thought she lived.

"The little waif" was found on 15 November 1919. The note said that he was 7 months old, so that put his guessed birth date as 15 April 1919, so that is the birthday they gave to him. I think that is so cool. 

Isham and Katie only had 1 little girl, Bettie Thompson King (1916-1977), so now they had a son as well. Though I don't know if little Isham was officially adopted or not.

For a bit more info on this family, see:

http://turningourhearts-beth.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-bryant-and-virginia-victoria-russ.html

More on Isham E King:

He was a veteran who served in the Navy from 1943-1964 and his rank was Chief Warrant Officer 2.

From findagrave.com:

 

This veteran's cremains were among those collected from area funeral homes and buried on 4/10/14 with full military honors courtesy of the New Jersey Mission of Honor. Inscription: CWO2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM

Burial: Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery Wrightstown Burlington County New Jersey, USA Plot: SECTION O5 SITE 4106

photos of Scudder Carll Jervis, Mary Elizabeth Purdy, George Smith Jervis, and Joshua Purdy Jervis

A few years ago I was contacted by a descendant of George Smith Jervis and he was hoping I had a photo of George, but I didn't at the time. However, I recently was given a few old photos by my parents, one of which is (mis)labeled "George Smith Jervis & Joshua Carll Jervis." I have tried to contact the man, but have not been able to. Maybe he will see this post and find this photo...

I'm not good in guessing ages...maybe they are 8-10 years old? The middle name of Carll is a mistake. Joshua's middle name is Purdy, but since Carll and Purdy are both family names, I'm thinking the person who labeled the photo was just a bit confused.

Both of their grandmas (Rebecca and Elizabeth) had Smith as a maiden name, so that's where George gets his middle name. One of their grandfathers was Joshua Purdy, so that's how Joshua got his name.

My scanner is having trouble, so I had to take pictures of the pictures:

George Smith Jervis and Joshua Purdy Jervis

George's name is listed first on the back and he is the older of the two, but is he the one sitting down or the one standing up? George was born 21 March 1851 and Joshua was born 15 August 1852, so they are only 17 months apart in age. Which boy looks older?

I recently discovered photos of the boys' parents, Scudder Carll Jervis (1823-1907) and Mary Elizabeth Purdy (1825-1897) on ancestry.com.  Also, one of the photos I was recently given was labeled "Skipper" Jervis, which I am sure is a photo of Scudder. But the picture is so dark that I really need to take it to a professional to try and clean up. It's a great profile of him. I'm guessing he was about 75 in the photo.

"Skipper" Jervis

Scudder Carll Jervis (1823-1907)

Mary Elizabeth Purdy Jervis (1825-1897)

prep for visit to Salt Lake

I get a chance to spend some time in the Salt Lake Family History Library this month and need to decide ahead of time what to look up.

Families I want to work on:

Miller, Newman, and Westover in New York and England

Hannah Westover and William Newman were both born in England but had their first child in New York. Did they marry in England or in New York?

Their daughter, Sarah, married John Henry Miller. Revisting John Henry's info:

According to John Henry's death certificate his father, John Miller, was born on Staten Island (Richmond county, New York) and his mom, Hannah V., was born on Long Island, New York. The 1880 Census supports this as it lists John Henry's birthplace as Long Island, his dad's as New York, and his mom's as Long Island. The death certificate lists his mother's name as Hannah V. Miller, and although there is a chance her maiden name was Miller, I'm guessing they just used her married name when they filled out the certificate. John's sister Adeline also has on her death certificate the names of John Miller and Hannah Miller as her parents.

TRACK DOWN OTHER SIBLINGS DEATH CERTIFICATES

John (II) Miller's parents were John (I) and Mary Miller. This is about John (II):

John Miller, a member of Janes Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his home, corner of Gates and Patchen avenues, yesterday, in his 87th year. He was the oldest member of the church. He was born on Staten Island in 1812, and had been a farmer in a number of Western States finally returning to Brooklyn, where he retired from business. Eight children, fifteen grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren survive him.


John MILLER (son of John and Mary MILLER)
     b. 21 April 1812 Staten Island, Richmond, New York
     m. 1831-1832 to Hannah VAN VELSOR (b. 4 December 1817 Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York)
          they lived in Ohio in 1860, and he lived in Wisconsin in 1880 
     d. 5 May 1899 Brooklyn, Kings, New York                
Hannah is the daughter of Thomas VAN VELSOR and Sarah VAN SISE of Oyster Bay.

issue:
1. John Henry MILLER (married Sarah Ann NEWMAN)
     b. 11 May 1833 Brooklyn/ m. Dec 1852/ d. 14 Jun 1901

2. Elizabeth Jane MILLER (married Mortimer A. DOTY)
     b. 25 September 1834 Brooklyn/m. ~1858/d. 27 December 1917 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee)

3. Adeline A. MILLER (married Henry B. SOUTHARD)
     b. 20 Nov 1837 Brooklyn/ m. ~1854/ d. 24 Apr 1901 Bellmore, Nassau, New York

4. Cornelius V. MILLER (married Nellie A. COON)
     b 1838-39 in NY (he was in Ohio in 1860, in NY in 1864-65, and in Wisconsin in 1880)

5. Arson MILLER (indexed as Avon Miller in the 1865 NY State census)
     b. 1845-46 in NY

6. Ezra MILLER
     b. 1847-48 in NY

7. Mary Lavinia MILLER (m. John PATTERSON)
     b. 1849-50 in NY/m. abt 1867/d. 12 February 1917 Brooklyn, Kings, New York

8. Serena/Syrena MILLER
     b. 1851-52 in NY

9. Emma Louise MILLER (m. William Miller WANDELL)
     b. 1853-54 in NY/m. 1879/d. 11 August 1935 New York City

10. Lany MILLER
     b. 1855-56 in Ohio

11. Anna I. or J. MILLER
     b. Dec 1859 in Ohio

12? Sunnah MILLER
     b. 1865 New York (unless the NY State census is wrong and this should have been Lany...)

John was born in NY and had his first 8 children there, but then he moved to Ohio where Lany and Anna were born. He is in the 1860 census in Madison, Lake, Ohio.

In the 1880 census, John is in LaFayette, Chippewa, Wisconsin as a widower living with his son Cornelius.

John's death certificate, issued in 1899, states that he had been a resident of the City of New York for the past 20 years, so I'm guessing he moved from Wisconsin back to New York soon after the 1880 census.