Since Catherine will be filling in the Riddle side of things, this is a thread for the Bacom line:
In the 1880 census, John J. Bacom (1827) and Julia A. Bacom (1840) (my great-great grandparents) are living in Abingdon, IL, with 6 children ranging from 10-1 (Harriet, John, James, Nathaniel, Francis (age 3) & Samuel (!)). John J. is a carriage trimmer. John J. and Julia are both from Kentucky. Great Grandpa Francis seems to disappear at this point, but 30 years later...
1910- Bettie Bacom (26 yrs.) is living in Abingdon with her 3 children (Nathan (7), Russell (5), & Dorothy (3)) at her parents' home (William (50) & Rachie (45) McKinney) with her 3 brothers (John (23), Jessie (19), & Walter (14)). William and his 2 older sons work on the railroad.
1920- Betty (36) Has married David J. Hewitt (46), and is living in Rosedale, Kansas, with Russell and Dorothy in a house with David's brother, Richard, and his wife Lucille, who is from Sweden. Richard and David are barbers.
1930- Russell (25) is living with David & Betty Hewitt in L.A.. Russell is a checker at a wholesale grocery. David is a vacuum cleaner salesman.
All of this comes from census records. It would benice to find out what happened to Francis between being aged 3 and dying in a hotel room in Texas. And what kind of Civil War did our Kentucky forebears have?
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This is amazing. I was thinking of this line also, and looked up Bacom and could not find anything. Have you noticed pictures of Aunt Dorothy? She is very pretty. We imagined that Brenda took after her, I took after mother. Oh, there is a Nathan brother, any signs of him?
I feel that it's time to decide on which British Isle. Can you get past John J Bacom, RJ Riddle, and Elizabeth Gailey?
The names are so great-I love Suda for Susannah-I think it's a very pretty name. And why aren't there more Russells? Although R. Crowe is doing his best.
The count so far (great-grand level) is 2 brits, 1 irish, 1 german & 4 unknowns. We'll get past Galey, I bet, but Bacom & Riddle are tough. Colvin is the one I'm puzzled by.
The Riddle line goes back to Scotland: Walter Riddle (1645-1743)born in Haining. He died in NJ, where the family stayed for a couple of generations. His grandson, Robert Henry's granfather, William (1751-1850!) moved to Kentucky. One of his brothers, John (1741-1867), was a colonel, perhaps in the Revolution, presumably on the US side, and seems to have died in Alexander NY, which is about 5 miles south of Batavia. Someone should get down there and check for his grave.
Sorry, colonel John was born 1761
I know where Alexander is. I'll look this weekend. Scotland! Mom is always right.
The surprise for me is that it the only line leading back to Scotland. I haven't kept count, but the great majority of lines go back to England, with maybe a 1/4 Irish.Keep in mind that this is the Cantowine and Mckinney lines. Bacom is dead-ending after Russell's grandparents, and Arthur Colvin is an info black hole.
Another thing- the Riddles have been in this country for a very long time indeed, starting in late 1500s Virginia.
We're DAR.
I love it. DAR does not have a good reputation with me.
The R.O.
John is there.
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cemeteries/cgi-bin/cemetery.cgi
We haven't visited yet, but there are 11 Riddles of that time period buried in Alexander Village Cemetary!
Chan, have you heard of a Lyman? He's buried near John.
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