Lake County
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8 December
2005
Name:Mark
BOYER
I
am currently trying to find
the family of Markwood Charles Boyer who was a fighter pilot in WWII.
In the summer a Republic P47 ‘Thunderbolt’ was
recovered from a lake
where it had crash landed in 1945. It belonged to the 511th Fighter
Squadron, 405th Fighter Group of the 9th Air Force.
I am currently undertaking research for the American owner. The
aircraft is now in California.
Markwood C Boyer flew the aircraft it on a number of occasions and I
would like to locate the family.
I am hoping he is buried in Lake County, Florida.
Date: 24
November
2005
Name: Victor
Silvestri
WARD
I found my
note in Sumter County sheriff files and it was a
note on a bulletin board on the Internet from one Candi Rowe Giddens .
. . I wish she would get in touch with me or you if she has anything on
Sheriff Ward . . . I am editor of Encyclopedia of Florida Sheriffs
(genealogies) . . . All that I have on Sheriff William J. Ward is that
he was elected on Nov. 16, 1863 and commissioned on Dec. 23, 1863 (Re:
Vol. M, Page 33 of the Florida commission records). Any information
would be helpful. Thanks, Victor
Date: 27
September
2005
Name: Mark Riggs
FREEMAN
I'm looking
for a
Freeman Family connection.
I understand the family ran either a hotel or boarding house in the
Clermont area in the 1950's through at least the mid 60's.
Thanks for the help, Mark Riggs
Contact Info:
Mark Riggs
4597 Whitehall Ln
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
303-518-1543
mtsriggs@comcast.net
Date: 21 September
2005
Name: Rosemary
Wofford
WOFFORD
Hello,
My husbands grandparents lived in Cassia , Lake County in the late
1800's and early 1900's. His grandfather William Benton Wofford died in
1909 and was buried in the Cassia cemetery. His grandmother Lucretia
Beasley Wofford was alive in 1910 but could not find her on
the
1920 census. I myself am unable to access census reports, so
rely
on others who are generous enough to help me ,. I
would like
to find out if the cemetery in Cassia still exists. I was told by a
relative , when she visited it, homes were built so close and
she
thought maybe they would build over the graves... Is this
probable?? back to Lucretia... .They raised thier
family in
Cassia and I have reason to believe she was buried there
also.
...My husbands father Roy E. Wofford was born in Cassia, Feb. 22 1890...
Any information on this family will be deeply appreciated.
Thank you,
Rosemary Wofford
Date: 18 September
2005
Name: TLIPPS
LIPPS
Looking for
info. on Roy
Alfred Lipps
Sumter Co.died in 1960
Also info. on
Minor Edith
Moody/Hicks
Died in 1960's and any info. on native Hicks form north Florida that
moved to Leesburg Fl.
Date: 8 September
2005
Name: Sheri
Hipp
HODGES
I am desperate
to find information on my great
grandmother Maggie Hodges, (Maiden name Rhines or Rynes or
Rines). My grandmother is sick with alzhiemers and I am no
longer
able to get any information from her. All I know is that they
were living in Eustis around 1940. From what I know Maggie
was
struck by a car and killed in or around 1940 when my grandmother was
15. Maggie was married to Joseph Hodges who died in 1970 and
sadly I do not know their other childrens names, just my grandma who is
Wynona R. Hodges and she married Walter Lee Hipp.
If anyone knows anything or can point me in the right direction I would
greatly appreciate it.
Thank you ,
Sheri Hipp
Date: 2
September
2005
Name: Angel Holley
JEFFERSON
I am
doing reseach on my family in Florida.
Oscar William Jefferson and Laura Jefferson of Pensacola Fl.
Libbious Kendrick Jefferson of Pensacola also lived in Eusts.
His
first wife was Dora Jefferson and his second wife was Maxine E.
Duckworth-Jefferson, with whom he had three daughters (Pearl Wynona,
Violet Ida Belle, and Lonie Lillian Jefferson. Libbious died
in
1928 in Eustis. Angel Holley
Date:
July 24
2005
Name: Crabman
ALEXANDER
I am
looking for
information on an abondoned cemetery on 445 off Hwy 19. It is
said to be in the town of Kismet. the Duke Alexander, for
whom
the nearby Alexander Springs is named for is buried there.
Any
information helpful.
Date: 21 July
2005
Name: John
Burnett
LONG
I am
researching the family of William Garrett
Long who died in Tavares, Lake Co., Fl on Jun 5, 1923. Also
for
J.oseph Haddock Long who died in Tavares March 12, 1938 and was married
to Fannie Walker Long.
Thank you ,
John Burnett
Date: 19 July 2005
Name: Nora
(Richey) Smith
RICHEY
Looking
for any additional information RE the following people:
I recently received an obit for William Herbert RICHEY published in The
Leesburg, Leesburg, Florida Vol 62 - Number 51 dated December
23,
1938. He [William
Herbert Richey . . . aka Herbert Richey . . . aka "Uncle Hub"]
was crossing Main Street on "Monday afternoon" [which would have been
the 19th] and was fatally struck by a car and killed. Apparently he was
a very prominent man in Lake County, FL because he has very lengthy and
glowing write-ups in the edition of this paper. In the main article it
states that he was born April 29, 1862 in Lowndes County, MS and lived
there until moving
to Florida in
1884. At the
time of his death
he had survived his wife - - Ms. Leeuna Stuart (before their marriage
in Leesburg) - -by several years. It further states that fourteen
children were born to them and eleven (in 1938) were still living:
Misses Belle and
Josephine, Mrs.
Perle Haines, Robert, Edwin and W. H.
Jr. all of Leesburg; Mrs. Lucy McQuaig of Montverde; Mrs. Alice
Whitcombe of Lake Jem; Mrs. Myrtle Suddath of Okahumpka; Mrs. Ruth
Roberts of Jacksonville; and Mrs. Mary Carter of Montverde.
Thank you,
Nora (Richey) Smith
email: nd90952@aol.com
Date:18 July 2005
Name: Terry Patterson
JACKSON/WATSON
I am trying to locate
information on
my great grandmother & great grandfather who lived in Sorrento
in
early 1900's
They also owned a small concession store back in the 1900's
Maggie Watson-Jackson b: 1886 died: around 1916 - possibly in Edgewood
Cemetery (Britt Road)??????
Married to Willard Jackson (possibly from Deland FL)
4 of their 6 children were born there in early 1900's in Sorrento
Hazel Jackson - born: 1915
Walter Jackson
Ruby Jackson
Ronie Jackson born: Nov: 1910
Can you help me find any information on Maggie Jackson.
Date: 6 July
2005
Name: Sharon Rice Honea
PRINCE
Looking for information on Ernest W. Prince
and Pearl
Pauline Rector Prince who lived in Eustis area. Pauline was
my
great aunt but I never knew her. All the information I have
is
that Pauline was born in 1880 and died in Eustis in 1955. Don't have
any information on uncle Ernest. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you, Sharon Rice Honea
Date: 5 July
2005
Name: Chris Couch
COUCH/CROSS
I believe that my great-grandfather Myrix
Josiah Crouch
and great-grandmother Ray Cross lived in Tavares, Fl sometime after
1923 and for an extended period of time because my gradfather Myrix
(M.J.) Crouch graduated from the local high school in Tavares, but I'm
not exactly sure about dates for that. What I'm trying to
figure
out is about how long they were there, what they did, where they lived,
and correspondences he may have had, and just basic kinds of
things. I guess I'm looking for a little bit more than the
average genealogical information.
Thank you. Chris Couch.
Date: 19 June
2005
Name: M. A. Jones
WHITE
I
am searching for information about Mildred White, a life long friend
who was a "Realtor in Leesburg, Fl".
Thanks, M. A. McxIrvin Jones
Date: 10 June
2005
Name: Tammy
Wingett
HALL
I
am looking for any information on VIRGINIA ROEBUCK LEWIS HALL
She
ran a store and boarding house in the Whitney area of Lake
County. She
was born in 1886. Her father was Oscar and Mother was
Julia. She
married JIM LEWIS who died about 1906. I have her listings in
the
1900,10,20,& 30 censuses but nothing further. JIM
LEWIS is
buried
in Wildwood (Sumter Co.) but have no other information.
Date: 20 May
2005
Name: Susie
Morris
LOVELL/WOFFORD
My great great
grandfather
was William Allen Lovell. HE married Narcissus
Wofford. The
family story says he started one of the first schools in Orange
county. Anyway his son William Cooper Lovell ended up in Lake
county. Then his son Fredrick William Lovell finally left
Florida
(Lake coounty in the 1940's. Any information on this family
will
be appreciated.
Thank you ,
Susie Morris
Date: 11 May
2005
Name:Keith C
PERRY/KNIGHT
I am
searching for my wife's Aunt. She was living in Astatula,
Florida
area, when she died. She was married to a John
Knight. He
was sick a good while before he died. She was born Rachel
Perry,
White Female, in Bailey, NC. She had a brother named Bobby
Lee
Perry, who was born in 1937, and she was born we think on March 22,
1935, and when she left Bailey, NC, she married a Hobbs before she
married John Knight, and had children by the Hobbs man. I
think
she died in 1999. My wife's parents and almost 98% of her
relatives have passed on, before she had the chance to ask about her
Aunt Rachel. We don't know when she moved to Florida. So any
help
you can give me will be greatly appreciated. I am in the
midst of
doing a family genealogy on my wife's folks..
Again,
Thanks for any help. Keith C. Retired deputy
Date:
6
April
2005
Name: KTSUMMRSLL
SUMMERSILL
I'm looking for
family that
may be buried in Umatilla. The famioy name is
Summersill.
This goes back to the 1800's. Thank You
Date:
6
April
2005
Name: Ken
Davis
DAVIS
Need
information on the Descendants of George
Sanford Davis, 1887-1960, and Mabel Turner, 1892-1977. Particularly
interested in finding the children of their son, George Sanford Davis,
Jr who died March 25, 1967 in Escambia County Florida. They are R
Stephen Davis and G Bryan Davis. Thank You.
Date:
22
March
2005
Name: June
Davidson
OLERING
After my mother's
death I
discovered she had a daughter in 1929-30 by the name of Coleen Olering.
The father was Fred Olering and the mother Mattie "Lillian"
Nason. Coleen died close to Deland, Fl p[rob 1930/31 but no
death
certificate was available throught the state. I am not sure
of
the correct spelling of the last name. Mattie's father,
George
Nason., lived nearby. Any info would be wonderful.
Thanks, June Davidson.
Date:5 March 2005
Name: Judy
CRONEY
A Hi My name is
Judy Roberts I'm looking for my cousins that were adopted out in the
late 70's I think in Lake County Florida. Their names were Lisa and
Hoyce and Carl Croney. Their birth parents were
Call and
Estell Croney. Their mother's maidin name was
Sizemore. If
anyone can please help me e-mail at (Rrichard074@aol.com) Please help
me Judy Roberts
Date:3 March 2005
Name: Gail
BOYKIN/WHIDDEN
ALICE
BOYKIN - WILLIAM ELI WHIDDEN ANY
INFO. COULD HELP. THANK YOU DEBBIE
ALICE PAST AWAY 1955 SHE HAD CHILDREN. I AM LOOKING FOR THEM
Date:8
February 2005
Name:Terry
Nobles
BALKCOM
I am looking
for
information
on Mary A. and/or Ambrose Balkcom. Mary's death cedrtiicate
says
burial place is Mt. Dora, Fl. Her death occurred April 6, 1944. Ambrose
died Jan 22, 1942.
Terry Nobles
Date: 28
January 2005
Name: Artibee
ELLIS
Garment
Company
looking
for any
information on Ellis
Garment Company. Also, Herbert Ellis who used to either own or manage
the company. Another surname associated with Herbert Ellis is Polasknee
(not sure of spelling, but that is what it sounds like). In the late
60's early 1970 Herbert Ellis supposedly rented a home in the Treasure
Island area.
Hazel Jackson - born: 1915
Walter Jackson
Ruby Jackson
Ronie Jackson born: Nov: 1910
Can you help me find any information on Maggie Jackson.
Date:27
January 2005
Name:Moc
BLACK SCHOOLS
I am looking for factural
history of the three schools in Lake County. I
am in the process of writing an authentic history of the high schools
in Florida that served black students prior to integration in the late
1960s and early 1970s. I am looking for any historical
information that is available, including, but not limited to :
the principals of the schools and years of service
the names of some of the teachers at the school and their disciplines
outstanding graduates and what they are doing now
a photo or description of the school as it existed then
when was the school established (year) and location
Information on required and electives offered
Information on extracurricular activities. What clubs or
special
programs were offered, i.e., May Day, Chapel, etc.
what is the current status of the building that housed the school?
Date:13
January 2005
Name:
Lisa Hayashi
JENNINGS
I am researching
my
great-great grandparents, George W. Jennings and Sarah L. (Cook)
Jennings. I obtained the death certificate for Sarah
Jennings, and it indicates that she passed away in Eustis in 1936 and
was buried in Mt. Dora. George Jennings apparently died circa
1930-1936, probably also in the Mt. Dora area. Thank you so
much
for any assistance you could provide. Thanks, Lisa
Date:12
January 2005
Name:
Pat Stacy
BARTLETT
I am
trying to locate my Great Aunt, .Ada Stacy
Bartlett, her husband, William F. Bartlett and their daughter, Frances
Delilah Bartlett. Ada Stacy was born Feb 18, 1880 in
Williamstown,
Oswego Co, NY. William F Bartlett was born March 11, 1877, also in
Williamstown, NY. They were married in Williamstown Sept 27,
1904.
Frances was born July 4, 1908 (I think). According to the 1920
census, they lived in St. Cloud, Fla. In the 1930 census, Ada
and
William were living in Mt. Dora and William was Forman of
an ice plant. Frances is not listed.
Since she would
have been about 22, I assume she is married.
Can anyone help me with any of these people?
Thank you.
Pat Stacy
Date:3
January 2005
Name:
Janice
Matthews
MATTESON & MATTESON LUMBER
YARD, EUSTIS
I am
looking for a newspaper article on the fire which destroyed the
Matteson & Matteson Lumber yard in Eustis, Florida around
1935. Frederick Matteson was my grandfather..
Thanks, Janice Matthews
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