Surname Saturday - J. Bernard HENNINGS (1856-1919)

J. Bernard Hennings

Today is Surname Saturday, a daily blogging prompt from Geneabloggers.  As I move my way through the alphabet, I'm at the H's, so may I present to you my 2nd Great Grandfather, J. Bernard Hennings.

Since I didn't know the origins of the name, I did a search on the internet for the origin and meaning of Henning(s), and this is what I discovered.

Henning is a surname with origins in Northern Germany.  It originates as a given name from either Heinrich or Johannes.  In Germany and Scandanavia it is more often used as a given name than as a surname.¹

The name Henning is indigenous to the North German areas of Mecklenburg, Hannover, Hamburg, Holstein and Pommern.  Especially the towns of Stralsund and Greifswald, in Mecklenburg, near the Baltic Sea is well known as places where the name originated.  Both towns formed part of Denmark up until the Third Years' War (1618-1648).²

According to my records, Bernard is the son of Frederick Hennings and Catherine Von Lindon of Germany.  He was born in Germany about May 1856 and according to the 1910 U.S. Census, he immigrated to the US about 1869.  He also became a naturalized citizen.

He married Ella Cole about 1880 in New York, probably in Steuben County.  They had the following children:  Frederick William (1883), Earl George (1888), and Arthur Cole (1892).  Both Earl and Arthur were born in Corning, Steuben County, NY.  I think Frederick was born in Port Allegany, PA.

I found Bernard & Ella on the 1892 New York State Census living in Corning, Steuben County, NY.  They were enumerated with Fred (8) and Earl (4).  Bernard's occupation was listed as a machinist.

I also found Bernard in the 1893 Corning City Directory listed as a machinist, and living on Main Street, Gibson.  I also believe that Ella died about 1893 in New York.

Bernard is next seen living in Maryland on the 1900 US Census.  Apparently he bought a farm in Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland.  He apparently remarried about 1894 to a Martha R. Caswell, from Maryland.  On the 1900 Census he's enumerated with Fred (16), Guy (13), and Arthur (8).

(l-r) Arthur C. Henning, Virginia Hennings,
Bernard Hennings, and Martha Hennings

The last census Bernard shows up on is the 1910 US Census, and he's now living Washington City, DC and working as an engineer at the German Embassy.  The Census shows Bernard living with Martha (59), Earl G (23) and Arthur (17).  The family is listed as living at 1410 E Street, SE.  See the picture to the right, as this is the house they are living in at the time.  Virginia Hennings is the wife of Bernard's oldest son, Frederick.

Martha died in August of 1912 and Bernard married Annie C. Gleasner in June 1913.  Annie and Bernard were only married about 6 years before he died on 25 Sep 1919 in Washington, DC.  He's buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.

Questions:  What brought him from New York, to Maryland, then to Washington, DC.  Did he immigrate with both parents or just his mother?  What about brothers and sisters?  When/how did he meet Ella and when exactly did they get married?

Plan:  I am currently working on a research plan to confirm Bernard's parents, his date of birth, and find out where in Germany he is from.  Because of the search I did on the origins of the surname, I have a starting point of actual cities that I didn't have before.  But before I go searching all over Germany, I need to find his immigration and naturalization papers.  I just need to figure out what state he was living in when he became a naturalized citizen.  I also want to find the land records for the farm he owned in Maryland.  According to some articles I found in the local papers after he died, he still owned the farm.  I also need to see if I can get a copy of his will.

If anyone has any information on Bernard or think that we might be related, please contact me.

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¹ Wikipedia contributors, “Henning,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henning&oldid=540680120 (accessed June 1, 2013).

² Wikipedia contributors, “Henning,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henning&oldid=542614284 (accessed June 1, 2013).

Surname Saturday - Dameron

The next surname on my list, going alphabetically, is Dameron.  I haven't done much research on this line.  In fact, I've only been able to go back as far as my 3rd great grandfather, Charles Y. Dameron, and I've only been able to take him back to 1850 via the U.S. Federal Census for that year.  Next on my list for this family is to research this other children and see what I can find out.

Descendants of Charles Y. Dameron

Generation 1

CHARLES Y DAMERON was born in 1813 in Richmond County, Virginia, USA. He married LUCY S. DOUGLAS, daughter of Edward Richard Douglas Jr. and Hannah B. Hogans on 01 Oct 1833 in Northumberland County, Virginia. She was born about 1811 in Richmond County, Virginia. She died on 22 Jul 1865 in Richmond County, Virginia.

Charles Y Dameron and Lucy S. Douglas had the following children:

Hannah A. Dameron (1842-????)

Maranda A. Dameron (1845-????)

Francis Jane Dameron (1849-1927)

Caroline Y. Dameron (1852-????)

Malchendie Dameron (1853-????)

Generation 2

FRANCIS JANE DAMERON was born on 04 Aug 1849 in Northumberland County, Virginia. She died in Feb 1927 in Alexandria, Virginia. She married THOMAS WASHINGTON LUSBY, son of John Lusby and Margaret B. Self on 25 May 1870 in Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia. He was born on 31 Oct 1835 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He died on 02 Feb 1906 in Robley, Richmond County, Virginia.

Thomas Washington Lusby and Francis Jane Dameron had the following children:

Charles Edward Lusby (1871-1886)

Lucy Margaret Lusby (1872-1910)

Fanny May Lusby (1875-1878)

Thomas Kirk Lusby (1877-1954)

Frederick Claybrook Lusby (1880-1881)

Harry Calhoun Lusby (1882-1950)

William George Lusby (1884-1926)

Theodore Washington Lusby (1887-1918)

Benjamin Franklin Lusby (1889-1968)

Walter Blair Lusby (1892-1904)

Asa Allin Lusby (1894-1960)

Generation 3

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LUSBY was born on 20 Apr 1889 in Stonewall, Richmond, Virginia. He died on 19 Jun 1968 in Lancaster County, Virginia. He married (1) EDITH IRENE RAITZ, daughter of Frank W Raitz and Francis May Thompson about 1911 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She was born on 10 Jan 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia. She died in Mar 1946. He married (2) WILLIE ANN PERCIFUL about 1949. She was born in Pennsylvania. She died about 1968 in Virginia.

Benjamin Franklin Lusby and Edith Irene Raitz had the following children:

Clarence Wesley Lusby (1913-1966)

Francis Margaret Lusby (1916-1916)

Marian Irene Lusby (1917-2000)

Margaret Elaine Lusby (1922-1991)

Edythmae Lusby (1924-2009)

Generation 4

CLARENCE WESLEY LUSBY was born about 1913 in Washington, District of Columbia. He died on 09 May 1966 in Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland. He married ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD HENNINGS, daughter of Arthur Cole Hennings and Elsie M Armistead on 03 Aug 1935 in District of Columbia. She was born on 31 Mar 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia. She died on 24 Mar 1987 in Arlington, Virginia.

Clarence Wesley Lusby and Elizabeth Armistead Hennings had the following children:

Gary Wesley Lusby (Living)

AFL (Living) – my father

Carol Irene Lusby (Living)

If you think we may be related, please contact me.

Surname Saturday - Boa

It's Saturday once again, so that means it's Surname Saturday, a daily blogging prompt from Genabloggers.  Since I'm going alphabetically through the names in my family tree, I'm at "B".  The Boa line runs on my mom's side of the tree through her mother.  This line also runs back to Prince Edward Island in Canada to Scotland.

I haven't done a lot of work on this line, and the information I have is from research done by other family members.  When my mom gave me the folder with all the research papers in it, there wasn't any documentation.  I have some of it documents, mainly in the US and Canada.  Slowly but surely I'll have the rest of the line documented.  I'm looking forward to finding out how early in Scotland the Boa line originated and if they came from anywhere else.

I've always felt an affinity to Scotland, and now I know why.

Descendants of William Boa

Generation 1

 WILLIAM BOA was born about 1770 in Scotland. He died about 1841 in Scotland. He married CATHERINE SCOTT. She was born about 1770 in Scotland. She died about 1841 in Scotland.

William Boa and Catherine Scott had the following children:

Margaret Boa (1787-1876)

Walter Boa (1800-1878)

Peter Boa (1788-1871)

Beatrice Boa (1792-1836)

Andrew Boa (1804-1855)

Patrick Boa (1790-????)

Mary Boa (1811-1876)

Isabel (1808-1849)

Generation 2

 MARGARET BOA was born on 21 Feb 1787 in Wilton, Roxburgh, Scotland. She died on May 1876 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Thomas Stavert about 1820 in Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland. He was born about 1791 in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He died on Jun 1869 in Wilmot Valley, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Thomas Stavert and Margaret Boa had the following children:

George Stavert (1838-1909)

Catherine Stavert (1820-1870)

Walter Stavert (1823-1910)

Generation 3

 GEORGE STAVERT was born about 1838 in Wilmot Valley, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died about 1909 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married (1) JEMIMA CROSBY CLARKE, daughter of George Clarke and Margaret Crosby on 25 Feb 1869 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born about 1846. She died about 1874. He married (2) MARY CAMPBELL about 1876 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born about 1849. She died about 1925.

George Stavert and Jemima Crosby Clarke had the following child (I'm sure they had more than one child, I just haven't done alot of research on this line yet):

Bessie Eleanor Stavert (1870-1945)

Generation 4

 BESSIE ELEANOR STAVERT was born on 20 Sep 1870 in Wilmont Valley, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 22 Aug 1945 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married JARVIS POPE TANTON. He was born on 12 Dec 1870 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 10 Dec 1951 in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Jarvis Pope Tanton and Bessie Eleanor Stavert had the following children:

Earl Tanton (1889-1989)

Elgin George Tanton (1896-1963)

Helen Tanton (1899-1966)

Harvey Davis Tanton (1901-1960)

Isabella Sharp Tanton (1902-1968)

Fulton Jarvis Tanton (1904-1967)

Gerald Pope Tanton (1905-1945)

Alexander Brennan Clark Tanton (1906-2001)

Annie Eleanor Tanton (1907-1908)

George Stavert Tanton (1908-1987)

Jemima Muriel Tanton (1911-1954)

Frank Tuplin Tanton (1913-2003)

Florence Eleanor Tanton (1920-????)

Generation 5

 ISABELLA SHARP TANTON was born on 01 Apr 1902 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 12 Feb 1968 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married (1) CARL F SPORIE, son of Robert Sporie and Louise Grundisch on 27 Jun 1925 in Windham, Cumberland, Maine. He was born on 26 Mar 1902 in New York. He died on 09 Mar 1991 in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire.

Carl F Sporie and Isabella Sharp Tanton had the following children:

Bessie Eleanor Sporie (Living)

Mildred Louise Sporie (1930-1995)

Marion Sporie (Living)

George Frederick Sporie (Living)

Frank Tanton Sporie (Living)

CAS (Living)

Generation 6

 CAS was born Connecticut. She married AFL, son of Clarence Wesley Lusby and Elizabeth Armistead Hennings in Washington, DC at Emmanuel Church. He was born in Washington, DC.

AFL and CAS had the following children:

Elizabeth Ann Lusby (Living) – ME.  Born in New London, New London, Connecticut.

Rebecca Isabella Lusby (Living)

Generation 7

 REBECCA ISABELLA LUSBY was born in Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii. She married Robert Michael Noe on 27 Oct 1984 in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington. He was born in Colorado.

Robert Michel Noe and Rebecca Isabella Lusby had the following child:

CASSANDRA BRITTANY NOE was born in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington.

Surname Saturday - Armistead

Today I make my first post for Surname Saturday, a daily blogging prompt from Genabloggers.  I thought long and hard about which name highlight, but couldn't make a decision.  So I decided to just go alphabetically, starting with "A".

The Armistead line runs on my dad's side with his mother, Elizabeth Armistead Hennings.  I don't have much in the way of information on this line, and I have only been able to go back to 1830, which is about when my 3rd great grandfather, William Christie Armistead, was born.

All that I have been able to confirm about him is his full name, his children, and that he spent his entire life in Washington, DC.  There is some question about where he was born as some records indicate Washington, DC and some indicate Virginia.  I do know there is a lot of Armistead's in both Virginia and Washington, DC, but so far I haven't been able to find a common link.  If only I could find out who his parents were.  His burial record just lists his father's last name, and I haven't a clue as to who is mother was (but I'm assuming right now that her maiden name might have been Christie).

Anyway, here is my link to the Armistead's of Washington, DC.

Descendants of William Christie Armistead 

Generation 1 

WILLIAM CHRISTIE ARMISTEAD was born about 1830 in Washington, DC. He died on 03 Nov 1909 in Washington, DC. He married (1) SARAH ANN SIMPSON on 05 Nov 1852 in Washington, DC. She was born about 1835 in Maryland. She died on 21 May 1873 in Washington, DC. He married (2) JULIA ANN SALF on 26 Jul 1877 in Washington, DC. She was born in Feb 1842 in Maryland. She died on 22 Feb 1910 in Washington, DC (According to her cemetery records, she died of a strangulated hernia.). Both are buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.

William and Sarah had the following children:

Thomas H. Armistead (1854-1895)

William C. Armistead (1857-1862)

Rose Armistead (1859-????)
Robert Armistead (1862 - 1874)

William Augustus Armistead (1864 - 1908) 
Julia Ann Armistead (1869-1893)
Samuel Armistead (1870-1923)

Generation 2 

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ARMISTEAD was born in Sep 1864 in Washington, DC. He died on 07 Mar 1908 in Washington, DC (Cause of death was listed as Tuberculosis of Larnyx. Information about cause of death was found over with the picture of his headstone at Find A Grave.com.). He married (1) FRANCIS HOWE THOMPSON on 13 Mar 1894 in Washington, DC (Service was held at Christ Church in East Washington and officiated by Gilbert Williams.). She was born about 1867 in Illinois (According to birth record of her stillborn daughter, Illinois was listed as place of mother's birth.). He married (2) MARTHA A. "MATTIE" TURNER, daughter of Joseph S. Turner and Rebecca about 1897. She was born about 1874 in Maryland. She died about 1948 in Washington, DC. All three of them are buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.

William and Francis had the following children:

BABY GIRL ARMISTEAD (1894-1894)
ELSIE Mae ARMISTEAD (1894-1977)
William and Martha "Mattie" had the following children:

WILLIAM T. ARMISTEAD
BEULAH E. ARMISTEAD (1899 - 1899)

Generation 3 

ELSIE Mae ARMISTEAD was born on 07 Dec 1894 in Washington, DC. She died on 22 Aug 1977 in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont. She married (1) ARTHUR COLE HENNINGS, son of Bernard J. Hennings and Ella Cole on 14 Jul 1913 in Washington, DC. He was born on 05 Sep 1892 in Corning, Steuben, New York. He died on 05 Jan 1966 in Fresno, California. She married (2) JAMES PAUL NORRIS, son of James L Norris and Elizabeth P about 1928. He was born on 21 Feb 1906 in Washington, DC. He died on 13 Jul 1968 in Arlington, Virginia.

Arthur Cole Hennings and Elsie M Armistead had the following children:

ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD HENNINGS (1917-1987)
FLORA MAE "PAT" HENNINGS (1919-2005)

Generation 4 

ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD HENNINGS was born on 31 Mar 1917 in Washington, DC. She died on 24 Mar 1987 in Arlington, Virginia. She married CLARENCE WESLEY LUSBY, son of Benjamin Franklin Lusby and Edith Irene Raitz on 03 Aug 1935 in Washington, DC (They were married by Reverend Gordon L. Graser at Christ Church, 620 G Street SE, Washington, DC). He was born about 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He died on 09 May 1966 in Bladensburg, Maryland, USA (Died at Prince Georges Hospital).

Wesley and Elizabeth had the following children:

GARY WESLEY LUSBY (Living)
AFL (Living) 
CAROL IRENE LUSBY (Living)

Generation 5 

AFL married CAS, daughter of Carl F Sporie and Isabella Sharp in Washington, DC at Emmanuel Church. She was born in Danbury, Connecticut

A and C had the following children:

ELIZABETH ANN LUSBY (Living) - ME. Born in New London, Connecticut
REBECCA ISABELLA LUSBY (Living)

Generation 6 

REBECCA ISABELLA LUSBY was born in Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii. She married ROBERT MICHAEL NOE in Bremerton, Washington. He was born in Colorado.

Robert Noe and Rebecca Isabella Noe had the following child:

CASSANDRA BRITTANY NOE was born in Bremerton, Washington.

So that is my Armistead line to date. If you connect to me in any way on this line, I would love to hear from you and compare notes.