Genealogy Section Updated
Posted by admin in Family Histories on June 13, 2010
I updated the genealogy section with my current database. This includes the Elder John Strong line for the 1600s through 1800s. (John Strong’s daughter Sarah married Joseph Barnard.) This also includes much of the Henderson line, of Indiana County Pennsylvania and Callaway/Boone Counties, Missouri. Emily Boone, grand-daughter of Daniel Boone, married Judge Henderson, so you’ll parts of the Boone and Callaway lines as well!
The Queen Victoria Connection
Posted by admin in Family Histories on June 17, 2009
There is a family legend that one of our ancestors was a distant cousin of Queen Victoria. My sister was named Victoria because of this legend!
The story comes from my grandmother Esther (Agnew) Barnard, and especially from her sister, my Great-Aunt Wilna McCaskey. Esther and Wilna’s mother Audrey (Agnew) Aber had a father or grandfather who was a distant cousin of Queen Victoria. When he was traveling by ship from England to the United States, Queen Victoria met him on the dock and gave him a small spoon from her collection in remembrance of their relationship. That spoon remains in the family to this day.
We know who the person must have been – both of Audrey’s parents, three out of four grandparents, and parents of those three grandparents were all born in Pennsylvania. They could not have emigrated from England during Queen Victoria’s time! Audrey’s grandfather William G. Allen emigrated from England to Pennsylvania when age 21, during Queen Victoria’s reign, so he exactly fits the story.
William arrived in the United States 6 February 1848 at the Port of New York. On Saturday 22 December 1849, he declared his intention of becoming a citizen at the Clarion County Courthouse. He became a citizen 9 February 1855. He was a coal miner, and died in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 9 Jan 1892.
We’d love to confirm the story… perhaps his obituary might say something of the legend. Or give more information about his parents, and their obituaries might give us more information.
It’s the Grand Re-Opening!
Posted by admin in Webmaster's Corner on June 17, 2009
Hey, everyone! The Barnard-Dierlam Genealogy site is finally back open! Check the Genealogy page for everything I currently have on line.
I have two family trees in there. The “Older Genealogy” tree is everything I had up through about 2007. That’s where I learned to not just copy anything that’s handed to me. It’s not as carefully done as it might be
The main tree is smaller but holds to a higher standard. It’s the best information I have for each person, documented as carefully as possible in correct form. It gets updated regularly.
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