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WILLIAM COURTOY and his wife Elizabeth WILLIAMS
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I have just completed a complete family tree for the descendants of WILLIAM COURTOY and his wife Elizabeth WILLIAMS, who married at St. Clement Danes, Middlesex London, 1806. I have information on all of the 9 children, and full lists of descendants for George, John, Earnest and William. In all, 1500 approx. names. John and Frederick remained in England, but William George and perhaps Charles Courtoy travelled to Australia. I am a great great grand daughter of William, b 1817. Earnest went to South Carolina in 1844 and settled in Worth Courtoy, Georgia. He married Zillyhollan HAMAN and had 10 children. I have most of the descendants. Family names include Powell, Moree, Swilley Barfield, McDonald Melton to name a few. The tree is in word format and I am happy to share. Please contact me direct Judy Jerkins - collator of Invisible Threads, the Courtoy family tree 1806-2000
I have been working on my family many years. Just recently got on line.
My family starting with me back has been around Tully, New York since about 1800:
Major families VAN BUSKIRK VAN ALLEN SNIFFEN CONINE SPOOR VAN HOESEN VAN DENBURGH
Pre-1800 the whole group of families lived around Coxsackie, NY near Albany. They connect to many Dutch colonial families like Hallenbeck Klauw Van Loon and on the other side of the Hudson at Kinderhook and Claverack to Van Alstyne Huyck HOES GOES Van Deusen and many more.
Van Buskirk started when a young man from Holstein Denmark landed in Manhattan 1654 and took on the surname Van Buskirk about 1654. His family married into Van Hoorn Van DerLinde Desmarest
I am John C Van Buskirk of Tully, NY 13159 0061.
My maternal families: Dayton from Long Island NY 1640s New Jersey 1700-1890 one family went from NJ to Brooklyn NY to Georgia and then Auburn NY; Barnes of Hartford Ct and West Stockbridge Mass, Brown of Rehoboth Mass and West Wtockbridge Mass to Brooklyn NY Thornton Chapman Cary Walker Pearson Burr Twining from Bucks Co Pa and adjacent NJ My web site gives the family outline.
I am happy to share and exchange data with any cousins.
Chatt.Tennessee News Free Press Sept.19,1983. Mrs.Margaret McGuire. Funeral services for Mrs.Margaret L.McGuire,77,of 2008 North Ave.,who died Saturday morning in a local hospital,were to be held today at 2:30 p.m. in the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Revs.WOODY LEE,J.T.DOYLE,E.L.YOUNGBLOOD and JAMES HOPE officiating. Interment was to be in Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park with WILLARD CARSON,JIMMY CARSON,TOMMY PENLEY,TOMMY HOWARD,CHARLES PROCTOR and LAMAR PROCTOR as pallbearers. Survivors include a daughter,MARY RUTH MCGUIRE,Rossville;a brother,W.L.MCINTIRE, Red Bank; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Divorces Granted by Judge Yarnell. Divorce was granted in the case of Howard Williams, represented by Attorneys' Thompson & Ballard, against Katie Mae Williams, represented by, Attorneys Fletcher & Bernhardt. The couple was married in Hamilton Co. in Aug.1925 and has no children. Judge Yarnell dismissed the divorce case of Luther E. Forbes, represented by Attorney H. B. Mack, against Minnie A. Forbes, a non resident of the state and probably a resident of Georgia, " whereabouts unknown " according to the petition. Divorce was granted in the case of Gertrude Resler, represented by Attorney Righter A. Cogswell, against Dan L. Resler The couple was married in Chattanooga August.17,1927, and has no children. The divorce was granted on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Plaintiff's maiden name, Gertrude Dawn, was restored. The defendant was ordered to pay alimony of $260. Divorce was granted in the case of Jane A. Spears, represented by Attorney Harry R. Hays, against Robet M. Spears, on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, habitual drunkenness, and nonsupport by the defendant. Plaintiff was given exclusive custody of their child, Julia Jane Spears. It was ordered that the defendant pay maintenance of $25 per month. The divorce case of Zita A. Hennessee, represented by Attorney G. W. Chamlee, against Vernon A. Hennessee, represented by Attorneys Frank T. Meacham and Sam Ford, was dismissed. New litigation was filed as follows: C. L Shropshire vs.Sam Ginsburg, doing business as People's Clothing Store, $2,500 damages. Attorneys Hamby & Russell. H. G. Moser and wife, Carrie Moser vs. Red Bank Development Company and Hamilton County, $1,000 damages. Attorney, G. W. Chamlee. Willie Smith vs. Rella Smith, divorce, Attorneys, Fletcher & Bernhardt. Mary L. Grimes vs. Frank Grimes, divorce, Attorney, W. A. Schoolfield. K. A. Smith vs. S. Smith, divorce, Attorney Reuben D. Kellis.
Boy Who Shot At Teacher Pleads Guilty. Quick Justice is Meted Out to Youth Who Resented School Discipline.
Lyerly, Georgia May.6.-- Alexander Potter, 15- year-old son of Ed Potter, of Summerville, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of assault with intent to murder in Chattanooga superior court Wednesday, and was sentenced by Judge Moses Wright to serve six years in the state reformatory. The Potter boy had some trouble with his teacher, Prof. Wyatt Ransom, at the Summerville High School last Thursday, and it was necessary for the teacher to expel the youth from school. Potter went home and procured his father's pistol and later went to the tennis court, where Prof. Ransom and some other parties were playing tennis. When the game had been finished and Prof. Ransom started across the street to his boarding house young Potter opened fire upon him with the pistol, shooting six times. None of the shots took effect, and as soon as the revolver had been emptied the boy broke and ran, but was caught after a short chase ad placed in the county jail. The grand jury returned a true bill against him for assault with intent to murder and he went before Judge Wright and entered a plea of guilty to the charge.
DOWN IN A SEWER. A colored laborer who was employed in building the sewer on Second Street, was yesterday buried under about seven feet of earth caving in, the recent excessive rains having loosened the ground. He yelled lustily and was dug out after considerable work, not much injured but thoroughly disgusted with working on sewers. He immediately resigned his job and sought other employment.
A SECOND GROVER. Mr. W. C. Baird returned a few days since to the city from a successful business trip He was seen yesterday by his friends, his countenance the entire day wearing a wreath of smiles, as it were. When accosted by a Times reporter to know the cause of his happy frame of mind, he simply said," His name is Grover He is twenty-four hours old. and weighs ten pounds." and passed on, declining to be further interviewed.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. It will be remembered that M.A. Woodburn was removed from the position of Agent from the Quartermaster's Department and was superseded by Mr. Bradshaw, a Democrat. Yesterday Mr. Taylor, a Republican, was sent to remove Mr. Bradshaw, and thus it goes, President Cleveland does not seem to be after rewarding men for their political proclivities.
SOLD OUT Terhune & Sproule, of Rome, Georgia, who recently opened a dry goods store in Picken's old stand, yesterday sold out to Bass & Co., a wealthy firm of Griffin, Ga.
AWARDED THE CONTRACT. Mr. J. Frank Camp has been awarded the contract for the painting of the new Peeples Hotel. Mr. Camp will certainly make a nice job, as his work is strictly first class. Chattanooga can boast of no better painter.
ADVERTISEMENT "That Terrible Drain" Which scrofula has upon the system must be arrested and the blood must be purified or serious consequences will ensue. For purifying and vitalizing effects, Hood's Sarsaparilla has been found superior to any other preparation. It expels every trace of impurity from the blood, and bestows new life and vigor upon every function of the body, enabling it to entirely overcome disease.
From the Chattanooga,Tennessee. Times paper,Sept.1,1923. The funeral of SIDNEY B.RAINEY,aged 69 years,who died at his home at 1:30 Monday morning,will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at his old home,Acworth,Georgia with O'Donohues' mortuary in charge of the services.The REV.C.L.HUGHES will officiate. Interment will follow in the family cemetary.
Edwin, little 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cason, of Lakeview, was accidently shot yesterday morning with a shotgun. Edwin and a little cousin 8 years of age were playing in a room where the shotgun was kept, and in some manner the gun was fired, the charge taking effect in the little fellows leg just above the knee. A doctor was called and the child rushed to a hospital where an operation on the leg was found necessary. The operation was performed but death occurred at 6:30 in the evening. The funeral and interment will take place today in Newnan Springs, Georgia.
A Young Georgian Commits Suicide Because His Girl Went Back On Him- The Young Lady Stricken With Remorse.
News of a sensational suicide which occurred in Walker Co.,Georgia, about fifteen miles from this city, was brought to a TIMES reporter yesterday.
Clay Tomkins,a young man nineteen years old, had been engaged to Miss Celia Rushford, until recently, when a young Nashville lightening rod peddler named Wadkins appeared on the scene. Wadkins took boarding at the Rushfords and soon an intimacy sprang up between him and Miss Celia and the engagement with Tompkins was broken off. Tompkins became gloomy and morose, and on Sunday last his disappointment and chagrin so worked on his mind that he took his own life.
His dead body was found in the loft of his home. An English bull-dog pistol was tightly clutched in one hand and an ugly hole in the head told the terrible tale of self destruction. The top of his head had been almost totally off and his brains literally blown out.(sorry). The young lady, after hearing of the tragic fate of her former lover,became overcome with remorse and grief,and it is said she is dangerously ill from the effect of the dreadful shock.
Donnie Powers, 100, of Chattanooga died in Atlanta, Georgia., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001. She was preceded in death by husband, Sim Powers; daughter, Minnie Wiggins. Survivors: two sisters, Katie Freeman, Atlanta; Lillie Bell Derring, Newnan, Ga.; grandsons, Dennie Moore, Gerald Jackson. Services will be at noon Thursday, Gethesmane Baptist, Rev. Ronald Woods officiating. Interment: National Cemetery. Wake: 7-8 tonight in the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home
From the Chattanooga,Tennessee.Times paper,Aug.10,1942. SPENCER,SAMUEL DUNN,50,World War veteran and member of a prominent pioneer family of Chickamauga,Georgia.,died Saturday night.Surviving are three brothers,JAMES F.SPENCER,Chattanooga;B.F.and JOHN H. SPENCER,Chickamauga,Ga.Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon (central war time)at Center Point Baptist Church,the REV.S.R.TUCKER officiating. Interment in Center Point Cemetary. Active pallbearers:WADE HENDERSON,CHARLIE OWENS,A.C.GOODSON,F.E.CLARK,GORDON HENDERSON,CARL BAILEY; honorary,J.B. HENDERSON,ALLEN CHASTAIN,C.R.IRELAND,JOHN MASSEY,THOMAS BRADLEY,N.ABERCROMBIE,B.C. GLENN,HENRY MULLIS,HENRY BRYANT and HENRY SHAHAN.Until the hour of the funeral,the body will remain at the home of his brother,JOHN H.SPENCER,Chickamauga,Ga. Arrangemets are by J.Avery Bryan Company.
TEACHERS: E.V.Alexander, Ella Conner, A.M.Bradford, Lulu Henderson, M.R.Childs, James A.Henry, Wm.F.Jackson, Ada LaPrade, E.C.Lapsley, V.B.Scott, Belle Washington.
JANITOR:Ezekiel Carter.
Street Elmo College. TEACHER:Ida Alexander, B.H Logan,res.St. Elmo., Miss Margaret Hamilton,res.Street Elmo., Mrs.M.A.Logan, res.St.Elmo., Hattie Surfice.
1st Street District School. PRINCIPAL:W.H.Lancaster,bds.Wisdom House. TEACHERS:Miss F.May Barr,bds.415 McCallie Ave. Misss Fannie A.Bellows,res.Street Elmo. Mrs.Addie Harmon,res.247 McCallie Ave. Miss F.M.Hays. Miss Lucy Holtzclaw,bds.412 Walnut. Miss Mamie L.Lowe,bds.408 East 5th. Miss Helen McClure,res.133 Oak St Miss Delia Quiggle,bds.521 West 6th. Miss Lillian Rosencrans,res.Sherman Hgts. Miss Carrie E.Stapp,res.301 Vine. Miss Ella Stivers,res.Highland Park. Miss Nellie Weir, Miss Julia Williams,Miss Clara Wood.
2nd District School. TEACHERS: Miss M.A.Bailey, Miss C.S. Brading. Miss Clara E.Carpenter,res.206 Prospect. Miss Flora Carpenter,res.206 Prospect. Mrs.M.E.Coyse,Miss C.L.Dickson, Miss C.C. Ford. Miss Nellie S.Gill,bds.417 Carter. Miss Ida M.Kirk,bds.309 Fannin. Miss Willie Wright,bds.615 East 9th. Miss Kate Grigg,Miss A.H.Trimble.
3rd District School. PRINCIPAL:Virgil M.Leavitt,res.Highland Park.
TEACHERS: Miss Nellie H.Behm, Miss Marcella. Bellows,bds.St.Elmo. Miss E.Belle Cooper,bds.614 Poplar. Miss Florence Herndon,res.St.Elmo. Miss C.E.Brown, Lilian Dodge, Miss Ada E. Fuller, Miss Fannie Ponds, Miss J.E.Tucker Mrs.A.C.Wesson.
West Montgomery Ave.opposite Fannin. (I believe Montgomery Ave. is now Main St.)
High School. PRINCIPAL: A.T.Barrett,bds.Kennedy House. ASST.PRINCIPAL:Miss Georgia A.Wagner,bds.521 West 6th. Wilford Caulkins,private school for boys and girls,415 Georgia Ave. Miss Ellen M.Clark,school teacher,bds.706 Georgia Ave. Miss Clara Doane,school teacher,bds.706 Georgia Ave. Howard School Branch 116 East 9th. Central High School,teacher,J.W.Lancaster. Miss Ella W.Smith,school teacher,res.706 Georgia Ave. Miss Eloise M.Smith,school teacher,res. 627 Boyce.
Despite obstacles set in his path, he stayed committed to seeking racial harmony. Edgar William Gordon, a window cleaner by trade, played an antique alto horn in the 1st Brigade Civil War Band for nearly 30 years and once performed an impromptu singing duet with the city's mayor. A religious man who pasted biblical and philosophic sayings on his car, Gordon, 79, died Thursday at Sinai Samaritan Medical Center. He had heart surgery several months ago. He was known for his smiles, his enthusiasm, his duties as a Democratic poll worker for 48 years, his frequent opinion pieces in The Milwaukee Journal and his efforts to bring whites and blacks together. "He was always trying to bridge that (racial) gap," said his daughter, Patricia Chyphes. "He wanted the white people to know the positive things about black people." Gordon was born in Greenwood, Miss., on Sept. 7, 1917. At age 2, he moved to Milwaukee with his parents, Bernice and Percy Gordon. A graduate of Lincoln High School, he later told about a taste of discrimination when he enrolled in a post-high school baking course in the 1930s. "Even though I became the most qualified student," he wrote, the instructor "never sent me to a baker shop as a helper because he feared they would not accept me and I'd be greatly discouraged. He did not seem to understand that nothing could be worse than seeing less qualified white kids being tossed the ball." For 14 years in the 1940s and '50s, he and his family attended a nearly all-white church and actively participated in its programs and services. It was a blow to Gordon that, when he applied for membership, the church turned him down. Some years later, he joined the predominantly white North Shore Presbyterian Church, where he became a deacon and member of the choir and occasionally rang the hand bells or played the trumpet. It was there in 1988 that he sang the duet with Mayor John Norquist, who was visiting the church. "I remember singing with him fondly," Norquist said Friday. "The song was 'His Eye Is on the Sparrow.'" We've felt blessed to have Edgar with us," said the Rev. Elizabeth Stafford, North Shore's associate pastor. "He is much beloved here." Gordon eventually had to give up the choir because his eyes were getting bad and he could no longer read the music, said Sam Kashou, co=chairman of the deacon board. However, he did not give up his habit of sending letters on religion and his personal feelings to selected church members, his family and friends. He often quoted from the Bible and, "while washing windows, at the drop of the hat, he would start evangelizing," Kashou said. Actually, Gordon did not wash windows. He cleaned them. "People want their windows cleaned, not just washed," he would explain. Gordon tried to follow his father into foundry labor, but that, like a job with the gas company, didn't work out. He went on welfare for a year to help support his family but did not like it and vowed to repay every cent. He did. While working for a window washing firm, Gordon decided he could start his own company; Beacon Window cleaners was the result. With no employees but himself, he cleaned windows at businesses throughout the city and at large private homes on the east side. He retired about 10 years ago and closed his business. He had been playing a horn, trumpet or cornet much of his life, and he frequently played in volunteer bands around the city. But Gordon's longest attachment was with the 1st Brigade Band, an organization based on a Wisconsin unit that accompanied Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman on his march through Georgia. The band uses instruments from that period and has recorded numerous tapes and compact discs and given concerts through the nation. Gordon was with the band in 1990 when it played in Washington, D.C., leading the 125th anniversary commemoration of the Grand Review Parade, which celebrated the end of the Civil War. Despite his failing eyesight, he played with the 1st Brigade Band until last year. "He had a lot of the music memorized," said his friend, Barbara Lauterbach, who plays trumpet. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at Northwest Funeral Chapel, 630 W. Hampton Ave., with the service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at North Shore Presbyterian, 4049 Bartlett Ave. He is survived by his wife, Juanita, of Milwaukee, and three children, Patricia, of Wauwatosa, Virginia Gordon, of Milwaukee, and Carlyle Gordon, of Detroit. Another son, Albert, preceded him in death.
Carlyle was born on May 10, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the fourth child of five born to Edgar Gordon and Juanita Knott Gordon. Carlyle's parents; one brother, Albert Gordon; and one sister, "Baby" Gordon preceded him in death. Carlyle confessed a hope in Christ early in life. He attended the Wisconsin Public Schools and graduated from North Division High School. Upon completion of high school, Carlyle served in the United States Marine Corps receiving an honorable discharge. He had an ambition to be an R & B entertainer. He sang with the Impalas of California. In 1966, he was united in Holy Matrimony to Patricia Wright. Two children were born to this union. Tonya Marie (preceded him in death) and Tasha Shawntay Gordon. Carlyle moved to Westland, Michigan in 1967. He was employed as a millwright, at Ford Motor Co., Michigan Truck Plant until he became ill in June of 2001. He was known as "Sweet Pea." Everyone knew he loved his job. In 1980, Carlyle met Nancy Pace. Together they had one son, Carlyle Pace. Carlyle departed this life on Tuesday, September 18. 2001. He leaves to cherish his memory, one daughter, Tasha Shawntay Gordon of Romulus, MI; one son, Carlyle Pace of Romulus, MI; two sisters: Patricia (Cleodis) Chyphes, of Wauwatosa, WI and Virginia Gordon of Milwaukee, WI; two nephews: Orville Gordon of New York, and Paul Gordon of Milwaukee; uncle Frank Gordon of Georgia; goddaughter, Kimberly Campbell Fultz, and a special significant other, Nancy Pace. Interment United Memorial Gardens, Plymouth, Michigan.
The first week of Sept. 1923.Either 2nd or 3rd day.
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Georgia Bessie Moss., aged 22,died at a local hospital at 10 o'clock last night after a short illness. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Alice Moss; one sister, Mrs. M. M. Wright, and seven brothers, J. K., E. S., R. L., W. T., J. M., C.C., and J. T. Moss. The body was removed to the funeral parlors of the Harry E. Chapman company and prepared for burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Funeral services for Georgia Bessie Moss who died in a local hospital Sunday night will be held from the residence, 1213 Fourteenth street at 8:30 o'clock tonight. The Rev. James N. Poe officiating. The body will be forwarded by the Harry E. Chapman company to Scottsboro, Ala. Thursday morning for interment.
The first week of Sept. 1923.Either 2nd or 3rd day.
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Georgia Bessie Moss., aged 22,died at a local hospital at 10 o'clock last night after a short illness. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Alice Moss; one sister, Mrs. M. M. Wright, and seven brothers, J. K., E. S., R. L., W. T., J. M., C.C., and J. T. Moss. The body was removed to the funeral parlors of the Harry E. Chapman company and prepared for burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Funeral services for Georgia Bessie Moss who died in a local hospital Sunday night will be held from the residence, 1213 Fourteenth street at 8:30 o'clock tonight. The Rev. James N. Poe officiating. The body will be forwarded by the Harry E. Chapman company to Scottsboro, Ala. Thursday morning for interment.
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