SOURCES
1. Census- 1881 Index - Kelso Scotland.
2. IGI. Batch # C117931.
3. Census - 1871 - Kelso, Scotland.
4. IGI. Batch # C117931.
5. Ibid. Batch # C117931.
6. Hicks, Janet - undated obituary.
7. Canadian Immigrant Records - Ancestry.com database searched
August, 2000.
8. IGI. Batch # C117931.
9. Census - 1861 - Kelso, Scotland.
10. IGI. Batch # C117931.
11. Ibid. Batch #117931.
12. U.S. Census for Luzerne County, Avoca Borough, 2nd Ward.
Sheet 9-B, SD-6, ED-4 and Laflin Borough, Sheet 8-A . Quality of Laflin record
is poor.
13. U.S. Census - Avoca and Laflin - 1900.
14. Hicks, George and Janet Archibald - copy of marriage certificate
from the General Register Office.
15. Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records. Hicks, Janet -
Death Certificate.
16. IGI. Batch # C117931.
17. Tombstones photographed and information recorded during
visit to Lancliffe Cemetery (located Langcliffe Presbyterian Church, 1001 Main
St., Avoca, Pennsylvania) and Pittston (Pennsylvania) Cemetery in August 1997.
18. IGI. Batch # 117931.
19. Ibid. Batch # C117931.
20. Census - 1841 - Kelso, Scotland.
21. Scottish Church Records - LDS Computer File. Search done
Jan. 23, 1999 on Stockwell and search done May 2, 1998 on Archibald.
22. Ibid. Search done Jan 23, 1999.
23. Archibald, William/ Elizabeth Tranent - marriage -Scottish
Church Records, LDS Family History Center Computer File.
24. Scottish Church Records - LDS Computer File. Search done
Jan 23, 1999.
25. Ibid. Birth record retrieved Jan 23, 1999.
26. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) - Parish
Chest Records.
27. From a database of Trevethin (Wales) parish records being
compiled by Dave Wolven, a researcher in Wales and friend of Rosie Stierwalt,
descendant of Moses Witchell.
28. Taylor, Mildred - Handwritten notes Mildred sent to me
in Fall 1996. I think some of these notes are based on information in the Taylor
family bible, which is in the possession of Johnny Taylor.
29. Atwell, Abigail Taylor - undated obituary.
30. Census - 1871 - Glamorgan, Wales.
31. Blaenavon, Wales, 1861 Census - LDS Film # 0543219.
32. Whitten, Robert - Civil War Pension Records.
33. Census - 1851 - Westerleigh, England.
34. Census 1881 - Westerleigh, Gloucester, England.
35. Westerleigh (St. James Parish), Gloucester, England - Parish
Register. Transcribed by Rosie Stierwalt. LDS Film#s 1597121 and 1597122.
36. Blaenavon (Llanfoist Parish) - Marriage Register.
37. Blaenavon, Wales 1851 Census - LDS Film# 0104184.
38. Ebenezer Chapel Churchyard, Blaenavon - Grave/Memorial
Inscriptions and Burial certificates. Information provided by Dave Nicholas,
Witchell descendant living in Wales.
39. Blaenavon (Llanfoist Parish) - Marriage Register. Register
for 1837 - 1859 (?), pg. 133, entry 265.
40. Frazer, William F. - Will and Probate File (Sacramento
City Archives).
41. Whitten Family - Notes supplied by Paula Greenwood on Whitten
family. I think these are based on information from Paula Kimbell or from Paula
Kimbell's daughter-in-law Pat.
42. Burial Register - St Peters - Blaenavon. Iinformation acquired
from various sources, including Brenda Hyde, Gwent Family History Society, and
e-mail correspondents.
43. Bristol and Avon Family History Society Marriage Index.
44. Pucklechurch, Glouster, England - Parish Register.
45. Vital Records Index, British Isles - LDS Family History
Resource File consisting of 5 CD's.
46. Obituary of Ernest Taylor.
47. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) - Parish
Chest Records. Film 1749476, Item 8.
48. Nicholas, David - Descendant of John Witchell through his
daughter Martha. David lives in Cwmbran, Wales.
49. Davies, Mary - Resident profile in the Westly Village Paper,
April 1982.
50. Hicks, George W. - undated obituary.
51. Two page letter from Russ Taylor with info on Taylor family
history.
52. Scottish Church Records - LDS Computer File. Search on
Stockwell done Jan. 23, 1999.
53. Information supplied by Rosie Stierwalt, descendant of
Moses Witchell. As of July 2000, Rosie lives at 114 Oak Ridge Lane, Pittsburg,Texas
75686.
54. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by Warren
William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
Published December 18, 1891.
55. Frazer - tombstones in cemetery plot in Sacramento (California)
City Cemetary.
56. Frazer, Archibald - Obituary in January 6, 1879 Sacramento
Bee.
57. Sacramento City Directories - 1856/57, 1861/62 - 1879/80,
1929, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1957.
58. Frazer, Edward - Obituary (July 15, 1910, Sacramento Union),
Funeral Notice (July 18, Sacramento Union) and Notice of Probate (July 21, Sacramento
Union).
59. U. S Census - Sacramento, CA - 1870; 364A and 349B, 4th
Ward.
60. U.S. Census - Sacramento, CA. - 1800; 184A.
61. San Francisco Call (Newspaper) - May 17, 1880 - Obituary
for Margaret Frazer Whitten.
62. Margaret Frazer Whitten - Obituary In May 17 1880 San Francisco
Call, Pg. 4.
63. Oddfellows Cemetary Association Register of Removals -
microfilm at San Francisco Public Library.
64. Whitten, Robert/Margaret Frazer - marriage announcements
in Aug. 4 1871 San Francisco Call (pg. 2) and Aug. 4 1871 Sacramento Bee.
65. Whitten, Robert/Margaret Frazer - copy of marriage license.
66. San Francisco City Directories - 1861-1886.
67. San Francisco Call (newspaper) 1883
Mary Ann Quinton's death reported Sep. 20 1883
Fannie and Bessie Quinton's death reported Oct 14, 1883
George Whitten's death reported Feb. 21, 1883.
68. U. S. Census - Sacramento, CA - 1860; 536, Ward 4.
69. Frazier, Thomas G. - Obituary in August 11, 1879 Sacramento
Bee.
70. Frazer, William F. - Biography on page 681 of An Illustrated
History of Sacramento County, California by Winfield J. Davis. Published 1890
in Chicago by Lewis Pub. Co.
71. San Francisco Ship Passenger List by Louis J. Rasmussen.
San Francisco Historic Records, Colma, California. Vol II. pg. 157.
72. William F. Frazer - Naturalization Records.
73. Frazier, William F. - Notice of Marriage to Fannie Reed
in Nov. 2, 1877 Sacramento Bee.
74. Whitten, Jane - Personal communication (verbal), July 2000.
75. Taylor, Mildred - 1997 notes made in response to copy
of Nov. 23 1996 "Ancestors of Mildred Abigail Taylor" which I sent
her for comment and clarification.
76. California Death Index - Internet database at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death.
Searched June 1, 2000.
77. Undated obituary for Frances Hicks Taylor.
78. Census- 1881 Index - Yorkshire England.
79. Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records. Death certificate
for Frances Hicks Taylor.
80. Whitten, Jane Taylor - Personal communication - 1997.
81. Taylor, Mildred - ancestor chart done by Mildred, July
1, 1984.
82. Taylor, Mildred- personal communication.
83. Census - 1861 - Fylingdales, England.
84. IGI. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
85. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
86. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
87. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998,.
88. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
89. George Hicks - copy of birth certificate from General Register
Office.
90. IGI. IGI - Search on George Hicks in British Isles done
8/26/97.
91. Hicks, George - Death Certificate.
92. Brotton (Yorkshire) Marraiges - LDS Film # 6909941 covering
marriages at St. Margaret's, Brotton from1641-1706 and 1723-1878.
93. IGI. IGI - Search for children of Martin and Mary Ann
Hicks, May 5, 1998.
94. Ibid. IGI search done on Hicks in Yorkshire, May 5, 1998.
95. Hicks, Martin - Rememberence card from his funeral.
96. IGI. Search on Martin Hicks, Feb 27, 1999.
97. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
98. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
99. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
100. Ibid. Search done on children of Martin and Mary Ann
Hicks, May 5, 1998.
101. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
102. Ibid. Search on children of Martin and Mary Ann Hicks,
May 5, 1998.
103. Scottish Church Records - LDS Computer File. Search
on Stockwell done Jan 23, 1999.
104. Trevethin - St. Cadogs Churchyard - Information from
headstones provided by Rosie Stierwalt (Descendant of Moses Witchell) and information
from burial registers provided by Brenda Hyde of the Gwent Family History Society.
105. Llewellyn, Joseph - Photo of Joseph on which Mildred
Taylor has written details of his death.
106. Taylor, Mildred - Handwritten notes Mildred sent to me
in Fall 1996. I think some of these notes are based on information in the Taylor
family bible, which is in the possession of Johnny Taylor. Pg. 9.
107. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
108.
109. Ira. A. Glazier and P. William Filby.. Germans to America:
Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. A multivolume set containing passenger
lists of ships carrying Germans to America. Vol. 42 (March 1882 - May 1882).
110. Ibid. Vol. 42 (March 1882 - May 1882).
111. Ibid. Vol. 42 (March 1882 - May 1882).
112. Ibid. Vol. 42 (March 1882 - May 1882).
113. Ibid. Vol. 42 (March 1882 - May 1882).
114. Ibid. Vol. 38 (April 1881-May 1881) and Vol. 42 (March
1882-May 1882).
115. Ibid. Vol. 38 (April 1881-May 1881).
116. Ibid. Vol. 42 (March 1882 - May 1882).
117. Ibid. Vol. 42 (March 1882-May 1882).
118. Mogie, Jackie - e-mails sent fall 2000 after seeing Mogey
name on my web page.
119. IGI. Search on Mogey, 10 March 1998.
120. Social Security Death Index (http://search.ancestry.com).
121. IGI. Search on Mogey, 10 March 1998.
122. Ibid.
123. Ibid. Search on Mogey, 10 March 1998.
124. U.S. Census - San Francisco - 1870.
125. San Francisco Bulletin (newspaper) - July 2, 1877 - obituary
for William E. Quinton.
126. Ira. A. Glazier and P. William Filby.. Germans to America:
Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. A multivolume set containing passenger
lists of ships carrying Germans to America. Vol. 42 (March 1882 - May 1882).
127. Ibid. Vol. 42 (March 1882-May 1882).
128. Mrs. J. B. Sauer (Rosetta Witchell) - Obituary, June
2 1958, Dallas Times Herald, 10A.
129. Blaenavon Baptism Records- information provided by David
Nicholas, descendant of John and Jane Witchell. David lives in Cwmbran, Wales.
130. Census - 1871 - Blaenavon, Wales.
131. Census - 1881 Index - Monmouthshire, England/Wales.
132. Witchell Family bible - family record copied from bible.
133. Census - 1841 - Blaenavon, Wales.
134. IGI. Search done Feb. 27, 1999 on the name Stinchcombe.
135. Bristol (St. James) - Parish Register.
136. Scottish Church Records - LDS Computer File. Search
done on Stockwell, Jan. 23, 1999.
137. Ibid. Search done on Stockwell, Jan 23, 1999.
138. Ibid. Search done on Stockwell, Jan. 23, 1999.
139. Ibid. Birth record retrieved Jan 23, 1999.
140. Ibid. Search on Stockwell done Jan 23, 1999.
141. Ibid. Search on Stockwell done Jan. 23, 1999.
142. Ibid. Search on Stockwell done Jan. 23, 1999.
143. Census - 1881 Index- Glamorgan, Wales.
144. Blaenavon Methodist Archives - information supplied in
1999 and 2000 by Richard Roynon, Methodist Archivist.
145. Taylor, Mildred - Phone Conversation - Feb. 1998.
146. Taylor, Mildred - phone conversation in Fall 1996.
147. General Register Office, London. Marriage license for
John Taylor and Mary Witchell.
148. obituary (undated) for John Taylor.
149. John Taylor - Death Certificate.
150. John Taylor - Certificate of Naturalization issued 8/23/1915.
According to certificate, actual date of naturalization was 10/7/1892.
151. U. S. Census - Pittston Township, Pa. - 1900 (Information
is actually from cards in Soundex Index for 1900).
152. Glamorgan -1880 - Excerpt from Slaters Commercial Directory
covering Treherbert and Ystrad-Rhondda.
153. Taylor, Mildred - Handwritten notes Mildred sent to me
in Fall 1996. I think some of these notes are based on information in the Taylor
family bible, which is in the possession of Johnny Taylor. Pg. 9.
154. Taylor, Robert - Employment Record provided by Mildred
Taylor. Compiled by ?.
155. Taylor, Robert - birth certificate.
156. Census - 1891 - Blaenavon, Wales.
157. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. LDS Film# 1749477, Item 7.
158. Census - 1851 - Kelso, Scotland.
159. Blaenavon (Llanfoist Parish) - Marriage Register. Pg.
183, Entry 366.
160. Ibid. Pg. 183, entry 366.
161. U. S. Census - San Francisco -1880.
162. Census - 1881 - Gloucester, England.
163. Bethleham Churchyard, Blaenavon, Wales - Grave/Memorial
Inscriptions. Information provided by David Nicholas, Witchell descendant in
Wales.
164. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
June 24, 1927.
165. Obituary for Madeline Taylor.
166. 1851 census for Henbury, Gloucester, England.
167. Jane Taylor Whitten - personal communication - April
1998.
168. Witchell, Jane- marraige certificate.
169. Whitten, John - Civil War Pension Records.
170. Census -1851 - Antrim Ireland. Taken from the North
of Ireland Family History Society WWW page.
171. San Francisco Call (newspaper) -Brief marraige announcement
for John Whitten and Catherine Whitten - Sept 15,1869, pg. 3.
172. U.S. Census - Baltimore, Maryland - Soundex Index -1880.
173. Whitten, John G. (1915) - Baptismal and Confirmation
Certificates.
174. Whitten, Margaret Pauline - Obituary in Jan 5, 1959 San
Francisco Examiner, Section II, Pg. 23.
175. Great Register - San Francisco - 1872.
176. Kimbell, Paula Whitten - Personal Communication.
177. Whitten, John G. (1915) - Birth Certificate.
178. Great Registers - Sacramento Co. California - 1872
(?) and 1890.
179. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
June 24, 1927.
180. Witchell, Frank O. Obituary provided by Rosie Stierwalt.
No further reference.
181. Witchell, Clifford C. - Obituary, Tuesday Nov. 19, 1957,
San Antonio Light, pg. 28.
182. Census - 1891 - Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales.
183. Church record book for Grace Evangelical, otherwise known
as Rodford Tabernacle at Westerleigh.
184. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. Film 1749476, Item 8.
185. Witchell, Samuel Brown,-Obituaries in the San Antonio
Express and the San Antonio Light, both dated June 30, 1893.
186. Frampton Cotterell - Parish Register.
187. Census - 1871 - Trevethin, Monmouthshire, Wales.
188. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
Friday June 17 and Friday June 24, 1927.
189. Ibid. Friday June 17 and Friday June 24, 1917.
190. Westerleigh (St. James Parish), Gloucester, England -
Parish Register. Transcribed by Rosie Stierwalt. LDS Film#s 1597121 and 1597122.
See Banns, LDS Film #1597122.
191. Parish register for All Saints Church in Weston, Somerset
County, England.
192. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
Friday June 24, 1927.
193. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. LDS Film #1749477, Item 7.
194. Blaenavon Through the Ages in Photographs - Three volumes
by Malcolm Thomas and John Lewis, published by Old Bakehouse publications, Abertillery,
Gwent, 1987-1993.
195. Nicholas, David - Descendant of John Witchell through
his daughter Martha. David lives in Cwmbran, Wales. Information from Trade
Directories and County Record Office provided by Dave Nicholas.
196. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. LDS Film #1749477, Item 7, OP/15/203.
197. Blaenavon (Llanfoist Parish) - Marriage Register. Register
for 1837 - 1859 (?), pg. 133, entry 265.
198. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. Film 1749477, Item 7, OP/15/126
Film 1749476, Item 8.
199. Undated obituary of Mary Witchell Taylor.
200. Blaenavon Through the Ages in Photographs - Three volumes
by Malcolm Thomas and John Lewis, published by Old Bakehouse publications, Abertillery,
Gwent, 1987-1993. Vol. 3, pg. 50.
201. Foster, Brian - a researcher in Wales (5 Owendale Terrace,
Abersychan, Pontypool, Gwent, NP4 7BL) who has corresponded with Rosie Stierwalt,
descendant of Moses Witchell.
202. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. Film 1749477, Item 7, OP/15/126 and OP/15/164
Film 1749476, Item 13 and Item 8.
203. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
June 14, 1927.
204. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. LDS Film #1749476, Item 8.
205. Ibid. LDS Film # 1749476, Item 8.
206. Blaenavon (Llanfoist Parish) - Marriage Register. Pg.
183, entry 366.
207. Westerleigh, Gloucester, England (St. James Parish) -
Parish Chest Records. LDS Film #1749477, Item 7, Apprenticeships (OP/15/215).
208. Westerleigh (St. James Parish), Gloucester, England -
Parish Register. Transcribed by Rosie Stierwalt. LDS Film#s 1597121 and 1597122.
See Banns, LDS Film #1597122.
209. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
June 24, 1927.
210. Blaenavon Through the Ages in Photographs - Three volumes
by Malcolm Thomas and John Lewis, published by Old Bakehouse publications, Abertillery,
Gwent, 1987-1993. Vol. 3, pg 123.
211. Free Press of Monmouthshire - extractions provided by
Warren William Lewis (Friends of the Gwent Record Office) May 1997 from his database.
Friday June 24, 1927.
212. Monmouthshire(?) Electoral Registers - information supplied
by Dave Wolven, Welsh friend of Rosie Stierwalt, descendant of Moses Witchell.
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