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Queries / Warren County KY Greathouse Line

« Last post by SUE on January 22, 2009, 09:21:36 AM »

I am descended from a line of Greathouses that is listed in the 1810 Federal Census in Warren County, KY. In that year, William Greathouse (born before 1766) is listed with his wife (also born before 1766). There are 9 children under the age of 26 who are living in his household. Also listed in that same census in Warren County are Isaac Greathouse (born between 1766 and 1784, possibly William's son) with his wife and 2 young children and Samuel Greathouse (born between 1766 & 1784, also possibly William's son) with his wife and 9 children. Samuel Greathouse is my ancestor.

I am seeking to communicate and share information with anyone who is descended from this line and/or anyone who has done any research on this line and knows something about William's ancestory and the relationship between these 3 families. Reply to Sue at smnease@comcast.net

Queries / Connect Archibald D. Greathouse to Hertman Groethausen

« Last post by ekentg1 on January 16, 2009, 10:00:33 PM »

Hi -
Archibald Donohue Greathouse is my great-grandfather, through his son James Edward Greathouse Sr. and his grandson James Edward Greathouse Jr., my father. Apparently Archibald's father was a John Greathouse, reportedly the one who married Rebecca Willams. I'm not sure how reliable this datum is, nor how to follow on from there to the original immigrant, assuming that that is where the branch leads. I will appreciate all information anyone can post (or email to me). I'll be glad to share what I have info on the modern members of this branch of the Greathouse clan (in TX and NM) to those who are interested.

Kent Greathouse
San Jose, CA
ekentg1@yahoo.com

Queries / J W Greathause in WW2

« Last post by shortsnorter on January 08, 2009, 08:16:06 PM »

I recently acquired a WW2 "short snorter" (dollar bill signed by military) which has the following info written around the edge: "Flite # 62105 R5-D # 50859 1-6-45 At 10,000' Short Snorter Bennett Honolulu To Oakland Via NATS". The bill is signed by 9 people.

Obviously this was a Naval Air Transport Service flight from Honolulu to Oakland and I have tracked down some info on the R5-D aircraft by using the BuNo (50859) provided. But I do not know if the 9 signatures were crew or passengers.

The top signature on the bill appears to be J W Greathause, but it is hard to read. He may have been in the Navy in WW2 in Jan, 1945, or he could have been a civilian or military passenger of antother service branch.

Does anyone know the J W Greathause this might be? If so please post here or contact me at paroales@ionet.net.

Thanks

General Discussion / Greathouse Point: Goals for 2009

« Last post by Rick on January 03, 2009, 01:40:45 AM »

Greetings to All,

Our research team at Greathouse Point has just established the following goals which we have adopted as the focus of our research for 2009.

John Greathouse m. Sarah McDade Line:

1. Continue to search out the missing information for his children – birth, marriage and death dates where not documented.
2. Continue to work on the time line – attempting to determine his whereabouts from 1780 to 1806 and again from 1817 to 1827.
3. Attempt to pinpoint better the specific areas where he lived from 1806 to 1866

Harmon born about 1750 married Mary Ann – lived in Ohio County; died in Belmont; Harmon born 1787 married Mary and Harmon born 1720 and Harmon Jr.

1. Try to sort out the Harmons who lived in Ohio/Brooke/Marshall Counties. Since Harmon born about 1720 left before 1790, and Harmon Jr went to KY, the main concentration will be on the Harmons born 1750 and 1787
2. Try to determine if the children attributed to the different Harmons can be sorted out correctly. Try to find sufficient documentation for all of them to make reliable conclusions.

Harrison County Greathouses

1. Continue to document the children of William and Barbary.
2. Try to find more information on William, son of William
3. Try to place the orphan Greathouses of Harrison in families

Maryland and Virginia

1. Try to track their migratory paths back to origin and tie the early families back to their roots to determine if their presumed heritage is correct.

Illinois and Indiana Greathouses and Kentucky Greathouses

1. Try to track their migratory paths back to origin and tie the early families back to their roots to determine if their presumed heritage is correct.

Georgia and Arkansas and Tennessee and Texas Greathouses

1. Try to track their migratory paths back to origin and tie the early families back to their roots to determine if their presumed heritage is correct.

Again, in 2009, we welcome all to our research team who have an interest in sincere research that will withstand careful scrutiny.

For those who may have comments, questions or suggestions on how we can improve upon our collections at Greathouse Point in the coming year, a copy of this announcement has been posted for discussion in our Guild Greathouse forum. You may read the announcement and follow the discussion at:

http://forum.greathouse.us/index.php/topic,465.0.html

Thanks,
Rick

Most Wanted Greathouse / Leonard and Sarah Parsons Greathouse

« Last post by Rick on January 02, 2009, 03:18:46 AM »

Leonard and Sarah Parsons Greathouse

1793 - 1801 - A Leonard Greathouse perhaps [speculation], could have been one of two tithable males in the household of William Greathouse Jr. who was taxed as resident of Harrison County, VA. ¹

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1801, Nov 8 - Marriage: Leonard Greathouse to Sarah Parsons

Know all men by these presents that we Leonard Greathouse and John Corzad of Harrison County are held and firmly bound unto James Wood in the sum of $150 which payment will and truly to be made and we bind our selves our heirs, executors also firmly by these presents witness our hands and Seals this 8th day of November 1801.

The condition of the above obligation is such that should there be no lawful cause to obstruct a marriage intended between Leonard Greathouse and Sarah Parsons of said county then this obligation to be void els to remain in full force and virtue.

Leonard Greathouse
John Corzad

Teste
Ben Wilson, CHC

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1802 - Leonard Greathouse was taxed as head of household in Harrison County, VA.

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1803 - Leonard Greathouse was taxed as head of household in Harrison County, VA.

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After 1803, there are no further records for a Leonard Greathouse in Harrison County, VA.

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1810 - Census: Harrison County, VA.
A Sarah Greathouse was enumerated as the head of household. She was living next door to an Edward Parsons.

Other Parsons enumerated on the same page were Joseph Parsons and George Parsons. Edward, Joseph and George Parsons are known to have been brothers and sons of Charles "The Red" and Elizabeth Westbrook Parsons.

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Source Information:
1) Harrison County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists 1793 - 1803, microfilm, WV Archives, Charleston, WV.
2) Earle H. Morris, Harrison County Virginia (West Virginia) 1784-1850, 1966-1970. Page 34.
3) Wes Cochran, Harrison County Marriages 1785-1894, 1985. Page 388.
4) Dodd, Jordan. Virginia Marriages to 1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.

News and Updates / Greathouse Point: 2008 - Year in Review

« Last post by Rick on December 31, 2008, 06:39:43 PM »

Greetings to All,

2008 has been a very successful year for our Greathouse Projects at Greathouse Point!

We had our best year ever with over 18,000 page loads for the year, with over 2,000 page loads in June alone.

Some of our research accomplishments included:

1) John Greathouse and Sarah McDade line:
a) Established that sons Solomon and William both married 2nd wives.
b) Put William A, son of William H, and William Asa into correct families.
c) Sorted out Davids that were erroneously listed in the wrong families.
d) Helped people link up to the correct lineage in this line and others.
e) Ruled out children Isaac, Betsey, Wylie and their descendants.

2) Sorted out the the three Johns - John G, John Jr. and the John of Harrison - all born around 1810-1812.
3) Challenged the William Groathouse/Grotehouse of Mifflin being the same person as the son of William and Barbara Greathouse of Harrison.
4) Started more intensive research on descendants of Herman and his two sons, Henry and John.
5) Verified that John Greathouse did not marry Phoebe Thompson in Harrison County.
6) Discovered additional information about the Greathouse families of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
7) Made excellent progress on our DNA findings and have recruited new participants.

Our new team of researchers at Greathouse Point are scrutinizing their own work, as well as the work done by others. Our desire is to produce the most accurate and best documented history of the Greathouse family in America, based on primary and secondary source documentation, instead of myths or family legends.

We made the hard decision in 2008 to remove the family databases from Greathouse Point, because they were filled with errors and misleading information. Although we understood the desire for people to connect up their trees, we could not, in good conscience, continue to publish incorrect information. The prior databases had been built on information from sources such as Ancestry's World Tree, Family Tree Maker CD's, GEDComs found on RootsWeb, and was unsupported by documentation in most cases.

We are currently using documentation from reliable sources and avoiding making assumptions that cannot be supported by facts. For example, by starting afresh, we have collected documented information on Herman Groethausen that provides a detailed time line of events covering his life in America from when he left Prussia, his emigration and activities in Philadelphia, PA to the time of his death in 1743.

In 2009, we welcome all to our team who have an interest in sincere research that will withstand careful scrutiny.

Wishing a Happy New Year to all the Greathouse Family and Friends,
Rick

Queries / leah greathouse (m) william starcher . kenny greathouse,madge greathouse

« Last post by dale on December 29, 2008, 04:25:09 PM »

my grand mother was leah o greathouse starcher. her family was kenny greathouse, madge greathouse cain, i need to know more about this greathouse line. willis dale starcher.

Queries / Christmas Calendar

« Last post by Timo Westerlund Finland on December 21, 2008, 09:01:11 AM »

Merry Christmas.

http://joulukalenteri.positiivarit.fi/english/index.html

Most Wanted Greathouse / Most Wanted Greathouse

« Last post by Rick on December 17, 2008, 01:20:54 PM »

Greetings to All,

Please share any information that you may have on our "Most Wanted Greathouse" ancestors.

Basically, we would like to know more about the Greathouse ancestor who has time after time proven himself/herself to be a "brick wall" dead end which prevents you from being able to connect that Greathouse ancestor to his/her parents.

Please share a little about any "brick wall" dead ends which you have experienced in your research of the Greathouse family.

As we start receiving some information about our "Most Wanted Greathouse" ancestors, there will be a topic for each ancestor discussed, available on our Most Wanted Greathouse board.

Thanks,
Rick

Greathouse Surname DNA Project / Genealogy-DNA Kits make great Christmas Gifts

« Last post by Rick on December 17, 2008, 01:15:20 PM »

Greetings to all,

Jim Bartlet just posted the following article on the Harrison County
Genealogical Society's mailing list, which I thought would be great to share
with our mailing list.

For all of our cousins with connections to the Greathouses of Harrison
County, WV, you might also be interested in Harrison County Genealogy
Society's website. http://www.wvhcgs.com

Our Greathouse DNA Project pages:

Greathouse DNA Project at DNA Heritage:
http://www.dnaheritage.com/surnameform.asp?GroupUnique=442944839&Surname=Greathouse

Greathouse DNA Project at Family Tree DNA:
https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=P55591&special=true

Merry Christmas to all,
Rick

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Rick Greathouse
rick@greathouse.us

Webmaster
Greathouse Point
Home of Guild Greathouse
www.greathouse.us

Admin
Greathouse DNA Project
www.greathousedna.us

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Genealogy-DNA Kits make great Christmas Gifts

Some of you may have attended my presentation on Genealogy-DNA at the
2007 HCPD Gathering.

Genealogy-DNA is a tool, like census records, deeds, tombstones, etc -
AND it is virtually 100% accurate!

Summary: Someone takes a DNA test - if their result matches someone else
they share a common ancestor; they don't share a common ancestor with
someone they don't match.

Prices have fallen recently, and Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has a very good
sale this month - their 37-marker Y-DNA (for SURNAME projects) is deeply
discounted.

The DNA Kit provides everything you need and thus makes a very good
Christmas Gift.

It's actually kind of a clever gift from us hard-core genealogists to
those who are only slightly (or not-at-all) interested.

Because, in addition to the string of numbers that need to be matched
and genealogical lines traced, the DNA Kit results give us some fun
information about Deep Ancestry:

A 37-marker result will also include the "haplogroup" - the major branch
on the tree of mankind the participant belongs to.

Most American Colonists from England were (and their descendants are)
haplogroup "R1b" - these represent the first settlers in Britain c8,000
years ago (after the last Ice Age)
Some American Colonists from England were I1a or I1b - this DNA comes
from Vikings who invaded Britain, and settled there
A few American Colonists from England were E1b1 - this DNA comes from
men from the Balkans 5,000 years ago, who were drafted by the Romans
c43-400AD to be part of their occupation of Britain

There are many other possiblities depending on where your ancestors
originated - or the ancestors of someone for whom you need a unique
gift... The results include a map, showing were the ancestors migrated
thousands of years ago.

Here's how to get the discounted pricing - join a SURNAME Project at
FTDNA.

Go to: www.familytreedna.com
On the right side, under the blue Search Bar, to the right of "Equals"
box; enter a SURNAME in the box and click on Submit
On SEARCH RESULTS page note the various projects and the number of
Members
If there is a Project for your SURNAME (or a close spelling), click on
that name
You'll get the JOIN THE Surname PROJECT page;
You can have the Kit mailed to you or to someone else; you can pay
on-line by CC or have them bill you. - the best value is Y-DNA37
(options and pricing in pull down box)
You can also order a mitochondrial DNA kit (mtDNA), which traces your
DNA through the participants mother and up the all-female line
You can also click on the Website link
On the _____ Surname DNA Project page
1. Read the Background
2. Click on Goals, News, Results, Y Results (wait for this one to
load)

The good news about a SURNAME Project at FTDNA is that (usually) there
is a Project Admin (like me) who will be happy to help you.

This is my hobby - I'd be happy to answer any questions

Merry Christmas to all;

Jim Bartlett
BARTLETT-DNA Project Admin