Kosciusko County, Indiana 
Posted Queries for February 1997
SURNAMES: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Surnames: BLUE, HOPPUS
Researcher: Linda Allred Cooper
Email: LACooper@CompuServe.com
Date posted: Sunday, February 2, 1997
Seeking information on the HOPPUS and BLUE families of Warsaw, Kosciusko County. I have some info on both families that I am willing to share and am always looking for new cousins. Just click on my name to e-mail me or write P.O. Box 415, Pittsboro, NC 27312.
- Surnames: CRITES, RIDER
Researcher: Gerald Fecht
Email: gfecht@loop.com
Date posted: Sunday, February 9, 1997
Seeking information about the burial site of Eliza (Crites) Rider, the mother of Josiah Crites. Josiah was son of John Crites buried in Indiana Village. Seeking location of.
- Surnames: GEESEY, GIESE, KEESEY
Researcher: Mark Geesey
Email: geeseym@cofc.edu
Date posted: Monday, February 10, 1997
I am reseaching the GIESE/GEESEY/KEESEY (among other spelling variations) descendants of Conrad GIESE who came to America in 1741 and settled in York Co., PA. From my documents (written in the 1930's) I have traced several KEESEY families to Indiana, Ohio, and Iowa. If your sur name is KEESEY please contact me so I can share my information with you.
- Surnames: POTTENGER, RIZER, THRALLS
Researcher: Kathleen Rizer
Email: rizerk@erinet.com
Date posted: Monday, February 10, 1997
Seeking data on George R. Thralls, and wife Hetty Ann Pottenger. In 1880 Hetty was apparently living in Florida. George R. (Rizer?) Thralls was born in Ohio, probably Preble or Montgomery Co, the son of Richard Thralls. George R. Thralls was in Koscuisko Co. by 1844. How are these Thralls related to the Rizer family of Maryland, and Ohio?
- Surnames: CALKINS
Researcher: Douglas V. Smith
Email: nina.swaim@valley.net
Date posted: Thursday, February 13, 1997
Searching for dates and places of death and burial of Alva CALKINS born about 1798 and of Kosciusko County mid-1850's. Douglas V. Smith, Box 65, Sharon, VT 05065.
- Surnames: BELL, GUY
Researcher: James Clark
Email: james.clark1@sympatico.ca
Date posted: Friday, February 14, 1997
I am searching for the parents of Eliza BELL, b. abt. 1858 The March 27, 1879 issue of 'The Bourbon Mirror' lists the marriage of Mr. George Thornburg (b. Aug. 2, 1858,d. Jan. 13, 1926) and Miss Eliza Bell of Stoney Point, Kosciusko Cty. Marriage date March 23, 1879. The 1880 Census of Fulton Cty Henry Twp lists Geo. Thornburg and his wife Eliza. A., both 22 yrs old, and their daughter, Rilla (Rilla's full name was Aurilla Windola Thornburg, b. Feb. 16, 1880 d. Nov. 18,1961) Rilla was my grandmother. She married Thomas Lewis GUY on Oct. 22, 1899 and moved to Manitoba Canada in 1901.
- Surnames: KIMES
Researcher: Nancy Thomson
Email: nancy@funnybusiness.com
Date posted: Saturday, February 15, 1997
Seeking any information on John KIMES and/or his sister Sarah KIMES who moved to Kosciusko County sometime ca 1850; and their brother (first name unknown) who moved from Wayne Co., Ohio, to DeKalb County, Indiana, in 1848 with his wife and 12 children: David, Elizabeth, Josiah, Jake, Kathryn, Dan, George, William, Andrew, Sarah, Jane, Harvey and Mandy. Thank you very much.
- Surnames: BOWEN, DEWART, JUDAY, MATHEWS, ROOP
Researcher: Margie Pearce
Email: fungymm@i-55.com
Date posted: Monday, February 17, 1997
ROOP I am trying to find the families of Andrew J. Roop (1837-1909) and Ruth BOWEN (1839-?) who lived in Kosciusko Co. after 1871. Their children include: John W. Roop who married Clara JUDAY Mary E. (May) Roop who married James DEWART Anna M. Roop who married Ernest MATHEWS.
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Researcher: Dr. Ronald C. Warner
Email: ronwarn@iquest.net
Date posted: Sunday, February 23, 1997
I am interested in the history of the original German Baptist Church that became the Church of the Brethren, especially as it relates to churches in Jackson Township, Kosciusko County (Pierceton, Sidney, Spring Creek and Eel River congregations). I will read, interpret and translate free of charge into English any old German documents, church or family records from Kosciusko County. I am a professor of German at Ball State University whose ancestors were members of German Baptist congregations near Sidney, IN.
- Surnames: GUY, INGALLS, MAGEE, OSWALT, STIFFLER, TRUMP
Researcher: Don Leiter
Email: d.leiter@worldnet.att.net
Date posted: Thursday, February 27, 1997
I am researching the Magee family in Kosciusko County. I am also looking for any information on the Ingalls family. My great grandfather was George Walter Magee, he was married to Alice Carey Ingalls on 16 April, 1879 in Kosciusko county. They had the following children: Berneice married Frank Guy, Alice married Oswalt, Flora (Flossie) married Stiffler?, Victoria married Rollin Scott, Arthur Morton married Vida Mae Stiffler, Walter Magee, Edna Ellen Magee married Harry Amos Stiffler, Edith Magee married Patterson Trump. Any information anyone can add to what I have on the Magee and Ingalls family would be greatly appreciated.
- Surnames: HOLDERMAN, PERRY, RUPLE, STIFFLER
Researcher: Don Leiter
Email: d.leiter@worldnet.att.net
Date posted: Thursday, February 27, 1997
I am researching the Ruple family in Kosciusko County. My great great grandfather William {Ruple} was a civil war soldier from Kosciusko county, he married Matilda Angle on 29 January 1860 and I believe enlisted in the Union Army in February 1865 possibly with a relative Allen Ruple they both enlisted on the same day and served in the same company. My gg grandparents had the following children: Irene married William Milton Stiffler, Aurelia " Dennis Stiffler (William Milton's brother), Mate " Jesse Perry, John " Rosetta Holderman, Allen " Jenny, Jesse " Lula.
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