Florence Hulda BOYERS

[25868]

27 JAN 1889 - 27 JUL 1966

Father: Dealton Adelbert BOYERS
Mother: Laura Rebecca MILEY


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                            _Jacob BOYERS _______|
                           | (1824 - 1864) m 1844|
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 _Dealton Adelbert BOYERS _|
| (1857 - 1940) m 1878     |
|                          |                                                                  _John JEWELL ________
|                          |                                                                 | (1745 - 1829)       
|                          |                                            _William JEWELL _____|_Katherine BOEHNETT _
|                          |                                           | (1770 - 1819) m 1795  (1748 - 1832)       
|                          |                      _Joseph JEWELL ______|
|                          |                     | (1797 - 1854) m 1822|
|                          |                     |                     |                      _John JONES _________
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|                          |                     |                     |_Nancy JONES ________|_Lydia WHITTON ______
|                          |                     |                       (1778 - 1858) m 1795                      
|                          |_Lydia JEWELL _______|
|                            (1824 - 1898) m 1844|
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|                                                |                      _John TREMAINS ______|_____________________
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|                                                |_Hannah TREMAINS ____|
|                                                  (1802 - 1885) m 1822|
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|
|--Florence Hulda BOYERS 
|  (1889 - 1966)
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|_Laura Rebecca MILEY _____|
  (1861 - 1934) m 1878     |
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[25868] Mark Lozer of the Fulton Co. Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society on the chapter web site states that Florence m. 9 July 1908 in Fulton Co. to Bert Shaffer (b. 21 Dec 1885, d. 20 March 1969), son of Henry Washington Shaffer and Carrie Haughton.

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Robert Kenneth CONNOR

[6590]

2 DEC 1900 - 3 FEB 1980

Father: Robert Arno CONNER
Mother: Nora E. COLSON

Family 1 : Abbie May SMITH
  1.  Edna May CONNOR
  2. +Kenneth Arnold CONNOR
  3. +Caroline Dora CONNOR
  4. +Marguerite Eva CONNOR
  5. +Herbert Richard CONNOR
  6.  Annette Elizabeth CONNOR
  7. +Lillian Mae CONNOR

                                                                                                           _John Durrell (Jr) CONNER _+
                                                                                                          | (1741 - 1824)             
                                                                             _William CONNER _____________|_Alis STOVER ______________
                                                                            | (1774 - ....) m 1802          (1756 - ....)             
                                               _William Henry (Jr.) CONNER _|
                                              | (1809 - 1884) m 1829        |
                                              |                             |                              _David (Jr.) DUNBAR _______+
                                              |                             |                             | (1756 - 1841) m 1779      
                                              |                             |_Elizabeth ("Betsy") DUNBAR _|_Elizabeth ELMS ___________
                                              |                               (1781 - 1867) m 1802          (1743 - ....)             
                       _Ezra S. CONNER _______|
                      | (1841 - 1912) m 1867  |
                      |                       |                                                            _William SNOWMAN __________+
                      |                       |                                                           | (1765 - 1839) m 1790      
                      |                       |                              _Robert SNOWMAN _____________|_Judith HUTCHINGS _________
                      |                       |                             | (1790 - 1812) m 1810          (1772 - 1862)             
                      |                       |_Emaline SNOWMAN ____________|
                      |                         (1811 - 1880) m 1829        |
                      |                                                     |                              _Alexander MCCASLIN _______+
                      |                                                     |                             | (1763 - 1853) m 1788      
                      |                                                     |_Hannah MCCASLIN ____________|_Abigail GRAY _____________
                      |                                                       (1792 - 1871) m 1810          (1768 - ....)             
 _Robert Arno CONNER _|
| (1878 - 1942)       |
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|                     |                                                      _David ORDWAY _______________|___________________________
|                     |                                                     |  m 1810                                                 
|                     |                        _James S. ORDWAY ____________|
|                     |                       | (1817 - 1892) m 1837        |
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|                     |                       |                             |_Mary ("Polly") HORNE _______|___________________________
|                     |                       |                                m 1810                                                 
|                     |_Ada ORDWAY ___________|
|                       (1853 - 1935) m 1867  |
|                                             |                                                            _Jeremiah STOVER __________+
|                                             |                                                           | (1750 - ....) m 1779      
|                                             |                              _James STOVER _______________|_Olive CARY _______________
|                                             |                             | (1788 - 1850) m 1807          (1758 - ....)             
|                                             |_Eliza J. STOVER ____________|
|                                               (1819 - 1915) m 1837        |
|                                                                           |                              _William REIDHEAD _________+
|                                                                           |                             | (1756 - 1811)             
|                                                                           |_Elizabeth REIDHEAD _________|_Olive BANKS ______________
|                                                                             (1787 - 1848) m 1807          (1766 - ....)             
|
|--Robert Kenneth CONNOR 
|  (1900 - 1980)
|                                                                                                          _John COLSON ______________+
|                                                                                                         |                           
|                                                                            _Nathaniel COLSON ___________|_Christiana FAVOUR ________
|                                                                           |                                                         
|                                              _Charles Thomas COLSON ______|
|                                             | (1805 - 1882)               |
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|                                             |                             |                             |                           
|                                             |                             |_Alice CURTIS _______________|___________________________
|                                             |                                                                                       
|                      _William Henry COLSON _|
|                     | (1847 - 1911) m 1865  |
|                     |                       |                                                            _John COLSON ______________+
|                     |                       |                                                           |                           
|                     |                       |                              _Thomas COLSON ______________|_Christiana FAVOUR ________
|                     |                       |                             | (1771 - 1850) m 1798                                    
|                     |                       |_Margaret M. COLSON _________|
|                     |                         (1813 - 1903)               |
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|                     |                                                     |_Elizabeth HOWARD ___________|___________________________
|                     |                                                       (1775 - 1821) m 1798                                    
|_Nora E. COLSON _____|
  (1879 - 1940)       |
                      |                                                                                    _Benjamin HOWARD __________+
                      |                                                                                   | (.... - 1819)             
                      |                                                      _Benjamin HOWARD ____________|___________________________
                      |                                                     | (1756 - 1850) m 1794                                    
                      |                        _George W. HOWARD ___________|
                      |                       | (1812 - 1896)               |
                      |                       |                             |                              _John COLSON ______________+
                      |                       |                             |                             |  m 1751                   
                      |                       |                             |_Jane COLSON ________________|_Christian FAVOR __________
                      |                       |                               (1769 - 1861) m 1794          (1734 - ....)             
                      |_Lucinda P. HOWARD ____|
                        (1845 - 1912) m 1865  |
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                                              |                             |                                                         
                                              |_Sultana CLOUGH _____________|
                                                (1840 - 1916)               |
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[6590] Robert served in the southwest Pacific with the U.S. Navy during World War II and is buried at the Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta. His father's obituary in 1942 reports that Robert is "of the U. S. Coast Guard." His obituary states he died in a Bangor hospital and was employed by the Arthur Chapin Company prior to his retirement, and then worked part-time at Bangor Savings Bank; it also states "He served in the Southwest Pacific with the U. S. Navy during World War II." He and Abbie divorced.

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Maude M. FULLER

DEC 1895 - 1953

Family 1 : Percy Leon EDGECOMB
  1.  Wayne Alden EDGECOMB
  2. +Walter Charles EDGECOMB

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Matilda E. HALL

[52273]

OCT 1851 - ____

Family 1 : Samuel M. RICE

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[52273] Matilda is daughter of William Hall (1822-1908) & Margaretta Kern (1826-1883; m. in 1844). She and Samuel had Irvin H. Rice (1873-1955), Margaret May Rice (1875-1946), Lucy Kathleen Rice (1877-1956), Calvin Hall Rice (1881-1956), Hattie B. Rice (1884-1962), Florence I. Rice (1888-1983), Russell Samuel Rice (1890-1963) & Ruth Hall Rice (1893-1981).

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Leonard HYER

[33966]

1695 - 1771

Father: Anton HEYER
Mother: Anna Elizabeth RUFLIN

Family 1 : Clara LUTZLER
  1. +Eve HIRE

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                                                _Anton HEYER ________|
                                               | (1588 - 1680) m 1615|
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                          _Hans HEYER _________|
                         | (1634 - 1726) m 1658|
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                         |                     |_Anna RYBINGER ______|
                         |                       (1597 - 1692) m 1615|
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                         |                                                 
 _Anton HEYER ___________|
| (1662 - 1754) m 1690   |
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|                        |_Margreth LOEW ______|
|                          (1640 - 1735) m 1658|
|                                              |                         __
|                                              |                        |  
|                                              |                      __|__
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|                                              |_____________________|
|                                                                    |
|                                                                    |   __
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|                                                                          
|
|--Leonard HYER 
|  (1695 - 1771)
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|_Anna Elizabeth RUFLIN _|
  (1669 - 1764) m 1690   |
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[33966] This person is from the unverified Linville Tree in Ancestry.com in 2012.

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Beulah G. PIPER

[38678]

19 DEC 1875 - 7 APR 1939

Father: Henry PIPER
Mother: Mary W. MUSSELMAN


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                       _John PIPER _________|
                      | (1786 - 1884) m 1810|
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 _Henry PIPER ________|
| (1829 - 1896)       |
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|                     |                                             _______________________|_____________________
|                     |                                            |                                             
|                     |                      _Valentine WISEHAUPT _|
|                     |                     | (.... - 1822)        |
|                     |                     |                      |                        _____________________
|                     |                     |                      |                       |                     
|                     |                     |                      |_______________________|_____________________
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|                     |_Mary WISEHAUPT _____|
|                       (1790 - 1869) m 1810|
|                                           |                                               _Abraham BENDER _____+
|                                           |                                              | (1693 - 1756)       
|                                           |                       _Johann George BENDER _|_Anna Eva KRAUSS ____
|                                           |                      | (1721 - 1768)           (1702 - 1752)       
|                                           |_Margarette BENDER ___|
|                                             (1759 - 1804)        |
|                                                                  |                        _____________________
|                                                                  |                       |                     
|                                                                  |_______________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                                
|
|--Beulah G. PIPER 
|  (1875 - 1939)
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|_Mary W. MUSSELMAN __|
  (1841 - 1901)       |
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[38678] This person is from the unverified Schott Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2015.

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Sarah SYLVESTER

[45794]

11 JUL 1715 - > 13 OCT 1753

Father: Joseph SYLVESTER
Mother: Mary ALCOCK

Family 1 : Timothy HALL
  1. +James HALL
  2. +Mary HALL

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                                             _Richard SYLVESTER __|
                                            | (.... - 1663) m 1632|
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                       _John SYLVESTER _____|
                      | (1634 - 1706)       |
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                      |                     |                     |     
                      |                     |_Naomi TORREY _______|
                      |                       (1612 - 1668) m 1632|
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                      |                                                 
 _Joseph SYLVESTER ___|
| (.... - 1744)       |
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|                     |                     |                     |
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|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
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|                                           |_____________________|
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|
|--Sarah SYLVESTER 
|  (1715 - ....)
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|                     |                                                 
|_Mary ALCOCK ________|
                      |
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                      |                                           |     
                      |                      _____________________|
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[45794] For Sarah's information see the unverified file LZXF-NSB in 2019 in familysearch.org.

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William Atte WODE

[24818]

1270 - 1345

Father: Peter Atte WODE

Family 1 :
  1. +Geoffrey Atte WODE

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                                                                  |     
                                             _Peter DE WYCKHURST _|
                                            | (1195 - 1220)       |
                                            |                     |   __
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                                            |                           
                       _William Atte WODE __|
                      | (1220 - 1278)       |
                      |                     |                         __
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                      |                     |_____________________|
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                      |                                                 
 _Peter Atte WODE ____|
| (1245 - 1313)       |
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|                     |                     |                     |
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|                     |                     |                     |  |  
|                     |                     |                     |__|__
|                     |                     |                           
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
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|                                           |                        |  
|                                           |                      __|__
|                                           |                     |     
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |   __
|                                                                 |  |  
|                                                                 |__|__
|                                                                       
|
|--William Atte WODE 
|  (1270 - 1345)
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|_____________________|
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                      |_____________________|
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                                            |_____________________|
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[24818]

An ancestry posted at Ancestry.com and not verified states that William m. Juliana _____.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Atte_Wode offers in 2011:

Sir William Atte Wode (bef. 1300 - c. 1346) was Captain of the King's Guard at the Palace of Westminster under King Edward III of England.

He was probably born sometime before 1300 in Coulsdon, Surrey, England. He was the son of Peter Atte Wode and Alice, who owned both Hooley House and Wood Place in Surrey. Sir William married a woman named Juliana, and they had at least three children: Geoffrey Atte Wode, Richard Atte Wode, and William Atte Wode.

While we do not know when he was knighted, it was at least by 1341, because by that time he is referred to as Sir William and is Captain of the King's Guard at the Palace of Westminster, the King's royal residence in London; members of parliament also met at Westminster Palace at this time. As a Sergeant at Arms, Sir William was part of the royal body guard that was composed of about thirty men at that time. It is not known what events occurred to bring William to King Edward III's attention for this position, but he must have had some connection through either friendship or family relations to the royal family.

An interesting anecdote about Sir William's life is recorded in John Heneage Jesse's Memorials of London (1341):

"In the 14th year of the reign of Edward III, John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, with a great number of London bishops, clergy, soldiers, came to the gate of Westminster Palace and demanded admittance to the chamber where Parliament was assembled. He was forbidden to enter in the King's name by Sir William Atwood, Captain of the King's Guard. The Archbishop was stopped because the followers were not members. The Archbishop was a member, but the King commended Sir William."

The Atte Wode lineage can be traced back to about 1204 when Peter de Wyckhurst (an older form of the name Atte Wode) purchased 'Hooley House' from the Bertan Marten, the Abbot of Chertsey Abbey. Over the next hundred years, the family added to its land holdings in Surrey and his father, Peter Atte Wode, purchased the 220-acre (0.89 km2) estate known as 'Wood Place' in 1279. The Atte Wodes emerged as one of the new influential class of yeomen who were becoming substantial land owners in England. In 1318 Sir William and Juliana added to the family's fortune by purchasing another estate known as 'Beckenham' in Kent.

Two of Sir William's sons, Geoffrey and Richard, also became Sergeants at Arms to the King. Richard is mentioned in the London Letter Books for his role in moving the fleet being assembled at London down the Thames to invade France during the 1346 campaign in the Hundred Years' War.

E. F. Atwood asserts that Sir William and both of his sons accompanied the army on their invasion of France, however, his source for this information is not given. It does seem likely, however, given their positions as body guards to King Edward. Based on subsequent land transactions in England, it appears possible that both Sir William and his son Geoffrey were killed in the French campaign in 1346, (possibly at the Battle of Crecy), however, this is not certain.

Sir William's grandson, Peter Atte Wode, continued to expand both the family’s land holdings and its influence by being appointed a Justice in Eyre; Peter's association with William of Wykeham who became the Bishop of Winchester and the Chancellor of England undoubtedly also helped to increase the family's influence.

The Atte Wode family name underwent a number of changes through the centuries with numerous variations in spelling: in the earliest records they are known as de Wyckhurst, by about 1300 they were commonly known as Atte Wode, a name that evolved into the modern version, Atwood, and finally, some (though not all) family members adopted the surname Wood in the 16th century.

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