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I started trying to understand my family origins when I was a child. I guess I was luckier than most in that I did get to interview my grandparents, and others who are now gone, about who my family was. As I got older and started to research more seriously, I started focusing on particular branches of the family and researching not only my direct line of interest but all of the family in the hope that clues would lead me to some greater understanding of my family in the whole scheme of the world.
Here are the individual family files that comprise this database:
Family of John Bulmer Lisle
Father's side
1. Descendants of John Lisle of Franklin County, Ohio. John Lisle (1758-1808) was born in Ireland of Scottish ancestry and came to America as a young man with an older, and as yet unknown, brother. He married Rachel Irwin in Pennsylvania and their first son Robert was born there in 1785. Shortly afterwards, the family went to Kentucky to claim Revolutionary War bounty land. By 1790 they were back in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1797, John was among the original settlers who travelled with Lucas Sullivant to Franklin County, Ohio. His Will was one of the first probated in Franklin County in 1808. This database traces his descendants, including the line of his daughter Rachel who married William Sackett and was an early settler of Putnam County, Ohio. In addition, you will see research on the Gates, Wigton, and other families in Ohio that are my direct ancestors.
2. Descendants of John Davidson of Iredell County, North Carolina. John Davison came to America in the late 1730s from Ireland. He was also of Scottish ancestry. He settled first in Beverly Manor in Augusta County, Virginia, and about 1748 began to move his family to what is now Iredell County, North Carolina. He died before the move was complete. His brother George who had been living in Pennsylvania also settled there. One of George's sons was William Lee Davidson, the famous Revolutionary War General for whom Davidson College and counties in North Carolina and Tennessee were named. This Davidson family migrated from North Carolina to Bedford County, Tennessee, and then to Texas where a descendant Artemesia Davidson married my grandfather Thomas Gates Lisle. This file is one of my large research files as I have done extensive work on the extended Davidson family. In addition, this file documents the family of James Hall of Iredell County. This Hall family intermarries with my ancestors in several places, and he is a direct ancestor. You will see research on Stevensons, Ewings, Osbornes, and many other families. (This file will be added to this database later. It is currently available separately.)
3. Charles, Boatwright, and Persky families of Texas. When my Davidsons got to Texas, my branch married into some families that had arrived in Texas with Stephen Austin and were among "Austin 300" original Anglo settlers in Texas in the 1820s. This family also married into some of the early German settlers in Texas. A great-great uncle William Persky was the last surviving Texas Confederate veteran. (This file will be added to this database later. It is currently being revised.)
Mother's side
1. Ridsdale and Bulmer families from Yorkshire and Durham in England. My grandfather Ernest Lake Ridsdale came to America in 1907 from Saltburn in Yorkshre and eventually settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where my mother was born. This file documents that family. I was able to visit and see many of the places where my grandfather and his ancestors lived. This is a small family and one that needs much more work.
2. Korp family from Varmland, Sweden. My grandfather met and married Louise Korp in Pittsburgh. Louise - actually Hilma Louisa but I never knew that until doing this research - was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her parents came to America from Sweden independently about 1880 and married in Worcester. About 1896, the Korp family moved to McKeesport, Pennsylvania. This file documents what I know of the family, both in America and in Sweden.
Family of Carolyn Marie Miethe, my wife
Father's side
1. Miethe and Ochs families of Germany. Carolyn's father's family were German and came to America in the 1800s and settled in Boston and, as part of the German Community in Boston, worshipped at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Boston. The Miethe family came from Brochterbeck in Westfalen. Carolyn's grandfather married Bertha Ochs; she was part of an Ochs family from Spessart in Baden. Other ancestral surnames in this file are Kraft, Wellbrock, and Kamp.
Mother's side
2. Steadman/Stedman Family. Carolyn's mother was Jessica Steadman. Her father settled in Boston, coming from Nova Scotia about 1900. My wife warned me not to research this family as it was so large. When I finally got to look at it, I discovered that the Steadmans went to Nova Scotia from Rhode Island after the French and Indian War! This became the only New England line in our families so it has become my major research line. (This file will be added to this database later. It is currently available separately.)
3. MacMaster Family from Scotland and Cape Breton. Carolyn's grandmother was Jessie MacMaster from Queensville, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She came to Boston in the 1890s. Her MacMasters came to Cape Breton from the Loch Haber area of Scotland in the early 1800s. This file tries to document the interlocking Scottish families in Cape Breton. Other ancestral lines are MacEachern, Cameron. Much work needs to be done here. (This file will be added to this database later. It is currently being revised.)
This site is a accumulation of the family files that ties all of the lines of interest together in a single index. You will see the same name in several files. This is to be expected as most of the lines will end at the same people. You will find that at least one of the copies of a name will take you back to at least one line of their ancestry.
As you look at the various sites, you will see varying qualities and thoroughness. Research takes time, and I rotate back to some of the under-researched lines every few years. Usually when some new resource becomes available. Often, I do have more in my files that has just never made it to my database. Please feel free to write and ask.
On the pages inside, we provide significant documentation to these families. However, our story is not complete. If you can add to the story or correct our mistakes or just have questions or comments about what you see, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.
John B. Lisle, Nashua, NH, November 2005
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