Re: Sands, Walter, Supplee, Gill, Hallman, Longabaugh calling all PA families
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Re: Sands, Walter, Supplee, Gill, Hallman, Longabaugh calling all PA families
Thomas Kerwin 2/12/08
For 3 generations my family has been searching for who grandpa really was.In the west, Utah, during the late 1800's and early 1900's, there were a lot of influences and Grandpa Bill, (great great grandpa Bill to me) gave little information to go on.We exhumed his body last year (with full permission and all legal documentation in place)and were fortunate enough to get a Mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial is passed down from mother to children.Though the male children do not pass on their "mito", the male children get their mito from their mother.Basically, it's female to female to female which as you are aware is not easy to follow down the generations because every daughter when marrying chagnes her name and often moves.
The Y Chromosome which would be connected to the male surname in question was not available from Granda Bill's bones.Couldn't get enough markers.
This gives us the opportunity to find the "mito" line.The line we are following starts with
Thomas Tuston d: 1827 m. Mary.Mary carries the "mito" DNA that we need.Of her 3 daughters, Rachael Tuston, Mary Tuston, and Hannah Tuston, two of them ended up with male descendents within 3 or 4 generations across the board.This leaves Hannah Tuston as the prime candidate for finding a live descendent who carries the "mito" DNA which matches Grandpa Bill.(There's still a couple of possibilites with Rachael's line including Sarah Place m. Wellington Young Leonard they had 5 children 1 daughter Ellen M. Leonard who married George Albert.I have traced two sets of these name and neither were the right ones after much work.Still possible, but dim.The Leonards had children in Albion, Noble, IN and moved to Lawrend, Douglas, Kansas.And so it goes.The other is the Oliver Hallman who married Samannah (Samantha) Longabaugh, daughter to Annie Place who is daughter to Rachael Tuston.You helped show this one had little hope of live female line to live descendent.)
The lines with the most hope:
Hannah Tuson b: 2 Mar 1799 Chester PA
d: 21 Feb 1858
she married Elisha R Sands b: 2 Feb 1797
Amity, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
D: 15 Jan 1864
They were productive with offspring and we have several daughters to follow:
Mary T Sands
Catharine L. Sands b: 25 Jun 1831 Chester, PA
Hannah Sands
Sarah Sands b:11 Jul 1834 and died within the year
Elizabeth Sands b: 30 Jul 1835
Martha P. Sands b: 28 Mar 1840
Mary T Sands b: 02 Dec 1820 d: 1875,
m Isaac Gill b: 1825 d: 1865
Charlestown, Chester, PA is his birth place
They had 5 children 2 girls
Hannah M Gill b: 1852 Philadelphia PA
Ida A Gill B:1851 Charlestown, PA
Catharine L Sands b: 25 Jun 1831 m. John Supplee 1827-1901
they had 4 daughters and a grand daughter
Mary Louisa Supplee Radnor, PA b: 1855
Anna Supplee, Radnor, PA b: 18675
Emma Supplee , Easton, PA b: 1862
Clara Supplee , Easton, PA b: 1864
grandaughter:susana Wessler b: 1878 Phoenixville PA
There are lots of Supplees, can't find the right line yet
Mary P Sands b: 28 Mar 1840 M: William Walters
There are lots of Walters, can't find which one yet, not much to go on.
Those are the options we have available that we know of.
Any line that we can trace mother to daughter to daughter to daughter all the way to a live descendent from Hannah Tuston, Rachael Tuston, Mary Tuston will be perect.The live descendent can be male since he received his mother's Mito, but no other males can be in the direct descendent line since males do not pass on their mother's mito DNA.
Again, Female, to female, to female to live descendent.I understand that in 1930 the census data is not available and I am ready to find the live descendent from there, have had a lot of experience with this as well.Not easy, but interesting and really fun when you finally get through.I've met a lot of very interesting people and may who were kind enough to help.I've spent 60 hours with the descendent to here and 400 hours working the other lines without a breakthrough.This line has many prospects and will yeild what we need most likely.
Thanks for asking.Hope this is more clear.I usually work a couple of line until I can break through or know the Mito stops with this person.Again the Sands family is very likely to produce live MITO DNA pretty soon if I can get through the blocks I have come up against.Obituaries are the best source of female married names that I've found yet, but havent' found any of them yet either.
Any guidance will be appreciated.
Bambie