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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 1174 Goleta, CA. 93116-1174
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, COMMITTEES 1983
Norman E. Scofield President
EmilyPerry Thies Vice President
Elizabeth Ann Early Secretary
Muriel Riemer Graham Treasurer
Harry W. Titus Director
Lilian Mann Fish Editor, Director
Ruth Brooks Scollin Librarian, Director
Frank B. Smith Parliamentarian
Alma Imhoff Lauritsen Genealogical Instruction
COMMITTEES
BOOK Sylvia Hanna
HOSPITALITY
MEMBERSHIP Beatrice McGrath
PROGRAM Shirley Cobb
PUBLICITY • - • • Amy Marwede
WAYS AND MEANS Amy Marwede
PAST PRESIDENTS
Harry W. Titus 1982
Emily Perry Thies 1981
Bette Root 1980
Harry W. Titus 1979
Mary Ellen Webster Galbraith 1978
Carlton M. Smith 1977
Selma Bankhead West 1975-1976
Harry R. Glen 1974-1975
Carol Forbes Roth 1972-1973
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Room 8, Goleta Community Center, 5689 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA.
Library at above address open each Wednesday, 12pm to 4pm.
Visitors' attendance encouraged.
PEGISTEP A^ SPCGS LIPRAPY OF MEMBERS• IN'TEPESTS
State Family Name Member
MASSACHUSETTS
Essex County Dan STEWAPT, Edmond MOOEPS, Mr. Edward Frank Smith
WOODVAN, Joseph GOODRICH,
Member has book on Newbury,Mass.
BIXBY/BIXBE GOULD PEABODY TOFNE Grace Smith
(Mrs. Frank)
AMESRURY Thomas BARNARD John CLODRH Wm. HOYT
Edward nPNT Wm. SARGENT Henry TRUSSELL Lilian Fish
Lieut. John WEEP
ANDOVER Lt. John ASLET or ASLEBEE Wm. BALLARD "
John BARKER, John bridges John ffrie(FRYE)
Edmond HINCKSMAN Nicholas FOLT John OSGOOD
John STEVENS Robert SAVOPY
BOXFORD Thomas ANDREWS Joseph RIXRY
BRADFORD John GAGE Robert HASELTINE John JACKSON "
Dea. Maximilian JEWETT Wm. JEWETT
Onisipherous MAPS!!
HAVERHILL Robert CLEMENTS John CROSS James DAVIS "
John BOND Samuel GILE John HUTCRINGS
Richard LANOHORNE (Ionphorn) John WILLIAMS
Richard MEPCER and his son Ahiel MESSER
IPSWICH Robert PUPOTAM Robert CHOATE Lionel CHUTE "
Edward COI.PURN Daniel EPES/EPPS his widow
Martha READE Epes came to Mass. m (2) Gov.
Samuel SYMONDS Philip FOWLER
John GAGE SBmuel GRAVES Thomas HARDY
Richard KIMBALL John PEARL John PROCTOR
Thomas SCOTT Wm. SHATSWEI.L John WEPSTEP
John WYATT Humphrey WYETH
LYNN Joseph HOWE Edmund INGALLS Wm. TILTON "
MANCHESTEP William ALLEN Lt. Col. Eleazer CRAFTS "
John MANN
MARBLEHEAD Samuel BRIDGES John DERBY/DARBY "
METHUEN Henry PODWELL John CROSS Richard MEFCER
John William MANN
NEWBURY John AYEP Richard BARTLETT Henry BODWELL "
John BOND John CHENEY Capt. John CUTTING
John EMERY John GOODALE Thomas HALE
John KELLY Nathaniel MERRILL Thomas MILWARD
William MOODY Anthony MORSE Wm. NESPIT
Nicholas NOYES Rev. Wm. NOYES Joseph PIDGEON
Daniel PIERCE Samuel Poore Robert SAVORY
Thomas SMITH Henry SOMERBY
John SWETT
Wm. TITCOMB Nathaniel WEARE Edward WOODMAN
Susan Brian
CHENEY, NOYES PETTINGILL
ROWLEY Wm. ACIE John BURRANK Thomas BIRKBEE/BURPEE
Richard CLARKE Constance BRIGHAMCrosby, r fisYi
widowof Robert CROSBY Thomas DICKINSON'"
Leonard HARRIMAN Richard HOLMES Michell
HOPKINSON Thomas LEAVER John NORTHEND
Francis PARROTT John PEARSON Jonathan PLATTS
Hugh SMITH JohnS^O^'WWn »mi(ii«STICKNEY
Richard SWAN Thomas WOOD
WOOD ELITHORP CHAPLIN SuP»n Brian
Wm. ALLEN Isaac CUMMINGS Robert HEBERT/
SALEM
HIBBARD Wm. KNIGHT Robert MORGAN
Lilian Fish
Richard NORMAN William VARNEY
REGISTER AT SBCGS LIBRARY OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS
State Family Name Member
INDIANA
DeKalb Co. Jacob, John IMHOFF 18— Alma Lauritsen
(Butler) Alonzo FINNEY Olive FOSDICK
Jane McKINLEY
Crawford Co. Dinah HOLTZCLAW VAN METER
(Marengo)
Payette Co. John McCORMICK 1820- James McCORMICK 1820Eileen Johnson
(Indianapolis)
LaGrange Co. BENNETT DRAKE Irma Keyes
Montgomery Co.
Crawfordsville UTTER 1845 - Alma Lauritsen
Yountsville ALBERTSON 1849 SWANK 1824
Abraham OTTER Lettice SWANK
Parker ALBERTSON Dianna BARRETT
James ALBERTSON
IOWA Clark Co. GLENN Shirley Cobb
Oaceola TRYFORD
KANSAS
Republic ALBERTSON (Republic County) Alma Lauritsen
Smith Center TRYFORD ( Smith County) Shirley Cobb
Sedgwick Co. Marie Ramirez
KENTUCKY
Christian Co. Hettie Letitia STILES/STYLES 1808 Susan Brian
Franklin Co. Ida M. MARSHALL ' Dorothy N. Pahos
Grayson Co. John VAN METER DinahHOLTZCLAW Alma Lauritsen
Hardin Co. SWANK 1788 VAN METER 1780 ii »
(Nelson) SUMMITT 1780
James BRIAN b c 1834 Susan Brian
Elizabeth STANLEY b c 1814
Laura Ann McCULY b 1826
Jefferson J. W. NORTON Ida M. MARSHALL Dorothy N. Pahos
Samuel TODD Dorothy Walt
Jessamine CAWBY-TRISLER Margaret Neal
Nelson Co. John and Rosanna SWANK Alma Lauritsen
(Hardin) Joseph and Lettuce VAN METER
Shelby ? Lewis Milton BAILEY b 1790/1800 Susan Brian
Washington YEAGER Frances Ramsey
KENTUCKY Nancy RICHARDSON b 1803 Susan Brian
MARTIN MOUNT WHITE WOOLF BOND Harry Titus
MITCHELL
LOUISIANA
Rapides Par. John Crittenden BOONE b 1821 Susan Brian
Union Par. Sarah Melissa THOMAS
MAINE Kittery andPipe StoveLanding 1630-40's
NASON
Hancock Co. (Bar Harbor) R0DICK Shirley Cobb
Wells & Saco John CLOYES Thomas MILLS Lilian Fish
Maine? Samuel TRASK Dorothy Walt
MARYLAND
Allegheny Co. DRAKE Irma Keyes
Frederick Co. John KALB Emily Thies
Caspar MONTZ Nancy BOSELEY Dorothy Walt
HINKLE Irma Keyes
Harford BENNETT
Hagerstown Isaac G. McCAULLEY Ruth Morrow
? James McCARTY Dorothy Walt
MASSACHUSETTS SMITH 1640-1740 Frank Smith
Barnstable Co' Ralph SMYTH Sam SMITH
Dea.John Smith,Sr. John Smith, Jr.
Family of Stephen HOPKINS Wm.BASSETT
Family of Nicholas SNOW Family of
William GOODRICH William GOODRIDGE
Yarmouth Thomas GAGE (later of Harwick) Lilian Fish
REGISTER AT SBGGS LIBRARY OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS
State Family Name "ember
MASSACHUESTTS
Thomas BARNARD Capt. Thomas BRADBURY Lilian Fish
Essex Co.(con) Wm. BROWN Lt. Phillip CHALLIS John
SALISBURY CLOUGH Anthony COLBY Roger EASTMAN
Edward FRENCH, Wm. JOYT Wm. OSGOOD
Wm. PARTRIDGE Robert RING Wm. SARGENT
Samuel WINSLEY
EASTMAN HOYT WORCESTER COLLINS EATONSusan Brian
Suffolk County
Herman ATWOOD Wm. BEAMSLEY Elizabeth
BOSTON BOUGHEY/BOFFEE m. Richard HARRIS Lilian Fish
(Roxbury an Thomas BIRKBEE/BURPEE Wm. COPP
nexed June John SCARLET Emmanuel FRYER,(alias Nath'l)
1867 Robert REYNOLDS Edmund GREENLEAF(d.Boston)
(Charlestown Rice COLE, John GOVE Wm. LEARNED Robert
annexed to LONG Thomas PIERCE Joshua TEAD/TIDD
Boston Lt. Griffin CRAFTS John CHENEY Robert
May 14,1873 HARRIS R6Bert SEAVER Wm. PEACOCK
Wm. CHANDLER
CHARLESTOWN Samuel FOSDICK b 16S5 John and Anne(SHAPB-
LEY) FOSDICK Alma Lauritsen
John FOSDICK m. 1648 Steven FOSDICK " "
Nicholas and Ann SHAPLEY
Sarah WETHERELL " "
(includes Clapp
Settlement,Dor- Edward and Edmond FARRIKGTON Wm. KNIGHT Frank Smith
Chester.Boston
Middlesex County Edward DIX Richard PARKER John SYMOND " "
Nicholas WYET^ John BARKER Robert HARRIS
Thomas PIRD, Sr. Robt. HARRISON Isaac STPNS
John FISKE, aka John FISH Edward PHELPS
Roger CHANDLER John HEALD I, II, III " "
James, Richard HILDRETH Family Richard ROPPINS
Mary GOODRIDGE, widow of Wm. and familv
Abraham IRELAND Josiah KEMP, Sr.
Thomas PARROTT, Sr. Col. James WILDER
MALDEN James and Mary HARVELL, 1705 R. Pat Har-
John Harvell, 1711 ville
CHELMSFORD John and Esther nARVELL 1730*s
CAMBRIDGE Henry DUNSTER Richard FPENCH Lilian Fish
CHELMSFORD Jacob PARKER Mary BISHOP(m.Robt2COLPURN) "
CONCORD William BUSS Richard FRENCH " "
Nathaniel HARWOOD (Harrod) James HOSMEP
Wm. TAYLOR George WHEELER Wm. WOOD
GPOTON Lt. William HASEY-(also in Reading)
MALDEN Ralph SPRAGUE
WATERTOWN Wm. GOODRIDGE Isaac STEARNS
WOBL'RN Jacob PARKER " "
Plymouth County
(or Colony) Joseph KEENE John HAYFORD Thos. ATKINS Emily
Thos. POHNEY John BISBEE Thos OLDHAM • Thies
Thos. LITTLE Richard WARREN Samuel BAKER
Kenelm WINSLOW Francis SPRAGUE Wm. BASSETT
Nathaniel TILDEN Christopher WADSWORTn " "
Wm. BROOKS John DUNHAM Henry SAMPSON
Stephen RPVANT Wuph PRTGGS (also in Bristol)
Plymouth James BISHOP
PD-liyummonuntthh CCoouuntnvtJyon^a^t^han^BR^EWSTEP^^LucreptaimallOyLDHAM PAaltmraiLcakurCiats-e
Samuel TRAKS J^™**7 l&]lu
Stephen HOPKINS Giles HOPKINS Samuel RIDER F. Smith
Robert BARTLETT Wm. BASSETT Joseph GOODRIDGE
IsaacHAMBLEN Mary WARREN Samuel SMITH
Ralph SMITH (Smyth) Francis BAKER Nicholas
SNOW
To be Continued
ANCESTORS WEST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 9, No. 1 March, 1983 _
Page
PROFILES Officers, Directors, Staff 4-7
Norman Edward Scofield Emily Perry Thies 4
Elizabeth AnnEarly Muriel Riemer Graham 5
Harry Titus 5
Lilian MannFish 6
Ruth Brooks Scollin Alma Imhoff Lauritsen 7
SANTABARBARA HISTORYFAIR 7
PLANNEDACTIVITIES - LibraryTrips 7
COLINCHAPMANSEMINARS, April 14, 15, 16, 1983 7
ANCESTORTABLE Chart 36 Dorothy HantzWalt 8-9
ANSWERTOINQUIRY -EdwardOwen Qrpet 9
DANISHANCESTRYCHARTS 9
ADMONITION - DO NOTUSEBLUEINK 9
UNITS OFMEASURE, with diagrams, Norman E. Scofield 10-11
PERSONALITY, Col. H. T. TITUS -FAMOUS OR INFAMOUS, Harry Titus 12 -15
QUERIES 15, 16, 17, 18, 28 VANZANT 1983, 1984 MEETINGS 17
CHHMASHCAVEPAINTINGS -TRAVIS HUDSONRESEARCHTRIP 16
INDIANARESEARCH - Map andReferences 19_24
SANTABARBARA COUNT?MARRIAGE RECORDS - 1898 25-28
REGISTER AT SBCGS LIBRARY OFMEMBERS' INTERESTS,Alabama to NewJersey29-31
GLINES FAMILY (fromoral tape presented toSBCGS) 32 -33
ONTEVERAS FAMILY (transcription ofinterview) 33-34
RECOMMENDEDREADING INENGLISH WAYS, DavidGrayson Allen
PURITAN VILLAGE, Sumner Chilton Powell 34
NEWINTHELIBRARY 35.37
FROMTHE SERIALS READING AREA, UCSB -AVERYBRUNDAGE ARTICLE 38
CONEJOVALLEYGENEALOGICALSOCIETY-SPRINGSEMINARFeb. 12,1983 38
SEARCHINGFORNEW ENGLAND-NEWYORKANCESTORS? ' 38
WALLSTREET JOURNAL ARTICLE -February 15, 1983 38
Appeal ismade for gifts ofbooks, pamphlets and
periodicals forthe SBCGS Library. Contributions
willbe reported inNEWINTHELIBRARYsection and
are tax deductible. Recomosndations forpurchase
ofbooksaretobemadetotheBookOcnroittee. An
cestral Chartsandarticles forANCESTORS WESTare
solicited. Queries bringresponse and expansion of
family history data.
Participation inplannedresearchtrips toseveral
libraries bycharteredbus nowbeing scheduled is
urged.
The library at the GoletaCcrammity CenterBuilding is open each
Wednesday afternoon, 12 noon to 4p.m. The regularmonthly meeting is on
the first Saturday of themonth, 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Membership meeting 11 a.m.
Become involved. Indicate your areas ofinterest. Forms and charts are
available toassist in research projects. Volunteer your services andmake
suggestions.
Consult the binder containing family names ofinterest tomembers
(bycountry, state and county) and addthose names of particular interest to
you. Presently this is aneglectedresource. Make it work foryou.
PLANTOATTENDCOLTNCHAPMAN, International President,
FAMILYHISTORY SOCIETIES FEDERATIONSEMINAR, scheduled
forAPRIL14,15,16,1983 in
SANTABARBARA andinVENTURA, CALIFORNIA (Apr. 16,p.m.)
StimulatingTopicsrelating toAmerican-British research.
Stillavailable -Notesheets - Royal Presidio ofSantaBarbara.
Next issue will contain Book Reviews ofworld war1 armyancestry,
NormanHolding, Federation of Family History Societies, 96, Beaumont St., Mile-
house, Plymouth, Devon PL2 3 AQ, ISBN0-907099-20-3, 88 pp. 1982>
YOUR FAMILY HISTORY,C(onstance) M(ary) Matthews, Revised Edition,
1982, Lutterworth Press, FarnhamRoad, Guildford, Surrey, England, ISBN0-1788-
2542-x, 144 pp. Address List at pp 122-142, index 143-144. h 7.95 net from
Publisher's Publicity Dept.,Luke House, Farnham Road, Guilford, Surrey.
PROFILES
NORMAN EDWARD SCOFIELD, President. CurriculumVitae.
Born inMinneapolis, Minnesota toRonaldDickey andDorothyPalmer (Nelson)
Scofield. Family moved toCalifornia in 1926. GrewupinBerkeley, Oakland
andSacramento. Military Service: U. S. Army 1942-46. Family moved toSanta
Barbara in 1943.
Following Army discharge in1946, married Shirley frace Halverson, in
Jacksonville, Illinois, andstartedcollege at UCSB (Riviera Campus). Graduated
in 1949with B. A. (Physics Major). Employed 1949-1953 at U. C. Hospital, San
Francisco asTechnical Physicist; from 1953-1980byU. S. Navy Laboratories in
San Francisco, California, andSilver Spring, Maryland; as aResearch Physicist.
Retired, June 1980, returningwith sonJohn toSantaBarbara.
Shirley, followingthe initial movetoSantaBarbara, resumedher interrupt
ednurses training,which she had started at MacMurray College inJacksonville.
She earned aB. S. in nursing, receivedherR. N. fromthe StateofCalifornia
andworked at several hospitals, supplementing theslimmarried-student's stipend
underthe"GI" Bill. AfterthemovetoSanFrancisco, shegave birthtothree
sons. Alan, born 1950, is adance teacher, choreographer andperformer living
withhiswife inSanRafael. Paul, born 1953, isanartist andsign painter
living inSan Francisco andJohn is astudent at SantaBarbaraOonmmity College,
living athome. Shirley passed away in1976.
Inherited genealogical data fromhis paternal grandfather, EdwardHerbert
'Scofield, whowas anElectrical Power Engineer for the Minneapolis Street Rail
way Company. Startedtowork onScofield genealogy in1975. Ancestor chart
given inANCESTORS WEST, Vol. 7, No. 1(March, 1981). The Scofield line goes
back fromMinnesota inthe early 1900's throughWisconsin (1848-1860).upstate
NewYork (1780-1848), Stamford, Connecticut (1641-1780) totheImmigrant Ances
tor(perhaps) from Rochdale, Lancashire, England, toIpswich, Massachusetts in
1639.
Just after retiring in1980made atriptoEnglandwith twoyounger sons,
JohnandPaul. VisitedSchofield HallruinsnearRochdale. Stillseeking
proof ofthefamily connectionwiththese English Schofields.
With brother, Tony, and son, John, formed asmall business corporation
which is currently doing consultingoncomputer programs with theNavy. Inter
ested iuapplications ofpersonal computers tohelp store and access genealogi
cal data.
EMILY PERRYTHIES, VicePresident (President 1981)
The olderof two childrenbornto ArthurZ. and JanetteCurtissPerry on a
farm inHillsdale County, Michigan. When shewasthreethefamily movedto
Hartford, where the parents operated agrocery storeuntil her father's failing
health prompted amove toEast Lansingsoshe could enterMichigan Agricultural
College (nowMSU). Five days aftergraduation fromtheSchool ofHome Economics
asamajor inNutrition shemarriedWilbur H. Thies ofTraverse City, whom she
hadmetwhile a freshman asherinstructor inPhysics. Theyearbefore marriage
Bill hadtaken aposition asExtension Horticulturist at Massachusetts Agricul
tural College inAmherst. Within five years theyweretheparents ofthree
sons, all ofwhom aremarried andhave presentedEmily andBill Thies with
seven granddaughters, twograndsons andonegreat-granddaughter.
Heme, family and community activities-occupied Emily until WWII when she
was askedtohelpout intherecently opened Laboratory Nursery School atMass
achusetts State College (nowUniversity ofMassachusetts). Theprofessor
teachingChildDevelopment, usingthe lab, hadbeen anacquaintance in college
andknewthat Emily had spent atermasanundergraduate atMerrill Palmer Insti
tuteinDetroit. After abrief time"onthejob" Emily knewshewouldliketo
continue butfelttheneedformoretraining. Tothatendsheattended summer
sessions atCornell University for five years toearn herM. A. inChildDevelop
ment and Family Relationships. She remained attheUniversity for fifteen years
asDirector ofthe Nursery School andteacher ofChild Development toUniversity
juniorandseniorstudents.
She retired tojoin Bill overseaswhen hewas servingasConsultant inHorti
culture far the Food and Agriculture Organization oftheUnited Nations. He
served inYugoslavia andSyria, atotal ofmore thanfive years. Theoverseas
assignments initiatedthe Thies family intotravel, which they continued toen
joyandwhich has included anine-month trip aroundtheworld duringwhich they
visitedtwenty-fourcountries.
Three ofthese trips involved genealogical research inEngland. Forsane
years Emily wasamember oftheSociety ofGenealogists inLondon and engaged
in research in its collections.
In1972 they sold the home inAmherst, Massachusetts, which they had built
thirty-five years earlier andcame toSantaBarbaratobenear the oldest son
and his family. About aweek laterbefore they found aplace tolive, Emily
attendedthefirst meetingofthegroup that became SBCGS. Sheisanactive
member oftheFirst Congregational Church, serves asavolunteer attheSanta
BarbaraBotanicGarden Guild Shop, assists intheUN local office, andisamem
ber ofO.K.Cbapter ofPE0. Weall knowhowmuch ofherself andresearch materi
alsshehasgiven toSanta BarbaraCounty Genealogical Society.
PROFILES
ELIZABETHANN EARLY, Secretary.
Has not responded toseveral requests for submission ofher profile.
Lives with herparents. Wasformerly employedbyoneofthetitle insur
ancecompany offices. Presently isintent ondeveloping arecord searching ser
vice- Santa Barbara andVentura Counties, plustheState ofCalifornia, includ
ingearlySpanish-Mexican California.
MURIEL RIEMERGRAHAM, Treasurer. Assisted intypingcopyforthisissue.
Bornandbroughtup intheMidwest- Beloit, Wisconsin - onlydaughterof
ElmerH. Riemerand Laura M. Schuenke. Marrieda sailor intheU. S. Navy,
spent thenext16yearslivinginWashington, D.C.,Virginia, Maryland, Texas
thenreturningto Madison, Wisconsin whereshebroughtup fourchildren.
Becameinterested inresearching familywhenshecameacrossscrapbooks of
obituaries andoldnewspaper clippings hermotherhadbeencollecting foryears.
Thissparkedan interest indiscovering her"Roots" thatwill not letup. In
Madison, WI, shewas ableto take advantageof the extensiverecords at the
State Historical Society Library. There shediscovered thecensus records of
hergreat grandfather Riemerfortheyears1860, 1870and1880. Believing
thatallof my grandparents cameoverfromGermany asyoungchildren, shewas
surprisedto findthatgrandfather Riemerwasborninthiscountryin1863,his
father havingcomeoverwithhiswifeandfourolderchildren to becomeanearly
settlerofWisconsin andNebraska. A copyofhiscitizenship document showshe
renounced allegiancetotheEmperor ofPrussia, tobringhisfamily tothis
countryfora betterlife. The situation isratherlikeherown,electingto
leavea goodposition anda familiar lifeinWisconsin overthreeyearsago, to
startagaininSouthern California. ShehasbeentotheMormon Library in
Salt Lake Cityresearching herfamily, spent hours inother libraries, hours in
cemeteries, hoursinCountyOffices diggingup information, written manyletters
to find clues thatwouldgiveanother ideawhereto find moreinformation
(sometimes shethinks itisjustahobby). Sheintends toleaveahistory for
herchildren andgrandchildren, somethingtheycanread, enjoy, andrealize what
ittookto putthemon thisearth.
HARRYTITUS, Director. President 1979and1982.
BorninFlorida, sonofClifford L.andJessie Barnett Titus. Soldier,
sailor, genealogist, thelatterthemostfulfilling. Thatheattributes tothe
wealth of information available relatingtoboththeTitusandBarnett lines.
He doesbemoanthedearth of itonsomanyothers. Possibly thatiswhy his
searches havebeensoexciting- learningofone's"roots" isa formof detect
ivework. AtriptoFlorida a fewyears agoisahighlight hewillalways re
member - infact, heplans anotherwithin thenext fewmonths. While inFlori
dahewalkedthe graveyards, metwithcousinsunkownonlya fewmonthsbefore.
Inaddition, he spent sometimeintwovery important places - Micanopy andTi-
tusville. Thefirst washisbirthplace (asitwashismother's andherfather's)
andthesecondwasnotonlythebirthplace ofhisfather andofhisfather's
father, butitwas founded bybisgreat-grandfather. AtTitusville, hewasmet
byahost ofdignataries andpresented with thekeytothecity. "Amemorable
experience,"he says.
Titussaysthatdespite hisaccomplishments todate, hehasa longwaysto
go, a journeyhewishes hecould complete sothat hisfour children (twoboys,
twogirls) willhaveahistory oftheirlinestopassontotheirchildren as
well. Hestartedwithmaterial garneredby a paternal auntandonherdemise
feltduty-bound tocontinue whatshehadstarted, comnencingwitha Spanishan
cestor. He learned of a cousin whohadthesameancestor, butwas alsorelated
totheBarnetts, hismother's line. Realizing heneededhelpinaddingfoliage
tohisgenealogical tree, he joinedSBCGS anddugintobooksandpamphlets In
theSociety's library. Fortunately theTitusnameiswell-recorded fromEng
landto the presentday,with many localitiesinthis countrybearingthe name.
He foundtherewas no comprehensive, all-encompassingbookor pamphlet- only
a fewpublicationslimitedto a singleline. He resolvedto solvethe prob
lembyputtingouta quarterly listing everyTitushe couldfind, and, inaddi
tion, establish a newmethodof recording genealogical data. Thuscame into
being"THETITUSTRAIL"andhisdedication todonating genealogical holdings to
theSociety andurgingothers todolikewise - ifnotatotal library, atleast
abook, a pamphlet, a subscription to aquarterly notnowreceived by SBCGSand
copies ofpedigree andfamily group sheets. Those last twoarethebarminimum
andcancontribute somuch. Hisadvice: "Don't giveup! It'soutthereand
justpossiblythroughour societyitwillbe found."
He andhiswife, Justine, havespenthourscopyingmarriage records lists
at theCounty Recorder'soffice. He has contributedinspiringarticlesto
ANCESTORSWEST andactivelysupports theobjects andpurposes of theSociety.
National Atlas oftheUnited StatesofAmerica, U. S. Dept. oftheInterior
Geological Survey, 1970, Washington, D.C., shows Titusville, Floridawith
a population of 22,000andTitusville, Pennsylvania with8,356andTitusCounty,
Texas, county seatMt. Pleasant, 17,400.
PROFILES
LILIANMANNFISH, Director andEditor, ANCESTORS WEST.
BornMethuen, Massachusetts, atownseparated in1726fromHaverhill,
EssexCounty andfromwhichtheindustrial cityofLawrencewascarved, in
manyrespects resembles Montecito, SantaBarbaraCounty, California. The
Nevins family donatedthelibrarybuilding, anorganhallwherefreecon
certs aregiven wasbuilt tohouse aSymphony Organ being replaced by a
newer oneinBoston, acastle withgatehouse andwalled grounds erected by
theTenney family, anEnglish half-timberedtype school building donated
byEdward Searles, whohadmarriedthewidowofMarkHopkins ofSanFrancis
co, andafterherdeath returnedwith hisfortune toMethuen, buildingon
the outskirts acastle, nowoccupiedbyasecondary school operatedbya
Catholic sisterhood, andmany sandstonewalls alongthecountry lanes with
inhisholdings. Shewasraised inthe adjoiningtown ofPelham, Hillsborough
County (formerly inRockinghamCounty), NewHampshire where hermother's
Hobbs family bad lived for generations since the Reverend James Hobbs (Har
vard, 1748) marriedElizabeth Batchelder, descendant oftheReverend Stephen
Bachilor, whocame toNewEnglandwith three Sanborn andBatchelor grandsons
attheageof73, remainedover 20years, andthen returnedtoEngland and
died nearLondon inhis100thyear in1660. Herparents didnotagree as
totheperson forwhomshewasnamedbutdidagree onthespelling-LILIAN.
She came to Santa Barbara in 1949 anduntil 1971 was an associate attorney
intheoldest lawfirminthecityandhadtheprivilege ofworkingwithMr.
Francis Price, Sr. inmany interestingmatters, includingthecontract for
reconstruction oftheOldMission quadrangle, alicense for useofMission
rooms bytheSantaBarbaraHistorical Society(whichwent totheCuria in
Rome forapproval), contracts for theproduction ofPadres Choristers recor
ds, ofChristmas carols andwith BingCrosby andRCAinNewYork, theMax
Fleischmann estatewhichdonated funds fortheMission andmanyothercivic
enterprises, theWilliam Zimdin estatewith widespread interests inCali
forniaand abroad. TheWilliamZimdinFoundation was thepredecessorof
Direct Relief Foundation which hasgiven andisstill givingservices and
medical supplies inthemillions for relief ofstricken areas-in Africa and
Latin America recently. WorkedwiththeAttorney General's office inSanFran
cisco ontheappealoftheIvanhoe cases fromSanJoaquin Valley involving
the 160-acrelimitationon use ofwater fromfederalreclamationprojects,a
Biltmore Hotel zoning appeal, theSanYsidro Ranch case tocite a few.
Lilian receivedherlawdegree (J. D.magna cumlaude) fromSouthwestern
University inLosAngeles, attending night sessionswhileworking inthe
office oftheCity Prosecutor and ina local lawoffice, specializing in
admiralty andfarmandcorporate reorganization bankruptcy matters. In
1970shehadtheprivilege ofbeing amember ofaD.A.R. sponsored tripto
England, Scotland andWales. Some research wasdone attheSociety ofGen
ealogists inLondon, where she still maintains membership. In1982 asecond
tripwas made toattendtheO'Neill Gathering inBelfast, Northern Ireland,
then byferry tosouthern Scotland proceedingbyrail toEdinburgh (rather
than northerlytoInverness becauseoftheimminenceoftheBrit Rail
strike), reaching Aberdeen bytrain, going onbybus(coach) toElgin the
next afternoon, visitingPluscarden Abbey, Gordonstoun, Lossiemouth, running
down Masonic lodges inElgin, telephoningaFamily History officer inInver
ness (tobetold "WeareHighlanders"- Elgin isIntheLowlands, gobackto
Aberdeen andcontact librariansthere), Recently thetreasurer ofKilnply-
mock Lodge inElgin telephonedtosay hehadbeen readingtheminutes from
1704with great interest andwould send items found relatingtoJohn Man,
Clerk, whohadsigned identification papers for hissonWilliam Mann -the
ancestorcapturedwhile intheemploy ofthe East India Company and brought
toSalem, Massachusetts when rescued byashipoff the African coast about
1804. Alsovisited inSutton-onTrent, Nottinghamshire,with John-and Gwyn-
faBradbury, andstayed about aweeknearSaffron Walden andWicken Bonhunt,
TheWymond-Thomas BradburyBrickHouse location, visitedWoodford where
MarthaWealdOkendon wifeofourWilliamMannlived, andthenbybusto Lon
don andGatwick Airport (the Brit Rail strike havingbeen resumed>. Sofar
a rough draft oftheearly introductory chapters relatingtoearly Scottish
history havebeenproduced andsent forcomment toMellnda Hatfield, in
Eugene, Oregon, whoinducedLilian tocollaborate onaMann FamilyHistory.
Melinde iseditoroftheBULLETINoftheOregon State Genealogical Society,
andcompilerof "TheHayesFamilyofVirginia".
A greenthumbmaybeattributedtodiluted genesfromBurpeeandBur-
bankantecedents andher father's abilityto propagate strawberries, blue
berries, asparagus, andmanyvegetables andfruits notordinarily found in
NewHampshire gardens. A 13-page Ancestors Chart appears in ANCESTORS WEST
Vol.4, No.2,June 1978, withcorrections andadditions ina laterissue.Vol.
8, No. 2, June,1982, pp. 60-61.
PROFILES
RUTHBROOKSSCOLLIN, Librarian, Director.
Born Swampscott, Massachusetts toDorothy Hutchings and Paul Jonathan
Brooks. B.S. andR.N. fromSinmons College, Boston, Mass. Married Harold
Scollin . Came to California. Four childrenborn in SantaBarbara; for
nearly 15yearsworked asAssistant Director, OaksParent-Child Workshop.
Librarian SBCGSsince1980. NewlyelectedDirector, SantaBarbara Historical
Society, 1983.
FRANKB. SMITH, Parliamentarian.
Born Somerville, Massachusetts, sonofChester Frank andMargaret Perr-
ault Smith, elder inFirst Presbyterian Church, SantaBarbara. Entered Cali
forniaApril 29, 1926, atSanPedro (Los Angeles Harbor) aboard aStandardOil
tanker. Married GraceMcCandless, andlivesat333OldMillRoad, SantaBar
bara, CA93110. Mayflower ancestors include Stephen Hopkins andRichard War
ren. His Ancestors Tableappears asChart 17 ,ANCESTORS WEST, Vol. 4 No. 4,
December, 1978. A generous andconsistent supporter ofSBCGS.
ALMA IMHOFFLAURITSEN, LibraryInstruction.
Youngest ofsixchildren ofWill and Marianne Albertson Imhoff, raised
onthefamily farmfour miles fromBostwick, Nuckolls County, Nebraska - atown
which nolonger exists. Both parents spent childhool days inKansas sodhouses.
Their parents wereoriginally fromIndiana. Almaattended acountry school,
Sandy Knob, withless than a dozen students, each class eavesdroppingon lessons
from first toeighth grade. When Almawas 18the estate ofagreat-uncle, John
Utter, aSan Francisco lawyer, included funds for Alma's mother. $75.00 ofthis
tookAlmato simmerschoolattheUniversity ofNebraska inLincoln. Thiswas
the beginningofalong and roundabout route toacollege degree and wasthe on
lymoney notself-earned. Sheworked attheLincoln CityLibrary for7 years,
whiletakingUniversityclasses.
OnDecember 29, 1940, shemarried Carl Lauritsen, alawstudent. Hewas
stationed atCamp Claiborne, Louisiana atthe time ofPearl Harbor and sent to
theSouth Pacific for3years continuous duty. During those years Almalived in
Portland, Oregon, where their sonMartin wasborn. Onreturn tothestates, Carl
wasstationed atParis, Texas; Fort Benning, Georgia; and3years inWashington,
wherehewas intheJudgeAdvocate Dept. Oncemorecivilians, the family
farmed for15yearsatEdinburg, Texas. In1960, Almaresumed hercollegework
atPanAmerican College, Edinburg, andalsotaught intheelementary school.
Working full timeandwiththepatient helpofhusband andchildren, sheearned
herdegree just30years after startingcollege. Daughter Janet graduated from
HighSchool thesameyear. Theother children wereMartin, Glen bornatFt. Myer,
Va., andWayne andJohn borninTexas. In1964, Almabegan teaching inSpecial
Education atSantaBarbara, California. In1973, atrip around theworld wasa
change ofpace. Includedwasaspecial visit toHerning, Denmark where Carl's
ancestors hadlived. Almaretired fromteaching in1976andhasenjoyed theop
portunity topursue herinterest inwritingand inFamily History. Sheserved
forseveral years asLibrarian forSBCGS. In1980 shewasforced by ill-health
tolimit heractivities, butisnowmuch improved and able toconduct small group
instruction for the newermembers ofSBCGS. Ancestor Table,Chart 3,Apr.,June 1978.
V0T/1NTEER WORKERS
Familiar namesofearnest workers appear inthelist ofComrcLttees. The
Hospitality Committee isplanning torotate responsibility forsnacks, etc. at
themonthly meetings, with oneortwomembers making plans foreach meeting and
enlisting theeffortsof themanyvolunteers.
SANTA BARBARA HISTORYFAIR
As ANCESTORS WEST goes to press, the date and place have not definitedly been
set. The Fair with exhibits fromhigh school students throughout the county
isunder the direction ofDr. Thomas Fuller of SantaBarbaraandtentatively set
for the last weekend in April orpossibly the first weekend in May.
PLANNEDACTIVITIES - LIBRARYTRIPS
In cooperation with the Instructor (Mr. Crittenden) of the Adult Education
Family History Writing Class, Shirley Cobb, asProgramChair, has planned visits
to several area libraries ,the first in February to the Los Angeles Central Pub
lic Library, Genealogical Department; two are scheduled for UCSB library; and
another to the LDS Library in West Los Angeles. At least one amonth is projected.
COLIN CHAPMAN SEMINARS April 14,15,16,1983
SBCGS, thefirst county genealogical or historical society in the United States
to become affiliated with the FEDERATIONOFFAMILY HISTORY SOCTEriES in Britain,
istobe honoredby asecond visitation by Colin Chapman, international president.
EmilyThies has been workingwith Shirley Cobb and others making arrangements for
seminars in SantaBarbara and Ventura, details of which will soonbe announced.