Do your Pennsylvania surnames have a One Name Study?

Question

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Pennsylvania%2C_Name_Studies

Answer 1

Thank you, Sharon! I will add my Flaugher Name Study to the category. My ancestor, Christian Flaugher, emigrated to Pennsylvania in the mid 1700's and everyone with the last name in America is his descendant. (Nothing like a little shameless advertising! ;-)

Answer 2

No they do not.

Comments

You might want to add some One Name Studies. It is a great way to index your families :)

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Yup - McElmoyle. Some of em' lived in PA too. MAgs

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Some of my Vantine families lived in Pennsylvania --

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While you are probably right I just have no interest in doing that or even adding category's to those profiles. Just with the last name's in my family it would more than double the number of one name studies in PA and I don't have time to worry about that.

Answer 3

The Tryon Family has a significant presence in Pennsylvania -- Philly, Pittsburgh, also the founding of Tryonville.   For my own line, I am pretty confident that the Tryons I find in the Scranton/Luzerne area in 1870, 1880 are my ancestors.   I can't trace them much further and the evidence is limited to two census records and some directory records in Scranton.   My Ansyl Tryon is reportedly born in Binghamton, NY (which is relatively close).

I am not sure the best way to cross-categorize between name and area studies.   In the case of the Tryon surname I created at the top level the broadest category:  Tryon Name Study and two very broad regional categories under that:  Tryon Family in America and Tryon Family in England.    The Tryon Name Study catches any I don't yet know how/where to categorize geographically a set small enough it didnt warrant a regional subdivision yet.   Perhaps the next phase is to subdivide the Tryon Family in America by subregions?

If anyone is knowledgeable about Scranton, South Abington/Luzerne County genealogical resources between 1865-1890 I would appreciate guidance or assistance.

Answer 4

Interesting question, Sharon. I've already got a One Name Study for the Lloyd name, but it doesn't focus on a specific ancestor or location. However, one of my own ancestors (once I confirm all the connections) was Thomas Lloyd, who became a Quaker and came to Pennsylvania following persecution in Wales. He later became a lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania. I link to his Wikipedia page on the ONS page, but he's not currently included in the category. (Guess I should send a message to the manager of his profile.)

Does it make sense to have a separate ONS just for his descendants?

Comments

I say yes, have a separate One Name Study. I am not sure if that is encourage here, but it make a lot of sense to me. I have Burke Family from one location for about ten or twelve generations and want to study them separately from the larger Burke family from all over.