The WikiTree Challenge 2021 Week 19

Date: 12 May 2021 to 19 May 2021
Location: WikiTree

Contents 1 WikiTree Challenge Week 19 1.1 Documents 1.2 Photographs 1.3 Resources 2 Tell Us What You Found 2.1 Interesting Finds 2.2 Free Space Pages 2.3 Military Profiles 2.4 Profiles With Narrative 3 Ancestors 3.1 Brick Walls 3.2 Needs Work

WikiTree Challenge Week 19

Guest Star: Devon Noel Lee

Documents

Photographs

Note: Please check with your captain, Maddy Hardman, if there are any questions about the images being protected by copyright.

• add image link here

Resources

• [1] Reliable Sources
• AGC GEDCOM cleaning tool
• Bio Tool for creating short biographies on the fly.
• England Research Sources England's source links.
• German Resources List of German source links.
• German Church Records Archion, your browser should translate this page to English if needed.
• [2] Newspapers via Fulton History Search
• Perry County, Ohio Resources and the new site it's moving to: Genealogy3.com
• Scandinavian Given Names on FamilySearch.org
• Scotland Resources Scotland’s list of source links.
• Scotland Reliable Sources Scotland’s list of reliable source links
• Swedish Biographical Dictionary
• Sweden Church Archives Riksarkivet search for parish records.
• [3] United States Reliable Sources
• WikiTree Allowed Markup Brackets, Italics, List items, and other formatting marks

Tell Us What You Found

Interesting Finds

List interesting finds to share with the guest at the end of the week

• A poem on Effingham Townley (1759-1828)’s gravestone:

Farewell ye friends whose tender care

Has long engaged my love;

Your fond embrace I now exchange

For better friends above

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hankinson-306 we know he was in a gun club because they wrote a newspaper report and claimed the scores were bad that week because of...wait for it...defective pigeons!
• Hugh Vaughan Knight (abt.1500-abt.1536) is Devon’s 13 great grandfather - from the profile...” Sir Hugh Vaughan, also known as Vaughan of Litleton, was a Welshman, apparently of low birth. He fought the last judicial duel sanctioned by the Court of Chivalry in front of King Henry VII in 1492 and held several roles in the English Royal Court during his life in service to the Crown.” When he died in 1536 he was buried in Westminster Abbey. [Note the birth date on the profile is currently set at 1500 to enable England Project members working in it even though they are not pre-1500 certified, please don’t change it!]

• Peak family, unfortunately John Elijah Peake (-1695) is Not the son of John Peake (1604-) or grandson of his parents William Peake (1580-1639) and Ann Acton, nor is he the son of a different John Peake (1627-1688) who married Alice Patterson. That family was conflated on FamilySearch.

• However, Townley family has a better sourced line since we corrected an error. Her Townley line goes back to the earliest ancestors on this Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towneley_family#Townley_of_Royle_and_Littleton. There has been extensive work done by local history groups on the Towneleys of Towneley Hall https://towneleyhallsociety.co.uk/Towneley.pdf is a 46 page report they produced and essential reading for Devon!

• The new parents of Joane (White) Townley (1615-1674), also on the Townley line by marriage, give Devon a relationship to English royalty through this chap William Boleyn KB (abt.1449-1505) who is Elizabeth I’s great grandfather and Devon’s 14th great grandfather. There are also at least three MPs (Members of Parliament) in the Sackville line. This found by a new WikiTree challenge participant Ann (Browning-5288).

• Devon should find this book an interesting read - all about the search for heirs of a fortune. It finishes up with an account of some of her Townley relations, and is online for free https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc1883ushe/page/6/mode/2up

• Mary Ellen Hankinson (1850-1884) is probably the Helen Hankinson, “a patient in the Insane Asylum from Licking County, crawled through the bars of a window in the fifth story to-day and fell to the ground, receiving injuries from which she died In five minutes.“ She is the only sibling (of ten) who had died before their family reunion in 1900 (see free space page below, space:Family_Reunion-2 Hankinson family reunion in 1900)

• Silas Fickel was the grandson of Joseph Fickle (the fourth great-grandfather of Devon). He served in the Civil War, and had his leg amputated after being shot. He married, had a daughter, adopted a son, and took in a granddaughter. He was a shoe maker by trade. He lived to the age of 86.

• Jacob Benjamin Hankinson (abt.1874-1954) made the paper in 1933 when he got injured squirrel hunting by getting his foot stuck in the fork of a tree and had to be rescues but some corn cutters.

• Simeon Hankinson (1817-1888) and Susannah (Collingham) Hankinson (1814-1893) moved from New Jersey to Licking County Ohio in the early 1800s. They had 11 children whose descendants and their legacy continue in the area until the present. They had 43 grandchildren. Hankinson's legacy

Free Space Pages

List any Free Space Pages created for, or linked to, members of this family.

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Comfort_Land_Records
• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Biographical_Sketches_of_Some_Townley_Family_Members&public=1 relates to the family of Effingham Townley Jun (1729-bef.1818) who is Devon’s Sixth Great Uncle
• Hankinson family reunion in 1900
• Yellow Frame Presbyterian Church
• Hankinson's legacy

Military Profiles

Did any of the guests family serve in the military or military conflicts (Civil War, Revolutionary War, WWI, etc.)

• 2nd Great Grandfather, William Townsend served in the Civil War
• George Fickle Civil War fought for the Union as a Private in the 78th Infantry
• Ninian Tannehill served as a Private in 2 Regiment (Cotsgreave's) Ohio Militia in the 1812 War
• Several Townleys fought in the Revolutionary war -
• William A Peake, 5th great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War.
• William Hankinson, 6th great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary war.
• John Roy, 7th great-grandfather was a Patriot in the Revolutionary War by virtue of his service in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey.
• Four of Devon's Hankinson Great Grand Uncles served in the Civil War. Hankinson's legacy

Profiles With Narrative

Devon would like to see several different writing styles. If you have a profile that has a lot written in the biography, please list it here. Thanks!

• Thomas H Cramer b. 1833, edited by Mindy Silva
• Margaret Ann Hankinson b. 1839, edited by Nancy (Cox) Wilson as well as some of her siblings.
• Joseph Fickle b. 1780, edited by Mindy Silva

Ancestors

Brick Walls

Please make sure you have a source for every step back from the great grandparents before adding profiles...DO NOT COPY PROFILES FROM OTHER FAMILY TREES, even the comparison tree. This is our WikiTree year of accuracy and we need sources.

George Joseph Geizler (1885-1974) Kentucky, Ohio, GERMANY

1. Joseph Geißler (abt.1836-1863) needs parents
2. Heinrich Mäck (1811-1868) -> Johann Andreas Mäck 1766-1820 -> Andreas Mäck ?-1809 needs parents GERMANY
3. Heinrich Mäck (1811-1868) -> Johann Andreas Mäck 1766-1820 -> Johanne Elizabeth Muller ?-1809 -> needs parents
4. Heinrich Mäck (1811-1868) -> Christine Marlene Rottger 1774-1848-> Musquetier Rottger -> needs parents
5. Heinrich Mäck (1811-1868) -> Christine Marlene Rottger 1774-1848-> needs mother
6. Johanne Christine (Tinnappel) Mäck (1800-1842) -> Friedrich Tinnapel 1773-1842 -> Christian Tinnapel -> needs parents
7. Johanne Christine (Tinnappel) Mäck (1800-1842) -> Friedrich Tinnapel 1773-1842 ->Anne Elisabeth Kreitz -> needs parents
8. Johanne Christine (Tinnappel) Mäck (1800-1842) -> Christine Elizabeth Henke 1763 - 1836 -> Christian Henke -> needs parents
9. Johanne Christine (Tinnappel) Mäck (1800-1842) -> Christine Elizabeth Henke 1763 - 1836 -> Magdalena Mäck -> needs parents
10. Christian Christopher Hoppe (1818-1881) ->Christoph Hoppe -> needs parents
11. Christian Christopher Hoppe (1818-1881) ->Maria needs a surname
12. Anna (Karlsberger) Hoppe (1824-1911) -> Lorenz Karlsberger -> needs parents
13. Anna (Karlsberger) Hoppe (1824-1911) -> Ursula Barbara Koller -> needs parents

Evaline Townley (Peak) Geiszler (1893-1959) Kentucky, Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES

1. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 -> Andrew Jackson Peak 1815-1895 -> William A Peak 1767-1839 -> Mary (needs surname)
2. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 -> Andrew Jackson Peak 1815-1895 -> Elizabeth Forte (1773-1857) -> Charles Christopher Fort 1734-1843 (unlikely, he would be 109!) -> needs parents
3. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 -> Andrew Jackson Peak 1815-1895 -> Elizabeth Forte (1773-1857) -> Sarah (1740-1810) needs a surname
4. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 ->Susan Young (1816-1859)-> William Young -> needs parents
5. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 ->Susan Young (1816-1859)->Elizabeth Humphrey (1791-1855) -> needs parents
6. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 ->William Stone 1800-1845 -> needs parents
7. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 ->Mary Ann 1807 needs surname
8. Evaline (Townley) Peak (1859-1939) ->Richard Townley (abt.1837-1906) ->Eveline (Porter) Townley (abt.1802-1893) b 1802 - Stratford, CT -> Needs parents

Some very dubious lines.....remember proper sources are needed before creating any profiles please!!! Need a source for the person and one to link the person to the tree remember, only the first ten generations get points

Supposedly England back to Norman Conquest and French before that...

1. William Talbot Peak (1868-1931) -> William H Peak 1838-1880 -> Andrew Jackson Peak 1815-1895 -> William A Peak 1767-1839 -> Francis Elijah Peake 1734-1791 -> John Elijah Peake (abt.1705-1756) III 1688-1756 -> John Peake II (1662-1728) Jr 1665-1728 -> John Elijah Peake (1627-1695) Sr 1629-1691 MIGRATION-> John Peake (1604-1688) John Elijah Peake 1604-1684 -> William Peake (1580-1639)-> Robert Peake (1551-1619) Robert William Peake Sr 1551-1619 -> William Peake (1520-1562) Sir William Peake 1530-1596 -> Sir John Peake (1506-1550) -> Robert Pike (1474-1557) -> Thomas Pyke (abt.1435-abt.1480) -> Hugh Pyke (1405-1450)-> Thomas Peck (abt.1394-abt.1464) Thomas Pyke 1390-1440 -> Sir Richard Peck II (bef.1360-abt.1410) Richard Pyke 1360-1410 -> Richard Peck (1345-1412) Richard Pyke Sr 1331-1412 -> John Peck III (1319-1372) John Pyke II 1315-1372 -> John Peck II (1299-1369) John Pike I 1299-1369 -> John Peck I (1279-1304) Thomas / John Pyke / Peck 1279-1304...

Similarly, from the above back to Scotland 1300s...

1. John Elijah Peake III 1688-1756 -> Mary (Spence) Peake (1670-1770) Mary Elizabeth Spence 1664-1770 -> CONFLATION Patrick De Spence (abt.1633-abt.1684) & Patrick Spence (abt.1633-abt.1684) Patrick Spence 1634-1684 -> John Spence (1611-1704) John David Spens 1611-1704 MIGRATION ...

Another line back to 1300s England...

1. Effingham Townley (1759-1828) ->Richard Townley 1720-1828 -> Effingham Townley (abt.1690-abt.1730)-> Col Richard Townley (1629-1711) Richard Townley 1643-1711 -> Nicholas Townley Esq (1612-1687) ...back to 1300s England
2. Effingham Townley (1759-1828) ->Richard Townley 1720-1828 -> Effingham Townley (abt.1690-abt.1730) -> Elizabeth (Smith) Townley (1643-1712) -> Richard Smith (abt.1613-1692) -> PROJECT PROTECTED needs parents - check before adding

This one goes back to pre-history Kings of Wales...

1. Effingham Townley (1759-1828) ->Richard Townley 1720-1828 -> Effingham Townley (abt.1690-abt.1730) -> Elizabeth (Smith) Townley (1643-1712) -> Sarah (Hammond) Smith (bef.1623-1708) -> William Hammond (bef.1575-1662) in Suffolk, England...goes back into the Kings of Wales pre 1000

Robert Zumstein (1896-1967) Ontario, CANADA, GERMANY

1. Robert Walter Zumstein (1868-1940) -> Heinrich Zumstein 1832-1901 -> Paul Sumstein 1792-1864 -> needs parents
2. Robert Walter Zumstein (1868-1940) -> Heinrich Zumstein 1832-1901 ->Philippina Molter 1794-1868 -> needs parents
3. Robert Walter Zumstein (1868-1940) -> Catherine Hedrick 1837-1905 -> Henry Hedrick 1805-1879 -> needs parents GERMANY
4. Robert Walter Zumstein (1868-1940) -> Catherine Hedrick 1837-1905 ->Barbara Ann Bost 1809-1884 -> needs parents GERMANY
5. Adaline (Snyder) Zumstein (1870-1954)-> John Snyder 1831-1906 -> Adam Snyder 1804-1891 -> William Snyder 1769-1850 -> apparently back from Canada through New Jersey to GERMANY needs thorough checking
6. Adaline (Snyder) Zumstein (1870-1954)-> John Snyder 1831-1906 ->Elizabeth Kouck 1805-1881 -> needs parents
7. Adaline (Snyder) Zumstein (1870-1954)-> Caroline I E Lane 1841-1923 -> John Ralph Lane 1820-1861 ... New York...Connecticut ... England Derbyshire & Norwich in 1500s to 1600s back through Worcestershire to 1300s and more lines through Shropshire to 1100s
8. Adaline (Snyder) Zumstein (1870-1954)-> Caroline I E Lane 1841-1923 -> Elmira Irving 1820-1883 -> needs parents

Clementina (Comfort) Zumstein (1895-1963) Ontario, CANADA, SWITZERLAND, PRUSSIA, GERMANY

1. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Jacob Comfort 1802-1846 -> Robert Comfort 1767-1848 ->John Comfort 1745-1796 -> Robert Comfort 1700- ->needs parents
2. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Jacob Comfort 1802-1846 -> Robert Comfort 1767-1848 ->Nancy Ann Johnson 1746-1825 -> Jeremiah Johnson MD 1720-1749 -> needs parents
3. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Jacob Comfort 1802-1846 -> Robert Comfort 1767-1848 ->Nancy Ann Johnson 1746-1825 -> Rebecca Haines 1724-1798 -> needs parents
4. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Jacob Comfort 1802-1846 ->Anna Elizabeth Book 1776-1827 -> John Conrad Book 1754-1827 -> Johann Georg Buchs ...SWITZERLAND
5. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Jacob Comfort 1802-1846 ->Anna Elizabeth Book 1776-1827 -> John Conrad Book 1754-1827 ->Christianna Metzger 1736-1790 -> Johann Conrad Metzger 1680-1761 -> needs parents
6. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Jacob Comfort 1802-1846 ->Anna Elizabeth Book 1776-1827 -> John Conrad Book 1754-1827 ->Christianna Metzger 1736-1790 -> Anna Barbara Metzger 1688-1763 -> needs parents
7. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Jacob Comfort 1802-1846 ->Anna Elizabeth Book 1776-1827 ->Anna Charity Gertraute Zimmerman ...PRUSSIA
8. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Abigail Snyder 1805-1879 -> John Snyder 1776-1846 ... New Jersey ...GERMANY
9. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Ithamer Comfort 1832-1886-> Abigail Snyder 1805-1879 ->Christiana Dils 1777-1861 ->...New Jersey ...GERMANY
10. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Susanna Moote 1832-1911 -> Benjamin Moot 1803-1884 -> ...New York, PRUSSIA, GERMANY
11. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Susanna Moote 1832-1911 -> Penelope Wright 1807-1886 -> needs parents
12. Alonzo Comfort (1858-1942) -> Susanna Moote 1832-1911 -> Penelope Wright 1807-1886 -> needs parents
13. John Marr (abt.1838-1894)->Joseph Marr 1800-1876 -> Joseph Marr 1770-1851 -> William Marr 1732 - 1789 -> Lawrence Marr 1707-1796 -> needs parents
14. John Marr (abt.1838-1894)-> Joseph Marr 1800-1876 -> Joseph Marr 1770-1851 -> William Marr 1732 - 1789 -> Esther (needs a surname)
15. John Marr (abt.1838-1894)-> Joseph Marr 1800-1876 -> Joseph Marr 1770-1851 -> Ann Michall 1747-? -> needs parents
16. John Marr (abt.1838-1894)-> Joseph Marr 1800-1876 -> Mary Brooks 1778-1816 -> Michael Brugh 1742-1846 (unlikely, he would be 104!) -> Petri Bruch Brugh 1710-? -> needs parents
17. John Marr (abt.1838-1894)-> Joseph Marr 1800-1876 -> Mary Brooks 1778-1816 -> Michael Brugh 1742-1846 (unlikely, he would be 104!) -> Anna Maria Hewitt 1710-? -> needs parents
18. John Marr (abt.1838-1894)-> Joseph Marr 1800-1876 -> Mary Brooks 1778-1816 ->Maria Elizabeth Mumbauer 1745-1849 ->needs parents
19. John Marr (abt.1838-1894)->Elizabeth Havens 1805-1883-> needs parents
20. Laney (Shafley) Marr (abt.1845-1870)->Jakob Shafli 1806-1898 ->Viktor Schafli 1786-? -> needs parents
21. Laney (Shafley) Marr (abt.1845-1870)->Jakob Shafli 1806-1898 ->Elisabeth Stuber -> needs parents
22. Laney (Shafley) Marr (abt.1845-1870)->Mercy Jane Maria 1804-1898 -> needs parents

Sherman Lewis Brown (1867-1937) Ohio, Maryland, GERMANY, SCOTLAND,

1. Samuel Brown (1821-1900) -> James Brown (1795-1859)-> needs parents
2. Samuel Brown (1821-1900) -> Catherine (needs surname)
3. Charles Gordon (1801-1873)-> needs parents
4. Jane (Fickle) Gordon (1803-1865) -> Joseph G Fickle 1780-1860 ->...Maryland & GERMANY
5. Jane (Fickle) Gordon (1803-1865) ->Nancy Tannehill 1777-1859 -> William Tannehill 1748-1824 ->James Tannehill 1710-1780 -> needs parents
6. Jane (Fickle) Gordon (1803-1865) ->Nancy Tannehill 1777-1859 -> William Tannehill 1748-1824 ->Rachel Adamson 1726-1809 -> needs parents
7. Jane (Fickle) Gordon (1803-1865) ->Nancy Tannehill 1777-1859 -> Elizabeth Hamilton 1750-1832 -> Thomas Hamilton 1710-1784 ->through Maryland to SCOTLAND
8. Jane (Fickle) Gordon (1803-1865) ->Nancy Tannehill 1777-1859 -> Elizabeth Hamilton 1750-1832 -> Ruth Scott 1724-? -> needs parents

Emma Virginia (Townsend) Brown (1880-1943)

1. William Townsend (bef.1820-bef.1860) -> needs parents
2. Nancy (Lynch) Townsend (bef.1820-abt.1857) -> needs parents
3. Mary Claybaugh (1846-1916) ->Thomas D Clabaugh 1802-1877 -> Maryland & Pennsylvania lines
4. Mary Claybaugh (1846-1916) ->Polly Ann Nash 1805-1848 -> needs parents

Delbert A Hankinson (1887-1947)

1. Joseph Hankinson (1712-1783) -> Thomas Hankinson Sr. (abt.1673-aft.1724) is Project Protected - check before adding parents, also this is different to the comparison tree DO NOT CHANGE unless you have verified primary sources

Agnes Anderson (abt.1881-1920) Missouri, Ohio, SWEDEN, ENGLAND

1. William Anderson (abt.1858-) -> needs parents SWEDEN
2. Amanda Sparks (abt.1861-) -> John Sparks 1816-1906 -> George Sparks 1772-1868 -> needs parents
3. Amanda Sparks (abt.1861-) -> John Sparks 1816-1906 ->Nancy Simons 1775-1842 -> needs parents
4. Amanda Sparks (abt.1861-) -> John Sparks 1816-1906 -> Elizabeth Jane Weakley 1818-1901 -> Thornton J Weakley 1796-1861 -> Joseph Benjamin Weakley 1766-1850 -> needs parents
5. Amanda Sparks (abt.1861-) -> John Sparks 1816-1906 -> Elizabeth Jane Weakley 1818-1901 -> Thornton J Weakley 1796-1861 -> Mary Ann Jenkins 1765-1825 -> ...through Virginia back to Essex, England
6. Amanda Sparks (abt.1861-) -> John Sparks 1816-1906 -> Elizabeth Jane Weakley 1818-1901 ->Elizabeth McCarty 1797-1830 -> needs parents

Needs Work

1. The Hankinson line is different - WT & FamilySearch disagree in a number of places (WT correct). Careful sourcing is needed.
2. Margaret (Goble) Hankinson b 1764 in ?? needs research, locations and sources. She most likely died in New Jersey, United States.
3. There are a number of lines going back from US to UK and far back in time. They need careful checking and sourcing - see above under “Brickwalls”