submitted to state library:
(Our state”s official death records start around 1882. Birth records about the same time period, officially about 1900.)
Hello, I was advised to use this form for a genealogy question. Here is what I am looking for, and I know the dates are earlier than when systematic records were kept: any death record, cemetary record to confirm death dates for this couple who lived in Davis Twp., Fountain County in 1870 and disappear by 1880: Thomas and Julia (Corkley) Hanniford. Their name can be spelled Haniford, Hanniford, Hannaford, and other ways. There is a female born in 1876 whose name is Johanna “Dolly” Haniford. She is my husband’s great grandmother. The question is who is her mother? From family stories we think she was Thomas Hanniford’s daughter. Not sure if Julia died before Johanna’s birth. There are some other family stories that Johanna’s mother was Indian. Thomas and Julia immigrated from Ireland and were probably CATHOLIC. (Where would Catholics have been buried in the 1870s in Davis Twp.? Or what Catholic churches existed in the 1870s in Fountain County? These might be clues.) Johanna, or “Dolly” as she was known, attends “HALL SCHOOL” in 1892 at age 16. I have a photo of this school and all the students in front of it. It looks to be a one-room school house. If Dolly had a birth record, that may tell her parents’ names (but she was born in Jan. 1876, from family records). Also, ANY records if they exist from this “Hall School” might tell us more about her. She is in the one picture I have. Johanna does not appear in any census record I have found, until her marriage to John Morgan Jan. 31, 1897. Their marriage record exists for Fountain County, Book 11, page 349. This original record may also tell her parents’ names? Thank you for any info.
Sent to Fountain County Genealogy group: 6-28-11
Hello,
My husband’s father’s family is from Davis twp., Fountain County, way back to Irish immigrants in the 1860s! I have a complicated problem and wonder if you have any information that might be helpful. I will also work on submitting their histories to your family research project for Fountain County.
The time periods I need to find out about are too early for any easy answers.
I am looking for any death record confirmation for a couple who seem to have both died between 1870 and 1880. They are living in Davis Township in 1870. They disappear by 1880, and family stories confirm that they would have died in this time period. Their names were Thomas and Julia (Corkley) Hanniford.
The last name can be spelled Haniford, Hanniford, Hannaford… and other ways.
Thomas and Julia immigrated from Ireland. Their first child, Timothy, was born in Ohio, the rest in Indiana. Other children they had were: Mary, Bridget, Elizabeth and Margaret.
However, the person in question is another girl they either were parents of, or took in, named JOHANNA HANNIFORD. She went by the nick name “Dolly”. Dolly is born January 1876. Family stories say her father was Thomas Hanniford. Family stories also say her mother was ½ Indian. Now, if her mother is Julia Corkley Hanniford, Thomas’ wife of many years, it is highly unlikely that Dolly is Indian at all. However, Julia may have died BEFORE Johanna (Dolly) was born, as she comes quite a few years after the rest of their children.
She is in a picture of “HALL SCHOOL” , some sort of one-room school house in Davis Township, in 1892, at age 16. I have this picture. As you probably know, records of the 1890 census are mostly non-existent due to a fire, I believe, at the national level.
Johanna marries John Morgan on Jan. 31, 1897 at the age of 21, in Fountain County. The original marriage record may give her parents’ names? Or where they were married?
So to surmise, I am looking for death or cemetery records for: Thomas and Julia (Corkley) Hanniford,
Or birth records of any kind, or any records mentioning parents, for Johanna (Dolly) Hanniford.
In her marriage record, her name is Johannie Hanniford.
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