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Family History Beginners Board / Re: William Oviatt - New York
« on: Friday 23 May 14 21:32 BST (UK)  »
Thanks!  A lot of info there.  I appreciate it, especially since I couldn't find William's father's name.  But, yeah, I think that's my great great great grandfather who was a bigamist.  I'll explore that further.  No wonder no one in the family talked about him.  lol

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: William Oviatt - New York
« on: Monday 19 May 14 18:32 BST (UK)  »
My grandmother told me she had a brother whom she called Alvey, who apparently died circa 1964, but I can find no trace of him.  I never knew him so it's possible he passed prior to my birth in late 1959.  Again, I have no idea if his name is Alvin or what.  He doesn't appear on any census that I've checked either so I am truly stumped.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: William Oviatt - New York
« on: Monday 19 May 14 18:27 BST (UK)  »
I don't understand the census entries of Francis though.  Irene Frances was his daughter.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: William Oviatt - New York
« on: Monday 19 May 14 18:22 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for all the help.  Mildred was my grandmother.  Irene was her sister, hence his daughter.  I knew them both very well.  You did come up with a couple of sources that I hadn't found.  Sarah Johnson was a mystery to me.  I'll check her with those other names as well as the date of her immigration. 

I suppose there could be two William Oviatts in the Watertown area, though the city was pretty small at the time.  Even today population is still only about 20,000 or so.  Evans Mills and Theresa are a couple of those areas where if you blink twice you missed them. 

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Family History Beginners Board / William Oviatt - New York
« on: Monday 19 May 14 12:34 BST (UK)  »
Help if you can.  My great grandfather was William Oviatt of Theresa, New York (also Evans Mills and Watertown).  His daughter, Mildred, was my grandmother.  He was married to Ella May Conkey, ? date.  Grandma told me he died in a hay press accident when she was 7 or 9.  Indeed, Ella shows up on a 1920 census without William.  According to my grandmother's information, he would have died circa 1916.  HOWEVER, when I did an SSDI search it came up as him having died in 1959.  My great aunt Irene was (apparently) from William's second marriage, according to grandma.  But the man either simply appeared or disappeared, as the case may be, because I can't seem to find a paper trail.

Thoughts?  Ideas?  The 1910 census lists him as having been born in New York, and his parents having been born in New York as well.  I could sure use a birth certificate but so far haven't been able to access that since NY is reluctant to put much of anything on the internet.

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Down / Re: Conkey of Killyleagh area, Saintfields; McVeigh, Middleton, 1800s & earlier
« on: Saturday 17 May 14 11:56 BST (UK)  »
It sounds like we may be related.  My great grandmother was Ella Mae Conkey (b. 1879), daughter of Joseph Conkey (b. 1842) and Carrie Todd (b. 1838), born in New York.  That family settled around Watertown, NY.  Joseph is the son of James Conkey (b. ? Ireland) and Ann Martin (b. ? Ireland).  James is the son of Arthur Conkey and Margaret Ferguson, I have no dates on them, but he is the son of Arthur Conkey and Margaret Greenfield of Ireland.  Unfortunately, my research runs cold after this.  Any help is appreciated. 

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