QUERIES

 

 

Paula (Olmstead) Wittstruck, 1305 W. Glass Avenue, Spokane, WA 99205-2746,  asks:

 

Do we know anything about Jeremiah (s/o Capt. Jabez & Thankful BARNES) OLMSTED's wife, Elizabeth LITTEN and her family?

 

I (COH) can give an answer, and invite comments and other answers. I do not believe that LITTEN was her surname. In all my searches through Massachusetts Vital Records, Mass Soldiers, DAR records, etc, I have never run across that surname in New England that early. On the other hand, I went to the Brookfield Town Clerk’s office a few years ago, and copied the original record. It is very poor quality, so I can not include it in the Newsletter. But it was definitely spelled LITTEN.  I think it must have been a name that SOUNDED like LITTEN. Perhaps LEIGHTEN, LYTON, or even LITTLE.

 

Marlene Mymryk  asks the following:

 

Gideon Olmstead , b. abt. 1768 Mass., d. May 14, 1837 Hull Quebec married Esther (Ester) ANDREWS (ANDRUS) Feb. 4, 1788, West Stockbridge, Mass. Son Zenus was born April 7, 1791, Hebron, Washington Co. New York, son Abraham,  b. Dec. 3, 1796 Onondaga, New York. In 1802 Wolford Census in Canada then to Hull Quebec 1804. They had 12 children; Sarah, Zenus, Abram, Henry, Jabez, Gideon, Esther, Nancy, Daniel, David, two died young. I am looking for the parents of both Gideon and Esther. Where are their birth records? Does anyone have information on any of their children and descendants?

 

Marleen also sent a newspaper clipping, dated  May 26.1961, from the Ottawa Clarion,  concerning OLMSTEAD Park which was opened in the City View area of Ottawa. This Park was to remember Abraham OLMSTEAD who first owned the land. It said he was a UEL, moved to Hull from Pennsylvania about 1780.

 

She asks:

 

Who is this Abraham to whom the article refers? Does anyone know who is wife was? children? I have researched the Ottawa area because of my OLMSTEAD line. The only Abraham ( Abram) I have come across is my gr.gr.gr. grandfather and the date for him is too early (1780). Perhaps someone can identify him.

 

Marleen also asks if anyone knows how to access these Olmstead archives she keeps reading about that are associated with the OFA?

 

Lorna Gerten, C/O Melodie Larkin, 687 Edgar Ave, Beaumont, California, 92223, Email;  sent a query.

 

Richard Francis OLMSTEAD was from the New York area (Ithaca); he had one sister Carolyn and one cousin Paul who also had the OLMSTEAD name. Richard was the son of Bernard Bruce OLMSTEAD . He died abt. 1932. Another is David Nelson OLMSTEAD ,  b 1 Jul., 1815 at Green Woods, Luzerne Co, PA. He was married abt 1835 to Sarah SCOTT , b. 1821; children are: Mary Jane, b. 1836/40; Eunice, b. 1842, Stephen, b. 1844; David, b. 1846; and Samuel, b. 1850. And the last one is Millie OLMSTEAD,  b. Nov 5, 1796, NY,  d. aft. 1874, prob. Stoughton, WI;  married Peter KELLOGG,  b. 16 Dec., 1801, prob. Rome, Oneida Co, NY, d. 30 Aug, 1867, Hudson twp, Douglas Co, MN, bur. Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, MN. Peter was the son of Joseph KELLOGGand Maraba NICKOLS

 

Doreen Dolleman, 5570 S. Langston Road, Seattle, WA 98178; said that she found a wonderful detailed biographical review of Capt. Laurel OLMSTED of Binghamton, NY. His parents were Lorenzo B. OLMSTED and Lucy Tailor CHARTFORD, Washington, Co., NY. His paternal grandfather was George OLMSTED of Hanover, NH. Lorenzo was born in 1805, Bradford, VT. Does anybody know who George Olmsted descended from?. Does he belong to the Capt. Jabez line? She has more information on this family if any one is interested.

 

Evelyn BAKER, 13549 West Lake Road, West Springfield, PA, 16443, ([email protected]) is looking for the parents of Hannum (Harmon) Olmstead, of Ohio. He may have been born on May 1, 1814, and died April 23, 1880 at Oregon, OH. Interment was in North Oregon Cemetery, Lot 34, Otter Creek Road, Lucas County, OH. The cause of death was dropsy (Source: Record of Deaths, Probate Court, Lucas County, OH). He married Susan Weis, born May 12,1809, died July 17, 1899 at Jerusalem, OH, internment at North Oregon Cemetery, Lot 34, Otter Creek Road, Lucas County, OH, cause of death, old age. (Source: same as above). Children: James, b. 1838; Cordelia , b. 1841; David Nelson, b. 1843; Theodore, b. 1845; Elizabeth, b. 1851 (Source: 1860 Ohio Census, Toledo, OH, Wood County, Perrysburg Hiarchy)