iticestor; u Vol. 9, No. 1 MARCH. 1983 Whole No. 34 Tb6ay xtiebs yfsterbag x#ith tomorrow ibr conanwtQ.Z SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 1174 Goleta, CA. 93116-1174 OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, COMMITTEES 1983 Norman E. Scofield President EmilyPerry Thies Vice President Elizabeth Ann Early Secretary Muriel Riemer Graham Treasurer Harry W. Titus Director Lilian Mann Fish Editor, Director Ruth Brooks Scollin Librarian, Director Frank B. Smith Parliamentarian Alma Imhoff Lauritsen Genealogical Instruction COMMITTEES BOOK Sylvia Hanna HOSPITALITY MEMBERSHIP Beatrice McGrath PROGRAM Shirley Cobb PUBLICITY • - • • Amy Marwede WAYS AND MEANS Amy Marwede PAST PRESIDENTS Harry W. Titus 1982 Emily Perry Thies 1981 Bette Root 1980 Harry W. Titus 1979 Mary Ellen Webster Galbraith 1978 Carlton M. Smith 1977 Selma Bankhead West 1975-1976 Harry R. Glen 1974-1975 Carol Forbes Roth 1972-1973 ANCESTORS WEST is published quarterly inMarch, June, September, December. Non-member subscriptions are $8.00 per annum. Single copies of current and back issues are $2.00 depending on avail ability. The rate for advertising is $3.00 for the first 20 words and 10 cents for each additional word. Exchange averti- zing from genealogical and histrocial periodicals is welcomed. Contributions of a genealogical or historical nature will be accepted as space allows. Queries are encouraged. Quotes and reviews from pieces appearing in ANCESTORS WEST have the approval of the Society if the source is credited. The Society assumes no responsibility forservices or worV undertaken by• artyojttisnrs- nf) A Santa Barbara County Genealogical Sooievy i„emBeroh.i.t> l- *lt>.00 for the calendar year, dues payable byFebruary 1, and includes one subscription to the quarterly, ANCESTORS WEST. Members joining after July 1st pay half the annual dues and receive September and December ANCESTORS WEST. Special consideration is given for Life, Associate and Honorary members. Family member ships also available, to include 1 copy of the quarterly. REGULARMEETINGS: FirstSaturday of each month, 10am to 3pm, Room 8, Goleta Community Center, 5689 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA. Library at above address open each Wednesday, 12pm to 4pm. Visitors' attendance encouraged. PEGISTEP A^ SPCGS LIPRAPY OF MEMBERS• IN'TEPESTS State Family Name Member MASSACHUSETTS Essex County Dan STEWAPT, Edmond MOOEPS, Mr. Edward Frank Smith WOODVAN, Joseph GOODRICH, Member has book on Newbury,Mass. BIXBY/BIXBE GOULD PEABODY TOFNE Grace Smith (Mrs. Frank) AMESRURY Thomas BARNARD John CLODRH Wm. HOYT Edward nPNT Wm. SARGENT Henry TRUSSELL Lilian Fish Lieut. John WEEP ANDOVER Lt. John ASLET or ASLEBEE Wm. BALLARD " John BARKER, John bridges John ffrie(FRYE) Edmond HINCKSMAN Nicholas FOLT John OSGOOD John STEVENS Robert SAVOPY BOXFORD Thomas ANDREWS Joseph RIXRY BRADFORD John GAGE Robert HASELTINE John JACKSON " Dea. Maximilian JEWETT Wm. JEWETT Onisipherous MAPS!! HAVERHILL Robert CLEMENTS John CROSS James DAVIS " John BOND Samuel GILE John HUTCRINGS Richard LANOHORNE (Ionphorn) John WILLIAMS Richard MEPCER and his son Ahiel MESSER IPSWICH Robert PUPOTAM Robert CHOATE Lionel CHUTE " Edward COI.PURN Daniel EPES/EPPS his widow Martha READE Epes came to Mass. m (2) Gov. Samuel SYMONDS Philip FOWLER John GAGE SBmuel GRAVES Thomas HARDY Richard KIMBALL John PEARL John PROCTOR Thomas SCOTT Wm. SHATSWEI.L John WEPSTEP John WYATT Humphrey WYETH LYNN Joseph HOWE Edmund INGALLS Wm. TILTON " MANCHESTEP William ALLEN Lt. Col. Eleazer CRAFTS " John MANN MARBLEHEAD Samuel BRIDGES John DERBY/DARBY " METHUEN Henry PODWELL John CROSS Richard MEFCER John William MANN NEWBURY John AYEP Richard BARTLETT Henry BODWELL " John BOND John CHENEY Capt. John CUTTING John EMERY John GOODALE Thomas HALE John KELLY Nathaniel MERRILL Thomas MILWARD William MOODY Anthony MORSE Wm. NESPIT Nicholas NOYES Rev. Wm. NOYES Joseph PIDGEON Daniel PIERCE Samuel Poore Robert SAVORY Thomas SMITH Henry SOMERBY John SWETT Wm. TITCOMB Nathaniel WEARE Edward WOODMAN Susan Brian CHENEY, NOYES PETTINGILL ROWLEY Wm. ACIE John BURRANK Thomas BIRKBEE/BURPEE Richard CLARKE Constance BRIGHAMCrosby, r fisYi widowof Robert CROSBY Thomas DICKINSON'" Leonard HARRIMAN Richard HOLMES Michell HOPKINSON Thomas LEAVER John NORTHEND Francis PARROTT John PEARSON Jonathan PLATTS Hugh SMITH JohnS^O^'WWn »mi(ii«STICKNEY Richard SWAN Thomas WOOD WOOD ELITHORP CHAPLIN SuP»n Brian Wm. ALLEN Isaac CUMMINGS Robert HEBERT/ SALEM HIBBARD Wm. KNIGHT Robert MORGAN Lilian Fish Richard NORMAN William VARNEY REGISTER AT SBCGS LIBRARY OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS State Family Name Member INDIANA DeKalb Co. Jacob, John IMHOFF 18— Alma Lauritsen (Butler) Alonzo FINNEY Olive FOSDICK Jane McKINLEY Crawford Co. Dinah HOLTZCLAW VAN METER (Marengo) Payette Co. John McCORMICK 1820- James McCORMICK 1820Eileen Johnson (Indianapolis) LaGrange Co. BENNETT DRAKE Irma Keyes Montgomery Co. Crawfordsville UTTER 1845 - Alma Lauritsen Yountsville ALBERTSON 1849 SWANK 1824 Abraham OTTER Lettice SWANK Parker ALBERTSON Dianna BARRETT James ALBERTSON IOWA Clark Co. GLENN Shirley Cobb Oaceola TRYFORD KANSAS Republic ALBERTSON (Republic County) Alma Lauritsen Smith Center TRYFORD ( Smith County) Shirley Cobb Sedgwick Co. Marie Ramirez KENTUCKY Christian Co. Hettie Letitia STILES/STYLES 1808 Susan Brian Franklin Co. Ida M. MARSHALL ' Dorothy N. Pahos Grayson Co. John VAN METER DinahHOLTZCLAW Alma Lauritsen Hardin Co. SWANK 1788 VAN METER 1780 ii » (Nelson) SUMMITT 1780 James BRIAN b c 1834 Susan Brian Elizabeth STANLEY b c 1814 Laura Ann McCULY b 1826 Jefferson J. W. NORTON Ida M. MARSHALL Dorothy N. Pahos Samuel TODD Dorothy Walt Jessamine CAWBY-TRISLER Margaret Neal Nelson Co. John and Rosanna SWANK Alma Lauritsen (Hardin) Joseph and Lettuce VAN METER Shelby ? Lewis Milton BAILEY b 1790/1800 Susan Brian Washington YEAGER Frances Ramsey KENTUCKY Nancy RICHARDSON b 1803 Susan Brian MARTIN MOUNT WHITE WOOLF BOND Harry Titus MITCHELL LOUISIANA Rapides Par. John Crittenden BOONE b 1821 Susan Brian Union Par. Sarah Melissa THOMAS MAINE Kittery andPipe StoveLanding 1630-40's NASON Hancock Co. (Bar Harbor) R0DICK Shirley Cobb Wells & Saco John CLOYES Thomas MILLS Lilian Fish Maine? Samuel TRASK Dorothy Walt MARYLAND Allegheny Co. DRAKE Irma Keyes Frederick Co. John KALB Emily Thies Caspar MONTZ Nancy BOSELEY Dorothy Walt HINKLE Irma Keyes Harford BENNETT Hagerstown Isaac G. McCAULLEY Ruth Morrow ? James McCARTY Dorothy Walt MASSACHUSETTS SMITH 1640-1740 Frank Smith Barnstable Co' Ralph SMYTH Sam SMITH Dea.John Smith,Sr. John Smith, Jr. Family of Stephen HOPKINS Wm.BASSETT Family of Nicholas SNOW Family of William GOODRICH William GOODRIDGE Yarmouth Thomas GAGE (later of Harwick) Lilian Fish REGISTER AT SBGGS LIBRARY OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS State Family Name "ember MASSACHUESTTS Thomas BARNARD Capt. Thomas BRADBURY Lilian Fish Essex Co.(con) Wm. BROWN Lt. Phillip CHALLIS John SALISBURY CLOUGH Anthony COLBY Roger EASTMAN Edward FRENCH, Wm. JOYT Wm. OSGOOD Wm. PARTRIDGE Robert RING Wm. SARGENT Samuel WINSLEY EASTMAN HOYT WORCESTER COLLINS EATONSusan Brian Suffolk County Herman ATWOOD Wm. BEAMSLEY Elizabeth BOSTON BOUGHEY/BOFFEE m. Richard HARRIS Lilian Fish (Roxbury an Thomas BIRKBEE/BURPEE Wm. COPP nexed June John SCARLET Emmanuel FRYER,(alias Nath'l) 1867 Robert REYNOLDS Edmund GREENLEAF(d.Boston) (Charlestown Rice COLE, John GOVE Wm. LEARNED Robert annexed to LONG Thomas PIERCE Joshua TEAD/TIDD Boston Lt. Griffin CRAFTS John CHENEY Robert May 14,1873 HARRIS R6Bert SEAVER Wm. PEACOCK Wm. CHANDLER CHARLESTOWN Samuel FOSDICK b 16S5 John and Anne(SHAPB- LEY) FOSDICK Alma Lauritsen John FOSDICK m. 1648 Steven FOSDICK " " Nicholas and Ann SHAPLEY Sarah WETHERELL " " (includes Clapp Settlement,Dor- Edward and Edmond FARRIKGTON Wm. KNIGHT Frank Smith Chester.Boston Middlesex County Edward DIX Richard PARKER John SYMOND " " Nicholas WYET^ John BARKER Robert HARRIS Thomas PIRD, Sr. Robt. HARRISON Isaac STPNS John FISKE, aka John FISH Edward PHELPS Roger CHANDLER John HEALD I, II, III " " James, Richard HILDRETH Family Richard ROPPINS Mary GOODRIDGE, widow of Wm. and familv Abraham IRELAND Josiah KEMP, Sr. Thomas PARROTT, Sr. Col. James WILDER MALDEN James and Mary HARVELL, 1705 R. Pat Har- John Harvell, 1711 ville CHELMSFORD John and Esther nARVELL 1730*s CAMBRIDGE Henry DUNSTER Richard FPENCH Lilian Fish CHELMSFORD Jacob PARKER Mary BISHOP(m.Robt2COLPURN) " CONCORD William BUSS Richard FRENCH " " Nathaniel HARWOOD (Harrod) James HOSMEP Wm. TAYLOR George WHEELER Wm. WOOD GPOTON Lt. William HASEY-(also in Reading) MALDEN Ralph SPRAGUE WATERTOWN Wm. GOODRIDGE Isaac STEARNS WOBL'RN Jacob PARKER " " Plymouth County (or Colony) Joseph KEENE John HAYFORD Thos. ATKINS Emily Thos. POHNEY John BISBEE Thos OLDHAM • Thies Thos. LITTLE Richard WARREN Samuel BAKER Kenelm WINSLOW Francis SPRAGUE Wm. BASSETT Nathaniel TILDEN Christopher WADSWORTn " " Wm. BROOKS John DUNHAM Henry SAMPSON Stephen RPVANT Wuph PRTGGS (also in Bristol) Plymouth James BISHOP PD-liyummonuntthh CCoouuntnvtJyon^a^t^han^BR^EWSTEP^^LucreptaimallOyLDHAM PAaltmraiLcakurCiats-e Samuel TRAKS J^™**7 l&]lu Stephen HOPKINS Giles HOPKINS Samuel RIDER F. Smith Robert BARTLETT Wm. BASSETT Joseph GOODRIDGE IsaacHAMBLEN Mary WARREN Samuel SMITH Ralph SMITH (Smyth) Francis BAKER Nicholas SNOW To be Continued ANCESTORS WEST TABLE OF CONTENTS Vol. 9, No. 1 March, 1983 _ Page PROFILES Officers, Directors, Staff 4-7 Norman Edward Scofield Emily Perry Thies 4 Elizabeth AnnEarly Muriel Riemer Graham 5 Harry Titus 5 Lilian MannFish 6 Ruth Brooks Scollin Alma Imhoff Lauritsen 7 SANTABARBARA HISTORYFAIR 7 PLANNEDACTIVITIES - LibraryTrips 7 COLINCHAPMANSEMINARS, April 14, 15, 16, 1983 7 ANCESTORTABLE Chart 36 Dorothy HantzWalt 8-9 ANSWERTOINQUIRY -EdwardOwen Qrpet 9 DANISHANCESTRYCHARTS 9 ADMONITION - DO NOTUSEBLUEINK 9 UNITS OFMEASURE, with diagrams, Norman E. Scofield 10-11 PERSONALITY, Col. H. T. TITUS -FAMOUS OR INFAMOUS, Harry Titus 12 -15 QUERIES 15, 16, 17, 18, 28 VANZANT 1983, 1984 MEETINGS 17 CHHMASHCAVEPAINTINGS -TRAVIS HUDSONRESEARCHTRIP 16 INDIANARESEARCH - Map andReferences 19_24 SANTABARBARA COUNT?MARRIAGE RECORDS - 1898 25-28 REGISTER AT SBCGS LIBRARY OFMEMBERS' INTERESTS,Alabama to NewJersey29-31 GLINES FAMILY (fromoral tape presented toSBCGS) 32 -33 ONTEVERAS FAMILY (transcription ofinterview) 33-34 RECOMMENDEDREADING INENGLISH WAYS, DavidGrayson Allen PURITAN VILLAGE, Sumner Chilton Powell 34 NEWINTHELIBRARY 35.37 FROMTHE SERIALS READING AREA, UCSB -AVERYBRUNDAGE ARTICLE 38 CONEJOVALLEYGENEALOGICALSOCIETY-SPRINGSEMINARFeb. 12,1983 38 SEARCHINGFORNEW ENGLAND-NEWYORKANCESTORS? ' 38 WALLSTREET JOURNAL ARTICLE -February 15, 1983 38 Appeal ismade for gifts ofbooks, pamphlets and periodicals forthe SBCGS Library. Contributions willbe reported inNEWINTHELIBRARYsection and are tax deductible. Recomosndations forpurchase ofbooksaretobemadetotheBookOcnroittee. An cestral Chartsandarticles forANCESTORS WESTare solicited. Queries bringresponse and expansion of family history data. Participation inplannedresearchtrips toseveral libraries bycharteredbus nowbeing scheduled is urged. The library at the GoletaCcrammity CenterBuilding is open each Wednesday afternoon, 12 noon to 4p.m. The regularmonthly meeting is on the first Saturday of themonth, 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Membership meeting 11 a.m. Become involved. Indicate your areas ofinterest. Forms and charts are available toassist in research projects. Volunteer your services andmake suggestions. Consult the binder containing family names ofinterest tomembers (bycountry, state and county) and addthose names of particular interest to you. Presently this is aneglectedresource. Make it work foryou. PLANTOATTENDCOLTNCHAPMAN, International President, FAMILYHISTORY SOCIETIES FEDERATIONSEMINAR, scheduled forAPRIL14,15,16,1983 in SANTABARBARA andinVENTURA, CALIFORNIA (Apr. 16,p.m.) StimulatingTopicsrelating toAmerican-British research. Stillavailable -Notesheets - Royal Presidio ofSantaBarbara. Next issue will contain Book Reviews ofworld war1 armyancestry, NormanHolding, Federation of Family History Societies, 96, Beaumont St., Mile- house, Plymouth, Devon PL2 3 AQ, ISBN0-907099-20-3, 88 pp. 1982> YOUR FAMILY HISTORY,C(onstance) M(ary) Matthews, Revised Edition, 1982, Lutterworth Press, FarnhamRoad, Guildford, Surrey, England, ISBN0-1788- 2542-x, 144 pp. Address List at pp 122-142, index 143-144. h 7.95 net from Publisher's Publicity Dept.,Luke House, Farnham Road, Guilford, Surrey. PROFILES NORMAN EDWARD SCOFIELD, President. CurriculumVitae. Born inMinneapolis, Minnesota toRonaldDickey andDorothyPalmer (Nelson) Scofield. Family moved toCalifornia in 1926. GrewupinBerkeley, Oakland andSacramento. Military Service: U. S. Army 1942-46. Family moved toSanta Barbara in 1943. Following Army discharge in1946, married Shirley frace Halverson, in Jacksonville, Illinois, andstartedcollege at UCSB (Riviera Campus). Graduated in 1949with B. A. (Physics Major). Employed 1949-1953 at U. C. Hospital, San Francisco asTechnical Physicist; from 1953-1980byU. S. Navy Laboratories in San Francisco, California, andSilver Spring, Maryland; as aResearch Physicist. Retired, June 1980, returningwith sonJohn toSantaBarbara. Shirley, followingthe initial movetoSantaBarbara, resumedher interrupt ednurses training,which she had started at MacMurray College inJacksonville. She earned aB. S. in nursing, receivedherR. N. fromthe StateofCalifornia andworked at several hospitals, supplementing theslimmarried-student's stipend underthe"GI" Bill. AfterthemovetoSanFrancisco, shegave birthtothree sons. Alan, born 1950, is adance teacher, choreographer andperformer living withhiswife inSanRafael. Paul, born 1953, isanartist andsign painter living inSan Francisco andJohn is astudent at SantaBarbaraOonmmity College, living athome. Shirley passed away in1976. Inherited genealogical data fromhis paternal grandfather, EdwardHerbert 'Scofield, whowas anElectrical Power Engineer for the Minneapolis Street Rail way Company. Startedtowork onScofield genealogy in1975. Ancestor chart given inANCESTORS WEST, Vol. 7, No. 1(March, 1981). The Scofield line goes back fromMinnesota inthe early 1900's throughWisconsin (1848-1860).upstate NewYork (1780-1848), Stamford, Connecticut (1641-1780) totheImmigrant Ances tor(perhaps) from Rochdale, Lancashire, England, toIpswich, Massachusetts in 1639. Just after retiring in1980made atriptoEnglandwith twoyounger sons, JohnandPaul. VisitedSchofield HallruinsnearRochdale. Stillseeking proof ofthefamily connectionwiththese English Schofields. With brother, Tony, and son, John, formed asmall business corporation which is currently doing consultingoncomputer programs with theNavy. Inter ested iuapplications ofpersonal computers tohelp store and access genealogi cal data. EMILY PERRYTHIES, VicePresident (President 1981) The olderof two childrenbornto ArthurZ. and JanetteCurtissPerry on a farm inHillsdale County, Michigan. When shewasthreethefamily movedto Hartford, where the parents operated agrocery storeuntil her father's failing health prompted amove toEast Lansingsoshe could enterMichigan Agricultural College (nowMSU). Five days aftergraduation fromtheSchool ofHome Economics asamajor inNutrition shemarriedWilbur H. Thies ofTraverse City, whom she hadmetwhile a freshman asherinstructor inPhysics. Theyearbefore marriage Bill hadtaken aposition asExtension Horticulturist at Massachusetts Agricul tural College inAmherst. Within five years theyweretheparents ofthree sons, all ofwhom aremarried andhave presentedEmily andBill Thies with seven granddaughters, twograndsons andonegreat-granddaughter. Heme, family and community activities-occupied Emily until WWII when she was askedtohelpout intherecently opened Laboratory Nursery School atMass achusetts State College (nowUniversity ofMassachusetts). Theprofessor teachingChildDevelopment, usingthe lab, hadbeen anacquaintance in college andknewthat Emily had spent atermasanundergraduate atMerrill Palmer Insti tuteinDetroit. After abrief time"onthejob" Emily knewshewouldliketo continue butfelttheneedformoretraining. Tothatendsheattended summer sessions atCornell University for five years toearn herM. A. inChildDevelop ment and Family Relationships. She remained attheUniversity for fifteen years asDirector ofthe Nursery School andteacher ofChild Development toUniversity juniorandseniorstudents. She retired tojoin Bill overseaswhen hewas servingasConsultant inHorti culture far the Food and Agriculture Organization oftheUnited Nations. He served inYugoslavia andSyria, atotal ofmore thanfive years. Theoverseas assignments initiatedthe Thies family intotravel, which they continued toen joyandwhich has included anine-month trip aroundtheworld duringwhich they visitedtwenty-fourcountries. Three ofthese trips involved genealogical research inEngland. Forsane years Emily wasamember oftheSociety ofGenealogists inLondon and engaged in research in its collections. In1972 they sold the home inAmherst, Massachusetts, which they had built thirty-five years earlier andcame toSantaBarbaratobenear the oldest son and his family. About aweek laterbefore they found aplace tolive, Emily attendedthefirst meetingofthegroup that became SBCGS. Sheisanactive member oftheFirst Congregational Church, serves asavolunteer attheSanta BarbaraBotanicGarden Guild Shop, assists intheUN local office, andisamem ber ofO.K.Cbapter ofPE0. Weall knowhowmuch ofherself andresearch materi alsshehasgiven toSanta BarbaraCounty Genealogical Society. PROFILES ELIZABETHANN EARLY, Secretary. Has not responded toseveral requests for submission ofher profile. Lives with herparents. Wasformerly employedbyoneofthetitle insur ancecompany offices. Presently isintent ondeveloping arecord searching ser vice- Santa Barbara andVentura Counties, plustheState ofCalifornia, includ ingearlySpanish-Mexican California. MURIEL RIEMERGRAHAM, Treasurer. Assisted intypingcopyforthisissue. Bornandbroughtup intheMidwest- Beloit, Wisconsin - onlydaughterof ElmerH. Riemerand Laura M. Schuenke. Marrieda sailor intheU. S. Navy, spent thenext16yearslivinginWashington, D.C.,Virginia, Maryland, Texas thenreturningto Madison, Wisconsin whereshebroughtup fourchildren. Becameinterested inresearching familywhenshecameacrossscrapbooks of obituaries andoldnewspaper clippings hermotherhadbeencollecting foryears. Thissparkedan interest indiscovering her"Roots" thatwill not letup. In Madison, WI, shewas ableto take advantageof the extensiverecords at the State Historical Society Library. There shediscovered thecensus records of hergreat grandfather Riemerfortheyears1860, 1870and1880. Believing thatallof my grandparents cameoverfromGermany asyoungchildren, shewas surprisedto findthatgrandfather Riemerwasborninthiscountryin1863,his father havingcomeoverwithhiswifeandfourolderchildren to becomeanearly settlerofWisconsin andNebraska. A copyofhiscitizenship document showshe renounced allegiancetotheEmperor ofPrussia, tobringhisfamily tothis countryfora betterlife. The situation isratherlikeherown,electingto leavea goodposition anda familiar lifeinWisconsin overthreeyearsago, to startagaininSouthern California. ShehasbeentotheMormon Library in Salt Lake Cityresearching herfamily, spent hours inother libraries, hours in cemeteries, hoursinCountyOffices diggingup information, written manyletters to find clues thatwouldgiveanother ideawhereto find moreinformation (sometimes shethinks itisjustahobby). Sheintends toleaveahistory for herchildren andgrandchildren, somethingtheycanread, enjoy, andrealize what ittookto putthemon thisearth. HARRYTITUS, Director. President 1979and1982. BorninFlorida, sonofClifford L.andJessie Barnett Titus. Soldier, sailor, genealogist, thelatterthemostfulfilling. Thatheattributes tothe wealth of information available relatingtoboththeTitusandBarnett lines. He doesbemoanthedearth of itonsomanyothers. Possibly thatiswhy his searches havebeensoexciting- learningofone's"roots" isa formof detect ivework. AtriptoFlorida a fewyears agoisahighlight hewillalways re member - infact, heplans anotherwithin thenext fewmonths. While inFlori dahewalkedthe graveyards, metwithcousinsunkownonlya fewmonthsbefore. Inaddition, he spent sometimeintwovery important places - Micanopy andTi- tusville. Thefirst washisbirthplace (asitwashismother's andherfather's) andthesecondwasnotonlythebirthplace ofhisfather andofhisfather's father, butitwas founded bybisgreat-grandfather. AtTitusville, hewasmet byahost ofdignataries andpresented with thekeytothecity. "Amemorable experience,"he says. Titussaysthatdespite hisaccomplishments todate, hehasa longwaysto go, a journeyhewishes hecould complete sothat hisfour children (twoboys, twogirls) willhaveahistory oftheirlinestopassontotheirchildren as well. Hestartedwithmaterial garneredby a paternal auntandonherdemise feltduty-bound tocontinue whatshehadstarted, comnencingwitha Spanishan cestor. He learned of a cousin whohadthesameancestor, butwas alsorelated totheBarnetts, hismother's line. Realizing heneededhelpinaddingfoliage tohisgenealogical tree, he joinedSBCGS anddugintobooksandpamphlets In theSociety's library. Fortunately theTitusnameiswell-recorded fromEng landto the presentday,with many localitiesinthis countrybearingthe name. He foundtherewas no comprehensive, all-encompassingbookor pamphlet- only a fewpublicationslimitedto a singleline. He resolvedto solvethe prob lembyputtingouta quarterly listing everyTitushe couldfind, and, inaddi tion, establish a newmethodof recording genealogical data. Thuscame into being"THETITUSTRAIL"andhisdedication todonating genealogical holdings to theSociety andurgingothers todolikewise - ifnotatotal library, atleast abook, a pamphlet, a subscription to aquarterly notnowreceived by SBCGSand copies ofpedigree andfamily group sheets. Those last twoarethebarminimum andcancontribute somuch. Hisadvice: "Don't giveup! It'soutthereand justpossiblythroughour societyitwillbe found." He andhiswife, Justine, havespenthourscopyingmarriage records lists at theCounty Recorder'soffice. He has contributedinspiringarticlesto ANCESTORSWEST andactivelysupports theobjects andpurposes of theSociety. National Atlas oftheUnited StatesofAmerica, U. S. Dept. oftheInterior Geological Survey, 1970, Washington, D.C., shows Titusville, Floridawith a population of 22,000andTitusville, Pennsylvania with8,356andTitusCounty, Texas, county seatMt. Pleasant, 17,400. PROFILES LILIANMANNFISH, Director andEditor, ANCESTORS WEST. BornMethuen, Massachusetts, atownseparated in1726fromHaverhill, EssexCounty andfromwhichtheindustrial cityofLawrencewascarved, in manyrespects resembles Montecito, SantaBarbaraCounty, California. The Nevins family donatedthelibrarybuilding, anorganhallwherefreecon certs aregiven wasbuilt tohouse aSymphony Organ being replaced by a newer oneinBoston, acastle withgatehouse andwalled grounds erected by theTenney family, anEnglish half-timberedtype school building donated byEdward Searles, whohadmarriedthewidowofMarkHopkins ofSanFrancis co, andafterherdeath returnedwith hisfortune toMethuen, buildingon the outskirts acastle, nowoccupiedbyasecondary school operatedbya Catholic sisterhood, andmany sandstonewalls alongthecountry lanes with inhisholdings. Shewasraised inthe adjoiningtown ofPelham, Hillsborough County (formerly inRockinghamCounty), NewHampshire where hermother's Hobbs family bad lived for generations since the Reverend James Hobbs (Har vard, 1748) marriedElizabeth Batchelder, descendant oftheReverend Stephen Bachilor, whocame toNewEnglandwith three Sanborn andBatchelor grandsons attheageof73, remainedover 20years, andthen returnedtoEngland and died nearLondon inhis100thyear in1660. Herparents didnotagree as totheperson forwhomshewasnamedbutdidagree onthespelling-LILIAN. She came to Santa Barbara in 1949 anduntil 1971 was an associate attorney intheoldest lawfirminthecityandhadtheprivilege ofworkingwithMr. Francis Price, Sr. inmany interestingmatters, includingthecontract for reconstruction oftheOldMission quadrangle, alicense for useofMission rooms bytheSantaBarbaraHistorical Society(whichwent totheCuria in Rome forapproval), contracts for theproduction ofPadres Choristers recor ds, ofChristmas carols andwith BingCrosby andRCAinNewYork, theMax Fleischmann estatewhichdonated funds fortheMission andmanyothercivic enterprises, theWilliam Zimdin estatewith widespread interests inCali forniaand abroad. TheWilliamZimdinFoundation was thepredecessorof Direct Relief Foundation which hasgiven andisstill givingservices and medical supplies inthemillions for relief ofstricken areas-in Africa and Latin America recently. WorkedwiththeAttorney General's office inSanFran cisco ontheappealoftheIvanhoe cases fromSanJoaquin Valley involving the 160-acrelimitationon use ofwater fromfederalreclamationprojects,a Biltmore Hotel zoning appeal, theSanYsidro Ranch case tocite a few. Lilian receivedherlawdegree (J. D.magna cumlaude) fromSouthwestern University inLosAngeles, attending night sessionswhileworking inthe office oftheCity Prosecutor and ina local lawoffice, specializing in admiralty andfarmandcorporate reorganization bankruptcy matters. In 1970shehadtheprivilege ofbeing amember ofaD.A.R. sponsored tripto England, Scotland andWales. Some research wasdone attheSociety ofGen ealogists inLondon, where she still maintains membership. In1982 asecond tripwas made toattendtheO'Neill Gathering inBelfast, Northern Ireland, then byferry tosouthern Scotland proceedingbyrail toEdinburgh (rather than northerlytoInverness becauseoftheimminenceoftheBrit Rail strike), reaching Aberdeen bytrain, going onbybus(coach) toElgin the next afternoon, visitingPluscarden Abbey, Gordonstoun, Lossiemouth, running down Masonic lodges inElgin, telephoningaFamily History officer inInver ness (tobetold "WeareHighlanders"- Elgin isIntheLowlands, gobackto Aberdeen andcontact librariansthere), Recently thetreasurer ofKilnply- mock Lodge inElgin telephonedtosay hehadbeen readingtheminutes from 1704with great interest andwould send items found relatingtoJohn Man, Clerk, whohadsigned identification papers for hissonWilliam Mann -the ancestorcapturedwhile intheemploy ofthe East India Company and brought toSalem, Massachusetts when rescued byashipoff the African coast about 1804. Alsovisited inSutton-onTrent, Nottinghamshire,with John-and Gwyn- faBradbury, andstayed about aweeknearSaffron Walden andWicken Bonhunt, TheWymond-Thomas BradburyBrickHouse location, visitedWoodford where MarthaWealdOkendon wifeofourWilliamMannlived, andthenbybusto Lon don andGatwick Airport (the Brit Rail strike havingbeen resumed>. Sofar a rough draft oftheearly introductory chapters relatingtoearly Scottish history havebeenproduced andsent forcomment toMellnda Hatfield, in Eugene, Oregon, whoinducedLilian tocollaborate onaMann FamilyHistory. Melinde iseditoroftheBULLETINoftheOregon State Genealogical Society, andcompilerof "TheHayesFamilyofVirginia". A greenthumbmaybeattributedtodiluted genesfromBurpeeandBur- bankantecedents andher father's abilityto propagate strawberries, blue berries, asparagus, andmanyvegetables andfruits notordinarily found in NewHampshire gardens. A 13-page Ancestors Chart appears in ANCESTORS WEST Vol.4, No.2,June 1978, withcorrections andadditions ina laterissue.Vol. 8, No. 2, June,1982, pp. 60-61. PROFILES RUTHBROOKSSCOLLIN, Librarian, Director. Born Swampscott, Massachusetts toDorothy Hutchings and Paul Jonathan Brooks. B.S. andR.N. fromSinmons College, Boston, Mass. Married Harold Scollin . Came to California. Four childrenborn in SantaBarbara; for nearly 15yearsworked asAssistant Director, OaksParent-Child Workshop. Librarian SBCGSsince1980. NewlyelectedDirector, SantaBarbara Historical Society, 1983. FRANKB. SMITH, Parliamentarian. Born Somerville, Massachusetts, sonofChester Frank andMargaret Perr- ault Smith, elder inFirst Presbyterian Church, SantaBarbara. Entered Cali forniaApril 29, 1926, atSanPedro (Los Angeles Harbor) aboard aStandardOil tanker. Married GraceMcCandless, andlivesat333OldMillRoad, SantaBar bara, CA93110. Mayflower ancestors include Stephen Hopkins andRichard War ren. His Ancestors Tableappears asChart 17 ,ANCESTORS WEST, Vol. 4 No. 4, December, 1978. A generous andconsistent supporter ofSBCGS. ALMA IMHOFFLAURITSEN, LibraryInstruction. Youngest ofsixchildren ofWill and Marianne Albertson Imhoff, raised onthefamily farmfour miles fromBostwick, Nuckolls County, Nebraska - atown which nolonger exists. Both parents spent childhool days inKansas sodhouses. Their parents wereoriginally fromIndiana. Almaattended acountry school, Sandy Knob, withless than a dozen students, each class eavesdroppingon lessons from first toeighth grade. When Almawas 18the estate ofagreat-uncle, John Utter, aSan Francisco lawyer, included funds for Alma's mother. $75.00 ofthis tookAlmato simmerschoolattheUniversity ofNebraska inLincoln. Thiswas the beginningofalong and roundabout route toacollege degree and wasthe on lymoney notself-earned. Sheworked attheLincoln CityLibrary for7 years, whiletakingUniversityclasses. OnDecember 29, 1940, shemarried Carl Lauritsen, alawstudent. Hewas stationed atCamp Claiborne, Louisiana atthe time ofPearl Harbor and sent to theSouth Pacific for3years continuous duty. During those years Almalived in Portland, Oregon, where their sonMartin wasborn. Onreturn tothestates, Carl wasstationed atParis, Texas; Fort Benning, Georgia; and3years inWashington, wherehewas intheJudgeAdvocate Dept. Oncemorecivilians, the family farmed for15yearsatEdinburg, Texas. In1960, Almaresumed hercollegework atPanAmerican College, Edinburg, andalsotaught intheelementary school. Working full timeandwiththepatient helpofhusband andchildren, sheearned herdegree just30years after startingcollege. Daughter Janet graduated from HighSchool thesameyear. Theother children wereMartin, Glen bornatFt. Myer, Va., andWayne andJohn borninTexas. In1964, Almabegan teaching inSpecial Education atSantaBarbara, California. In1973, atrip around theworld wasa change ofpace. Includedwasaspecial visit toHerning, Denmark where Carl's ancestors hadlived. Almaretired fromteaching in1976andhasenjoyed theop portunity topursue herinterest inwritingand inFamily History. Sheserved forseveral years asLibrarian forSBCGS. In1980 shewasforced by ill-health tolimit heractivities, butisnowmuch improved and able toconduct small group instruction for the newermembers ofSBCGS. Ancestor Table,Chart 3,Apr.,June 1978. V0T/1NTEER WORKERS Familiar namesofearnest workers appear inthelist ofComrcLttees. The Hospitality Committee isplanning torotate responsibility forsnacks, etc. at themonthly meetings, with oneortwomembers making plans foreach meeting and enlisting theeffortsof themanyvolunteers. SANTA BARBARA HISTORYFAIR As ANCESTORS WEST goes to press, the date and place have not definitedly been set. The Fair with exhibits fromhigh school students throughout the county isunder the direction ofDr. Thomas Fuller of SantaBarbaraandtentatively set for the last weekend in April orpossibly the first weekend in May. PLANNEDACTIVITIES - LIBRARYTRIPS In cooperation with the Instructor (Mr. Crittenden) of the Adult Education Family History Writing Class, Shirley Cobb, asProgramChair, has planned visits to several area libraries ,the first in February to the Los Angeles Central Pub lic Library, Genealogical Department; two are scheduled for UCSB library; and another to the LDS Library in West Los Angeles. At least one amonth is projected. COLIN CHAPMAN SEMINARS April 14,15,16,1983 SBCGS, thefirst county genealogical or historical society in the United States to become affiliated with the FEDERATIONOFFAMILY HISTORY SOCTEriES in Britain, istobe honoredby asecond visitation by Colin Chapman, international president. EmilyThies has been workingwith Shirley Cobb and others making arrangements for seminars in SantaBarbara and Ventura, details of which will soonbe announced.