I’m headed to Salt Lake City in a few weeks and I decided to pull together a county list for the Asher’s who appear on my timeline. Now I’m a bit depressed. There is no way I’ll be able to be thorough for all these counties in less than 7 days! But [...]
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Asher research – resuming
Posted in Asher, research notes on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Thomas Asher who died in Texas – how does he relate to my Thomas?
Posted in Asher, methodology, research notes on July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to the War of 1812 pension file of Thomas Asher, who died in TX in 1885, he was drafted in Anderson County, Tennessee, in October 1814 and was discharged at Anderson County Tennessee in May 1815. He married Mary McGee in Anderson County on 6 May 1817. And he was a widower residing in [...]
Updates and corrections to the Asher timeline
Posted in Asher, methodology, research log on July 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A big thank you to cousin Darrel who went over the Asher timeline with a fine toothed comb and discovered errors and helped with additions. Rather than do a second post, I added Darrel’s notes and corrections to the existing timeline but put them in red. I, also crossed out the far too [...]
The name is the thing – Onomastic evidence in the Asher Family
Posted in Asher, methodology, research notes on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Somethings just scream at you when you see them. The prevalence of the names Matilda, Thomas, Sarah, Nancy and William and the repeats of Delilah, Asa, Alvin. Leroy and Rebecca are pretty glaring. Does it mean anything? None of these are rare names. Sarah and Thomas are obvious choices for the [...]
Asher timeline part 2 1850-1880
Posted in Asher, methodology, research notes on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1840 – Alvin Asher enumerated Wayne, IN
Sarah Asher (widow of Thomas) enumerated Wayne, IN
John McLeland enumerated Clinton, IN
Allenson McLeland enumerated Clinton, IN
Thomas Asher enumerated Clinton, IN
Solomon Asher enumerated Owen, IN
Isaac Asher enumerated Shelby, IN
Washington Asher enumerated Huntington, IN
Cornelius Asher enumerated Rush, IN
James Metcalf enumerated Fayette, IN
Sarah Asher marries Edward Wyatt in Wayne, IN
1842 – [...]
At last – the first part of the Asher timeline 1780 to 1848
Posted in Asher, methodology, research notes on May 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Notes – T. & S. stands for Thomas and Sarah Asher my ancestors. I have not followed several possible relations through time prefering to concentrate on those with the surname of Asher at birth who have a connection with early Indiana counties of Wayne, Franklin, Rush and Delaware (although I confess I’ve somehow [...]
Tracking gnats – using a timeline on the Asher family
Posted in Asher, methodology, research notes on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to discover possible connection between individuals and families, it is sometimes useful to build a timeline of events in the life of an individual or group of possibly related individuals. I have lots of possibly related Asher individuals in Indiana in the period between 1810-1860. Clumps and clusters seem to share common [...]
Sifting through the ashes of the Ashers
Posted in Asher, research notes on March 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps I should call this the Ashers part 2….I descend from Matilda Asher daughter of Thomas Asher and his wife Sarah (surname currently unknown) Thomas, Sarah and their children appear to have arrived from outer space sometime around 1820 in Wayne County, Indiana. So who were Thomas and Sarah? Where did they come from and [...]
The Ashers of Ross County, Ohio – not mine unfortunately
Posted in Asher, research notes on March 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Asher Family of Ross County, Ohio – Not mine but interesting none the less
It is commonly stated, on the Internet, that Alvin Asher, oldest son of Thomas Asher and his wife Sarah (?) was born in 1809 in Ohio. Usually the location given is Ross County, OH. No one on the Internet provides documentation for [...]
