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Frank was soldier in World War I working on airplanes. After the war he became a wonderful commercial artist, self-taught, with no formal schooling at all, it was a skill which just came natural to him. Lynn remembers his "Uncle Frank" as one of his favorite uncles. He was a gentle and giving man who went out of his way to make Lynn feel at home when he visited them, as he did for a couple of weeks each of several summers. During those days, Frank was the commercial artist for the Orpheum Theater. It was one of the highlights of Lynn's childhood years to be able to take the streetcar alone and clatter all the way from 4628 Bryant Avenue So., the home of Blanche and Frank, to the Orpheum Theater downtown. Frank had previously arranged with the employees to let Lynn just walk in as though he owned the place and make his way to the basement, threading his way through the jungle of machinery which made up the physical plant of the theater, eventually to find Frank's huge workshop. There was nothing Lynn marveled at more than to watch this master recreate the face of one of his favorite movie actors six feet high for display on the theater marqee. Before he worked at the Orpheum Theater, he worked at Brown & Bigalow designing signs. He then moved to Brainerd to take over a sign shop there, but the deal fell through so he moved back to Minneapolis where he went to work for the Orpheum Theater. As the technology of lithography advanced, the theater began to receive more and more advertising material, billboards and posters from the movie companies so it came to pass that Frank became unneeded by the Orpheum and he left to take work with the Nagele Advertising company. After he retired he and Blanche moved to Rapid City, SD where Frank worked for Stan and Lois Miller (Blanches daughter) in their photography studio doing picture framing, and he also did signs for a nearby Western store. Sadly, Frank, a wonderful uncle and fine man, died from an alcohol induced coma that lasted nearly three years.
(Note: The April 16th birth date for Frank came from his stepdaughter, Betty-Lu, but Florence Falconbury recorded in her own hand that Frank was born on the April 14th.)
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According to the wedding announcement in the newspaper of Livingston Manor, NY, Blanche and Julian Finch were married "At the home of the bride's father, 40 Baldwin St. Binghamton, NY... at 8pm Christmas Eve, 1909". Thus we know where Elam Gallup was living on this date. Winfield Gallup was very likely living there too as he was only 17 and probably had not yet left home.
Blanche took care of her father, Elam, during his declining years in New Ulm, Minnesota. A few years after Elam's death in 1921, Blanche and Henry Eidsvold, who were married at the time of Elam's death according to Elam's obituary, moved to Minneapolis where Henry had found work as a fireman with the Pillsbury Milling Company. There they had their only child, BettyLu, in 1926.
When BettyLu was about age nine, Blanche divorced "H.O.", as he was known, and sought work as a housekeeper. She found work in the home of a wealthy family in Minneapolis who by and by moved away, and this time Blanche was not so fortunate with finding employment. She could find work only in the far north of Minnesota in the village of Enger near Deer River, MN. After about one year there, Frank Browning, from New Ulm, an acquaintence of Blanche's and arguably the best friend of her brother Winfield, came to Enger to "rescue" them. Their understanding was that Winfield had arranged with Frank to do this. Blanche eventually married Frank and the family was for the first time in happy circumstances.
The foregoing paragraph on the married life of Blanche Gallup and two of her husbands, Henry O. Eidsvold and Frank W. Browning was prepared from remarks of their daughter, BettyLu, to Lynn Gallup by phone conversation on September 29, 1999. Lynn was also interested in learning more about Dr. Hugh Edmiston, an osteopath and the employer of Lynn's grandfather Elam who must have enjoyed a very special relationship with this Doctor as he had granted permission for Elam to be buried in the Edmiston family plot in New Ulm. BettyLu remembered only that they had stayed in touch with Dr. Edmiston. He was a "great friend of my mother", recalls BettyLu.
"Antie Blanche" was one of Lynn's favorite aunts on either side of the family. He recalls her as positively the nicest, most even-tempered woman that one could imagine, and very thoughtful too. One of the highlights of the lives of the Gallup kids in Sauk Centre, MN were the visits from Blanche and Frank a couple times a year; each time they would let the family know of their visit well in advance and the Gallup kids knew that it meant they would have another wonderful treat; they could hardly wait - Blanche and Frank would always bring a "Frozen Pie" from an ice cream store in Minneapolis which Frank would arrange to have packed in a large canvas container between layers of dry ice. After eating the pie, the kids got to put on their mittens and throw pieces of the dry ice into a tub of hot water to see the magnificent display of bubbles. Blanche died of "Generalized Arteriosclerosis".~ BettyLu also told Lynn that Henry, Blanche and BettyLu did not have a happy life together. " Henry was mean!", was BettyLu's opening remark about her father. He physically abused BettyLu and Blanche. At one time, BettyLu remembers, Henry chased her mother through the house with a butcher knife. When BettyLu was about five years old, Blanche took her along on a visit to her old friend Dr. Edmiston in New Ulm, or so BettyLu thought until years later when she learned that Blanche had gone there for an abortion.
~ Regarding her life with her stepfather, Frank, BettyLu remarked that she was very happy during those years although Frank did "drink a bit".
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The wedding announcement of Charles and Elizabeth tells us that at the time of their wedding he was a Private in D Company of the 55th Engineers, that they were married at Battle Creek, Michigan, and that they would "make their home there". The wedding announcement was from "E.D. Gallup of 1786 Carroll Avenue" and is a clipping from an unknown newspaper of an unknown date. However, we know from one of the obituaries we have for Elam that he arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1909 and did not remove from there to New Ulm, Minnesota until 1919. This spans the ages of 12 and 22 for Elizabeth, just right for a first marriage. What is more, there is a Carroll Avenue in West St. Paul, Minnesota so there can be little doubt that the wedding announcement appeared in the St. Paul newspaper.
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Little is known of Eliza as most of her life was spent outside the area where the rest of Elam Gallup's descendants resided. She did not like the name "Eliza" and quite early in life she claimed the name "Elizabeth" and this became "Betty". Lynn remembers only one meeting with "Aunt Betty", when she traveled from California to visit her relatives in Minnesota. She had just married her third husband, "Uncle Dick" (Richard Tilleson) so the visit must have been in 1943 or 44. He was a great deal of fun, particularly with his conspiritorial hushing of we kids when he laced his coffee with whiskey. I remember Eliza then as being uncommonly overweight and always laughing about something or other but I had the feeling that my parents were uneasy during their visit. It may have been because of Uncle Dick's drinking around we kids, something that we had never seen in our home before. A search of the California death index did not turn up her name nor that of Irving Clemenson, her husband of many years. However, her son James Winfield Clemenson was found there. A couple of years ago I was contacted by an e-mail from Eliza's grandson, Steven. I was quite thrilled at this because he said he had some information about Eliza, such as where she died, but that he was "busy right now and would contact me later" - I have never heard from him since and have tried to contact him many times. In the meantime I located Aunt Betty in the California death index under the name of her last husband, Walter Burcham. She died with the alias middle name "Lu". Probably taking it from Betty-Lu Myhre, her sister's child whom she much admired. The death index list her year of birth as 1898 but Florence (Gallup) Falconbury had it recorded as 1897.
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Little is known of Eliza as most of her life was spent outside the area where the rest of Elam Gallup's descendants resided. She did not like the name "Eliza" and quite early in life she claimed the name "Elizabeth" and this became "Betty". Lynn remembers only one meeting with "Aunt Betty", when she traveled from California to visit her relatives in Minnesota. She had just married her third husband, "Uncle Dick" (Richard Tilleson) so the visit must have been in 1943 or 44. He was a great deal of fun, particularly with his conspiritorial hushing of we kids when he laced his coffee with whiskey. I remember Eliza then as being uncommonly overweight and always laughing about something or other but I had the feeling that my parents were uneasy during their visit. It may have been because of Uncle Dick's drinking around we kids, something that we had never seen in our home before. A search of the California death index did not turn up her name nor that of Irving Clemenson, her husband of many years. However, her son James Winfield Clemenson was found there. A couple of years ago I was contacted by an e-mail from Eliza's grandson, Steven. I was quite thrilled at this because he said he had some information about Eliza, such as where she died, but that he was "busy right now and would contact me later" - I have never heard from him since and have tried to contact him many times. In the meantime I located Aunt Betty in the California death index under the name of her last husband, Walter Burcham. She died with the alias middle name "Lu". Probably taking it from Betty-Lu Myhre, her sister's child whom she much admired. The death index list her year of birth as 1898 but Florence (Gallup) Falconbury had it recorded as 1897.
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Little is known of Eliza as most of her life was spent outside the area where the rest of Elam Gallup's descendants resided. She did not like the name "Eliza" and quite early in life she claimed the name "Elizabeth" and this became "Betty". Lynn remembers only one meeting with "Aunt Betty", when she traveled from California to visit her relatives in Minnesota. She had just married her third husband, "Uncle Dick" (Richard Tilleson) so the visit must have been in 1943 or 44. He was a great deal of fun, particularly with his conspiritorial hushing of we kids when he laced his coffee with whiskey. I remember Eliza then as being uncommonly overweight and always laughing about something or other but I had the feeling that my parents were uneasy during their visit. It may have been because of Uncle Dick's drinking around we kids, something that we had never seen in our home before. A search of the California death index did not turn up her name nor that of Irving Clemenson, her husband of many years. However, her son James Winfield Clemenson was found there. A couple of years ago I was contacted by an e-mail from Eliza's grandson, Steven. I was quite thrilled at this because he said he had some information about Eliza, such as where she died, but that he was "busy right now and would contact me later" - I have never heard from him since and have tried to contact him many times. In the meantime I located Aunt Betty in the California death index under the name of her last husband, Walter Burcham. She died with the alias middle name "Lu". Probably taking it from Betty-Lu Myhre, her sister's child whom she much admired. The death index list her year of birth as 1898 but Florence (Gallup) Falconbury had it recorded as 1897.
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His mother's last name is listed in the California Death Index as "Smoot".
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Little is known of Eliza as most of her life was spent outside the area where the rest of Elam Gallup's descendants resided. She did not like the name "Eliza" and quite early in life she claimed the name "Elizabeth" and this became "Betty". Lynn remembers only one meeting with "Aunt Betty", when she traveled from California to visit her relatives in Minnesota. She had just married her third husband, "Uncle Dick" (Richard Tilleson) so the visit must have been in 1943 or 44. He was a great deal of fun, particularly with his conspiritorial hushing of we kids when he laced his coffee with whiskey. I remember Eliza then as being uncommonly overweight and always laughing about something or other but I had the feeling that my parents were uneasy during their visit. It may have been because of Uncle Dick's drinking around we kids, something that we had never seen in our home before. A search of the California death index did not turn up her name nor that of Irving Clemenson, her husband of many years. However, her son James Winfield Clemenson was found there. A couple of years ago I was contacted by an e-mail from Eliza's grandson, Steven. I was quite thrilled at this because he said he had some information about Eliza, such as where she died, but that he was "busy right now and would contact me later" - I have never heard from him since and have tried to contact him many times. In the meantime I located Aunt Betty in the California death index under the name of her last husband, Walter Burcham. She died with the alias middle name "Lu". Probably taking it from Betty-Lu Myhre, her sister's child whom she much admired. The death index list her year of birth as 1898 but Florence (Gallup) Falconbury had it recorded as 1897.
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Cecil worked his entire adult life for the magnificent old Coronado Hotel on Coronado Island, and he retired from that employment. During most of the latter part of his employment he was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the hotel physical plant.
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Florence and Cecil lived nearly their entire lives in a small bungalow at 657 Pomona Avenue, Coronado Island, San Diego. In their final years they moved into an apartment in San Diego (3911 Park Blvd., Apt.1510) within walking distance of the municipal zoo which they both loved so much. Florence died shortly after Cecil and willed her modest assets to the San Diego Zoo, which had been their joint intention for some years before they died.
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On August 30, 2000, I (LWG) received a message from John H. Wray with whom I had been corresponding on Dingman related issues. He wrote:
For the Dingmans, which you list from the 'Bouton Papers', you will find their baptism records in the work 'Baptism Records of Kinderhook Reformed Church, Kinderhook, NY 1718-1899', by Arthur C.M. Kelly, 1985 (call # 974.739 K2 Kel). Kinderhook is south of Albany on the Kinderhook river. There were many Dingman families there and many descended from an Adam Dingman the immigrant who may have come from Haerlem, Holland. The baptism records are:Entry # - - - - - Name - - - - - - - - - Baptism - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Parents
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1447 ............ Rodolfus ............. 01.20.1771 ....... Hendrick Dingenman & Margariet Boom
Sponsors: Rodolfus Dingenmanse and wife Annatje Rouw1591 ........... Johannes ............. 12.27.1772 ........ Hendrick Dingenman & Grietje Boom
Sponsors: Johannes Dingenmanse and wife Marytje Muller1748 ............ Cathrina ............... 10.30.1774 ........ Hendrick Dingenman & Margariet Boom
Sponsors: Pieter Dingenman and Marytje Hadterge1938 ............ Annetje ................. 11.10.1776 ....... Hendrick Dingenman & Margariet Boom
Sponsors: Johannes Dingeman and Jannetje Boom2247 ............. Maria .................... 10.29.1780 ....... Hendrik Dingeman & Margaretha Boom
Sponsors: Johannes Dingeman and wife Elizabeth Elkenbreght2480 ............ Hendrik ................. 03.09.1783 ........ Hendrik Dingman & Margareta Dingman
Sponsors: Hendrik Boom and Lettitia Van Valkenberg, singleMr. Wray said that he had noted an Item # 2049 in the above sequence but neglected to record the data in his notebook. He speculates this was the "Jan" baptized 11.08.1778. This is very likely the same source records as came the information Amy May Dingman gave to Eugene Bouton. [See note for Henry Dingman, 1783-1872]
The gravestone for Hendrik (Henry) is reported to be found in an unusual cemetery in Columbia County, NY, consisting of four fieldstone markers and a 12ft. high monument (for Nathan & Sarah Osborn) up against the east side of West Hill Road about a mile south of Austerlitz, NY on the road to Hillsdale. Protected by large overhanging birch trees, the stones were reported to be in excellent condition until recently when vandals broke one of the marble stones at its base and left a gaping hole at the foot of one Sarah Fitch's grave. The stone for Hendrik reads:In Memory of
HENRY DINGMAN
who died
April 11th, 1808
in the 62nd year
of his ageIt is interesting to note that by the time of his death his given name had been increasingly anglicised from Hendryk to Hendrik to Henry.
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The birth, marriage and death of Samuel Macy, together with all his children, are recorded in the Nantucket Vital Records. In his death record it was commented that he was "an Elder in the Friends Society "(Quakers). Samuel's Pilgrim ancestry is compiled in the book "John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1" by Elizabeth Pearson White.
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In 1866 there were two adjoining Fuller farms on the western edge of Jefferson Township in Schoharie County, one owned by a J.D. Fuller and the other by a G.W. Fuller who were doubtless two of the sons of Joseph Fuller, Sr. As these are the only Fuller farms to be found in Jefferson township, it is likely that one or both of them were the original farm of Joseph Fuller, Sr.
The 1855 census for Schorarie County shows Joseph as having been born in Vermont (somewhere), and having lived in Schoharie County for 50 years. From this we might presume he came to Schoharie County in 1805 from Vermont at the age of about 25 years.
If we have the children of Joseph all accounted for, it would appear he was not married when he came to Schoharie County else he and Sally would have to have been childless for the first ten years of their marriage. This is not likely. One of his children listed here, Polly, can be found with a birth date which conflicts with the birthdate of her brother Joseph. Her information listed here comes from the old Ruland family genealogy.
My inquiry to the Vermont department of vital statistics was returned with the note "no record" for Joseph Fuller. There might be some record at the county level and perhaps there is a church record somewhere. However, as we have no clue as to which part of Vermont he came from, it would be a long and tedious task to search the entire state; one I am leaving to some future researcher of this family.
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Found during the appraisal of the Joseph Fuller's estate was the following item:
"Received July 26, 1841 of Joseph Fuller, my father, five hundred dollars to be accounted for in portion out of his estate
after his decease. I say Received by me Benjamin W. Fuller." Nothing more of Benjamin is known.
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Glenn Gallup III writes this about his great grandfather:
"I know very little about Dean Fred Gallup. I know that he was a Private in the Union Army during the Civil War. The history of his unit, a New York regiment, can be found on the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors website. Dean Fred was educated at Cornell University and traveled selling hardware and kitchen utensils. When my Grandfather, Glenn Dean Gallup, was attending medical school Dean Fred kept his eye open for a small town with elderly doctors. Hence Glenn and my grandmother settling in River Falls Wisconsin. I have Dean Fred's gold headed walking stick, very elaborately worked and engraved with his initials DFG, also his pocket watch, again gold and very well engraved."
"When my dad and uncle Charles were little Dean Fred came for Christmas. Charles was about 5 at the time and one of his Christmas presents was a drum which he was playing with great enthusiasm and little skill. Dean Fred was of the belief that children were meant to be seen and not heard, When he had had enough he called my uncle Charles over and asked him "Say Charlie, what do you suppose is inside that drum?" Then he gave Charles his pocket knife and let nature take its course. Made my grandfather Glenn Sr. mad as hops. I love that story. Sounds like something I would do. And have done."Dean Fred and Amanda removed from Jefferson, NY to Ypslanti, MI where they lived until they removed to Hudson, Wisconsin in 1885. In 1908 they removed to River Falls, Wisconsin where they remained for 16 years.
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Vermont is given in the Gallup Genealogy as the place of Amanda's birth and only the year 1844. In her obituary notice her birth is given as March 25, 1844 in Hyndsville, NY. And her death as "Friday, Dec. 12" but the clipping does not have the newspaper date attached so we do not know the year. Only the year 1924 is given in the Gallup Genealogy but in that year December 12th was indeed a Friday; so we have her full death date.