Lost Trails

1920

A Department Devoted to Aiding Readers of the Blade in Finding Lost Relatives.

The Blade gladly will publish requests for information of the whereabouts of lost relatives, but cannot inquire for others. Address Lost Trails Editor, W. D. Boyce Company, [their address in 1920].

As soon as you find the person you inquire for, please notify us.

The following inquiries for long lost relatives have been received at the Blade office during the past week:

Mrs. Jane Movety, Shell Lake, Wis., seeks her son, Lloyd Crezo, last heard from in St. Paul, Minn., as a railway man four years ago.

Mrs. Ernest L. Hill, formerly of Hesper, N. D., but now living in Chester, Mont., wishes to learn the address of her son, Ralph Emerson Hill.

Mrs. E. W. Clark, West Huntsville, Ala., asks information concerning her husband, Ernest W. Clark, last heard from in Dallas, Texas, in 1917.

Anna E. Shepherd, box 207, Slovan, Pa., seeks her uncle, Jerry Burgess, who left for Cincinnati, Ohio, fifteen years ago and has never been heard from since.

Mrs. Lee Spain, Gen. Del., Yakima, Wash., seeks her brother and mother, lost from her when she was a little girl. Her mother was known as Sis Floyd and was last heard from near Dabney, Ky., twenty years ago. The writer's maiden name was Vera Floyd.

Brother and Sister Lost.

A. R. Halpainy, 35 St. Hedwigs avenue, Dunkirk, N. Y., is searching for his brother and sister, Raymond and Rose Halpainy. His mother died twenty-one years ago and he was adopted in New York, became separated from the rest of the family and has heard nothing from them since.

Mrs. Inez Allen, Xenia, Ohio, is anxious to learn the whereabouts of her brother, James Kingery, 40, last heard from in Cleveland, Ohio, fourteen years ago.

Mrs. Maggie Hemenway, Rush Center, Kan., would like to learn where her uncles, Ben and Hi Lansing, are located now. They were last heard from in Washington, D. C., forty years ago.

Mrs. Jack Conley, Gen. Del., Omaha, Neb., seeks her husband, Jack Conley, 21, formerly of the 18th M. G. Bn., 6th Division, who disappeared soon after his discharge from the Army in June.

Young Bride Loses Husband.

Mrs. William L. P. Baker, East Point, Ga., asks information concerning her husband, who left home on Nov. 24, 1919, with a promise to write next day, and has not been heard from since. The couple had been married but a year and had had a happy wedded life, and the young bride fears foul play, as her husband left home with a considerable sum of money. Can Blade readers give her information concerning her husband?

D. S. Hounshell, Crockett, Va., is trying to find his brother, Carroll L. Hounshell, last heard from in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1912.

Mrs. Flo Brand, R. F. D. 3, Millington, Mich., is endeavoring to learn the present location of her brother-in-law, Warren Arthur Swindler, last heard of about fifteen years ago at Huron, S. D.

Mrs. Charles Hanson, Rice Lake, Wis.. wants to find her sister, Mary Elf, last heard of at Woodstock, Ill., about sixteen years ago.

Miss Jennie Zackry, 503 Wafford street, Cartersville. Ga., is trying to find her father who left her when she was a little baby. His name is Thomas Zackry; last heard of in Little Rock, Ark.

Bert Siar, 733 Lincoln street, St. Marys, Pa., asks the Blade to help him find Clifford Siar, last heard of in Elkins, W. Va., nine years ago. He is a blacksmith. His mother, Mrs. Nanny Siar, is very anxious to hear from him.

Lost Ones Previously Mentioned.

Mike Bartos. Sought by Mike G. Korman of Sublet, Wyo., his brother-in-law.

Michael J. Dolan. Sought by Mrs M. J. Dolan. Friendship, N. Y., his wife.

Andrew Jackson O'Neal. Sought by Kizzie O'Neal, Quitman, Ga., his daughter.

Ward (full name not given). Sought by Gertrude Gunter, Middletown, Ohio, his sister.

Mrs. Ray Allison. Sought by Mrs. Grace McVey, Mt. Pulaski, Ill., her sister.

John W. Owenby. Sought by J. C. Holcomb, Greenville, Texas, his nephew.

Wade King. Sought by Miss Mary Margaret King, Wyandotte, Mich., his daughter.

Cook brothers, Nathan and Thomas. Sought by James Harrison Cook, Warrensburg, Ill. Mary Elizabeth, a sister, requested to respond.

James Biely, a mute. Sought by Miss Sophia Biely, Iron River, Mich., his daughter.

George N. Neckard. Sought by Mrs. Isaac Neckard, Lebanon, Pa., his mother.

John Eward Shannon. Sought by Mrs. Pete Sutton, Clinton, Ind., his mother.

Relatives of Mable Knox. Sought by Mrs. Mable Knox Bullard, Greensburg, Kan.

Fannie White, nee Loudermilk. Sought by Mrs. Mamie Bray, Sheldon Hotel, El Paso, Texas, her sister.

William Marks Arehart. Sought by Mrs. Effie Coons, Baxter Springs, Kan., his sister.

John C. Vuncanon. Sought by Miss Linnie Vuncanon, High Point, N. C., his sister.

Husband of Mrs. Ella Jones. Sought by Mrs. Ella Jones, Bokhoma, Okla.

Brother of Miss Elma Hornbuckle. Sought by Miss Emma Hornbuckle, Crossett, Ark.

Herman Wrought. Sought by Charles W. Wrought, Morris, Okla., his son.

J. E. Murphy. Sought by Mrs. Ella Hammer, Bowler, Wis., his sister.

Curtis Winn. Sought by Mrs. Moore, Long Pine, Neb., his cousin.

John Odgers. Sought by Mrs. Elizabeth Northley, Morhland, Utah, his sister.

James V. Lindsay. Sought by Laurie Nutt, Macon, Ga., his sister.

James William Studebaker. Sought by George W. Studebaker, Centropolis, Kan., a relative.

William Cotlin. Sought by Edward G. Paulsen, Swea City, Iowa, a relative.


HEARS FROM SON

Mother's Aching Heart Gladdened Thru Saturday Blade Efforts.

MY SON has been found — and all thru your excellent paper," writes Mrs. C. D. King, Lagrange, Ga., to the Lost Trails Editor of the Blade. "I might never have known he was even living if it had not been for your help, but I am now receiving letters from him every day.

"May I not thank you for helping to relieve a mother's breaking heart, as I had almost given up all hopes, until I learned of the wonderful results achieved thru The Saturday Blade."

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Jan. 3, 1920, p. 12.

Note: I made a few corrections through the course of this article. But all the names and places were left the same.

What's In A Name?

1901

Although the present fashion of christening children with family surnames is much to be commended for many reasons, it carries with it some awful possibilities unknown in the days of Mary Anns and John Henrys. A glance at the following list, each name of which is genuine, will illustrate sufficiently well the possibilities of nomenclature resting with parents in their choice of names for the men and women of tomorrow:

Edna Broker Mothershead, Marian English Earle, Sawyer Turner Somerset, Will W. Upp, Nealon Pray Daily, Benton Killin Savage, Owen Taylor Money, Ima Little Lamb, Broker Husbands Hart, R. U. Phelan-Goode, Marie A. Bachelor, May Tyus Upp, Will Waltz Wither, Waring Green Cotes, Iva Winchester Rifle, Etta Lotta Hammond- Degges, Barber Cutting Mann, Weir Sick O'Bryan, Makin Loud Noyes, Hurd Copp Cumming, Rodenor Pullman Karr, Doody Spies Sourwine and Knott Worth Reading. — Life.

Tracing the Origin of Names

1919--

Tracing Origin of Names

Well-Known Surnames of English Families Had Their Beginning at the Baptismal Font

Many English surnames had their origin in baptismal names. The following well-known names are of this kind: Adams and Addison, from Adam; Atkins and Arkinson, from Arthur; Anderson and Henderson, from Andrew; Sanders and Saunders, from Alexander; Elkins and Elkinson, from Allan; Benson, from Benjamin; Bates and Bartlett, from Bartholomew; Kelley, from Charles; Davidson, Davison and Dawson, from David; Ellis, Ellison and Elliott, from Elias; Gill, Gilpin, Gibbs and Gibson, from Gilbert; Jefferson and Jeffries, from Geoffrey; Harris, Harrison, Hawkins and Hall (sometimes), from Henry; Hewson, from Hugh; Jones, Jennings, Jenkins and Jackson, from John; Lucas (Latic), from Luke; Madison and Maison, from Matthew; Pierce and Perkins, from Peter; Pollock and Polk, from Paul; Paterson and Pattison, from Patrick; Dick, Dickson, Dixon, Dickens, Dickinson, Dickerson and Richards, from Richard; Robinson, Robbins, Roberts, Dobson, Dobbins and Hopkins, from Robert; Hudson and Rodgers, from Roger; Simpson from Simon; Thompson, Tomson, Tomkins, from Thomas; Watson, Watkins, from Walter; Wilkins, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, Wilcox, Wills, Wylie, from William; and, of course, all Christian names ending in son, such as Williamson, Johnson, Robertson, and the like.

--The Hamilton Daily News, Hamilton, Ohio, October 6, 1919, page 9.