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Subject: [LDR] Re: LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-D Digest V02 #216
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 06:20:17 EDT
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> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:09:06 -0700
> From: "Lynn Harper" <>
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> Subject: Re: WINSMORE,Capt. Robert H.
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> I was on this list in 1999 researching my husband's mother's maiden name
> WINSMORE...and received much useful information. The name dies with this
> generation. Am asking for help again, please...if possible?
>
> Captain (sea) Robert H. WINSMORE
> B: ca 1811; Kent, DE
> Married: Cynthia aka "Corintha" DAVIS
> B: 1824; Milford Circuit, Kent,DE
> D: 8 April 1882; Wharton Street, Phila, PA
>
> Cynthia had two sisters. Three girls were very close.
> Elizabeth married Capt. Samuel R. SMITH
> Sarah married Capt. John R. WATSON; (lost at sea 1880)
>
> These 3 men moved their families to Southward district of Phila about 1848.
>
> These sea Captains were in the blockade-running business, according to
> family letters, during Civil War for the Union. Sisters were southern
> sympathiziers. I didn't mean to digress.
>
> Seeking information on Capt. Robert H. WINSMORE'S parents and/or siblings.
> Parents MAY have been Thomas WINSMORE and a widow of a Mr. MAY/MEY? Cannot
> find them on a Census.
>
> Also seeking information on Cynthia DAVIS's parents and/or siblings.
>
> I shall be deeply grateful for any help/clues. Will share genealogy.
>
> Lynn in CA
>
>
Hi,
In Delaware Marriages and Deaths from Newspapers, 1729-1853
Smith, Samuel, Capt. to Davis, Elizabeth, Miss, all of Wilmington, in
Milford, by Rev. Mr. Palmater (Delaware
Gazette 19 NOV 1848)
Note: Married in Milford but all of Wilmington
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