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From: "jkinteh" <>
Subject: Re: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] My HAYES Stack
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 12:35:27 -0800

Hi, Kate,

Was glad to see your message.

What do you know about your Joseph HAYES? Perhaps Josef? Have you checked
the 1880 Census?--I think I wrote down some Josephs. I copied the HAYES
entries a few years before I discovered the name Charles.

What I know about my HAYES Stack is laid out here. I did find a 1992 note I
made that said Frank's parents were both killed in a train wreck (from one
of the older daughters). I'm going to check that lead the best I can. I've
always "sensed" a railroad connection for some reason.

I don't know how much you've done on your search, but perhaps we can try to
piece together information each of us has until we find we connect or
don't. I can assure you that the material is not going to come easily.

Keep in touch,

Judith
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Kate Hocker <>
To: jkinteh <>
Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] Re: My HAYES Stack

>Post to this list.
>
>I have a Joseph Hayes from Germantown about the same age as your Charles
>(ggrandfather). Do you know who he left in Germantown?
>This is my Hayes-stack problem!.
>Good luck!
>
>Kate in Milwaukee
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jkinteh <>
>To: <>
>Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 10:40 PM
>Subject: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] Re: My HAYES Stack
>
>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: jkinteh <>
>>To: <>
>>Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 8:06 PM
>>Subject: My HAYES Stack
>>
>>
>>>Hi, Phillies,
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any ideas how I can find my "needle" in the HAYES Stack?
>>>
>>>Frank A. HAYES, b. 7 or 12 May 1878, Philadelphia, PA. Son of Charles
>>>(Karl?) HAYES, b. Berlin, DEU and Emma HYMAN, b. Bremen, DEU, both prob.
>>>migrated to U.S. during 1860s. Frank (Franz?) was orphaned at age 5 (ca
>>>1883) and cared for by unknown aunt. It is believed the family lived in
>>>Germantown. They were either Lutheran or Quaker. He ran away from home
>>>when he was 11 or 15 (ca 1889 or 1893) earning his way West by reading
>>>newspapers for pennies in train stations. He went in search of an older
>>>brrother, Julian or Julius HAYES, who drowned in the Snake River, Idaho
>>side
>>>the year before he arrived (1892?)
>>>
>>>His later escapades included: merchant marines where he punched cattle
>and
>>>had a tattoo of a tiny anchor on his wrist. He was an electrician in
>1906.
>>>He spoke some Chinese, fluent German, and fluent English (no accent). He
>>>was also a general contractor, an inspector for the Portland Electric
Co.,
>>>an IOOF member, an avid reader (the National Geographic), and loved to
>tell
>>>"whoppers." (That's why it's difficult to sort truth from fiction.)
>>>
>>>I have checked his birth records, ship records, 1880 census, Quaker
>>records,
>>>death records for 1883, navy records, IOOF records. The information
>comes
>>>piecemeal from SS application and marriage record in Portland, OR. I
feel
>>>"privileged" to have found his parents' names when no one else in the
>>family
>>>knew. The many "or's" are because of different versions by his
daughters.
>>>This is a mystery.
>>>
>>>What would you do besides give up?
>>>
>>>Judith
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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