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I am a genealogist and have researched my family and other peoples’ families across the U.S., Italy, Istria, Germany, Scotland and Australia for the past 30 years. There hasn’t been a day when I have not worked on my genealogy from the time I started unearthing my ancestors in 1981.
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BareBones Genealogy 
Hello,
My ggg grandmother, Julian Louderman, married my ggg grandfather, Enoch Bonner in Elkhart County, IN in 1833. She reportedly passed away in 1844. I have not been able to find much information on her on line. I have found an online documentation of her marriage, an 1840 census for Enoch Bonner (presumably she was the adult female with him in 1840) and two Ancestry.com trees suggesting she was born in 1810 in Ohio and that she passed in 1844. It appears she gave to three sons, Milton, Solomon and Henry. Enoch remarried in the 1850’s and subsequently moved to Iowa.
Any help you can offer with the Louderman ancestry (who are Julian’s parents) would be appreciated. Any Elkhart County era Bonner related finds would be appreciated too. I have a public Ancestry.com tree titled “Boyce Family Tree” should you be inclined to review it…a number of Bonner’s and Beebe’s in the Michiana area in the early to mid 1800’s.
Thank you for your consideration.
Ken Boyce
Thank you Ken for finding my blog! I will look into your query and will try to find some information for you concerning the Louderman/Bonner families. Keep checking back~~I should have some ideas by tomorrow!
Beth
I am working on your query Ken, but figured out I can not see your public tree on Ancestry.com because I do not have a subscription. I will concentrate on finding out who Julian’s parents were and other information about her when she lived in Elkhart County. One of the old Elkhart county history books noted that Enoch and Julian were among the first couples to be married in Elkhart County.
One question I have is if John Louderman who married Jane Stradley on Dec 24, 1835 in Elkhart County is Julian’s brother? With Julian being married in 1833 and John married in 1835, it sounds like they might have been around the same age/generation…..which made me wonder if they are related?
I am still working on your query, Ken. Hope to have more info for you this weekend.
A MESSAGE FOR BETH THURSTON:
In doing research about a Barnum & Bailey circus train wreck here in northern New York State in August, 1889, I found your posting from January 21, 2013. You referred to a number of your sources about which I’d like to know more.
In fact, my mother, Sara Willes Clark Chittenden [1904 – 2006], grew up in Potsdam and was quite familiar with the family farm at Clark’s Crossing some years after the wreck, having gone there frequently as a child. She had a few copies of photos of the wreckage of the train wreck and shared a few stories with me and my siblings. However, it appears to me that you have discovered more. I’d be glad to swap our discoveries.
I will look forward to your reply. I hope you’re well and keeping up with your busy life.
Thanks and best wishes.
Varick Chittenden