14 Aug 1984 Cheryl Frank Chico, California Dear Cheryl, I received your letter of July 8 about a month ago. Thanks very much for writing and sending along the information that you sent. I hope my reply will arrive before your trip to SLC. I will be going to WI this week and if I can take the time, I will spend a day in Michigan doing genealogy on the way back to PA. I am enclosing charts and group sheets as I have them now. I can not enclose group sheets for my own generation because I don't have the information yet for recent generations. Here is a thumbnail sketch of my life. I was born 27 June 1953 in Milwaukee WI. I lived in Milwaukee until I attended Beloit College (Beloit, WI). On June 28, 1975 I married David Nelson Burrows of Whitewater WI. We were married in Milwaukee and then moved to Madison where I studied nursing and Dave earned a PhD. in Physics. Our 2 children were born in Madison. Dave accepted a research job at Penn State University in the Astronomy Department which is why we moved here last year. I have worked as a nurse since I graduated from nursing school. Right now I work at the University health center and at a private duty job. In case I did not tell you yet, we have moved. Our new address is 1132 S. Garner, State College, PA, 16801. I have not done much new research since I last wrote to you. However, I have a few bits of information from others which I may not have sent to you before. 1) There is a David Standish listed in the federal census for Orangeville, Wyoming Co. NY in 1850. He is listed in the same household as Alanson Standish. I have not seen the record myself but I was told about it by Norma Hartman. She believes that David should have been listed as Daniel. Daniel appears in other federal census records I have seen from 1790 through 1840. 2) Mrs. Hartman and others she corresponds with believe that the area in which Daniel was born may have been part of different states at different times. The 1850 census shows David Standish at age 82 born in VT. They speculate that he may have been born in NY or Mass on land that later became part of Vermont. ((pbs 8/3/2000: The following paragraph does not make sense to me although I double checked that it is exactly what was written in the original typed letter.)) Now to the points you raised. 1) Fred Jr. and Fred Sr. married name: Birth certificate for Maude may Standish list her father as Fred M. Standish. The Death Certificate for Fred Sr. gives his legal name as Fred Milton Standish. The informant for his death certificate was his daughter Viola Willis. Those are the only vital records I have where Fred Sr.' s name appears. In my notes, which are often in error, I have Fred Sr. listed as Frederick in censuses of 1850, 1860, and 1870. I believe I used Frederick on my group sheets because I thought that Frederick was his legal name which he later shortened by the time the vital records I have were created. Since my family always called the Freds I'Jr. II and'l Sr. " I supposed that their legal names might be the same. Do you have the 1860 and 1870 ce~~us information'? If so what name did you copy for~Grandpa Fred? By the way, my father can not recallanyone ever calling his great grandfather anything but Fred. 2) Fred Sr.'s wives: Thank you for the names of wife #1 and wife #3. I, too, have had more than one spelling of his second wife's surname. The 1880 census for Henrietta Twp., Jackson Co. MI lists a Mary Clauson, age 24,and Maud Clauson,5, her daughter. They were living in the same household as Fred, and his wife Ruth plus Frank, Ellen, Viola, and Walter. I believe that Maud Clauson is really Maude May Standish who should have been 5 or 6 at the time of the census. I have not studied the Clausons at all. In the 1870 census for Blackman Twp. Jackson Co. Mich, Fred and Ruth had a Mary Closson living with them. Have you ever done any investigation of the Clausons(Clouson, Closson)? Lyle Brown thought that the surnames of Ruth's parents might have been Aldridge and Phelps. I have not yet come across these two surnames in my research. 3) Children of Ambrose Standish: I have nere seen anything to confirm whether or not Auger is a married name for Rosetta. I have considered the possibility that it was her maiden name, a married name, a middle name, a middle name taken from her mother's maiden name. I considered these possibilities because I had never heard of Auger as a girl's name. I did look for Augers in some Ingham Co. land records but found none. It seems most likely to me that Auger was Rosetta's middle name, for whatever reason. I found other children, besides those you mentioned, listed in Ambrose Standish's home in the 1860 census for Jackson Co. Mich. That record shows Ambrose L. age 49, Jane age 46, and Peter age 25 (all born in NY), plus Rosette age 18, Perry age 12 and Amy age 7 (all born in MI). I have been given the following census information by Mary Lou Burt of Angelica NY. 1870 Leslie, Ingham Co. Mich. Ambrose age 50 (or 58) born NY, Fanny age 41 b. NY, Perry 21 b. MI. In the same household were Lilla Allen age 19 b. MI, Laura Allen age 17 b. MI, and Ida Allen age 6 b. MI, Emma Standish 17 b. MI, Phoebe Cole age 81, b. VT, and Blake Chauncy age 23 b. MI. 1880 census of Leslie, Ingham Co. MI. Ambrose L. Standish, age 68, b. NY, parents born NY: Fannie C. Standish, age 50, parents born VT; Ida L. Allen, age 16, stepdaughter; Phoebe Cole, age 91, mother-in-law, widow, b. VT, parents born RI and VT. Here is the composite story I have developed for Ambrose Standish. Ambrose married in NY State to Eliza Jane Allen (Louisa, Jane). They had sons Frank and Peter there. They move to MI where they had children Frederick, Rosetta, Perry, and Amy. Eliza died in 1869 and Ambrose remarried Fannie Cole Allen. Fannie Cole moved in with Ambrose and brought with her her 3 daughters and her mother. Around the same time Emma Standish joined the household (I have not placed Emma in her family of origin. She does not seem to be related to Ambrose or his brother Anson King Standish as far as I can tell from the census records. Can you help?) Blake Chauncey was hired help. As they aged, the younger Standishes and Allens moved away from home. The grandmother, Phoebe Cole, lived to a ripe old age. I theorise that Fanny Cole may have married an Allen who was related to Eliza Jane Allen Standish. That could tie in the Coles, Standishes and Allens in locations in the east such as NY and VT. (Note: I have read that Bennington in Wyoming Co. NY was settled by people from Bennington VT. Bennington NY is near where I believe Daniel Standish raised his family. We also know that a Zina Allen came west with Ambrose Standish.) Do you have any support or disproof for this theory? Do you have any information which might shed some light on the loose ends this scenario generates? Moving on: I have advertised in Genealogical Helper and in their computerized roots during the past year. I just began a subscription to Western New York Genealogical Society journal. I will be keeping my eye out for any Standish queries. I have the same article about Frank Standish that you sent me so I shall return your copy so you can reuse it. My photo copy of the article has the some line missing that yours does. I am enclosing some land records for Ingham Co. which you might find useful in the future. (They are not actual records but are information copied from the index). I would be interested in knowing where to look for former Standish farms in Mich. I do not have maps of the area but if you sent me pertinent information I might be able to drive to the location of the farm some of the Standishes lived on. I will be going to MI to do research each time I go to visit in Wisconsin. (I hope). I do not have any places of residence for Ellen and Will Brown. Would you mind sharing that information with me? I think it is likely that Daniel Standish descended from Capt. Myles Standish. Descendents of Daniel have apparently been trying to prove this for several decades at least. You I are the only descendents I know of who have in interest in Ambrose. Another man, Dale Calder, may be interested but I don't have current address for him and he has not answered my Queries. Now for Frank Standish. I cannot remember what was on my group sheets for Frank's children at the time I wrote to you. I now have 4 children listed. Warren P., born 20 July, 1856, MI, Married 1879, died 3 Apr 1931; Mary Jane b. 25 Apr 1858, d. 14 Apr 1860; Ellen/Ella May, b. 15 Apr 1860, m. 28 @ep 1880, d 16 Mar 1936, Spouse was Julian Adell Seward, had issue; Frank Jr. Most of this information and the name of Frank's wife (second wife I think but am not sure) I got from the DAR Bible record. I think I sent notes from that record to you in Mar. If I did not, please let me know so I can copy it for you. It may be on the back of another page I sent to you. I will try to get my group sheets for my immediate family up to date when I go to Wisconsin this month. Many of my relatives will be at my sister's wedding but they will probably not have any new Standish info. I have enclosed three Standish photos I thought you would like. The woman is Viola Standish Willis, who you refer to as Aunt Ola I believe. Fred Sr. is the man alone. The picture of 2 men is Fred (left) and his brother, Perry (right). When I go to Wis. I will try to remember to ask my grandmother if there are any more pictures of that generation of Standishes. I doubt if there are. I have seen a picture of Birdie and her siblings when they were children. If I ever make a neg of that one I will let you know. The total price for the three pictures was $3.60. Good luck in SLC. Let me know what you find out there! Sincerely Nancy Burrows Enc : Returned article three pictures, (Fred, Fred and Perry, Viola) Handwritten chart, descendents of Viola and William Willis Ingham Co land records indes notes, 2 pp Group sheets: James Russell Willis, William Jay, Willis, Albert Brewer.