Example
Family Group Timeline-Map-Location/Evidence
Date / LocationWhere did the event occur? / Subject/Event / Other Persons / Evidence/Source / Negative Search/Evid or Comment. /
14 Feb 1819 / Frankfort? Ross Co. Ohio / Birth: Wm Wornstaff / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003, GenForum/Wornstaff Family Genealogy …. (http://genforum.genealogy.com/wornstaff/messages/10.html : accessed 12 Aug 2009), relays information from a Wornstaff family bible then at Bend, Oregon. The family notes appear to be those of William, Amanda and children, however, dob given for Charles William is 29 Nov 1866 (could that have been intended 1855?); in part, from Mollie’s transcription, below. Apparently in the bible are provenance notes reporting that Amanda gave the bible to her son Charles on Oct. 18, 1896 (suggesting Amanda died after that date, right?); Charles gave it to his wife on ______(separately, Charles died in 1903); the wife, Jane, gave it to their son, W. M. Wornstaff “in Remembrance of his father and mother…,” and it continues with the handoffs to its current owner
14 Feb 1820 / Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio / Birth: William Wornstaff
Parents: William Wornstaff’s parents / Parents Henry Wornstaff and Elizabeth Wilges
ca 1822 / New Jersey / Birth: Amanda (?Green) Wornstaff / 1870 U.S. Census,Multnomah County, Oregon, population schedule, Portland
ca1824 / New Jersey / Birth: Amanda (?Green) Wornstaff / 1860 U.S. Census,Yamhill County, Oregon, population schedule, Chehalem Valley Precinct, P.O. Lafayette / Reports Amanda is ae 36, born New Jersey
ca1827 / XXXX / Birth: Amanda Green
19 Sept 1824 / Warren County, New Jersey / Birth: Amanda Green
19 Sept 1827 / Warren County, New Jersey / Birth: Amanda Green / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003, GenForum/Wornstaff Family Genealogy …. (http://genforum.genealogy.com/wornstaff/messages/10.html : accessed 12 Aug 2009), relays information from a Wornstaff family bible then at Bend, Oregon. The family notes appear to be those of William, Amanda and children, however, dob given for Charles William is 29 Nov 1866 (could that have been intended 1855?); in part, from Mollie’s transcription, below. Apparently in the bible are provenance notes reporting that Amanda gave the bible to her son Charles on Oct. 18, 1896 (suggesting Amanda died after that date, right?); Charles gave it to his wife on ______(separately, Charles died in 1903); the wife, Jane, gave it to their son, W. M. Wornstaff “in Remembrance of his father and mother…,” and it continues with the handoffs to its current owner
ca 1829 / New Jersey / Birth: Amanda (?Green) Wornstaff / 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Louisa County, Iowa, population schedule, Jefferson Twp.
XX XXX XXXX / ____, Louisa County, Iowa / Relocation: William Wornstaff (from ?Ohio)
???? / ____, Louisa County, Iowa / Relocation: Amanda Green / How did Amanda arrive at Louisa County, Iowa to have been there married?
24 Nov 1844 / ____, Louisa County, Iowa / Marriage: William Wornstaff and Amanda Green / Which marriage book? Was it a timely entry? Digital image of the page?
1846
Census / ____, Louisa County, Iowa / Residence: William Wornstaff / Iowa State Census Collection; 1846 Census of Louisa County, Iowa; indexed as “William Warnstaff.”
Is this the right William? Who is the second male household member? The only female in HH is under 21. / There are no Greens at Louisa County in the 1846 census index; there is a John Greenwood
1847
Census / ____, Louisa County, Iowa / Iowa State Census Collection; 1847 Census of Louisa County, Iowa; indexed as “William Wornstaff.”
Is this the right William? Who is the second male household member?
The only female in HH is over 21. / There are no Greens at Louisa County in the 1847 census index; there is a John Greenwood
1848 / Cemetery Record repts he was buried at Wapella
http://bit.ly/gDPeo / Death: Henry Warnstaff / Cemetery Records; see http://bit.ly/gDPeo / Is this William’s father? Was there an estate/probate? There are 187 burials for surname Green, many without dates or given names. Earliest dated record appears 1851
1 July 1848
Census / Louisa County
5th PM, 73-N, 3-W, Section 1; 80 ac. / US Patent Land purchase by a William Wornstaff / U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907; database and digital images accessed via Ancestry.com / Is this “our” William? What happened to the land? (When/to whom was it sold)
1849
Census / No William Wa/ormstaff in Louisa Census; an Ely and a James appear. … Need to find the entry.
1 Mar 1850 / Louisa County
5th PM, 73-N, 2-W, Section 6; 38.98 ac. / US Patent Land purchase by a William Wornstaff / U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907; database and digital images accessed via Ancestry.com / Is this “our” William? What happened to the land? (When/to whom was it sold)
ca May 1850 / _____, _____ County Iowa / Birth: Mary E. Warnstaff / 1850 U.S. Census, Louisa County, Iowa, population schedule, Jefferson Twp.
7 Sept 1850
Census / Jefferson Twp., Louisa County, Iowa / Residence: William and Amanda Warnstaff; dau. Mary E., ae 4/12 / 1850 U.S. Census, Louisa County, Iowa, population schedule, Jefferson Twp.
1852
Census / Jefferson Twp., Louisa County, Iowa / Residence: William Warnstaff
1 Male/1 Female
Total in HH = 2 / “State of Iowa for the year 1852”
Sept 1853 / Overland Trail / William and Amanda said removed to Oregon on the Oregon Trail, remarked as “Free Immigrant Cutoff” / Lacretia Warnstaff, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” GenForum/Warnstaff bulletin board
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi?wornstaff::7.html
Lacretia said desc. of the son Charles William Wornstaff / I had a hard time learning anything about the “Free Immigrant Cutoff.” Googled … did see reference to “Free Immigrant Road,” and “Elliott Cut off”
Who were the other families traveling with Wm and Amanda?
1854
Census / Could not find William Wornstaff/Warnstaff [Wor*/War*] in Census index; also searched given name William
ca1855 / Oregon / Relocation: William and Amanda move the family to Oregon / 1860 U.S. Census,Yamhill County, Oregon, population schedule, Chehalem Valley Precinct, P.O. Lafayette / Son Charles is ae 5, reported born at Oregon
4 May 1855 / “Portland Multnoma Co. Oregon” / Birth: Charles Wornstaff / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 …. / Is there a town/county record of the birth?
ca1855 / Oregon / Birth: Charles Wornstaff / 1860 U.S. Census,Yamhill County, Oregon, population schedule, Chehalem Valley Precinct, P.O. Lafayette
12 Jan 1857 / “Lafayette Yamhill Oregon” / Birth: Edwin Wornstaff / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 …. / Is there a town/county record of the birth?
ca1858 / Oregon / Birth: Edwin Wornstaff / 1860 U.S. Census,Yamhill County, Oregon, population schedule, Chehalem Valley Precinct, P.O. Lafayette
22 June 1860
Census / Chehalem Valley Precinct, Yamhill County, Oregon
P.O. Lafayette / Residence: “Wm Warrenstaff” with Amanda and two children: Charles and Edwin / 1860 U.S. Census,Yamhill County, Oregon, population schedule, Chehalem Valley Precinct, P.O. Lafayette / Wm Warrenstaff, ae 38, M, farmer, no r/e, 1400 p.a.; b. Ohio
Amanda, ae 36, F, b. NJ
Charles, ae 5, M, b. Oregon
Edwin, ae 2, M, b. Oregon
6 July 1870
Census / Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
P.O. Portland / Residence: W. M. Warenstaff with Amanda and two children / 1870 U.S. Census,Multnomah County, Oregon, population schedule, Portland / Residing G. Grayville household, with others, W. M. Warenstaff, ae 50, a teamster, b. OH; has p.a. 300;
Amanda, ae 48, F W, b. NJ
Charles, ae 15, b. Oregon
Edwin, ae 13, b. Oregon
Both children attend school
__ ___ 1880 / Where is son Charles .. he would be about ae 25?
8 June 1880 / 1st Enumeration District, Whitman County, Washington / Residence: William and Amanda Wormstaff with son Edwin. / 1870 U.S. Census,Whitman County, Washington, population schedule, 1st Enumeration District / William Warnstaff, ae 60, married farmer, b. IA/IA/IA
Amanda, ae 53, b. IN/IN/IN
Edwin, ae 23, single, b. OR/IA/IN
Edwin reports no occupation
______/ ???? / Son Charles marries / 1900 U.S. Census, Latah County, Idaho, population schedule, Four Mile Precinct; Charles Wormstaff household
1 Sept 1885
[also as 21 Sept 1885} / ??? / Birth of Charles’ son William Henry / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 …. Mollie says she can’t make out the birth location.
ca 1885-1887 / ____, ____ County Washington / Births of Charles’ children William H. and Charles E. / 1900 U.S. Census, Latah County, Idaho, population schedule, Four Mile Precinct; Charles Wormstaff household / Where do they later or otherwise report they were born?
1887 / Whitman County, Washington / Residence: William Wornstaff / Washington State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892 / William Wormstaff, ae 67, single, born Ohio
1887 / Whitman County, Washington / Residence: William/Amanda, with married son Charles, wife, and their son Willie / Washington State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892 / Where is Edwin?
William Wormstaff, ae 67, married, born --;
Amanda W …, ae 63, married, born OR
Chas W …, ae 30, born ?
Jane W …, ae 25, b. OR
Willie W …, ae 1, b. WA
26 Dec 1887 / ??? / Birth of Charles’ son Chas. Earl Wornstaff / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 ….
26 Sept 1890 / ??? / Birth of Charles’ son Archie Loren Wornstaff / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 ….
5 Oct 1895 / ??? / Birth of Charles’ dau. Josie Myrtle Wornstaff / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 …
26 July 1896 / ???
Burial at Rock Creek Cem., Onaway, Latah County, Idaho / Death of Edwin Wornstaff / ???
18 Oct 1896 / ??? / Amanda presents bible to son Charles W. / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 …. provenance notes report Amanda gave the bible to her son Charles on Oct. 18, 1896 (suggesting Amanda died after that date, right?)
ca 1890-1897 / ____, ____ County Oregon / Births of Charles’ children Archie, Josie, and Edwin. / 1900 U.S. Census, Latah County, Idaho, population schedule, Four Mile Precinct; Charles Wormstaff household / Where do they later or otherwise report they were born?
30 Aug 1897 / Birth of Charles’ son Curtis Edwin Wornstaff / Transcriptions of Wornstaff family bible
Mollie Patterson, “Re: Henry Wornstaff/Warnstaff's Will,” 2 Jan 2003 ….
???? / ??? / Death of Amanda / ??? / Death Certificate? Informant? Obituary?
Grandchildren were born to her son Charles at Oregon through 1897.
2 May 1900 / ???
Burial at Rock Creek Cem., Onaway, Latah County, Idaho / Death of William Wornstaff, ae about 80 / Death Certificate? Informant? Obituary?
Wife survives or not?
27 May 1903 / Eugene, Lane County, Oregon / Death of Charles William Wornstaff, ae 48 / Death Certificate? Informant? Obituary?
______/ Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Latah County, Idaho / Burial of Charles William Wornstaff / Findagrave, Gravestone photograph by Larry Linehan/story / Burial permit?
11-12 June 1900 / Four Mile Precinct, Latah County, Idaho / Residence: Charles W. Wornstaff, wife P. Jane?, her dau. Eva Lewis and Charles/Jane’s children / 1900 U.S. Census, Latah County, Idaho, population schedule, Four Mile Precinct; Charles Wormstaff household / Charles Wornstaff, W M, b. May 1855, farmer. married 16 years, b. OR/OH/MH
P. Jane, wife, ae 38, b. May 1862, married 16 yrs, has had 7 children, 6 survive, b. MO/NC/GA
Eva Lewis, ae 17, single, b. July 1882 WA/OR/MO
William H. Wormstaff, son, b. Sept 1885, ae 14, single, b. WA/OR/MO
Charles E., son, b. Dec 1887, ae 12, b. WA/OR/MO
Archie L. Sept 1890, ae 9. B. OR/OR/MO
Josie M., dau, Oct 1895, ae 4, single, b. OR/OR/MO
Edwin C., son, W M, b. Aug 1897, ae 2, single b. OR/OR/OR
Louisa County, Iowa is a neighbor to 7 counties (5 Iowa Counties and 2 Illinois Counties).
The east boundary of the county is the Mississippi river.
Noteworthy: This place is definitely not isolated! Likely there was much mobility not only within the adjacent counties, but up and down parts of the Mississippi.
See also: http://www.louisacountyiowa.org/louisa/notices/lchistory.html . which includes, “Louisa County is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River, and the Cedar River joins the Iowa River at Columbus Junction. Lake Odessa, the Toolesboro Mounds, the swinging bridge and many county and state areas are just a few of the things to see when visiting Louisa County.”
Louisa County, Iowa FHL Catalog
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=202409&subject_disp=Iowa%2C+Louisa&columns=*,0,0
Note on the Louisa County GenWeb page provides lists of FHL microfilms created 2005.
http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/lostcreek.pdf , pg. 9, “In 1853, the Free Immigrant Trail was opened across the Cascades, down the Middle Fork of the Willamette River and into the Willamette Valley. This route took the new settlers past the junction of Lost Creek and the Willamette River. The City of Eugene, then called "Skinner's," was established in 1847. Skinner's, population 40, was incorporated and renamed Eugene City in 1862 (Stelfox, 1997)….”