Comments on: Kirkpatrick wisdom

By: Dawn-Ann

Dawn-Ann — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:21:07 +0000

Tim, with the help of some info your dad gave me, I was able to trace your lineage from our last common ancestor. We are 7th cousins! :)

By: Dawn-Ann

Dawn-Ann — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:16:13 +0000

Jerry, I finally found some time to check out our connection and now have your lineage entered into my database. You are my 6th cousin once removed! :)

By: Jerome Kirkpatrick

Jerome Kirkpatrick — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:09 +0000

Hi Dawn, Yes, James & Mary Newton Kirkpatrick were our common Grand parents. Francis my GGGG grandfather was uncle to Thomas Newton. With your experience in ancestor reseach I am sure you have already read the information I am going by. It is on the JPKirkpatrick site under descendants of Alexander. Anyway you have a fantastic day, and I’ll talk to you again.

By: Dawn-Ann

Dawn-Ann — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:51:04 +0000

That means our connection goes almost all the way back to James “the Immigrant,” sounds like! How exciting! I’m getting ready for work right now so I’ll come back and see if I can build your line in my tree and find out what degree of cousins we are. Have a great day, Jerry! (Oh, and no, I don’t know Michael Jette.)

By: Jerome Kirkpatrick

Jerome Kirkpatrick — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:18:49 +0000

Hi Dawn, I looked up and see my GGG grandfather Edward M. and Thomas N. were 1st cousins.
From then to present were Silas P 1815 – 1894, Grundy M. 1851 – 1907, Levi H. 1876 – 1941, Jerome W. 1912 – 1988, Jerome L 1942 – present.

By: Jerome Kirkpatrick

Jerome Kirkpatrick — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:21:02 +0000

Hi Dawn, Yes, you are right it was Newton, It has been a while since I’ve read that material. I live in Granite City, Il. about 13 miles from Edwardsville, I believe that Thomas Newton and my 4th or 5th Great Grandfather were 1st cousins. I do have a friend that lives in Calgary, his’ name is Michael Jette. He worked in Granite City for a while.

By: Dawn-Ann

Dawn-Ann — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:08:04 +0000

Hi Jerome! How exciting to find such a link as we have! By Thomas Newsome, do you mean Thomas Newton? That’s who I have as my 4th great-grandfather and yes, he was from Illinois (though he was born in South Carolina). I haven’t double-checked my sources on that part of the tree yet, but Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick’s grandmother’s maiden name was Newton, so that makes sense. Are you still living in that area or are you on the west coast too? (I’m in Calgary, Canada.) Nice to meet you here! :)

By: Jerome Kirkpatrick

Jerome Kirkpatrick — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:26:34 +0000

Hi Dawn, I am Tim’s dad in Madison county, Illinois. We are cousins, Thomas Gillam was grandson of Thomas Newsome Kirkpatrick who founded Edwardsville, Il. our county seat around 1805. His cabin served as the first court house there. I’ve read about Thomas Gilham’s trip west during the gold rush of 1849.

By: Dawn-Ann

Dawn-Ann — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:43:12 +0000

Hi Tim, I’m more north than west – I’m in Calgary, Canada! Nice to meet you here, though. Do you know anything about your ancestors? Our “patriarch” was Thomas Gilham Kirkpatrick, who came west for the gold rush, then moved north into Oregon and Washington, finally marrying and settling down in British Columbia.

By: Tim Kirkpatrick

Tim Kirkpatrick — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:31:28 +0000

Excellent post! I see you are in the northwest. I am currently in Washington state, US and trying to do some of my own family research. I’m really interested in finding out more about the Northwest branch of the family.