IN RESPONCE TO POST BY KATHY CARDOZA
HI KATHY,
MY NAME IS PATTY, WHILE SURFING THE NET I CAME ACROSS YOUR POST ON THE NAME CEASE, IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY UNCOMMON NAME, I HAVE NEVER RUN INTO ANYONE WITH THAT NAME BESIDES MY TWO MALE COUSINS. I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN THERE FORTYS OR FIFTYS NOW AND I DON'T BELIVE THEY HAD ANY BOYS TO CARRY ON THE NAME CEASE. ONE OF THEM LIVES IN THE ORIENT SOMEWHERE AND HAS DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE NAME CEASE BACK TO THE 1700'S. HE IS MY MOTHERS BROTHERS SON.
IF, MOST LIKELY, THEY ARE THE SAME CEASE FAMILY, I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFO I KNOW. MY MOTHER, VIRGINIA VENETTA CEASE, WAS BORN MAY 28, 1918 @ 10:35 PM, IN NANTICOKE, PA., TO HER FATHER JACOB CEASE SR. AND MOTHER ANNA (FRIED) CEASE. MY MOTHER WILL BE 81 YEARS OLD THIS MONTH AND IS ALIVE AND WELL IN NJ, LIVING WITH MY YOUNGEST SISTER KATHY. HER SHORT TERM MEMORY IS FAILING BUT SHE STILL REMEMBERS ALOT IN THE PAST AND COULD BE OF SOME HELP, ESPEICALLY IN PUTTING YOU IN CONTACT WITH MY COUSIN. MY SISTER, KATHY, IS HAVING HER FIRST BABY IN SEPT. AND IS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE FAMILY HISTORY, MAYBE YOU COULD WORK TOGETHER.
MY MOTHER WAS THE LAST OF 8 CHILDREN BY THEM AND THE ONLY ONE STILL LIVING. THERE FIRST BORN WAS A BOY NAMED, JOHN HENRY CEASE, BORN OCT. 19, 1898, AND DIED JAN. 10, 1901, ONLY A LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS OLD. THEN CAME 2 GIRLS, 2 BOYS AND 3 MORE GIRLS INCLUDING MY MOTHER. THE NEXT BOY WAS NAMED JACOB CEASE JR., WHO HAD 2 GIRLS AND 1 BOY NAMED, JACOB CEASE III. MY OTHER UNCLE, VINCENT CEASE ONLY HAD 1 CHILD, A BOY NAMED JAY CEASE. I AM NOT SURE WHICH ONE OF MY COUSINS HAS THE RESEARCH, EITHER, JACOB III OR JAY. I WILL CALL MY MOTHER TO FIND OUT AND LET YOU KNOW. ALSO, ALL OF MY AUNTS HAD SEVERAL CHILDREN, WHO HAD CHILDREN, WHO HAD CHILDREN, WHO HAD CHILDREN AND BY NOW I AM SURE HAVE 5TH COUSINS TO ME BUT I LOST TRACK MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, I KNOW MOST WERE BORN IN PA.
THE MAIN THING IS IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE CEASE FAMILY IN THE MID 1800'S, AND SHOW MY GRANDFATHER, JACOB CEASE, BORN IN PA. ON APRIL 5, 1874 AND DIED, OCT. 25, 1938, AND ALSO MARRIED MY GRANDMOTHER, ANNA FRIED AKA FREED, CEASE, JAN. 1, 1895, WE HAVE THE SAME CEASE FAMILY AND MY COUSIN HAS THE EARLIER INFO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER PLEASE E-MAIL ME BACK AND LET ME KNOW.
THANKS, PATTY