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Re: Grandfather & twin sis Adele MacABEE b. c1900 Los Gatos, CA

lauralunde — 2007-02-10 16:04:20Z

Dear Valorie,
I recognize some family names, but they are misspelled.

My great grandparents are Edward Lloyd Macabee and Aurora Macabee.
Their kids were:
Fabian Macabee
Cedric Lloyd Macabee (my grandfather)
Elaine Macabee

Now I am thinking that my grandfather's (Cedric Lloyd) twin died at birth. He married Katherine Jost and had two children: David Lloyd Macabee and Janice Katherine Macabee (my mother.)

Elaine Macabee married but did not have children.

I need to find out about Fabian.

Is there a way to change the misspellings in the records and add additional information?

I am very new to this obviously. Any help would be appriciated.

Re: Grandfather & twin sis Adele MacABEE b. c1900 Los Gatos, CA

ValorieCowanZimmerman — 2007-02-12 12:04:49Z

If you are a member of Ancestry, you can file a note with the records, which may be misspelled for a couple of reasons -- first, the census taker might have mis-heard and misspelled the names. Secondly, perhaps hir handwriting was hard to read, and the indexer mis-read it. In the second case, Ancestry will sometimes correct their index. In the first case, of course, nothing can be done beyond attaching a note to help other researcher-cousins find the correct record.

Also, by posting the correct information here and elsewhere (WorldConnect? a website?) you will be putting the facts out for all to see.

Where you see two versions of the names, it is because someone has already filed a note with some of the records.

Do you know about the McBee list? Lots of wonderful researchers there to help you out.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/McBee-L.htm

Grandfather & twin sis Adele MacABEE b. c1900 Los Gatos, CA

lauralunde — 2007-02-10 12:46:53Z

My maternal grandfather is a Macabee, who's family settled in Los Gatos, CA, where he and his twin sister, Adele were born around 1900. I would love to know more about who lies further up the tree. Anyone have relatives that were in California. I have no idea where the Macabees came from.

Re: Grandfather & twin sis Adele MacABEE b. c1900 Los Gatos, CA

ValorieCowanZimmerman — 2007-02-10 12:45:52Z

To carry on to 1920, we see the same family again in Santa Clara CA:

Name: Zephyr A MacAbee
[Zephyra A Mascher]
Home in 1920: Redwood, Santa Clara, California
Age: 62 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth L
Father's Birth Place: Canada
Mother's Birth Place: Canada
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 1081
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Zephyr A MacAbee 62
Elizabeth L MacAbee 57
Raymond J MacAbee 24
Lucila M MacAbee 21
Roma L MacAbee 18
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Redwood, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T625_146; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 142; Image: 1081.

Edward and his family now live in Alameda:
Name: Edward L McCabe
[Edward L MacAbee]
Home in 1920: Eden, Alameda, California
Age: 48 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1872
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Amora
Father's Birth Place: Michigan
Mother's Birth Place: Canada
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 933

Household Members:
Name Age
Edward L McCabe 48
Amora McCabe 45
Fabian E McCabe 21
Cedric McCabe 16
Elaine McCabe 14
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Eden, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_91; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 153; Image: 933.

Perhaps the mother of the entire clan:
Name: Matilda MacAtee
[Matilda MacAbee]
Home in 1920: San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Age: 81 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Canada
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Canada
Mother's Birth Place: France
Marital Status: Widow
Race: White
Sex: Female
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: 1850
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: No
Image: 293

Household Members:
Name Age
Matilda MacAtee 81
Marie F MacAtee 51
Lean M Pinard 67
Carl V Pinard 26
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: San Jose, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T625_148; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 182; Image: 293.

Other possible connections:
Name: Ernest V MacOln
[Ernest V MacAbee]
Home in 1920: San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Age: 36 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1884
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Rhoda
Father's Birth Place: Canada
Mother's Birth Place: Canada
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 301

Household Members:
Name Age
Ernest V MacOln 36
Rhoda MacOln 29
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: San Jose, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T625_148; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 182; Image: 301.

and Name: Ethel MacAbee
Home in 1920: Oakland, Alameda, California
Age: 39 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1881
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Servant
Father's Birth Place: California
Mother's Birth Place: California
Marital Status: Widow
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 881

Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Shannon 45
Ethel MacAbee 39
Myrtle Shannon 14
Erma Shannon 12
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_90; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 121; Image: 881.

Re: Grandfather & twin sis Adele MacABEE b. c1900 Los Gatos, CA

ValorieCowanZimmerman — 2007-02-10 12:26:51Z

This looks like the family in 1900:

Name: Zephrie MacAbee
Home in 1900: Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Birthplace: New York
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth D
Race: White

Household Members:
Name Age
Zephrie MacAbee 40
Elizabeth D MacAbee 37
Raymond J MacAbee 5
Lucile M MacAbee 2
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T623 110; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 57.

Let's see if they are still around in 1910. Yes, although I still don't see twins:

Name: Z A MacAtee
[Z A MacAbee]
Age in 1910: 52
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Canada French
Mother's Birth Place: Canada French
Spouse's name: Elizabeth
Home in 1910: Redwood, Santa Clara, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age
Z A MacAtee 52
Elizabeth MacAtee 46
Raymond MacAtee 14
Lucile MacAtee 11
Roma MacAtee 8
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Redwood, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T624_105; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 1029.

These could be relatives to the family:
Name: George MacAbee
Age in 1910: 45
[48]
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
[abt 1862]
Birthplace: Canada French
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Canada French
Mother's Birth Place: Canada French
Spouse's name: Amelia
Home in 1910: Almaden, Santa Clara, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1881

Household Members:
Name Age
George MacAbee 45
Amelia MacAbee 43
Norman MacAbee 24
Elsie MacAbee 22
Georgie MacAbee 9
Sidney MacAbee 4
Willard MacAbee 57
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Almaden, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T624_105; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 401.

And another: Name: Hernan MacAbee
[Heman MacAbee]
Age in 1910: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Canada French
Mother's Birth Place: Canada French
Spouse's name: Lena
Home in 1910: Almaden, Santa Clara, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age
Hernan MacAbee 40
Lena MacAbee 50
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Almaden, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T624_105; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 403.

Gosh, this seems like a very large family, who all migrated together from what is now Quebec. Here's another possibility:
Name: Edward L Mocabee
[Edward L MacAbee]
Age in 1910: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1872
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Michigan
Mother's Birth Place: Canada French
Spouse's name: Awrora [Aurora, perhaps?]
Home in 1910: San Jose Ward 4, Santa Clara, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age
Edward L Mocabee 38
Awrora Mocabee 35
Falran Mocabee 11
Cedric Mocabee 7
Elaine Mocabee 5
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: San Jose Ward 4, Santa Clara, California; Roll: T624_106; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 105; Image: 702.

This could be a son who is off on his own. If so, his family arrived in CA by about 1892:
Name: Forrest MacAkee
[Forrest MacAbee]
Age in 1910: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1892
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1910: Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz, California
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age
Forrest MacAkee 18
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz, California; Roll: T624_106; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 119; Image: 1131.

Do these look like your people?

New webpage: McBEE in the 1840 US Census

ValorieCowanZimmerman — 2002-03-29 09:56:46Z

New webpage: McBEE in the 1840 US Census

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/mcbee/McBee... [2-line URL]

Many of these families I'll eventually look up in the actual census; these are just index entries. As I get images of the census, I'll link the images to the index entries.

Please contact me if you already have scanned census pages or actual census extracts that you would like me to link to, or upload. Also, some of the names are obviously incorrect. If you have corrections to the index, please send along your evidence, and I'll make the corrections.

If you have a page about one of these people, I can link to that, too. As time goes on, I hope to have a pages or pages for each of the census years. Thanks to some of our faithful researchers, some of that data is already available, and I'll be posting it soon.

Valorie

Re: Jennie MacABEE m. George Washington BUNKER b. 1840 PA, d. 1913

GGL1957 — 2002-01-30 12:59:26Z

I recently found a letter written to my Grandmother stating that Jennie MacAbee was born in Fort Wayne, Adams County, Indiana on September 25, 1939.
I know that the birth date doesn't match but the names are the same.
Let me know if the birth date is incorrect.

***Admin: Welcome to the MacAbee Message Board

ValorieCowanZimmerman — 2001-07-31 07:14:44Z

I'd like to welcome you to the MacAbee Message Board. I'm the Admin, and also run a number of boards for the other spellings of McBee, McAbee, etc. We have a wonderful McBee list, for those of you who are interested -- lots of great research going on there, in all lines and for all spellings of the surname. For more information, see

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/m/mcbee.html

Notice that we can now list surnames that are mentioned in each post, and choose a classification. Please do this each time you post, to enable others to find you! Use Query for all questions, even about various Data types. The Data classifications are for actual Bible records, Obituaries, Pension files, etc. Also notice that you can attach pictures, scans of documents, and short GEDCOMS to your posts, too. This should really help our research!

I hope to see you all on the list,

Valorie Zimmerman
Black Diamond, Washington USA

Adrian MacABEE m. Eff JOHNSON of Nolensville TN, who was mother of Mabel Gray JOHNSON WALDRON, b. 1901

2001-07-31 07:10:38Z

LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON ADRIAN MACABEE
MARRIED TO EFF JOHNSON, OF NOLENSVILLE TENN.
MOTHER OF (MABEL GRAY JOHNSON WALDRON
BORN 1901)

Jennie MacABEE m. George Washington BUNKER b. 1840 PA, d. 1913

2001-07-31 07:10:14Z

Jennie is my ggrandmother. She was married to George Washington Bunker. She was born 1840 in Pa. Died Oct.1913 Looking for any infomation on Her or her family