Speed - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Speeds in Reed Cemetery Strawberry Point Iowa

pappybuchanan1 — 2009-11-08 12:18:19Z

I found the Reed Cemetery records. My gggrandmother and father are buried there and his wife Almira Little was also a Speed.

Re: Speeds in Reed Cemetery Strawberry Point Iowa

pappybuchanan1 — 2009-11-08 11:58:32Z

I have a great great uncle William Ebenezer Little who married a lady by the name of Jane Speed. They lived in Strawberry Point Iowa William died in 1863. I have just started researching this line. I have not found where they are buried but thought that Jane might be one of your Speed.

Re: Emma, Hannah, Thomas and Mary Speed

Rosie_Norman — 2009-10-13 12:07:48Z

don't have a great deal more than I posted already tho' possibly Henry's parents were James b abt 1819 Tilston, Cheshire and Mary Patrick b abt 1844 in Stafford and Henry's grandparents were James b abt 1791 in London and Elizabeth Gower b abt 1793 in Yorkshire. That's pretty much all I have.

Regards, Rosie

Re: Emma, Hannah, Thomas and Mary Speed

spestph — 2009-10-11 20:05:02Z

Thanks for the reply. Speed is a surprisingly common name in the Chester area! I'd be very surprised if there were no connection, but like you, I can't see an obvious one straight away. That suggests that there may be a connection further back in time. How far back does your Speed tree go?

Re: Emma, Hannah, Thomas and Mary Speed

peterosenorman_1 — 2009-10-11 15:41:13Z

Hi there - sorry can't help with these four but I have Speed ancestors from Chester so maybe there is a connection somewhere.

My family is James b 1819, his son Henry b 1840 married Catherine Johnson. Their children (all born in Chester, birth dates approximate apart from Getrude - my grandmother - who was definitely born 1880) - Samuel b1875, Walter b1876, Alfred b 1879, Edward b1880, Gertrude b1880, Arthur b 1882, George b1883.

Does anyone know any more about Speeds or Johnsons?

Thanks and best wishes,
Rosie

Emma, Hannah, Thomas and Mary Speed

spestph — 2009-10-07 22:25:04Z

I am trying to identify the parents of these four. They appear as a household in the 1841 census in Chester, aged 20, 20, 15 and 14 with no parents apparently at the same address. Any help identifying their parents would be very welcome. Thanks

Re: Thomas SPEED -- in Lincolnshire, UK

JimmySpeed14 — 2009-08-18 23:18:07Z

Patricia:
Are you connected at all with Thomas F. Speed and Elizabeth (Betsey) Reast Speed of Lincolnshire?

Re: James Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

speedo197 — 2009-08-16 18:51:13Z

Here is the photo album link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnHRatliff/SpeedFamilyPhotos#

Yes, I remember you, Mae. We have shared information before on your Brown line. I thought at first that you were the one who set up this photo album on Google. Take a look at it and I think you will remember it. Nice visiting with you again.

Chuck Speed
speedo@chuckspeed.com

Re: James Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

speedo197 — 2009-08-16 17:12:18Z

I just wanted to compliment you on your Speed photo gallery on Google. You have some really wonderful old family photos. I am descended from this Speed line also....just further up the ancestry line through the first marriage of John Speed and Catherine Stewart of early Richmond County, NC. Good work!

Chuck Speed
speedo@chuckspeed.com

Re: James Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

jhratliff — 2009-08-16 16:47:13Z

Email me: jhratliff[NO_SPAM]@gmail.com

Be sure the delete the bracketed portion from the email address.

I'm not descended from Brown, I'm from JF Speed's third wife, Martha McCann

Re: James Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

MaeHamiltonAmbrose — 2009-08-16 16:41:28Z

Thank you but I am unfamiliar with a Google picasa page. Is there a link - do you want to email me direct?

This is so cool! Please find my file on rootsweb worldconnect for Archibald M. Brown died 1837. You are descended from his brother John W. Brown.

Re: James Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

jhratliff — 2009-08-16 15:27:53Z

I am James Franklin Speed's Great-Great Grandson. I've got a Google Picasa page with images from his father's Bible.

Re: Henry SPEED

JSpeed63 — 2009-07-07 06:25:51Z

Hi Bill,
Sorry it's taken so long to respond. I was concentrating on other lines then was very busy getting home life back to a reasonable order.
Anyway, it is a good possibility that this Henry is the correct one, it depends on what the certificate says. Hopefully it will say that one of his children was the informant. I wish they would add the informant information as part of the indexes. Would be less costly that way when we go ahead and order the wrong ones.... :S LoL
Unless you know of a way for me to verify this is the correct one without it costing $20+. The certificates are very costly. :)
Thanks again for the information. I hope that there is a cert that I can order.
Jean

Obituary - James David SPEED

roy5037 — 2009-07-05 20:18:50Z

James David Speed ( 28 Oct 1957)New Orleans, Louisiana Passed away(28 Jun 2009)in Panama City, Florida was cremation as his wish was the son and g-son of Marcus Lafayette Speed Jr. and Sr. of Louisiana and Mississippi his mother and kids are still living and his last wife

in the panama City Florida newspaper on July 1 2009 Newshearld.com

Re: Joseph SPEED

eworld_2 — 2009-06-21 20:59:37Z

The standard CoE form of that era has a space to indicate whether the marriage was by licence or by/after banns. With regard to distances, you would be surprised how far some people walked in those days, never mind how far they rode. You obviously have an interesting journey of your own in your search back through the family tree.

Re: Joseph SPEED

spestph — 2009-06-19 21:23:31Z

Thank you again. My source on the Roberts is a fascinating manuscript found in my great uncle's attic on his death. It is my G grandfather's writing and that of his brother in law and is the notes for an attempt by the family to prove themselves the heirs to an estate which they seem to be trying to take through the probate courts at St Asaph. The document, written in 1904, and signed by Elizabeth and her brothers, while Joseph Speed (who started all this correspondence!) was still alive contains very specific details about the Roberts, including exact dates of birth for Elizabeth and her brothers and death dates and locations for their father and his brothers. These details would have been extremely important in the claim. The document also provides some information about one generation further back, again talking about three brothers - known in the district as cattle dealers. The family seems to have been centred around St Asaph and Tremeirchion which would have been a fair distance away from Buckley in those days, so I wonder how Elizabeth and Joseph might have met. Perhaps he was a long-haul carter!

So, plenty there for me to research on IGI and BMD when I have the time.

By the way, how would I know whether the marriage was by licence. Would it say so on the cert?

Thanks again!

Re: Joseph SPEED

eworld_2 — 2009-06-19 18:15:03Z

I think it highly likely you have the right people,certainly looks that way on the balance of probability. The ages on marriage certificates are often a bit suspect. I wonder whether in your case the answer lies in the true age of Elizabeth according to your family records. If she was indeed born 1846 (There is an Elizabeth Roberts baptised Cilcain Flint 13/9/1846 d of Robert Roberts and Sarah in the IGI) then in 1866 she would not have been 21 the age at which in those days you had to be to marry without parental consent. I suspect that sometimes ages stated were 'doctored' so that the groom did not appear to be a cradle snatcher or the bride was in fact older than the groom. Often certificates merely say of full age(i.e. over 21). There was not requirement to produce evidence of age as far as I know and if you were not in your home parish who was to know any different.. Was the marriage by licence, this could indicate not home parish or one party under age. Looks like James death registered 1857 in Great Broughton district.

Re: Joseph SPEED

spestph — 2009-06-17 21:25:37Z

I wondered if you would be willing to give me the benefit of your experience again. I now have the marriage certificate for Joseph and Elizabeth, married at Chester st Mary's, 30 May 1866. Crucially, Elizabeth's father is listed as Robert Roberts, which ties in with what we already know from family documents. Joseph is listed as a carter. The Joseph I have been looking for who I had followed back s far as the 1871 census was also a carter. Joseph's father according to the marriage cert is James. So I looked for James and found a family, James (b Chester abt 1800) and wife Hannah (b Hawarden abt 1795) and children, including Joseph and have been able to trace them forward through to 1881 when Hannah appears to have died (BMD index) aged 86, just after the census. Again, a key link is the census address. The Joseph I had already found back to 1871 and whom I have high degree of confidence is my GG grandfather, lived at Lane End in the Flintshire Parish of Pentrobin (the Buckley-Hawarden area). The 1841 census shows James and family also living at Lane End and this address is preserved in the family right up to 1881, when Hannah is still there. So all the clues point to this being the family I have been looking for. But there are two aspects troubling me a little. First there is the fact that the marriage cert lists Joseph and Elizabeth living in Saltney, not Buckley (close, but not the same place) and indeed, why did they get married in Chester anyway if they were living in Flintshire (by the way, James disappears from the census in after 1851 and so I assume was not at the wedding even though he is named on the cert). Second, there is a problem, as I said before abotu Joseph's year of birth. All the census records suggest that he was born around 1836-38. But according to the marriage cert this Joseph was 26 in 1866. In this case there is also a problem with Elizabeth's birth date. Our family records say she was born on 2 January 1846, but according to the marriage cert, she claimed then to have been born in 1843. Why would they both get married in Chester, pretending to be about three years younger than other documents say they were? Or is it just that these are the wrong people, in which case what am I to make of all the things about them above that do tie up? Is there anything obvious that I should be doing next to test out the facts I have so far collated?

Sorry to trouble you with this, but you seem to have a great deal of experience and may have some ideas which could help me.

Re: Mary Speed

2009-05-07 14:07:09Z

You are right. Mary is a common name so you
will have to specify a date certain. Well,
perhaps a circa of birth, death, or marriage.
If you do that then I possible can help you.

Ellis U. Speed

PS Race would help.

SPEED Family from England

2009-05-07 14:01:32Z

Hi my name is arleigh. My maiden name is speed
and a I know my ancestors came from England.
My fathers names was Howard RIchard Stewart
Speed. I'm not quite sure how I am to go about this.
My Aunt Isabelle Speed Just died a year ago and she
was tracing the family, now I don't know what will
Happen.

Lorie SPEED -- Friend from Paris 1980's

2008-10-17 16:06:55Z

I’m looking for Laurie Speed who was in Paris in the early 80s. From a friend who has never forgotten her friendship.
Please to write to Manuel, the Colombian, youth hostel, etc., or if never you know about her your answer will be welcome too, in mail address manuelg_sanabria@hotmail.com

Re: Joseph SPEED

2008-10-17 16:04:12Z

HELLO JACKIE, I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN YOU RESPONDED TO MY MESSAGE CONCERNING JOSEPH SPEED.YES THE JOSEPH THAT I'M ENQUIRING ABOUT LIVED IN D.C. AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION UNION AND WAS A FARE SKINNED MAN WITH WHO WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AND I NEVER KNEW WHAT HIS WIFES NAME WAS BUT HE DIED IN 1966 IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY.I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND MEET RELATIVES OF HIS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME MAN. THANK YOU. SHANNON BANKS MY E-MAIL IS QUEENVANITY106@BLACKPLANET.COM

Mary Speed - b. 1632 MA

SusanDavidson — 2009-05-07 13:57:46Z

Looking for info on Mary Speed, born 1632 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass. A big mystery on her parents and lineage. She married John Branch in 1652, their many descendants settling Connecticut, Vermont and Upstate NY. She is my 8th GGrandmother and would like to find out more about her.

Re: Joseph SPEED

eworld_2 — 2009-06-10 13:35:48Z

I found the references in FreeBMD, this covers the whole of England and Wales and has now reached the stage where there is almost complete coverage certainly within the years of immediate interest. This gives his age at death as 66 but as you say it seems to be a variable feast. In fact I think he was probably 71 and born in about 1836, the son of Charles and Mary Speed (Conflicting ages are not an uncommon feature of census returns). I looked this up in my local library using the ancestrylibrary facility that is available as far as I know in libraries throughout England and think I found them at Hoole Lane in Chester in 1851. I'll leave you to follow up the clues, a day in the Record Office at Chester should help you well on your way. P.S. Looking at the 1851 census it seems the Joseph born West Derby ended up in Chester.

Re: Joseph SPEED

eworld_2 — 2009-06-10 13:33:49Z

There is plenty to help you find more. Cheshire have been very assiduous in putting data on to the net. Go to the Cheshire BMD site and you'll find Joseph and Elizabeth married at Chester St Mary's in 1866. The marriage certificate should give the name of his father and you can then find out which Joseph the one born 1848 or the one born 1850 is the one who married in 1866. This birth certificate should give you the mother's name and you can then find the marriage of his parents and you'll be one generation back. The 1841 and 1851 censuses should then with a bit of luck get you back to the early 1800s when the IGI should be able to take you back with a bit of luck to the 1600s. A word of caution : the Joseph Speed who died in Widnes in 1907 was aged 66 and looks like it might be the one whose birth was registered in West Derby in 1841 and is in conflict with your other information. Finally if you should find the family links back into Yorkshire in the early 1800s I should be very interested.

Joseph SPEED, born c1840, Chester, UK, d 1907, Widnes, UK

spestph — 2009-06-06 11:17:21Z

I would be very grateful for any help in tracking down further information about the ancestors of this man, who was my GGG grandfather. He was born in Chester, but appears in the census records later in the 19th century living in Buckley, Flintshire, married to Elizabeth ROBERTS. The family moved to Widnes, then in Lancashire around 1893, where Joseph and his sons were employed as labourers in the growing chemicals industries there (alkaline and copper works). The Speed family went on to become very prominent in Widnes. Joseph's son Edward founded Speed's Widnes Ltd, an electrical contracting firm which was at one time one of the largest such firms in the NW of England. My father, his brother and a cousin, all Speeds worked in the firm, which finally closed in the early 1990s, I think. This cousin is Geoff Speed who is currently the presenter of Folkscene on BBC Radio Merseyside.

Unfortunately, I cannot trace Joseph back before the census of 1871 (by which time he has two children (Mary and Joseph (!)) so I can't find out who his parents and siblings are.

I'd really appreciate any help on this as I have been stuck on it for quite a while!

Thanks, Stephen Speed

Re: Joseph SPEED

spestph — 2009-06-10 13:34:46Z

Thank you for that - incredibly helpful. As you can tell, I am relatively new to all of this. I have tracked down the Cheshire BMD reference to the marriage in 1866, which is a very exciting discovery. I am pretty sure these are the folk I am looking for. But the census info I have (1871, 81 and 91) all puts Joseph Speed's birth year firmly around 1838-1841 (he was a bit variable from one census to the next as to his year of birth) and our family seem reasonably sure that he was in his late sixties when he died in Widnes in 1907 (28 Nov, I believe). So there is a conflict, as you say as there are no Joseph Speeds registered as born in Chester in the relevant years. I'll get hold of the cert and that will help, I am sure. What did fox me was how you found the references to deaths in Widnes and births in West Derby, which I was unable to find on Lancashire BMD. Any help welcome. Thanks again

Re: SPEED Family - UK to Texas

spestph — 2009-06-10 13:38:41Z

Hi. I have no knowledge of any links to Lincolnshire. But if I find any, I'll be sure to let you know!

Re: Joseph SPEED

spestph — 2009-06-10 13:36:20Z

Thank you for all your help. You've given me some great stuff to get started on - I'm just delighted. I'm planning a trip to Chester records office in August and also to Flintshire office at Hawarden to follow up on the Roberts family (Joseph's wife) where we have some interesting family documents that give us plenty of clues. Thanks again.

Re: William T. SPEED -- wife Mary Wages ??

JudyScruggs71 — 2009-03-25 20:11:37Z

I am from this line also. Wm. T was married to Mary Wages in 1748 in Surrey Co. Va. Daughter of Robert Wages. Their son was Robert Wages Speed. He was married to an Elizabeth Martin in 1782.
My info came from "The Records and Memorials of the Speed Family. I have researched this family since the 60's before computers and have them back to the 1500's in England, all the way to now.

Re: Speeds in Lincolnshire

JimmySpeed14 — 2009-05-06 02:31:42Z

Do you have any on Thomas and Betsy Reast Speed?

Re: Thomas SPEED

JimmySpeed14 — 2009-05-06 02:27:38Z

John Speed was his dad. Not sure of mom. New Sleaford is where he was born. Do you know any Speed's in that area?

Re: SPEED Family - UK to Texas

JimmySpeed14 — 2009-06-10 13:38:03Z

My SPEEDS are from Lincolnshire, England. Spanby and all that area. Some came to Texas in mid-1800's. Not sure if youre related or not.

Grandmother - Minnie Bell SPEED, b. 1876 Gustine, TX

grtbrit50 — 2008-10-17 16:14:44Z

Her name is Minnie Bell Speed born 1876 Freesstone Co. Tx. Married Ira Lawson England 8-20-1893 Comanche Co. Tx.

Re: James Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

speedo197 — 2009-01-31 18:40:37Z

I have some information on the family of James Franklin Speed and wife, Margaret Sophia Brown. I also have a picture of him. Maybe we have communicated before. You can contact me at speedo@chuckspeed.com

Chuck Speed

Re: SPEED DNA Test

speedo197 — 2009-06-10 13:37:03Z

I would like to invite any UK male Speed surname descendant to consider participating in our U.S. Speed surname Y-DNA project. The goal of this Y-DNA project would be to see if we share common Speed ancestors between those lines in the UK and the U.S.. If you might be interested, there is more information about the project on our web site at http://chuckspeed.com/Speed%20DNA.html

Chuck Speed
e-mail: speedo@chuckspeed.com

Looking for Judith Speed - worked for Price Forbes, London in 1955

cynthiaj172 — 2009-05-26 21:15:33Z

The last postcard I received from Judith, she said she was riding off into the Bavarian forests in 1960. Would love to be in touch again.
Cynthia Satariano nee Jenkins

Re: Mary Speed

georgany1 — 2009-05-07 14:07:37Z

You can contact me at georgany@superior.net

Re: Mary Speed

georgany1 — 2009-05-07 13:58:23Z

In the Powers-Banks Ancestry on page 165 there is a note that says. "said to be Mary Speed of the family of the English Historian. The historian is John Speed b. 1552 in Farrington, Cheshire co. England. He is said to have had 12 sons and 6 daughters.
I am trying to find out information on the sons, that should lead us to Mary. As for the Speeds in the south they are descendants of James Speed who settled in Virginia.

Family of John Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

MaeHamiltonAmbrose — 2009-01-31 01:40:35Z

Looking for descendents of Speed family of Belmont, Sumter Al.:

John B. Speed who was the only child of John Franklin Speed b 1834 and Margaret Sophia Brown b 1835.

John B. Speed b. 1858 m. Unknown

One Son: Herman G. Speed b. 1893 married Leila Smith

Three Children:
Louis or Lewis Speed b. 1915
Lela Speed b. 1919
Helen H. Speed b. 1924

Looking for descendents of above three. Any help appreciated.

Looking for family of Helen H. Speed married name unknown

MaeHamiltonAmbrose — 2009-02-01 17:29:11Z

Looking for married name of Helen H. Speed who married in Mobile in 1947. She came from Sumter Alabama.

Her gg gm was Margaret Sophia Brown b. 1835 in Anson NC and is related to my ggg gf, Archibald M. Brown b. 1790 Scotland and the Hamilton family both of Macon Co. Al.

Any help appreciated.

Re: James Franklin Speed-Sumter Co. Al

MaeHamiltonAmbrose — 2009-01-31 18:41:17Z

OOPS - It's James Franklin Speed not John Franklin Speed.

Re: Charles SPEED m. Jean DOYEL 1788 VA

myhoneybiscuit — 2009-04-23 17:37:19Z

I don't know if this applies but I found this name in some blueprints at a near-by abandoned house (Charles Speed). The abandoned house is in Miami, FL.

Re: Joseph SPEED

jvictory7 — 2008-10-17 16:03:32Z

I had an uncle Joe that lived in D.C. His wife's first name was Ruth. Does this sound like the same person?

Re: Joseph SPEED

jvictory7 — 2008-10-17 16:05:32Z

please contact me so we can discuss the possibility of us being related!! shannon banks at;queenvqnity106@blackplanet.com

Re: Joseph SPEED

jvictory7 — 2008-10-17 16:04:54Z

jackie please contact me i believe we are family and i would like to discuss some things that i have recently discovered!!may god bless you! shannon banks my e-mail is;queenvanity106@blackplanet.com

Re: Alfred Speed, b. 1889 Nottingham, England

margoojiri — 2008-11-05 14:48:48Z

Hi Karen,

My fathers family were from Nottingham, my dad was Walter Arney Speed, my Grandfather Harry Speed and my dads uncle Sir Edwin Arney Speed.
would love to hear from you and would be thrilled if we were connected.

sincerely margo

Death of James Speed

maryachtrh — 2009-03-09 18:56:08Z

Appears in the Terrell Times-Star, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas, 19 April 1890...

Cattle King James Speed Murdered

San Antonio, Texas, April 11 - James Speed, one of the wealthiest cattlemen of Southwest Texas, was shot and killed this evening by John Tomerlin at Moore Station, about six miles south of here, on the International and Great Northern road. No particulars of the affair are attainable at this hour. The dead man was a brother of President Lincoln's Attorney-General.

Re: Simon Speed

dalespeed — 2009-02-12 06:21:25Z

Seems as though I'm a decendant of this Simon Speed.And that is where my search has stalled out.Need info on Simon's parents.

Brothers - David and James SPEED, born Scotland >> Canada

sandyjan — 2008-10-17 16:17:15Z

David Pearson Speed b 23/1/1892 Abdie area, Fife,Scotland
and his brother James Speed 20/5/1889, both emigrated to Canada, abt 1915/20. Their parents were James Speed and Christian Johnston Pearson. Would love to hear from any descendants

Janine Bayne.