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Re: WEAD Family

Posted: 4 Dec 2013 6:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
I see where you had posted a question about the spelling of the Wead name. It is pronounced with a long A as in Wade. I was tickled when I read your post. It looks like you posted years ago. I hope this email reaches you. My name is April Wead (wade) I am the granddaughter of the late Raymond Wead. I always said if I wasn't married by 30 I was legally changing the spelling. I am 37. I am currently laid off and said I will not get another job until it is legally changed. I have time as I am getting severance.

There is family in the Xenia Greene County Ohio area that is related, I believe a cousin of my dad. I'm not sure how Lillian is related but i think might be a child of one of my great grandparents or maybe further back. I believe I have seen her grave in Xenia. That is where much of the family is buried. I do hope this message gets to you and my feed back is helpful. Thanks for questioning it and not assuming the pronunciation. My father and I appreciate it!! It has caused us great turmoil.

Re: Wead family

Posted: 4 Dec 2013 6:19PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: wead
There seems to be a few Alexander Weads. We pronounce it with a long A as in Wade. One of them is buried in Woodlawn Cem in Xenia Ohio. I believe he is my great great grandfather. I don't know if the is a relation between the two but I am sure there is. I found he died the day the Titanic sank but another Alexander died around the same time. It's all confusing. Also I have found where there is an Alexander J C Wead. ?? Again all confusing.

Re: WEAD FAMILY

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 2:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
Scottish Irish and I have found some England. My dad has always said the name was Scot-Irish.

April W

Re: Wead Family

Posted: 7 Jun 2015 11:30AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 7 Jun 2015 11:52AM GMT
Surnames: Wead, Bradford, Folkerth
Ebenezer first moved from PA to KY in 1797, with his son Robert. He stayed there 2 years before moving to what was then Hamilton County (Montgomery County was formed in the area in 1803 from Hamilton and Warren Counties). They lived in Van Buren Township. Search this site: http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com for Wead. Also search Folkerth. Ebenezer's son Robert bought the land from John Folkerth where the old Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum still stands (now 10 Wilmington Place). Robert's house may be the old one on Hospice of Dayton's property, which is definitely part of the land that Robert Wead purchased in 1805. His daughter, Harriet P. Wead married James J. Bradford, who was then the next owner of the property around 1875 after Robert Wead's death in 1873. I have loads of info and a lithograph of J. J. Bradford, Harriet and their daughter Mary G. Bradford. I'm currently researching the home's history and the owner genealogy.

Re: WEAD Family

Posted: 3 Jul 2015 10:54AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Wead Bradford McKnight
Hello, I'm researching the old house attributed to Robert Wead on Wilmington Avenue at Irving by Hospice of Dayton. Robert and many others are in Beavertown Cemetery in Kettering Ohio. His daughter Harriet P. Wead married James J. Bradford who ended up owning the land where Hospice is. I have tons of information if you're interested. E. E. McKnight eventually married into the bloodline in the 1880's and owned the house.

Re: Wead Family

Posted: 3 Jul 2015 11:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Wead
Correction: after doing a deed search, Robert Wead bought the N.E. quarter (80 acres) of section 32 where the Dayton Asylum is in 1806. John Folkerth was a Justice of the Peace that signed the deed. He bought that land from the Land Purchase Office in Cincinnati. In 1816 he bought the S.W. quarter of section 26 from Ebenezer Wead for $1. In 1827 he bought the N.W. quarter (80 acres) from Linas Bascom and J. Craig.
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