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2010 Queries
| Joseph Chandler and the Port of Chicago - Judy Wagner is searching for the burial place, supposedly in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, of her gg-grandmother's first husband. Joseph Chandler was born in New York, and he came from Buffalo to work on the Port of Chicago, arriving on June 27, 1833, as part of a group of men who would superintend the project. Joseph is mentioned by name in historical accounts of the time. He and Catherine Lauer married October 24, 1838, and Joseph died in 1843. They had two daughters: Mary, who died as a child, and Catherine. After Joseph's death his widow married Charles Charleston and had eight more children. Charles, from Sweden, was a fire marshall for the city.
A quote from the website of the Ledger Sentinel newspaper indicates the importance of the Port of Chicago to what was then still a frontier town with a population of about 350 people: "The effect of the new harbor was dramatic. In 1833, only four sailing ships arrived at Chicago. In 1834, the year the initial harbor work was completed, 176 vessels came. The next year, the total surged to nearly 250; and when the shipping season ended on Dec. 1, 1836, 1,456 ships had arrived at Chicago’s harbor."
Judy's research indicates Joseph's grave was moved to Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery at some time after his death, when the cemetery where he was first placed was found to be too close to the water for public health and was closed. The administration of Rosehill Cemetery has been unable to locate the grave of this Joseph Chandler in spite of many requests from Judy and her family. It is possible Joseph is the son of Joseph Chandler, Sr., of Cornwall, New York, and grandson of Nathaniel. If you have any information on this family or the location of Joseph's grave, please contact Judy.
Judy Wagner
January 7, 2010 |
| A Chandler/Jernigan Connection? - Upon receiving results of a DNA test from
Family Tree DNA, Barry Jernigan was surprised to find that he does not match
a Jernigan DNA group but instead strongly matches one group of our Chandler
testees! Barry now has a total of 67 markers of his Y-chromosome identified
and is definitely a Group 7A Chandler. Barry's proven great-great
grandfather was James Silas Jernigan, who was born c. 1850 and died May 22,
1923, Tarrant City, Jefferson County, Alabama. Barry believes James Silas'
mother was probably Hannah Jernigan, daughter of Clement Jernigan and
Drucilla Terry of Sevier County, Tennessee (1840 & 1850 census Sevier County,
Tennessee; 1860-1880 census Marshall County, Alabama; other documents from
Alabama -- copies in Barry's possession). His current theory is that James
Silas' father was most likely a Chandler who lived near the Jernigans in
Sevier County, Tennessee at about the time James Silas was born. James
Silas' father's Chandler line would most likely be from JRR > Joel > Timothy if
that were the case.
Barry Jernigan
(Barry's Research Blog)
Updated January 7, 2010 |
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