tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240307.post8385509256501341138..comments2024-02-17T01:38:12.168-05:00Comments on Orlando, West Virginia: Miss ThomasDonna Gloffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100860240184309943noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240307.post-66438900567095576792013-07-17T22:05:09.519-04:002013-07-17T22:05:09.519-04:00Mrs. Funkhouser was my elementary school principal...Mrs. Funkhouser was my elementary school principal at Charles Barrett Elementary and I remember her well! My love of reading though already well ingrained from Maury Elementary and days there with Mrs. Beach as principal, was enhanced by many levels thanks to Mrs. Funkhouser. My love of learning and education are very much thanks to her!Monique Sheaffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240307.post-34359137874449028572012-01-31T14:37:52.271-05:002012-01-31T14:37:52.271-05:00Dear Mr. Parmer,
I have thoroughly enjoyed readin...Dear Mr. Parmer,<br /><br />I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your history of Irish immigrants in Lewis County. I notice that the Morans were in Maryland before moving to Lewis County. For more than two years, I have documented the thousands of Irish who lived and labored in Albemarle, Nelson, and Augusta County, Virginia to build the Blue Ridge Tunnel between 1850-1860. Many of them worked for the B&O before moving to Virginia. <br /><br />Morans and Griffins are on my list of documented names, so there is a good chance that some of your ancestors helped build the Virginia Blue Ridge Tunnel and Railroad before moving to Lewis County. <br /><br />I noticed that you mentioned Quinns as being on the 1870 census for Lewis County. One of them was John Quinn, a mason employed at the Blue Ridge Tunnel. He moved his family to Lewis County around the time the tunnel was finished. He and his wife left behind two deceased children whose grave I am trying to protect from damage. It is located in Albemarle County, Virginia. The task would be much easier if I could find Quinn descendants. <br /><br />I hope one day--maybe soon!--to visit St. Bridget's Cemetery in Lewis County. I think this is where John Quinn and his wife must be buried. I know it's where their granddaughter, who lived only 1 1/2 hours, is buried. She was the child of John Quinn, Jr., and Mary Kaden Quinn.<br /><br />If you'd like to read more about the Virginia Blue Ridge Tunnel and the Quinn Cemetery, please visit my blog. It's called Clann Mhór Rising. <br />http://clannmhorrising.blogspot.com<br /><br />Thank you!Clann Mhór Risinghttp://clannmhorrising.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240307.post-38467463739252078832012-01-29T13:06:56.199-05:002012-01-29T13:06:56.199-05:00Estie seemed to have a history of 'not caring ...Estie seemed to have a history of 'not caring for' her daughters' beaus. As you say here Virginia had to marry secretly. My Mammaw (Sophie, the older half sister) told of how her mother had never liked her choice either, my Grandfather Jesse Jarvis. As you notice, the middle daughter, Marie, never married at all.Lorinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240307.post-874283448136965182012-01-29T13:03:17.223-05:002012-01-29T13:03:17.223-05:00Thank you for a very nice and interesting story on...Thank you for a very nice and interesting story on the lady I knew as "Aunt Ginny" or Aunt Virginia". She was my great Aunt, my mother was Sophie Jarvis's daughter Rose.Lorinoreply@blogger.com