Durbin Query Page 1

Subject: DURBIN
   Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 02:40:22 EST
   From: Sundea2@aol.com
     To: hsdurbin@alltel.net
   I have DURBIN-THOMAS relatives from Grayson Co., KY (part of Hardin Co. 
before 1811). I know by family traditions that the DURBINs came into KY during 
the Catholic migration at the turn of the century (1800). Do you have any info 
on KY DURBINs and possible THOMAS family connections?
                                  Thanks!sundea2@aol.com
 

Subject: Durbin family
   Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:15:38 -0600
   From: "Virginia D. Blalock" vblalock@earthlink.net
     To: hsdurbin@alltel.net
   Hi.  I copied your "Durbin Family of Maryland and Pa" off the Heartland Valley 
site. The mention of Nancy Durbin and David Ruple has me very interested. 
They are my GGG Grandparents. I will, however, have to disagree with the date 
given for Nancy's birth. There may be another Nancy Durbin who was born in 1772/3. 
It won't be the one who married David Ruple, though. The first citation I 
found for the marriage of David and Nancy is in History of Greene County, 
Pa. by Wm. Hanna (1882) pg. 82. There is a very detailed, if not especially, 
clear "genealogy" of Greene Co. Durbins in that work.
   I haven't gone thorugh it matching it with courthouse docs, but intend to.
    What I do have is a private source. My Gt. Aunt, (maternal grandmother's 
aunt) set down a "genealogy of her brothers and sisters. She put down her parents, 
her Call grandparents and mentioned her Ruple grandparents. She had it printed 
(not handwritten), and then framed it. Apparently, it hung in her home;
because, when I saw it for the first time in my cousin's home, I did not even 
realize that I had the matching frame in my own house. Mine is a studio portrait 
of four generations ,withthe inscription done in "invitation copperplate".
   I am working on a Call family project. Nancy Ruple's daughter married Solomon 
Call. Her name was Margaret. Both she and her husband succumbed to thyphoid 
when they were in their 30s. They died less than a month apart. I have done 
quite a bit on the Calls. I did some on the Ruples. What I found, in 
looking up my Gt. Grandfather, Margaret Ruple Call's son, was that the 
Calls were living (or ancillary family) were living not far from each other 
in Ohio. NOT KNOX. What the origin of that is, I do notknow. Howard Lecky 
has them in Knox. They were in PERRY county Ohio. Not only that, both David and 
Nancy were alive on the 1850 census. AND on the 1860 Census. After that I 
lose them. I have not been able to figure out where they were buried. My guess, 
now is that they moved west. They had two daughters that I know of.
    One daughter was Mary b. 1814. I found out about her from a 4 generation 
descendant, who claims her. My Margaret was born 2 Mar 1824. I think there 
were two other daughters. The family "girled" out. i.e. no sons. I heard from 
another researcher who stuck to the 1770? date for Nancy's birth; but 
listed 4 girls. According to the census, Nancy was born in 1790. She was born in 
Maryland. Both 1850 and 1860 censuii agree on that fact. David and she were 
born in the same year, he , in N.J. On the 1850 census there is a Lucy, age 
37. That would make her the eldest--born close to the 1813 wedding date. 
Lucy is listed as Ruple.  However, in 1860,  Lucy in 45 and her name is Dunlap. 
I think it was Dunlap in 1850 as there are two younger (possible Dunlaps) in 
the household in 1850 David and Henry aged 18 and 17. In 1860, there is just 
Henry Dunlap and he is 23.
    When Solomon and Margaret died, Sol's two brother's came to the estate sale. 
David and Nancy did not. But then,they were up in years. Their taking in any 
of the four orphans of their daughter never seems to have come up.  The kids 
were taken back to Pa. and raised there (courthouse records quite detailed.)
   What happened to the 70 year old David and Nancy after 1860's census? I can't 
find a burial. Perry Co. Ohio has a good society and have documented 
burials, deaths, marriages etc. I am, of course, curious. The documents detailing 
their whereabouts are public record, and they are there in Perry Co. with a 
daughter, her husband, her husband's brothers and their wives and kids, at 
least until 1853. Not only that, they are living (and listed on the same 
census pp.) with the inlaws of the above. A couple of those pp. of that census 
in that county look like "old home week".
     Maybe they moved on west...even at their advanced age! It's been known to 
happen. Maybe they felt they had to follow the last of their children 
when the said children moved on (so they wouldn't be totally alone??)
     Wanted you to know there is a Durbin/Ruple/Call researcher interested.  
                                          My address is vblalock@earthlink.net
                                    V.Blalock


Subject: Durbin Family history
   Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 01:14:58 -0500
   From: "Fletcher Durbin" fmdurbin@worldnet.att.net
     To: hsdurbin@alltel.net
   Hello,  I read your Durbin family history page with interest. According to 
the material presented, My great grandfather's great-grand father, Daniel 
Durbin, was a great-grandson of William Durbin, state to have started the 
Durbin line in America.
  This may be correct, but I have two inconsistent pieces of information. The 
family history passed down to me shows an age at death of Daniel Durbin which is 
inconsistent with the recorded birth dates. In addition, I have a reference provided 
by a Mildred G. Durbin in a letter Dated October 25, 1922, to a family history 
which traces the Durbins to two brothers Samand Dan who emigrated from 
England to Maryland in 1698. Its possible that this history is simply wrong. 
But if true, then there is at least one additional Durbin line distinct from
that of Thomas as cited on your history. This would make the records very 
confusing, since the families were large and used only a few different given 
names. I would be interested in any comments you might have as I have just started 
exploring the subject.
                           Fletcher Durbinfmdurbin@worldnet.att.net



Subject: Durbin Genealogy
   Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:45:03 PST
   From: "ELIZABETH DURBIN" ejd001@hotmail.com
     To: hsdurbin@alltel.net
   I am writing because my ancestors are Durbin family that moved from 
Ohio to Indiana. My grandfather was born near Celina, Ohio, maybe mear 
St. Mary's. He moved to Indiana and is buried at St. Anne's Cemetary. His 
father, John Durbin is buried there, also. My father, George Paul Durbin, 
was Catholic and Democrat as descibed in the web page for descendents of 
Samuel Durbin. My grandfather had a brother named Samuel, also. His brother, as 
I understand moved to Rushville area, where he started the Durbin Hotel 
which is now an apartment building. It seems,also, weird that names keep on 
popping up again and again. As I have a brother, Christopher and a brother, James. 
But then I have seven brothers and two sisters. As my own name appears on the 
list, Elizabeth, I feel that I must have had a long life. (Ha!)  Please let me 
know of any more information that would lead me back Thomas Durbin whom I 
believe our family must be adescendent of from Baltimore and Ireland.     
                       Sincerely,
                      Elizabeth J. Durbin ejd001@hotmail.com



Subject: DURBIN, OLIVER
   Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 16:37:46 -0600
   From: "DonDurbin" dondurbin@earthlink.net
     To: hsdurbin@geocities.com
  The Oliver that I'm looking for shows up in the 1850 Shelby Co. In census 
and lists birth as Ohio ??  do you have anything on him. 
                               My e-mail is dondurbin@erithlink.net
                               Thanks, Don Durbin



Subject: Durbins
   Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:59:33 PST
   From: "Bobbi Harville" 
     To: hsdurbin@alltel.net
Helen,
   Not sure if you have this information...I found it on the Hancock County 
WV Pages...And with all the information you are posting I don't see how you 
can actually look for yourself...So when I seen it thought I'd send just in 
case you don't have it...  Bobbi Henry

November 6, 1856
George & Nancy Durbin
New Manchester
William Scott Durbin
January 18, 1857
Ephriam & Rebecca
New Manchester
GEORGE A. DURBIN
Hamilton, OH-- George A. Durbin, 78, of Hamilton, died on Saturday, Nov. 
29, 1997, at the Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital. He was born in Chester 
on March 21, 1919, a son of the late Charles and Rachel Smith Durbin. He was 
employed at Ringel's Furniture Store for more than 20 years, retiring in 
1985. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He attended school 
in Chester. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and the H.A.W.K.S. Flying 
Club. His wife, Dorothy Jeann Calhoun, whom he married in 1960, died on Nov. 
14, 1979. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carla Jeanne Durbin, 
and a sister, Zelma Wasko. He is survived by four sons, Mark Durbin of 
Fairfield, Ohio; Richard Durbin of Chester, Kenneth Durbin of Carrolton, 
Ohio, and Roger Durbin of Akron; a brother, Thomas Durbin of Phoenix, a sister, 
Edith Mae Poff of Hilton Head, SC; four grandchildren and three great-grand-
children. The Rev. Canon H.J. Mark Goodman of the Trinity Episcopal Church 
conducted services on Tuesday, at the Webb-Noonan Funeral Home, Ross Avenue and 
South D. Street in Hamilton, Ohio. Burial was held in Darrtown Cemetery.


Subject: Re: New Pages (HS Durbin)
   Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 01:05:25 EST
   From: JH1552@aol.comJH1552@aol.com
     To: hsdurbin@alltel.net, DURBIN-L@rootsweb.com
    I'm looking for Durbin's and the French line, form Sunfish Kentucky. 
                                  Thank You       
                                  Jim Hail

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