Ohio Links

Ohio Links

Belmont Co. Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society - The Gateway to the West

Monroe County Chapter

Monroe County, Ohio History & Genealogy

Monroe Co., OH USGenWeb

Woodsfield Public Library Genealogy Holdings Page

Rutter Cemetery - Monroe County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County Ohio GenWeb Page

Guernsey County Ohio GenWeb

Guernsey County, Ohio - Genealogy Links

Google Blog Search Box

When you visit someone's Google blog be sure to try out the white Google search box in the upper left corner of the screen. The search box offers a good way to quickly narrow your search.

For example when you visit my Obituary blog you might want to focus on a certain surname, for example: Henthorn, Conger or Yoho. To find all of the postings that mention one of these names key the name into the search box.

This will prove very useful if there are hundreds of blog postings.

Mr. Dickie

Henthorn, Thomas

Thomas Henthorn

OCCUPATION: Thomas Henthorn started work in a cotton factory at 8 years of age. He was a bookkeeper in 1871. As of 1881, he was a cotton yarn salesman. He built up from 1889 the first group of cotton mills united under one chairman.

MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: He was married twice. His son, James Taylor Henthorn (1876-1915), by his first wife, Jane who died in 1876 possibly in childbirth, moved to Manchester as a police constable.

MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: His second son, Maurice Clay Henthorn (1887-1934), by his second wife, Emma, also worked in a managerial position in the cotton industry and continued to live at Homeleigh.

OBITUARY: An Oldham Chronicle report on Thomas Henthorn (1849-1913), following his death, showed him to be very active in both the cotton industry and the local community.

OCCUPATION: At the time of his death, he was Chairman of Directors of the Beal Spinning Co.; Shaw Spinning Co.; and Balderstone Mill Co. He was director of the Manchester Cotton Exchange, and a member of the committee of Oldham master cotton spinners, and a founder of the Oldham Chamber of Commerce.

PUBLIC_SERVICE: In local affairs he was a Wesleyan, conservative and on the Compton Local Board in the 1890's.

PUBLIC_SERVICE: At the time of his death he was an overseer of the poor in Crompton. He was a member of the Crompton and Royton Education Committee.

DEATH: Sadly he lost his life, by drowning in the swimming pool at the Hotel Hydro Blackpool where he was a regular visitor. He was suffering from diabetes, feeling run down and lacking in energy and concentration. This condition to which he was unaccustomed, as an active man, must have produced the mental depression leading to his death. Sad to think that it was only a decade or so later when Banting and Bess's discovery might have offered him some hope.

PROBATE: He left an estate of f6400 and lived at a big Victorian house, Homeleigh in Rochdale Road Shaw, which is still standing [as of 1986].

Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

If you are interested in the Henthorn, Yoho or Conger families of the Ohio River Valley this is a good website to visit.

Monroe County Chapter

Oldham, England

My Henthorn family came to the United States from the area of Crompton and Oldham, England. Both of these areas now lie in the northeast corner of what I would call greater Manchester, England.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about Oldham.

Oldham, England

Be sure to look for the paragaph about Abraham Henthorn Stott. If you know why his middle name was Henthorn be sure to post a comment to share that information. Thanks.

Mr. Dickie

Henthorn, Peter of Boulder, CO

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (4/29/05)--The South Dakota Credit Union League has hired a longtime credit union consultant as its new CEO.

Effective June 5, Peter Henthorn of Boulder, Colo., will lead the league, according to Floyd Rummel, league chairman and president of Dakota Territory FCU, Deadwood.

Since 1979, Henthorn has operated his own business called Profit Motivators International, which worked with credit unions and independent community banks to improve operations.

Henthorn has "extensive knowledge of credit unions and is a high-energy person," Rummel told News Now. "He's a perfect match for our credit unions and will help the league and credit unions in South Dakota."

Henthorn will be introduced during the league's annual meeting May 19-20 in Aberdeen.

Leon Swenson, who had been serving as interim CEO since the retirement of Donald Couch in November, will return to his position as league field consultant.

Computer Problems

Photo of Melva and Dick

Yesterday, 25 Aug 2009, my Dell laptop stopped working. That was the computer I used to get on the Internet. I don't think it can be fixed. I was able to figure out how to connect my old Gateway desktop computer to my high speed Internet connection. I had to guess where to plug in the cable. I got lucky. It worked. That's good. For the moment I can still send and receive Email from our house. This is a big disaster as far as genealogy goes. I'm trying to not get too excited about it.

Recently I've made some updates to my Google genealogy group. You can visit the group without becoming a member. If you want to post you need to request membership.

I'm also learning about how the Google Sites could be used to create a genealogy website. I think it has lots of potential. So far I'm not letting anyone else look at it because I'm just practicing.

Mr. Dickie