Ethel Faye DEATRICH (Faye Faye - she hated her given name!) was my paternal great-grandmother. I never knew her, but she left a valuable gift with my parents: a typewritten page of her memories of her parents' families (her aunts, uncles, etc.). Her mother was Martha Jane HAULMAN (8 Nov 1845 - 19 Nov 1924). We had no further information on the Haulmans of St. Thomas, Pennsylvania. I had searched for Martha Jane on the 1860 Census, and the closest I could find was an M. HOLMAN, appropriate age, female, as a domestic servant to the CLIM family. After that find, I'd taken a break and moved onto another branch of the family.
Yesterday, I was reviewing Faye Faye's page, looking for anything I might have forgotten to put into my records. The last line of the page reads, "Mother's brother Van Haulman was a judge for years in Chambersburg, Penn." For some reason, I had never done anything with this information. I suspect I glossed over it in confusion, because one of Martha's sons (Faye Faye's brother) was named Van Haulman Deatrich. Well, duh. He was obviously named after his uncle, right?
Sure enough, when I put Van Haulman into my Ancestry.com tree, he popped up immediately on the 1880, 1900 and 1910 Censuses, with the correct occupations. I also found his wife, some children, and a couple of granddaughters. (Hello, cousins!) This is where I got excited, because I knew if I could find him as a child, I'd have Martha's parentage. I did find him, as Vantries Holman, on the 1860 Census. However, Martha, who was four years older than he, wasn't there, and his parents were listed as D.B. and M.A. Not enough to go on. I knew, however, from the 1900 Census, that he was born in January of 1850, so he should show up there, as well. And that spelling - Holman - combined with Martha's conspicuous absence at the age of 14 - lent weight to my theory of her being the Clims' servant.
This is where it took me a while. I finally found an entry for Vantrica HOLLMAN, a male infant, in 1850. In looking at the scanned page, the original entry was Vantries, but it was mistranscribed. His parents were David and Mary (correct initials!), and Martha was there, too, with the correct age. Success!
So, to my 3rd great grandparents, David and Mary, welcome to the family!
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Notes on the Haulman last name:
1850 Census: Hollman
1860 Census: Holman
1880 Census and beyond: Haulman...for both Van and David, in different households.
There are several possibilities here: Census-takers spelled phonetically. Haulman was adopted as a spelling by the family in the late 19th century. The family didn't actually have an "accepted" spelling (which I gather happened often enough back then). I'm leaning toward mistakes on the census-takers' parts, but of course, that's just a guess.
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We have a snippet of information on the wife of Van HAULMAN, and thought you might be interested. This note comes from a Pennsylvania historical society, and is taken from "Dr. Egle's Pennsylvania Genealogies."
Grahams of Rocky Spring Church
Name of a Joseph Graham is on a pew door. He was an Elder in the Congregation. Some of the descendants say the family belonged about Newville originally, however part of it lived in Path Valley - of this branch Victor Graham (born 1786-d. 1844) married Nancy Fegan of Path Valley, March 20, 1808. They had ch: Evelyn mar. John Harrison; Rebecca mar. _______Miller, (Mrs. Van Haulman's line). Victor mar. 2nd Elizabeth Lane, a widow. They had ch: Letitia; Samuel and David lived in Iowa.
The above Victor Graham (b.1786-d.1844) had a brother David, who lived in Newville, mar. a widow, but had no children.
We're working on Victor & Elizabeth's line, passing down through Letitia. Please feel free to e-mail me at cdwetter@gmail.com.
Best, Cindy Wetter
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