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Re: Dalby Family Cambridgeshire

benitadalby — 2009-11-04 19:08:34Z

Sorry let me correct that it was the first William with the wife named Martha. The second william had a wife called Georgina/Georgiana.

Dalby Family Cambridgeshire

benitadalby — 2009-11-04 19:06:32Z

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has any decendants or information on Dalby's Decsending from the Cambridgeshire area (england) i have traced back to the 1800's As far back of the birth of John Dalby around 1910. He had a Son William Bailey Dalby b. abt 1836 and then he had a son of the same name William Bailey Dalby b. abt 1869 with a wife named Marththa, both the williams had many children.

If anyone has any info or tips it would be great

Thanks
Benita Dalby

Re: Dalby Family - England

benitadalby — 2009-11-04 12:08:54Z

Another question, when looking up information could it be possible that there could be slight variations in spelling for example i have found information for georgina holman, and i have found another record with the same birth dates except her first name is spelt georgiAna holman

Re: Dalby Family - England

benitadalby — 2009-11-04 11:52:11Z

Thankyou so very much, you seem to know alot about the Dalby family!

Re: Dalby Family - England

silicondale — 2009-11-04 11:47:35Z

Hello, Benita -
I haven't come across the name William Bailey Dalby, or a Georgina, or the surname Bement, so it could well be a different family.

I have found William Bailey Dalby's marriage on FreeBMD:
Marriages Dec 1892
Holman Georgina Kensington 1a 187

and a possible birth of William Bailey:
Births Dec 1869
Dalby William Bailey Cambridge 3b 490

and just possibly his father's marriage
Marriages Mar 1855
DALBY William Bailey Cambridge 3b 585

though of course you would need to check these with the census records as well. Origins in Cambridge would suggest that it isn't the same Dalby family, as I have traced no Cambridge connections among any of my Dalby relatives.

Re: Dalby Family - England

RogerCorti67 — 2009-11-04 11:46:02Z

Thank you very much. This looks very promising. I strongly believe a miltary connection is there as Ethel married into the Bright/Rogers/Hardie lines & I do have a miltary connection & also the Indian Civil service.
It gives me something to research anyway.

Re: Dalby Family - England

silicondale — 2009-11-04 11:21:08Z

Roger -
Nicholas Bennett Dalby (b.1826) was the youngest son of Augustus Dalby. He was a major in the Royal Marines. In 1861 he was a captain, stationed at the Royal Marine Barracks, Plymouth Division. He married Helen Lyttleton Bennett in Hove, Sussex, the same year, and they had a daughter Nelly in 1862. I have no information on other children. I also haven't found the family in the 1871 census so he could well have been serving overseas - and with a 20-years gap to 1881 could have had children who stayed in India. Nicholas and Helen were in Bishops Stortford, Herts, in 1881, and Nelly was an assistant teacher at St Margarets Naval School, Isleworth, Middlesex. Of course Ethel Augusta would have been a granddaughter if she was related to Nicholas.

His elder brother William Bennett Dalby was a naval surgeon. He died in 1884 but had at least four sons. I haven't researched Francis Higgs Dalby born 1853 in Penzance, but he seems to have settled in Lincolnshire, from the census entries. The second son, Augustus William, became a GP (born 1859), practising in Frome, Somerset in 1891 and 1901 (though conceivable that he went to India and returned in between). William Edward was born in Devon in 1865, was living there in 1881, and in 1901 was in Leamington, Warwickshire. I haven't found him in the 1891 census. However, he had 4 children in Leamington during the 1990s so I think can be eliminated. Herbert Ernest, born 1868, was with his brother Augustus in Frome in 1891 (living on 'own means'). He married in Christchurch, Hampshire, in 1896, but I lose track of him after that. As it is a military family, he is a possible candidate.

Re: Dalby Family - England

benitadalby — 2009-11-04 10:18:06Z

Hi Stephan you have been more than helpful! I have found a few more things i wonder if you recognise any of it:

Harold V Dalby's Father was William Bailey Dalby
His mother was Georgina but i cant seem to find her maiden name. Im totally new to this so after a few days using i may learn how to get more in depth info.

Then i started to look for Williams Bailey Dalby's father and mother and i found Martha Bement who i think is he mother and from the census records it looks as if she is in her 2nd marriage with 3 older children surnmaed Dalby and 3 younger children surnamed Bement.

Thanks for the info on how to order certificates, do you also know any good websites as to where i can find out more in depth about the lives of these people or is it pretty much what is recorded on here.

Re: Dalby Family - England

RogerCorti67 — 2009-11-04 10:02:37Z

I am still lokking for connections to Dalby line. My grandmother was Ethel Augusta Dalby b 1897 in Darjeeling, India (British Colonial service)
In as much as family names get passed down, her middle name of Augusta rings true with Augustus & Octavious, so likely connection. I wonder if anyone knows of a Dalby with a military history who might have served in India?

Re: Dalby Family - England

silicondale — 2009-11-04 09:02:24Z

Hi, Benita - I hope it does help. What I should have added (in case you didn't already know) was that the numbers at the end of the birth and marriage references from FreeBMD were the volume and page numbers which you will need if you want to order copies of certificates from the UK General Register Office (you can order online from http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ at a price of GBP 7.00 per certificate though you'll probably have to pay a bit extra for delivery to Australia).
If you want to check for possible links with my tree, you can find it on rootsweb - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=siliconda...

Best of luck - Stephen

Re: Dalby Family - England

benitadalby — 2009-11-04 03:47:41Z

Thankyou so much, this really helps me! what you have found is excellent and a great for me to do more research! I will let you know if i find anything else and if we are related

Benita Dalby

Re: Dalby Family - England

silicondale — 2009-11-03 18:59:32Z

Hello again, benita. I have done a little searching on FreeBMD and it seems the family didn't come from Devon - well at least not around the turn of the century. here is what I found:

Births Jun 1897
Dalby Harold Victor W. Ham 4a 355
(West Ham is in the east end of London - and is where I grew up. If he's from there, it could be that he's related to 'my' branch of the family descended from Octavius Dalby, who was a customs officer in the London Docks).

1901 census Harold V Dalbey Essex - age 4

1911 census HOUSEHOLD DALBY HAROLD VICTOR M 1897 age 14 Epping Essex

Marriages Dec 1918 (spouse surname in brackets)
Dalby Harold V (Prescott) Reading 2c 1084
Prescott Dorothy B (Dalby) Reading 2c 1084
(Reading is in Berkshire, to the west of London)

Births Sep 1921 (mother's maiden name in brackets)
Dalby Kenneth H V (Prescott) Edmonton 3a 1063
(Edmonton is in north London)

Births Sep 1931
Dalby Doric H W (Prescott) Epping 4a 616

Hope this helps - it takes you back one more generation at least. If you check the 1901 and 1911 census entries you should find the names of other family members, especially the parents.

Re: Dalby Family - England

silicondale — 2009-11-03 18:27:20Z

Hello, Benita - Newton Abbot is a town in south Devon (not Cornwall). I have traced Dalby relatives in that area - descendants of Augustus Dalby born 1779 in Howden, east Yorkshire. He served as a Master in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and retired to Cornwall. His two younger sons William and Nicholas lived in England (his eldest son Henry emigrated to New Zealand in 1841). William Bennett Dalby (born Saltash, Cornwall, 1824) was a Royal Navy surgeon and lived all his lie in Cornwall and devon, dying in Newton Abbot in 1884. He had ten children including 5 sons. I haven't been able to trace all their descendants, but I suspect that you will find a connection. If and when you do, please contact me off-board and I can send you a great deal of information about the Dalby family. Augustus was an elder brother of my ancestor Octavius Dalby - one of whose sons George Octavious emigrated to Adelaide in the 1850s.

I have checked Free BMD and Doric H W Dalby was born in Epping in 1931. This is in Essex, and is now an outer suburb of London: a long way from Newton Abbot! It may be that you are descendant of Nicholas Bennett Dalby, born 1826. He was a Major in the Royal Marines, and retired to Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire (in the 1881 census), not very far from Epping. Apart from one daughter Nelly Lyttelton Bennett Dalby born in Hove, Sussex in 1862, I have no information about any other of Nicholas's children. However, I would suggest that if you find any Dalby ancestors with middle name 'Lyttelton' or 'Bennett' there's a good chance that they are the same family!
Best of luck - Stephen Henley

Dalby Family - England

benitadalby — 2009-11-03 15:52:30Z

Hi everyone im new to all of this and trying to trace my roots, i dont know much about my family My name is Benita Dalby born Australia..My father is Christopher Dalby b.1960 Newton A, Cornwall, England..His parents are Doric H W Dalby and Patricia Hyde (Dalby) both born in england. As far as i have found Doric's mothers Maiden name is Prescott. If anyone has any information or hints please let me know.
Thankyou
Benita Dalby

Re: dalby

JamesHogg74 — 2009-09-26 12:28:14Z

My ancestors way back came from Collingham, which is also near Wetherby. One of these days someone will start a Dalby DNA project, as many other name-holders have, and then we can see how closely the Dalbys from round Wetherby are related to each other. But speaking for myself the price of DNA testing for family history purposes has to come down a bit first!

Incidentally my Dalby branch has Nelson ancestry in Birstall, but that's another story.

Re: dalby

RogerCorti67 — 2009-09-26 09:58:00Z

If anyone has DALBY cvonnections to INDIA please let me know.

Re: dalby

Birstall46 — 2009-09-25 21:05:03Z

Hi Shawn,
Nice to hear from you, My great great grandfather was John Dalby, he was born In Kirk Deighton near Wetherby, his daughter my great grandmother was Sarah and she was born in Spofforth also near Wetherby. From the records Dalby was a very common name in that area.

dalby

shawnmannig — 2009-09-25 20:38:23Z

hi my name is shawn manning dalby i am 13 and i come from nottingham. i have a dad called nigel dalby who comes from huddersfield yorkshire. he has a dad who is my grandad who is called vincent dalby who was born in weatherby (north) yorkshire who then moved to huddersfield yorkshire i also have a uncle called mark dalby who still lives in huddersfield. it is nice to see a lot of dalbys with an A in it.

Re: Re Dalby's in India

collinspatriciaann — 2009-09-16 07:23:33Z

Does anybody know Zena Bloomfield's original family name before she married Perciaval Dalby

Old Dalby Newsletters

zandz — 2009-07-10 18:41:24Z

Would anyone like to have old Dalby Newsletters written by Betty Lue Jones? If so, please contact me.

Mary

Fred Dalby b 1874 Nottingham

suepbishop — 2009-04-19 19:10:09Z

Has anybody come across Fred(erick)Dalby born 1874 in Nottingham, England. He married Mabel Heath in 1901 and they had a child, Edna. Mabel died in 1909 and Edna died a week after giving birth in 1832. Fred was living with his parents in 1911.

Fred was my grandmother's uncle. We think he emigrated to America, possibly with his brother John (Jack Dalby), who was born in 1871 in Loughborough.

My mother remembers a photo sent to her mother of "Dead Fred", although the photo is now lost. However, she has two photos which could possibly be Fred with his new wife and two young men (maybe sons or step-sons). My mother also has a photo of Edna Dean (née Dalby).

I would love to hear from anybody with any connection, especially if you have any information about what happened to Fred after 1911.

Re: Dalby from Yorkshire

Carole_Materi — 2009-04-13 18:43:20Z

I am interested in knowing more about the Nathanial that went to America. I do have info on parentage. PLease contact me:

carolemateri@shaw.ca
Regards
Carole Materi
Canada

Re: Dalby from Yorkshire

Carole_Materi — 2009-04-13 18:40:44Z

Hello Sylvia,

Yes I have Broadly Dalby names in my family. Please email me :

carolemateri@shaw.ca for more info.

Carole Materi
Canada

Re: Dalby from Yorkshire

sylviawallace_1 — 2009-04-13 15:38:16Z

I think that the parents of Matthais Dalby & his sister Jane were Matthais Dalby & Ellen Baldridge. There were also at least three other children, Nathaniel, Mark Baldridge & Mary. I believe their grandparents were Nathaniel Dalby & Ann Broadley (my relative). Do you have any information on the rest of the family which you could share with me?

Thank You

Re: Dalby Surname

suepbishop — 2009-03-21 22:57:57Z

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, it would appear that Ted Dalby died in 2004. He was my mother's second cousin. His mother was called Edna Mabel and my mother has a photo of her, aged about 20. If Ted ever had any children and would like a copy, I'm sure I could scan the photo. Edna's father was called Fred(erick) and her mother was Mabel Heath, who died when Edna was 3. She lived with my great grandfather, who was a professional musician. Nobody knows what happened to Fred, but my mother believes that he and his brother John (Jack) emigrated to the US. The Dalby line can be traced back to the sixteenth century.
How sad that Ted didn't live to find out about his ancestors.

Re: Dalby Surname

pjg1964 — 2009-03-21 16:18:31Z

Thank you for the reply! I started this search for an internet pal, Ted Dean who had very little information about his birth mother. Through this website I was able to get an actual copy of his birth certificate! I know that his mother Edith died shortly after child birth. His father was a hosiery salesman, but I cannot remember his name. I'm sorry I don't have much other info about his mother. It seems she might have been a singer or musician, and may have had some notariety during her time. I believe Mr Dean
(her son)may be deceased. I lost touch with him several years ago when he told me he was ill and was just going to go off to live in peace for however long he had left.
I believe the rocords hall that sent the birth certificate sent two copies and I ended up with one. If I run across it
and it has any other information I will let you know!

Re: Dalby Family

sjwn10 — 2009-03-17 00:31:32Z

I am a Dalby descendant from the Texas group. I knew from my research that Edward Benjamin? Dalby stayed behind in Tenn. He was born in 1797 in N.C. and died 12 August 1834 in Belle Buckle, Bedford Co., Tn. He had the following children:
Benjamin Henry Yandell
George W.
Emily
Woodson Knight
Frances Ann
Rhoda Jane
William G.
Minerva E.
All were born in Belle Buckle.

A hobby of genealogical reserach is a wonderful journey and I do hope you will take what I have shared with you and run with it. Dallas Public Library has one of the finest genealogical sections in the country. I hope you will use it. You will find a lot on the internet but it is better to check other people's work for they may made mistakes.
In case you don't know, the 1850 census list the head of the household and then names the wife if she is still living and the children, giving their ages! Then every 10 years is another census. Before 1850, only the head of the household is listeg and the ages of everyone else.
Warmest regards and good luck in your search

Re: Dalby Family

sjwn10 — 2009-03-17 00:29:26Z

I am a Dalby descendant from the Texas group. I knew from my research that Edward Benjamin? Dalby stayed behind in Tenn. He was born in 1797 in N.C. and died 12 August 1834 in Belle Buckle, Bedford Co., Tn. He had the following children:
Benjamin Henry Yandell
George W.
Emily
Woodson Knight
Frances Ann
Rhoda Jane
William G.
Minerva E.
All were born in Belle Buckle.

A hobby of genealogical reserach is a wonderful journey and I do hope you will take what I have shared with you and run with it. Dallas Public Library has one of the finest genealogical sections in the country. I hope you will use it. You will find a lot on the internet but it is better to check other people's work for they may made mistakes.
In case you don't know, the 1850 census list the head of the household and then names the wife if she is still living and the children, giving their ages! Then every 10 years is another census. Before 1850, only the head of the household is listen and the ages of everyone else.
Warmest regards and good luck in your search

DALBY John Cranford 1948-1953

t42Arlington — 2009-03-16 15:57:59Z

DALBY John Cranford 1948-1953

I photographed this gravestone in the Arlington Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,215 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

DALBY Annina W 1900-1992

t42Arlington — 2009-03-16 15:57:49Z

DALBY Annina W 1900-1992

I photographed this gravestone in the Arlington Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,215 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

DALBY Marion C 1895-1966

t42Arlington — 2009-03-16 15:57:38Z

DALBY Marion C 1895-1966

I photographed this gravestone in the Arlington Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,215 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

DALBY Hugh C 1889-1914

t42Arlington — 2009-03-16 15:57:22Z

DALBY Hugh C 1889-1914

I photographed this gravestone in the Arlington Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,215 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

DALBY Janie 1858-1924

t42Arlington — 2009-03-16 15:57:10Z

DALBY Janie 1858-1924

I photographed this gravestone in the Arlington Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,215 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

DALBY Gordentia E 1858-1943

t42Arlington — 2009-03-16 15:56:57Z

DALBY Gordentia E 1858-1943

I photographed this gravestone in the Arlington Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,215 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

DALBY John L 1890-1973

t42Arlington — 2009-03-16 15:56:44Z

DALBY John L 1890-1973

I photographed this gravestone in the Arlington Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,215 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Dalby Surname

suepbishop — 2009-03-16 01:08:01Z

My grandmother had a cousin called Edna Mabel Dalby. She was born in 1906 in Basford, Derbyshire. The family lived in Leicestershire/Nottingham/Derbyshire. Edna's mother died in 1909 and she was living in 1911 with her aunt and uncle and her cousin (my grandmother). My mother remembers her mother talking about Edna. We believe Edna's father emigrated to the US. Her uncle (my gt grandfather) was an accomplished flautist.

Please get in touch if you are still on the site...or anybody else who might be connected.

Re: HELLO there Dalbys

leedalby61 — 2008-10-02 22:51:25Z

I get Dolby all the time, I live in Vancouver Washington. I have a web site www.spooksparanormal.com I'm a truck driver and Ghost Hunter LEE DALBY

robert dalby married Isabel Brown born c1893 York, Yorkshire

lizziescrafts — 2008-06-23 17:02:12Z

Hi, I am looking for the parents of Isabel Brown. She married Robert Dalby. They had Violet Isabel, Edwin, Betty, Hilda, Pauline all born in York. Isabel Brown has siblings of Harry, Albert, Emily, Mary, Edith. Her parents lived in Huttonsambo when she was a small girl and Emily was borni n beverly. Her parents were farm lab, and moved around holderness and Yorkshire Wolds.
Any help would be grateful
Liz

Raymond R. Dalbey's, wife Myrtle Dalbey

hummingbird121 — 2008-03-21 17:52:26Z

Myrtle Dalbey passed away March 16, 2008, in Ventura, CA at the age of 96.

Myrtle was born in Cripple Creek, Colo., high in the Rocky Mountains, on Oct. 12, 1911, to Franklin Beery and Eva Myrtle Everett Beery. She loved her years growing up in the gold mining district and always thought of it as home.
She graduated from Cripple Creek High School and attended the University of Denver. She met Raymond R. Dalbey, who had come to Cripple Creek during the Depression, and they wed on Oct. 12, 1935.

In 1939, Mom and Dad left Colorado heading toward Oregon. They were sidetracked in Southern California while visiting family and remained there to live and raise their family in Riverside. Aside from being the world's greatest mom, she worked for many years as a school secretary in the Alvord School District in Riverside. After retirement, she and Dad finally made it to Oregon, where they lived for two years before returning to Ventura County in 1976.

Myrtle was preceded in death by her husband, Ray, in 1983, and by brothers, Raymond Beery and Robert Birdsall.

She is survived by her sons, Raymond R. Jr. (wife Julie) of Dallas, Ore., Donald L. Dalbey (wife Nancy), and daughter Margaret Zvada (husband Marty), both of Ventura; grandsons, Jason Dalbey (wife Callie) of Portland, Ore., Jeffrey Zvada (wife Jody) of Chandler, Ariz., Bob Zvada (wife Erin) of Arroyo Grande, Calif.; granddaughters, Kristen Hickman (husband Brock) of Ventura, Robyn Dalbey of Ventura, Jasmine Long (husband Allen) of Phrae, Thailand; and great-grandchildren, Dominic, A.J. and Maya Zvada, Kate Hickman, and Mandi, Alina and Arysa Long.

Family and friends were most important in Mom's life. She was always available to lend a hand and willing to listen with encouragement and without judgement. We will miss her.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 20, at Gamby Mortuary in Lomita, Calif. A graveside service will follow at 1 p.m. at Green Hill Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Greyfoot Cat Rescue, P.O. Box 310, Ventura, CA 93002.

Re: Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record - FYI

ldnixon8 — 2008-03-03 18:44:25Z

Pauline,
I also come through Abel Dalbey. I would like to exchange information. Abel, Nathan, Franklin, Melvin, Loretta.
e-mail me at ldnixon@msn.com
Loretta

Re: Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record - FYI

hummingbird121 — 2008-03-03 18:23:48Z

I am a member of the DAR [Daughters of the American Revolution] and some woman joined with him [John Dalby] as her ancestor. Abel Dalby is my ancestor. I haven't joined under him, I joined under Drury.

http://www.dar.org/

Pauline Drury

Re: Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record - FYI

AudraM97 — 2008-02-29 01:55:45Z

John Dalby is my ancestor. Where did you find this information?

Thanks!
Audra Morris

Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record - FYI

hummingbird121 — 2008-02-29 00:24:10Z

I just found this & needed to let someone know

Pauline

DALBY, ABEL
Ancestor #: A029355
Service:
PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth:
(CIRCA) 1754 PENNSYLVANIA
Death:
1844 VERNON TWP. CLINTON CO OHIO
Service Description:
1) CAPT.JOHN ROBERTS,5TH CO.1ST BATT.
2) NORTHAMPTON CO.MILITIA.
DALBY, JOHN
Ancestor #: A029356
Service:
VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth:
(CIRCA) 1735 VIRGINIA
Death:
(ANTE) 2- -1821 GRANVILLE CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Description:
1) PAID FOR MATERIAL AID,AMELIA CO.

Frank Dalby killed when hoisting machine gives way at Pittsburg, Penn.

maryachtrh — 2008-01-17 23:18:14Z

Appears in "The Wapanucka Press" 22 October 1903, Wapanucak, Johnston County, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma

DEATH TO MANY

Hoisting Machine Gives Way and Hurls Men to Death

A Dozen Workmen Instantly Killed

Eight of the Dead Have Been Recovered - Five Men Seriously Hurt - Many Are Yet Supposed to be Pinned Under the Wreckage

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: By the breaking of the ropes carrying five beams to their position, letting many tons of iron fall upon the moving crane at the Pittsburg end of the new Wabash bridge being built by the American Bridge Company over the Monongaheia River, almost a dozen workmen were hurled to death by a fall of more than 100 feet, striking the water and two barges underneath. Eight of the dead have been recovered. Five men were seriously hurt. Several bodies are yet pinned under the wrecked barge. The part of the bridge extending out over the river from the Water Street side is a total wreck. The casualties follow:

William C. Fleming, George Wells, James McLoud, Frederick Stallinger, J. Campbell, William Kitlinger, Frank Dalby; the missing are Edward Morris and Phillip Morris.

Deputy Corner L. C.Huckle made an investigation at the scene of the disaster. He believes the blame rests on whoever was in charge of the hoisting and fastening of the I beam. He says that a failure to properly secure one derrick load caused the breaking strain to fall on the crane.

The accident was caused by the giving way of a two-inch steel cable which was used as one of the guys to support the big crane. This cable was tested to bear a strain of 100 tons, and it is said that it did no break but pulled loose from its fastenings.

There were thirty-four men at work on the superstructure of the bridge and in the barge below, from which the beams were being hoisted by the crane, 1,775 feet above the river lever, when the booms collapsed. Of the men who were in the barge, some escaped with their lives by jumping into the river the moment they heard the crash above. Some of the men on the superstructure who were engaged in riveting and handling the bars that were lifted from the barge also got off uninjured.

Re: HELLO there Dalbys

RogerCorti67 — 2007-11-26 15:11:23Z

Just an opportunity to repeat my interest in Dalby name with India connection.
My grandmother, Ethel Augusta Dalby born 1897 in Darjeeling, India. I'm desparate to make some connection. Can you help? She worked for the Colonial service.
Roger

Re: HELLO there Dalbys

teresanlee — 2007-11-25 18:51:23Z

Hi

to all the Dalbys out there, i was amazed that there are so many other Dalbys around, i have never met another Dalby that i wasnt related to, (5 of them). My parents names are Paula and Robert and i have a sister Sara, we live in kent (England. I also get fed up being called Dolby.
Bye for now

Teresa

Re: Dalbys in MA

bfinnegan9707 — 2007-11-18 22:23:59Z

Hi, Ichabod Cook and Mary Sutton were from Scituate, MA.

Re: Bennett William Dalby b. 1856 TX d. 1945 AR s/o John C. Dalby

WHanson0426 — 2007-06-30 13:11:35Z

Much of my info on Bennett's ancestors came from Mr. Dalby's manuscript. Also, one of my sources said Bennett's middle name was Warren, not William. Children of Bennett & Dora Wooten:

V. A. Dalby (1881-1881) (Note - one undocumented source)
Ethie Estelle Dalby (1882-1918) m. John Drumgould Baugh
Roscoe Ennis Dalby (1884-1956) m. Clyde T. Harrison
Bulah G. Dalby (Unknown) (Note - one undocumented source and they gave her birth date after her death date)
Lela Dalby (1889-1971) m. Earl Willis Moseley
Lena Dalby (1889-1951) m. Irl Claud Joyce
Lydia Margaret Dalby (1893-Unknown) m. Guy M. Futrel
Patrick Gibbons Dalby (1897-1971) m. Louise B. Prennie (Last name unknown)
Annibert W. Dalby (1899-1970) m. 1) Cecil A. Whited, m. 2) Hubert H. Rorschach
Donald Andrew Dalby (1909-1971) m. Irene Person

Re: Bennett William Dalby b. 1856 TX d. 1945 AR s/o John C. Dalby

WmBeanJr — 2007-06-29 03:01:39Z

From: "The Dalby's of Northeast Texas" by Norman Leonard Dalby.

"The ninth child of Ann and Knight was Jack (John) Cooper Dalby. He was born in Granville Co., North Carloina on May 5, 1815, and moved to Texas in 1839 with his mother and the others. He returned to North Carolina at least one time, in 1845, on which occasion he executed the two previously mentioned deeds as agent and attorney for his mother, Ann Dalby. He first married Mollie Farris in Tennessee in 1852, and after her death in 1872, he married Elizabeth Whitehead. I do not know when or where the second marriage took place. Both are buried in the Dalby Springs Cemetery.

Jack Cooper and his first wife Mollie, had the following children:
First- Knight Dalby- born in Tennessee, died in infancy.
Second- BENNETT W. DALBY, who married Dora Wooten, and they had the following children:

Roscoe Dalby- married ____ Clyde. They lived at Reno, Lamar County, Texas.
Ethie Dalby- maritial status unknown-
Lena Dalby
Lelia Dalby- twins, maritial status unknown-
Anna Bert Dalby- maritial status unknown-
Donald Dalby- maritial status unknown-
One other son, whose name I do not have.

I knew Bennett Dalby pretty well untill I was about grown, and saw him a few times after I was grown, but about 1900, he and his family moved to Ft. Smith, Arkansas and I lost contact with them. He lived at Ft. Smith untill his death and I believe he is buried there."

There is much documentary evidence regarding this Dalby and Bullock family. The above is taken from the "first person" manuscript of Judge N. L. Dalby (b. 1876, d. 1972)

Re: George Octavious Dalby

silicondale — 2007-06-15 13:45:00Z

Hello, Lynne - Things have moved on a lot since my postings in 2005. Now in touch with quite a few Dalby descendants, including several in Australia (Mostly descended from george Octavious, who was Rebecca's youngest brother). If you'd like to email me on stephen.henley@btconnect.com I can send you some detailed information. My Dalby ancestor was Rebecca's sister Mary. You can also find information (though a little out-of-date now) on rootsweb: www.rootsweb.com, family trees, database name silicondale. I'm still actively researching the Dalbys: a few mysteries, including details of the life of Rebecca's and Mary's father Octavius Dalby.