Danvilles

danbren2010 — 2010-04-22 18:31:03Z

Sunday, June 21, 1998 - The (Lakeland, FL) Ledger

IN SEARCH OF AMERICA’S 26 DANVILLES

A BOY VISITS CITIES WITH THE SAME NAME AS HIS HOMETOWN

Danville, Illinois - Danville is Herbert Ingraham’s kind of town. Or make that towns.

The 11-year old native of Danville, Pennsylvania, wants to know all there is about towns called Danville. So he is going straight to the source and traveling the country to visit each and every Danville - all 26 of them.

“I’m having fun at every Danville I go to. I get to go all over and meet new people,” Herbert said.

His stop here Thursday was his sixth so far, after two in Ohio and one each in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. He will visit one more in Ohio, one in Indiana and one in Florida yet this summer.

The people in this Danville, 33 miles east of Champaign, have been some of his favorites.

Jeanie Cooke, executive director of the Danville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, set up a schedule to make sure Herbert was treated like a prince during his stay.

“The people here have gone the most out of their way of anyone,” he said. “I had a great time.”

Herbert became interested in visiting all of the Danvilles while completing a project for his second grade class. He started out just gathering information about Danvilles, then sent letters to officials in each one requesting a visit.

Herbert will be in sixth grade this fall. “The teachers are really excited that I started the project in second grade and I’m still doing it,” he said.

Herbert’s mother, Billie Ingraham, said the project is fun but also very educational. “It’s a sneaky way to teach geography,” she said. “This extends learning in a real fun way.”

“He could sit down and learn the states and their major exports and rattle it off. But until you meet people it doesn’t mean as much,” she said. “This is something that he’s going to remember for the rest of his life.”

This is the second summer Herbert has visited Danvilles. He spent last summer visiting the New England Danvilles, and this summer is filled with Danvilles of the Midwest and Florida.

Florida’s Danville is a tiny hamlet just south of Lake Butler in Union County.

Herbert’s family has turned the project into a vacation. Besides his mother, Herbert is accompanied by his father and two younger sisters. They spend a couple of weeks mixing fun activities like amusement parks with the educational Danville stops.

Mary Danville

rilrey — 2005-01-02 03:58:30Z

Looking for the parent's of Mary Danville who was born about 1760. She married John Martin Collins and was the mother of Edith Ann Collins. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Danville 1828 Glasgow

bettealden15 — 2002-08-07 11:49:07Z

I am looking for Henry A. Danville, born Oct. 13, 1828 in Glasgow and at some point immigrated to Canada (New Brunswick) and then to Marilla, Michigan. The 1860 federal census shows Henry in Marilla. He is my great great grandfather. I would like any background and family names from Scotland. Thanks to all.

E.P.Grimes: Ephraim P. Grimes.

D_Jeakins — 2002-01-23 06:29:24Z

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Danvilles

Mary Danville

Danville 1828 Glasgow

E.P.Grimes: Ephraim P. Grimes.