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     Ambrose Garey Jr. was born on Dec 20, 1788 at Windham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He married Polly Kason, daughter of Samuel Kason and Mary Polly Downing, on Oct 12, 1810. Ambrose Garey Jr. married Laura Comstock, daughter of Robert Comstock and Anna Dailey, circa 1826. Ambrose Garey Jr. died on Feb 17, 1861 at Windham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, at age 72.
     The 1830 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household in 1830 Windham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; on census with males: 1 under 5, 2 10-15, 1 40-50 (Ambrose Jr.); females: 1 under 5, 1 10-15, 1 20-30.

     Winnefray Cooper married Robert Byers. Winnefray Cooper was born circa 1789.

     Betsy (?) was born circa 1789. She married Dr. David Gill McClure, son of James 2 McClure and Patty McClaren. Betsy (?) died on Apr 29, 1823 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont.

     Thomas Goode was born in 1789 at Rutherford County, North Carolina. He married Mary "Polly" Byars, daughter of Stripling Byars and Elizabeth Blair, on May 26, 1813 at Christian County, Kentucky.

     Betsy Courtney was born on Jan 18, 1789 at New York. She died in 1823.

     Samuel McClure was born on Mar 13, 1789 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

     Elisha Witham was born on Nov 22, 1789 at Cumberland County, Maine. He married Zilpha Rice, daughter of Nathan Rice and Jemima McClure, on Apr 24, 1814 at Witham, Washington County, Ohio. Elisha Witham died on Sep 10, 1834 at Washington County, Ohio, at age 44.

     David Cooper was born in 1790. He married Elizabeth Orr, daughter of Samuel Baxter Alexander, in 1810 at Christian County, Kentucky.

     Rachel Rabb was born in Jan, 1790 at Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She married Joseph Newman on Jun 12, 1806 at Warren County, Ohio. Rachel Rabb died on Dec 4, 1872 at Davy, Karnes County, Texas, at age 82.
     She and John Mac Ruston Rachel Newman Rabb (Minerva's mother) was granted guardianship of Minerva's children, Elizabeth Ann, Serena and Andrew. In 1856, John Ruston petitioned the court for guardianship of Andrew and it was granted. Andrew was 6 years old in 1851.

     Jasper Fassett was born on Jan 8, 1790. He married Margaret Helen Garey, daughter of Ambrose Garey and Mary Woodruff, on Mar 17, 1814 at Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Jasper Fassett died in 1840 at Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

     Mary Garey was born on Jan 9, 1790 at Windham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. She married an unknown person on Mar 18, 1808. She died on Oct 16, 1818 at age 28.

     Sukey Brigham was born on Apr 12, 1790 at Marlborough, Massachusetts. She married Stephen Howe on Jan 29, 1809 at Marlborough, Massachusetts.

     Charles Amos was born on Jun 1, 1790 at Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He died on Dec 4, 1874 at Inman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at age 84.

     Lucibid (Luceba) Caswell was born on Jun 19, 1790 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont. He died on Aug 30, 1794 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont, at age 4.

     Chester McClure was born on Dec 8, 1790 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont. He married Chloe Mahurin, daughter of John Mahurin and Anna (?), on May 10, 1812 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont. Chester McClure died on Dec 19, 1863 at Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin, at age 73.

     Irene Rogers was born on Dec 20, 1790 at Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She married Orange McClure, son of John 3 McClure and Ruth Pratt, on Feb 27, 1812 at Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont. Irene Rogers died in 1873.

     Isaac Cooper was born circa 1791 at South Carolina. He married Mary Valentine on May 21, 1810 at Mason County, Kentucky.

     Jesse Hodges was born circa 1791; was about 25 years old when he died. He died between 1815 and 1816.
     He left a will on Feb 17, 1815; witnessed by Fleming Hodges and Elizabeth Hodges Wyatt. (an unknown value) 1816 Madison County, Alabama.

     David Amos was born in 1791 at Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He died between 1856 and 1868 at Rutherford County, North Carolina.

     Oren McClure died at Michigan. He was born on Mar 16, 1791 at Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont.

     Robert Courtney was born on May 9, 1791 at Unadilla, Otsego County, New York.

     Erik Lønberg was born on Aug 10, 1791 at Ringsted, Zealand, Denmark. He married Kirsten Christiansdatter, daughter of Christian Envoldsen and Cathrine Hansdatter, on Sep 30, 1840 at Sigersted Parish, Denmark. Erik Lønberg died on Oct 20, 1857 at Sigersted Parish, Denmark, at age 66.
     He On March 16 1935, you could read in the newspaper "Folketidende for Ringsted, Sorø, and Haslev" the following: "Yesterday, an exhibit opened in the Industry Building in Copenhagen on the occasion of the 475th anniversary of the Saddler and Paperhanger Association."
Among furniture and harnesses you can find old relics of the association, among other things a handful of letters-of-appointments and association letters from 4 generations of an old saddle maker family, Lønberg. The oldest of letter of appointment was given in Ringsted in 1785 for Mogens Peter Lønberg, our great great grandfather. The last was for Henrik Lønberg, who is of our family, but not our direct forefather. At the same exhibit was also shown a passport which was issued to Mogens Peter Lønberg, and signed by the Russian Empress Katharina II , and a diary for the period of 1778-1784 for M.P.L., who hence got to see a fair part of the world before he settled in Ringsted about 1781.
A few days later you could in the same paper read more about M.P.L. He was born in Slagelse, and he went traveling to, among other places, Russia where he spent several years. At one time he was working in the imperial Palace, and Empress Katharina II was taken by the good-looking Dane with the curly hair. She demanded that he immediately should be ennobled and appointed to the court, but that didn't exactly suit M.P.L. The reason for his reluctance was that there seemed to be a tradition for that kind of gestures sooner or later ending with the receiver leaving the court a head shorter, so he opted to escape.

I have, during the spring of 1994, been to the federal archive in Copenhagen and looked through their entire stock of old writings of the Saddler and Paperhanger Association. I found several appointment letters and diaries, but not for M.P.L. The ones exhibited in 1935 might be in the possession of someone in the Lønberg Family in an unknown place, supposedly in the part of the family who has carried on with the saddle maker craft.

As mentioned earlier M.P.L was supposedly born in Slagelse, but I have not had time to verify it. He is first listed in the census for Ringsted Parish in 1787, where he is listed as Mogens Petersson, 29 years old, married first time to Anne Holmsdatter. At that time they have a 2-year-old son, Carl Amunde, who later will take over the Saddle Maker business. Later, they will have 5 more children, among them, our great grandfather, Erik. In the church book, where the oldest son is listed, the father is listed as M.P. Lyngberg, and later, in the 1790s he is listed as saddle maker Lønberg. Next time I "meet him" on the paper, at the 1801 census, his name is Lønberg and that continues. M.P. L does well in his business and is appointed Master Saddle Maker in 1796. I found a report from his acceptance to the Society of Masters, signed by him. I have asked for a copy of the acceptance proceedings, but I haven't yet received it. There is nothing special about the words in this document, but he signed it himself and when you see it I think you will agree that the writing looks a lot like our grandfathers.

Following this I am missing some information. For instance, I do not know the educational background of our great grandfather, Erik. I find him first time in the census for Ringsted in 1834 where he is unmarried and works as a helper for Alcohol Distiller Monrad on the town square in Ringsted.

But then something happens. On September 30 1840 he marries widow Kirsten Christiansdatter, and he moves in with her at her small place in Englerup, just outside Ringsted. Kirsten was married at age of17 to a widower, 47-year-old Frederik Gliese, who still had 3 of his 5 children living at home. She immediately became the stepmother for Maren, 11, Trine, 9, and Marie, 4 years old. Three years later, she has her first child with Frederik, Christian, and 2 years later, Ane Kathrine. After 9 years of marriage, her husband dies in February of 1840, and 2 weeks later she gives birth to a son, Hans.

The day after her husband's death, three men from the probate court show up at her house, among them the county justice. They have come to evaluate the property in detail. We learn about the size and the value of the property and some interesting details about a red buggy, 2 black horses (4 and 18 years old), a black cow (6 years old), and 4 hens and a rooster, a bench, a pair of sheep shears, 5 bundles of unbroken hemp, etc. (I brought with me the material as far as I have been able to translate it. Both my husband, Ib, and I have spent many hours translating photocopies of gothic writing, so we welcome all the words you can give us.)

So what does a widow do who still has four children to raise? Well, she finds a new provider, so Kirsten marries our great great grandfather, Erik Lønberg, on September 30 1840.
They soon have more children, and in 1842, the most interesting one, our great grandfather Mogens Peter Lønberg is born. Being the oldest son, he is clearly named, as was customary at the time, after the father's father. Later comes August, Medea Kirstine, Mariane and Niels Peter. They continue to run the smallholding, and the children move away about when they turn 14.
Erik dies in October 1857 after 17 years of marriage, and once again the probate court appears to evaluate the small home, though this time it is less thorough than the first time.

The funny thing is that all the sons of Erik and Kirsten, Mogens, August, and Niels Peter move to Copenhagen. August operates a grocery store on Værnedams Street together with his wife, Maren Kirstine, and Niels Peter works as a Hall Porter. His first wife dies, and he then marries Karen who survives him.

But back to Kirsten, who is once again a widow with 6 children under 18 years old.
Apparently, she has a good relationship with her stepchildren from her first marriage, because there are several godparents to her and Erik's children who are from the Gliese family. A year after Erik's death, she marries for the third time, this time with Hans Pedersen who was about 10 years younger than her. We think that he also dies, so Kirsten is widowed a total of 3 times. It must have been a hard life, and I have really taken an interest in her life story. Actually, she has for a long period been a part of my daily life. Of all of them, she is the one I can best relate to. We will soon take a little trip to Englerup to see what the house looks like now. I can use my imagination, even if it has changed.

Mogens Peter L. (our great grandfather) was sent to Ringsted when he is 14. He stayed with his master , Tailor Peter Møller in Pileborggade in the front house. The tailor is a widower with 7 children, the oldest 19 years old, and the youngest only 2. The poor man \ had to bring in his 74 year old mother-in-law in order to handle the household, which in addition to our great grandfather counted a bachelor tailor journeyman and two servants. I don't know how long he stayed there, but the next time I find him he is mentioned in the census in Copenhagen where it is written that he, together with his wife, Karen Marie Kristensen has moved to the city when she was 24, i.e. in 1866. They live in Adelsgade 115; it is the part that is closest to Nyboder. In 1885, they live in Nansensgade 40 B, and they live there until he dies in March 1900. I still haven't found out how long Karen Marie lived. I know he continued to make a living as a tailor, but I don't know where.

M.P.L. and Karen Marie had 5 children: Ingeborg (married to Ola C.V.), Bertha, (born August 22, 1873), Carl Christian (born Dec. 25, 1876)(he is for us the most interesting), Anna (born ca. 1880 )(married to Henrik Heidenheim), and Marie, b. 1884, who emigrated to USA.

Some of the people I have mentioned here I recognize from talking to my grandmother, Petra Lønberg, and from their get-togethers, in particular the Christmas day events at Trånegards Street. There were, among others, Ingeborg and her husband, O.C.V., Anna Heidenheim, and some people from grandmother's side that I haven't gotten to yet.

If you are able to correct or add to what I have mentioned, I am very open to it. The best part about this hobby is that the more you give, the more you get.

Author: Aase Lund, Ascension Day, May 12 1994.

     Betsy McClure was born on Sep 9, 1791.

     Abner C. Cooper was born circa 1792 at South Carolina. He married Rebecca McCoy, daughter of Willis McCoy and Holland Daugherty, on Oct 7, 1813 at Logan, Butler County, Kentucky. Abner C. Cooper died in 1854 at Clark County, Illinois.

     Mary Forsythe was born in 1792 at North Carolina. She married Allen Givens in 1792.

     Chloe Mahurin was born on Jan 9, 1792 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont. She married Chester McClure, son of John 3 McClure and Ruth Pratt, on May 10, 1812 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont. Chloe Mahurin died on Dec 19, 1860 at Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin, at age 68.

     Seymour Garey was born on Mar 16, 1792 at Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. He married Sarah "Sally " Carney, daughter of William Carney and Prudence Comstock, on Jul 21, 1814 at Braintrim Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Seymour Garey married Anna Kingsbury, daughter of Samuel Kingsbury, circa 1827 at Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Seymour Garey died in 1874 at Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, died while visiting relatives. He was buried grave is marked by a rock with S. G. carved on it at Upper Fassett Cemetery, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
     He resided in 1810 at Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; moved at age 18 with his family. The 1830 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household in 1830 Windham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Garey, Seymour, head, males: 2 under 5 (?), 1 5-10 (William, Elijah ?), 1 30-40 (Seymour.) He emigrated in 1834; moved to Texas and farmed, lived there for about 20 years. He purchased his first home on the Brazos river. on Sep 19, 1839 at San Felipe de Austin, Texas. He was entitled to 640 acres as a conditional headright as a man of Family - claiming under a Late act of Congress --- --- --- donation of land to late emigrants on the 4th day of January 1839. Dated December 28, 1839, Republic of Texas, County of Austin.
The State of Texas, Gonzales County, In consideration of the sum of $150 hereby transfer the within certificate to B. W. Garry this 13th day of April, 1856, signed his mark Seymour Gary. No 128 Seymour Gary Land Certificate 640 acres. File 168 Gonzales on Dec 28, 1839 at Gonzales County, Texas. He formed out of Luzerne County in 1842 at Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. He is listed on the 1846 Poll List as Gary, Seamon. Semor Gary listed on property tax rolls for 1849-1854 1846 DeWitt County, Texas. He served between 1846 and 1848 served almost two years. The 1850 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household on Sep 1, 1850 DeWitt County, Texas; Garey (Gairy), Seymour, head, 60/m, farmer, real estate value 700, born Connecticut. He filed petition as heir of son Elijah Garey's estate to collect $80.75 due him. Witnesses aquainted with Elijah Garey were Jacob A. Miller and R. H. Chisholm on Aug 12, 1854 at DeWitt County, Texas. He was sold 134 acres (less 7 acres heretofore sold) to Benjamin W. Garey on Mar 14, 1856 at DeWitt County, Texas. He was transferred 640 acres Unconditional Certificate No 23 to B. W. Garey; signed by Governor F. R. Lubbock on August 6, 1862 on Apr 13, 1856 at DeWitt County, Texas. The 1870 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household in 1870 DeWitt County, Texas; living with Amos Hill, brother-in-law. (Seymour Garey's daughter, Susan Seymour Garey, married Henry F. W. Hill. Henry's father is Amos Hill.)

     Levi Cooper was born on Apr 11, 1792 at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He married Drucilla Green on Aug 16, 1810. Levi Cooper married Nancy Jones on Aug 7, 1820. Levi Cooper died on Sep 28, 1859 at Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, at age 67.

     Marcum Cooper was born circa 1793. He married Patsy Howerton on Oct 27, 1810 at Logan County, Kentucky.

     Anney Cooper was born on Mar 1, 1793.