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Re: ISO Dancy Family/Tarboro Rocky Mt., NC

abc_d349 — 2012-05-01 22:50:28Z

Oralee Dancy is my great aunt, Oralee Dancy is my grand mother sister which is Lilla Dale Dancy. Thats if we are talking about the same Oralee Dancy. Lilla Dale Dancy has two sons but only one son had the last name Dancy, the other had the last name Brown. First intials A Brown, the second son is R. Dancy (Ret Airforce) in FL. He had one son which is me and Im Manop Dancy, which I have two sons.

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

bettiejoiner — 2012-04-29 21:23:29Z

There may not be a connection. As I said, your tree would only be of interest to me if it included Sam and or Maggie. I have no info on their ancestors, I can only tell you they lived and probably died in Pickens County. Sam was born about 1850, Maggie about 1855.

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

MsJHyde — 2012-04-29 04:17:05Z

Hello,
I don't see a Sam and Maggie in my Dancy tree. May I have some more info on them like locations. I'm trying to make a connection with my Dancys.

Re: Dancy_Church in Wilkes County, NC

CDHarrold — 2012-04-18 03:44:50Z

Hi there. Thanks for contacting me. My picture of James W. Dancy grave marker, his delayed birth certificate and his obituary says 5 Sept 1919 for his date of birth. I would like to talk with you about our family. Please feel free to contact me through email greenfrog83@cs.com. Thanks again for contacting me!

Re: Dancy_Church in Wilkes County, NC

BobbiesSalon — 2012-04-18 00:13:34Z

i HAVE HIS BIRTHDAY SEPT 5 1911 @PLEASANT GROVE BAPT. CHURCH.BOBBIE JO GRIFFIN WINGLER MY MOMS DAD WAS LESTER SON.

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

bettiejoiner — 2012-04-16 21:38:33Z

I believe Rosa's post was on GENFORUM. She asked that folks email her with info, but neglected to provide an e-mail address.
Do you happen to know if Maggie was Henry's second wife or when or where they married? I have not been able to find a census record for Henry and Maggie in Boligee, including the newly released 1940 census.

Sam Dancy's descendants

bettiejoiner — 2012-04-16 21:16:28Z

I have found post birth information on all the offspring of Sam and Maggie Dancy except Lula, Pearl and Henry. Can anyone fill me in on these people?
I will gladly share what I've learned with anyone who is interested.

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

bettiejoiner — 2012-04-14 02:14:12Z

Mshyde, I am a descendant of Sam and Maggie Dancy. They have not been specifically mentioned in any of your posts, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PEEK AT YOUR TREE IF IT INCLUDES THEM.

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

ALETHACOLEMAN — 2012-04-13 03:55:27Z

i do not know when Sam died but i do know that he was born in 1850 and Maggie in 1855

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

ALETHACOLEMAN — 2012-04-13 03:45:59Z

you had ask about Rosa Coleman yes she is my sister I am Sadie B Dancy youngest daughter, she is Henry Dancy daughter and it is nine of them.

Re: Dancy(s)Ireland>Eastern Ontario Canada

smpanko — 2012-04-12 00:26:12Z

On my g-g-grandmother's death record it says that her mother's name is Barbara Dancy. Barbara married Joseph Wilson December 29, 1837 (possibly Canada). In the 1851 and 1861 Ontario Census they are living in Manvers, Durham, Ontario. In 1871 Barbara is living with her son, Edward Wilson and his family in Manvers. On the three cenus records it records Barbara's place of birth as Ireland. Have you come across a Barbara Dancy in your search?

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

bettiejoiner — 2012-04-09 18:45:08Z

Sam and Maggie Dancy are my 3G grandparents. Their oldest daughter, Savannah was my great grandmother. Her son Frank Conners called "WHIT" was my grandfather. I have first hand knowledge of the families ,of Whit's sisters Maggie Connors Spain and Laura Jane Connors Dixon.
Several people have public trees for Sam Dancy on ancestry. Do you have a tree of Henry's family? Do you know anythying about the parents of Sam or Maggie? Do you know when Sam died?

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

bettiejoiner — 2012-04-09 18:42:45Z

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

PHBADave — 2012-04-06 22:58:17Z

Hello, and sorry, your question omitted dates and data and factual data so I can't help you, easily. Let me start by asking what connections do you think you have found, so far, to English born Dancy members? If you're looking for European ancestry Dancy members in England, check the message boards, and look for posts by a couple of Dancy researchers out of England for leads. This is the origin of the surname, I believe. Note also: My tree is private, not public...but I continue. First, there are few living members of my 'primary' tree, and no living members of the few Dancy members in my primary tree. Dancy is insufficient in my tree to be a primary family, just peripheral, but included as are all other related by marriage parties. So, except for possible, but unlikely, discoveries once the 1942 edition of the census is fully 'out there', the Dancy line died out in the USA with just an handful of 'my' relatives in the 1920's and 1930s. Just recently, I found myself on a public tree which contained a lot of made up garbage and the next day someone messaged me, unsolicited, telling me who was my own great grandmother was and they had another tidbit which was incorrect, also, about one of my grandfathers--both of those items combined with the first had my head spinning.

As for Dancy in Alabama.. I am aware that there are SOME African or partial African (mixed race, ie "Mulatto" -ancestry Dancy members, IF THIS perhaps applies to your query. So: I am aware of those existing, is this the case for you? Does this circumstance apply to you? If such is your case, you might be best advised to check TX, GA, Mississippi, and SC for leads as well as Alabama. ( perhaps ). I once found a white family Dancy living in either the USVI or BVI in the 'modern' ERA but was unable to trace that person and family to 1850 England.

What I think: I think a European Dancy from England made it to SC or ALA or GA and way back may have 'acquired' some African ancestry---either as a merged race issue or as just former free'd men or else slaves taking up or using the Dancy surname after about 1866-ish. This seems possible, but i never even started any investigation into this and have no reason to think about it, or work on any of that.

Big suggestion: search every cem. and death and marriage record for the names you do know, if any. Once you find some living relative you can trace backwards to land ownership, estate settlement, burials and marriages, etc.

A woman in England whose name is Penny Akers can be found in the message boards under surname Dancy. She and I corresponded several years ago on the boards. She provided me with the living location confirmation of John Dancy in the village of Redhill in 1840 range helped me solve the Dancy riddle as to the minor connection in my primary tree to surname Dancy. I was unable to get the info easily back then, at that time, I had no ability to see,decipher, and understand the (weird, strange, unusual) English 1851 (first year) census, etc. (keep reading). Ancestry was much less complete, intelligent, and accurate about ten to twelve years ago in my opinion. Thank goodness you have much better tools here today to help you.

Advice: don't import public trees, info without confirming most of it and do check your relations by visiting a LDS family history library and look at their research tools as well as the Ancestry tools. Discount anything you find on Rootsweb and many other websites as being marginally accurate, in my opinion. Find a location, a parcel of land, and some burials or a marriage of the people you have, first.

My Dancy few are derived from: Mary Ann Simmons born in Charlwood, England in the approximate time frame of 1841-ish and baptised at St. Mary C.E. at Reigate married in England John Dancy born England, married at ( I think ) St. Mary Magdaline (same) C. E.. They had a girl, Adelaide, and a son, William Henry Dancy. The kids were very young in 1868 when they left Charlwood (near Gatwick Airport these days) for the USA. Those four, as a unit, arrived July 14, 1868 to New York on a ship coming from Liverpool and went directly to Oregon in the company of about six surnamed Simmons relations, including her parents, William Simmons and wife. This info is already on the message board posts of long ago. John Dancy's obit said he was a pioneer planing mill man of Oregon. It is true he ran a planing mill on Commercial St in Salem, Oregon. They can be found in the 1870 Oregon, 1880 Salem Oregon, 1900 Salem Oregon Fed census.

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

MsJHyde — 2012-04-06 22:04:46Z

Thank you for your response. I have done intense research on
my Dancy family tree. I have gather information from family members, books,internet etc. My family trees are private and are not import from public trees.
I didn't give any dates, births or whatever, because I didn't asked for any personal help in my research.
Yes, I'm from mixed race ancestors and there are MANY of us,not SOME.
If there are any African Americans researching the surname, Dancy, please contact me.

Re: Dancy Of Alabama

ALETHACOLEMAN — 2012-04-04 18:46:50Z

i would like to see your tree my family surname is Dancy from Mississippi and Alabama and do know from my mom that some of our family is in St.Louis my great grand parents are Sam and Maggie Dancy my grandfather is Henry Dancy who married a Maggie also

Frank Dancy 1910 Census Lonoke, Arkansas

joanetta4 — 2012-03-10 20:47:07Z

I'm searching for the connection between Frank Dancy and my great grandparents Caesar and Judy Parker.

On the 1910 Census I see a 10 year old Frank Dancy, a nephew to the Parker's, living with them and their children in Keo, Lonoke, Arkansas.

I found a World War I Draft Registration Card. 1917-1918 for Frank Dancy. On this card Caesar Parker is listed as Frank's employer. Frank's nearest relative is liste as George Dancy of Keo, Lonoke.

Frank dancy's birth date is October 3, 1899 and he lived in Keo, Lonoke Arkansas when he filled out the draft registration card Sep 12, 1918. The microfilm roll number or registration roll number in Lonoke County, Arkansas, is 1530475. In Washington, D.C. at the National Archives and Records Administration the number is M1509, 4,582 rolls.

I later found a 1920 Census record that has Frank Dancy age 21, living alone in Hampton, Lee, Arkansas. This record states Frank was born in Arkansas and his father and mother were born in North Carolina.

These are the only records I have been able to find on Frank Dancy. I am interested in knowing who his parents were, how they are related to Caesar and Judy Newton Parker, and what became of Franks's family and Frank for that matter.

Any information on any of the persons listed above will be greatly appreciated.

I am Joanetta Parker Counce and I can be reached here on ancestry by Joanetta4 or my personal email address is joanie1968@gmail.com.

Sincerely.

Re: DANCY (and DANCEY) families from England

rozroberts501 — 2012-02-05 21:26:23Z

HI again
Just got to the end of the thread!The Seaver/Pockrich tie up rings a bell & I can't locate where I might have filed the note on it (it came from some of the information I got from Bruce Dancy & the research that ?Marg Hunter's father had done)
Basically from memory The Seaver's were part of teh protestant ascendancy (as were the Pockriches) & there was reference to a marriage between those families in early/mid 1700's in Irealnd. So I don't think there is a Seaver/Dancy/Pockrich tie up.

If I find the reference, I'll post it.
Roz

Re: DANCY (and DANCEY) families from England

rozroberts501 — 2012-02-05 21:17:05Z

Hi Just to say that there is a lot of partial & sometimes inaccurate information out there.
I have taken a lot of care with researching my Dancy/Dancey Irish family, & know that where I've got to is substantiated. My gx2 grandfather was Pockridge Dancy born 1810-1812 (according to the 1821 censuis & his Police service records) in Drumbo townland, Annagelliff parish Co Cavan. (The 1821 census transcripts have the family under the name of Darcey, but the photocopies of the original entries do show Dancy) I knew Pockridge's father was Richard Dancy & mother was Mary Foster, I wasn't aware Richard Dancy was from Dublin - can anyone shed more light on this (sources etc)? (Pockridge moved to Dublin some time after 1861) & his son Richard lived in Dublin from about 1874/5) I have more information on extended family.
About the origin of the name Pockridge/Pockrage etc. It is believed that it is a surmname originating from the POCKRICH family - a Dancy is believed to have married a Pockrich in the mid 1600's in Ireland & thus predates the Miss Pockeridge marriage in Armagh 1787.

There is also another "stray" Pockridge in Canada b between 1799-1787 who lived in Vaughn twp in the 1851 census - so far no one seems to be researching this family.
Roz

Re: Looking for ancestors of Pockrage Dancy

marg_hunter — 2012-01-19 17:49:12Z

Hi Doug! (and Roz & Libby too)
I'd love to see your scanned photos! Thanks for your kind offer.

Don't know if I'll be able to identify them, but might be able to share and compare with those I have of Dad's. (mostly Dancy's anyway).

We do still have a couple of Delong descendants that I'm still in touch with that might be able to help with those. Ditto for Coon(s).

Haven't heard from Lin in a couple of years. She MIGHT know who the Kyle's are.

Cuzz'n
Marg
same E-mail address as always... hunter at total.net (no spaces, symbol for "at".

Re: Looking for ancestors of Pockrage Dancy

rozroberts501 — 2012-01-19 15:33:10Z

Hi to you all (distant Dancey cousins of some degree or other)

I would be interested too. One of my Dancey ancestors is Pockridge b about 1809-1812 (who stayed at home in Ireland!)I have a digitised copy of a photo of him from about 1850 the original was in the possession of the late AW Bernard Simpson who shares Pockridge as an ancestor. (I don't know what's happened to the original now that he's died)
I'm happy to share my Pockrage shot in case there are similarities with anyone in your pix.

Does anyone have any face recognition software that might be able to spot facial likenesses?

It would be interesting if we could make some connection from the old pictures.
I too have a stack of old photos (but not as old as yours)from deceased realtives but I've no idea even if there are extended family or just the family of my aunt's friends.

Keep me in touch
thanks
Roz

Re: Looking for ancestors of Pockrage Dancy

D_Heys — 2012-01-19 14:54:33Z

Hi Lin, Marg, & Libby:

It has been some time since we were in touch (Lin & Marg). I have very recently (last week) come across a photo album that my Mom had - I actually found it in my basement in a pile of stuff we are storing for my Mom & Dad. There are dozens of pics, obits, & lots of etc., dating from very recent back to the late 1800's. The most common names are Dancy, Kyle, Coon, Derbyshire, Delong..... Unfortunately, there are many pics with unidentified subjects. My plan is to catalogue and scan/digitize - as soon as I can. You are welcome to any/all of the info.

Hoping to hear from all of you.

Doug Heys

Re: Rebecca Dancy & Thomas Batchelor from England to Canada

LindaSmithUE — 2012-01-10 15:51:34Z

Hi,

So good to hear from you!! I didn't get an email - you can contact me at LindaSmithUE"at"comcast.net

Uncle Gerald (Batchellor) would love to get in contact with you. I will give you his phone # and email address if you will try to email me again.

Linda

Re: Rebecca Dancy & Thomas Batchelor from England to Canada

MaryNichols96 — 2012-01-10 15:18:03Z

Emailed you, Linda, boy has a lot happened since 2000. My Aunt Sharon (Walter's daughter) and I went to Canada and met some distant relatives, spent some time with Reggie's wife, Edna and visited the house on Shuter street. That's been years now. A distant cousin visited Texas and a guy in New York sent me some pretty extensive genealogical research he'd done. Several blanks filled in but it's been a long time and haven't heard from Edna so don't know if she's still around and what's become of the Shuter street house and the treasure of photos she had. I did, however, walk away with my grandfather's Bible.

Re: Rebecca Dancy & Thomas Batchelor from England to Canada

LindaSmithUE — 2012-01-08 21:44:04Z

Hi,

I am trying to connect you with my Uncle Gerald Batchellor from Ontario - you posted a note to me in 2000, which I never saw. Gerald's father and your grandfather were brothers.

Re: Dancys Ditchling,Brighton, Eng. to Toronto,Can. 1850s

FPratesi — 2011-11-05 14:12:06Z

Hi, Kenpereyma!
All this is very interesting, but I can't see how your family is connected with mine: why (and how) did you pick a picture from my private family tree? It shows an Angelo or Bernardo Milana, Italian, 19th century, never been abroad in his life.
If you have found any relation of this man with your family, I would also be glad to know how we are related.
Thank you.

Re: DANCY (and DANCEY) families from England

pennyakers_1 — 2011-08-27 20:10:00Z

Hi Lin,

More food for thought....

I had a look at the name Jonathan Seaver following my earlier reply this evening and found the following, which must surely relate to a descendant of the couple Jonathan Seaver and Miss Pockrage ...

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
A female named Maria Isabelle Nicolina Seaver, who was born abt 1856 was christened in Wivelsfield, Sussex, England on 6 Jul 1856, and her parents were Jonathan Pockrich Seaver and Maria Nicolina Seaver.
Then there is another entry for her with exactly the same details but a different date (23 Jan 1857) and this time ("St Nicholas") is added.

Then on 22 Aug 1867 in Brighton, Sussex, England [no further info shown as to wherein] there was a baptism of a child named Jonathan Pockrich Seaver with his father named the same ie, Jonathan Pockrich Seaver.

Then on 27 July 1873 there was another baptism in Brighton (in the St Peter collection), Sussex, England for a Thomas Charles Patrick Seaver son of Jonathan Pockrich Seaver and Maria Nicolina Seaver

What is interesting in this information is that the village of WIVELSFIELD, Sussex, England was a KNOWN "Dancy" zone (especially with the surname spelt that particular way) especially in the earlier part of the 1800's.

How intriguing!...

And some more information I just found was that when their daughter Maria Isabelle Nicola Seaver died (on 30 August 1937 as a spinster of 45 Cromwell Road Hove, in the county of Sussex in England) the executor of her estate was a Rev. Percy gibbens Browning, clerk)

Now this Jonathan Seaver was found in 1901 in Croydon England as father in law to a Frank Sachs who had married his daughter Louisa [Seaver] and Louisa was born in Brighton Sussex England abt 1861. Jonathan was shown as being born abt 1825 in Ireland, a widower aged 76 occupation Retired Schoolmaster. I'm hazarding a guess that This 1825 born JPS was a son or grandson of the JS who married Miss Pockridge and am a bit surprised that there was no mention of a Miss Pockridge in the following story:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/seaver/messages/14.html

The 1901 census is the only one where I have found him with a simple search of Jon* Seaver.

What do you think?

If only we could find a Pockridge=Dancy marriage...
Penny

Re: DANCY (and DANCEY) families from England

pennyakers_1 — 2011-08-25 20:16:12Z

Hi Lin,

I have very limited access to Irish records - as I state I'm happy to help with English research - but Pockradge Dancy came from Ireland. His census returns state that.

There are 27 entries for him though in Ancestry trees (just counting the entries in public trees) and I dont know whether you have made contaact but one tree has his parents as a Richard Dancy of Dublin who married a Mary Foster.

(There seems to be one born in Cavan Ireland abt 1810 and one born abt 1812 in Armargh Ireland)

there are also websites with information about Pockrage/Pockridge Dancy (although you have probably seen these already):
www.dancy.net/culage/danceyp.htm
www.dancy.net/culage/dancyp.htm

Sorry I couldn't be of much help

Penny

Re: DANCY (and DANCEY) families from England

pennyakers_1 — 2011-08-25 20:15:37Z

Hi again Lin

I had a little think this evening and thought I would look to see if anybody else in the censuses (on Ancestry) also had a first name similar to Pockrage/Pockridge and strangely enough I found no-one! That leads me to wonder whether the name Pockrage[+variations] was originally used as a surname. (People could inherit surnames of their close / not so distant ancestors as first names).

So I had a look for Pockrage[+variations] as a surname and I just got the one result, funnily enough in county Armagh Ireland (the area I mentioned in my other reply to you this morning). So here are the details, and if no use to you in their own merit at least they prove the was a family with that surname in Armagh.

Index of Irish marriages 1771-1812
On page 360:
Miss Pockeridge married Jonathan Seaver in 1787 (ref 560)
On page 397:
Seaver, Jonathan, Herthall, co. Armagh = Pockeridge, Miss nr Monaghan Oct 1787 (ref 560)

p.s. that is all there is in the index and I cannot advise any further steps to follow unfortunately.

regards
Penny

DANCY (and DANCEY) families from England

pennyakers_1 — 2011-08-25 06:45:24Z

Happy to look up any Dancy records for English Dancy's -
if they tie in with my (10 years of) research on the Dancy's of Sussex and Surrey and some parts of London then I may be of more help as well.

email: pennyakers(then the at sign)msn.com (Please put Dancy in the subject line).

Re: DANCY (and DANCEY) families from England

LinHendrickson — 2011-08-23 13:51:19Z

I have been looking for a Dancy that came over to Canada from England. His name is Pockrage Dancy, and I haven't been able to find much about him.

African Americans Dancys

MsJHyde — 2011-08-22 23:17:44Z

I researching for African American Dancys from Pickens County,AL and Noxubee County, MS.Some of the members of the Dancy family moved from Noxubee County, MS to East St. Louis,IL.
If you are a member of the Dancy family, please contact me.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/NoxubeeMSAFGenealogy/

Re: Edward Dancy

JohnRussell1818 — 2011-05-16 00:39:03Z

The John Dancy who was the son of Edward Dancy and Susannah Vannoy was born on 20 April 1794 and thus was only 16 years of age in 1810. Edward Dancy was in Wilkes county NC at the time of the 1810 U.S. census and his son John was apparently with him in Wilkes county.

Source for birth date of John Dancy:
Homer Eiler, "Our Ancestors, A Brief Record of These Families: Dancy Servis Bassett Davis Holman Vannoy" (Printed and published by James S. Dancy, Grenola, Kansas, 1928) p. 6.

I have that John Dancy married 1) Rachel Johnson on 15 Oct 1816 in Wilkes Co., and 2) Frances Kirby, widow of Jeremiah Judd, on 30 May 1835 in Wilkes Co., but do not have a source listed for the information.

Re: Ammilla Vannoy

hjvn1302 — 2011-04-18 05:12:47Z

Hello: I'm interested in the VANNOY line mentioned in a Dancy letter. Do you have a copy of it? Thanks, Harry Van Noy

Edward Dancy

SSpaulding4047 — 2011-02-05 16:19:20Z

I am tracing the Dancy/Dancey Family. In particular, I'm looking for John Dancy who married Abigal Loyd (1792- 1843) and Frances R. (1802-1872). Both wives are buried and I have the church record from Prospect Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rowan County, NC. There is no maiden name given for Francis. There is no John Dancy listed in the records. I'm trying to figure out who is this John Dancy and his parentage.

John and Abigal had the following child: Enos (b. 1819, d. 1892.

Is this John Dancy the son of Edward Dancy and Susannah Vannoy?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Susan Barrow Spaulding

Re: Gladys Dancy

myrasaunders1 — 2011-02-05 07:16:21Z

Thank you! That is so helpful and mch appreciated. She died so young. I wonder what happened to her.
Thank you again
myra

Re: Gladys Dancy

myrasaunders1 — 2011-02-05 07:14:43Z

Thank you! That is so helpful and mch appreciated. She died so young. I wonder what happened to her.
Thank you again
myra

Re: Immigrant John DANCY, Who Arrived in Virginia Aboard the George in 1621

pennyakers_1 — 2011-02-04 22:30:15Z

Hi,

I havent connected the said John Dancy with anyone, but did look up Sir George Sandys in google books and came up with this link, about his namesake which runs for a few pages ....

Do you think these Sandys characters have been related? What a bizarre name-sake.

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/broadside-ballads/broadsid...

Re: Gladys Dancy

pennyakers_1 — 2011-02-04 22:11:19Z

Hi Myra,

Have just found the death registration of the Gladys Dancy tonight who married Mr Clear, which would prove the Gladys Clear did not die in the US in the year 2000.

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: Gladys A S Clear
Death Registration Month/Year: 1956, Age at death (estimated): 40, Registration district: Surrey Mid Eastern
County: Surrey, Volume: 5g, Page: 329

Re: Dancys Ditchling,Brighton, Eng. to Toronto,Can. 1850s

pennyakers_1 — 2011-02-04 21:48:46Z

Hi "kenpereyma",

I've looked at your Hennings Family Tree with your William Dancey born 1797 in Ireland and did some little bits of research that you may not have discovered yet. Wallace Edward Dancey, b. 1875 who you referred to, if I remember correctly when I looked at his birth reg on Ancestry yesterday evening, was born in Canada, but described himself of Irish origin in census returns. That was not meant to indicate he was born in Ireland though. Please forgive me if I am mistaken.

William's wife Helen/Ellen's maiden-name appeared to be Creighton according to her daughter Susan's death registration.

Another way of spelling the surname Creighton was "Crichton".

I thought that William and Helen might have married in Scotland as there is a tendancy for brides to marry in their hometown, but I could not find any marriages for a Helen Creighton or Helen Crichton to a William Dancy in Scottish parish record collections.

I just found these marriages in Scotland which should help you rule out any other Scottish Helen/Ellen Crightons/Creightons:
No Date Surname Forename Spouse Name Frame No Sex Parish City/County
11/02/1825 CRICHTON HELEN JOSEPH KIRKPATRICK/FR270 F TORTHORWALD /DUMFRIES
13/07/1826 CRICHTON HELEN ALEXR. DAVIDSON/ F DUNDEE DUNDEE CITY CITY/ANGUS
13/07/1826 CRICHTON HELEN ALEXANDER DAVIDSON/MD. IN DUNDEE F DYSART /FIFE
01/09/1827 CRICHTON HELEN JAMES CLERK/ F REDGORTON /PERTH
20/06/1828 CRICHTON HELEN GEORGE GRAHAM/FR3361 F FALKIRK /STIRLING
13/12/1828 CRICHTON HELEN HENRY CHRISTIE/ F ARBROATH /ANGUS
07/12/1829 CRICHTON HELEN DAVID LEITH/ F DUNDEE DUNDEE CITY CITY/ANGUS
02/06/1833 CRICHTON HELEN CHARLES TAYLOR/FR4389 F BARONY GLASGOW CITY CITY/LANARK
16/11/1834 CRICHTON HELEN PETER WHYTOCK/ F DUNKELD /PERTH
22/11/1835 CRICHTON HELEN THOMAS WILSON/FR4506 F BARONY GLASGOW CITY CITY/LANARK
02/09/1827 CRIGHTON HELEN JAMES CLARK/FR1478 F METHVEN /PERTH
23/05/1830 CRIGHTON HELEN JAMES TURNER/FR1501 F METHVEN /PERTH
21/02/1831 CRIGHTON HELEN ROBERT KIRKWOOD/FR1048 ST CUTHBERT'S EDINBURGH CITY CITY/MIDLOTHIAN

I found these pictures and references to headstones for your family:

Headstone for Wm Dancey who died 21st Feb 1879
Located at White Church Cemetery
Wentworth (Hamilton) Co./Reg./Dist., Ontario
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/on/view.php?id=85139

Headstone for Helen Dancey who died a week before the stated date you have for the wife of your William; "Ellen",
which states "Helen Dancey died 12th Dec 1884 in her 82nd year."
White Church Cemetery
Wentworth (Hamilton) Co./Reg./Dist., Ontario
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/on/view.php?id=85140

Susan DANCEY
White Church Cemetery
Wentworth (Hamilton) Co./Reg./Dist., Ontario
Susan Dancey died 8th March 1911 aged 68 years
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/on/view.php?id=83665

(Susan was found with her mother who was widowed in 1881 in Glanford, Ontario)

Susan Dancey died a spinster on 8th March 1911 of Valvular Heart Disease in Hamilton, Ontario.
On her death registration her father was named as Wm Dancey birthplace Ireland and mother named as Helen

Creighton birthplace Scotland
It was certified by Joel Smith of glanford on March 8th 1911

Margaret Dancey, (k.a. Maggie in 1881), dau of William and Hellen Dancey married a Joel Smith of Glanford on 30

Oct 1873 in Wentworth
Margaret DANCEY SMITH
White Church Cemetery
Wentworth (Hamilton) Co./Reg./Dist., Ontario
"Ella Lois dau. of Joel & Margaret Smith died 19 Aug 1880 aged 6 mo 11 ds Only sleeping"
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/on/view.php?id=84912

Marriage of their William and "Ellen"'s daughter Ellen, witnessed by their son Edward:
Marriages - Wentworth Co., 1874, part 1
10591-74 John SHAW, 40, widower, farmer, Glanford, same, s/o Gilbert & Sarah, married Ellen DANCY, 36, Scotland, Glanford, d/o William & Ellen, witn: Joel SMITH of Glanford & Edward DANCY of Seneca, 22 Sept 1874 at Glanford

Information used to diminish the probability of a Scottish marriage:
Marriages and Banns found with name Helen Creighton in Scottish Old Parish records records:
20/11/1814 CREIGHTON HELEN to JOHN MILLAR/ F KINCLAVEN /PERTH 365/00 0010 0300
2 01/07/1816 CREIGHTON HELEN to MURDOCH MACKENZIE/ F ARDERSIER /INVERNESS 091/00 0010 0435
3 26/06/1819 CREIGHTON HELEN to MURDOCH MACKENZIE/FR382 F ARDERSIER /INVERNESS 091/00 0010 0464

Slight probability of this being your Helen/Ellen...
New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Name: Ellen Creighton, Arrival Date: 1 Jun 1836, Age: 25
Gender: F (Female), Port of Arrival: New York, Port of Departure: Liverpool
Place of Origin: Ireland - could not see original so could not check if this was entry was a mistake
Destination: United States of America, Ship: Ship Propontis, Microfilm Serial Number: M237
Microfilm Roll Number: 30, List Number: 414

Possible baptisms for Helen/Ellen Creighton / Crichton from the IGI:

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for Ellen Crichton
Name: Helen Crichton, Gender: Female, Baptism/Christening Date: 25 Aug 1803
Baptism/Christening Place: INVERKEITHING,FIFE,SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1803
Father's Name: William Crichton, Mother's Name: Mary Grindly
...
This links with a tree on ancestry with a William Crichton born 26 August 1768 in Inverkeithing, Scotland, who married a Mary Grindley on 14 Jan 1797 in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. Tree name is MacNaughton/clark Family Tree, owned by "davinabroster"

Excluded baptism:

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for Hellen Creighton
Name: Hellen Creighton - but this Helen seems to be ruled out looking at other Ancestry Trees and Scottish censuses
Gender: Female, Birth Date: 16 Jan 1807
Birthplace: , CLOSEBURN, DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
Father's Name: William Creighton
Mother's Name: Mary Gourdly [could be Gourley]

Marriage for Barbara Creighton (sister of the "excluded" Helen Creighton whose baptism appears on the IGI):
08/12/1833 CRICHTON BARBARA to THOMAS BLACK /FR211 F GLENCAIRN /DUMFRIES 826/00 0020 0075
A Barbara Black born abt 1806 in Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland found with husband Thomas Black in 3 Scottish censuses. (Thomas born abt 1798 in Durrisdeer, Dumfriesshire)

For Scottish b/m/d (and wills), records you could investigate this site - pay per view
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

You might also want to try and contact 'David Murdoch' the owner of this record on Ancestry Family trees:
William Creighton, Birth DEC 1787 in Dunbarton, Scotland Death 04 MAR 1875 in Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

Regarding William Dancey's Irish ancestry - I have not conducted any research into Irish families. I imagine there must be information on the internet regarding how to start researching Irish roots. Unfortunately, I have not come across any information about your branch before, but I hope you find some meat to put on the bones soon. Perhaps when you get looking for information regarding William's wife Helen's side some more information might turn up.

Kind regards,
Penny

Re: Dancys Ditchling,Brighton, Eng. to Toronto,Can. 1850s

kenpereyma — 2011-02-02 05:12:05Z

Hi Penny. Hope you can help us. We have begun researching the family history of the Saskatchewan Dancey's, and hope you can make a connection for us. My wife, Corinne, who is a Dancey descendant, believes that the Saskatchewan Danceys who settled around Star City are somehow connected to the same Dancey line as that of Dr, Edward Dancey, b. 1800, in Ontario. The Saskatchewan Danceys are linked to William Dancey, b. around 1800. His son, William, b. 1840, married Caroline Cox, b. 1842. One of their sons, Wallace Edward Dancey, b. 1875, was born in Ireland, but came to Saskatchewan in the early 1900's. He married Janet Galloway, and from them came an extensive line of Danceys and their kin. But I am as yet unable to make a definitive connection between the two sides of the family. Help.

Re: Dancys Ditchling,Brighton, Eng. to Toronto,Can. 1850s

pennyakers_1 — 2011-01-09 20:19:56Z

HI Nora,

For some reason, I did not find an alert to this message, and just happened to be passing by over a year later!

I found the birth - which you may already know about - but cannot find any more references to him in the Canadian censuses / records available on Ancestry nor any US records. I cannot even find him in the 1881 Canadian census, although I can find his parents then.

Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911
Name: William Earnest Daney
Date of Birth: 3 Mar 1879, Gender: Male, Birth County: York
Father's name: Henry Nehemiah Daney
Mother's name: Marion Christina Miller
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS929_41

Unfortunately, despite liasing with Murray Burke and another researcher in Canada who are researching this branch, I have not been able to trace any living Dancy families descended from Henry Nehemia's line!

Re: Gladys Dancy

myrasaunders1 — 2011-01-09 19:46:16Z

Thank you so much Penny - you have been a great help.

Re: Gladys Dancy

myrasaunders1 — 2011-01-09 19:46:15Z

Thank you so much Penny - you have been a great help.

Re: Gladys Dancy

pennyakers_1 — 2011-01-09 19:20:42Z

p.s.
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Marriage of Charles H Clear to Gladys A S Dancy
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1941
Registration district: Surrey Mid Eastern
Registration county (inferred): Surrey
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 533

Re: Gladys Dancy

pennyakers_1 — 2011-01-09 19:11:41Z

Hi Myra,

Here are the details:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Henry John Dancy, Year of Registration: 1880, Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep, District: Kingston, County: Surrey, Volume: 2a, Page: 298

England and Wales Marriages: Henry J Daney* to Emily Dixon or Sarah Dixon in Croydon, Surrey, 1913, Vol 2a, Page 789. Other name on the page is Henry G King, meaning he either married Emily or Sarah.

(Daney* is most probably Dancy on original as it was often mistranscribed as Daney and Henry J Daney lived in the Epsom, Surrey area)

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Gladys A S Dancy, Year of Registration: 1914
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun, Mother's Maiden Name: Dixon. District: Epsom, County: Surrey, Volume: 2a, Page: 33
(no other Dancy birth's with Dixon as mother's maiden-name).

I believe Henry J Dancy died in 1939 in Surrey, England. He may have travelled between US and Canada.

Henry John Dancy's parentage has remained unknown by us Dancy researchers, because he only appears in the UK censuses under such guises as "nurse child" or nephew, but there is no instance of him being found with a parent.

If you wish to apply for Henry's birth certificate and adivse who his parents were, then I am confidant, (having researched all the Surrey and Sussex Dancy's!), that I will be able to link him in with the rest of the family, and advise you which of us Dancy researchers are closest to him.

Hope that helps,

Penny

(pennyakers@msn.com)

Re: ISO Dancy Family/Tarboro Rocky Mt., NC

vandancy1 — 2011-01-07 10:35:54Z

go to facebook Dancy family and their relatives

Gladys Dancy

myrasaunders1 — 2010-12-05 08:19:35Z

Does anyone have any information about Gladys Dancy who may have emigrated to America? She was born in 1914 in Epsom Surrey England and died in America in 2000. She may be connected to my tree and I would love to find out for sure. She may have lived in Oklohoma.

Re: Beatrice Dancy Crepps - Jefferson County

lindadancy1 — 2010-09-15 18:16:15Z

Hello Beatrice,
I believe you might be related to my husband's family. Conrad's dad is Gilbert Dancy of North Caroline. I know there are some Crepps in their family tree. I am not sure of the county. They live in West Jefferson.

Re: Lois Ann Dancy - 1859-NC // 1938-WV ?? Help!!

deborahpj1 — 2010-08-11 23:22:25Z

No, I am not related to them. My mother-in-law is the one with the Dancy connection. She is connected to the Wingler line through her grandmother on her mother's side of the family. Yes, David is the one who wrote the book on the Stiddham's. You can contact me at deborahpj@fastmail.fm if you would like.