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coldstoneent — 2009-11-10 00:25:43Z

Looking for more Newports around the world

katie newport

bejay50 — 2009-11-09 17:31:14Z

looking for great grandmother information on Katie Newport.
She was born in May 1876 and immigrated from Ireland to USA in 1894.She worked as a servant in the home of Issac Froehlec in NYC,retrieved from the 1900 US Federal census.Her daughter Minnie was my grandmother.

Re: James Mary NEWPORT,b1780? Enborne, Berkshire, Eng

Potter_B — 2009-08-07 07:49:53Z

Are you still looking for Newports ? I have come across John Bp 31.1.1805 at Enborne married Sarah Withers 31.1.1826 atThatcham.His parents James Bp. 22.8.1774 Ashbury married Mary Edgecomb 20.5.1798. His parent John and Sarah only details found was their first child Elizabeth Bp. 9.2.1772 at Ashbury. All vilolages very near each other around Newbury. Hope this helps. Brenda

Re: James Mary NEWPORT,b1780? Enborne, Berkshire, Eng

Potter_B — 2009-08-07 07:46:56Z

NEWPORT Elizabeth and Grandville

t42Parkdale — 2009-05-04 01:47:07Z

NEWPORT Elizabeth and Grandville

I photographed this gravestone in the Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 203,340 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: NEWPORTs from Somerset, England

ElvieAnn1 — 2009-03-09 06:53:00Z

I have a Mary Ann Newport born Sparkford, Somerset 1810 married James March or Marsh and migrated to Australia in 1850's Any good?

Re: NEWPORTs from Somerset, England

ElvieAnn1 — 2009-03-09 06:49:20Z

I have a Mary Ann Newport from Sparkford, Somerset, born about 1810, married James March or Marsh and migrated to Australia. Any good.

Brick wall on Columbus Newport - Scott TN

weehawkin — 2009-02-19 21:17:50Z

I am trying to determine if my g-g-grandfather Columbus Newport (who married Allis Lewellen) aka Alice Llewellen is the son of James Monteville Newport (b. 1841) and wife Elizabeth Sharp. I know that James' brother, Columbus Newport, born in 1856 in TN married a Mary Walden, so that cannot be him!

Both James and his brother Columbus are descended from Joseph Newport and Lucretia Begley. (Someone posted here that Lucretia's last name was Griffith, so not sure about sources there..)

I have not been able to find credible info on Columbus Newport who fathered Carley Dester Newport.

Need dates/places of birth, death, and marriage for Columbus Newport, son of James Mounterville Newport and Elizabeth Sharp -- Columbus married Allis Llewellen. Need to locate if there were any other children, besides Carley Dester Newport, who was born 12/1/1879? I know that Allis Newport went on to marry Jasper Jeffers on 14 March 1887.

If anyone has any sources that could break this brick wall, I would appreciate it. Many thanks!

Re: My Newport Lineage - furthest back I can go.. how about you?

scottn117 — 2009-02-03 06:22:51Z

It certainly does bear investigation as I have John Newport fathering a total of fifteen children from three different wives, one of these children been Samuel (m. Martha Stiles).
I will email you the website and password where I have been getting the majority of my information. If there any discrepancies I would like them cleared up as my intention is to have the tree bound for my children.

Re: My Newport Lineage - furthest back I can go.. how about you?

WChapmanstone — 2009-02-03 05:07:30Z

Hi again,
Would appear as though you missed my point.How can we descend from someone who had NO children ?.
The Peerage information looks good on paper but that's about all.NOBODY has offered any PROOF of these claims.
No birth entry for John Harrison,no marriage entry for John & Elizabeth,not even a surname for her.Samuel & Martha did not even name a daughter Elizabeth nor did any future generations.
I do have a photocopy of the hand written 1735 Private Act passed by the House of Lords changing John Harrison's surname to Newport plus many pages of other information but as he died WITHOUT issue it's of no use.
My wife Norma is the gg granddaughter of Samuel & Ann & as I said I am a g grandson of Joseph & Mary.
Also I am in regular touch with Marilyn who descends from both Joseph (through Walter)& stephen.she helped with much of the research.
My email address is chapman-stone@xtra.co.nz if you wish to contact me direct.
Bill

Re: My Newport Lineage - furthest back I can go.. how about you?

scottn117 — 2009-02-02 17:55:05Z

Hi Bill

thepeerage.com has Francis (1619/20 - 1708) as the 1st Earl,
Richard (1644 - 1723) the 2nd, Henry (1683 - 1734) as the 3rd but then Thomas (Abt 1696 - 1762, son of Richard) succeeding to the title on 23 Dec 1734, upon the death of Henry.
This site states that John inherited the estates but not the titles of Earl, Viscount and Baron.
Burkes is one of their sources and also The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000)

I will check on Samuel, as I have him dying 23 Oct 1814 in Great Missenden.

I am a 3rd great grandson of Walter, son of Joseph and his first wife Ann. Ann died in 1827, Joseph married Mary Chilton 1837 and they arrived in Nelson aboard the Sir Charles Forbes with Josephs brothers Samuel, Stephen and their families.

Re: My Newport Lineage - furthest back I can go.. how about you?

WChapmanstone — 2009-02-02 11:56:45Z

Hi Scott.
sorry to destroy the family myth but John Newport formally Harrison,son of Henry Earl of Bradford & Ann Smyth died insane and WITHOUT issue 29th.April 1783 and in accordance with the will of Ann the Newport Estates passed to the descendants of the Earl of Bath.Have photocopy.
This can be checked at Shropshire Archives Online Catalogue by entering hem in the search box and clicking on document 1045/358 and reading page ten of seventeen covering the Newport Estates.It can also be checked in Burkes Peerage 107th. editon 2003.
Neither do I have Samuel the son of John & Elizabeth bapt. 1751 marrying Martha Stiles.He couldn't he died in May 1753 but I do have the correct Samuel.

Bill. A great grandson of Joseph & Mary who arrived Nelson 1842

Re: My Newport Lineage - furthest back I can go.. how about you?

scottn117 — 2009-01-28 09:50:58Z

Hi Lisa

I have a Richard Newport in my ancestry born in 1644.
However I have his location as High Ercall, Shropshire, England.
Married to Mary Wilbraham and was 2nd Earl of Bradford and an MP in the late 1600's.
If you can verify that this is the same Richard Newport, I have further info going back to the 1300's

Geraldine E. Waidley Johannes Newport, 88,daughter of, Clarence Waidley and Estelle Knoll Waidley Kerner.

KENNELLYMARKA — 2008-12-19 06:15:18Z

Geraldine Johannes Newport Geraldine "Gerry" E. Waidley Johannes Newport, 88, a lifelong Erie resident, died on Wednesday morning December 17, 2008 at the St. Mary's Home East following a short illness. She was born in Erie on January 6, 1920 a daughter of the late Clarence Waidley and Estelle "Stella" Knoll Waidley Kerner.
Gerry was a founding member of St. Luke Catholic Church, a member of the Erie Maennerchor Club Auxiliary,
did volunteer work for the Friends of St. Mary's Home, Meals on Wheels,
and the Second Harvest Food Bank.
She enjoyed gardening and formerly belonged to the East Erie Turners and the Funtastics Sr. Citizens Group at St. Luke Church. Survivors include her husband of 9 years, Clifford Newport;
2 step sons, Gary Newport of Erie and Terry Newport and his wife Brenda of Lake City;
seven grandchildren,
eight great grandchildren,
and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jerome "Doug" Johannes," on December 17, 1994;
two sisters, Eleanor Dudenhofer
and Gertrude Morey.
Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt Son Funeral Home, 5000 Wattsburg Road, Erie, corner of East Gore Rd. and Pine Ave., Friday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and are invited to prayer services there on Saturday morning at 10:15 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Luke Church at 11:00 a.m. celebrated by the pastor, Msgr. L. Thomas Snyderwine. Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Luke Church or School, 421 E. 38th St., Erie, 16504, Women's Care Center, 2503 W. 15th St., Erie, 16505, or the Second Harvest Food Bank, 1507 Grimm Drive, Erie, 16501.
Erie Times-News from 12/18/2008 - 12/19/2008,

St. Luke Church,"
Russell C. Schmidt Son Funeral Home,

Newport - Tenn to Col - looking for descendants

blcarkner — 2008-12-17 20:58:38Z

Looking for distant cousins - descendants ofr ELSWICK NEWPORT, MD & his wife, CATHARINE 'KATE'. Elswick died in 1935 in Oklahoma. He met his wife in Tennessee while she was there teaching. I have ancestors of Elswick wife to share. Please contact at blcarkner@yahoo.com

Barbara

Re: Newport Photos: Have some...cannot identify all...maybe others can help?

Lisa_Newport — 2008-12-15 13:51:25Z

I'm sorry but your post absolutely made no sense. You are interested in land owned by them back then? Is that what you are trying to say?

Please try re-reading what you posted and maybe you will receiving better responses.

Re: Newport Photos: Have some...cannot identify all...maybe others can help?

boxerdudu — 2008-12-12 20:49:27Z

my mother was a Newportgeneva who married riechman,cousins are donald jessie ruth all are still in scott county tenn,also old graves from civil war.i am instered in land owned that back in those days were taken away by others i wont say

Re: Edward Charles Newport - b. Cordell TN - 7/9/1909

newportpatricia — 2008-10-12 19:02:49Z

Yes, Hazel and Ed were my husband's Grandparents. Are your family members from the Nova Scotia area? We have heard about that branch of the family over the years, but don't know much. Hazel did give me a little information before her death a few years ago. Ed has been gone for about 20 years now. What little I have I would be glad to share. Email me at newportpatricia@hotmail.com

Joseph Newport

2006-11-23 07:25:43Z

Duncan,British Columbia.Am Joseph Newports (1804-1870) great grandson.Contact me.

Newports of Northern Vermont

2006-10-17 00:45:37Z

Looking for the parents of Eva H. Newport b.c1899 in NY. or VT. m. April 24, 1920 Richford, VT. to Oliver Lewis Pecor b.May 3, 1893 Jericho, VT. They had four children. This was Oliver's third wife of four.

Re: charles e. newport

2006-09-28 03:49:37Z

Richard,

I don't have any info on Charles but I do have info on his ancestors. Would love to talk to you. Drop me a line if you see this.

Joel

Re: Richard M. Newport

rosebfly56 — 2007-03-29 22:15:49Z

To further your ancestry, your John Newport b 14 Nov 1697 Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England c 28 Dec 1697 Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England married Elizabeth about 1740 Virginia. John was an indentured servant transported from England to Virginia in 1724 working off indenture in 1732. He became an attorney, Sheriff and lay leader. His father was Richard Newport born about 1664 England married to Grace Neal b 18 March 1661/62 in Lindfield, Sussex, England, married 9 Apr 1689 Lidfield, Sussex, England. I'm interested in your Bible record and if possible would like copy. My email address rosebfly@kconline.com

Christopher Newport ,, 24-foot bronze statue

Irishlovey_1 — 2007-09-09 16:53:58Z

400th anniversary.

Critics: Va. Statue Has 1 Arm Too Many

September 8, 2007 - 2:29pm

By SONJA BARISIC
Associated Press Writer

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - The swashbuckling sea captain who helped found America's first permanent English settlement lost his right arm in battle nearly two decades earlier _ but you wouldn't know it to look at the two-armed statue on the campus of the university named for him.

Some annoyed and angry alumni and history buffs want the monument to get the hook _ the prosthetic that Christopher Newport is believed to have used 400 years ago.

The pair of arms on 24-foot bronze statue shows a lack of respect for history, said Andy Kiser of Winchester, a 1995 graduate of Christopher Newport University who studied colonial Virginia.

That's especially galling, Kiser said, in a part of Virginia filled with historic attractions, such as Colonial Williamsburg, and at a time when Jamestown is commemorating its 400th anniversary.

"In the middle of a community that tries so hard to get it right, here's a 4-ton 'Oops, we got it wrong,'" he said.

CNU, a public university with about 4,800 students, is a few blocks from where the James River flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Up river is Jamestown, the swampy peninsula where the settlers landed in May 1607.

Newport was captain of the Susan Constant, largest of the settlers' three ships. He lost his arm in about 1590, when he was working in the West Indies as a privateer hired by London merchants to raid Spanish and Portuguese ships, said Mike Lund, ships interpretive supervisor at Jamestown Settlement, a state-run living history museum.

It's unclear how he was hurt, or how much of the arm he lost, Lund said. Historical accounts say Newport's arm was "stricken off" during a fight.

The two-armed, 7,500-pound statue, donated to CNU by a benefactor, was installed in June.

Newport is shown in floppy hat and cape, standing with his left hand on his hip and his right arm stretched in front of him, hand resting on the hilt of his sword.

The inclusion of the right arm _ as well as sculptor Jon Hair's comment to the local newspaper that "We don't show our heroes maimed" _ touched off a spate of letters to the editor.

Ted Crossland of Yorktown wrote a letter to the Daily Press calling the statue a "monstrosity that recreates history and presents another lie to the public about our past."

"He accomplished more in his short life span with one arm than normal people do with two arms, and the university is not recognizing that fact," wrote Crossland, a retired naval officer with an interest in history.

Hair, who has a studio in Cornelius, N.C., did not return repeated messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.

He told the Daily Press that the university decided to portray the captain with two arms and he agreed.

"I wouldn't show an important historical figure like this with his arm cut off," Hair said.

CNU President Paul Trible did not recall having any conversation with the artist about how many arms the statue should have, university spokeswoman Emily Lucier said in an e-mail response to questions.

Trible approved a model of the statue "and he is very pleased with the statue," Lucier wrote. She said the university would have no other comment.

Jack Marshall was intrigued by the statue flap and wrote about it on EthicsScoreboard.com, a project of ProEthics Ltd., the ethics training and consulting firm he founded in Alexandria.

"It's like doing a statue of Babe Ruth and showing him thin," Marshall said, referring to the rotund slugger, "or doing a statue of Willie Shoemaker, a jockey, and showing him 6 feet tall."

The debate raised some familiar issues for Michael Deland, president of the National Organization on Disability. He spearheaded a six-year effort that led to the addition, in 2001, of a statue of showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a wheelchair to the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Advocates for the disabled had objected when the memorial opened with its centerpiece FDR statue only hinting at Roosevelt's polio. It showed a cape-covered Roosevelt in a straight chair with two small wheels on the back.

"It would be a far greater inspiration for the students at that university, for everybody who sees that statue, to see that captain shown as he was," he said recently by phone from Washington.

___

On the Net:

Newport University: http://www.cnu.edu/

Jon Hair: http://www.jonhair.com/

(Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
By SONJA BARISIC
Associated Press Writer

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - The swashbuckling sea captain who helped found America's first permanent English settlement lost his right arm in battle nearly two decades earlier _ but you wouldn't know it to look at the two-armed statue on the campus of the university named for him.

Some annoyed and angry alumni and history buffs want the monument to get the hook _ the prosthetic that Christopher Newport is believed to have used 400 years ago.

The pair of arms on 24-foot bronze statue shows a lack of respect for history, said Andy Kiser of Winchester, a 1995 graduate of Christopher Newport University who studied colonial Virginia.

That's especially galling, Kiser said, in a part of Virginia filled with historic attractions, such as Colonial Williamsburg, and at a time when Jamestown is commemorating its 400th anniversary.

"In the middle of a community that tries so hard to get it right, here's a 4-ton 'Oops, we got it wrong,'" he said.

CNU, a public university with about 4,800 students, is a few blocks from where the James River flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Up river is Jamestown, the swampy peninsula where the settlers landed in May 1607.

Newport was captain of the Susan Constant, largest of the settlers' three ships. He lost his arm in about 1590, when he was working in the West Indies as a privateer hired by London merchants to raid Spanish and Portuguese ships, said Mike Lund, ships interpretive supervisor at Jamestown Settlement, a state-run living history museum.

It's unclear how he was hurt, or how much of the arm he lost, Lund said. Historical accounts say Newport's arm was "stricken off" during a fight.

The two-armed, 7,500-pound statue, donated to CNU by a benefactor, was installed in June.

Newport is shown in floppy hat and cape, standing with his left hand on his hip and his right arm stretched in front of him, hand resting on the hilt of his sword.

The inclusion of the right arm _ as well as sculptor Jon Hair's comment to the local newspaper that "We don't show our heroes maimed" _ touched off a spate of letters to the editor.

Ted Crossland of Yorktown wrote a letter to the Daily Press calling the statue a "monstrosity that recreates history and presents another lie to the public about our past."

"He accomplished more in his short life span with one arm than normal people do with two arms, and the university is not recognizing that fact," wrote Crossland, a retired naval officer with an interest in history.

Joseph Newport 1804-1870

WilliamChapmanStone — 2006-11-23 10:06:35Z

Duncan,British Columbia.My e-mail address appears without a hyphen between the Chapman and the Stone but has one.chapman-stone@xtra.co.nz

Marriage Lookup for Carley Dester Newport -Scott Cty TN

weehawkin — 2007-06-20 18:27:47Z

(Sorry this is a little long!) By reviewing census records and family notes, Carley Dester Newport (my great-grandfather b. 12/1/1879, d. 7/1/1924 in Scott County, TN,) seems to have two wives, perhaps both at the same time. I am looking for any documents to corroborate or refute this.

My great-grandmother, Ruth Harris Newport, emigrated from Nova Scotia Canada in 1900, and after living in Boston, MA area somehow got to Tennessee where she met Carley Dester Newport and they married (although I cannot find any certificates to corroborate this). Since my grandmother, Alice Pauline Frye nee Newport, was born in 1908 and her brother Edward Newport was born 1909, in Tennessee, I would estimate a likely marriage date between 1900-1908. By 1910 census, Ruth Newport had left TN and returned to Boston with 2 children, without husband and by 1920 relocated to Vermont, where she remarried and later died in 1922.

Now here is the interesting part. Carley Dester Newport is also listed on census records and draft registration forms (1900, 1910, 1920 with appropriate dates/places of birth/residences so I know it is the same person.... where he is either living in TN with his mother (Alice Lewellen) and stepfather (Jasper Jeffers), or with his wife? a "Lena" Newport, also from Nova Scotia!! and their children. Carley and Lena's first daughter, Ella, was born in MASS 1905 (before my grandmother's birth in TN) while daughter Laura was born in 1914 (In OHIO). Coincidently, my grandmother was sent to live with "relatives" in Cincinnati, OH after the death of her mother in 1922.

To corroborate that this was one and the same person, I know my grandparents had taken several trips back to TN in their early marriage years, and visited Jasper Jeffers and Alice Lewellen before their deaths (Carley Dester predeceased both his step-father and mother). My father in fact easily recalls the name Jasper Jeffers and my grandmother also mentioned a half-sibling Ella, who is definately the child of Carley and "Lena" Newport. Both Ella and Laura Newport, (the children), have appeared on Census records with their Mother, Lena, who ALSO moved back to Boston, Mass in 1910 for a brief time, then returning to Tennessee and living with Carley in 1920 - and Ella resided with her grandmother, Alice Lewellen (Carley's mother), for some years.

So this is a long way round to ask for a marriage lookup for either Carley Dester Newport and Ruth Harris, or Carley Dester Newport and Lena Bowers (her maiden name). I would estimate, since Ella was born in 1905, that the marriage would be from 1900 - 1905.

Any details on Columbus Newport (g-g-grandfather), Carley Newport (g-grandfather), Alice Lewellen (g-g-grandmother), Laura Newport, Ella Newport, etc. also appreciated

Re: Edward Charles Newport - b. Cordell TN - 7/9/1909

weehawkin — 2008-10-11 15:31:47Z

Edward Charles Newport was the brother of my grandmother Alice Pauline Frye (nee Newport). So I guess he would be my mother's Uncle Edward - he married a Hazel, I know my mom had an Aunt Hazel. My Mom (dau of Alice Newport and Glen Frye) and Grandmother have both passed on so it is difficult to find any details). Is your husband's grandmother named Hazel? I have a copy of a lovely letter she wrote to my Mom -- they corresponded intermittently.

Re: Millard Fillmore Newport

weehawkin — 2008-04-23 18:22:59Z

Jack, do you have a date of birth (estimated) for Millard Fillmore Newport? If he is the same MF Newport in my family tree, then we are third cousins once removed! My MF Newport was born in 1861, in Wayne County KY, the family seemed to go back and forth from TN to KY.

I believe MF was the son of Joseph Cecil Newport, who is also the father of Columbus Newport, my great-great-greatGF.

Edward Charles Newport - b. Cordell TN - 7/9/1909

weehawkin — 2008-04-23 18:11:36Z

Seeking birth certificate photocopy for Edward C. Newport, born in Scott County Tennesee on July 9, 1909. His marriage certificate in 1933 states he was born in Cordell TN, but that is not 100% sure. If anyone is going to the archives there and can get a copy, I would pay reasonable/customary fees. Parents are Alice and Carley Newport. Thanks!

Viola NEWPORT obit 1956

Obits101 — 2007-01-17 03:25:31Z

...from the Oklahoman Newspaper archives in Oklahoma City, OK, dated:

07-06-1956
p.31

VIOLA NEWPORT

MAUD- Funeral for Miss Viola Newport, 81-year-old Maud
resident who died Wednesday in Shady Grove nursing home,
will be 10 am Friday in the Church of Christ. She had been
ill for some time.
Survivors are four nieces and three nephews.

***posted for genealogical purposes only; no relation***

Re: Newports of Arkansas

jeannejunebug46 — 2007-04-08 23:57:55Z

Would like more information on Lillie Harris and siblings and children if you have it please. I am a neice by marriage to her brother Lance Harris.I am trying to put together a Harris family tree for his children and grandchildren.

lilly newport 1940

garylavis — 2007-04-25 21:02:45Z

we have just found out that my mother in law was adopted. Her birth mother is named has lily newport.my motherin law was born 05/06/ 1940 birth registered at bridgwater. Can anyone help?

Re: lilly newport 1940

garylavis — 2007-05-30 16:58:43Z

Hi bridgewater is in somerset england. I noticed that you are in america. So not sure if you would have any information for me. thank you

Re: lilly newport 1940

garylavis — 2008-07-30 19:16:43Z

oops sorry! my wife and i both look at this board sometimes.

Re: lilly newport 1940

garylavis — 2008-07-30 18:42:10Z

Hi sorry for delay. Bridgewater is a town in engalnd.

Re: lilly newport 1940

garylavis — 2007-09-12 20:05:05Z

bridgewater is a town in england. the west part of england .uk

Re: Newport Photos: Have some...cannot identify all...maybe others can help?

avadev1 — 2007-12-01 22:33:06Z

Hi, I also have a huge box of old photos and tintypes. Some as old postcards. I'm from the Henry-Isreal-Mathias-Wm.Portus-Mary Margaret line. I may be of some help if you want to e-mail me. avadev@hotmail.com

You're right, no one ever put names on the photos and when my grandmother told me who everyone was, I was just too young to remember them all.

1790 Fed Cen Newports

momajo54 — 2007-03-05 06:39:02Z

Can anybody give me any info on the John Newport and the Michel Newport that are in the 1790 Fed Cen North Carolina, Rutherford.

Thanks Joyce

Re: Newport Photos: Have some...cannot identify all...maybe others can help?

Timothy_R_Brown — 2007-08-15 18:41:34Z

Hi Mike,

Your family is related to my wife, Kathryn Marie Newport. Her grandfather was John William Newport who married a second time to Delia Hill. We would love to get copies of photos showing the relatives of the Newport family. If at all possible, would you be willing to email photos? We might be able to assist with identifying some of the people. Thanks and have a great day!

Tim Brown

Newport Photos: Have some...cannot identify all...maybe others can help?

greekspeak — 2007-07-03 02:30:48Z

Greetings

I have a nice box of photos, a number of which are Newports. Problem is I cannot identify who they are. I am supposed to be related to them but luckily no ancestor thought to put names on many of these photos. My line is from Henry Newport (1790 PA)--Israel Newport (1816 OH)--Samuel Newport (OH 1850)--Lewis Clyde Newport (IL 1882)--Lawrence Ray Newport (MO 1909)--Beverly Ann Newport (MO 1935). The photos seem mostly to be of relatives who moved to Kansas ca 1890-1900. These are going to be the above mentioned Lewis Clyde Newport's siblings and their families. His siblings are as follows: Rollen Otto, Mary Emma, John William, May Belle, Samuel Burton, (LC himself), Richard Otto, Grover Cleveland, Israel Plummer and Gertrude Elizabeth. Mary married Benjamin Bruce. May married Basil Shull. Gertrude married C. Wesley Emery. I have these out of order in age, sorry, but this is all the siblings. Rollen, May, Mary, and John raised families in Finney, Lyon, Kearny and a few other counties in Kansas. Samuel had family in SD. His photos are mostly identified. I have a number of photos of John William's children and one of his two wives (with an accordian in the photo). Most of the rest are going to be Mary's and May's families. I would love to know who some of the mystery Newports are. I am willing to scan and share photos and would really appreciate it if anyone related to these Newports that know what they looked like could ID them.

Thanks
Mike Fisher

Re: Looking for Family History Info.

greekspeak — 2007-07-03 02:15:44Z

I wish that I could be of help. But I had your Grover Cleveland Newport mixed up with my Grover Cleveland Newport for the longest time. Only recently did I discover that they were not one in the same. My Grover Cleveland was my great great uncle and seems to have vanished into the mists of the great American North West sometime after 1920. I have his poor father's obit from Hickory County, MO and he is listed as unlocated. Sad. I guess he ran away from home or just was a loner or something. But I thought for all the world that he was your Grover Cleveland.

Re: Newport Photos: Have some...cannot identify all...maybe others can help?

greekspeak — 2007-12-01 22:48:03Z

Good to hear from you. I am not certain as to how far back my pictures go. I think they are going to be mostly from Mathias' brother Samuel and his family. However, I am indeed interested in having pictures of as many people as possible from all over my tree. The pictures I have and that other people have and have commented on have revealed some very interesting physical similarities between Newports in different lines descending from Israel and his wife Hannah Sell(s). Indeed you are the a representative from a third one of Israel and Hannah's children to contact me about these pictures. Wonderful!

I have some posted on line in a secure account on photobucket. If you would like access to view them email me at: greekspeak at comcast dot net. There are already a number there and I do not have nearly all I possess up there yet.

I cannot say that not everyone is lax in putting names on photos. However, it does seem that the less I know about a particular ancestor, the less likely it is that any pictures of them will be identified. My dad's mother had a lot of old photos, and before she passed, she made copies for everyone and identified people in the photos, with dates, places, etc. Bless her heart! Some of the photos of Newports I do have I have now identified and some I already did have names on and connected them with people with certainty. I do look forward to hearing more from you.

Re: PETER NEWPORT B.1720

lindacleveland2 — 2008-04-14 21:33:49Z

I am a descendent of Peter Newport and Elizabeth Butler. My grandfather was named James Butler Atkinson and I suspected that there was a Butler back in his line. Peter and Elizabeth had a daughter named Catherine and she married George Head. I have George Head's will. If you would like more information, plese email me at
lcleveland@hartcom.net

Linda Cleveland

Newport family Yeovilton, Somerset

jepelr — 2007-10-14 20:59:40Z

I have an Elizabeth Newport born 1750 ish who married a George Harvey in 1774 at Yeovilton, Somerset.
Any information on the Newport family appreciated.
Thanks

Re: lilly newport 1940

Lisa_Newport — 2008-07-30 19:08:46Z

Hi GaryLavis,

Just wondering, I'm not sure you realize this but you have posted this three times.

Re: NEWPORT Maxine DORRELL GIBBS _1_ 1909-1977.JPG

Lisa_Newport — 2008-04-07 23:23:52Z

Thank you for this photo. Maxine married my great Uncle, Calvin Newport. Maxine was Uncle Calvin's second wife. I have lot's of information on Uncle Calvin Newport in my family tree. The sad thing is Uncle Calvin never had any children.

Anyone with a World Deluxe Membership?

Lisa_Newport — 2008-08-01 21:31:37Z

If you do I could really use your help right now. I need information on the Edith Lucy Newport.

According to Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924 she married a Cecil James Blatch.

Her Father is John Newport.

I would like to verify if she is the same Edith Newport from my tree.

My Edith Newport b. about 1915, Father is John Critton Newport and Mother is Dora Bell Ragle.

If anyone could help me with this I would appreciate it. I can't seem to find what has happened to this person.

Thank You!

Re: lilly newport 1940

Lisa_Newport — 2008-07-30 19:27:38Z

Ok just wondering.

Re: lilly newport 1940

Lisa_Newport — 2007-05-30 15:51:17Z

Hi is there anymore information you can provide? When you say Bridgwater is this a city? If so what state is it in?

Thanks!

Re: Newports of Arkansas

Lisa_Newport — 2007-05-30 15:28:47Z

Hey jeannejunebug46,

I know you have contacted me by e-mail, did I ever get back to you? Very sorry, I'm pretty scatterbrained sometimes.

What information would you like to know?

Re: Edward Charles Newport - b. Cordell TN - 7/9/1909

newportpatricia — 2008-10-11 14:31:08Z

Ed was my husband's grandfather. I have attempted to do some research here and not gotten very far. Do you want to share information? Maybe we could help each other on this. What is your connection to the family?