Clues from the CHUBB and SILVAN families

Recently, while visiting my mother, she showed me a very old autograph book that belonged to her grandfather, Ervin Lyle Chubb. The handwriting was delicate, descriptive and beautiful. The dates were between 1882-1884 from towns such as Monticello, Silver Creek and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Such a wonderful little book and easy to scan. Looking through the pages, we found three signatures listing themselves as brother and sisters with the last name of Pool. We had no idea what it could mean as her grandfather, Ervin, had no siblings with those names as far as we knew. Curiosity abounded and then we found a page signed Priscilla L. Chubb. More confusing as we knew Ervin's father had been married three times (Mary Ann Howe, Hannah Amy Griggs and Emma J. Royer Durrin). Who was Priscilla and who were these Pool children?

Ah ha! Back to http://www.ancestry.com/ ~ I typed Daisy Pool, 1884, Silver Creek, Minnesota and viola! I found Daisy and her sister (Nora) and two brothers (John and Ed) with their mother named Priscilla Pool, whose maiden name was Priscilla Battin. In the autograph book, she was Priscilla L. Chubb, so she had to have been Ervin's father's wife. Now, we knew James Dillon Chubb had four wives, not three so this was quite interesting and surprising!

In the paperwork from James Dillon Chubb's medical report, his grandson was interviewed and in the forms he said his grandfather had been married four times; Two wives died and one was a divorce. He married at age 21, 32, 42 and 65. So, narrowing down the age 42, we realized that Priscialla L. Battin Pool married James Dillon Chubb and proven on an 1885 census listing him, Priscilla and the four children. Wow! The puzzle pieces fell into place with a solid THUNK.

Now, my cousin and I are on the path (hopefully) toward finding Ervin's sister, Clara Myrtle. She has some wonderful connections, so I will jet off in another direction as she tosses each stone aside for answers.

On the SILVAN side of our family, I have found more cousins! Jerilyn is Christina and Eusebio Gonzales's great-granddaughter through her father, Dutch. Felix is their grandson and both have been delighting me with information, obituary information and cousin connections. I found out the Gonzales's worked in the EWA Plantation just outside Honolulu, Hawaii before coming to America. Felix shared the information and gave me some pointers to find documents there.

Then, on the Victorino and Ramona Souza side of the Silvan family, Jenifer contacted me and she's offered to get some answers to questions she will run by her grandmother, Dorothy, who is Victorino Silvan's granddaughter through his oldest daughter, Theodora. Jenifer's grandmother is one of Theodora and John Souza's children. Ah, how I love this family stuff!

I can hardly wait to update the family tree in http://www.ancestry.com/ and see our tree grow a few more inches!