I'm experimenting with posting some random bits of my genealogy research here with the goal of eventually creating a linked family tree on Hive. You can see the index here.
St. Clare Colyer was born in 1861. This is late enough for there to be lots of information available and I did find a few more things. In addition to what is below, I recently found out he was born and died in Kentucky, found a few census records as well as a death certificate. St. Clare seems like an odd first name though it was also the name of his father. It seems he was never married or had any children. At least the census only show him living with parents and his death certificate did not list a spouse. He did have a relatively long life though.
According to Gramps, St. Clare is my second cousin four times removed.
I use GenoPro (commercial software) to maintain my family tree because I like the "Genogram" user interface. However, I mainly use Gramps to generate reports which is what most of the info below is based on. GenoPro generates reports too, I just don't like how they are formatted as much. While GenoPro is commercial software, Gramps is open source software that is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS. I also use its relationship calculator functionality as noted above. I've also been exploring The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) which is web based and requires a web server, PHP and mySQL database. In addition, I also have GedSite which also generates static HTML reports.
Both TNG and GedSite are commercial software so you have to pay for them. I think their price is reasonable and they are both excellent in their own ways. However, I prefer the open source nature of Gramps and the fact that it generates static HTML makes it easier to work with for sharing data here. I still like TNG enough that I will probably keep using it as well. I've been playing with GedSite on and off but haven't committed to it yet, however I've liked other sites I've seen generated with it. For now I am generating reports with Gramps and updating TNG on a fairly regular basis.
The chart at the top is an ancestry chart out to four generations from Gramps. The chart at the bottom is a descendant chart as generated by TNG. The index of all individuals I have posted so far can be found here.
The Skaggs-Files
Colyer, St. Clare 1a
| Birth Name | Colyer, St. Clare |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 79 years |
Narrative
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | 1861 | |||
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| Death | 1940 | |||
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Age: 79y |
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| Christening | 12190 | |||
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Colyer, St. Clair | 1819-12-15 | 1851 | |
| Mother | Morgan, Elizabeth C. | 1833 | 1879 | |
| Brother | Colyer, John William | 1854-04-30 | 1854 | |
| Brother | Colyer, Jehu R. | 1856 | 1856 | |
| Brother | Colyer, James L. | 1857 | 1934 | |
| Colyer, St. Clare | 1861 | 1940 | ||
| Sister | Colyer, Nancy W. | 1863 | 1863 | |
| Sister | Colyer, Idelia C. | 1865 | 1960 | |
| Brother | Colyer, Charles C. | 1869 | 1869 | |
| Brother | Colyer, Willie | 1873 | 1873 | |
| Sister | Colyer, W. Alma | 1878 | 1878 | |
| Brother | Colyer, Perry Nathan | 1879 | 1936 |
Pedigree
Ancestors
Source References
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Dee: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=all-my-relations&id=I32115 All My Relations
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Source text:
# ID: I32115
# Name: Lydia Memes Purvis
# Sex: F
# Birth: 26 MAY 1798 in NC
# Death: 25 DEC 1874 in Pulaski Co KY
# Burial: Souls Chapple Cem
# Event: Alt. Birth 26 MAY 1798 North Carolina
# Event: Alt. Death 25 DEC 1874 Pulaski County, Kentucky
# Reference Number: 4764
# Note:Lydia Colyer had a slave, Clara, age 16 who died 11 December, 1853. No cause of death was given. Pulaski County death records, 1853, page 2
Census: 1850 Pulaski Co., KY
Census: 1870 in the Samuel Black household
Burial: Soul's Chapel Cemetery, Pulaski Co., KY, E Hwy 80. Near Sugar Hill
Note:
Will of Lydia Purvis Colyer reads:As life is uncertain and death is certain, I deem it prudent wilst in the enjoyment of sound mind and discretion to dispose of my worldly effects and wish to do so in the following manner to wit: I sold to Manerva Richardson several years ago a (pop?) that I never bequeath to her my (sadale?) and a white counterpaine. I give to Harriet Black for services rendered one bed quilt, to Martin Colyer my beds and their clothing and my furniture I will sold to the highest bidder. I wish after my debts are collected, my burial expenses and other debts paid, the remainder be equally divided between my children, Manerva Richardson, excepted as I have given her all I wish her to have. I wish my son, C. W. Colyer to act as executor to this my last will and testament and to afixed my name and seal this 8 day of April, 1874. Done at C. G. Colyer's in Pulaski, State of Ky.
Signed: Lydia Colyer
Father: James Purvis b: ABT 1762 in Martin Co NC
Mother: Rhoda Roberts b: ABT 1765 in Near Neuse River, Johnston Co, NCMarriage 1 John Wesley Colyer b: 20 AUG 1781 in Washington Co Tennessee
* Married: 6 JAN 1818 in Pulaski Co KY
* Event: Alt. Marriage 6 JAN 1818 in Pulaski County, Kentucky 1Children
1. Has Children Elizabeth Colyer b: 15 NOV 1812 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
2. Has Children Harriet Colyer b: 27 SEP 1818 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
3. Has Children St. Clair Colyer b: 15 DEC 1819 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
4. Has Children Lindsey Robert Colyer b: 27 APR 1821 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
5. Has Children Cyrenus Wait Colyer b: 23 JUN 1824 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
6. Has No Children Manerva (Menerva) Colyer b: 31 AUG 1825
7. Has No Children Jehu Colyer b: 24 FEB 1827 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
8. Has Children James Perry Colyer b: 6 DEC 1828 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
9. Has No Children Martin Colyer b: 19 AUG 1830 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
10. Has Children Charles Grenade Colyer b: 8 AUG 1832 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
11. Has No Children Stephen Colyer b: ABT 1837 in Pulaski County, KentuckySources:
1. Title: Pulaski County Kentucky Marriage Books
Author: County Government Records, transcribed from microfilm
Publication: Pulaski County Historical Society
Somerset, Kentucky
Note: ABBR Pulaski County Kentucky Marriage Books
Note: ABBR Pulaski County Kentucky Marriage Books
Repository:
Note: NAME Not Given (See Notes)
ADDR
Not Given (See Notes)
NOTE NAME Gilmer Callison
Page: Book 1, page 30 Surety, James Purvis Presiding, Wesley White
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