Requests for specific Bickerstaff-related information

These folks have sent emails to me as they are generally seeking information about particular ancestors - please help them if you can.

Kenny Bickerstaff wrote to me in April 2007, saying:

Hey Bruce,

I saw this on your website...

"Bickerstaff of Glenavy Parish, County Antrim". Bruce Bickerstaff has this detailed three page document - please contact him (me) if it might be of interest. It relates to the period (approx) 1650 to 1850 and many of these Bickerstaff's lived in Lisburn near the border with County Down. It was passed on to him by an Australian descendant of this line of Bickerstaff's.

My Grandfather came from a few miles down the road out of Glenavy, I live there still!

My wife has done as much as she can with the family geneology - we're back to 1650 in Lisburn but are trying to confirm a few things.

That document you have sounds like it would tie up with a lot of our info! We've traced a few Bickerstaffs in the 1800s heading to Toronto, Canada with quite a large line of our family survived only through my father and now my younger brother Alan and myself.

Could you send me an electronic copy of that document?

Regards,
Kenny (kennybickerstaff (at) yahoo.co.uk)

Terris Temple wrote to me in January 2007, saying:

Hi Bruce,

My name is Terris Temple, whose Mom (a Brown) asked me to find info on my Great grand-mom, Mary Ellen Bickerstaff, she thinks was from Missouri, married to a Thomas Roy Davis, and she past away circa 1945 in Tehachapi Ca. at a ripe old age, with many offsprings.

Anyway I found your site, and sending this in hopes of finding more for her on the Bickerstaff connection. My web site is www.tibetcolor.com. I am living in Thailand working in Tibet.

Any info or direction would be appreciated. Happy New year
Terris (templeart(at)tibetcolor.com)

Janet from the United States wrote to me saying:

I recently ran across a Bickerstaff web page with an unbelievable amount of bickerstaff names. I have been searching for my family which has Bickerstaffs from my mothers side but I can't seem to connect any of the ones I find. I have searched the 1850,60,70,80...cencus,,,,,county records etc,,,,What I am looking for is the Bickerstaffs that lived in Mississippi,Alabama, some of them migrated to Colorado.

If you can help me please e-mail me back and I will give you any information that I have found so far,,,,,,,please put on subject header,,Bickerstaff family ,so i know to open it up..thanks,I hope someone out there can help me ,,I've been searching for 2 + years...thanks,,,,A possible relative from Idaho, USA,,

Janet ... JTRIP43(at)aol.com

Hi Bruce

My name is Glea Foster. I am the great great granddaughter of ALEXANDER BICKERSTAFF born Dec. 8, 1824 in Beaver Falls, PA he married Elizabeth Nutter of Ritchie County WV in 1849. Alexander died in a tragic accident while he was helping a neighbor build a home and a log rolled over him on March 23, 1875 in Ritchie County, WV. He had 9 children, SOPHRONA, LAFAYETTE,( my great great grandfather,), Siotha, Charles and Isabella Bickerstaff. My grandmother was Minnie Elizabeth Bickerstaff, daughter of Lafayette Bickerstaff. I am trying to find information on Alexander Bickerstaff ancestors. He possibly had brothers, named, George, Frank and Nathan. Any information would be greatly appreicated.

My email is gleeclub19572001(at)yahoo.com

Thank you Glea Foster

Margie Barnette from Hartville, Ohio (in the United States) wrote to me in May 2008 saying:

Do you know this Pat Bickerstaffe?

Hello, I found your wonderful Bickerstaff website while surfing the internet and I am hoping you know the Pat Bickerstaffe in question.

My name is Margie LANE Barnette and the following post authored by Pat Bickerstaffe in response to a query I had placed on the Columbiana County GenForum site is very important to me. I have never had contact with anyone who knew of my Ggrandfather Isaac Head from England...and she says he was her GGgrandfather. I want to contact her as soon as possible.

I responded to her post as soon as I found her message...so far she has not responded and I fear she may have forgotten to what site the message was posted. The genealogy site hides the email address and I have no way of contacting Pat Bickerstaffe. If you do not know this person just ignore the email, however, if you do know her, would you please have her contact me at ClassyGram(at)neo.rr.com. Thank you for any time you give to this request.

Margie Barnette

This is the post as it appears on the site:

Re: Isabelle LEAKE Hill of East Palestine, Ohio

Dear Isabel My great great grandfather Isaac Head was the father of Robert J Heads who lived in East Palestine. He had two daughters, Pauline L and Genevra H born in 1902 and 1911. Would you be a relative? I would be delighted to hear from you. Pat bickerstaffe

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Hello once again, Bruce,

I have received new credible information about the English Bickerstaffe family into which my Grandaunt, Elizabeth Jane Alexandria Head married. She was the d/o Isaac Head & Ann Fortescue. I would love to connect with anyone who has knowledge of this John and Isaac Bickerstaffe of Lancashire, England.

Groom name: Isaac Bickerstaffe
Groom birth date: 1860
Groom age: 23
Bride name: Elizabeth Jane Alexandria Head
Bride birth date: 1862
Bride age: 21
Residence: Clayton-le-moors, Lancashire, England
Event place: Clayton-Le-Moors, Lancs, Eng
Event date: 1883
Father of groom name: John Bickerstaffe

Please give my e-mail address to any Bickerstaff/Bickerstaffe who would like to contact me.

Thank you for you time,

Margie Barnette
ClassyGram(at)neo.rr.com