Andrew Thatcher
Andrew Thatcher
1831–1890
BIRTH 11 OCT 1831 • ,Adams Co,Ohio
DEATH After 12 JUN 1890 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Married:: 31 OCT 1854 • Ohio, USA
Son of Charles Thatcher and Margeret Stephenson
BURIAL: CEMITÉRIO DO CAMPO, SANTA BÁRBARA
D’OESTE, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Hannah Maglin Dunn
1835–1898
BIRTH OCT. 30, 1835 • Adams Co.unty, Ohio, USA
DEATH 26 NOV 1898 • Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
Daughter of Simeon Dunn and Hannah Wood (Or Asa and Caroline Sedwick?)
Per "The Lost Colony of the Confederacy" by Eugene C. Harter (himself a Confederado descendant of the Harris family), the entire disastrous trip is chronicled. The Thatcher family was part of the ill-fated Frank McMullan group that was setting up the colony of "New Texas", sailing out of the port of Galveston, Texas, USA For a good synopsis of the trip, see the account of "Billy Budd - His story. (Billy Gill was married to Fannie Garlington - the first cousin of the webmaster's great grandmother)
The Thatcher family had arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 20 1867 aboard the steamer North America, sailing from New York City, USA. The family lived in the city of Iguape until the middle of 1869. On August 22, 1869, they traveled back to Rio along with the family of the Rev. Joseph Wood Dunn. Joseph was the brother of Ballard Smith Dunn. On Sept. 10, 1869, the Thatcher's again left Rio and went to Santos by the steamer "Paulista" and from there they traveled inland to Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil - joining the American colony already established there.
On June 12, 1890, Andrew Thatcher declared his intention to remain a citizen of the United States of America.
Children:
1. Dora(h) Thatcher
2. Charles Emerson Thatcher
3. Simeon Rennock Thatcher
4. Mary Arabella Thatcher
5. Stella Thatcher
6. Emma Thatcher
7. Frank A. Thatcher
8. Joseph Wood Thatcher
1.
Dorah Thacher
1855–1917
BIRTH 1855 • Adams County, Ohio, USA
DEATH 16 SEP 1917 • Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brasil
Married: Santa Barbare d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil
William (Guilherme) Mitchell Mills
1848–
BIRTH 9 MAR 1848 • Mount Sterling, Choctaw, Alabama, USA
DEATH Americana, São Paulo, Brazil
Son of Confederado James A. Mills and Louisa Ann Mitchell
Children:
1. Cornelia Florence Mills
2. Minnie Lee Mills
3. Bertha Mills
4. Emma Dora Mills
5. Lena Mills
6. William Dunn Mills
7. Alvin Derood Mills
8. Reynault Philinore Mills
9. James Jones Thatcher Mills
10. Rhoda Mills
11. Percival Prestridge MillsS
12. Joseph Engler Mills
2.
Charles Emerson Thatcher
1857–1867
BIRTH 1857 • Jefferson, Adams, Ohio, USA
DEATH 1867 • Jaquia River, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The eldest son, Charles, died at the age of eleven. Per "Lost Colony of the Confederacy"
" Not all mothers were lucky enough to rescue their children. Great-grandmother Thatcher, from the very beginning, feeling in her bones that tragedy lay in store for her family. They had survived the wreck of the "Derby" off the Cuban shore and the dangers encountered during the voyage on the Mariposa. But at the mouth of the Jaquia River, while helping to load the canoes, her eldest son Charles Emerson Thatcher, age eleven, missed his footing, plunged into the river, and was drowned before others could reach him in the swift waters."
3.
Simeon Rennock Thatcher
1859–1909
BIRTH 1859 • Jefferson, Adams, Ohio, USA
DEATH 18 NOV 1909 • Sumaré, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BURIAL: CEMITÉRIO DO CAMPO, SANTA BÁRBARA D’OESTE, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Married: Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, San Paulo, Brazil
Annie Lou Vinson (Vincent)
1863–1894
BIRTH 19 OCT 1863 • Alabama, USA
DEATH 26 SEP 1894
Daughter of Rolly Vinson and Zelpha Julie Jackson
BURIAL: CEMITÉRIO DO CAMPO, SANTA BÁRBARA D’OESTE, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Imagem retratando publicação do Jornal O TRABALHO, edição 015 de 21 de novembro de 1909.
(Loosely translated from Portuguese)
About Simeão Thacher: On the last Thursday in Rebouças (Sumaré), Mr. Simeon Thacher died. He was the former owner of the Pinheiro farm, recently acquired by the state government for the establishment of a colonial nucleus. The deceased, who was fifty-one years of age, was of American nationality and enjoyed general sympathy in that locality for the straightforwardness of his character. The burial took place the day before yesterday, having followed the body of the deceased to Vila Americana and from there to the cemetery of São Luiz, of this municipality. Peace to your soul.
As per Betty Antunes de Oliveira's book "Sparkle in Dry Stub", p.141, Annie Lou Vinson and Lovie Irene Fielder were teachers who came from Alabama, USA. They were both contracted for 3 years by the group of Santa Barbara d'Oeste residents to teach the children of the settlers. They arrived in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, on October 6, 1886, by the ship Finance¹ ¹ OLIVEIRA, Betty Antunes. Movement of North American Passengers in the Port of Rio de Janeiro. 1865-1890. Rio de Janeiro.
P. 142, Betty Antunes de Oliveira tells us that Annie Lou Vinson married Simeon B. Thacher in Santa Barbara d'Oeste and died on September 26, 1894. She was 31 years old. Annie was buried in the Campo Cemetery.
Children:
1.
Leona D Thacher
1889–1975
BIRTH 19 OCT 1889 • Sta Barbara, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 25 JUL 1975 • Votorantim, São Paulo, Brasil
2.
Stella Vinson Thacher
1891–1936
BIRTH 22 JUL 1891 • Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 23 AUG 1936 • Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Married: 20 Feb 1918 • Allegany, New York, USA
George Seymour Leonard
1875–1941
BIRTH 16 OCT 1875 • union city township, Allamakee Iowa, USA
DEATH 18 MAR 1941 • Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, USA
Son of George Washington Leonard and Jane Ann Ratcliffe
Children:
1.
George Thacher Leonard
1919–2001
BIRTH 19 JUL 1919 • Ollie, Fallon, Montana, USA
DEATH 4 MAR 2001 • Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA
Married: 17 Jul 1943
Mary Helen Robinson
1921–2016
BIRTH 17 JUL 1921 • Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA
DEATH 7 JUL 2016 • Weiser, Washington, Idaho, USA
Obituary
George Thacher Leonard, a resident of Paradise Hills for the last 18 years, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2001. He was born July 19, 1919, in Ollie, Montana to George S. and Stella Thacher Leonard. He married Mary Helen Robinson on July 17, 1943. He is survived by his wife of 57 years; one son, Stephen G. Leonard and wife, Gail of Prineville, OR; and one daughter, Kathryn B. Leonard of Rio Rancho, NM; four grandchildren, Mary V. Good, Michelle Bosley, Michael Leonard, Sarah Leonard; and three great-grandchildren, Alric Good, Shelbie Williams, and Peyton Leonard. George joined the Marine Corps on October 10, 1940, and served until February 22, 1946. He was employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration from 1947 to 1957. He then went to work for the Department of the Army on the White Sands Missile Range until his retirement in 1974. He was a Past Master of La Feria Masonic Lodge #1197, La Feria, TX, and a member of Sandoval Lodge #76, Ballut Abyad Shrine, ANSAR Shrine Unit, and West Mesa Shrine Club. He was a Past Patron of La Feria Chapter #732 O.E.S., La Feria, TX, and a member of Turquoise Chapter #71, O.E.S., Rio Rancho, NM. He was a member of Paradise Hills United Methodist Church. George was an avid fisherman and was never happier than when he was in his boat on a lake fishing. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2001, at Paradise Hills United Methodist Church, 4700 Paradise Blvd. with the Rev. David Snyman officiating.
Obituary
Mary H. Leonard, loving mother, and grandmother passed away on July 7, 2016, in Weiser, Idaho.
Mary was born on July 17, 1921, in Aurora, Missouri.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, George T. Leonard.
Mary is survived by her two children, Stephen G. Leonard and his wife, Gail of Midvale, Idaho, and Kathryn B. Leonard of Columbia, Missouri, four grandchildren, Mary Good, Michelle Leonard, Michael Leonard, and Sarah Terault, and nine great-grandchildren.
Mary was always very active in her church and community. Mary was a former member of Paradise Hills United Methodist Church and an Elder of Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church.
Mary was also active in Eastern Star and Past Matron of La Feria, Chapter #732 Order of Eastern Star.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at French–Westside. Burial will be at Santa Fé National Cemetery, Santa Fé, NM.
4.
Mary Arabella Thatcher
1861–1921
BIRTH 17 AUG 1861 • Jefferson, Adams, Ohio, USA
DEATH ABT 1921 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Married: 20 Dec 1877 • Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rev. John Calvin Baird
BIRTH 27 AUG 1854 • York County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 04 APR 1921 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2nd Child of James Robinson Baird and Eliza Caroline Price
BURIAL: CEMITÉRIO DO CAMPO, SANTA BÁRBARA D’OESTE,
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
All of their children were born in Brazil
Children:
1. Charles Calvin Baird
2. Halbert Baird
3. James Baird
4. Elizabeth Thatcher Baird
5. George Baird
6. Edward Baird
7. Margaret Baird
8. Price Baird
9. Anna "Annie" Baird
10. MayBelle Baird
11. Margarida Baird
Arabella, Margaret
and MayBelle
1.
Charles Calvin Baird
BIRTH 29 SEP 1878 • Brazil
DEATH 20 MAY 1897 • Ceara, Brazil
Charles died while on a Mission with his uncle, Reynold Price Baird. This grave is not in the Campos Cemetery, but rather somewhere in Cear'a.
2.
Halbert Baird
1881–1898
BIRTH 5 AUG 1881 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 1898
3.
James Baird
1884–1964
BIRTH 7 AUG 1884 • Brazil
DEATH JUN 1964
4.
Elizabeth Thacher Baird
1884–1970
BIRTH 29 OCT 1884 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH FEB. 12, 1970 • Sonoma County, California, USA
Married 1st: Before 1915
William Adolphus Reynolds
1887–1955
BIRTH OCT. 20, 1887 • Chambers County, Alabama, USA
DEATH 3 OCT 1955 • Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Son of John Filmore Reynolds and Georgia Ann Boss
Child:
1.
Ola Gloria Reynolds
1915–1989
BIRTH 25 JAN 1915 • Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
DEATH 18 JUL 1989 • Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA
Married: 13 Sep 1931 • Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, USA
John Ersel Leroy "Roy" McGoldrick
1902–1966
BIRTH 25 FEB 1902 • Unionville, Putnam, Missouri, USA
DEATH 6 JUL 1966 • Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, USA
Son of John Edgar McGoldrich and Sarah Ellen "Sadie" Rasler
Married 2nd :Abt 1917
Rowland Arringi Thomas
1878–1918
BIRTH MAY 1878 • Georgia, USA
DEATH FEB. 14, 1918 • Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
Son of Alvinzi Gano Thomas and Susan Adelaide Reynolds
Children:
1.
Melba Ellender Thomas
1918–2014
BIRTH 8 APR 1918 • Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
DEATH 2 FEB 2014 • California, USA
Married 1st: 4 May 1938 • Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA
Divorced: 24 Jul 1941 • Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Dock Stephan Dorrell
1912–1990
BIRTH 1 MAY 1912 • Webb City, Missouri, USA
DEATH 10 AUG 1990 • Newton County, Missouri, USA
Son of Grover Cleveland Dorrell and Marie Marguerita Arnold
Married 2nd:
Earl William Holbrook
1918–2011
BIRTH 21 JUL 1918 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 1 APR 2011 • Sonoma, Sonoma, California, USA
Son of William Edward Holbrook and Clara Belle Williams Cushman
Children:
1.
William Earl Holbrook
1944–
BIRTH JAN 1944
Married: 17 Dec 1966 • Portland Mult Oregon, USA
Divorced: 30 Dec 1984 • Clark, Washington, USA
Virignia Clare Swafford
1943–
BIRTH 1943 • Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Married 3rd :13 Sep 1938 • Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA
Herbert James Bottrall
1883–1947
BIRTH 12 DEC 1883 • Praze an Beeble, Cornwall, England, UK
DEATH 26 AUG 1947 • Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Son of John Reed Bottrall and Susan Morcom
Married 4th: Aug. 12, 1967
John William Thornton
1919–1982
BIRTH 10 SEP 1919 • Clarksville, Gregg, Texas, USA
DEATH 2 OCT 1982 • Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
Son of William M 'Bill' Thornton and Bertie Rose Hill
5.
George Baird
1886–1930
BIRTH 25 SEP 1886 • Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 5 NOV 1930 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil
6.
Edward Baird
1887–1898
BIRTH 1887-1894 • Brazil
DEATH 1898 • Brazil
Died young
7.
Margaret Baird
1888–
BIRTH 1888 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil
8.
Price Baird
1889–1904
BIRTH 25 APR 1889 • Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 02 FEB 1904 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Died young
9.
Anna "Annie" Baird
1894–1967
BIRTH 24 JUN 1894 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 3 SEP 1967 • Santos, São Paulo, Brasil
Married:
Roberto Ferraz
1892–1974
BIRTH 1892 • Paranapiacaba, Santo André, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 9 JUN 1974
Son of Francisco and Escolastica Ferraz
Children:
1.
Roberto Ferraz Filho
1916–
BIRTH 9 JUL 1916 • Paranapiacaba, Santo André, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Married:
Senira Simões de Souza
1925–2019
BIRTH 25 FEB 1925 • Capivari, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 2019 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Daughter of Francisco Simões de Souza Filho and Maria Lochetti
2.
Charles Baird Ferraz
1929–
BIRTH 8 MAY 1929 • Santana, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH Unknown
10.
Marybelle Baird
1900–1979
BIRTH 24 OCT 1900 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 20 APR 1979 • São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brasil
Married: 1 Sep 1965 • Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
Eugene Field Horn
1889–1965
BIRTH 12 SEP 1889 • Zollarsville, Washington Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 1 SEP 1965 • Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
Children:
1.
Eugene Field Horn Jr
1927–2015
BIRTH 10 AUG 1927 • Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 18 SEP 2015 • Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil
2.
James Horn
1928–2007
BIRTH 24 OCT 1928 • Aracangua, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 21 MAR 2007 • Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois, USA
3.
Shirley Horn
1937–
BIRTH 13 AUG 1937 • São Paulo, Brazil
11.
Margarida Baird
1908–1979
BIRTH 22 AUG 1908 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 30 AUG 1979 • Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brasil
Eugene Field Horn Jr.
James Horn
MayBelle Baird
5.
Stella Thatcher
1862–1932
BIRTH 1862 • Jefferson, Adams, Ohio, USA
DEATH 8 FEB 1932 • Liberdade, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BURIAL: CEMITÉRIO DO ARAÇÁ, SÃO PAULO, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
No record of marriage
Mary Hardin Baylor College files indicate that the following graduate and former student Stella Thacher have done teaching work in South America.
Not long after Sherman's five days of destruction, word arrived that John and William's father had died in battle. The boy's mother was devastated. How could the Yankees kill this kind, strong, blue-eyed man, so full of fun and spirit? She never recovered from the blow. Within a few months of her husband, she was put to bed. Expressing hope that she would see her husband in heaven, she died several days before the peace of Appomattox.
The Reverend Junius C. Newman, the pastor of the Methodist church, part of the Alabam Conference, had tried in vain to console the widow. Now, he took the young boys in, sharing with them the little food available to his family. Sherman's bummers had stolen almost everything they owned, leaving them little more than a few pieces of furniture and the clothes on their backs. Stunned by events and the desolation that overwhelmed Meridian, Newman began his plans for moving his newly enlarged family to a safer place. He wondered whether life in Brazil, about which he had read, might not be preferable to this living hell that General Sherman had created.
On August 5, 1867, Rev. Junius Newman and his family arrived in Rio de Janeiro. He came as a minister from the Alabama Methodist Conference and settled near Col. William Norris in the town that would become American, Sao Paulo, where he organized the first Methodist church in that region.
The Harris family at their home in Americana, Left to right - standing: Gibson Harris, Maglin Harris, Emma Thatcher Harris, Christina Hoffman Hrris and her husband - Simeon Harris
6.
Emma Thacher
1864–1917
BIRTH 10 JUNE 1864 • Jefferson, Adams, Ohio, USA
DEATH MAY 21, 1917 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Daughter of Andrew Thacher and Hannah Magdalin Dunn
Married: 30 AUG 1882, Brazil
John Wesley Harris
1859–1926
BIRTH 23 DEC 1857 • Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississíppi, USA
DEATH JULY 24, 1926 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
The orphaned son of William Thomas Harris and Mary Ida Phillips
Source:
The Lost Colony of the Confederacy, Eugene C. Harter, 1985
Excerpted and paraphrased
John Wesley Harris and his brother, William, were youngsters living near Meridian, Mississippi, in February 1864, when General Tecumseh Sherman came through on the Meridian Campaign. The two boys watched the Union army plunder and burn the little town. "It was something," John recalled many years later, "that the North could take little pride from, not the kind of stuff likely to occupy the memorial plaques on the walls of West Point Military Academy....
CHILDREN:
1 Simeon Wesley Harris.
2. Ambrose D.M. Harris
3. Yancey Granville Harris
4. Maglin May Harris
5. Andrew Gibson "Gib" Harris
1.
Simeon Wesley Harris
1885–
BIRTH 17 DEC 1885 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH UNKNOWN
Married ist: 16 Nov 1920 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brazi
Christine Hoffman
1887–
BIRTH AUGUST 24, 1887 • Glostitz, (Kloestitz,
Akkerman, Bessarabia, South Russia)
German Settlement
DEATH 18 SEP 1936, Rio de Janeiroro,
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
No recorded children
Married 2nd: 23 Oct 1937 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Elisabeth Gebhardt
1902–1957
BIRTH 28 AUG 1902 • Romania
DEATH 8 JUN 1957 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Daughter of Georg and Catharina Gebhardt
Simeon married Christina Hoffman who died on September 18, 1936, in The City of Rio de Janeiro. They didn't have any children. He married second, Elisabeth Gebhardt. According to Eugene C. Harter's book "The Lost Colony of the Confederacy", Simeon was an engineer. (p. 100). In the marriage record with Elisabeth Gebhardt, there is information that he was an Official Agent of Industrial Property.
Children: (Simeon and Elisabeth)
1.
Ladyr Wesley Harris
1925–2022
BIRTH 11 MAY 1925 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DEATH 19 FEB 2022 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Married:
Werther Carl Domschke
1912–1994
BIRTH 19 APR 1912 • Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
DEATH 1 APR 1994 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Son of Theodor Oscar Domschke and Maria da Conceicao de Aragão Bulcão
2.
Ambrose Dunn Melchert Harris
1893–1895
BIRTH 12 JUL 1893 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 6 MAR 1895 • São Paulo, Brazil
Died Young)
3.
Yancey Granville Harris
1896–
BIRTH 28 APR 1896 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH Unknown
Married: 25 May 1918 • São Paulo, Brazil
Leonilda Novaes Pereira Novães Lima
1907–1938
BIRTH 9 AUG 1907 • Mogi Mirim, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 23 FEB 1938 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Daughter of Miguel Antunes Pereira Lima and Anna Maria da Luz Novaes
Children:
1.
Odette Harris
1922–
BIRTH 20 AUG 1922 • São Paulo, Brazil
DEATH São Paulo, Brazil
Married: 3 May 1948 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Waldemar de Paula Ramos Ortiz
1924–1985
BIRTH 7 JAN 1924 • Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH MAY 1985 • São Paulo, Brazil
Son of Canuto Waldemar Nogueira Ortiz and Maria de Lourdes de Paula Ramos
Children:
1.
Maria Isabel Harris Ortiz
1952–1952
BIRTH 15 APR 1952 • Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 15 APR 1952 • Santos, São Paulo, Brasil
Died same day
4.
Maglin May Harris
1898–1978
BIRTH DEC. 10, 1898 • Mogi Mirim, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH FEB. 15, 1978 • Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Born at Jaguary Farm in Campinas, according to birth records.
Married: 14 NOV 1923 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eugene Claudius Harter Sr
1884–1969
BIRTH 3 SEP 1884 • Farmersville, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
DEATH 27 JUL 1969 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
Son of John S Harter and Della Fager
CHILDREN:
Eugene C Hater Sr
1.
Lucia Harter
1924–2006
BIRTH 27 AUG 1924 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
DEATH 13 JUN 2006 • Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Married: 22 Jan 1946 • District of Columbia, USA
Clark Fremont Crocker
1926–2018
BIRTH 26 MAY 1926 • San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
DEATH 1 MAR 2018 • San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Son of Clark William Crocker and Marion Gilberta Downer
CHILDREN:
Maggie with Tammy and Tiger
1
Kathie Lee Crocker
1947–
BIRTH 10 JAN 1947
Married 1st: 12 Aug 1967 • Dayton, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
Robert Ralph Batton Jr
1918–1990
BIRTH 1918 • Indiana, USA
DEATH 1990 • Brook, Newton, Indiana, USA
Son of Robert Ralph Batton Sr and Lottie Mae Wolfe
Married 2nd:
Donald Allan Lowmiller
1953–
BIRTH 3 MAY 1953
Son of Harold William Lowmiller and Helen Rockey
CHILDREN:
1.
David Andrew Lowmiller
1979–
BIRTH 19 FEB 1979 • Dallas, Texas, USA
2.
Eugene Claudius Harter Jr
1926–2010
BIRTH 11 AUG 1926 • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DEATH 13 DEC 2010 • Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
Married: 27 Aug 1949 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
Dorothy May Bierly
1927–
BIRTH 1 MAY 1927 • Ohio, USA
DEATH Unknown
Daughter of Dwight Leedy Bierly and Pearl A. Steel
Eugene C. Harter Jr. was the author of "The Lost Colony of the Confederacy"
Eugene C. Harter, of Chestertown, a retired U.S. diplomat, and author of The Lost Colony of the Confederacy, died in Ellicott City, Monday, Dec. 13, following an extended illness. He was 84. Harter, the son of an American diplomat and a descendant of one of the thousands of American Confederates who immigrated to Brazil after the Civil War, was born in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 11, 1926. The family moved to the United States in 1935. A Navy veteran of World War II, Harter in his early career worked on several newspapers and was editor and publisher of the Campbellsville, Ky., News Journal from 1962 until 1966. He won the Democratic nomination for Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District seat in 1966 but lost in the general election. He joined the U.S. Information Agency in 1967 and served in Lebanon, Mexico, Brazil, and Ecuador as well as in Washington, D.C. In 1974 he was named Chief of the Economic Staff at the International Communication Agency in Washington. In 1981 he was appointed a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of counselor. He retired in 1982 and moved to his retirement home in Chestertown. Harter is survived by his wife of 61 years, Dorothy, as well as his four children, Eugene III, of Salisbury, Ann Tucker, of Merrimac, Mass., David, of Columbia, and Melissa, of Bethesda, and six grandchildren, Jacob, Andrew, Heather, Devon, Grant, and Sarah.
CHILDREN:
1.
David Marshall Harter
1956–
BIRTH 30 JUL 1956
Married 24 May 2009 • Rocheport , Missouri
Pamela K Vodicka
1961–
BIRTH 29 MAY 1961
Daughter of Edward Anthony Vodicka and Shirley Ann Griffith
3.
John Franklyn Harter
1928–1950
BIRTH 1 SEP 1928 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DEATH 28 JUL 1950 • Chesapeake Bay, Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA
"Bodies Of Five Missing From Two B-26 Crashes"
"LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE. Va. July 31.
--(AP)-- A search was resumed today by air-sea rescue units from Langley Air Force Base for the bodies of five men still missing from the crashes of two B-26 bombers in Chesapeake Bay.
The two bombers, each carrying a crew of three, were reported missing late Friday night by Langley authorities after they failed to return from a routine navigational flight.
A search of the area about three miles northeast of Buckroe Beach and some two miles east of Grand View Light resulted in recovery Saturday night (7/29/1950) of one body and the nose wheel from one of the twin-engined planes.
The body recovered was that of Air ROTC Cadet John F. Harter, of Dayton Ohio. Still missing are Master Sgt. Harley M. Brunner, of Chamblee, Ga.; Tech. Sgt. Samuel D. Sartain, of Royston, Ga.; Capt. Robert MacCoombs, of Marietta, Ga.; First Lt. Otis M. Jones, Jr., of Jessup, Ga.; and Air ROTC Cadet Thomas M. Miller, of Pittsburgh, Pa."
Sourse: The Bee newspaper of Danville, Virginia – Monday, 31 July 1950 Page 7"
5.
Andrew Gibson "Gib" Harris
1902–1973
BIRTH 04 APRIL 1902 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 31 DEZ 1973 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Married: 6 Aug 1925 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Yara de Oliveira
1902–1986
BIRTH 13 JAN 1902 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
DEATH 2 AUG 1986 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Daughter of José Cordovil De Oliveira and Rosalina Pereira
De Oliveira
CHILDREN:
1.
John Wesley Harris
1926–1995
BIRTH MAY 10, 1926 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DEATH APRIL 24, 1995 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Married:
Maria Noelina Carvalho de Oliveira
1931–2013
BIRTH 1 FEB 1931 • Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
DEATH JANUARY 4, 2013 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Daughter of Raymundo Theodoro Alves de Oliveira and Judith
Carvalho de Oliveira
Gib and Yara
With son and un-named young man
7.
Frank (Francisco) A. Thacher
1877–1930
BIRTH ABT 1877 • ,Sao Paulo,Brazil
DEATH 4 DEC 1930 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasi
Son of Andrew Thatcher and Hannah Maglin Dunn
Married: Campinas, Sao Palo, Brazil
Mary C. Prestridge
1868–1947
BIRTH 10 OCT 1868 • Santa Barbara, San Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 3 JUL 1947 • Guarapuã, Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brasil
Daughter of William Ashmund Prestridge and Victoria H. Clay Mills
Per "SOLDADO DESCANSA!" BY JUDITH MAC KNIGTH JONES, PG. 305,359 E 360
(Loosely translated from Portuguese)
"Frank was a Major in the National Guard. He was not considered the best among the American men. He married Mary Prestridge, one of the best girls of the time. Mary maintained great friendships throughout her life, which if she had only had her husband to depend upon, she would have been lost a long time ago. Frank Thacher once had the Hawthorne brothers (his nephews-in-law) house burned down. Two daughters of Dorah Thatcher, Minnies, and Lena we married to the Hawthorne brothers, Frank and Charles respectively. There were disagreements in the family and Frank took the pains of his nieces. No conclusion as to the fire was found, but years later it was learned that Frank was the one who had the Hawthorne house burned down. He had paid 50,000 Reis to an employee to do the job.
Children:
1.
Alvin Thacher
1894–
BIRTH 1894 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasi
DEATH Unknown
Married:
Mary Caroline Hardeman
1897–1991
BIRTH 21 JUN 1897 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 24 JUN 1991 • Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Daughter of George Hardeman and Dina Bowen
2.
Alcides Thacher
1896–
BIRTH 1896 • Brazil
DEATH Unknown
3.
Janita "Gita" Thacher
1898–
BIRTH 1898 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH Unknown
Married:
José do Nascimento
BIRTH Monte Mor, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH Unknown
Son of Pedro José do Nascimento and Filomena Falsirolli
Children:
1.
Iracy do Nascimento
1924–
BIRTH 17 DEC 1924 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH Unknown
2.
Ercilia do Nascimento
1926–
BIRTH 4 NOV 1926 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH Unknown
3.
Nair do Nascimento
1930–1991
BIRTH 29 SEP 1930 • Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 6 MAY 1991 • Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brasil
4.
Pedro José do Nascimento Netto
1933–
BIRTH 24 JUN 1933 • Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH Unknown
4.
Alcilia Thacher
1900–1930
BIRTH 1900 • Villa Americana, São Paulo, Brasil
DEATH 29 MAR 1930 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
8.
Joseph Wood Thacher DDS
1870–1947
BIRTH 11 OCT 1870 • Villa Americana, San Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 4 AUG 1947 • Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
Son of Andrew Thatcher and Hannah Maglin Dunn
Married: 12 NOV 1902 • Brazil
Elisabeth Emily Thomas
1886–1964
BIRTH 1 JAN 1886 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 27 JUL 1964 • San Joaquin County, California, USA
Returned to the United States in 1921
Elizabeth T. Thacher, 78, Dies In Lodi
Elizabeth T. Thacher, 78, of Rt. 2, Box 212, Lodi, died Friday morning in a local rest home after an extended illness.
A native of Brazil, she came to Stockton from South America in 1921 and moved to Lodi five years ago. She was a member of the East Side Presbyterian Church of Stockton. Mrs. Thacher was the wife of the late Joseph W. Thacher who died in 1950.
She was the mother of Mrs. Ella Woodson of Lodi, Mrs. W. D. Milligan of Live Oak, Dennis Thacher of Dallas, Tex., and Odel Thacher of Corpus Christie, Tex.; she was the sister of Mrs. Helen McKnight, Mrs. Minnie Steagall, and Miss Jennie Thomas, and Curtis Thomas, all of South America.
Also surviving are 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grand-children.
Burial Lodi Cemetery.
Lodi News-Sentinel July 25, 1964
Children:
1.
Juliet "Letta" Wood Thacher
1904–1994
BIRTH 9 JAN 1904 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 16 AUG 1994 • Yuba City, Sutter, California, USA
Married:
William Donald Milligan
1902–1976
BIRTH 25 MAY 1902 • Groveland, Tuolumne, California, USA
DEATH 17 SEP 1976 • Yuba City, Sutter, California, USA
Son of Robert Lambie Milligan and Elizabeth Emily "Emma" Bingham
Children:
1.
Wilma Aline Milligan
1927–2015
BIRTH 9 NOV 1927 • Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
DEATH 1 MAR 2015 • Yuba City, Sutter, California, USA
Married: 27 Aug 1949 • San Joaquin, California, USA
Divorced: Aug 1975 • Sutter County, California, USA
Norman Douglas Bradshaw
1928–2019
BIRTH 7 MAY 1928 • Osage, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 3 FEB 2019 • Carmichael, Sacramento, California, USA
Son of Joseph Franklin Bradshaw and Madeline Opal Fox
2.
Franklin Dennis Thacher
1905–1992
BIRTH 12 JULY 1905 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 13 AUGUST 1992 • Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA
Married: 21 May 1933 • Miller County, Arkansas, USA
Mary Jo Castle
1912–1998
BIRTH 15 FEB 1912 • Winnsboro, Franklin, Texas, USA
DEATH SEP 1998 • Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA
Daughter of Thomas Elmer Castle Sr and Eva Lee Caldwell
Children:
1.
Gary Wayne Thacher
1938–1939
BIRTH 7 JUL 1938 • Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
DEATH 2 SEP 1939 • Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
Died young
2.
Franklin Dennis Thacher Jr
1940–2017
BIRTH 13 SEP 1940 • Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
DEATH 18 MAR 2017 • Arizona, USA
Married: 18 Aug 1964 • Rockwall, Texas, USA
Divorced: 11 Sep 1970 • Nueces, Texas, USA
Donna Jean Pearce
3.
Simeon Odell Thacher
1907–1991
BIRTH 12 FEB 1907 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 10 APR 1991 • Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA
Married: 24 Jun 1931 • Miller County, Arkansas, USA
Divorced
Winnie Sarah George
1909–1994
BIRTH 14 SEP 1909 • Texas, USA
DEATH 20 SEP 1994 • Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Daughter of William Irvin "Willie" George and Anna Elizabeth Norwood
4.
Zilla Mae Thacher
1909–1985
BIRTH 11 APR 1909 • Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 15 FEB 1985 • Yuba County, California, USA
Married: 03 Aug 1929 • Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
Fred Judson Booth
1905–1973
BIRTH 01 MAY 1905 • Placer County, California, USA
DEATH 28 JUL 1973 • Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
Son of Edwin Judson Booth and Elizabeth R. "Lizzie" Gwinn
Children:
1.
Janet Denise Booth
1934–2015
BIRTH 19 APR 1934 • San Joaquin, California
DEATH 05 OCT 2015
Married: 3 May 1953 • San Joaquin, California, USA
James Thomas Wester
1934–2014
BIRTH 13 MAY 1934 • San Joaquin County, California, USA
DEATH 14 APR 2014
2.
Eldon Judson Booth
1935–1936
BIRTH 30 AUG 1935 • Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
DEATH 22 JAN 1936 • Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
3.
Dennis Frederick Booth
1937–2015
BIRTH 02 APR 1937 • San Joaquin County, California, USA
DEATH 25 MAR 2015 • Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa, California, USA
5.
Joseph Veremond Thacher
1910–1953
BIRTH 21 AUG 1910 • Jundiahy San Paulo Brazil
DEATH 28 DEC 1953 • Tooele County, Utah, USA
Married: 16 Dec 1934 • Harrison County, Texas, USA
Wysta Grace Thrasher
1916–2001
BIRTH 14 JAN 1916 • Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
DEATH 29 SEP 2001 • Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
Daughter of William Vane Thrasher and Grace Laura "Gracie" Gage
Very faded photo of Hannah Maglin Dunn