|
ENGLEDOW / ELSTON |
|---|
|
The picture to the left are the children of William Carl Engledow (b.1850 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) and Carolyn "Carrie" Corder. My grandfather is the youngest of these three Engledow children, Lewis Alva Elston. The reason for his last name being different from his older siblings (Elston rather than Engledow) is that his mother, Carolyn Corder, died in March 1880 when my grandfather was only six months old. He was subsequently adopted by family friends, Prescott and Martha Elston. A story that has been passed down is that sometime in the 1940's both Edward Clyde and Lewis Alva were contacted by the Engledow estate in England and were the heirs apparent to the Engledow estate. Being that they had no money to pursue this, they signed over the estate through an attorney to the next Engledow in line who was in England. William Engledow's father was Samuel Engledow b. (told in England, but everything points to Tennessee) and died in Evansville, Indiana in 1884. The name passed down for several generations of who Samuel's father is, was Hiram Engledow. While I have no proof of this, circumstantial information shows that they were in some way related by their close proximity in early census records and the fact that they married sisters. |
|
||
|
In the 1840 Greene County, Indiana census, Samuel Engledow is listed and eight households away is a Hiram Engledow. Next door to Hiram is a "Jnd" (assume name is John?) Engledow and next door to him is Mary Kitchens, head of household between 50-60 years old. This is important in that Elizabeth Whitten's Engledow Collections, lists three Engledow's who married Catching (Kitchens) sisters: Also passed down from my mother is that the Engledow's were the forebearers of Mercian Kings, Ethelbert and Engelbert. Mercian was the middle Kingdom of England around 700-800's. Ethelbert and Engelbert were brothers and my mother thinks Ethelred II, King of England (on Alma Alderman's lineage-my husbands direct line) is one of their sons. Obviously I have no proof of this, but thought it was worth mentioning. Researching this family has been interesting as there are many variations in the spelling, Engeldow, Engledow, Engeldove, Ingledove, Ingledow, Engledon and Ingledau have also been found in early records. It is easy to see how misspellings in the old handwriting could be made. Catching/Kitchens another good example. Still looking for my Engledow family in the 1850 censuses.
|
|||
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
1840 Greene County, Tennessee |
1860 Clay County, Illinois |
Charles P. Engledow 1880 Polk County, Missouri (Living with Leeland Engledow family) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you would like to be added to my list of researchers, please email me the line you are following. Thanks!
|
Researcher |
||
|
Sandy Ward - steelmagnolia55@hotmail.com |
Descended from Samuel Engledow through his son William Carl Engledow |
| Copyright @ 2005-2008 |
Site Designed and Maintained by SCS Web Design |
|
Last Updated: 03/14/08 |
|