Amanuensis Monday: Bishop lines 1600s

Continued transcriptions of the hand-written notes in the BISHOP family file at the New York State Library in Albany.

Branches of the Bishop Family

John Bishop, Guilford Conn  1639

Rev. John Bishop, Stamford Conn  1644

Gov. James Bishop, New Haven Conn  1647

Richard Bishop, Salem Mass  1635

Edward Bishop, Salem Mass  1639

Thomas Bishop, Ipswick Mass  1686

Nathaniel Bishop, Boston Mass  1634

Henry Bishop, St. Marys Maryland  1634

John Bishop, Jamestown Va  1642

Eleazur Bishop, New London Conn  1667

Stephen Bishop died 1752

Great Grandfather's Music Across the Ocean and a Century

Today we visited the Pianola Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Our great grandfather was Howard Lutter.  In Newark, New Jersey and New York City he created piano rolls at Welte Mignon and other companies in the 1910s through the 1930s.  The staff at the Museum were very knowledgeable and shared their time and skills with us.  The Museum's collection of piano rolls does not contain any by Howard Lutter, so we will have to send them some.  We learned that Welte rolls were created in Europe and the United States, but they cannot be played on the same player pianos.

The Director, Kasper P. J. Janse with Jody Lutter and Kim Lutter.

Mr Janse filling the air with music.

Thank you to Kasper P. J. Janse and Marijke Brekelmans for sharing their insights and time with us.

Amanuensis Monday: Doolittle married Andrews 1893

Transcriptions continue for hand-written notes found in the BISHOP family file at the New York State Library in Albany.

John H Doolittle, born April 6, 1863.

Elizabeth E Andrews, born June 13, 1872.

Married Nov 2, 1893.

Children:

Ralph Andrews, born Jan 19, 1894.

Harry LeRoy, born July 21, 1896.

Arnold Bertram, born Jan 6, 1902.

The author of this note used whatever paper she or he could find to write the family history.

1910 United States Federal Census
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Having the names of the children helps us be sure that this is the correct family.
Note that the years of marriage as well as the individual's ages in the census differ from the hand-written note.