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Christina WALRAVEN

Female 1755 - 1803  (48 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Christina WALRAVEN was born 1755; died 1803.

    Christina married William ROBINSON 1783. William (son of Robert ROBINSON and Eleanor PYLE) was born 1759; died 1820. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary ROBINSON  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary ROBINSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Christina1)

    Mary — Richard JONES. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Catherine W. JONES  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Jun 1819, West Whiteland, Chester Co., PA; died 13 Feb 1843, West Chester, Chester Co., PA; was buried Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Catherine W. JONES Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Christina1) was born 22 Jun 1819, West Whiteland, Chester Co., PA; died 13 Feb 1843, West Chester, Chester Co., PA; was buried Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

    Catherine married David MECONKEY 08 Oct 1839, Grace Church Episcopal Chapel, Philadelphia, PA. David (son of John MECONKEY and Elizabeth RICKABAUGH) was born 04 May 1799, Howellville, Chester Co., PA; died 27 Feb 1868; was buried 28 Feb 1868, Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Elbridge MECONKEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jul 1840, West Chester, Chester Co., PA; died 30 May 1887, Harrisburg, PA.
    2. 5. Richard Jones MECONKEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Jul 1842; died 05 Feb 1873; was buried 7 Apr 1873, Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Elbridge MECONKEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Catherine3, 2.Mary2, 1.Christina1) was born 29 Jul 1840, West Chester, Chester Co., PA; died 30 May 1887, Harrisburg, PA.

    Notes:

    From a live auction site comes an interesting piece of Elbridge's history:

    War-dated ALS as president signed ?A. Lincoln,? one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 9, 1862. Letter to the Quarter-Master General, Montgomery Meigs. In full: ?The bearer of this, Elbridge Meconkey, was on Gen. Mc.Call?s staff, and was wounded at Gaine?s Mill. He now wishes to be a Quarter-Master; and I would like to appoint him, if another Q.M. is now needed. Please answer.?

    On the reverse of the second integral page, Meigs returns the letter to Lincoln with an endorsement reading ?Respectfully returned to the President of the United States. This Department has now calls for details of Quarter-Masters of Volunteers which it cannot supply, & the Quarter Master General will gladly avail of the services of any efficient officer who may be appointed & directed to report to him for duty. M C Meigs. QMG. Q M Generals Office. Oct.10th 1862.? Under Meigs?s endorsement, Lincoln adds a handwritten endorsement reading: ?Let Elbridge Meconkey be appointed at once. A. Lincoln. Oct. 10, 1862.? In very good condition, with two vertical folds (one passing through a single letter of letter?s signature), scattered toning and light staining, slight show-through from docketing on reverse, and some light brushing to Meigs? endorsement.

    Signed not once but twice by the 16th president of the United States, this document shows Lincoln?s personal involvement in military appointments during the war. The Battle of Gaines? Mill took place on June 27, 1862 and the wounded Meconkey met with Lincoln on October 9, 1862?the date of this initial letter?to make his request and then personally delivering the message to Meigs. Despite Meigs? response to ?gladly avail of the services of any efficient officer who may be appointed & directed to report to him for duty? and Lincoln?s order that ?Meconkey be appointed at once,? there is no reference to the position of quartermaster in Meconkey?s lengthy obituary, published following his 1887 suicide. Nor is the appointment found in government records, so for reasons unknown, he was never appointed.

    Source: http://www.rrauction.com/twice-signed_abraham_lincoln_1862_letter.cfm

    Elbridge married Fannie Welsh BERGHAUS Nov 1863. Fannie (daughter of Charles Louis BERGHAUS and Mary Walborn HUMMEL) was born 8 Jan 1841; died 6 Jan 1917; was buried Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. John B. MECONKEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Mar 1864, Quincy, IL; died 30 Jul 1903, Harrisburg, Dauphin CO., PA.
    2. 7. Charles Berghaus MCCONKEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Dec 1869; died 16 Jan 1920, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA; was buried Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA.
    3. 8. Mary MECONKEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Jun 1869; died 1910, New York City, NY; was buried Harrisburg Cemetery, Dauphin Co., PA.
    4. 9. Sarah Brinton MECONKEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Sep 1875; died 12 Nov 1949; was buried Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA.

  2. 5.  Richard Jones MECONKEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Catherine3, 2.Mary2, 1.Christina1) was born 28 Jul 1842; died 05 Feb 1873; was buried 7 Apr 1873, Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    The Catalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi society of Harvard College notes that Richard Jones Meconkey was "prevented by ill health from engaging in business" and notes his death date of February 5, 1973.

    Harvard Class of 1864 Secretatary's report of 1867 shows:

    RICHARD JONES MECONKEY. He was born in West Chster, Penn., July 28, 1842.

    He was obliged to leave the Class early in the second term of the Senior year on account of ill health. He remained near Philadelphia under medical treatment during the summer of 1864. He then wenton a farm, where he still remains, his health having greatly improved.

    In the White House

    An article from 1908:

    A Bonaparte Entertained by Lincoln

    Another titled visitor from France, one entertained by President Lincoln, was Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, son of Jerome Bonaparte. Of his visit to the White House, the news-papers of the time said:

    "He called on the President at twelve o'clock, and was duly presented by the Secretary of State. The President received the Prince with marked courtesy, and welcomed him to the country in a few simple but hearty words of compliment. Without seeking, he said, to attach to this flattering visit of one so closely allied to the French throne, at this solemn crisis of the country's history, an undue importance, he could but feel that his presence at the Capital was a guarantee of the friendly interest and generous sympathy of the French Government.

    "The Prince listened with deep interest to the informal address of the President, and replied with brevity and much feeling. He dined at the White House that evening. As the Prince travels incognito, the dinner was quite en famille. There were twenty-seven persons present. The party was composed of the President and the Presidential family, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Grimsley, Mr. Edwards, Mr. R. T. Lincoln, Mr. Meconkey and Messieurs Nicolay and Hay, the private secretaries of the President."

    Delta Kappa Epsilon record:
    Richard Jones Meconkey - West Chester, PA. Harvard University, Harvard College, 1860-64. Hasty Pudding. Prov., Chester Co. Bat., Pa. Vol Mil., USA June 10-Aug 22, 1863, D. West Chester, Pa., Feb. 5, 1873




 

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