Here is a short list of spelling variations and abbrevations for given names.
Please let me know if you have others that can be added to the list.
The most used overland migration routes were:
Boston Post Road-a mail trail between Boston and New York in the 17th century.
Braddock’s Road- military trail that was the first overland route through the Allegheny Mountains.
California Trail: this trail and the Oregon Trail ran side by side until it crossed the Rockies.
Fall Line Road-from Pennsylvania and Maryland to the Carolinas before 1750′s.
Forbes Road- military road from Harrisburg to Fort Dusquesne during the French and Indian War.
Great Valley Road-road used to migrate to western Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee in colonial America.
King’s Highway-old post routes that traveled from Maine to Georgia.
Mohawk Trail-main route for traveler’s making their way west.
Mormon Trail-Mormon’s traveled this 1,400 mile route from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah between 1847 and 1869.
Natchez Trace-only route to Old Southwest that ran from Lexington, Kentucky to Natchez, Mississippi before 1806.
National Road-ran from Wheeling, West Virginia to Vandalia, Illinois but railroad eliminated the need for it. Also known as the Cumberland Trail or National Pike.
Oregon Trail-pioneers from Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois traveled 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri to the Columbia River area of Oregon from 1841 to 1869.
Upper Road-route from Fredericksburg to the Carolinas.
Wilderness Road-route traveled through Kentucky and the lower Ohio Valley.
Zane’s Trace-settlers used this to cross the Ohio River.
Partial List of Epidemics
1657-Boston-Measles
1687-Boston-Measles
1690-New York-Yellow Fever
1713-Boston-Measles
1729-Boston-Measles
1732-33-Worldwide-Influenza
1738-South Carolina-Smallpox
1739-40-Boston-Measles
1747-CT, NY, PA, SC-Measles
1759-North America-Measles
1761-North America and West Indies-Influenza
1772-North America-Measles
1775-N. America NE-Unknown epidemic
1775-76-Worldwide- Influenza (one of the worst epidemics)
1783-Dover, DE- Bilious Disorder (extremely fatal)
1788-Philadelphia and New York-Measles
1793-Vermont-A “Putrid” fever and Influenza
1793-VA-Influenza (killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks)
1793-Philadelphia- Yellow Fever (one of the worst epidemics)
1793-Harrisburg, PA-Unknown (many unexplained mysterious deaths)
1793-Middletown, PA-Unknown (many unexplained mysterious deaths)
1794-Philadelphia, PA-Yellow Fever
1796-97-Philadelphia, PA-Yellow Fever
1798-Philadelphia, PA-Yellow Fever (one of the worst)
1803-New York-Yellow Fever
1820-23-Nationwide-”Fever” (starts near the Schuylkill River)
1831-32-Nationwide-Cholera (English emigrants brought)
1832-NY City and other major cities-Cholera
1837-Philadelphia-Typhus
1841-Nationwide-Yellow Fever (worst in the South)
1847-New Orleans-Yellow Fever
1847-48-Worldwide-Influenza
1848-49-North America-Cholera
1850-Nationwide-Yellow Fever
1850-51-North America-Influenza
1852-Nationwide-Yellow Fever (New Orleans-8,000 deaths)
1855-Nationwide-Yellow Fever
1857-59-Worldwide- Influenza (one of the greatest epidemics)
1860-61-Pennsylvania-Smallpox
1865-73-Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC-Smallpox, Cholera, series of recurring epidemics of: Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever
1873-5-North America and Europe-Influenza
1878-New Orleans-Yellow Fever (last great epidemic)
1885-Plymouth, PA-Typhoid
1886-Jacksonville, FL-Yellow Fever
1918-Worldwide-Influenza
Welcome to Ancestral Paths and my photo album! My journal about the families of the Guthrie and McCoy branch and about the Misson and Showalter (aka Lewis) branch.
A listing of the names I am researching can be found on the Surname page listed above.
Photos are in albums by surname, in addition to a seperate ablum for cemetery, obituaries and unknowns. Links to the albums are also listed above.
Please let me know if you recognize anyone in the unknown album. Your information would be greatly appreciated!
If you are looking for a place to store your family file, Tribal Pages is free and easy to use. Here’s a link to my family database:
Guthrie, McCoy, Misson Showalter Families
If you have any questions or are related, be sure to leave a comment.
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your stay!
All photographs and written material on this site may not be used for any purpose without prior written permisson of the author, unless otherwise stated. Thank you.
