Jane is my 2nd great-grandmother.
The Collins family came to America about 1848 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jane first married Morgan Lewis Fitch on January 15, 1861. Then he went to war. When he came home his health was broken and he died in 1872 of the consumption he contracted during his Civil War Service.
After Morgan died and left Jane with 2 small children, she married Oliver C. Traber (Treber) who was a widower and a Civil War Veteran who would also die from injuries contracted during his service. Jane and Oliver had three children.
At some point, the family moved to either Oklahoma or Kansas for a short time. This was told to me by Helen McGovney, that Jessie Fitch (Jane's daughter and my 2nd great-grandmother, traveled west in a covered wagon). I'm not sure if this was with Morgan or Oliver and I believe it was for health reasons but it might have been financial. In any case, there is no record that I can find of them living outside of Ohio for an extended time.
My mother told me that my grandmother, Effie McGovney Tener who was Jessie's daughter, said that if not for the Trabers they would have died. After Morgan died, I surmise that the family was in dire financial straits, but when Jane married Oliver, things got a lot better.
The Collins family came to America about 1848 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jane first married Morgan Lewis Fitch on January 15, 1861. Then he went to war. When he came home his health was broken and he died in 1872 of the consumption he contracted during his Civil War Service.
After Morgan died and left Jane with 2 small children, she married Oliver C. Traber (Treber) who was a widower and a Civil War Veteran who would also die from injuries contracted during his service. Jane and Oliver had three children.
At some point, the family moved to either Oklahoma or Kansas for a short time. This was told to me by Helen McGovney, that Jessie Fitch (Jane's daughter and my 2nd great-grandmother, traveled west in a covered wagon). I'm not sure if this was with Morgan or Oliver and I believe it was for health reasons but it might have been financial. In any case, there is no record that I can find of them living outside of Ohio for an extended time.
My mother told me that my grandmother, Effie McGovney Tener who was Jessie's daughter, said that if not for the Trabers they would have died. After Morgan died, I surmise that the family was in dire financial straits, but when Jane married Oliver, things got a lot better.
Jane is my 2nd great-grandmother.
The Collins family came to America about 1848 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jane first married Morgan Lewis Fitch on January 15, 1861. Then he went to war. When he came home his health was broken and he died in 1872 of the consumption he contracted during his Civil War Service.
After Morgan died and left Jane with 2 small children, she married Oliver C. Traber (Treber) who was a widower and a Civil War Veteran who would also die from injuries contracted during his service. Jane and Oliver had three children.
At some point, the family moved to either Oklahoma or Kansas for a short time. This was told to me by Helen McGovney, that Jessie Fitch (Jane's daughter and my 2nd great-grandmother, traveled west in a covered wagon). I'm not sure if this was with Morgan or Oliver and I believe it was for health reasons but it might have been financial. In any case, there is no record that I can find of them living outside of Ohio for an extended time.
My mother told me that my grandmother, Effie McGovney Tener who was Jessie's daughter, said that if not for the Trabers they would have died. After Morgan died, I surmise that the family was in dire financial straits, but when Jane married Oliver, things got a lot better.
The Collins family came to America about 1848 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jane first married Morgan Lewis Fitch on January 15, 1861. Then he went to war. When he came home his health was broken and he died in 1872 of the consumption he contracted during his Civil War Service.
After Morgan died and left Jane with 2 small children, she married Oliver C. Traber (Treber) who was a widower and a Civil War Veteran who would also die from injuries contracted during his service. Jane and Oliver had three children.
At some point, the family moved to either Oklahoma or Kansas for a short time. This was told to me by Helen McGovney, that Jessie Fitch (Jane's daughter and my 2nd great-grandmother, traveled west in a covered wagon). I'm not sure if this was with Morgan or Oliver and I believe it was for health reasons but it might have been financial. In any case, there is no record that I can find of them living outside of Ohio for an extended time.
My mother told me that my grandmother, Effie McGovney Tener who was Jessie's daughter, said that if not for the Trabers they would have died. After Morgan died, I surmise that the family was in dire financial straits, but when Jane married Oliver, things got a lot better.
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