tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post7446757830630512164..comments2023-10-11T23:46:08.194-04:00Comments on West in New England: ORPHABill Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-13979415635411734272012-10-20T15:32:59.809-04:002012-10-20T15:32:59.809-04:00A comment on the term idiot - early in the classif...A comment on the term idiot - early in the classification of intelligence (around 1910) an idiot would score 0-20 on an IQ scale. Such a person would not be functional enough to marry and raise children, even with assistance. So given the date of the census and the profound level of disability the label was used to describe after the advent of IQ testing, it has to be a term used as loosely then as it is today. Pam Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632946315151577636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-82287046370469503782007-10-07T12:17:00.000-04:002007-10-07T12:17:00.000-04:00Such a tragic story. I don't know how families cop...Such a tragic story. I don't know how families coped with such losses.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-12161457448626562312007-10-04T17:59:00.000-04:002007-10-04T17:59:00.000-04:00Thanks for trying,too Janice!I'm grateful for any ...Thanks for trying,too Janice!<BR/><BR/>I'm grateful for any and all help<BR/>I can get from all of you folks.<BR/><BR/>I'm still pretty much a newbie at <BR/>this compared to the rest of you <BR/>guys!Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-20791359686122958142007-10-04T17:35:00.000-04:002007-10-04T17:35:00.000-04:00Bill,Just keep posting your mysteries, and your co...Bill,<BR/><BR/>Just keep posting your mysteries, and your cousin Chris will keep solving them LOL.<BR/><BR/>That will teach me to not read the comments first.. I went hunting for Orpha and came to the same conclusion that Chris did.<BR/><BR/>JaniceJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476918537317701594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-47540424691475563582007-09-29T00:45:00.000-04:002007-09-29T00:45:00.000-04:00Hmm, Em. Don't think the bloodlines got that far S...Hmm, Em. <BR/>Don't think the bloodlines got that far South.<BR/><BR/>And I only know of one firedragon!Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-40168724347753035952007-09-29T00:40:00.000-04:002007-09-29T00:40:00.000-04:00Thanks, Terry.It's hard to imagine how people were...Thanks, Terry.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to imagine how people were able to cope with tragedies like this. Harder still to realize there are places in the world where living peopleare dealing with similiar ones today.Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-13243094438173762972007-09-29T00:29:00.000-04:002007-09-29T00:29:00.000-04:00Dang Chris! I have Simeon and Ruhamah in my files ...Dang Chris! I have Simeon and <BR/>Ruhamah in my files but hadn't added their children yet. This is why I need to keep plugging away at<BR/>my ancestors siblings and their <BR/>descendants!<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-33446500254993252652007-09-28T15:14:00.000-04:002007-09-28T15:14:00.000-04:00Reynolds hm? I know of a certain Marylander who h...Reynolds hm? I know of a certain Marylander who has Reynolds roots :)Emeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881334198430683494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-28897718485156782032007-09-28T14:47:00.000-04:002007-09-28T14:47:00.000-04:00Bill, What a sad story. When one visits a cemeter...Bill, What a sad story. When one visits a cemetery and sees one family member after another buried side by side only days or weeks apart in death, one knowns that some dread scourge such as diphtheria was rampant. Earlier epidemics of diphtheria in New England (around 1840) were said to have killed up to 80% of all children under age 10 years. Well done story of Orpha and Jonathan --- and one I will remember and think about. <BR/>Terry Thornton<BR/>Hill Country of Monroe County, MississippiTerry Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251750196282728118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-9189055360059092972007-09-28T14:05:00.000-04:002007-09-28T14:05:00.000-04:00I believe that Orpha was the daughter of Simeon Ot...I believe that Orpha was the daughter of Simeon Otis and Ruhamah (Ames) Reynolds, which would make her a first cousin of Jonathan Phelps West. An Orpha V. Reynolds, 9, b. Maine, was <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ecenfiles/me/oxford/1850/bethel/pg001-1.txt" REL="nofollow">living with Simeon and Ruhamah in Bethel</A> in 1850.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.com