Dear syd63,
I performed a Google search using the following search terms:
"elizabeth maynard" winslow admiral:
://www.google.de/search?q=%22elizabeth+maynard%22+winslow+admiral&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=de&meta=
This brought me a single result, a document about the launch and
christening of the battleship USS Kearsage on 24 March 1898:
Daily Press, Special Launching Report
http://www.dcr.net/~ussky/usskyhis.pdf
It says, among other things, the following:
"Mrs. Herbert Winslow (...) is the wife of Lieutenant Commander
Herbert Winslow, the only surviving son of Admiral Winslow, who
commanded the old Kearsage when she met and sank the Alabama, June 19,
1864, off Cherbourg, France.
Miss Elizabeth Maynard was born in Washington, the daughter of
Lafayette and Mary who were married in San Francisco, her father's
home at the time. Her father was born in Richmond. (...)
Lieutenant Maynard married the beautiful Miss Mary Ellen Green, the
daughter of Gen. Duff Green. Lieutenant and Mrs. Maynard resided in
Washington for some time and then changed their residence to San
Francisco. It was in the western metropolis that their beautiful and
accomplished daughter, Elizabeth, became the wife of Lieutenant
Commander Herbert Winslow.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Winslow later went to China, where the former was
attached to the United States steamship Yorktown, on the Asiatic
station. They have only recently returned from the Orient and now
reside in Boston. Mrs. Winslow created not a little interest some
weeks ago by positively declining to christen the battleship Kearsarge
with water.(...)"
This means, Elizabeth Maynard Winslow was the daughter-in-law of
Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (1811-1873).
Knowing this, I did additional research utilizing the genealogy
database provided by the Church of Jesus Christ:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
My first attempts were unsuccessful, but then I used "Herbert Winslow"
as search term and finally found him in several data entries. This is,
in summarized form, what I learned:
Herbert Winslow
Birth: About 1838; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Parents:
Father: John Ancrum Winslow
Mother: Catherine Amelia Winslow
Marriages:
Spouse: Lizzie Maynard
Marriage: 26 JUN 1876; Of, Washington, District Of Columbia
Lizzie Maynard
Birth: 10 DEC 1854; Of, Washington, District Of Columbia
Parents:
Father: Lafayette Maynard
Mother: Mary Eleanor Green
Since "Lizzie" is a short form of "Elizabeth" and all other data
corresponds with what I knew from the ship launch report, there is no
doubt that these are the Herbert Winslow and Elizabeth Maynard Winslow
you are searching for.
Unfortunately, I did not find any further references to Elizabeth
Maynard Winslow's life, not even the date of her or her husband's
death. But I hope that what I found out provides you a good base for
further research.
Best regards,
Scriptor |
Clarification of Answer by
scriptor-ga
on
28 Oct 2002 14:27 PST
Dear syd63,
For obtaining further information, I suggest contacting the office in
Boston, Massachusetts, holding the vital records of the city. They
should be able to provide copies of all relevant documents concerning
the Winslow family, such as births, deaths, marriages etc:
Boston Vital Records Office
City of Boston - Archives
Registry Division, Room 213
One City Hall Square
Boston, MA 02201
Phone: (617) 635-4175
Also, you might want to contact these State Offices:
Massachusetts State Vital Records Office
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon Street, 1st floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
Phone: (617) 740-2600
Fax: (617) 825-7755
Email: vital.recordsrequest@state.ma.us
The Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: (617) 727-2816
Fax: (617) 288-8429
Please note that all inquiries to these offices are subject to fees.
You will find useful additional information on how to research
Massachusetts genealogy records on these websites:
Vital Records Information Massachusetts, by ancestry.com
http://www.vitalrec.com/ma.html
Vital Records Information: Massachusetts Towns (B), by ancestry.com
http://www.vitalrec.com/matowns2.html#Boston
Massachusetts Vital Records: Birth, Marriage and Death, by Mass-Doc
Retrieval, 2002
http://www.mass-doc.com/vitals_research.htm
As for finding living descendants, there is little chance since those
records would refer to individuals and contain private information;
they might not be published yet.
For information about Herbert Winslow from military records, you will
need to contact the National Archives or the National Personnel
Records Center:
National Archives
Reference Services Branch (NNIR)
National Archives and Records Administration
7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
9700 Page Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132
I hope this will help you in your future research!
Best regards,
Scriptor
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