Ancestors of Melinda Moore WeaverUpdated July 5, 2007 |
Melinda Marie (Moore) Weaver 430 W. Locust St. Shelbyville, In 46176 A-United States 317-398-2635 mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net |
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| The major surnames that I'm researching are Weaver, Rouse, Tull, Weintraut, Fischer, Nail, Wray/Ray, Moore, Eckstein, Roos, Wade, Hill, and Holihan. There are many more and I'm sure that this list of names will continue to grow as I go along. I got interested in doing this research because of my husband's great-grandfather, Richard Henry Rouse. For years, I have known that he had died on the Titanic. For Christmas a few years ago, I bought my husband a book about the Titanic for his stocking. There was a paragraph or two about his great-grandfather. We had never seen or heard mention of him before, so this sparked our interest to know more. His grandmother never talked about her father until shortly before her death. She was only 8 or 9 when he boarded the Titanic. It must have been too painful for her to talk about. A few years before she died, she did tell her story. In fact, she was interviewed by the Star Magazine because she had lived in America for 70+ years. She had raised her family, worked and paid taxes, etc. She applied for a passport so that she could travel to England and visit the town where she grew up. When she applied, she found out that she was not an American citizen. She managed to contact the right people and they checked into things and in a short time, she was made a citizen. When the Star Magazine interviewed her, she told that story and the story of how she came to America. She said that her father had lost his job and was coming to America for work. He was to send for her and her mother later. In my research, I have discovered that he had worked in the coal mines until the strike. He tried his hand at several different jobs, but was unable to provide a decent living for his family. His step-daughter, Harriett Maylum, had been sending money weekly to help supplement their income. She had told him of a job opportunity in Cleveland, Ohio and he decided to accept it. She sent him the money to purchase his ticket and he boarded the Titanic. He died, along with the many other poor souls, on April 15, 1912. White Star Line provided free passage to America for the widows, as well as, a small pension. They came to America three months later. |
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