This is not a new discovery ~ but certainly was one of my most important.
ERNESTINE's son CHARLES J. FIELD was my 2-great grandfather who died (served for NJ) in Civil War. I knew little about this part of my family history other than his mother was known as KATIE FIELD and was a beloved family member, the mother of my grandfather RAYMOND FIELD RUSSELL of Worcester.
I began to research this family by finding them in the 1850 census. Luckily around this time I contacted the MORGAN of Worcester knowing that there was a connection to our RUSSELL family, but I wasn't sure how. I was sent a genealogy that included PETER SLIM and VINCENT BEAGARY that included CHARLES J. FIELD and ELIZABETH PAUL BEAGARY, that gave his father's name as JOHN FIELD and mother as ERNESTINE A.
After exhausting my census research. I decided to send for CHARLES J. FIELD's Civil War Pension file to see if his birth record and mother's maiden name would be listed. It was not. So, I sent for his brother THEODORE FRANCIS FIELD's Civil War Pension File (both brothers records were listed in Ancestry.com) THEODORE FRANCIS FIELD's Civil War Pension File was over 65 pages long and had his Philadelphia Catholic Baptismal record listing his mother as ERNESTINA ABERCROMBIE. I had a maiden name at last for her!
From that information I rushed to post to the ABERCROMBIE board on Rootsweb (or Genforum) and within a day or two heard back from a long time ABERCROMBIE researcher BRENDA ABERCROMBIE LEDET. She was convinced she knew who my ERNESTINE was from her location and given name which was a special name in the family of JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DENORMANDIE. JJA's mother's name was ERNESTINE, and I have found this name was carried down in. I found it very intriguing as this was a very interesting family to be connected with, but I needed more proof before I could attach my ERNESTINE to it.
http://home.earthlink.net/~baledet/atempt_2/text/JohnJosephAy.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~baledet/atempt_2/text/SarahDenormandiePeterAy.html
It took some years before I found the proof I needed and I have www.GenealogyBank.com to thank for it. I knew that the family of JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DENORMANDIE included a son JJA, JR., who became a Brig. Gen. in the Civil War., so when I found this death notice one day - my mystery had been solved!
Philadelphia Inquirer,Page 5, vol. 122, issue: 75March 26, 1890
DEATHS Page 5.
Deceased: ERNESTINE A. FIELD; (note: died March 23, 1890)
FIELD - On the ( ) instant, ERNESTINE A. FIELD widow of the late JOHN FIELD and sister of the late GENERAL JOHN J. ABERCROMBIE, in the 96th year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services this morning at 8:30 o'clock, from 1723 North Tenth street. High mass at ST. MALACHY's Church. Interment private.
ERNESTINE had been baptized as an Episcopalian, but as an adult she converted to Catholicism. (I was so fortunate she did this as had she not I might never have found important records on her and this family)
My next find was ERNESTINE's first marriage found in GOOGLE BOOKS.
NATIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETY QUARTERLY - MARCH 1924 Vol. X111 Number 1.
KENTUCKY MARRIAGE RECORDS - JEFFERSON COUNTY, 1800 - 1826MARRIAGES - by REV. WM JEFFERSON GAMMON, Wilmore, Ky., R. D.
No. 2.1569. PEARSON, ROBERT H. C., 5, 18, 1812, ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE, dau. JOHN J.
The next step was to contact the National Genealogy Society and did they have great news for me. They had 18-19 pages of genealogy research done on the descendants of ANDRE DENORMANDIE including information on ERNESTINE and her mother SARAH DENORMANDIE. This really was an amazing genealogy adventure which took me back to the 1400s France, but more about that later.
ERNESTINE's letters:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/abercrombie/messages/1547.html
ERNESTINE's page on my website:http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I06780
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