tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post8189373016254636067..comments2023-06-21T11:05:02.624-04:00Comments on Uibles: A Family Blog: Blacksmiths and Kenny Williams Gas Station in New Vienna OhioSerenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554501674052319714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post-28182125841191585222011-04-23T10:57:23.702-04:002011-04-23T10:57:23.702-04:00Catherine--
Very likely they are the same person.....Catherine--<br />Very likely they are the same person...I've found (especially in the older census records) that spelling of names can be sketchy: either the taker was in a hurry, wasn't sure how to spell or possibly didn't care? Of course, there's always the assumption they knew how to spell a name and really didn't. If it's only off by one letter, I'd say you got the right person.Mary Uible Crowsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777469182423614714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post-48296372996431369732011-04-22T09:25:01.476-04:002011-04-22T09:25:01.476-04:00From HH: Steel road today is Steele Rd, and there ...From HH: Steel road today is Steele Rd, and there is a Leeka road, while you mention a Mr Leeks. Reminds me of the story how Cleaveland Lost an"a" because there wasn't room for all those letters in the headline.<br /><br />My response: Of course Steel could have been misspelled in the WNJ where I got the info on Steel(e) Rd and Hooktown. Which remind me of "Huff" town. I need reminded of the history of that term. Was that the same section of NV that was also sometimes called "Canada"?<br /><br />There is a Henry Leeka mentioned as a member of the 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the "War of the Rebellion", and it's Jonathan Leeks (according to the Clinton County History of 1890) who bought the land encompassing (?) Snow Hill. However in checking the census records, there is no mention of any Leeks in Green Twp or Clinton County in the 1800s so that is a misspelling. Very good!<br /><br />The 1880 Census records show a Jonathan Leeka as a farmer, age 59 with 3 sons, Harvey (29), Alphonse (27), and Sylvanus (23) and a daughter Ellen (16), all at home on the farm in Green Twp.<br /><br />Sylvanus is shown as living in Logan County in 1900. The 1920 Census shows 4 Leeka's in Clinton County (3 in Green Twp), but they are all age 65+, so younger ones must have moved away....Catherine Uible Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229128004745240802noreply@blogger.com