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Ruby Burch

Female 1909 - 1965  (55 years)


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  1. 1.  Ruby Burch was born on 27 Dec 1909 in Orange Co, Texas (daughter of Charles Hiram Burch and Mary Hart); died on 30 Mar 1965 in Orange Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Hiram Burch was born on 13 Dec 1869 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (son of Charles Cutler Burch and Joanna Orr); died on 24 May 1952 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Wife, Dora, died as a widow in 1933.

    Charles married Mary Hart about 1900 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Mary was born on 5 Oct 1883 in Louisiana; died in 1937 in Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Hart was born on 5 Oct 1883 in Louisiana; died in 1937 in Orange Co, Texas.
    Children:
    1. George Burch was born on 14 Sep 1903; died on 27 Jul 1960 in Orange Co, Texas.
    2. 1. Ruby Burch was born on 27 Dec 1909 in Orange Co, Texas; died on 30 Mar 1965 in Orange Co, Texas.
    3. Clarence Burch was born on 16 Nov 1911 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; died after 6 Jan 1961 in Orange Co, Texas.
    4. Alberta "Bertie" Burch was born in 1914 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; died after 1930 in of, Orange Co, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Cutler Burch was born in 1823 in Ohio (son of Jasper Charles Burch and Jane Atwood); died on 28 Jan 1884 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 23 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Residence: 1865, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
    • Census: 03 Aug 1870, Grand Chenier, Sub Div 18, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
    • Census: 1880, 5th Ward, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:


    Charles C. Burch was a steamboat captain and came to Johnson's Bayou, LA. in the early 1800's from Ohio. Moved to Sabine Pass, TX in 1846. His 2 brothers, Increase R. moved to Sabine Pass, TX in 1847 and Sherwood moved in 1854. Charles moved cotton & timber up and down the Neches & Sabine Rivers. He was captain of the steamboat Mary Falvey as early as 1858.
    In the mid 1800's, it was possible to get a riverboat as far north as Longview, TX when the rainy season was good. Today one can only go as far as North Orange, TX.


    Charles' father was from New York and his mother was from Scotland. Charles was found in the 1870 Census of Cameron (Johnson's Bayou), LA. and the 1850 census in Jefferson Co. (Sabine Pass), TX.
    In the publication: Cotton Bales, Keelboats, and Stern wheelers. A History of Sabine River Trade, 1837-1900, in 1859 the steam boat "Sabine" appeared on the Sabine River out of Sabine Pass, TX. The packet belonged to the Burch brothers of Sabine Pass and Capt. Charlie Burch soon left his command as master of the "Mary Falvey" to become the Pilot on the "Sabine". It's 15 member crew list enumerated in the census would indicate that the steamboat was well equipped to accommodate freight and passengers. The crew included Increase R. Burch and Master Sherwood Burch, clerk. It also mentions Neil Burch. Also in the same publication, it is mentioned by Henry R. Green, a Galveston newspaper correspondent and school teacher at Beaumont, while on a trip on the steamer, "Mary Falvey:, in November 1859, that Captain Charles Burch was a "popular commander, sociable, generous and clever." Green added that the packet was "fitted up in fine style...having good accommodations, excellent fare, and kind and gentlemanly officers."


    In April, 1861, the "Sabine" was tied up at Sabine Pass. Increase Burch became captain of a Confederate artillery company and Charles Burch served as a pilot or captain on a number of Confederate gunboats and transports. During the Battle of Sabine Pass in 1863, Charles Burch is listed among the crew as pilot of the "Uncle Ben". The "Uncle Ben" and "Josiah Bell" steamed from Orange, TX on January 20, 1863 and arrived in Sabine Pass in order to take part in the battle. Both steamers were instrumental in towing the captured Union vessels back to Sabine Pass.
    Charles C. Burch is listed in the 1850 Census of Jefferson Co., TX, in the household of Increase (J.R.) Burch.
    In the early 1850's there was an outbreak of yellow fever in Sabine Pass and it's possible that Hannah Topping (Charles' first wife) succumbed to the fever. Facts are unknown as of yet.
    http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/32407518/person/18253107883/story/483705cb-1a92-419e-93c4-b6cee70f106c?src=search


    Census:
    199 Otis McGaffey 30 1820 merchant 700 Ohio
    Mary Jane 28 1822 New York
    Mary J. 9 1841 Texas Michigan
    Sary . 7 1843 Texas
    Delia F. 5 1845 Texas
    John W. 4 1846 Texas
    Amelia 2 1848 Texas

    200 Burch J.R. 30 1820 carpenter 150 New York
    Julia Ann 17 1833 Michigan
    Rachel J. 6 1844 Ohio
    Neal M. 3/12 Texas
    Charles 28 1822 Laborer Ohio <<<
    Hannah 25 1825 Ohio

    Census:
    Birch, CC 47 Ohio farmer
    Joanna 35 Texas
    Elizabeth 15 Texas
    Hannah 11 Texas
    Georgiana 8 Texas
    Harkaway 6 Texas
    Charles H 1 Louisiana
    Lovan, William, 17 farm laborer


    Census:
    wife Joana
    father and mother b NY
    steam boat pilot


    Died:
    On one of his trips to Orange, the Emily's steam boiler exploded, and Capt. Burch was killed instantly on Jan. 28,1884. His body was returned to Johnsons Bayou for interment, but no headstone exists there for him today

    Charles married Joanna Orr on 22 Feb 1852 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Joanna (daughter of George Orr and Priscilla Clark) was born in Dec 1835 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, or Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas; died after 1906 in of, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Joanna Orr was born in Dec 1835 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, or Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas (daughter of George Orr and Priscilla Clark); died after 1906 in of, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:

    Census:
    Joana Burch 64 Dec 1835 widowed Texas Pennsylania Louisiana
    Hiram Burch 30 Dec 1869 single Louisiana New York Texas
    hunting wild game
    Mary H Burch 18 Mar 1872 Louisiana
    Mark T Burch 28 Feb 1875 Louisiana hunting wild game
    Comelia Burch 9 granddaughter Jul 1890 Louisiana
    Alfred Burch 7 grandson Jan 1893
    Uriah Burch 4 grandson Aug 1895
    John Orr 67 brother May 1833 67 widowed Texas Pennsylvania Louisiana

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Jane Burch was born on 8 Jun 1855 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 26 Jan 1940 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Hannah Joanna Burch was born on 23 Nov 1860 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 26 Nov 1943 in Port Acres, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. Georgia Laura (Georgiana) Burch was born on 10 Apr 1863 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 19 Jun 1949 in Orange Co, Texas.
    4. Harkaway Burch was born on 14 Nov 1864 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 15 Apr 1942 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas.
    5. 2. Charles Hiram Burch was born on 13 Dec 1869 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; died on 24 May 1952 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas.
    6. Mary Harriett Burch was born on 31 Mar 1874 in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; died on 07 Feb 1949 in Johnson's Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
    7. Mark T. Burch was born in Feb 1875 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jasper Charles Burch was born in 1796 in New York; died on 20 Oct 1832 in Grand River Rapids, Ontario, Canada.

    Jasper married Jane Atwood about 1819 in New York. Jane was born on 10 Oct 1797 in Scotland/New York; died on 12 Sep 1883 in Fairbury, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Jane Atwood was born on 10 Oct 1797 in Scotland/New York; died on 12 Sep 1883 in Fairbury, Nebraska.
    Children:
    1. Sherwood Kirkham Burch was born in 1816 in New York; died after 1874 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Increase Ransom Burch was born in 1820 in New York; died in 1864 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. 4. Charles Cutler Burch was born in 1823 in Ohio; died on 28 Jan 1884 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

  3. 10.  George OrrGeorge Orr was born in 1784 in Pennsylvania; died in 1835 in Atascasito, Harris Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1820, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
    • Property: 23 Apr 1831, Liberty Co, Texas

    Notes:

    The Orrs ran an inn in the Atascocita District of Texas before it became a Republic. George Orr was the Alcade for a time. They divorced, and Tilpah got a divorce, or he did, and she remarried Ben C. Franklin, her overseer.
    The marriage was told in a history of the county. I do not find any papers on this but it was a Catholic settlement under the Mexican Government. The officers for Mexico were housed in the Orr inn. I think they were able to arrange it. The son, Willaim Orr, married my gggrandmother, Martha
    Caroline Munson but died at an early age.
    From: Jane Matthews
    To:
    Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:08 PM
    http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LA-LGHS/2000-04/0955155462
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    Joannah Orr, daughter of George and Priscilla Orr, were formerly of Johnsons Bayou, but about 1822 Orr followed Henry Griffith, Reuben and Solomon Barrow to Chambers County, Texas. In 1825 Orr was appointed the Mexican "alcalde" for the Liberty Municipality, which then contained an area the size of ten present-day Southeast Texas counties. In 1826 Stephen F. Austin appointed Orr to accompany and guide John C. Williams, who had been appointed by Austin to map and chart all navigable waterways, which fed into Sabine Lake.
    Block article: Charles Burch, Early Sabine Lake Steam Boat Captains (see attached)

    Census:
    1820, Aug 7 Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
    George Orr
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 1810-1820
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2 1795-1804
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 1776-1795 George
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 <1775
    Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 1795-1804
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Commerce: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 6
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6

    probably widowed, living with son and or dau and their spouse and a grandson

    enumerated between Thomas Berwick and Jacob Hampshire.
    same page James Ashworth

    later married Marie Zilpha Berwick, dau of Thomas Berwick.


    Property:
    Grantee: George Orr
    Patent Date: 23 Apr 1831
    Acres: 4428.40
    District: Liberty
    County: Liberty
    Patent #: 832
    Patent Volume: 38
    Class: Title

    George married Priscilla Clark about 1831. Priscilla (daughter of James* (Jacques) William Clark and Esther* "Hester" Comstock) was born on 11 Mar 1796 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in 1870 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Priscilla Clark was born on 11 Mar 1796 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (daughter of James* (Jacques) William Clark and Esther* "Hester" Comstock); died in 1870 in Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 19 Jun 1797, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:

    SLR Clark, Priscilla (James of diocese of St. Peter of Baltimore U.S.A. & Ester Comstock of Massachusetts, U.S.A.) b 11 March 1796, bt 19 Jun 1797. spons: Eugene Crlin & Julienne Dartes, wife of Pierre Dubos. Note: Continuing the mission at Prairie James, the English Coast at the home of James Clark. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch: v.4 #879)

    Children:
    1. John Orr was born in May 1833 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
    2. 5. Joanna Orr was born in Dec 1835 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, or Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas; died after 1906 in of, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.