Hello arijaba, Karen here is this Raymond Swinehart of Fort Wayne Indiana you are talking about? he is my cousin and has a sister named Ginger in Florida I just got a letter from her and she said she wrote him but has not heard back Please e-mail me at khcheeky@netzero.com I'm sure one of his sisters would have known about this, this is very upsetting thank you Karen

Thank goodness, no not your relative. My Ray was English and lived in Suffolk. Apologies for worrying you, wasn't my intention.

Thank heaven thats a relief but anyway maybe you could help I am looking for Christina Double maiden name Pence am looking for her parents she was born in Virgina abt 1824 married William Double abt 1844 she died abt 1899 also Jacob Double married Winifred Masters he is from Westmoreland Pa. born abt 1790 Are you a Double? how are you related? don't mean to quiz you but am curious most of my Doubl;e's lived in Fort Wayne Indiana some came from Germany, France, Scotland & England maybe we could help each other thanks Karen

That's sad news about Ray, thanks for passing the information on. A number of people (myself included) have been helped in finding out information on the Double's from his research (in my case, indirectly through others). My branch of the Double's came from Suffolk too.

Hi Karen, My spreadsheet is a little short on the USA Doubles but I do have the following:
Not confirmed yet but believe that a James Double born about 1750 married a Sarah Reading on 4 Oct 1776 and that they were the parents of John B Double and Jacob. No details of where James and Sarah were born or where they married, you could maybe research that in the USA.
John B Double born 3 March 1784 in Westmoreland, PA
m Jane Byrne.
Jacob Double born abt 1790 in Westmoreland, PA m Winifred Masters.
Zephaniah Double born 11 June 1804 in Westmoreland PA, died 9 Sept 1804 child of John B Double and Jane Byrne.
Hamilton Double was born 15Aug 1820 in Westmoreland PA to John B Double and Jane Byrne.
Anna Marie Double born 14 Apr 1816 in Westmoreland PA to Jacob Double and Winfred Masters. Winifred married John Judd.
I have extracted the USA Doubles from my spreadsheet and will send it to you if you let me have your email address or you could contact me on mine which is sandra.cardwell@sky.com and I will send the spreadsheet by return email. There are 79 entries up to the birth of a Dennis double in California in 1939.

All the best
Sandra

Just had another look at the English side of the Doubles trying to find the James who arrived in the USA to begin the Double dynasty over there. I found a James Double born July 1751 baptized 17 Jul 1751, born in East Grinstead Sussex to a James Double and Elizabeth.(No surname for Elizabeth or date of birth for James though probably born about 20 years earlier).
There's no detail of James b 1751 marrying here or where he ended up. They also had another son Daniel born Feb 1745 and baptized 12 Feb 1745.
20 Years ealier in that place a Richard Double and his wife Mary had two sons Thomas born 1720 baptized 14 Feb 1720 and, Daniel 1722 Baptized 24 Nov 1722. I think it more than likely that they also had a son James born at about the same time who would have become the father of James born 1751. Christian names usual re-occur within families.