Eli Curby/Kearby/Kirby and Mary Katherine Hardy

This is what i found on Myheritage for him.

Eli Kirby was born in 1815, at birth place.
Eli married Mary Katherine Kirby (born Hardy) on date, at marriage place.
Mary was born in 1828, in King of Prussia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
They had 11 children: Rachel Kirby, Phebe Jane Kirby and 9 other children.
Eli passed away on month day 1891, at age 76 at death place, Michigan.

I found a profile for Eli Kirby on Ancestry. It says he might have been born in 1825 in Nova Scotia, Canada.

I believe I have all those records, not the one on ancestry and that is good to know, I'll try looking at records in that area to see if I can find something. I have their marriage records, etc but nothing mentions Parents or siblings. I have a myheritage page so the my heritage record might have been mine :) Thank you again, you've given me a few leads!

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8054&a...

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7667&a...

Thank you Mikey, but I do not have access to Ancestry. Maybe next year :)

Gosh Debbie, I just replied to your message & then saw "Kirby".
Ed Kirby was my stepfather....not a name I ever come across.
Have always wondered if he was from Illinois, hmmm? Another
interesting connection, Gina Wolveck

I have an extensive line of Kirby (Kirbee) from my deceased husband's family in Indiana. they came up from Kentucky, I believe, after the Civil War.

Hi Debbie, your local library might have the free library version of ancestry

Georgina Mary Wolveck Judith Lee Flamer I have two Kirby lines, one is my mothers, they did come up from down south, might even have some in Illinois. I was able to find that line thanks to my brothers friend, Daniel Kirby and his brothers. I built a branch with the data they gave me and was able to finaly link it to my mom's family. However, my dad's Curby line is a little more difficult as I've found nothing anywhere regarding him before he married my ggg grandmother. He could have been using Eli as his given name, but it could have been something else. He named my gg grandfather Vincent Eli Curby, so it's possible maybe that he was a Sr. but went by Eli? I've seen the name spelled many ways too so I've looked at all of that, but nothing. So I'm stuck...
@Leanne Minny, thank you for your suggestion, wish it were that easy but I live in the middle of nowhere and can't drive, I'm disabled. Which is one reason I've taken on the challenge of family genealogist. Getting internet here is a challenge too, but we get by.

Thanks again everyone for your help.

Are you a member of New England Historical Genealogical Society? They have a lending library program. You might also check through your local library and the Library of Congress whether you set up a lending program there. See LOC.gov.

and NEHGS.org

Hello Debbie, nice to her from you. You sound busy ;]
Edward Kirby was my stepfather.
My 1/2 brother that I grew up with is Daniel Jos. Kirby.
He has 1/2 bro, Gary Kirby, in Ca.
Gary's mother died & Edward married my mother while I was a toddler.
I was entered into K as Gina Kirby & went by Kirby til I married in 1973.
But only ONE blood relation is my bro Danny, who lives in Idyllwild Ca. and....knows nothing abt computers...ha. Never WANTS to :)
Sorry but no help from this end, Best, Gina Wolveck

Oh Debbie, I seem to recall my mom saying that Ed Kirby was the 13th of 13 children.
And, I must have heard somewhere that one of them was a minister.
Edward's sister was a darling women named Annette (if I am recalling this correctly).
Kirby sort of common name, meaning...many diff. Kirby Family's ,GMW

@Judith Lee Flamer thank you for the link, I'm not a member but I probably will be here soon :)
Georgina Mary Wolveck, we are already cousins so now we are 1/2 cousins too. :) Do you think it's the Ed Curby/Kirby my ggg Uncle? I don't really have any information on him other than he was born somewhere around 1851 in Michigan. I'll check your Edward Kirby out. Yes Kirby is a very common name, frustrating :) My maiden name is Allen and I'm road blocked at that 3rd ggg father too, His name is Thomas and of course from Ireland where there are a thousand Thomas Allan/Allen's.

I'm also on FamilyTreeDNA but mostly on Wikitree.com where I volunteer to clean up and provide sources to unsourced profiles. that what I lie best about Wikitree--- they insist on sourcing everything, and not just with Ancestry Trees though there are a lot of those we are trying to clean up. And it's totally FREE..

Oops LIKE not Lie

@Judith Lee Flamer I'm on FTdna and Wikitree too along with MyHeritage & FamilySearch. I go as many places as I can to try to grow this tree :)

Debbie, Do you have a source for Eli's time and place of death? I haven't seen any record.

Arnold

@Debbie Bell It just takes patience and persistence.... and friends. JLF

@Arnold Curby, no I don't. Are you related, you have the same last name that some of the family have kept. :)

@Arnold Curby, Never mind we are cousins, Eli is also your GGG (Not sure how many greats) grandfather.

Eli is my gg grandfather.

He is my 3rd Great Grandfather. Vincent Eli Kirby is my 2nd Great Grandfather. Vincent's daughter Alice married a Baer (Chauncey), they had a daughter (Arivella), she married Hugh Albert Allen Sr., My dad is Hugh Albert Allen Jr.