The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          January, Lewis E.                                            

Title:               January Family Papers

Dates:             ca.1983-1995

Call No.:         Col. 570          

Acc. No.:         96x126

Quantity:        3 boxes

Location:        9 A 6

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Dr. Lewis E. January was a descendant of Thomas Janvier, a French immigrant who settled in New Castle County, Delaware in the late 17th century. Dr. January researched his family history and corresponded with others who were also interested in the Janvier and January families.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

In researching his family genealogy and history, Dr. Lewis January compiled this collection.  It includes his correspondence, photographs, notes, printed materials, and photocopied items relating to the January and Janvier families who, for the most part, originated in Delaware and Kentucky.  The original surname of the family was Janvier, but Peter Janvier appears to have been the descendant who anglicized the name to January.  Peter was an early settler of Kentucky.  A computer generated family chart is included.        

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The files have been kept in the same order in which they were received.  They are housed in three boxes.          

 

 

PROVENANCE

 

Gift of Lewis E. January, Iowa City, Iowa.

           

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

 

           

RELATED MATERIALS AT THIS REPOSITORY

 

A large group of Janvier family materials is found in Col. 33, the Margaret Janvier Hort papers.  It includes original family documents, compiled genealogies, and much 20th century correspondence concerning family history.

 

Janvier family papers, Col. 155, includes family histories for the Janvier, Marley, and McWilliams families.

 

The Janvier, Bush, and Danforth family papers, Col. 869, follows another branch of the Janvier family.  Most of this material relates to a branch of the family which included Thomas Janvier (1773-1852).

 

Members of the Janvier family are mentioned in Fol. 229, the Wilmington Fire Insurance Co. log.

 

The Winterthur Museum collection includes furniture made by John Janvier, Sr.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:            January family

                        Janvier family

                        Odessa (Del.) – Genealogy.

                        Kentucky – Genealogy.

 

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location:  9 A 6

 

Box: 1

            Folder: 1         Thomas (I) Janvier [the immigrant]

 

            Folder: 2         Ebenezer Church and cemetery (Jessamine County, Kentucky)

 

Folder: 3         Photos: Ebenezer Church and cemetery; New Castle and Odessa, Delaware; Maysville, Kentucky

 

            Folder: 4         Presbyterian Church, New Castle, Delaware

           

            Folder: 5         “Stories of Old New Castle,” compiled by Anne R. Janvier [photocopy]

           

            Folder: 6         Battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky, 1782

 

            Folder: 7         “Early Settlers and Stations: Kentucky”

 

            Folder: 8         “A Calendar of Delaware Wills: New Castle County, 1682-1800”

           

            Folder: 9         Holcomb collection by Margaret Wiley Janvier

           

            Folder: 10       Peter January and Rev. John W. Cuthbertson

 

            Folder: 11       “A Day in Old New Castle,” 1992

 

            Folder: 12       “The January House, Odessa, Delaware,” by Beverly Jean Wik, 1974

 

            Folder: 13       Thomas Allibone Janvier

 

            Folder: 14       January: tracing from French records, Thomas Allibone Janvier

 

            Folder: 15       Mudd family

 

            Folder: 16       “John Janvier, Sr., Delaware Cabinetmaker” (from The Magazine Antiques, May 1983)

 

            Folder: 17       Photos: “Delaware Cabinetmaker” and Odessa [furniture, tombstones]

 

            Folder: 18       William B. Janvier property [New Castle]

 

            Folder: 19       Januarys and McConnells

 

            Folder: 20       “Janvier-Black House,” New Castle, Delaware

 

            Folder: 21       Worth B. Daniels, Jr. [January connection to Edgar Allan Poe]

 

            Folder: 22       “Hodgepodge” mailing, 7-24-92

 

            Folder: 23       “The Janvier Family (A Summary by Lewis E. January, M.D.)”

 

            Folder: 24       Miscellaneous Janvier papers and correspondence

 

 

Box: 2

            Folder: 1         Background

 

            Folder: 2         Family group record

 

            Folder: 3         Descendancy chart and family group record I

 

            Folder: 4         Descendancy chart and family group record II

 

            Folder: 5         Andrew McConnell January

           

            Folder: 6         “Stories of Old New Castle,” compiled by Anne R. Janvier [photocopy]

 

            Folder: 7         Property owned by Thomas (I) Janvier 

 

            Folder: 8         “A Mixture of January Information”

           

            Folder: 9         January history - miscellaneous

           

            Folder: 10       “Versailles” Peter [Peter January of Versailles, Kentucky]

 

            Folder: 11       New Castle and Odessa, Delaware

 

Folder: 12       Andrew McConnell January, William A. January, New Castle, Delaware, and Thomas I

 

            Folder: 13       John Janvier Black Cooper, Jr.

 

 

Box: 3

            Folder: 1         Janvier-January material from Donald J. Sublette

 

            Folder: 2         “Lex” Peter [Peter January of Lexington, Kentucky]

 

            Folder: 3         from Steven Janke

 

            Folder: 4         from Gerald Irwin

           

            Folder: 5         from Laura Young Brown