tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21626767751333801502024-03-14T12:33:39.425-04:00So Many Ancestors!Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.comBlogger1003125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-63224257936972659102019-02-17T18:14:00.000-05:002019-02-17T18:40:06.078-05:0052 Ancestors: Week 6 "Surprise": Nellie Cox Finally Found!For years, I have been searching for my 2nd-great-grandmother <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/06/52-ancestors-22-nellie-cox.html" target="_blank">Sarah Claire "Sadie" (Dyer) Gatlin</a>'s half-sister <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/06/52-ancestors-22-nellie-cox.html" target="_blank">Nellie Cox</a>. Nellie and her husband Owen McDonough were charged as accessories to murder after <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/05/52-ancestors-21-thomas-tom-cox.html" target="_blank">Tom Cox</a>, Nellie's brother and Sadie's half-brother, shot and killed Ben Dowell, a police officer in 1903. A mistrial was declared. The 1906 Nashville city directory stated that Owen McDonough had moved to Birmingham, Alabama. I hadn't been able to locate Owen or Nellie since then.<br />
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Sadie died in Chicago, Illinois on 20 January 1945. Her death notice mentioned a surviving sister, Mrs. E. Goolsby. All of Sadie's other siblings were dead, so Mrs. E. Goolsby had to be Nellie.<br />
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A few months ago, I finally located Nellie's first husband, Owen McDonough. I found him listed in Lorain, Ohio city directories in the 1920s. His wife was named Jennie. Apparently Nellie's first marriage ended in divorce. I don't know when Owen and Nellie split up, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were when Owen left Nashville. Being charged as accessories to the murder that Nellie's brother committed probably put a strain on their marriage.<br />
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Since I had finally located Owen, I decided to try searching for Nellie again, although I had searched before without success. And much to my surprise, I immediately found her!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nevada. Department of Health. Death certificate 65-1741 (1965), Nellie Dale Goolsby. Ancestry.com. <i>Nevada, Death Certificates, 1911-1965 </i>[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
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Nellie died in Las Vegas, Nevada on 13 July 1965. I never expected to find her there! Her death certificate confirmed that her mother's maiden name was <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2017/02/conclusions-about-maiden-name-and.html" target="_blank">Mary Reynolds</a>. My conclusion was correct. Her date of birth was consistent with the ages found in earlier census records. And I now had her second husband's name, Ezra A. Goolsby.<br />
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I still haven't located her in census records after 1900. Ezra Goolsby was enumerated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1940. He was a hotel proprietor. Nellie wasn't listed with him. It's possible that he just didn't mention her, though. Nellie and her first husband Owen McDonough both seem to have managed to avoid the census takers for decades. They may have been afraid that they would be tried as accessories to murder again.<br />
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Ezra Goolsby's mother, Salemma W. (Harris) Goolsby, died in Chicago, Illinois on 6 May 1926. His brother, Fleming Goolsby, lived in Chicago in 1930. Perhaps Nellie and Ezra met in Chicago. Sadie and her husband and children lived there; she was Nellie's only living sibling.<br />
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Nellie and Ezra (who died in 1979) are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Las Vegas.Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-25353048670541414692019-02-09T15:38:00.000-05:002019-02-09T15:38:19.707-05:0052 Ancestors: Week 4 "At the Library": The Truth About the Death of Catherine Elizabeth (Winters) Graham MapplebeckAccording to her death certificate, my 2nd-great-grandmother <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/07/52-ancestors-28-catherine-elizabeth.html" target="_blank">Catherine Elizabeth (Winters) Graham Mapplebeck</a> died of coronary sclerosis due to chronic nephritis on 4 March 1942.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Elizabeth Maplebeck death certificate. Missouri State Board of Health</span>. </div>
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She was 80 years old, so the cause of death seemed quite plausible. I never suspected that there was more to it until I visited the Hayner Public Library District's Genealogy & Local History Library in Alton, Illinois, where Elizabeth and her children had lived for a time. I searched the digitized newspaper collection and came across a brief item from the 5 March 1942 issue of the <i>Joplin Globe</i> entitled "Two St. Louis Women Overcome by Smoke, Die." One of the women was Elizabeth Mapplebeck!<br />
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I went to the St. Louis County Library to look for more information. At that time, I did not have access to the digital archives of the <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>, so I looked through the microfilm. The 3 March 1942 issue of the <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i> contained more details ("Invalid Perishes in Nursing Home Fire; 9 Overcome," p. 3.). A fire had broken out at the Brantwood Nursing Home in Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri. The nursing home had opened about four months previously, and had no outside fire escape. The fire started near the motor for the electric icebox. One man, Henry Kern, died of asphyxiation an hour after he was taken to the hospital. Five others had been carried out while unconscious, but had been revived. Three people were stated to be in serious condition. Elizabeth Mappleback was at the hospital, but was not considered to be in serious condition. However, the next day, her death was reported ("Woman, 82, Second Victim of Lemay Hospital Fire." <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>, 4 March 1942, p. 7C. )<br />
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It is strange that there was no mention of anything related to the fire on her death certificate. She must have suffered from smoke inhalation. Perhaps the stress of the experience brought on a heart attack.Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-30282335296858138502019-01-29T00:25:00.000-05:002019-01-29T00:25:00.184-05:0052 Ancestors: Week 4 "I'd Like to Meet": Gertrude Tarkington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ever since I was a little girl, I have been a cat person. The photo of my great-grandmother <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/12/52-ancestors-49-anna-gertrude-tarkington.html" target="_blank">Gertrude Tarkington</a> holding a cat gives me a good feeling about her. She looks like a nice woman, and I get the feeling that I would have liked her.<br />
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Although my father knew her, he didn't see her that often, since she lived in New York when he was growing up. She must have been a good mother; there was a history of violence and abuse on my great-grandfather's side of the family, but my <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-14-henry-cornelius-gatlin.html" target="_blank">grandfather</a> was a good man. Clearly she raised him right. Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-38806912329363380992019-01-22T03:07:00.001-05:002019-01-22T03:15:50.766-05:0052 Ancestors: Week 3 "Unusual Name": Astyanax <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hector's last visit to his family before his duel with Achilles:
Astyanax, on Andromache's knees, stretches to touch his father's helmet.
Apulian red-figure column-crater, ca. 370–360 BC. From Ruvo. Stored in
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One of the unusual names I have come across in my family tree is <b>Astyanax</b>. In Greek mythology, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astyanax" target="_blank">Astyanax</a> was the son of the Trojan prince Hector and his wife Andromache.<br />
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The first Astyanax I have come across is Astyanax Mills, the son of Archibald Ewing Mills and Nancy Hardgrave (sister of my 5th-great-grandmother <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-8-hannah-hardgrave-woman.html" target="_blank">Hannah Hardgrave</a>.) He was born in Kentucky and was a child when his father died around 1814. He may have died young. However, the name continued in the family.<br />
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Astyanax Mills Douglass (10 September 1838 - 1 March 1908) was the son of James S. Douglass and Caroline Mills (half-sister/half-first cousin of Astyanax Mills; daughter of Nancy Hardgrave and her second husband John F. Mills, the half-brother of Archibald Ewing Mills.) He was a physician, Confederate officer, and Texas state representative. He was born and raised in Sumner County, Tennessee. He studied medicine in Nashville and earned his medical degree in 1861. He served in Company I of the Sixth Mississippi Infantry Regiment and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant after the Battle of Shiloh. After he was wounded in 1862, he went to Bowling Green, Kentucky and served as assistant surgeon. He returned to the Sixth Mississippi Infantry Regiment in 1863. After the war, he returned to Sumner County, Tennessee and practiced medicine, then moved to Covington, Hill County, Texas. He served in the Texas State Legislature from 13 January 1874-18 April 1876; 18 April 1876-14 January 1879; and 14 January 1879-11 January 1881, and served in the Texas State Senate from 10 January 1893-10 January 1895 and 13 January 1903-10 January 1905. He was chairman of the Texas State Board of Health and president of the Medical and Surgical Association of Hill County, the Medical Examining Board of the Eighteenth Judicial District, and the Confederate Veterans and Old Settlers Association of Hill County. He was profiled on the blog <a href="http://politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com/2011/12/astyanax-mills-douglass-1838-1908.html" target="_blank"><i>The Strangest Names in American Political History</i></a>.<br />
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Astyanax Mills Douglass had a son, Astyanax Saunders Douglass (24 September 1871-27 April 1897), who had a son also named Astyanax Saunders Douglass (19 September 1897-26 January 1975.) This Astyanax was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1921 and 1925. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a coach at Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas, and named the team the Golden Sandstorms. He later founded Furniture Warehouse Stores of El Paso, Texas.<br />
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Elizabeth L. Mills, daughter of John F. Mills and his first wife Frances Thurmond, and stepsister/half-first cousin of Astyanax Mills, had a son named Astyanax Mills Duncan (6 February 1833-5 September 1921). He lived in and near Sumner County, Tennessee.<br />
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The name Astyanax was also used as a middle name in the family. Ann Hardgrave Mills, the daughter of Nancy Hardgrave and John F. Mills, had a son named Dero Astyanax Saunders (13 June 1858-28 June 1913). He lived in Mississippi. He had a son who was also named Dero Astyanax Saunders (9 March 1900-15 October 1961), who fathered a third Dero Astyanax Saunders (13 September 1931-15 March 1969.)<br />
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<b>References</b><br />
Bork, June, comp. <i>Wayne County, Kentucky Deed Book B (1811-1818</i>). San Diego, CA: June Bork, 1993. Deed abstracts: Joel Coffey & Patsy his wife to the heirs of Arch. E. Mills, dec'd, 24 Nov 1814; Joshua Jones Sr. & Hannah his wife to Nancy Mills, widow of Archibald Mills, et al., 9 Mar 1816.<br />
Miller, Aragorn Storm. <a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fdo67" target="_blank">Douglass, Astyanax M.</a> <i>Handbook of Texas Online</i>. Texas State Historical Association.<br />
<a href="https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=3233#terms" target="_blank">A. M. Douglass</a>. <i>Texas Legislators: Past and Present</i>. Legislative Reference Library of Texas.<br />
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67287490" target="_blank">Find A Grave, Astyanax S Douglass</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astyanax_Douglass" target="_blank">Astyanax Douglass - Wikipedia</a><br />
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/douglas01.shtml" target="_blank">Astyanax Douglass</a>. Baseball Reference.<br />
<a href="http://www.diamondsinthedusk.com/uploads/articles/137-img2-DOUGLASS_Astyanax.pdf" target="_blank">Astyanax Douglass - "A Horned Frog Makes Good"</a><br />
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25016011/el_paso_heraldpost/?xid=637" target="_blank">Death notice, A. S. Douglass</a>. <i>El Paso Herald-Post</i>, 27 Jan 1975, p. C-7.<br />
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25015993/el_paso_heraldpost/?xid=637" target="_blank">"Concerning Names."</a> <i>El Paso Herald-Post</i>, 1 Feb 1975, p. B-1.<br />
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131378907" target="_blank">Find A Grave, Astynas Mills Duncan</a><br />
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55201062" target="_blank">Find A Grave, Dero Astyanax Saunders</a><br />
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55201104" target="_blank">Find A Grave, Dero Astanyax Saunders</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55201348/dero-astyanax-saunders" target="_blank">Find A Grave, Dero Astyanax Saunders, Jr.</a> Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-23331641312125387662019-01-14T23:21:00.000-05:002019-01-14T23:21:16.979-05:0052 Ancestors: Week 2 "Challenge": Mary NevinsI have not been able to identify any relatives of my 3rd-great-grandmother <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-41-mary-nevins.html" target="_blank">Mary Nevins</a>, other than her husband and children. I know that she was born in Ireland in the 1830s and was in the Davidson County, Tennessee by January 1855, when she married my 3rd-great-grandfather <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/02/52-ancestors-5-william-dow-gatlin-ax.html" target="_blank">William Dow Gatlin</a>.<br />
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I don't know whether she immigrated to the United States with other family members. I searched for others in the Nashville area with the surname Nevins, and found Robert F. Nevins, a grocer. He turned out to have been born in Tennessee about 1830. He couldn't have been Mary's brother.<br />
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I found a death certificate for Alexander Nevins, son of Joseph Nevins and Mary Haley born 21 December 1832 in Ireland. He died in Nashville on 8 April 1922 at the Little Sisters of the Poor home. However, he had previously been in the National Soldiers Home in Washington County, Tennessee. He had previously lived in North Carolina. He had initially enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1857 in Boston Massachusetts. I have not found any evidence that he and Mary were related.<br />
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The names of Mary's sons may provide clues. My 2nd-great-grandfather was named John William Morton Gatlin (but was usually known just as William Morton Gatlin or William M. Gatlin.) His paternal grandfather was John McNairy Gatlin. His father was William Dow Gatlin and his great-grandfather (his paternal grandmother's father) was <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/02/52-ancestors-4-william-gower-methodist.html" target="_blank">William Gower</a>. Perhaps the name Morton came from Mary's side of the family. Another son was named Clarence Bateman Gatlin. I do not know of anyone (family, friends, or famous people) that he could have been named after. These names also may have come from Mary's side of the family.<br />
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Mary died on 9 September 1888. Her death was recorded in the Davidson County, Tennessee death register, but parents' names were not recorded then. Researching Mary has definitely been a challenge. Hopefully I will eventually break down this brick wall.Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-41132806851274173462019-01-07T22:28:00.000-05:002019-01-07T22:32:53.699-05:0052 Ancestors: Week 1 "First": Godfrey SpruillMy 9th-great-grandfather Godfrey Spruill was the first doctor in North Carolina. He was born about 1650, and received a land patent in James City County, Virginia on 31 October 1684. By 1694, he was living in North Carolina, and he was practicing medicine in Edenton by 1702.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dillard, Richard. "Some Early Physicians of the Albemarle." <i>The North Carolina Booklet</i>, pp. 17-18. North Carolina Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, July 1911.</span><br />
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Godfrey and his wife Joanna had the following children:<br />
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<li>Samuel (my 8th-great-grandfather), who married (1) Elizabeth Swain (my 8th-great-grandmother) and (2) Mary</li>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Spruill" target="_blank">Godfrey Spruill - Wikipedia</a><br />
<a href="http://bagwells.com/spruill---godfrey.pdf" target="_blank">Godfrey Spruill - Bagwells.com</a><br />
<a href="https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/spruill/502/" target="_blank">Godfrey Spruill, 1694 NC</a><br />
<a href="https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/spruill/614/" target="_blank">Re: Godfrey Spruill, 1694 NC</a><br />
<a href="http://carteret.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/books/jul1911.pdf" target="_blank">The North Carolina Booklet</a>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-65127112729272483852017-05-10T21:02:00.000-04:002017-05-10T21:02:12.173-04:00NGS 2017: Day 1I am in Raleigh, North Carolina for the 2017 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, which began today. During the opening session "Family History Lives Here," we watched a video presentation which included a reading from "The Moravian Record of Peter Binkele" - my ancestor! That was a very nice surprise! I then went to the exhibit hall and bought some books.<br />
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At 11:00 AM, I attended Diane Richard's session "Tarheels in Your Family Tree?" Some of my ancestors lived in North Carolina in the 1700s. I had never thought about the impediments to interior travel in North Carolina; I will have to follow up on the sources listed in the handout.<br />
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After lunch, I attended Craig Scott's session on Mexican War ancestors. <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-week-21-military-thomas-j.html">Thomas Tarkington</a>, who was probably my 3rd-great-grandfather <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-13-joseph-tarkington.html">Joseph Tarkington</a>'s brother, was killed in the Mexican War.<br />
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I then attended J. H. Fonkert's session "Use all the Sources: A Complex Case of Confounded Identity." The case study dealt with a Norwegian immigrant family. I know from experience that members of Scandinavian families may use different names, but this family used many more than one might expect!<br />
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It was a great day, and I look forward to the rest of the conference!Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-10077012043215886462017-03-15T21:47:00.000-04:002017-03-15T21:47:26.913-04:00Wednesday's Child: Walter D. HughesWalter D. Hughes, the son of Walter John Hughes and my <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/09/52-ancestors-week-37-large-family-sarah.html">2nd-great-grandmother</a>'s sister <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/08/sundays-obituary-mary-e-mollie-dyer.html">Mary "Mollie" Dyer</a>, was born about 1885 in Tennessee. He died at the age of 13, on 13 November 1898, in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. The cause of death was inanition. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Davidson County, Tennessee Death Registers. Entry no. 1396, Walter D. Hughes, 1898, p. 170. Ancestry.com. <i>Tennessee, City Death Records, 1872-1923</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Davidson County, Tennessee Death Registers. Entry no. 1396, Walter D. Hughes, 1898, p. 170. Ancestry.com. <i>Tennessee, City Death Records, 1872-1923</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. </span><br />
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Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-39142672507349285222017-02-19T04:01:00.000-05:002017-03-15T21:10:45.020-04:00Conclusions about the Maiden Name and Family Relationships of Mary, Wife of Michael Dyer and John CoxWhen I traveled to Nashville, Tennessee last September, I did some research on my 3rd-great-grandmother <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-week-3-tough-woman-mary.html">Mary</a>, the wife of <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-7-michael-dyer.html">Michael Dyer</a> and <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2016/01/sundays-obituary-john-cox.html">John Cox</a>. After examining my findings and doing additional research, I have come to some conclusions about her maiden name and family relationships.<br />
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In a deed registered on 25 June 1868, Mary, wife of Michael Dyer, conveyed land to "my Sister Bridget Long wife of John Long". (1) In a deed registered on 19 August 1868, Bridget Long conveyed land to "my Sister Mary Dyer". (2) These deeds establish that Mary and Bridget were sisters.<br />
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Bridget Allen married John S. Long on 17 November 1861 in Davidson County, Tennessee. (3) He was not her first husband. In 1860, 22-year-old Bridget Allen and 4-year-old Martin Allen lived in the household of Thomas and Sarah Fagan. (4) Thomas Fagan and Sarah Reynolds had married in 1857. (5) Bridget's first husband was probably Michael Allen, who declared his intention to become a United States citizen on 23 March 1853 in Davidson County, Tennessee. (6) Mary's husband Michael Dyer declared his intention to become a United States citizen on the same date and in the same place. (7) Michael Dyer was from County Roscommon, Ireland. (8) Michael Allen was also from County Roscommon, Ireland. (9) A Martin Allen also came from County, Roscommon, Ireland. (10) He was probably the brother of Michael Allen and the uncle of the younger Martin Allen. He was probably the father of Michael Allen, the nephew of Mrs. Bridget Long, who died at age 16 on 18 November 1874. (11)<br />
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In her will, Bridget left property to her nieces Elizabeth Slowey and Sarah Gatlin. (12) Mary Elizabeth Slowey was the daughter of Thomas Fagan and Sarah Reynolds. (13) Sarah Gatlin's maiden name was Dyer (14), and she was the daughter of Bridget's sister Mary. (15) Bridget and Mary must have been the sisters of either Thomas Fagan or Sarah Reynolds. Additional sources support that conclusion. A newspaper article on the death of Tom Fagan, the son of Thomas and Sarah Fagan (16), states that Tom Cox was a cousin of Tom Fagan (17); Tom Cox was Mary's son (18) from her marriage to her second husband John Cox. (19) Another newspaper item provides additional evidence. A report of the death of Sarah Fagan stated that Mrs. McDonough was notified of the death of her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Fagan, and that the mother of Mrs. McDonough and Tom Cox had left the courtroom for this reason. (20) Mrs. McDonough was Mary's daughter Nellie Cox (21), who had married Owen McDonough. (22) Although this news item alone does not provide enough information to conclude that Sarah was Mary's sister rather than her sister-in-law, an additional source supports the theory that Sarah and Mary were sisters. Mary's daughter <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/09/52-ancestors-week-37-large-family-sarah.html">Sarah "Sadie" (Dyer) Gatlin</a> had a son named John R. Gatlin (23); according to John's World War II draft registration card, his full name was John Reynold Gatlin. (24) It therefore seems more likely that Sadie's mother's maiden name was Reynolds. Additionally, John Grenham's Irish Surnames web site shows that the surnames Dyer, Allen, and Reynolds are all found in Boyle Parish, County Roscommon, Ireland; the surname Fagan was not found to be associated with the surnames Dyer and Allen in County Roscommon. (25)<br />
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I therefore believe it is likely that Mary's maiden name was Reynolds and that she was the sister of Bridget and Sarah Reynolds.<br />
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1. Davidson County, Tennessee, Deed Book 39: 443-444. Metropolitan Government Archives, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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2. Davidson County, Tennessee, Deed Book 39: 554. Metropolitan Government Archives, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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3. Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriage register, 1861, p. 355, record no. 4254, Jno S. Long and Bridget Allen. Ancestry.com. <i>Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.<br />
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4. 1860 United States census, Nashville Ward 6, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 124, dwelling 824, family 956. Ancestry.com. <i>1860 United States Federal Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.<br />
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5. Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriage register, 1857, p. 225, record no. 2698, Thomas Fagan and Sarah Reynolds. Ancestry.com. <i>Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.<br />
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6. Davidson County, Tennessee, Declaration of intention no. 148, Michael Allen, 23 March 1853. Metropolitan Government Archives, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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7. Davidson County, Tennessee, Declaration of intention no. 149, Michael Dyer, 23 March 1853. Metropolitan Government Archives, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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8. Harris, Ruth-Ann M., Donald M. Jacobs, and B. Emer O’Keeffe, editors. <i>Searching for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in “The Boston Pilot 1831–1920”</i>. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989, p. 114.<br />
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9. Harris, Ruth-Ann M., Donald M. Jacobs, and B. Emer O’Keeffe, editors. <i>Searching for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in “The Boston Pilot 1831–1920”</i>. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989, pp. 373-374.<br />
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10. Harris, Ruth-Ann M., Donald M. Jacobs, and B. Emer O’Keeffe, editors. <i>Searching for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in “The Boston Pilot 1831–1920”</i>. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989, pp. 373-374.<br />
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11. Death notice, Michael Allen and Michael Dougherty. <i>Republican Banner</i> (Nashville, TN), 19 Nov 1874, p. 4.<br />
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12. "Mrs. Long's Will: Leaves Houses and Lots to Nieces, Misses Slowey and Gatlin." <i>Nashville American</i>, 29 March 1907, p. 12.<br />
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13. Tennessee Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics. Death certificate no. 1262, Mary Elizabeth Slowey, 1943. Ancestry.com. <i>Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<br />
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14. Davidson County, Tennessee. Marriage license and return, William M. Gatlin and Sarah C. Dyer, June 1881. Metropolitan Government Archives, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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15. 1870 United States Census, Nashville Ward 6, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 20, dwelling 170, family 196. Ancestry.com. <i>1870 United States Federal Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.<br />
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16. 1880 United States Census, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, enumeration district 36, p. 1, dwelling 3, family 3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <i>1880 United States Federal Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.<br />
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17. "For Killing Tom Fagan." <i>Nashville American</i>, 25 Feb 1896, p. 5.<br />
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18. 1880 United States Census, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, enumeration district 43, p. 38, dwelling 288, family 428. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1<i>880 United States Federal Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.<br />
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19. Davidson County, Tennessee. Marriage license and return, John Cox and Mary Dyer, April 1871. Metropolitan Government Archives, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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20. "Mrs. Sarah Fagan Dead." <i>Nashville American</i>, 14 Feb 1904, p. 12.<br />
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21. 1880 United States Census, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, enumeration district 43, p. 38, dwelling 288, family 428. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <i>1880 United States Federal Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.<br />
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22. <i>Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950</i>, database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X81Z-9ZY">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X81Z-9ZY</a> : 21 December 2016), Owen Mc Donough and Nellie Cox, 06 Mar 1899; citing , Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,300.<br />
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23. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. City Health Department. Division of Vital Statistics. Affidavit for correcting a record, John R. Gatlin. Ancestry.com. <i>Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.<br />
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24. World War II draft registration for John Reynold Gatlin, serial no. 1326, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; <i>Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for Illinois, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942</i>; NAI Number: 623284; Record Group Title: <i>Records of the Selective Service System</i>; Record Group Number: 147. Ancestry.com. <i>U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.<br />
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25. Irish Surnames. <<a href="https://www.johngrenham.com/surnames/">https://www.johngrenham.com/surnames/</a>>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-73404734562525585452017-02-03T16:22:00.000-05:002017-02-03T16:22:32.833-05:00Friend of Friends Friday: Slaves of Charles BrownCharles Brown of Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee died about 1816. On 28 November 1817, his widow Michal (Owings) Brown purchased two of his slaves: a man named Jack and a child named Thomas Reynolds.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Estate sale account, Charles Brown, January 1818. Williamson County, Tennessee. Divorce, Probate, and Other Records, 1800-1899. Ancestry.com. <i>Tennessee, Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Tennessee.County records. Nashville,Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm roll numbers 99 to 108, 115, 336 to 337, 428 to 431, 519, A-4098, A-5278, B-1 to B-9,
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In 1820, Michal Brown owned four slaves: one male under 14, one male 26-44, one female under 14, and one female 14-25.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1820 United States census, Franklin, Williamson County, population schedule. NARA Roll 33_125,Image 135. Ancestry.com. <i>1820 United States Federal Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.</span>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-90150488494175645402017-01-24T20:22:00.002-05:002017-01-24T20:22:49.515-05:00Tuesday's Tip: MapireMapire (<a href="http://mapire.eu/en/">http://mapire.eu/en/</a>) provides access to historical maps of the Habsburg Empire. It contains maps of the First Military Survey (1763-1787), the Second Military Survey (1806-1869), the Third Military Survey (1869-1887), the Military Survey of Hungary (1941), the Austrian Netherlands (1764-1771), and the Hungarian Kingdom (1869-1887). There are cadastral maps from the nineteenth century, and maps of Europe in the eighteenth century, around 1850, and 1850-1890. The site also includes maps from other countries: Italy (nineteenth century), France (eighteenth century), Belgium (eighteenth century), Lower and Upper Alsace (1731), Scotland (nineteenth century), Ordnance Survey of England and Wales (about 1890), Southwest Germany (1797), Germany (nineteenth century), Finland (1918), and Norway (nineteenth century). There are maps of European cities: Vienna (eighteenth century), Budapest (eighteenth-twentieth century), Budapest (1944), London (eighteenth century), Moscow, Paris (1739), and Rome (1829). The Austrian Historic Town Atlas provides information about the history and urban development of sixty-four Austrian towns. It is possible to view the maps synchronized with each other or with today's maps. The maps can also be viewed in 3D. Copies of the maps (reproductions or digital copies) can be purchased. If you have ancestors from these areas, Mapire may be very helpful to you.Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-43115004521434426492017-01-10T22:37:00.000-05:002017-01-10T22:57:54.502-05:00Tuesday's Tip: Cemetery Web SitesWhen searching for information on your ancestors, it is worthwhile to check the Web sites of the cemeteries that they are buried in. Sometimes they contain useful information.<br />
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The Web site of Calvary Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee has a <a href="http://calvary.nashville.tn.govern.com/">burial lookup</a> feature. The information provided included the date of burial, the location of the burial plot, and whether the person was a veteran. Until I searched this Web site, I did not know when my <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-week-3-tough-woman-mary.html">3rd-great-grandmother</a>'s second husband <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2016/01/sundays-obituary-john-cox.html">John Cox</a> had died, since his name is so common and I did not know much about him. There are two men named John Cox who were buried in Calvary Cemetery, within two years of each other, but I knew which was the right person because only one was buried in the same plot as my 3rd-great-grandmother.<br />
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The Web site of Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio has even more information. Members of my aunt's family are buried there. The Web site has a <a href="http://www.springgrove.org/geneology-search.aspx">genealogy search</a> section which can be searched by name or location. When you get a list of search results, you can click on a person's name and you will see a PDF of the burial card for that person. The cards include information such as age at death, place of birth, place of death (street address), last residence, date of death, date and time of burial, location of grave, cause of death, parents' names, name of the burial plot owner, and relationship of the deceased to the burial plot owner. When I found the burial card for my aunt's great-grandmother <a href="http://www.springgrove.org/stats/81239.tif.pdf">Mary Jane (Lewis) Oliver</a>, I learned that her mother's maiden name was Spooner.Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-72734816496769374322017-01-09T00:38:00.000-05:002017-01-09T00:38:33.472-05:00Mappy Monday: Cairo, Illinois and Vicinity, 1861<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Viele, Egbert Ludovicus. H.H. Lloyd & Co's campaign military charts showing the principal strategic places of interest. H.H. Lloyd & Co., 1861. Public domain. Available from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1861_Cairo_detail_of_H.H._Lloyd_%26_Co%27s_Military_Charts_USA_by_Viele_BPL_14829.png">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</span><br />
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My 3rd-great-grandfather <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/05/52-ancestors-19-davidson-binkley.html">Davidson Binkley</a> died of measles 154 years ago today, on 9 January 1863, in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, while he was serving in Company G, 128th Illinois Infantry. This map shows the area where he was stationed, and where he died.Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-50476123651328582812017-01-02T23:06:00.000-05:002017-01-02T23:06:08.869-05:00Military Monday: Cornelius C. Bogert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cornelius C. Bogert index card. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 - 1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. National Archives and Records Administration. Record Group 15. Microform publication T289. Roll 305. Available from Fold3</span>.<br />
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My aunt's great-grandfather Cornelius C. Bogert was a private in Company H, 25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The company was commanded by Captain James Inglis, Jr.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_New_Jersey_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment">25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment</a>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-90899723804138985442016-12-18T16:23:00.000-05:002016-12-18T16:23:30.782-05:00Johann SchäubleMy 4th-great-grandfather Johann Schauble was born 222 years ago today, on 18 December 1794, in Niederwihl, Waldshut, Baden, Germany. He was the son of <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2016/09/joseph-schauble.html">Joseph Schäuble</a> and Ursula Mutter.<br />
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He married <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2016/03/matrilineal-monday-maria-anna-albiez.html">Maria Anna Albiez</a> on 21 January 1818 in Niederwihl.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marriage record, Johann Schäuble and Anna Maria Albiez, 21 January 1818. Staatsarchiv Freiburg L 10 Nr. 5776, Bild 16. Permalink: <a href="http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-498377-16">http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-498377-16</a>. Standesbücher / 1810-1870 > Waldshut; Amtsgericht > Niederwihl, Görwihl WT; Katholische Gemeinde: Heiratsbuch 1810-1869 / 1810-1869. </span><br />
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Their children were Magdalena (born 26 February 1819), Theres (born 3 March 1820), my 3rd-great-grandmother <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2016/03/matrilineal-monday-franziska-schauble.html">Franziska</a> (born 24 September 1821), Agatha (born 24 January 1824), Franz Joseph (born 13 December 1825), Katharina (born 21 March 1847), Fridolina (born 4 March 1829), Karl (born 28 March 1831, died 30 March 1831), Sophia (born 15 May 1832), and Sekunda (born 31 December 1833).<br />
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Johann was a farmer (<i>Landwirt</i>), a cotton manufacturer (<i>Baumwollfabrikant</i>), and the proprietor of the Stag Inn (<i>Hirschenwirt</i>)<br />
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He became a widower on 20 March 1847, when his wife Maria Anna passed away.<br />
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Johann died on 26 February 1851 in Niederwihl.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Finnish flag on independence day 2011, Tähtitorninmäki, Helsinki, Finland. 6 December 2011. Photo by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Htm" target="_blank">Htm</a> [CC BY-SA 3.0 (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0</a>)]. Available from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finnish_flag_on_independence_day_2011.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</span><br />
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Today Finland is celebrating 99 years of independence. Before the Parliament of Finland adopted the Finnish Declaration of Independence on 6 December 1917, Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire, the Grand Duchy of Finland.<br />
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Law professors at Berlin University declared that the Parliament of Finland had the right to proclaim independence. They believed that the change in Russian government had dissolved the union of Finland and Russia.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Battle of Verdun, 1916. By <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gdr">Gdr</a> [GFDL (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html</a>) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/</a>)]. Available from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Verdun_map.png">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</span><br />
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My first cousin three times removed Josef Eschbach was an <i>Obergefreiter</i> (corporal) in the Bavarian Army, Fußartillerie-Bataillon 21. He participated in the Battle of Verdun.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fußartillerie-Bataillon 21. 15106-Kriegstammrolle. Ancestry.com. <i>Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918</i>
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2010. Original data: Kriegsstammrollen, 1914-1918. Bavarian State
Archives. Department IV, War Archive, Munich.</span><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun">Battle of Verdun</a><br />
<a href="http://eng.verdun.fr/Universal-city/Verdun-and-World-War-I/The-Battle-of-Verdun">The Battle of Verdun</a> Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-80204388276699871302016-12-04T19:59:00.002-05:002016-12-04T19:59:34.420-05:00Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market (Weihnachtsmarkt)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Christmas market (<i>Weihnachtsmarkt</i>) is a tradition that goes back to the late Middle Ages in the German-speaking areas of Europe. It is a street market with open-air stalls which is held during the four weeks of Advent.<br />
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Today I attended the Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market in Sparta, New Jersey. Although it was the 15th annual <i>Weihnachtsmarkt</i>, I had not previously been aware of it. It is the largest Christmas market in New Jersey, and the only one that is run to donate back to the community. More than 110 vendors were present. The merchandise included jewelry, clothing, paintings, and German Christmas items. There was a petting zoo, the opportunity to visit with Santa, and an entertainment tent.<br />
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Since I am 1/4 German, some of my ancestors probably shopped at <i>Weihnachtsmärkte</i>. I enjoyed the experience and hope to go again next year.<br />
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<b>References</b><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market">Christmas market</a><br />
<a href="http://lakemohawkgermanchristmasmarket.com/?page_id=21">History | Weihnachtsmarkt</a><br />
<a href="http://lakemohawkgermanchristmasmarket.com/">Weihnachtsmarkt | Annual Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market, Sparta, NJ, USA</a>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-62525669857307087562016-12-02T21:31:00.000-05:002016-12-02T21:31:16.891-05:00Friend of Friends Friday: Runaway Slaves of William and John Sutton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Kentucky Gazette</i>, 1 August 1799, page 6. <a href="http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7x959c6919_6">Kentucky Digital Library</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Twenty Dollars Reward.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;">R</span>AN AWAY from the subscribers, on the night of the 4th of July, 1799, a Negro man, about 24 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, by the name of PHILL, perhaps he may try to pass by the name of PHILL BURLEY, yellowish complexion, thick lips, spreads his mouth when he laughs, has a bad scar on his left little finger, occasioned by a reap-hook ; took with him a mixed cassimer coat, with a split on the left shoulder, narrow backs, with the pockets inside, a pair of mixt overalls of country cloth, white shirt, and marseilles vest. Also a mulatto man nearly the same age, rather smaller, and nearly the same height––hath a peace out of the left side of his nose, one of his fore teeth out, took with him divers cloths unknown––his name MAJOR, once passed by the name of JAMES, sometimes by the name of PETER ROBINSON : if tightly examined will reply, why do you think so ? Or, what makes you think so? If the above negroes are taken and confined in any jail, so that the subscribers get them again, the apprehender shall receive ten dollars, and if brought home shall receive the full reward with reasonable charges.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> William Sutton</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> John Sutton jr.</span>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-3034200224464107392016-11-30T13:47:00.001-05:002016-12-02T21:09:15.346-05:00Siege of Fredriksten<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Plan of the Siege of Frederiksten, 1718. Holm, Edvard. <i>Danmarks Riges Historie</i>, vol. 5, 1907. Public domain. Available from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_of_the_Siege_of_Frederiksten_1718.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</span><br />
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On 30 November 1718, Charles XII of Sweden's troops attempted a siege on the Norwegian fortress of Fredriksten in the city of Fredrikshald (now Halden, Østfold). This was the last invasion of Norway during the Great Northern War. Charles XII was killed by a projectile while he was inspecting his troops' lines.<br />
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I am not sure if any of my ancestors participated in the Great Northern War, but I could have had ancestors on both sides, since I am both Swedish and Norwegian.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fredriksten">Siege of Fredriksten</a>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-13671334833932062962016-11-29T20:49:00.001-05:002016-11-29T20:49:19.301-05:001783 Earthquake<br />
The most powerful earthquake to strike New Jersey was the one that occurred at 9:00 PM on 29 November 1783. It measured 5.3 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale">Richter scale</a>, and VII on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale">Mercalli intensity scale</a>. It was felt from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania. <br />
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In Philadelphia, it was reported that items were thrown off shelves and sleeping people were woken up.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Maryland Gazette</i>, 11 Dec 1783, page 2</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/damage.htm">Damaging Earthquakes Felt in NJ</a><br />
<a href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1783_11_30.php">Historic Earthquakes: New Jersey 1783 11 30 03:50 UTC (Local 11/29)</a><br />
"Philadelphia, December 2." <i>Maryland Gazette</i>, 11 December 1783, p. 2. <br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783_New_Jersey_earthquake">1783 New Jersey earthquake</a><br />
<a href="http://www.shorenewstoday.com/weather/trivia/weather-trivia-the-day-new-jersey-shook-like-no-other/article_841f6258-d997-5adc-a963-d6433baa10e8.html">Weather trivia: The day New Jersey shook like no other</a>Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-22700011549915201032016-11-27T10:40:00.000-05:002016-11-27T10:40:27.759-05:00Mary WintersMary Winters, the daughter of my 4th-great-grandparents <a href="http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/11/52-ancestors-48-hugh-winters.html">Hugh Winters</a> and Mary Bennet, was born 176 years ago today, on 27 November 1840. She was baptized on 13 December 1840 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland. The baptismal sponsors were John Finegan and Cath Boylan.<br />
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She arrived in New York, New York on 12 June 1849 on the Pursuit with her father and most of her siblings. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Passenger manifest, Pursuit, 12 June 1849.<i> Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897</i>. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Year: 1849; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 080; List Number: 706. Ancestry.com. <i>New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. </span><br />
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Mary's mother and sister Margaret apparently traveled separately, but the whole family was together in Brooklyn, New York by 1850. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1850 United States census, Brooklyn Ward 10, Kings County, New York, population schedule, p. 131A. Ancestry.com. <i>1850 United States Federal Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.</span><br />
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In 1855, Mary was a servant in the home of John and Mary Blair. Her mother had apparently died by this time.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>New York State Census, 1855</i>, database with images, FamilySearch (<a class="external free" href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6W3-Z9M" rel="nofollow" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6W3-Z9M">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6W3-Z9M</a> :
19 November 2014), Mary Winters in household of John Blair, E.D. 2,
Ward 12, Brooklyn City, Kings, New York, United States; count clerk
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Mary died on 12 September 1876 in Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York, New York. The causes of death were phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) and alcoholism. Asthma was a contributing cause. She was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">New York, New York. Board of the Health Department. Death certificate no. 248060, Mary Winters, 1876.</span></div>
Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-18674704177268840582016-11-23T21:18:00.002-05:002016-11-23T21:18:41.336-05:00Wordless Wednesday: Edward and Ellen (Dahlquist) Anderson, September 1950<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>St. Louis Star</i>, 2 March 1928, page 11</span></div>
Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-1980674362743444822016-11-19T22:05:00.000-05:002016-11-19T22:06:40.984-05:00Surname Saturday: SchunkAccording to <i>Dictionary of American Family Names</i>, edited by Patrick Hanks (Oxford University Press, 2003), the surname Schunk comes from a South German nickname for someone with long legs (the Middle High German word for leg bone is <i>schinke</i>) or from a Slavic word meaning "piglet."<br />
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My known Schunk ancestors are:<br />
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5th-great-grandmother: Agnes Schunk<br />
born about 1744, Kendenich, Rhein-Erft, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany<br />
married Heinrich Erp<br />
died 9 March 1819, Kendenich, Rhein-Erft, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany<br />
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6th-great-grandfather: Peter Schunk Beth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.com0