The photo below is from our 2005 reunion.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Family Reunion!
Today I head to Pennsylvania for a reunion with my mother's side of the family. It has been so long since so many of us have gotten together. It will be great to see everyone.
The photo below is from our 2005 reunion.
The photo below is from our 2005 reunion.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Wednesday's Child: Mary Elizabeth Bailey
Mary Elizabeth Bailey was the only child of my great-great-grandfather's sister Lillie (or Lilly) May Gatlin and her first husband John B. Bailey. Mary Elizabeth was born on 27 February 1899 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After her father died in 1903, she and her mother moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and lived with her mother's sister Ida Lee (Gatlin) Andrews, Ida's husband William Samuel Andrews, and their son Perry Lee Andrews. After Lillie married Charles L. Goodrum in Davidson County, Tennessee on 6 December 1910, the family moved back to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where Mary Elizabeth died of tuberculosis on 15 June 1912. She was thirteen years old.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Gloucester County Historical Society Databases
The Gloucester County Historical Society in Woodbury, New Jersey has the following online databases available:
Marriages (1686 - 1939)
Deaths (1686 - 1939)
Cemetery Records (1700s, 1800s, 1900s)
Gloucester County Historical Society Library Catalog
Burlington County Vital Statistics from the Elma Eckert Collection
Burlington County Cemetery Records from the Elma Eckert Collection
Burlington County Obituaries from the Elma Eckert Collection
Burlington County Churches from the Elma Eckert Collection
The databases are available to members who have selected a membership that includes a database searching subscription. A three-month database searching subscription membership is also available.
I found my great-grandmother's stepfather/adoptive father James Mapplebeck's brother and sister in these databases. George Mapplebeck's January 1927 death is recorded in the Deaths database (under the surname Mapleback), and includes a citation to a newspaper article in the Gloucester County Democrat. He died in Glassboro, New Jersey as he was leaving work. A record for Sarah Mapplebeck is in the Cemetery Records database. She is buried in Manahath Cemetery in Glassboro.
Marriages (1686 - 1939)
Deaths (1686 - 1939)
Cemetery Records (1700s, 1800s, 1900s)
Gloucester County Historical Society Library Catalog
Burlington County Vital Statistics from the Elma Eckert Collection
Burlington County Cemetery Records from the Elma Eckert Collection
Burlington County Obituaries from the Elma Eckert Collection
Burlington County Churches from the Elma Eckert Collection
The databases are available to members who have selected a membership that includes a database searching subscription. A three-month database searching subscription membership is also available.
I found my great-grandmother's stepfather/adoptive father James Mapplebeck's brother and sister in these databases. George Mapplebeck's January 1927 death is recorded in the Deaths database (under the surname Mapleback), and includes a citation to a newspaper article in the Gloucester County Democrat. He died in Glassboro, New Jersey as he was leaving work. A record for Sarah Mapplebeck is in the Cemetery Records database. She is buried in Manahath Cemetery in Glassboro.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Grandma Boe
Grandma Boe and me
My maternal grandmother Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe passed away 28 years ago today. She was one of the best people that I have ever known, and will always be loved and missed.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
52 Ancestors: #31 Paulina Gersbacher
My great-grandmother Paulina Gersbacher (Pauline Gerspacher) was born on 13 August 1876 in Niederwihl, Waldshut, Baden, Germany. She was the daughter of John (Johann) Gersbacher and Kunigunde Dreier. She came to the United States in 1883 with her mother and siblings; they sailed from Bremen, Germany on the Braunschweig and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 July 1883. They then went to St. Louis, Missouri and joined her father, who had left Germany earlier.
Paulina's older brother Fridolin died on 30 May 1892, and her mother died on 6 January 1893. Her father then abandoned the family. Paulina, the oldest living child, was only 16 years old. She began working as a servant. Her sister Gussie worked in a laundry, and her brother Joe went with Gussie. But there was no one else to take care of the youngest child, Ann. Paulina did her best to try to take care of Ann. She had to resort to hiding Ann in her room and sneaking food up to her. Eventually, she was caught and was fired from her job. She then began working for A. W. and Adele Schulenberg. Ann went to live with an old woman in a wheel chair. Paulina visited Ann every week on her day off, but because the old woman stayed in the room with Ann and Paulina, it took Paulina some time to find out that the woman often hit Ann with her cane.
The Schulenberg's milkman tried to talk Paulina into going out, but she was turned off to the idea of men and marriage because of her father. Eventually the milkman brought John Schneider to meet Paulina. She could not believe that a man could be so nice. They were married on 23 July 1902 at Sts.Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Louis.
Their first child, Christina Maria, was born on 20 April 1903. Their only son, Carl Joseph, was born on 2 June 1905. Sadly, Christina died of meningitis on 27 April 1909. Their daughter Margaret Ann, my maternal grandmother, was born on 16 March 1911. Their youngest child, Paula Christina, was born on 27 January 1913.
After her father died on 8 February 1914, Paulina went to the funeral home to make the funeral arrangements for him, even though he had treated the family so badly. She and her husband are probably the ones that had the tombstone erected on the Gersbacher family plot at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery. When Paulina's sister-in-law Marie (Schneider) Illig was sick with influenza in 1918, Paulina brought food to her when others were afraid to go anywhere near her.
Paulina died on 1 December 1966. She was buried in Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in St. Louis.
The information about Paulina's life after her mother died and before her marriage was obtained from a letter that my grandmother Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe wrote to her youngest son in 1976.
Paulina with her children Margaret, Carl, and Paula Schneider on her 85th birthday, 13 August 1961
Paulina's older brother Fridolin died on 30 May 1892, and her mother died on 6 January 1893. Her father then abandoned the family. Paulina, the oldest living child, was only 16 years old. She began working as a servant. Her sister Gussie worked in a laundry, and her brother Joe went with Gussie. But there was no one else to take care of the youngest child, Ann. Paulina did her best to try to take care of Ann. She had to resort to hiding Ann in her room and sneaking food up to her. Eventually, she was caught and was fired from her job. She then began working for A. W. and Adele Schulenberg. Ann went to live with an old woman in a wheel chair. Paulina visited Ann every week on her day off, but because the old woman stayed in the room with Ann and Paulina, it took Paulina some time to find out that the woman often hit Ann with her cane.
The Schulenberg's milkman tried to talk Paulina into going out, but she was turned off to the idea of men and marriage because of her father. Eventually the milkman brought John Schneider to meet Paulina. She could not believe that a man could be so nice. They were married on 23 July 1902 at Sts.Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Louis.
Their first child, Christina Maria, was born on 20 April 1903. Their only son, Carl Joseph, was born on 2 June 1905. Sadly, Christina died of meningitis on 27 April 1909. Their daughter Margaret Ann, my maternal grandmother, was born on 16 March 1911. Their youngest child, Paula Christina, was born on 27 January 1913.
After her father died on 8 February 1914, Paulina went to the funeral home to make the funeral arrangements for him, even though he had treated the family so badly. She and her husband are probably the ones that had the tombstone erected on the Gersbacher family plot at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery. When Paulina's sister-in-law Marie (Schneider) Illig was sick with influenza in 1918, Paulina brought food to her when others were afraid to go anywhere near her.
Paulina died on 1 December 1966. She was buried in Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in St. Louis.
The information about Paulina's life after her mother died and before her marriage was obtained from a letter that my grandmother Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe wrote to her youngest son in 1976.
Paulina, age 19
Paulina
Paulina, 1918
Paulina, 1936
Paulina and John Schneider
Saturday, August 2, 2014
First United States Census Enumeration
The first United States census day was August 2, 1790. Heads of households were enumerated by name. The number of people in each household was recorded, and included the following categories: free white males 16 and over, free white males under 16, free white females, other free white persons, and slaves.
The census was taken in the thirteen original states (Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia), the state of Vermont, and the districts and territories that became Kentucky, Tennessee, and Maine. Census data from Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia no longer survives.
In 1790, my 6th-great-grandfather Lazarus Gatlin's household in Dobbs County, North Carolina included 4 free white males under 16, 1 free white male 16 and over, and 6 free white females. His son Jesse Gatlin's household included 1 free white male 16 and over and 2 free white females.
References
1790 Overview
1790 United States Census
United States Census 1790
The census was taken in the thirteen original states (Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia), the state of Vermont, and the districts and territories that became Kentucky, Tennessee, and Maine. Census data from Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia no longer survives.
1790 United States Census, Dobbs Co., North Carolina. Series M637, roll 7, page 465, image 591.
In 1790, my 6th-great-grandfather Lazarus Gatlin's household in Dobbs County, North Carolina included 4 free white males under 16, 1 free white male 16 and over, and 6 free white females. His son Jesse Gatlin's household included 1 free white male 16 and over and 2 free white females.
References
1790 Overview
1790 United States Census
United States Census 1790
Friday, August 1, 2014
Swiss National Day
August 1 is Swiss National Day. The first celebration was in 1891, commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation. In early August 1291, the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden signed the Federal Charter of 1291. The day did not officially become a national holiday until 1994, after a vote on 26 September 1993.
The day is celebrated with fireworks, bonfires, and parades. At the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen, there is a "Fire on the Rocks" fireworks display (which takes place the night before, July 31). The falls are illuminated during the display. A festival is held on the Rhine (also on July 31) at Basel. It includes fireworks, taverns and stalls, and musical performances. The celebration at Rütli includes a reading of the Rütlischwur, the oath of alliance which was taken at Rütli. In Zürich, a procession and festival are held.
Celebrations are also held outside Switzerland, in locations including New York City, Washington, D.C., Whittier, California, and Sutton, Quebec, Canada (in the town of Sutton and at the Mont SUTTON ski resort).
My 3rd-great-grandfather Davidson Binkley is believed to be a descendant of Peter Binkley (also Binggeli and Binckele), who was born in Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland on 2 March 1704 and came to Pennsylvania in 1736.
Rhine Falls fireworks. Photo by SISHION (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.
Bonfire, Reinach. Photo by Roland Zumbühl (Picswiss), Arlesheim (Commons: Picswiss project) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.
References
Celebrating Swiss National Day, 1 August
Swiss National Day
Swiss National Day, August 1st
About the SND NYC
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