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.

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

Swiss National Day

Flag of Switzerland. Photo by Wladyslaw (Own work) [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.

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.

Fireworks in Basel at the Swiss national day. Photo by Vincent de Groot (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.

Paper lanterns, 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

Those Places Thursday: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nashville, Tennessee

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nashville, Tennessee. 22 May 2010. Photo by Andrew Jameson (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

St. Mary's Church is the oldest extant church in Nashville, Tennessee and the oldest Catholic church in the Diocese of Nashville. The church was built in 1844-1847. Adolphus Heiman, a German immigrant, was the architect. It is located at 330 5th Avenue North, at the corner of Charlotte Avenue. It was originally called Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin of the Seven, and is now known as St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows. It was the Cathedral of Nashville until 1914, when the Cathedral of the Incarnation was built.

During the Civil War, St. Mary's Church was used as a hospital for wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. In 1970, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

My 3rd-great-grandmother Mary, widow of Michael Dyer, married her second husband John Cox at St. Mary's on 10 April 1871. They were married by Father Edward Doyle, who died in the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1879. Mary's funeral and the funerals of some of her children were held at St. Mary's Cathedral. Most of her children were probably baptized there.

References
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church (Nashville, Tennessee)
St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows
Oldest Church in Nashville Tells of City's Rich History

Workday Wednesday: Pevely Dairy

Photograph of a detail sign on the Pevely Dairy Company Plant office building (viewed looking west) at 1001 S. Grand Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. 4 March 2012. By Poroubalous (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

My great-grandmother Kathleen (Graham) Boe worked for the Pevely Dairy in St. Louis, Missouri. According to Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt: Shared Roots in Telemark, compiled by Melvin and Alpha (Boe) Broadshaug, Kathleen worked for the dairy in a public relations capacity. The 1930 United States Census shows her as working as Educational Director for a dairy company.

Kathleen Boe household. 1930 United States Census, St. Louis City, Missouri, Ward 14 (part), population schedule, enumeration district 96-496, sheet no. 3A.

Kathleen filed a patent for a design for a scorecard on 4 April 1927, and the patent was granted on 16 October 1928. The design included milk bottles, so it is likely that she created it while working for the Pevely Dairy.

Boe, Kathleen. Design for a Score Card.Patent USD76601. Application filed 4 April 1927. Patented 16 October 1928. Available from http://www.google.com/patents/USD76601.

Boe, Kathleen. Design for a Score Card.Patent USD76601. Application filed 4 April 1927. Patented 16 October 1928. Available from http://www.google.com/patents/USD76601.

My mother told me that Kathleen was responsible for the introduction of milk into the St. Louis public schools. During the Great Depression, free milk programs were established in the St. Louis Public Schools. These are probably the programs that Kathleen was involved with.

The Peveley Dairy was founded in 1887 by Martin W. Kerckhoff.  It was originally located at 1312 South Seventh Street. In 1903, a three-story building was erected at 3301 Park Avenue. In 1916, the plant on the corner of Chouteau Avenue and Grand Boulevard was constructed. Its eight acres of property included the company's headquarters, a dairy production facility, a soda fountain, and a stable for the horses which were used to deliver milk by wagon. In the 1940s, Pevely Dairy had more than 350 milk delivery routes. Pevely Dairy was purchased by Prairie Farms in 1989. The factory was closed in 2008. The dairy complex was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. St. Louis University purchased the property in August 2011, and began demolition in 2012.

Photograph of marquee sign on the Pevely Dairy Company Plant office building (viewed looking west) at 1001 S. Grand Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. 4 March 2012. By Poroubalous (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

Photograph of a detail sign on the Pevely Dairy Company Plant office building (viewed looking west) at 1001 S. Grand Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. 4 March 2012. By Poroubalous (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

References
Pevely Dairy Company Plant
Prairie Farms Closes Pevely Plant. (December 2008). Dairy Foods, 109(12), 14.
Remembering the Pevely Legacy
The History of One Dairy Plant. (April 1919). The Milk Dealer, 8, 68.

Talented Tuesday: Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington, with signature. Available from Indiana University and Wikimedia Commons.

 
Today is the birthday of writer Booth Tarkington. I first heard of Booth Tarkington when I was growing up, because my paternal grandfather said that we were related to him. Although I had not yet begun any genealogical research at that time, I was curious enough to ask my grandfather how we were related to him. He didn't know, other than that the relationship was on his mother's side (my great-grandmother's maiden name was Tarkington). Although Booth Tarkington was from Indiana, his paternal grandfather was born in Tennessee. Tarkington is not a common surname, and his ancestors were from the same area that my ancestors came from. If I could prove the identity of my 3rd-great-grandfather Joseph Tarkington's parents, I would be able to figure out what the relationship is. But as of now I just know that he is a distant cousin of some sort. He is a distant relative of Joseph S. Tarkington, the man that I suspect is the father of my Joseph Tarkington.

Newton Booth Tarkington was born on 29 July 1869 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over more than fifty years, he wrote 171 stories, 21 novels, 9 novellas, and 19 plays. He also produced numerous illustrations, radio dramas, and movie scenarios. He won the Pulitzer prize for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). Other works of his include The Gentleman from Indiana (1899), Penrod (1914), and Gentle Julia (1922). Many of his works were adapted for films.

Ad for the 12 part film series The Adventures of Edgar Pomeroy, based on stories written by Booth Tarkington. Film Daily, 20 February 1921, page 10. Available from Wikimedia Commons. Film Daily issue available from the Internet Archive.

References
Armistead, Sarah Peery; Sawyer, Ova Lee Peery; and Russell, Lorraine Peery. Boyer, Penny Russell, ed. Tarkington-Kersey, Theresa, photo ed. Tarkingtons of Tennessee: Genealogy of John G. Tarkington. 2001.
(Newton) Booth Tarkington. Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center.
Booth Tarkington
1919 Pulitzer Prize
1922 Pulitzer Prize

DAR Elias Van Bunschooten Museum

I visited the DAR Elias Van Bunschooten Museum in Wantage, New Jersey over the weekend, during the museum's annual Christmas in July. Tours of the museum were given, and there were vendors, demonstrators, and re-enactors. The house was owned by Reverend Elias Van Bunschooten, a Dutch Reformed minister.

 

Links
The DAR Van Bunschooten Museum
Van Bunschooten Museum
Elias Van Bunschooten Museum

Church Record Sunday: Marriage of Edward Lucas and Bridget Scott

My 8th-great-grandparents Edward Lucas and Bridget Scott married in 1700. They were Quakers, so they first had to declare their intentions. Bridget belonged to the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting in Burlington Co., New Jersey, where Edward declared his intentions on the 4th day of the 5th month 1700 (4 July 1700).

Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Minutes, 1688-1809. 4th day of 5th month 1700. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Edward and Bridget declared their intentions again at the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting on the 1st day of the 6th month 1700 (1 August 1700). Edward brought a certificate from the meeting he belonged to, the Falls Monthly Meeting in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania.

Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Minutes, 1688-1809. 1st day of 6th month 1700. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

 

Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Book of Records, 1684-1756. 1st day of 6th month 1700. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Edward and Bridget married on the 3rd day of the 7th month 1700 (3 September 1700) at the house of Thomas Lambert (the husband of Bridget's sister Margaret) in New Jersey.

  

Marriage of Edward Lucas and Bridget Scott. 3rd day of 7th month 1700. Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Minutes, 1682-1847. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.