Tombstone Tuesday: Olivia G. (Zieroff) Gersbacher

Olivia G. Zieroff was born in Missouri (probably in St. Louis) on 2 September 1899. She was the daughter of Joseph F. Zieroff and Marguerite Hartung. She married John Henry Gersbacher, the son of my great-grandmother's brother Joseph John Gersbacher. They had a daughter and a son, and eventually divorced. Olivia died on 4 August 1994. She is buried in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in St. Louis.

Mappy Monday: Map of Virginia and Maryland

A Map of Virginia and Maryland. Francis Lamb. The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, 1676. Huntingfield Collection, MSA SC 1399-1-197. Image from the Maryland State Archives, Charts and Maps Used by the Early Settlers of Maryland.

This map, which has been made available by the Maryland State Archives, depicts colonial Virginia and Maryland during the 1600s. Some of my ancestors lived in Maryland and Virginia during this time period.

52 Ancestors: Week 26 "Halfway": Annie Cox

The theme for Week 26 of the 52 Ancestors Challenge is "Halfway." I have chosen to write about Annie Cox because she was my great-great-grandmother Sarah Claire "Sadie" Dyer's half-sister, and because her life was short (actually, less than half the length that she could have lived).

Annie was born about 1872 in Tennessee (probably Nashville, since that is where her family lived). She was the first child that my 3rd-great-grandmother Mary had with her second husband John Cox. Annie lost her father when she was about six years old; John Cox died in 1878. In 1880, Mary Cox headed the household. Annie was then known as Nannie. She and her older half-brother Mike Dyer were attending school.

1880 United States census, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, enumeration district 43, page no. 38. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 

The 1895-1897 Nashville city directories list Annie as an operator working at 180 N. College. While researching my Tarkington relatives (on another line), I learned that this was the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. Annie and my other relatives were telephone operators. Annie lived in the household of her mother, who was a grocer. They were listed at a different address in each directory.

Nashville City Directory, vol. 31, 1895. Joel Davis, comp. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Nashville City Directory, vol. 32, 1896. Joel Davis, comp. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Nashville City Directory, vol. 33, 1897. Joel Davis, comp. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. 

Annie lost two siblings during this time. Her older half-brother Michael J. Dyer died of congestion of the brain on 24 December 1895, and her younger brother William Cox died from abscess of the lungs on 2 March 1896.

Annie died in Nashville, Tennessee on 19 July 1898. She was only 26 years old. Her cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis. Her funeral was held at the Cathedral of Nashville (now St. Mary's Catholic Church). She was buried in Calvary Cemetery,  Section 10, Lot 3, Space 11 on 20 July 1898.

My great-great-grandmother Sadie (Dyer) Gatlin's daughter Anna Elizabeth Gatlin may have been named after Annie (whose given name was probably Anna.)

Annie Cox death record. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, City Death Records, 1872-1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis 1848-1907. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Annie Cox death record (2nd half of page.) Ancestry.com. Tennessee, City Death Records, 1872-1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis 1848-1907. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.

 Nashville Banner, 20 July 1898, page 7

National PTSD Awareness Day

Help Raise PTSD Awareness flyer. National Center for PTSD. Available from http://www.ptsd.va.gov/about/ptsd-awareness/RaisePTSD_Awareness.pdf

In 2010, in order to being greater awareness of posttraumatic stress disorder, the United States Senate designated June 27 as PTSD Awareness Day. June has also been designated as PTSD Awareness Month.

Posttraumatic stress disorder can occur after an individual has been exposed to a single traumatic event or multiple traumatic events, such as combat, abuse, physical or sexual assault,accidents, and natural disasters.
 

Signs and Symptoms, PTSD. Wikiversity Motivation and Emotion. By Gajah (Own work) [Public domain]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

People have experienced PTSD for thousands of years, although it was called by different names. Some of my ancestors may have suffered from PTSD.

References
About PTSD Awareness - PTSD: National Center for PTSD
National PTSD Awareness Day (June 27, 2015) | National Child Traumatic Stress Network
NIMH: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD Awareness Month - PTSD: National Center for PTSD
Spotlight: June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
The VVA Veteran--A Short History of PTSD

Friend of Friends Friday: Will of Maindort Doodes

Signature and seal photographed from the will of Minor Doodes. William and Mary Quarterly 11(3),  Jan. 1903. Available from Archive.org.

My 10th-great-grandfather Maindort (or Meindort, Mindote, or Minor) Doodes wrote his will on 13 December 1677. It was recorded in the clerk's office of Middlesex County, Virginia. The seal has the impression of a galley. Maindort Doodes was a Dutch sea captain. In 1665, he lived in Lancaster County, Virginia. He was also recorded as being of Nansemond in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia records. ("Minor Family." William and Mary College Historical Magazine 8, 1900, pp. 196-200. Available from Google Books.)

William and Mary College Historical Magazine 8,1900, pp. 198-199. Available from Google Books.

     In the name of God Amen I Mindote Doodes being weake in body but of sound and perfect Memory doe Ordaine this my Last will and Testamente Firste I doe bequeathe my sole to God. that give it and my body to be buried in Christian buriall at the discretione of my Executor or Executrix hereafter nominated.

     Item My Debts being first paide I leave my hole persnall estate in the hands of my loving wife Mary Doodes during the time of her widowhood and if Inkase she should marry again then my will is thatt my sonn Doodes Minor's children shall have the one half of my Negroes forthwith delivered into the possession of there father for the sole use & behoufe of them while such time that it shall please God to take him away & then to Redound to the use of there Mother during the time of her widowhood & afterwards to them solely & Inkase of the Mortality of Ither without issue the Survivore to succeed thereon and the other half to be forthwith delivered into the possession of Peter Montague for the sole use of his wife whitch is now living and afterwards to the sole use of her children & inkase of the Mortality of Ither of them without Issue the Survivore to succeed thereon as abovesd & soe to Remaine them & there Increase male and female & not to be sould nor Mordgaged & furthere Increase male and female & not to be sould nor Mordgaged & further my will is that the two ould Negroes Degoe & Pallis his wife shall serve but ten years after my desease & then to be free & Doe make my loving wife Mary Doodes & my loving friend William Chance my sole Executor & Executrix to see my will truly performed in witness whereof I here unto sett my hand and seale the 13th day of December 1677.
     & None of My other Negroes to serve any longer than fourty five yeares a. sold them nor there Increase.

                                                                                         MAINDORT DOODES (Seal).
William Chance
Silvt Blizard
                               Probat in Cur Com Midds die January 1677 at Recordat 9 die sequent  Teste Chr Robinson Clerk.

This is the first record that I have found where one of my ancestors or collateral relatives makes provisions for the freedom of slaves. I hope to find more records like that! I hope that Degoe and his wife Pallis were surviving when the ten years had passed and that they were freed, as Maindort Doodes wanted.

Korean Conflict Begins

Memorandum of Conversation, June 26, 1950. Harry S. Truman Administration File, Elsey Papers. Available from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.

The Korean Conflict began on Sunday, 25 June 1950 at the 38th parallel, the border between North and South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il Sung invaded South Korea, and the conflict soon became international. The United Nations, under the leadership of the United States, joined the conflict on the side of South Korea. China and the Soviet Union assisted North Korea.

Harry Ashby Lee, the husband of my first cousin once removed Joan Elise Roberts, served in the United States Navy during the Korean War.

References
Korean Conflict | Veterans Museum
Korean War
The Korean War, 1950–1953 - 1945–1952 - Milestones - Office of the Historian
The Korean War And Its Origins, 1945-1953
Teaching With Documents: The United States Enters the Korean Conflict

Wednesday's Child: Jesse Edwin Tarkington

 Photo by CB - Find a Grave contributor

Jesse Edwin Tarkington was born in Davidson County, Tennessee on 17 October 1909. He was the youngest son of my great-grandfather's brother Jesse Tarkington and Pauline "Lena" Hitner. His father died a month before his birth.

Jesse Edwin developed intussusception (the sliding of one part of the intestine into an adjacent part). His doctor attended him from October 18 to October 27. Jesse must have been in a lot of pain for more than a week. According to the Mayo Clinic, intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children under three years of age. MedlinePlus states that intussusception is four times more common in boys than in girls.

Jesse Edwin died at Barr's Infirmary in Nashville, Tennessee on 27 October 1914, at the age of 5 years, 1 week, and 3 days. He was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.

Jesse Edwin Tarkington death certificate, no. 35, 27 October 1914. Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 16. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Available from Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday: Ray C. Brewer

Ray Cyrus Brewer was born in December 1891 in New York. He was the son of Henry J. and Eva (Dye) Brewer. On 20 January 1917 in Otsego County, New York, he married Kathryn Berberick (the sister of John Joseph Berberick, who married my great-grandmother's sister Margaret Tarkington and Margaret's daughter Louise Margaret Gray.) They had three daughters and a son. Kathryn died in 1929, and Ray remarried in 1931, to Rena Rhea Burdick. He died in 1942 and was buried in Cedarville Cemetery in Cedarville, New York.

Mappy Monday: Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County, New Jersey outline map of municipalities, labeled. Created by ChrisRuvulo, from NJDEP publishes Arcview shape format outline maps of counties and municipalities. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons. 

This map shows the towns in Bergen County, New Jersey. I grew up in Bergen County.

Father's Day

Father's Day is the perfect time to share this photo of my father and me in my maternal grandparents' front yard in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

52 Ancestors: Week 25 "The Old Homestead": Jorgen Pedersen Boe

The theme for Week 25 of the 52 Ancestors Challenge is "The Old Homestead." I wanted to write about someone who had applied for land through the Homestead Act of 1862, but I had already written about the relatives whose homestead applications I had found: my 2nd-great-grandfather Jorgen Jorgensen Boe, my 3rd-great-grandfather Halvor Eriksen Otterholt, and Halvor's son Thorkel Halvorson. Jorgen Jorgenson Boe had immigrated with his parents, but I had not found land records for his father, my 3rd-great-grandfather Jorgen Pedersen Boe. I looked at the BLM GLO Records Web site again, and found that there were land records for him, which I had previously overlooked. He was listed as Jorgen Pederson Bo, and his land was in Chippewa County, Minnesota. The other men all had land in Swift County, Minnesota. They all lived near each other, though; they lived near the county line.

Jorgen Pedersen Boe was born on 13 February 1820 in Bø, Telemark, Norway, and was baptized seven days later. He was the son of Peder Jorgensen Bø and Kari Halvorsdatter Sønstebø.

Telemark county, Bø, Parish register (official) nr. 6 (1815-1831), Birth and baptism records 1820, page 76-77. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20051011061101.jpg 

On 13 June 1848, Jorgen married Ingeborg Torsdatter (or Thorsdatter) Vatner.

Telemark county, Bø, Parish register (official) nr. 7 (1831-1848), Marriage records 1848, page 297.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20051011050335.jpg

They had the following children: Kari, born 1 February 1849; my 2nd-great-grandfather Jorgen, born 18 November 1850; Peder, born 24 September 1852; Thor, born 22 October 1854; Halvor, born 19 October 1856;  Ingeborg, born 14 May 1859, Anund, born 6 Feb 1861 (he apparently died young); Gregar, born 6 June 1862; and Svenung, born 25 April 1865.

In 1865, Jorgen was a tenant farmer on the Nistaas farm in Bø. He had inherited the Bø farm, but had sold it to his brother Gregar. In 1866, Jorgen, his wife, and most of his children left Norway. (His son Halvor stayed behind; Halvor came to Minnesota around 1880.) They sailed from Christiania (now Oslo) on the Vanadis on 12 May 1866 and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 2 July 1866.

Passenger list, Vanadis, 1866. Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data:  Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Jorgen and his family settled in Canisteo, Dodge County, Minnesota. They were enumerated in Canisteo in the 1870 United States Census. According to the census, the youngest member of the household was Anson, age 2/12, born in Minnesota. I have not found any further record of this child.

By 1875, Jorgen and his family had moved to Chippewa County, Minnesota. According to  Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark, the family at first lived in a sod house which had been partially dug out of the river bank. 

On 27 May 1878, Jorgen became a citizen of the United States.

Jorgen Pedersen Boe naturalization, 27 May 1878. Swift County District Court, State of Minnesota.

On 30 March 1880, Jorgen received a patent for the land located in the northwest quarter of section 4, township 119, range 40.

Jorgen Pedersen Bo, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Certificate no. 3765. United States Bureau of Land Management. 30 March 1880.
 
Jorgen was enumerated on the land in the 1880 United States Census. Erick Otterholt, enumerated nearby, was the brother of Aaste Halvordsatter Otterholt, the wife of Jorgen's son Jorgen Jorgenson Boe.

1880 United States census, Mandt, Chippewa County, Minnesota, population schedule, enumeration district 32, page no. 15. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

This map of Chippewa County shows the location of Jorgen's land.

Atlas of Chippewa County, Minnesota. Philadelphia, PA: Northwest Publishing Co., 1900.  Ancestry.com. U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

In 1895, Jorgen and his wife Ingeborg  lived  near their son Jorgen and his family in West Bank, Swift County, Minnesota.

Minnesota State Census, 1895.West Bank, Swift County, Minnesota. 6 June 1895. Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.

In 1900, Jorgen and Ingeborg lived near their son Gregar in Swenoda, Swift County, Minnesota. Jorgen's occupation was listed as watch repairing.

1900 United States census, Swenoda Township, Swift County, Minnesota, population schedule, enumeration district 282, sheet 2B. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 

According to "The People from Telemark in Chippewa, Yellow Medicine and Lac qui Parle Counties" by Torkel Oftelie and Ole (Olav) Jacobson Haugland (originally published in Norwegian in Telesoga 20 (July 1914), pages 3-4; translated by Grace Foss and reprinted in Telemark to America Volume II: Settlements), Jorgen was a watchmaker and jeweler, and had been a schoolmaster in Norway. Oftelie and Jacobson also mentioned that Jorgen told stories from Norway and sang stev. The article stated "He was a pleasant person to have around." (Telemark to America Volume II: Settlements, page 136.)

Jorgen died on 30 July 1902 in Swenoda, Swift County, Minnesota. 

The Minnesota Historical Society has an image of the Jorgen Boe home in Chippewa County, Minnesota, taken approximately 1900. This could be my ancestor's home.

Now that I know there are land records for Jorgen Pederson Boe, I will need to order his homestead application file. This week's theme inspired me to search once again, and the search was successful!

Ingeborg and Jorgen Pederson Boe and their daughter-in-law Aaste (Halvorsdatter Otterholt) Boe. Photo from Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.

References
Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.
Telelaget of America. Telemark to America: Volume II: Settlements. 2nd ed. Telelaget of America, 1992, 2009. 

Happy 50th Anniversary!

Happy 50th anniversary to my uncle and aunt!

Presidential Proclamation - War of 1812

Madison, James. By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation. Washington, DC, 1812. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 228, Folder 8. Imprint 2. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 228, Folder 8. Digital ID rbpe 22800800 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbpe.22800800. 

The War of 1812 began 203 years ago today. On 18 June 1812, President James Madison issued a proclamation which stated that the United States and the United Kingdom were at war.

Some of my ancestors and other relatives participated in the War of 1812. The ones that I know of are Chapman Gordon, Francis Hardgrave, Skelton Hardgrave, Elias L. Mayo, Thomas Mayo, and Andrew Russell.

Wednesday's Child: George M. Mapplebeck

The second child of William Mapplebeck (the half-brother of James Mapplebeck) and his first wife Anna Maria Marriott was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on 23 February 1876. According to the birth registration, the child was named George Markham Mapplebeck.

George Markham Mapplebeck birth registration. Registered 6 March 1876. County of Wentworth. City of Hamilton. Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1913. MS 929, reel 26. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario.

George died of bronchitis two months later, on 25 April 1876. According to his death registration, his middle name was Martin.

George Martin Maplebeck death registration. Registered 26 April 1876. County of Wentworth. City of Hamilton. Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS 935, reel 14. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tombstone Tuesday: Josephine (Berberich) Wilkinson

Josephine Berberich was born in New York on 29 January 1892. She was the sister of John Joseph Berberick, who married my great-grandmother's sister Margaret Tarkington and Margaret's daughter Louise Margaret Gray. Josephine married Lee Clark Wilkinson in Herkimer County, New York on 4 December 1912. They had two daughters and a son. Josephine died on 22 March 1956 and was buried in Cedarville Cemetery in Cedarville, New York.

Mappy Monday: Detroit, Michigan

Detroit inset. 1 December 1927. From Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (15 April 1939). Official Michigan Highway Map. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

This map of Detroit, Michigan was published as part of the Official Michigan Highway Map shortly before my maternal grandparents John and Margaret (Schneider) Boe moved to Detroit. My mother spent her earliest years in Detroit.

My great-grandfather's sister Anna Elizabeth Gatlin also lived in Detroit.

Flag Day

In honor of Flag Day, I am sharing a photo of the United States flag at Liberty Island, New York. I took this photo on December 24, 2013, when I visited Liberty Island with my mother, sister-in-law, and niece.

52 Ancestors: Week 24 "Heirloom": Andrew T. Anderson's Chairs

My 2nd-great-grandfather Andrew T. Anderson (born Andreas Troedsson) was a wood turner. He made a set of six chairs, one for each of his children: Anna Matilda Anderson, Edward Theodore Anderson, Albert Bernard Anderson, Esther Elizabeth (Anderson) Kellman, Reuben Alexander Anderson, and Ruth Elvira (Anderson) Matson.

My parents have the chair that was made for his son Edward (my great-grandfather, and my father's grandfather).

My cousin Carla has two of the chairs. One of them was made for her grandmother, Esther. Esther did the needlepoint on the chair.

Photo by Carla Harcum

The other chair was made for Anna, the oldest daughter.

Photo by Carla Harcum

Carla and I would love to know where the other three chairs are. Hopefully they are still with family.

Friday Funny: This Is Practice

Image from Someecards

Those Places Thursday: New Decatur, Alabama

The 1911 Nashville City Directory indicated that my great-great-grandfather's brother Clarence Gatlin had moved to New Decatur, Alabama.

Nashville City Directory 1911. New York: Marshall-Bruce-Polk, 1911. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Clarence's daughter Annie was listed as having moved to Birmingham. The directory also stated that my great-grandfather Henry Gatlin had moved to Birmingham, but he had actually moved to Chicago. (Perhaps someone provided incorrect information to reduce the chance that his bigamy would be discovered.)

New Decatur was a city in Morgan County, Alabama, located southeast of Decatur. It was founded in 1887 and incorporated in 1889. It was nicknamed "the Chicago of the South." In 1916, the name of the city was changed to Albany. In 1927, Albany became a neighborhood of Decatur after the two cities merged. In 1983, the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Clarence Gatlin and his family were in New Decatur by 14 November 1910, when Clarence's son Clarence J. Gatlin died there. He was buried in Nashville, Tennessee. By 1912, the family had returned to Nashville.

I wonder why the family moved to New Decatur, and why they returned to Nashville in less than two years.

Postcard of the Benevolent Society Hospital, Albany, Alabama. 1920. Image available from Moody's Collectible Vintage Postcards.

Postcard of the High School, Albany, Alabama. Image available from the Postcards Project.

References
Albany, Decatur
Albany Historic Neighborhood, Decatur, Alabama
Decatur, Alabama
National Register of Historical Places - ALABAMA (AL), Morgan County

Wordless Wednesday: My College Graduation

With Grandma and Grandpa Gatlin

Tombstone Tuesday: Kathryn (Berberick) Brewer

Kathryn Berberick was born in 1894 in New York. She was the sister of John Joseph Berberick, who married my great-grandmother's sister Margaret Tarkington and Margaret's daughter Louise Margaret Gray. Kathryn married Ray Brewer on 20 January 1917 in Otsego County, New York. They had three daughters and a son. Kathryn died in 1929 and was buried in Cedarville Cemetery in Cedarville, New York.

Mappy Monday: Wieringen, North Holland, Netherlands

Wieringen, former island, North Holland province, Netherlands. 1909. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons and Oude stafkaarten verzamelen.

This map from 1909 depicts the former island of Wieringen. It is now part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, in the North Holland province of the Netherlands. Between 1924 and 1932, dikes were built and the surrounding water was drained and filled in. Wieringen is now connected to the mainland.

My 10th-great-grandfather Meindert Doodes was from Wieringen.

52 Ancestors: Week 23 "Wedding": Anna Elizabeth Gatlin and All Her Husbands

My great-grandfather's sister Anna Elizabeth Gatlin had many weddings, and so did her husbands!

Anna was born in Nashville, Tennessee on 3 December 1890. She was the daughter of John William Morton Gatlin and Sarah Claire "Sadie" Dyer. Anna married her first husband, Frank Joseph Smith, on 5 July 1910 in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Marriage record, Frank Smith and Anna Gatlin. 5 July 1910. Williamson County, Tennessee, Available from Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Frank worked as a stenographer for J. B. Ransom & Co. Most of Anna's family moved to Chicago, Illinois (where my great-grandparents were already living), but Anna and Frank stayed in Nashville at least until 1916.

Nashville City Directory with Revised Map 1914. 50th volume. New York: Marshall-Bruce-Polk. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

By 1920, they were living in Upper Penns Neck, Salem County, New Jersey with their daughter, Claire Marie Smith, who was born about 1911-1912.  Frank was working as a clerk in a dye plant.

1920 United States census, Carneys Point Village, Upper Penns Neck Township, Salem County, New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district 191, sheet 5A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

I am not sure when Anna left New Jersey or when she and Frank split up, but on 3 July 1928, she married Charles Morrison in Lucas County, Ohio. They were both residents of Detroit, Michigan at the time of their marriage. Anna claimed that the marriage was her first.

Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q4Q-4D8), Charles Morrison and Anna E Smith, 3 Jul 1928; citing Lucas, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,168,583.

On 23 October 1931, Anna was granted a divorce from Charles. The cause was extreme cruelty. The case was contested.

Morrison v. Morrison, Wayne County, Michigan, 23 October 1931 decree. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Michigan. Divorce records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.

Anna's next husband was Cornelius Thomas de Kam. Cornelius was from Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands. On 28 August 1900 in Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, he married Grace Matilda Brandon. Grace died in Detroit, Michigan on 11 October 1918. On 21 June 1919, Cornelius married Anna Jacoba Peterson. Anna was granted a divorce from Cornelius on 13 October 1932. The cause was extreme cruelty. Perhaps infidelity was a factor. Just sixteen days later, on 29 October 1932 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, Cornelius married Anna E. (Gatlin) Morrison.

Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q4B-LM4), Cornelius T Dekam and Anna E Morrison, 29 Oct 1932; citing Wood, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,367,788.

On 26 November 1935, Cornelius was granted a divorce from Anna. The cause was extreme and repeated cruelty. The case was not contested.

de Kam v. de Kam, Wayne County, Michigan. 26 November 1935 decree. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Michigan. Divorce records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.

On 26 May 1936 in Lucas County, Ohio, Cornelius remarried his former wife Anna Jacoba (Peterson) de Kam. Anna (Gatlin) de Kam took a job as a saleswoman at Frank & Seder, and lived at the Strathmoore Hotel.

Polk's Detroit (Wayne County, Mich.) City Directory 1937. Centennial ed. Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Anna's last husband was Russell Joseph Doying. The two of them had something in common: multiple marriages! Russell (who at that time was going by the name Joseph R. Doying) married Gladys M. Kiefer on 14 December 1916 in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan. She divorced him on 31 March 1920 because of extreme cruelty and non-support. On 31 March 1923 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, he married Minerva I. Coffron. She divorced him on 20 January 1927 because of extreme cruelty. On 5 August 1929 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, he married Jane G. Morgan. He divorced her on 19 May 1930 because of extreme cruelty. On 14 February 1931 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, he married Anna D. Gorenson. He divorced her on 31 January 1934 because of cruelty.

Under her first husband's surname, Smith, Anna married Russell Joseph Doying on 17 May 1937 in Detroit, Michigan. It was her fourth marriage and his fifth.

Marriage record, Russell J. Doying and Anna E. Smith, 17 May 1937. Wayne County, Michigan. Available from Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Original data: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.

Anna and Russell divorced on 4 June 1941 in Wayne County, Michigan. She never remarried. She died in August 1964. According to the Social Security Death Index, her last residence was Illinois. I am still searching for her exact date of death and her place of death.