These are the patches I earned while bowling. I was on a league while in elementary school and through high school. Bowling was a lot of fun. I wasn’t super by any means, just average. I met some wonderful bowling buddies, especially during my high school years, many of whom I am still close friends with today.
I still have all my trophies…maybe one Saturday I’ll pull them out and post a picture.
This post completes an entire year of the Family Events column, and is therefore the last post for this column.
Alyssa MILLER – Happy birthday to my cousin Alyssa on August 23rd.
Margaret Elizabeth MULLIGAN – Margaret is my second great-grandaunt, who was born on 24 August 1873 in Michigan. She died on 6 February 1886 in Flint, Michigan at the age of 12.
Anna BASSETT – Anna is my tenth great-grandmother, who was born in 1618 in New Haven, Connecticut. She died on 26 August 1667 in Northampton, Massachusetts.*
Aaron WEBSTER – Aaron is my fifth great-grandfather, who was born on 28 August 1775 in Connecticut. He died on 17 August 1823 in Auburn, Michigan.
Richard TREAT – Richard is my eleventh great-grandfather, who was born on 28 August 1584 in England. He died on 14 February 1669 in Connecticut.*
Agnes SMITH – Agnes is my eleventh great-grandmother, who was born on 29 August 1585 in England. She died on 15 July 1655 in Hartford, Connecticut.*
Amos Parks COFFINGER – Amos is my second great-granduncle, who was born on 30 August 1856 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan. He died on 22 November 1922.*
Charles L STOFFEL – Charles is my great-granduncle, who was born on 30 August 1890 in Chicago, Illinois. He died on April 1976 in Illinois.
Johanne BRIXTON – Johanne is my thirteenth great-grandmother, who was born about 1529 in England. She died on 31 August 1572 in England.*
Nicholas GAYLORD – Nicholas is my fourteenth great-grandfather, who was born in 1500 in England. He died on 31 August 1546 in England.*
Robert WRASKE – Robert is my thirteenth great-grandfather, who was born about 1518 in England. He died on 31 August 1584 in England.*
*Based on information from several compiled source, of which I have not personally verified at this time.
My dad was really big into CB radios. This was my birth announcement. Pretty neat!
Prompt: Highlight the good work of others. List your favorite posts of the week/month/year. This is an easy way to give some blog love and write an easy post. You can use this idea as little or as much as you want.
I’ve been spending most of the day catching up on the 5,000+ genealogy blog posts in my reader. What a perfect time for this prompt to come up!
Here are some posts that caught my eye:
Edward PARKS – Edward is my fourth great-granduncle, who was born on 17 August 1825. He died on 21 January 1866.*
Aaron WEBSTER – Aaron is my fifth great-grandfather, who was born on 28 August 1775 in Connecticut. He died on 17 August 1823 in Auburn, Michigan.
Sarah NORTON – Sarah is my fifth great-grandmother. She was born about 12 August 1780 in Vermont. Sarah died on 18 August 1823 in Auburn, Michigan, just one day after her husband, Aaron WEBSTER (above) died.
William LEWIS – William is my tenth great-grandfather, who was born on 19 August 1620. He died on 18 August 1690 in Connecticut. He married Mary HOPKINS on 19 August 1644 in Massachusetts.*
Betsey PARKS – Betsey is my fourth great-grandmother, who was born on 7 December 1801 in New York. She died on 20 August 1856 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Alexander WEBB – Alexander is my twelfth great-grandfather, who was born on 20 August 1559 in England. He died in 1629 in Boston, Massachusetts.*
*Based on information from several compiled source, of which I have not personally verified at this time.
As promised, I pulled out my Girl Scouts vest. I also have several loose badges, which never quite made it to the vest. Some day I will find the time to sew them on to complete the vest.
Prompt: Update older posts. If you find more information related to a previous post, create an update post. Link to the older posts to refresh readers’ memories, then give us the details on new discoveries.
Back in February I posted an obituary for Byron WEBSTER (first cousin four times removed). The obit was clipped and there was no way of knowing when it was published and therefore, no idea when he died.
Fortunately, Granny Pam came to the rescue and located the burial record in the book Mt. Hope Cemetery, Oakland County, Michigan, Beverly Lancaster and Russel Reed, editors, (Pontiac, Michigan: Pontiac Area Historical and Genealogical Society, n.d.).
This was a great find, as now I know about when he died. Since he was buried on 8 May 1941, I’ve estimated, based on the burial date and the information in the obit, that he died on 4 May 1941. Still looking for concrete proof of the actual date, but for now, and estimate is better than nothing ;)
Mary BRAUN – Mary is my second great-grandmother, who was born on 19 November 1855 in Germany. She died on 9 August 1936 in Chicago, Illinois.
Edward P MULLIGAN & Sarah RALPH – Edward is my second great-granduncle, who married Sarah on 9 August 1891 in Chicago, Illinois.
Gov. John WEBSTER – John is my eleventh great-grandfather, who was born on 9 August 1950 in England. He died on 15 April 1661 in Massachusetts.*
Mary LEWIS – Mary is my ninth great-grandmother, who was born on 6 May 1645 in Connecticut. She died on 10 August 1722 in Connecticut.*
Dorothy E TRAPP & George J MAZZUCA – Dorothy is my second cousin twice removed. She and George married on 11 August 1939 in Chicago, Illinois.
Sarah NORTON – Sarah is my fifth great-grandmother. She was born about 12 August 1780 in Vermont. Sarah died on 18 August 1823 in Auburn, Michigan.
Richard TROTT (TREAT) & Joanna – Richard and Joanna are my thirteenth great-grandparents. They both died on 14 August 1577 in England.*
*Based on information from several compiled source, of which I have not personally verified at this time.
Genealogy Research online specializing in British & Irish genealogy search
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Randy’s challenge for this evening is as follows:
List your 16 great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places.
Figure out the dominant ethnicity or nationality of each of them.
Calculate your ancestral ethnicity or nationality by adding them up for the 16 - 6.25% for each (obviously, this is approximate).
If you don't know all 16 of your great-grandparents, then do it for the last full generation you have.
Write your own blog post, or make a comment on Facebook or in this post.
Here’s mine:
I have 10 German, 4 Irish, 1 Canadian, and 1 French. Further generations on Sarah MULLIGAN would also have English. But according to the way Randy asked us to figure this, I am: 63% German, 25% Irish, 6% Canadian, and 6% French.
This is my Girl Scouts membership card for 1986. I was in Girl Scouts from first through fifth grade. One of these days I’ll pull out my vest and take a picture and post it.
I know some of my friends read this blog, so if there are any out there that were in Girl Scouts with me, leave a comment of your favorite memory. I have some fantastic memories of White Pines ;)
Prompt: Have a family member be a guest blogger. Let a family member take the reins and provide a different perspective for a post or two. If you can’t find anyone to take the job, interview a relative and spotlight the person yourself.
I asked my mom to write this blog post. She claims she’s not a good writer—that’s a bunch of baloney!! Who does she think I got my talent from? I’d love for her to write more about her memories, especially for this blog, so be sure to give her lots of encouragement and leave her some comments. I of course also welcome any of my other family members to write guest posts for this blog if they’d like to.
Guest Blogger, Jean Belluomini
I was never much for genealogy, but my daughter was interested so I tried to help her as best I could. She has asked me in the past for memories of my childhood and life with her father. Most of the time the memories are good, but sometimes they are bittersweet. As we age, some people live only in the past; others only in the future; some (like me) enjoy both. I am awestruck by the number of relatives that Julie has found. I knew many of them but have also been fascinated by how they are woven into my life.
When Julie asked me to post a blog, my first thought was “I can’t write anything”. But since she will read it first and make a decision about it, I decided to try. She suggested that I write about a memory or tell a story. Since I have already sent her pages of memories, I put my thinking cap on and this is what I came up with.
The home I grew up in was built by my dad. I have always loved the house — the looks and the feel of it. There was, however, one place that I was scared of. My closet was rectangular with a triangle area on one end. The triangular area was my “secret place”. There wasn’t any plasterboard, just bare studs. So I had “shelves” on which to put my special treasures. Mom and Dad had given me a jewelry box when I was about five years old. I filled it with “treasures” and kept it in that little corner.
Unfortunately, our house was broken into soon after and the burglar went into my closet and found my treasures. We discovered the break-in after we got back from my aunt’s house. I was scared to death that the bad man was hiding in my closet for a long time afterward and never hid anything there again.
Dad decided that we needed a burglar alarm and bought the latest gadget. It was a box that he put in the front closet that directed an infrared beam down the hallway. Then, if someone broke the beam, the alarm mounted outside on the chimney sounded.
Good idea/bad equipment. The alarm got so hot in the summer that it was always going off. It would wake up the neighbors who would call the police. The police would come and check out the house and find nothing. After a few false alarms, the police (and the neighbors) strongly recommended that my dad forget the alarm. Although we never witnessed it, we were told about the neighbors dressed in their pajamas, armed with baseball bats, running through our backyard and accidentally almost taking each other out.
Dad solved my closet problem by building the hallway corner closet that he had always planned on. After that, my closet was just a plain rectangle with no “bogeymen”.
I loved my childhood. There are many happy memories. I can only hope that the coming generations of Millers, Cahills and Tarrs have as many happy ones as I have been blessed with.
Not too much going on this week, but here’s what I stumbled upon.
Ireland Civil Registration Indexes (1845-1958) – This database is available on FamilySearch under their Pilot Search. I found some possible matches to my family members, which I intend to check out while I’m in SLC. Fingers crossed!!!
Footnote is offering up the 1930 U.S. Federal Census free for the month of August.
You read the title right—Footnote is offering up the 1930 U.S. Federal Census free for the month of August. This is a great opportunity to search for relatives if you don’t currently have a subscription to Footnote or Ancestry. The bonus to using Footnote over Ancestry is that you can also find user-related information. Spend some time there this month and see what new things you can find out about your relatives.
The 16th edition of Smile For the Camera is upon us. The topic for this edition is “Bling.”
I am always drawn to the beautiful jewelry worn by our ancestors in old photographs. The locket that was your Great Grandmother's treasure, the pocket watch proudly displayed by a male ancestor, the beautiful crosses of old, and the children with their tiny bracelets. While not many of our ancestors were wealthy enough to own multiple pieces of jewelry, there was the one good piece that held sentimental value. Some of us have been fortunate enough to inherit those treasures. Show us a photograph of your ancestor wearing their "Bling," or photographs of the pieces you have inherited. Admission is free with every photograph!
This is a photo of my grandmother. In this photo, she was a bridesmaid for her sister. You can see that she is wearing a heart-shaped locket.
You may also note that the bridesmaid in the background appears to be wearing the same necklace. I am guessing that these necklaces were given to the bridesmaids as a gift (and to also be worn for the big day) by my aunt. I have this locket and inside is a picture of my grandparents.
William LEWIS – William is my eleventh great-grandfather, who was born on 3 January 1594. He died on 2 August 1683 in Connecticut.*
Joseph BELLUOMINI – Happy birthday to Uncle Joe on August 3rd.
Harold Leslie MILLER – Harold is my grandfather, who was born on 4 August 1918 in Chicago. He died on 15 June 1982.
Sarah Norton WEBSTER – Sarah is my third great-grandmother, who was born on 14 September 1828 in Michigan. She died on 5 August 1894.
Elmer W F TRAPP – Elmer is my second cousin twice removed, who was born on 7 August 1919 in Illinois. He died on 27 September 1968 in Chicago, Illinois.
Theresa “Tessie” CAHILL – Tessie is my first cousin three times removed, who was born on 8 August 1895 in Illinois. She died on 17 May 1986 in Ohio.
Jerimiah “Jerry” William McMAHON – Jerry is my second great-granduncle, who was born on 8 August 1883 in Illinois. He died on 20 February 1928 in Illinois.
Emil MILLER & Hulda WACH – Emil and Hulda are my second great-grandparents, who were married on 8 August 1886 in Chicago, Illinois.
*Based on information from several compiled source, of which I have not personally verified at this time.
The GeneaBloggers were certainly busy in July. Here’s a list of carnivals they participated in this month.
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/santarosa/ / CC BY 2.0
The topic for the 22nd edition of Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy is roadblocks and breakthrough encountered during your genealogy research.
I have actually had some breakthroughs with my German ancestors, although it’s all been through research here in the U.S. Now, they’ve become my German brick walls, as I am having a hard time finding information across the pond.
There are several reasons they are now brick walls:
So I am going to use this carnival topic to share what I have found so far on each of my direct-line German ancestors.
Emil MILLER & Hulda WACH – Emil and Hulda are my second great-grandparents. Alternate spellings I have come across for Miller are Muller and Mueller (with and without the ΓΌ). From the information I have gathered, I believe he was born in Germany around 1862. He and Hulda married on 8 August 1886 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. They had three children: Heinrich “Henry” Frederick, Emil Charles, and Ida (all born in Chicago). Except for their marriage, I cannot find Emil in the U.S. and suspect that he died before 1900 (I have yet to find a death certificate). As for Hulda, she remarried in 1901 to John Fred SEVERING, had another daughter, Lilian, and then I lose her after the 1910 census. I haven’t the slightest clue where to look for them in Germany.
Henry WACH & Amelia WIETZKE – Henry and Amelia are my third great-grandparents. This is a recent discovery. I’ve known of Amelia (also spelled Emillie) since I started my research, as she is found with her children in the U.S. up through the 1920 census. I had no idea who her husband was, nor her maiden name. A few months ago, I obtained her son Henry’s death certificate. Lo and behold, it listed his father’s name AND Amelia’s maiden name and confirmed that they were both born in Germany…jackpot!! Since Amelia remarried while in Germany, I suspect that Henry died in Germany. But again, I have no idea where to start looking for either of them. Henry and Amelia had three children: Hulda (mentioned above), Alvina, and Heinrich :Henry” Emil. Amelia married an unknown SCHULTZ and had another daughter, Mildred. All of the children were born in Germany.
Herman LEPPIN & Minnie HAEMFIFLER – Herman and Minnie are my second great-grandparents. Research indicates that they were both born in Germany. Herman was born on 22 March 1873 and died on 31 March 1948 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. Family notes indicate that Minnie was born in 1872 and died in 1946. They were married on 26 March 1894 in Cook County, Illinois. Together they had four children: Alma Mary, Henry August, Herman Paul, and Charles F. all born in Cook County, Illinois. Nothing as of yet points to where to further my research in Germany.
Phillip ROTTMAN & Mary Eva REEDER – Phillip and Mary are my second great-grandparents. Family notes indicate that Phillip was born in Germany, while Mary was born in France. The notes also indicate that they were married in France. Research indicates that Phillip and Mary had six children: John W (born in Georgia), Anna E (born in Missouri), Malissa Elizabeth (born in Pennsylvania), Charles Henry (born in Iowa), Mabel Louise (born in Pennsylvania), and George (born in Iowa). Research also indicates that Phillip was born in Bavaria, so I guess this could be a place to start.
Charles STOFFEL & Mary BRAUN – Charles and Mary are my second great-grandparents. Of all the direct-line German ancestors, there is potential to finding information on the across the pond. Family papers indicated that they were born in Frankfurt, but I was able to confirm that at least Mary appears to have been born in Frankfurt as it is indicated on her death certificate (which I just recently obtained). I have not been able to find a marriage certificate for them in Illinois, so I suspect they may have been married in Germany. Charles and Mary had seven children, all born in Illinois: Henry C, Anna E, Margaret, Charles L, Elsie A, William, and George. I started to do a little digging when I confirmed that Mary was born in Frankfurt, but was unable to find anything relevant.
There you have it; my German brick walls. I hope to do a little digging on Charles STOFFEL and Mary BRAUN since they’re the only ones that I have some proof of where in Germany they came from. I am heading to SLC in September, and they are on my list.
My grandfather, Harold Leslie MILLER, would be celebrating his 91st birthday come August 4th. To honor his memory, here is a birthday card my mom sent to him when she was a child.
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