Family Events – Week of August 16 to August 22

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.

Family Events – Week of August 9 to August 15

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.

Family Events – Week of August 2 to August 8

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.

Friday Finds

My research focus this week has been my Connecticut ancestors, including the WEBSTER, HOPKINS, JUDD, BRONSON, GRAVES, and LEWIS lines.  Fortunately there are some good references available, which I will share in today’s Friday Finds column.

BOOK  Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977) – Fortunately this book is available at my local genealogy library, but I also purchased it (along with other books) on the CD collection Connecticut Local and Family Histories available from Genealogical.com.

DATABASE / INDEX  Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), and Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.  These databases are based on the index, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records Vol. 1-55 compiled by Lorraine Cook White (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002).  They are available through Ancestry.com (with subscription).

WEBSITE  The Graves Family Association – A collection of information pertaining to the GRAVES surname.  I was lucky enough to have found a family tree for George GRAVES, my twelfth great-grandfather.