Family Events - Week of March 1 to March 8

Joan Garrison McMAHON - Joan is my paternal grandmother.  She was born on 6 February 1927 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois.  She died on 1 March 1980 while visiting family in Florida.

Stephen HOPKINS & Dorcas BROWNSON - Stephen and Dorcas are my tenth great-grandparents.  They were married on 4 March 1657 in Connecticut.*

Joseph CAHILL - Joseph is my dad.  He was born on 6 March 1945 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.  He died on 23 October 1989 in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois.  He would have celebrated his 64th birthday this year.

Ethan Ellen WARREN - Ethen is my first cousin six times removed.  He was born on 6 March 1786 in Hampton, Washington, New York.  He died on 24 December 1855.*

Anna GLYNN - Anna is my second great-grandaunt.  She was born in Ireland in October 1867.  She dies on 7 March 1937 in Cook County, Illinois.

*Based on information from several compiled source, of which I have not personally verified at this time.

Family Events - Week of January 11 to January 17

Noah WEBSTER & Mercy STEELE - Noah is my second cousin nine times removed.  He and Mercy were married on 12 January 1749 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.* Noah and Mercy are the parents of the infamous Noah WEBSTER, LL.D. 

Chauncey Carlisle WARREN & Mary Elizabeth FRANKLIN - Chauncey is my second cousin five times removed.  He and Mary married on 14 January 1863 in Vermont.*

Julius DeFAUW - Julius is my second cousin once removed, who died on 15 January 2005 in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois.  To my knowledge, I never had the pleasure to meet him.

*Based on information from several compiled source, of which I have not personally verified at this time.

Family Events - Week of January 4 to January 10

Joseph Webster GARRISON - Joseph is my great-granduncle, who was born on 4 January 1898.  He died on 23 July 1930 at the age of 32.

Ruth MOORE - Ruth is my ninth great-grandmother.  She was born on 5 January1657 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut.*

Pliny Price WARREN & Elizabeth "Betsy" WILLIS - Pliny is my first cousin six times removed.  He and Betsy married on 5 January1821 in Hampton, Washington, New York.*

Tricia BELLUOMINI & Timothy Johnson - My step-sister Tricia and her husband Tim are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on January 6.  Congrats!

Margaret "Maggie" MILLETT - Maggie is my second great-grandmother.  She was born in Ireland, likely in January 1863.  She died on 7 January 1945 in Aurora, Kane, Illinois.

Deacon Jonathan WEBSTER - Dec. Jonathan is my ninth great-grandfather.  He was born in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut on 9 January 1657.*

Hulda WACH - Hulda is my second great-grandmother, who was born on 9 January1869 in Germany.

Pietro "Peter" BELLUOMINI - Peter is my step-father's dad, who died on 9 January 1991 in Illinois at the age of 76.

Edward George ROTTMAN - Edward is my granduncle.  He died on 10 January 1968 at his home in Mundelein, Lake, Illinois at the age of 52.

*Based on information from several compiled source, of which I have not personally verified at this time.

Family Events - Week of December 28 to January 3

Sarah Jane WARD - Sarah is my 2nd great-grandmother, who was born in April 1875.  She died in Chicago on 29 December 1939 at the age of 64.

Mary RYAN - Mary is my 3rd great-grandmother, who was born in Ireland.  She died on 29 December 1912 in Ireland.

Ethen Allen WARREN & Eunice OWENS - Ethen Allen WARREN is my first cousin six times removed.  He married his first wife, Eunice, on 31 December 1808 in New York.

James HENDERSON & Mehitabel GRAVES - James and Mehitabel are my 9th great-grandparents.  There were married on 1 January 1701 in Connecticut.

Mabel RISLEY - Mabel is my 7th great-grandmother, who was born about 1718 in Connecticut.  She died on 2 January 1781 in Connecticut.

Family Events - Week of December 8 to December 14

Caleb Dennis WARREN & Rachel WEBSTER - Rachel is my fifth great-grandaunt.  She and Caleb married on 9 December 1784 in New York.

Mildred Dolores MILLER - Mildred is my grandaunt, who was born on 10 December 1922 in Chicago.  She died on 6 September 1976 in California.

Anna Eva Elizabeth ROTTMAN - Anna is my first cousin twice removed.  To my knowledge, she was also the Rottman family historian.  She was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on 12 March 1904.  She lived to be almost 100, dying at age 98 on 10 December 2002 in Illinois.

Clarence L ROTTMAN & Margaret Alma COSTER - Clarence is my first cousin twice removed.  He and Alma married on 10 December 1919 in Iowa.

Family Events - Week of September 29 to October 5

Richard Raymond ROTTMAN - Richard is my first cousin twice removed.  He was born on 30 September 1915 in Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa.  He married Vera MULLER in 1939 and together they had six sons.  Richard died on 11 August 1979 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois. [1,2]

John Webster IV - John is my 13th-great-grandfather.  It appears that he married Isabel KATHIN on 1 October 1559 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England, although this has not yet been confirmed by primary sources at this time.

Pliney Price WARREN - Pliney is my 1st cousin six times removed.  He was born on 12 December 1799 in New York.  Pliney died on 3 October 1887 in Greene, Butler, Iowa at the age of 87. [3]

Jonathan WEBSTER - Jonathan is my 7th-great-grandfather, who was apparently born on 5 October 1705 (this has not been confirmed at this time).

 

Notes

1.  Memorial Card for Richard Raymond ROTTMAN, August 1979; privately held by Julie Marie CAHILL Tarr. 

2.  Obituary for Richard Raymond ROTTMAN, undated clippping, ca. August 1979, from unidentified newspaper; privately held by Julie Marie CAHILL Tarr.

3.  George Falk, "George Falk Ancestry & Connections," database, Ancestry World Tree Project (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=georgefalk).

Originally posted @ my LiveJournal blog on 28 September 2008.

Julie