This post is based on Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge. This week’s them is: CENSUS. UPDATE 30 Dec 2023: I am no longer sure this is my Sally Eastwood. More work needs to be done! I recently located my 3rd great grandmother and two of her children—including my 2nd great grandmother—on the 1851 England census. The document is difficult to read as it is faded and stained. It is also difficult to read because of the word written on the line with her: pauper. 1851 census of England, Lancashire, Ashton under Lyne, Leesfield parish, p. 31...
This post is based on Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.” This week’s theme is: INVITE TO DINNER. My great, great grandmother, Sallie (Dickson) Ward, was born 27 November 1860 in Perry County, Tennessee, with the Civil War just months from starting. She lived until 21 August 1960, about 3 months short of her 100th birthday. Over almost 100 years, she saw and experienced an incredible amount of change, both in the world and in her family. Sisters Mary (Dickson) Dickson Sutton, Julia (Dickson) Dickson, and Sallie (Dickson) Ward in Perry County, Tennessee. Photo was hanging on Perry...
This post is based on Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge. This week’s theme is: LONGEVITY. Leona (Coppenbarger) Hutchins, who I knew as “Aunt Onie,” was my great grandmother’s baby sister. Born in Sumner County, Kansas in 1889, she died just across the county border in Cowley County, Kansas. She was 104 years old. Family photo shows “Onie” as a baby sitting on her mother’s lap. Her big sister/my great grandmother, Myrtle Mae, is the girl standing – second from the left – with short hair and large collar. In 1905, at the age of 16, Onie...
Last week I found a record for an individual who might be my ancestor. The baptism took place at St. Mary’s in Oldham, Lancashire, England in 1784. While the other baptisms on the page list the name of the father and his wife, this record reads as follows: BB Sarah Daughter of Ann Bredbury of Lees Widow by John Beswick of Lees Singleman Parish Registers for St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire), Baptisms 1766-1792, ordered by date of baptism, Sarah Bredbury or Beswick baptism, 2 May 1784; online image, “Parish Registers for St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire), 1558-1968,” (www.familysearch.com : viewed...
This post is based on Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge. This week’s theme is: FAVORITE PHOTO. My grandmother, Evelyn, the youngest of five children, was born 10 October 1915. Sadly, when she was only 8 1/2 months old, her mother died. Although Evelyn’s father raised the four eldest children, Evelyn was raised by her maternal grandmother, Sallie (Dickson) Ward. Evelyn grew up near family, including her father and siblings, in Perry County, Tennessee. Photo likely taken in Perry Co., Tenn. in ~1918 – Elsie Ward (~15), Sallie (Dickson) Ward (~58), Evelyn Dickson (~2), and Ethel (Ward)...
This post is based on Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge. This week’s theme is: START. Beulah Peters, born in 1923, was the baby of her family. One of her big sisters, Hazel, was my grandmother. For many years, Beulah was the family historian for the Peters side of our family. Not only did she collect many family photos and documents, but she also wrote down thoughts and stories about various family members. In 1998, “Aunt” Beulah graciously introduced me to the amazing world of genealogy. She generously sent me a copy of her tree with all...
The Church of England is the official church of England. Protestant churches which do not conform to the Church of England doctrines are called nonconformist churches. Register of Baptisms Kept at Providence Chapel, Spring Head, Saddleworth, County of York, [England], page 83, baptized 12 May 1835, Humphrey Eastwood; The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England; database, “England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Register, 1567-1970,” “Ancestry.com” (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 December 2017). With his first wife, my third great grandfather had two children who were baptized in a nonconformist church. On Ancestry.com, these two baptisms are in a database...
My last post was about how I found my grandfather’s younger brother’s birth announcement by searching a newspaper using their address – not their surname. Before finding this article, I didn’t know his date of birth. And, I still hadn’t learned the baby’s name as each of the birth announcements just named the father. In this case, Frank. Michigan death records for 1897 to 1947 are online at Seeking Michigan. I had not been able to find the baby’s birth by using his surname, Kaechle, so I decided to search using other information. Searching the Michigan death records for 1897-1920,...
The last of his siblings to die, my husband’s grandfather either didn’t know or didn’t remember the names of his paternal grandparents. His father, William Emmitt Hunter, was born 9 July 1874 most likely in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, married in December of 1910 to Winnie Huddleston, and died in that same county on 4 April 1953. However, William hasn’t been found in any census record prior to 1920. Where he was living before his 1910 marriage and the identity of his parents has been a mystery. Oklahoma Department of Health, certificate of death 005619 (1953), William Emmitt Hunter....
One of the best parts of doing genealogy is meeting “new” cousins! I recently had the opportunity to spend a day with my newfound cousin, Terry, who is my 3rd cousin once removed. My 3rd great grandparents, Joachim and Henriette (Bünger) Peters, who I recently traced back to Germany, are our common ancestors. My cousin, Terry, and me at Clayton Library (Houston – March 2017) We met at Clayton Library in Houston and she brought a pile of photos and documents to share. We had a wonderful time discussing our family and getting to know each other. And, now I...
