First of all, Happy Birthday to my Dad who was born 112 years
ago today. I’ve written many blog posts about just him and thought I’d write about
others in our family tree with a December 31st significant event.
Of
these the earliest one happens to be the first one. The birth of Johan Jacob Strauss in 1736. The
fact that we can find records going back centuries is one of the joys of family
research.
BIRTHS
1736
– STRAUSS, Johan
Jacob, my husband’s maternal 5th great grandfather. Born in
Bernville, Berks, PA and died at age 56 in 1793. , Matthew, my maternal
3rd great grandaunt’s husband’s brother. I have no other information on him at this
time.
1832 – SMITH, Herkimer, this is a distant relation
– my husband’s 5th great granduncle’s wife’s 2nd great
grandnieces’s husband. Born in New York,
died at age 78 in 1911. There is a possibility that Herkimer Smith is also connected
to me via my Gould line, but I haven’t proven it yet.
1797 – SCOVELL, Matthew, my maternal 3RD
great grandaunt’s husband’s brother. His
family was heavily involved in the steamboat business along the Ohio
River.
1844 – MOSS, James Emerson, husband of my maternal
1st cousin 4 times removed. Born
in Indiana and died at age 76.
1862 – HART, Harriet P., another distant relation –
my paternal step 3rd great grandfather’s wife’s 1st
cousin twice removed. She died at age 2.
She was the second child born to John Hart and Pamela Macomb.
1871 – SEED, Maurice J, husband of my maternal
half 1st cousin 3 times removed.
Born in Lawrenceville, Lawrence Co., Illinois. He died at at 76.
1886 – KING, Charles Louis, my maternal 1st
cousin twice removed. Born in
Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia. He died at age 75.
1910 – HART, Lloyd M., my paternal half 3rd
cousin once removed. He was the son of Fred Ellis Hart & Edla May Lloyd. I
know nothing else about this ancestor.
1912 – GOULD, Harry Norman, my Dad. Only child of
Harry W. Gould and Marie W. Lindsay.
Born in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Died at age 78 in Trenton, Wayne,
Michigan. Still greatly missed by me.
Images connected with the ancestors named above
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| Left to right - Headstone for Johan Jacob Strauss, headstone for Herkimer Smith & his wife Mary and passport photo for Maurice Seed |
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| On the left is Charles Louis King and on the right are my parents, Patricia Anne Milne and Harry Norman Gould in front of their first home in Detroit, Michigan |
1807 – William BOWDEN & Rachael Louis PRICE
– Married in Kenansville, Duplin, North Carolina. This couple is in my database as part of my
ongoing search for the parents of my maternal great grandfather Robert L.
Bowden (please click here post for more information)
1867 – Jeremiah R. EARLES & Frances LUNDY
– Married in Lawrence County, Ohio. He
is my 1st cousin 4 times removed husband’s father.
1877 – William J. MARCUM & Anna Americus LUNSFORD
– Married in Lawrence County, Ohio. She
is my maternal 2nd cousin 3 times removed.
1926 – Andrew NESS & Mary Jane LINDSAY
– Married in St. Andrew, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She is my paternal 1st cousin
twice removed. The interesting thing
about this connection is that Mary Jane’s parents are John Lindsay and
Catherine Milne. This is a paternal match via my grandmother’s Lindsay
line. However, the fact that one of the
Lindsay’s married a MILNE may be the reason I have DNA matches that seem
to overlap both maternal and paternal lines.
My mother’s maiden name was Milne.
Does
this Milne line connect with hers? So do
my father and mother’s lines connect back a few generations? Good question.
1983 – James S. MARINOS & Diane Schell Justice
– Married in San Diego, San Diego County, California. She is the maternal Aunt of my sister in law.
Images connected with the ancestors named above
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| Left to right - Jeremiah R. Earles, headstone for William Marcum and Diane Schell Justice |
DEATHS
1821 – SUMNER, Capt. Samuel Lockheart, my paternal
step 3rd great grandfather’s wife’s father. I believe him to be the father of Sally “Sara”
Sumner who was the first wife of my 3rd great grandfather, Henry
Hart. However, I have no solid
evidence/proof. There are DNA matches
but they are small and I need more proof. My research dates back to 2009 and I
need to revisit this connection.
1862 – GILLEN, Private John, killed in action
during the Stones River battle in the Civil War. He was only 21 yrs. old. He was a volunteer
in Company G, 25th Illinois Infantry. I sent for and received his Civil War pension
file. To read about that please click here. John is my 1st cousin 4 times
removed. The son of John GILLEN and Nancy MILLER. RIP soldier.
1889 – HUDSON, Margaret nee DEAVER, wife of
my maternal 4th great granduncle, Elijah HUDSON. Mother of 11 children. Lived to age 83. You can read about her here.
1909 – HART, Katherine nee DONALDSON,
my step-3rd great-grandfather's wife's 1st cousin once removed wife. That’s a mouthful. I haven’t done much
research on her family. She was the second wife of Ashley HART. I have no children recorded for them.
Images connected with the ancestors named above
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| Left to right - headstones for Capt. Samuel Sumner, Private John Gillen and Margaret Hudson |
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| Headstone for Catherine Donaldson Forshee Hart Glaspie (I do not know why the name on the headstone is that of her first husband and not her second or even her third) |
NOTE…..
If
you are related to or connected to anyone in this blog post, please get in
touch. Let’s exchange information.
Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl
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