ON THIS DATE IN OUR FAMILY ~ December 31st

 

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 31^st 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 5^th great grandfather. Born in Bernville, Berks, PA and died at age 56 in 1793. , Matthew, my maternal 3^rd 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 5^th great granduncle’s wife’s 2^nd 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 3^RD 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 1^st cousin 4 times removed.  Born in Indiana and died at age 76.

1862 – HART, Harriet P., another distant relation – my paternal step 3^rd great grandfather’s wife’s 1^st 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 1^st cousin 3 times removed.  Born in Lawrenceville, Lawrence Co., Illinois.  He died at at 76.

1886 – KING, Charles Louis, my maternal 1^st cousin twice removed.  Born in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia. He died at age 75.

1910 – HART, Lloyd M., my paternal half 3^rd 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

Left to right - Headstone for Johan Jacob Strauss, headstone for Herkimer Smith & his wife Mary and passport photo for Maurice Seed

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

MARRIAGES

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 1^st cousin 4 times removed husband’s father.   

1877 – William J. MARCUM & Anna Americus LUNSFORD – Married in Lawrence County, Ohio.  She is my maternal 2^nd cousin 3 times removed.

1926 – Andrew NESS & Mary Jane LINDSAY – Married in St. Andrew, Dundee, Angus, Scotland.  She is my paternal 1^st 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

Left to right -  Jeremiah R. Earles, headstone for William Marcum and Diane Schell Justice

DEATHS

1821 – SUMNER, Capt. Samuel Lockheart, my paternal step 3^rd great grandfather’s wife’s father.  I believe him to be the father of Sally “Sara” Sumner who was the first wife of my 3^rd 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, 25^th Illinois Infantry.  I sent for and received his Civil War pension file.  To read about that please click here.  John is my 1^st cousin 4 times removed. The son of John GILLEN and Nancy MILLER.  RIP soldier.

1889 – HUDSON, Margaret nee DEAVER, wife of my maternal 4^th 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

Left to right - headstones for Capt. Samuel Sumner, Private John Gillen and Margaret Hudson

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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