SURNAME SATURDAY - BOGGS & LUNSFORD

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William Allen BOGGS and Nancy Delilah LUNSFORD

 

William Allen BOGGS and Nancy Delilah LUNSFORD are my 3rd Great Grandparents.  The unexpected pictures of them came from a cousin.  One of those cousins I found through my research who has provided several good family photos and some information.  There's that cousin connection I spoke about in my earlier posts.  William & Nancy were married 11 Apr 1839 in Lawrence County, Ohio.  

This family has connections in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio.  Their daughter Susan Caroline BOGGS married James Gillen HUNTER on 29 Aug 1859 in Lawrence Co., Ohio.  They had 9 children, seven girls and two boys.  The first five children were born in Ohio, in, I believe, Lawrence County.  Sadly he died in 1884, when several of their children were still living in the home. His widow, Susan, married two more times.  

If anyone reading this has any connection to the BOGGS or HUNTER family, please contact me.  I have never found out where James Gillen HUNTER died or where he is buried.  It's probable that  he died in Kentucky, since the family was living there in the 1880 census.  

SURNAME SATURDAY - FENNER

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FENNER

FENNER, Grace Hunter (1874-1946) - she is my great grandaunt. So that makes her the sister of my great grandmother and an aunt to my grandmother. 

Grace & her first husband, Charles Henry FENNER (1859-1918) were married in Belmont County, Ohio on 16 May 1891.  They had no children.  He died during the influenza epidemic of 1918.  I have found quite a few family members from various branches of my tree who succumbed to the influenza during that time.

Charles FENNER's family business was photography.  He and his brothers had photography studios in Cincinnati and Lima, Ohio and Huntington, West Virginia.

Charles' father Nicholas Paul FENNER married Ellen MADDY in 1856 and they had 4 sons & 3 daughters. 

Here is how I am related to the FENNER family:

Nicholas Paul FENNER (1828 - 1908)

relationship to you: father-in-law of great grand aunt

Charles Henry FENNER (1859 - 1918)

Son of Nicholas Paul

Grace HUNTER (1874 - 1946)

Wife of Charles Henry

James Gillen HUNTER (1832 - 1884)

Father of Grace

Florence HUNTER (1869 - 1946)

Daughter of James Gillen

Florence Lee Nora BOWDEN (1888 - 1986)

Daughter of Florence

Patricia Anne MILNE (1924 - )

Daughter of Florence Lee Nora

Michigan Girl

You are the daughter of Patricia Anne



                     Grace HUNTER FENNER and her sisters.  Grace is in the back row, far left

I have quite a few photos from my mother's family that were taken at the Fenner Studio in Lima, Ohio.  My mother remembers "Aunt Grace." 

So with all the photos that must be floating around from this family, having owned a photography studio for several decades, I'm hoping someone out there has more pictures to share.  I would certainly love to have pictures of the Fenner brothers and any other family members. 

That's all for today,

Michigan Girl