MY GRANDMOTHER’S JOURNAL ~ Let’s look at some anniversaries–Bert SEAVER & Mary Ada SEIGLE - 1929

I haven’t written any posts highlighting my grandmother’s journal in a long time.  So let’s fix that.
 
Several years ago, in my early blogging days, I wrote about my MILNE surname and my grandmother’s journal.  Here is a link to that post, which gives the background of how I came into possession of this family treasure SURNAME SATURDAY – MILNE

A couple of weeks ago, fellow blogger (I call him the blogging guru), Randy Seaver wrote a post about his ancestor Bertram Seaver.  WOW!  I said to myself.  That’s the Seaver that links Randy & me.  Not by blood, but by marriage.  So we are shirttail cousins. Here’s a link to Randy’s post.
Seavers in the News -- Gertrude (Smith) Seaver Run Over By a Traction Car in 1908

That’s a very sad story about the death of Bertram Seaver’s first wife, Gertrude.  Bertram remarried 10 years later to Bessie Cahill on 15 Jun 1918.  They divorced in 1928.

Where Bertram enters my family is with his 3rd marriage to Mary Ada Seigle.  Mary is my 1st cousin twice removed.  She had become a widow when her first husband Edward Donnelly died at the age of 44 in 1926.

Mary SEIGLE Donnelly married Bertram H. Seaver on 20 Apr 1929.  At least according to my grandmother’s journal.  I have yet to locate the marriage record, but I’m still looking.

Here’s the page from my grandmother's journal.

As you can see there are other couples on this page.  More family anniversaries.

Mary & Bertram were enumerated in the 1930 census in Loveland, Clermont, Ohio.  The record indicates they are married, giving some evidence that my grandmother’s record may be correct.  Also in the household were Mary’s parents, Jacob & Myra and Bertram’s daughter Juanita.

And remember to check those neighbors.  Living at the same address is Mary's brother, Arthur and his family.

1930 census - Loveland, Clermont, Ohio

Sadly, at the age of 56, Mary died suddenly at her home.This left Bertram widowed for a second time.  He died in 1942 at age 67.

If you are related to any of the people mentioned in this post, or you have corrections or additions to it, please contact me.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY ~ Massaging Cream ~ From my grandmother’s journal

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY

My grandmother, Florence BOWDEN  MILNE left us a spiral bound notebook,  which I refer to has her journal.  The entire notebook is written in her hand and was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph, in 1906.  In it she left a treasure trove of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.

Not only did she leave names & birth dates for many of our ancestors, but she left various types of recipes.  Some for cooking, some for making items that we can now purchase at a store.  This is one of those items.

MASSAGING CREAM


Transcription - Rub yolks of two eggs with 1/4 lb. of strained honey & 2 oz. of ground bitter almonds.  Then add slowly an oz. of almond oil & 1/2 dram each of attar of cloves and attar of bergramot, this is for use in massaging lower arms

What are attar of cloves and attar of bergamot?

I conducted a search on the internet and learned that “attar” is a noun that means perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
 
Ok, we know what the attar of cloves are then.  But, how about bergamot?
 
From dictionary.com I found the following word origin for bergamot:

Noun

1. a small citrus tree, Citrus aurantium bergamia, having fruit with a rind that yields a fragrant essential oil.

2. Also called essence of bergamot. the oil or essence itself.

3. any of various plants of the mint family, as Monarda fistulosa, yielding an oil resembling essence of bergamot.

4. a variety of pear.
 

I’ve learned something new today.  Have you?  I had never before heard of bergamot.

Do you have “recipes” such as this, shared by an ancestor?  I’d love to hear about them.

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY - How to Make Shampoo
FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY - How to Keep Hair Curled Back in 1906

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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AMANUENSIS MONDAY - TRANSCRIBING MY GRANDMOTHER'S JOURNAL - BIRTH & DEATH DATES - NOVEMBER

 

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?

To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish.
Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from October
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For the previous posts transcribing January through October, please click on these links.

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – March
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – April
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – May
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – June
Amaneunsis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – July
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – August
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal September

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - October

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT)

Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I thought you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.

This month the unknown people out number the ancestors.

I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)

ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I REDACT THE YEAR OF BIRTH & PART OF THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO I’M AWARE OF, THAT ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

NOVEMBER

* EDNA AUSTIN  Nov 10

Susan’s baby  CHARLES ANDREW 7”12 oz.   Nov 22 [2nd cousin once removed]

LULU E. VERNEY LINDOW   Nov 3  ‘87  Feb 11, ‘78  [1st cousin twice removed]

* HAROLD ROBINSON  Nov 3  ‘30  July ‘63 

ANDREW CHARLES  Nov 22   [I believe this is a duplicate of entry #2]

* MARGARET AUSTIN PINSON  Nov 1 

LOUISA FORSYTHE   Nov 12    Jan 22, ‘50  [Great grandaunt]

* LINDA KATHRYN ROBSON  Nov 14  ‘44 

MARY EMILY KING Nov 10  ‘21  [related to our 2nd cousin once removed via my great grandaunt, Ada Emily Hunter King?]

girl  FERRY  Nov 26  ‘46  [related to our 2nd cousin once removed who married a Ferry?]

SUSAN GILLESPIE  1841  Nov  20  died Mar 8, ‘33 [my 2nd great grandmother]

* MATIE ROBSON  Nov 24  ‘72  Feb 21, ? 

* RONALD SILER  Nov 2      ‘35

* MARY PETOSKEY  Nov 25  ‘41

* LYNN VANCE   ‘41

* TIFFIN MAY VANCE   Nov 21  ‘42

* LINDA JEAN THOMAS  D. J. Titus  Nov 5  ‘43

That’s a total of 17 names.  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.

I have placed an asterisk * next to the names I have not yet connected to our family.

TEN of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals.  Were they friends of my grandmother & grandfather, neighbors, or are they all family?

In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them.

This month I have photographs of two of the people on the list.  These two ancestors are grandmother & granddaughter to one another.

My 2nd great grandmother, Susan Burgess Gillespie 20 Nov 1841, Barnstaple, Devon, England to 8 Mar 1933, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.

My 1st cousin twice removed, Louise “Lulu E. Verney, 3 Nov 1887, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada to 11 Feb 1974, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.

“Lulu” is Susan Gillespie’s granddaughter via her son, James Burgess Gillespie.

Here are Lulu (on the left) and Susan on the right.  I’m not sure where or when this photo was taken. 

Below is a picture of Susan Burgess Gillespie with her husband Joseph Gillespie and their granddaughter, Irene “Peggy” Marie Milne (1893-1989).  This photo would have been around the turn of the century 1900-1903.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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AMANUENSIS MONDAY - TRANSCRIBING MY GRANDMOTHER'S JOURNAL - BIRTH & DEATH DATES - AUGUST

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?
To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish.

Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from August.

For the previous posts transcribing January through July, please click on these links.
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – March
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – April
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – May
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – June
Amaneunsis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - July

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT)


Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I thought you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.

I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)

ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I REDACT THE BIRTH DATES & FULL NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO I’M AWARE OF, THAT ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION. 
August

* Hazel HARRIS Aug 3  ‘89
Susan C. CRESSE died Mar 26 ‘13   Aug 4 [2nd great grandmother, mother of Daisy Skinner & Florence Bell]
Florence H. Bowden BELL Aug. 7  ‘69     5-27 ‘46  [great grandmother, daughter of Susan Cresse]
Eva Knowles GILLESPIE Aug 7  ‘63 or ‘69  [wife of great granduncle]
Ralph Milne FORSYTH    Aug 10  ‘96 Feb 3-7-52 [1st cousin twice removed]
Everett Pierre ROE Aug 12  ‘93  May 14  ‘58 [husband of grandaunt]
Etta VERNEY Aug 24  ‘92  Oct 1  ‘61  [1st cousin twice removed]
Raymond GILLESPIE   Aug 27    died Dec ‘43  [1st cousin twice removed]
Daisy D. SKINNER  Aug 28  ‘77  died Nov 20, ‘48 [great grandaunt, daughter of Susan Cresse]
* Alfred W. LANGTON    Aug 5  ‘10   3-29-39 
* Donald SEARLS Aug 9   Nov 25  1954  [
* Frank ROEMER    Aug 19
* Margo Francis RIGGS Aug 26  ‘30
* VERNEY (Boy) Aug 3   ‘35
* Billy DONALDSON Aug 27  1037
Etta COCKBURN   Aug 24  ‘92
*Naia Anne COONS Aug 29  ‘41
Aunt Ada’s great grand child  Katherine  Aug 10  ‘40  [2nd cousin once removed]
Barbara      ‘53? [2nd cousin]

That’s a total of 19 names, (including the name that is lined out).  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.

I have placed an asterisk * next to the names I have not yet connected to our family.
 
EIGHT of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals.

In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them
.
This month I am fortunate to have photographs of four of the people listed.
                                                 
Susan C. Hunter Cresse Haskins nee BOGGS                                    Florence Bowden Bell nee HUNTER
                                                    
       Everette Pierre Roe                                                               Daisy Skinner nee HUNTER

NOTE: All 3 ladies pictured this month are related.  Susan in the first photo, is the mother of both Florence and Daisy.

Here is a post I wrote about the Hunter sisters and them being featured on Maureen Taylor’s article for Family Tree.

SIBLING SATURDAY - THE HUNTER SISTERS

Please contact me if you recognize any of the names with asterisks or if you are related to any of these family members.  I’d love to hear from you.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY - CHOCOLATE FUDGE

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY

My grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne left us a spiral bound notebook, which I refer to has her journal. In it she left a treasure chest of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's. 

A recipe doesn't necessarily have to be something that is for cooking. With that in mind I will be sharing various types of recipes, both for cooking and for other things from my grandmother's journal. These items range from recipes for complexion cream (featured in a previous post), to curling fluids for your hair to cures for blackheads or acne. You'll see them all here as the weeks continue. So come back often.

TODAY'S FEATURED RECIPE

CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Recipe for Chocolate Fudge & Chocolate Fudge with nuts

You can click on the image above and enlarge it.  I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but plan to do so, now that I am looking them over again.  

Because this journal/notebook is well over 100 years old it is very fragile.  I have it tucked away in an archival envelope.  I photographed every page a couple of years ago.  

TIP:  If you have any kind of letters, notebooks, journals or other items that are falling apart or very fragile you can preserve them by taking photos of the pages.  Why is this a better way than scanning?  Well, because you aren't handling the item as much and turning it over on top of the scanner and trying to lay it flat. 

 Once you have taken the digital image you can then crop it, enhance it, enlarge it, straighten it, save it, email it etc.  

That's all for this Family Recipe Friday.

Happy Hunting or cooking,

Michigan Girl

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