CORA’S SCRAPBOOK–Her wedding cake & marriage to Thomas C. Hall–1877, New York

In all of Cora’s Scrapbook, there were only a handful of images.  One of those was a cabinet card with the image of a cake.  I might always have wondered who’s cake it was and what the occasion might have been.  Thankfully, Cora wrote on the back of the card and identified it as her own wedding cake from 5 Feb 1877.  I was pretty excited when I turned that image over and found the writing.

 “My wedding cake Feby 5th 1877, Cora E. B.”

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The cabinet card from from L.V. Myers, Artist, No. 9 Grand Hotel Site, Opposite Congress Park, Saratoga Springs.  And that is the exact place you will find Thomas C. Hall and family during this time of their lives.  Saratoga Springs, New York.

I had found out the date and time of Thomas and Cora’s marriage a couple of years ago.  I make research notes as I’m working on my ancestors.  I have found these notes invaluable over the years. 

TIP:  I learned the hard way that I wasn’t going to remember what I’d done or what I’d located on a particular ancestor.  You think you will, but most of the time you won’t.  Sometimes we move on to some other family and may not revisit an ancestor for several years.  In this case for Cora & Thomas’ wedding here are the notes I’d made. 

Dates based on her being single and living with her parents in the 1875 NY state census.  And then being married to Thomas with a 2 yr. old son in 1880.

12/28/16 - I've located a NY State census with what I believe to be a record of Thomas C. Hall living in Saratoga Springs, NY as a boarder with the Granger family.  He is working as a Clerk.  His age is listed as 30 and born in New York.

2/10/17 - In reviewing Cora's CW widow's pension file, the date of her marriage to Thomas C. Hall was 5 Feb 1877.

There it was, the wedding date and how I had figured it out.  I did not, however, have a place for the wedding.  That was about to change thanks to another item I found in Cora’s scrapbook 

Her marriage certificate!!!

Joined together in Holy Matrimony - Mr. Thomas C. Hall & Miss Cora Emma Brown - 5 Feb 1877

I notice another item of interest on the marriage certificate.  The names of the witnesses to their marriage.  Mrs. Charles Brown (that would be Cora’s mother) and Mrs. F. Schuyler.  I immediately recognize the name Schuyler, but have no one with that surname in my family database.  I do however, know that Cora & Thomas named their only son, Charles Schuyler Hall.  I’ve always wondered if that was a family name?  Now I can try to find out who Mrs. F. Schuyler was and perhaps connect those dots.  OH boy!  I love finding new clues.

That’s all for today’s post. I’ll keep on writing about Cora’s scrapbook.  There’s a LOT more!

Remember, if you are connected to anyone I write about, I’d love to hear from you.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks ~ Week #7–The theme is Love–How many wedding pictures do I have from immediate family?

Love is in the air this week, as Valentine’s Day approaches.  This got me wondering how many wedding pictures I have from immediate family?

I know I have many wedding records, but very few photos.  What did I find?

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE ♥

Ronald Gordon Hall & Diane Patricia Gould – 12 May 1990

My brother H. Norman Gould & Melinda Frances Davies – 20 Jun 1987

My brother John Whitney Zimmerman & Judith Ann Meyers – 26 Jun 1965

My paternal grandparents – Harry Whipple Gould & Marie Wallace Lindsay – 6 Jun 1912

My maternal Aunt – Joan Esther Milne who married Raymond Gleason Morrison – 10 Dec 1938

My 1st cousin – Richard Milne Morrison & wife Mary Ellen Lamoureux – 1979

My husband’s maternal Aunt – Delphine “Honey” Irene Fink & Marion Nelson Long – 11 Jun 1944

My husband’s 1st cousin – Tamara Gail Long & Daniel P. Cocco – 11 Jul 1970

My husband’s 1st cousin – Robert Dale Long & Susan Kathryn Becker – 23 Feb 1978

My niece – Sondra Ann Zimmerman & Kevin Wayne Schmidt – 14 Nov 1987

My nephew Shaun Whitney Zimmerman & Kerianne Thompson – 11 Apr 1995

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Michigan Girl

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WEDDING WEDNESDAY–Detroit Free Press Newspaper Finds

Wedding day (22 Aug 1936 in Detroit, Michigan) for Harry Norman Gould & Elaine G. Croft.  They are the couple in the center - on the left is Robert Beach and on the right is Lucille Croft, who marry one another 6 yrs. later

The recent announcement that the Detroit Free Press is now available online for those of us outside of the Michigan area, has been fantastic for my research. Here’s a link to my post about this new resource Detroit Free Press 1837 to Sep 2015 now online.

It takes some ingenuity and a few search tricks to find what you’re looking for, but if you’re persistent it pays off.

I was able to find the marriage license listings for my father, Harry Norman Gould to his first wife, Elaine Gertrude Croft and the license for Elaine’s sister, Lucille Croft to her husband Robert Beach.

My Dad and Robert “Bob” Beach were best friends and they married sisters.

 

While I was growing up my Dad told many stories about his adventures and shenanigans with his friend Bob.

Here is the license announcement for my Dad & Elaine.

 

Here is the license announcement for Robert Beach and Lucille Croft.



While I did not find any photos or wedding details, at least I have this information.  Every bit of evidence we find adds validity to our research.

What will I discover today?  I can’t wait to find out.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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SATURDAY NIGHT FUN! Golden Wedding Anniversaries

The idea for this blog post comes from Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings.  He does a Saturday Night Fun post each week.  Here is the link to his post http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/08/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-golden.html

Here is tonight’s challenge:
“The challenge today is to find out which of your ancestors have celebrated a golden wedding anniversary - 50 years of marital bliss (?).  Was there a newspaper article about it?”

GOULD LINE
My parents – Harry Norman Gould & Patricia Anne Milne, married in 1949, split up in 1965, divorced in 1972. 23 years married, but only 16 years together.

My grandparents – Harry Whipple Gould & Marie Lindsay Gould, married 1912.  He died in 1960.  48 years married.

My great grandparents – William Val Gould & Mary Eve Thorp married about 1880.  He died in 1924.  44 years married.

My great great grandparents – John C. Gould and Sarah M. Hart married 1858.  She died in 1911.  53 years married.  I have not yet located a newspaper article about their 50th anniversary.

MILNE LINE
My parents – see entry above for Harry & Patricia

My grandparents – Joseph Albert Milne and Florence Lee Nora Bowden married 1906.  51 years married.  I have photos from their 50th anniversary party.  My grandfather died the following year.

 My grandparents - Florence & Joseph Milne at their 50th wedding anniversary celebration

My great grandparents – Andrew Charles Milne & Susan Anne Gillespie married in 1880. He died in 1892.  12 years married.

My great great grandparents – Charles Milne & Margaret Ritchie married sometime before 1850.  He died in 1877.  So, they were married 27 years or a little longer.

LINDSAY LINE
Grandparents – see entry above for Harry & Marie.

Great grandparents – William Wallace Lindsay & Elizabeth “Bessie” Fitzcharles married 1886.  Divorced in 1912.  Married 26 years.

Great great grandparents – William Lindsay & Mary Wallace married 1849.  She died in 1895.  Married 47 years.

BOWDEN LINE
My grandparents – See entry above for Florence Bowden & Joseph Milne.

My great grandparents – Robert Lee Bowden & Florence Hunter married 1887.  Divorced 1899.  Married 12 years.

HUNTER LINE
My great great grandparents – James Gillen Hunter & Susan Caroline Boggs married 1859.  He died in 1884.  Married 25 years.

My 3rd great grandparents – Rev. Isaac C. Hunter & Emily Gillen married 1828.  He died in 1842.  Married 14 years. 

GILLEN LINE
My 4th great grandparents – William Gillen & Rachel Frampton married 1803-04.  He died in 1841.  Married 37-38 years.

That’s about as far back as I’ll go today.  I’ve documented 13 marriages.  Out of those only TWO made it to 50 or more years.

Congratulations to my grandparents, Joseph Milne & Florence Bowden and my 2nd great grandparents John C. Gould and Sarah Hart.

UPDATE:  While writing my post for Monday, August 24th, I came across another of my ancestors who celebrated 50 years of marriage. Congratulations to my 3rd great grandparents - Monson Thorp and Lany Cooper who were married on 12 Apr 1835.  She died in 1886, so they were married 51 years.  

What about your ancestors?  How many of them were married 50 years or over?

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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WEDDING WEDNESDAY–Rev. George Hall & Almira Rosette married March 11, 1834

Rev. George Hall & Almira Rosette

Married 11 March 1834 in Essex County, New Jersey

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THEIR MARRIAGE APPEARS ON THE PAGE ON THE RIGHT

CLOSE UP OF THEIR NAMES IN THE RECORD

Rev. George Hall & Almira Rosette are the 2nd great grandparents of my husband.

Almira was the daughter of Abraham Rosette & Susan Boylston.

See this post from yesterday TOMBSTONE TUESDAY - Abraham & Susan Rosette - died 1815 & 1847

The Rev. George Hall was the son of Cornelius Clark Hall & Elizabeth Conick.  He was the only son born to the couple.  He had 4 sisters.  I bet he had fun growing up in that household.

Here is an excerpt from the Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the Unites States of America, page 289.

  "Rev. George Hall was born at Keene, NH June 4th 1804; was a student at Dartmouth College; pursued his theological studies at Princeton Seminary, and under the direction of Rev. Drs. Erskine Mason and Henry White, in New York city, and was licensed by the Third Presbytery of New York, October 12th 1835.  After being pastor of the Congregational Church at Weston, Conn., from 1837 to 1841, he seems to have been without any settlement until 1860, but temporaily supplied various churches in Connecticut and New York.  He was state supply to Fayette and Ebenezer churches, Miss., from 1860 to 1871, and to Port Gibson Church from 1872 to 1874.  He then became stated supply of the Church in Fayetteville, Tenn., from 1874 to 1876.  In the latter year he returned to Port Gibson, Miss. where he died, September 4th, 1878.  Mr. Hall was a truly faithful and good man.  He was eminently devoted to the work of saving souls.  His memory is warmly cherished in the churches he served in Mississippi and Tennessee, and by all who knew him."

The Rev. George Hall was the Pastor of the Peterboro Church in Smithfield, New York in about 1850.  This church was the site of the first complete meeting of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society in 1835.  The building is now on the New York State and National Historic Registers.  In 2004 it was named as one of 24 sites on the New York State Underground Railroad Heritage Trail.  The site became home of the National Abolition Hall of Fame in 2005. Source: Donna Burdick, Smithfield Town Historian

George & Almira’s children were

George F. Hall born 1836, New Jersey

Cornelia B. R. Hall born 1838, New Jersey

Charles A. B. Hall born 1842, New York

Thomas Cornelius Hall 1845-1897, married Cora E. Brown and are my husband’s great grandparents

Susan C. Hall born 1846, New York, married John H. Griffing

I learned a lot about the Rev. George Hall from various reports printed by church associations.  One of those was the Necrological Report presented to the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary at it’s Annual Meeting 29 Apr 1879.  Here are the pages from that report:

Sadly the report above tells us that Almira died in Sep 1858 in West Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, at age 52.  I haven’t yet located her death record or burial.  Having at least 3 children still at home, the Reverend remarried on 6 Oct 1859 to Mary A. Bolles.

Rev. Hall died during the Yellow Fever plague of 1878.  Here is a link to a book about this plague:  https://archive.org/details/65030600R.nlm.nih.gov 

And here is a link to the Rootsweb site about Claiborne County, Mississippi and the list of deaths from Yellow Fever: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msclaib3/yellow1878.html

Here is a link to Rev. Hall’s memorial on FindAGrave  #56354940

Headstone for Rev. George Hall courtesy of William Sanders - used with permission

I’ve enjoyed sharing this story with you.

 

PLEASE contact me if you think you might be related, even remotely, to anyone mentioned in this blog.

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Michigan Girl

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WEDDING WEDNESDAY ~ Martin & Wunderlich - Married 1745 in Germany

Today I’d like to highlight the marriage of my 6th great grandparents, John or Johann Eberhard MARTIN and Jacobina Elizabeth WUNDERLICH.

According to the records I have located, they were married on 16 Feb 1745 in Notzingen, Tech Donau, Wurttemberg, Germany.^{1, 2}

Here is a map of Germany with the location of Notzingen

Right now I don’t know very much about this family.  I have recorded 5 children born to this couple: Christopher, Mary, Rachel, Anna Barbara and Elizabeth.  It is Anna Barbara who is my direct ancestor.  She was born on 19 Mar 1747 in Germany and married John FRAMPTON, Jr. about 1780 in Derry Township, Pennsylvania.  The Frampton family were very prominent in Pennsylvania and later in Ohio and a lot has been written about them.

There is a record of his immigration to the United States from Germany, recorded in a book, which states he arrived on 16 Oct 1751.¹

I have taxation records for Everhard/Eberhard Martin too.  He and Jacobena are listed as Pioneers in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.



 
What all of this told me today, is that I have a LOT more work to do on this couple.  That is one of the big benefits of writing about our ancestors.  We suddenly determine what we do and do not know.

Sources: 1 - Raymond Martin Bell, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Families & Records before 1800 Supplement (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Supplement: 36. Cit. Date: 9 Jul 2012; MARTIN Everhard of Derry - wr [warrant] Jan 13-1784 - pr [probate] Feb 20-1784 (German) wife Jacobena Elizabethch: Christopher, Barbara, Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel
2 - John Martin Stroup and Raymond Martin Bell, Book - The Pioneers of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania-Who's who in the Early Records with an Account of the Growth of the County before 1790 (Lewistown, Pennsylvania: n.p., 1942). Cit. Date: 29 Jun 2010;

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Michigan Girl

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WEDDING WEDNESDAY–Things are not always what they seem….or what they say

When we evaluate records we know that we have to take all evidence we find and combine it with other evidence in order to come to a conclusion.  

We also know that our ancestors weren’t always truthful when they gave information to be entered on forms or when they talked to enumerators.  

Here is a perfect example.

Bessie Lindsay is my Grandaunt on my paternal side.  She was my grandmother’s younger sister.  She married William Bryant Curry, Jr. on 11 Sep 1911 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.  Her status on the marriage record is listed as spinster (what we now call single).

MARRIAGE OF BESSIE LINDSAY TO WILLIAM CURRY - 1911

Now look at her marriage to Stewart Frances Hockster on 19 Jul 1913 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.  

MARRIAGE OF ELIZABETH AKA BESSIE LINDSAY TO STEWART HOCKSTER - 1913

What is her status listed as?  Spinster.  Not divorced or widowed.

And her name is listed as?  Lindsay….not Curry.

We learned that Bessie did divorce her first husband, William Curry and gained full custody of their minor child.  

Why did Bessie aka Elizabeth say she was a spinster when she appeared before the magistrate for the second marriage?  Was it because back in those days it wasn’t considered desirable to be a divorced woman?  This is not the first incident of this kind that I have found in my family.  Or was there another reason?  We may never know.

TIP:  Always look at all the details on any document.  Never believe everything you see on any document.  With good research techniques you can combine evidence and come to a solid conclusion.

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Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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