TOMBSTONE TUESDAY ~ Isaac Frampton Gillen & Lennie Kite Gillen–Rome Proctorville Cemetery, Lawrence Co. Ohio

Funny how we go back to files we have and turn up new members in our family.  This happened to me today when I was reviewing photos I’d taken during my trip to Lawrence County, Ohio, back in July 2012.  Yup, six years ago.

Maybe it’s just me who is guilty of this…..but.  I have taken several genealogy trips, been to many cemeteries, libraries (including 3 trips to the FHL) and courthouses and come away with hundreds of digital photos.
 
When I get home I very quickly arrange them all in digital folders for review at a later time.

When does that later time occur?  Darn good question I would say.  Sometimes right away and sometimes six years later.

Today I was specifically going through my folder for Rome Proctorville Cemetery in Lawrence County, Ohio.

At the same time I was reviewing the images on the FindAGrave site for the cemetery.  I wanted to match up memorials with my photos.  If there was already a photo, great.  If not, I could add it.  What I discovered was no memorial for two headstones I’d photographed, Isaac Gillen and Lonnie Gillen.  Isaac was in my database, but with only a birth year. Lennie wasn’t there at all.

Here’s what I discovered today.

Isaac Frampton Gillen is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed and Lennie/Lenie Kite was his wife.

Here is how we are connected via our common ancestors, William Gillen & Rachel Frampton, who are my 4th great grandparents.

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I’m still researching this couple.  I’ve learned that they were married 15 Oct 1910 in Lawrence Co., Ohio.  I located their marriage record on familysearch.org.
 
You can see we have the couple’s names, ages and their parents names.  I also see a statement from Isaac’s father, K. W. Gillen that he gives consent to the marriage.  I see that Isaac is 20 years old and his soon to be spouse is 22.  Why would they need consent?  Was the age of consent 21 years?  Therefore, making Isaac too young to marry without consent from his parents?  Whatever, the reason it appears, from records, that this couple stayed married at least through the 1956 city directory listing I found.



Isaac worked as a Farmer in every record I’ve located so far.  He served in the Army from 29 Aug 1918 to 19 Dec 1918.  When he registered for the draft in 1917 he was married with one child.  He is listed as tall, medium build, brown hair and brown eyes, with no scars or deformities.

I have located the 1920, 1930 & 1940 census records for this couple.  There is no child listed with them on any of those records.  I’ve conducted an extensive search on both Ancestry.com and Family Search for any record of a birth to this couple and have located nothing. 

The last record I can locate for the couple is a 1956 city directory from Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia.

I have not located their obituaries either on newspapers.com, genealogy bank or a Google search. 

You can visit the memorials I created for them here #190530539 and #190530388.

If you have additional information about this couple or their family, I’d love to hear from you.  Surely there are photos of Isaac and Lennie out there somewhere.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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FUNERAL CARD FRIDAY ~ Robert Rulyn Corbett 1941-2013–Husband of my half sister

Robert “Bob” Rulyn Corbett was married to my paternal half sister, Virginia Carol Gould from 20 Feb 1965, until their divorce in 1991.

Bob was the son of Lynn Salsbury Corbett (1901-1969) and Ruth Irene Thompson (1911-2002).  He was born in Detroit Michigan on 21 Mar 1941, just a few months prior to the start of World War II. He had an older sister, Betty Jean.

After Bob and Virginia married, they had 3 children, two daughters and a son.  Sadly, his son, Bobby, developed cancer and passed away at age 18.  Today would have been Bobby's 42nd birthday.

Robert remarried and lived happily with his second wife. 

In addition to his wife, he left behind his oldest daughter, Dawn and her husband and two grandchildren and his youngest daughter, Deb and her young son.  He is greatly missed by his family.

Here is the inside of his funeral card.

If you think you may be related to anyone mentioned in this blog post, please contact me.  I’d love to hear from you.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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JAMBOREE 2018 ~ DAY 2 AND 3, A GREAT CONFERENCE - and SEE YOU THERE IN 2019

On Friday morning my friend/roomie/fellow blogger, Debby Warner Anderson and I were up bright and early.  We had a 7 a.m. breakfast event with speaker Thomas MacEntee.  The breakfast was a small buffet and was well attended.  But, then Thomas is always an excellent speaker.  He talked to us about “How Do I Know What I Don’t Know?”  I picked up several good tips, as I always do when listening to Thomas.

• In the 1940 census if there is a circle with an X next to a name, that is the person who was the informant and gave information to the enumerator.  I had heard this before, but had forgotten about it.  Good reminder
• JSTOR is a website for journals and books.  They can often be obtained via inter-library loans.  “JSTOR is a digital library founded in 1995. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now also includes books and primary sources, and current issues of journals. It provides full-text searches of almost 2,000 journals” 

With such a wonderful line up of speakers and classes, it is sometimes difficult to choose which class to attend.

NOTE:  Be sure to go to the Southern California Genealogy Society website for Jamboree to learn how you can view live streaming of some of these classes

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Here are the classes I attended on Friday and a few of the things I learned:

DNA and Digitization in Irish Genealogy by Brad Larkin, MBA, MCSE

I learned more about the Tithe Applotment books available for locating your ancestors in Ireland.  These are available on Ancestry.com

There were original Catholica Parishes and also Church of England parishes.  The parish records generally began in the 1830’s. 

Rootsireland.ie is a subscription site with Irish records

Family Search – The other 70% by Jill Morelli, CG

Jill reminded us that 70% of the records on Family Search.org are NOT indexed.

She gave the class many tips on browsing those unindexed records

Reconstruct Your Ancestor’s World with Google by Lisa Louise Cooke of Genealogy Gems

This was one of my favorite classes. Lisa gave us MANY hints for using Google search to our full advantage in our research.  I ended up purchasing her book The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox, 2nd edition (Revised and Updated).

Whether you use quotation marks, asterisks, or a minus sign, you can increase the chances of having your search produce websites that pertain to your ancestor.

Don’t forget about Google Books, Google Scholar, Google Patents, Google Alerts and YouTube when looking for your elusive ancestors.

Me with Lisa Louise Cooke and Debby Warner Anderson

And in the afternoon, Debby and I attended a Visual Phasing Workshop by Blaine Bettinger.  I had attended a class on this subject, last year at the i4gg conference.  Visual Phasing allows you to use siblings and sometimes cousins, to recreate the DNA of your grandparents.  What a concept!  It is a very complicated process so attending this workshop was meant to help me understand the process better.

Here is a link to Blaine Bettinger’s website explaining visual phasing.  There are many other website links you can visit to learn more.

Debby, Blaine and Me

The Expo Hall was filled with vendors who shared all kinds of information and goodies with us.  It was abuzz most of the time.  It’s always one of my favorite parts of any conference.

On Friday evening, Debby and I relaxed with dinner and adult beverages in the bar/restaurant right there at the Marriott.  They had great food and we always ran into a bunch of other conference attendees to chat with. In the photo below you can see Brad Larkin and Blaine Bettinger in the foreground.

 

On Saturday we were up early again to grab breakfast and then head to class.

 

I attended the following classes on Saturday?

Did I Get Everything? – Creating a Checklist for Genealogy Research by Thomas MacEntee

Thomas gave us some great ideas for being more organized and focused in our research.

USING EVERNOTE FOR CAPTURING NOTES AND IDEAS by Drew Smith

Drew covered a lot of basics in this class.  I’m pretty well informed on using Evernote since I use it daily.  But, I did pick up a tip about stacking tags.  I always new we could stack notebooks, but stacking tags was new to me.

Me with Drew Smith

DIGGING PENNSYLVANIA ROOTS FROM YOUR DESKTOP by James M. Beidler

James covered the many resources available for researching Pennsylvania ancestors. 

USING HOMESTEAD RECORDS TO TELL YOUR ANCESTOR’S STORY by Michelle Roos Goodrum

I haven’t found an ancestors who were homesteaders, yet.  But, I figured I would go to this class and learn something new.  I wasn’t disappointed.  Michelle was an excellent presenter.  The story she told us about her homesteading ancestor was fascinating.  I hope one day I can find an ancestor who decided to homestead.

GRANDPA WORKED FOR THE RAILROAD by Janice Lovelace, PhD

I have many ancestors who worked for railroads in one capacity or another.  Dr. Lovelace presented an interesting review of the history of the railroad in our country and also some tips on where we “might” locate records for our ancestors who were employed by the railroad.

It was now 4:30 in the afternoon and Debby and I decided to head home.  It’s a 3 hour drive back to Ramona from Burbank.  And, many of you know how bad that L.A. traffic can be. We arrived safely at 9:30 p.m.  Exhausted, yes.  But, so happy that we attended this informative event.

 

To all the volunteers, speakers and exhibitors a HUGE thank you for a wonderful conference.

NEXT YEAR IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS CONFERENCE.  It should be even more fantastic than ever.  I know I’ll be there, will you?

  

Here are a few more photos of me with my genealogy friends.

Lise Harding and me	Randy Seaver, Debby & me
Me & Devon Lee	Just about to head home - me & Debby

Happy hunting and see you next year at Jamboree 2019!

Michigan Girl

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JAMBOREE 2018 ~ Day One

Debby Warner Anderson and I arrived at the Marriott here in Burbank last night.  The drive up from Ramona was uneventful and smooth.  The Marriott staff are always welcoming and very eager to meet any needs (extra pillows, towels etc.)

I’m on my own today because I didn’t register for either the Family History Writer’s Conference (Debby is attending those classes), nor did I register for the Genetic Genealogy Conference.  Why didn’t I register?  Well, because I was fortunate enough to win a two day pass for Friday and Saturday classes and to be honest, I just never looked at Thursday.  Mistake?  Yes, in hindsight.  I could have registered late, but chose not to.  I found out that the three Genetic Genealogy classes I wanted to attend will be available via DVD or Streaming.  So, I don’t feel like I’m missing out.


At registration we received a nice tote bag, a flash drive containing the syllabus’ for classes and other goodies.



We have a dinner event this evening with speaker Diahan Southard and a breakfast event with Thomas MacEntee tomorrow.
 
I’m looking forward to the classes I will attend on Friday and Saturday.

In the meantime, I’m chatting with friends as I see them around the conference center.

I’ll have more to share in the next couple of days, so stay tuned.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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CHURCH RECORD SUNDAY ~ Susan Rosette–Presbyterian Church Record–New Jersey

Susan Boylston Rosette is my husband’s paternal 3rd great grandmother.  She married Dr. Abraham Rosette on 30 May 1804 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Using Legacy 9, I created a relationship chart that shows how my husband is connected to this couple.

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I recently located a church record for Susan Rosette in the U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970.  The record lists her as the widow of Abr. and gives his death date, which coincides with my records.



Here is the Source Citation for this record:

Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Accession Number: 11-0928 65D Box 54
Description
Year: 1825 - 1947
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Church Registers. Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Source Description
This collection includes baptism, marriage, death, burial, and other records from Presbyterian churches in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

Church records can be valuable tools and provide a lot of information about our ancestors.  Especially given that vital records were not required or kept at a state or county level until the late 1800’s, in most jurisdictions.

If you’ve found information in church records, I’d love to hear about them.  Also, if you are related to either the Rosette or Boylston families, please get in touch with me.

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY - Abraham & Susan Rosette - died 1815 & 1847

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

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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SUNDAY’S OBITUARY ~ Emma Pope Seed–1850-1928, my half 2nd great grandaunt

Emma Pope Seed is my half 2nd great grandaunt.  She is the daughter of my 3rd great grandmother, Emily Gillen and the 2nd of her three husband’s, David Pope. I am descended from Emily Gillen and her first husband, Rev. Isaac C. Hunter.

Rev. Hunter died at age 43 in 1842, leaving his wife Emily with 5 children at home, the oldest one 14 and the youngest about 1. It is no surprise that she was married four years later to David Pope.  Together Emily & David had two children, a son George and the subject of my post today, Emma.

Emma was born, 29 Jul 1850, according to her death certificate.  The 1850 census was taken on August 6th, but Emma is not enumerated with her family.  She would have been 7 days old. Her parents & brother, George were living in Fayette, Lawrence, Ohio and her father, David was working as a Carpenter.  What became of David Pope after 1850 is still a question.  I know that Emma’s mother, Emily, remarried on 5 Dec 1858 to Joel Stover.

Emma married Thomas Hugh Seed on 28 Mar 1871 in Clay County, Illinois.  The couple had two known children.  A son, Maurice Joy Seed 1871-1947 and Rhoda 1879-1960 who married James R. Barclay.

A directory listing in 1915 shows Thomas Seed as the Associate Editor of the Mt. Vernon Register and the couple is living at 517 N. 10th in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.  The directory lists their phone number as 378 – 3 rings.  Their daughter Rhoda is still living at home and Maurice lives nearby and is the Editor of the Mt. Vernon Register.

Emma & Thomas can be found in the 1920 census, living in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.  He is 76 years old and still working.  He is a Manager in the mailing department of a newspaper. Emma is 69.  In our current society, most people are retired well before the age of 76.  I wonder if Thomas worked because he wanted to, or because he had to?

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According to a Civil War Pension Index Card, Emma, a widow, applied for a pension on 4 Jun 1923, from the state of Pennsylvania.  Thomas had already applied for his Civil War Pension back on 28 Jul 1888.  I don’t know if it was granted or not.

 

I have not yet located Thomas’ death record.  However, I have located Emma’s.  She died 10 Oct 1928 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, as stated in her obituary.  Her cause of death was Pyelitis following a fractured left femur.  She tripped over a small rug and fell to the floor at home, which must have caused the fracture.  An online medical dictionary gives the following definition of Pyelitis:

pyelitis [pi?e-li´tis]
inflammation of the renal pelvis, a fairly common disease that usually can be diagnosed and cured without great difficulty. Prompt and effective treatment is necessary to prevent the spread of infection and the development of pyelonephritis, which in its chronic form is a severely disabling disease in which damage to the kidney cells may lead to high blood pressure and uremia. adj., adj pyelit´ic.

Here is her death certificate



The death certificate for Emma gives us evidence of her date & place of birth and her parent’s names.  The informant was her daughter, Rhoda.  While we know that informant’s can give incorrect information, even if they are closely related, we can match this information with what we already know and come to a conclusion.

Emma & Thomas are buried at Oakwood Cemetery, in Mount Vernon, Jefferson Co., Illinois.  You may visit their memorials here #99285028 and #99284963.

Here is a picture of their headstone, used with the permission of EPS, who placed the photo on findagrave.



If you have any connection to this family I’d love to hear from you.  I also welcome any input or corrections.

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST

MYSTERY MONDAY–WHO’S YOUR DADDY? Brick Wall Post #5–William Gillen 1782-1841

MYSTERY MONDAY - Who's Your Daddy? Brick Walls Post #3–Rev. Isaac C. Hunter 1798-1842

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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THURSDAY SURPRISE ~ I won a Free Southern California Jamboree 2018 Registration–Oh boy!

It’s always exciting to win something.  In this case I just won, by random drawing, a two day FREE registration to 2018 Southern California Jamboree.

THE BLOGGER BADGE CONTEST WINNER IS......Diane Gould Hall of Michigan Family Trails.

My friend and fellow blogger Debby Warner Anderson of Debbie’s Family Genealogy Blog had already registered for the conference and have hotel reservations.  We attended the conference in 2016 and had a great time.  During that conference Debbie won a free registration to the 2017 conference.  She was able to attend, but I was on vacation and couldn’t go.  We are excited to being going again this year.

There are many wonderful speakers and also workshops you can attend.  I always learn so much at conferences and seminars I attend.  It helps me to be a better genealogist.

Here are a couple of posts I wrote when I attended the 2016 Jamboree. 

Southern California Jamboree 2016 ~ Day One - My first time at Jamboree

Southern California Jamboree 2016 ~ The last two days were fantastic and my brain hurts!

If you haven’t registered for the conference yet, there is still time.  Check out the line up of speakers and subjects.  So many wonderful learning experiences.  Click here to visit Jamboree 2018 website.

I look forward to seeing many fellow bloggers and genealogists.  Please let me know if you’ll be there, so we can get in touch at the conference.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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