People from my family
The Church The cemetery, out my car door, and across the hood. The cemetery is located at Cranbrook, Concession 11, Grey Township. When I arrived at this place in May of 2001, it was truly a spiritual experience. It was satisfying to stand at the graves of both sides of my grandmother’s family. I later … Read more
Randy Seaver says, “It’s almost Saturday Night – time for some Genealogy Fun!” Here is your SNGF assignment for the evening (if you choose to accept it – this is not stump the genealogist or even Mission Impossible): List your 16 great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places. Figure … Read more
I had a few minutes today, and I spent it looking for family death on Seeking Michigan. I had copied the information from a ledger at the Ingham County court house, but I wanted the certificate. This explains how I managed to print the image without the big thick black border, and save the image to … Read more
Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings has tossed out the following challenge for his weekly Saturday Night Fun: Provide a list of your paternal grandmother’s patrilineal line. Answer these questions: * What was your father’s mother’s maiden name? * What was your father’s mother’s father’s name? * What is your father’s mother’s father’s patrilineal line? That is, … Read more
Joining on a Meme that Craig started, he says: “…List the surnames you are researching and the general localities. Then tell the names of your “Most Wanted Ancestors,” that is, the ones you most want to find behind that brickwall. (You can tag people if you want; I’ve chosen not to do that here so … Read more
I’ve started a series of “Not so Wordless Wednesday” posts over on GrannyPam. There aren’t really genealogy, but the are old family photos. Well they are at least as old as I am. I thought I’d let those of you that enjoy looking at older photos know that you can find them by searching that … Read more
Daniel Erlin Kaiser, born May 1806, York Township, York County, Ontario, Canada was my 3rd great-grandfather. His wife was Hannah Fisher, and they had at least eight children, including my ancestor, William Kaiser, 1837-1909. Daniel is buried in the cemetery at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vaughan, Ontario. The Church and a sign, click for … Read more
Lot AC 326 in this cemetery contains the remains of some members of the Martin L. Herrington (or Harrington) family. Only 2 of the burials have markers. One of the two was placed in the 1990’s by my mother on the grave of her father, David Henry Herrington. In 1950 this lot was owned by … Read more
Jane Johnston is a “mystery” woman, information about her is hard to come by. She was the original owner of a locket in my possession, and my great-grandmother. Jane’s daughter, Winnie Alice Kaiser, was my Dad’s mother. Jane Johnston was born about 1867, using calculations from early census records and her marriage record. It is … Read more
The stories are the same everywhere, but for some reason, those from the southern states seem more prominent. Flatt and Scruggs sang, “Over the Hill to the Poor House”, a lament of an old man whose wife died, and who found shelter at the poor house, when is children rejected him. An earlier poem, “Over … Read more