Family Tree Discoveries

Time for One Blog

2010-01-11T20:57:00.003-05:00

In order to have all of my genealogy blogging in one place (aka make my life easier), I have decided to solely focus on my other blog, now called Gen Wish List. This blog will stay just as it is so that fellow researchers can still find the information that I have posted. I have been amazed by all of the contacts that I have made on this blog and hope to continue to make more. I hope that you

Tombstone Tuesday: Mary Margaret HAEFNER SCHMIDT

2009-12-01T06:15:00.000-05:00

This week's Tombstone Tuesday comes once again from my aunt's photos taken at St. Boniface Cemetery in Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania.Mary Margaret HAEFNER was born 30 Jun 1882 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to Frank A HAEFNER and Eva Catherine BLITZ.She married Frank F SCHMIDT on 17 Oct 1907.Mary M Schmidt marker, Saint Boniface Cemetery, Williamsport (Lycoming), Pennsylvania; photo

Tombstone Tuesday: F Joseph Haefner and Helena Betz

2009-11-17T06:29:00.003-05:00

This weeks Tombstone Tuesday comes again from Saint Boniface Cemetery in Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania.Frank Joseph HAEFNER (who always went by F Joseph) was born 22 July 1880 in Williamsport to Frank A HAEFNER and Eva Catherine BLITZ. He died 25 September 1968 in Montoursville.Around 1905 he married Helena P BETZ. She was born in 1883 and died 17 November 1961.F Joseph and Helena

Tombstone Tuesday: Lawrence and Anna RITTER

2009-11-10T07:00:00.004-05:00

Lawrence John RITTER was born 2 October 1884 in Williamsport, Lycoming county Pennsylvania. He died in April of 1970 in Williamsport.Anna (nee HAEFNER) RITTER was born 24 Jun 1889 in Williamsport to Frank A HAEFNER and Eva Catherine BLITZ. She died in January of 1977 in Williamsport.They were married 22 Jun 1911 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Williamsport.They are buried at St. Boniface

Tombstone Tuesday: Carl and Anastasia Haefner

2009-11-03T07:20:00.004-05:00

Carl V and Anastasia HAEFNER are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania.Carl was born 22 Jan 1897 and died Aug 1979 in Williamsport. He married Anastasia M MAYAN about 1921. She was born 6 Sept 1896 and died 15 Nov 1971.Carl V and Anastasia Haefner marker, Saint Boniface Cemetery, Williamsport (Lycoming), Pennsylvania; photo taken by DKE, 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: Magdalena and Eugene ECK

2009-10-27T09:03:00.003-04:00

Today's Tombstone Tuesday post in the tombstone of my great grandparents, Magdalena HAEFNER and Eugene J ECK.Magdalena was born 7 Oct 1893 in Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania to Frank A HAEFNER and Eva Catherine BLITZ. She died 2 Jan 1975 in Williamsport.Eugene was born 23 Mar 1893 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to John Jeremiah ECK and Theresa BANK. He died 2 Jan 1975 in

SNFG - Ahnentafel Roulette - Alice Susan HILLIS

2009-09-19T18:15:00.004-04:00

This week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver is Ahnentafel Roulette.1) How old is your father now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."My dad turned 60 this year. 60 divided by 4 is 15.2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person

Saturday Night Fun: My 16 GG Grandparents

2009-08-08T18:21:00.005-04:00

As part of Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Fun for this week, I am posting the list of my 16 great, great grandparents:1. Lewis M EISWERTH: born 25 May 1848 in Bavaria, Germany; married 7 May 1871; died 28 Mar 1928 in Pennsylvania.2. Maria DINCHER: born 24 Jun 1850 in Pennsylvania, USA; died 5 Apr 1926 in Pennsylvania.3. Ignac KAVCIC: born 10 Aug 1856 in Austria; married 1887 in Austria; died 19

Funeral Card for Edward Charles EISWERTH

2009-07-15T10:44:00.005-04:00

My great grandfather Edward Charles EISWERTH was born 22 Jun 1885 in Limestone township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He traveled west to find work and ended up in East Palestine, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He married Angela Catherine COUCHIE in 1919 and had their only child, my grandfather, in 1921. Then they traveled back to Limestone township and worked on the farm. Edward died on 7 Mar

Nathan Ricketts' will

2009-06-23T14:22:00.002-04:00

I found the following abstract from the Ohio county, Indiana Will book:Nathan Ricketts, Sen., 19 Jan 1837, 15 Jan 1847formerly of Randolph Twp. Dearborn Co., being old and feebleWife-JaneDau-Rebecca NealSon-EdwardSons-Abram and NathanYoungest son-Ephraim and he as executorTo heirs of my eldest son, William, deceasedDau-Susannah NealDau-Elizabeth Rich, deceased, Jane Shepherd and Ann

Robert Bovard family update

2009-06-23T09:48:00.004-04:00

Yesterday I posted my findings about the Robert Bovard family. I realized last night that I had forgotten to add a county history to my research. I had found a Robert Bovard family in the book:History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, Indiana: From their earliest settlement, containing a history of the counties, their cities, townships, towns, villages, schools, and churches...

The Father of Isaac C BOVARD

2009-06-22T14:29:00.003-04:00

I have been trying to find the father of Isaac C BOVARD for a few months. I had found on message boards and mailing lists as well as online trees that others believe that Robert BOVARD from Ireland was Isaac's father. Since I had no proof, I couldn't make the leap even though there seemed on only be on family of BOVARDs in the Switzerland county, Indiana area.This weekend I was at ACPL for the

Brickwall: The parents of George E HILLIS

2009-04-15T13:59:00.002-04:00

In the last post, I wrote about trying to track down my grandmother’s maternal line. Her mother, Alice Susan HILLIS’ parents were George E HILLIS and Mary Susan WASHBURN. I was able to track find the parents of Mary through the help of a family history on Ancestry.com. But I still have a problem with George.Here’s what I know about George:George was born May 1857 in Indiana (1900 and 1910 census)

The Family of Mary Washburn

2009-04-13T11:16:00.009-04:00

I have had a hard time locating the family and ancestors of my grandmother’s mother. My first problem was locating Alice’s maiden name. My grandmother thought that it was HILLIS, but wasn’t sure. Over the summer, she showed me her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary announcement in the newspaper. It stated that Alice’s parents were George HILLIS and Mary WASHBURN. I located the HILLIS family

Theresa Bank and the City Directories

2009-02-23T12:24:00.007-05:00

This post is the last one that I have planned for the Bank family. As was stated in a earlier post, I found Theresa (or Clarissa, whichever is her real name) living with her parents and sisters in the 1860 and 1870 censuses. She was married in May of 1887 to John J Eck. So where was she in the 1880 census?I found Theresa living as a domestic in the household of Samuel Crantz. Crantz was a tailor

Probate records of John and Ursula Bank

2009-02-23T12:00:00.004-05:00

In my last post, I discussed finally finding the family of Theresa Bank. I mentioned that I had ordered the probate records for John and Urusula Bank (Theresa's parents). I received them within a weeks time of ordering them from the Montour County, Pennsylvania courthouse.In the probate of John Bank, it states that he died Wednesday, 24 Jan 1894 in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania. His will was

Finding the Family of Theresa BANK through newspaper articles

2009-02-11T12:04:00.012-05:00

I'm going to try to start blogging my family history research again. I have a list of posts that I would like to share and just need to find the time and motivation to do it.My dad gave me the book The Eck Family: A Snapshot in Time by Gail Eck Nordlof when I started my genealogy research. The book was a big family project where everyone had to send in information about themselves and Gail put

Obituary for John Shepherd

2008-10-23T09:03:00.004-04:00

I received the obituary for John Shepherd in the mail this week. I found it through the Cleveland Public Library's Necrology File. I emailed the library and they sent me a photocopy of the obituary. I was very pleased with how fast I was able to get the obit and how easy it was to find. I wish more libraries or genealogy societies would offer a similar service until all newspapers are available

Land Grants in the Wrong State

2008-10-14T08:19:00.003-04:00

I have searched the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office Records website many times trying to find some land of my ancestors in Southeastern Indiana. I have never been able to find any. I received my own copy of History and Genealogy of the John Shepherd Family in the mail (after I purchased it on Ebay) on Saturday. I was once again determined to find the land records. I was inspired

Shepherd Family

2008-10-02T16:17:00.003-04:00

I went to the Military Symposium at the Allen County Public Library last weekend. It was not as good as the Family History 101 workshop that I attended in July. Too many numbers of where things were located at the National Archives and not enough substance. Anyway I looked at a couple of books while at the library for Robert Bruce Bascom in the civil war. I found a book that listed the death of

Busy time and classes

2008-09-17T14:31:00.003-04:00

I've been so busy lately and combined with some laziness I haven't gotten much done lately in the world of genealogy. I have lots of emails to get to from my new found cousin in England. I also have piles of stuff on my desk and lots of bookmarks that I need to go through. I need to take the time to add all the information that I have found lately into Family Tree Maker and get it all put away. I

Suckling Cousin

2008-08-11T15:14:00.002-04:00

I was excited on Thursday night to receive a message that someone had posted a comment on this blog. I was even more excited to know that it wasn't Dad. It seems that I may have found my first cousin since beginning my genealogy search in the spring. Neil says that he is the great great grandson of John Elvey Suckling and Caroline Rice. He also says that one of them (I'm not sure which) is

Whitmore and Servos Families

2008-08-11T14:50:00.003-04:00

I have been meaning to blog about this for two weeks now. After I had a chance to look at the 1891 census and find the ROGERS family, I have made some great discoveries. As I said in my last post, I found that George Rogers' parents were John S Rogers and Sophia Whitmore. I found Sophia living next door to John in 1851 with their parents. If I had only looked down the page a little, I may have

Canadian Research

2008-07-23T12:41:00.004-04:00

For the last couple of weeks, I have been going to the Allen County Public Library to look at what they have available to help me with my genealogy research. I have been focusing my research on my Ontario family. I have been looking at the mircofilm for the Canadian censuses (since they are not all online) and I also started looking at some cemetery transcriptions. I have been able to find most

Suckling Death Certificates

2008-06-30T15:01:00.004-04:00

Today I received the death certificates of John Elvey Suckling and his wife Caroline Rice from England.John died from senile decay on 28 Dec 1904 in Yorkshire, England. His death certificate is below. He had moved in with his son Frederick after Caroline died.Caroline died from chronic broncitis and heart failure on 07 May 1902 in Terrington St Clement, Norfolk, England. The witness to her death