About Anna Kasper, ACDP
I am an avid Genealogist. I am an ACDP - Associate of the Congregation of Divine Providence (Sisters of Divine Providence of Texas). If you are unfamiliar with what a Religious Associate (also called an Affiliate, Consociate, Oblate, Companion) is exactly, visit my about me page for more information. In community college, I majored in American Sign Language/Deaf Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies when at university.
My Barton ancestors are on my paternal Armstrong/Lyons lines. Armstrong-Lyons-Barton. My third great-grandmother is Catherine Ann Barton. She was born on 11 November 1795 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of Thomas Barton and Rebecca Ann Cooper. She died 11 … Continue reading →
Posted in Genealogy, Religious
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Tagged American Revolution, Ancestry, Armstrong, Barton, Benezet, Billingsley, Booz, Boyer, Brown, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Camden New Jersey, Christian, Colonial America, Eldridge, England, faith, family, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gerves, Gervise, Gloucester County New Jersey, Greer, Gunpowder hundred, History, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones, Joppa, LaRue, Lodge, Lyons, Maryland, New Jersey, Norris, Nutick, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pickett, Quaker, Rollo, Rollow, Searl, Severns, Society of Friends, Surname Saturday, Van Sant, Ward, Winner, Wright
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The main meaning of my name Anna is grace, divine favor, and God has shown favor. It comes from the Hebrew name Hannah. It can be related to the name Anastasia, meaning resurrection. In other languages, from around the world, … Continue reading →
Posted in Beauty and Self-Acceptance, Bible Study, Catholic, Genealogy, Religious, Uncategorized
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Tagged Agnes, Albert, Ana, Anastasia, ancestors, Ancestry, Ancy, Ann, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annis, Armstrong, Barrett, Blessed, Catholic, Chambers, Christian, Cole, Cool, Cunningham, Davidson, Desiree, Doman, Doty, Doughty, Druckenmiller, Dumm, faith, family history, Family Tree, Favor, Favour, Featherstone, Genealogy, Gooden, Grace, Graham, Greatsinger, Grosshans, Hafer, Hannah, Happy Thanksgiving, History, Hoerner, Jesus, Johanna, Joynt, Kennedy, Kuhl, Lamb, Larkin, Linaberry, Lindaberry, Linnenberg, Litts, Mary Ann, Mary Mother of Jesus, McGuire, Mertz, Mine Ancy, Nancy, Norris, Palmer, Price, Prindle, Priscilla, Propheter, Rogers, Scherp, Shepherd, Spatz, St. Anna, St. Anne, Stafford, Talbot, Thankful, Thanksgiving, Watts, Weinmann
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This week’s writing prompt is Rural. I decided to write about my Fuller ancestors living in the forbidding, mountainous, rocky terrain of Glastenbury, Bennington County, Vermont. It is about as rural as you will find! The town was sparsely populated from … Continue reading →
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Bennington County, bizarre, Broome County, Cole, family history, Family Tree, Fuller, Genealogy, ghost town, Glastenbury, hiking, History, Rural, The Bennington Triangle, travel, Triangle New York, UFO, Vermont, wilderness
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In the past, I have written about my maternal ancestors Daniel Streing/Strang, Sr., and Charlotte Marie Lemaistre. I discussed their lives in France, England, and New York. In my writings about them, I did not take their lines further back … Continue reading →
Posted in Catholic, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious
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Tagged Alexandre de Beauharnais, Ancestry, Beauharnais, Beauharnois, Boilleve, Brittany, Buastier, Buatier, Budd, Calvinists, Catholic, Charles, Christian, Coeu, Colonial America, De Bourges, de la Barre, de Loynes, Du Pree, Dupree, England, Eugène de Beauharnais, europe, faith, family history, Family Tree, France, French, French Huguenots, French Protestants, Genealogy, Giens, Hillaire, History, Hortense de Beauharnais, Huguenot, Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc, Joséphine Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Joséphine of Leuchtenberg, Kennedy, La Chaussée, La Grilliere, Le Beau, Le Marie, Le Noir, Le Vassor, LeBeau, Leelee Sobieski, Lemaistre, Lenoir, literature, Loire Valley, Loiret, Lutheran, Madeleine Fabry, Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, Mariette, Miramion, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III, New York, Orléans, Palmer, Pierre Séguier, Royal Houses, Sine, Souchay, Spatz, Spotts, St. Joan of Arc, Ste. Jeanne d'Arc, Strang, Streing, Uzès, Vacher, Vasher, Verdon, Villechauve
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Minfeld is the homeland of the Schönlaub family. It is in Minfeld that, up until the early 1900s, most people with the surname were located. It was also found in smaller numbers in the nearby villages and towns of Kandel, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alsace, Armstrong, Attorney, Barbelroth, Bas-Rhin, Catholic, Censor, Christian, Collector, Court, crime, Daub, Deutschland, Doerrenbach, Einnehmer, faith, family history, Family Tree, France, Fried, Genealogy, Germany, Germersheim, Hannß Gammel, History, Ilbesheim bei Landau in der Pfalz, Innkeeper, Judge, Kandel, Klingenmunster, Lambach, laub, Lawyer, Le Beau, LeBeau, Lutheran, Mayor, Minfeld, Murder, Murder Victim, Nutick, Ortsfamilienbuch Klingenmünster, Pfälz, Pfälzer, Pfälzer Saumagen, Propheter, Religion, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saumagen, Schäffer, schön, Schönlaub, St. Martin's Eve, Strasbourg, Wegt, Weinmann, Weis, Weiss, Wirt Minfeld zur Krone, Wissembourg, Zensor, Zimmer
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This week’s writing prompt is Wide Open Spaces. There are obvious ways this prompt could be taken; ancestors that homesteaded, or had a great love of the outdoors, etc. What came to mind immediately was the song “Wide Open Spaces” … Continue reading →
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy
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Tagged Ancestry, Baldwin, Bures, Bures St Mary, Cole, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial New Haven, Colonial New Milford, Edmund Moody, Emily Robison, Emily Strayer, England, Essex, faith, family history, Family Tree, French, Genealogy, Henry VIII, Hertfordshire, History, Hitchin, Judd, Kilbourn, Kilbourne, Kings Walden, Luton, Marchant, Martie Maguire, Merchant, Mildford, Moody, Mudge, New Haven, New Milford, Plumb, Prindle, Pringle, Prudden, Scotland, Streatley, Suffolk, The Chicks, The Court Yard Hounds, The Dixie Chicks, The Tudors, UK, Wide Open Spaces, Wolf Hall, Writing
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A few months ago, I stumbled upon new information regarding my great-great grandfather, Elias Nutick. Frankly, I did not know what to do with this new information. I was taken aback by my strong emotional response to the news. I … Continue reading →
Posted in Genealogy
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Tagged Ancestry, Bastadi, Bastady, Becker, Beibesheimer, Breuchel, Cincinnati, Creutz, Cullmann, Eisenmenger, Engel, family, family history, Family Tree, Franck, Frank, Genealogy, Germany, Gimmeldingen, Hamilton County Ohio, History, Hugel, Kirrweiler, Koenigsberger, Laurel Cemetery, Madisonville, Maler, Marnheim, Mayenschein, Mehner, Menert, Menner, Mennert, Mußbach, Nutick, Ohio, Poland, Rau, Schmitt, Udig, Utech, Utick, Utig, Wegt, weiß, Weigt, Weiss, Worms, Zinckgraf
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Today, June 25th, is National Leon Day. Leon is Noel spelled backward. The day is a playful reminder that Christmas is only six months away. It is the day some crafters begin planning their homemade gifts and decorations. It can … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ancestry, Barnes, Barrett, Border, British Colonial America, Bute County North Carolina, Charles River Parish, Christian, Christmas, Clothier, Colonial America, Courtney, Cranleigh, Cross, Crystmas, Crystmasse, Doty, Doughty, Dugan, Duke, Ellis, Elstead, England, Fahey, Fahy, Fairfax County Virginia, faith, family, family history, Family Tree, Fay, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, Granville County, Granville County North Carolina, Graves, Guildford, Hanover County, Hanover County Virginia, History, Inwood, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Leon Day, London, McElwain, McGuire, McLemore, Noel, North Carolina, Orange County North Carolina, Pohick, Pohick Creek, Runwell, Singleton, Slave Owners, St. Martin's Parish, Stafford County Virginia, Stevens, Surrey, Tudor, Virginia, Virginia Colony, Warren County North Carolina, Whilhite, Whitlock, Wilhoite, Worplesdon, Worplesdowne, York County, York County Virginia
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This week’s writing prompt is wheels. Although the writing prompt could be taken as being related to transportation, trains, and railroad workers. Those that owned, operated, or worked at a service station, or stories related to ancestors that took road … Continue reading →
My seventh great-grandmother, Sarah Moore, was a Quaker. She was born about 1721 in Perquimans, North Carolina, and died 15 April 1791 in South Carolina. She married fellow Quaker, Thomas Lamb, on 1 October 1746 in Perquimans, North Carolina. This … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andreas Isle of Man, Anglican, Arbory and Rushen, Ballaugh, Barrett, Bride Isle of Man, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Cannell, Celtic, Christian, Colonial America, Cuddie, Doty, Doughty, England, Fahey, Fahy, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fargher, Fay, Featherstone, Gaelic, Genealogy, Gooden, Ireland, Irish Sea, Isle of Man, Lamb, Mac Giolla Mochuda, MacGillicuddy, MacOuyd, MacQuiddie, Malew, Manwaring, Manx, Manx Cat, McGillicuddy, McQuiddie, McQuiddy, Moar, Moore, More, North Carolina, Perquimans North Carolina, Quaker, Quiddie, Quiddy, Rev. Richard Marsden, South Carolina, St. Patrick, Surname Saturday, Vikings, Vose, Voss
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Anna's Musings & Genealogical Writings 