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Category Archives: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
My Price Ancestors, an Impenetrable, Impervious Brick Wall Line. 52 Ancestors, Week 21: Brick Wall
Although like most genealogists, I have more than one brick wall line, but this one has been one of the most aggravating and impenetrable genealogical walls. This week’s writing prompt brick wall gives a few suggestions as to what to … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albert, Brick Wall, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, Funkstown, Genealogy, German, Germany, Hagerstown, Hocking County Ohio, Maryland, Mennonite, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Preisch, Price, Priess, San Mar, Swiss, Swiss German, Switzerland, Wolfkill, Zelhart, Zilhart
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My Ancestor, Royal Servant Edmund Moody Saved the Life of Henry VIII and Changed History! 52 Ancestors, Week 16 – Should Be a Movie.
This week’s writing prompt fits quite well into the story of my ancestor Edmund Moody (aka Edmond Moodye), his life would very much make for an interesting historical, costume drama movie, or even a time-leaping Sci-Fi story! My ancestor Edmund … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Benhall, British American Colonies, Bury St. Edmund, cadge man, Chenery, Christian, Coat of Arms, Cockfield, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Edmond Moodye, Edmund Moody, Elizabeth I, faith, family history, Family Tree, footman, footman of the stables, Genealogy, Henry VIII, Hertfordshire, Hitchin, Islington, Kilborn, Kilbourn, Kilbourne, Mary I, Moody, Moulton, Norwich, Panell, Parnel, Parnell, royal footman, Should Be a Movie, Suffolk, The Tudors
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52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.
I have quite a few Quaker ancestors that lived in several American Colonial states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Quakers were no stranger to punishment, torture, confinement, spending time in jails and prisons, and even being hung on … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anglicans, Calvinist, Colonial America, Elizabeth Fry, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, John Howard, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Prison Reform, Puritians, Quakers, Restorative Justice, Society of Friends, Solitary, Solitary Confinement, Virginia
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Felicitas Grosshans Weinmann, 52 Ancestors, Week 11, Lucky.
This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors is Lucky. I immediately thought of the girl’s name Felicitas. Surprisingly, I only have one direct ancestor in my tree with the first name Felicitas. The name Felicitas is the female form of … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Catholic, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Catholic, Christian, faith, family history, Family Tree, Felicitas, Felicity, Felix, Felizitas, fruitfulness, Genealogy, German, Germany, Godramstein, Großhans, Grosshans, happiness, Heuchelheim-Klingen, Kapellen-Drusweiler, Klingenmünster, Landau, Landau in der Pfalz, LeBeau, luck, Müller, mythology, name meanings, Nutick, Perpetua, Propheter, Rhineland-Palatinate, Roman, Roman Goddess, Saints, Southwest Wine Route, Weinmann
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My Great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy, Well Respected and Lauded School Teacher and Principal. 52 Ancestors, Week 4: Education
The above information is from the book The History of Perry and Fairfield Counties, Ohio; Their past and present by A. A. Graham and Ephraim S. Colborn and published in 1883. Directly below the biographical sketch for Abraham G. Kennedy … Continue reading
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Athens County Ohio, Cleveland, Columbus Ohio, Coopersmith, Cuyahoga County, Dayton, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, Franklin County Ohio, Genealogy, Ireland, Kennedy, Montgomery County Ohio, Music Dealer, New Jersey, Northern Ireland, Ohio, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Piano, Price, School, School Principal, Schoolteacher, Vinton County Ohio
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52 Ancestors Week 34: Timeline. Trying to Reconstruct a Timeline of My 3rd Great-Grandparents Michael Nestor and Catherine Hanberry using Irish Petty Session Court Registers.
This week’s writing prompt is Timeline. I have decided to write about my 3rd great-grandparents Michael Nestor and Catherine Hanberry of Gort, Galway, Ireland. In my research they appear to be non-existent in church and census records in Ireland! Below … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, ancestors, Ancestry, Aroma, Beagh, Caherlavine, Carroll, Catholic, Chicago, Christian, Connelly, Cook County, Derreen, Derrybrien, DNA, Donnady, Donovan, Dormady, Doyle, Duignan, Emmetsburg, Fahey, Fahy, family history, Family Tree, Fay, Galway, Genealogy, Gilchreest, Glynn, Gort, Grimes, Hanberry, Hanlon, Hansberry, Hillsbrook, Illinois, Iowa, Ireland, Irish, Joynt, Kankakee County, Kentucky, Kilbeacanty, Loughrea, Louisville Kentucky, McCarthy, McDermott, Monaghan, Moylan, Mullen, Mullens, Mullins, Murphy, Nestor, New York, New York City, Ottumwa, Palo Alto County, Pennsylvania, Petty Session Courts, Pittsburgh, Shaughnessy, Timeline, Troy, Tuam, United States, US Census, Walsh, Wapello County, Ward
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52 Ancestors, Week 31: Help. How Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe Helped My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case).
This week’s writing prompt word is help. I decided to write the story of how Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe helped and befriended my ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case). First a little biographical information about him: Johann … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anhausen, blue brother, Capner, Case, Delaware Tribe, Dvoor, faith, family history, Family Tree, Flemington, Genealogy, German, Germany, HCHS, Hunterdon County, Hunterdon County Historical Society, Jung, Kaes, Mine Brook, Neuwied, New Jersey, Rückeroth, Remer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ruckerroth, St. Magdalen di Pazzi Roman Catholic Church, the pipe of peace, Tuccaminjah Creek, Tuccamirgan, Tuccamirgan's Pipe, Union Hotel
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52 Ancestors – Week 30: Teams. My Cousin Mitchell “Mitch” Nutick. Dancer on Broadway and Founder of the West Hollywood Tennis Association.
This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors is Teams. I do have Irish ancestors killed by a team of runaway horses, and many ancestors that were farmers and used a team of horses. I have some distant cousins that have … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 Daughters, 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Bells are Ringing, Bowker, Broadway, California, CBC Television, Cousins, Dancer, Deer Park, Deer Park High School, Denny Vaughn Show, Double cousins, family history, Family Tree, gay, Genealogy, Guys and Dolls, Hamilton County Ohio, LATA, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Tennis Association, Manhattan, Mitch Nutick, Mitch Nutick Club Tennis Tournaments, New York City, Nutick, Off Broadway, Ohio, Tennis, Terrace Park Ohio, The Body Beautiful, The Girls Against the Boys, U.S.T.A., West Hollywood, West Hollywood Tennis Association
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