Category Archives: Genealogy

Three Interesting Tradesmen/Occupational Surnames in My Family Tree with Unique Meanings. Blower and Horne in England and Höerner/Hörner in Germany. 52 Ancestors, Week 36: Tradesman.

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Tradesman. I considered writing about some of my ancestors and their trades and occupations, but instead opted to write about three of the surnames of my ancestors that are derived from their trade/occupation, all three … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albert, Armstrong, Baden-Württemberg, bellows-pumper, Blower, Brackett, Braintree, British Isles, calcant, church organs, Cole, Colonial Maryland, Colonial Massachusetts, Cummings, drinking horns, England, English, family history, Family Tree, French, Frost, Genealogy, German, Germany, hand blown organs, Hoerner, horn blower, horn maker, Horne, Horner, horns, Janet Horne, Jenny Horne, Kennedy, Kingsley, London, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Medieval, Medieval Blow Horn, Merchant, New York City, Niklashausen, Norfolk, Norris, Occupational Surnames, Ohio, organs, Pennsylvania, Pennsyvania, Price, Rona Munro, St. Mary's County Maryland, Stanstead, Sudbury, Suffolk, the blower, The Last Witch, Tradesmen, Tudor, Umlaut, United Kingdom, Walpurgis, Washington County Maryland, Wheatley, Witches, Witches in England, Witches in Scotland, Witches in UK | 1 Comment

My Ancestor Phebe Fed Prindle and Her Correct Maiden Name. Colonial Records in Connecticut, the Various Ways the Capital Letters F, J, and T were Written in Colonial American Handwriting. Transcription Errors. Records Destroyed by the British. DNA. Surnames in Colonial America. 52 Ancestors, Week 49: Written.

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors writing prompt is Written. Suggestions for the prompt were writing about someone in my family that is a writer (besides me!), someone who had a habit of sending letters to the editor of newspapers, those that … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, A tree stump, American Revolution, Ancestry, Bethel, Braintree Essex, Brick Wall, British Colonial America, British Colonies, Christian, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Connecticut, Cursive Writing, Danbury, Dead end, DNA, England, Fairfield County Connecticut, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fed, Fedd, Fowkes, Fox, Frank Kellogg, Genealogy, Gilbert Clifford Nobel, Handwriting, Jud, Judd, Loomis, Mark Hopkins Jr, New Fairfield, New Haven, New Milford, O. Henry, Phebe, Prindle, Sherman Connecticut, Tedd, The Judds, UK, Windsor, Written | 1 Comment

My McComas Cousin Actor Lindsay Wagner. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Fast.

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors, Week 25 is Fast. A perfect week to write about my McComas cousin actor Lindsay Wagner. Fast, moving at bionic speed! Next Thursday, the 22nd of June, is her birthday, also making it … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Bionic, Burke, California, Carroll McComas, Cleveland, Colonial Maryland, Cox, Daniel R. McComas, David J. McComas, Day, Edward O. McComas, Elisha McComas, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fast, Genealogy, George W. McComas, Glen Isla, Glenshire, Hamilton County Ohio, Harford County Maryland, Hubbert, Illinois, Indian Hill Ohio, Indiana, J. Francis McComas, Jaime Sommers, James Douglas McComas, Kansas, Kendall McComas, Lindsay Wagner, Loch Tay, Lorissa McComas, Los Angeles, Louis E. McComas, Mac Thomais, MacComas, MacComus, MacThomaidh, MacThomas, Maryland, McColm, McComas, McGill, Middle Neck Hundred, Miles, Norris, Ohio, Perthshire, Rhodes, Richard Nixon, Scotland, Six Million Dollar Man, St. John's Parish, The Bionic Woman, The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, Virginia, Wagner, Walter R. McComas, West Virginia, Wheatley, Whitaker | 3 Comments

Susan Palmer Kennedy died at 106 1/2 years old. Oldest Resident of Perry County & Southeastern Ohio, Oldest Living Mother of a Son That Fought and Died in the US Civil War. 52 Ancestors, Week 24: Last One Standing.

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Last One Standing. This led me to want to write about my 2nd great-grandmother Susan Palmer Kennedy who died at the age of 106 1/2 years old and was the oldest living resident in Perry … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, centenarian, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Kennedy, Last One Standing, Ohio, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Pipe, Spatz, Spots, Spotts, US Civil War | 1 Comment

The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

52 Ancestors, week 43 writing prompt is dig a little a deeper. When looking at my Stafford ancestors, and digging much deeper, I came upon mistakes and a major correction that needed to be made on who exactly was the … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Babel, Barrett, Davis, Delaware, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Heath, Iowa, Kentucky, Larkin, Leverton, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Rogers, Stafford, Tennessee, Virginia, Ward, Warriner, Zerubabbal, Zerubabbel, Zora Babel, Zorababel, Zorobabel | 5 Comments

My Price Ancestors. A Previous Brick Wall Line.

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I originally wrote this entry in May of 2023 for a 52 Ancestors weekly writing prompt regarding brick wall ancestors. I am rewriting this entry as of February 2025 and including my new findings from my research in the last … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albert, Carole Lombard, Cole, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, Funkstown, Genealogy, Hagerstown, Hocking County Ohio, Maryland, Mateer, McTeer, Merryman, Meteer, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Price | Leave a comment

My Beardsley Ancestors, The Lost Village of Beard’s Wood, My Family Connection to P.T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb. 52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded.

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is the word bearded. Although, my great-great grandfather John Davis Kennedy had a pretty cool looking beard in the photo of him in his US Civil War Union uniform, there is not much else to write … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albright, Allis, Amy Adams, Anna Gunn, Bardsley, Beard, Beard's Wood, Beardslee, Beardsley, Belding, Blakeman, Boston, Christian, Church of England, Clement, Cole, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Concord, Connecticut, Derbyshire, Doman, Edward Norton, Emily Dickinson, England, English, Erewash River, family history, Family Tree, Frank Kellogg, French, Fuller, Genealogy, General Tom Thumb, Harvey, Harvie, Howard Dean, Howard Hawks, Ilkieston, Janis Joplin, Jeremiah Day, leah, Leicestershire, Leonard, London, Lost Villages, Massachusetts, Meekins, Merchant, Mollis Chapel, Northup, Nottinghamshire, Phil Knight, Prindle, PT Barnum, Root, Scott, Ship Planter, St. Mary's Ilkieston, Stratford, The Black Death, Treat Williams, Wells, WK Kellogg, Wood, Zoe Kazan | 3 Comments

Walpurgisnacht (Saint Walpurgis Night), Saint Walpurga, My Ancestors Named Walpurgis from Tauber Franconia (Germany)

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Today, April 30th, is half-way to Halloween! For someone that loves Halloween — I am a closet actress that missed her calling! — today is a pleasant reminder that summer, which hasn’t even started, will be over soon enough! I … Continue reading →

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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.

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 | 14 Comments

52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Genealogy

Three Interesting Tradesmen/Occupational Surnames in My Family Tree with Unique Meanings. Blower and Horne in England and Höerner/Hörner in Germany. 52 Ancestors, Week 36: Tradesman.

My McComas Cousin Actor Lindsay Wagner. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Fast.

Susan Palmer Kennedy died at 106 1/2 years old. Oldest Resident of Perry County & Southeastern Ohio, Oldest Living Mother of a Son That Fought and Died in the US Civil War. 52 Ancestors, Week 24: Last One Standing.

The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

My Price Ancestors. A Previous Brick Wall Line.

My Beardsley Ancestors, The Lost Village of Beard’s Wood, My Family Connection to P.T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb. 52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded.

Walpurgisnacht (Saint Walpurgis Night), Saint Walpurga, My Ancestors Named Walpurgis from Tauber Franconia (Germany)

My Ancestor, Royal Servant Edmund Moody Saved the Life of Henry VIII and Changed History! 52 Ancestors, Week 16 – Should Be a Movie.

52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.

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