Tag Archives: Christian

My English Borodell Ancestors. The Truth is Much More Interesting Than the Fictitious Stories. Our Real Link to Regicide Andrew Broughton. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Lost Contact.

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I am writing this a few days early. I am sure the writing prompt Lost Contact can obviously relate to losing contact with a family member. Although the definition of and how we use the weekly prompts is always open … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Andrew Broughton, Boadell, Borodell, British Colonial America, Cambridge Massachusetts, Charles I, Christian, Cockermouth, Colonial America, Colonial Massachusetts, Copeland, Cote, Crag House Bridge, Cragg House, Cumberland County England, Cumbria, Denison, Egremont, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gosforth, History, Irton, Maidenstone, Morden, More, NEHGS, Patrickson, regicide, Rev. Jeremiah Burroughs, Rev. John Yates, Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, Rev. Thomas Shepard, Santon, Santon Bridge, Scotland, Shepard, Switzerland, The Lake District, Vevey | 1 Comment

My 39th (and 40th) Great-grandfather Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor. 52 Ancestors, Week 41: Most.

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is most. I decided to discuss my 39th (and 40th) great-grandfather, Charlemagne, who was a Holy Roman Emperor in the 9th century. I am only one of his innumerable descendants. He has countless offspring. I venture … Continue reading →

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Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Tombstone, the following week is Symbol. I decided to write about the interesting gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. It is pictured above. The combination of the cross bones effigy with an hourglass flanked by doves … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Baker, Barton, Birds, Cemeteries, Christian, Christian Iconography, Colonial Massachusetts, Colonial New Jersey, Colonial New York, Cooper, Dove, Elizabeth New Jersey, Elizabethtown, faith, family history, Family Tree, First Presbyterian Churchyard, Genealogy, Grave Marker, Gravestone, Hatfield, Hourglass, Knigh, Lyon, Lyons, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Parsons, Puritan, Puritans, Skull and Crossbones, Symbol, symbolism, Symbols, Tombstone, Vines, Woodruff | 1 Comment

A Tangled Web Weaved. An Invalid Spouse, a Mistress, Illegitimate Children. What a Modus Vivendi!

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when at first we start to deceive.” – Sir Walter Scott. From his poem “Marmion”. This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors is Favorite Recipe. I always cringe when this writing prompt or … Continue reading →

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Abbess Elizabeth Throckmorton, 52 Ancestors, Week 47: This Ancestor Stayed Home

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is this ancestor stayed home, some suggestions given were Homemakers, ancestors who lived their entire lives in one place, and someone who lived in a “home,” are just a few possibilities. I decided to throw it way … Continue reading →

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Halloween Surnames. My Crackbone Ancestors from In and Around White Notley, Essex, England. Bones, Brooks, Ravens, and Crows. A Side Connection to Edgar Allan Poe.

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I wrote this blog entry five days early, knowing the 52 Ancestors writing prompt coming up was going to be Spirits. To me, Crackbone is a perfect surname to write about at Halloween. It conjures up thoughts about cracking bones, … Continue reading →

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My Baldwin Ancestors. The Name Means Bold, Brave Friend. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Friends.

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I considered writing about my numerous Quaker, Society of Friends, Friends Church, ancestors with this week’s writing prompt of Friends. But there are so many that I decided it was best to write about them in the future, individually, and … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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Tag Archives: Christian

My English Borodell Ancestors. The Truth is Much More Interesting Than the Fictitious Stories. Our Real Link to Regicide Andrew Broughton. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Lost Contact.

My 39th (and 40th) Great-grandfather Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor. 52 Ancestors, Week 41: Most.

Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

A Tangled Web Weaved. An Invalid Spouse, a Mistress, Illegitimate Children. What a Modus Vivendi!

Abbess Elizabeth Throckmorton, 52 Ancestors, Week 47: This Ancestor Stayed Home

Halloween Surnames. My Crackbone Ancestors from In and Around White Notley, Essex, England. Bones, Brooks, Ravens, and Crows. A Side Connection to Edgar Allan Poe.

My Baldwin Ancestors. The Name Means Bold, Brave Friend. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Friends.

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)

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