Tag Archives: Family Tree

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

“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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Updates on My Ancestors From in and Around Klingenmünster, Germany

In late February 2024, I was finally able to locate the baptism record of my 3rd great-grandfather Heinrich Weiss. I am very grateful for the German genealogy website genealogienetz.de that has the Ortsfamilienbuch Klingenmünster (Klingenmünster Local Family Book) which contains church records, and death … Continue reading

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Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Interesting Kin. First Daughter, Acting First Lady, Suffragette, Greenwich Village Socialite, and Hindu Nun. 52 Ancestors, Week 51: Cousins.

With this week’s writing prompt, there were a myriad of cousins I could write about. Famous, well-known, historical, and those that lived simple lives. I was going to write about First Lady Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, the wife of the … Continue reading

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My Ancestor Martha Willoughby. 52 Ancestors, Week 49: Family Recipe. Blindly Copying Family Information Without Vetting the Research (or Lack Thereof) is a Recipe for a Family Tree Disaster.

This week’s writing prompt is Family Recipe, the suggestions are all related to family cooking recipes. I don’t really have a family cooking recipe to discuss that I can think of. But there are more than one meaning for the … Continue reading

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

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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Youthful Shoplifters, My Grand-Aunt Goldie Cole & Her Friend Rosie Venck. 52 Ancestors, Week 46: This Ancestor Went to Market.

I wasn’t really sure what to write about this week when I received the prompt of this ancestor went to market, I do have some ancestors that took wool and cloth to market, I have a few siblings of my … Continue reading

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My Ancestor Capt. Humphrey Underhill of Clifford Chambers, Gloucestershire, England & Jamaica (Queens), New York & Rye, New York. War & Peace, 52 Ancestors, Week 45

In writing a response to this week’s 52 Ancestors writing prompt War and Peace, I thought about writing about any of my numerous ancestors and their war service and stories, I have ancestors that served in all the wars in … 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 Allen Poe.

I wrote this 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, graveyard bones, … Continue reading

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

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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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.

This week’s writing prompt is Tradesman. I thought about 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 … Continue reading

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