Tag Archives: Indiana

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

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albert Bertalan Click Kaskeny, Allen County Indiana, Cole, Detroit, Dewing, family history, Family Tree, Fort Wayne Indiana, Ft. Wayne, Genealogy, Goldie Cole, Grand-aunt, grandaunt, Indiana, Indiana State Industrial School for Girls, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Girls' School, Joseph Vantrallo, Joseph Ventrallo, Kaskeny, Manville Harold Dewing, Michigan, Prindle, Rosie Venck, Rudolph H Tolliver, The Fort Wayne Daily News, The Indiana Girls' Industrial School, The Indiana Industrial School for Girls, This Ancestor Went to Market, Tolliver, Venck, Youthful Shoplifers | 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

My Ancestor Named Ursula – 52 Ancestors, Week 14: Begins with a Vowel

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

When trying to decide who to write about this week, I do have a few ancestors that both their first and last names begin with a vowel, including my eleventh great-grandfather Egidius Egen who was born and died in Dettingen … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Budd, Christian, Driedorf, Drisch, Drucksen, Dutch, Dutch Reformed Church, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, German, German Naming, Germany, Hesse, Hohenroth, Indiana, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Le Maistre, Lemaistre, Major General Joseph Bartholomew, Maul, Maulin, Mormonism, Moulyn, New York, North Tarrytown, Palmer, Rufname, Sayn, Sine, Sleepy Hollow, Strang, Syn, Tarrytown, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Urseltje, Ursey, Ursie, Ursty, Ursula, Washington Irving, Westchester County New York | 2 Comments

Eight of My Grandfather’s Siblings – All Broken Branches. Premature Death, Never Able to Bloom and Grow into Adulthood. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Broken Branch.

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The 52 Ancestors writing theme this week is Broken Branch. This is the meaning of a broken tree or broken tree branch in family trees and on headstones; a tree represents life, a broken tree, or a broken branch, symbolizes death, or … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Allen County Indiana, Ashley Indiana, Broken Branches, Broken Flower Stem, Broken Tree Branch, Catholic, Cole, Danner, DeKalb County Indiana, Detroit, family history, Family Tree, Fort Wayne Indiana, Genealogy, girl's reformatory school, Glomerulonephritis, gravestones, headstones, House of the Good Shepherd, Indiana, Michigan, Nephritis, North, Premature Death, Prindle, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Sisters of the Good Shepherd Girls Reformatory, symbolism, Wayne County Michigan | 2 Comments

My Cousin Carole Lombard. Our shared Mateer/Meteer Ancestors.

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Carole Lombard was an American movie actress who became one of the highest paid stars of the 1930s. She is probably best known for starring in comedies and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Ancestry, Anderson, Carole Lombard, Chambers, Clark Gable, Classic Hollywood, Cole, County Down, Cumberland County, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, DNA, Everett, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fred MacMurray, French and Indiana War, Genealogy, Hollywood, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Jane Alice Peters, Kennedy, Kilkeel, Knight, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Linaberry, Lindaberry, Mateer, Matier, McMurtry, McTeer, Mechanicsburg, Meteer, Mifflin County Pennsylvania, Minater, Mintier, Mintre, Monday Creek, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Nelson, No Man of Her Own, Northern Ireland, Nothing Sacred, Ohio, Old Hollywood, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Peters, Presbyterian, Ross, Scots-Irish, Shannon, Sharon, Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, Supernatural, The Princess Comes Across, William Powell | 3 Comments

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Theme for March: Females. The story of the life of my 3rd great-grandmother Cordelia Merchant Cole.

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

March is Women’s History Month. The writing theme for March is “Females” and for this ninth week it is “Female.” I have so many women in my family tree I could write about. And later in the month, I for … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, A scandalous affair, Arnold, Barre, Barre Orleans New York, Broome, Broome County New York, Canfield, Chenango B, Cole, Colesville, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, DeKalb County, family history, Family Tree, Frederick, French, Fuller, Genealogy, Hoosick, Indiana, Losure, Lozier, Marchant, Merchant, Morgan, New York, Newville De Kalb County Indiana, Northrup, Orleans County Alms "Poor" House and Cemetery, Orleans County New York, Otsego New York, Oviatt, Palmer, Prindle, Rensselaer New York, Root, Temple, Women's History Month, Worcester New York | 7 Comments

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The surname McGuire/Maguire is an Irish surname (also found in Scotland), with its roots to be found in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). The surname McGuire is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic name Mag Uidhir, which means son of … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic, Christmas, Genealogy | Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Barnes, Barrett, Battle of Blue Licks, blog, Blue Licks Battlefield, Catholic, Christmas, County Kerry, Daniel Boone, DNA, Doty, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fermanagh, Genealogist, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, History, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, JD Vance, Kentucky, Lamb, Maguire, Maxey, Mayflower Pilgrim, McElligott, McGuire, McNamara, North Carolina, Northern Ireland, O'Brien, Primitive Baptist, Quakers, Reagh, research, Scotland, Tralee, Ulster, Urquhart, Virginia, Watts, Whitlock, Writing | 9 Comments

My Lozier/Losure/Loser/Looser/Loeser Ancestors from Oberriexingen, Germany (and related lines)

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Updated on 21 August 2025 with new information regarding the maiden name of Eva Elisabetha, wife of Christoph “Stofel” Lozier/Losure, and her parentage. My maternal 3rd great-grandparents Joseph Losure and Sarah Lozier were first cousins. The furthest I can take … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Alertshausen, ancestors, Ancestry, Baden-Württemberg, Baden-Wuttemberg, Basel, blog, Daurich, Dautrich, Diedenshausen, DNA, Duerich, Dumbald, Dumbauld, family history, family stories, Family Tree, First Cousins intermarriage, Genealogy, German, Germany, Girkhausen, Hager, Harnester, History, Indiana, Kasebier, Keller, Kemper, Lang, Lörrach, Loeser, Loew, Loewe, Looser, Lorrach, Loser, Losure, Lozier, Lueckel, Merchant, Michaelis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Oberriexingen, Ohio, Pantaleon, Pantlen, Pantlion, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Rausch, research, Saint Pantaleon, Scheffhen, Schwenck, Siegen-Wittgenstein, St. Pantaleon, Stuttgart, Swiss, Switzerland, Tschudi, Womelsdorf | 4 Comments

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest I can take my Lamb ancestry back with certainty is to my Quaker 8th great-grandparents Henry Lamb and Elizabeth ____. Henry Lamb was born about 1697 in England. He was banished to Virginia from England, for utterances of … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Barnes, Chambers, Cold Mountain, Cumberland County Illinois, Doty, Doughty, Edgefield South Carolina, Edwards County Illinois, Featherstone, Gooden, Greensboro County North Carolina, Henly, I'm Going Home, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jasper County Illinois, Kentucky, Lamb, Manwaring, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Missouri, Moore, Nansemond County, New Guildford North Carolina, North Carolina, Perquimans North Carolina, Primitive Baptist, Quaker, Randolph County North Carolina, Religious Society of Friends, Rogers, Rowan County North Carolina, Sacred Harp, Shape-Note, Singing, South Carolina, Spartanburg South Carolina, Stafford, Virginia | 10 Comments

Tag Archives: Indiana

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

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

My Ancestor Named Ursula – 52 Ancestors, Week 14: Begins with a Vowel

Eight of My Grandfather’s Siblings – All Broken Branches. Premature Death, Never Able to Bloom and Grow into Adulthood. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Broken Branch.

My Cousin Carole Lombard. Our shared Mateer/Meteer Ancestors.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Theme for March: Females. The story of the life of my 3rd great-grandmother Cordelia Merchant Cole.

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

My Lozier/Losure/Loser/Looser/Loeser Ancestors from Oberriexingen, Germany (and related lines)

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

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