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Cpt. Samuel DeWees. Fife Player During American Revolutionary War & War of 1812. Extended Family. 52 Ancestors, Week 51, Musical.
This week’s writing prompt is Musical. I have numerous musicians in my close family, and my great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy played piano and, after his retirement from teaching, worked in a piano store and a music store. Previously, I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, American Revolution, Ancestry, Colonial America, Dewees, Dohrs, Doors, Drum, Eleanor Roosevelt, family history, Family Tree, Fife, Fife and Drum, Genealogy, German, Kasebier, Kennedy, Kuster, Losure, Lozier, Musical, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Samuel Dewees, Theodore Roosevelt, War of 1812, Wenrich, Womelsdorf
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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 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
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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.
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
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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
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Walpurgisnacht (Saint Walpurgis Night), Saint Walpurga, My Ancestors Named Walpurgis from Tauber Franconia (Germany)
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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Tagged Albert, Anglo Saxon England, Baden-Württemberg, Baird, Bavaria, Beltane, Bischofsheim on the Tauber, Boniface, Bram Stoker, Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Czech Republic, Delaware, Denmark, Drummer of Niklashausen, East Franconian, Eichstätt, England, Estonia, Fairfield County Ohio, faith, family history, Family Tree, Finland, Franconia, Genealogy, German, Germanic, Germany, Hagerstown, Half-way to Halloween, Halloween, Heidenheim, Hexennacht, Hocking County Ohio, Hoerner, Holy Boniface, Hopkins, Klein, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Latvia, Lehman, Lithuania, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Malott, Maryland, Mateer, May Day, Meteer, Midsummer's Eve, Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Netherlands, New York, Niklashausen, Norway, Ohio, Patron Saint, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, piper of Niklashausen, Price, Rükert, Richard of Wessex, Richard the Pilgrim, Rufname, Saint John's Eve, Saint Walburga, Saint Walpurga, Saint Walpurgis, Saint Walpurgis Night, Sankt Walpurgisnacht, sankthansaften, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tauber, Tauber River, Tauberbischofsheim, Taylor, Walpurgis Night, Walpurgisnacht, Washington County Maryland, witchcraft, Witches, Wolfkill, Zilhart
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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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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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My Davidson Ancestors in Ohio, and Connecticut and Related Hawley and Doman Lines.
Pictured above is my great-grandmother Anna Cora Prindle Cole. She was the daughter of Daniel Prindle and Sarah Jane “Jennie” Doman. Daniel Prindle was the son of David M. Prindle, Sr. and Hannah Elizabeth Kritsinger/Greatsinger. I have written prior about … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbott, Ancestry, Beard, Bingham, Chamberlain, Cole, Connecticut, Crantzdorf, Cunningham, Davidon, Davison, DNA, Doman, Dutch, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, German, German American, Germany, Goumond, Grabill, Grable, Grandstaff, Graybill, Greatsinger, Grindstaff, Herrick, Hocking County, Hudson, Jackson County Ohio, Kent, Kranzdorf, Kritsinger, Lassell, Low, Lowe, Norwegian, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsyvania, Perry, Pickaway County, Prothere, Ray, Stoneburner, Swan Township Vinton County, Tatman, Tracy, Tyler, Vinton County, Virginia, Walnut Township, Wayne Township Pickaway County, West Virginia
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52 Ancestors Week 34: Timeline. Trying to Reconstruct a Timeline of My 3rd Great-Grandparents Michael Nestor and Catherine Hansberry 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 Hansberry of Gort, Galway, Ireland. In my research they appear to be non-existent in church and census records in Ireland! Below … Continue reading
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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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