Tag Archives: Perry County Ohio

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

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

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 →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | 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 | 2 Comments

My Great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy, Well Respected and Lauded School Teacher and Principal. 52 Ancestors, Week 4: Education

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | 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 | Leave a comment

My Ancestor James McTeer (Mateer) from Kilkeel, Down, N. Ireland & Lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Related Scottish Donaldson & Sproat Lines. 52 Ancestors, Week 22: Conflict.

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I wrote this blog entry ten days early and am updating it today. Tomorrow the prompt for 52 Ancestors, Week 22 will be Conflict. I am interpreting this week’s prompt to mean conflicting records, conflicting family trees, etc. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Albert, Alice Jane Peters, Anderson, Carole Lombard, Carothers, Carruthers, Centre County Pennsylvania, Chambers, Christian, County Down, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Denelson, Donaldson, Donelson, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, French and Indiana War, Genealogy, Girthon, Ireland, Irish, Kilkeel, Kirkcudbrightshire, Linaberry, Lindaberry, Mateer, McTeer, Mechanicsburg, Meteer, Mifflin County Pennsylvania, Nelson, Northern Ireland, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Donaldson Lines, Perry County Ohio, Presbyterian, Price, Scotland, Scots-Irish, Sharon, Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, Sprat, Sproat, Sprot | 4 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

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

Tag Archives: Perry County Ohio

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.

My Price Ancestors. A Previous Brick Wall Line.

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

My Great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy, Well Respected and Lauded School Teacher and Principal. 52 Ancestors, Week 4: Education

My Ancestor James McTeer (Mateer) from Kilkeel, Down, N. Ireland & Lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Related Scottish Donaldson & Sproat Lines. 52 Ancestors, Week 22: Conflict.

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

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

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