tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64610350039653823102024-03-13T15:25:25.966-05:00Needles in the HaystackJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-74116211234476679362017-06-06T11:57:00.000-05:002017-06-06T11:58:01.689-05:00We've moved....Wanted to let you know that I decided to move and separate mt two genealogy blogs. This blog is now at https://needlesinahaystackblog.wordpress.com/ <br />
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Sorry for the inconvience. I just found limitations on Blogger.com that I struggled with.<br />
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JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-53181130200105535242017-04-25T22:16:00.000-05:002017-04-25T22:16:34.906-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - April 25, 2017 - John Daly Jr.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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John Daly was the son of John and
Elizabeth (Green) Daly. He was born on March 17, 1867 in Genesee
County, Michigan. John and Elizabeth had twelve children: John
(1867), William (1868), Charles (1874), Marion Edwin (1876), May
(1876), Robert (1879), Adrain Lawrence (1881), George (1884), Joseph
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Front row from Left to Right seated:
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Back row from Left to Right: Robert,
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John Daly Jr married Mary Holland
McIntosh in 1890. John and Mary (Holland McIntosh) Daly had eleven
children: William (1892), Stephen (1894), Allen G (1896), Sophronia V
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John and Mary Daly lived in Clio. He
was a dairy farmer by trade. Mary died on April 18 1928. On May 11,
1929, John married Cora (Crites) Smith. Cora had lost her husband
Alvin in 1925. Cora lived in Flint. At first she and John lived in
Flint but eventually they moved to Clio. Cora died in 1940. John
lived an additional eleven years until April 25, 1951. He was buried
in Pine Run Cemetery in Vienna Township, Genesee County, Michigan next to his first wife Mary
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PS. John Daly was a very good man. He
was the second husband to my Great Grandmother Cora. They were great
companions for each other in the years after all their children were
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-19129345408735834992017-04-18T22:45:00.001-05:002017-04-18T22:45:34.820-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - April 18, 2017 - Daniel Crites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Daniel Crites was the son of Andrew and
Anna Maria (Harbaugh) Crites. He was born on August 14, 1814 near Dover in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Andrew and Anna Maria had seven children:
Elizabeth (1816-1817), George(1813), Daniel (1814), William(1818),
David (1820), Mary Ann(1821), Catherine(1825- 1826).</div>
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Daniel Crites had two children with
Sarah Ann Keefer. They were twins born in 1838; Daniel Jr and Ann (
died as an infant.). Daniel and Sarah did not marry. He married
Catharine Benell in Tuscarawas County on December 23, 1841. They had
nine children of their own and a foster child; Simon (1842),
John(1844), Wesley(1846), William(1848), David(1850), Sylvanus(1852),
Albert(1853), Jesse(1856), George(1859), Nancy Way(1862).
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In the 1850 Federal Census, Daniel and
his family lived near Dover, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Between the
1850 and 1860 Federal Census, Daniel and the family move to Martin
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Daniel served in the Civil War in the 7<sup>th</sup>
Regiment of the Indiana, Calvalry, Company F. A man by the name of
Solomon Way who served in the 7<sup>th</sup> Calvalry, Company A. He died on July 3, 1862, leaving four children; Thomas, Catherine, William and Nancy. Solomon and his family resided in Martin County, Indiana too. Solomon's wife Cordelia died in 1865 and a man by the name of Anthony Way was appointed as the Guardian of Solomon and Cordelia's children. Anthony appears to be related to Solomon but I can not determine if he is a brother or cousin of Solomon. (to be determined at a later date) In 1873, Anthony Way
also died. By 1873, Thomas, Catherine and William are all of age
but Nancy is still a minor. The War Administration granted Daniel Crites
permanent Guardianship of Nancy in 1878. I am trying to investigate
whether there is a family relationship here ...that will have to be a
different blog... neither the 1870 or 1880 Census records show Nancy
listed as a family member in the Daniel Crites family but there is a large Pension record which
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Daniel and his family remained in
Shoals, Martin County, Indiana. He died on April 18, 1895. I am
unable to find the cemetery where he is buried though Findagrave.com
has him listed as the father of Daniel Jr with no cemetery listed.
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Rest in Peace, Daniel!</div>
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Love, Jan Smith</div>
Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-46260117315523422272017-04-11T19:13:00.000-05:002017-04-11T19:14:48.980-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - April 11,2017 - Mary Hitt Manning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mary Hitt was born on September 3, 1824
in Martin County, Indiana. She was the daughter of William and
Elizabeth(Bailey) Hitt. She and Thomas Manning married on June 5, 1845 in
Martin County, Indiana. They remained in the Martin County, Indiana area for at least the next thirty years according to the Federal Censuses of 1850, 1860 and 1870. They had six children;
Sarah, (1847), Walter (1849), Fredrick (1856), William (1857), and
twins, Nancy and Elizabeth(1862). By the 1880 Federal Census, they has moved
to Summit, Marion County, Kansas and only their daughter Elizabeth
remains at home. By the 1900 Federal Census, Mary was living with her
son William and is a widow. She remained with her son until her
death in 1908. She is buried next to her husband in Summit Cemetery,
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Rest in Peace, Mary.</div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-7221396109360089752017-04-04T11:03:00.001-05:002017-04-04T11:03:47.402-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - April 4, 2017 - Margaret L Byers Hainer
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Margaret Beyer was born in Burford in
1850, the daughter of Walter and Jane Byers who were from Scotland.
They had five children; Elmer(1837), Jane(1838), Robert(1842),
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She married John Wesley Hainer on
December 24, 1865. They had eight children; Flora Belle(1869),
Infant(1871-1871), Sylvester(1872), Amanda(1873), Frank(1875),
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They appeared to have lived all their
lives in Brant County Ontario. She died suddenly of a heart attack.
According to the tombstone she was 62 years old which meant she was
born in 1850 but she is listed as 6 years old in the 1851 Brant
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-75171738784566878592017-03-28T21:19:00.000-05:002017-03-28T21:19:11.572-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - March 21, 2017 - Sarah Elizabeth Seaburn Hayner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sarah Elizabeth Seaburn was born
2/27/1841, the daughter of William and Ellen Bessey Seaburn, in St
Catharines, Ontario. William and Ellen had three children; James,
Sarah Elizabeth and William. Ellen died in 1851. William and the
children moved to Michigan. In 1866, William remarried Jessie Cole
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Sarah Elizabeth married John Henry
Hayner on July 12, 1862. They had nine children; William H.
(1862),John R. (1866), Nellie May(1868), Charles Wesley (1870), Frank
(1874), Paul Kelley (1877), Fred (1884), Leslie Milford (1884),
Alexander Bessey (1886). They lived in St Clair, Michigan for the
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Sarah Elizabeth Hayner died on Mar 21,
1930 and is buried in the Hayner Family plot in Hillside Cemetery in
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David Valentine Boyer was the son of
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-83956466631540329912017-03-13T22:02:00.000-05:002017-03-13T22:02:59.024-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - February 28, 2017 - Robert Thomson
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Robert was born on February 11, 1894 in
Cowdenbeath, Scotland the son of Robert and Francis Ann Thomson. The
family left the port of Glasgow, Scotland on the 12<sup>th</sup> of
October 1907 arriving in New York on the 21<sup>st</sup> of October
aboard the vessel California. In the 1910 Census, Robert and Ann
Thomson can be found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They have five
children listed; Alexander (1886), Robert Jr (1894), Jeanette(1895),
Peter(1900), Margaret(1904).
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On the 5<sup>th</sup> day of June,
1917, Robert declared his intention to become a citizen before a
judge in Pittsburgh. At the time he was employed as a Yard Manager
for a lumberyard called Builders Supply. He was married to Blanche
Edythe Kitzer and that had one son, Donald Roy Thomson was born in
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Robert died on February 28, 1940. He
was buried on March 2, 1940 in the Allegheny Cemetery in Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania in Section 23, grave 324. This is a large cemetery with over 14,000 graves and only 25% of the graves are photographed.</div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-49056825076757024412017-02-21T12:47:00.000-06:002017-02-21T12:47:01.401-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - February 21,2017- Gabriel Miller<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gabriel Miller was the son of John and
Hannah (Smith) Miller. He was born on June 7, 1829 in Darke County,
Ohio. John and Hannah had five children; Charles(1825),
Gabriel(1829), John H(1833), Catherine V.(1835), Mary Ann(1836)</div>
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John and Hannah Miller moved to the
Nine Mile area in Allen County, Indiana in about 1847 along with
other family members. Gabriel met and married Ann after arriving
Allen County, Indiana. They were married in 1850 or 1851. They had
three daughters; Isabel (Belle)(1852), Catherine(1856), Laura Alice(1862).
Belle was born in Indiana and Catherine and Laura (Alice) were born
in Iowa.
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In the 1860 Census, Gabriel, Ann and
the first two daughters are living in Webster Township, Hamilton
County, Iowa. Gabriel's occupation is listed as carpenter. By the
1870 Census, they had settled in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa and
he is still doing carpentry with two of the daughters still living at
home. Catherine is of age and is a seamstress. In the 1880 Federal
Census, they are still living in Knoxville and the youngest daughter
is still at home and a 28 year old nephew is also living with them.
Gabriel and his nephew are carpenter.By the time of
the 1900 Census, Gabriel is no longer working as a carpenter. He is
a janitor. He and Ann have a boarder who is a minister. His name is
Preston Hart. He does not seem to be related. At the age of 80, both
Ann and Gabriel are still living in Knoxville during the 1910 Federal
Census. They have been married for 59 years.
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Gabriel died on February 21, 1918 at
the age of 88 years old. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery in
Marion County, Iowa next to his wife, Ann. She died 93 days later
also at the age of 88.</div>
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Love, Jan</div>
Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-59290405401031311702017-02-14T20:47:00.001-06:002017-02-14T21:13:53.301-06:00Tomvbstone Tuesday - February 14, 2017- Herbert William Anderson<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Herbert William was the son of Andrew and Addie
(Densmore) Anderson, born on February 6, 1930 in Marine City,
Michigan. Andrew and Addie had eight children; Olga Marie(1911), Ray
Densmore(1916), Robert Wesley(1920), Andrew Fredrick(1922), Charles
Henry(1925), Leah Mae(1928), Herbert William(1930), John
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Seated in the front is Addie Densmore Anderson, John Hayner, standing next to her, Andrew Anderson, Leah Mae standing next to him, Olga Marie, with Herbert William standing next to her. Standing in the back row is Andrew Fredrick, Robert Wesley, Ray Densmore, Charles Henry (Uncle Moon). Herbert was eight years old in this photo. I am sad to say that I do not know very much about Uncle Brett (as they called him). I can only remember seeing him a handful of times and they were all after he had married Donna. They lived in Almont, Michigan. </div>
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Herbert married Mildred Smith. They had
a daughter named Darnese. Herbert and Mildred divorced. His brother
Andrew Fredrick died in 1968. Herbert married Andrew's widow, Donna
Anderson. They had a son, Kyle Anderson. Herbert and Donna would divorce also. He
eventually remarried Mildred Smith Anderson.
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He died on February 14, 1992 of a heart
attack. I will try to find out where he is buried and get a photo of the tombstone to add at a later time. </div>
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Love, Jan</div>
Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-11475203148730522082017-02-07T12:11:00.001-06:002017-02-07T12:12:27.687-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - February 7, 2017 - Perl Edward Foster<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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Perl Edward Foster was the son of
Rolland (Rollen) and Myrtie (Wright) Foster born in Birch Run, Michigan on
December 6, 1896. Rolland and Myrtie Foster had three children; Perl(1896), Ruth
(1899), Ida (1900). Rolland, Perl's Father, died on October 29, 1900
leaving Myrtie a widow. She married Edwin Losee on August 11, 1909.
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In the 1900 Federal Census, Perl is
living with his parents in Birch Run, Michigan. Ruth, Perl's sister
died of Diphtheria on March 28, 1901. In the 1910 Federal census,
Perl and his sister Ida, are living with their Mother and Edwin Losee
in Flint, Michigan. Myrtie contracted Typhoid Fever on February 25,
1911 and died on March 1. Perl and Ida are suddenly orphans.
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I can not be certain who raised these
children. It may have been Myrtie's parents George and Celia Wright or their Uncle Lester Wright, who had married in 1899. I searched for
but did not find Guardianship papers and nine years later at the time of the next census, both children are living on their own. Ida has married Julian Levan and Perl lives in Detroit. I think it was unlikely that Edwin
did because he and Myrtie had only been married a short period of
time. This marriage was Edwin's first marriage. Edwin and Myrtie ran a
boarding house and he worked for the Auto Industry as a sheet metal
worker.
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In Perl's 1918 WWI draft record, his
name is spelled Pearl and he is employed in Ecorse, Michigan for the
Great Lake Engineering Company. His address is 208 Bellevue,
Detroit, Michigan. He lists his nearest relative as his sister, Ida
Levan, she lives at 130 Brown Street in Saginaw, Michigan. Perl
married Rose Finkelstien on May 15,1926 in Detroit Michigan. Rose
immigrated from Russia in 1914 and became a naturalized citizen. In
the 1930 Federal Census, Perl and Rose are living in Ferndale and
Perl is a brick layer. According to the Michigan State marriage
records, Perl and Rose, married a second time on September 19, 1936.
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On his WWII draft, his name is spelled
Perl Edward Foster and he is now living in Gross Point Woods,
Michigan. He lists his nearest relative as Lester Wright, his Uncle who also
lives in Gross Point Woods. Seems odd that his wife is not listed as his contact. It
appears that Rose and Perl divorced in Florida in March of 1974. He
died on February 7, 1976 in Pompano Beach, Florida. I have not been
able to find a tombstone but decided to write this blog anyway.I can always keep looking for his tombstone.</div>
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Rest in Peace, Pearl / Perl.
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Note: Who names a son Pearl or Perl?
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-46399384823572131082017-01-31T13:41:00.000-06:002017-01-31T13:41:24.292-06:00"We're Related" - Part 4Today I would like to talk about some of the additional interesting people that I have found that we are related to. Walt Disney is a 10th Cousin. Wish it would get me into Disney World...but not likely. He is related to us through my Mother's Reynolds lineage. This connection allowed me to identify my Mother's 7th Great Grandparents; Richard Wright and Margaret Adams. What is interesting about this is when I did our Smith Family DNA back in 2010. Some of these surnames were listed as matches 7 to 10 generations back.<br />
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Leah Smith=> Addie Densmore=> Charles S Densmore=> Sarah Reynolds=> George Reynolds=> William Reynolds=> Rebecca Mann (1699-1779)=> Rebecca Burnham (1656-1731)=> Anna Wright (1622-1703)=> Richard Wright (1598-1644)<br />
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Walt Disney (1901-1966)=> Flora Call (1868-1938)=> Charles Call(1822-1890) => Eber Call (1791-1864)=> Fanny Johnson (1764-1801)=> Mercy Fox (1741-1795)=> Mercy Lawrence (1706-1794)=> Elizabeth Welch (1688-1730)=> Mercy Sabin (1666-1728)=>Samuel Sabin (1640-1699)=> Mary Wright (1618-1660)=> Richard Wright (1598-1660)<br />
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The next is John Kerry. He is our 7th cousin 2X removed. Our common ancestor is Micah Mudge (1650-1758) who would be my 7th Great Grandfather on my Mother's side of the family.<br />
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Leah Smith => Addie Densmore => Charles S Densmore => Sarah
Reynolds => George Reynolds => Elizabeth Mudge (1750-1810) => Micah Mudge (1718-1813) => Ebenezer Mudge (1683-1758) => Micah Mudge
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John Kerry => Rose Mary Isabel Forbes (1913-2002) => James Grant Forbes (1879-1955) => Isabel Clark (1846-1931) => William Mather Clark (1805-1878) => Roxanna Phelps (1764-1837) => William Phelps (1702-1776) => Abigail Mudge (1683-1705) => Micah Mudge (1683-1758<br />
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Next is Winston Churchill. He is our 9th cousin 2X removed. Our common ancestor is John Adams(1555-1604). Our lineage for him is almost exactly the same as the Walt Disney lineage except it branches off to Margaret Adams, wife of Richard Wright, and her Father John Adams our 9X Great Grandfather. <br />
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Leah Smith => Addie Densmore =>Charles S Densmore =>Sarah
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Mann (1699-1779) => Rebecca Burnham (1656-1731) => Anna
Wright (1622-1703) => Margaret Adams (1599-1678) => John Adams (1555-1604)<br />
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Winston Churchill(1874-1965) => Jeanette Jerome(1854-1921) => Leonard Walter Jerome(1817-1891) =>Aurora Murray(1785-1867) => Reuben Murray(1743-1810) => Jehiel Murray(1708-1798) => Anne Bradley(1669-1749) =>Hester Griswold(1648-1695) => Ann Adams(1624 -1682) =>Jeremy Adams(1604-1683) =>John Adams(1555-1604)<br />
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The last one for this blog is the author, Stephen King. He is our 9th cousin . Our common ancestor is John Reynolds. He is our 7th Great Grandfather through the Reynolds Lineage of Mom's family. <br />
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Stephen King =>Nellie Ruth Pillsbury (1913-1973) => Nellie Weston Fogg (1877-1963) => Susan Ann Carter (1846-1880) => Daniel Carter (1811-1876) => Richard Carter => 1780-1860) => Richard Carter (1755-1828) => Sarah Reynolds (1731-1785) => John Reynolds (1700-1747) => Jonathan Reynolds (1682-1709 => John Reynolds (1638-1701)<br />
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As you can see all of these people relate to us through this very well researched Reynolds Lineage thru my Mother's Family. Sure wish I could tell her. She would be amazed.<br />
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Happy Hunting,<br />
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Jan Smith<br />
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<br />Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-5650029105782215212017-01-31T09:18:00.000-06:002017-01-31T09:18:16.271-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - John Charles Daly - January 31, 2017<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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John Charles was the son of John J
Daly, Jr and Mary Holland McIntosh Daly. He was born on September
27,1902 near Clio in Vienna Township, Genesee County, Michigan. In the
1910 and 1920 Federal Census, John is living with his parents. By the
1930 Federal Census, John is a boarder in Montrose, Michigan and
works as a Farm Laborer. In the 1940 Federal Census, his occupation
is still listed as a Farm Laborer. He is living with a brother and
they are both not married. He lived in the Clio area his whole life. According to an Obit on Findagrave.com,
he went to work for Clio Foundry, Inc in 1940 after the Census was
recorded. He remained employed there for twenty five years. He
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John died on January 31, 1968. He is
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-62474188159786285512017-01-24T12:48:00.000-06:002017-01-24T12:48:52.251-06:00Tombstone Tuesday – January 24, 2017 - Phoebe Elizabeth Bly<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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Phoebe Elizabeth Bly was the daughter
of William Bly and Mary Elizabeth Blauser. She was born on June 10,
1857. She died of Diphtheria on January 24, 1863 at the tender age
of 6. I can not find a stone for her. I can't help but wonder if she
is listed on William's stone. I will need to check the next time I am
there.
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I have so little to say about this
young child, it saddens me. This is classically why I write my
Tombstone Tuesday's. Everyone, young and old, deserves to be
memorialized. Phoebe, had she been born in 1861, just pasted the
1860 census, and died 6 years later in say 1867, her existence
would have gone almost totally unnoticed. There could be no public
records of her. Someone would have had to obtain this information from a
family Bible. Most counties officially began statewide registration of
births and deaths between 1880 and 1920. Occasionally a county started before 1880. There might be a baptism record in a church. Death records and burial records would be the only other record that might be available through a church. Church records were not as well preserved in America as in other countries. </div>
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So I believe that these are my most
important posts. Bless you child for the six short years you had on
earth. I am certain that you were the sweetest child and your
parents were blessed to have had the six years with you that they
had. Know that you are remembered, Phoebe. </div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-38905178579705259562017-01-23T16:36:00.001-06:002017-01-24T12:23:46.346-06:00"We're Related" App - Part 2<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Oh, what an interesting week this has
been. Since I loaded the “We're Related” app a week or so ago I
have received so much information. I am astonished! Every few days,
I get a message for the App indicating that it has found another
possible relative. Since my first 5 people that I talked about last
week, the App has notified me of 10 more, all of whom have provided
me with so much interesting information as well as a couple hundred
new people to my family tree.</div>
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The first was Kurt Cobain who is a 9<sup>th</sup>
Cousin. He was the troubled America musician who was born in 1967 and
died in 1994. He is related to us through the first Isaac Van Valkenburg.
This connection did not provide us with additional sets of
Grandparents but did fill information on Isaac's daughter's family,
Jannetja Van Valkenburg. There is still a bit of information to sort
out here but it all seems to be accurate though a bit confusing. We
descend from Isaac's son, Isaac and Kurt descends from Isaac's
daughter Jannetja. This family connection comes from Canada and New
York about 100 years before the Revolutionary War.<br />
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Our Family: Me=>Leah
Anderson=>Addie Densmore=>Mary Morgan Hayner=>Robert Wesley
Hayner=> Henry Hainer=>Catherine Vollick=> Isaac Vollick
(Van Valkenburg III) => Isaac Van Valkenburg II => Isaac Van
Valkenburg I.
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Kurt's Family: Kurt=>Donald Leland
Cobain=> Leland Elmer Cobain=>John James Arthur Cobain=>Anna
Minerva Van Alstyne=> Abraham Nathaniel Van Alstyne=> Abraham
Van Alstyne=>James Van Alstyne=> Lydia Larroway=>Jannetja
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The next match was Elon Musk, a 10<sup>th</sup>
Cousin. Who is Elon Musk, you ask? I thought the same thing. He is
a South African born Canadian-American businessman magnate,
investor, engineer, and inventor. Well, that is a mouthful, isn't
it? He is the founder of SpaceX. The private company who now launches
satellites into orbit since NASA no longer does and plans in the future to be able to shuttle people into space. He is a product
architect for Tesla Motors, co-founder of Solar City; Co-Chairman of
OpenL; Co-Founder of Zip2 and Founder of X.com. Isn't that an
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This particular connection is mind
boggling to me. Our common ancestor is Gerard Spencer. This
connection comes through my Mother's line through the well researched
Reynolds, Mudge and Spencer Families. At first glance it provided me
with three additional Spencer Grandparents which made Gerard
Spencer my mothers 7X Great Grandparent from Stotfold England. This
is the first evidence that I have that my mother has English
ancestors. As I always do with a new match, I set out to prove the
connection. Little did I know what I would find.
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Our Family: Me=> Leah
Anderson=>Addie Densmore=> Charles Densmore=> Sarah
Reynolds=>George Reynolds=>Elizabeth Mudge=>Lucy
Spencer=>John Spencer=>Nathaniel Spencer=> Gerard Spencer</div>
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Elon's Family: Elon=>Elon's
Mother=>Joshua Norman Haldeman=>John Elon Haldeman=>Rowena C
Powers=>Mary Coats=>Polly Spencer=>John Spencer=>Ebenezer
Spencer=>John Spencer=>Samuel Spencer=>Gerard Spencer</div>
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Look through the Spencer's on
Ancestry.com, brought me to a Netherlands Genealogy database. This
Database took me on a journey through the Spencer's of England (does
the name ring a bell?) which dates back to Robert le DeSpencer born
in 1018. This family is English Nobility. Who else keeps track of
family information more carefully than nobility. I can not help but
wonder if eventually the app will find Diana Spencer, Princess of
Wales. (This would make my sister extremely happy.) The app continues to compare data and is chugging along.
This piece of data, allows me to identify my Mother's 32X Great
Grandparents in England. Did you hear that..that is 32 generations
ago. To say the least, this is mind boggling. I have not entered all
this data. I need the time that I can commit to it.
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For the next few weeks I will blog and
tell you more about the results that this app is finding. Some of
the data I have to work very hard at to confirm and other finds dump
the data at you like a bucket of water.</div>
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<br />Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-7780795277838095982017-01-17T21:57:00.001-06:002017-01-17T21:57:37.553-06:00Tombstone Tuesday – January 17, 2017- Lorenzo Howell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lorenzo Howell is the son of Nathan
Howell and Miriam Best. He was born on June 15, 1850 in Elgin,
Ontario. Nathan and Miriam had seven children; Elisah(1849),
Lorenzo(1850), Margaret (1851), John(1853), Lewis(1855), Alvin(1857),
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Lorenzo is found living with his
parents in Elgin, Ontario in the 1851 and 1861 Canadian Censuses. In
the 1891 Census, Lorenzo and Mary Jane Staples have married (sometime
around 1880) and they have three children; Hester, Jessie and
Melbourn. I do not see a reference to Hester after the 1891 census. I do not find the family again until the 1901 Census and
the 1911 Census. They had 6 children; Hester (1882), Jessie (1885),
Melbourn(1887), Florence (1893), Nora (1900), William (1905). By the
1921 Canadian Census, Nora is the only remaining child living with
Lorenzo and Mary Jane. Lorenzo was a Postal carrier and Postmaster. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Jane Staples, Jessie, Florence, Melbourne and Lorenzo Howell</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This photo based on the children's ages was probably taken around 1895. I am estimating that Florence is 3 or 4 years old, Melbourne 10 years old and Jessie is 12. </div>
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He died on January 17, 1929 and is
buried in Townline Cemetery, McMurrich, Parry Sound District,
Ontario. His death certificate names the cemetery as Chalmers Church
Cemetery, McMurrich. His sister Margaret was the person listed as the informant when Lorenzo died. Her name is Mrs Margaret Johnson. </div>
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It's winter and that means that I can
spend time doing family history research. So this week I was check
out some of the various blogs that I like to read. My mother's side
of our family comes from Canada and I have found a number of Canadian
cousins. Lorine McGinnis Schulze is one of my cousin's and she has a
blog called <a href="http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/">http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/</a>.
She had an interesting tidbit this week on an app for your phone.
The app is called “We're Related “. So I decided to download it.
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You need to have a Family Tree file
loaded on Ancestry.com. My Tree file on the website is not the most
updated version but I have one out there that will work for testing
the app. So you download the free app and it installs on your phone.
You open the app and tell the app which Family Tree to look at and
select "you" from within your Tree File. That was where the difficulty
arose. For all the “living” people in my tree I have their names
privatized...they show up as Living Smith or Living Anderson. Well
there is quite a number of us, thankfully, so the first Living Smith
I selected was not me... The first Living Smith was a Smith down the
Ashley Smith Line...which is related to us but not what I was looking
for.
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It was still interesting because that
line of our Smith's is related to Brad Pitt, Brad Paisley, and
another bunch of remarkable people who have now slipped my mind.
Once the app sends you information about who you are related to, you
select the person and look at the connection. As I looked at the
people listed as related, it became obvious that they were related to
the Ashley line thru his maternal family. So once that was identified, I knew I had the wrong Smith.</div>
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So all week I have been playing with
this app try to find out which Living Smith I was in my tree. I was
looking for the correct birth order...4 female Smiths and two males
Smith's but Ancestry doesn't seem to present them in that way. It is
also alphabetized based on first name not last...So all the Living
people (privatized) are listed under L and alphabetized from there!
Needless to say it took me a few days sort it out.</div>
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Last evening, I figured it out. ( So
right here, I have to tell you something..this is not meant to be a
political post. It is meant to be an observation.) Well, to my
surprise the first person who came up was Donald Trump. I was
shocked. “Really Donald Trump, how could that be? “ I thought
“there must be a mistake! Not Donald Trump”. The app states
clearly that he could be a 9<sup>th</sup> cousin 2X removed.
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As I scrolled down the very next
person in the list is Barack Obama. “What? …. how could that
be?” “Now I know there must be something wrong here. “ The
app states that he is likely a 9<sup>th</sup> cousin 2X removed.
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The next one to come up was Miley
Cyrus! “WHO? I am not related to Miley?” I thought...” "Oh, I
can not believe this.” The app states that Miley is likely a 9<sup>th</sup>
cousin 2X removed.</div>
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Next to come up was Marilyn
Monroe...”What, the Blonde Bombshell, Marliyn?” The app says
that she is also a 9<sup>th</sup> cousin 2X removed.
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And last but not least, Meghan Trainor.
She is a 9<sup>th</sup> cousin 1X removed.</div>
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So I selected Donald Trump to see how
this could possibly be. The App says that we share a common
relative, named Hans Kuhn (1623-1693)...Hummm, really. This is not a
familiar name from my tree. It states that for my line it goes 11
generations back. First it showed me, then my Mother, Leah Smith =>
Addie Densmore=>Mary Morgan Hainer=>Robert Wesley Hainer=>Henry
Hainer=>Catherine Vollick=>Anna Maria Warner=>Maria Barbara
Bellinger=>Marcus Bellinger=>Anna Kuhn=>Hans Kuhn</div>
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The last four people listed here are
new to me. I have positively identified my mother line of the Hainer
family to Anna Maria Warner. I will have to further investigate
these new people but what it tells me is that in other trees in
Ancestry.com these people are listed as a connection to Anna Maria.
So I guess I have my work cut out for me.
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SO lets look at Donald.. Donald Trump
=>Fredrick Christ Trump=>Fredrick Trump=>Katherine
Kober=>Elizabeth Peter=>Maria Elisabetha Barbara Euler=>Johann
Georg Euler=>Anna Catherine Pobb=>Johann Sameul Pobb=>Catherine
Kuhn=>Hans Kuhn</div>
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Well, I'll be darn...that is
crazy....So Anna Kuhn and Catherine Kuhn were sisters...I will have
to investigate this to see if I can verify it.</div>
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OK so now Barack Obama. When I open up
Barack Obama it states that our connection is thru Thomas
Burnham(1617-1688). This is not a familiar name to me either. It states
that for my line it goes back 9 generations and for Barack it goes
back 11 generations. So I selected and once again this looks like it
is through Mom's line of the family. First I see Living Smith =>Leah
Mae=>Addie Densmore=>Charles Densmore=>Sarah L
Reynolds=>George Reynolds=>William Reynolds=>Rebecca Mann=>
Rebecca Burnham=>Thomas Burnham. In this list all but the last
three generations I have positively identified as correct.
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So now lets look at Barack and see.
Barack=>Stanley Ann Dunham=>Stanley Armour Dunham=>Ruth
Lucille Armour=>Gabriella Clark=>Christopher Columbus
Clark=>Thomas Clark=>Benjamin Clark=>Thomas Clark=>Thomas
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In this case it looks like Mary Burnham
and Rebecca Burnham are sisters....Well I'll be darned. This is the
craziest discover I have had in a while. It will definitely give me
things to research this winter.</div>
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All of the matched thus far come
through my mother's side of the family. The match with Miley Cyrus is
Mary Pratt (1643-1704) 10 generation back for me and 11 generations
for Miley. It is once again through the Reynolds side of my Mother's
line that we match. </div>
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With Marilyn Monroe, our common
ancestor is John Alexander (1603-1677)11 generations back for me and
9 generations for Marilyn. It is once again thru the Reynolds line of
our family. We have a George Alexender in our family and he is the
brother of Elizabeth Alexander in Marilyn's family.
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Meghan Trainor is more closely related
to us than all the others and we are once again connected through the
Reynolds side of the family through Thomas Burnham(1617-1688). We are
from the Rebecca Burnham line and Meghan is from the Samuel Burnham
line. So now we know that there is atleast three children in the
Thomas Burnham family; Mary, Samuel and Rebecca are brother and sisters. That
would make Barack related to Meghan Trainor as well.</div>
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SO the app will keep sorting through
the Family Trees on Ancestry and send me alerts if it finds anything
else. It is interesting but not verified data. Not every tree on
Ancestry is totally correct so it is up to the researcher to go back
and verify the new data. I am hoping that it might help me with the
road block that I have on my Smith line but so far not luck. It is
not totally surprising that all of my results so far come from Mom's
side of the family. Our Hainer line which is where we connect with
Donald Trump is a well researched line in Canada. The Reynold's line
is well researched also. So I have some interesting research to
verify this winter and if anything else shows up, I'll keep you
posted!</div>
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For anyone interested in the App, it is
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-10053690354857906972017-01-10T15:05:00.000-06:002017-01-10T15:05:19.359-06:00Tombstone Tuesday – January 10, 2017 - Mary L Anthony Swayze<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Mary Anthony was born on June 11, 1866
in New Jersey. She was the daughter of Nathan Anthony and Annie
Swackhammer. She had two brothers; George(1842-1861), James (1847). In the 1880 Federal Census, Nathan Anthony and his family are
in Washington township, Morris County, New Jersey. Nathan is a farmer
and his daughter Mary is attending school. She is thirteen years old. </div>
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Mary Anthony married John Swayze on
September 29, 1886 in German Valley, Morris County, New Jersey. In
the 1900 Federal Census, Mary and John Swayze have a daughter who was
born in 1887 and they have several relatives living with them; Nathan
Anthony, Mary's Father who is 79 years old widower and an Uncle,
Isiah Swackhammer who is listed as a servant and he is 71 years old
and a widower. In the 1910 Federal Census, John and Mary are living
in the same location and they have a three year old daughter, Francis
M. Swayze(1907). Annie is no longer listed at home. By the 1920
Census, John and Mary are in the same location. Francis is now 13.
John is a Dairy Farmer. In the 1940 Federal Census, John and Mary
are living alone and they are in their seventies but their daughter
Francis has married a William Tester and they are living next door to
John and Mary.</div>
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Mary L Swayze died on January 10, 1961
at the age of 95 years old. She is buried in German Valley Rural
Cemetery in Morris County, New Jersey. </div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-42385157112695698442017-01-03T13:17:00.000-06:002017-01-03T13:17:14.406-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - January 3, 2017 - Joseph Steve Daly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Joseph S. Daly was the son of John Daly
and Elizabeth Hanna Green born on November 3, 1885. He was the
seventh of eleven Children born to John and Elizabeth Daly;
John(1866), William(1868), Charles A.(1874), Marion E. (1876),
May(1876), Robert(1879), Adrain (1881), George B.(1884), Joseph S.(1885),Henry D.
(1890), Goldie A. (1894), Effie E.(1896) They lived in Vienna
Township, Genesee County, Michigan. In the 1900 Federal Census,
Joseph is 14 years old and living with his parents four of his
youngest sibling that are still at home.</div>
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L-R Standing: Charles,William, Robert, Adrian, Joseph, John, May, George, Henry, Marion, Seated L-R: John Sr., Goldie, Effie, Elizabeth Hannah. This photo is thanks to an Ancestry.com member who shared it.</div>
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Joseph married Grace Young on April 2,
1908 in Flint Michigan. The 1910 Federal Census show Joseph and
Grace living with Elizabeth Hanna Daly in Vienna Township. His
occupation was listed as laborer. Joseph and Grace divorced on
October 4, 1916 in Genesee County. Joseph married Francis Jobinsk in
Flint, Michigan on November 15, 1919. In the 1930 Census, Joseph and
Francis are living in Flint . Joseph is a cook in a restaurant. They
have a two year old son, Joseph and a new born, Robert. Joseph and
Francis Daly are living in Montrose, Genesee County, Michigan in the
1940 Federal Census. They have two sons ; Joseph(1928) and
Robert(1829).</div>
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Joseph S. Daly died on January 3, 1944. He is buried with his wife Francis in the Montrose Cemetery. </div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-24822176453555691282016-12-29T13:02:00.001-06:002016-12-29T13:02:08.326-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - December 27, 2016 - Julia Ann Hainer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ann Hainer was the daughter of John Hainer and Nancy Bowman. She was
born on October 2, 1838 in Ontario. John and Nancy Hainer had eight
children; Mary Jane(1823), Margaret(1825), Diane Catherine(1827),
William Hamilton(1828), James Murray(1832), Charles Henry(1834),
Julia Ann(1838), John Wesley(1845).</span></div>
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Ann married Daniel Utter on April 16, 1855. They lived in Northfield,
Brant County, Ontario. Julia Ann and Daniel had 12 children;
Cardeer, John(1859), Annie(1862-1877), Melissa(1864-1877),
Mary(1866-1877), Charles(1871-1877), Rose Belle(1872-1878), William(1874-1878), Nancy(1875-1877), Nancy(1880), William(1882),
Roy(1885). Sadly seven of the children died between December 23,
1877 and January 2, 1878 from an outbreak of Diphtheria. Three of
the children died on the same day, December 27,1877 and two
children died on January, 2, 1878. I can not comprehend the
overwhelming sorrow that this family must have felt. Julia and Daniel
went on to have three children and they appear to have survived into
adulthood.</span></div>
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Ann died on December 27, 1899. Twenty
two years after losing so many of her children. She is buried in the Northfield
Cemetery in Brant County, Ontario with all of her children. </span></div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-76493589683682673702016-12-29T12:42:00.000-06:002016-12-29T12:42:40.269-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - December 13, 2016 - Harry Densmore<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Harry Edward Densmore was the son of
John Edward Densmore and Thelma Alberta Fisk born on March 5, 1918 in
Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan. John and Thelma had nine
children; Marion(1914), Fredrick(1915), Erma(1916), Harry E. (1918),
Paul (1923), James (1925), Jack(1929), Belle(1932), Faith(1936),
Lois(1937).</div>
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In the 1920 Federal Census, the family is
living in Gilford, Michigan and Harry is 1 year and 10 months old. In
the 1930 Federal Census, the family remains living in Gilford, Michigan. In the
1940 Federal Census, Harry lives at home and is a Laborer
in a vegetable canning plant. The Census states that he is a pea packer.<br />
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Harry married Lydia Boley on July 28<sup>th</sup>,
1945 in Bay City Michigan. Harry and Lydia lived in Bay City. In the 1946 Bay City Directory, Harry's occupation is listed as an
assemblier/factory worker for IBC Company. They had one daughter named Barbara Jo Densmore. She was born in 1947. In the 1950 Bay City
Directory, Harry's Occupation was listed as a Bodyman working for
Labadie & Booth Company.</div>
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Harry Edward Densmore died on December
13, 2006 in Bay City. At this time I am still unable to determine
where Harry was buried. When I find out I'll update this post.
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Rest in Peace,</div>
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Jan Smith</div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-29449786953562057372016-12-29T12:41:00.001-06:002016-12-29T12:41:52.984-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - December 20, 2016 - Arnold Smith<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Arnold Eddington Smith</h2>
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Arnold Eddington Smith was
the third son of Ira Smith and Hannah Matilda Hartman. He was born in
Camden Township, Addington County, Ontario, Canada in 1875. In the
1891 Ontario Census, Ira and his family are found in the town of
Portland, Ontario. Ira and Hannah Smith had six children; David(1870)
Arthur(1872), Arnold(1875), Ella(1878), Everton(1880), Howard(1884).
On February 3, 1897, Arnold married Lena Card in Addington County,
Ontario. In the 1901 Census, Arnold is listed as a Blacksmith and
Lena is 22 years old. In the 1911 Census, Arnold remains a Blacksmith
and they have a son listed, Reginald and he is 11 years old. In the
1921 Census, they live in Camden. On February 23 1933, Lena died of
Pneumonia. She was buried in the Moscow Cemetery as listed on the
stone they share. In December 20, 1944 Arnold married Dorothy Hainer
in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario. In the early morning of December
21, 1944, Arnold died of a heart attack according to his death certificate. </div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-46545609099722042912016-12-20T22:38:00.000-06:002016-12-20T22:49:03.596-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - December 6, 2016 - Worthly L. Densmore <div style="text-align: center;">
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Worthy L Densmore was the daughter of John C Densmore and Sarah Louise Reynolds. She was born on October 3, 1873. She is the ninth child born to John and Sarah Densmore ; Elizabeth(1857), William(1859), George(1861), Alice(1863-1864), Charles(1864), Effie(1867), Norman(1869), Delbert(1871), Worthy(1873), Harvey(1882).<br />
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Worthy married Samuel Kernahan on April 13, 1894. She contracted Typhoid Fever and died on December 6, 1895 according to the St Clair County Death records. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Marine City.<br />
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Rest in Peace, Worthy!<br />
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Jan Smith<br />
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<br />Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-62855955774156844582016-12-20T22:14:00.000-06:002016-12-20T22:19:00.866-06:00Tombstone Tuesday – November 29, 2016 – Grover Cleveland Patten<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Grove C Patten was born on May 27, 1888
in Wells County, Indiana. He is the son of Martin Patten and Flora
Bishop Wert. In the 1900 Federal Census, Grove is living at home
with his parents, Martin and Flora and his Grandfather, David Patten.
In the 1910 Federal Census, Grove is living with his parents and a
step brother, Chester Wert. </div>
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Grover married Nora Francis Sparks on
November 28, 1912 in Allen County, Indiana. They had one daughter,
Martha Oella Patten born on September 23, 1913. Grover registered for the WW1 draft on June 5, 1917. He was living in Zanesville Indiana with his wife Nora and daughter Martha. In the 1920 Federal
Census, Grover is a farmer and the family is living in Well County,
Indiana.</div>
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This photo appears to be of the first Birthday of Loydell Malone. The children seated in the front are from left to right : Melba Jackson and Marjorie Jackson (the two oldest girls of Oscar and Vesta Jackson) and Martha Oella Patten. The two women seated are Susan (Smith) Rehnen and Oella (Denney) Smith holding Loydell Malone. The third row of women from Left to Right : Nora (Sparks) Patten, Della Smith, Dora (Smith) Jackson, Ruth (Jackson) Malone, Vesta (Bowersock), Della (Smith) Sparks. The fourth row of men from left to right : Grover C Patten, Forrest Malone, Oscar Jackson and Virgil Smith. Loydell was born in 1923 and Oella Denney Smith died in November of 1925. </div>
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By the 1930 Federal Census, Grover, Nora and Martha were
living with Flora who is a widow. They are living in Pleasant
Township, Allen County. Indiana. Grove is employed and working on the
Electric Railroad. Nora died in 1933 during gallstone surgery.</div>
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Grover died on November 29, 1939 from
injuries that he received from and Auto Accident near Yoder Indiana
on November 26, 1939. I have been unable to find a tombstone photo. Next time I am in Indiana, I'll get one.</div>
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Rest in peace, Grover.</div>
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Jan Smith</div>
Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461035003965382310.post-85749827134724293332016-11-15T20:56:00.000-06:002016-11-15T20:56:03.114-06:00Tombstone Tuesday - November 15, 2016 - Allen Greig Daly
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<span style="font-size: small;">Allen
Greig Daly was the son of John Daly and Mary McIntosh born in Clio
Michigan in Genesee County. He was born Sep 7, 1895. He was the third
of nine children born to John and Mary; William (1892), Stephan
(1894), Allen(1896), Sophronia(1897),Sophia(1899),Elizabeth(1901),
John C.(1903), Clayton(1904), Francis(1905), Gordon(1907). John and Mary lost two children according to the 1910 Federal Census. Mary states that she has had 12 births and 10 children are living. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Allen
Greig Daly married Edith Ann Terry on October 26, 1926 in Flint
Michigan. They had two children; Dale (1928), Darla (1932)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In
the 1910 Federal Census, Allen is a 14 year old boy. By the 1920 Federal
Census, Allen is living at home and helping his father on the farm.
The Flint City Directory for 1928, shows that Allen and Edith are living
at 09 Walnut Avenue in Flint. He is an Auto worker. By the 1930
Federal census, they live in Flint on Perry Street. Allen is working
for the Auto Industry as a machine operator. Dale is two months old
and they have two roomers living in their home. In Flint City
Directories for 1934 and 1937, Allen and Edith were living at 2605
Term Street in Burton which happens to be Cora May Smith Daly's
residence. Cora became the second wife of John Daly on May 11. 1929.
He is still listed as an Auto worker. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By
the 1940 Federal Census, Allen and Edith are living in a rented home in
Burton with their two children; Dale and Darla. In the Flint Directory of
1941, Allen is listed as an Autoworker and they are living on Farley
Street but by the 1942 Directory his occupation has changed to a clerk and it states that he lives on Clio
Street in Flint. On April 22, 1942, Allen registered for the draft
for WWII. On his draft, he stated that he lived in Clio on East Johnson
Street. This was the home of his father who had been recently
widowed. In the Flint 1950 and 1954 Directory, Allen and Edith are
living at 916 Perry in Flint Michigan. They had lived at the same address in the 1930
Federal Census. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Allen
G Daly died on November 15, 1975. I have not been able to determine
where Allen was buried. Many of the other family members, including
his father, John, have been buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Clio.
I'll continue to search and post his tombstone and cemetery photo
here when I find it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Rest
in peace, Allen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jan Smith</span></div>
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