Tombstone Tuesday - June 12, 2012

So sorry for the pause in the action here.  I have been meaning to get back to regular writing here but everything imaginable has gotten in the way...including a new blog which my siblings and I are writing called Shared Smith Memories which came about because when we get together, we often find ourselves reminiscing about when we were kids..."Do you remember when?..." and often we conclude "We should write these down..." so we don't forget!

http://sharedsmithmemories.blogspot.com/

So now my sister Pam and I have started to do just that but I need to make sure that I have time for all my other blogs because they are equally as important!

So today I plan to get back on track with my other blogs too! It is a good thing that today is a new day.. it's a new beginning...

Harold E Tietz - February 3, 1935 - June 8, 2005

Today we're going to talk about Harold Tietz.  We called him Uncle Harold or "Happy" because that was just who and what he was...I loved him dearly.  He was my first husband's Uncle.  I grew very fond of Harold and his wife Mary. ( who I still get to see from time to time)  When I was young and still married to Gary, I often wished that they were my inlaws... Mary and I became good friends and have alot of shared interest...

Harold was born on February 3, the same day as my mother's birthday so it was easy for me to remember his birthday.  He was the co-owner of Tietz's Family Restaurant in Imlay City, Michigan He worked along side his brother, Howard and with his son's and nephews for his whole life.

Van Valkenburg Treasure Chest

After making contact recently with Lorine McGinnis Schulze, I have spent a bit of time on the Van Valkenburg website reading through the pages of information about our family. There is a lot of information to absorb and I will share it with you here as I sort it out. In the mean time, I will show you the new information which when added to our current tree will show our family for 15 generations when we go from my grandchildren of today back to the first known Van Valkenburg.

For privacy sake, I will show back to my mother is who deceased as I did with the Norwegain lines in her family last year.

Leah Anderson - 1928 – Father - Andrew Anderson – 1883

                                        Mother – Addie Densmore - 1890

Addie Densmore – Father – Charles Densmore - 1864

                               Mother – Mary Morgan Hayner - 1871

Mary Morgan Hayner – Father – Robert Wesley Hayner -1839

                                       Mother – Dorothy Ann Morgan - 1842

Robert Wesley Hayner – Father -Henry Hainer – 1789

                                        Mother – Nancy Schram - 1799

Henry Hainer – Father - Albert Hainer – 1758

                          Mother – Catherine Vollick 1769

Catherine Vollick – Father – Isaac Vollick - 1732

                                Mother – Anna Maria Warner - 1735

Isaac Vollick - Father - Isaac Van Valkenburg - 1712

                        Mother - Maria Bradt

( there is not marriage record for this couple so it is assumed that Isaac is illegimate though he used his fathers name until he was in the War)

Isaac Van Valkenburg – Father - Isaac Van Valkenburg – 1686

                                       Mother – Lydia Van Slykes – 1685

Isaac Van Valkenburg – Father – Jochem L. Van Valkenburg – 1646

                                       Mother – Eva Hendricks Vroman – 1651

Jochem L. Van Valkenburg – Father – Lambert Van Valkenburg (between 1611-1617)

                                               Mother – Annetie Jacobs - 1622

Lambert Van Valkenburg – Father - Lambert D. Van Valkenburg

                                            Mother – Maria (surname unknown)- 1575

Lambert D. Van Valkenburg – Father – Andries Van Valkenburg – 1540 

                                                 Mother - Unknown 

Now I can sure see why I was a bit confused with the Van Valkenburg trail years ago. Today there are many researchers who have done a lot of work on the family and I am the happy recipient of it now that it is available on the internet.

 

This is the original family crest which dates back to around 1250.  More on that later....

So until next time....

Happy Hunting,

Jan

Tombstone Tuesday - May 1, 2012

Jonas Lorraway

Is my belief that this stone is the gravestone for Jonas Lorraway, the son of Jonas Larroway and Betsy Mueller. Jonas, the son, married Catherine Hainer, the daughter of Albert Hainer and Catherine Vollick, on November 03 1836.  

Grave stone of Catherine Hainer wife of Jonas Larroway

 

 

 

William Lorraway - son of Jonas and Catherine Lorraway

There is very little left of this cemetery.  It was purchased by farmers as used as grazing land for farm animals.  The remaining stones were placed in this brick wall for safe keeping.  A small section of the field is fenced off where this wall of tombstones is located.  Today it is part of a large horse farm.