The Foods My Puritan Ancestors Ate ... We Enjoy Today

I am working on my Day line in a family history book to pass on to family members. Besides the names and dates I am looking to add some history plus what life was like for them.

Robert and Mary Day emigrated from Ipswich, England to Boston in April 1634 aboard the ship Elizabeth. Sadly Mary died shortly after arriving. Shortly after Robert left Boston and went to Hartford Conn. It is believed that the reason Robert DAY moved to Hartford was that he was following a pastor Thomas HOOKER (1586-1647), who had recently emigrated from England in 1633. From 1626 to 1629. HOOKER , an English Puritan pastor and preacher aroused church officials at this church of St. Mary at Chelmsford, Essex, England, with his popular sermons of Puritan ideas.
Robert married Editha STEBBINS. Robert and Editha are one of my 8th great grandparents and had four children. I am a descendant of their second son John .

So today's question was "what was the food like in Colonial Times?"
The plain Puritan people with a plain Puritan ethic brought with them a plain Puritan aesthetic to the shores of New England. English cooking was the model -- boiled meats, casseroles, and puddings -- heavy, filling foods that combat the cold and did not offend God by being too fussy and decadent. The Native Americans also had an influence on colonial cuisine, both in the ingredients they introduced, such as corn, beans, and maple sugars, and the methods they used.
Their frequent use of maple syrup to flavor foods, nearly as often as we now use salt, may be why American food so tends towards the sweet: yams, honey-roasted ham, sweet relishes with roasted meats. Despite its meager, rocky soil, New England proffered a bounty of raw ingredients, fish of all kinds -- especially cod, which was salted for the winter -- and shellfish. One colonial diarist moans that he is forced to eat lobster for every meal: lobster lobster lobster! ( Today if we want lobster it is a pricy treat). Game, too, filled the air and the fields: venison, goose, turkey, and pheasant. All sorts of berries (cranberries, blueberries, strawberries) and nuts covered the hills. Pigs thrive in most every condition, and the harsh New England winters made no exception. Salt pork seems the one ingredient that no recipe lacks. For many years, New England was the launching site for migrations into uncharted country, and her tastes traveled as far as the Pacific Northwest, where you can still get a blueberry cobbler made from an old Maine recipe. Famous still are one-pot stews that can be made year-round. Succotash combines Lima beans, hominy (called "samp" when made from white corn and "hulled corn" when made from yellow corn) and a goodly amount of salt pork. Stewed in a hundred and one variations, Succotash became a beloved staple of the diet. Baked beans, too, combine beans and salt pork, and there are great debates over the proportions between the two. The mix of beans and pork is traditionally put into a cast iron pot, and buried, Native American-style, in a deep, coal-filled fire pit. Or, the beans are cooked in a brick oven.

Boiled puddings combined English dessert with Native American ingredients; corn flour and molasses were staple favorites, and the Indian puddings and steamed brown bread still survive, ever popular. In these foods, you can taste the British and colonial fondness for Indian spices: mace, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
This information was found at http://www.cuisinenet.com/glossary/newengl.html.
I will be in search for more data on Puritan life to add ... to be continued.. Grace

Best Bytes For The Week

One of my favorite nights to be reading blogs is on Friday's. I love to read suggestions from some of my favorite blogs. From them I meet bloggers I have not discovered before. Here a a few I found tonight while reading http://www.littlebytesoflife.com/2010/10/best-bytes-for-week-of-october-29-2010.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LittleBytesOfLife+%28Little+Bytes+of+Life%29
She told me about these two and so many more to explore.

http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/genealogical-smackdown-colonials-vs-immigrants/#comment-2068

http://www.cherylsgenealogy.com/2010/10/everyone-may-be-someone.html

Hope that you find some that interest you... Grace

Thinking Of You Today Baby Brother Arthur

Today is a day that is a little sad every year for me. October 29 1957 my mother had her first son. He was born 3 months early and lived only 3 days passing away on Halloween. My sister and I were children and looking forward to Halloween. My parents did not let us know that he had died right away. They wanted us to enjoy our childish holiday. I was 8 and my sister 6.

Halloween has never been the same to me and as I get older it is a day I think of this little baby I never met or held. He is now buried between my parents and that is comforting to me.

Happy birthday little brother. I love you.

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

Finding Genealogy Clues in Historical Books

This is a recent article I received in my emails and found so true and useful. I have been working on putting together one line of our family as a gift to family and wanting to put history with it so there is more than names and dates. Our family lived what we call history. Wars, the Great Depression, epidemics etc.

My great great grandparents Dwight and Betsy Anderson lost three children in one year while living in Minnesota. This was the time of the Scarlet fever epidemic and that is probably the cause of their death.

My ancestors fought in the Revolutionary war, the Civil war. They lived in America during the puritan times and the Salem witch hunt trials. One source has that my Robert Lockwood's wife Susannah and daughter testified at the witch trials. I will need to do some reading to see if I find her name.

They crossed America looking for a new place and life. So much history to add to our family research.
Here is the email I received the other morning....
Finding Genealogy Clues in Historical Books Posted by Diane
Why are historical books important to your research? Because your family didn’t live in a vacuum, says Family Tree Magazine contributing editor Nancy Hendrickson.
I got a sneak peek today at her Historical Books on the Web webinar (taking place tomorrow, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. Eastern time). She says that clues you’ll find in books about the history of the places your ancestors lived include the big events that impacted their lives, what their everyday lives were like and, when you lose their trail, why or where they might've moved. Some examples of local events you might learn about in historical books:
1848 to 1849 cholera epidemic, which killed 4,000 in New York City
1888 Children’s Blizzard in the Great Plains (so-called because many children were caught unaware in schoolhouses on what had been a relatively warm day)
1869 Indian Raids in Kansas
Order No. 11 (a Union Army decree that forced the evacuation of rural areas in four western Missouri counties in 1863)
Great Fire of 1846 in Nantucket
You can get started looking for historical books about your ancestral locales by Googling history of [insert the town name], visiting county pages at USGenWeb, searching library catalogs (WorldCat is a good site for doing this) and searching for period books at sites such as Internet Archive and Making of America.
Nancy will get into detail about what you can find in historical books, and where and how to find them, in tomorrow’s webinar, Historical Books on the Web: Millions of Tomes at Your Fingertips. You can register to attend at ShopFamilyTree.com (you'll receive our new Discover Your Roots guide with your registration)—and use the code HISTORY10 for 15 percent off with our Family History Month storewide sale. ShopFamilyTree.com Sales Social History Webinars
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:47:34 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Sorry I missed this email on when I first received it. There is still some great links for us anyway.

Time to sit down with some history books as I work on my genealogy. Putting some depth to my family information will make it all the more interesting.

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

Wednesday Wandering My Family Tree Meet My Distant Cousins Rose and Kate Mickschl

Today's posting is of distant cousins of mine. They are first cousins 2 times removed. What a great vintage photograph.

This is Rose Mickschl Check and Kate Mickschl Outkelt. ( that is what my uncle Don wrote on the picture) They appear to be wearing almost matching outfits and holding a barrel. Wonder what is in the barrel? Apples probably. They have big smiles and appear to be enjoying the day.

I am dating this picture to the late 1920's or early 1930's. They would be in their 20's to 30's

They are the children of Bridget and Jacob Mickschls. Bridget was the sister of my great grandmother Catherine Gallaher/Gallagher Esler.

Kate was born 28 October 1896 and died 11 July 1951 she married George Outcelt and lived and died in Lacrosse Wisconsin.. I would guess she was named after my great grandmother Katherine.

Rose was born 23 August 1898 and died 7 August 1982 she married Frank Tomsecek and also lived and died in Lacrosse Wisconsin

I adore this picture. Sadly our family's never met so I did not know them or their children. Maybe some day I will find their families. Through http://www.ancestry.com/ I did have contact with someone from their lines.

Thanks for stopping by.. hope that you will take a moment and read some of my other family postings... Grace

Tombstone Tuesday Forest Hill Cemetery Duluth Minnesota

Saturday was such a beautiful day that after garage sales we stopped at Forest Hill Cemetery in Duluth Minnesota to take pictures of my family graves plus other graves to post on my Wandering Graveyard Rabbit Blog and at http://wanderinggraveyardrabbit.blogspot.com/ find a grave http://www.findagrave.com/.

Today's Tombstone Tuesday is featuring my parents and between them is buried a baby brother.

My baby brother died at 3 days old and was buried in the infant cemetery for many years. A few years ago my sister asked what it would cost to move his stone and him between my parents and the cemetery did it for free. Now Arthur Jr rests with family.
It is so beautiful and peaceful there.

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

Amanuensis Monday Post 02 Robert Day of Ipswich England

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday.What does "amanuensis" mean?John offers this definition:"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is Robert Day born about 1604 In Ipswich, Co, Suffolk, England and died 04 September 1648 at Hartford, Connecticut. Robert first married Mary last name not known in England. Robert and Mary emigrated from Ipswich, England to Boston in April 1634 aboard the ship Elizabeth. Mary died in 1634 in Cambidge Massachusetts at the age of 29. Robert remarried Editha Stibbins in 1635. They had four children Thomas, Sarah, Mary and John. I am a descendant of John. Robert Day is my 8th Great Grandfather.

Robert’s Will was dated May 20, 1648. Robert’s " inventory" was deemed to 142 pounds, 13 shillings, 6 pence. The following is a copy of the Will and Inventory of ROBERT DAY. ( It is verbatim including the spelling mistakes)
May 20th, 1648
The will of Robert Day hee being sick and weake, yet in perfect memory: doth order and dispose of his estate to his wife and children, in the manner following;
I give unto my beloved wife Edatha Day my now dwelling howse and howsing thereto adioyning, howse Lott, Allso all my Land whereof I stand possessed, or that right doth belong unto mee, lying in Hartford, during the tearme of her natural life: And at the end of her life, my will is that the said howse and land shall bee deuided in an equall proportion: my will allso is that all my howsehold stuff, and Cattle and other moueable goods shall bee my wiues to bring up my children: And in case my wife should bee married to another man, then my surviers of my will shall have power if they thinke good to take security for the bringing up of the children, and for so much estate as shall bee thought meete by them, and to this my last Will and Testament I make my wife my Executrix, and I doe desire my Deare Brethren Mr. Tailecoate, Willterton, and Stebbing, to take care of and Assist my wife in the ordering her selfe and my children, and I give them power to doe what in their judgements may bee for the best, to bring up my Children and dispose of them, and that I leave, for theire good And to this my last will I sett to my hand the day above written.
Edward Stebbing Robert Day
Wallter Gaylerd
　
　
14 October, 1648
An Inventory of the Goods of Robert Day deceased.
In the chamber: Impr. One bedstead; one feather bed, and feather Boulster and flock boulster: 2 pillows, & bed case and curtains. 2 blankitts, one red & yellow Couerlitt: 1 chest: 1 Box: 1 desck box: 1 table: 1 Cubberd and Chaiers: 3 paires of sheets: 6 napkins: 1 table cloth: 6 pillow beers: the wearing Clothes with 3 skinns: Linnen yearne and Cotton wool yearne: 2 Cushins: 1 paire of Bellows: 1 little Baskitt: 1 warming pann. In the hall : 1 Brass Kettle: 1 little kettle: 1 brass possnet; 1 brass pott: 1 Iron Pott: 1 brass Chaffin dish: 1 skimer: 7 pewter dishes and some broken pewter: 1 saser: 2 pewter potts: 1 Candlestick: 1 salte: 1 small bottle: 6 ockumy spoons, 2 porringers and old 4 old spoones: 1 Lattin dripping pann: 1 spitt, 1 pistol: 1 smoothing Iron: earthenware and wooden ware: 1 muskitt Bandleers and sword: 1 table and 2 chaires. In the sellar: Tubbs and Tables and formes. In ye little chamber: one flockbed, 2 blankitts: 1 couerlitt, 1 feather boulster, 2 feather pillowes, 2 bedsteads. 3 hogsheads, 2 Linnen wheeles, 1 woolen wheele, one Barrill, 1 table, 1 wheele, 1 hatchett: working tooles" 1 leather bottle: 1 paire of tongs: fier pann, grid Iron: frying pann, one trammell: Bookes and Sackes, and Ladders. One cow: 1 3 year ould heifer: one 2 yeare old heifer, with some hay to winter them: 2 hoggs, seuerall sortes of Corne with some hemp and flax. The dewelling howse and out howsing , howse lott and Garden. About 6 Akers of meadow, in severall parcells with upland.
John Tailecoate Summa Totalis 142: 13:06
Gregory Willterton
Edward Stebbing

Editha did remarry twice after Robert's death.
Thanks for stopping by... take a moment and look at some of my other posting... Grace

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Same birthday as yours?

Saturday Night Genealogy fun over at Randy Seaver's.http://www.geneamusings.com/2010/10/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-same.html
Randy says...
Hey there, Genealogy Jedis - it's Saturday Night - time for more Genealogy Fun!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1) Is there a person in your genealogy database that has the same birth date that you do? If so, tell us about him or her - what do you know, and how is s/he related to you?
2) For bonus points, how did you determine this? What feature or process did you use in your software to work this problem out? I think the Calendar feature probably does it, but perhaps you have a trick to make this work outside of the calendar function.

I was born September 13 on my Uncle Don's birthday. My uncle Don was my mother's brother. He and I both enjoyed this sharing of birthday's and would try to beat each other every year to call first. He was a wonderful uncle and I loved him dearly. He is now gone from us in body and every year on my birthday I still wish him a Happy Birthday

Also on September 13 I share a birthday with Frances Angline Coleman who was born in 1912. She is 1st cousin 2x removed.

Not related but in law relatives who share my birthday is first
Rod married to my cousin Bonnie daughter of my Uncle Don from above
Joseph Pearson who is 2nd uncle in law.

I found this information by going to my family tree program and searching using birthday dates.
Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

Surname Saturday Reynolds Family

Tonight for Surname Saturday I am doing the Reynolds family line using an Ahnentefel Report.(1) Grace Zion

(2) Arthur Zion married (3) Muriel Day in 1943. Arthur was son of(4) Perry Zion who married (5) Alta Hall

(5) Alta Hall was the daughter of (10) Arthur Reynolds Hall who married (11) Mabel Jane Coleman. Arthur was the son of (20) George Wilbur Hall and (21) Louisa Marie Reynolds.

above is Tombstone of Louisa Reynolds and Arthur Hall

(21) Louisa Marie Reynolds born 25 November 1832 in New York died 11 March 1899 Evansville Wisconsin daughter of

(42 ) John Gilbert Reynolds born 1802 and (43) Mandania Saxton Grover 1815 - 1855. John and Mandania had 8 children with Louisa being the oldest.

As of this time this is as far as I can go on this family line.

Some Of My Favorite Bytes Of The Week

Blogs I have enjoyed this week , take a peek at them and from there maybe wander around to find some more fun blogs. That is what I will be doing over the next hours.


http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-ten-hints.html

http://dionneford.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/talented-tuesday-on-wordy-wednesday-my-talented-prosperous-ancestors/

http://murderbygasslight.blogspot.com/2010/10/murder-in-little-italy.html

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

TREASURE CHEST THURSDAY ~ Dad's Letter in Baseball 1940 1941

For Treasure Chest Thursday I am sharing my father's Letter Award in Baseball. I never knew he lettered in Baseball till going through his papers.

Says

Taledo High School

This is to certify that

Art Zion

has been awarded the

School Letter in Baseball

for the season of 1940-1941

signed John Milroy director and Albert Kletsch Principal

I love having these pieces of my parents lives in my family notebook.

Wordless Wednesday 1916 Family Photo of the DAY Family

For Wordless Wednesday ( Almost ) is a great vintage Day family photo. Pictured is as children ( in the middle ) my Uncle Don and Aunt Daisy. Holding them is their father's sisters. On the left is Gladys and on the right is Grace. It is dated 1916 and was taken probably in Minnesota, either Mora or Minneapolis.

Take a peek at my Great Aunt Gladys's hair bonnet. How funny but adorable.
All are gone from us now. I think of all of them often and have wonderful memories. My Aunt Daisy was a second mom and would take us every year on the train to Minneapolis from Duluth to visit great aunts Grace and Gladys, my uncle Don was also in my life. He married me to my first husband and we shared the same birthday date.

Thanks for stopping by... hope that you enjoyed seeing my vintage photo. Grace

Digital Archives in Washington DC

This morning I read an article on the internet about the new Family Tree magazine and some of the articles. This is one article that caught my eye. I went to the web site
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ and did a couple of searches. So far got no results. Will continue my searching.

Hope that your searches get better results.

thanks for stopping by... Grace

Tombstone Tuesday Col John Dickenson ? Distant Relative Through Marriage

This is such a fantastic tombstone.. just had to share it today.
In memory of Col John Dickenson who died Feb 21 1799 in Hatfield Massachuetts in the 92 year of his age
Headstone Details
Cemetery name
The Hill Cemetery
Name on headstone
Col John Dickenson
Birth
1707 - Hatfield, Hampshire, Mass
Death
1799 - Hatfield Hampshire Massachuetts

I believe this is a distant relative through marriage to my Coleman line. Need to work on linking his wife to my relatives. Will share my findings at a later time.

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

Amanuensis Monday Post 01 1856 Letter to Hiram Lockwood

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday.
What does "amanuensis" mean?
John offers this definition:"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
Today's posting is of a letter from 1856. It is written to my great great great grandfather Hiram Lockwood from his brother George. George is staking Hiram to land in Wisconsin.
The copy of this letter was sent to me from a distant cousin and once again if not for this blog I would not of heard from him or received this.
The original letter is in the hands of distant relative who was a descendant of George.
Transcript of the 1856 Letter
New York August 29,1856
Dear Brother
Herewith I send you a land warrant for One Hundred and Sixty acres of land - with this I want you to enter and pay for the preemption you have adjoining you, which I want you to take the papers in my name, But ultimately for the use of your family. When you have paid the amt that Ambrose and Sturges have advanced to pay for this scrip and the $75 before make $228.60 which you can pay anytime within five years with interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. When this is paid by you I will deed the land to your family in trust. I hope you will begin with a full determination to get your family a large and good farm. I want you to answer this letter at once that I may know that you have Re'd it and as soon as you get the papers send them to me by mail. Of the amount advanced I have contacted one half - Amborse and Sturges each one quarter. Should there be another desirable lot joining you that you would deem desirable to make your farm complete it might be worthwhile to prempt it, and then pay for it next year.
We are all well. Hope this will find you so.
In haste your brother
Geo Lockwood

This letter tells us that George and Sturges must have been brothers to Ambrose and my great great great grandfather. Hiram must of named his son George Frederick after his brother George and as to Sturges it was custom at this time to sometimes name a son's first name the same as his mother's last name in her maiden state. Sturges' mother's name was Mary Sturges.

It is wonderful to find distant relatives through www.ancestry.com or blogs. Having a copy of this letter is a treasure.

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

For Surname Saturday Woodmansee Family Line

For Surname Saturday I am sharing my Woodmansee Family Name using an Ahnentefel Report.
(1) Grace Zion
(2) Arthur Zion married (3) Muriel Day in 1943. Arthur was son of
(4) Perry Zion who married (5) Alta Hall
(4) Perry Zion son of (8) Jonathan Adam Zion and (9) Rachel Millsap.
(9)Rachel is the daughter of (18)Flavious Millsap and (19) Anne Woodmansee. Rachel was born 19 April 1862 and died 13 May 1945.

Flavious and Anne

(19) Anne Woodmanee born 10 July 1841 in Jackson Indiania. She married (18)Flavious September 1857. Anne passed away 04 July 1904.
(38 ) James White Woodmansee born 13 December 1816. He married (39)Rachel Burrell Hanner 29 October 1835 in Jackson Indiania. James passed away 16 May 1898 in Decatur, Iowa.
(76 ) James White Woodmansee born 07 February 1786 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He married (77) Agnes Hanner 16 May 1805 and passed away 19 May 1847 in Indiania.

James and Agnes
(152) James Woodmansee born 8 August 1766 in Ceder Creek New Jersey. Married about 1785 to (153) Hannah Sheppard. James passed away 5 March 1847 in Butler Ohio.
(304) James Woodmansee born 26 August 1732 in Ceder Creek, New Jersey. He married (305) Hannah Warden Worden 5 October 1758. James passed away 29 January 1818 in Hamilton Ohio.
(608) Thomas Woodmansee born 17 September 1670 in New London, Conn. Married (609 Mary Taylor. Thomas died 22 September 1733 in New Jersey.
(1216) Gabriel Woodmansee born about 1633 and married (1217) Sarah Ricks about 1667. James passed away about 1685.
(2432 ) Thomas Woodmansee born about 1595 Married ( 2433) Margaret Clement and passed away 13 August 1667 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope that you will take a moment and read some more of my sharings. Grace

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Who's to Blame?

It is Saturday night and Randy Seaver has put up our mission. Join in if you like and link up over at Randy's site http://www.geneamusings.com/2010/10/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-whos-to.html

Your mission, should you decide to accept it is to
:1) Read Brenda Joyce Jerome's post Who or What Do You Blame? on the Western Kentucky Genealogy blog. She asks these questions:* Can you identify person or event that started you on this search for family information? *
Did you pick up researching where a relative had left off? *
Did your interest stem from your child's school project on genealogy? *
If you have been researching many years, it may be hard to pinpoint one reason for this journey
.2) Write your responses on your own blog, in a comment to this blog post, or in a note or comment on Facebook.

1. My interest first started with my Aunt Alice ( Dad's twin sister) visiting us and showing all her charts of relatives. I remember a white window shade and she opened it and had written on it a family tree. Clever idea since they traveled with a motor home and she could easily roll this up. She also shared with us a book on one line. It was full of information and wonderful old pictures
Years later a distant relative wrote a book on my mother's side and my family bought one book to share between the three siblings. I would look at this for hours and all the old family pictures.

I have picked up where these books leave off with the other family lines. The Internet, http://www.ancestry.com/ and even my own blog have helped with my search. Because of this blog a very distant cousin has contacted me and mailed me the information his father gathered over a three year period before he passed away. This was on a line that I had only to my great great grandfather. I now have information and research from Donald Lines Jacobus who was one of America's greatest genealogists linking this line to the Mayflower.

My goal and prayer is to pass this information and love for the hunt of family and the wonderful history behind them to my children and grandchildren and their children.

Thanks for stopping by and take a moment and hop over to Randy's and read other's postings. Grace

Treasure Chest Thursday ... Old Family Photos

Treasure Chest Thursday - Old Family Photos



The New England Historic Genealogical Society's weekly newsletter includes a survey. This weeks question was regarding how many generations back (starting with parents) do you have photographs, portraits, or other visual images of at least one person in your direct line?

My answer is 3nd great-grandparents. This is one of those things that I never really thought much about but sure am glad I took the time to day to gather this information.

Like most of you, I have pictures of both of my parents and all four of my grandparents.

I also have pictures of all of my 8 great-grandparents and 11 of my 16 gg grandparents and 8 of my 32 great great great grandparents

There are people with more photos but this seems like it might be better than average numbers.

Great Great Grandparents

John Henderson Zion

1831 - 1920

Mary Cassell Zion
1831 - 1919

Flavious Millsap and Anna Woodmanseen Millsap
1832 -1910 1841 -1904

John Henry Coleman and Alta Cheuvront Coleman with children
1839 -1922 1848 - 1937

Dwight Henry Day and Betsy Anderson Day
1829 - 1913 1838 - 1938

Betsy Eddington Lockwood on the far right pictured with her is daughter Carrie grandson William Day and great granddaughter my Aunt Daisy. I have a big picture of this hanging on my bedroom wall.

1842 - 1924

Patrick Gallaher/Gallagher and Joanna Riordan Gallaher/Gallagher
1838 -1898 1833 - 1902

Great great great grandparents

Bella Millsap

1797 - 1885

James White Woodmansee and Rachel Hanner Woodmansee
1817 - 1898 1819 - 1889

Elic ( Alexander ) Coleman and Mary Beiler Coleman

1805 - 1873 1806 - 1884

Lemuel Chevront and Mary ( Polly ) ( Rouse) Chevront

1812 -1896 1813 - 1904

Harriet Carpenter

1811 - 1908

That is what I have found so far of my ancestors thanks to my family, exended family I have found on the internet and thanks to http://www.ancestry.com/ and all those who freely share their photos.

How about you? How far are you able to go back with family photos? Thanks for stopping by... Hope that you will take a moment and look at some of my past postings on my family. Because of this blog I have found new family members.

Almost Wordless Wednesday Daddy Serenading Mama

Wordless Wednesday... Almost never can be totally quiet.

Here is an adorable picture of my parents. This would be mid 1940's somewhere in Texas. Probably in the San Antonio area where they went to Bible College.

Dad ( Arthur Zion ) is singing and playing his guitar for Mama ( Muriel Day Zion).

I think they are adorable. This would be early in their marriage. Before us kids or mama getting Polio.

Thanks for stopping by... Hope that you will check out some of my other Wordless Wednesday postings. Grace

Here are a few to start with...

http://myfamilyrootsrundeep.blogspot.com/2010/06/wordless-wednesday-meet-bucko-and-great.html .. My Great Grandpa Adam and Bucko

http://myfamilyrootsrundeep.blogspot.com/2010/02/wordless-wednesday-mama-in-her-prom.html .. Mama in her pink prom dress

Surname Saturday Cassell Family

For Surname Saturday I am sharing my Cassell Family Name using an Ahnentefel Report.

(1) Grace Zion

(2) Arthur Zion married (3) Muriel Day in 1943. Arthur was son of (4) Perry Zion who married (5) Alta Hall

(4) Perry Zion son of (8) Jonathan Adam Zion and (9) Rachel Millsap.

(8) Jonathan Adam Zion son of (16) John Henderson Zion and (17) Mary Cassell

(17) Mary Cassell born 19 October 1834 in Coles Illinois.

Daughter of (34) Jonathan Cassell and (35) Elizabeth Carmichel. Mary died 20 Nov 1919 in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa. Mary and Jonathan had five childeren, Mary Elizabeth, William McCormick, Jonathan, Etta Anna and Annie.

(34) Jonathan Cassell and (35) Elizabeth Carmicheal. Jonathan was born about 1812 in Virginia to (68) Michael Cassell and (69) Mary Fleenor. Married Elizabeth 22 October 1833 in Illinois and died 24 January 1845 in Illinois. Mary is the only child I know of of Jonathan and Elizabeth .

(68) Michael Cassell born 14 January 1763 to (136) Abraham Gabriel Cassell and (137) Martha Bessie Flinnar. Married Mary Flenor in 1831 in Coles Illinois and died 9 August 1847. Michael and Mary had 11 children. John (1799 - 1886) Michael (1805 - 1852) , Katherine (1808 ), Margaret (1810 - 1872) , Jonathan (1812 -1845), Malinda ( 1814-????), Soloman ( 1815- 1906), Elizabeth (1816 - ????), Nancy ( 1817- 1905), William ( 1822-1864), Isaac (1824- 1913)



(136) Abraham Gabriel Cassell born about 1695 in Hessen Germany. Abraham married (137) Martha Flinnar date unknown. Abraham died about 1766 in Virginia Minnesota. www.ancestry.com has information that he was married to Martha Bessie Flinnar and to a Martha Elizabeth Fleenor. Names are close in spelling so need more checking on these two women. Are they different or the same women. Ancesty is a great starting spot but sources are what it is all about.

(272) M Hessen Cassell ( abt 1660-1730) married ?

Treasure Chest Thursday Marriage of Katherine Gallaher and Appleton Esler 1893

It is Thursday and time for Treasure Chest Thursday. This is the marriage certificate of my great grandmother Katherine Gallaher when she married Appleton Esler. Appleton was not the father of my grandmother but raised her as his and my mother and her brother and sister always talked fondly of him and that he was their grandfather.

I love these old fancy documents. This one is in 4 pieces so quite fragile. It tells me that they married 12 of December 1893 in Wisconsin at Shelby Lat Co. ( not sure what this is but Shelby was a town in Wisconsin. E Markle was the justice of the peace and witnesses were Carolina Markle and Miss Bridget Gallaher ( sister of Katherine)

Glad that I have this great old piece of history to share with other family members.

Thanks for stopping by... Grace

Tombstone Tuesday George Frederick Lockwood

For today's Tombstone Tuesday I am sharing my great great uncle George Frederick Lockwood. He was born on 03 Sep 1844 in New York, USA and died 18 Nov 1917 in Ortonville City, Big Stone, Minnesota.

George was my great great grandfather John T Lockwood's brother.

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Military Monday Civil War Records John T Lockwood

I have had several members of my family involved with the military during the wars our country has been involved in. From the revolutionary to World War 11.
Today for Military Monday I am sharing the civil war records of my great great grandfather John T Lockwood.
I had the pleasure of visiting the National Archives many years ago and while there was able to see and copy his Records.
From these records I was able to find out that he had grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion and was 5' 9 1/2 " tall. That he was a farmer and had been born in New York.
John volunteered the 29Th day of August 1864 at Fond Du lac Wisconsin for one year as a private in Co. K Regt Wisconsin Calvary.
The Muster rolls show me that he was present but sadly do not tell me where he was other than September 6Th 1864 he was at town of Trenton, Dodge county sub district 38 and was due $100. On November 25Th 1864 he was in Madison Wisconsin and was due $100.

John served until he was mustered out June 12, 1865 at Memphis, Tennessee.

Last muster roll dated November 15,1865 at Austin Texas.

John's brother Ferdinand joined at the same time. I did not get his records from the archives. I am hoping to visit again some day and get these records or to order them if not able to visit.
I am still on the search for more information on John and hoping some day to come across a picture of him.

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Lesson from a 62 year old lady.. Listen to body and go to doctor

Lesson from a 62 year old lady.. Listen to body and go to doctor
My voice has been quite the last couple of weeks. Reason is I was very sick. Started on the 13th my 62nd birthday ( happy birthday to me ) . Started to have pain in my groin area. I am a stubborn lady and thought I had pulled a muscle. I am not very active so not sure how I could of done this. I laid in bed taking Tylenol for 1 week with ice packs.Finally got some sense and got out of bed. Went to urgent care, emergency room next and into the hospital. Next day I was in surgery and found I had an infection. Just the luck of the universe I guess. I spent 11 days in the hospital on pain pills and antibiotics. I am now home with a wound vac and will be like this for 2 to 3 weeks with going to out patient for wound changes three times a week.I am sharing this adventure to hopefully be a lesson to others. I hope that you are not as stubborn as I am and if not feeling well do not wait a week thinking all will be better. I was very ill with infection going down my leg. I am glad I went in when I did and had the brilliant young doctor's I had.So dear friends in blog land and face book. Listen to your body and go to doctor if not feeling perfect.And thank you to my family for visiting and for the little voices of my grandchildren who could not visit telling me " I love you grandma, get well" Nothing better than hearing those words.I am glad to be home. Grace

Surname Saturday My Anderson Family

Today for Surname Saturday I am sharing my Anderson line using Ahnentafel Report

(25) Betsy Ann Anderson married Dwight H Day in 1856. She was born September 16th 1838 in Rome New York and died December 02 1938 at 100 years old. Dwight and Betsy had 9 children with three of them dying March of 1877 probably of Scarlett Fever

(50) Levi Anderson born 1810 in New York. Levi married Harriet Carpenter about 1837. Levi died about 1858 in New York. Levi was Harriet's second husband. They had six children together. Betsy Ann, Abram, Phoebe,William H, George, and Fairfax. ( Harriet had a daughter Monica with first husband. In 1850 David and Monica move in with Harriet's parents with her father raising David as his.

(100) David Anderson born April 26, 1769 in Pan bride Parish Angus Scotland son of James and Agnes Robertson and dies August 24 1849 in New York. David married Elfrieda last name unknown. Elfrieda was born in Scotland about 1772 and died August 02, 1848 Rome New York. David and Elfrieda had four children Susan, William, Charles and Levi.

(200) James son of John and Isobel Tyrie born 1741 Scotland. James married Agnes Robertson . Two children are known David and James.

(400) John Anderson born Scotland and married Isobel Tyrie. James is only child known at this time.

Some information known on this family and more to learn. Have a great Saturday .. Grace

Letter To My Grandpa Day October 1952 Age 4 Years

I am so glad my family kept little treasures of my past. Here is a letter I wrote to my grandpa Day in October 1952.

My mother had come down with Polio and my grandma Grace was visiting us in Texas.

Grandma writes

Dear Daddy ( what my grandma called my grandpa)

I know you can't read her little letter but she will be broken hearted if I don't let her send it she has begged so much to write a letter to Dampa. She wants you to kow she is glad I am here and she wants you to come to. She says she is coming home with me some day when mama gets better. She wants you to know mama can ride sitting up now and that mama lets her ride in her wheel chair. She prays for you every night too. Bye now love Grace

Sadly today is so much emails, text messages that generations from now may not have these long ago treasures.

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