SURNAME SATURDAY HANNER FAMILY From North Carolina 1775

Saturday and time to take a look at one of my surnames. If by chance you find we are related I hope to hear from you.
Tonight I am looking at the HANNER family.

This line is on my father's side the Zion side.
1. Grace Zion

2. Arthur Zion b April 30 1920 d Sept 15 2008
3. Muriel Day b Feb 23 1922 Minnesota  d Feb 28 1998 Minnesota

4. Perry Zion b Dec 12 1886 Kendal Kansas d Dec 21 1958 Winlock Washington
5. Alta L Hall b June 26 1892 Evansville Wisconsin d Feb 21 1944 Winlock Washington

8. Jonathan Zion b Sept 29 1861 Decatuer Iowa d April 07 1927 Craig Colorado
9. Rachel Millsap b April 19 1862 Mount Ayr, Ringgold county Iowa d May 13 1945 Spanaway Pierce county, Washington

18. Flavious Armenious Millsap b Nov 10 1832 in Bedford Lawrence d April 02, 1910 in Syracuse Kansas, Lawrence married
19. Anne Woodmansee on Sept 01 1857 in Leon Decatur Iowa. She was b July 10, 1841 Indiania and d July 04 1904 Kansas

38. James Woodmansee b Jan 28 1817 d May 16 1898 Decatar Iowa buried in the Woodmansee Cemetery

39. Rachel Burrell Hanner b Nov 14 1819 Indiana d Dec 9th 1889 Decatar, Iowa  buried in the Woodmansee Cemetary

78. John H Hanna b 1794 in Virginia died Feb 12 1840 in Western Indiana

79. Rachel Burrell b 1796 Virginia d unknown

156. Bartholomew Hanna b 1775 North Carolina d Nov 6th 1839 Jackson Indiana

157. Sophia Siers Philpat b Mar 19 1775 Surrey North Carolina d March 7th 1834 Jackson Indiana

Bartholomew Hanna's parents unknown at this time.

Thanks for stopping by.. hope that you will take a moment and check out some of my other family names. Grace

On This Day McCormic Zion passed away in Decatur Iowa

On this day December 26 1863 my third great grandfather McCormic Zion passed away. He is one my third great grand fathers. He was born 22nd of  January 1795 in North Folk Holstin River, Washington county Virginia.
This posting is one day late but he is thought of today and every day.  He was married twice and his second wife Mary Gobble is my third great grand mother.
McCormick had four children, three with Mary with son John Henderson being my second great grandfather.
You can read more about McCormick and John Henderson by looking on the right hand side for postings on Zion family members.
Thanks for stopping by.. Grace


            

ON THIS DAY DECEMBER 21 1958 PERRY ZION Passed Away in Winlock Washington

This is one day late but I did not want that to be a reason to not think of him and mention his name to you.
On this day December 21, 1958 Perry Glenn Zion my grandfather on my father's side passed away in Winlock Washington.
Grandpa lived in Washington state and we lived in Minnesota so I never really knew him. I saw him once that I remember and I know that we visited him when I was probably about 3 or 4 years old. I have letters from that visit in my mother's papers.

Grandpa was a farmer and raised black angus cattle. The land is still in the family's possession with one of my cousins running it and others having homes on the property. I have not visited the farm in over 25 years, but hope to be able to do so within the next couple years.

To read more about grandpa Zion search for other postings on right hand side.

Thanks for stopping by to read this posting. If you think we are related please feel free to contact me. I am always looking for cousins. Grace

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY MAMA IN THE 1930s Mora Minnsota Day Family

I love looking at old pictures of my mom or dad. For almost wordless Wednesday I am sharing this wonderful old photo of my mother on the right. On the left is my aunt Daisy, her sister my mother Muriel. I am guessing she is a young teenager so this is from the mid 1930's. Note the old car in the back ground. This was taken either in Mora or Ogalvie Minnesota I am guessing. Not sure who the gentleman in the hat is. Could be one of my grandfather's brothers.
No writing on the back so a mystery. It now is identified with my aunt Daisy and mother so future generations do not have to make the guessing game. This is the Day family. If we connect I would love to hear from you

Have a great Wednesday.. Grace

Amanuensis Monday 07 Notes On John W Zion b abt 1770 d Bef 1850

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."

For today's Amanuensis Monday I am sharing information on the earliest Zion I have in my Zion family tree. Zion is my maiden name.
John W Zion is the first name found in this family. As of yet no other records have been confirmed to who his father is. It is believed his father's name is Zion.
John is the head of the family and appears in Washington County, Virginia in 1789 where he married, November 3, 1789 by John Frost, to Lucy McCormick, born 1722 in Bedford County, Virginia, daughter of William and Agness ( Agnes) McCormick of Bedford County, formerly of Hanover County.
Lucy McCormick's father died in 1775, and after his death, Lucy became the ward of William and Lucy adams, by order of the Court. It is believed that William and Lucy were Lucy's grandparents. This has not been confirmed with recorded facts of yet.

Source Early Settlers of Lee County, Va , Bales , Hattie Byrd Muncy page 541. I do not own this book. How great that would be.
Thanks for stopping by.. think I will go and search for this book to see if available on Amazon. Grace

FAVORITE Blog READINGS From The Week On Family Research aka Genealogy

One of my favorite articles to read is where other's share their favorite blog readings for the week. I find this a perfect way to find new and interesting family history researchers.  Here are some of my favorite readings of the week.
One listed was Ancestrally Challenged  article on 100 signs you're addicted to Genealogy. Not only did I read that one posting research plans.

Another one is Marian's Roots and Rambles posting on You're Researching but Are You  Reading

Or Seven Mistakes That Are Holding Your Genealogy Back by Free Genealogy Resources

Check out Ruth's Recommendations for more ideas.
Till later thanks for stopping by and keep on researching.. Grace

SURNAME SATURDAY McGuire FAMILY James McGuire born Ireland died Battle of Blue Licks 1782 Kentucky

 Saturday evening and I will continue my Surname Saturday postings. Tonight I am working on my family McGuyer / McGuire family. This line is on my father's side the Zion side.
1. Grace Zion

2. Arthur Zion b April 30 1920 d Sept 15 2008
3. Muriel Day b Feb 23 1922 d Feb 28 1998

4. Perry Zion b Dec 12 1886 Kendal Kansas d Dec 21 1958
5. Alta L Hall b June 26 1892 Evansville Wisconsin d Feb 21 1944

8. Jonathan Zion b Sept 29 1861 Decatuer Iowa d April 07 1927 Craig Colorado
9. Rachel Millsap b April 19 1862 Mount Ayr, Ringgold county Iowa d May 13 1945 Spanaway Pierce county, Washington

18. Flavious Armenious Millsap b Nov 10 1832 in Bedford Lawrence  d April 02, 1910 in Syracuse Kansas, Lawrence married
19. Anne Woodmansee on Sept 01 1857 in Leon Decatur Iowa. She was b July 10, 1841 Indiania and  d July 04 1904 Kansas

36. William Bela Millsap b Jan 10, 1797 in Green Co, Tennessee d August 15, 1885 in Decatur Co Iowa
37. Elizabeth McGuire b Nov 17 1805 in Kentucky d Aug 14, 1835 in Lawrence, Indiania
Kentucky

74. John McGuire b 1780 Kentucky d 1840 Indiania
75. Lucy Hensley b 1782 Virginia d 1854 Indiania

148. John McGuire b 22 April 1756 Dublin Ireland d 10 April 1837 Kentucky
149. Nancy Holden b Dec 1756 Ireland d 2 May 1837 Kentucky

296. James McGuire b 1734 Ireland d 19 Aug 1782 at Battle of Blue Licks Kentucky
297. ? Margaret Elizabeth Black

Tonight while doing some research on this family name following links at ancestry I came up with the last three families.  I need to do further research to verify all the information available on ancestry.
Information was found on ancestry through census reports and other documents available.

Writing Tips for Genealogy Researchers ~ Writing Our Family Story The ZION line

Good morning everyone
This morning I received an email from Family Tree regarding Writing Tips for Genealogy Researchers.  They are offering the opportunity to write your family history with the help of Abbott Press. While a great idea is a costy idea for me to tackle at this time. I was interested enough to click on the link and find out that tip 3 is JUST WRITE.

Tip #1: Find Your Focus

Do you have a feisty great-great grandmother you admire? A long line of war veterans? Decide what topic is most noteworthy and branch off from it to discuss your other research.

Tip #2: Create an Outline

Don't get too detailed, but decide how you'll divide the chapters (chronologically, by branch, geographically, etc.), and what sort of information you'll want to include.


I have some books written on at least 2 of my ancestors that were written by others. They are a great way to start my personal family stories. The quest is to really just start writing. But where to start is the stopping point. Do I write several small books on my different branches or one big book.
I feel the best way to start is to separate it into 2 branches and then start the outline.
Since I do have a book on part of  my mother's line I will start with my father's family the ZION family name and branch from there.

I love this picture of John Dees Pennington and Rachel Zion Pennington. Rachel is my third great grand aunt sister of McCormick my third great grandfather. Rachel is wearing glasses but they are perched on her forhead.
Hope that you will join me as I begin my New Year project of putting my family history into words for future generations. Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

IDENTIFY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO IS THAT WOMAN? Family Names Esler Day Gallagher Kramer

Do you have a pile of old photos as I do? Old family photos that have been passed down can be a true mystery. My goal this next year besides working on my family history is to attempt to identify some of these pictures.
This small black and white photo is of my grandmother Grace Daly Esler Day on the left side and my great grandmother Katherine Gallagher Esler in the middle. Now who is the lady on the right?
Known facts are this picture is probably take in the Mora Minnesota area outside of Katherine's house.
Katherine passed away the 19th of March 1940.
My grandmother Grace was born in 1893 and I can see just a bit of gray at the front of her hair. So she is about probably in her 40's. We gray early in my family sadly.
The dresses and hair styles are from the 1930's
Chances are it is a family member pictured with them and could be my grandmother's half sister Merle Esler Kramer who was born in 1906 and was about 13 years younger than grandma Grace.

That is what I am leaning towards. Will need to find other pictures of Merle to compare. Her is a picture of Merle at a later time in her life.

This picture would of been taken of my great aunt Merle Esler Kramer when she was living in Michigan.

Will find more pictures of her and work at further study.

Thanks for stopping by.. hope that you check back again. Grace

Is Each Record the Same Person? Is That My Gallagher / Gallaher

In Each Record I find I wonder Is that the same person? Is That My Gallagher / Gallaher?
I am working on attempting to get information on my Gallagher family line. I know who my great great grandfather is. His name is Patrick Gallagher and he immigrated from Ireland. My struggle is searching for him from the time he was living in La Crosse Wisconsin area backwards to when he came to this country.
I find a Patrick in the 1850 census living in New York age 11 listed with family. Father is Daniel, mother is Margaret and living in the home is 5 other siblings Mary, Bridget, Margaret, Ellen and John. Birth date is about 1839 born in Ireland.
Jump forward to the 1870 census where I know this my Patrick. He is living in Hamburg, Vernon County Wisconsin. Age is 32 and birth year is about 1838. Living with him is his wife JoAnna 30, daughters Mary age 4 and Bridgett age 2 and son William 7 months old. My great grandmother Katherine is not born yet.
The age works on these two censuses for Patrick so could be my ancestor.
Now we go to the 1860 census. I do find a Patrick and JoAnna Gallagher living in New York but the age is wrong. We have Patrick at age 30 and JoAnna at 26. This could be the wrong family or the census taker could of written the ages wrong. No way to know for sure at this time.
In the 1860 censurs living next door to Patrick is an Owen Gallagher. First name is not the same as my siblings in the 1850 census. Could be a brother who was not living in the home or could be a cousin or no relative again.

Just something to keep on the back burner as I continue to search for my Gallagher. Another name to watch for is Riordan as I search. That is JoAnna's maiden name.
On my want list is death certificates for both Patrick and JoAnna and any news articles I may find from that time period in Wisconsin where they were living. Also interesting to note is that Patrick named a daughter as Mary and Bridget and in the 1850 census Patrick had sisters Mary and Bridget.
Thanks for taking the time to read and if we happen to share relatives in common I would love to hear from you. Grace

DO NOT ALWAYS BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET WHEN DOING FAMILY RESEARCH My Gallagher Is Not That Gallagher

This morning while doing a little research on some elusive family members I saw that my great grandmother Katherine had married a Gallagher, that her first marriage was to a Raffety and maiden name was Curly.
None of this is true. Some one found a newspaper article stating this news item and posted it to Katherine.
It is so easy to want to believe what is posted but real research needs to be done.
I have shared with two ancestry members who had added this error to their family information.
The true fact is my Katherine was a Gallagher/ Gallaher before she married Appleton Esler. She was never married to any one else.

Back to my family research. This family is so difficult to research past Katherine's parents. I need to order death certificates for her parents Patrick and Johanna Gallagher/ Gallaher.

Thanks for stopping by and if you are related to me please let me know.

SURNAME SATURDAY CARMICHAEL FAMILY BEGINS AND ENDS WITH ELIZABETH WIFE OF JONATHAN CASSILL / COSSILL

It has been so long since I posted here or even did any family research. Life gets so busy with everything else and one of my favorite past times gets put on the back burner. Yesterday we had my step son and his family visit from the twin cities. Conversation went to his father's parents and ancestors so I pulled out the very small note book I have started on their family to show him. He was over joyed with the little work I have done. Next I am asking his wife about her family. She has very little information so with my computer note book and going to ancestry I was able to start her family tree for her. Hopefully she will continue to talk to her family and do some research.
So I am back tonight and hope to take time every week to do one of my favorite things. Work on my family research.
I will start with continuing my Surname Saturday postings. Tonight I am working on my family Carmichael family. This line is on my father's side the Zion side.

1. Grace Zion

2. Arthur Zion b April 30 1920 d Sept 15 2008
3. Muriel Day b Feb 23 1922 d Feb 28 1998

4. Perry Zion b Dec 12 1886 Kendal Kansas d Dec 21 1958
5. Alta L Hall b June 26 1892 Evansville Wisconsin d Feb 21 1944

8. Jonathan Zion b Sept 29 1861 Decatuer Iowa d April 07 1927 Craig Colorado
9. Rachel Millsap b April 19 1862 Mount Ayr, Ringgold county Iowa d May 13 1945 Spanaway Pierce county, Washington

16. John Henderson Zion b Nov 28 1831 Rush county Indiana d April22 1920 Foster Missouri
17. Mary Margaret Cassill b Oct 17, 1834 Illinois d Nov 20, 1919 Lamona, Iowa

34.Jonathan Cassill b abt 1810 d in Illinois d Jan 24 1845
35.Elizabeth Mary Polly Carmichael b abt 1814 d abt 1899 Illinois.

At this moment my Carmichael line ends and begins with Mary. I am at a dead end, I have not found who her parents are and there are no hints on ancestry for me to follow so will need to begin my search with her and the census reports. Maybe a family member was living near by.

Thanks for stopping by.. till later Grace