Thursday, November 30, 2017

Video Of The Week: The Timeline Grid: An Easy Way to Track, Organize, and Use Your Research...

We watch a lot of videos in the Cave. Webinars, instructional videos, continuing education videos, you name it! If it helps with our genealogical pursuit we are all over it!

Each week we thought we'd share one we've enjoyed.

Hope you enjoy it too!



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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Nelson Bush Sr {Gen 4}



It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.


Nelson Bush Sr (Sarah, Wm Bull, James, William) was born in Newfield, Thompkins Co, New York August 20th 1826, to parents Sarah Faulkner and Wm T Bush Jr.

Nelson married (1) Margaret DeReamer (1828-1879) about 1850. He married (2) Harriet "Hattie" Crawford (1852-1932) sometime in 1882.


Nelson and Margaret had at least one child:

  • William Elliot Bush b. 1851 d. 1935 m. Frances Cox no issue


Nelson and Hattie had at least four children:

  • Charles Wynans Bush b. 1883 d. 1897  
  • Minnie Bush b. 1886 d. 1969 m. George Henry Briggs
  • Nelson Bush Jr b. 1888 d. 1971 m. Edith Beach
  • Magdalena H Bush b. 1895 d. 1977 m. (1) Nelson San Soucie (2) Warren G Teeter


Nelson Bush Sr was a farmer in Tompkins Co, New York. He died November 20th 1909 and is buried in the Newfield Village Cemetery in Newfield, Tompkins Co, New York. Margaret DeReamer Bush died July 11th 1879 and is buried next to her husband Nelson. Hattie Crawford Bush died September 28th 1932 in Newfield, Tompkins Co, New York, burial location is unknown.



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Monday, November 27, 2017

Brick Wall Ancestor | #7 David M Whitford


We all have them! Those stubborn ancestors that refuse to come out of hiding. No matter how much coaxing we do! Well, I think it's time to bring them out of the shadows - put their redacted story out there - another piece of the puzzle could be lurking just around the (cyber) corner, in someone's basement, or closet, or sitting in a box on a bookshelf ...... You never, ever know where that loose chink will manifest, the one that allows you to push out one brick, then the next. Food for thought. So without further ado....


Brick Wall Ancestor | # 7 David M Whitford


David M Whitford is my 3rd great grandfather. He hid from me for quite some time. He's still being reclusive so maybe by writing about him I can draw him out. It took me quite a bit of sleuthing to glean the information that I have. I will save you the play-by-play, just know it was difficult and confusing to piece together as much as I have thus far. Also know that without doing extensive collateral research and looking in places impossible to logic I never would have found him.

David M Whitford was born about 1803 most likely in Vermont, although I have found nothing other than a census notation to prove this. He may be of Irish descent. He was found in Medina Co, Ohio by 1828 when he married Betsey Lease.

Courtesy FamilySearch

The couple's first four children were born in Medina Co, Ohio, where David was a prominent lawyer.

In 1837 David bought 80 acres of government land in Hillsdale Co, Michigan and removed with his family to settle new territory. He brought with him a substantial sum of money to help until he could get himself established in the new state.


Courtesy BLM/GLO










Their next seven children were all born in Michigan.

In 1849 the family, or some of it, was residing in Niles, Berrien Co, MI. David (incorrectly noted as E.M) and Elizabeth (Betsey) are witnesses to their daughter Jane's wedding.

Courtesy FamilySearch
Things took a very bad turn for the family around 1850 when Betsey and two of the daughters were living in a poor house in Ottawa, LaSalle Co, Illinois while David and two sons were living with the family of Nathan Lease (Betsey's brother) in Richland Co, Illinois, over 200 miles away.

The thirteenth and final child of the couple was born in Alton, Illinois in 1852.

This was where the trail ended for quite some time. I wasn't even sure I had the right family, as broken as it was, in 1850.

Then one day, for some unknown reason, by some unknown hand, I was guided to a sketch in a history book. My mind was literally blown. (This is where collateral research pays off BIG TIME) The sketch was on Dr H K Whitford, David and Betsey's first born child. What blew me away ....... the book was on Kane Co, Illinois history. I live in Kane Co. Not only that, Dr Whitford was a very prominent man in a certain city named Elgin, in Kane Co, IL. Guess where I live? Yes, yes indeed. All this time and quite literally just down the street, lay some of the answers I was seeking.


Courtesy Internet Archive
The sketch explained the documents I was finding and helped put some of the puzzle together. Visiting the local library, my local library, just down the street from where I have lived for the last 32 years, I dove into the microfilm and did a newspaper search. From the obituary of the youngest son I learned that David and Betsey had come to Elgin shortly after 1852!

And that's where the trail stops cold. Again.

David and Betsey are not seen on any census after 1850.

The questions remain: who are David M Whitford's parents, when did David Whitford die, and where is he buried?



GENEALOGY

David M Whitford b. about 1803 Vermont d. UNK
                   m. 28 Feb 1828 Medina Co, OH, Elizabeth "Betsey" Lease

children:

  • Dr Henry K Whitford b. 9 Feb 1829 OH d. 15 Feb 1912 IL m. (1) Mary Stevens (2) Susan K Daggett
  • Mary Whitford b. 1831 OH d. UNK
  • James H Whitford b. 27 Jan 1831 OH d. 29 Apr 1895 MN m. Maria C Luddy
  • Jane M Whitford b. abt 1835 OH d. 29 Feb 1888 MN m. (1) Daniel Nichols (2) Harrison Faulkner
  • Leonard C Whitford b. 7 Nov 1837 MI d. 26 May 1909 WA m. (1) Mary Jane Williams (2) Florence A Ledger
  • Jerome B Whitford b. abt 1839 MI d. Feb 1894 IL m. (1) Lucinda Phoenix (2) Ella Camon (3) Jane Ann Reynolds
  • Child 1 Whitford b. abt 1841 MI d. UNK
  • Sarah Whitford b. 14 Dec 1843 MI d. 12 Apr 1910 WA m. Richard Truax
  • Child 2 Whitford b. abt 1845 MI d. UNK
  • Rhoda L Whitford b. 7 Nov 1846 MI d. 9 Nov 1909 MN m. Josiah Brooks
  • Child 3 Whitford b. abt 1848 MI d. UNK
  • Child 4 Whitford b. abt 1850 IL d. UNK
  • Daniel H Whitford b. 1 Apr 1852 IL d. 17 May 1911 IL m. Ellen Catherine Gregory

The entire family disappears in 1860, some reemerge in 1870 on the federal census. There are a number of bad trees (what? no!) on Ancestrydotcom that supply a middle name and parents for David; the sources, of course, are other Family Trees.

So, there you have it. David M Whitford born about 1803 in Vermont, of Irish descent, a lawyer in Ohio, a land owner in Michigan, fell on hard times during the Panic of 1837, last reported to be living in Elgin, IL about 1855.

Too bad we can't put him on a milk carton!


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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Book Of The Week: Genealogy of the Loveland Family in the United States of America from 1635 to 1892



Genealogy of the Loveland Family in the United States of America from 1635 to 1892: Containing the Descendants of Thomas Loveland of Wethersfield, Now Glastonbury, Conn., 
Also English Notes, and Information Biographical, Historical and Traditional of the Various Families, Including Their Alliances and Descendants in the Female Line So Far as Ascertained, Volume 3

John Bigelow Loveland, George Loveland
publisher not identified, 1895



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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Video Of The Week: Reveal Your Unique Story through DNA, Family History & Video

We watch a lot of videos in the Cave. Webinars, instructional videos, continuing education videos, you name it! If it helps with our genealogical pursuit we are all over it!

Each week we thought we'd share one we've enjoyed.

Hope you enjoy it too!




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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | James Faulkner {Gen 4}


It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.


James Faulkner (Matthew, Wm Bull, James, William) was born in  Orange Co, New York about 1816, to parents Matthew Faulkner and Isabelle "Sibi" Robinson.

James married (1) Margaret Greer (1814-1851) date UNK. He married (2) Rebecca Jane Tucker (1826-1910) date UNK.


James and Margaret had at least two children:
  • Almeda Faulkner b. 1848 d. 1898 m. John Bodine
  • George Faulkner b. 1850 d. 1937 m. (1) Mary Gordon (2) May LNU

James and Rebecca Jane had at least four children:
  • James Harrison Faulkner b. 1855 d. 1940 m. Mary M Grey
  • Charles William Faulkner b. 1858 d. 1948 m. Lena R Briggs
  • William Henry Faulkner b. 1860 d. 1925 b. Ida C Kniffin
  • Franklin H Faulkner b. 1864 d. 1887 never married

James Faulkner was a farmer near Middletown, New York. "According to family tradition, a family feud arose because one of the brothers married a Catholic, so all but James went south." From the Bull/Wells Book.

James Faulkner died November 27th 1886 and is buried in the Scotchtown Cemetery in Orange Co, New York. Margaret Greer Faulkner died May 1st 1851 and is buried in the Old Congregational Cemetery in Orange Co, New York. Rebecca Jane Tucker died July 30th 1910 and is buried with her husband in the Scotchtown Cemetery.


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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Book Of The Week: Genealogy of the Kemper Family in the United States



Genealogy of the Kemper Family in the United States: 
Descendants of John Kemper of Virginia; 
with a Short Historical Sketch of His Family and of the German Reformed Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Va

Willis M. Kemper, Harry Linn Wright
G.K. Hazlett & Company, Printers, 1899 - Germanna (Va.) - 248 pages


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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Video Of The Week: Jumpstart Your Family History in Ten Steps - James Tanner

We watch a lot of videos in the Cave. Webinars, instructional videos, continuing education videos, you name it! If it helps with our genealogical pursuit we are all over it!

Each week we thought we'd share one we've enjoyed.

Hope you enjoy it too!



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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Frasers Of Fife: Epilogue

John Fraser 1880 Family Tree
The project of recording the names on the family tree found behind the furnace in my father's house took a little over a year and a half. My goal of recording everything exactly as it was written is complete. The next leg of the journey will be to verify the information and grow the tree to modern day as much as possible. This may be a journey of years.

It was not without irony that I completed my last post on November 8th, the anniversary of my father's birth. More irony, he is now buried with many of his kin on our little branch of this tree.

This journey has brought two new cousins into my life. Each possessing his own copy of the Tree. I hope that as I press forward and research into the present day more cousins will come forward.

Thanks to everyone who played along, read my posts, encouraged me to continue.

I am very excited to get to the actual work of research and I suspect there will be much to discover. Hope old John Fraser will be pleased with the growth of his tree!


From humble beginnings the Frasers of Fife spread across the globe! Now comes the fun part! Stay tuned .....


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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | James Faulkner Boak {Gen 4}


It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.


James Faulkner Boak (Achsah, Wm Bull, James, William) was born in Scotchtown, Orange Co, New York March 8th 1817, to parents Achsah Faulkner and Jame Boak.

James married Martha Coleman Vail (1824-1878) February 10th 1847 in Orange Co, New York. 

The couple had at least four children: all born Middletown, Orange Co, New York

  • James Edwin Boak b. 21 Nov 1848 d. 1906 m. Katherine Mills no issue
  • Abram Vail Boak b. 20 Oct 1849 d. Feb 1917 m. Frances Mary Brewster
  • Henry Eugene Boak b. 24 Dec 1852 d. 7 Aug 1875 
  • Harriet Augusta Boak b. 18 May 1857 d. 18 Feb 1878 


Jame Faulkner Boak lived his entire life in and around Wallkill, Orange Co, New York. He died April 5th 1889, burial location currently unknown. His wife Martha Coleman Vail Boak died May 9th 1878, burial location currently unknown. 



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Saturday, November 11, 2017

Book Of The Week: A Genealogy of Several Branches of the Whittemore Family



A Genealogy of Several Branches of the Whittemore Family: 
Including the Original Whittemore Family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England: and a Brief Lineage of Other Branches

Bernard Bemis Whittemore
F.P. Whittemore, Printer, 1890 - 106 pages


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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Video Of The Week: Answers Hiding in Plain Sight: Using What You Know to Discover What You ...

We watch a lot of videos in the Cave. Webinars, instructional videos, continuing education videos, you name it! If it helps with our genealogical pursuit we are all over it!

Each week we thought we'd share one we've enjoyed.

Hope you enjoy it too!



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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Finding Faulkner: Mash-Up | Happy Birthday Dad


It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

My dad would have been 83 today.

He left us far too young.

He still had "miles to go", but cancer robbed him.

As a tribute to his life, and the catalyst for Finding Faulkner, I'd like to share a photoblog of his life with you. I'm not quite ready to honor him with words - his loss is still painful although it's been 10 years - but the photos make me smile .....











I will leave you with his favorite poem:

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

~Robert Frost

Frasers Of Fife: Generation Five | Janet Fraser Mackie and Arthur Morrison

71 Janet Fraser Mackie (Alexander Mackie - 55, Margaret - 19, Alexander - 5, Duncan - 1) born 1859



married June 28th 1877



Arthur Morrison birth not recorded



children of this union:

i. Arthur Morrison b. 9/30/1878

ii. Maggie Morrison b. 5/8/1880



note: Generation Five was (mostly) still living when the Original Tree was created.

~ all information provided here has been taken directly from the John Fraser family tree compiled in 1880 and as such is the only source for these writings - the objective being to record his work for further study and documentation ~ 


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©1880 John Fraser - Scotland

~fini~

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Martha Boak {Gen 4}


It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.


Martha Boak (Achsah, Wm Bull, James, William) was born in Scotchtown, Orange Co, New York, August 14th 1810, to parents Achsah Faulkner and Jame Boak.

Martha married John Hall Youngblood (1805-1871) about 1842 most likely in Orange Co, New York.

The couple had at least four children: all born Wallkill, Orange Co, New York

  • Mary C Youngblood b. abt 1842 d. 22 Jul 1873 never married
  • Arminda E Youngblood b. 4 Sep 1845 d. 20 Apr 1913 m. John B Mould no issue
  • Jacob B Youngblood b. abt 1848 d. 16 Apr 1898 twin of James - never married
  • James B Youngblood b. abt 1848 d. 23 Mar 1870 twin of Jacob - never married


Martha Boak Youngblood lived her entire life in and around Wallkill, Orange Co, New York. She died December 23rd 1877 and is buried in the Brick Church Cemetery in Montgomery, Orange Co, New York. Her husband John H Youngblood died January 22nd 1871 and is buried alongside his wife and all four of their children.


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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Book Of The Week: A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards) Descendants of Constant Southworth


A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards) Descendants of Constant Southworth: 
With a Sketch of the Family in England

Samuel Gilbert Webber
Fort Hill Press, 1905 - Families of royal descent - 487 pages



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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Video Of The Week: The Findmypast Search Masterclass



We watch a lot of videos in the Cave. Webinars, instructional videos, continuing education videos, you name it! If it helps with our genealogical pursuit we are all over it!

Each week we thought we'd share one we've enjoyed.

Hope you enjoy it too!






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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Frasers Of Fife: Generation Five | Margaret Mackie and Alexander Carmichael

70 Margaret Mackie (Alexander Mackie - 55, Margaret - 19, Alexander - 5, Duncan - 1) born October 9th 1855



married March 1st 1878



Alexander Carmichael birth not recorded



children of this union:

i. Thomas Carmichael b. 12/25/1879

ii. Allison Carmichael b. 5/2/1881

iii. Maggie Carmichael died in infancy




note: Generation Five was (mostly) still living when the Original Tree was created.

~ all information provided here has been taken directly from the John Fraser family tree compiled in 1880 and as such is the only source for these writings - the objective being to record his work for further study and documentation ~ 


©2017 Anne Faulkner - AncestorArchaeology.net
©1880 John Fraser - Scotland