Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Emeline Corwin {Gen 4}



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


Emeline Corwin (Catherine Houston, Sarah, James, William) was born in Middletown, Orange Co, New York, March 2nd 1829, to parents Catherine Houston and David Corwin.

Emeline married Oliver Lewis MD on August 24th 1848 at the New Hempstead Presbyterian Church in Pomona, New York.

The couple had at least seven children:

  • Anna M Lewis b. Jun 1850 d. UNK died young
  • FNU Lewis b. UNK d. bef 1900  from 1900 census
  • Williard P Lewis b. abt 1854 d. 18 Jan 1893 no issue
  • FNU Lewis b. UNK d. bef 1900  from 1900 census
  • James H Lewis b. abt 1859 d. bef 1930 m. E Sarah LNU
  • Sarah J "Jennie" Lewis b. abt 1861 d. aft 1900 no issue
  • Augustus H Lewis b. abt 1864 d. 30 Dec 1931 never married 

As the wife of a physician, Emeline and family moved around a lot. Both Emeline and her husband were born in Orange Co, New York and resided there through 1860 or 1865. The family moved to Bradford Co, Pennsylvania before 1870 and moved again, to Tioga Co, New York before 1875. Oliver retired from practicing medicine in 1882  and the couple moved to Jersey City, New Jersey.

Oliver died on March 6th 1885 in Jersey City, NJ. He is buried in the Wallkill Cemetery in Phillipsburg, NY.

Emeline moved to New York City sometime after Oliver's death and was living on Park Avenue by 1892. In 1900 Emeline was living on St Anns Avenue in the Bronx with daughter Jennie and son Augustus, and a 60 year old niece, J Mary Lewis.

Emeline Corwin Lewis died June 26th 1903 in the Bronx and is buried along side her husband in Wallkill Cemetery with son Willard.


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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Book Of The Week: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches



History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches

J. Smith Futhey, Gilbert Cope
L. H. Everts, 1881 - Chester County (Pa.) - 782 pages




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Friday, January 26, 2018

Photo Friday :: Cleveland OH Mystery Baby


This series was birthed from the large old photo album I rediscovered in the back of my closet. Many of the photos are from my grandmother's side of the family. There are also unknown photos that came with the album. Story goes my dad, an avid garage saler, picked up a celluloid covered Victorian era photo album on one of his scavenges. It already contained photos of an (as yet) unidentified family. My parents put our own vintage family photos in the album alongside the mystery family's.  As children we marveled at the old fashioned clothing and settings, often wondering who these people were and what their lives were like. Of course, we thought that ALL the people in the photos were our relations! It wasn't until my mom passed the album on to me after my dad died that I learned of the mystery family residing alongside our own!

I plan to share these photos over time, sometimes they will be my family, and identifiable, others will be of the mystery family. Thanks to the world wide web, they may find their way home yet!

Enjoy!





Do you know me?
From the Mystery Collection
taken at Roberts & Brooks Photographic Art Studio
130 Ontario St - Cleveland, OH
back image below




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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Video Of The Week: Basic Series: Part 4 - Adding Sources to the Family Tree - 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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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Sarah Ann Corwin {Gen 4}


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


Sarah Ann Corwin (Catherine Houston, Sarah, James, William) was born in Middletown, Orange Co, New York, April 9th 1827, to parents Catherine Houston and David Corwin.

Sarah married Reverend Gabriel Smith Corwin MD DD (1802-1887) a widower, about 1864, location unknown, most likely in Orange Co, New York.

The couple had at least three children:

  • Mary E "Emma" Corwin b. abt 1864 d. 21 Sep 1864 scarlet fever
  • G Trasy Corwin b. abt 1866 d. Aug 1867 scarlet fever
  • Gabriel Eugene Corwin b. 14 May 1869 d. 22 May 1942 m. Cecelia Byrd Lockard

This is an interesting family group. Gabriel S Corwin was the son of Daniel Corwin and Irene Smith. He married (1) Adaline Houston, sister of Catherine Houston, Sarah Ann's mother. The couple had no children together. 

Rev G S Corwin graduated from the Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and practiced medicine for 16 years. He received his Doctor of  Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and served the Presbyterian Church at Elma and E Pembroke, Genesee Co, New York from 1844 until he retired. He was a surgeon and a chaplain in the Civil War. (All info from Bull Book)

I do not know how Sarah Ann's father and Sarah Ann's husband are related. It's a Rabbit Hole I did not dive down since I am tracing the Faulkner line and not the Corwin line. Should you be intrigued check out the Corwin Genealogy in the United States on Internet Archive. 

Sarah Ann married her uncle, who was 25 years her senior, sometime between 1861, when her aunt died, and 1864, when her first child was born. The family lived in Pembroke, Genesee Co, New York until G S retired, sometime around 1880 at which point the family removed to Cape May Point, New Jersey. G S Corwin died October 19th 1887 in New Jersey and is buried with his first wife in Elba, New York.

Sarah Ann Corwin Corwin died June 5th 1890 in Cape May Point, New Jersey and is buried in Mt Bethel Cemetery in Columbia, PA where her son was living.

Oh to be a fly on the wall ......


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Monday, January 22, 2018

Laura Alice "Allie" Busby Thomas: Another Nonagenarian (52 Ancestors #30)

You'd think that the more contemporary my ancestors become the easier they'd be to learn about. Well, think again.

Laura Alice Busby Thomas is just another in the long list of my barely visible female ancestors.

Laura Alice, called "Allie" as an adult, was born August 26th 1861 in Mahaska Co, Iowa. She is my great grandmother. Laura's parents were Elijah Busby and Eliza Ann Bass. I've had trouble with the Bass family before, but the Busby's have always been forthcoming and relatively easy to find. Laura must have had quite a bit of the Bass side in her!

Anyway, back to Laura Alice.

Laura was the second child and first daughter, born to a family that ultimately would contain three sons and three daughters. Laura's father enlisted in the Union Army in October of 1861, just two months after her birth. He would be out of her life completely for the next two years, returning home for only one month in 1863, then returning to battle until the close of the war 2 1/2 years later. As you might imagine, there was quite a gap in the ages of the children, Laura's little sister didn't come along until 1867.

Once the war was over, the Busby family began to return to normal. Laura was the daughter of a farmer, an occupation that most families engaged in in that time and that place. As with most children, the story of Laura's early life is not know, except by the happenings and circumstances of the family. The Busby farm consisted of at least 200 acres, the family being well known in the community. The father, Elijah, being actively involved in politics upon his return from the war.  He was also a township trustee and a member of the school board.


Education was very important in the Busby household. All of the children were well educated. The boys becoming a doctor, a lawyer, and a pharmacist; the girls all attending college before marrying. By 1880 Laura herself was employed as a school teacher, residing with her family in Adams Twp, Mahaska Co, IA.

The South School - Brooklyn, IA
I do not know where Laura actually taught school, unfortunately.

Sometime between 1880 and 1885 Laura met a young man named ZW Thomas. On the 1880 census he was recorded as being a teacher, residing in Monroe Twp, Mahaska Co, IA. Perhaps they taught at the same school?

On January 1, 1885 Laura, a single woman, school teacher, was residing on Mills Street in Brooklyn, IA, in the household of Dr Charles Conaway. Later that year Laura married ZW, who was now practicing law.

The marriage took place October 1st, 1885 in Brooklyn, IA and was officiated by RA Carmine, minister. I do not know what church, there were several in Brooklyn at the time of the marriage.

The following year the newlyweds were living in Fort Dodge, IA, where ZW was practicing law, as well as being involved in real estate and insurance. Laura, now called Allie, spent most of the first year of their marriage pregnant with the couple's first child. On August 5, 1886 Laura gave birth to a son the couple named Dana.

The Thomas family was living the American dream by all accounts. Allie's husband was not only a prominent lawyer, he was also a smart real estate investor/developer and was, in short order, amassing a very handsome nest egg for himself and the family.

Their second child came along in 1891. Another son, born July 24th, named Lauren. By this time ZW had an interest in a number of businesses and properties around Fort Dodge and the family was continuing to prosper. They resided at 1518 2nd Av N, which is today an empty lot, sadly.

Trans-Mississippi Expo 1898
1898 opened with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor, Cuba as the US prepared to go to war. Meanwhile, Allie was pregnant with her third child and gave birth to a daughter they named Edith Irene on April 10th. Ten days later the Spanish-American war began. Among the topics of conversation that year were the Mare Island earthquake near San Francisco, the continuing war, and the sale of the very first automobile! Closer to home, the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, or 1898 World's Fair, was taking place in Omaha, Nebraska. The fall of the year brought the ultimate sadness to the Thomas family. Little Lauren, just 7 years old, died on September 30th. The family buried their son in the Oakland Cemetery just blocks from their home.

Fort Dodge, IA c. 1900
The family got on with their lives, ZW continued to amass wealth and property. By 1900 there was a 23 year old servant by the name of Mary Fiferlich, a Bohemian immigrant, residing in the household. I wonder if Allie was teaching her to read, write and speak English? Allie was now the wife of the city's most prominent dairy man, her husband owning all of the dairy farms in the area. He also was mining coal on one of his farms and owned a stone quarry. The family certainly was living an exceptional lifestyle and I would like to believe Allie was the "woman behind the man".

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The turn of the new century brought with it a host of modern conveniences for the contemporary homemaker, among them a lightweight iron, the toaster, the vacuum cleaner and the refrigerator. With the wealth that Allie's husband was amassing, I imagine all of these new gadgets made their way into her home expeditiously. One might guess them to have been 'early adopters'?

Corpus Christi Church
The new century also brought some happy times for Allie and family. On May 4th, 1904 Allie gave birth to her fourth, and final, child, a son she named Robert. In 1907, August 28th, Allie's oldest son, Dana was married to Fern Frances at Corpus Christi Church in Fort Dodge. Dana and Fern gave Allie her first grandchild in 1910, a happy girl named Lorraine.

Tragedy struck the family once again, suddenly, on June 16th 1914. On Monday, June 15th ZW was traveling in his buggy, attending to daily business, when he was struck by an automobile and thrown from the buggy, landing on his head. "Mr Thomas was able to resume his duties and had been following his usual daily custom since the accident until, without warning, death overtook him." ZW died at his home on Tuesday June 16th from a fractured skull. He was 58 years old and at the height of his career.  Grieving widow, Allie buried ZW in Oakland Cemetery with their son Lauren. Allie never remarried.

The next year was spent settling the estate of her late husband. With the help of son Dana the two were able to sell off the real estate holdings and close the estate by late 1915.

1917 visited more heartache and loss upon Allie and family. First, with talk of the World War looming, son Dana registered for the draft on June 5th. On July 7th Allie's older brother William died unexpectedly after a brief illness. In December Allie lost both of her parents. Her father Elijah died December 14th, her mother Eliza followed 2 days later.

Certainly things would begin to look up!

Downtown Des Moines, IA
A fresh start took Allie out of Fort Dodge about 1919 and landed her in Des Moines where she purchased a house on Forest Ave for herself and her two youngest children. For extra income Allie rented rooms to some local teachers. But Allie sold that Forest Ave house swiftly, about 1922, and purchased a home on on 31st Street, just across from Drake University where she would reside for the next fifteen years.

Son Dana gave Allie two more grandchildren between 1920 and 1922.

Son Robert married his young sweetheart, Elizabeth Potwin on May 25th 1923 and gave Allie another grandchild on Valentine's Day 1924.

On June 16th 1924, on the ten year anniversary of ZW's death, Allie's daughter Edith Irene married F Dewey Anderson, a young Swedish immigrant she met while working at a bank in Fort Dodge. The couple would remain childless.

Tragedy made another visit to Allie in May of 1926, with the news that her brother Homer, a prominent Fort Dodge lawyer, was found dead at his desk, victim of a self inflicted gun shot wound.

Between 1928 and 1936 Allie welcomed four more grandchildren into her life from son Robert and daughter-in-law Elizabeth. Sadly Robert's second child, named after his brother Lauren, passed away just two months after his birth.

Allie buried another sibling in 1932. Her sister Lena passed away at the age of 55. The 1930's also brought hope, with the marriage of granddaughter Lorraine. Great grandchildren soon followed.

Downtown Hancock, MI
At the age of 75, it appears Allie sold the house in Des Moines and traveled to Hancock, Michigan to reside with son Dana and family. She is found on the 1940 census residing in the Dana Thomas household. Dana, his wife and children, and Allie returned to Iowa in 1942 and set up house in the small town of Humboldt where Dana registered for his second World War.

As life started to wind down for Allie she had one more sibling to bury, baby brother John died in 1949 at the advanced age of 80.

Sometime in 1952, somewhere, perhaps in Iowa, it was finally Allie's turn. At the age of 90 or 91 Allie, Laura Alice, finally, was released from this earth. To date researchers have yet to uncover the exact date or location of Allie's death. I suspect it was in Humboldt, IA. Her son Dana and his wife Fern both resided there until their deaths. As for when? Neither a death certificate or obituary has been located, yet.

We continue to dig.

Meanwhile, Laura Alice "Allie" rests in Oakland Cemetery in Fort Dodge, IA next to her beloved husband ZW.

They probably had a few things to catch up on!

From Find A Grave


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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Book Of The Week: A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania


A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Thomas Cushing
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1889 - Biography & Autobiography - 786 pages

"Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania was for many years a staging area of westward migration. Thousands of early pioneers passed through it and thousands more stayed. Representatives of many of these early settlers, perhaps the majority, are immortalized in this work in genealogical and biographical sketches. The sketches, numbering approximately 2,250 and naming a total of 50,000 related persons, generally treat subjects who were born in the early nineteenth century, with reference to immediate forebears of the late eighteenth century. The sketches typically mention the date and place of birth and marriage of the principal subject, the place of birth of his parents and often grandparents, sometimes the name of the first ancestor in America, and details of religion, education, military service, occupation, home, and residence"





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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Video Of The Week: Basic Series: Part 3 - Beginning Descendancy Research - 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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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Daniel W Corwin {Gen 4}



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


Daniel W Corwin (Catherine Houston, Sarah, James, William) was born in Middletown, Orange Co, New York, June 19th 1825, to parents Catherine Houston and David Corwin.

Daniel married Mary Land January 13th 1852 in Wapello Co, Iowa.

The couple had at least two children:

  • Edwin M Corwin b. abt 1854 d. 24 Jan 1900 m. Elizabeth Meyer
  • Fred Land Corwin b. 8 Aug 1856 d. 29 May 1919 m. Frances H Smith

Not much is known about Daniel W Corwin. He was born in Orange Co, New York and at some point before 1852 made his way to Iowa. His father David was in Iowa about this same time. When Daniel died his probate packet contained 108 pages of mostly receipts and monies owed. (You can view it on Ancestry.com with a subscription) I'm unclear as to who all of the debt belonged to. There were many pages that referred to David Corwin, deceased, I suspect Daniel took over his father's debt.  At any rate, there does not seem to be a will. Daniel W Corwin died about 1861 in Eddyville, Mahaska Co, Iowa. He was 36 years old.

Mary Land Corwin died several years later, about 1867. Mary was also 36 years old at the time of her death.

The couple is buried in Highland Cemetery in Eddyville with Daniel's father David.

Much of this family remains a mystery.


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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Book Of The Week: Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana ...



Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana ...

Lewis, 1899 - Fayette County (Ind.)






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Friday, January 12, 2018

Tools For The Dig: State Focused Research | Wisconsin



State Focused Research | Wisconsin


Some of my favorite research sites are slightly off-radar by today's definition.

First I'd like to talk about Genealogy Trails. From their homepage: "Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We are all about adding data for you to use in researching your family lines!!! We know that what you're looking for is data -- and we have LOTS of it right here.
Our hosts work continuously to bring you fresh, interesting and NEW data (well.... as new as hundred year old data can be!!!)" Pretty much everything you need to know to begin your Wisconsin research is contained within the pages of  Wisconsin Genealogy Trails. This is a thorough, well thought out site - and they are always looking for volunteers!

Companion Yahoo! Group: Genealogy Trails/UpperMidwest

Next up, RAOGK. Another volunteer site. A treasure trove of links, well organized and easy to understand. From this site you can request look-ups from a team of Wisconsin volunteers. Or add you name to the volunteer list if Wisconsin is your home-base.

WIGenWeb is an oldie but a goody! Volunteer based also, this database was founded in 1996! From their home page: "WIGenWeb isn’t an ordinary genealogy website. Ordinary websites are those where text and sometimes pretty pictures are present, but trying to get in touch with a real person to help you with your research… impossible. The strength of WIGenWeb is its many volunteers, some of whom have spent over a decade assisting others with their Wisconsin research. Using our county page visit the Wisconsin county your ancestors lived in and first try and find any information the county may freely provide on their pages (most have some sort of search built in). If the particular fact isn’t available online, then reach out to the county coordinator (cc) and they will try and assist you as best they can. Most county coordinators have their email address available on their website, though some will use contact forms."

Linkpendium is another all around resource hub. So What is Linkpendium, Anyway? "Linkpendium is a 10,000,000+ resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about U.S. states and counties. We cover both free and subscription sites, with a strong emphasis upon free resources provided by libraries, other government agencies, genealogical and historical societies, and individuals. We are particularly proud of our unique indexes to online biographies."

Cyndi's List Wisconsin page.


FamilySearch:
Wisconsin State Wiki
Wisconsin State Catalog
Wisconsin Online Genealogy Records


State societies and archives include:
Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society
Digital State Archives/Wisconsin


A comprehensive list of newspapers can be found at The Ancestor Hunt's Wisconsin page.


For social context look at LOC Wisconsin Collection and State of Wisconsin Digital Collections.

As I discover more resources I'll update this post. Do you have any Wisconsin favorites that I've missed? Please share!


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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Video Of The Week: Basic Series: Part 2 - Communicating what you know about your Genealogy ...

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, January 9, 2018

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Susan Amelia Houston {Gen 4}


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


Susan Amelia Houston (Gabriel Houston, Sarah, James, William) was born in Glenwood, New Jersey August 28th 1842, to parents Gabriel Houston and Susan Ann Owen.

Susan married Thomas Pickens Jr January 16th 1878 at the Glenwood Baptist Church in Sussex Co, New Jersey.

The couple had at least one child:
  • Alfred Houston Pickens b. 29 Jun 1882 d. 24 Jun 1956 m. Anna Margaret Sollner


Thomas Pickens Jr was a merchant in Newburgh, Orange Co, New York.

Susan Amelia Houston Pickens died June 13th 1922 and is buried with many of her siblings, her parents and grandparents in Warwick Cemetery in Warwick, Orange Co, New York.

Thomas Pickens Jr died December 31st 1927 and is buried, according to the Bull Book, in Woodlawn Cemetery in Newburgh, Orange Co, New York.


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Monday, January 8, 2018

Brick Wall Ancestor | #9 Martha McBride {part 1}


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 | #9 Martha McBride part 1

Martha is my 3rd great grandmother. I've written about her before. I presented a sketch of her life, as I could suss out, for my 52 Ancestors project. You can read it here. I called it "Invisible Wife" and she still is! I have not learned more about Martha since that time. But I have a (wild) theory or two ......

The portion of New York state that Martha and family resided in began as Ulster County, was annexed to Orange County in 1798 and further added to the new Sullivan County in 1809. The land and the town names remained the same, only the county changed. Because, fun!

Martha was born about 1789/90, deduced from the recording of her death as "taking place about Christmas time, 1845, when she was probably fifty six years old" (from FindAGrave and other histories) Martha married her husband James Faulkner near Wallkill, Orange Co (previously Ulster Co), New York most likely, as James and family are documented in Wallkill, Ulster/Orange/Sullivan Co, New York as land owners and residents; James being a prominent citizen within the community.  The Faulkners were long-standing Presbyterians and many held positions within the church. Other Faulkner men and women married other McBride men and women around the same time as James Faulkner married Martha McBride.

In 1790 there were only three male heads of household in all of Ulster Co, New York, where Martha was presumed to have been born. Archibald McBride (resides: Mamakating: 3 males under 16, 2 males 16 and over, 4 females any age), James McBride (resides: Montgomery: 3 males under 16, 1 male 16 and over, 3 females any age, 3 slaves) and John McBride (resides: Montgomery: 1 male under 16, 1 male 16 and over, 2 females any age) The 1790 census is really disappointing as it lists only the total number of females in the household, these records reflect the possibility of Martha being in the household of any of these men. So lots of speculation there!

The author of the Bull Family genealogy book theorized that these three men were brothers, their father being James McBride Sr, who came to the area from Ireland about 1728; so which James is on the census? Both James Sr and James Jr were alive in 1790 and residing in Ulster Co. according to this author. I have not found any further documentation to prove/disprove this and surmise there was some confusion interpreting the death records (fodder for a future post)

More digging revealed that James McBride Jr had been married twice. First, to Martha Hill in 1778, who died in 1790 one month prior to the census being taken. The couple could have had at least 5 children together. James remarried in 1792 to Sarah Eager and had at least 3 children with her before he died in 1798. He is buried in Goodwill Cemetery in Montgomery, Orange Co, New York. He will not appear on any future census.

 The 1800 census is a little better, but just as speculative. This census again lists three McBride heads of household but this time Sarah (resides: Montgomery: 1 male under 10, 1 female under 10, 1 females 26 thru 44), James (resides: Montgomery: 2 males under 10, 1 male 16 thru 25, 1 female 16 thru 25, 1 female 26 thru 44) and Archibald (resides: Wallkill: 1 male under 10, 1 male 26 thru 44, 1 female 26 thru 44) appear. Well we know James Jr died in 1798 and the age of the household members does not line up for James Sr, so there might be a son we don't know of yet. Same for Sarah. Sarah McBride was James Jr's second wife and was certainly alive in 1800, but her household only lists two young children, one male and one female. Sarah and James had one daughter and two sons who grew to adulthood, so either one son was not counted or this is not the correct Sarah. That leaves John. The John McBride household could have contained the two children, based on the tally from the 1790 census. Could John have married a Sarah? Could John have died prior to 1800? As for Archibald, the only female listed in 1800 was 26 to 44 years old. Is this the correct Archibald or could this be a son? In that case, where is Archibald from 1790? (put a pin in that)

Other tidbits.

Only James McBride Jr is known to be the son of James Sr. Interestingly, James Jr named his first born son Archibald. Archibald I, James' son (and possibly Martha's brother) married Susan Faulkner, a first cousin of Martha's husband James Faulkner.

It is known that James McBride Jr was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Goshen. His marriage records can be found on Ancestry dot com. Martha McBride and her husband James Faulkner were Presbyterians.

Oddly, a descendant of Archibald McBride (possible brother of James and John) is a 5th to 8th cousin DNA match with myself and one of my siblings. That would work out to James McBride Sr being our MRCA. (put a pin in that)

Are you taking notes? It gets mighty confusing! Perhaps a flow-chart might help?

A Venn diagram?

A giant detective board with pushpins and string?

So here's my first (wild) theory.  I call it the Theory of James. Looking at the paltry information available, and this in NO WAY concludes anything, this theory postulates that Martha belongs in the James McBride Jr household. Her mother would then have been Martha Hill. Martha Hill died in 1790. Martha McBride was born in 1789 or 1790. Could Martha Hill have died in childbirth? Could James McBride have named his newborn daughter after her deceased mother?

This theory asks the additional questions: where is 10 year old Martha in 1800? Could she be living with other relatives? Grandparents? Aunt or Uncle? In this theory her father died in 1798, leaving her with a step-mother who had three small children of her own to deal with.

So much fuzzy information. Just enough to get one in trouble should one choose to take a hunch and run with it. (don't) Kind of like playing a 230 year old game of 'telephone', the whispers of hazy evidence floating up to confound and confuse.

So, just who WAS Martha McBride's father? And where was she born? And when?


Stay tuned for wild theory #2 ......



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Saturday, January 6, 2018

Book Of The Week: Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris County, N.J



Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris County, N.J
Lewis Publishing Company, 1899 - Morris County (N.J.)





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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Video Of The Week: Basic Series: Part 1 - Getting Started with FamilySearch Family Tree - J...

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, January 2, 2018

Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Henry Owen Houston {Gen 4}



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


Henry Owen Houston (Gabriel Houston, Sarah, James, William) was born in Glenwood, New Jersey May 10th 1834, to parents Gabriel Houston and Susan Ann Owen.

Henry married Harriet Hindes about 1862 in either New Jersey or New York.


The couple had at least two children:
  • Walter Burchard Houston b. 5 Sep 1863 d. 3 Apr 1890 never married
  • Eloise Houston b. 30 Oct 1868 d. 28 Jan 1963 m. James Oliver Clark


Not much is known about Henry Houston other than he was a bookkeeper in Rahway, New Jersey. Henry died August 5th 1894 at the age of 60. His son Walter preceding him in death.

Harriet Hindes Houston lived 6 more years, attending the wedding of her daughter in 1899. Harriet died March 8th 1900, four days after her 64th birthday.

The Houston's are buried in Hazel Wood Cemetery in Rahway, New Jersey with their son Walter.



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Monday, January 1, 2018

A "Top Ten" Year In Review: 2017

As we close the book on another year I decided to do what many other bloggers do, compile my list of the top ten blog posts published in 2017. I am honored that you have chosen to follow along with my genealogical adventures and read about my research. You have made these ten the most read posts in 2017. 

Without further ado:













Brick walls were popular! But of course who doesn't like the mystery of a brick wall. (Unless you're butting your head against it trying to find a way through)

I admit I started out 2017 with a bang, only to practically fizzle out toward the end of June when Real Life (see post #1) whacked me hard upside the head and it was all I could do to maintain focus on current life events. I lost both my fur-baby sidekicks (and crack genealogy sleuths!) in the span of 4 months this year, which further lessened my will to write.

But 2018 dawns fresh and new and I am resolute to get back in the Cave and soldier on. 

This year I hope to dig deeper into the Faulkner progeny, further explore my grandmother's (the Genealogy Queen) side of the family and expand her research, present more sketches via 52 Ancestors, bust a few more brick walls and visit some ancestral sites. Maybe even stick my toe in the DNA research pool!

Looks like I have my work cut out for me. Hope you'll continue to accompany me on this never-ending adventure. 

Wishing all of us a fortuitous New Year with many happy surprises.

~Anne



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