Monday, September 30, 2013

Matrilineal Monday

Matrilineal Monday


Omar Williams family, circa 1943-1945 in Louisiana.

This is my mother's family.  The date given in the caption is a guess based on my mother's apparent age in the photo.  The girls are all still living, so I'll leave out details on them.  I have met everyone in this picture except the woman in the middle in back, Emma Gertrude (McMurry) Williams.  Emma died young, in 1950, when my mother was just a young teen.  She's my only grandparent I never met.  I did meet my grandfather, Omar, a number of times, but because I lived in Minnesota and he lived in Louisiana, it was a rare thing.  The last time I saw him was in 1980, we visited when I was 14.  Obviously I have few memories of him.  Omar died in 1985.



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Mappy Monday: United States Ethnicity

US Census data is good for more than just tracing individuals through our histories.  That census data is also aggregated into bigger picture sets that can tell us many things, and is used by our government to allocate resources.

This link takes us to a page where the reported ethnicity of the population of the United States is mapped out at the county level, for every state in the union as of the 2000 Census.  I find it fascinating to see where groups of people settled, and how that has played out over our country's history.


UPDATE: Due to a quirk of Blogger's publishing code, this article got released prematurely.  Sorry!



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On This Day - September 30th

On This Day...



1793 - Death: James Nicholas Copeland, Chatham County, North Carolina
1793 - Death: Anna Marie Kottel,
1818 - Death: Pelatiah Bliss,
1853 - Death: Robert Yates, Crawford County, Indiana
1856 - Death: Josiah Holtzclaw, Stanford Township., Lincoln County, Kentucky
1869 - Birth: Phyloria J. Landiss,
1876 - Birth: J. L. Dark,
1886 - Death: John Austin,
1893 - Birth: William Franklin Edgerton, Binghamton, New York
1898 - Birth: Alois J. Lommel, Rockville, Stearns County, Minnesota
1930 - Death: Regina Maehren, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
1966 - Burial: Mary Katherine Kremer, Assumption Cemetery, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota
1967 - Death: Margaret Angelika Kremer, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
1969 - Death: James William McMurry, Atlanta, Winn Parish, Louisiana

So ends another month of lists!  As I began this series in late November, I have less than two months remaining to complete the full year of the series.  It's a long slog, but I will complete it, and it will be worthwhile to have undertaken the task if even one or two potential cousins contact me in search of shared ancestors. 



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Sunday, September 29, 2013

On This Day - September 29th

On This Day...



1604 - Christen: Jerome Stone, All Saints, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
1644 - Birth: Mehitabel Johnson, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1659 - Alternate Death: Sarah Foote, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
1720 - Death: Nathaniel Burt, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
1723 - Will: Caleb Stoddard,
1816 - Marriage: Benjamin Roberson and Sarah Yates,
1857 - Birth: James Hubert Williams, Louisiana
1899 - Birth: Philip John Keppers, Minnesota
1900 - Birth: Wilhelmine C. Lommel, Freeport, Stearns County, Minnesota
1904 - Death: Clarissa Amanda Miller, Orderville, Kane County, Utah
1941 - Birth: Kitty Kay McCarter,
1997 - Death: Nicholas Joseph Keppers, Albany, Stearns County, Minnesota

 



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Saturday, September 28, 2013

On This Day - September 28th

On This Day...



1578 - Christen: Matthew Stone, Great Bromley, Essex, England
1578 - Birth: Matthew Stone, Great Bromley, Essex, England
1604 - Birth: Jerome Stone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
1730 - Death: Joshua Root, Housatonic, MA
1795 - Death: Isaac Hite, Long Meadows, Hampshire County, Virginia
1881 - Birth: Nancy Elma Crain, Louisiana
1890 - Death: Peter F. Theisen, Saint Nicholas, Stearns County, Minnesota
1897 - Birth: Asa H. Dillman, Crawford County, Indiana
1909 - Birth: Theresa Katherine Koltes, Minnesota
1945 - Death: George A. Erskins, Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana
1947 - Death: Fred Carl Karnitz, Nicollet County, Minnesota
1964 - Death: Michael Fruth, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota

 



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Friday, September 27, 2013

On This Day - September 27th

On This Day...



1688 - Birth: Josiah Foote, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
1776 - Birth: Maria Steichen, Kehlen, Capellen, Luxembourg
1833 - Birth: Susan Ann Booker, Louisiana
1856 - Birth: John Michael Dillman, Crawford County, Indiana
1868 - Birth: Joel Thomas Payne,
1868 - Death: Pierre Kremer, Gonderange, Luxembourg
1868 - Death: Jean Kremer, Gonderange, Luxembourg
1873 - Death: Mary Edith Landiss,
1875 - Death: Malinda Evans,
1894 - Death: Magdalena Wiederle, Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana
1903 - Birth: Omar Holt Williams, Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
1905 - Birth: Noble Oliver Kallock, Minnesota
1953 - Death: Matilda Watry,
1966 - Death: Mary Katherine Kremer, Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota
1974 - Marriage: Leo Myron Aslakson and Evelyn M. Roche, Alameda, Alameda, California, United States
1983 - Birth: Danielle Renee Cannon, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
2003 - Death: Dorothy Vivian Orcutt, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota

 



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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Treasure Chest Thursday - The New Barn

Treasure Chest Thursday...

The new barn, built in 1935 on the Clyde J. Wyman Day farm near Sheffield, SD.

Under construction...


Chicken dinner, anyone?



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On This Day - September 26th

On This Day...



1733 - Marriage: Benjamin Stebbins and Rebecca Day,
1795 - Birth: Benjamin Roberson, Prince George's County, Maryland
1825 - Birth: Earl Church Austin, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
1826 - Death: Mary Bliss,
1846 - Birth: Martin B. Batman, Crawford County, Indiana
1853 - Death: Amy Higginbotham, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
1866 - Birth: Joseph Keppers, Saint Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota
1871 - Birth: Mary Bennett, Nashville, Tennessee
1872 - Death: Daniel Morgan Miller, Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah
1879 - Birth: Imogene Bumpas McQueen, Louisiana
1881 - Birth: Aloys Sebastian Fruth, Saint Wendel Township, Stearns County, Minnesota
1889 - Birth: Harry Winthrop Austin, Missouri
1893 - Marriage: Michael Hengel and Catherine C. Undersander, Stearns County, Minnesota
1899 - Birth: Bula Elva Gaar, Ward 7, Winn Parish, Louisiana
1914 - Marriage: James Leroy Boyett and Velora Vick,
1916 - Marriage: Christ Theis and Theresia Margaret Schreifels, Stearns County, Minnesota
1916 - Birth: Reva Dillman, Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana
1919 - Death: Bernadette Lommel, Otter Tail, Minnesota
1942 - Death: Anna Belle Turley, Grantsburg, Crawford, Indiana, United States
1988 - Death: Echo June Adsitt, Wenatchee

 



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