Monthly Archives: October 2018

Happy Birthday, Great Great Grandmother Lee!🎂

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Esther Jenks was born in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan on 24 October 1832, to Morris and Almira Botsford Jenks.    From The Reunion Papers of the Jenks Family by Eva Seymour Jenks: “Esther Jenks, grew in the homestead in the … Continue reading →

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Remembering GG Grandfather Lee

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Charles Norton Lee was born 13 March 1833 in Oakland County, Michigan, and died 23 October 1905, in his home on Berg Road in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan.  Grandfather Lee was the son of Horatio and Hannah Munn Lee – … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Grandma Koontz!

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Phebie Ann Gardner was born 156 years ago on October 19, 1862, in Falls Village, Connecticut to William G. [Wilhelm Gotthardt] and Mary Ann Cummings Gardner [Gaertner].  Great grandmother Koontz was the oldest child of great great grandmother Gardner and … Continue reading →

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Minerva B. Jenks ….(1838-1911)

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Great great grand aunt Minerva B Jenks Barnes Bolton Hall passed away 107 years ago on this date 18 October 1911, in Kelso, Washington.   Minerva was the youngest child of Morris and Almira Botsford Jenks, born on 8 May 1838 … Continue reading →

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Roy and Ray Churches – 117 Years Ago

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Twin sons, Raymond Charles and Roy Thomas were born to Robert Richard and Hannah Almira [Myra] Lee Churches on 15 October 1901.  The brothers were my first cousins, twice removed.  Aunt Myra was my great grandmother, Effie Lee Weaver’s sister.  … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Justin Rosenthral Jenks!🎆🎂🎆

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Justin Rosenthral Jenks, my first cousin, three times removed, was born 150 years ago today on 12 October 1868, to Leman Case Jenks and Lucinda Crandle.  Justin was the second son, following Albert Arlington (1856) in the birth order for … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, GG Aunt Emmer!

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Today marks the 162nd anniversary of the birth of my 2 times great aunt, Emmer Estelle Lee, 11 October 1856.  Aunt Emmer was the daughter of Charles Norton Lee and Esther Jenks.   She was followed in birth order by her … Continue reading →

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GGG Grandfather Jenks – 217th Birthday🎂

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Pat Shaul

On October 7, 1801, Morris Jenks, my 3 times great grandfather, was born in Berkshire, New York, to Laban and Prudence White Jenks.  The 19 year old Morris migrated from New York to Oakland County Michigan with his parents and … Continue reading →

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