Monthly Archives: March 2019

Thankful for Grandma Thankful.

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Happy 237th birthday, Grandmother Simons!   Thankful Isham [my 5 times great grandmother] was born on 21 March 1752 to Timothy and Rebecca Fuller Isham in Bolton, Connecticut.   She married Jonathan Simons and the couple had nine children:  Thankful, Hannah, Abigail, … Continue reading →

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Happy 186th Birthday. Grandfather Lee!

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Charles Norton Lee, my great great grandfather, was born 13 March 1833 in Oakland County, Michigan to Horatio and Hannah Munn Lee.  On Christmas Day, 1855, he married Esther Jenks at her father’s home in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan.  The … Continue reading →

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Follow up on Grandpa Gardner

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It appears Grandpa Gardner gave himself a belated birthday present in 1904.  On 11 March 1904, his divorce from his third wife, Mary McConnell was final.  They married on 26 March 1890 in Ligonier, Indiana, and it was apparently not … Continue reading →

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Happy 186th, Great Great Grandfather Gardner!

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 10 March 1833, Wilhelm Gotthardt Gaertner, was born to Alexander Gaertner and Christina Regina Bauer in Klein Ingersheim, Württemberg.  Grandpa Gardner as he was known to his family, lived a very interesting life. Wilhelm Gardner came from Northern Germany … Continue reading →

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Happy 269th Grandmother Munn!

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Desire Hitchcock was born to Moses and Bethiah Hitchcock on 5 March 1750 in Brimfield, Massachusetts.  She married Noah Munn, Sr. on 7 December 1769, also in Brimfield.  Noah and Desire were my 5 times great grandparents.  Their children (8) … Continue reading →

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