Monthly Archives: July 2020

Happy 115th Birthday, Cousin Ivan!

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Pat Shaul

My first cousin, twice removed, Ivan Lee Churches, was born 115 years ago on 31 July 1905, to Robert Richard and Hannah Almira Lee Churches.   Ivan was the youngest son of Robert and Myra Churches. On 4 December 1928, Ivan … Continue reading →

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Happy 223rd Birthday, Aunt Esther!

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Pat Shaul

My Great Great Great Grandaunt, Esther Botsford was born 223 years ago in Salisbury, Connecticut, to Simeon and Esther Clark Botsford, my Great Great Great Great Grandparents.  Simeon was the ½ brother of Lemuel Botsford, the father of Milton Clarence … Continue reading →

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Happy 203rd Birthday, Aunt Cousin Mary!

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Pat Shaul

203 years ago, 21 July 1817, in Caledonia, Michigan, my first cousin, 4 times removed, Mary Amanda Park, was born to Joseph and Lucy Jenks Park.  Lucy being the daughter of my Great Great Great Great Grandparents, Laban and Prudence … Continue reading →

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Happy 191st Birthday, Cousin Permelia!

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Pat Shaul

My second cousin, 4 times removed, Permelia [in the list of names I wonder where they came from] Jenks was born 191 years ago in Franklin County, Indiana, on 18 July 1829, to Gideon and Sarah Shaw Jenks. In the … Continue reading →

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Happy 178th Birthday, Aunt Lue!

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Pat Shaul

Lucinda Crandle, the third wife of my great great granduncle, Leman Case Jenks, was born 178 years ago on 17 July 1842 in Humphrey, Cattaraugus, New York, to Jerimiah and Hannah Marsh Crandle.  In 1860, Aunt Lue was living in … Continue reading →

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Happy 133rd Birthday, Cousin Albert!

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Pat Shaul

  My second cousin, twice removed, Albert Louis Jenks, was born 133 years ago on 14 July 1887, to Albert Arington and Elizabeth Jane Varnham Jenks.    Albert was the second of seven children.   On 8 July 1909, Albert married … Continue reading →

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It’s the 441st Anniversary of my 10th Great Grandparents’ Marriage!

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 13 July 1579, in Staplehurst, England, Thomas Usborne, son of Thomas and Ann Bridgeland, daughter of Peter and Alice Maskall Bridgeland, were wed.  The couple lived and died in Staplehurst; but their children did not.   Speaking their children they … Continue reading →

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Happy 201st Anniversary, Cousin Cal and Ellen!

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Pat Shaul

201 years ago on 11 July 1819, my first cousin, five times removed, Calvin Jenks, the son of Elisha and Anna King Jenks, married Annis Ellen Brown, the daughter of David and Polly Jennison Brown.  The two were residents of … Continue reading →

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Happy 132nd Birthday, Cousin Chester!

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 10 July 1888, in Rendville, Perry County, Ohio, my first cousin, twice removed, Chester Lewis Weaver, was born to Charles Louis and Anna Knaisch [Nash] Weaver.  By 1910, Chester was working as a Drygoods salesman and living in Columbus … Continue reading →

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Happy 147th Birthday, Cousin Grace!

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Pat Shaul

My first cousin, 3 times removed, Grace Lee, was born in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, 147 years ago, on 9 July 1873, to Albert Lewis an Lottie Denio Lee.  It was shortly after her first birthday that her mother Lottie … Continue reading →

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