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About Pat Shaul

Genealogist / Family Historian; Blog started as a record of my Grandfather's post card collection which ran for 15 months. Then, in June, 2017, I changed over to reporting and commenting on notifications from the ANCESTRY app "We're Related" I then started to provide snippets into ancestor biographies on the dates that were significant anniversaries.

198th Anniversary of Uncle Georg and Aunt Katherina.

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 15 January 1822, in the Evangelish, Schoemberg, Schwarzwaldkreis,Würtemberg, my great great grandfather’s older brother, Johann Georg Weber married Eva Katharina Kusterer.  They were the parents of three children:  Sabastian, Regina Anna, and Louisa. My research shows that Uncle Georg … Continue reading →

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156th Anniversary of Great Great GrandAunt & Uncle Rowe

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 9 January 1864, in Oakland County, Michigan, Emily J. Lee, daughter of Horatio Lee and Hannah Munn, married Frederick Rowe.  I have very little information on my Aunt and her husband.   They were the parents of two sons:  Carl … Continue reading →

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Big Wedding Day for the Ancestors

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Pat Shaul

8 January seems to have been a favorite day for a number of my ancestors to wed. In 1595 [425 years ago in England], John Jenks, son of William and Alicia Jenks, married Sarah Fulwater, daughter of Henry and Margaret … Continue reading →

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Happy 214th Birthday, Great Great Grandfather Weaver!

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Pat Shaul

7 January 1806, in Stuttgart, Württemberg, Gottlieb Weber was born to Johann Adam Weber and Anna Barbara Holzäpfel.   Gottlieb was the second of five children.  He immigrated to America with his father, brother, Johann Georg,  and sister, Christiana in 1827.  … Continue reading →

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279th Anniversary of 6th Great Grandparents Munn

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On New Years’ Eve, 1740, my 6th great grandparents, John Munn, son of Benjamin and Abigail Burt Munn, and Mary Holden, daughter of William and Abigail Edwards Holden,  were married in the colony of Massachusetts.  They were the parents of … Continue reading →

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152 years ago Ezra Peter Koontz married Mary Anna Sibert

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 29 December 1867, in Noble County, Indiana, Ezra Peter Koontz [my great great grandfather] married Mary Anna Sibert, the daughter of Phenias and Mary Jahne Sibert. Mary Anna was Grandfather’s second wife as his first wife, Mary Ann Allen … Continue reading →

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Remembering Great Great Great Grandmother Lee.

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 129 years ago, 26 December 1890, that Hannah Munn Lee, my three times great grandmother passed away at the age of 83.  Hannah Munn was born 11 August 1807, in New York to Noah, Jr. and Mercy Simons … Continue reading →

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167th Anniversary of Cousin William and Matilda Ada Power Lee

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 23 December 1852, my first cousin, 4 times removed, William Lee married Matilda Ada Power, the daughter of Ira and Amy LaPhine Power, in Farmington, Oakland County Michigan.   William was born 17 August 1827, in Mendon, New York, to … Continue reading →

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Happy 250th Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa Munn!

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Noah Munn, Sr. and Desire Hitchcock, my 5 times great grandparents, were wed in Brimfield, Massachusetts, 250 years ago on 7 December 1769.  Noah was born 17 April in Deerfield, Massachusetts to John and Mary Holton Munn; Desire was born … Continue reading →

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Happy 155th Birthday, Aunt Myra!

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Hannah Almira Lee, called Myra, was born on 4 December 1864, in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, to Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee.  Aunt Myra was the younger sister of my great grandmother, Effie Clarissa Lee, appearing fourth in birth … Continue reading →

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