Author Archives: Pat Shaul

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.

Happy Anniversary, Aunt Essie and Uncle Harold!!

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on 30 April 1923, that Essie P. Koontz and Harold Rudolph Spuhler were married in Columbus, Ohio. Aunt Essie was my grandmother’s older sister. Uncle Harold was their ½ first cousin, once removed. Both shared Elizabeth Derr as … Continue reading →

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Remembering a Patriot Ancestor

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 224 years ago on 29 April 1795 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, when my 5 times great grandfather, William Lee, passed away. He was born in 1741 in the same town in which he died, to Ebenezer and … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary, Grandma and Grandpa!!

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Lee G. Weaver and Florence M. Koontz were married in Columbus, Ohio, on 27 April 1918. This would have been their 101st anniversary. Grandma and Grandpa were devoted to each other throughout their lives and were the parents of … Continue reading →

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Happy 268th Anniversary, Grandparents Isham!

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It 268 years ago, 25 April 1751, when Timothy Isham and Rebecca Fuller were married in Bolton, Connecticut. They were my 6 times great grandparents. Timothy Isham was born 30 May 1725 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, to Isaac and Abigail Lumbert … Continue reading →

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Happy 273rd, Grandfather Munn!

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Noah Munn, Sr., my 5 times great grandfather, was born 17 April 1746 in Deerfield, Massachusetts to John and Mary Holton Munn. Grandfather married Desire Hitchcock on 7 December 1769 in Brimfield, Massachusetts. The two were the parents of eight: … Continue reading →

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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 →