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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.

Uncle Norman (1811-1885)

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Pat Shaul

  Norman Lee, my 4th great uncle, passed away 134 years ago on 5 January 1885 in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan.  Uncle Norman was born 28 November 1811, in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York to William and Mary Summers … Continue reading →

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Remembering 8 times great grandfather, Joseph Jenks, Jr.

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Pat Shaul

302 years ago, 4 January 1717, my 8 times great , Joseph Jenks, Jr. died in Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island.  He was English born in 1627 and joined his father, Joseph Jenks, Sr. (the inventor) in Saugus, Massachusetts, at … Continue reading →

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Happy 227th Anniversary, Grandfather and Grandmother Botsford!🥂

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 3 January 1792, in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, that my 4 times great grandparents, Simeon Botsford and Esther Clark married.  Simeon was born 11 June 1763 in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, to John and Dorcas Warren Botsford.  … Continue reading →

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Happy 157th Anniversary,Grandma and Grandpa Gardner!

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On January 1, 1862, in Hartford, Connecticut, my great, great grandparents, William G. Gardner and Mary Ann Cummings were married.  This was the second of four marriages for Grandpa Gardner, born Wilhelm Gotthartd Gaertnter in Kleiningersheim, Württemburg on  10 March … Continue reading →

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163 Years Ago, Charles Norton Lee and Esther Jenks were married.

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Pat Shaul

On Christmas Day, 1855, my great, great grandparents,  Charles Norton Lee and Esther Jenks, were married in the the home of her parent, Morris and Almira Botsford Jenks, in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan.   Charles (13 March 1833 – 23 October 1905) … Continue reading →

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Happy 218th Birthday, Grandfather Lee!🎈 🎂

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Pat Shaul

On 5 December 1800, my three times great grandfather, Horatio Lee, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, to William and Mary Summers Lee.  The family migrated West from Connecticut, stopping in New York, and while in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New … Continue reading →

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It is # 222 for 4 times Great Grandparents Munn!

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Pat Shaul

222 years ago on 26 November 1796, in Gill, Massachusetts, Noah Munn, Jr. and Mercy Simons were wed.  Noah was born on 10 May 1772 in Northfield, Massachusetts to Noah Munn, Sr. and Desire Hitchcock.  He died 13 May 1821 … Continue reading →

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Frohes Jubiläum Alexander Gaertner und Christina Regina Bauer (24 November 1813)

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Today marks the 205th wedding anniversary of my three times great grandparents, Alexander Gaertner and Christina Regina who were married at the Evangelisch in Klein Ingersheim, Württemburg.   Grandfather Alexander and Grandmother Regina were the parents of 12 children: Johann David … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary 3 Times Great Grandparents!

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Pat Shaul

On 20 November 1828, 190 years ago, in Bloomfield, Oakland County, Michigan, Miss Almira Botsford married Mr. Morris Jenks.  Almira was born 27 June 1807 in Salisbury, Connecticut to Simeon Botsford and Esther Clark.  Morris was born on 7 October … Continue reading →

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106 Year Old Mistake, Aunt Essie!

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Pat Shaul

106 years ago, 19 November 1912, my grandmother’s sister, Essie, married Louis Kincaid Postle in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.  Aunt Essie was 21, Louis was 25.  The marriage was not a good one and would end in divorce.  In the … Continue reading →

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