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Happy 163rd Anniversary, Aunt Minerva and Uncle Nathaniel!

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Pat Shaul

163 years ago, 7 June 1857, in Wayne County, Michigan, Minerva B. Jenks, the daughter of Morris and Almira Botsford Jenks, married Nathaniel Barnes, the son of Timothy and Rose Ann Barnes. Aunt Minerva was my great great grandaunt, the … Continue reading →

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Happy 372nd Birthday, Grandfather Sprague!

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Pat Shaul

Jonathan Sprague, my 8 time great grandfather, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 28 May 1648, to William and Millicent Eames Sprague.  He married Mehitable Holbrook, daughter of William and Elizabeth Pitts Holbrook, 20 July 1670, in Providence, Rhode Island.  … Continue reading →

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Marriage by Convenience????

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Pat Shaul

147 years ago, 13 May 1873, my second cousin, 4 times removed, Franklin Adelbert Jenks, son of Calvin and Annis Ellen Brown Jenks, married my second cousin, 4 times removed, Amy Jane Jenks, daughter of Elisha and Diana Burgess Jenks.  … Continue reading →

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338th Anniversary of 7th Great Grandparents Lawrence!

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Pat Shaul

338 years ago, 19 April 1682, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Abigail Bellows wed Isaac Lawrence.  I know little of my 7 times great grandparents.  Most of what I know is in reference to their daughter, my 6 times great grandmother, … Continue reading →

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Happy 129th Anniversary, Aunt Myra and Uncle Robert!

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 26 March 1891 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, Hannah Almira [Myra] Lee, daughter of Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee, married Robert Richard Churches, son of Thomas and Harriet Roper Churches.  Robert and Myra were the parents of seven … Continue reading →

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Happy 185th Uncle Oliver!

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 9 March 1835, in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, my great great granduncle, Oliver Torry Jenks, was born to Morris and Almira Botsford Jenks.  Uncle Oliver married twice: Marian Murphy (26 December 1858) and Evelyn Roselia Seymour (17 March 1886). … Continue reading →

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Happy 145th Anniversary, Aunt Minerva and Uncle Samuel!

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 8 March 1875, in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, my great great grandaunt, Minerva Jenks married Samuel Bolton.  Minerva was the daughter of Morris and Almira Botsford Jenks and the sister of my great great grandmother, Esther Jenks Lee.  Prior … Continue reading →

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Happy 126th Anniversary, Great Grandaunt Marietta and Uncle Stephen Wright!

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Pat Shaul

126 years ago, 21 February 1894, my great grandaunt, Marietta Lee, daughter of Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee, married Stephen A. D. Wright, son of Allen Prince and Rebecca Caroline Griswald Wright in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan.  Aunt Etta … Continue reading →

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Two Family Birthdays – Two Years Apart

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Pat Shaul

212 years ago, 30 January 1808, in Caroline, New York, my great great grandaunt, Diadama Jenks was born to Laban and Prudence White Jenks, my 4 times great grandparents.  Aunt Diadama was the tenth in a line of 14 children … Continue reading →

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136th Anniversary of Cousin Albert and Lizzie Jenks

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Pat Shaul

136 years ago, 26 January 1884, in Springwells, Wayne County, Michigan, Albert Arlington Jenks [my first cousin, 3 times removed] married Elizabeth Jane (Lizzie) Varnham, the daughter of William and Harriet Hollis Varnham.   Albert was the son of Leman Case … Continue reading →

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