Category Archives: Genealogy

Happy 183rd, Cousin Edwin!

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Edwin R. Williams, my first cousin, 4 times removed, was born 20 September 1836, in Oakland County, Michigan, to John and Patience Jenks Williams.  He was the second of three children Aunt Patience had with John Williams.  She was married … Continue reading →

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Happy 248th Birthday, Grandmother Botsford!

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 19 September 1771, 248 years ago, Esther Clark was born.   I have not been able to nail down her parents or the location of her birth.  I have confirmed through the Botsford Genealogy, The Line of Samuel, 1.1.3, volume … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Freelove!

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Pat Shaul

302 years ago, on 13 September 1717, my first cousin, 8 times removed, Freelove Jenks, was born to Ebenezer and Mary Butterworth Jenks.  [You just cannot make up these names – just imagine, a child of the 60s with a … Continue reading →

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Happy 262nd Anniversary, Grandparents Jenks!

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on 11 September 1757 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, that my five times great grandparents, Jesse Jenks and Mary Smith were married.   Grandfather Jenks was born 22 January 1735 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to John and Rachael Lawrence Jenks.  Grandmother … Continue reading →

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Happy 432nd Birthday, Grandfather Humphrey!

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on 9 September 1587 that my 10th great grandfather, Jonas Humphrey was born.  He married Frances Coley and they had my 9th great grandmother, Susanna Humphrey about 1615 in Wendover Bucks, England. It was their grandchildren that began … Continue reading →

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Remembering Great Great Grandmother Koontz

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Mary Ann Allen Koontz died 155 years ago today, 7 September 1864, in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.  Mary Ann was born in 1836, also in Indiana, to Robert and Mary Allen.  She was the second of seven children.  On … Continue reading →

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Happy 123rd Anniversary, Aunt Ora and Uncle George

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Pat Shaul

  It was on 2 September 1896, in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, that Ora Lee and George W. Churches were wed.  Ora was the youngest child of Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee, born on 29 May 1874 in Southfield, … Continue reading →

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Happy 105th Birthday, Gardner!

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on 30 August 1914 in Toledo.Lucas County. Ohio, that my mother’s cousin, Charles Gardner Griste was born to Charles McKinley and Ethel Jeanette Koontz Griste.  To keep things simple and to keep with the German tradition of using … Continue reading →

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Remembering Grandmother Jenks…

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on 29 August 1770, 249 years ago, that 7 times Great Grandmother Jenks passed away. Patience Sprague was born at Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1674 to Jonathan and Mehitable Holbrook Sprague.  At about the age of 21, in … Continue reading →

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Remembering Billy G.

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My mother’s cousin, William Gardner Koontz, called Billy G., was born 94 years ago on 19 August 1925, to William Peter and Ethel Emma Chidester Koontz.  William Peter was my grandmother’s brother.  Billy G. was 6 years younger than my … Continue reading →

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