Category Archives: Genealogy

Mother’s Day 2019

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Pat Shaul

This Mother’s Day, I think back generations of strong, defiant, women who have molded generation after generation.  It must have been in my mother’s DNA.  Dating as far back as her 7 times great grandmother, Esther Ballard Jencks, there was … Continue reading →

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Remembering Great Grandfather Weaver

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on this date, 11 May, 90 years ago, in 1929, that Great Grandfather Weaver passed away. Lemuel Weaver was born 26 August 1857 in Perry, Ohio, to Goodliff Weaver (nee: Gottlieb Weber) and Anne Lane.  He worked at … Continue reading →

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Big Day for 8 Times Great Grandmother Anphillis Angell Smith!

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 9 May 1641 in Providence, Rhode Island, when Anphillis Angell was born to Thomas and Alice Ashton Angell.  Then, 22 years to the day later, in 1663. she married Edward Smith, the son of Christopher and Alice Smith.  … Continue reading →

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Remembering 4 times Great Grandmother Lee.

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Mary Summers Lee passed away on 8 May 1860, 159 years ago, in Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan.  She was laid to rest beside her husband, William Lee, in the Quaker Cemetery on Gill Road in that same township.  This is … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Cousin!!!!!

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Hezekiah Brown, my first cousin, 8 times removed, was born on 7 May 1725, to Daniel Brown and Mary Sprague.   Mary was the daugher of Jonathan Sprague and Mehitable Holbrook, my 8 times great grandparents.   Patience Sprague, one of their … Continue reading →

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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 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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