Category Archives: Genealogy

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 212, Uncle Richard!

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Pat Shaul

Richard Lee, my 3rd great granduncle, was born 212 years ago, 3 March 1808, in West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, to William and Mary Summers Lee. Uncle Richard was the 7th of 8 children in the Lee brood [my 3 … Continue reading →

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I just happened across this photo …

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Pat Shaul

I was going through my photo file this afternoon and came across this on of my great grandparents’ store in Columbus, Ohio. In a rare piece of luck, their daughter, my grandmother, actually wrote on the back of the studio … 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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Happy 207th Birthday, Cousin Clarence!

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Pat Shaul

207 years ago, 20 February 1813, in Salisbury, Connecticut, Milton Clarence Botsford [my ½ first cousin, 5 times removed] was born to Lemuel and Lucy Smith Botsford. Lemuel was my 4th great grandfather, Simeon Botsford’s ½ brother. With his … Continue reading →

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Happy 174th Birthday, Uncle Columbus!

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Pat Shaul

174 years ago, 17 February 1846, in Lisbon, Ohio, Columbus Washington Smith was born to Louis and Emma Grange Smith. As we covered yesterday, on 16 February 1879, he married my Great Grandaunt Hattie, Harriett Honora J. Koontz, in Ottawa … Continue reading →

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Happy 141st Anniversary, Great Grandaunt and Uncle Smith!

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Pat Shaul

141 years ago, 16 February 1879, in Ottawa, Ohio, Harriett Honora J. (Hattie) Koontz (my great grandaunt), the daughter of Ezra Peter and Mary Ann Allen Koontz married Columbus Washington Smith, the son of Lewis and Emma Grange Smith. The … Continue reading →

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Großmutter und Großvater Weber

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Pat Shaul

9 February 1796, 224 years ago, in Schomberg, Württemberg, Johann Adam Weber married Anna Barbara Holtzäpfel, the daughter of Johann Jacob Holtzäpfel and Magdalina Seegerin. Adam and Barbara were my 3 times great grandparents! Their children were: Johann Georg (1798), … 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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185th Anniversary of Great Great Grandparents Weaver.

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Pat Shaul

185 years ago, 29 January 1835, my great great grandparents, Goodlif Weaver (nee Gottlieb Weber) and Anne Lane were wed in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Grandfather changed his name (converted it into English) — he could never decide if he was … Continue reading →