Category Archives: Genealogy

COVID-19 is playing havoc with my Dr. Spock Childhood.

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Pat Shaul

I have to admit, I am a creature of habit — pretty much rigid in my need for order and I take comfort in knowing what I am supposed to be doing any given day.   I very much dislike change … Continue reading →

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Happy 350th Anniversary, Cousin Nathaniel and Aunt Hannah Baldwin!

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 12 March 1670, in Milford, Connecticut, Nathaniel Baldwin, Jr., son of Nathaniel and Abigail Camp Baldwin, married Hannah Botsford, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Woolhead Botsford.    Nathaniel happens to be my first cousin, 10 times removed.  Hannah is … 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 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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