Category Archives: Grave Markers

Happy 203rd Birthday, Aunt Cousin Mary!

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Pat Shaul

203 years ago, 21 July 1817, in Caledonia, Michigan, my first cousin, 4 times removed, Mary Amanda Park, was born to Joseph and Lucy Jenks Park.  Lucy being the daughter of my Great Great Great Great Grandparents, Laban and Prudence … Continue reading →

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Happy 201st Anniversary, Cousin Cal and Ellen!

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Pat Shaul

201 years ago on 11 July 1819, my first cousin, five times removed, Calvin Jenks, the son of Elisha and Anna King Jenks, married Annis Ellen Brown, the daughter of David and Polly Jennison Brown.  The two were residents of … Continue reading →

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Happy 273rd Birthday, Grandmother Clark!

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Pat Shaul

273 years ago, 15 April 1747, in Wrentham, Massachusetts, Miriam Thayer, my 5 times great grandmother, was born.  In 1763, also in Wrentham, she married Stephen Clark.  The couple were the parents of 5 children: Esther (1771) [my 4 times … Continue reading →

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Remembering Great Great Great Grandmother Lee.

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 129 years ago, 26 December 1890, that Hannah Munn Lee, my three times great grandmother passed away at the age of 83.  Hannah Munn was born 11 August 1807, in New York to Noah, Jr. and Mercy Simons … Continue reading →

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Happy 216th Birthday, Aunt Fanny!

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Pat Shaul

216 years ago, in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, Mary Francis (Fanny) Knight was born to Seth and Betsey Whitney Knight.  Mary France was always called Fanny and who can pass up writing about their Aunt Fanny? Fanny married Harvey Lee, … Continue reading →

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Heirlooms and Family – Sometimes It Gets Complicated ….

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Pat Shaul

June 4, 2019, and Great Grandmother Weaver’s Peony Bush is blooming right on schedule — at least on the schedule I remember my mother defining for it.   The bush was at Great Grandmother’s house on Tireman in Detroit; it was … Continue reading →

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Happy 202nd, Great Great Grandmother Weaver!

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 3 June 1817, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, my great great grandmother, Anna Lane was born to Richard and Mary Gayer Lane.  Settling near the Lane family was the German immigrant, Gottlieb Weber, who became Goodliff Weaver as his stay … Continue reading →

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Happy 226th Anniversary Grandparents Lee

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 27 May 1793, William Lee and Mary Summers, my four times great grandparents, were wed in Guilford, Connecticut.  Their union produced 8 children:  Chauncey (1794), William (1796), Harvey (1798), Horatio (1800) [my three times great grandfather], Mary Ann (1804) … 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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Uncle Norman (1811-1885)

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Pat Shaul

  Norman Lee, my 4th great uncle, passed away 134 years ago on 5 January 1885 in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan.  Uncle Norman was born 28 November 1811, in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York to William and Mary Summers … Continue reading →

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