Happy 152nd Anniversary, Aunt Margaret and Uncle Wesley!

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Pat Shaul

152 years ago, on 18 August 1868, in Hill City, Carroll County, Missouri, my great grandaunt, Margaret Anne Weaver, daughter of Goodliff (nee Gottlieb Weber) and Anne Lane Weaver, married Wesley Wells.  I have not been able to determine the why or when Aunt Margaret migrated from Monroe, Perry County, Ohio, where she was born and raised to Missouri.  Aunt Margaret and Uncle Wesley were the parents of 7 children, only the first was born in Missouri; the rest were born in Kansas:

  1. Fletcher Goodliff (1869)
  2. Bertha Syphina (1871)
  3. Charles Everett (1873)
  4. Chestoria Belle (1875)
  5. Sarah Ann (1877)
  6. Ida Margaret (1880)
  7. Marion Wesley (1890)

The family settled in Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.  It was there that Aunt Margaret passed away on 21 October 1898.  Uncle Wesley continued until 8 October 1912.

Now with their choice of names for their children, my cousins will probably appear as future blog entries……

 

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Happy 192nd Birthday, Other Cousin Stillman!

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Pat Shaul

My second cousin, 4 times removed, Stillman Leek Jenks, was born 15 August 1828, in Jenksville, New York, to Calvin and Annis Ellen Brown Jenks.  Cousin Stillman made my list of odd named relative in a double sense — his parents gave him the middle name of a vegetable!  Luckily, there is no explanation, just wonderment.

Stillman married Sophia Parnell Kenney, daughter of George G. and Eliza Wetmore Kenney in Caroline, New York, on 7 October 1849.  They were the parents of six:  Edwin C. (1851), Calvin (1855), Nelson Treat (1858), Annis (1863), Stillman George (1865), and Albert Ernest (1869).  The location of the birth of each maps the migration of the family to their eventual home in Ionia County, Michigan:

  1. Edwin C (1851) – Caroline, New York
  2. Calvin (1855) – Waterford, Laporte, Indiana
  3. Nelson Treat (1858), Ionia County, Michigan

Their youngest son, Albert Ernest Jenks, was a famous researcher and author whom I have previously profiled in this blog on 28 November 2019.

Stillman passed away on 19 May 1872, in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, and is interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery there.   Sophia survived him until 22 November 1900, when she passed while living in Newton Center, Massachusetts.  She was returned to Ionia and interred next to Stillman.

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Happy 161st Birthday, Aunt Hattie!

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Pat Shaul
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The Koontz Family — Casmear (C.P.), Mary Ann, Ezra Peter, Hattie. Orrin DeForest in Ezra’s lap.

161 years ago, on 11 August 1859, in Markle, Indiana, my great grandaunt, Harriett Honora J. Koontz was born to Ezra Peter and Mary Ann Allen Koontz.   Aunt Hattie was the sister of my great grandfather, C. P. Koontz.

Hattie married Columbus Washington Smith, the son of Lewis and Emma Grange Smith, on 16 February 1879, in Ottawa County, Ohio.   They were the parents of 5 children:  Harry Cassemere (1880) [another variation on C.P.’s first name], Herman DeForest (1881), Olive E. (1887), Alta (1888), and Chester Arthur (1889).

Chester Arthur was President of the United States from 1881-1885.  Possibly, Aunt Hattie and Uncle Columbus admired him.

Uncle Columbus died in 1912.   Aunt Hattie continued until April 1930.  If I were a suspicious person, I would wonder about her death — the cause of death as recorded on her death certificate:  pneumonia complicated by accidental fall down stairs.

 

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In Memory of GGGG Grandfather Botsford

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Pat Shaul

On 10 August 1831, 189 years ago, my 4 times great grandfather, Simeon Botsford, passed away in Southfield, Oakland  , Mchigan.

From Botsford Genealogy – Samuel Line 1.1.3, p 73:

“Simeon Botsford and his family removed from Conn, to Lyons, NY, thence to Michigan in 1825, settling in Southfield, Oakland County, MI (not far from the Botsford Inn). Simeon Botsford died intestate. His estate was administered by his son-in-law Morris Jenks. His heir was his widow Esther. After the death of Simeon Botsford, his wife went to live with her son, Simeon, Jr. in Pontiac, Mich. Children; all born in Salisbury Conn:

  1. Chloe (1794)
  2. Mary W. (1796)
  3. Esther (1797)
  4. Anna (1799)
  5. Betsey (1801)
  6. Abner (1803)
  7. Simeon, Jr. 1805)
  8. Almira (1807) [my 3 times great grandmother, married to Morris Jenks)
  9. Levi (1810)
  10. William Clark (1812)
  11. Aressa S. (1816)”

In the list of Connecticut Revolutionary Pensioners, p24, appears Botsford, Simeon, wid. Esther, R 1051. The widows claim for pension was rejected on technical grounds. This implies Simeon may have served in the Revolutionary Army from Connecticut — he would have been just 16 when the war began.

Grandfather was born 11 June 1763 in Derby, Connecticut, to John and Dorcus Warren Botsford.  On 3 January 1792, in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, he married Esther Clark, the daughter of Stephen and Miriam Thayer Clark.

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Happy 133rd Birthday, Cousin Otto!

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Pat Shaul

My first cousin, twice removed, Otto Pardy Weaver, was born 133 years ago on 6 August 1887, in Monroe, Perry, Ohio, to David Shreider and Anne Neusome Weaver.  Otto was my grandfather’s first cousin but I had really never heard of him.   But, his middle name gets him into my blog based on weird names given to relatives.  Otto was the third of four children of David and Anne.

Otto married Iva Axton Simpson sometime before 1930 where she and her 17 year old son, William Simpson, appear as part of the Weaver family in the U.S. Population Census.  Otto died 10 March 1965, in the V.A. Hospital in Otten, North Carolina.  On his death certificate it was noted that he had served in WW-I

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Happy 121st Birthday, Aunt Ethel!

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Pat Shaul
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Ethel Emma Chidester , April 1918

Ethel Emma Chidester was born 121 years ago, on 5 August 1899, in Olivet, Wisconsin to Elmer and Chirstina Ida Silverson Chidester.  On 24 November 1921,  in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, she married my great granduncle, William Peter Koontz [my grandmother’s brother].  Thus, creating the confusion for all of the C.P. and Phebie Koontz grandchildren who will have double Aunt Ethels (well except those whose mother was named Ethel) since William also had an older sister named Ethel.

William and Ethel were the parents of 5 children: David Leroy (1923), William Gardner (1925), Mary Alice (1927), Louise (1929) and James Henry (private).

Ethel and William located in Redlands, California where Uncle Bill was a chemical engineer at the JPL nearby.  Aunt Ethel passed away on 20 November 1977.  Uncle Bill predeceased her on 1974.   Both were brought back to Columbus, Franklin, Ohio for burial and are interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery in that city.

 

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Happy 164th Birthday, Cousin Arley

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Pat Shaul
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Albert Arlington and Nellie White Jenks

My first cousin, 3 times removed, Albert Arlington Jenks, called Arley, was born on 2 August 1856, in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, to Leman Case and Lydia Sickner Jenks.  Arley was their only child as his mother, Lydia died two months later.   His father, Leman, married Emily Hunderford in December 1869.  They had no children and she passed away in July 1863.  Leman married a third time to Lucinda Crandle in March of 1865 which provided Arley with three siblings.

On 26 January 1884, in Springwells, Wayne County, Michigan, Arley married Elizabeth Jane (Lizzie) Varnham, the daughter of William and Harriet Hollis Varnham.  The couple were the parents of seven children: Lydia Mabel (1885), Albert Louis (1887), Russell Edgar (1889), Baby Girl (1891-1891), Euphie Gertrude (1896), Elmer Sinknor (1899), and Harriet Lucinda (1903).  Lizzie died on 31 March 1906.  Arlie then married Kittie Lorain Chapman, the daughter of Albert L and Mary Bramble Chapman, on 30 December 1907 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.  Kittie passed away on 7 March 1916.  Arley then married Nellie White, daughter of John and Anna Patterson White on 9 August 1920.

Reporting on this last marriage in The Reunions of the Jenks Family of Oakland County, Michigan – 1911 – 1927, by Evelyn Seymour Jenks, p 65

“At Highland Park, Michigan, August 9, 1920, by the Rev William Coltman, Miss Nellie White of Detroit, Michigan, to Mr. Arlington A. Jenks of Southfield. After a short wedding trip to Port Huron and Huron Beach, the happy couple returned to meet with us today at the grand Jenks Reunion.”

Arley passed away in 1929 and was interred with so many of the Jenks ancestors in the Southfield Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan.

 

 

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Happy 115th Birthday, Cousin Ivan!

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Pat Shaul
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The Churches Brothers — Ivan, the youngest, in the middle

My first cousin, twice removed, Ivan Lee Churches, was born 115 years ago on 31 July 1905, to Robert Richard and Hannah Almira Lee Churches.   Ivan was the youngest son of Robert and Myra Churches.

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On 4 December 1928, Ivan married Helen Hazel Decker, daughter of Lester and Mable Durant Decker.  I have found no record that the couple had any children.   Ivan passed away on 2 August 1976 in Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan.  Helen survived him and then joined him on 22 January 1992.  Both are interred at the Brookside Cemetery in West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan.

 

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Happy 223rd Birthday, Aunt Esther!

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Pat Shaul

My Great Great Great Grandaunt, Esther Botsford was born 223 years ago in Salisbury, Connecticut, to Simeon and Esther Clark Botsford, my Great Great Great Great Grandparents.  Simeon was the ½ brother of Lemuel Botsford, the father of Milton Clarence Botsford [The Botsford Inn and Clarenceville renoun).

Aunt Esther was the third in birth order and the older sister of my Great Great Great Grandmother Almira Botsford who would late marry Morris Jenks.    Along with the rest of her family, 2 parents and 11 children, the migration to Oakland Country, Michigan took place in the early 1820s.  Esther married Martin Shepherd on 23 August 1828 in Oakland County.  The pair were the parents of four children, all born in Oakland County: Orden (1829), Emily (1831), Sidney (abt 1832), and Carlos (abt 1833).    Aunt Esther died in 1873 in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, and is buried in the Southfield Cemetery there.

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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 White Jenks.   That explains Mary being my cousin.  Well, on 25 February 1836, Mary was wed to my Great Great Great Granduncle, Levi W. Botsford, the son of my Great Great Great Great Grandparents, Simeon and Esther Clark Botsford, and the brother of my GGG Grandmother, Almira Botsford who married Morris Jenks, Lucy’s brother.  Confused yet?  So, cousin Mary became Aunt Mary!  Sometime between their marriage in Oakland County, Michigan and the birth of their second child, the family removed to Recine, Wisconsin.

Mary and Levi were the parents of 6 children: Marion Iona (1838), Emily Amelia (1840), Edwin P. (1842), Charles Elmer (1852), Oliver F. (1855), and Fred Herbert (1858).  With the huge gap between Edwin and Charles, there is a probability  that there may have been other children that did not survive.

Mary passed away on 3 October 1885, and was interred at Mound Cemetery in Racine, Wisconsin.  Uncle Levi lived an additional 14 years and is interred beside her.

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