Remembering Great Grandfather Weaver

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul
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Lemuel Weaver

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 a number of jobs, but 1891 found him working in an asylum in Norfolk, Nebraska. It was while working there as an attendant that another attendant, Effie Clarissa Lee, caught his eye.  The two were married on 1 August 1891. This event caused their granddaughter in later years to repeated remark that her grandparents “met and married in an insane asylum”.

By 1893, the couple had relocated to Columbus, Ohio for the birth of their first child, Lee Norton Goodliff Weaver.  But, by 1900 when their second child. Olive Marie, was born, they were living with Effie’s parents in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan.  Olive died within 4 days.  The small family relocated a couple of times before settling on the lot on Tireman Avenue, corner of Scotten, in Detroit, where they would build their home (a duplex).   Uncle Lem’s health was a constant topic of inquiry on postcards posted in earlier formats of this blog.  Grandmother Weaver continued to live in the family home after Lemuel’s death.   Grandfather was buried in the family plot in Grand Lawn Cemetery in Detroit.

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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.  The two were the parents of Joseph (1680), my 7 times great grandfather.  This line of descent goes down to Mary Smith who was the wife of my Sons of the American Revolution Ancestor entry, Jesse Jenks.

This was definitely a time when 8 times great Grandfather Smith would be in big trouble (by today’s standards) if he forgot an anniversary or birthday since they were on the same day!!

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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 Grandmother’s headstone after its recent restoration.

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Mary, wife of William Lee, Died May 8, 1860, aged 86 yrs.

Mary Summers was born on 15 August 1773 in Old Hebron, Connecticut.  She married William on 27 May 1793.  The pair had eight children: Chauncy (1794), William (1796), Harvey (1798), Horatio (1800) [my 3 times great grandfather], Mary Ann (1804), George (1806), Richard (1808), and Norman (1811).   The first four were born in Guilford, Connecticut, and the next four were born in West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, as the family made their westward migration.  It was here in West Bloomfield, New York, that Horatio married Hannah Munn prior to the family migration to Oakland County, Michigan.

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The headstone of Mary Summers Lee before restoration!

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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 other daughters, was my 7 times great grandmother and Mary’s sister.

Why do I bring up Cousin Hezehiah on this his 294th birthday?  Simple, with a name like Hezekiah you deserve a celebration!!

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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 their grandmother.  Essie descended through Peter Koontz and Harold through Peter Rudolph.  (I guess it was easier to just marry men named Peter. There were 4 husbands in total, and I do not know the first names of the other two.)

The couple had no children.  Aunt Essie died in January of 1953, so I have very little memory of her — Grandma and Grandpa would take one of the grandsons down to Massillon to visit Essie and Harold annually, so I only have a memory of one trip.  I do not think my older brother or cousin went any more often.

Aunt Essie married Uncle Harold soon after her divorce from her first husband, Louis Kincaid Postle was finalized in October of 1922.   The first marriage lasted, legally 10 years, but Louis was long gone before 1922, although he appears in Grandma and Grandpa’s wedding pictures in 1918.  It was not a happy marriage based on the divorce papers filed by Aunt Essie.   The union with Uncle Harold seemed to be the opposite.   He was very devoted to her.   And, Uncle Harold was around a lot after her passing – after all, he was also Grandma’s cousin as well as her brother in law.  We always enjoyed his visits, probably because he was the fun uncle and made us laugh…

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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 Sarah Chidsey Lee.  There he also married Eunice Hotchkiss.  The two raised eight children:  William (1771) [my 4 times great grandfather and the one who brought my Lee line to Michigan], Reuben (1773), Tim (1775), Charles (1777), Sarah (1782), Elon (1786), Charles (1788) [earlier sibling of the same name died the prior year], and Jonathan.

The gap in the children’s birth years can be explained by Grandfather Lee serving as a Private in Capt. Northrupt’s Company,  Silliman’s Regiment, Wadsworth’s Brigade of the Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Another supplemental application being prepared…..

SAR

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Happy Anniversary, Grandma and Grandpa!!

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Pat Shaul
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Lee G. Weaver and Florence M. Koontz – April 27, 1918.

 

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 two daughters, Leila Marie and Jmae Dorothy.  Once married, the happy couple beat feet and headed to Grandpa’s home in Detroit where his parents owned a duplex.  Grandma and Grandpa lived in one half until they moved into their own home in 1929.   I have since found out that the duplex may have partially belonged to Grandpa.  It was reported in the 1905 Detroit newspapers that he purchased the lot adjoining the lot his parents purchased and on which the duplex was finally built.   Now, Grandpa was 12 years old at the time.   But, it is one of the questions that I did not know to ask until anyone who could know the answer was no longer around to provide one.

Now, looking at Grandma in the wedding photo, I see she has her own rare talent of being able to levitate her bouquet.  Notice it is just floating there and Grandma’s hands are at her side.

I am not sure the day was picked because of it, but this was also the anniversary of one of Grandpa’s favorite aunts.  Roseanah Weaver and William Fisher were wed 146 years ago on this same date in Perry County, Ohio.   Aunt Rose was a constant correspondent to Grandpa in his postcard collection.

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Happy 268th Anniversary, Grandparents Isham!

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It 268 years ago, 25 April 1751, when Timothy Isham and Rebecca Fuller were married in Bolton, Connecticut.  They were my 6 times great grandparents.

Timothy Isham was born 30 May 1725 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, to Isaac and Abigail Lumbert Isham.   He died 16 July 1812 in Bolton.   Rebecca Fuller was born 3 April 1731, also in Barnstable, Massachusetts to Samuel and Lydia Conant Fuller.   Rebecca was a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers Edward Fuller and Samuel Fuller.  Rebecca died 8 March 1823 in Bolton, Connecticut.

The couple had 16 children: Thankful (1752) [my 5 times great grandmother], Abigail (1753), Timothy (1755), Joseph (1756), Benjamin (1758), Rebecca (1759), Temperance (1761), Ebenezer (1762), Samuel (1764). David (1767), Daniel (1767), Joshua (1769), Anna (1771), Elizabeth (1772), Isaac (1774), and John (1776)!

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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:  Moses (1771), Noah, Jr (1772) [my 4 times great grandfather], Aaron (1774), Elgad (1775), Sarah (1782), Clarissa (1787), Chloe (1787), and Asahol (1790).

Seems to have been a long gap in the children’s birth years.  Possibly due to Grandfather’s participation in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain where he served as a Private under General Warren and Captain Agrippa Wells.  As part of the Massachusetts militia, he served with the troops at Bunker Hill.

Grandfather died on 13 May 1821 in Gill, Massachusetts.

I am in the process of preparing my Sons of the American Revolution Supplemental Application with Grandfather as my patriot.

SAR

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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, Judah, Silas, Mercy (1771) [my 4 times great grandmother], Mary (1779), Timothy (1780), and Rebecca (1782).  

For many years Grandmother Thankful Isham Simons was my personal brick wall in discovery.  I could not move beyond her.  Then this past summer, through DNA testing, I saw a match on MyHeritage DNA to a distant cousin (30.5 cM, 2 segments) with the surname of Isham.  I contacted him hoping he would be my link.   He replied (first point of being Thankful) that there was no one in his database by that name.  But, there was a rather well documented family history of the Isham family available on Amazon (second point of being Thankful).  I found the book — it was over $100.00 (not quite so Thankful because I was not willing to spend that much on a book of unknown value to my research).   I then set up a Google Search — I found the same book on eBay for $30 (Very Thankful, I could do that even if it was a dead end).  I BOUGHT IT!  Grandmother was in it (THANKFUL !!) and it was really well documented with probate records and church records.  Investigating her parents, Timothy Isham and Rebecca Fuller led me to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society printing of the “Silver Books” published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.   Specifically, Volume 4 (of 24) which deals with Edward Fuller’s pedigree in Mayflower Families Through Five Generations.  Grandmother Thankful Isham Simons is listed!!!   I am now in the process of preparing my application to the Society of Mayflower Descendants in time for the 400th anniversary of the landing in 2020!   So, Thankful went from a Brick Wall to an open flood gate!!

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