Effie and Lemuel Sitting in a tree or out of their tree ???

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Pat Shaul
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Effie Clarissa Lee

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Lemuel Weaver

On this day, 127 years ago (1891) in Norfolk, Madison Co, Nebraska, my great grandparents, Lemuel Weaver and Effie Clarissa Lee were married.   [The above are their wedding day portrait photographs]  Lemuel was the son of Goodliff Weaver (born Gottlieb Weber) and Anne Lane and was born on 26 August 1857 in Perry Co, Ohio.  Effie was the daughter of Charles Norton Lee and Esther Jenks and was born on 3 August 1859 in Southfield, Oakland Co, Michigan.    Grandmother Weaver was in Nebraska living with  her aunt, Minerva Jenks Barnes Bolton.

Family lore is that both Grandfather and Grandmother Weaver were working in the local asylum which immediately was modified to they “met and married in an insane asylum” .    Soon after they were married, they moved to Columbus, Ohio, where their son, Lee Norton Goodliff Weaver was born in 1893.  The family then relocated to Michigan.   For a time they were living with Grandmother Weaver’s parents, Charles and Esther Lee in the house built by Grandmother Lee’s father, Morris Jenks.

 

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Uncle Willy …

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Pat Shaul
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Lewellyn Lee (16 Jun 1862-29 Jul 1917)

It was 101 years ago (1917) today, that Uncle Willy, Lewellyn Lee, passed away at the age of 55 in Southfield, Oakland County Michigan.  He was born 16 June 1862, also in Southfield and lived his entire life in that township.  He was the only son of Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee.  Uncle Willy always lived on his parents’ farm.  First on that of the Lee family and then after his mother and father took on the farm of his grandfather, Morris Jenks, that became his home.   After the passing of his father, Charles, in 1905 he ran the farm with his mother Esther who lived until 1918.

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1905 – Home Built by Morris Jenks.

This is 1905, before the death of GG Grandfather Charles Lee.  Behind the fence is GG Grandfather Charles and GG Grandmother Esther Jenks Lee and Bob, the dog.  Standing in the open gate is Uncle Willy holding the family horse, Traveler.    Apparently, the Lee family liked to name their horses the same.   The house is still standing and occupied.

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Anniversary of 6 times great grandparents!

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Today marks the 292nd anniversary (1726) of my 6 times great grandparents, Samuel Botsford and Hannah (Prindle) Smith at First Church in New Haven, Connecticut.  From The Botsford Genealogy, The Line of Samuel, 1.1.30, Vol 1, Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1977, p 48:

Samuel Botsford, son of Samuel Botsford and Hannah (Camp) Botsford, b. 1702, d. 1783, will dated 5 Apr. 1780, m. 26 or 27 July 1725/26, his first cousin, Hannah (Prindle) Smith, widow of Nathaniel Smith, dau. of John Prindle and Hannah (Botsford) Prindle, b. 4 Dec. 1700, d, 1783.

Children:

  1. Nehemiah, b. 2 Mar. 1727, m. Mercy Johnson
  2. Sarah, b. 7 Jul. 1728, m. Samuel Bassett, Jr.
  3. Mary, b. 10 Jan. 1729, m. Abiel Camp
  4. Hannah, b. 19 Apr. 1731, m. Eli Hawkins
  5. Samuel, b. 2 Jan. 1733, m. Elizabeth Watkins
  6. John, b. 23 Apr.  1734, m. Dorcas Warren and Rachel Murray
  7. Gamaliel, b. 13 May 1736, unm.
  8. Esther, b. 7 Jan. 1738
  9. Eunice, b. 26 Apr. 1741 (or 1739 Derby records), m. Lieut. Jabez Pritchard and Elisha Steele
  10. Ruth, b. 16 May 1742, m. Eleazer Hawkins

10 children over a 15 year period!  Their 6th child, John and his first wife, Dorcas, were my next generation ancestors.

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Off the direct ancestor trail …

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Pat Shaul
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Austin T. Jenks is my first cousin, 4 times removed.   Our most recent common ancestors (MRCA) were Laban and Prudence White Jenks.  Austin was born 22 July 1834 in New York, the son of Seth and Levinia Jenks Jenks (yes, his mother was also a Jenks — parents were second cousins).  He married Adelaide C Reed on 18 October 1858.   Cousin, Austin died 14 December 1912 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

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Happy Anniversary to 8th Great Grandparents!

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Today marks the 348th anniversary of the wedding of Jonathan Sprague and Mehitable Holbrook in Providence, Rhode Island.    Jonathan was born 28 May 1648 in Hingham, Massachusetts and died 1 March 1741 in Providence, Rhode Island,   Mehitable, the daughter of William Holbrook and Elizabeth Pitts, was born 29 June 1649 in Weymouth, Massachusetts and died 7 January 1710 in Providence, Rhode Island.  Their daughter, Patience, married William Jenks.

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Happy Birthday, 3 Times Great Grandmother! 🎂

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Pat Shaul

 

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Almira Botsford Jenks

Almira Botsford was born 211 years ago (1807) in Salisbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Simeon and Esther Clark Botsford.  With her parents, she migrated to Oakland County, Michigan, where she married Morris Jenks on 20 November 1828 in Bloomfield Twp, Oakland County, Michigan.    The pair had four children: Leman Case, Esther, Oliver Torrey, and Minerva Jenks.  In 1851 they build the family home in Southfield Twp., Oakland County, Michigan.  GGG Grandmother Almira died 6 March 1883, a little over 6 years after Morris’ death.

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Celebration of the marriage of 7 times great grandparents and remembrance of 4 times great grandmother.

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Pat Shaul

It was 288 years ago (1730) that 7 times great grandparents Joseph Lee and Lois Pond were wed.  Their daughter Miriam married Mark Hotchkiss whose daughter married William Lee, her second cousin, once removed.  And that is why my Lee lineage is a tangle of  roots instead of stately branches.  On the up side, they left all kinds of documentation so I can follow them!

It was also 183 years ago (1835) that my fourth great grandmother, Prudence White Jenks passed away in Oakland County Michigan.

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The headstone of Laban and Prudence White Jenks

Grandmother Prudence is buried in the Roseland Park Cemetery in Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan, along with her husband, Laban Jenks (a War of 1812 Veteran).   But this is not where the two were originally interred.   Both were interred and the stone was originally set at the Gilbert Lake Burial Ground in Oakland County.   In the early 1920s, all of the interred were removed to other cemeteries to make way for a urban developers.   I have a write up from my GG Grand Aunt, Eva Seymour Jenks, who reported to the Jenks Family Reunion on the re-interment of the Jenks Ancestors.

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Way to confuse the tree !

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Today, 187 years ago, my 3 times great grandparents, Peter Koontz and Elizabeth Derr were married in Stark County, Ohio.  They had two children, Caroline and Ezra Peter (1832).  I have not found a record of their divorce, but GGG Grandmother appears to be married to Peter Rudolph in time to have a third child, Gertrude (1852).  Now GGG Grandfather’s death record shows he was still with us until 1882, so …

The complication / confusion then centers around the descendants of the three children of Elizabeth Derr.  Ezra Peter’s son, Casmear had a daughter , Essie.  Gertrude married Louis Spuhler and they had a son, Harold Rudolph.  You guessed it.  Aunt Essie and Uncle Harold married.  The two were first cousins, once removed.  Based on my research, the families were quite close and Essie and her sisters were frequent guests in the Spuhler home.    Newspapers were quite willing to report the smallest of things, including the trips taken by various persons to visit relatives in near and distant towns.  This has provided a great background for Essie and Harold’s courtship.     It was further complicated by it being Aunt Essie’s second marriage and the bulk of the visits were after her divorce and it really appears she was accompanied to the Spuhler’s by her sister to make sure everything was “proper”.  To keep the gene pool clear, there were no children of this union.

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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Großmutter

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Well, actually, 3 times great grandmother.   Today, 232 years ago (1786) in Pleidelsheim, Württemberg, Christiana Regina Bauer was born.  She married Alexander Gärtner on 24 November 1813, in Kleiningersheim.  With the great assistance of the LDS church I have found the Church records of their marriage, their births, and the births of all of their children.  Their children include my most recent immigrant ancestor, Wilhelm Gotthardt Gärtner who changed his name to William G. Gardner when he joined the Union Army during the American Civil War.  The family lore was that Grandpa Gardner came to America because he was the 7th son and there was nothing for him in Württemberg being so low in the birth order.   Again, I was able to confirm that he was indeed the 7th son using the church records of the Evangelish, Kleiningersheim, Württemberg that were filmed and preserved by the LDS church.  So a special thank to the churches of Württemberg for keeping such great records and to the LDS Church for filming and preserving those records!  And Happy Birthday, Großmutter Regina!

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Big Birthday Celebrations 🎂

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Today marks the the birthdays of TWO of my four times great grandfathers.   Both born on 11 June, different years.

Simeon Botsford was born 255 years ago (1763) in Derby, Connecticut.  He married Esther Clark and they removed to Oakland County, Michigan.  Their daughter, Almira Botsford, married Morris Jenks.  Simeon’s father was John Botsford, a Private in Capt. Samuel Peck, Jr.’s command in the American Revolutionary Army.

Laban Jenks was born 246 years ago (1772) in Smithfield, Rhode Island.  He married Prudence White and they removed to Oakland County, Michigan.   Their son, Morris Jenks, married Almira Botsford.  Laban Jenks served in Artillery Co., 1st Bat., 6th Reg., Brig. Gen. Samuel Coe’s Brigade, Tioga & Boone Co, NY, War of 1812.  He was the son of Jesse Jenks who is recognized as a Revolutionary War Patriot for supplying the troups with goods and food during the War.

In addition, 381 years ago (1637), my 9 times great grandparents, Nicholas White and Susanna Humphrey were married.  Two of their children, Elizabeth and Nicholas, Jr. would produce offspring that would eventually intermarry causing both this brother and sister to be my direct ancestor and making me my own cousin.

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