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March Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on March 1st, 2010
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in March:
- Clara Anna (Unknown Maiden Name), 8x-great-grandmother, born 20 Mary 1669.
- Rhoda Ervin Simeral, 5x-great-grandmother, born March 1733 in Donigal, Ireland.
- Elizabeth Yeatman, 5x-great-grandmother, born 08 Mar 1738 in Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Major George Wilfong, 6x-great-grandfather, born 11 Mar 1743
February Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on February 1st, 2010
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in February:
- Jonathan Curtis, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1690 in Wiltshire, England.
- John Garrett, 5x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1739 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Catherine Powell, 5x-great-grandmother, born 20 Feb 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina.
- Rosamond, 4x-great-grandmother, born 25 Feb 1805
January Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on January 1st, 2010
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in January:
- John Johnson, 5x-great-grandfather, born 27 Jan 1783 in North Carolina.
- Hiram W. Searcy, 4x-great-grandfather, born 07 Jan 1796 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
- Jennie McEntire, 4x-great-grandmother, born 06 Jan 1797 in Burke County, North Carolina.
- Rose Anna Haskins, 4x-great-grandmother,
December Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on December 1st, 2009
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in December:
- Thomas Hinton, Sr., 7x-great-grandfather, born 28 Dec 1693 in St. Anne’s Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland.
- Johannes Albrecht, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Dec 1697 in Pfalz, Germany.
- Anna Johanna Rudisill, 6x-great-grandmother, born 28 Dec 1740 in York County, Pennsylvania.
- James Alexander,
Follow Friday: Kreativ Blogger Award
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in And More, Fun Facts on November 27th, 2009
Several days ago, Sharon of Kindred Footprints bestowed me with the Kreativ Blogger Award, a meme which has been flying through the geneablogger community for the last few weeks. Thanks Sharon!
The rules say that I must reveal seven things about myself, then pass the… Read the rest
November Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on November 2nd, 2009
Let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in November:
- John Vann, 11x-great-grandfather, born 21 Nov 1634 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.
- Elizabeth Goodrich, 9x-great-grandmother, born 02 Nov 1645 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
- Hans Paul Dellinger, 8x-great-grandfather, born 05 Nov 1670.
- Ludwig Albright, 7x-great-grandfather, born 11 Nov
Journey Across the Pond
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on October 3rd, 2009
Most lines of my family tree came to America before 1750. I have very little documentation of their journey across the pond at this point, as I’ve been concentrating on completing my American records first.
Confirmed Passenger Lists
The only passenger list that I have is for the Read the rest
October Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on October 2nd, 2009
Let’s recognize ancestors who were born in October:
- Hans Jakob Rudisuhle, 8x-great-grandfather, born 04 Oct 1666 in Michelfeld, Germany.
- Margaret Coghill, 9x-great-grandmother, born 05 Oct 1684 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England.
- George Heinrich Weidner, 6x-great-grandfather, born 09 Oct 1717 in Coburg, Sachsen, Germany.
- Thomas Mackie, 5x, 6x, and 7x-great-grandfather, born
And then there were 16
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on August 8th, 2009
Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Assignment is to list one’s 16 great-great-grandparents, include their dominant ancestry and to calculate one’s own dominant ancestry.
My spin on this is to look back an additional four generations from the ggg’s in order… Read the rest
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