Births Margaret Caroline (Whitener) Searcy was born in 1838 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Deaths Rebecca Rosannah Lytle died in 1842. Marriages W. W. Bailey and Martha Matilda Hemphill were married in 1870 in McDowell County, North Carolina. Immigration Johannes Albrecht and Anna Barbara Gossauer emigrated from Germany, arriving on this date in Philadelphia (currently […]
On this date. . .the 16th of September
Births Rosina Barbara Dellinger was born in 1737. John Underwood Whiteside was born in 1797 in Buffalo Creek, North Carolina. Thomas B. Hemphill was born in 1824 in Old Fort, North Carolina. Belvy (Smith) Butler was born in 1921. Deaths Hans Jakob Rudisuhle died in 1748 in Michelfeld, Germany (currently believed to be my 8th […]
On this date. . .the 23rd of August
Deaths Roxie (Mathis) Ellis died in 1968. Julia (Bowers) Hemphill died in 2003 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Marriages Hans Andreas Dellinger and Margaretha Kolb were married in 1681 in Germany. Updated August 21, 2011.
On this date. . .the 8th of July
Births Weyrich Norrente Rudisill was born in 1695 in Michelfeld, Baden (currently believed to be my 7th great-grandfather). Mary Jane Greenlee was born in 1822. George Washington Roberts was born in 1851 in Bradley County, Tennessee. Daisy E. Woody was born in 1889. Deaths Francis Marion Ellis died in 1928 in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. Updated […]
And then there were 16
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 to identify their ancestry. Many, many of my ancestors were already on these shores […]
July Birthdays
On this, the first day of July, let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in July: Weyrich Norrente Rudisill, 7x-great-grandfather, born 08 Jul 1695 in Germany. Thomas Hemphill, 4x, 5x, and 6x-great-grandfather, born 09 Jul 1746. Thomas McEntire Hemphill, 3x and 4x-great-grandfather, born 09 Jul 1796 in Old Fort, NC. Malinda Burgin, 4x-great-grandmother, […]
Tombstone Tuesday – Henry Weidner
Henry Weidner was my 6x-great-grandfather. He was born in Germany, but grew up in Pennsylvania, after immigrating with his family. He moved to North Carolina in 1750 and established the town of Hickory. He was a wealthy landowner and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is buried in the Weidner-Robinson Cemetery in Catawba County, […]
Tombstone Tuesday – Henry Dellinger
Henry Dellinger was my 6x-great-grandfather. He emigrated from Germany as a young boy, along with his father, and eventually settled in Lincoln County, North Carolina, where he died. The inscription on the stone reads: Henry Dellinger Died Feb 15, 1820 Aged 80 Years Unfortunately, I’ve lost the record of where I obtained this photo, so […]
