Both ReadWritePoem and Totally Optional Prompts have weekly writing prompts - both with a deadline of Thursday. The creative juices still have a tendency to flow even while on vacation.
This week's prompt at ReadWritePoem was Go Ancestral, which wasn't specific enough for me, since I think and write about my ancestry often. I needed a secondary prompt, which Totally Optional Prompts provided: Opposites.
Divergent Yet Intersecting
Transylvania, Holland, Alsace, Poland,
England, Germany, Lithuania and Texas
all contain soil upon which ancestors dwelt;
Farmers, beekeepers, shepherds,
tailors, blacksmiths, salesmen,
clergy, judges, and doctors.
As I research ancestral lines I discover
some ancestors celebrated Hanuka,
others Christmas, and still others
the Green Corn Ceremony;
Jewish, Methodist Episcopalian,
Puritan, Christian Scientist, Mennonite,
Choctaw, and Cherokee.
I shall never find the records
for my distant ancestors
who either came to this continent
by crossing the Land Bridge,
or originally emerged
from the Nanih Waiya in Mississippi.
I delve through obituaries,
microfilm depositories,
internet databases;
I interview relatives,
and rummage through attics.
What I find doesn't alter who I am;
It illuminates the divergent,
yet still intersecting
paths of my ancestors.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Happy Hanuka
Happy Hanuka to all who celebrate.
Last night was the first night of the holiday, and my family (parents, siblings, nephews, niece) celebrated in the Caribbean.
It is now 1:45 in the afternoon - but still the first day of Hanuka - as like all Jewish holidays, it runs from sunset to sunset. I spent a couple hours at a beach - it's a nice way to celebrate.
I don't expect to do much genealogy research over the next week - or much blogging - but spending time with the extended family often yields stories to preserve.
Last night was the first night of the holiday, and my family (parents, siblings, nephews, niece) celebrated in the Caribbean.
It is now 1:45 in the afternoon - but still the first day of Hanuka - as like all Jewish holidays, it runs from sunset to sunset. I spent a couple hours at a beach - it's a nice way to celebrate.
I don't expect to do much genealogy research over the next week - or much blogging - but spending time with the extended family often yields stories to preserve.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Dear Genea-Santa
It's time for the Carnival of Genealogy, and this issue's theme is: 3 Wishes!
This is your chance to write a letter to Genea-Santa. Make a list of 3 gifts you would like to receive this holiday season from 3 of your ancestors. These have to be material things, not clues to your family history (we're talking gifts here, not miracles!). Do you wish your great grandmother had gifted you a cameo broach? Or maybe you'd like to have the family bible from great great grandpa Joe? How about a baby doll that once belonged to your dear Aunt Sarah? This is a fantasy so you can dream up gift items. They don't have to be actual items that you know your ancestors owned. However, they do have to be historically accurate to the time period in which your ancestor lived. Do your research. No asking for a new computer from your great grand aunt! Genea-Santa wouldn't like that ;-)
Dear Genea-Santa,
I believe I’ve been a good boy this year. I know some of these three wishes may be difficult ones to grant, and may be beyond your ability to produce, but I know they would make me very very very very very very very happy. Very.
1) The military uniform my great grandfather, Samuel Deutsch, wore while he served in the Austria-Hungarian army of Emperor Franz Josef from 1881-1907.
2) If I am correct about the origin of the surname, a dudelsack (bagpipe) constructed or played by a Dudelsack ancestor.
3) The copy of Les Miserables that my mother tells me was on my grandfather’s bookshelf. He moved to a retirement home before I became a fan of the novel and author, and most of his books were given to Goodwill.
4) Photographs of my second great grandmothers: Annie Perlik Feinstein, Bella Wyman Blatt, and Sarah Hartley Denyer Foster. I am trying to be realistic here, as there are others I am missing photographs for, but I know photography wasn't really existent until the civil war, and wasn't really common until the late 19th century. Annie Perlik Feinstein lived until 1930, there's got to be a photograph of her somewhere in some cousin's collection. Bella Wyman Blatt died in approximately 1892 in Poland, but there are some photographs of some possible cousins. Sarah Hartley Denyer Foster lived until 1898 in Texas.
Yes, I know I went over 3 wishes, Genea-Santa. That will give you more of an opportunity to fulfil some of them.
This is your chance to write a letter to Genea-Santa. Make a list of 3 gifts you would like to receive this holiday season from 3 of your ancestors. These have to be material things, not clues to your family history (we're talking gifts here, not miracles!). Do you wish your great grandmother had gifted you a cameo broach? Or maybe you'd like to have the family bible from great great grandpa Joe? How about a baby doll that once belonged to your dear Aunt Sarah? This is a fantasy so you can dream up gift items. They don't have to be actual items that you know your ancestors owned. However, they do have to be historically accurate to the time period in which your ancestor lived. Do your research. No asking for a new computer from your great grand aunt! Genea-Santa wouldn't like that ;-)
Dear Genea-Santa,
I believe I’ve been a good boy this year. I know some of these three wishes may be difficult ones to grant, and may be beyond your ability to produce, but I know they would make me very very very very very very very happy. Very.
1) The military uniform my great grandfather, Samuel Deutsch, wore while he served in the Austria-Hungarian army of Emperor Franz Josef from 1881-1907.
2) If I am correct about the origin of the surname, a dudelsack (bagpipe) constructed or played by a Dudelsack ancestor.
3) The copy of Les Miserables that my mother tells me was on my grandfather’s bookshelf. He moved to a retirement home before I became a fan of the novel and author, and most of his books were given to Goodwill.
4) Photographs of my second great grandmothers: Annie Perlik Feinstein, Bella Wyman Blatt, and Sarah Hartley Denyer Foster. I am trying to be realistic here, as there are others I am missing photographs for, but I know photography wasn't really existent until the civil war, and wasn't really common until the late 19th century. Annie Perlik Feinstein lived until 1930, there's got to be a photograph of her somewhere in some cousin's collection. Bella Wyman Blatt died in approximately 1892 in Poland, but there are some photographs of some possible cousins. Sarah Hartley Denyer Foster lived until 1898 in Texas.
Yes, I know I went over 3 wishes, Genea-Santa. That will give you more of an opportunity to fulfil some of them.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
The 8 Days of Hanuka
Since many fellow genea-bloggers are getting into the spirit of the holiday season with lots of festive posts, here is a series of 8 posts I posted last year on my non-genealogy blog. I rewrote the lyrics to 12 Days of Christmas, removed four verses, and for each post included a video from YouTube with another song for the holiday of Hanuka. I also included some notes on my song choice, and on Hanuka itself. Three of the songs I mentioned yesterday are there, plus several others.
On the first day of Hanukkah, YouTube gave to me a lesson in the spelling. (video: LeeVee's How do you spell Channukkah?)
On the Second Day of Hanuka YouTube gave to me…two barenaked ladies. (video: The Barenaked Ladies singing Light the Menorah. Commentary: The difference between a 'menorah' and a 'Chanukiah')
On the Third Day of Chanukkah YouTube gave to me three folk stars. (video: Peter, Paul and Mary singing Light One Candle)
On the fourth Day of Hannukah YouTube gave to me: Four dreidel sides (Video: A children's song about playing with dreidels)
On the Fifth Day of Khanike YouTube gave to mefive golden rings five torah books. (Video: Miami Boy's Choir singing Maoz Tzur or Rock of Ages. Commentary: The similarities in the sometimes alleged origins of 12 Days of Christmas and Dreidels)
On the Sixth Day of Januca YouTube gave to me six muppets singing (Video: A medley of four children's songs)
On the Seventh Day of Hanukka YouTube gave to me seven sons refusing (Video: a choir singing Who Can Retell. Commentary: Hannah and her Seven Sons)
On the first day of Hanukkah, YouTube gave to me a lesson in the spelling. (video: LeeVee's How do you spell Channukkah?)
On the Second Day of Hanuka YouTube gave to me…two barenaked ladies. (video: The Barenaked Ladies singing Light the Menorah. Commentary: The difference between a 'menorah' and a 'Chanukiah')
On the Third Day of Chanukkah YouTube gave to me three folk stars. (video: Peter, Paul and Mary singing Light One Candle)
On the fourth Day of Hannukah YouTube gave to me: Four dreidel sides (Video: A children's song about playing with dreidels)
On the Fifth Day of Khanike YouTube gave to me
On the Sixth Day of Januca YouTube gave to me six muppets singing (Video: A medley of four children's songs)
On the Seventh Day of Hanukka YouTube gave to me seven sons refusing (Video: a choir singing Who Can Retell. Commentary: Hannah and her Seven Sons)
On the Eighth day of Hanuka YouTube gave to me Eight Nights of Presents (Video: Two versions of The Hanukka Song. Adam Sandler's version, and an Aussie Punk version. Commentary: On giving presents.)
Friday, December 12, 2008
Minnesota Onlnie Marriage System
Minnesota marriage database with ability to order certificates online. Dates indexed vary by county. Some go back to the 1870s, and some are up to current. I found a few individuals with my favorite surnames, but I am unsure of their relationship.
Hat tip to Stephen Wainer
Hat tip to Stephen Wainer
Blog Caroling
The FootnoteMaven has set December 12th as Blog Caroling Day.
1) Adam Sandler's Original Hanukkah Song
[I like this concert video since he used the concert video screens to display pictures of all the people mentioned in the song.]
2) The Leevee's "How do you spell Channukkahh?"
[Pedantic note: There is no one proper way to spell the word in English. Since the Hebrew alphabet uses different characters, any English spelling is a phonetic approximation. And as the song points out, in Spanish, the initial 'H' sound is spelled with a J.]
3) Tom Lehrer's "Hanukkah in Santa Monica"
4) Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers performing "Light One Candle" [Written by Peter Yarrow]
(Yes, I like the serious songs too.)
And my favorite Christmas Carol, which I have difficulty listening to without crying.
5) Skip Ewing's "My Name is Christmas Carol"
[I chose this particular video since it provides the lyrics as well]
Yes, even bloggers have traditions. From the comfort of my blog, with Hot Toddy in hand, my flannel jammies and furry slippers on, I will blog my favorite Christmas Carol on Friday, December 12.Here are my four favorite Hanuka song YouTube Videos
So my fellow GeneaBloggers, I challenge each of you to blog your favorite Christmas Carol - Blog Caroling. We'll all sing along!
1) Adam Sandler's Original Hanukkah Song
[I like this concert video since he used the concert video screens to display pictures of all the people mentioned in the song.]
2) The Leevee's "How do you spell Channukkahh?"
[Pedantic note: There is no one proper way to spell the word in English. Since the Hebrew alphabet uses different characters, any English spelling is a phonetic approximation. And as the song points out, in Spanish, the initial 'H' sound is spelled with a J.]
3) Tom Lehrer's "Hanukkah in Santa Monica"
4) Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers performing "Light One Candle" [Written by Peter Yarrow]
(Yes, I like the serious songs too.)
And my favorite Christmas Carol, which I have difficulty listening to without crying.
5) Skip Ewing's "My Name is Christmas Carol"
[I chose this particular video since it provides the lyrics as well]
Friday Five
Randy at Geneamusings had Census Fun with Christmas Names, and I realized something.
I haven't done a Friday Five in awhile. (A Friday Five is where I list the names of five individuals from various databases at Ancestry.com on a related theme)
1. In the 1860 census there was a Menorah Longnecker, age 7, in Cleveland OH
2. In May of 1828 Menorah Robertson married Caroline Salmons in Richmond, GA (Georgia Marriages)
3. In the 1930 census there was a 26 year old Simon Maccabee in Chicago, IL
4. In the 1910 Pennsylvania Miracode there was a 57 year old Elizabeth Dreidel
5. In the 1910 census in California there was a 1 year old Hanuka Wycki
I haven't done a Friday Five in awhile. (A Friday Five is where I list the names of five individuals from various databases at Ancestry.com on a related theme)
1. In the 1860 census there was a Menorah Longnecker, age 7, in Cleveland OH
2. In May of 1828 Menorah Robertson married Caroline Salmons in Richmond, GA (Georgia Marriages)
3. In the 1930 census there was a 26 year old Simon Maccabee in Chicago, IL
4. In the 1910 Pennsylvania Miracode there was a 57 year old Elizabeth Dreidel
5. In the 1910 census in California there was a 1 year old Hanuka Wycki
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Andrew David Van Every Ahnentafel
In my recent post about Canadian Ancestors a few people revealed themselves as cousins in the comments. So under the possibility they are reading my blog, I thought I would post for them an ahnentafel of the information I have for my ancestor, Andrew David Van Every, whose maternal grandfather was loyalist Michael Showers. If they (or anyone else) know any further information, I would certainly be interested.
The below information comes from the New Toronto Historical Society, though much of it I have seen elsewhere.
[Note to those unfamiliar with ahnentafels: To find an individual's father, multiply their number by two. For their mother, multiply by two, and add one.]
1. Andrew David Van Every
Born: Mar 1796, West Flamborough Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Marriage: Nancy Lucinda Van Sellas
Died: 25 Jul 1873, South Dumfries, St George, Ontario, Canada aged 77
2. David Van Every
Born: 13 Oct 1757, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA
Marriage: Sarah Showers in 1782
Died: 1820, St George, Brant, Ontario, Canada aged 63
3. Sarah Showers
Born: 1761, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage: David Van Every in 1782
Died: 1795, St George, South Dumfries Township, Ontario, Canada aged 34
4. McGregor Van Every
Born: 27 Apr 1723, Lunenburg, New York, USA
Marriage: Mary Wilcox on 17 Jan 1750 in Poughkeepsie, , New York, USA
Died: 15 Sep 1786, Newark, Niagara, Ontario, Canada aged 63
5. Mary Wilcox
Born: 29 Apr 1736, Lassingberg, , New York, USA
Marriage: McGregor Van Every on 17 Jan 1750 in Poughkeepsie, , New York, USA
Died: 1786-1809, Niagara, , Ontario, Canada
6. Michael Showers
Born: 1733, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA
Marriage: Hannah Von Toch in 1756 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1796, West Flamborough Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada aged 63
7. Hannah Von Toch
Born: 1740, New York, USA
Marriage: Michael Showers in 1756 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 5 Jul 1825, Barton Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada aged 85
8. Martin Van Every
Born: 1685, Kingston, , New York, USA
Marriage: Judith Holmes in 1718
Died: 1760, , , New York, USA aged 75
9. Judith Holmes
Born: 13 Jun 1694, New York, , New York, USA
Marriage: Martin Van Every in 1718
10. William Williamse Jaycocks
Marriage: Mary
11. Mary
Marriage: William Williamse Jaycocks
12. Johann Adam Schauer
Born: 14 Aug 1701, Massenbach, , W?rttenberg, Germany
Marriage: Maria Elizabeth Fritz on 3 Apr 1720 in Claverack, Dutchess, New York, USA
Died: 1762, , Berks, Pennsylvania, USA aged 61
13. Maria Elizabeth Fritz
Born: 2 Feb 1699, Massenbach, , W?rttenberg, Germany
Marriage: Johann Adam Schauer on 3 Apr 1720 in Claverack, Dutchess, New York, USA
14 John Johan Van Toch
Born: 1714, Beaverwick, New York, USA
Marriage: Unknown
Died: New Jersey, USA
16 Burger Myndertse Van Iveren
Born: 1660, Albany, , New York, USA
Marriage: Elizabeth Meyer
Died: Southern, , New York, USA
17 Elizabeth Meyer
Marriage: Burger Myndertse Van Iveren
18. Martin Meyer
Marriage: Unknown
24 Michael Schauer
Born: 1679, Massenbach, , W?rttenberg, Germany
Marriage: Anna Magdalena in 1698 in Massenbach, Germnay, W?rttenberg, Germany
Died: 1710, Emigrating, New, Yorkshire, England aged 31
25 Anna Magdalena
Born: 1679, Massenbach, Deu, W?berg, Germany
Marriage: Michael Schauer in 1698 in Massenbach, Germnay, W?rttenberg, Germany
Died: 1734-1802, , , New York, USA
26 Georg John Fritz
Born: 1656, Anhausen, Neuweier, , Germany
Marriage: Maria Elisabetha Rosimund on 24 May 1698 in Salzbach, , , Germany
27 Maria Elisabetha Rosimund
Born: 1660, Anhausen, , , Germany
Marriage: Georg John Fritz on 24 May 1698 in Salzbach, , , Germany
28 Abraham Van Toch
Born: 1690, New Jersey, USA
Marriage: Sarah Speer
29 Sarah Speer
Born: 1694, New York City, New York, USA
Marriage: Abraham Van Toch
32 Myndert Frederickse Van Iveren
Born: 1640, Everinghs, Zealand, , Holland
Marriage: Unknown
Died: 1 May 1706, Albany, , New York, USA aged 66
33 Cathalyn Burger
Born: 16 Dec 1640, New Amsterdam, , New York, USA
Marriage: Unknown
Died: 1663 aged 23
48 Michael Sauer
Marriage: Anna Marie Heaton in 1655
Died: 1696-1708
49 Anna Marie Heaton
Marriage: Michael Sauer in 1655
52 Henrich Fritz
Born: 1630
Marriage: Unknown
58 Hendrick Speer
Marriage: Catherine Van Giesen in 1693 in New York City, , New York, USA
59 Catherine Van Giesen
Born: 1677, New York City, New York, New York, USA
Marriage: Hendrick Speer in 1693 in New York City, , New York, USA
118 Jans Van Giesen
Born: 1645, Niagara, , ,
Marriage: Justrina Kierstede in 1674 in New York City, , New York, USA
119 Justrina Kierstede
Born: 10 Oct 1649, New York, , New York, USA
Marriage: Jans Van Giesen in 1674 in New York City, , New York, USA
Some (e.g.) believe Justrina is descended from Aneka Jans. Though others question this.)
The below information comes from the New Toronto Historical Society, though much of it I have seen elsewhere.
[Note to those unfamiliar with ahnentafels: To find an individual's father, multiply their number by two. For their mother, multiply by two, and add one.]
1. Andrew David Van Every
Born: Mar 1796, West Flamborough Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Marriage: Nancy Lucinda Van Sellas
Died: 25 Jul 1873, South Dumfries, St George, Ontario, Canada aged 77
2. David Van Every
Born: 13 Oct 1757, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA
Marriage: Sarah Showers in 1782
Died: 1820, St George, Brant, Ontario, Canada aged 63
3. Sarah Showers
Born: 1761, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage: David Van Every in 1782
Died: 1795, St George, South Dumfries Township, Ontario, Canada aged 34
4. McGregor Van Every
Born: 27 Apr 1723, Lunenburg, New York, USA
Marriage: Mary Wilcox on 17 Jan 1750 in Poughkeepsie, , New York, USA
Died: 15 Sep 1786, Newark, Niagara, Ontario, Canada aged 63
5. Mary Wilcox
Born: 29 Apr 1736, Lassingberg, , New York, USA
Marriage: McGregor Van Every on 17 Jan 1750 in Poughkeepsie, , New York, USA
Died: 1786-1809, Niagara, , Ontario, Canada
6. Michael Showers
Born: 1733, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA
Marriage: Hannah Von Toch in 1756 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1796, West Flamborough Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada aged 63
7. Hannah Von Toch
Born: 1740, New York, USA
Marriage: Michael Showers in 1756 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 5 Jul 1825, Barton Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada aged 85
8. Martin Van Every
Born: 1685, Kingston, , New York, USA
Marriage: Judith Holmes in 1718
Died: 1760, , , New York, USA aged 75
9. Judith Holmes
Born: 13 Jun 1694, New York, , New York, USA
Marriage: Martin Van Every in 1718
10. William Williamse Jaycocks
Marriage: Mary
11. Mary
Marriage: William Williamse Jaycocks
12. Johann Adam Schauer
Born: 14 Aug 1701, Massenbach, , W?rttenberg, Germany
Marriage: Maria Elizabeth Fritz on 3 Apr 1720 in Claverack, Dutchess, New York, USA
Died: 1762, , Berks, Pennsylvania, USA aged 61
13. Maria Elizabeth Fritz
Born: 2 Feb 1699, Massenbach, , W?rttenberg, Germany
Marriage: Johann Adam Schauer on 3 Apr 1720 in Claverack, Dutchess, New York, USA
14 John Johan Van Toch
Born: 1714, Beaverwick, New York, USA
Marriage: Unknown
Died: New Jersey, USA
16 Burger Myndertse Van Iveren
Born: 1660, Albany, , New York, USA
Marriage: Elizabeth Meyer
Died: Southern, , New York, USA
17 Elizabeth Meyer
Marriage: Burger Myndertse Van Iveren
18. Martin Meyer
Marriage: Unknown
24 Michael Schauer
Born: 1679, Massenbach, , W?rttenberg, Germany
Marriage: Anna Magdalena in 1698 in Massenbach, Germnay, W?rttenberg, Germany
Died: 1710, Emigrating, New, Yorkshire, England aged 31
25 Anna Magdalena
Born: 1679, Massenbach, Deu, W?berg, Germany
Marriage: Michael Schauer in 1698 in Massenbach, Germnay, W?rttenberg, Germany
Died: 1734-1802, , , New York, USA
26 Georg John Fritz
Born: 1656, Anhausen, Neuweier, , Germany
Marriage: Maria Elisabetha Rosimund on 24 May 1698 in Salzbach, , , Germany
27 Maria Elisabetha Rosimund
Born: 1660, Anhausen, , , Germany
Marriage: Georg John Fritz on 24 May 1698 in Salzbach, , , Germany
28 Abraham Van Toch
Born: 1690, New Jersey, USA
Marriage: Sarah Speer
29 Sarah Speer
Born: 1694, New York City, New York, USA
Marriage: Abraham Van Toch
32 Myndert Frederickse Van Iveren
Born: 1640, Everinghs, Zealand, , Holland
Marriage: Unknown
Died: 1 May 1706, Albany, , New York, USA aged 66
33 Cathalyn Burger
Born: 16 Dec 1640, New Amsterdam, , New York, USA
Marriage: Unknown
Died: 1663 aged 23
48 Michael Sauer
Marriage: Anna Marie Heaton in 1655
Died: 1696-1708
49 Anna Marie Heaton
Marriage: Michael Sauer in 1655
52 Henrich Fritz
Born: 1630
Marriage: Unknown
58 Hendrick Speer
Marriage: Catherine Van Giesen in 1693 in New York City, , New York, USA
59 Catherine Van Giesen
Born: 1677, New York City, New York, New York, USA
Marriage: Hendrick Speer in 1693 in New York City, , New York, USA
118 Jans Van Giesen
Born: 1645, Niagara, , ,
Marriage: Justrina Kierstede in 1674 in New York City, , New York, USA
119 Justrina Kierstede
Born: 10 Oct 1649, New York, , New York, USA
Marriage: Jans Van Giesen in 1674 in New York City, , New York, USA
Some (e.g.) believe Justrina is descended from Aneka Jans. Though others question this.)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
American Bottom and Illinois Harvest
In March I mentioned the American Bottom Riverweb site, which
The site has moved to a new location on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's servers, and while they still have an interesting archive, it appears they have removed the East St. Louis City Directories.
Never fear, Illinois Harvest, a product of the UIUC library, has them.
Illinois Harvest has a large digital book collection for download, including over 400 entries under the subject header of County and Local Histories, another 400 under Church and Congregational History in Illinois, and 125 under Genealogy Resources.
The latter includes the 1813 and 1818 Pension lists, listing everyone in the US receiving a military pension in the given year. As well as a couple dozen Chicago "Blue Books" and social registers.
contains a large digital archive of artifacts related to the American Bottom region, defined as the area south of the confluence of the Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois rivers. This includes portions of St. Clair, Randolph, Madison, and Monroe Counties in Illinois. Most of the information on the site appears to be centered on the Cahokia Mounds, and East St. Louis.
The site has moved to a new location on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's servers, and while they still have an interesting archive, it appears they have removed the East St. Louis City Directories.
Never fear, Illinois Harvest, a product of the UIUC library, has them.
Illinois Harvest has a large digital book collection for download, including over 400 entries under the subject header of County and Local Histories, another 400 under Church and Congregational History in Illinois, and 125 under Genealogy Resources.
The latter includes the 1813 and 1818 Pension lists, listing everyone in the US receiving a military pension in the given year. As well as a couple dozen Chicago "Blue Books" and social registers.
What is Truth?
A Family History/Genealogist actively tries to sort out truth from 'family fictions.' But what exactly does 'Truth' mean?
I have a couple examples from the family of my great grandfather Barney Newmark's brother Sol.
1)
Sol and Sarah Newmark were married in 1902 in London. What was Sarah's maiden name? Looking at the marriage certificate, UK 1901 census, various birth and death certificates of herself and her children (I don't have her birth record) It's roughly 50% Sandler and 50% Nathan. The origin of the confusion is clear - her father's name almost undoubtedly was Nathan Sandler. Sometimes she utilized the religious tradition of adopting her father's given name as her maiden name (without using the 'daughter of' construction). She wasn't consistent though, and it's not as if prior to Year X she used one, and after Year X the other, it went back and forth, even when she was the informant. She had two maiden names, neither one more truthful than the other, and which one she gave to those who asked must have depended upon her mood.
2)
Sol and Sarah's oldest son, born in 1905, was named after Sol's deceased grandfather, Israel David Nejmark (believed to be the original Polish spelling of the surname). Sol's youngest brother, born in 1904, was also named for the same man. So there was an uncle/nephew one year apart in age named Israel David. Or was there?
I just retrieved the birth certificate of Sol and Sarah's son. It reads "David Israel". The inversion could easily be a clerical error. However, there is a Jewish superstition against naming children after living relatives, so there may have been reason for them to avoid giving him the exact same name as his 1 year-old uncle. If the names were intentionally inverted on the birth certificate, I have no reason to believe their son was ever referred to in that manner by family or anyone else his entire life.
The superstition was that the angel of death could get confused and come for one and take the other. But even if we assume that there was no clerical error on the birth certificate, and they intentionally gave him an 'official' name different from his uncle, if the 'official' name was never actually used by the family, is it still the 'true' name? Wouldn't the name he was called by everyone his entire life be the 'true' name?
3) and a final example from my great grandfather Barney Newmark
Barney was born in Poland on March 17, 1886, or so he always told everyone, including his family (at least when he wasn't claiming he was born in Ireland). On his Draft registration form, and on his death certificate with his wife as the informant, it says April 14th. On his Declaration of Intent to become a citizen he wrote March 25th. So minus a birth certificate, what is Barney's true birthday?
(Interestingly March 25th is exactly 8 days after March 17th. This is interesting because the Jewish naming religious rite is scheduled for the 8th day, which could provide an explanation for the importance of both dates. April 14th, 1886 also fell almost exactly one lunar month after March 17th. March 17th was the 10th of Adar 2, and April 14th was the 9th of Nisan. However, the only thing that happens 1 month after birth that I can find is the redemption of the first born male, and Barney wasn't the first born. It is conceivable that in converting from Hebrew date to Gregorian date some incorrect math was used that produced a date a month off. However, even if this is the explanation for the multiple dates, not knowing what the Hebrew date was, it is impossible to know which was the correct calculation, and which one wasn't.)
Reading this years later on Sept 14, 2017
I realize I had forgotten what I discovered about the Hebrew calendar in 1886. In the intervening years I've confirmed that observing a birthday on the date of circumcision was definitely a Polish/Lithuanian Jewish custom. However, I am intrigued that March 17th, 1886 fell in a leap month. I'm unsure why this didn't occur to me back when I wrote this post, but...
Those who are born on February 29th would celebrate their birthday in most years on March 1, even though they realize that their 'true birthday' was February 29th. Might someone born in the 2nd month of Adar, in non-leap years, celebrate their Hebrew birthday in the month of Nisan on the appropriate date? Could this have lead Barney, really born on March 17th, 1886, to state that his birthday was April 14th. But still, use March 25th as his 'circumcision date.'
This explanation connects all three dates of birth in a very logical fashion. It isn't necessarily true. But it is very intriguing.
I have a couple examples from the family of my great grandfather Barney Newmark's brother Sol.
1)
Sol and Sarah Newmark were married in 1902 in London. What was Sarah's maiden name? Looking at the marriage certificate, UK 1901 census, various birth and death certificates of herself and her children (I don't have her birth record) It's roughly 50% Sandler and 50% Nathan. The origin of the confusion is clear - her father's name almost undoubtedly was Nathan Sandler. Sometimes she utilized the religious tradition of adopting her father's given name as her maiden name (without using the 'daughter of' construction). She wasn't consistent though, and it's not as if prior to Year X she used one, and after Year X the other, it went back and forth, even when she was the informant. She had two maiden names, neither one more truthful than the other, and which one she gave to those who asked must have depended upon her mood.
2)
Sol and Sarah's oldest son, born in 1905, was named after Sol's deceased grandfather, Israel David Nejmark (believed to be the original Polish spelling of the surname). Sol's youngest brother, born in 1904, was also named for the same man. So there was an uncle/nephew one year apart in age named Israel David. Or was there?
I just retrieved the birth certificate of Sol and Sarah's son. It reads "David Israel". The inversion could easily be a clerical error. However, there is a Jewish superstition against naming children after living relatives, so there may have been reason for them to avoid giving him the exact same name as his 1 year-old uncle. If the names were intentionally inverted on the birth certificate, I have no reason to believe their son was ever referred to in that manner by family or anyone else his entire life.
The superstition was that the angel of death could get confused and come for one and take the other. But even if we assume that there was no clerical error on the birth certificate, and they intentionally gave him an 'official' name different from his uncle, if the 'official' name was never actually used by the family, is it still the 'true' name? Wouldn't the name he was called by everyone his entire life be the 'true' name?
3) and a final example from my great grandfather Barney Newmark
Barney was born in Poland on March 17, 1886, or so he always told everyone, including his family (at least when he wasn't claiming he was born in Ireland). On his Draft registration form, and on his death certificate with his wife as the informant, it says April 14th. On his Declaration of Intent to become a citizen he wrote March 25th. So minus a birth certificate, what is Barney's true birthday?
(Interestingly March 25th is exactly 8 days after March 17th. This is interesting because the Jewish naming religious rite is scheduled for the 8th day, which could provide an explanation for the importance of both dates. April 14th, 1886 also fell almost exactly one lunar month after March 17th. March 17th was the 10th of Adar 2, and April 14th was the 9th of Nisan. However, the only thing that happens 1 month after birth that I can find is the redemption of the first born male, and Barney wasn't the first born. It is conceivable that in converting from Hebrew date to Gregorian date some incorrect math was used that produced a date a month off. However, even if this is the explanation for the multiple dates, not knowing what the Hebrew date was, it is impossible to know which was the correct calculation, and which one wasn't.)
Reading this years later on Sept 14, 2017
I realize I had forgotten what I discovered about the Hebrew calendar in 1886. In the intervening years I've confirmed that observing a birthday on the date of circumcision was definitely a Polish/Lithuanian Jewish custom. However, I am intrigued that March 17th, 1886 fell in a leap month. I'm unsure why this didn't occur to me back when I wrote this post, but...
Those who are born on February 29th would celebrate their birthday in most years on March 1, even though they realize that their 'true birthday' was February 29th. Might someone born in the 2nd month of Adar, in non-leap years, celebrate their Hebrew birthday in the month of Nisan on the appropriate date? Could this have lead Barney, really born on March 17th, 1886, to state that his birthday was April 14th. But still, use March 25th as his 'circumcision date.'
This explanation connects all three dates of birth in a very logical fashion. It isn't necessarily true. But it is very intriguing.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Pearl Harbor Day, 2008
Since posting my Veteran's Day, I have found the remaining photographs, and today seemed to be an appropriate day to post an update.
Below are the photographs of my grandfathers, their brothers, and brothers-in-law who served in WWII.
My grandfathers Melvin Newmark (1912-1992) and Martin Deutsch (1907-1991)
Allen Deutsch (1914-1988) and Maurice "Jerry" Deutsch (1909-1950).
Harold Newmark (1915-2003) and Mandell Newmark (1923-1945).
Bernard "Benny" Feinstein (1913-1968) and Seymour "Babe" Feinstein (1917-1999)
Below are the photographs of my grandfathers, their brothers, and brothers-in-law who served in WWII.
My grandfathers Melvin Newmark (1912-1992) and Martin Deutsch (1907-1991)
Allen Deutsch (1914-1988) and Maurice "Jerry" Deutsch (1909-1950).
Harold Newmark (1915-2003) and Mandell Newmark (1923-1945).
Bernard "Benny" Feinstein (1913-1968) and Seymour "Babe" Feinstein (1917-1999)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Illiterate Ancestors
As the Genealogue points out the UPI's headline for an article on Michelle Obama, "Future First Lady had an Illiterate Ancestor" is a little unfair. Every first lady in the history of this country probably had an illiterate ancestor.
I suspect the UPI may have thought "great great grandparent" was closer than many. However, I will point out that several of my paternal great great grandparents would likely have been recorded as illiterate, since they didn't know English. They may have been literate in Yiddish, or other tongues, but not English. My maternal great grandparents from Transylvania were similarly 'illiterate'. That is often the case with first generation immigrants to America, unless they come from an English speaking country.
The original Chicago Tribune story had a more appropriate headline. A first lady closely descended from slaves is newsworthy.
I suspect the UPI may have thought "great great grandparent" was closer than many. However, I will point out that several of my paternal great great grandparents would likely have been recorded as illiterate, since they didn't know English. They may have been literate in Yiddish, or other tongues, but not English. My maternal great grandparents from Transylvania were similarly 'illiterate'. That is often the case with first generation immigrants to America, unless they come from an English speaking country.
The original Chicago Tribune story had a more appropriate headline. A first lady closely descended from slaves is newsworthy.
Monday, December 1, 2008
What's in a Number?
Randy Seaver at Geneamusings asks Who's Number 1000? That is: Who was the 1000th person entered into your family history database.
Most databases, being number-based, assign every entry a number starting with #1. My software, IFamilyForLeopard, is no different.
If you click on the pull-down menu in the searchbox in the upper-right of the screen you can select "Numeric ID" and then just enter the Numeric ID of your choice.
I don't know a lot about #1000 who is only recorded as "Kathryn".
I found it interesting to work backwards and see what # entry I was (45). Some people likely start entering data with themselves, but the first person entered into my database was my second great grandfather, Samuel Newmark.
The most recent entry was #1395, who is a living 3rd cousin, grandson to a cousin who passed away approximately 2 weeks ago.
Most databases, being number-based, assign every entry a number starting with #1. My software, IFamilyForLeopard, is no different.
If you click on the pull-down menu in the searchbox in the upper-right of the screen you can select "Numeric ID" and then just enter the Numeric ID of your choice.
I don't know a lot about #1000 who is only recorded as "Kathryn".
I found it interesting to work backwards and see what # entry I was (45). Some people likely start entering data with themselves, but the first person entered into my database was my second great grandfather, Samuel Newmark.
The most recent entry was #1395, who is a living 3rd cousin, grandson to a cousin who passed away approximately 2 weeks ago.
What's in a Name?
Olive Tree Genealogy raises the topic of nicknames that aren't derived from given names - how we can't assume "Uncle Charlie's" name was actually Charles.
She asks others to contribute similar occurrences in their family tree.
My grandmother Sissie (Feinstein) Newmark was born "Belle". It's not too difficult to guess that one of her brothers gave her the nickname that stuck with her the rest of her life. Equally obvious in its etymology, her younger brother, Seymour, was known as "Babe." There were actually two Seymour Feinsteins known as Babe, first cousins to one another, both youngest childs.
A related topic are nicknames that are derived from the given name, but in a manner that isn't immediately obvious. I went into detail on this in my post on Jewish Mysticism and Genealogy.
One ancestor was named Zvi Dudelsack. He never immigrated to America, but his children passed his name down as "Harry". Another ancestor was named Zev Perlik, and some of his descendants knew him as "William." You have to be multilingual to follow the etymology, but if the Royal Family were Jewish, it would not be surprising if Prince Harry and Prince William had the Hebrew names of Zvi and Zev.
She asks others to contribute similar occurrences in their family tree.
My grandmother Sissie (Feinstein) Newmark was born "Belle". It's not too difficult to guess that one of her brothers gave her the nickname that stuck with her the rest of her life. Equally obvious in its etymology, her younger brother, Seymour, was known as "Babe." There were actually two Seymour Feinsteins known as Babe, first cousins to one another, both youngest childs.
A related topic are nicknames that are derived from the given name, but in a manner that isn't immediately obvious. I went into detail on this in my post on Jewish Mysticism and Genealogy.
One ancestor was named Zvi Dudelsack. He never immigrated to America, but his children passed his name down as "Harry". Another ancestor was named Zev Perlik, and some of his descendants knew him as "William." You have to be multilingual to follow the etymology, but if the Royal Family were Jewish, it would not be surprising if Prince Harry and Prince William had the Hebrew names of Zvi and Zev.
From Inbox to Blog in 30 Seconds
Received an email with lots of pictures of dogs with funny captions. I felt this one was appropriate to post here, and might be the perfect thing for a Monday morning following a holiday weekend:
"So, Dad left when he found out about Mom and the Panda."
"So, Dad left when he found out about Mom and the Panda."
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Thanksgiving poetry
GRATITUDE - by Edgar A. Guest (©1917)
Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way;
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day;
Be grateful for the health you own, the work you find to do,
For round about you there are men less fortunate than you.
Be grateful for the growing trees, the roses soon to bloom,
The tenderness of kindly hearts that shared your days of gloom;
Be grateful for the morning dew, the grass beneath your feet,
The soft caresses of your babes and all their laughter sweet.
Acquire the grateful habit, learn to see how blest you are,
How much there is to gladden life, how little life to mar!
And what if rain shall fall to-day and you with grief are sad;
Be grateful that you can recall the joys that you have had.
The poems I posted last year
Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way;
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day;
Be grateful for the health you own, the work you find to do,
For round about you there are men less fortunate than you.
Be grateful for the growing trees, the roses soon to bloom,
The tenderness of kindly hearts that shared your days of gloom;
Be grateful for the morning dew, the grass beneath your feet,
The soft caresses of your babes and all their laughter sweet.
Acquire the grateful habit, learn to see how blest you are,
How much there is to gladden life, how little life to mar!
And what if rain shall fall to-day and you with grief are sad;
Be grateful that you can recall the joys that you have had.
The poems I posted last year
Conflicting Emotions
I want to talk about a holiday filled with conflicting emotions.
This is a holiday that remembers our ancestors’ religious persecution.
This is a holiday that commemorates freedom and hope.
Celebration of this holiday involves food, prayer, games, and family gathered.
This holiday requires us to close our eyes, temporarily, to the facts.
This holiday requires us to forget, for the moment, what happened afterward, in the following generations.
We focus on the freedom, the hope, the opportunity, with the albatross of that same opportunity squandered hanging over our heads, but not welcome at the holiday table filled with food, family, and festivities.
I probably should wait to talk about this holiday, since it doesn’t begin for another 3.5 weeks.
Hanuka begins on December 21 this year.
However, in the year 164 BCE, when Mattathias, his sons, and their followers fought back against religious persecution, the month on the Roman calendar was November.
As Rabbi Joseph Telushkin in Jewish Literacy, writes, “One of the sadder ironies of Jewish history is that the Maccabees led a successful revolt against King Antiochus’ anti-semitic oppressors only to turn into oppressors of the Jews themselves. (p. 112)”
On Hanuka we will focus on the freedom, the hope, and the opportunity, just as we as Americans do on Thanksgiving. We need to teach our children what happened next, so they aren’t blind to the forces of history, but that can be done on a different day. It doesn’t need to weigh us down on a holiday meant for celebration.
This is a holiday that remembers our ancestors’ religious persecution.
This is a holiday that commemorates freedom and hope.
Celebration of this holiday involves food, prayer, games, and family gathered.
This holiday requires us to close our eyes, temporarily, to the facts.
This holiday requires us to forget, for the moment, what happened afterward, in the following generations.
We focus on the freedom, the hope, the opportunity, with the albatross of that same opportunity squandered hanging over our heads, but not welcome at the holiday table filled with food, family, and festivities.
I probably should wait to talk about this holiday, since it doesn’t begin for another 3.5 weeks.
Hanuka begins on December 21 this year.
However, in the year 164 BCE, when Mattathias, his sons, and their followers fought back against religious persecution, the month on the Roman calendar was November.
As Rabbi Joseph Telushkin in Jewish Literacy, writes, “One of the sadder ironies of Jewish history is that the Maccabees led a successful revolt against King Antiochus’ anti-semitic oppressors only to turn into oppressors of the Jews themselves. (p. 112)”
On Hanuka we will focus on the freedom, the hope, and the opportunity, just as we as Americans do on Thanksgiving. We need to teach our children what happened next, so they aren’t blind to the forces of history, but that can be done on a different day. It doesn’t need to weigh us down on a holiday meant for celebration.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Take'er Easy There, Pilgrim
I subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Day email. The OED is best known for their 'genealogy (etymology) of words.'
On holidays their word choice is often related to the holiday. For example, here is a selection from today's word: Pilgrim
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On holidays their word choice is often related to the holiday. For example, here is a selection from today's word: Pilgrim
4. a. U.S. Hist. Usu. in plural and with capital initial. Any of the English Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620; (gen.) any of the other early English colonists. See also Pilgrim Fathers n. at Compounds 2.
In quot. 1630, William Bradford (the second governor of Plymouth) uses pilgrim of the settlers figuratively, alluding to Hebrews 11:13 (cf. sense 3). The same phraseology was repeated by Cotton Mather and others, and became familiar in New England. By the late 18th cent. commemorative toasts were often given to the Pilgrims or the Sons of the Pilgrims, and through such celebration Pilgrim and Pilgrim Father eventually passed into use as historical designations.
1630 W. BRADFORD Hist. Plymouth Plantation 36 They knew they were but pilgrimes, & looked not much on those things; but lift vp their eyes to ye heauens, their dearest cuntrie. 1654 E. JOHNSON Hist. New-Eng. 216 Yet were these pilgrim people minded of the suddain forgetfulness of those worthies that died not long before. 1660 in Publ. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1914) 17 366 [New Haven colony] bounds extended neare unto Cold Spring, beyond Pilgrims Harbour. 1702 C. MATHER Magnalia Christi II. i. 3/1 They found..a new World..in which they found that they must live like Strangers and Pilgrims. 1794 in Publ. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1914) 17 366 Toasts on the occasion, viz..The Pilgrims in Concord. 1841 A. YOUNG Chron. Pilgrim Fathers 88 The term Pilgrims belongs exclusively to the Plymouth colonists. 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 21 Apr., What shall we say to the descendants of the Pilgrims, and the Signers,..who are happy and content under his sway? 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 101/2 The Betty lamp of the Pilgrims (1620)..was equipped for hanging from mantelpieces or shelves. 1987 N. BLEI Neighborhood xxii. 146 Thanksgiving was as gray as the clothes the Pilgrims wore.
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Canadian Ancestry
I missed the first edition of the Canadian Genealogy Carnival back in September. My entry for the second edtion will actually be appropriate for both topics.
First Edition: Introduce us to your Canadian ancestors.
Second Edition: Tell us about famous Canadians in your family.
"The first Loyalist settler in Upper Canada may have been Michael Showers. On May 30, 1781, Captain Walter Butler reported from Niagara that 'an old man in the Rangers named Michael Showers' had been permitted, although still fit for service, to build himself a house, and had begun planting and 'Commencing Farmer'" -- From "Loyalist Narratives from Upper Canada", by James J. Talman, 1946, p. xl
Michael Showers' daughter, Sarah, married David Van Every, the son of McGregor Van Every, another early Loyalist settler of Niagara. David and Sarah Van Every were my 4th great grandparents. Their son, Andrew Van Every, lived and died in Canada. Andrew's son, Samuel, returned to America in the mid-19th century, though he had siblings and cousins who remained in Canada.
Does First Loyalist Settler of Upper Canada qualify as a 'famous ancestor?' Some might accept it. Others might ask for some broader name recognition. In that case I need to move away from direct ancestors, and toward the Stoughton Descendants I've blogged about before. If I need a famous cousin, that will always be a good place to start. Through my Stoughton ancestry I am related to the Marquesses of Dufferin. While this is an Irish peerage, it began with Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, who served as Governor General of Canada.
I will assume that satisfies any definition.
I am as proud as any American can be of their United Empire Loyalist heritage. As I like to point out, there is nothing wrong with loyalty. It is usually the loyal who are considered patriotic. The Revolutionaries were the ones who committed treason. Of course, when the treasonous are successful, they get to write the history and instantly they become the patriots.
I also have some Newmark ancestors who were in Canada for 3 months in 1907.
First Edition: Introduce us to your Canadian ancestors.
Second Edition: Tell us about famous Canadians in your family.
"The first Loyalist settler in Upper Canada may have been Michael Showers. On May 30, 1781, Captain Walter Butler reported from Niagara that 'an old man in the Rangers named Michael Showers' had been permitted, although still fit for service, to build himself a house, and had begun planting and 'Commencing Farmer'" -- From "Loyalist Narratives from Upper Canada", by James J. Talman, 1946, p. xl
Michael Showers' daughter, Sarah, married David Van Every, the son of McGregor Van Every, another early Loyalist settler of Niagara. David and Sarah Van Every were my 4th great grandparents. Their son, Andrew Van Every, lived and died in Canada. Andrew's son, Samuel, returned to America in the mid-19th century, though he had siblings and cousins who remained in Canada.
Does First Loyalist Settler of Upper Canada qualify as a 'famous ancestor?' Some might accept it. Others might ask for some broader name recognition. In that case I need to move away from direct ancestors, and toward the Stoughton Descendants I've blogged about before. If I need a famous cousin, that will always be a good place to start. Through my Stoughton ancestry I am related to the Marquesses of Dufferin. While this is an Irish peerage, it began with Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, who served as Governor General of Canada.
Lord Dufferin served as Governor General of Canada during a period of rapid change in Canadian history. During his term, Prince Edward Island was admitted to Confederation, and several well-known Canadian institutions, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Royal Military College of Canada, and the Intercolonial Railway, were established.
I will assume that satisfies any definition.
I am as proud as any American can be of their United Empire Loyalist heritage. As I like to point out, there is nothing wrong with loyalty. It is usually the loyal who are considered patriotic. The Revolutionaries were the ones who committed treason. Of course, when the treasonous are successful, they get to write the history and instantly they become the patriots.
I also have some Newmark ancestors who were in Canada for 3 months in 1907.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
During This Week
Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:
Gregorian Calendar: November 23-29
Nov 25, 1956 – Barnet Newmark died (great grandfather)
Nov 26, 1848 - George Van Every born (2nd great uncle)
Nov 26, 1999 – Belle (Hoffman) Feinstein died (great aunt and godmother)
Nov 29, 1825 – Elizabeth Ann Sliver Denyer born (3rd great aunt)
Hebrew Calendar: Heshvan 25 – Kislev 2
Heshvan 26, 5765 – William Venable Campbell died (1st cousin once removed)
Heshvan 27, 5691 – Alice Van Every died (2nd great aunt)
Heshvan 27, 5650 – Anna (Blatt) Feinstein born (great grandmother)
Heshvan 28, 5682 – Charles Van Every died (2nd great uncle)
Heshvan 29, 5555 – William Denyer born (3rd great grandfather)
Kislev 1, 5609 – George Van Every born (2nd great uncle)
Gregorian Calendar: November 23-29
Nov 25, 1956 – Barnet Newmark died (great grandfather)
Nov 26, 1848 - George Van Every born (2nd great uncle)
Nov 26, 1999 – Belle (Hoffman) Feinstein died (great aunt and godmother)
Nov 29, 1825 – Elizabeth Ann Sliver Denyer born (3rd great aunt)
Hebrew Calendar: Heshvan 25 – Kislev 2
Heshvan 26, 5765 – William Venable Campbell died (1st cousin once removed)
Heshvan 27, 5691 – Alice Van Every died (2nd great aunt)
Heshvan 27, 5650 – Anna (Blatt) Feinstein born (great grandmother)
Heshvan 28, 5682 – Charles Van Every died (2nd great uncle)
Heshvan 29, 5555 – William Denyer born (3rd great grandfather)
Kislev 1, 5609 – George Van Every born (2nd great uncle)
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