tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41753865532299896102024-03-12T23:45:05.857-07:00Gathering Branches of My Family TreeMy family tree, family history and general genealogy related things. Mostly Turner, DeValkeneer, Edwards and Merryweather surnames.D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-66374838104978053522018-02-15T19:58:00.000-08:002018-05-25T19:59:46.562-07:0052 Ancestors 2018 #7"Valentine"<br />
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My 1st cousin 4x removed, Margaret Butler, got married on Valentine's Day in 1893.<br />
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Margaret "Maggie" Butler (4 Jun 1872-26 May 1956)<br />
Margaret was the 7th child (out of 10) of James Butler and Mary A Schwallie. She lived her whole life in Belmont County, Ohio. On 14 Feb 1893 she married John August Vogt. They went on to have 7 children themselves. She died in 1956.<br />
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John August Vogt (18 Apr 1963-14 Jan 1946)<br />
John was born to August Vogt and Magdalena Koch. He had at least 5 siblings. He died in 1946.D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-25412140852181027502018-02-12T14:20:00.000-08:002018-05-23T14:20:43.256-07:0052 Ancestors 2018 #6"Favorite Name"<br />
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I like odd names. When you are doing genealogy it can make things easier to find, well sometimes. It certainly makes them more interesting. You get to try out different spellings, because odd names often have people trying to spell phonetically. Anyway, this week I'll focus on Aloysious McCort (1879-1933). I have found his name spelled several interesting ways.<br />
Aloysious McCort was born to James McCort and Mary Ellen Butler. He was the youngest of their 12 children, and was born 29 July 1879 in Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio. As of the WWI draft he was a carpenter. He never married or had kids. He died 21 June 1933 of double pneumonia.<br />
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<br />D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-4308535441437794712018-02-09T13:44:00.000-08:002018-05-23T13:45:48.746-07:0052 Ancestors 2018 #5This weeks theme is "In the Census"<br />
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Charles F Butler (1869-1950)<br />
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Charles was the son of Simon Peter Butler and Eliza Boyd. He lived in Ohio his whole life. I have found him in several census', never married or even had a job. I found this curious. Sure, lots of people never get married, but not as many never have a job. Then I looked more carefully at the 1920 census and right next to the occupation column, where the industry is listed, he is listed as 'imbicile'. Well, I guess that explains it. I may have to do a little more research on him, but it answers my main question.<br />
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What interesting things have you found in the census?D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-37913666874307017002018-02-01T17:20:00.001-08:002018-02-01T17:20:21.891-08:0052 Ancestors 2018 Week #4Invite to Dinner<br />
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There are many ancestors I wouldn't mind inviting to dinner, if nothing else but to interrogate them about their lives and family. One such ancestor is my 4x great-grandmother Elizabeth Hughes.<br />
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Some things I want to know- Where were you born? Who were your parents? Why did you come to America? Why did you marry a man 27 years older than you with 6 kids, and then have 11 more? What was it like to raise so many children? Why did you never remarry? Did you like Ohio? Did you have other family nearby?<br />
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She is one of my 'brick wall' ancestors. I know she was born in Ireland around 1827, but have no idea who any of her other family members are. There are a few Hughes' that I have found in the census that lived near her in Ohio, but I have not yet found any connection between them, so I can't say for sure they are related. With all these unanswered questions, I'd definitely invite her to dinner.D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-3680421164659271722018-02-01T12:10:00.002-08:002018-02-01T12:10:29.878-08:0052 Ancestors 2018 #3Longevity<br />
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Last week I shared photos of my great-grandfather Thomas Edwards. He died in a mining accident when he was 42. His wife, however, lived much longer. I met her once when I was only 3 or 4 years old. I have no memory of this, but my parents have photos from the family reunion that prove it. My great-grandmother Flora Sophia Maggie Hasemeyer lived to be 102.<br />
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She was born in 1889 in Colorado. Her parents were both German immigrants who ended up in Colorado, got married and stayed there. She married Thomas Edwards when she was 20 years old. They made their first home in the Gunnison area of Colorado. By 1920 they had moved to Carbon County Utah, where Thomas was a coal miner. When my grandfather was only 9 his dad, Thomas was killed in a mining accident. This left Flora alone with 4 children. A few years later her oldest daughter died, so she took in 3 grandchildren to raise as well.<br />
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Eventually she remarried. In 1943 she married William Monte Pilling, a divorcee with 5 children of his own. Sadly he passed away only 3 years later. Again Flora was a widow.<br />
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She stayed in Carbon County for the rest of her life, which lasted until 1991. She wasn't the only long lived in her family, she had a brother who lived to 93 and a sister to 91. I don't know the secret to her long life, but it seems at least a little of it was inherited.<br />
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-73494387298934033282018-02-01T11:37:00.000-08:002018-02-01T11:42:09.385-08:0052 Ancestors 2018 #2Favorite Photo<br />
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Ok, so these probably aren't my most favorite photos of an ancestor, but I do like them a lot. My great-grandfather, Thomas Edwards, was a coal miner in Utah. He died fairly young, in a mining accident. I find these old photos of his life in that mining town very interesting. The area was in Spring Canyon, Utah. The city was names Storrs and people only lived there a short time. It's now just a few piles of stone foundations and wilderness. But when my family lived there it was a town full of life.<br />
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And some of my relatives who still live in the area helped put up this memorial. My grandfather's name is on the right-most column.</div>
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<br />D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-8519017323787645712018-01-30T17:14:00.003-08:002018-01-30T17:14:43.231-08:0052 Ancestors 2018 #1A few years ago I did the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge and enjoyed it a lot. I liked learning about my ancestors and writing down their stories. I was excited to see that the challenge would be going on again this year. Since I have already done posts on many of my direct ancestors the last time I did the challenge I will be doing things a little different this time.<br />
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I have a couple ideas about what I want to do with this challenge. The first is a continuation of a project I started last year: finding as many descendants of one of my ancestors. I went back several generations to an ancestor that had 19 children (between two wives, and 1 illegitimate child). I am only on his 5th child, but have found so many descendants. I want to continue this project, so some of my posts might be about these newly found cousins.</div>
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Another idea I had was to work on my 'ancestor score'. I found an interesting table online that showed how many ancestors you should have for each generation, then a column for how many you have identified in your own family tree. Going back 10 generations you should have 1023 direct ancestors. I have found 222, which puts me at a 21.7% filled out family tree. I know all my ancestors back 6 generations, and most of them in the 7th, but I only know half of my 8th generation and I only know 12 of my ancestors 10 generations back (out of 512 possible). I want to fill out those generations further back, which I know is a difficult thing because of how old those records would be. Some of my weeks might be information on these missing ancestors.</div>
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The first week's prompt is "start". I'm going to start off with my 4x great-grandfather John Butler. He was born about 1799 in Ireland. When he was about 25 he married Margaret Dorn. They had 2 children before immigrating to the United States. They came through New York in July 1828. They spent a few years in the New York/New Jersey area before moving on the Ohio where they eventually settled for good.<br />
Margaret died in 1841 leaving behind 6 children. Around 2 years later John married Elizabeth Hughes, who was also an Irish immigrant to Ohio. Elizabeth was about 25 years younger than John and they had 11 children together. Their youngest was not quite 3 when John died April 1870. As far as I have found Elizabeth never remarried.<br />
In researching John Butler I thought this was all of his family, but then I came across his will. In it I found out that he had an illegitimate child named William Eller, whom he left some money to when he died. I still don't know who the mother is, or exactly where in the age-order pf children he fits. One more thing to add to my research plans.<br />
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-52771330497129129222017-02-25T11:41:00.004-08:002017-03-11T21:58:20.180-08:00Breaking Through My Brick Wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my most frustrating brick walls has been my 2x great-grandfather Dietrich Heinrich Hasemeyer. I knew he was born in Germany, went to Illinois, then on to Colorado (where he married my 2x great-grandmother), and died in Utah. But I didn't know much about his family, where he came from, or how/when he came to America.<br />
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You would think there would be a record of his coming to America, since it would have been around 1880. His Naturalization papers don't give any specifics, just a signed oath of allegiance. I just couldn't figure it out.<br />
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Then I remembered that his obituary mentioned his family. His obituary in Utah, 1925, stated that he had 3 brothers living in Illinois. This was the key.<br />
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One thing I like about Ancestry.com is the ability to make multiple trees, private ones, and it gives record hints even when the person has no death date listed (potentially living people). I made a Hasemeyer tree just for this investigation.<br />
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I looked up the 1920 census and found everyone named Hasemeyer (and other various spellings of the name), and put them all into a tree together. I knew many would not actually be related, but this was just to help keep track of/find other records for them.<br />
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I discovered that 3 of the Hasemeyer men I found were brothers, living in the same county in Illinois in 1920. And they all had birth records in Germany, that were searchable! They had the same parents (that's how I know they were brothers and not just people with the same last name).<br />
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From there I looked up the parents, to find all the children they had in those German records. Low and behold, they had a son named Heinrich Diedrich Ferdinand Haesemeier, with the exact same birth day as my Dietrich Heinrich Hasemeyer! I know that (in this family at least) the people went by their 2nd given name rather than their 1st given name, so Heinrich Diedrich would have gone by Diedrich/Dietrich most of the time. I had found my family!<br />
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All I had left to do was copy the information for my newly found family members from my private Hasemeyer tree onto my regular tree, and attach the sources.<br />
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All the other Hasemeyers in Illinois were totally wrong to be my family, the years and places didn't add up at all.<br />
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It pays to look up the FAN club of your ancestor and not just the person you are actually looking for (FAN stands for Family, Associates, and Neighbors). Now I am climbing this branch of the tree, finding cousins and grandparents, and so excited to finally break through that brick wall.<br />
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I have a DNA match with another Hasemeyer, confirming that I found the right Hasemeyer family!<br />
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I saw that I had 2 matches through AncestryDNA with the name Hasemeyer in their family trees. One was related to my known Hasemeyer ancestor, and the other had a private tree. I messaged them, and they responded, confirming that they are directly descended from my ancestors brother. Looks like I have a new cousin (3rd cousin once removed for those who want to know)!D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-43171269443758861342016-07-23T11:58:00.000-07:002017-09-29T13:34:22.573-07:00Testing my DNAI finally pulled the trigger and bought a DNA testing kit. I took advantage of a sale at <a href="http://dna.ancestry.com/" target="_blank">AncestryDNA</a> and gave them my spit. It took about a month to get the results. It was very exciting.<br />
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The results themselves were not at all surprising. I am pretty darn white, and my DNA reflects that. Also, having learned about European history, and how different parts of your DNA can come from pretty far back, nothing in the tests came as a surprise, even the 'trace regions'.<br />
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What I was most excited about, however, was the DNA matches. This is really the best part of doing the Ancestry test. It says I have 90 people that are 4th cousins or closer who have all taken the test. That is awesome! 4th cousins still share enough DNA for the test to be fairly reliable, which means most (if not all) of those people are actually related.<br />
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One of those people is my 1st cousin, so I know right off that we are related without having to do any research. Most of the people who use AncestryDNA have at least a small family tree online for you to look through and find matching names. I love seeing how you are related to other people.<br />
I haven't contacted anyone yet, but I am slowly going through my list and trying to find how we are related. I am trying to be as thorough as possible, since some aren't as obvious at first.<br />
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Also, now that I have done the AncestryDNA test, I am going to try and transfer the results to Family Tree DNA to find where I fit over there. So far, the transfer thing isn't working for me (i've heard it's because AncestryDNA recently changed up their test and FTDNA hasn't caught up with it yet), but I am hopeful they will fix the problem soon. My dad took their test years ago, so I have access to his information, and it's pretty interesting how they separate the groups and find common ancestors.<br />
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The next time my husband is home for R&R I will have him take a test, I am really curious to see if he has any matches on Ancestry.<br />
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For more information on DNA and genealogy I recommend you go to <a href="http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/" target="_blank">The Genetic Genealogist</a>, and the<a href="http://isogg.org/wiki/Genetic_genealogy" target="_blank"> International Society of Genetic Genealogy</a>D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-57613789147536174472016-07-08T12:51:00.005-07:002016-07-08T12:51:51.007-07:00My First Trip to the Family History LibraryMy family went on a big roadtrip for almost 3 weeks. Along the way we stopped by 2 different cities my ancestors lived, and I got 6 hours at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. My kids weren't as interested in doing genealogy on vacation, but they did like walking around the cemetery at little. And while I was in the library, they went with their father to see temple square and things, so they were sufficiently entertained while I worked.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyway, it was my very first time going into the Family History Library. Some things I think I did right, and others I didn't. Here is a summary of my trip, which is hopefully helpful for your first trip there as well.</div>
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1. I had a plan. I knew exactly who and what I was looking for, which information I wanted to fill in, and approximately where to find it. I was focusing on my husband's family, which were all in one country, and I knew the records were all in microfilm (thanks to the British, there were pretty good records).</div>
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2. I wrote down the film numbers. I had a list of microfilm numbers, and what was in them, so I could go straight to the film and start researching. It's pretty easy to look at the catalog online from home and make a list. You can write down your own list, or make a 'catalog print list' right on the FamilySearch website and simply press print when your ready. Luckily my research was all on one floor of the building, no need to move around too much.</div>
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3. I brought my computer, notebook, and cell phone. I was able to take a quick cell phone shot of the indexes for the records (for reference while looking for the record itself), write things down, and even input things directly into my computer genealogy software. It's great to have access to technology while you are there, and to be able to record things in multiple ways. I happen to have a backpack with a place for my laptop, so it wasn't a big deal to carry it all in.</div>
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1. didn't pay attention to where exactly the microfilm was located. Some was in the regular files, some was in the high density stacks (needing a worker to go get it for me), some was restricted (needing me to surrender my drivers license to view it), and some was in the Granite Vaults (needing to be ordered ahead of time). </div>
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For the Fijian records I was looking at, most of the indexes were in the regular files, so I could go and look up people and find record numbers or dates. But then, the records themselves were in the Granite Vault, so I couldn't access it that day (and didn't have another day to come back). I also had a long list of restricted film to look through, but it requires you to give them your drivers license or ID before they go get it for you. I only had time for 2 rolls, and hope to be able to go back some day and see the rest.</div>
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Overall the trip was a success. I know I can order the granite vault films to be delivered to my local genealogy library ($7 per film), so I'm not too bummed that I didn't get to see it there. I loved being there in the library surrounded by so many other genealogists doing work, and even better, finally seeing more people my own age and younger doing genealogy (I am often the odd man out in the age department).</div>
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-75707411932617672422016-04-24T10:00:00.000-07:002017-03-08T00:03:04.821-08:00Kids Family History Activities<br />
Getting kids involved with genealogy can be a tough sell. My kids humor me when I want to hang out in a cemetery, but I don't think they'd ever suggest going to one on their own. For our local Family History Fair I made a display with some ideas of activities you could do your kids to get them more with family history. I hope you like some of the ideas.<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Share stories from your family history, or your own history<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Learn what your names and surnames mean<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Make or color a family tree<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Learn a few words and phrases in your ancestral language<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Create a timeline for either your family or an ancestor’s life<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Record family stories<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fill out a family group sheet or detailed pedigree<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fill out a “<a href="https://familysearch.org/myfamily" target="_blank">My Family” booklet</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Interview and older family member<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Visit ancestral places, live or virtually<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Watch the<a href="http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tigger_Movie" target="_blank"> Tigger Movie</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Personalized-Guess-Who/" target="_blank">“Guess Who” game</a> with old family photos<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.allisonkimball.com/my_weblog/2015/11/family-history-bingo-free-download.html" target="_blank">Genealogy Bingo</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Make photo ornaments to hang on a <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/14860590" target="_blank">“Family Tree”</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Turn a family photo into a <a href="https://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/puzzles" target="_blank">puzzle</a> (DIY or through an online service)<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Make a family cookbook. Make the foods and take photos for your book.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Map your family history, use a paper map or online<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/07/03/genealogy-for-kids-cemetery-scavenger-hunt/" target="_blank">Cemetery Scavenger Hunt</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Illustrate a family history story (comic book style works too)<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fill out notebooking pages about family history (examples <a href="http://www.brightlystreet.com/2014/01/12-to-1-temple-count-downs-begun-family-history.html" target="_blank">Here </a>and <a href="http://www.notebookingnook.com/freebie-family-history-notebook-2/" target="_blank">Here</a>)<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/07/ancestor-cards-for-children.html" target="_blank">Make and play</a> with <a href="http://catchthewindow.blogspot.com/2011/09/ancestor-cards-how-i-did-it.html" target="_blank">ancestor trading cards</a></div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Learn to use FamilySearch (or Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast...): </div>
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o<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Add sources to someone on your tree</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Earn the <a href="http://www.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Genealogy.pdf" target="_blank">scout badge for genealogy</a></div>
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-7230310795184745712016-04-23T13:40:00.001-07:002016-04-23T13:40:24.167-07:00Cemetery ResearchI have always liked going to cemeteries (when an actual funeral isn't involved). I like the peacefulness, and the quiet, and the scenery. I like reading the headstones and the inscriptions. I like when families are buried together for generations. When going to a cemetery for genealogy research, you should know where you are going, who you are looking for, and how to photograph the grave once you get there.<br />
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First let me start off by saying DO NOT clean the headstone with anything other than a soft brush and plain water. DO NOT use chalk, shaving cream, or other harsh things to make it easier to read.<br />
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Each person has a memorial page with information such as who they are, when they lived, links to who their family is, and where they are buried. Some people have more information listed, such as an obituary or other biography.</div>
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A free website (with a paid option) to look up headstone photos from around the world. Volunteers use smartphones to take GPS tagged photos of headstones, which are then uploaded to the website and transcribed by other volunteers for easy online searches.<br />
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<br />D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-14503744759940126782016-04-23T12:50:00.002-07:002016-04-23T12:50:10.580-07:00Picturing Your Ancestral VillageWhen I do genealogy research, I often wonder what peoples lives were like, and what the places they lived were like. I made a display for our local Family History Fair about this very subject.<br />
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WhatWasThere is a photo/map pinning site. On this site there are basically just two tags for a photo, the location and the date taken. While the focus is historic photos, there are current photos as well (since someday even they will be historic). The goal is to "weave together a photographic history of the world" Some of the photos can be overlaid onto Google street view.<br />
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HistoryPin is a website where people can pin historic photos to a map where it was taken. They don't just have individual people posting photos, they have libraries, archives and museums posting as well.</div>
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They take a Goggle map, and pin photos to it. They even have some location photos overlaid right into a Google Street View photo. Some of the photos are historical, some are current photos of landmarks and historical plaques and monuments.</div>
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Then comes 'repeats'. It's modern photo replicas of historic photos. These can be taken with the HistoryPin app. If you know where a photo was taken, you can go there and take a modern photo of the same place. It's kind of neat to see how things have changed over the years. And the last tab has copyright information.</div>
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There are lots of cool genealogy related groups. Some are families, some are places, some more general. You can join lots of groups and post to any or all of them, or just look through what others have posted. For example, there is a group for West Virginia Cemeteries. So if I have photos of my ancestors headstones buried in WV, I can post to that group. Or I can find other more artistic photos of the cemetery and monuments.</div>
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Using geographic information found in deeds and addresses from sources such as census data, property where ancestors and neighbors once lived may be marked on historical maps, which can then be overlaid on modern Google maps. </div>
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<u>Make sharable presentations about your ancestors</u></div>
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Also check out <a href="http://genealogythroughgoogleearth.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Genealogy Through Google Earth </a>for more information on how to use it.<br />
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If you scan a negative, you’ll want to Invert the colors in a photo editing program<br />
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-25764396509930643352016-04-09T11:17:00.000-07:002017-03-07T23:51:49.578-08:00Family History FairAfter Christmas I took a little break from doing genealogy as actively. It's been a nice break, but now it's time to get back to work. I am a family history consultant for our local genealogy center in an LDS chapel. At the end of the month we are having a community Family History Fair.<br />
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I have been doing some displays for the fair, and informational handouts (and I made the above flyer).<br />
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I thought I'd share here on the blog some of the things being displayed at the fair.<br />
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Post fair update:<br />
Here are some pictures from the fair, before people arrived. We only did one actual class, and the rest of the fair was just open for people to come and go. We had displays set up in different rooms, a photo area, a photo/document scanning area, a room for recording memories (audio and/or visual interviewing), and had a few computers set up for people to use Relative Finder and see if they are related to anyone famous.<br />
It was a small event, but we had people come and go pretty steadily throughout the day. Being the first time any of us had ever done an event like this, it was a learning experience, but great fun. I look forward to doing it again next year and be even more prepared and have lots of ideas of things to improve upon. Hopefully we keep getting bigger and better each year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids room. There were coloring pages and old timey style games</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had little stickers people could put on the map to show where their family was from</td></tr>
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<br />D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-54146425486807043712016-01-07T16:37:00.002-08:002016-01-07T16:37:56.737-08:00Research Goals: The Follow-upLast year I worked on going over my genealogy with the "Genealogy Do Over". In particular I liked listing out my <a href="http://gatheringbranches.blogspot.com/2015/01/research-goals-genealogy-do-over-week-2.html">research goals</a>. Well, here I am a year later, and have done a lot of work on my goals.<br />
I finished up the <a href="https://desireeprakash.shutterfly.com/genealogy">genealogy photobook</a> for my mother, and did a lot of research for it. Here is a photo of my spreadsheet at the beginning of last year:<br />
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And here is a more recent shot of it:<br />
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As you can see I have filled in some more of the squares. While there are still more empty spaces than I'd like, it's nice to see how far I've come.<br />
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View the <a href="https://desireeprakash.shutterfly.com/genealogy">photobooks I made</a>!<br />
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<br />D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-12999712792151987852015-12-31T14:37:00.000-08:002016-01-07T14:42:50.059-08:0052 Ancestors Week 52 - Frederick Hasemeyer<span style="color: #36322d; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 33px;">Fredrick William? Hasemeyer was born about 1833 in Germany. He married a woman named Sophia. Together they had at least 4 sons.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #36322d;"><span style="line-height: 33px;">He is said to have died around 1890.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #36322d;"><span style="line-height: 33px;"><br /></span></span>D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-69687493867080282772015-12-24T14:31:00.000-08:002016-01-07T14:32:11.185-08:0052 Ancestors Week 51 - Marie Cherise ParisMarie Chirese Paris was born on January 21, 1848 in Glimes, Brabant, Belgium to Francois Joseph Paris and Marie Louisa Riffon.<br />
On October 25, 1865 she married Henri Joseph Francois Piraux in Glimes. Together they had 7 children.<br />
She died on January 26, 1890 in Chatelineau, Belgium.<br />
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Parents<br />
Francois Joseph Paris 1808–1857<br />
Marie Louisa Riffon 1811–1871<br />
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Siblings<br />
Auguste Joseph Paris 1845–?<br />
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Henri Joseph Francois Piraux 1841–?<br />
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Camille Joseph Piraux 1866–?<br />
Marcellin Eugene Joseph Piraux 1868–?<br />
Emile Francois Joseph Piraux 1871–1929<br />
Marie Flore Piraux 1873–1873<br />
Flore Elisa Piraux 1875–1877<br />
Auguste Joseph Piraux 1877–?<br />
Helene Adeline Joseph Piraux 1880–?D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-35829045855844500792015-12-17T14:23:00.000-08:002016-01-07T14:24:40.487-08:0052 Ancestors Week 50 - Adelle LeblonAdelle Leblon was born on March 19, 1837 in Herinnes, Brabant, Belgium. She was the 4th of 7 children born to Felix Francois Hubert Leblon and Jeanne Catherine Agneesens.<br />
On March 3, 1862 Adelle married Charles Louis Tavernier in Montignies-sur-Sambre, Belgium. Together they had 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls.<br />
She died on October 12, 1897 in Charleroi, Belgium.<br />
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Felix Francois Hubert Leblon 1803–?<br />
Jeanne Catherine Agneesens 1806–?<br />
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Marie Caroline Leblon 1830–?<br />
Joseph Francois Leblon 1833–?<br />
Jeanne Marie Leblon 1835–?<br />
Jeanne Catherine Leblon 1839–?<br />
Charles Louis Leblon 1841–?<br />
Isidor Joseph Leblon 1847–?<br />
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Charles Louis Tavernier 1833–?<br />
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Francois Tavernier 1865–1900<br />
Lambertine Tavernier 1866–?<br />
Charles Louis Tavernier 1869–1919<br />
Marie Tavernier 1872–1892D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-27099796102322530502015-12-09T16:08:00.003-08:002015-12-10T15:12:02.798-08:0052 Ancestors Week 49 - Margaretha TreimerMargaretha Treimer was born on April 24, 1838 in Lemkendorf, Fehmarn, Germany.<br />
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At the time, Fehmarn was technically part of Denmark, though it seems only for tax purposes, they considered themselves either German or completely independent. The Schleswig-Holstein region rebelled against the Danish trying to take over and they tried to establish their own government. The Danish government fought back and occupied the region for 12 years. Then Prussia and Austria joined Schleswig in fighting off the Danes in what became the Second Schleswig War in 1864. At the end of the war, in 1864, the region was given over Prussia, now Germany.<br />
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Fritz and Margaretha were married in the early 1860’s. They had at least 8 children.<br />
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In October 1881 they left from Hamburg on the ship Australia going to New York. Except for the two oldest children, who joined the family a year later. They settled on a farm in southwest Illinois.<br />
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Margaretha died on April 19, 1910 in Illinois. On May 15, 1919, Fritz died in Campbell Hill, Illinois.<br />
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Fritz (Friedrich) Schmidt 1839–1919<br />
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Children:<br />
Margareta Schmidt 1862–1916<br />
Christina Amelia Schmidt 1863–1922<br />
Magda (Martha) Sophia Elizabeth Schmidt 1865–1949<br />
Henrietta Deserie Schmidt 1867–1959<br />
Fritz Emil Schmidt 1868–1939<br />
Mary Gertrude Schmidt 1869–1952<br />
Adolph Nicolaus Carl Schmidt 1870–1959<br />
Agnes Henrietta Schmidt 1875–1944D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-26237293153755886662015-12-01T16:01:00.000-08:002015-12-09T16:02:45.861-08:0052 Ancestors Week 48 - Mary Ann AldersonMary Ann Alderson was born around 1831 in Oldbrough, Yorkshire, England. Her parents were John and Ann Alderson.<br />
On May 5, 1850 she married Robert Gregoryin Stanwick St John, Yorkshire. According to the 1851 census he was an Ag. Laborer. They soon had a child named Mary Ann.<br />
Right after having her they up and moved to Durham County (a couple miles away really) to work<br />
in the coal mines. They lived in Newfield for a while, having more kids. Eventually Robert started working at the Castle Eden Colliery, and moved his family into housing there. They had at least 8 children together.<br />
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John Alderson 1799–?</div>
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Stephen Alderson 1829–?</div>
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Robert Gregory 1823–1897</div>
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Mary Ann Gregory 1852–1926</div>
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Jane Gregory 1857–1930</div>
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Robert Gregory 1860–?</div>
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William Gregory 1862–1900</div>
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Isabella Gregory 1864–?</div>
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Margaret Ellen Gregory 1865–?</div>
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Elizabeth Gregory 1868–1901</div>
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John S. Gregory 1874–1951</div>
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-66936108720114816572015-11-28T20:38:00.001-08:002015-11-28T20:40:04.089-08:0052 Ancestors Week 47 - Thomas Edwards<div class="MsoNormal">
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somewhere near Buckley or Mold, Wales around 1815. In the 1830’s or 40’s, in
Wales he married Elizabeth Crofts. It’s possible he was married prior to this,
but it’s still unclear. Between 1845 and 1847 he and his family moved to
Durham, England where they worked in the coal mines there. They had 9 children.
Thomas died between 1891 and 1901 (probably in 1893 in Hartlepool, England).</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-87904753854149397882015-11-19T20:15:00.000-08:002015-11-19T20:15:15.386-08:0052 Ancestors Week 46 - Sarah Ann Thick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sarah Ann Thick was born on September 25, 1833 in Hamoon, Dorset, England, to William Thick and Lydia Savory. On April 3, 1858 she married Mark Merryweather in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England and they soon moved to Malmsbury, Wiltshire where Mark was a police sergeant.<br />
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Together Sarah and Mark had 9 children before Mark died in 1879. Sarah never remarried. In the 1881 census Sarah is listed as the Hall Keeper at Temperance Hall in Chippenham, Wiltshire. She worked there as a refreshment keeper, along with a couple of her children, until at least 1911.</div>
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She died in Chippenham on Mar 8, 1914.</div>
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Parents:<br />
William Thick 1802–1885<br />
Lydia Savory 1805–1865<br />
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Siblings:<br />
Lucinda Thick 1830–1905<br />
James Eli Thick 1836–?<br />
Mary Jane Thick 1838–1918<br />
William Thick 1843–?<br />
Emma Thick 1846–?<br />
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Mark Merryweather1836–1879<br />
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Children:<br />
Walter Mark Merryweather 1859–1922<br />
Sarah Kate Merryweather 1861–1869<br />
Frank Hyrum Merryweather 1864–1947<br />
Ernest Alfred Merryweather 1867–1867<br />
Minnie Merryweather 1869–1875<br />
Albert Edwin Merryweather 1871–1947<br />
Eva Kate Merryweather 1873–1952<br />
Annie Minnie Merryweather 1875–1902<br />
Ernest Alfred Merryweather 1878–1879</div>
D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-55166625970235725612015-11-14T22:03:00.001-08:002015-11-18T22:11:11.856-08:0052 Ancestors Week 45 - Sarah Kemp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sarah Kemp was born on October 2, 1823, in Bunwell, Norfolk, England. She was the middle child (of 7) of Robert Kemp and Martha Button. She married Richard Dye on September 2, 1846, in Attleborough, Norfolk. Together they had 10 children, all while living in Attleborough. Three of their children died while they still lived in England.<br />
In the fall of 1851 the family joined the LDS Church (Mormon). Then in 1870 they decided to immigrate to Utah. Richard went first to prepare a place for the family, then in 1871 the rest of the family joined him. They sailed from Liverpool on the ship "Nevada" on 18 Oct 1871 with family and arrived in Salt Lake City 11 Nov 1871.<br />
On March 3, 1903 Sarah died in Provo, Utah and was buried in the Provo City Cemetery.<br />
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Parents:<br />
Robert Kemp 1789–1853<br />
Martha Button 1796–1851<br />
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Siblings:<br />
Mary Kemp 1815–1898<br />
Daniel Kemp 1819–<br />
William Button (Buten) Kemp 1820–1876<br />
Jemima Kemp 1831–1902<br />
Robert Kemp 1832–<br />
Martha Kemp 1838–<br />
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Richard Dye 1823–1905<br />
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Sarah Ann Dye 1846–1869<br />
Robert Dye 1848–1866<br />
William Dye 1850–1932<br />
Hyrum Dye 1851–1860<br />
Heber Charles Dye 1853–1880<br />
Edmund Willard Dye 1855–1925<br />
Samuel Dye 1858–1915<br />
John Hyrum Dye 1859–1944<br />
Rebecca Dye 1861–1863<br />
Lovina Clarissa Dye 1865–1922<br />
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D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175386553229989610.post-68913423483852199592015-11-09T23:18:00.000-08:002015-11-14T22:08:30.642-08:0052 Ancestors Week 44 - Emma Beddoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4a; font-family: "proximanova" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">The Beddoes family moved to Bilston for a period of time where Emma married William Boweter in 1865. Before her marriage to William Boweter, she had 2 children. Together they had 4 children. Many of the family then went up to Yorkshire to work in the coal mines. They eventually came back to Bilston before they emigrated to the U.S. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4a; font-family: "proximanova" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">While they were in Yorkshire Emma's oldest brother went to Leeds and was converted to Mormonism. When he returned to the family, many of them also joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from about 1868-1871. </span><span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: "proximanova" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Emma, William, their 4 children, and one of her older sons came to America in September 1883 on the Ship Nevada. 3 of Emma's brothers and their families also immigrated in 1883. They moved directly to Utah.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4a; font-family: "proximanova" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Emma's husband, William Boweter survived a mining explosion on 1 May 1900 in the Scofield #4 mine in Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. After William got out of the mine, he recovered from some rather painful burns from the explosion. He eventually in 1911. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4a; font-family: "proximanova" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Emma died 11 May 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was buried in Springville, Utah, next to her husband.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">William Beddoes </span></span><span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">1794–1850</span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Emma Ward </span></span><span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">1804–1875</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Jeremiah Ward 1827–1921</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Richard Beddoes 1830–1874</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Susannah Beddoes 1833–1891</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">William Beddoes</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">William Beddoes 1838–1920</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">John "Jack" Beddoes 1841–1896</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Edward Lucas Beddoes 1844–1933</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Mary Ann Beddoes 1850–</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Job Beddoes 1857–1923</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">John Edward Beddoes 1860–1958</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">John Boweter 1861–</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Fanny Boweter</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Fanny Boweter 1866–1951</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Emma Boweter 1868–1948</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">Sarah Jane Boweter 1874–1954</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4d4d4a; font-family: proximanova, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">William Benjamin Boweter 1876–1942</span></span>D Prakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14189133119475598990noreply@blogger.com0