52 Ancestors Week 32- Pieter Francis DeValkeneer

So far in this 52 Ancestors challenge I have completed a profile on all of my great-grandparents, and my great-great-grandparents. Now I have moved on to my 3x great-grandparents. Each person has 32 of these, and it's week 32, so that's the theme.

One of my 3x great-grandparents is Pieter Francis DeValkeneer. Until 2 years ago we didn't know who this was. We had information about his son Cyrille, but not who his father was. Then someone on one of the many helpful genealogy sites mentioned that the Belgian Archives had a website, and while it has much of the same digital images as Family Search, they are broken down into more manageable chunks to look through, and they have a few more of them. So, I looked through these images and found lots of information on my Belgian roots, including who my 3x great-grandparents were on that side of the family.

Pieter Francis DeValkeneer was born on April 18, 1815, in Sint-Martens-Lierde, Belgium. He was the son of Catharina Van Den Bossche and Judocus DeValkeneer. Just over a year after his birth, Pieter's father died, and his mother died when he was 14.

On July 5, 1848, in Sint-Maria-Lierde, Belgium, Pieter married Joanna Catherina Casteleyn. Because Pieter was an orphan, both sets of his grandparents were named in his marriage record (score!).

Together Pieter and Catherina had 4 children, of which Cyrille (my 2x great-grandfather) was the youngest.

I don't yet know when he died, but I'm still looking.

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Parents
Judocus DeValkeneer 1782–1816
Catharina Van Den Bossche 1787–1829

Spouse:
Joanna Catherina Casteleyn 1817–?


Children:
Anna Theresia DeValkeneer 1849–1869
Vitalis DeValkeneer 1851–?
Renilde DeValkeneer 1853–?
Cyrille DeValkeneer 1856–1941

52 Ancestors Week 31- Mark Merryweather

This weeks theme is "Easy". So I chose one of the ancestors that has been researched by several people before me. When your family is Mormon, chances are there is at least one genealogist in the bunch, and they have done some of the work for you, making it easy to find.

Mark Merryweather was born on October 24, 1836, in Newton, England to Martha Gray and George "Mathew" Merryweather. He was child number 7 out of 8 born in that family.

Mark Merryweather married Sarah Ann Thick on April 3, 1858, in Newton, England. They had 9 children.

According to the book of remembrance of Gayle Preston Wood, Mark was a detective for the Scotland Yard; I have not found evidence to support or refute this claim.

Mark Merryweather died on April 14, 1879, in Wiltshire, England, when he was 42 years old.

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Parents
George "Mathew" Merryweather 1795–1868
Martha Gray 1797–1876

Siblings
Daniel Merryweather 1820–1843
Hester (Esther) Merryweather 1821–?
Lot Merryweather 1824–1905
Anna Merryweather 1825–1828
Luke Merryweather 1830–1909
George Merryweather 1834–?
Martha Merryweather 1837–?

Spouse
Sarah Ann Thick 1833–1894

Children
Walter Mark Merryweather1859–1922
Sarah Kate Merryweather 1861–1869
Frank Hyrum Merryweather 1864–1947
Ernest Alfred Merryweather 1867–1867
Minnie Merryweather 1869–1875
Albert Edwin Merryweather 1871–1947
Eva Kate Merryweather 1873–1952
Annie Minnie Merryweather 1875–1902
Ernest Alfred Merryweather 1878–1879

52 Ancestors Week 30 - Elizabeth Croffts

This weeks theme over at No Story Too Small is "Challenging". Until a couple months ago I didn't even know the name of my 3rd great-grandmother. It was challenging to find the information needed to even find her name. And once I ordered the records from England, it was challenging to wait for them to come in the mail! Now that I know who she is, I can move on finding out more about her. Here is what I know so far.

Elizabeth Croffts was born in Hawarden, Wales around 1815. Some time in the 1830's or early 1840's, in Wales, she married Thomas Edwards (who may have been a widow with some children). Elizabeth, Thomas, and children moved to Monk Hesleden, Durham, England to work in the coal mines sometime between 1845 and 1847. According to various census records, we have identified 9 children in this family.

She died sometime after 1881, the last census she is found in (possibly died in 1890 in Easington, England).

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Parents and sbilings:
unknown so far

Spouse:
Thomas Edwards (1817-?)

Children:
John Edwards (1836–?)
Thomas Edwards (1838–?)
Joseph Edwards (1840–?)
Sarah Edwards (1842–?)
Ann Edwards (1845–?)
Margaret Edwards (1847–?)
Edward Edwards (1848–1923)
William Edwards (1850–?)
Peter Edwards (1853–?)

52 Ancestors Week 29 - Isaac Carpenter

Isaac Carpenter was born on May 15, 1826 in Beaver, Guernsey County, Ohio. Isaac was the son of Richard Carpenter and Mary Carpenter (cousins).
Isaac Carpenter married Sarah A. "Sally" Brown on July 14, 1853, in Noble County, Ohio. Together they had 7 children. In the middle of those children there is a 3 year age gap right in the middle of the Civil War. There are 3 Isaac Carpenters found in the war records from Ohio, one of them could be him.
Isaac Carpenter died on February 21, 1905, in Ohio City, Ohio, when he was 78 years old.

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Parents
Richard Carpenter (1800–1863)
Mary Carpenter (1800–1831)

Siblings
Zephaniah Carpenter (1823–1901)
Hannah C. Carpenter (1824–1893)
Richard C. (R. C. C.) Carpenter (1827–1918)

Spouse
Sarah A. "Sally" Brown (1835–1907)

Children:
Mary Jane Carpenter (1854–1913)
John Francis Carpenter (1855–1894)
William Silas Carpenter (1857–1921)
Nancy Samantha (Amanda) Carpenter (1860–1917)
Isaac Vincent Carpenter (1862–1951)
Lavina J. Carpenter (1865–?)
Sarah Lufama Carpenter (1868–1958)

52 Ancestors Week 28- Sarah Brown

Sarah "Sally" Brown was born April 12, 1835, in Guernsey County, Ohio. She was the oldest child of Abraham "Abel" Brown and Jane Miller. She lived her whole live in Guernsey and Noble counties in Ohio.

She married Isaac Carpenter on July 14, 1853, in Noble County, Ohio, when she was 18 years old. Together they had 7 children.

Sarah Brown Carpenter died on June 19, 1907, in Noble, Ohio, when she was 72 years old.

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 Parents:
Abraham "Abel" Brown (1813–1888)
Jane Miller (1815–1890)

Siblings:
Uriah Brown (1835–?)
Joseph Brown (1837–?)
Mary E. Brown (1837–1936)
Nancy Brown (1840–?)
Samantha Brown (1840–?)
John Brown (1841–?)
Edward Brown (1846–1927)
Squire Brown (1847–1918)
Abel Brown (1849–1930)
James Brown (1853–?)
Jane Brown (1856–1934)
Amos Brown (1857–1919)
William Brown (?)

Spouse:
Isaac Carpenter (1826–1905)

Children:
Mary Jane Carpenter (1854–1913)
John Francis Carpenter (1855–1894)
William Silas Carpenter (1857–1921)
Nancy Samantha (Amanda) Carpenter (1860–1917)
Isaac Vincent Carpenter 1862–1951)
Lavina J. Carpenter (1865–?)
Sarah Lufama Carpenter (1868–1958)