tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77352337548094898532024-03-13T11:26:59.600-05:00Gene NotesRandom and not so random thoughts on family history.Anne Percival Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05844713141032559919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1640125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-2618710350325323332023-09-23T20:10:00.000-05:002023-09-23T20:10:04.878-05:00H. D. Percival Alert!I have an account for Newspapers.com and have had this for several years. I set up an alert for H. D. Percival, my dad's grand uncle (or great uncle) for a specific time period. I get alerts on him fairly frequently, and today, BINGO.A little refresher on the backstory for H. D. His name is Herbert D. Percival. I suspect the D is for Davidson, his mother's maiden name. Herbert was Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-76843383303073247192023-04-26T11:14:00.001-05:002023-04-26T11:14:06.367-05:00Asking for a FriendI have been working on some family lines for a friend of mine, and the information is not coming easily. The more recent stuff - 1900 - 1957 is covered with obituaries, but the older stuff is being stubborn. The families I'm researching are White, Naylor, Brooke, and Gibbons. They're all from the Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia areas. Some moved on to Ohio later on. The problemAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-48844819692639441552022-12-29T20:51:00.000-06:002022-12-29T20:51:03.871-06:00Not What I was Looking For. I'm Not Complaining!A friend, who also happens to be a very distant cousin (by marriage) and fellow researcher, always says, "Review! Review Review!"I agree with this wholeheartedly. And it was because of this that I took a look at Find-a-Grave to see if I could find any burials for my Webb family of Orange County, Virginia. I did find a Find-a-Grave record for her and an article celebrating the 250th anniversary ofAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-63201122490017095572022-12-24T10:47:00.000-06:002022-12-24T10:47:01.529-06:00Merry ChristmasCopyright 2010-2022, ACK for Gene NotesAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-17559761208405548672022-12-19T00:00:00.001-06:002022-12-19T00:00:00.193-06:00I'm Reviewing the SituationPeriodically, I like to review what I have on my lines and my hubby's lines. One of my brick walls is the 1910 census for his grandmother. She was in the US for three years by this time, and still I can't find her. And my search again yesterday turned up nothing.However, I got sucked down a rabbit hole looking for her older sister's third husband's death. My records show he died in April Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-80405686796375841112022-10-24T00:00:00.001-05:002022-10-24T00:00:00.212-05:00Diary Keepers? Sadly not.I am not a diary person. It takes time and discipline to keep one. I'm also not much of a letter writer. And in this day of texts and emails, I don't really need to be a letter writer. Which is sad, because there will probably not be a record of the emails I've sent and received over the last 20+ years.My ancestors were of a different ilk. They wrote many letters. At times, when paper was at a Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-33111993719509449462022-09-29T00:00:00.001-05:002022-09-29T00:00:00.206-05:00More Confusing Names - MaybeOne thing I think I've determined on working on these Hungarian records, is that this family probably lived elsewhere before their children were born in the 1870s and 1880s. Or the records just aren't available. Today I found a death record for a baby who appears to have been an uncle of hubby's. The father's name is right, but the spelling on the mother's name is a little off. Betti insteadAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-22759179076580954222022-09-28T00:00:00.006-05:002022-09-28T00:00:00.224-05:00Happy Anniversary!I can't believe we made another year! I am sure there are a few people who can't believe it either! But here we are 43 years later, which just amazes me.I am so lucky to have this guy in my life! Happy Anniversary!Copyright 2010-2022, ACK for Gene NotesAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-40414285033832429702022-09-26T00:00:00.001-05:002022-09-26T00:00:00.223-05:00Confusing NamesI understand German naming patterns. They can be crazy, naming their sons and daughters with similar names. Makes me nuts. But there is a pattern or a reason. But this one takes the cake. Two brothers in this family, hubby's side, one named David and one named Dezso, both born in Hungary. David was born in 1875 and Dezso in 1886. David emigrated to US in 1903 aboard the SS Kronland, and Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-60654722825658296072022-09-24T00:00:00.001-05:002022-09-24T00:00:00.195-05:00Getting Sidetracked 101I am easily sidetracked. Seriously, it doesn't take much to sidetrack me. The arrival of the portraits I blogged about sent me down a rabbit hole hunting for more information on this family of distant relatives.My Zimmeth relatives left Roeschwoog, Alsace, France for America, ultimately settling in Lancaster, Erie county, New York. My great-grandfather was the only one of his siblings born Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-22625109924691331542022-09-15T12:06:00.007-05:002022-09-15T12:06:51.706-05:00I'm a Repository?A few days ago, I was contacted on Ancestry to see if I wanted portraits of Simmet (one of my Zimmeth lines) relatives. Well sure. They are John Dent and his wife Catherine McNaughton. I received them today and the first thing I did was photograph them and link them in RootsMagic 8. Now, I'm looking for more information on the couple as I only had them as the parents of Margaret Dent Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-55123078375427471772022-09-13T21:29:00.001-05:002022-09-13T21:29:27.749-05:00The Project - Pile of FoldersI always have a pile of paper on my desk. Sometimes, it's things I want to do, things to file, things to shred. The paper got so out of hand, I had to relegate it to file folders. I spent a couple of hours one evening sorting the paper into folders and then labeling the folders. Right now I am somewhere between illustration one and illustration two. I am workin on Folder 3 which is a Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-7634051770812996212022-09-12T10:55:00.001-05:002022-09-12T10:55:00.205-05:00For Sale or Trade? Mary Bowman's HouseFor Sale or Exchange.Having determined to sell my residence, on South street, I will do so at a very low price for cash, or exchange for a smaller house in the city. The house is two stories high, and has nine large rooms; the lot is large and is as desirable as any in the city. The place is well supplied with various kinds of fruit and shrubbery, and has all the necessary out-buildings. For Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-41254817745711281202022-09-10T15:33:00.000-05:002022-09-10T15:33:10.990-05:00The More You Work a Family, The More Confusing They GetOne of my direct lines is the Bowman family. My paternal grandmother was a Bowman and my dad was named for her father, Frank Bowman. Frank was one of six children in this family: Isabella, John, Joseph, Edwin, Frank and Clifton. Clifton has long given me the slip. This time the culprit is Joseph. Joseph and his siblings named above were the children of John Parker Bowman and Mary Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-60879698258401516172022-09-08T18:55:00.004-05:002022-09-08T18:55:58.283-05:00RootsMagic 8 for MacI have had the opportunity over the holiday weekend to test RootsMagic 8. Yes, it came out a year ago and I was part of the community testing. However, I had some persistent errors on my Mac when working in the program. When RootsMagic reached out to me recently to test the program for the errors I was experiencing, I jumped at the chance. I am so glad I did. First, let me Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-5464438603969128812022-07-09T00:00:00.001-05:002022-07-09T00:00:00.202-05:00The War of 1812 - The LettersI teased about the letters. Here is the transcription to the best of my capability. (JSP 01)
File 9221 Percival, John S. M.D. 1815 (N.Y.)
(JSP 02)
Re md for appt. Hosp. Surg. Mate - Jan 28.
1182 - New York
Jno. S. Percival S. Mate
R by Dr. Stearns
28 Jany 1815
(JSP 03)
City of Washington 28th Jany 1815
Sir I have the honor to enclose you a letter which I lately received from Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-73617015703115606922022-07-08T13:58:00.001-05:002022-07-08T13:58:28.074-05:00Overture: The War of 1812Yesterday, I attended an American Ancestors webinar on Researching War of 1812 Ancestors. You think you know all you can about that war and which of your ancestors/collateral relatives served in it. Then you have an "AHA" moment.I have Kirtley, Chinn, and Carter war of 1812 ancestors. I have Graves collateral relatives who fought in the war of 1812. Two of whom were massacred/captured at Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-69596091517246858802022-02-21T12:49:00.002-06:002022-02-21T12:49:58.307-06:00Where Have You Gone -- Isaac "Shelby" KirtleyIsaac "Shelby" Kirtley, my first cousin four times removed, was married to Susan "Anna" Chinn, my second great grand aunt, November 27, 1856 in Lafayette county, Missouri. Shelby was born in 1833, probably in Kentucky to William Kirtley and Elizabeth Shelby. Anna Chinn was born July 15, 1838 in Fayette county, Kentucky to Dr. Joseph Graves Chinn and Barbara Garland Graves, the tenth ofAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-32433899250593119072022-02-14T00:00:00.001-06:002022-02-14T00:00:00.213-06:00Elected Enrolling ClerkFrom the Lexington, Missouri Intelligencer, 8 January 1915:Frank Bowman of this city was elected Enrolling Clerk last night of the House of Representatives at Jefferson City. Mr. Bowman served in this capacity two years ago, and gave such general satisfaction that his election this time was without opposition.The other two composite photos are courtesy of the Missouri State Archives from the Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-10485245720326304282022-02-08T00:00:00.001-06:002022-02-08T00:00:00.234-06:00Grandfather's Letter: Alex Maitland to John S. Percival, 1911The following is a letter to my grandfather, John Stearns Percival from his grandfather (my great-great grandfather) Alexander Maitland (June 13, 1839 - April 22, 1924). Richmond, Mo. 6-18-11. (June 18, 1911)
Mr. John S. Percival
Gering Neb
My Dear Grandson
Your card conveying good birthday wishes for me, was recd on the day I entered my 73rd year, and I assure you was greatly Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-19063057322494243522022-02-07T00:00:00.001-06:002022-02-07T00:00:00.233-06:00Speaking of Weddings - Frank Bowman and Lizzie WebbThe Lexington (Missouri) Intelligencer, 3 April, 1883, page 2 c 6:Married - In Dover township, Lafayette county, Mo., at the residence of the bride's father, J. Garland Webb, Esq., Tuesday evening, April 3, by Elder C. S. Lucas of this city, Mr. Frank G. Bowman and Miss Lizzie C. Webb. Attendants, Mr. J. G. Webb, Jr., and Miss Bettie Mountjoy; Mr. Henry Bascom and Miss Daisy Webb.
The wedding Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-20108163582360502442022-02-04T00:00:00.001-06:002022-02-04T00:00:00.232-06:00You Are Invited!This is a wedding invitation for my great grandparents, John Henry Percival and Helen Maitland. They were married on December 24, 1889 in Richmond, Missouri. This is one of the items that was loose in the scrapbook my Aunt Shirley Kardux Percival put together. Copyright 2010-2022, ACK for Gene NotesAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-71078283239873310812022-02-03T12:06:00.003-06:002022-02-03T12:06:54.740-06:00Christmas Cards from the FrontIn December of 1918, my father's uncle, John Bowman, was an army sergeant stationed in France. He sent this card home to his family at Christmas. I don't know where the card came from, but it was embroidered, which I find intriguing. Thanks to my cousin Sally, for sharing the scrapbook with me.Copyright 2010-2022, ACK for Gene NotesAnne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-27222994810458781752022-01-23T12:48:00.004-06:002022-01-23T12:48:54.327-06:00George and Gardyne Maitland - Colorado and Calcutta Death Notices
One of the issues of being a prolific researcher is that of finding the time to enter all the data and link all the images. These are for those Maitland family from Alloa, Scotland. There will be three. The first two relate George Maitland (1856-1891), who died a tragic death in Leadville, Colorado. The third is for his youngest brother, Gardyne Maitland (1865-1907), who died in Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-78027366891773824072022-01-08T00:00:00.002-06:002022-01-08T00:00:00.221-06:00Snowy Weather is Good for GenealogyI really hate snow. It's one of the reasons hubby and I moved to Tennessee. We just could not take those Michigan winters. Which is why the two snowstorms we've had in one week have me climbing the walls. By Michigan standards, they're not much. Neither would have caused a snow day. Here in mid-Tennessee, a dusting of snow causes a snow day or two. Fortunately these storms came a few days Anne Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15866408532761037500noreply@blogger.com0