Sunday's Obituary - Charles W. Kyle

Surnames mentioned: KYLE REED TAYLOR STEELE BYINGTON PECK QUIST PERSHALL

Source: Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, Idaho, April 22, 1956, page 2.

Twin Falls, Idaho News for December 9, 1904

Here are some happenings around the Twin Falls, Idaho area as reported in the Twin Falls News December 9, 1904:

Ancestor Approved Award

I discovered right out of left field the other day that this blog has been awarded the "Ancestor Approved Award" from Alice Keesey Mecoy of John Brown Kin. Thanks Alice!


Many of you know, and some of you probably don't that I initiated this award from my other blog Ancestors Live Here back in March.


I was just as tickled when I received the award in April for my Lost Family Treasures blog and again for Ancestors Live Here. This award has gone around the genea-blogging world and back again and I think it's kind of cool.


The award comes with a couple of requests. 

1. List ten things that you have learned about your ancestors that surprised, humbled, or enlightened you.
2. Pass the award to ten other genealogy bloggers.

I refer you to the links above for the ten things I have learned about my ancestors, but I  will add a couple of things that I have learned since April.


I recently became a member of Geni. One of my Madsen cousins uploaded a family history written about my 3rd great-grandmother Dorthea Christine Jensen Madsen which was written by one of her direct ancestors, not mine.  I had never seen this history before and never knew these things about her.

The following is an excerpt from the "Fragments of the Past", by Dortha Roxanna Madsen Rollins McKinney:

".....My grandmother on father's side was an expert seamstress and tailor.  She made men's suits out of cloth she wove on her own loom which was as fine as any sold from stores. 

Another thing my grandmother did was make beer to serve to the farm hands in summer time.  I have watched her take the sprouted grain, brown it in the oven, add water and yeast and put in the wooden kegs."


Who'd a thought - one of my grannys making beer!


The other thing I discovered recently while transcribing a history about my grandmother, Blanche Theora Barker Piggott Dunn, written by one of my aunts is that my great-grandma Hazel Madsen Piggott used to play the harmonica.  Here is an excerpt from the history:


"Grandma Hazel Rebecca Madsen Piggott was a very good cook & we all enjoyed listening to her play the harmonica."


I never heard grandma Hazel play the harmonica (I'm sure I would remember if I did) and mom never mentioned it.


This is why it is so important to not only research your direct line, but their siblings as well.  You can bet that the descendants of your great grand aunts and uncles are going to know some things about your great-grandma that you weren't told about.


Since the genealogy blogging community has grown leaps and bounds, I think I should be able to come up with ten more deserving recipients.

1. Genealogy: Pilgrimage Through the Past
2. Are My Roots Showing
3. Genealogy Stories
4. From Little Acorns
5. AncesTree Sprite
6. Spirits of  the Old
7. Saving Stories
8. With Gratitude
9. Torres Family NM Genealogy and History Blog
10. Connecting Our Kin

Friend of Friends Friday - Wilson

Slave name: WILSON


Surnames: MCRAE KLIPPER BOON


Source: Weekly Standard, published in Raleigh, NC, April 18, 1860, page 4.

Wedding Wednesday - Winnipeg Weddings

The following articles are from the Manitoba Free Press, July 5, 1907, published in Winnipeg, Canada.

Surnames mentioned: MCEOCHRAN SPENCE TAYLOR PARKER 

Surnames mentioned: GORDON DEACON TAAFFE SPARLING 

Wordless Wednesday - 1881 Studebaker Ad

Salt Lake Daily Herald, Sunday September 18, 1881, pg 10

Friend of Friends Friday

Slave named: LISH


Surnames: TERRELL COLEMAN


Source: The North Carolina Standard, Wednesday, October 24, 1860, page 4.

Wedding Wednesday: Finnegan--Reynolds

Surnames: FINNEGAN REYNOLDS MURPHY 


Source: Boston Daily Globe, October 6, 1904, page 21.

Wedding Wednesday - Queer Marriage of Italian Couple

Surnames: ENTWISTLE RUSTEGHINI BERNARDO 


Source: Lowell Sun,Lowell, Massachusetts, February 20, 1908, page 26.

Friend of Friends Friday - Grandison Boyd

Source: New York Daily Times, February 5, 1855, page 8.

Scientific American - Inventions

About a month ago we went to the St. Augustine flea market and I found this old newspaper called the Scientific American dated April 7, 1888. I thought 'how cool is that, there's got to be something of interest in there.'


Sure enough I found a list of inventions along with the patent holders.

Surnames mentioned: CRUM CHIPPENDALE WELCOME THOMAS ELLIOT JENKINS BRYANT WALDRON BOLLER DRAKE ENOS HOUSER CARY WILLIAMS BOWNE HAIGHT MANSON COATES DEVENS SUTPHEN NORMAN REED HAINES HARRINGTON KRAUSE HARRIS HOLDEN ROBINSON READ VOSS SCHOEMBS LAWRENCE SEFTON THOMPSON BOLTON


Source: Scientific American Vol. LVIII.-No.14, New York, April 7, 1888, page 119

Wedding Wednesday - McKee - Bryan Wedding

Surnames: BRYAN MCKEE BROOKS ROBINSON


Source: New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1907, page 3

Sunday's Obituary - Roger Thrall

Surnames: THRALL ROSE HANSON SCRIVEN CLEEK


Source: Springfield Leader-Press, Monday, March 16, 1953.

Friend of Friends Friday - Judge Gohlson Sells his Negroes

Slaves: NED DAVY RAS 


Surnames: GHOLSON PECK DAGGETT PAYNE MCNIEL JONES DUKE EDMONDSON MARTIN HIGH CARR ROOTES LELAND GIDDINGS


Source: The Coshocton County Democrat, Ohio, September 7, 1859, page 1.

Reward Offered For Murderers

Murder of Thomas White

Surnames: JACKLING WHITE BODGAN


Source: The Salt Lake Herald, November 26, 1906.

Wedding Wednesday - Large Wedding of Local Interest

McJunkin - Wallace Wedding

Surnames: WALLACE MCJUNKIN OFFUTT MCCOMBS BREWSTER MCCRACKEN PEEBLES 


Source: New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1907, page 3

Sunday's Obituary - Mrs. B. Z. Harris

Surnames mentioned: HARRIS, LOGAN, CARNEY, SWAIN, HAUFFINGER, BISHOP, HOFFMAN,KINNISON.


Source: Springfield Leader-Press, Monday, March 16, 1953.

Friend of Friends Friday - Man's Wife Sold to Pay his Debts

In 1843, STEPHEN KYLER, of Kentucky was born a slave, but emancipated by his master. His wife CYNTHIA belonged to a Mr. TAYLOR. 


JOSEPH KYLER, the former master of STEPHEN purchased CYTHIA from Mr. TAYLOR in the hopes of emancipating her, but could not under the Kentucky constitution.


Slaves mentioned: STEPHEN KYLER, CYNTHIA


Surnames mentioned: KYLER TAYLOR DUNLAP 


Source: Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, March 28, 1858, page 4.

Wedding Wednesday - Springfield, Missouri 1953

I figured that "Wedding Wednesday" would be the perfect time to post these extra marriage notices from a newspaper.


The following articles are from Springfield (Mo)Leader-Press.

Monday, March 16, 1953, page 14

Tuesday, March 17, 1953, page 3

Surnames mentioned: CLAYTON, WAGNER, STEINIGEWEG, EDEN, HENNING, GOODNIGHT, HUFFMASTER, PLANCHON, DANIELS

What's Happening in Salt Lake in July of 1903

Names mentioned: W. W. Armstrong, Johnnie Kautzman, Isaiah Jones, A. C.   Nelson, Joseph Churnes, Wells, and McCartney.

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, July 29, 1903, page 12

Sunday's Obituary - Lamplugh Wellman Madsen

Starting today I will be posting obituaries on Sundays. They will not pertain to my family, but are ones that I may happen upon during my research. However, this first one does contain a distant relative. Augusta Wellman was my 2nd great-grandaunt.

Surnames: LAMPLUGH HEGNEY WELLMAN TAYLOR MADSEN 

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, July 29, 1903, page 12
 

Friend of Friend's Friday - Frederick, Maryland

The following articles came from the Frederick Town Herald, December 4, 1830, page 3.

Named slaves are: Bill, Sam, and Ned.
Surnames: Warfield, Owings, and Carroll.

Surnames: Pearre, Dudderars.

Surnames: McElfresh