Long Time No Blog

It's been almost two months since I last posted. I'm not sure why I've been so lazy. I guess I needed time to think about what kinds of posts I'd been making. I was focusing too much on just genealogy and I'd like to branch out some.

Last week was my mother's birthday. More that 30 years ago, Mom told us (her children) that we didn't have to celebrate her birthday as long as we remembered Mother's Day and my parent's anniversary. I have dutifully followed her instructions ever since. However, I've been thinking about some of the pictures I have of my mother from her childhood and I thought I would share them. I love seeing pictures of my parents when they were young. It somehow makes them even more human in my eyes.

Mom (1940)

Aunt Shirley, Mom, and Aunt Mary Ann (1940)

Mom (about 1944)

Mom (1946)

Uncle Ben and Mom (about 1945)

Mom (about 1950)

Mom (about 1955)

Mom (1958)

Mom and Dad (about 1958)

Dad and Mom (1960)

MFH: 03 November

Today is the 315th anniversary of the marriage of my 8th great-grandparents, Anna Margaretha Becker and Hanß Nickel Molter. Anna and Hanß were married on 03 November 1693 in Altenkirchen, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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Anna was born in about 1677 in Altenkirchen and Hanß was born in about 1667 in nearby Dittweiler. Anna and Hanß had eight children, five daughters and three sons.

My descent from Anna and Hanß is:
Hanß Nickel Molter + Anna Margaretha Becker
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Johann Theobald Molter + Anna Margaretha Angelica Pfaff
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Elisabetha Barbara Molter + Johann Adam Becker
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Johann Jacob Becker + Maria Catharina Mehl
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Catharina Barbara Becker + Johann Theobald Bender
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Margaretha Bender + Johannes Schoen
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Frederick August Schoen + Margaret Anna "Marianne" Kress
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John Charles Schoen + Helena Loretta Ruppel
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Harry Frederick Schoen + Freda Irene Needs
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My Father + My Mother
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Me


Today is also 161st anniversary of the marriage of my great-great-great-grandparents, Nancy Agnes Haddow and David P. Hayes. Nancy and David were married on 03 November 1847 in Washington County, Ohio.

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Nancy was born 20 March 1825 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the eldest daughter (of three) and third child (of six) of Robert and Jannette (Ormiston) Haddow. Nancy was nine years old when her family arrived in New York aboard the ship Portaferry on 06 June 1834.

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David was born on 18 April 1824 in Columbiana County, Ohio, the youngest son (of three) and youngest child (of ten) of Edmund and Sarah (Whitacre) Hayes.

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Nancy and David had nine children, three daughters and six sons. Nancy died on 22 December 1901 in Vincent, Washington County, Ohio and David died there on 15 December 1908.

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My descent from Nancy and David is:
Nancy Agnes Haddow + David P. Hayes
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Lewis C. Hayes + Adda R. Seely
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Harriett Hayes + Thomas Francis Hayes
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Mary Eileen Hayes + Benedict Aloysius Roddy
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My Mother + My Father
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Me

And finally, a very special Happy 45th Birthday shoutout to my partner, Chuck. You are my life and my soul. Without you I would be nothing. Here's something just for you!

MFH: 13 June

Today is the 192nd anniversary of the marriage of my 4th great-grandparents, Johann Theobald Bender and Catharina Barbara Becker. Johann and Catharina were married in Waldmohr, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz. Johann died in Alterkirchen, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz in 1852 and two years later Catharina and her surviving, unmarried children emigrated to the United States. I have not yet been able to discover where they settled in the US or when Catharina died. My descent from Johann and Catharina is:

Johann Theobald Bender + Catharina Barbara Becker
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Margaretha Bender + Johannes Schoen
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Frederick August Schoen + Margaret Anna "Marianne" Kress
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John Charles Schoen + Helena Loretta Ruppel
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Harry Frederick Schoen + Freda Irene Needs
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My Father + My Mother
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Me


Also, a very happy 43rd birthday to my cousin Shawn.