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Probate - Thomas Haley (1789-1851)

Yesterday I was searching through the probate records on FamilySearch.org . I knew that Thomas Haley probably died between 1850 and 1860. He was last seen in Rankin Co, Mississippi in the 1850 US Federal census. [1] There he was enumerated as a 61 year-old farmer with his wife, Elizabeth who was 58 years old and two sons, Thomas, 27 and John, 17. Being 61 would make his birth year somewhere around 1789. The census showed he was born in North Carolina and Elizabeth, his wife was born in South Carolina, while the two sons were born in Mississippi. Why am I interested in this couple? They are my 4th great grandparents on my maternal grandfather’s side. Thomas Haley’s daughter, Amanda married Benjamin W Jones. Their daughter, Olivia Jane married Rubin M. Johnston. Their son, Thomas N. Johnston married Nell L. Hutson. These were my grandfather’s parents. The first probate file I found on Thomas Haley was the petition for administration, filed by son, Thomas J. Haley. [2] Thomas gave

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Roulette Wheel – Ancestor Matilda Louise Ericksson

  Our mission this week, was to: 1) The year one of my great-grandmothers was born and divide this number by 125. After rounding off to a whole number, I found my "roulette number." My husband’s great grandmother, Matilda Louise Erickson was born 1871. Dividing by 125, I got 14.968 which I rounded up to 15. 2) I found the Ahnentafel number corresponding to the “roulette number” in my RootsMagic database and that person was Matilda Louise Ericksson! 3) Tell three to five facts about that person in my ancestral name list with the "roulette number." Mathilda Lovisa Ericksson (1871-1942) Mathilda Lovisa Ericksson was 21 December 1871 in Tidersrum, Ă–stergötland län, Sweden to Karl Johan Ericksson and Stina Maja Samuelsdotter. [1] She and her sister immigrated to the United States in 1888 and settled in Montgomery County, Iowa. [2] Mathilda married Pehr Alfred Lundquist on 15 March 1892 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa. [3] Together they had three children: J