My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to: 1)  Who is Ancestor #50 in your Ahnentafel list?  What were his birth date and place, his parents, death date and place, spouse's name, marriage date and place, and how many children they had, and which of his children do you descend from?   Thank you to Lisa S. Gorrell for this week's SNGF challenge topic. Here's mine: Today, I’m focusing on ancestor number 50 in my husband’s family, which is Lars Michäelsson. He was born 6 November 1795 in Åsenhöga, Jönköping län, Sweden to Michael Larsson and Martha Mänsdotter. He was baptized on 15 November 1795. He married Cajsa Svensdotter on 8 February 1795 in Åsenhöga. They lived at Ingarp Södegârd where he was a farmer. They had nine children. Lars died on 9 August 1873 and his wife, Casja died on 12 September 1874. My hus...

Philippina Voehringer Wollenweber was my husband’s paternal 2x-great-grandmother, the grandmother of his grandmother, Matilda Davey Gorrell. I am lucky that I found Philippina in the IGI very early in my research and have since found the church records of her family in the German state of Württemberg. Let us cover her timeline first, and then search for more documents in Full-text search and in newspaper search. 1834. May 26/28   Philippina Margaretha Vöhringer was born to Adam Vöhringer and Maria Agnes Reiff. She was baptized in the presence of Johan Reiff and two others, who are too difficult to read. [1] 1857. Sept. 1.        She arrived in New York aboard the SS Gebhard . She was listed as 30 years old and no occupation. [2]                                 COMMENT: The age is off, as age 30 woul...