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)  An Ancestor Who Lived Through a Major Historical Event — Pick one ancestor who was alive during a war, pandemic, natural disaster, or economic upheaval.  2)  What do the records tell you about how it affected them? Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for this SNGF challenge. Here's mine: I have been working on the Sullivan family this month, so I’ll shall choose John Cyril “Jack” Sullivan (1887-1978). The day before the first draft registration, Jack C. Sullivan, enlisted in the regular army at Fort George Wright in Washington on 4 June 1917. Because of that, he does not have a draft registration card. He was assigned to the Vancouver Barracks on 8 June 1917, joining Company E of the 4th Engineers as a Private. They trained at the Vancouver Barracks and then at Camp Greene in North Caro...

The last post discussed Jerry and Mary’s life in the United States, living in Michigan and Minnesota. I do not yet know when they arrived. None of their records point to the place where they came from. But the records of their children do point to both questions, though there is conflict. His children were all named in the probate file: Mary Sullivan, age 47, resided at O’Neal City [O’Neill], Holt County, Nebraska   Julia Murphy, aged 44, resided Atlantic Mine, Michigan  Eugene Sullivan, aged 40, resided at Motley, Todd County, Minn   John Sullivan, aged 38, of Anaconda, Montana   Johanna Sullivan, age 35, Motley, Minn Jerry Sullivan, age 32, Detroit, Minnesota  Dan Sullivan, age 30, Minn   Peter Sullivan, aged 28, residence unknown   Mike Sullivan, aged 26, Montana. [1] Below are vignettes about each child of Jerry and Mary. I will start with the youngest children first, as they appeared in censuses with their parents. ...