My Trails into the Past

Randy Seaver of Genea–Musing has another great adventure for us. Our assignment is: 1) Review your Pedigree Chart (either on paper or in your genealogy management software program) and determine the age at death of your female ancestors back at least five generations (and more if you want to). 2)  Tell us the lifespan years for each of these ancestors.  Which of your female ancestors in this group lived the longest?  Which lived the shortest?  Here’s mine: Mother: Lela Nell (Johnston) Hork (1934–1992) – 57 years Grandmothers: Anna Marie (Sullivan) Hork (1892–1979) – 86 years Pansy Louise (Lancaster) Johnston (1913–2013) – 99 years Great–grandmothers: Julia Ann (Sievert) Hork (1854–1928) – 73 years Anna Marie (Gleeson) Sullivan (1860–1912) – 52 years Nell L. (Hutson) Johnston (1888–1919) – 31 years Lela Ann (Loveless) Lancaster (1896–1951) – 55 years 2nd Great–grandmothers: Maria Catharine (Trösster) Hork (1813–1874) – 60...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing , has another great SNGF: Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1) Do you know which of your ancestors appears the most times in the Census records? How many years? Are there duplicate entries? 2) Describe that ancestor's entries in the records in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, or on Facebook or Google+. I am traveling around Ohio this week and am working on some research for my husband's Gorrell, Bishop, and Shotts families. That's why I've chosen Amos Gorrell Jr. as the ancestor with the most census records. He was in 9 census enumerations. 1840: as a tick mark in his father's Beaver Co, Pennsylvania household. He was one of the males under 5. 1850: Amos was 13 years old in his father's Jackson Co, Ohio household. 1860: Amos, 23 years old, was still living in his father, Amos Sr's household in Ross Co, Ohio. He had $850 worth...