My Trails into the Past

I have a census enumeration that has puzzled me for years. The head of the household in the 1900 Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, census is John Gleeson, my 2x-great-grandfather. With him in the household is his wife, Margaret, and children, Martin, William, Margaret T, and Frank T. Gleeson. These people are known to me and their information is consistent with other sources I have. There are also a woman and two children, Mary Frink, May Frink, and John Frink, listed as daughter and grandchildren, but I am not sure who these people are. Gleeson, John, w, m, Jan 1834, 66, mar. 40 yrs, b. Can, parents IR, imm. 1880, 20 yrs in US, no nat., rents, house.    Margaret, wife, w, f, Apr 1836, 64, mar, 10/10, Can, IR/IR, 1880, 20 yr    Martin, w, m, 21, son, Jan 1861, mar, 7 yr, Can, Can/Can, 1880, 20 yr, farmer,    Willie, son, w, m Jun 1874, 25, sing, Can, Can/Can, 1880, 20 yr, rr laborer    Margaret T, w, f, dau, sing, Jul 1876, 23, sing,...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Randy Seaver’s assignment for us tonight on Genea-Musings is to: 1)   Where did your ancestors live or reside in the year 1900?  List them by generation.  Show their birth and death years, and the place they were living. Here's mine: We did this on 24 Feb 2018 and I listed my ancestors.  https://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/2018/02/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-where-were.html . This time I will list my husband’s ancestors and where they were living in 1900. His paternal ancestors are in blue and his maternal ancestors are in red. Grandparents His grandparents were married in 1900. I was able to locate Matilda “Pearl” Davey in Kansas City, Missouri. Tillie Davey was found living at the Washington Hotel. She was twenty years old and worked as a stenographer. [1] The previous page stated the Washington Hotel was located on Washington Street, nos. 1201 t...

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1)  Where were your ancestors in the year 1900?  Make a list with their ages and location (with the street  address if you know it). 2)  Share your information in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or on Facebook or Google+.  Please leave a link to your post in a comment to this post. I used the 1900 census to determine where my ancestors were living.  I have a total of twenty-four (24) ancestors who were alive in 1900. Two of them were very young. I had a couple who had died just before 1900 as well. Paternal Grandparents William Cyril Hork , was just one years old, born 10 July 1899 in Hamilton, Ravalli Co, Montana. Anna Marie Sullivan , was seven years old, born 15 October 1892 in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana. Paternal Great-grandparents Johan Anton “John” Hork and Julia Ann Sievert , were living in Hamilton, Ravalli Co, ...