My Trails into the Past

This is my third year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails into the Past. I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways.     There have been several doctors in the Thomas & Mary Davey family. Daughters, Mary Jane and Catherine Rose were both physicians for women and children’s ailments.  Two sons of their daughter, Elizabeth Davey were also doctors: Edward N. Flynn and Frederic H. Flynn. This story is about Edward.      Edward N. Flynn, a life-long bachelor, who lived in Jeffersonville, Indiana, held many jobs in his lifetime.  He started out as a lamplighter for the J.M. & I. railroad, where he lit the signal lamps [1] He then studied telegraphy and became an operator. [2] In his spare time he read about medicine while saving up to attend the Louisville Medical College. [3] He graduated ...

Our genealogy society had a meeting this month at the Concord Family History Center.  Actually, we call it a workshop, so members can use the computers, books, and microfilms after the center has closed.  I let other members have access to the computers and checked out the binder listing all of the microfilm records the center had available.  The films were listed by locality and I saw many films of Louisville, Kentucky and got excited. I'm looking for Louis W Wollenweber, my husband's gg-grandfather, who was from Germany.  He married Phillapena Voehringer, also from Germany, in 1858.  We had the date based on a transcript of a family bible.  Now I have the record as recorded in the marriage register: Louisville, Kentucky Marriage Register, Sep 1858, p 98 (left side of register) This side of the page reads:       Sep 3, Louis W. Wollenwebber & Phillippena Voehringer, Augustus Bargas  Augustus Bargas is the person who marri...