My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is our assignment this week from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing: 1)  Have you identified #42 on your ahnentafel list?  If not, how about #21 the mother of #42?  If not, how about #10 on your ahnentafel list?  Do you even have an ahnentafel list?  2)  Anyway, tell us about your #42 ancestor (or #21, or #10, etc.) - full name, parents, spouse, children, birth, baptism, death, marriage, burial, etc.  Here's mine: In my database, I placed my daughters into the number 1 position. If I check out who number 42 is with me in the number one spot, it comes to George Wilson Lancaster. I’m working on a project about that family and am not ready to write about him. So, I put my husband in the number one spot and his number 42 is his third great-grandfather, Edward Nicholas. At this writing, I didn’t know much about Edward, except for his marriage to Susan...

 I was researching in NewspaperArchive.com, searching for newspapers in Jeffersonville, Clark county, Indiana for any article about the Davey and Wollenweber families.  I found some gems and this is one of the best.    In the 24 May 1882 issue of the  Jeffersonville Daily Evening News, on page 2, was a very nice article about the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davey. The story starts out with some facts about their nuptials in Cornwall and then some very nice things about Mr & Mrs Davey: "Golden Nuptials," A Pleasant Celebration by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davy.     Mrs.[sic] Thomas Davy and Miss Mary Nicholos were married May 23d, 1882 at St. Agnes Church, St. Ann's Parish, Cornwall, England, by Rev W. V. Snowe.  This venerable and highly respected couple have been living in Jeffersonville for twenty-three years.  They are greatly respected by their many friends in this city for their many virtues as good...

I have recently found the marriage banns (the announcement of the intent to marry) and marriage record for my husband's 2nd great-grandparents, Thomas Davey & Mary Nicholas at FamilySearch.org.  I knew the location of their marriage from the transcription of the Davey Family bible. [1]  The bible was dated 1859, published in Cincinnati, Ohio, so was purchased and filled out after they arrived in the United States.  Besides the marriage date, this bible lists the birth dates of the children.  Their son, Thomas N. Davey added notes on 28 Nov 1902 about the births and deaths of Thomas & Mary. Thomas Davey and Mary Nicholas were married in St. Agnes Parish in Cornwall County, England.  The bible stated the date as 23 Feb 1832.  However, I did not find the marriage on that date.  First let's look at the marriage banns: "E ngland, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," www.familysearch.org : accessed 16 May 2012, citing Marriage Banns 1788-1...