My Trails into the Past

John Gleeson and Margaret Tierney reared ten children, five sons and five daughters. Born in Ontario Province, Canada, they migrated to Dakota Territory in 1879. Two daughters married and raised families. The other three were teachers. Anna Marie (1860-1912) married John H. Sullivan in Davison County, Dakota Territory, likely at the Holy Family Church in Mitchell, though no record of their marriage exists. Before her marriage, she filed for 160 acres through the homestead act, as did her father and two of her brothers. John also received 160 acres. They later sold the land and moved to Anaconda, Montana, where John worked at the Anaconda Copper Works. They raised five children, four daughters and one son. When the youngest was just twenty, Anna died. Mary Martha (1863-1962) married Warren Edmond Gilbert in Mitchell, Dakota Territory. They had one daughter. They moved to Los Angeles sometime in the 1890s. He was a salesman. Warren died in 1930 and Martha continued living in Los An...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing started this meme and I loved the idea. Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great documenting our own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. Genealogy The big news this week was finishing up on the last story of the KDP. I still have a few holes to fill on the second and third stories. The probate records from Merced County, California and the land record from Montgomery County, Iowa, should come in this week and that will be extremely helpful. I’ll need to do some editing and proof-reading both the text and footnotes. It feels good to be nearly 90% done with this part. The online session with the Mastering Genealogical Documentation hangout went very well. We were talking about Chapter 13, citing original online content. I focused on recording negative searches done online. If you’re interested in the recording, check out DearMyrtle’s YouTube channel. I worked at the desk at the California Ge...