My Trails into the Past

This is a blogging theme for the month of March which is Women's History Month. I'm a bit behind but do want to participate in the daily blogging posts. These 31 posts will be posted between my two blogs "My Trails Into the Past" and " Mam-ma's Southern Family ." March 10 — What role did religion play in your family? How did your female ancestors practice their faith? If they did not, why didn’t they? Did you have any female ancestors who served their churches in some capacity? My father's side of the family were all raised as Roman Catholics.  His German family came from Westfalia in Germany and Posen in Poland.  His Irish family came from County Tipperary and County Cork.  There are a couple of men who became priests and one woman who became a nun. Grey Nun, Sister St. Melanie (aka Mary Martha Tierney) My great-great grandmother, Margaret Tierney's youngest sister was Mary Martha Tierney.  She was born July 7, 1858 in Napean, Ontario,...

This is a blogging theme for the month of March which is Women's History Month. I'm a bit behind but do want to participate in the daily blogging posts. These 31 posts will be posted between my two blogs "My Trails Into the Past" and " Mam-ma's Southern Family ." March 9 — Take a family document (baptismal certificate, passenger list, naturalization petition, etc.) and write a brief narrative using the information. S.S. Belgenland  ship list with Clementine & Albert Hork (1) This is a ship record for my great grandfather's brother, Rev. Albert Hork, and sister, Clementina Hork, who arrived in the United States in 1891.  This was at least the second time that Albert had arrived.  He had lived previously in Wisconsin.  But I think this is the first time for Clementina. The record states that the  S.S. Belgenland arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 9 November 1891.  The Rev Albert M Hork and Clementina Hork were passengers in the...

This is a blogging theme for the month of March which is Women's History Month. I'm a bit behind but do want to participate in the daily blogging posts. These 31 posts will be posted between my two blogs "My Trails Into the Past" and " Mam-ma's Southern Family ." March 6 — Describe an heirloom you may have inherited from a female ancestor (wedding ring or other jewelry, china, clothing, etc.) If you don’t have any, then write about a specific object you remember from your mother or grandmother, or aunt (a scarf, a hat, cooking utensil, furniture, etc.) Cast iron pans from Nana We don't have many heirlooms from my ancestors.  My family did not have a lot of money but the few items that have been passed down are cherished.  I especially love the black cast iron frying pans from Nana, my grandmother, Anne M Hork. These pans are so well-seasoned, that I can cook anything in them without sticking.  Plus they can be washed gently without worry...

This is a blogging theme for the month of March which is Women's History Month.  I'm a bit behind but do want to participate in the daily blogging posts.  These 31 posts will be posted between my two blogs "My Trails Into the Past" and " Mam-ma's Southern Family ."  March 5 — How did they meet? You’ve documented marriages, now, go back a bit. Do you know the story of how your parents met? Your grandparents? These are my parents, Lela Nell Johnston & William Joseph Hork.  They were married 19 April 1953 in Concord, California. They met on a blind date.  Even though they both graduated from the same high school, Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, they did not attend at the same time. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

I'm with my brother, Steve.  I think this is end of 5th grade. Today, March 12, 2012 is the 100th Anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouts of the USA by Juliette Gordon Low.  I joined Girl Scouts in the 5th grade in the fall of 1964.  Our troop met in the kindergarten room at Parkmead Elementary School in Walnut Creek on Thursdays after school and our leaders were teachers.  In those days, the troops were multi-grade.  Junior Girl Scouts were 4th, 5th and 6th grade.  I don't remember the girl's name who asked me to join the troop but I sure had a lot of fun. Hiawatha A few things I remember doing in Girl Scouts: earning badges, learning folk dancing and attending a festival, camping at Bothin in Marin County, camping in Sonora, backpacking, hiking up Mt. Diablo and camping, camping with skunks, having a tea party with our mothers, reciting the poem Hiawatha, and going to the state capital. I was in Girl Scouting for just four years: two yea...

This is a blogging theme for the month of March which is Women's History Month.  I'm a bit behind but do want to participate in the daily blogging posts.  These 31 posts will be posted between my two blogs "My Trails Into the Past" and " Mam-ma's Southern Family ." March 4 — Do you have marriage records for your grandparents or great-grandparents? Write a post about where they were married and when. Any family stories about the wedding day? Post a photo too if you have one. I have the marriage record for my great-grandparents, Johan Anton Hork & Julia Ann Sievert.  This record came from St. John the Baptist German Catholic Church in Joliet, Illinois.  The secretary there was very nice to photocopy the record from their marriage register.  This was a grand record, because I found the names of their parents and the names of the villiages the families came from.  The Horks are from a part of German that is in Nordrhein-Westfalia and the Sieverts com...

This is a blogging theme for the month of March which is Women's History Month.  I'm a bit behind but do want to participate in the daily blogging posts.  These 31 posts will be posted between my two blogs "My Trails Into the Past" and " Mam-ma's Southern Family ." Day 2: Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select this photo? Anna Marie Sullivan Hork This is my paternal grandmother, Anna Marie (Sullivan) Hork.  I don't know when the photo was taken but the date written on the photo is 2/28/47.  Loretta is her sister.  My guess is this was a studio photo. Anna was born 15 October 1892 in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana to John H. Sullivan and Anna Marie Gleeson.  She was a devout Catholic, a school teacher, and a CCD teacher.  She loved to sing and taught us grandchildren lots of little songs, especially ones to help pass the time while washing dishes.  I loved being read to ...