My Trails into the Past

I’ve written about Julia Ann Sievert before for Fearless Females and you can read it here . Today for 52 Ancestors, I would like to write about the information I learned about her from the 1910 census. [1] The Julia A. Hork household lived on Seventh Street; however no house numbers were listed. Julia was listed as head of household with six children. She was 54 years old and a widow. Comparing that age to the known birthdate of 31 Oct 1854, her age was off by one year. [2] Although it is unknown who gave the information for this census, it probably was Julia herself. Ten children were listed as being born with nine still living. This is more accurate than the previous census which listed seven children born and seven living (the seven who were listed in the census). Julia had ten children, five girls and five boys. Her oldest daughter, Maria Catharine “Mary” died 28 Sep 1895 in Portland, Oregon. [3] Julia was listed as being born in Illinois of German immigrant parents. She...

This is week 19 of the “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge” by Amy Crow from No Story Too Small .  I am a bit behind but intend to catch up. Anna Marie Sullivan was my paternal grandmother. She was born 15 Oct 1892 in Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana to John H. Sullivan and Anna Marie Gleeson, the last of six children. [1] She was baptized at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Anaconda on 19 Oct 1892. [2] She was very fortunate to attend the Montana State Normal School where she excelled in extracurricular activities of Glee Club, tennis, basketball, and as a member of the yearbook staff. [3] The Montana State Normal School was founded 1893 and was for teacher training. [4] In the beginning it was a three year program but later expanded to a four year. Other subjects were added and the school was renamed Western Montana College. Today it is part of the Montana University System.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Montana_Western She was fortunate because ...

  I know very little about the parents of Amos Gorrell (1804-1890). They were James Gorrell and Sarah Milholland. I first learned their story in a little book called Gorrell Family History by Joseph J. Gorrell. [1] This little book has no source citations and is a genealogy of their seventh son, Joseph. All I have is a photocopy of the book that I received from my father-in-law, George J. Gorrell, when I started researching my husband’s lines. So what was said about James in this book? That he was born in 13 Mar 1770 in Ireland. James and his brother, William, were sons of Oliver Gorrell and were soldiers under Robert Emmet, the Irish insurrectionist. They were captured by the English and exiled. William, the younger brother, settled in Virginia and James, the elder, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It said he married Sarah Milholland but gave no date. She was born 5 Apr 1771 in Virginia. They had 21 children, with 19 growing to adulthood. The children listed were: “James...

I just got back from a 10 day auto trip across the southern part of Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. I saw a lot of the countryside because we did not travel via freeway but by back roads. We saw farms and woods; barns and covered bridges; railroads and caverns; and when we got to Reading, I knew I had to find the church where my husband's great grandfather, Frederick Henry Davey had been baptized.   Frederick Henry Davey was the 15th and last child of Thomas Davey and Mary Nicholas, born 10 Oct 1853. [1] Thomas and Mary were from Cornwall County and had lived in Somerset County and London before immigrating to America. [2] The ship list has not yet been found, but it was likely between the 1851 census in London and the baptism of their youngest child in Reading. Frederick was baptized 4 Jul 1854 at St. Peter’s Church. [3] Also on the same day, were the baptism of his niece, Adeline Rose Flinn (Flynn), and the marriage of his sister, Susan to Joseph Muir. [4] So h...

The Book of Me, Written by You is a blogging theme where one can write about their own life using blog themes posted each week.  More information can be found at Anglers Rest  here . This week's prompt is - Hairstyles Go on share your hairstyles over the years! Do you have regular hairdresser habits? Colour? Do you dye it? (your secret is safe with us!) I’ve never been a big fan of hair and hairstyles. I can count the number of times I have been to a real beauty shop on one hand: (1) for my 8th grade graduation, (2) trying out a styled cut by a stylist, and (3) to get a permanent (which I would never do again!).  In-between I have been to hair cutting shops to have my hair cut. As a young child my mother curled my hair. I even remember a horrible time when my grandmother gave me a permanent. Sitting still all that time was so hard when you were young but you didn’t sass Mam-ma. I was pretty scared of her then! Top: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 4th grade Bot...

Our assignment this week from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is: Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1) What was your father's mother's name? 2) What is your father's mother's patrilineal line? That is, her father's father's father's ... back to the most distant male ancestor in that line? 3) Can you identify male sibling(s) of your father's mother, and any living male descendants from those male sibling(s)? If so, you have a candidate to do a Y-DNA test on that patrilineal line. If not, you may have to find male siblings, and their descendants, of the next generation back, or even further. 4) Tell us about it in your own blog post, or in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook or Google Plus post. 1) My father’s mother’s name was Anna Marie Sullivan. 2) So her father was John H. Sullivan (1854-1932). His father was Jeremiah Sullivan (1811-1888). This is as far back as I have researc...

Our newest 3-2-1 Challenge from DearMyrtle is: ·          3 – Review 3 possible projects ·          2 – Submit two batches ·          1 – Write 1 paragraph about your impressions CITE! All sources, including your “personal knowledge” as the source for the paragraph you write. I won’t be able to write one paragraph about my impressions but I'm excited to get back into indexing! I had done indexing back in 2012 when the 1940 census came out. The census records were lots of fun and were not too hard to do except for reading some challenging handwriting on occasion. I had also done other projects but couldn’t remember which ones. On the tab for My History in the Indexing program, I could click on the “My Records Submitted” to see what I had done before. Some of the other record groups included Ontario, Canada Marriages; WWII Draft Registrations from Ark...