tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66981367512129987062024-03-12T21:26:48.295-05:00Family History NuggetsAn occasional posting of my interesting genealogy findsKevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-69792112233928507682023-06-28T12:38:00.001-05:002023-06-28T12:38:31.392-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 17 "DNA"<p> I have done <a href="https://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com/2017/02/ogdens-and-tooles.html" target="_blank">a previous post</a> on how DNA may have helped verify a relationship in my family tree. But for this prompt I want to look at how far back I can verify my various branches thanks to having DNA matches that also link back to those branches through paper trails. </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I match an aunt, first cousins, and children and grandchildren of first cousins that verify my link to my four grandparents. </li><li>I match my parents' first cousins, my second cousins and their children that verify my links to my eight great-grandparents.</li><li>I match third cousins and their children and grandchildren that verify my links to all sixteen of my great-great-grandparents.</li><li>I match fourth cousins and their children and grandchildren that verify my links to 14 of my thirty-two great-great-great-grandparents:</li><ul><li>Toemmes/Schmitt2</li><li>Schmitt1/Peters</li><li>Kennedy/Noland</li><li>Ogden/Morrell</li><li>Gibbon/Davidson</li><li>Nilsson/Persdotter</li><li>Strayer/Schaeffer</li></ul></ul><div>And that's as far back as I've gotten. As I reviewed these matches, I became confused about whether some of these cousins are mislabeled. I think I may some "removed" levels to remove and some to add. I really need to add these matches to my Ancestry tree and let Ancestry work out the relationships. Yay, more tasks for my genealogy to-do list.</div><p></p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-41701829995700519462023-06-15T10:32:00.000-05:002023-06-15T10:32:36.088-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 16 "Should Be a Movie"<p>I think that a good screenplay could be developed around the life of my 2xgreat-grandmoteher Anna Helena (Schmitt) Fitzler.</p><p>In May of 1858, at the age of 24, she set sail from Antwerp, Belgium on the ship "<a href="https://bportlibrary.org/hc/business-and-commerce/the-charles-cooper-the-only-surviving-american-packet-ship/" target="_blank">Charles Cooper</a>." Sailing with her were her future sister-in-law Anna Christina Fitzler and Anna Christina's 5-year-old son Wimar. They landed in New York City on 25 June 1858.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadge8S6lAgUwuDxYlspKWXRqCt1n6TCdMewrBy2qOvvvXCI8iaw0BmyQuOcOnf9ZFmtK67oQggmPmtD2ggKnGciJqkDcJX_gtT4cha-dfIN6TvQO-BEH3vTzemgXY8KsjQjJPPhBwKlASrRTxRkq6GHFhYJKy8Um6DO91H7bEFdIOdv-mSVFWij1kQA/s298/z__charles_cooper.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="298" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadge8S6lAgUwuDxYlspKWXRqCt1n6TCdMewrBy2qOvvvXCI8iaw0BmyQuOcOnf9ZFmtK67oQggmPmtD2ggKnGciJqkDcJX_gtT4cha-dfIN6TvQO-BEH3vTzemgXY8KsjQjJPPhBwKlASrRTxRkq6GHFhYJKy8Um6DO91H7bEFdIOdv-mSVFWij1kQA/w400-h270/z__charles_cooper.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Charles Cooper</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Two weeks later at <a href="http://www.lasallecatholic.org/about.html" target="_blank">St. Patrick Catholic Church in LaSalle, Illinois</a>, Anna Helena married Johann Wimar "Wymer" Fitzler in a joint ceremony with Anna Christina Fitzler and Johann Schloesser, most likely the father of Wimar, who became Wimar Schloesser. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY34h8maKJDNJ28ytFbBTvtpriRGVnA2MZha7slIbynbN2Ac8VEgnkIt4iq1_oDdkb8XBCkel6OsynXn8jHNnOQtUcgy6jrkckl7FO_Wm-O2_G9hZmUltr7DEK60IC40Y2svj-FO_0baTqOiBKh2XOcDk0ve_7FDo-6qz-bJOuVBoaBkOjQNhe5Lm1WQ/s640/s-l640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="429" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY34h8maKJDNJ28ytFbBTvtpriRGVnA2MZha7slIbynbN2Ac8VEgnkIt4iq1_oDdkb8XBCkel6OsynXn8jHNnOQtUcgy6jrkckl7FO_Wm-O2_G9hZmUltr7DEK60IC40Y2svj-FO_0baTqOiBKh2XOcDk0ve_7FDo-6qz-bJOuVBoaBkOjQNhe5Lm1WQ/w269-h400/s-l640.jpg" width="269" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Patrick Catholic Church, LaSalle, IL</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Anna Helena and her husband settled in Marshall County, Illinois, near the town of Henry, where her two brothers, Peter and Michael were already living. </p><p>Wymer bought a farm in Hopewell Township. Over the years he was forced to take out several mortgages on it. His lack of success may have been a result of alcoholism The progression of the disease and its effects on those around the alcoholic always make for good drama in a film.</p><p>On 13 October 1885, Wymer fell to his death from <a href="https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=illinois/henrybridge/" target="_blank">the bridge over the Illinois River outside of Henry</a>. He was returning home after a couple of days in Henry, where he spent at least the last day drinking. </p><p>The climax of the film would be when the authorities come to her door to tell her about her husband's death Anyone who has ever cared about an alcoholic has imagined what that would feel like. I wonder what she felt? Grief. Anger. Relief. Shame. Guilt. </p><p>There was probably an element of guilt since she quickly moved her family to Knox County, Nebraska where she had two married daughters living. She died there many years later in 1904. According to one of her obituaries, she was "known universally as Grandma Fitzler" and had a "kindly nature."</p><p>Her life may have been a rocky road, but I think she had a smooth ending. At least I hope she did.</p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-48515281638427981752023-04-27T18:17:00.000-05:002023-04-27T18:17:29.600-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 15 "Solitude"<p>It was hard to think of an ancestor that I associated with this week's theme of solitude. After some thought I have decided to write about one of my Irish immigrant 2xgreat-grandmothers: Hanora (Collins) Wallace Kennedy (my pamamama). She immigrated from Ireland in 1852 or 1853 with a husband and an infant daughter. After the birth of their second daughter, her husband presumably died. She was left alone in a foreign country with two daughters under the age of two. That sure feels like solitude to me. </p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGSDwukGcxYjYI8TO_Y3SZ4JGKn1tgkTJhmdZN-c2Xh_t9ouxZaMAAry5RKVhOq3sJaSy5LaPc65ZAL3lIcvzSTrGQ2Y4CTqcr1sFyzO_0pj03cSfe5nUBdmrlmGNT7rPihHD_JfQDXj9EM2Y2Al9Ryn6M87oCZ-upSjdFnA-3C72q_7ilscuumaoCw/s2576/2006-6-24%20Hanora%20Kennedy%20text.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGSDwukGcxYjYI8TO_Y3SZ4JGKn1tgkTJhmdZN-c2Xh_t9ouxZaMAAry5RKVhOq3sJaSy5LaPc65ZAL3lIcvzSTrGQ2Y4CTqcr1sFyzO_0pj03cSfe5nUBdmrlmGNT7rPihHD_JfQDXj9EM2Y2Al9Ryn6M87oCZ-upSjdFnA-3C72q_7ilscuumaoCw/w400-h300/2006-6-24%20Hanora%20Kennedy%20text.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>According to her grave marker, Hanora was born on 25 March 1830 in Glenbrohane Parish, County Limerick, Ireland. She married John Wallace in Ireland in about 1850. On 1 August 1852, their daughter Ellen "Nellie" Wallace was born somewhere in Ireland. Sometime between her birth and the birth of their next daughter the family came to the United States. On 31 May 1853, Hanora "Nora" Wallace was born, probably near Beloit, Wisconsin.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvF2NnVVgoXu433G6NoMX-jPnvq1AxbYThAQlumIlcdpqZJiy-f0-UI4jUBNzdl_Zj_e-poGmrCvSpdN81WABw9Tf7Qbjh970xUf2VvlQZuVid-DU4pLrKpjLN6MaaS53CjbS2sixNMUL8SNorhTdmxwEt8G1SjGD3_yna4mBVKmC44hF27oW-KouTA/s2209/1854-11-10%20marriage%20St%20Mary's%20Chicago%20close-up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="2209" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvF2NnVVgoXu433G6NoMX-jPnvq1AxbYThAQlumIlcdpqZJiy-f0-UI4jUBNzdl_Zj_e-poGmrCvSpdN81WABw9Tf7Qbjh970xUf2VvlQZuVid-DU4pLrKpjLN6MaaS53CjbS2sixNMUL8SNorhTdmxwEt8G1SjGD3_yna4mBVKmC44hF27oW-KouTA/w400-h119/1854-11-10%20marriage%20St%20Mary's%20Chicago%20close-up.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I assume that John Wallace died sometime in 1852 or 1853, because on 10 November 1854, Hanora married John Kennedy at Old St. Mary's catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois. I have no idea how or where they met. Shortly before the marriage John Kennedy had acquired land in Clinton County, Iowa, where the newlyweds soon settled. They went on to have four children together--the first born 9 September 1855. </p><p>Hanora died on 24 November 1888. She was only 58 years old. Her daughter Julia, who had become a nun died three years before her. </p><p>Hanora sure packed a lot into her brief life. I hope she found enough happiness to offset all the losses she experienced and that any traces of solitude disappeared with her second marriage and their life together raising children and farming in Clinton County.</p><p><br /></p><br />Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-40003780260350942732023-04-23T13:45:00.003-05:002023-04-23T13:45:39.576-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 14 "Begins with a vowel"<p> Emery and Esther Ogden were my maternal grandparents. Two given names and a shared surname that all begin with a vowel. That seems like a good choice for this prompt.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQY2kEzeo51DTT86YQErjhlVZoR4z59AQWQmcoFdv_NGYO3NkPq_OsQnBfOCiPRcFIlwO9H8MDOFu41XM6X7cWTxo0CZAnrfH_xyP_d5ZYjwZRYpRxW-sc2FgiYdN_amwD3eVO2kxodd6tWzhwzpz08yBUTigcKTo8wIKwaJaXws9fnCmNpBwamx21g/s189/1929%20EJO%20Rushville%20detail%20from%20Wedding%20Photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="134" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQY2kEzeo51DTT86YQErjhlVZoR4z59AQWQmcoFdv_NGYO3NkPq_OsQnBfOCiPRcFIlwO9H8MDOFu41XM6X7cWTxo0CZAnrfH_xyP_d5ZYjwZRYpRxW-sc2FgiYdN_amwD3eVO2kxodd6tWzhwzpz08yBUTigcKTo8wIKwaJaXws9fnCmNpBwamx21g/w284-h400/1929%20EJO%20Rushville%20detail%20from%20Wedding%20Photo.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emery Ogden about 1929</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Emery was born 9 September 1896 in Union County, South Dakota, probably in Spink Township. That's where his parents were living when they got married on 25 January of that year. (and yes, I've done the math and know what that means.) He grew up on his parents' farms in Charles Mix County, South Dakota. On 27 August 1918 he enlisted in the Army. He served as a Cook in Camp Funston in Kansas. After less than four months of service, he was discharged after the end of World War I and returned home to South Dakota. He worked at various job in various places in southern South Dakota. By 1929 he had a car dealership in Rushville, Sheridan County, Nebraska. That was where he met Esther Johnson. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideexns8IpHciXW6j3-QUeo9dt7XnjcIASBxoaqFzRs2wSzNU5s-yWzZhs_tOmilXhiIFo-APv4hdlD3-R45gtr-U9fsN8uFlRqpgHIBf-foyVE8lDJryDwqlgVWg_PQNEiZo8uIIylCF0Uow0NSyWk8DYGszRDHksMmq6cGOrOR5fu0lhy2rq6DFFtA/s992/Esther%20Louise%20JOHNSON.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideexns8IpHciXW6j3-QUeo9dt7XnjcIASBxoaqFzRs2wSzNU5s-yWzZhs_tOmilXhiIFo-APv4hdlD3-R45gtr-U9fsN8uFlRqpgHIBf-foyVE8lDJryDwqlgVWg_PQNEiZo8uIIylCF0Uow0NSyWk8DYGszRDHksMmq6cGOrOR5fu0lhy2rq6DFFtA/w305-h400/Esther%20Louise%20JOHNSON.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Esther (Johnson) Ogden about 1920</td></tr></tbody></table>Esther was born 23 February 1902 in Milan, Rock Island County, Illinois. Her parents moved first to Wayne County in north-east Nebraska and then to Sheridan County. Just before her final year of high school they moved their family to Henning, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was on a trip back to Sheridan County to visit cousins that she met Emery. <div><br /></div><div>They were married on 19 March 1929 at Morse Methodist Church in Rushville by the Reverend Robert L. Embree. After the wedding they lived in Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska. </div><div><br /></div><div>Over the course of their marriage they lived in various places in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakota, including Rushville, Gordon, White Clay, Pine Ridge, and Martin. Emery ran stores, had a dairy farm for a while; he did whatever he could to support the family through the Great Depression. </div><div><br /></div><div>Altogether they had eight children:</div><div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Ardis Ogden (1930-1930)</li><li>Shirley Ogden (1931-2014) (my mom)</li><li>Living Ogden</li><li>Living Ogden</li><li>William Johnson Ogden (1938-1988)</li><li>Living Ogden</li><li>Living Ogden</li><li>Living Ogden</li></ol></div></div><div> In the summer of 1974, Esther had severe problems with anxiety and Emery had a small stroke that went undiagnosed during the confusion. They spent the next ten years in various nursing homes and elder care facilities in Rapid City, SD, where their oldest daughter, my mom lived. </div><div><br /></div><div>Esther died on 24 March 1984 in Rapid. Emery died two weeks later on 8 April 1984 in Martin, SD. They were 82 and 87 when they died. They are buried in Fairview Cemetery, Rushville, NE. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8ykDEzYqk2XjJWeLpAbEc5VM87V6iGNOEtV5IB6VuR4JSqVo_3DOpoLzeI5xFR6skBlm3vudaZ-JW-XdKhgWXDB5svPbt2pzhsFtTBGv7AqWwgDpK4go8GNNmP0Emvu2rNcQijQDc_LqRAIRTunyGZ014N3_sr-0trWQKxcpUYF2XwY-LAhlBLXSPA/s800/1984%20EJO%20and%20ELJ%20Rushvill,%20NE%20grave%20marker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="800" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8ykDEzYqk2XjJWeLpAbEc5VM87V6iGNOEtV5IB6VuR4JSqVo_3DOpoLzeI5xFR6skBlm3vudaZ-JW-XdKhgWXDB5svPbt2pzhsFtTBGv7AqWwgDpK4go8GNNmP0Emvu2rNcQijQDc_LqRAIRTunyGZ014N3_sr-0trWQKxcpUYF2XwY-LAhlBLXSPA/w400-h220/1984%20EJO%20and%20ELJ%20Rushvill,%20NE%20grave%20marker.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grave marker for Esther and Emery Ogden.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />If you'd like to know more about them, you can check out their Wikitree profiles at <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5084" target="_blank">Ogden-5084</a> and <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johnson-111916" target="_blank">Johnson-111916</a>.<div><div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-4675711369769034662023-04-05T09:16:00.003-05:002023-04-13T11:29:39.753-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 13 "Light a Candle"<p>Both my paternal and maternal grandparents lost their first child only two days after they were born. With this blog post, I am lighting two candles in memory of my aunt and uncle.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Huigens-12" target="_blank">Paul Joseph Huigens</a></h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26tW8cVJ812Kwl_JMmyveP8TnNo2ODn6OrWinF8xOYD71mkrlufy6zTebzhcxcYGkBb7_vVvMfPO2Xv1acU3N8BSIgiUmtwtGA5Rp86mmDOtNoUO9N_HgWQzwo3fAedh0K80TtCxEB2BQ8s_Wng6xnRwnz5oaZkj_ZUNfN-uHqfsSiTFzNuuQ4pW5mg/s3968/Paul%20HUIGENS%20Grave.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26tW8cVJ812Kwl_JMmyveP8TnNo2ODn6OrWinF8xOYD71mkrlufy6zTebzhcxcYGkBb7_vVvMfPO2Xv1acU3N8BSIgiUmtwtGA5Rp86mmDOtNoUO9N_HgWQzwo3fAedh0K80TtCxEB2BQ8s_Wng6xnRwnz5oaZkj_ZUNfN-uHqfsSiTFzNuuQ4pW5mg/w400-h300/Paul%20HUIGENS%20Grave.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div>My Uncle Paul was born in 1914 in Knox County, Nebraska, most likely on his parent's farm in Logan Township. </div><div><br /></div><div>He is not forgotten.</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5855" target="_blank">Ardis Rosemary Ogden</a></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPPYzbwaMBhonUS7iSKbhVGIQGFqbgj4JLiIpi3l7_eyW13cOgMarvFDNpVlSuxYzBGzJLQLCCawvGTiUaAp2zjjzgCL1tMymzc8ISQuhLk_hgSsgjHnDwKrCsymIzukSo-6ptEA7ol9Z3wDNGjBqUocgJbi58pHkLyPxRGdhtvAU8XfbJQ19_UuSFg/s250/Ardis%20Rosemary%20OGDEN%20grave%20marker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="250" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPPYzbwaMBhonUS7iSKbhVGIQGFqbgj4JLiIpi3l7_eyW13cOgMarvFDNpVlSuxYzBGzJLQLCCawvGTiUaAp2zjjzgCL1tMymzc8ISQuhLk_hgSsgjHnDwKrCsymIzukSo-6ptEA7ol9Z3wDNGjBqUocgJbi58pHkLyPxRGdhtvAU8XfbJQ19_UuSFg/w400-h230/Ardis%20Rosemary%20OGDEN%20grave%20marker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>My Aunt Ardis was born in 1930 in Sheridan County, Nebraska, most likely at her parent's home in Rushville. </div><div><br /></div><div>She is not forgotten.</div>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-36158995765720438352023-03-30T10:40:00.001-05:002023-03-31T16:59:14.509-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 12 "Membership"<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">My great-grandfather Frank J. Kain (pamapa) was a member of the Knights of Columbus in Creighton, NE. I know this thanks to the book "Knights of Columbus - Nebraska State Council Proceedings, 1905-1926." This book has been transcribed and appears on the <a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/religion/catholic/nekofc/index.htm" target="_blank">Nebraska GenWeb Resource Center site</a> under "Religious Information" and "Catholic Church." As far as I can tell, this is the only place in the universe that you can find it. Neither Worldcat nor Family Search has any mention of it. This mystery book contains the proceedings for each annual Nebraska Knights of Columbus state council held in May between 1905 and 1926.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0Vf5kLmSrVieTd9iFjOT02vMv8yZ5zXLPKLxaeKylacv0sOQdLse1tvahExrqz6u7oOlMs9UgxYKWyED8E_vnkcdSb6QfYGn50il3-ORs--z1uavi4Ujz5YM4vyQ-LV8WItNTIwdqe_E2Met2-Q42PUxMb8uJXr78F_bzTRjBwreOjByGQVrU4BHoQ/s937/Francis%20Joseph%20KAIN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="742" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0Vf5kLmSrVieTd9iFjOT02vMv8yZ5zXLPKLxaeKylacv0sOQdLse1tvahExrqz6u7oOlMs9UgxYKWyED8E_vnkcdSb6QfYGn50il3-ORs--z1uavi4Ujz5YM4vyQ-LV8WItNTIwdqe_E2Met2-Q42PUxMb8uJXr78F_bzTRjBwreOjByGQVrU4BHoQ/w506-h640/Francis%20Joseph%20KAIN.jpg" width="506" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Francis J. Kain (1861-1930)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the book, the Creighton Council sent its first delegates in 1907. Frank Kain attended for the first time as a delegate from
Creighton in 1913. He went that year with his brother-in-law J.J. (John) Kennedy, who was also attending for the first time. They
had known each other since childhood, having grown up together on adjacent farms in Clinton County, Iowa. In the following year of 1914, J.J. went as a Creighton delegate but Frank did not. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Frank then attended in 1915, 1916, 1918, and every year of 1920
through 1929. </span>J.J. and he attended together as the Creighton delegates in 1915 and again in 1927. Frank was on the Committee on Resolutions in 1915 and was also an alternate to a member of the Supreme Council that year. In 1916, 1918, and 1920 he was on the Credentials Committee. In 1924 and 1925 the other delegate from Creighton was B.J. Huigens, brother of Frank's son-in-law Joe Huigens (my grandfather). </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The book only goes through 1926. However, I did find Creighton newspaper articles from </span><a href="http://creightonne.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22knights%20of%20columbus%22%20kain&i=f&by=1927&bdd=1920&d=01011927-12311927&m=between&ord=k1&fn=creighton_news_usa_nebraska_creighton_19270519_english_5&df=1&dt=10" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">1927</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://creightonne.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22knights%20of%20columbus%22%20kain&i=f&by=1928&bdd=1920&d=01011928-12311928&m=between&ord=k1&fn=creighton_news_usa_nebraska_creighton_19280524_english_3&df=1&dt=10" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">1928</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://creightonne.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22knights%20of%20columbus%22%20kain&i=f&by=1929&bdd=1920&d=01011929-12311929&m=between&ord=k1&fn=creighton_news_usa_nebraska_creighton_19290523_english_5&df=1&dt=10" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">1929</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> that show he attended those years. In the 1930 US Census, Frank and his wife are living with their son in Yankton, SD. Frank died in December 1930 so 1929 was his last state council. </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="3363" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0P3exuq8yaD7QzzoxlFWQTwVfZjzqrLh8MCnOezWluVy-73C7F0UdDqSyJEhZGdqx36wn1MRs4eRHSu7C5K_MFscV3206xrId-31wsosmgj4PWnr2E3fqzgb0sCcCLDYjXV_SoS-DFPl9egwrMgnZTetPGwk5q741W0L9fDjksxRh1r5n9Z_ZwFe7Eg/s320/Page%205%20of%20Creighton%20News,published%20in%20Creighton,%20Nebraska%20on%20Thursday,%20May%2019th,%201927.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1927</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypNixixGO5nkLPxY7uJUkqO6cCNzWGEamsZ-F9pNSgQ8Yn6rdwdwiis72RsHJ0T1DuWOuXqq835YAT2NGgP8EwJ3u0jmfFjl2MxUAl-OupEFWwCWFcP-BRT5EcP5K8veV9lSMBjergiIbCOaTj20-w8lUhT4-RIhf7y_tOLNvfqysla0JJQqhJcTYSQ/s3360/Page%203%20of%20Creighton%20News,published%20in%20Creighton,%20Nebraska%20on%20Thursday,%20May%2024th,%201928.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="3360" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypNixixGO5nkLPxY7uJUkqO6cCNzWGEamsZ-F9pNSgQ8Yn6rdwdwiis72RsHJ0T1DuWOuXqq835YAT2NGgP8EwJ3u0jmfFjl2MxUAl-OupEFWwCWFcP-BRT5EcP5K8veV9lSMBjergiIbCOaTj20-w8lUhT4-RIhf7y_tOLNvfqysla0JJQqhJcTYSQ/s320/Page%203%20of%20Creighton%20News,published%20in%20Creighton,%20Nebraska%20on%20Thursday,%20May%2024th,%201928.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0P3exuq8yaD7QzzoxlFWQTwVfZjzqrLh8MCnOezWluVy-73C7F0UdDqSyJEhZGdqx36wn1MRs4eRHSu7C5K_MFscV3206xrId-31wsosmgj4PWnr2E3fqzgb0sCcCLDYjXV_SoS-DFPl9egwrMgnZTetPGwk5q741W0L9fDjksxRh1r5n9Z_ZwFe7Eg/s3363/Page%205%20of%20Creighton%20News,published%20in%20Creighton,%20Nebraska%20on%20Thursday,%20May%2019th,%201927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">1928</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB2GQ5EMbHn3JfV9x14jJeUnZ0ZIWcDANjDCj6obnvVlPq94NRwOF_tg9RGd6T7lqBgUfHg_QvFJ5Q59akuVzlsziDueYz29MzxJf_8eknWvq2TNpbLBbtFa9yM5MEtTCJwr-AhUCBWsQJ2viYm53hcz5Ixob7Fox-xxssEWfG9R0lxWc8U7i54eXdA/s3366/Page%205%20of%20Creighton%20News,published%20in%20Creighton,%20Nebraska%20on%20Thursday,%20May%2023rd,%201929.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="3366" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB2GQ5EMbHn3JfV9x14jJeUnZ0ZIWcDANjDCj6obnvVlPq94NRwOF_tg9RGd6T7lqBgUfHg_QvFJ5Q59akuVzlsziDueYz29MzxJf_8eknWvq2TNpbLBbtFa9yM5MEtTCJwr-AhUCBWsQJ2viYm53hcz5Ixob7Fox-xxssEWfG9R0lxWc8U7i54eXdA/s320/Page%205%20of%20Creighton%20News,published%20in%20Creighton,%20Nebraska%20on%20Thursday,%20May%2023rd,%201929.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1929</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Frank is listed as a Grand Knight (the highest elected leader of his council) in 1921 and
1924 and as a Past Grand Knight in 1925.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">But his shining moment appears in the 1921 proceedings:</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Among the meritorious activities of Nebraska Knighthood must be included the courageous effort of Grand Knight Frank J. Kain of Creighton, unanimously supported by the entire membership of Count Creighton Council, to enlist the Supreme Officers in [sic] behalf of suffering Ireland. The correspondence on this question has been printed and circulated by the Creighton Council, and it shows upon its face that this council, in the interchange of letters and arguments with the Supreme Advocate, had decidedly the best of the controversy. And it bore fruit, for no sooner had the last letter of Brother Kain been received at headquarters, than telegrams from the Supreme Knight were despatched [sic] all over the country calling upon the state officers to enter vigorously into the campaign for Irish relief, In my opinion, the thanks of this State Council should be expressed and recorded toward Brother Kain and his council for their determined and successful efforts on behalf of the heroic victims of the most heartless and damnable militarism that has ever yet cursed the earth.</span></i></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both of Frank's parents were Irish immigrants, so this must have been an issue close to his heart. In May of 1921, when this state council was held, the bloody Irish War of Independence, begun in 1919, was nearly at an end. "Brother Kain" may have even known of cousins back in Ireland who were involved. For him, this "courageous effort" was personal. Good on you, great-grandpa. Good on you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-64748560832452766402023-03-29T12:18:00.001-05:002023-03-30T11:50:00.228-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 11 "Lucky"<p> When I think of "Lucky," I think of my parents' marriage of sixty-two years. You cannot get any luckier than to find someone to love who also loves you for that long.</p><p>Joseph A. Huigens, Jr. and Shirley Ann Ogden were married on 7 September 1950 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rushville, Nebraska. They met when they were both working at a hardware store in Rushville.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQaMttLkjlKuHt3F2fNKJx5wk1hn9oYGATeXSRnRBRRIABzxP1523u_gFy0dZanOKpWWMLQHVA9EnEZomPURTwZI7fNz2LEJ5URPc9DKBQVZ2IY5wCBP24oeu2Z58YY5ML4krXYKhESL9rq3KAD3sxT-YUH6e3s2SgDS6ec9G2miPMk3m2LDrJnQqXA/s1964/Joseph_HUIGENS_and_Shirley_OGDEN_wedding_photo_9-Sept-1950.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="1579" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQaMttLkjlKuHt3F2fNKJx5wk1hn9oYGATeXSRnRBRRIABzxP1523u_gFy0dZanOKpWWMLQHVA9EnEZomPURTwZI7fNz2LEJ5URPc9DKBQVZ2IY5wCBP24oeu2Z58YY5ML4krXYKhESL9rq3KAD3sxT-YUH6e3s2SgDS6ec9G2miPMk3m2LDrJnQqXA/w321-h400/Joseph_HUIGENS_and_Shirley_OGDEN_wedding_photo_9-Sept-1950.jpg" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shirley Ogden and Joe Huigens <br />7 September 1950<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>My dad probably proposed to my mom sometime in the fall of 1949. According to my mom's sister, Marge, my mom's dad was angry and worried because my mom was Protestant and my dad's family were Roman Catholic. At Christmas in 1949 my grandfather packed his family into the car and drove to my grandmother's parents home in Minnesota. He may have thought that separating my parents for a while would give him a chance to talk my mom out of it. According to Aunt Marge, he got even madder when he found out my mom had been making secret long-distance phone calls from Minnesota to Nebraska to talk to my dad. That's what a teen-ager in love will do.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am sure there were rough patches that only they ever new about and still, despite all that life threw at them, they saw it through together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here they are on their 50th Wedding Anniversary.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YB97Cna5OV2h283WmlCzvEZq-ooUs7ilavUFPh0H9krE5AdU8JIOtxDu-Pz3VY2ckHkqHy4zJZzIDCwM8LQudtP33QvWGz1cylGf7N6IxjAdR_xHzJD0NZYndi2QaoPeYDMz_Aw27bDOHqrm-x3nOAdQmR9B2UChAhSksCu63v9gEr8I_krHpgitWA/s3485/Joseph%20Anthony,%20Shirley%20HUIGENS%20Sept%202000.tif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3485" data-original-width="2382" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YB97Cna5OV2h283WmlCzvEZq-ooUs7ilavUFPh0H9krE5AdU8JIOtxDu-Pz3VY2ckHkqHy4zJZzIDCwM8LQudtP33QvWGz1cylGf7N6IxjAdR_xHzJD0NZYndi2QaoPeYDMz_Aw27bDOHqrm-x3nOAdQmR9B2UChAhSksCu63v9gEr8I_krHpgitWA/w274-h400/Joseph%20Anthony,%20Shirley%20HUIGENS%20Sept%202000.tif" width="274" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe and Shirley Huigens<br />September 2000</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here they are in December 2010 after 60 years of marriage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWV8l5Na2Fgq60hHZiWGTFQcQ-ERCkHijyk9PvgLQZ4_nAi05g-2J0I5LbYbM4vofBtjPwnINdBECKie_ygau0ctZuZCOtqCyWR4j5fGW_j-2EIqhVdQqwtoJ7KrXYsFPRx-ikySblyCnkyWqJgSNz-zKk7wZtaBfxwhabNkq4xXXftQkVX8hivy0Pg/s4206/Joseph%20Anthony,%20Shirley%20HUIGENS%20Dec%202010.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2969" data-original-width="4206" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWV8l5Na2Fgq60hHZiWGTFQcQ-ERCkHijyk9PvgLQZ4_nAi05g-2J0I5LbYbM4vofBtjPwnINdBECKie_ygau0ctZuZCOtqCyWR4j5fGW_j-2EIqhVdQqwtoJ7KrXYsFPRx-ikySblyCnkyWqJgSNz-zKk7wZtaBfxwhabNkq4xXXftQkVX8hivy0Pg/s320/Joseph%20Anthony,%20Shirley%20HUIGENS%20Dec%202010.tif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My dad died in May of 2013 after spending six years in a nursing home following a stroke. My mother died suddenly and unexpectedly eleven months later in April 2014. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My brother, Ross, tells the story of the time a nurse at the nursing home told my mom that my dad had a beautiful smile. Ross says that my mom's face took on the look of that teen-age girl in love as she replied "I know."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you are lucky in love like my parents, be sure to let that person know it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-33780496585004225552023-03-10T18:12:00.000-06:002023-03-30T11:50:09.061-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 10 "Translation"<p>One of the things that frustrates me the most in working with my ancestors is trying to determine the spelling of names of some of my German immigrant ancestors. There are so many variations that appear in the sources that I find it hard to decide which one to use as the primary and how many of the variations to document.</p><p>Take my second-great-grandfather Fitzler (my papamapa). Here are all the variations of his given name in the records here in the US.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Weimar: </b>the Henry, IL newspaper report of his death and the coroners report</span></li><li><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Weimer:</b> death certificate for his daughter (my papama)</span></li><li><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Wimar:</b> </span>1854 marriage register entry, 1865 excise tax list</li><li><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Wimer:</b> </span>1868 voter list, 1872 voter list, 1880 voter list, 1880 non-population US Census, wife's obit, </li><li><b>Wymer:</b> 1865 IL Census, 1870 US Census, 1870 non-population US Census, 1876 voter list, 1880 US Census</li></ul><div>There are probably many more records that could be located (land, children's marriage and death records, etc.) and maybe some of them would have even more variations. </div><div><br /></div><div>As far as German records go, I have not been able to locate any. So far. All I have to go on are two descendant lists (one for his father and one for his great-grandfather) that I received several years ago from an unknown researcher in Germany. In those documents his given name is Johann Wimar. That's the name I've decided to go with. But what to do with the five other variations that all leave off Johann? Which is his preferred one? Did he even have a preference?</div><div><br /></div><div>Or let's look at the ancestors of my second-great-grandmother Julia Ann of Sheboygan Co., WI and Charles Mix Co., SD. Here is a list of all the variations of her maiden name that I have found in Wisconsin, New York, and Württemberg, Germany.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Addlebush</li><li>Adlebush</li><li>Edelbusch</li><li>Eitelbusch</li><li>Eitelbuss</li><li>Idelbusch</li><li>Idelbush</li><li>Idlebush</li></ul><div>Again, I'm sure that when I find more records in the US, I'll find more variations. The Württemberg baptism records that I've found use Eitelbuss. That's the Last Name at Birth (LNAB) that I use for Julia Ann's father and grandfather. For her and her siblings born in the US, I use Adlebush because that's the one that's most common. It's also the name carved in stone on their father's grave marker in Sheboygan CO., WI. But what to do with all the other variations?</div></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57LHLSOiUgiwScOSXAHxrjuu3ppByODSOolL5xXnCoziSNqquGP5zrQj7-Jcb51z5PegtIIxGuRd-ROcABL2yu8w3fzkz5EsGhlIodh1gJHxpvzHl08ELMYzNlvQHKaOSmqRBTACxZRDh5LsbQNKN2-rdLsyxim2PeU3G8HdyWAgvahS99fBfXWRGCw/s481/JJA%201901%20Sheboygan%20grave%20marker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57LHLSOiUgiwScOSXAHxrjuu3ppByODSOolL5xXnCoziSNqquGP5zrQj7-Jcb51z5PegtIIxGuRd-ROcABL2yu8w3fzkz5EsGhlIodh1gJHxpvzHl08ELMYzNlvQHKaOSmqRBTACxZRDh5LsbQNKN2-rdLsyxim2PeU3G8HdyWAgvahS99fBfXWRGCw/w333-h640/JJA%201901%20Sheboygan%20grave%20marker.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Jacob Adlebush (1817-1901)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Then there are the German immigrants who sometimes anglicized their surnames. We have my Toemmes to Thomas line (and even more variations in the book <i>"Zwischen Saar Und Leuk" Familienbuch 1675-1900 : Der Pfarreien Freudenburg -- Weiten -- Trassem -- Kastel Sowie Der Orte Hamm</i>) and the Schmitt to Smith line.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b3545; font-family: lato, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p></p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-23470015979876104382023-03-04T17:28:00.002-06:002023-03-30T11:50:18.060-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 9 "Gone Too Soon"<p> First off, am I the only one who did not know that there is a song called "Gone Too Soon" by an artist called Week Nine? Am I the only one who has never even heard of Week Nine? The things you learn using Google.</p><p>Anyway, "Gone Too Soon" in terms of my ancestors makes me think of my Dutch immigrant 2nd great-grandfather Everard "Evert" Huigen. He died 27 February 1864 at the age of 36. He left behind a young wife and six children, I only have info on four of the children. They are (with their age when their father died): Julia, age7; Bernard, age 5; Maria, age 3; John, age 1. John is my great-grandfather. The evidence for six children comes from his wife Catherine's obituary in 1899. It states they had six children, three of whom were living when she died. Maria and the two for whom I have no other evidence died before the 1870 US Census. Julia and Bernard are the only two listed in the 1860 US Census. </p><p>I wrote about finally finding Evert in <i>Wie Was Wie</i> <a href="https://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com/2016/11/and-walls-came-tumbling-down.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I wrote about his broken headstone <a href="https://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com/2009/07/broken-tombstone.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I don't have any information about his death except the date that is on his headstone. I don't even have any direct evidence that he died in Marshall County. He was living there in the 1860 US Census and that is where his grave is. There were no death vital records in Marshall County, Illinois in 1864. The county courthouse has no probate records for him. <a href="http://henrypublic.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank">The newspaper archives at the Henry Public Library</a> do not cover 1864. He died during the Civil War but there is no record of his having participated, let alone having died in the war. He had two brothers who were living in Clinton County, Illinois. Perhaps there is some mention of their brother's death in a local newspaper there. That is a topic for further research. For now the circumstances of Evert's death remain a memory.</p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-24940131436687743542023-03-03T16:08:00.004-06:002023-03-30T11:50:32.393-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 8 "I Can Identify"I have had my Ogden relations on my mind recently. First I wrote about Jonathan Ogden for <a href="https://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com/2023/02/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-7-outcast.html" target="_blank">Week 7</a>. Next the<a href="https://www.familysearch.org/en/connect/b72a8a10-4959-4bd5-b39d-f99b00e8a946" target="_blank"> Relative at Roots Tech site</a> showed me 6099 people attending Roots Tech this week who were purportedly related to me. As I checked them out, I discovered that on the FamilySearch tree someone had made my colonial American ancestor John Ogden of Rye the son of John Ogden the Pilgrim. Now I know that in the past there had been speculation that they were cousins, but no one had ever suggested that they were father and son. <big eye roll>. I did not look closely, but I'm betting that the family tree extending far into the past for John the Pilgrim included the false information from the Wheeler book. (I wrote about that in <a href="https://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com/2023/02/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-5-oops.html" target="_blank">Week 5</a>.)<div><div><br></div><div>I give up on the FamilySearch Tree. It is too hard to fight off the false genealogies that show up there.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, I decided to go look and see what was on WikiTree for my John Ogden. The global tree there is far more reliable. I knew that there had been further research on him published in <i>The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. </i>It's been on my To Do List to get down to the Newberry Library and read the articles for quite a while. I was hoping that the WikiTree entry for John Ogden of Rye had been updated with the new information. AND IT HAD!!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-90" target="_blank">John Ogden of Rye</a> is now listed as the nephew of <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-588" target="_blank">John Ogden the Pilgrim</a>. My John Ogden's WikiTree biography now includes a great discussion and overview of all the research on him. He is the brother of NY colonial <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-496" target="_blank">Richard Ogden</a>. They are the sons of <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-3236" target="_blank">Richard Ogden</a>, brother of The Pilgrim, and <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lupton-518" target="_blank">Ellen Lupton</a>. Ellen is a brand new person on my tree and Lupton is a brand new surname. Welcome!</div><div><br></div><div>It is still an open question as to whether the elder Richard Ogden came to the colonies with his sons or stayed in England. There seems to be evidence of two Richard Ogden's, father and son, in the colonial NY records. You can read more about it in their WikiTree biographies.</div><div><br></div><div>Richard, Ellen, and their sons are from...wait for it...Yorkshire! West Yorkshire to be current and specific. Ellen is from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keighley" target="_blank">Keighley </a>and Richard from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingley" target="_blank">Bingley</a>, as are John and Richard. Now I have a location in England for my Ogden line. Last summer my wife and I spent a week with my stepson and his children in York. I was only 32 miles from the places where my Ogden ancestors came from! Damn! If only I had known!</div><div><br></div><div>And it doesn't end there. The Ogden tree on WikiTree goes all the way back to my 11th great-grandfather <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-4671" target="_blank">John Ogden </a>who was born about 1524 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haworth?wprov=sfla1">Haworth</a>, Yorkshire and died there in 1576. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Michael and All Angels. </div><div><br></div><div><b>I can identify </b>my Ogden ancestors back 500 years to an 11th great-grandfather. As far as I can tell that is now the farthest back I can trace any line on my tree.</div><div><br></div><div>A trivial aside: Haworth is where the Bronte sisters lived three hundred years after my ancestor. The church where he is buried is where their father was the parson. Possibly one of the sisters wandered through the churchyard and saw my ancestor's headstone. You never know.</div><div><br></div><div>I spent some time this week adding my 2nd great-grandfather, <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5803" target="_blank">James Robert Ogden</a>, to WikiTree and linking him to the existing profile for his father <a href="[[Ogden-5678|Robert Ogden (abt.1804-1892)]]" target="_blank">Robert Ogden</a>. That takes my Ogden line on WikiTree across thirteen generations from my late mother to my 11th great-grandfather. I added my only living Ogden uncle to WikiTree in the hopes that I could add the Y-DNA test I had him take several years ago. However, WikiTree only lets you add DNA tests to your own profile. Still it is amazing that his Y-DNA and his son's and their sons and their sons (and the son of my mom's older brother who died many years ago) goes back 500 years to a man who lived in Yorkshire at the time of Shakespeare.</div><div><br></div><div>Bonus trivia: now that my tree is connected back to all the Ogden related lines, I can verify that I am a 9th cousin of <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bogart-6" target="_blank">Humphrey Bogart</a>. The Budd sisters <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Budd-513" target="_blank">Jane </a>and <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Budd-139" target="_blank">Judith </a>of Sussex and colonial NY are our 7th great-grandmothers.</div></div>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-79416477792389678922023-02-28T09:01:00.001-06:002023-03-30T11:51:16.984-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 7 "Outcast"<p>When I think of outcasts in my ancestry, I think of my Loyalist ancestors, cast out of New York to New Brunswick after the American Revolution. My research has focused mainly on <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-894" target="_blank">Michael Ogden</a> and his son <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5667" target="_blank">Jonathan Ogden</a>, but my Clark and Morrell ancestors in New Brunswick were probably also outcasts.</p><p>Jonathan probably deserved his fate, since he did serve in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyal_American_Regiment" target="_blank">Loyal American Regiment</a> (more about the LAR <a href="http://www.loyalamericanregiment.org/" target="_blank">here</a>) and fought against the colonial army. He was probably aboard either the <i>Ann </i>or the <i>Apollo </i>when they sailed from New York to New Brunswick in the fall of 1783, after the formal end of the war, removing Loyalist soldiers from the new country that they had opposed. His father joined him in New Brunswick probably at a later date.</p><p>Michael and Jonathan were <a href="https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=38369" target="_blank">granted land</a> in Long Island, Queens County, New Brunswick in July of 1786. </p><p>I need to do much more proper analysis of Jonathan's service and the petitions and land grants for the Ogdens, Clarks, and Morrells. I could also see if any Clark or Morell ancestors served in any British provincial units. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-84550268495142311462023-02-26T17:09:00.000-06:002023-03-30T11:50:39.999-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 6 "Social Media"<p> I need to get caught up with the 52 Ancestors prompts. I plan to do several this week until I can get caught up. We'll see how this goes.</p><p>Social media. I thought I'd share a few items from the social media of its day: Newspapers. When I found the <a href="http://creightonne.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank">on-line archives of the Creighton News</a> from Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska, I spent several hours playing around in it. So much to look for between my Huigens, Kain, and Fitzler paternal ancestors who settled there, and some Kennedy relatives, too. Like most small town newspapers there was a lot of local news about the goings and comings of locals and visitors. </p><p>One of the interesting things I found was several mentions of my dad, Joseph Huigens, Jr. Shortly before he was born, his parents moved their family from Know County to Sheridan County on the other side of state. Nevertheless, news of his birth on 12 February 1927 was published in Creighton for his parents' friends in the area.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4V8VuNQTY2zpa9wPN0R0Y_qWACsY3i8GfXPDDWh2sErvZGXrFp3pEfSIJxYOh08J3CMpTqvEJ-tk0LvDlT2ubKO6uIsxvWM-LdT7l0phmlsHI7-npZC7VW8RPjnJ2UiJQys35S56tSr9_5_Dk8j22aGQXMFxEu1VmyMFgL0__uba_N05oeOyhcmeYQ/s248/Creighton%20News%2024%20Feb%201927%20JAH2%20Birth%20Announcement.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="248" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4V8VuNQTY2zpa9wPN0R0Y_qWACsY3i8GfXPDDWh2sErvZGXrFp3pEfSIJxYOh08J3CMpTqvEJ-tk0LvDlT2ubKO6uIsxvWM-LdT7l0phmlsHI7-npZC7VW8RPjnJ2UiJQys35S56tSr9_5_Dk8j22aGQXMFxEu1VmyMFgL0__uba_N05oeOyhcmeYQ/s1600/Creighton%20News%2024%20Feb%201927%20JAH2%20Birth%20Announcement.bmp" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creighton News, 24 February 1927</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>In the news about visitors, I was able to track many of the times that my dad went back to visit his many grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuV3o1V-NDxkipRxccPUKu15e17vFw7xDsJ8RywDhTq3yghLKnVOu8WlOQKUJGX6g2jkqoZo7c4HfprLYM2QueqIGBex3lDjkFijYM7vxH-hFxzy9lekxq0M_02ucs-19fQt6xh7ajjnP4f2MjtNWzkw2Sxw_w0VZYZ_2LpWLpNutdjRUVK4po2DxZKQ/s234/Creighton%20News%2010%20Jan%201929%20JAH1%20and%20MJK%20in%20town.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="234" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuV3o1V-NDxkipRxccPUKu15e17vFw7xDsJ8RywDhTq3yghLKnVOu8WlOQKUJGX6g2jkqoZo7c4HfprLYM2QueqIGBex3lDjkFijYM7vxH-hFxzy9lekxq0M_02ucs-19fQt6xh7ajjnP4f2MjtNWzkw2Sxw_w0VZYZ_2LpWLpNutdjRUVK4po2DxZKQ/s1600/Creighton%20News%2010%20Jan%201929%20JAH1%20and%20MJK%20in%20town.bmp" width="234" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creighton News, 10 Jan 1929<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My almost 2-year-old dad would have been among those "and children."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CdUwg3TY10f2l64PfOdgtmrfqaXtVNcnbo2wjC4OdMtsCIqDOVGNEIzxCDexd8OgrCa5UDNEsvr1_6oYL7I-lvY2z2rxea1gAFK9jgrH3qmIEN97qoQpIsDcCx_gJQLwHqIUZpgrcFsHErrx7_tz64ErDn-QfeH90aBhrPr8b39fhU8hQ283jXrSkg/s227/Creighton%20News%2016%20Oct%201930%20MJK%20and%20children%20visit.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="95" data-original-width="227" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CdUwg3TY10f2l64PfOdgtmrfqaXtVNcnbo2wjC4OdMtsCIqDOVGNEIzxCDexd8OgrCa5UDNEsvr1_6oYL7I-lvY2z2rxea1gAFK9jgrH3qmIEN97qoQpIsDcCx_gJQLwHqIUZpgrcFsHErrx7_tz64ErDn-QfeH90aBhrPr8b39fhU8hQ283jXrSkg/s1600/Creighton%20News%2016%20Oct%201930%20MJK%20and%20children%20visit.bmp" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creighton News, 16 October 1930</td></tr></tbody></table>A few month later my dad, then 3 years old, went with his mother to visit her parents and then to visit her in-laws. That was the last time my grandmother would see her father, He died later that year in December.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HFvqDPMW4orbijLE1LyXErFNOwVxzp3U3XhaSIiNuJti8HKrsD6DqKTNxmXLLhMb6EoDkhTZeIzaS_uzh-RxUgYm43pWtFAWpMoIq5jcQxCFWvjlL5ouS9w2p43qcRgaBJF-g8MuhDitq22Oxw_EXRBI4XCQS49vkRfkngwQvoYmf2NJkatbHxZdiA/s242/Creighton%20News%2019%20Nov%201931%20MJK%20visits%20mother.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="242" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HFvqDPMW4orbijLE1LyXErFNOwVxzp3U3XhaSIiNuJti8HKrsD6DqKTNxmXLLhMb6EoDkhTZeIzaS_uzh-RxUgYm43pWtFAWpMoIq5jcQxCFWvjlL5ouS9w2p43qcRgaBJF-g8MuhDitq22Oxw_EXRBI4XCQS49vkRfkngwQvoYmf2NJkatbHxZdiA/s1600/Creighton%20News%2019%20Nov%201931%20MJK%20visits%20mother.bmp" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creighton News, 19 November 1931</td></tr></tbody></table>My dad, now 4 years old would most likely have been the "and son," He was the only one of his brothers and sisters too young to have been in school at that time. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9ZTg2pWxPmrfPBcu0mb1n7yEuoeceashVIZlT_6zhyLC3IbY5kRFn-GjSlw7pLvwj2HhkyiozsSh9Mjqeg1Bp_iedPuUxqQfQw5xpKma0J4zvTxbpkVn_qE2Kez4KbAO6NRMiiH5Tep-REyti4zRl8aC76gwewkU3o4cuaY-AXctrWiq23Yc8cV8IQ/s234/Creighton%20News%203%20Dec%201931%20MJK%20visits.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="95" data-original-width="234" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9ZTg2pWxPmrfPBcu0mb1n7yEuoeceashVIZlT_6zhyLC3IbY5kRFn-GjSlw7pLvwj2HhkyiozsSh9Mjqeg1Bp_iedPuUxqQfQw5xpKma0J4zvTxbpkVn_qE2Kez4KbAO6NRMiiH5Tep-REyti4zRl8aC76gwewkU3o4cuaY-AXctrWiq23Yc8cV8IQ/s1600/Creighton%20News%203%20Dec%201931%20MJK%20visits.bmp" width="234" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creighton News, 3 December 1931</td></tr></tbody></table>The recovery of my grandmother's mother did not last long--she died five days after my dad and his mother returned home. I'm glad my grandmother got to spend some time with her mother before she passed. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJG939DktETUqtMpMxEhn_N_Qn7duUrBhwWG0nG2xB6trOPy5EvLepqIkxSENLe24mnmDD5uxh93rlvdkTomp_-ldUE7OQ631AmbB_LR8vDrAe9e-_GC8qx-OPqBmbSTmq62hXZ5kY02kOEevQdaYSc96KipvtuMBocz23jN5W-F3cccpDe7Frz4M0bg/s238/Creighton%20News%208%20Feb%201934%20JAH1%20home%20for%20parents%2050th.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="93" data-original-width="238" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJG939DktETUqtMpMxEhn_N_Qn7duUrBhwWG0nG2xB6trOPy5EvLepqIkxSENLe24mnmDD5uxh93rlvdkTomp_-ldUE7OQ631AmbB_LR8vDrAe9e-_GC8qx-OPqBmbSTmq62hXZ5kY02kOEevQdaYSc96KipvtuMBocz23jN5W-F3cccpDe7Frz4M0bg/s1600/Creighton%20News%208%20Feb%201934%20JAH1%20home%20for%20parents%2050th.bmp" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creighton News, 8 February 1934</td></tr></tbody></table>Here is news of a visit on a happier occasion. At almost 7 years old my dad finally gets a mention by name. <div><br /></div><div>These are all the Creighton News articles that mention my dad that I have found so far. It's fun to think of this little boy going across Nebraska to visit his grandparents and other relatives. I wish I had found these when my dad was still alive. I would have liked to know what he remembered about any of these trips. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGcquvLc0BBStu40B3Qlym-aKlyegVLatMLoWpw5CTG0_TBzjP4VYvknI8cnxzq1UASKQKehZfo9WrvOldvNBW5p8hkQVYffJ4kgyKrmvbd-KcLzerJt3STYWAwlUyuJJUFuV5PARNnnuqkJrPeJaSPn0WAg6f9pt4ePs2vDRyW5eS3IWLXInXTn16w/s519/Googles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="285" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGcquvLc0BBStu40B3Qlym-aKlyegVLatMLoWpw5CTG0_TBzjP4VYvknI8cnxzq1UASKQKehZfo9WrvOldvNBW5p8hkQVYffJ4kgyKrmvbd-KcLzerJt3STYWAwlUyuJJUFuV5PARNnnuqkJrPeJaSPn0WAg6f9pt4ePs2vDRyW5eS3IWLXInXTn16w/w220-h400/Googles.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph Anthony Huigens (1927-2013)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-63104613616610551312023-02-04T15:37:00.003-06:002023-03-30T11:50:52.895-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 5 "Oops!"<p>This "oops!" goes out to all of the family trees out there (and there are many of them) that include the false information from the Wheeler book on the Ogden family (Wheeler William Ogden Lawrence Van Alstyne and Charles Burr Ogden. 1907. <i>The Ogden Family in America Elizabethtown Branch and Their English Ancestry; John Ogden the Pilgrim and His Descendants 1640-1906</i>. Philadelphia: Printed for private circulation by J.B. Lippincott Company.) It's available on the Internet Archive <a href="https://archive.org/details/ogdenfamilyiname00whee/mode/2up" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1HL51L2Q1MTULVRZ5-KQJdtsUtk8YY4L4mXnm8-if6hvYh-IVkRQF-aczQuYPj_2lusR1SPTA8zru92Z_OpekirCSYljAQdkWD390MQaMd1QEWd7W2JKAbsqP2eyoSV41295Lz8ssk3g1P2pta-DC41KAi1yWb0Tr6hCPw47Tow0llJZxLyRM5sDYQ/s663/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20153138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1HL51L2Q1MTULVRZ5-KQJdtsUtk8YY4L4mXnm8-if6hvYh-IVkRQF-aczQuYPj_2lusR1SPTA8zru92Z_OpekirCSYljAQdkWD390MQaMd1QEWd7W2JKAbsqP2eyoSV41295Lz8ssk3g1P2pta-DC41KAi1yWb0Tr6hCPw47Tow0llJZxLyRM5sDYQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20153138.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><p>Quite a bit of information in the book is accurate. The "Oops!" is the part that traces the line back to England. For that William Wheeler relied on an genealogist named Gustave Anjou. Mr. Anjou is now recognized as a genealogical con man. You can read about good old Gustave on Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Anjou" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>I have to admit that early in my research I found this book and fell for the con. Luckily I discovered the truth and was able to prune my family tree of the false pedigrees. That is one of my many, known "Oops!" moments. I sure hope that my tree does not have very many yet unknown ones. </p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-17947705125822436952023-01-29T12:05:00.001-06:002023-03-30T11:51:01.265-05:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 4 "Education"<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitsjlsqlz8NNpT96UNm2SBYUzEnnWZ976zwzWquY9Np1eluBLDSvLhOEswDKlWPzNO14GldD_GYNG1wXcBWU4OMpGdCcFub16VZI3OzdgTighfbuoshSQGv267854FHconamNGphI46sUJg7ID4uJDGJwb2cLk4mzdTo24qisaa4UQZOZNXXucs1FUQ/s992/Esther%20Louise%20JOHNSON.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitsjlsqlz8NNpT96UNm2SBYUzEnnWZ976zwzWquY9Np1eluBLDSvLhOEswDKlWPzNO14GldD_GYNG1wXcBWU4OMpGdCcFub16VZI3OzdgTighfbuoshSQGv267854FHconamNGphI46sUJg7ID4uJDGJwb2cLk4mzdTo24qisaa4UQZOZNXXucs1FUQ/w305-h400/Esther%20Louise%20JOHNSON.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Esther Louise Johnson in about 1920</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> On the 1940 US Census, they asked for each person's Highest Grade of School Completed. For my maternal grandmother, Esther Louise (Johnson) Ogden (1902-1984) the entry is "H3" meaning that she only completed three years of high school. You might wonder why she did not finish high school with only one year to go. Luckily I don't have to wonder because my mother shared her mother's story with me.<p></p><p>In the summer of 1920, after Esther's junior year of high school in Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska, her parents, Swedish immigrant Gustav Johnson (1867-1941) and Rosabell (Strayer) Johnson (1872-1955), decided to move their family from Gordon to Henning, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. When my grandmother went to register for high school in Henning, she was told that she would have to complete two years of high school there rather than just the one. Something about a difference in education standards between where she came from and Henning. My grandmother said nuts to that and never enrolled in her new high school.</p><p>Several years later she went back to Sheridan County to visit her cousins. A young man there named Emery Ogden was dating one of her cousins. After meeting Esther and getting to know her, he dropped the cousin and began courting Esther. There were married in Rushville, Sheridan County, Nebraska on 19 March 1929. </p><p>Their first daughter Ardis Rosemary Ogden was born in Sheridan County on 20 September 1930. She died only two days later. My grandmother was so frightened by that experience that when it came time for my mom, Shirley Ann Ogden (1931-2014) to be born, Esther went to back to Henning to be with her mother for the birth. That is why my mother was born in Minnesota and not Nebraska where her parents were living. </p><p><br /></p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-56119731108546268282023-01-21T11:49:00.002-06:002023-01-21T14:02:37.254-06:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 3 "Out of Place"<p> In the book "The History of Clinton County, Iowa" from 1879 (<i>The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns &c., Biographical Sketches of Citizens</i>. United States: Western Historical Company, 1879.) my 2xgreat-grandfather John Kennedy (1826-1913) said that he married Honora Collins (1830-1888) on 10 November 1854, but he named no place. It also says that he moved to Wisconsin in 1849 and in 1854 moved to Clinton Co. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wkvDxQKtcFcKGgeR9eJokIMEV3syfiyrpe_OnH96WNhYZm1KSWqBvtDo81Yw5VpwSzIlbX7tWjY5AbKDugXUyyvdll-mI5R7xUrOggPj-KxLFuVfBc3gTncZUWhCOQoMkugF6J2u9g0YQuhxlUvRNdGX9F4W6Jk9BazZ8NSkLd3yF-50D8RRLRlVCQ/s602/22%20JK%20Bio%20in%20Clinton%20County%20history.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="602" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wkvDxQKtcFcKGgeR9eJokIMEV3syfiyrpe_OnH96WNhYZm1KSWqBvtDo81Yw5VpwSzIlbX7tWjY5AbKDugXUyyvdll-mI5R7xUrOggPj-KxLFuVfBc3gTncZUWhCOQoMkugF6J2u9g0YQuhxlUvRNdGX9F4W6Jk9BazZ8NSkLd3yF-50D8RRLRlVCQ/w400-h70/22%20JK%20Bio%20in%20Clinton%20County%20history.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Hanora Wallace (1853-1911), Honora's second daughter, from her first marriage to John Wallace was most likely born near Beloit, Wisconsin in 1853. That puts both John Kennedy and Honora in Wisconsin at the same time. That was where I have spent the last several years looking without success for a marriage record for them. </p><p>Then one day I was looking through the records from Old St. Mary's Catholic Church, the first Catholic church in Chicago. I had determined that John Kennedy's sister Mary (1837-1899) had married her first husband, Stephen Lawler (1831-1866), in Chicago and had found a baptism record for a son of theirs in 1856. I was looking for a record of their marriage when I came across this entry from 1854:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfgwkkDY1eM12HBV_jbgfwwxcW4GPD6HxU3ZJZcnFSm4b3jb9SLSaysHRTY_czaN6xXHyvZ4sQyo-tt5nl1bxt8NaRCDWLQbSkvXeI-T7eZEd4bhcnUK5AvPbGWIUYZhsSaET-hSjsOLMVO0qa6OwkZ-D9v5XqsEDjM9ap7mGiyPkfSo2aeW_PPuivw/s2209/1854-11-10%20marriage%20St%20Mary's%20Chicago%20close-up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="2209" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfgwkkDY1eM12HBV_jbgfwwxcW4GPD6HxU3ZJZcnFSm4b3jb9SLSaysHRTY_czaN6xXHyvZ4sQyo-tt5nl1bxt8NaRCDWLQbSkvXeI-T7eZEd4bhcnUK5AvPbGWIUYZhsSaET-hSjsOLMVO0qa6OwkZ-D9v5XqsEDjM9ap7mGiyPkfSo2aeW_PPuivw/w400-h119/1854-11-10%20marriage%20St%20Mary's%20Chicago%20close-up.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Imagine my surprise! I quickly checked that it was the right date and sure enough I had accidently stumbled across a record of John and Honora's marriage. I have no idea what they were doing in Chicago. That was not where I had expected to find them.</p><p>John's sister's obituary says that she came to the US as a child and settled in Chicago. John made no mention of Chicago in his county biography. More research is required into this Kennedy family's history in Chicago. Also I need more information on the movements of Honora, especially after the assumed death of her first husband in 1853 or 1854.</p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-51058135422711458102023-01-12T10:35:00.000-06:002023-01-12T10:35:41.099-06:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 2 "Favorite Photo"<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6EJmaRih0e5olc0T6PB1ngqf6oPDjq6YUByGTVq9-MZEruWsACpTajhbfgl_FCN9jCUkz5cAMZ3KY-sWNOBzWmm7F_v0FrlKk0q77BQvxGD3iOi3qSrX7_1lLexE3oK8wBolqLQyACgYo8djCZCNRnHYW_HQspP7vIf198gXgXT3dXhaz0M0nBkCKw/s596/John%20GIBBON.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6EJmaRih0e5olc0T6PB1ngqf6oPDjq6YUByGTVq9-MZEruWsACpTajhbfgl_FCN9jCUkz5cAMZ3KY-sWNOBzWmm7F_v0FrlKk0q77BQvxGD3iOi3qSrX7_1lLexE3oK8wBolqLQyACgYo8djCZCNRnHYW_HQspP7vIf198gXgXT3dXhaz0M0nBkCKw/w400-h276/John%20GIBBON.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>This week is easy. I use my favorite genealogy photo as my Mastodon banner. <br /><br />I came across this photo several years ago when I was browsing through a copy of a book called "Bon Homme County [South Dakota] History" (Hoover Herbert T, Carol Goss Hoover, Dottee Blaha, and Bon Homme County Historical Society. 1994. <i>Bon Homme County History</i>. Tyndall SD, Vermillion SD: Bon Homme County Historical Society ; H.T. Hoover.)<br /><br />I knew I had ancestors in that county and I was hoping to find a mention of them. I found something even better--a photo of them!<br /><br />The caption said something like "William Ogden visiting his grandparents John and Isabella Gibbon outside their sod house near Scotland, SD." (I don't have a copy of the exact wording, but that's pretty close.) I thought "Hey! I know those people!" A genealogy happy dance ensued.<br /><br />William Fredrick Ogden (1871-1951) was my mom's paternal grandfather. (My <i>mapapa </i>using my shorthand notation. See the "Ma and Pa" tab on this blog.) He is visiting his maternal grandparents (my 3xgreat-grandparents) John Gibbon (1803-1899) and Isabella Davidson (1811-1890). These are my <i>mapapamapa </i>and <i>mapapamasma</i>. The "s" in there is because Isabella was John's second wife--a step-mother to my 2xgreat-grandmother Hannah Gibbon (1837-1927), who married James Robert Ogden (1836-1910).<div><br /></div><div>My Gibbon line were originally from Aberdeenshire in Scotland. They went first to Ontario, Canada in 1835. Some time in the 1870s they made their way south to the Dakota Territory where they settled in Bon Homme County outside of the town of--wait for it--Scotland. </div><div><br /></div><div>The quality of the photo is not very good, but who cares? I have a photo of my ancestors from around 1880 and that is truly wonderful.<br /><br /><p> </p></div>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-80914468813141260652023-01-07T10:21:00.001-06:002023-01-07T10:24:40.500-06:0052 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 1 "I'd Like to Meet"For 2023, as a way to get back into blogging, I'm going to try to take part in <a href="http://amyjohnsoncrow.com" target="_blank">Amy Johnson Crow</a>'s "<a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a>" challenge. This week's topic is "I'd Like to Meet."<div><br /></div><div>I don't have any one ancestor I'd like to meet. My focus this year is on my four great-great-grandparents who came from Ireland in the mid-1800's and settled on adjacent farms in Hampshire Township, Clinton County, Iowa. These are the only 2xgreat-granparents that I have not been able to take back to the next generation. I would love to meet any one of them as they might be able to tell me not only about themselves, but also their spouse and their neighbors.</div><div><br /></div><div>John Kain (1819-1892) and Mary Fox (1823-1890) were married in St. Louis, Missouri in 1848. They came to Clinton County in 1852. According to their grave marker they came from County Armagh and County Leitrim, respectively.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-Bd-dPQdie7OCRmMzzzWenchNb5P6ohUOfzL_uvr5wvAYYABQ8zAqeT85fHKqOwrKbEtPszssQlGuHYYrPc2Ix8cljeAxDSWADWwNi0tckJO6hWDSNvmawE75SXtT4v-QtbhdhDl_rQYOTGo7qssQp9cN2Z0dNy7tT2iOew2CwAb_GKsMl2mibCPfQ/s2576/2006-6-24%20John%20Kain%20text.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-Bd-dPQdie7OCRmMzzzWenchNb5P6ohUOfzL_uvr5wvAYYABQ8zAqeT85fHKqOwrKbEtPszssQlGuHYYrPc2Ix8cljeAxDSWADWwNi0tckJO6hWDSNvmawE75SXtT4v-QtbhdhDl_rQYOTGo7qssQp9cN2Z0dNy7tT2iOew2CwAb_GKsMl2mibCPfQ/w480-h640/2006-6-24%20John%20Kain%20text.jpg" width="480" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-Bd-dPQdie7OCRmMzzzWenchNb5P6ohUOfzL_uvr5wvAYYABQ8zAqeT85fHKqOwrKbEtPszssQlGuHYYrPc2Ix8cljeAxDSWADWwNi0tckJO6hWDSNvmawE75SXtT4v-QtbhdhDl_rQYOTGo7qssQp9cN2Z0dNy7tT2iOew2CwAb_GKsMl2mibCPfQ/s2576/2006-6-24%20John%20Kain%20text.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLpCPEOhikkSmC_zwpxVVC01oL_-ZQGZ1neaV4Axxi0JMvY5YLPGz7TrzFtaYfw3rLtPpi6Z8VgMz0vdv61BcCHiCMpvDV4IT5dDuO4O9plCrJJ0bristQmtd77pZKG8nLVw3xTKta7TuPi2fANN1x0vWCWphVMVuDfPcx7ucuKu_YRccdRjINN2ADA/s2576/2006-6-24%20Mary%20Fox%20text.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLpCPEOhikkSmC_zwpxVVC01oL_-ZQGZ1neaV4Axxi0JMvY5YLPGz7TrzFtaYfw3rLtPpi6Z8VgMz0vdv61BcCHiCMpvDV4IT5dDuO4O9plCrJJ0bristQmtd77pZKG8nLVw3xTKta7TuPi2fANN1x0vWCWphVMVuDfPcx7ucuKu_YRccdRjINN2ADA/w400-h300/2006-6-24%20Mary%20Fox%20text.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">John Kennedy (1826-1913) and Hanora Collins (1830-1898) were married in Chicago, Illinois in 1854. They went to Clinton County that same year. According to the information on their grave marker, Hanora came from County Limerick. John's birthplace of King's Count (now County Offaly) comes from his obit in the Clinton newspaper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1arCiTGR0z2OrCeWYqlcR5S3GHaTNMZeWmZNsEJIr53BlypsGnXoATgdMFbM4q6vLdEh-V7yNU_OWj5AgBlzo7rkrqQDEQ91NoijoEiXnwOBZRv-nY2enjFhgq3f2C8K52lpuUYJolulIb7mBOh9OflcPX0v-K2WL3_kAIKfgrPCJwWlIg7jTjEIzA/s2576/2006-6-24%20John%20Kennedy%20text.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1arCiTGR0z2OrCeWYqlcR5S3GHaTNMZeWmZNsEJIr53BlypsGnXoATgdMFbM4q6vLdEh-V7yNU_OWj5AgBlzo7rkrqQDEQ91NoijoEiXnwOBZRv-nY2enjFhgq3f2C8K52lpuUYJolulIb7mBOh9OflcPX0v-K2WL3_kAIKfgrPCJwWlIg7jTjEIzA/w400-h300/2006-6-24%20John%20Kennedy%20text.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FWYFehOxxAt-1MaJDPxYXCumYzpXXET8Zvv_XkzYWj_yBmsx0cBiL2Km83gtPBcGxF6LqYLt2dos1xUdrCqbVx8XH2hpiuT_0e0Ak10YOmP9Ee0qz0-3R8jSg1TCDQpNO3pZzhaT1y7hI8QmGc8M0sJBrkrXzd152kLRHeFNsfxObuwOh0WIjgxfKA/s2576/2006-6-24%20Hanora%20Kennedy%20text.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FWYFehOxxAt-1MaJDPxYXCumYzpXXET8Zvv_XkzYWj_yBmsx0cBiL2Km83gtPBcGxF6LqYLt2dos1xUdrCqbVx8XH2hpiuT_0e0Ak10YOmP9Ee0qz0-3R8jSg1TCDQpNO3pZzhaT1y7hI8QmGc8M0sJBrkrXzd152kLRHeFNsfxObuwOh0WIjgxfKA/w400-h300/2006-6-24%20Hanora%20Kennedy%20text.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><div>I have no idea how accurate the information on the grave markers is. For example, John Kennedy's age varies quite a bit in the records as he got older, so it is hard to pin down his birth year. 1826 is my best guess, but that is not what is on his marker. One of the items on my research list is to see if I can track down who had these markers erected and see if that might lead to the source of the info.</div><div><br /></div><div>It would save me so much time and effort if I could talk to one of these Irish ancestors. It would be like a ladder over these backwalls and back to specific spots in Ireland. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-52301316806653993662021-03-08T11:37:00.000-06:002021-03-08T11:37:47.029-06:00The Marriage of John Kennedy and Hanora (Collins) Wallace<p> One of the pieces of information that I have spent years looking for is the location of the marriage of my second-great-grandparents (pamamapa and pamamama) John Kennedy and Hanora (Collins) Wallace. I had the following information from the 1879 book of Clinton County biographies:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">JOHN KENNEDY farmer Sec 29 P O Lyons he was born June 2 1826 in Ireland in 1848 came to New York in 1849 to Wisconsin in 1854 he came to Clinton Co he owns 160 acres of land Has been School Director and Township Treasurer Married Honora Collins Nov 10 1854 she was born in March 1830 in Ireland had five children four living Michael Julia Maggie and John lost one child in infancy (1)</p></blockquote><p>I had an unconfirmed date of their marriage but no location. Based on census records, I knew that this was Hanora's second marriage. Her first marriage was to a John Wallace in Ireland where they had one daughter, Ellen. Their other daughter, Hanora/Nora, was born, according to the census records, in Illinois, Iowa, or, the most-often-cited Wisconsin.</p><p>I considered Nora's birthplace important because she was born in 1853 and her mother remarried in 1854. I thought that it was possible that the two events would have happened close to each other. I have an 1850 census record for a John Kennedy in Kenosha County, Wisconsin that might be my John Kennedy. I eventually obtained Nora's death record which lists her birthplace as Beloit, Wisconsin. I could not find any record of a Wisconsin marriage in either county in 1854 or any other year. I also looked in Illinois and Iowa and found nothing. </p><p>I had stopped looking for the information when one day I was doing some research for my wife on her Chicago Irish ancestors. I was looking through unindexed Family Search images of the records for Old St. Mary's Catholic Church, the first Catholic church in Chicago. My wife's great-grandmother was baptized there in 1840. As I scanned through the records the following entry from 1854 caught my eye.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNinZn2LKHAt4Z8YosnTqFCAp-2Qqjfz0gYwniD91NKkVVDFHOj6cJvyZrkm7Jd6GgP_CgX4qBa-NYKDqTTbaHXre05HrpIU2usksW5vVvNIadcbvuDvIM-3Eo7Nb9L2fBsYH5ptCdsUEc/s2209/1854-11-10+marriage+St+Mary%2527s+Chicago+close-up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="2209" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNinZn2LKHAt4Z8YosnTqFCAp-2Qqjfz0gYwniD91NKkVVDFHOj6cJvyZrkm7Jd6GgP_CgX4qBa-NYKDqTTbaHXre05HrpIU2usksW5vVvNIadcbvuDvIM-3Eo7Nb9L2fBsYH5ptCdsUEc/w484-h144/1854-11-10+marriage+St+Mary%2527s+Chicago+close-up.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I recognized the names John Kennedy and Nora Collins. But could it really be my John Kennedy and Nora Collins? I went and found the marriage date I had from the county book. The dates matched! I had stumbled across the information I had been looking for purely by chance. The genealogy gods had smiled upon me! I did a very happy genealogy dance, right then and there. <br /><p>Further evidence that this was the right marriage came from the last name of the witness Johanna Lawler. John had a probable sister, Mary Kennedy, who was married to a Stephen Lawler at the time of this wedding. The Lawlers were living in Chicago in 1860, so they were probably also at the wedding. </p><p>And that is the story of how I accidently found the long-sought-after location of the 1854 marriage of my second-great-grandparents. More research is need to explain how they happened to get married in Chicago of all places.</p><p>(1) The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns &c., Biographical Sketches of Citizens. United States: Western historical Company, 1879.</p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-86549459649377694162021-02-15T17:27:00.002-06:002021-02-15T17:32:14.209-06:00Was William F. Ogden a US Citizen?<p><span>Now that I am retired all of my time is now 100% <b>my </b>time. (Well, some of it does belong to my wife, I suppose.) I need to find interesting ways to fill up all that time. Especially with the pandemic keeping us isolated at home.</span> </p><p>I like doing research, which is why I took to genealogy and family history. I have more time for that now. I also recently realized that I like stories. I like reading them. I like making them up. I like writing them down. That is why I am returning to my family history blog. Here I can share the stories of my ancestors and distant relatives. I can also share the stories of how I discovered those family history stories. Some of these stories will be mysteries, both solved and unsolved. There are lots of unsolved ones unfortunately.</p><p>One of the unsolved mysteries has to do with my great-grandfather, William Frederick Ogden, and his citizenship status. He was born in Walkerton, Ontario in 1871. In about 1879, at the age of 8, his father moved the family to Hutchison County in the Dakota Territory A few years ago I came across his 1945 Petition for Naturalization in the Ancestry collection "California, Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999." He filed on 8 February 1945.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_yOPlx9n6X51Zh953D4uXBXa5CjKABxQrEh_O3_TS7HrgkphUCCfR_Tab1ym8rT-b1RQmVHAYW5Iw85nZAsVf2CHN7vH3xuyTlSr4h78-WwmAB7keOOVGSCkBDFf1IhhUmJ-0J2bkjZu/s2048/005197538_01334.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1676" height="613" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_yOPlx9n6X51Zh953D4uXBXa5CjKABxQrEh_O3_TS7HrgkphUCCfR_Tab1ym8rT-b1RQmVHAYW5Iw85nZAsVf2CHN7vH3xuyTlSr4h78-WwmAB7keOOVGSCkBDFf1IhhUmJ-0J2bkjZu/w502-h613/005197538_01334.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5we_evfEN_O1Akw3xieqNpm738zSWXGmUpwDhQ4ArcwRiT2au2vYbkkD8U3SF0NyYJPBgSsfSAMhcDpodzjsEeDcFBpVUoXhtX-AeW_D9DVVnv0VaQNwLdL9hmpOHi1slHUc45Qv3BR_P/s2048/005197538_01335.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1722" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5we_evfEN_O1Akw3xieqNpm738zSWXGmUpwDhQ4ArcwRiT2au2vYbkkD8U3SF0NyYJPBgSsfSAMhcDpodzjsEeDcFBpVUoXhtX-AeW_D9DVVnv0VaQNwLdL9hmpOHi1slHUc45Qv3BR_P/w507-h604/005197538_01335.jpg" width="507" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There is a lot of information here: birth date, birth place, when he came to the US and where, info on his second marriage, info on his children. But this also brings up some new questions. </div><p></p><p>I had previously found his first papers in a SD Archives on-line index and then the digitized image on-line in Family Search. He filed his intention on 29 October 1892, shortly after turning 21. I was never ever to find his second papers. I was able to find JR Ogden, his father's first (26 June 1889) and second papers (6 April 1894) though. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOpxOkRnWB1WF7iydChswV0mSEuQixN_iQ1VSHo5PQFVg5vVeEXG5yVgvcXOLmZM7LUhU49XktkzxSKz8BLwJuaX9JJodnbr8-O1Nv5eo-MdjLQ4xZ6WjXPAMH68ODuaFAoJBgewmcXa7/s2048/1892-10-29+William+F+OGDEN+1st+Papers+Charles+Mix+SD.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOpxOkRnWB1WF7iydChswV0mSEuQixN_iQ1VSHo5PQFVg5vVeEXG5yVgvcXOLmZM7LUhU49XktkzxSKz8BLwJuaX9JJodnbr8-O1Nv5eo-MdjLQ4xZ6WjXPAMH68ODuaFAoJBgewmcXa7/w505-h362/1892-10-29+William+F+OGDEN+1st+Papers+Charles+Mix+SD.jpg" width="505" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What happened to William's second papers? I have a couple theories: they were not indexed or digitized; he thought he became a citizen when his father did. I think he filed for the papers in California in 1945 because he needed security clearance for a job in the war-time shipyards. That's just a guess. </p><p>What is interesting is that he appears not to have followed up on the application. At the bottom of the second page it states "Petition <strike>denied</strike> dis [sic] List No. <u>List 1968 Oct 22-1945 Lack of presentation</u>." It looks like he didn't show up to take the oath and become a citizen almost nine months later.</p><p>What else is interesting is that in the 1900 US Census his birthplace is Canada but there is no Naturalization info. In 1910 it says he arrived in 1879 and is Naturalized! In 1920 it says he came in 1884 and is Naturalized. In 1930 it says he arrived in 1879 and is Naturalized. In 1940 it also says he is Naturalized. If was naturalized, why did he need to file in 1945? If he wasn't naturalized, why did he keep saying he was?</p><p>So many possibilities; so many questions! Maybe he couldn't prove he was naturalized in 1945, filed the application and then found the proof. If he found the proof, where is it and why can't I find it? Maybe something happened with the job and he didn't need to go through with becoming a citizen and had been lying all those years. </p><p>So much more research to do. Is he listed on any voting records over the years? Where else might he have filed before or after the 1945 filing? It's a real head-scratcher.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><p><br /></p>Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-66067583721476641072017-02-20T09:05:00.001-06:002017-02-20T09:08:38.509-06:00Ogdens and Tooles<p dir="ltr">I recently received an email about a DNA match <u>from</u> someone looking for information on Tooles in New Brunswick. I have Tooles in my family tree, but only as potential half-brothers to my 3rd great-grandfather Robert Ogden. I could not understand how we could share DNA.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Then the lightbulb finally lit. Our common ancestor is not a Toole, but is probably Mary Clark who was married to James Edward Toole, with whom she had four sons, and then Jonathan Ogden. The only evidence that Jonathan and Mary were Robert's parents was a book on New Brunswick Loyalists that listed him as a probable son. The book cited no sources for evidence of that relationship. Several online family trees list them as his parents, but none of them cite any evidence either.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have been looking for evidence for some time now. All I had so far was Robert's Ontario obituary that said he came from a New Brunswick Loyalist family (Jonathan was a Loyalist) and a land sale between Robert and one of his potential half-brothers.</p>
<p dir="ltr">With the DNA evidence possibly tying the Tooles and Ogdens together through Mary Clark, I am now more certain of Robert's parentage. This means we are Ogdens descended from John Ogden of Rye, NY, an early settler from England in the colony of Connecticut and then Westchester Co., New York.</p>
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Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-32685910473730685442016-11-27T22:07:00.001-06:002016-11-27T22:07:35.783-06:00"And the walls came tumbling down"Another major genealogy brick wall has tumbled to the ground. I have managed to locate a Dutch birth record for my 2nd great grandfather, Evert Huigen! We have been working on finding this info for decades. Suddenly it's like I poked a hole in the dyke and the water came rushing in! OK, bad analogy, but you understand what I mean.<br />
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It began with an oft repeated search on Ancestry.com finally turning up a useful link to what must be a new record in the Dutch genealogy website, <a href="https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/home/">Wie Was Wie.</a> The record was a birth record for an Everardus Huigen born 7 Dec 1827 to Evert Huigens and Evardina Sloot in Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands. The birth date was a day off from the date we calculated based on the info from his broken tombstone (for more details, see <a href="http://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com/2009/07/broken-tombstone.html">here</a>) and the name of his father matched one of the names he used in America. I was pretty sure this was my 2nd great grandfather, but I still had lingering doubts about whether Everardus was really Evert.<br />
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Later that night, lying in bed, it hit me--the "-us" at the end of his name was the Latin nominative ending used for baptisms. His first name was really "Everard" which matched the German version "Eberhard" that was on his tombstone! Everything fell into place. I got up and right back on Ancestry and WieWasWie and was up until 2:30 in the morning tearing down as much of the brick wall as I could.<br />
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One of the first finds was a birth record for his father, who was also listed as "Everardus" in his birth record, but went by "Evert." I'm guessing "Evert" is a nickname for "Everard" and I'm working verifying that.<br />
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In addition to Everard's birth record, I found birth records for his parents, Everard "Evert" Huigen and Everdina Sloot, and a variety of birth, death and marriage records for them and their other children: sons Herman, Joann (Johann), Jacob, the twins Gerard and Bernard and daughters Gerarda and Elisabeth. My great grandfather, John Huigens, was named for his uncle, Joann (That's Johann, not Jo Ann). His brother, Bernard Haugens, was named for another uncle. Herman and Jacob may be buried in a Catholic cemetery in Damiansville, Clinton Co., IL. It's possible my ancestor was not the only one to make his way to America.<br />
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I was able to go back another generation and find info on all four of Everard's grandparents: Herman Huigen and Agatha van den Berg and Johann Sloot and Gerharda Koning. I even found info on Agatha's parents: Peter van den Berg and Johanna Hatting.<br />
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Here is what I have so far in taking this branch back:<br />
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1. Everard "Evert" HUIGEN, Jr.(b. 7 Dec 1827 in Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands; d. 27 Feb 1864 in Marshall Co., IL)<br />
2. Everard "Evert" HUIGEN, Sr. (b. 31 Mar 1788 in Groessen, Gelderland, Netherlands; d. 5 Mar 1832 in Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands)<br />
3. Everdina SLOOT (b. 25 Apr 1789 in Didam, Gelderland Netherlands; d. Unknown)<br />
4. Herman HUIGEN (b. 3 Mar 1730 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; d. 27 Mar 1805 in Duiven, Gelderland, Netherlands)<br />
5. Agatha VAN DEN BERG (b. about 1740 in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands; d 5 Jan 1823 in Duiven, Gelderland, Netherlands)<br />
6. Johann SLOOT (b. Unknown; d. 24 Feb 1810 in Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands)<br />
7. Gerharda KONING (b. Unknown; d. 15 May 1808 in Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands)<br />
8. Unknown HUIGENS<br />
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10. Peter VAN DEN BERG (b. Unknown; d. 1 Apr 1747 in Hoogland, Utrecht, Netherlands)<br />
11. Johanna HATTING (b. Unknown; d. Unknown)<br />
12.Unknown SLOOT<br />
13. Unknown<br />
14. Unknown KONING<br />
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You can understand why I was up until 2:30 in the morning tracking all of this down and doing my genealogy happy dance. I also found records for several more children of Herman and Agatha. Evert Sr. and Herman Huigen gave their occupation as "day laborer." We do not come from the upper class. Not a surprise.<br />
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Next steps are to have my daughter's Dutch friend, Anne, help translate the wording on the civil birth, marriage and death records and the church records for baptisms, marriages and funerals. I still need to verify that "Evert" is a nickname for "Everard." I plan on tracing all of the branches of the various families down to find some living relatives. I hope I can find a living male Huigen or Huigens who will take a Y-DNA test to lay to rest all doubts that we've finally found our Dutch family.<br />
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Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-28278044641370734062016-08-29T16:39:00.001-05:002016-08-29T16:39:16.655-05:00Mystery Solved: Farm LocatedI have finally been able to locate the farm in Sheridan County, Nebraska that my dad grew up on. Here is how I managed to find it.<br /><br /><div>
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Yesterday I learned that World War 2 "Old Man's Draft" registration cards from April, 1942 had two sides. The indexed images of the front side that are available on ancestry.com, I knew about. I did not know that if you click through to the next image, you can see the back side of the card, which contains height, weight, eye color, hair color and a few more pieces of information. You can read more about that draft <a href="https://www.newberry.org/old-mans-draft">here</a> and <a href="https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_II_Fourth_Draft_Registration_Cards_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)">here</a>. I immediately went online to check out the second image for my male relatives in that age range. From my grandfather, Joseph Andrew Huigens' card, I learned that he had hazel eyes like mine.<br /><br /> But what really caught my eye, and what I had failed to notice before, was that he listed his address on the front of the card as "section 22-32-44." That was exciting because it gave me what I hoped were the section, township and range in which the farm was located.<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.404px; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
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It took me a while to track down a set of online historic plat maps for Nebraska Sheridan County, but I finally located a set from 1914 in an ancestry.com database: <i>Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918</i>. Townships in some western Nebraska counties were not named but use a number instead. I was able to find the image for Township 32 N in Range 44 W. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.404px; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
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<br />Further research in the book <i>Recollections of Sheridan County Nebraska</i> (Sheridan County Historical Society (Neb.). 1976. [Place of publication not identified]: Printed by Iron Man Industries.) turned up the fact that banker M. P. Musser died in 1914, the year of the plat map and his son was Logan C. Musser. So Logan had indeed inherited the land after his father died and owned it when my grandfather arrived in 1926. <br />
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Here is what Section 22 looks like on Google Maps today.<br />
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I still need to discover why my father moved the family west in 1926 and when they left the farm and moved into Rushville. I'm also intrigued by the fairgrounds shown in section 22 in 1914. My dad never mentioned any fairgrounds and the Sheridan County Fair takes place in Gordon. I'm guessing they moved the fair long before my grandfather came and leased the land. I'll need to contact the Sheridan County Historical Society about that.<br />
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Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-30840747561333472662015-07-26T21:30:00.000-05:002015-07-26T21:30:48.326-05:00Fonda My FamilyMy latest project has been to find the maiden name of my 3xgreat-grandmother Gertrude A. Adelbush. I think I have found it and made a very exciting discovery as a result.<br />
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The facts I have to work from were that she was born 18 May 1818 in New York. This came from her grave marker and various US Census records. In the 1840 US Census, she was living with her husband, John Jacob Adelbush, in Red Hook, Dutchess, Co. NY. I have her daughter, Julia Ann (Adelbush) Herren's death record, but for Mother's Maiden Name, it states "not known." Not much help there.<br />
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After exhausting everything I could think of on ancestry.com, I decided to try familysearch.org. I added her known information to my tree and up popped info from two other trees giving her parent's names: Mathias Fonda and Elisabeth Segendorf. The source given for this was a record from a database "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962." It lists the 30 Dec 1818 baptism of a Kitti Fonda, born 18 May 1818 in Reformed Church, Germantown, Columbia Co., NY. Her parents are listed as Mathaeas Fonda and Elisabeth Saegendorf. Is Kitti Fonda my Gertrude A.? It's the same birth date and the same area in upstate New York. Some people seem to think it's a match.<br />
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My first thought of course was "Am I related to Henry Fonda?" I checked out <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fonda">his wikipedia.org page</a> and learned "The Fonda surname originated with immigrants from Genoa, Italy, to the Netherlands, in the 15th century. In 1642, a branch of the Fonda family immigrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherland, on the East Coast of North America.[4] They were among the first Dutch population to settle in what is now upstate New York, establishing the town of Fonda, New York. By 1888, many of their descendants had relocated to Nebraska." A relationship between his ancestors and mine was looking possible.<br />
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I did some googling of the Dutch colonial Fondas of upstate New York and came across the website "<a href="http://www.fonda.org/">Fonda Family Genealogy</a>: Descendants of Jellis Douw Fonda (1615-1659), immigrant from Friesland, Netherlands to Beverwyck (now Albany), New York in 1651." The site is maintained by Albert Mark Fonda. That site lists Gertrude Fonda as the daughter of Matthias Lawrence and Elisabeth (Segendorf) Fonda. So another source that made that connection. The entry for Gertrude lists the same baptism record and it also has a link to an entry for Kitti C. Fonda with that baptism date and place, but a different birth date. Very confusing.<br />
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Using the information on this wonderful Fonda site, I've determined that if my Gertrude is really the child of Mattias and Elisabeth Fonda, then yes, I am related to Henry Fonda--he is my seventh cousin twice removed. He is my grandfather, Emery Ogden's seventh cousin because they both share a set of 6xgreat-grandparents: Douw Jellis and Rebecca (Janse) Fonda. This also means my mother and her siblings are eighth cousins of Jane and Peter Fonda and I am a ninth cousin of Bridget Fonda.<br />
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Here are the two paths back to Douw and Rebecca:<br />
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Kevin Joseph Huigens, Shirley Ann Ogden, Emery Julius Ogden, Mary Elizabeth Herren, Julia Ann Adelbush, Gertrude Fonda, Matthias Lawrence Fonda, Lawrence Abraham Fonda, Abraham Janse Fonda, Jan Douw Fonda, Douw Jellis and Rebecca (Janse) Fonda.<br />
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Henry Jaynse Fonda, William Brace Fonda, TenEyck Hilton Fonda, Garret T.B. Fonda, Douw Adam Fonda, Adam Douw Fonda, Douw Jellis Fonda, Jellis Adam Fonda, Douw Jellis and Rebecca (Janse) Fonda.<br />
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Obviously this is going to require some more research to verify Fonda as Gertrude's maiden name. I am excited about a possible link to the famous acting Fondas and to having Dutch heritage on my mom's side as well as my dad's. As they say, "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much."<br />
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<br />Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-47415188549262337982014-07-05T20:48:00.000-05:002014-07-05T20:48:43.040-05:00Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Father's Mother's Patrlineal LineHere's <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/07/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-your.html">Randy's challenge</a> for tonight:<br />
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<li>Richard John "Dick" KAIN (1892-1972), who married Mary A "Mame" DARCY (1896 – 1989). They had one daughter: Margaret Clare KAIN (1918-???)</li>
<li>Francis Joseph "Fritz" KAIN (1898-1970), who married Helen E. BAKER (1909-1962). They also only had one daughter: Mary Anne KAIN (1943-2000)</li>
<li>Edmund Henry KAIN (1904-1982), who married Corene A. CUNNINGHAM (1914 - ???). They had three sons and a daughter, Living KAIN (1954 – ).</li>
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<li>Living? KAIN (1939 – ???), who married Living? RUDOLPH (1944 - ???). They had one daughter born in 1964.</li>
<li>Living KAIN (1940 – ???), who married Living AIGNER (1943 – ???). They had two sons born in 1965 and 1966. One of them has a son born in 2002.</li>
<li>Living KAIN (1956 – ???), who married Living HUGHES (1958 – ???). They have two sons born in 1983 and 1989.</li>
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So my best bet for a Y-DNA test would be one of my dad's three male first cousins, if they are still alive, or one of their sons. Last resort would be the great-grandson of Ed Kain, who is twelve. It's also possible that one of my second cousins has had another son since I compiled this information. The only way to find out is to locate them and reach out to them for info on their families. The information I can find on them shows them living in various places in Minnesota.</div>
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I'm glad I didn't have to go back another generation. My great-grandfather, Frank KAIN, was one of seven sons. Two died in childhood and one never married, but I know I can find loads of living male KAINs through his other brothers.</div>
Kevin Huigenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432034777157845387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698136751212998706.post-91323089419272372272013-11-21T15:00:00.000-06:002013-11-21T15:00:06.608-06:00NE/SD Family History Road Trip (part 6)<div class="MsoNormal">
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Time to head for home. We had an afternoon flight to catch in
Omaha, so we headed over to I-29 south, which took us through Elk Point, Union
County, SD where my Grandpa Ogden was born. It also took us along the Missouri
River into Iowa, our fourth state in a week. We stopped in Sioux City for
breakfast. They had some pictures on display of the long-gone Sioux City Corn
Palace. I never knew that there was more than one of them.</div>
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All in all it was a great trip. We got in all that we wanted
to do. We had great weather. I got to visit the graves of six of my eight
great-grandparents, three of my great-great-grandparents and one of my
third-great-grandfathers. I saw, photographed and took soil samples from six
farms. My wife got to see where Willa Cather lived and visit a quilt museum and
a quilt shop. Next vacation we go wherever she wants and do whatever she wants.
She earned that and more.</div>
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