Today is the last of the lines of my great-great-grandmothers.
1. Kevin Joseph HUIGENS
2. Joseph Anthony HUIGENS
3. Shirley Ann OGDEN
6. Emery Julius OGDEN (b. 9 Sept 1896 in Elk Point, Union Co., SD, USA, m. 19 Mar 1929 in Gordon, Sheridan Co., NE, USA, d. 8 Apr 1984 in Martin, Bennett Co., SD, USA)
7. Esther Louise JOHNSON (b. 23 Feb 1902 in Milan, Rock Island Co., IL, USA, d. 24 Mar 1984 in Rapid City, Pennington Co., SD, USA)
14. Gustav Adolph JOHNSON (b. 18 Aug 1867 in Locknevi, Kalmar, Småland, Sweden, m. 4 Sep 1899 in Rock Island Co., IL, USA, d. 25 Dec 1941 in Henning, Otter Tail Co., MN, USA)15. Rosabell "Rose" STRAYER (b. 23 Aug 1872 in Milan, Rock Island Co., IL, USA, d. 7 May 1955 in Henning, Otter Tail Co., MN, USA)
30. Abraham STRAYER (b. 2 Sept 1822 in Dover, York Co., IL, USA, m. 10 Jul 1847 in Clark Co., OH, USA, d. 13 Feb 1893 in Milan, Rock Island Co., IL, USA)
31. Harriet Alice HOWARD (b. 30 Apr 1829 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, USA, d. 2 Apr 1914 in Davenport, Scott Co., IA, USA)
62. Samuel Howard (b. btwn 1790 and 1800 in England, m. ? in ?, d ? in ?)
63. Sarah Bolton (b. btwn 1790 and 1800 in England, d ? in ?)
Not too much info on this line. Samuel is in Dayton, OH in the 1830 census. No idea of his parents or any birth/marriage/death details.
09 January 2011
SNGF: What are they searching for?
This week's challenge:
1) Go to your Blog Statistics website (e.g., StatCounter, Google Analytics, etc.) and find the page for "Keyword Searches" done on your blog.
2) Tell us some of the funniest or most interesting keyword searches and your reaction to them.
The top searches that led people to my blog:
5 times
genealogy blog Neunkirchen
4 times
"iowa 1855 census"
"Thomas FOX" "Mary FOX" "Patrick FOX" "john kain"
streher
3 times
Peter Stroeher of Starkenburg
Nothing too exciting there.
'Junkerhorfva' is a search term I didn't recognize at first. It's the place in Sweden where my great-great-great-grandfather Jonas NILSSON was born.
One search was from someone looking for Russell DeWitt of Rushville, a man for whom my mother worked after she graduated high school.
'afentahl' and 'ahfentahl' both brought people to my site. I sure hope they weren't disappointed. 'FAMILY HISTORY' brought someone. I'm honored.
1) Go to your Blog Statistics website (e.g., StatCounter, Google Analytics, etc.) and find the page for "Keyword Searches" done on your blog.
2) Tell us some of the funniest or most interesting keyword searches and your reaction to them.
The top searches that led people to my blog:
5 times
genealogy blog Neunkirchen
4 times
"iowa 1855 census"
"Thomas FOX" "Mary FOX" "Patrick FOX" "john kain"
streher
3 times
Peter Stroeher of Starkenburg
Nothing too exciting there.
'Junkerhorfva' is a search term I didn't recognize at first. It's the place in Sweden where my great-great-great-grandfather Jonas NILSSON was born.
One search was from someone looking for Russell DeWitt of Rushville, a man for whom my mother worked after she graduated high school.
'afentahl' and 'ahfentahl' both brought people to my site. I sure hope they weren't disappointed. 'FAMILY HISTORY' brought someone. I'm honored.
04 January 2011
Tombstone Tuesday: Julia Huigens
Part of the reason why I haven't put up a Tombstone Tuesday post in almost a year is that I have not been able to find a photo of my Grandma Julia's grave. I posted photos of the grave markers for my three other grandparents and did not want to skip my paternal grandmother. I know I have taken pictures of her grave on several occasions, but I have not put a lot of effort into tracking one down and scanning it.
Instead I'll go with this photo that my daughter found of herself. This is Austen Julia HUIGENS in 1999 next to Julia HUIGENS's grave marker. We have several Julia's in our family tree, but Austen's middle name was in honor of her great-grandmother.
Instead I'll go with this photo that my daughter found of herself. This is Austen Julia HUIGENS in 1999 next to Julia HUIGENS's grave marker. We have several Julia's in our family tree, but Austen's middle name was in honor of her great-grandmother.
Mystery Monday: My grandfather's move across Nebraska
Sometime between the birth of my Aunt Berneice [sic] in 1921 and my father in 1927, my paternal grandfather, Joseph Huigens, headed west from Knox Co. in northeast Nebraska to Sheridan Co. in the northwest part of the state.
Map Courtesy of Digital-Topo-Maps.com
According to my grandfather's obituary, the move occured sometime prior to Jan. 1926.
In 1920 he was farming 480 acres that he rented from his father in sections 3 and 11 of Logan Township, about 10 miles west of Creighton, NE. He was also renting 160 acres he owned in section 9 to a John Parkhurst. (Source: 1920 Atlas of Knox County, Nebraska)
According to my mom, he rented the land he farmed in Sheridan Co. from Logan C. Musser of Rushville, NE.
The mystery is when did he move and, more importantly, why. Did he sell the land he owned in Knox Co.? If so, to whom? Why did he end the lease arrangement with his father and move across the state to rent land? Was it economics or family dynamics?
I wish I had raised some of these questions before my dad's stroke and before all his siblings were gone. Maybe my mom can provide some answers. I can also see what my dad's nieces and nephews and his cousins who are still around Creighton know. There's also land records and directories in Knox Co. and Sheridan Co. to go through. Plenty of places to go looking for more nuggets of family history.
Map Courtesy of Digital-Topo-Maps.com
According to my grandfather's obituary, the move occured sometime prior to Jan. 1926.
In 1920 he was farming 480 acres that he rented from his father in sections 3 and 11 of Logan Township, about 10 miles west of Creighton, NE. He was also renting 160 acres he owned in section 9 to a John Parkhurst. (Source: 1920 Atlas of Knox County, Nebraska)
According to my mom, he rented the land he farmed in Sheridan Co. from Logan C. Musser of Rushville, NE.
The mystery is when did he move and, more importantly, why. Did he sell the land he owned in Knox Co.? If so, to whom? Why did he end the lease arrangement with his father and move across the state to rent land? Was it economics or family dynamics?
I wish I had raised some of these questions before my dad's stroke and before all his siblings were gone. Maybe my mom can provide some answers. I can also see what my dad's nieces and nephews and his cousins who are still around Creighton know. There's also land records and directories in Knox Co. and Sheridan Co. to go through. Plenty of places to go looking for more nuggets of family history.
02 January 2011
SNGF: Very Best 2010 Research
This is easy since I didn't do much research this year. The best was the overnight trip my wife and I took downstate to Bloomington/Normal to access the Marshall County records in the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at Illinois State University. I didn't find as much as I had hoped for. I did however make a major find--the marriage license for my great-great-grandparents Edward HUIGENS and Catherine TOEMMES. I did a little happy dance when I found this since I had no info on when or where these two had been married.
On this record, my Dutch great-great-grandfather is listed as "Edward Huigens," which is but one of the many forms of his name in the records. My great-great-grandmother's surname has lost one of its m's in both places on the record.
The license was issued on 3-May-1854. The marriage appears to have taken place on "4-Juny-1854." JUNY?!?!?! At least that's how I read it. And the officiating priest wrote it that way three times. It's a head scratcher. I'm assuming that should be 4-June-1854. It's closer than July to when the license was issued and I doubt they would have been married on the 4th of July. June 4th was a Sunday in 1854 and July 4th was a Tuesday. A Sunday wedding makes more sense than a Tuesday one in a farming community. A check in the church records may provide more info.
The priest's name will take some research to decipher. Maybe Wm. Pettnaimer? He signs himself a Catholic priest from LaSalle, Ills. It shouldn't be too hard to find a list of the Catholic priests in LaSalle in 1854. The location of the ceremony will also take some research. I need to determine which Catholic churches in Marshall Co. were built when. It appears they were married by a traveling priest from LaSalle so it may not have been in a church or if it was, it was a parish that did not yet have a priest permanently assigned.
The rest of the trip was just as lovely as my wife and I had a quiet, romantic dinner in downtown Bloomington and a lovely drive down and back. Overall a very satisfying weekend.
On this record, my Dutch great-great-grandfather is listed as "Edward Huigens," which is but one of the many forms of his name in the records. My great-great-grandmother's surname has lost one of its m's in both places on the record.
The license was issued on 3-May-1854. The marriage appears to have taken place on "4-Juny-1854." JUNY?!?!?! At least that's how I read it. And the officiating priest wrote it that way three times. It's a head scratcher. I'm assuming that should be 4-June-1854. It's closer than July to when the license was issued and I doubt they would have been married on the 4th of July. June 4th was a Sunday in 1854 and July 4th was a Tuesday. A Sunday wedding makes more sense than a Tuesday one in a farming community. A check in the church records may provide more info.
The priest's name will take some research to decipher. Maybe Wm. Pettnaimer? He signs himself a Catholic priest from LaSalle, Ills. It shouldn't be too hard to find a list of the Catholic priests in LaSalle in 1854. The location of the ceremony will also take some research. I need to determine which Catholic churches in Marshall Co. were built when. It appears they were married by a traveling priest from LaSalle so it may not have been in a church or if it was, it was a parish that did not yet have a priest permanently assigned.
The rest of the trip was just as lovely as my wife and I had a quiet, romantic dinner in downtown Bloomington and a lovely drive down and back. Overall a very satisfying weekend.
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