Family Milestones: February 22nd

My maternal 4th-great granduncle, Alexander S. HEATON, married on this date in 1827 in Brown County, Ohio to Jemima SHAW.  Alexander was the son of Thomas and Susan (TAYLOR) HEATON, and the older brother of my James R. HEATON.  Alexander was born September 18, 1803 in Bracken County, Kentucky.  Jemima was born in 1810 in New York, the daughter of Anthony and Sarah (NILES) SHAW.  They had 12 children.  Alexander died in 1892 in Pratt, Kansas.

My maternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Sarah Wilson LAMBERTSON, married on this date in 1855 in Butler County, Ohio to John LYST.  Sarah was the daughter of John and Sarah A. (WILLSON) LAMBERTSON, and the older sister of my Carey LAMBERTSON.  Sarah was born December 1, 1835 in Warren County, New Jersey.  John was born February 14, 1831 in Fayette County, Ohio, the son of John W. and Nancy Agnes (________) LYST.  They had 10 children and resided in Pipe Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana.  John died after the 1880 census.  Sarah died 1881 in Madison County, Indiana.  Both are buried in the Elwood City Cemetery, Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.


My paternal 6th-great grandparents, Noah WORCESTER and Lydia TAYLOR, were married on this date in 1757.  Noah was born October 4, 1735 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, the son of Francis and Abigail (CARLTON) WORCESTER.  Lydia was born October 11, 1733, the daughter of Abraham TAYLOR.  They had at least 1 child.  Noah died in Hollis, New Hampshire.  Lydia died July 6, 1772.

My maternal 4th-great granduncle, William R. POE, was married on this date in 1838 in Morgan County, Indiana to Susannah BRAY.  William was the son of John W. and Elizabeth (RAINS) POE.  I do not have dates of birth or death for Susannah.  Nothing further is known at this time.


My maternal 5th-great granduncle, James WARDLAW, was born on this date in 1788 in Virginia.  James was the son of Robert and Janet (DOWNEY) WARDLAW, and the younger brother of my Samuel WARDLAW.   James married February 24, 1814 in Clermont County, Ohio to Eleanor IRWIN.  They had 5 children.  James died September 5, 1858.

My paternal 4th-great grandaunt, Margaretta WOOLSTON, was born on this date in 1809 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Margaretta was the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (HAINES) WOOLSTON, and the younger sister of my Rachel WOOLSTON.  Margaretta married Charles HAINES.  Nothing further is known at this time.


My maternal 5th-great grandaunt, Mary WRIGHT, was born on this date in 1785.  Mary was the daughter of John and Sarah (FLEMING) WRIGHT, and the younger sister of my George WRIGHT.  Nothing further is known at this time.

Family Milestones: February 21st

My maternal 6th-great grandaunt, Rachel BEALS, was married on this date in 1789 to William THORNBURGH.  Rachel was the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (ANTRIM) BEALS, and the younger sister of my John BEALS.  Rachel's birth was recorded in 1763, 3rd month, 9th day at New Garden MM, Guilford County, North Carolina.  I do not have dates of birth or death for William.  Rachel died circa 1798.  Nothing further is known.

My paternal 5th-great grandfather, John Peter SAUBEL, was born on this date in 1758 in the Saar Basin, Germany.  John was the son of Leonard SAUBEL.  John married before 1775 to Barbara ________.  Barbara was born circa 1758.  They had 8 children.  John died August 15, 1831 in York County, Pennsylvnia.

My maternal 2nd-great grandfather, John William WRIGHT, was born on this date in 1860 in Brown County, Ohio.  John was the son of Joseph W. and Rebecca Ann (HEATON) WRIGHT.  John married May 13, 1888 in Madison County, Indiana to Ellen KING, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (SHAW) KING.  Ellen was born August 24, 1868 in Frankton, Madison County, Indiana.  They had 4 children, 2 whom survived.  Ellen died December 24, 1913 in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana.  John died June 5, 1945 in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana.  Both are buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.

My paternal 4th-great grandmother, Lydia FENNEL, was born on this date in 1796 in Rutland County, Vermont.  Lydia married circa 1815 in Rutland County, Vermont to Selah MOULTON, son of John and Avis (HURLBUT) MOULTON.  Selah was born October 28, 1790 in Rutland County, Vermont.  They had 9 children.  They moved to St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio.  Selah died February 1848 in St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio.  Lydia died December 1869 in Licking County, Ohio.

Why Post Content To Ancestry.com If You Don't Want To Be Contacted?

Allow me to do the anti-Happy Dance, genealogically speaking....tonight I logged onto Ancestry.com and on a whim, did a search for Bert LAMBERTSON, a brother of my maternal 2nd-great grandfather, Charles W. LAMBERTSON.

Besides the usual census records and the Social Security Death Index records, I found highlighted a private member story, that looked interesting, as it mentioned other members of the LAMBERTSON family.  I eagerly clicked on the link, only to receive the message that "This member has chosen not to be contacted". 

How frustrating!  Why would you add content to a pay site such as Ancestry, knowing that others may be searching the same lines, and then choose to be anonymous?  It makes no sense to me....

Thanks for allowing me to vent...