Sentimental Sunday: Clubs

The following are some tidbits from a personal interview with my mom about her family: [William and Bonnie (Lambertson) Wright]

Were your parents active in any clubs?

Mom and dad were members of the Elks.  At that time it was more private - teachers and professionals, etc.  "What you saw up there stayed up there."  Mom and dad did a lot of dancing up there.  Your dad and I belonged there for awhile.

The Elks took drinkers to fund it.  Mom and dad would have a drink, but were not heavy drinkers.  Some folks would spend $50 to $100 a night there.  The Elks were considered 'upper class', hard liquor crowd.  The Eagles was a blue-jean, factory worker, beer-drinking crowd.

The Elks used to have tip-boards back when you couldn't gamble.  One year dad won a stuffed Santa there.  I always think of him when we pull it out for Christmas.

Mom may have been in a sorority when she was first married, but I don't know for sure. 

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Happy Blogoversary!

Happy Blogoversary!

It’s hard to believe that it has been 4 years since I started this blogging journey.  At the time, I wasn’t sure that I would be able to keep it going.  To be sure, some months I have posted more than others. 

I’ve almost completed my MBA through Indiana Wesleyan University, which has taken most of my time lately.  Once that is completed, I can hopefully have more time to dig into the details of my family that have yet to be discovered.

I’ve learned a lot about my family simply by putting the facts down in this blog.  For many branches, I’m learning that I don’t have as much information as I thought I had.  For branches closer to me, I’ve realized that over the years I’ve overlooked some basic genealogy 101-type information that I need to go back and document.

Thanks to Geneabloggers and the memes, I have been tried to keep current content.  I’m better at posting Tombstone Tuesday than any of the others.  I would really like to start doing some Follow Friday and Treasure Chest Tuesday memes in the coming year, if time permits.  John at Transylvanian Dutch’s meme of Amanuensis Monday looks interesting as well.

The community of geneabloggers is a growing group, and I try to keep up with as many as I can through Google Reader.  It has been neat to find connections with other bloggers who share distant ancestors.

This past year I’ve joined the Twitterverse and met and exchanged tweets with several of my fellow geneabloggers.  I find Twitter very helpful in getting out the word on blog posts and furthering discussion in the community.

I hope that my “Family Milestone” posts are not too boring to people.  Through them, I’ve managed to make contacts with a few far-flung relatives.  In the coming year, I hope to add information about my wife’s side of the family as well.

May you continue to have genealogical success!

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Family Milestones: April 24th

My paternal 5th-great grandaunt, Beulah HAINES, married on this date in 1813 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Beulah was the daughter of Robert and Rachel (VENICOMB) HAINES, and the younger sister of my Hannah Haines.  Joseph was the son of William and Elizabeth (ROGERS) DEACON.  Hannah was born May 10, 1787 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Joseph was born June 1, 1774.  They were the parents of 10 children.  Joseph died November 17, 1855 near Mt. Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Beulah died January 5, 1832 in Burlington County, New Jersey.

My paternal 4th great-grandfather, Joel PHILBRICK, was born on this date in 1781.  Joel was the son of Deacon John and Sally (JEWETT) PHILBRICK.  Joel married in 1808 to Sally FOX.  Sally was the daughter of John and Sarah (WORCESTER) FOX.  Sally was born August 27, 1788 in Centre Harbor, New Hampshire.  They had 10 children and moved to Licking County, Ohio. Sally died 1868 in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio.  Joel died March 1, 1846 in Licking County, Ohio. 


My paternal 5th great-grandmother, Sarah SPRINGER, was born on this date in 1762 in Wilmington, Delaware.  Sarah parentage is unknown at this time.  Sarah married circa 1784 in New Jersey to Nathaniel CHEW, son of Rev. Jesse and Mary (RICHARDS) CHEW.  Nathaniel was born in 1765 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  They had 8 children.  Nathaniel died July 16, 1841 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Sarah died in 1845.

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