My paternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Barbara Helen HALEY, married on this date in 1853 in Marion County, Ohio to Christian EASTERDAY. Barbara was the daughter of George J. and Rachel (GARY) HALEY, and the older sister of my George Washington HALEY. I do not have the parentage of Christian. Barbara was born November 20, 1835 in Goshen, Hardin County, Ohio. Christian was born February 1831 in Ohio. Barbara died March 28, 1908 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.
My maternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Elizabeth Jane HEATON, married on this date in 1865 in Schuyler County, Missouri to William BRIDWELL. Elizabeth was the daughter of James R. and Elizabeth (JACOBS) HEATON, and the younger sister of my Rebecca Ann HEATON. Elizabeth was born in 1844 in Ohio. William was born in 1844. Nothing further is known at this time.
© 2010, copyright Travis J. LeMaster http://tjlgenes.blogspot.com
Sunday, April 25, 2010
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.
© 2010, copyright Travis J. LeMaster http://tjlgenes.blogspot.com
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.
© 2010, copyright Travis J. LeMaster http://tjlgenes.blogspot.com
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
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!
© 2010, copyright Travis J. LeMaster http://tjlgenes.blogspot.com
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