Was finally able to get images to download from Footnote.com, perhaps my vent of frustration helped? Nah.
This is the Civil War Pension Index card for William F. METZNER, my paternal 2nd-great granduncle. This card was indexed at Footnote.com as William T. METZNER. As you can see by the cursive script, sometimes "Fs" and "Ts" can appear similar.
The cool find for me on this card was that it gives his exact date of death and the location. Although I probably had this fact somewhere, I only had the year in my Rootsmagic database. Bryant, Indiana is in Jay County, where William and his wife Mary lived for a number of years.
I believe that I may have his Civil War pension in my files, will have to scan it and make sure I glean all the information that I can from it. William was a private in Company E., 89th Regiment Indiana Infantry.
William was born January 6, 1844 in Licking County, Ohio, the son of John and Catherine (YOUNG) METZNER. He was the brother of my ancestor, John Adam METZNER. William married December 8, 1867 in Jay County, Indiana to Mary Ann HALEY, daughter of Sebastian and Lydia A. (RADER) HALEY. They had eight children: John W., Irvin G., Amanda A., Pearl M., Barb M., Laura Belle, Lydia J., and Louetta Jane. William's occupation was listed as farmer and furniture dealer in the census records.
My maternal 4th-great grandparents, John LAMBERTSON and Sarah A. WILLSON, were married on this date in 1822 in Belvidere, Sussex County, New Jersey. The parentage of John is unknown. Sarah was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (________) WILLSON. John was born circa 1800 in New Jersey. Sarah was born circa 1804 in New Jersey. They raised 10 children in Warren County, New Jersey and Butler County, Ohio. Sarah died December 21, 1881 in Ohio. John died October 1875 in Farmersville, Montgomery County, Ohio. Both are buried in the Farmersville Cemetery, Farmersville, Montgomery County, Ohio.
My paternal 2nd-great granduncle, George W. METZNER, was born on this date in 1847 in Licking County, Ohio. George was the son of John and Catherine (YOUNG) METZNER, and the younger brother of my John Adam METZNER. George married Elizabeth ________. Elizabeth was born in 1849. They lived in Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana. Elizabeth died February 19, 1942. George died May 16, 1875. Both are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Jay County, Indiana.
My maternal great-grandfather, Virgil Lee WRIGHT, was born on this date in 1894 in Orestes, Madison County, Indiana. Virgil was the son of John William and Ellen (KING) WRIGHT. Virgil married June 19, 1915 in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana to Edna Muriel PIERCE, daughter of William Francis and Clara (PENISTEN) PIERCE. Edna was born February 7, 1897 in Madison County, Indiana. They had 3 children. Edna died March 3, 1968 in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana. Virgil died March 25, 1972 in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana. Both are buried in Park View Cemetery, Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.
Earlier this year, while my wife & I were shopping with my mother-in-law and the girls, we went to Elder Beerman nearby Kokomo. There, my wife sampled various perfumes, and found one that she liked. She gave me a copy of a marked card, telling me exactly what type of perfume it was. Being the good husband, I dutifully placed the card in my wallet, sure that I would have the perfect birthday present in a few months.
Fast forward to today, one day before her birthday, when I (as always) had procrastinated and not purchased her birthday present. Early morning I headed out to our Elder Beerman in Marion, sure that it would be a quick in and out. I was wrong.
The perfume that she wanted was called Le Bateleur made by Dolce & Gabanna. I went to the counter and was unable to find the perfume. Asking the clerk if they carried that particular type, I was disappointed to learn that they did not.
Normally, panic mode would have sat in, but I knew that latter in the day we might be heading to Kokomo, which has a bigger Elder Beerman, so there was a chance I could still redeem myself. Though I was not thrilled with the prospect of buying her present while she was there, at least I wouldn't be empty handed.
As today progressed, my mother-in-law wanted to buy my wife some shoes and make-up from Elder Beerman, so I returned for the second time in one day to the store. It was not a good shopping day, as the store didn't have the type of Clinique that my wife needed either. After a few phone calls, the store clerk managed to find out that the Anderson store had a supply of the make up and we headed back on down the highway.
At the Anderson store, I panicked again as I couldn't find the Le Bateleur anywhere. I finally asked the clerk, in front of my wife, if they carried this type - as all I could find was Dolce & Gabana's Light Blue.
The clerk tells me that Le Bateleur means "light blue" in French, so I bought the perfume. Perhaps I have "sucker" written on my face. Of course, all of these perfumes are named in French, and I took German in high school and college. Anyway, my wife did like the perfume, so she seems happy. However, I once again fell victim to a sales clerk, because if I would have checked it out I would have known that it didn't mean 'light blue'. My French-speaking ancestors would have been horrified at my performance today.
BTW, I did look it up - seems that Le Bateleur means 'the magician' - Wikipedia has a nice write up about the Tarot card named after this phrase.
