Happy Birthday, Honey

Today was Eileen's birthday, and I was glad we were able to spend it together.  We spent the early morning hours enjoying the pool.

We ended up going out shopping with her mother, who then took us both out to eat for a nice birthday dinner.  I had a good time today, just relaxing and I think Eileen did too.  We exchanged her perfume for the correct one, and the bonus was that I ended up saving a few bucks in the exchange.

Shopping with mother-in-law was a new experience, but I actually enjoyed it. She's full of funny stories.  

Then over dinner we found out that mother-in-law has some old family pictures that she is planning to donate to a local history museum.  These are previously unknown photos - so I urged her to let us look at them and possibly make copies before she donates them.  Will hopefully be able to get them scanned.

When the girls get back from fishing in Minnesota, we'll have a proper cake and ice cream party.

Civil War Pension Index Card: William F. METZNER

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.

Family Milestones: July 6th

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.