Monday, July 30, 2012

On This Day : July 30

1798 - Catherine TAYLOR married Peter FONTAINE.  Catherine was the daughter of Commodore Richard TAYLOR and Catherine DAVIS.


1799 - George TAYLOR married Sally FISHBACK.  George was the son of Jonathan TAYLOR and Ann BERRY.


1826 - Phillip YOUNG married Keziah CURTIS in Pickaway County, Ohio.  Phillip was the son of Charles YOUNG and Catherine Elizabeth KINT.  Phillip was my 4x-great grandfather.


1870 - Sarah JOHNSTON died in Brown County, Ohio.  Sarah was the daughter of James Thomas JACOBS and Isabella FEILY.


1873 - Elizabeth C. LeMASTERS born in Indiana.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob LeMASTERS and Sarah Ann HALFHILL.


1886 - George Washington ALDERMAN born in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois.  George was the son of James William ALDERMAN and Mary Emeline KIMBRO.


1911 - John M. SWAFFORD died in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  John was the son of Howard SWAFFORD and Nancy NARRMORE.


1971 - Dora Alice HOLLISTER died in Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas.  Dora was the daughter of William Ezekiel BIRDWELL and Dora Alice FLANAGAN.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

On This Day : July 29

1627 - Thomas CLARKE died in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.  Thomas was the son of John CLARKE and Katherine COOKE.  Thomas was my 10x-great grandfather.


1724 - Jane CHENEY died.  Jane was my 10x-great grandmother.


1720 - Joseph CRANDALL married Elizabeth CHURCH.  Joseph was the son of Samuel CRANDALL and Sarah COLBY.


1768 - Catherine Elizabeth KINT born in Germany.  Catherine was my 5x-great grandmother.


1772 - Thomas PIERSON died in East Caln, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Thomas was the son of Thomas PIERSON and Susanna ________.  Thomas was my 9x-great grandfather.


1787 - Jesse HUNT born in Guilford County, North Carolina. Jesse was the son of Isaiah HUNT and Elizabeth FLOYD.


1802 - Elizabeth CHEW born in Clinton County, Ohio.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Andrew CHEW and Anna Marie BARTHUS.  Elizabeth was my 5x-great grandmother.


1810 - Josephus GRIMES born.  Josephus was the son of Benjamin GRIMES and Catherine HAYNES.


1820 - Hanna Maria WOOLSTON born.  Hannah was the daughter of Abel B. WOOLSTON and Rachel WOOLSTON.


1822 - Mary HECK married Joseph TAYLOR.  Mary was the daughter of Jacob HECK and Elizabeth ________.


1834 - Nancy Ann LEMASTERS born in Shelby County, Ohio.  Nancy was the daughter of Luman Walker LEMASTERS and Nancy YOUNG.


1847 - Selina HAWORTH married Andrew Jackson BRUNER.  Selina was the daughter of Nathaniel HAWORTH and Anna OLIPHANT.


1871 - Martha Jane SWAFFORD born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Martha was the daughter of Aaron SWAFFORD and Eliza Jane TAYLOR.


1877 - Albert P. COFFELT born in Cole County, Missouri.  Albert was the son of Daniel COFFELT and Rebecca A. SWAFFORD.


1896 - Mabel M. CUNNINGHAM died.  Mabel was the daughter of John William CUNNINGHAM and Leona A. DRAKE.


1920 - Horrace Frederick CHEW died.  Horrace was the son of Ezekiel Cooper CHEW and Minnie I. SAFFORD.


1937 - Andrew Frank HALEY died in Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois.  Andrew was the son of George Washington HALEY and Mary Jane SHERRICK.


1981 - Charles E. WOOD died in Putnam County, Ohio.  Charles was the son of Walter W. WOOD and Ella E. SYFERT.


1986 - Ida May HARRISON died.  Ida was the daughter of Paul TILLEY and Dora Ann CUMMINGS.


2000 - Gilbert D. WILDT died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Gilbert was the son of Arthur WILDT and Anna Magdalena DAMM.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Surname Saturday : Reisenburg

The REISENBURG surname is in my paternal line.  The origins of the surname are German, though much is unknown at this point.  There is also the possibility that the surname should be Wissenborn, and is a mis-interpretation from a 19th century mug book.


Stories and history :


Ahnentafel # 89 : Hannah Reisenburg (     -bef1839).  Hannah was born in Helbourg, Saxony and died before 1839 there.  She married Jasper Metzner (c1780-1838).  Jasper was born circa 1780 and died 1838 at sea.  They were the parents of 8 children, at least 3 of whom emigrated to America.  Nothing further known at this point.  The Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana (Lewis Publishing, Chicago, 1887, pp. 585-6) states that John Metzner's parents were Jasper and Hannah (Reisenberg) Metzner, and that Jasper died at sea.  


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