Sunday, January 29, 2012

On This Day : January 29

1657: Richard CLAYTON married Joan KNIGHT in Rudgwick, Sussex, England.  Richard was the son of William CLAYTON and Joan SMITH.


1658: William BROWN born in Puddington, Northampton, England.  William was the son of Richard BROWN and Mary ________.  He was my 9x great-grandfather.


1663: Sarah CLARKE born.  Sarah was the daughter of Joseph CLARKE and Margaret TURNER.


1676: Benjamin CHENEY born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Benjamin was the son of Thomas CHENEY and Jane ATKINSON.


1692: Mary PIERCE born.  Mary was the daughter of Benjamin PIERCE and Mary REED.


1738: John PIGGOTT died in Cecil County, Maryland.  He was my 8x great-grandfather.


1748: Johann Friedrich KAMMEIER born.  Johann was the son of Heinrich Hermann KAMMEIER and Anna Catherine KAHRE.


1754: Rachel CHAMNESS born in Orange County, North Carolina.  Rachel was the daughter of Anthony CHAMNESS and Sarah COLE.


1781: Hancock TAYLOR born.  Hancock was the son of Col. Richard TAYLOR and Sarah Dabney STROTHER.


1794: Ruth WILLIAMS married Charles GORDON.  Ruth was the daughter of Richard WILLIAMS and Prudence BEALS.


1817: Clairborne CHEW died.  Clairborne was the son of John CHEW and Ann FOX.


1821: Mary ADNEY married Jacob RINEHART in Preble County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of Daniel ADNEY and Anna COGER.  Jacob was the son of Peter RINEHART and Margaret MINGA.  They were Eileen's 4x great-grandparents.


1831: Amy BEALS born in Clinton County, Ohio.  Amy was the daughter of Nathan C. BEALS and Elizabeth CHEW.


1831: Hannah MIZE died in Pike County, Illinois.  Hannah was the daughter of Samuel PETER and Mary TAYLOR.  She was Eileen's 5x great-grandmother.


1832: William JACOBS born in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  William was the son of David JACOBS and Barbara BYERS.


1841: Margaret Ann McPHEETERS married John WILSON in Milton, North Carolina.  Margaret was the daughter of William McPHEETERS and Margaret Ann Curry McDANIEL.


1852: Ezra JACOBS married Elizabeth Margaret FUHRMAN in Wayne County, Ohio.  Ezra was the son of David JACOBS and Barbara BYERS.


1852: Mary GARBER died.  Mary was the daughter of Henry PETRY and Elizabeth WEHRLY.


1865: Amanda Matilda SHERRICK married Jacob W. OVER.  Amanda was the daughter of David SHERRICK and Susan JACOBS.


1874: Aaron LeRoy BEVAN born.  Aaron was the son of Stacy BEVAN and Sarah BEALS.


1876: Samuel EBERLY died.  Samuel was the son of Henry EBERLY and Elizabeth ERB.


1879: Orinda J. KING died in Madison County, Indiana.  Orinda was the daughter of George Washington KING and Elizabeth HOWARD.


1883: Cora Mae PATTERSON born in LaCygne, Linn County, Kansas.  Cora was the daughter of Norman Delmar PATTERSON and Alice Elizabeth LAVELY.


1890: Hughetta Frances BURCHFIEL born in Georgiana, Florida.  Hughetta was the daughter of Robert Burrell BURCHFIEL and Julia Bell BRUNER.


1909: Hubert K. JACKLEY born.  Hubert was the son of Mark O. JACKLEY and Cora Della KING.


1910: Omada Oredondo SWAFFORD born in Stafford, Kansas.  Omada was the son of Landon Marcellus SWAFFORD and Bertie Belle MARSH.


1912: Elevese CUMMINGS born.  Elevese was the daughter of Prince Albert CUMMINGS and Hasey May REYNOLDS.


1913: Sallie E. SWAFFORD married Arthur Bennett SWAFFORD.  Sallie was the daughter of George W. SWAFFORD and Elizabeth HAMILTON.


1917: Vera Evelyn CUMMINGS born.  Vera was the daughter of Prince Albert CUMMINGS and Hasey May REYNOLDS.



Saturday, January 28, 2012

Genealogical Organization: Inspired To Keep Moving On

Wow, I've come across so many good ideas on how to organize my research in the last few days that I'm feeling inadequate.  Not only is my research a bit disorganized, but the time management crunch of trying to take care of it all has me feeling a bit overwhelmed.


Becky over at Kinexxions blog has a great way to organize her family files on her PC in a way that even a non-genealogist can understand.  I need to work on a system similar to this, as the files I've been scanning and trying to preserve have become a bit out of control.


I've also been following with interest the success of Tina at Gen Wish List and her project to systematically clean-up her database one letter of the alphabet at a time.  Now this is a project that my RootsMagic database sorely needs.


Makes my attempts to organize my research seem futile, yet at the same time they have inspired me to keep moving on.  Even though my 2011 Research template didn't quite get completed in the correct year, I hope to continue the methodology.  This years project to add more "cousin bait" to the blog with daily snippets about who was born, died, or married on that day has brought mixed results and exposed a lack of documentation in my research.


Take a moment to check out Becky and Tina's ideas and let's get organized!

On This Day : January 28

1683: Thomas FESSENDEN died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  Thomas was the son of Nicholas FESSENDEN and Margaret CHENEY.


1702: Richard CORNELL born.  Richard was the son of Stephen CORNELL and Hannah MOSHER.


1707: Pedajah FIELD born.  Pedajah was the son of John FIELD and Mary BENNETT.


1709: Content MAXSON born.  Content was the daughter of Jonathan MAXSON and Content ROGERS.


1713: Mary HARROLD born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Mary was the daughter of Richard HARROLD and Mary BEALS.


1776: Isam HIATT born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Isam was the son of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.


1777: Thomas John CHEW born in New London, Connecticut.  Thomas was the son of Samuel CHEW and Lucy MILLER.


1783: Mary HODGKINS married Ezekiel SLADE in Baltimore County, Maryland.  Mary was the daughter of James HODGKINS and Elizabeth EVANS.


1784: Ruth HIATT born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Ruth was the daughter of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.


1791: Asher HIATT born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Asher was the son of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.


1800: William SHAW born in Pennsylvania.  He was my 4x great-grandfather.


1831: S. Austin PIERCE married Roxanne HARWOOD.  S. Austin was the son of Samuel PIERCE and Persis BARROWS.


1860: Susan Irene JACOBS born in Perry Township, Ashland County, Ohio.  Susan was the daughter of William JACOBS and Catherine EICHELBERGER.


1869: Phillip D. LeMASTERS born in Darke County, Ohio.  Phillip was the son of Luman Walker LeMASTERS Jr. and Mary Keziah CHEW.


1879: Cora V. KING died in Madison County, Indiana.  Cora was the daughter of Calvin G. KING and Orinda J. KING.


1892: Elizabeth Ann MOORE died.  Elizabeth was the daughter of John CARTER and Sarah BEALS.


1895: Lester SIGLER born in Madison County, Indiana.  Lester was the son of John H. SIGLER and Nelia KIMMERLING.


1898: Zimri HADLEY died in Morgan County, Indiana.  Zimri was the son of Simon B. HADLEY and Sarah T. HADLEY.


1903: Harold GROENENDYKE born in Ohio.  Harold was the son of Frank GROENENDYKE and Lydia ROHLS.


1904: Martha Kathryn STUMP born in Jay County, Indiana.  Martha was the daughter of Joseph Herman STUMP and Mary Alice Cora WEHRLY.


1907: Alice May PLANK married William Edwin SAXTON in Leadville, Colorado.  Alice was the daughter of George Washington PLANK and Inez May BABCOCK.


1908: Pearl Jeanette ALDERMAN married Luther Florence HAWLEY in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois.  Pearl was the daughter of James William ALDERMAN and Vashti KIMBRO.


1911: Rosetta MAXON married Charles Earl MEREDITH.  Rosetta was the daughter of Joseph Lancaster MAXON and Josephine Agnes May GAMBLE.


1914: Daniel Wayne LEWIS born in Dora, Wabash County, Indiana.  Daniel was the son of Lawrence Solomon LEWIS and Ruth Alice SILLS.


1915: David H. PERKINS died.  David was the son of David PERKINS and Elizabeth Ann BOYER.


1916: Trula Irene SWAFFORD born.  Trula was the daughter of Thomas A. SWAFFORD and Lora E. McCANLESS.


1932: Mary Ellen GILLILAND died near Dolan, Monroe County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Peter Kirkpatrick SWAFFORD and Mary Ann CROCKETT.  She was my 3x great-grandmother.


1950: Josiah H. BRITTON died in Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Josiah was the son of Josiah Cole BRITTON and Elenor Creveling EWING.


1954: Frank Field MIGUET died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Frank was the son of Henry MIGUET and Katherine JARRETT.  He was Corinne's 2x great-grandfather.