Aunt Vera's Diary - February 7th

In the summer of 2019, I was able to photograph the entries in the diary of my maternal great-aunt, Vera (Haley) Stuber.  The entries cover the years from 1968-1971 time frame and provide an interesting view of her daily activities. Items in brackets are my notes for further research.

Stuber, Vera Delphene (Haley). "Journal." MS. Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1968-1971. Privately held by Juanita (LeMaster) Steigerwalt, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Muncie, Indiana, 2020.

1968 - February 7th - Wednesday

Clarence went for beef at Recovery got hind quarter $0.52 per lb.  Attended prayer meeting in eve.

1969 - February 7th - Friday

Cleaned up the house and defrosted refrigerator.  Clarence went to Recovery for groceries.

1970 - Februay 7th - Saturday

Baked cherry and cream pies.

1971 - February 7th - Sunday

Clarence went to church this morning.  I haven't ventured out yet.  Trying to snow some today and getting colder.

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Vera Delphene (Haley) Stuber was born 10 March 1890 in Jay County, Indiana, daughter of Eli Weldon & Cora Belle (Metzner) Haley.  She married 14 February 1915 in Jay County, Indiana to Clarence Leroy Stuber.  Vera died 17 June 1987 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. Clarence was born 4 February 1891 in Jay County, Indiana, son of Henry and Margaret (Metzger) Stuber.  Clarence died 20 May 1981 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  They had no surviving children. 

Aunt Vera's Diary - February 6th

In the summer of 2019, I was able to photograph the entries in the diary of my maternal great-aunt, Vera (Haley) Stuber.  The entries cover the years from 1968-1971 time frame and provide an interesting view of her daily activities. Items in brackets are my notes for further research.

Stuber, Vera Delphene (Haley). "Journal." MS. Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1968-1971. Privately held by Juanita (LeMaster) Steigerwalt, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Muncie, Indiana, 2020.

1968 - February 6th - Tuesday

Ironed.  Clarence went to Recovery to see about getting car worked on.

1969 - February 6th - Thursday

Clarence sprouted potatoes.

1970 - February 6th - Friday

Did some cleaning.  Clarence went to Portland, took his auto test.

1971 - February 6th - Saturday

Did usual work.  Nice winter day, man came for rest of straw.  Hittle was here.

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Vera Delphene (Haley) Stuber was born 10 March 1890 in Jay County, Indiana, daughter of Eli Weldon & Cora Belle (Metzner) Haley.  She married 14 February 1915 in Jay County, Indiana to Clarence Leroy Stuber.  Vera died 17 June 1987 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. Clarence was born 4 February 1891 in Jay County, Indiana, son of Henry and Margaret (Metzger) Stuber.  Clarence died 20 May 1981 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  They had no surviving children. 

My Updated LivingDNA Ethnicity Results

Back at Rootstech in 2017, I purchased a LivingDNA test kit and awaited my results.  I was intrigued to see what they might say about the regions of the United Kingdom where some of my DNA would be from. For whatever reason, I have failed to write about the results before.  This week there was an ethnicity update.  The key to remember is that ethnicity estimates are just that, estimates, and they depend on the reference populations.

My original ethnicity estimates showed 96.7% Europe and 3.2% Near East, including some interesting mix of Turkish and Kurdish

The most recent update is a bit more in line with known ancestry, showing 100% European.  My previous 2.9% Scandinavian has been refined to 3.2% from Finland.  My Near East seems to have been collapsed into the South Italy at 11%

On their Facebook page, there are a lot of complaints about the update, something that happens to all companies when they issue an ethnicity update.  My results are more or less in line with what I know about my ancestry and doesn't affect my self-identity.

As for matching at LivingDNA, so far I only have one match - a US cousin who has uploaded her results.   The company has struggled to gain traction and get people to opt-in to matching.  Hopefully, I will eventually have matches from the UK and Europe that might lead to additional genealogical discoveries.  LivingDNA does accept uploads from other DNA testing sites, so I would recommend uploading just to make sure you are "fishing in all ponds" in looking for DNA matches.