At the lab

Received an email today that my cousin Jim's DNA kit was received at the FamilyTreeDNA lab.  Cousin Kellie's was received two days prior at the same lab.  Hoping to have the results soon and will be interested to see how we share DNA from our grandparents and where the differences lie.

In addition, AncestryDNA received my test kit back on the 14th, so once those results are complete I will have hit the cycle and been tested at all three major providers.

This DNA data will give me enough to work on probably for thirty years! I'm still on the recruitment hunt for other descendants of my maternal 2-great grandmother to see if we can find out who her possible father might be.

Obituary : Thomas Crane, Bloomington World Telephone, August 16, 1948

Thanks to the folks at the Monroe County, Indiana Public Library, I was able to obtain a copy of the obituary of my maternal 3rd-great granduncle, Thomas Crane (1871-1948), the husband of Mary Florence Gilliland.  The obituary appeared in the August 16, 1948 edition of the World Telephone in Bloomington, Indiana.

THOMAS CRANE DIES AT HOME SUNDAY MORNING

Thomas Franklin Crane, 77-year old former grocery store owner at New Unionville, died Sunday at 7 a.m. at his home, Bloomington Route Five.  He had been ill for the past year and bedfast for 10 weeks.  Death was attributed to complications.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Allen chapel with Rev. W.C. Chafin officiating.  Interment will be in Payne cemetery.  The remains will continue to lie in state at the mortuary.

Pall bearers for the services will be George, John, Elmer, Austin Crane, Horace White and Virgil Emmerett.  Flower bearers will be Sadie, Ruth and Alice Crane, Josie White, Olive Emmerett and Elizabeth Baxter.

Born in Greene county May 9, 1871, Mr. Crane was the son of George and Martha Anderson Crane. He had lived in the New Unionville community for many years, later moving to Kirby, then to the George Deckard property which he purchased and moved into some three months ago.

Survivors include two sons, Millard of Indianapolis, Robert Lee who is serving in the Navy in China; six daughters, Dorothy and Louise at home and Mrs. William Ruggles and Mrs. Robert Balser, both of Monroe county, and Mrs. William Webel and Mrs. Floyd Kerchner, both of Cincinnati; one brother, J. Wesley Crane of Los Angeles and four grandchildren. 

 

The obituary gives me some clues regarding the residences of his children at the time of his death and adds biographical details for me to update in my database.

 

Shaky Leaves : Daniel Adney 1840 Census Union County Indiana

Found the record of Eileen's maternal 5th-great grandfather, Daniel Adney (1777-1862) in the 1840 census of Union County, Indiana through Ancestry.com's hints.

1840 US Census, Union County, Indiana, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 December 2015); National Archives, Washington, D.C..

Name:	Daniel Adney
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):	Union, Indiana
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:	3
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:	2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:	1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:	1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:	1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:	1
Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade:	2
Free White Persons - Under 20:	3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:	5
Total Free White Persons:	10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:	10

The record shows a total of ten persons in the household.  Daniel and his wife Anna, had a total of 11 children.  By 1840, most of his children had married and had families of their own.  Likely this household was a multi-generational household.

Daniel (1777-1862) was born in Botetourt County, Virginia.  His wife, Anna Coger (1780-1844) was born in Virginia as well.   Both died in Union County, Indiana; Daniel in 1862 and Anna in 1844.

They were the parents of : Sarah "Sally", Mary "Polly", John, Anna, Daniel, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Jacob, Isaac, Miriam and Catherine Adney.  

If you have additional information or are related to this family, I would love to hear from you.