This is another posting in my quest to record stories about 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, to meet the challenge issued by Amy Johnson Crow, back at the beginning of January, 2014. I am one of hundreds of people who have risen to the challenge of creating a weekly blog posting about an ancestor. For
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52 Ancestors — #8: Nelson Andrew Dingman, Cheesemaker
I’m aiming to create postings about my maternal grandfather, Wallace Betts Dingman, his twin brother Walter Chase Dingman, and their older brother Nelson Andrew Dingman. I’m starting with great (or grand) uncle Nelson for the simple reason that he died relatively young and therefore left only a limited number of records. When Nelson Andrew Dingman
Read on »52 Ancestors – #7: Jared Green, Civil War Veteran from Conneaut, Ohio
Jared R. Green was the youngest of eleven children of Joab and Rebecca (Johnson) Green. When Jared was born in 1832 in Conneaut Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio, his father was 47 and his mother was 43. Jared married Mary L. Drake and they had three children together between 1856 and 1863. He then married Mary
Read on »52 Ancestors – #6: Joab Green, Early Settler in Conneaut Twp, Ohio
Joab Green was born on 15 Nov 1782 in Vermont, one of eleven children of Josiah and Sarah Green. He had seven sons and four daughters with Rebecca (Johnson) between 1808 and 1832. He died on 11 Jun 1849, in Conneaut Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Joab was an early settler in the northeastern corner of
Read on »52 Ancestors – # 5: General Sherman Bosseller Becomes Sherman Volser
Parents sometimes bestow unusual names on their children, and in some cases the children change or de-emphasize those unusual names later in life. One such example is General Sherman Bosseller, who was born in November 1864, when General William Tecumseh Sherman was conducting the Civil War campaign known as Sherman’s March to the Sea. General
Read on »52 Ancestors – #4: Guy Bradley Dingman of Venango County, Pennsylvania
The subject of this blog post is Guy Bradley Dingman, born 17 Sep 1892 and died 10 Mar 1941. He is my 2nd cousin twice removed. He lived an unremarkable, even sad, life, but tracking down details of his life, using only online resources, was interesting to me as I researched in Venango County, Pennsylvania,
Read on »Ancestry DNA Results for a Niece
Just got an exciting email from a niece. She reports that she has taken the AncestryDNA test! Her results: Europe 100% Europe West 46% Finland/Northwest Russia 34% Ireland 10% Great Britain 8% Trace Regions 2% At a quick glance, this squares up with what I would expect. She has great grandparents on her mother’s side
Read on »52 Ancestors – #3: Remembering a Visit to Grandma Grace’s House in Cleveland & Her Button Collection
When I was seven years old, I visited Grandma Grace and her husband, Don Stafford, for a week at their residence at 1911 East 89th Street in Cleveland. It was really memorable to me because it was my first trip out of town, and, of course, I always enjoyed spending time with Grandma Grace and
Read on »Judy Russell is Keynoter for 2015 Ohio Genealogical Society Conference
Even as the Ohio Genealogical Society is putting the finishing touches on its 2014 Annual Conference — 30 Apr-3 May, 2014, at Kalahari Resorts, Sandusky, Ohio — it is announcing the keynoter and venue for the 2015 Annual Conference. The following news release was issued yesterday by the event’s co-chairs Deb Deal and Kay Hudson:
Read on »52 Ancestors – #2: Learning About Matthias Flaugh, Revolutionary War Ancestor
Johann Matthias Flaugh (also spelled Flach) arrived in Philadelphia in 1773 as a 19-year-old immigrant from Rimhorn, Hesse, Germany. He was my fourth great grandfather, living most of his life in America in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. I started gathering information on Matthias early in my involvement in genealogical research. More recently, I have benefited from
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