Top 10 Baby Girl Names That Used To Be Popular

Recently, I saw a post on Ancestry.com titled: 10 Baby Girl Names That Used Be Popular--I was reading through it and wondered how many of each name was in my family tree--- then, I decided it'd make a good blog post, so here we go! (I added one more at the bottom (#11) that was popular in my family but has died out of popularity)

(Most of these names are popular between the late 1800s- early 1900s- with a few exceptions of course)

#1: Betty: 32

#2: Ethel: 52

#3: Tammy: 2

#4: Dorothy: (This was my grandmothers name) 75

#5: Ida: 66

#6: Mildred: 40

#7: Edna: 40

#8: Gladys: 34

#9: Florence: 51

#10: Bertha: 45

#11: Charity: 43

Golden Wedding Anniversaries

I haven't done a Saturday night challenge in a while, so here we go! (even though it's a Monday) 

This one is from Randy Seaver's Genea-Musing's blog post titled:  Golden Wedding Anniversaries.

Here are the instructions: 

-To find out which of your ancestors have celebrated a golden wedding anniversary- 50 years of marital bliss-- was there a newspaper article about it?

(I am going to do the same thing Randy did- people who didn't make 50+ years will be in black, and then people who did exceed 50+ years will be in red.)

1) Jeckering line: 

~Gerhard Jeckering & Susanna Hemelt, married before 1711, Gerhard died in 1735- married about 24 years.

~Gerhard Jeckering Jr. & Martha Roling, married 1759, Martha married in 1783: married 24 years.

~Johann Otto Jeckering & Anna Catherina Lobker, married 1795, Johann died 1822: married 27 years.

~Johannes Jeckering & Euphemia Margaretha Ketteler, married 1824, they both died in 1860: married 36 years.

~Gerhard Jeckering & Maria Elisabeth Kluneman, married about 1854, Gerhard died in 1898: married about 44 years (almost!).

~Joseph Herman Jeckering & Rose A. Horn, married 1899, Joseph died in 1931: married 32 years. (I heard they were separated at one point, don't think they ever divorced though).

~Gerhard Cletus Jeckering & Josephine Mary Dabuliewicz, married 1924, Josephine died in 1965: married 41 years.

~Paul George Jeckering & Dorothy Jean Hendricks, married 1947, Paul died in 1954: married only 7 years.

~My parents- married 1975, divorced after 25 years.

2) Hendricks line:

~Willem Hendrickson & Willemptje Thys Van Pelt, married 1697, Willem died in 1711: married 14 years.

~Johannes Willem Hendricks & Sarah Messier, married 1722, Sarah died in 1782: married 60 years!!

~Abram Hendricks & Ann Jamison, married 1771, Abram died in 1819: married 48 years! (So close!)

~Daniel Hendricks & Nancy McGuire, married 1800, Nancy died in 1823: married 23 years.

~Samuel McCormack Hendricks & Elizabeth Sarles, married 1838, Samuel died in 1856: married 18 years.

~Isaac Hendricks Jr. & Myrtle May Hyman, married before 1903, Isaac died in 1942: married about 39 years.

3) Mendenhall line: 

~Thomas Mildenhall III & Joane Strode, married 1649, they both died in 1682: married 33 years.

~John Mendenhall & Elizabeth Maris, married 1685, Elizabeth died in 1691: married only 6 years.

~John Mendenhall Jr. & Susanna Pierson, married 1709, they both died in 1765: married 56 years!!!

~Mordecai Mendenhall & Charity Grubb Beeson, married 1735, Mordecai died in 1803: married 68 years!!

~Richard Mendenhall & Jane Thornbrugh, married 1758, Richard died in 1773: married 15 years.

~Joseph Mendenhall & Deidamia Hill, married about 1793, Joseph died in 1833: married about 40 years.

~Richard Mendenhall & Sarah Pearson, married 1817, Sarah died in 1866: married 49 years! (So close!!)

~Aaron Mendenhall & Christena M. Spielman, married 1851, Aaron died in 1894: married 43 years!

~Richard Mendenhall & Margaret Frances Pierron, married 1872, Margaret died in 1923: married 51 years!!

~Marion Richard Mendenhall & Louella Ida Munn, married 1893, Marion died in 1948: married 55 years!!

~Earl Dwight Mendenhall & Edna Grace Niles, married about 1915: Edna died in 1934: married about 19 years.

~Harold Earl Mendenhall & Helen Ruth Seaver, married about 1942, Helen died in 1981: married 39 years.

4) Seaver line: 

~ Henry Seaver & Elizabeth Myers, married 1771, Elizabeth died in 1777: married only 6 years.

~Jacob Seaver & Esther Croberger, married 1799, they both died in 1854: married 55 years!!!

~Greenberry mcKilsey Seaver & Mary Douglas, married 1852, Mary died in 1862: married 10 years.

~Frank Buchanon Seaver & Harriett Olive Watson, married 1888, Harriett died in 1915: married 27 years.

~Otto Watson Seaver & Ruby Mae Henderson, married 1926, by 1930, they were divorced and Otto was remarried: married less than 4 years.

Saturday Night Challenge

I haven't done a Saturday Night Genealogy Fun in awhile! So, here we go! 

This weeks challenge by Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings: 

 Your Ancestors Occupations

~Paul George Jeckering (1925-1954)- My Grandfather

*1951- Machinist 

*1952- NCR- National Cash Register

*1952- Bakery (Second job)

~Harold Earl Mendenhall (1916-1989)- My Grandfather

*1940 Salesperson

~Gerhard Cletus Jeckering (1900-1967)- My Great Grandfather

*1920- Toolmaker @ Machine Shop

*1940- Toolmaker 

*1942- Toolmaker

~Isaac Hendricks Jr. (1883-1942)- My Great Grandfather

*1910- Carpenter 

*1920- Teamster @ Central Coal

*1930- Lineman @ Power Light & Gas

*1940- Laborer

*1942- Unemployed- disabled

~Earl Dwight Mendenhall (1894-1972)- My Great Grandfather

*1920- Machinist @ Garage

*1930- Garage Manager

*1940- Garage Mechanic

~Otto Watson Seaver (1901-1972)- My Great Grandfather

*1930- Laborer of Various Jobs

*1940- General Repair 

~Joseph Herman Jeckering (1870-1931)- My 2nd Great Grandfather

*1900- Grocery Clerk

*1910- Grocery- Own Store

*1920- Merchant Grocery

*1930- Vice President of Brinkman Engineering (INC)

~Issac Hendricks (1843-1910)- My 2nd Great Grandfather

*1860- Laborer

*1880- Cooper

*1900- Day Laborer

*1910- Retired Cooper

~James W. Hyman (1854-1926)- My 2nd Great Grandfather

*1870- Laborer

*1900- Cooper

~Marion Richard "Mac" Mendenhall (1873-1948)- My 2nd Great Grandfather

*1900- Owns Hardware Store

*1930- Watch Repairman

~Joseph Niles (1857-1933)- 2nd Great Grandfather

*1900- Tile Factory Laborer

*1920- Manager @ General Store

*1930- Trucker for Franklin Farms

~Frank Buchanon Seaver (1856-1936)- 2nd Great Grandfather

*1880- Farmer

*1900- Farmer

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- When I was Young

Today is my 31st birthday! I thought Randy (From Genea-Musings)'s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun's topic is appropriate for my birthday--- here's the link: When I was Young. This should be fun!! His challenge is to do only questions 1-5 of the original post by Geneablogger Alona Tester, but I thought I'd do the whole 25 questions:

Here's Mine:

1. Do you (or your parents) have any memorabilia from when you were a baby?

I have lots of pictures and then I have one of my first pairs of shoes- with a little baby lift on them! :)

2. Do you know if you were named after anyone? 

I was named after the 1969 song "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies. Here's a link to the song:

Carrie Anne by The Hollies


3. And do you know of any other names your parents might have named you?

I was told that if I hadn't been named Carrie, another option was Brooke...

4. What is your earliest memory?

I think one of my earliest memories is living in Round Rock Texas when I was in Kindergarten (around 1989)-- I remember we would get to school earlier, go to the Library and watch Gummi Bears! LOL I don't know if this was a usual event, but it was definitely memorable!

5. Did your parent/s (or older siblings) read, sing or tell stories to you? Do you remember any of these?

I remember my dad would always read me the "Piggy Book".

6. When you were young, do you remember what it was that you wanted to grow up to be?

I wanted to be a doctor.

7. Did you have a favorite teacher at school?

My favorite teacher in elementary school was Mrs. Keir (Spelling?), Middle school was Mr. Davidson and then High School was Mrs. Hahn.

8. How did you get to school?

I rode the bus or walked-- varied because we moved a lot.

9. What games did playtime involve?

We did a lot of Hide-n-Seek and Tag.

10. Did you have a cubby house?

I'm assuming this question means a club house??? LOL We had a couple different ones. My sister and I had one that I think my dad built for us when we lived in Texas- it was too big to take with us when we moved to Arizona. Then, in Arizona, we had a silly playhouse that I remember being in an old chicken coup that our neighbor had. The thought grosses me out now, but I remember it being pretty cool.

11. What was something you remember from an early family holiday?

Just that my mom would always wrap our presents with paper and then put numbers on them rather than names so that we wouldn't sneak into them!

12. What is a memory from one of your childhood birthday's or Christmas?

One earlier birthday I remember living in Texas, so maybe it was my sister and my 5th birthday? I remember it being at a park and I got a pair of fancy gloves to keep warm- but it wasn't like normal gloves, it was- I don't know the name of it- one giant tube of material that you put both hands into facing each other-- hard to describe.

13. What childhood injuries do you remember?

I didn't really get hurt a lot--- I just had a lot of surgeries....

14. What was your first pet?

I remember my first pet that was ONLY mine was a white bunny named Kristi!

15. Did your grandparents, or older relatives tell you stories of "when I was young...?"

No, none that I can remember.

16. What was entertainment when you were young?

Games like hide-n-seek, tag, riding bikes, going to parks, swimming, listening and taping music off the radio, playing nintendo, TGIF on ABC :)

17. Do you remember what it was like when your family got a new fangled invention (ie. telephone, TV, VCR, Microwave, Computer)? 

I remember when we got our first computer-- I think I was in the 5th grade or around there--- my mom was on it a lot...she liked to play games and go into the chat rooms. She would always get mad if we picked up the phone and kicked her off line! LOL

18. Did you family have a TV? Was it B&W or Color? And how many channels did you get?

We had a color TV-- I don't know how many channels it had but we had one in the living room and I think one in my parents room...I think.

19. Did you family move house when you were young? Do you remember it?

We moved a lot and I remember most of them-- not gonna list the addresses or how many times we moved, but I'll list the states-- from Birth to 18, I moved from Ohio to Texas to Arizona.

20. Was your family involved in any natural disasters happening during your childhood?

Nope- none.

21. Is there any particular music that when you hear it, sparks a childhood memory?

Whenever I heard "oldies" music- 50s and 60s, I think of sitting out in lawn chairs with my dad-- he would be doing something in the garage or reading a car magazine and my sister and I would be reading magazines or books.

22. What is something that an older family member taught you to do?

Nothing that I can think of--- the only older family members that I was really around were my parents...

23. What are brands that you remember from when you were a kid?

We didn't really buy a lot of brand-name things--- So I don't know.

24. Did you used to collect anything?

I went through a lot of collections- Stickers, Bears, Lurlene McDaniel Books, Angel Figurines, pogs.

25. Share your favorite childhood memory. 

My childhood wasn't really happy-- I just remember having a lot of surgeries and going to school...but one of my favorite ones is when my best friend Mandy and my sister Nicole would go to the park and pretend that we were triplets- My sister and I are actually twins- but mandy liked to pretend that she was our triplet. One time when we went to a park we didn't really go to very often, we actually convinced a family that we were triplets and that our mom was a quadruplet ( or something like that) LOL-- we were little liars!

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- On a Sunday

On February 28, Randy from Genea-Musings suggested a challenge of: How Did You Meet Your Significant Other? So, here it goes!


My significant other is my husband, partner in crime and soul mate- Jim. We met on a boat one summer- he worked with my stepdad working on airplanes. I had absolutely no interest in Jim at the time so that's about as far as I can say about our first meeting. 

I officially met Jim when we went on our first date. I guess you could say it was a blind date- we knew of each other, it'd been FOREVER since we'd first met and I didn't really know anything about him except that we were in the same situation- we both were recently back in the dating pool. He'd been dating/engaged to a woman for the past 2 (?) years and then I'd been in a serious relationship for the past year. Needless to say, my stepdad was tired of Jim moping around at work and he was tired of me moping around at home.

Jim and I went on our first date on October 10, 2009. I had only been single for 2 weeks, but I desperately needed to get out of the house. That previous May, I had undergone a total hip replacement and by October, when I should have been fully healed, I was still recovering because of complications from the surgery. I walked very slow and with a cane. Jim was all to sweet about my situation and even though I know now that it didn't bother him, I was a little nervous about the whole date. Who would want to go out with a 25 year old with a hip replacement? LOL

Our first date was the best first date I'd ever been on. Any other first dates included dinner at a simple restaurant like Applebees and maybe a movie afterwards if you liked the person enough that you didn't want the date to end. Jim wasn't your typical date. We drove 24 miles up a winding road towards a small "ghost town" called Jerome in Arizona. We walked around the little shops and then went to the Asylum Restaurant in the Grand Hotel- Very expensive for a first date. I knew where we were going and I didn't want to seem like I expected him to pay for dinner, so I had originally brought my credit card, just in case! LOL

Even though the night was amazing and romantic, I wasn't even sure I wanted to date Jim, not because of anything about him, but because I was SO fresh out of a relationship and I wanted to be single for awhile. He understood that but he didn't give up. He became the friend that I so desperately needed at the time. He saved my life- both from boredom and a downward spiral of depression that had slowly started to spin out of control since the horrible surgery and broken relationship. Jim was patient and we remained friends until the end of November when I gave into the feelings and accepted him more than a friend-- the best decision I've ever made! 

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- On Monday!

I always love participating in Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges- I haven't done one in a while, so I thought I'd take the time to do last nights challenge!!!

Last night's challenge was: Do Some Semi-Random Online Research.


To figure out what name to do, I asked my husband to choose a letter- which he chose "B" so the first surname in my list of "B"s was Abel Babcock.

What I know about Abel Babcock: he's the father-in-law of my 5th cousin, 7x removed- Ellis Abner Mendenhall (1840-1919). Ellis married Artimesia Rowena Babcock (1844-1921)- Abel's daughter.

I also know that Abel's wife was Lucy Ann Huntington. I don't have birth or death dates for either one of these individuals- so I have a lot to research!


Here we go!

Abel Stillman Babcock
b. 12 Apr 1800 in Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts
d. 12 Jan 1881 in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin

Parents: Ezra Babcock (1769-1844) & Saberah Stillman (1771-1865)

Abel married Lucy Ann Huntington on 14 Apr 1821 in Scott, Cortland, New York.

Lucy Ann: b. 23 Feb 1803 in Chenango Forks, Broome, New York
                d. 08 Oct 1872 in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin



Residence(s) and Occupation(s):

1800 (birth)- Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts
1830 (30) - Greenfield, Erie, Pennsylvania
1840 (40)- Greenfield, Erie, Pennsylvania
1850 (50)- Lima, Rock, Wisconsin- Farmer
1860 (60)- Milton, Rock, Wisconsin- Merchant
1870 (70)- Milton, Rock, Wisconsin- Retail Dry Goods
1880 (80)- Milton, Rock, Wisconsin- No Occupation



Family:

Abel and Lucy had 12 Children: (because some died young, I put how old they were when they died)

1. Lucy Ann (1822-1909)---------------87
2. Almira (1824-1865)------------------41
3. Philena (1826-1921)------------------94
4. Harriet (1829-1912)------------------82
5. Abel Stillman Jr. (1831-1857)------25
6. Angeline (1834-1854)---------------20
7. Margerite (1836-1855) -------------19
8. Lydia Elma (1838-1930)------------91
9. Edwin Patridge (1840-1924)--------83
10. Artismesia Rowena (1844-1921)--77
11. Gillespie (1845-1847)--------------1
12. Ezra Stillman (1851-1911)---------60




Abel died on 12 Jan 1881 at the age of 80 years old. He was buried in Milton Cemetery in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin.

Saturday Night Fun- Surname Christmas Tree

This was a fun challenge to do! Here's the original from Randy Seaver's blog: Genea-Musings: Make a Surname Christmas Tree

Here's Mine: 

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge- Timeline

Time for another Genea-Musing's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!

Tonight's challenge: Make a Timeline for an Ancestor

I did two just because I had fun making one--- I just typed mine into a word document from the information I had in my Ancestry.com tree.

Here's the first one of my paternal grandfather:

Here's the second one of my maternal great grandfather:

How Big is your Family Tree?

I've read a couple of articles this morning about how many ancestors one person could actually have. Crista Cowan, from Ansestry.com blog, postred an article like this in 2012: Family History All Done? What's Your Number?

Crista concluded that out of 10 generations, she had only found 365 out of 1,023 people, meaning she's only really found 36% of her tree. I wanted to see what my number was.

Here's what mine looks like (I went farther back):

I went all the way back to my 30th great grandparent(s). At this point, if I were to do the math, I've completed less than 1%, which is horribly depressing (LOL), but that is a LOT of numbers...

Let's go with a smaller number, like Crista did:

Here, I went with a smaller number than before, but still bigger than Christa had. So, I have a total number of 8191 possible people to find and I have found 354 people, which equals 4%-- better than 0% :) 

If I do the same percentage as her, then I have 22% completed... I like this percentage better LOL 

I also love the way Crista worded it: "I can only prove out 36% of the people responsible for my existence in the last 300 years. That means that 64% of my ancestry for that same time period is completely unknown to me". This is very well said--- that means, I (Carrie) can only prove out 22% of the people responsible for my existence in the last 300 years! It seems so minuscule compared to how much information I feel I have research and gathered!

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- Collecting

It's Saturday! Time for another Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge from Genea-Musings! 

Tonight's challenge is: What Did You Collect as a Youth?

The challenge is: 

1) Most of us collect dead ancestors and relatives now- what did you collect when you were a child or a teenager?

I've had several collections-- when I was really young, I loved to collect stickers- I had a large binder that I kept them in. I started collecting them from doctor's offices and then from the roller skating rink. 

When I was a teenager, I started collecting coins and Lurlene McDaniel books. I don't have any of the books anymore-- they were destroyed while being stored in a closet.

I also started collecting movie trading cards- I had over 500 of them at one point- but the only ones I still have is my all-time favorite "kid" movie- The Goonies. 

Now, it's all about Genealogy for me! :)

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- Ancestors with Facial Hair

I always enjoy Randy's (from Genea-Musings.com) Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges- Tonight's mission is: Ancestors with Facial Hair.


1) This week we're going to look for men's facial hair in our photograph collection.

2) Find one or more photographs of men in your ancestral families that have facial hair-- a mustache and/or beard.

3) Show the photograph if you have it and tell us a bit about the person shown. If you don't have a digital photograph, please describe the man and his facial hair the best you can.


Here's Mine:

#1: Gerhard Jeckering (1829-1898)- My 3rd great grandfather- immigrant from Germany- Grocery Store owner- Father of 7 children.

#2: John Park Munn (1841-1908)- My 3rd Great Grandfather- Civil War Soldier- Farmer- Father of 8 Children. 

#3: Joseph Herman Jeckering (1870-1931)- My 2nd Great Grandfather- Grocery Clerk and then Tool maker- Father of 7 Children- Died after getting hit by a car.

#4: Benjamin Franklin Mendenhall (1840-1919)- My 3rd Cousin, 6x Removed- Civil War Soldier- Farmer - Married twice- Father of 9 children.

#5: Louis Heinrich Brinkman (1866-1922)- (The only one in the picture with a mustache)- The Husband of my 2nd Great Grand Aunt- Elizabeth Jeckering- Grocery Merchant/Laborer- Father of 11 Children.

#6: Elihu Emery Mendenhall (1817-1906)- My 4th Cousin, 7x Removed- Farmer- Married Twice- Father of 7 children.

#7:  Frank Williams Mendenhall (1853- 1903)- My 3rd Cousin, 6x Removed- Farmer- Married twice- Father of 8 children.

#8: Gerhard Bernhard "George" Jeckering/Jackering- My 3rd Cousin, 5x Removed- Immigrant from Germany- Farmer- Married twice- Father of 13 Children.

 #9: Johann "John Henry" Jeckering (1851-1915)- My 1st Cousin, 4x Removed- Immigrant from Germany- Occupation- Landlord (1900)- Married, Never had children.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (On Sunday)

It's time for another Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy's Genea-Musings! Last night's challenge- Photographs Through the Generations:

1) How many generations do you have photographs or portraits of your ancestors and descendants?  It can be any line...it just can't be broken!

2) Tell us the line, or better yet, show us the unbroken line. Provide birth-death years, and the approximate date that the photo was made.

3) Share your generation picture line in a blog post of your own, or in a Google+ or Facebook post, or in a comment to this post.


Here's mine! (I love this challenge!!)


1) My 3rd Great Grandfather: Gerhard J. Jeckering (1829-1898)- Immigrated from Germany- photo was taken in the 1880's I think.

2) My 2nd great grandfather: Joseph Herman Jeckering (1870-1931) of Dayton, Ohio- I'm not sure when this photo was taken.

3) My Great Grandfather: Gerhard Cletus Jeckering (1900-1967) of Dayton, Ohio- This is a portrait of he and his wife Josephine at their 50th wedding anniversary (I think).

4) My Grandfather- Paul George Jeckering (1925-1954) of Dayton, Ohio. I think this is a picture from high school- abt 1944

5) My Father- Michael Lee Jeckering (1950- Living). This is high school graduation year book photo- 1969.

6) Me: Carrie Jeckering Smith- this picture was taken last year- 2013

7) My one descendant (so far): Jack- this picture was taken last month- 2014

Saturday Night Fun (On Sunday) :)

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun! (On Sunday)

I love participating in  Randy's (Genea-Musings) Saturday Night Genealogy Fun activities. Last night's challenge was: What date was your Grandfather born?


Here was the challenge: 

1) What day of the week was your grandfather born (either one)? Tell us how you found out. 

2) What has happened in recorded history on your Grandfather's birth date? Tell us how you found out and list five events.

3) What famous people have been born on your Grandfather's birth date? Tell us how you found out and list five of them.

4) Put your responses in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook.


Here's Mine: 

I chose my grandfather Paul George Jeckering (you can learn more about him Here) 

1) Paul was born on 19 May 1925. He was born on a Tuesday. 

2) There are several historical events on 19 May. I googled it and found a website: Historyorb.com:
Five Events: 
~1635: France declares war on Spain
~1848: First department store opens
~1884: Ringling Brothers circus premieres 
~1929: Cloudburst causes stampeded in Yankee Stadium, crushes 2 people to death
~1983: NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 506


3) Famous people born on this day: (I just googled it: Famousbirthdays.com)
~Malcom X (1925-1965)- Religious Leader
~Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)- Explorer
~Andre the Giant (1946-1993)- Actor
~Brittani Kline (age 23)- Model
~Jodi Picoult (age 48)- Author

4) Done! :) 

Could you recognize old technology?

I came upon this quiz while on Facebook this morning and instantly thought of my ancestors who would have used these items! I maybe used 2...(if that!)

Do you recognize these Obsolete Technologies?

Take the quiz and let me know how you did! I got 13/15! :)

Saturday Night Fun~Great-Grandparents

Time for another "Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!" with Genea-Musings!

Tonight's challenge: Did/Do Your Children Know Any of their Great-Grandparents?

1) Dana Leeds on the Enthusiastic Genealogist blog asks: "Did/Do Your Children Know Any of their Great-Grandparents?"

2) I thought that would be a great Saturday Night Genealogy Fun question--so please share your response with us in a blog post of your own.

3) For extra credit, or in case the answer is "No," then please answer the question for yourself, or your parents.


My son is almost 3 years old and he does "know" one of his great grandparents- his great grandma- Jane. I wrote know in parentheses because he IS only almost 3 and we've always lived in a different state than his great grandma Jane- so he doesn't really "know" her. 

I, on the other hand, didn't know any of my great-grandparents. I barely knew my grandparents for that matter. Most of mine died when I was baby or before I was born. I did kinda know my grandmother Dorothy Potchik ('nee Hendricks)- you can read about her Here. She died in 2010, so when I was 26 years old, but I never really knew her. She always lived in Ohio, where I was born and we moved from there when I was 4. I think I'd only seen her once since the move and that was in the 6th grade.

My parents didn't know their great-grandparents either. All of them died before my parents were born.

Genealogy Fun Challenge

I always enjoy participating in Randy's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun! Here's last night's : Show Us Your ImageChef Creations.

Here's the challenge:

1) Go to the www.imagechef.com website and explore their FREE offerings. Click on the "create" button, or choose to make a slideshow or posters from their main page ( there are more than one screen of poster backgrounds).

2) Make one or more posters, piece of jewelry, tattoo or other creation- perhaps they relate to genealogy or your own family history. Be sure to check the Photo Frames and Fun template collections. Save them to your computer (right click, Save as Picture for Windows users). 

3) Show your creations to us...in your own blog post, on a Facebook post, or on Google Plus, etc. 

Here are mine!

Saturday Night Fun- on Sunday morning

I always enjoy participating in Genea-Musing's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Last night's challenge was: How Many Sarah LNU's Are in Your Genealogy Database?. I like this challenge because it kind of ties in with another blog post(s) I'm currently working on- One Person at a Time- Trying to clean up my ULN's in my family tree!


I have 17 members in my tree with the name "Sarah"
8 Sarah's have no birth or death dates

I have chosen to write about 3 Sarah's:

~Sarah ULN (1824- ?)- married William McDaniel (1824-1880) and they had at least 1 daughter: Nancy Elizabeth McDaniel (1853-1912). Nancy married my 2nd great grand uncle- John Abraham Hendricks.

I did some more research on Sarah. I was unable to find her maiden name, but I found out that she was married in 1841. She was born in Nov 1824 in Ohio and died on 10 Jan 1910 in Pataskala, Licking, Ohio. She and William had 2 more children besides Nancy- Hiram Gideon (b. 1846) and Reuben (b. 1854). 

~Sarah ULN (b & d unknown)- married Thomas Kendall (1732-1781) and they had at least 1 daughter- Mary Kendall (1746-1822)- Mary married Elijah Mendenhall- my 2nd cousin, 9x removed.

What I found on Sarah- She was born Sarah Pilkington to Edward Pilkington (1687-1752) & Mary Webb (1688-1743). She was born in 1728 in England and died about 1750 in Pennsylvania. She married Thomas Kendall (1732-1781) on 13 Nov 1740 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 

~Sarah ULN (b & d unknown)- married William Yarnall (b. 1755) and they had at least 1 daughter: Elizabeth Yarnall (1785-1861). Elizabeth married Walker Yarnall (1784-1868) who is my 4th cousin, 8x removed.

What I found on Sarah- She was born Sarah Yarnall to John Yarnall (1725-1809) & Sarah Ellis (1729-?). She was born on 24 Sep 1756 in Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died on 12 Jan 1825. She had 3 siblings- Jesse (b. 1750), Rachel (b. 1752), and Ann (b. 1754). Sarah first married a Mr. Happersett. She married William Yarnall in 1781 and they had 10 children:
Mary (b. 1782), Elizabeth (b. 1785), Thomas (b. 1787), William (b. 1789), Bennett (b. 1791), Sarah Ann (b. 1792), Margaret (b. 1794), Peter H. (b. 1795), Jonas P. (b. 1797) and Abner (b. 1802).

Saturday Night Fun (on Sunday morning)

Happy Saturday! 

I always enjoy participating in Randy's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges- (Genea-Musings) 

Tonight, I decided to do one from January 18, 2014- How many Children/Grandchildren in your Matrilineal Line?

Here's the challenge:

1. Consider your Matrilineal Line (mother's mother's mother's, etc.) families- the ones from your mother back through her mother all the way back to the first of that matrilineal line in your family group sheets or genealogy database. List the names of these mothers, and their lifespan years.

2. Use your paper charts or genealogy software program to create a Descendants chart (dropline or graphical) that provide the children and their children. 

3. Count how many children they had (with all spouses), and the children of those children in your records and/or database. Add those numbers to the list.

4. What does this list of children and grandchildren tell you about these persons in your matrilineal line? Does this task indicate areas that you need to do more research to fill out families and find potential cousins?

5. Tell us about it in your own blog post, or in a comment to this post, or in a comment on Facebook or Google+.

Here we go! 

1. My Matrilineal line is: 

~Margaret Mary (unknown) (1740-?)- had 1 daughter, 3 grandchildren 
~Rebecca Cashatt (1783-1862)- had 3 children, 12 grandchildren 
~Hannah Johnson (1806-1878)- had 6 children, 32 grandchildren
~Rebecca J. Ridge (1830-1900)- had 6 children, at least 6 grandchildren

~America Hoover (1859-bef 1880)- had 1 child, 2 grandchildren

~Anna Jane Thornton (1875-1954)- had 2 children, 3 grandchildren

~Ruby Mae Henderson (1901-1990)- had 2 children, 6 grandchildren

~Helen Ruth Seaver (1923-1981)- had 4 children, 13 grandchildren

~My mom (1957- living)- had 3 children, 8 grandchildren (13 grandchildren with step children)


3. I did this by just adding up the number of children and grandchildren in my Ancestry.com account.

4. The list above tells me: 
~When I first started this project, I only had as far back as Anna Jane Thornton. I wanted to include more so I did more research- so this project took me a lot longer than I had anticipated.
~I need to find more information about Rebecca J. Ridge's grandchildren.
~The number of children/grandchildren fluctuate- America Hoover most likely died in child birth so she only had 1 child. I wonder if Margaret Mary was had the same situation. 
~The average number of kids is 3.11.