Friday Funny

Happy Friday!!

Ok, this one is super corny, but I like it :) Hope it gave you a little giggle :) Enjoy your weekend everyone! 

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 9

Joseph Herman Jeckering (1870-1931)

                       ~My 2^nd Great Grandfather

Birth:           12 Mar 1870         Dayton, Ohio

Death:          09 Feb 1931           Dayton, Ohio

          Age: 60

Parents:      Gerhard J. (George) Jeckering (1829-1898) &

                    Maria Elisabeth (Elizabeth) Kluneman (1830-1912)

Siblings:    

          John F. Jeckering             1855-1941

          Mary Jeckering               1857-1892

          Wilhemina Jeckering      1860-1913

          Elizabeth Jeckering         1861-1957

          Clara M. Jeckering          1863-1957

          Rose Margaret Jeckering 1874-1936

Marriage:    23 Aug 1899         Dayton, Ohio

Rose A. Horn

Birth:           07 Mar 1872        Dayton, Ohio

Death:           18 Dec 1933          Dayton, Ohio

          

          Rose’s parents were Joseph Horn (1834-1880) &

                                          Martha Maria Altmann (1833-1895)

          Both of Rose’s parents were born in Germany.

Children:

          Gerhard Cletus Jeckering          1900-1967

          Cletus J. Jeckering                     1902-1996

          Martha E. Jeckering                  1906-1997

          Norbert John Jeckering               1908-1989

          Elizabeth Martha Jeckering      1910-1923

          Un-named daughter                 1912-1912

          Irene Jeckering                           1913-1914

Joseph and his family--

(Back)- Cletus, Joseph, Rose, Gerhard 

(Front)- Martha, Norbert, Elizabeth

Sorry for the blurry picture! Here is Rose and Joseph on the front porch 

Occupation(s):

Joseph’s father owned a grocery store. When he retired, Joseph took over the business. Here is a picture of Joseph and the store- Joseph is in the middle, in the back. He looks like the splitting image of my dad here J

Store was located at 1015 E. Third St. Pictured left to right- Leo Eggars, Joseph Jeckering & Frank Raab

I don’t know exactly when the store closed, but it was sometime between 1920 and 1930. By 1930, Joseph was working at Brinkman Tool & Die as a clerk in “toys” (according to the 1930 U.S. Census).

Residences:

1880  (age 10) -     1011 E. Third St., Dayton, Ohio

          (Same residence as the family store- family lived above the store)

1920 (age 49) -     630 McLain St., Dayton, Ohio

1930 (age 60) -     2336 Riverside Dr., Dayton, Ohio

630 McLain St., Dayton, Ohio (Photo Courtesy- Google Maps)

Death:

Joseph died at the young age of 60. On 09 Feb 1931, he was walking home from work, he was crossing Webster Street in Old North Dayton and was hit by a car. The driver of the car took him to the hospital where he died later that day.

Burial:

Joseph was buried on 12 Feb, 1931 in Calvary Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. He and his wife are buried side-by-side, Section 23, Lot 1 ½, space 9.

This is a cool gem (video) from 1939

This is a cool video I found this morning! What do you think of their futuristic clothes?!

Wednesday's Portrait- Cecilia Christine Brinkman

Happy Hump Day!

Today’s Portrait-

 Cecilia Christine Brinkman

b. 21 Jan 1902    Dayton, Ohio

d. 25 Dec 1990   Dayton, Ohio

Cecilia- about 1915,1916

I love this picture because it reminds me of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Obviously I know there is a time gap between when that book was written and when this picture was taken, but that doesn't matter. Every little detail about this picture, I love:

Her curls, the bow in her hair, the pearl necklace, the gleaming smile on her face- she's really enjoying the paper that she's reading. I wish I knew what she was looking at- although, it does appear to be something with pictures, maybe an article in a newspaper or magazine.   

How Cecilia is related to me- 1^st cousin, 3x removed

Carrie Jeckering Smith (me)

My parents

Paul George Jeckering (1925-1954)

Gerhard Cletus Jeckering (1900-1967)

Joseph Herman Jeckering (1870-1931)

Gerhard J. Jeckering (1829-1898) (my 3^rd great grandfather)

Elizabeth Jeckering (1861-1957) (my 2^nd great grand aunt)

Cecilia Christine Brinkman 

Tuesday's Tip: Organization Part 2

Organization is very important when it comes to researching your family tree. Last week, I wrote about organizing the actual research…now I want to talk about organizing found and collective research in a more presentable manner.

Not like this... :) 

 When I first started doing my research, I kept all my research material in a notebook and then there was the question of –what do I do with everything, now that I’ve done some research?

I’ve researched many tools to this type of organization. I found one person on YouTube who actually used a filing system in an “old-fashioned” filing cabinet.

I like the idea of this- very organized and tidy, but I also like the idea of presentation. I take a lot of pride in my family research and I love to show it off. You can’t just pull out your filing system and show off paper-to-paper…that’s not fun and would take a long time.

I really love books and binders because presentation is beautiful if done right. I did two binders for both of my parents’ family trees:

Picture of One binder--- the other binder, I haven't photographed yet...

Each binder has family group sheets, pedigree charts, documents, census records, etc. At the beginning of each book, I start out explaining the origin of the surname. Then, I start with the earliest ancestor found and move on from there until it ends with me J

With this sort of organization, it’s easy to read, nobody actually touches the documents (because they’re protected with sheet protectors) and it’s easily stored on a bookshelf.

This type of organization is also important to have. If you only have a internet copy or computer copy of all of your family tree information, it could be dangerous- in a way that it might not be there one day. My fear of using only Ancestry.com is- what if ONE DAY the sites suddenly stops working and I never have access to my tree ever again? ALL of that research is LOST. I would be devastated! When you have a hard copy of all of your work- it’ll be there even if you have no electricity.

Mappy Monday- Ajmer, India

My 14^th great grandfather John Mildenhall Jr. (1560-1614) was born in Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England; however, he died in the most unsuspecting place- Ajmer, India. If one didn’t know his background, I would think one would think their find was a mistake!

Ajmer, India

John Mildenhall was an explorer and worked for the British East India Trading Company. John had been to India may times, but in 1614, he fell ill and died. He is buried in the Agra Cemetery in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was the first Englishman recorded burial India.

Today, Ajmer, India is located in Rajasthan, in western India. It is the 5^th largest city in Rajasthan. It’s population is 485,575 (2001). It is a popular place to shop but mainly used as a connection to Pushkar by train- the Ajmer Shatabdi Express.

Ajmer Shatabdi Express

Ajmer, India

Top rated things to do/see in Ajmer:

~Nasiyan Jain Temple

~Dargah Shariff

~Rangji Temple

~Foy Sagar Lake

~St. Mary’s Graveyard

~Akbar’s Palace & Museum

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

Thank you Randy from Genea-Musings once again for a fun challenge! J This is tonight’s “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun” challenge that Randy posted: Your Father's Mother's Patrilineal Line.

The Challenge was as follows:

1) What was your father's mother's name?

2) What is your father's mother's patrilineal line? That is, her father's father's father's ... back to the most distant male ancestor in that line?

3) Can you identify male sibling(s) of your father's mother, and any living male descendants from those male sibling(s)? If so, you have a candidate to do a Y-DNA test on that patrilineal line. If not, you may have to find male siblings, and their descendants, of the next generation back, or even further.

4)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, or in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook or Google Plus post.

Here’s mine:

1) My father’s mother was:           Dorothy Jean Hendricks

                                                            b. 09 Jun 1926    Jeffersonville, Indiana

                                                            d. 02 Aug 2010   Dayton, Ohio

2) Dorothy’s patrilineal line is as follows:

               ~Isaac Hendricks Jr. (1883-1942), married Myrtle May Hyman (1884-1953)

               ~Isaac Hendricks (1843- ?), married Mary Bostick (1849- ?)

               ~Samuel McCormack Hendricks (1807-1856), married Elizabeth Sarles (1818-1889)

               ~Daniel Hendricks (1776-1846), married Nancy McGuire (1780-1823)

               ~Abram Hendricks (1750-1819), married Ann Jamison (1753-1834)

               ~Johannes Willem Hendricks (1705-1789), married Sarah Messier (1702-1782)

               ~Willem Hendrickson (1671-1711), married Willemptje Thys Van Pelt (1677-1729)

               ~Hendrick Daniel Hendrickson (1636-1677), married Jane Luitgirt (1640-1680)

                              (Hendrick is the one who immigrated from Arnhem, Netherlands)

3) My grandmother Dorothy had 3 brothers-

               Harry Oliver Hendricks (1903-1971) -- Harry married Lucille M. Hanen (1901-1974) on 01 Aug 1931. I don’t know if they ever had children.

               Charles Woodrow Hendricks (1917-1973) – Charles married a woman named Virginia and had two children- Beverly Ann and John. With another wife (unknown), he had another daughter- Patricia.

               Melvin Clifford Hendricks (1922-2002) – Melvin married Grace E. (1923-2001) on 20 Nov 1948. I don’t know if they ever had children.