Kathy Wait Myers Genealogy» 1800s

Madness Monday – Mystery Photo 1

Kathy Wait Myers — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:08:18 +0000

From my Grandma Freda Fleming Wait's collection

The photo looks like a really old one to me! I would say pre-1900. The kids were moving a little, so they’re blurry here. Plus, look at those outfits! This one isn’t labeled at all, so I’m not sure if it’s from the FLEMING side of the family or the WAIT side.

Does anyone have any ideas of when this photo would have been taken or perhaps have the same photo in their collection? All guesses are welcome! =)

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Time Capsule

Kathy Wait Myers — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:48:04 +0000

This weekend’s challenge over at Randy Seaver’s Genea-Musings is to make a Time Capsule!

Instructions:

Go to the dMarie Time Capsule Website
Select a date in your family history that you want to know about. You might pick a birth date or wedding date of your parents or grandparents
Enter the date into the search form, and select the news, songs, toys, books and other things that you want to feature.
Share the date, why you picked it, and the results of your Time Capsule study on your own blog, in a comment to this post, or in a comment or post on Facebook.

I chose my great great grandfather William Henry Waits birthday on 29 Sep 1845 just because I’d like to have perspective on what the world was like when he came into it!

Top Headlines of the Month

Sep 23 – 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
Oct 10 - Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
Oct 13 - Texas ratifies a state constitution
Nov 4 - 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US

President of the United States – Grover Cleveland

Vice President of the United States – George M. Dallas

People born on September 29

1547 – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author (Don Quixote)
1901 – Enrico Fermi Italy, physicist, gone fission (Nobel-1938)
1907 – Gene Autry Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/Calif Angels owner
1925 – Paul MacCready, engineer/inventor (1st man-powered aircraft)
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis singer (Great Balls of Fire, Breathless)
1942 – Madeline Kahn Boston Mass, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, Blazing Saddles)
1948 – Bryant Gumbel New Orleans La, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show)

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Wordless Wednesday – Hartsock Family

Kathy Wait Myers — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:24:38 +0000

I found these on my Mom’s CD of photos from the 2008 Hartsock Reunion in California. I almost had a heart attack when I saw the last photo!

John Clark HARTSOCK (1871-1943) is my great grandfather. He married Carrie Nevada NORTHRUP (1871-1951) in 1896 and they had six children, including my maternal grandmother Della Nevada HARTSOCK KUNZ (1909-1974).

John is the son of Uriah HARTSOCK(1839-1910) and Hannah Elizabeth TOLAND HARTSOCK (1842-1921).

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Tombstone Tuesday – Samuel and Permelia A Rogers LONG

Kathy Wait Myers — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:40:07 +0000

LONG

PERMELIA A ROGERS

1820

APR 28, 1915

SAMUEL

APR 30, 1811

APR 5, 1887

SETTLED AT RUBY JUNE 10, 1863

Samuel and Permelia are Elve’s parents, my great great grandparents. They’re buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Ruby, Seward, Nebraska, USA. I need to do some digging to find Permelia’s correct date of birth. I have listed APR 18 1824, but her headstone shows 1820.

Samuel and Permelia’s father Thomas ROGERS homesteaded to Seward County in 1863 and developed land just down the road from where they’re all buried now. According to their homestead papers, they paid a total of $18 each for 160 acres. As far as I can tell by the paperwork, their land would have been roughly where I’ve outlined.

According to this, they qualify for “First Families” Recognition from the Nebraska Genealogical Society for settling before 1867. Elve’s husband William qualifies for Pioneer Families status for settling before 1876. Now I just need to figure out how to apply. =) I’m looking forward to following this line back to Kentucky and learn more about the origins of this line of my family.

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Wordless Wednesday – Susannah Arthur Waits (1816-1901)

Kathy Wait Myers — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:44:43 +0000

A scan of a photo taken of a photo taken of a Tintype.

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