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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Ahnentafel #27 - Lou Speer

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Lou Emma Speer Lou, seated second from left with Sunday School class Born: December 31, 1865, Jeffersontown, KY Died: December 6, 195...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Ahnentafel #26 James Gurley

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James & Lou (Speer) Gurley Family ca. 1917 James Robert Gurley aka J.R. Born: January 23, 1866, Wayne Co., IL Died: July 4, 1941 ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

February 24th - Feast of St. Matthias the Apostle

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St. Matthias or Matthew was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus.  He replaced Judas Iscariot as an apostle and eventually wrote the New ...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Ahnentafel #25 - Fredericka Probst

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Fredericka Probst Fredericka & Henry Erkman I have no record of Fredericka's middle name, but she is referred to as Rachael in...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Ahnentafel #24 - Jacob Erkman, ver. 2

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Jacob & Fredericka (Probst) Erkman Jacob Erkman(n) - his father and some of his children used the name Erkmann.  Jacob appears in mo...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Ahnentafel #23 - Mary Maulding

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standing Anna, Etta, John seated James, Jennie, Mary Mary A. Maulding may have been named Mariah Born: September 22, 1847 in Hamilton ...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Snow Day Research

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I found this correspondence housed at the Indiana Historical Society, SC2685.  The first letter was written by A. Lathrop from Maysville, KY...

Ahnentafel #22 - James Robertson, ver. 2

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James Henry Robertson Born: April 28, 1839 Lawrence Co., OH Died: March 31, 1929 Wayne Co., IL Buried: Salem / Mateer Cemetery in Wayne...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Disregard of the Law

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Feb. 7, 1664/5 William Shurtliff sued Thomas Little for carrying off trees Shurtliff had felled and squared.  Major Alden (some relation to ...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Ahnentafel #21 - Florence Gentle

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Florence Dora Gentle George & Florence Born: Jan. 9, 1862 Edgar Co., IL Died: Sep. 19, 1938, Bluford, IL Buried: Sep. 21, 1938 ...
Friday, February 13, 2015

February Holy Days

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St. Valentine Feb. 1 - St. Bridget of Ireland - a friend of St. Patrick who baptized her parents.  Bridget founded a double monastery a...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Ahnentafel #20 George Butler

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George Frederic Butler  George & Morton Butler Born: Jan. 1861 Illinois Died: Jan. 8, 1946 Jefferson Co., IL Buried: Mt. Olive C...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Ahnentafel #19 Nancy Hunt

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Nancy Jane Hunt Born: 1849 Indiana Died: between Nov. 1888 and Sep. 1891 Wayne Co., IL Buried: Salem / Mateer Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL ...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Ahnentafel #18 William Dove

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William M. Dove Born: Dec. 9, 1838, Casey Co., KY Died: April 14, 1918, Wayne Co., IL Buried: Salem / Mateer Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL ...
Friday, February 6, 2015

Ahnentafel #17 - Louisa Draper

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Frances Louisa Draper Born: Oct. 7, 1825 Indiana Died: May 22, 1867, Lawrence Co., IL, age 41 Buried: Lone Tree / Prairieton Cemeter...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Ahnentafel #16 - Levi Lathrop, Ver. 1.1

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Levi Lathrop Born: July 3, 1820, Franklin Co., VT Died: March 27, 1873 Lawrence Co., IL Buried: Prairieton / Lone Tree Cemetery in La...
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Monday, February 2, 2015

February 2nd - Candlemas

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Candlemas also known as the Purification is a three for one feast day. It is a celebration of 1) the presentation of the Jesus as a baby,...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

February

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February         A typical winter's day with peasants warming themselves by the fire, chopping wood and going to market.  There are ...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Ahnentafel #15 Marybelle Fitzgerald

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Marybelle Fitzgerald Born: August 9, 1889, Louisville, IL Died: April 19, 1934 , Fairfield, IL Buried: April 21, 1934 Maple Hill Cemet...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Ahnentafel #14 Clarence Colclasure

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Clarence Colclasure Born: April 30, 1886, Louisville, IL Died: May 13, 1952 , Fairfield, IL Buried:  May 15, 1952, Maple Hill Cemeter...