OBIT SUNDAY

Obits from Sunday, Dec 25, 2011 San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

Abbott, Rev. Norman V.  94 yrs  d. 19 Dec 2011
Allen, Opal Mae Anders  b. 16 Aug 1933   d. 20 Dec 2011
Arvizu, Esperanza M.  d. 23 Dec 2011
Benfer, Joseph William  b. 4 Jun 1918 San Antonio, TX  d. 22 Dec 2011
Bingham, Delliah Sue  b. 8 Aug 1943  Jacksonville, TX    d. 21 Dec 2011
Cantu, Antonio (Tony) M.  83 yrs  d. 17 Dec 2011
Catto, Henry Jr.  d. Dec 2011
Cervantes, Raul T. Jr.  b. 27 Feb 1936  d. 18 Dec 2011
De La Rosa, Mary Margaret b. 10 Feb 1940  d. 20 Dec 2011
Dennis, Walter Allen "Corky"  74 yrs  d. 23 Dec 2011
Ducote, Pearl Ethel  b. 2 Oct 1910    d. 20 Dec 2011
Eng, Bill You Toy  b. 20 Jan 1927   d. 23 Dec 2011
Farr, Jenetha M.  d. 22 Dec 2011
Floyd, Robert Newton  6 Oct 1948 Dallas, TX    d. 14 Dec 2011
Frazer, Edward "Ed"  b. 31 Mar 1925  San Antonio, TX    d. 19 Dec 2011
Froboese, Roman  b. 2 May 1926  d. 22 Dec 2011
Garcia, Felix Martinez Jr. b. 9 Nov 1965 San Antoni, TX   d. Dec 2011
Gleitz, Frances Wolfson  b. 7 May 1932 San Antonio, TX   d. 20 Dec 2011
Goertz, Sr. Thecla   b. 23 Nov 1925 Red Rock, TX    d. 23 Dec 2011
Goforth, Alfred Knox  b. 6 Oct 1929 Blackflat, TX   d. 22 Dec 2011
Green, Ora Faye "Mama Faye"  86 yrs  d. 20 Dec 2011
Haight, Nora Mae Wood  b. 27 Jun 1931 Bethany, OK   d. 18 Dec 2011
Harlos, Refugia C.  b. 6 Jul 1915 San Antonio, TX   d. 23 Dec 2011
Lopez, Ofelia H.  b. 8 Oct 1933   d. 22 Dec 2011
Maldonaldo, Raul F.  92 yrs  d. 20 Dec 2011
Martin, Don L.   b. 8 Aug 1928  Aitkin, MN   d. 22 Dec 2011
Martinez, Emma Mendoza  b. 16 Apr 1939 Seguin, TX   d. 23 Dec 2011
Martinez, Maria V.  81 yrs  d. 20 Dec 2011
McCabe, Linda Wells  b. 1936 Brownsville, TX   d. 21 Dec 2011
Murguia, Andrew Salinas  26 yrs  d. 20 Dec 2011
Murnin, John Joseph  82 yrs  d. 16 Dec 2011
Negron, Joseph O.  b. 9 Sep 1966 Ponce, Puerto Rico  d. 19 Dec 2011
Parkhill, Lillian  84 yrs of Kingsland, TX   d. 22 DEc 2011
Pastrano, Anastacio "Tacho"  b. 16 Nov 1937   d. 23 Dec 2011
Patterson, Grace Louise Evans  d. 17 Dec 2011
Pfeil, Laura Mary  b. 30 Aug 1915 Converse, TX   d. 22 Dec 2011
Ringel, Dixie C.  86 yrs   d. 21 Dec 2011
Rivas, Frank Louis Sr.  73 yrs  d. 21 Dec 2011
Rodriguez, Mary Esther  b. 25 Sep 1950 Penelope, TX   d. 21 Dec 2011
Sahley, Dr. Billie J.  b. Cleveland, OH  d. 19 Dec 2011
Sakai, Rose Marie Kawahata  b. 12 May 1924 Pharr, TX   d. 22 Dec 2011
Saucedo, Guadalupe  90 yrs  d. 23 Dec 2011
Schneider, Charles Walter  81 yrs  d. 19 Dec 2011
Smith, Frederick Brigadier General (ret)  b. 8 Dec 1921 Trinity, TX   d. 19 Dec 2011
Stabe, Peter "Pete" b. 23 Jan 1955 Bethesda, MD   d. 18 Dec 2011
Willhoite, David R. M.D.  b. 26 Oct 1937 Ada, OK   d. 18 Dec 2011
Williams, Alfred V. Dr.  b. 14 Nov 1940 Norman, OK   d. 22 Dec 2011
Williams, Gladys Artemesia Scobey  89 yrs   d. 20 Dec 2011
Wisecarver, James Clyde USAF Vietnam Vet  78 yrs   d. 18 Dec 2011
Woeffel, Norma Marie (Balzen)  b. 23 Feb 1919  San Antonio, TX   d. 22 Dec 2011
Wootan, Joyce Lucille (Prewitt)    b. 29 May 1928 San Antonio, TX   d. 23 Dec 2011
Wyatt, Jeanette Elizabeth Lambie  b. 16 Apr 1937  d. 23 Dec 2011
Young, Doris Jorita Crutcher  b. 30 May 1924   Groesbeck, TX    d. 22 Dec 2011

NATHANIEL T. GREEN

I've been researching this side of my mother's tree for three years.  Also book is in the works.  It's been fun, it's been tense, and it's been enlightening.  Most of my mother's generation never talked about their ancestors.  That could be they didn't know anything about them.  Whatever the case may be, I feel, they lost out on knowing where their ancestors originated from.  So here is a start, maybe you are related.

Nathaniel T. Green b.Apr 1822 NY  d.  after 1900 The Dalles, OR
     m.  abt. 1847 NY  Sarah Bessey(Bessie)   b. 1826 NY
children:  Ira Willis  b. 1 Jul 1847 NY  d. 21 May 1929 Churchill Co, NV  m. 21 Mar 1864  Adams Co, IA  Melissa Jones
                Sarah   b. 1851 NY  d. 15 Mar 1912 Clackamas Co, OR  m. 24 May 1867 Adams Co, IA William Way Davis
                Elmer T.   b. Dec 1855 IL   d. 27 Mar 1931 Yakima Co, WA  m. 1883 OR  Mary Burlingame
                Ezra   b. 1856 IL           d.    (?)    m. 10 Jul 1881 Montgomery Co, IA  Malinda Jane Cole
Nathaniel m. Melissa Davis 12 Mar 1867 Adams Co, IA
children:   Edward   b.abt 1869 IA
                 Thomas   b. Mar 1870  d. (?)   m. 1 Jan 1893 Norton Co, KS  Ursula Eibert
Nathaniel m. Clarissa A. Barnes 19 Jan 1873 Freemont Co, IA
children:  Charles Daniel   b.10 Dec 1873 KS  d. 13 Jan 1929 Koochicking Co, MN  m. 1 Nov 1895 Guthrie Co, IA   Ida Viola Wood
                George W.   b.11 Feb 1880 KS  d. (?)   m. 1914 Guthrie Co, IA  Flora M. Whipple
                Baxter Foster  7 Sep 1877 KS   d. 12 May 1955 W. Des Moines, IA   m.  8 Mar 1902 IA  Mona Johnson
                Elijah   b. 23 Feb 1876 KS  d. 6 Nov 1951 Koochicking Co, MN  m. 1899 IA  Alice Stoddard
                Ceader  b.22 Feb 1884 KS     d. (?)        m. 1903 IA Minnie L. Titus

Now the fun begins weaving my story about Nathaniel and his wives and children.  Did I say it was my story?  Actually it's Nathaniel's story but it's my rendition, with facts of course,  of how it all began and ended. 

Until then...........................

OBIT SUNDAY

Obits from Sunday Dec 18, 2011 San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

Alcocker, Socorro "Cora" Talamantez  b. 14 Sep 1943  d. 15 Dec 2011
Arredondo, Napoleon A.  b. 3 Jan 1915  d. 13 Dec 2011
Ayala, Aurelio Jr.  b. 14 Oct 1928  d. 11 Dec 2011
Berry, Lt Col David Leonard USAF (ret)  69 yrs  d. Dec 2011
Blackmon, Doloris 78 yrs  d. 17 Dec 2011
Buchanan, Mary Lucille  b. 9 Oct 1958 Houston, TX  d. 11 Nov 2011
Buttler, Marvin Ray  b. 1 Nov 1929  d. 15 Dec 2011
Camacho, Jesse Jr.  b. 28 Jan 1938 d. 15 Dec 2011
Cannon, Mildred Schliesing  85 yrs  d. 19 Nov 2011
Castillo, Olivia T.  b. 3 Jun 1927  d. 12 Dec 2011
Chavez, Miguel Angel  d. 12 Dec 2011
Combe, Liria Garcia  70 yrs  d. 15 Dec 2011
Dougherty, Carol May  86 yrs  d. 12 Dec 2011
Dunmire, Sharon Lee 64 yrs  d. 16 Dec 2011
Fisch, Florence Elaine Frazier  b. 9 Nov 1949 San Antonio, TX   d. 9 Dec 2011
Gagliardi, Albert Anthony Jr.  b. 29 Jun 1937 Newport, R.I.  d. 11 Dec 2011
Garcia, Pauline C.  b. 10 Dec 1929  d. 14 Dec 2011
Gregson, Rosalina  89 yrs  born in Nava, Coahuila, MX  d. 15 Dec 2011
Guia, Eric  27 yrs  d. 12 Dec 2011
Hinchey, Kathryn  b. 1 Jul 1920 Jacksonville, FL  d. Dec 2011
Holchak, William Howell  b. 19 Mar 1928 Kenedy, TX  d. 14 Dec 2011
Hugonnett, Mando  69 yrs  d. 11 Dec 2011
Jackley, Gregory A. D.D.S. Col (ret)  55 yrs  d. 14 Dec 2011
Jaramillo, Tony USArmy (ret)  b.17 Jan 1947  d. Dec 2011
King, William Edward  65 yrs  d. 15 Dec 2011
Krause, Betty Frances  b. 15 Jun 1924 Saginaw, IL  d. 15 Dec 2011
Lamp, Eunice  91 yrs  d. 14 Dec 2011
Levine, Barry Eugene  b. 13 Jul 1943 Long Island, NY  d. 15 Dec 2011 
Longoria, Magdelana Guzman  b. 4 Nov 1946  d. 13 Dec 2011
Lyons, Francis  94 yrs  d. 14 Dec 2011
Marquardt, Bruce Richard  MSGT USAF (ret)  b. 9 Aug 1934  d. 15 Dec 2011
Martinez, Manuel  b. 9 Jul 1942  d. 13 Dec 2011
McKinney, Yolanda Garcia  b. 24 Mar 1942  San Antonio, TX d. 11 Dec 2011
Menard, Gurvis Joseph (Frenchie) b. 27 Jul 1929 d. 12 Dec 2011
Mireles, Lilly V.  b. 7 Jul 1936  San Antonio, TX   d. 17 Dec 2011
Munoz, Richard G. Sr.  74 yrs  d. 15 Dec 2011
Olivarez, Theresa Marie "Teddy"  b. 28 Mar 1943  d. 16 Dec 2011
Owen, Margaret Lynn "Peggy"  64 yrs born in Houston, TX  d. 11 Dec 2011
Patton, Betty  b. 19 Jan 1919 Bagley, MN  d. 16 Dec 2011
Pena-Cardenas, Juan A.  b. 4 Feb 1960  d. 15 Dec 2011
Picard, Lillie Freda  b. 9 Dec 1918 Halletsville, TX  d. 13 Dec 2011
Quiocho, Jo Anne  b. 29 Sep 1936 Jasper, MO  d. 12 Dec 2011
Rackley, Anne E.  b. 7 Dec 1929 d. 11 Dec 2011
Ramirez, Alfred Ramos Sr.  91 yrs  d. 11 Dec 2011
Richter, Mary (Mimi) Frances  85 yrs  d. 15 Dec 2011
Rios, Abraham G.  b. 13 Nov 1960  d. 16 Dec 2011
Samples, Billy Irwin b. 7 Aug 1932  d. 15 Dec 2011
Smith, John R.  97 yrs  d. 10 Dec 2011 Colorado Springs, CO
Solis, Archbishop Jesus b. 28 Apr 1938 La Mesa, TX   d. 16 Dec 2011
Thompson, Laddy A.  b. 26 Nov 1951 Elkin, NC  d. 8 Dec 2011
Townsend, Richard Ernest Jr.  65 yrs  d. 14 Dec 2011
Vela, Estella G.  b. 8 Dec 1948 Brady, TX   d. 12 Dec 2011
Villarreal, Gilberto F.  86 yrs  d. 14 Dec 2011
Vogelesgang, Ernest John USA LTC (ret)  b. 10 Oct 1923 Fairmont, MO   d. 14 Dec 2011
Woodruff, Patricia "Pat"  84 yrs  d. 12 Dec 2011
Wynn, Henry  24 Dec 1928 San Antonio, TX   d. 16 Dec 2011  Vanderpool, TX

OBIT SUNDAY

Obits from Sunday, December 11, 2011 San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

Aniol, Velma Haecker  77 yrs  d. 7 Dec 2011
Bennett, Alicia Sosa  b. 20 Jul 1956 Plainview, TX   d. 8 Dec 2011
Bowermaster, JoAnn Schoolfield  b. 12 Aug 1926 Laredo, TX   d. 5 Dec 2011
Brown, Beverly Joyce  75 yrs  d. 4 Dec 2011
Butcher, Alfonso Joaquin  74 yrs  d. 7 Dec 2011
Carroll, James Henry  (Jimmy)  b. 21 Aug 1938 Dilley, TX   d. 1 Dec 2011
Collins, Joseph  b. 11 Apr 1919  d. 5 Dec 2011
Curre, Frank    88 yrs native of Waco, TX  d. 7 Dec 2011
DeCamp, Bonnie Louise    65 yrs   d. 5 Dec 2011
Dix, Georgian  b. 28 Jan 1934  d. 8 Dec 2011
Dreyer, Alton William  of Marion  b. 17 Aug 1924   d. 8 Dec 2011
Dye, Cora Mae  b. 7 Jun 1930 Wildwood, MO  d. 8 Dec 2011
Gantt, Richard R.  b. 6 May 1913 Little Rock, AR  d. 8 Dec 2011
Garcia, Edward R.  61 yrs  d. 7 Dec 2011
Garcia, Ninta F.  83 yrs  d. 7 Dec 2011
Garcia, Raul Jr.  b. 1 Mar 1957  d. 8 Dec 2011
Giammalvo, Francesco Xavier Dr. Major (Ret)   b. 14 Jul 1916 New Bedford, MA  d. 3 Dec 2011
Gonzales, Maria J.  b. 23 Mar 1936 La Vernia, TX   d. 8 Dec 2011
Gutierrez, Clemencia G.  b. 27 Mar 1935   d. 8 Dec 2011
Hammett, John W. Sr. Lt Col   89 yrs  d. 30 Nov 2011
Harper, William Jr.  83 yrs  d. 21 Nov 2011
House, Mary Janet   b. 6 Jun 1934 Powellton, WV     d. 7 Dec 2011
Juarez, Andrew C.  b. 5 Nov 1944  d. 8 Dec 2011
Kopff, Orrin    90 yrs   d. 5 Dec 2011
Lacey, Oleta  b. 13 Jun 1927  d. 8 Dec 2011
Maccammon, William (Bill)  b. 3 Sep 1926 Nyack, NY  d. 5 Dec 2011
Martinez, Luz Maria  46 yrs  d. 6 Dec 2011
Martinez, Vincent Edward  b. 28 Sep 1967   d. 9 Dec 2011
Mayorga, Adrian  32 yrs  d. Dec 2011
McLaughlin, Lorraine Ann Maher    56 yrs  d. 7 Dec 2011
Munoz, Manuel Rojas  b. 7 Jul 1944  d. 6 Dec 2011
Nunez, Antonio (Tony) Duarte  b. 15 Feb 1927 Clarkwood, TX   d. 7 Dec 2011
Osborne, Gladys Marie Jones  b. 1916 Paris, KY  d. 4 Dec 2011
Ovalle, Oscar Rudolph TSGT  b. 15 Nov 1939 Corpus Christi, TX  d. 6 Dec 2011
Potter, Lorine Reid    b. 26 Oct 1910 Luxora, AR  d. 8 Dec 2011
Ramos, Eustacio Gamez  b. 20 Sep 1916 Floresville, TX  d. 9 Dec 2011
Real, Benno (Booby) Jr.  b. 12 Aug 1925 Converse, TX   d. 7 Dec 2011
Rhine, Richard "Ric" Tsgt USAF (Ret)  b. 20 Oct 1931 New Franklin, MO  d. 9 Dec 2011
Richter, J. James Jr.  b. 4 Jun 1926 Laredo, TX   d. 8 Dec 2011
Rittiman, Dennis "Dennie" James Jr.  b. 27 Aug 1963 San Antonio, TX  d. 7 Dec 2011
Sands, Roma Ellen  b. 12 Jul 1917 Hobucken, NC  d. 8 Dec 2011
Schroat, Era Lee  b. 31 Jan 1916 Knippa, TX  d. 7 Dec 2011
Spears, Dan "Dee"  62 yrs  d. Dec 2011
Tellez, Arcadio    b. 12 Jan 1925  d. 8 Dec 2011
Tijerina, Dolores Pastrano  88 yrs  d. 7 Dec 2011
Todd, Fred W.  75 yrs  d. 12 Nov 2011
Vara, Henry R.  96 yrs  d. 5 Dec 2011
Villanueva, Natividad  b. 7 Nov 1930  d. 9 Dec 2011
Villanueva, Frank Botello Sr.  80 yrs  d. 7 Dec 2011
Watson, Bruce Allen  b. 1 Jan 1962 Ancon Canal Zone  d. 8 Dec 2011

HENRY EISENTRAGER

Eisentrager, Henry  b. 28 Feb 1828 Weimar, Germany  m. Anne Sees   28 Feb 1856 Will Co, IL  Anne was b. Mar 1865  Germany.  Henry d. 16 Jun 1912 Wellsburg, IA  buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, IA   Anne d. 19 Oct 1890 Wellsburg, IA buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, IA
Children:
 Henry  b. 21 Oct 1858 Will Co., IL    d. 27 Nov 1938 Dumont, Butler Co, IA  m. Anna Vonderheide
John  b. Jun 1853 Will Co., IL  d. 1943 Ackley, IA  m. Katie Bastain 15 Jul 1885 Florence Station, IL
Louisa  b. Apr 1861 Will Co., IL  m. Claas DeBoer abt. 1880 IA

Henry m. Anna Vonderheide 
Childen:
Bertha  b. Feb 1887 IA
George  b. 2 Nov 1889 Grundy Co IA  m. Seiby Diekman 2 Feb 1913 Dumont, IA  George died 31 Dec 1967 Austin, Mower Co, MN.  Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, MN  Seiby b. 26 Feb 1886 Aplington, IA  d. 9 Apr 1973 Austin, MN.  Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, MN
Frank  b. 23 Jun 1891 Grundy, IA
Fred    b. Oct 1899 IA

George m. Sieby
Children:
Vern  b. 12 Jul 1915 Austin, MN  d.22 Nov 2001 Rochester, MN  m. Mary Ann Juse.  Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, MN
Roy  b. 22 Jun 1919 Austin, MN  d. 30 Jun 1996 Austin, MN  m. Annabelle L. Green 1 Apr 1941 Northwood, IA and Lena Boyenga.  Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, MN
Kenneth  b. 14 Aug 1921 Austin, MN  m. Lillian Setala 14 Jun 1949
Harley  b. 20 Feb 1917 Austin, MN   d. 22 Nov 1982 Kuna, IS  m. Jeanette Skelton 12 Jun 1943 Edinboro, PA

Roy m. Annabelle Loretta Green
Children:
Sandra Lee

John m. Katie
Children:
Clara Emma  b. 7 May 1886 IA  d. 8 Apr 1980 SD
Will O.  b. Apr 1888 IA  d. 1925 (killed himself)
Esther
Ida Marie
Edward Earl  b. 19 May 1898   d. 15 Apr 1967 IA

Louisa m. Claas
Children:
Bertha  b. Oct 1881 IA
Clara  b. Mar 1883 IA
Etta  b. Oct 1886 IA
Anna  b. 1887 IA

Henry was naturalized 24 Feb 1863 Will Co, IL.  Henry's brother Herman immigrated in 1870 from Germany.

Eisentrager, Herman  b. 1840 Hessen Wiedersachen Prussia Germany  d. 1905 IA  m. 1874 Katherine F._______
Childen:
Christian  b. 1805 IA  d. 1885 IA
Gerorge Herman b. Apr  1880  IA
Herman Jr.  b. Oct 1889 IA

OBIT SUNDAY

Obits from Sunday December4, 2011 San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

Bowker, Dexter  b. 1 Nov 1917 Elizabeth, New Jersey    d. 30 Nov 2011 Converse, TX
Buchwald, Velia Elena Fernandez  b. 2 May 1933 San Antonio, TX   d. 19 Jul 2011 Moreno Valley, CA
Castillo, Angela Marie  23 yrs  d. 1 Dec 2011
Castro, Eva R. 73 yrs  d. 1 Dec 2011
Conatzer, Theodora Mary  b. 2 Dec 1936 Woolich, England   d. 30 Nov 2011
Cosby, Theresa S.  75 yrs  d. 30 Nov 2011
De La Cruz, Ruben M.  b. 25 Nov 1953 San Antonio, TX   d. 1 Dec 2011
Eggleston, Sharon Ann Hull   60 yrs  d. 2 Dec 2011
Fisher, Theresa Bland "Tootsie"  b. 31 Aug 1929  d. 29 Nov 2011
Frost, Mary G. Weller  b. 7 May 1919 Ellicottville, NY   d. 30 Nov 2011
Garcia, Federico Ricardo Jr.  b. 30 Oct 1938   d. 25 Nov 2011
Garcia, George  65 yrs   d. 28 Nov 2011
Garwood, Edith G.  72 yrs  d. 2 Dec 2011 Haines City, FL
Granadoz, Margarita Segovia  55 yrs  d. 1 Dec 2011
Grose, Catherine P.  b. 24 Sep 1938 Nashville, TN   d. 1 Dec 2011
Hazel, Patricia Kelly  b. 27 Sep 1921 Miami, FL  d. 2 Dec 2011
Hiney, Matthew   b. 23 Mar 1965  d. 12 Nov 2011
Horstmann, Shirley A.  78 yrs  d. 29 Nov 2011
Jackenheimer, Dorothy Laubach  b. 26 Feb 1954 San Antonio, TX   d. 1 Dec 2011
Janecka, Mildred Ruth  b. 2 Jul 1936 Bluff City, KS   d. 2 Dec 2011
Jimenez, Pearl G.  87 yrs  d. 27 Nov 2011
Jones, Robert C.  b. 29 Dec 1929 San Antonio, TX   d. 30 Nov 2011
Kelly, Bertha L.  62 yrs   formerly of Charlotte, NC   d. 28 Nov 2011
King, Minnie M.  77 yrs  d. 1 Dec 2011
Lobo, SSgt Jesus G. Sr.  b. 28 Jan 1934 Eagle Pass, TX   d. 28 Nov 2011
Malcolm, Steven Gray  (USN) b. 11 Jun 1953 Ft. Worth, TX   d. 2 Dec 2011
Marez, Eliseo E.  b. 8 Dec 1932 Gonzales, TX  d. 29 Nov 2011
Math, Marylou Elizabeth  b. 29 Jan 1924 Teneha, TX  d. 29 Nov 2011 Lampasas, TX
McGarry, Mary Jean  52 yrs  d. 28 Nov 2011
Menchaca, Julia Z.  b. 15 Apr 1921  d. 28 Nov 2011
Miculka, Benjamin N.  b. 25 Mar 1921 Moulton, TX  d. 27 Nov 2011
Mireles, Mary Ruth  52 yrs  d. 30 Nov 2011
Overley, Paul Robert b. 16 Dec 1915 Covington, KY  d. 27 Nov 2011
Portelli, Dolores   b. 1931 Kansas City, MO   d. 17 Nov 2011
Rangel, Dolores A. "Lolita"  73 yrs  d. 1 Dec 2011
Rios, Roland A.  b. 26 Aug 1960  d. 1 Dec 2011
Rivera, Eva Perez  b. 23 Jan 1919  d. 24 Nov 2011
Russell, Kenneth Reginald  89 yrs   d. 30 Nov 2011
Santos, Romeo Jr.  (USMC)  d. 30 Nov 2011 Victoria, TX
Schepers, Roger J.  b. 24 Feb 1924 Holland, MI  d. 30 Nov 2011
Smith, Raymond P.  77 yrs   d. 29 Nov 2011
Sorrell, Mary  b. 14 Feb 1938  Yoakum, TX   d. 21 Nov 2011
Spurlock, Billie Ray  86 yrs   d. 29 Nov 2011
Stawicki, Joanne  b. 12 Sep 1961 Wheatfield, NY  d. 30 Nov 2011
Thorp, Florence Curfman  b. 18 Feb 1941 Three Springs, Huntingdon Co, PA  d. d. Nov 2011
Tips, Frederick Julius Jr.  b. 10 Sep 1923 San Antonio, TX   d. 3 Dec 2011
Torres, Juventina Alvarez  b. 25 Jan 1948  Mexico  d. 2 Dec 2011
Urby, Cresencio Amado  b. 21 Jun 1990 San Antonio, TX  d. 2 Dec 2011
Wahrmund, Pamela Diane  d. 1 Dec 2011
White, Grace Maxine  b. 28 Sep 1924 Verdi, TX   d.1 Dec 2011
Wiatrek, Irene  b. 13 Jun 1922   d. 30 Nov 2011
Wood, Mike  d. 21 Nov 2011
Zaborowski, Joseph John  b. 30 Nov 1925 Wyandotte, MI  d. 29 Nov 2011
Zamzow, Melvin  89 yrs  d. 2 Dec 2011
Ziemba, Maxine  b. 25 Dec 1922 San Antonio, TX   d. 28 Nov 2011 Danville, CA

COMPUTER TROUBLE

I apologize for not posting obits from Sunday.  My computer has been down.  Will get right on it.
Thank you.

KATIE

This is short and sweet but I am working on the novel or should I say novella.  Can't make up my mind yet.  Katie will be finished soon.  If you think of it shout a word of encouragement.........life happens........and so does children bringing their children over for babysitting.  And of course grandma can't say no. 

Also working on the novel or maybe novella of my great great grandfather.  I really wanted to get that one done before the big family reunion in Jun 2012.  Really need to tickle the keys and get to working on that one too. 

Sometimes I think I have adult ADD......can't focus.  Oh, maybe that is old timers disease.  This next year is the year! 

Working, working, working,

Until then...................................

OBITS SUNDAY

Obits from San Antonio Express News Sunday, November 27, 2011

Aguirre, Marceliano  86 yrs  d. 25 Nov 2011
Blackmon, Helen Jacqueline Saunders Ellis  b. 27 Jun 1924 Dow, OK   d. 22 Nov 2011
Bononcini, Romeo Jr.  b. 22 Jun 1947  d. 20 Nov 2011
Bugaren, David A.  48 yrs  d. 23 Oct 2011
Burgess, Charter Chief Raymond E. USAF (Ret)  b. 30 Dec 1924 Shiloh, NC   d. 22 Nov 2011
Burrell, Margaret L. Persyn  b. 29 Sep 1925 San Antonio, TX   d. 25 Nov 2011
Byrne, John Dalton "Sailor" FA USA Col (Ret)  b. 6 Apr 1916  d. 14 Nov 2011
Canamar, Bella Isabel  97 yrs  d. 22 Nov 2011
Carroll, Irene   90 yrs  d. 22 Nov 2011
Coggins, David Robert Col USAF (Ret)  b. 10 Mar 1923 Prospect, SC   d. 16 Nov 2011
Collins, Betty Jean  90 yrs  d. 16 Oct 2011
Cowles, Hovey M.  b. 13 Jan 1940 Champaign, IL    d. 12 Oct 2011
Crosby, Frances "Lucille"  b. 22 Aug 1920 McAlester, OK  d. 26 Nov 2011
Daleiden, Francis (Frank) P.  b. Jun 1930  d. 24 Nov 2011
DeLeon, Consuelo  b. 14 Nov 1910 Hillsboro, TX   d. 24 Nov 2011
Dominguez, Dora Flores  d. 26 Nov 2011
Elich, Susan Allen  67 yrs  d. 15 Nov 2011
Falcon, Marie Helen Flores  b. 2 Jul 1921 Lawton, OK   d. 16 Nov 2011
Flores, Nellie   81 yrs  d. 24 Nov 2011
Frampton, Dorothy Ann "Annie" b. 2 Sep 1945 Terre Haute, IN   d. 26 Nov 2011
Freeman, Betty Jean  b. 6 Nov 1929 Dallas, TX   d. 24 Nov 2011
Freeney, Francis J.  b. 8 Sep 1928 Derby, CT   d. 21 Nov 2011
Haines, Ralph Gen USA (Ret)  b. 21 Aug 1913 Ft Mott, NJ  d. 23 Nov 2011
Hampton, Steve  b. 5 Jun 1941 Martin, KY  d. 16 Nov 2011
Hinojosa, Emilio A.  b. 28 Oct 1939   d. 3 Oct 2011
Hohensee, Billy F. Sr.  b. 20 Apr 1930   d. 24 Nov 2011
Jimenez, Gilbert U.  b. 19 Nov 1959  d. 23 Nov 2011
Kendrick, Tommy L. Sr.  85 yrs  d. 22 Nov 2011
Klein, Harry Paul  b. 26 Mar 1929 Mount Clemons, MI  d. 20 Nov 2011
Lee, Anna Evelyn Weaver  b. 15 Jun 1914 E. St Louis, MO  d. 22 Nov 2011
Lochbaum, Gladys Welch  93 yrs  d. 24 Nov 2011
Martin, June Evelyn  b. 9 Nov 1934 Indianapolis, IN  d. 9 Nov 2011
Martinez, Amando O.   d. 23 Nov 2011
Matheny, Minnie  76 yrs  d. 23 Nov 2011
Matta, Benjamin "Bennie"  b. 5 Oct 1928 San Antonio, TX  d. 21 Nov 2011
Matuska, Mabel  b. 2 Jan 1919 St Johns Newfoiundland  d. 18 Nov 2011
Morton, Arlene C.  b. 15 Jul 1920 Susquehanna, PA  d. 16 Nov 2011
Mullins, William Henry  b. 1927 Carrizo Springs, TX  d. 25 Nov 2011
Mundt, Daid H.  78 yrs  d. 23 Nov 2011
Oefinger, Harlan D. Maj USA (Ret)  85 yrs  d. 20 Nov 2011
Pauley, Timothy Dennis b. 24 Oct 1957 Lake Charles, LA  d. 18 Nov 2011
Propps, Bernice Hardaway  d. 24 Nov 2011
Robinson, Madeleine Klein  b. 21 Jun 1919 Plantersville, TX  d. 22 Nov 2011
Smith, Cathryn Campbell b. 22 Apr 1923 San Antonio, TX   d. 18 Nov 2011
Smith, Dolores  b. 11 May 1933   Mobile, AL   d. Nov 2011
Smith, Franklin  88 yrs  d. Nov 2011
Smith, Jerry Lee  b. 5 Nov 1942 Flora, IL   d. 21 Nov 2011
Smith, Kornelia Johanna b. 8 Feb 1927 Neckargemuend, GE  d. 20 Nov 2011
Soto, Jose Manuel  b. 13 Sep 1951   d. 20 Nov 2011
Stewart, Viola Laverne Sanders  87 yrs  d. 25 Nov 2011
Valdez, Arturo Luna Sr.  b. 20 Jan 1931 Robstown, TX  d. 20 Nov 2011
Velarde, Guadalupe G.  b. 12 Jul 1947  d. 22 Nov 2011
Weldon, Jo Ann Davis  83 yrs  d. 22 Nov 2011
White, William Byrd "Bill"  b. 10 Apr 1924 McCrory, AR  d. 20 Nov 2011
Wilm, Barbara 80 yrs  d. 25 Nov 2011
Yates, Ruth  b. 1 Apr 1945 San Antonio, TX   d. Nov 2011

THOMAS JORDAN

I think I have posted before that Catherine Eberle was Indian Kate from the famed Black Hawk war in 1832.  What you don't know about her is that when she escaped from the fighting at Bad Ax and found her way down the Mississippi, it was Thomas Jordan that found her and her companion.  His name is unknown and after he was nursed back to health by the Jordan family, he rejoined his people.  That is if he ever found his people.  Katie, as she was more affectionaly known, was taken in by the Jordan family and remained there until she married Probus Eberle.

The following is the Jordan family:
Thomas Jordan m. Mary Ann Whiteside 5 Feb 1806 Warren Co, KY
Thomas b. abt 1768 Bute, NC   d. 10 Dec 1833 Dunleith, JoDavies Co, IL   
Mary Ann Whiteside b. 15 Jan 1775 Rutherford, NC    d. 25 Jun 1886 Union, IA

Children:  Catherine Clare (Indian Kate)   b. abt 1824 IL    d. 1899 E. Dubuque, IL
Diana   b. 21 Feb 1809 Mt Vernon, Jefferson, IL  d. 12 Feb 1891 IA  m. John Paul
John Bunyon   b. 28 May 1811 Bowling Green, KY  d. 11 Sep 1899 Wiota, Cass, IA  m. Elizabeth Gilbert
Andrew J.  b. abt 1812 IL   d. unknown  m. MaryAnn Waddell
George Washington   b. abt 1814 IL   d. 1850 on trip to CA w/John B.  m. Sophia Glover
Phoebe  b. 13 Jul 1816 IL   d. 10 Aug 1889 Wiota, Cass, IA  m. Hayden Gilbert
Thomas Jr. 
Eliza Jane   b. 9 May 1819 Franklin, IL  d. 23 Jan 1908 Salmon, Lemhi, ID  m. Isiah Bohanan
Samuel Whiteside  b. Feb 1821 Il  d. 11 Jul 1832 E. Dubuque, IL
Amanda  b. 6 Mar 1823 Dunleigh, JoDavies, IL   d. 4 May 1874 Centralia, Dubuque, IA  m. James Snodgrass
Elsie J.  b. abt 1826  d. 1908 IA

OBITS SUNDAY

Obits from San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX  Sunday Nov 20, 2011

Allen, Eugene Robert (Bob)  d. 15 Nov 2011
Blair, TSgt Gary E.  USAF (Ret)  b. 1 Jan 1939   d. 15 Nov 2011
Bramhall, Doyle   b. 17 Feb 1949 Dallas, TX    d. 13 Nov 2011 Alpine, TX
Byrne, Raymond J. Sr.  b. 18 Nov 1918   d. 16 Nov 2011
Canales, Ramona S.  84 yrs old  d. 13 Nov 2011
Coggins, David Robert Col USAF (Ret)   88 yrs old   d. 16 Nov 2011
Coker, June Caprice Lustre  93 yrs old  d. 13 Nov 2011
Collins, Lillian (Pinkie)  b. 24 Sep 1926 Miami, Fl   d. 18 Nov 2011
Consuelo, Sister Consuelo Lara  b. 9 Dec 1922 El Paso, TX  d. 19 Nov 2011
Danini, Josefina F.  92 yrs old  d. 14 Nov 2011
De La Cruz, Enedelia G.  b. 19 May 1924 Monclova, Mexico   d. 17 Nov 2011
Dewinne, Albert   b. 4 Oct 1932 San Antonio, TX   d. 17 Nov 2011
Dimas, Manuel St.  b. 14 Mar 1923 Cuero, TX   d. 18 Nov 2011
Garcia, Rodolfo M.   b. 1 Aug 1926 San Antonio, TX   d. 18 Nov 2011
Guillen, Machinist Mate 1st Class Martin  47 yrs old  d. 12 Nov 2011
Hughes, David  b. 24 Jan 1924 Greer, SC   d. 15 Nov 2011
Hyde, Catherine Ward  b. 9 Aug 1935 Palmer, TX   d. 17 Nov 2011
Johns, Violet "Vie" Marie  84 yrs old   d. 16 Nov 2011
Langelier, Joanne Marie  b. 14 Oct 1924 Springfield, VT   d. 17 Nov 2011
Martinex, Mateo M.  74 yrs old  d. 16 Nov 2011
McIntire, Lawrence Dale  b. 29 Oct 1928 Fulton County, IN  d. 5 Nov 2011
Mier, Overlin H.  b. 6 Aug 1937 Montery, Mexico  d. 4 Nov 2011
Moore, Kenneth A.  b. 19 Nov 1959 Phoenix, AZ   d. 18 Nov 2011
Moreno, Alfonso Sevilla  78 yrs old  d. 15 Nov 2011
Perez, Eilseo C.   b. 18 Jul 1930  Ecleto, TX  d. 15 Nov 2011
Perez, Liborio G. (Leo) b. 27 Jan 1932 San Antonio, TX   d. 15 Nov 2011
Pruski, Mattie V.   b. 17 Aug 1929 San Antonio, TX   d. 17 Nov 2011
Ray-Talamantes, Michelle L.  b. 12 Oct 1982 Jourdanton, TX   d. 17 Nov 2011
Rischner, Belinda Figueroa  b. 5 Feb 1949 San Antonio, TX   d. 13 Nov 2011
Rodriguez, Pauline C.  b. 23 Jun 1926 Pickett, TX   d. 18 Nov 2011
Scott, Mary Alvarez    d. 16 Nov 2011
Souza, Joseph Jerome  USAF (Ret)  77 yrs old  d. 14 Nov 2011
Viagran, Frank U. Jr. USArmy (Ret)  73 yrs old  d. 12 Nov 2011
Walthall, Paul Trimble  87 yrs old b. 8 Feb   d. 12 Nov 2011
Wilcox, Stanley, Mason 61 yrs old   d. 14 Nov 2011
Wildman, Russell Anthony  b. 14 Mar 1929   d. 17 Nov 2011

OBITS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Obits from San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

Almaguer, Elva Ida "Cookie"   d. 29 Oct 2011
Andrade, Samuel Aaron  51 yrs old   d. 9 Nov 2011
Arias, Reynaldo "Ray"    d. 9 Nov 2011
Austria, Benjamin C.  b. 7 Feb 1922 Makati, Phillippines   d. 9 Nov 2011  (escaped from Bataan Death March)
Ayala, Olivia  "Oli"   b. 11 Mar 1928 Larado, TX   d. 11 Nov 2011
Barnhart, Dale   b. 22 Oct 1947 Wadena, MN   d. 8 Nov 2011
Becker, Kathleen (Kat)   b.  23 Aug 1955 San Diego, CA   d. 3 Oct 2011
Bishop, Lt Col Eugene H.  (Ret)  b. 12 May 1921 Mena, AR   d. 6 Nov 2011
Burkett, Soddie Garfield   USN (Ret) b. 20 Jan 1949   d. 3 Nov 2011
Choate-Purvis, Minnie  b. 6 Feb 1928  d. 7 Nov 2011
Clary, Otto H.  b. 15 Sep 1931  Sabinal, TX     d. 11 Nov 2011
Cochran, Grace Carroll  b. 19 Jan 1921 Beaumont, TX    d. 11 Nov 2011
Coward, Elton David Jr.   b. 3 Aug 1946   Refugio, TX  d. 4 Nov 2011
Coyle, James Edward Jr.  53 yrs old  d. 8 Nov 2011
Davis, CW4 Thomas Edward USArmy (Ret)  b. 5 Jan 1933 Kansas City, KS   d. 5 Nov 2011
Dill, Francis Lee   b. 27 Sep 1933 Seguin, TX   d. 10 Nov 2011
Ellis, Hazel D.  b. 1922 Goforth, TX   d. 6 Nov 2011
Escobar, Isabel   b. 19 Mar 1964  d. 8 Nov 2011
Flores, Nicholas Paul   b. 29 Jun 1996  d. 10 Nov 2011
Flores, Rose M.  74 yrs old   d. 8 Nov 2011
Fuentes, Enriqueta G.  b. 15 Jul 1914  d. 8 Nov 2011
Gamboa, Paul J.  90 yrs old   d. 9 Nov 2011
Granados, Olivia A.  b. 30 Jan 1924 San Antonio, TX   d. 11 Nov 2011
Guido, Antonette Varisco  b. 4 Dec 1926 Bryan, TX     d. 11 Nov 2011
Hull, Maxine McDermott   b. 4 Dec 1921 Eastland, TX   d. 3 Nov 2011
Kirkland, Laurie  64 yrs old   d. 10 Nov 2011
Lambeth, Col. Malda E. USArmy (Ret)  b. Hugo, OK  d. 27 Oct 2011
Latx, Betty Jean (Manley)  b. 19 Apr 1931 Gainesville, TX  d. 9 Nov 2011
Mann, Emilio Jr.  b. 19 Sep 1975  d. 10 Nov 2011
Martin, Oralia Solis   b. 17 Oct 1936  d. 9 Nov 2011
Martinez, Ricardo A.  b. 8 Mar 1930  d. 6 Nov 2011
McDaniel, Malcolm Reid Col. USAF (Ret)  b. 13 Jun 1926 Hutchinson KS   d. 5 Nov 2011
Mendes, George Elwin  b.  19 Feb 1937  d. 7 Nov 2011
Montez, Lucy Lopez  b. 7 Jan 1944 San Antonio, TX  d. 11 Nov 2011
Munsch, David Alan  b. 14 Feb 1961 Lynchburg, VA   d. 10 Nov 2011
Myers, Kenton Scott  53 yrs old  d. 11 Nov 2011
Owen, Stella Brucks  101 yrs old   d. 9 Nov 2011
Parma, Lila June  b. 10 Jan 1930 Quana, TX  d. 6 Nov 2011
Pedraza, Gloria Tenayuca  89 yrs old.  d. 23 Jul 2011 Sherman Oaks, CA
Phillippi, Elinor K.  b. 22 Sep 1919 Pittsburgh, PA  d. 7 Nov 2011
Prieto, Chapo  b. 8 Dec 1913 Wilson County, TX  d. 6 Nov 2011
Ramirez, Fidel O. "Friday"  93 yrs old  d. 6 Nov 2011
Ramos, Jose Manuel  b. 1 Nov 1992  San Jose, CA   d. 11 Nov 2011
Real, Malcolm Edward  b. 29 May 1928   d. 11 Nov 2011
Reilly, James C. Jr. 8 Jun 1929 San Antonio, TX  d. 3 Nov 2011
Rogers, Georganna Metz   57 yrs old  d. 9 Nov 2011
Shumate, John Carroll  b. 14 Dec 1946 Houston, TX  d. 8 Nov 2011
Sierra, Roland, J.  d. 10 Nov 2011
Soria, Belizario (Billy)  b. 15 Jun 1919  d. 8 Nov 2011
Stokes, Sgt. Milton D.   b. 29 Aug 1927 Orlando, FL  d. 8 Nov 2011
Taylor, Geraldine Hardeman  b. 8 Apr 1929 Luling, TX   d. 7 Nov 2011
Terrazas, Carlos Demetrio  b. 22 Dec 1942  Santa Gertrudis, Coahuila, MX  d.  Nov 2011
Thiesen, Mildren (Mimi) Taft  b. 10 Jun 1920 San Antonio, TX   d. 5 Nov 2011
Viagran, Willie Valentino  b. 14 Feb 1943   d. 9 Nov 2011
Vick, Gary  68 yrs old  d. 12 Sep 2011
Webb, Louis  b. 20 Oct 1921  d. 5 Nov 2011
Woollven, Larry Alfred  b. 29 Dec 1945  d. 9 Nov 2011
Zapata, Sergio E.  65 yrs old   d. 6 Nov 2011

OBITS NOV 6, 2011

OBITS FROM SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, SAN ANTONIO, TX
Alarcon, Jesusa R.  b. 24 Dec 1924 Dilley, TX  d. 1 Nov 2011
Barrera, Manuel b. 24 May 1923 Jourdanton, TX d. 3 Nov 2011
Blake, Mary D.  b. 1 Jan 1963  d. 1 Nov 2011
Bond, Elsa G.  b. 16 Mar 1926 San Antonio, TX  d. 3 Nov 2011
Browning, Lt Col Ronald G. USAF (Ret)  b. 4 Jan 1939 Gilbert, WV   d. 31 Oct 2011
Cooper, Phyllis Arlene Kesei Donaldson Green   b. 23 Aug 1943 San Antonio, TX  d. 1 Nov 2011
Cortez-Olivarri, Diane    b. 12 Aug 1949   d. 1 Nov 2011
Dooley, Reba   b. 9 Sep 1932 Lone Oak, TX   d. 31 Oct 2011
Dravis, Anthony Lt Col Joseph Sr. USAF (Ret)   b. 12 Jun 1920 Pueblo, CO  d. 14 Oct 2011
Dudley, Robert Earl Sr.  b. 23 Feb 1939   d. 30 Oct 2011
Ewick, Charles Thomas  b. 1 Oct 1938   d. 22 Oct 2011
Farias, Augustine C.  62 yrs old  d. 3 Nov 2011
Fenske, Lt Col Robert G.  USAF (Ret)  b.  30 Sep 1923 San Antonio, TX  d. 30 Oct 2011
Greenwell, CW3 Joe Riley USArmy (Ret)  b. 9 Nov 1941  d. 31 Oct 2011
Hemerly, Lynn Denise  b. 25 Jun 1937 San Antonio, TX  d. 2 Nov 2011 in Corpus Christi, TX
Hickman, Mary Jo Magill   b. 14 Jan 1924 in family quarters of the Georgetown Jailhouse   d. 2 Nov 2011
Lee, Dr. William Franklin   b. 20 Feb 1929 Galveston, TX   d. 23 Oct 2011
Lewandoski, Col Joseph "Lew" Walter USAF (Ret)  b. 29 May 1917 Syracuse, NY  d. 1 Nov 2011
Lloyd, Ellsie Beulah Robinson    92 yrs old   d. 26 Oct 2011
Loera, Bernabe L.  b. 11 Jun 1923   d. 3 Nov 2011
Luna, Ruben  b.  27 Oct 1941  d. 3 Nov 2011
Mancha, Jose Jr.  b. 24 Oct 1949  d. 3 Nov 2011
Martin, Muriel Estell  b. 21 Nov 1921   d. 3 Nov 2011
Martinez, Susie Delgado   84 yrs old   d. 1 Nov 2011
McCoy, Timothy Alfred   b. 29 Sep 1939 Hazelton, PA   d. 2 Nov 2011
McInvale, Charlie M.  71 yrs old  d. 3 Nov 2011
Medina, Maria M.  b. 23 Jan 1940  d. 3 Nov 2011
Paddie, Georgeanna "Ann"   69 yrs old   d. 3 Nov 2011
Pineda, Abelardo H.   b. 1 Dec 1932   d. 2 Nov 2011
Rackley, Patty A.  b. 31 Jul 1950    San Antonio, TX     d. 31 Oct 2011
Ricondo, Consuelo M.  b. 22 Jan 1934   d. 3 Nov 2011
Ross, Charles W.   b. 28 Jul 1925 San Antonio, TX    d. 2 Nov 2011
Sanchez, Felipe Angel  b. 22 Feb 1955   d. 3 Nov 2011
Sanchez, Isabel "Julio" Bueno   b. 26 Feb 1934 San Antonio, TX   d. 3 Nov 2011
Sanchez, Juanita C.   71 yrs old   d. 4 Nov 2011
Sandoval, Steve Santos   b. 2 Nov 1920 Nueva Rosita, Mexico   d. 2 Nov 2011
Segulja, Matthew Thomas  b. 28 May 1981 Midland, TX   d. 2 Nov 2011
Smith, Ebvelyn E.  b. 19 May 1943   d. 30 Sep 2011
Starr, Francisca Bernal  94 yrs old   d. 4 Nov 2011
Tiemann, Roland B.   b. 14 Jun 1924 Karnes County, TX  d. 2 Nov 2011
Trevino, Elisa Puente  b. 2 Dec 1927 San Antonio, TX   d. 3 Nov 2011
Valdez, Henry  b. 20 May 1939 Garfield, NM   d. 1 Nov 2011
Walbert, Beryl L.   b. 13 Feb 1921   d. 31 Oct 2011
Wetta, Joan Osporn  b. 8 Sep 1945 San Antonio, TX   d. 3 Nov 2011
Woffard, Frank (Woffy) Yantis   d. 11 Oct 2011
Woolley, Sybil Stroman  90 yrs old  d.  29 Nov 2011 in Durham, NC
 

JOSEPH FISHNICK

This last name ties my families together:  Wyburn, Fishnick, Eberle, and Blaul.
I cannot leave out the name of Thomas Jordan because without him and his wife Mary AnnWhiteside there wouldn't be an Indian Kate, otherwise known as Catherine Jordan Eberle.  If he hadn't been there to take "Katie" in she would have either died in the massacre at Bad Axe, or been captured along with other family members and taken to a reservation to live out her life.  Perhaps marry another Sauk Indian, have many children, and fade into the annuals of time. 


Joseph Fishnick m. Pauline Ott
childen:  Fred  b. 1859 WI;  Frank  b. 1864 WI;  Mary A. b. 1856 WI; Josephine  b. Nov 1862 WI.

Fred Fishnick m. Catherine Eberle1886 St Charles Catholic Church Cassville, WI
children:  Alvina b.  24 Aug 1887 Cassville, WI   d. 2 Feb 1947 Dubuque, IA;
Pauline 24 Oct 1899;  Frank b. 15 Dec 1890 Cassville, WI  d. 4 Jan 1965 Cassville, WI;
Fred  b. 4 Nov 1893  d. 31 Mar 1952;  Lucinda  b. 30 Jun 1886 Cassville, WI  d. 26 Oct 1889 Cassville, WI.

Alvina m. Isaac Wyburn
children:  Katherine and Alfred

Now you know the main families of my story.  The next thing to do is put the story together.  Until then.............

OBITS For SUNDAY OCTOBER 30, 2011

Obituaries from the San Antonio Express News Sunday October 30, 2011, San Antonio, TX

Acosta, Gloria A.   b. 7 May 1952  d. Sunday 23 Oct 2011
Anderson, Curtis Mack   b. 16 Jan 1924 Coffeeville, AL  d. 27 Oct 2011
Antu, Louis Uribe  b. 25 Aug 1927   d. 22 Oct 2011
Baker, Murray "JR" D.   b. 19 Sep 1930   d. 26 Oct 2011
Beam, James (Jim)  age 85 yrs of Helotes   d. 23 Oct 2011
Bonner, Bernice E.  b. 8 Feb 1924 Elba, AL  d. 24 Oct 2011
Bugaren, David A.  age 48  d. 23 Oct 2011
Butler, Peggy Sue  b. 3 Mar 1942  d. 6 Oct 2011
Carrejo, Yolunda R.  age 73 yrs d. 26 Oct 2011
Castillo, Manuel G.  age 91 yrs    d. 25 Oct 2011
Cherniss, Robert P.  b. 24 Jan 1929 Los Angeles, CA   d. 28 Oct 2011
Cobb, David P.   b. 5 Dec 1946   d. 28 Oct 2011
Fuleki, O. Marie b. 7 Dec 1927 Springfield, MO   d. 23 Oct 2011
Gonzales, David Jesse   age 18 yrs  of San Antonio, TX   d. 22 Oct 2011
Gonzales, Rebecca Elizabeth   b.8 Aug 1982    d. 14 Sep 2011
Gonzales, Samvastion Lilith    b. 14 Oct 2000  d.  14 Sep 2011
Gonzales, Guadalupe   b.   d. 14 Sep 2011
Grant, Rev. Claudie Ray Sr.  b. 27 Oct 1932 Yoakum, TX  d. 26 Oct 2011
Haecker, Jack E.  age 88 yrs of Seguin   d. 24 Oct 2011
Kitchen, Wilburn "Willie" M.  b. 10 Jul 1919 San Marcos, TX   d. 20 Oct 2011
Kurtzmann, MSgt Sherwood "Kurt" USAF (Ret) b. 6 Dec 1928 Appleton, WI   d. 24 Oct 2011
Lawson, Jerry Wayne  age 68 yrs   d. 24 Oct 2011
Lee, Robert Burnett  age 82 yrs  d. 26 Oct 2011
Lozano, Arthur A.  b. 21 jan 1941 San Antonio, TX   d. 28 Oct 2011
Lutz, Dorothy Justine  age 90 yrs    d. 20 Oct 2011
Martin, Robert "Pepper"     b. 22 Jul 1922 Big Spring, TX    d. 28 Oct 2011
Martinez, Olivia Naranjo  b. 29 Dec 1915   d. 27 Oct 2011
Mata, Audella "Dee"   b. 1 Feb 1939 Galveston, TX   d. 28 Oct 2011
Mooring, Aaron W.  age 74 yrs   d. 21 Oct 2011
Morisak, Irene Cassarez   b. 1 Sep 1925  Charlotte, TX   d. 28 Oct 2011
Nasif, Waddell Nadine   b. 18 Sep 1942 San Antonio, TX   d. 28 Oct 2011
Powell, Sylvia Ann Gallegos   b. 7 Jul 1962   d. 21 Oct 2011
Puckett, Daniel B.   b. 24 Sep 1928 Karnes City, TX    d. 28 Oct 2011
Reeve, Raymond L. Jr.  b. 9 Jun 1950 Port Arthur, TX    d. 23 Oct 2011
Rodriguez, Ofelia Castillo   b. 23 May 1918  Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, MX  d. 27 Oct 2011
Soriano, Odilla V.   b. 7 Apr 1916 Ganado, TX   d. 27 Oct 2011
Speer, Naomi "Joyce"   b. 20 Jun 1926 San Angelo, TX   d. 27 Oct 2011
Sullivan, Charles C.   b. 20 Oct 1929    d. 27 Oct 2011
Thompson, Deacon Leevorn Sr.  b. 6 Aug 1928   d. 25 Oct 2011
Vidaurri, Frances C.  age 85 yrs   d. 28 Oct 2011
Villarreal, Benito A.   b. 8 Jan 1917 Saspamco, TX   d. 25 Oct 2011

OBITS

I've read some of the other genealogists that have regularly posted obits and thought why not.  I'm always looking for an obit on my ancestors so why not help others out.  Of course these will be more current but you never know when you might be helping someone out.  Really, that is what we are here to do anyway. 

I will be posting every week from the Sunday San Antonio Express News in Texas.  Sorry folks I just get the Sunday paper.

23 October 2011 San Antonio Express News

Alexander, (no first name or dob)
Amaya, Seferino Jr.  --45 yrs  d. 5 Oct 2011
Anderson, MSGT Ralph "Andy" .  b. Oct 12, 1935 Morisville, PA.  d. 15 Oct 2011
Arzola, Daniel C.  b. 16 Jan 1927  d. 19 Oct 2011
Beach, John William (Bill)  b. 27 Jun 1942 San Antonio, TX   d. 19 Oct 2011
Beck, Ella Jean Krueger  b. 23 Dec 1921 Bexar County, TX  d. 21 Oct 2011
Brewer, Rommie Gean  b. Sheridan, AR  age 64 yrs   d. 21 Ocr 2011
Carrington, Virginia (Gina) Baird  b. 27 Apr 1920 Waco, TX   d. 18 Oct 2011
Chesterman, Col. Charles "Chet" USAF Ret  b. 7 Nov 1922 Minneapolis, MN    d. 7 Oct 2011
Clubb, Margarie Elaine   b. 12 Nov 1929 San Antonio, TX   d. 14 Oct 2011
Copp, Lynda   age 44 of Canyon Lake, TX   d. 21 Oct 2011
Cortese, Dolores C.  b. 14 Apr 1916 in San Pedro, Coah, Mexico   d. 21 Oct 2011
Del Toro, Carmen Galvan     b. 14 Mar 1931  d. 19 Oct 2011
Embs, Stephen Edward  b. 17 Mar 1958 in Wilimington, DE  d. 19 Oct 2011
Ervin, Helen C. Fore  b. Rankin, MS                  d. 20 Oct 2011
Frey, Master Sergeant Charles R. USMC (Ret)  b.  9 Oct 1932 Parkersburg, WV    d. 15 Oct 2011
Garner, Dorothy Louise Wissmann   b.39 Apr 1928 in Gonzales, TX  d.  20 Oct 2011
Garza, Olga   b.21 Aug 1936  d.20 Oct 2011
Gauthier, Colonel Adelbert G.  b. 13 Jul 1922 Hammond, IN   d. 18 Oct 2011
Gonzalez, Reynaldo S.  b. 13 Oct 1959  San Antonio, TX   d. 19 Oct 2011
Gorena, Daniel P.  84 yrs old          d. 20 Oct 2011
Guerrero, Laura (nee Jaramillo) b. 7 Apr 1932   d.18 Oct 2011
Guzy, Frank Steve  80 yrs                d. 21 Oct 2011
Hagy, Robert          58 yrs                d.  20 Oct 2011
Hamilton, Nell V.   b.                       d.  17 Oct 2011
Housman, Cecil Jr.   b.                       d.  15 Oct 2011
Koch, Cynthia Lynn   46 yrs                d. 20 Oct 2011
Kaupert, William Henry   b. May 1912 San Antonio, TX  d. 14 Oct 2011
Kratochvil, David "Dave" Allen   b. 9 Jul 1950 Rapid City, SD     d. 2 Oct 2011 in Honolulu, HI following an accident.
Kunze, Joseph H. "Joe"   75 yrs   d. 22 Oct 2011
Lee, Robert Ellsworth   74 yrs   d. 20 Oct 2011
Lopez, Henry "Hank" C.   b. 13 May 1939   d. 14 Oct 2011
Lopez, Raul G.  72 yrs   d. 21 Oct 2011
Magavern, William Smith  b. 14 Nov 1924 San Antonio, TX   d. 21 Oct 2011
Marcelli, Ralph J.  b.  1931  Mashpee, MA    d.  19 Oct 2011
Medrano, Ariel Valerio Jr   b. 16 Oct 1954   Lampassas, TX    d. 18 Oct 2011
Menchaca, Vella Alonzo   b. 7 Mar 1929   d. 7 Oct 2011
Mendoza, Pablo D.   b. 15 Jan 1930   d. 21 Oct 2011
Mercer, Donald R.  b. 4 Sep 1934 Luling, TX   d. 21 Oct 2011
Mikulenka, Barton Anthony  b. 30 Aug 1962   d. 21 Oct 2011
Neil, Mary Elizabeth Nell  b. 30 Jul 1922   d. 15 Oct 2011
Pruski, John Jr.   b.  3 Oct 1935   d. 20 Oct 2011
Reyes, Jose Guadalupe   83 yrs   d. 18 Oct 2011
Rinehart, Ann Brockman   93 yrs   d. 21 Oct 2011
Samaniego, Brigitte Martha  (nee Kapfhamer)  b. 10 Oct 1934 Stuttgart, GE    d. 20 Oct 2011
Schoelzel, Herbert D.   b. 28 Aug 1928 Fentress, TX   d. 20 Oct 2011
Tagle, Carolina Tagle-Koehler  57 hrs   d. 17 Oct 2011
Tanner, Betty Jo (Grundy)   b. 5 Apr 1945 San Antonio, TX   d. 18 Oct 2011  Houston, TX
Thomas, William Rush  b. 7 Aug 1925 San Francisco, CA   d. 6 Oct 2011
Uhr, Eugene "Uncle Gene" F.   90 yrs   d. 20 Oct 2011
Vance, Billy Emmett Lt Col USAF (ret)   b. 28 Dec 1915 San Antonio, TX   d. 20 Oct 2011
Villarreal, Pedro S.   b. 4 Dec 1947   d. 16 Oct 2011
Weldon, Larry Wayne Jr.  47 yrs     d. 12 Oct 2011
Zehner, Deborah Joy  (Debbie)     d. 20 Oct 2011

Whew..........thought I'd never get them all posted.  So many going to meet their maker but life comes anew with the bouncing bundles of joy that arrive each day.  Praise God. 

Until then..................

PROBUS EBERLE

Well here we are again trying to tie families together to get answers.  We will never really know the everyday life of our ancestors, but then again it's kind of fun figuring out what went on.  Who were their neighbors, what did their house look like, or what church they went to.  Did they go to church? 

I'm not real clear about Probus Eberle except that he migrated from Kappelwindeck, Baden, Baden, Germany.  He married Indian Kate Jordan (again another story) and died 1890 in E. Dubuque, Illinois.  I will have to delve into his life a little more and report back.

Probus was born 10 Nov 1821 and died 18 Oct 1890.  He married Kate, as she was more affectionaly known, about 1858 in E. Dubuque, Illinois.

children:  Catherine Clare (Katie) b. 22 Aug 1863 E. Dubuque, IL  d. 8 Nov 1943 (vol 30 pg 505 Grant County, WI) buried St Charles Cemetery, Cassville, WI  m. 23 Feb 1886 Grant Co, WI Fred B. Fishnick.
William b. abt 1866 IL d. Mar 1966 WI m. 19 Aug 1866 Sophia Byers (vol 10 pg 364 Grant Co, WI)
Mary Ellen b. abt 1862
Thomas b. abt 1870 d. 21 Feb 1927 Stellacom, Pierce Co, WA  m. 2 Jul 1898 (vol 12 pg 316 Grant Co, WI) Nellie Jane Fry
John Bunyon b. Nov 1860 m. 27 Jan 1884 (vol 10 pg 232 Grant Co, WI) Mary A. Rine/Price
Peter William m. 16 Jul 1890 (vol 11 pg 149 Grant Co, WI) Ida Gordon
Nellie b. abt 1861
Joseph b. abt 1858

Catherine Clare Eberle m. Fred B. Fishnick (sometimes known as Herman) on 23 Feb 1889 St Charles Catholic Church, Cassville, WI
children:  Alvina (Louvina) b. 24 Aug 1887 Cassville, WI d. 2 Feb 1947 Dubuque, IA buried Mt Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, IA   m. Isaac Wyburn
Pauline b. 24 Oct 1899 Cassville, WI    d. 1 May 1920 m._____Benz
Frank J. b. 15 Dec 1890 Cassville, WI  d. 4 Jan 1975 Cassville, WI  m. Clara Schauff
Fred B. b. 4 Nov 1895 Cassville, WI d. 31 Mar 1952
Lucinda b. 30 Jun 1886 Cassville, WI   d. 26 Oct 1889 Cassville, WI  buried at St Charles Cemetery, Cassville, WI.

Watch for the rest of the story.    Until then..................

OTTO BLAUL

I was trying to figure out why Alfred Wyburn was in Austin, Minnesota when he met my mother Annabell.  As far as I knew he didn't have any relatives there.  So what was he doing there?

The only thing I could come up with was..........and this is only my opinion...........or rather my take on this encounter.  Alfred's brother in law was Erwin Blaul who had been adopted by Frank and Ida Fink in Dubuque, Iowa.  My mother worked for a couple, house cleaning, babysitting, etc, by the name of Rose and Bub Fink.  I've tried and tried to connect but so far no luck.

Erwin's parents lived in St. Paul, Minnesota.  His father was an agent for the railroad.  Suppose, just suppose Alfred and Erwin went together, stopped in Austin to see relatives (Finks) then headed north to St. Paul to visit family.  Sounds reasonable..........

Now for the rest of the story.............In 1926 there was a train robbery in St. Paul and the men that were indicted for their roll in it:  Danny Hogan, Frank W. Sommer, who was a former St. Paul police chief and secret service official, and George E. Blaul, former agent at South St. Paul and Reuben C. Lilley, alias "Black" Carter.  (information taken from Newspaperarchives.com)

December 5, 1928 St. Paul gang figure slain blared all over the papers when Danny Hogan got in his car and when he started the engine it burst into flames.  A bomb had been planted for this St. Paul restaurant proprietor and well known figure in the Twin Cities underworld.  He died shortly before 9 p.m.  Among some of the other well know figures in the mob was Dapper Dan and Dillinger. 

Maybe Erwin and Alfred were making trips north to check on family or maybe, maybe they knew of some of the things that went on.  In the 40's Alfred stayed a couple of nights in jail because of receiving stolen property, but that's another story.

Otto Blaul was born abt 1849 in Bavaria, Germany.  He arrived in US 9 Jun 1866.  He married Agusta b. abt 1847 in Iowa.
children:  Mary E.  b. 1872; Fred C. 1873; Otto S. 1875; Hattie M. 1877; Baby Mar 1880; George E. 2 Oct 1882 IA.

George E. d. 11 Sep 1969 Ramsey, MN, m. Anna Grutzmacher abt. 1905.
children:  Erwin William Blaul 6 Jun 1907 IA.  m.  Katherine Mary Wyburn 15 Jan 1929 Dubuque, IA.
James O. 1912 MN-Feb 1971, buried Ft. Snelling, Minneapolis, MN; John 1915 MN; David 1917 MN; Georgeen 1920 MN

1900 census IA Clayton Millville District 44
1910 census ND Casselton Ward 1 Cass
1920 census MN Dakota S. St. Paul District 31
1930 census MN Dakota S. St. Paul District 33

 

WILLIAM WYBURN

I've been wandering about and finally decided it was time to put a few things out there.  Genealogy wise that is.  I am a writer, wife, mother, a doer of all things for everyone that needs something done.  Ladies you know what I'm talking about.  I am also a genealogist.  I've been searching for my dead relatives for about thirty years. 

Let me back up a bit, say about thirty years ago.  My children were going to a four room school house and they were ready to close their doors and move everyone to their newly built school.  They were looking for someone to write a short story about the school and some of the people that went there over the years.  I volunteered, or rather no one else wanted to do it.  That started the quest to find my own roots.  And I really enjoyed putting the history together, especially interviewing some of the older residents that went to the school.  I was bitten!

Now fast forward.......raising children.......moving about over the years..........and a divorce put my quest on hold until about fifteen years ago when I activily engaged in finding out where I came from.  And let me tell you right now don't go looking if you can't take surprises!

I knew my mother had divorced my biological father but I didn't know the whole story.  I grew up with a wonderful step father but wondered about my real father all my life.  My mother would never tell me anything about him, only that he was a nice man and that he probably still lived in Minnesota.  I'm here to tell you that I think by the time I turned fifty she should have at least told me a little bit more.  Just saying.....

Anyway my mother passed away before I found the divorce papers and found out she had had an affair and from that affair she had a child, and that child's birthdate was mine.  My father petitioned for the divorce.  Now that was a kicker!  I now have another father, a biological father, and he was named in the divorce papers.  That helped except they used a nickname for his first name but his last name was Wyburn.  That was the only saving grace as that is not a common name. 

I believe I found that man but by the time I found him he had already passed away from an accident in 1957.  But I have done quite a bit of history on this man so will throw it out there.  Maybe there is someone else that can fill in the blanks.

William Wyburn b. 1817 NY m.(      )   then m. Liberty Babcock b. 1817 PA on 12 Aug 1857 Crawford County, WI
       children:
Lafayette  b. 1851 WI
 m. Mary Clark b. 1853 PA
       children:
 William   b.16 Apr 1870 WI   d. May 1941
                 m.  4 Nov 1896  Vernon Co, WI Amanda Lowe
 Robert Lee  b.3 Aug 1882 WI  d. 17 Jun 1967 Atlanta, Fulton, GA
 Isaac           b. 22 Nov 1876 WI  d. 4 Dec 1956 Dubuque, IA
                   m.  10 Aug 1910 Dubuque, Dubuque, IA  Louvina Fishnick
 Matilda        b. May 1884 IA
Alice Jane    b. 1872  WI    m. 10 Jun 1888 Crawford Co, WI August Haperberker
Theobe         b. 1879  WI    m. 21 Feb 1898 Crawford Co, WI
Phoebe M.    b. 1885  WI    m. 26 Jan 1899 Crawford Co, WI

Isaac Alfred Wyburn m. Louvina Fishnick
         children:
  Katherine Mary    b. 15 Jun 1911 Cassville, Grant Co, WI
                               d.  Jul 2010  Dubuque, Dubuque, IA
                               m.  15 Jun 1929 IA   Erwin William Blaul
 Alfred John          b.  23 Dec 1912 Dubuque, Dubuque, IA
                             m.  (living)
 had affair in 1942 with Annabelle Green in Austin, Mower Co, MN
 Annbelle had child while still married to another man (Roy Eisentrager).  He was stationed in Louisana at Camp Cleburne

And now you know the rest of the story.  Stay tuned..................
                

CHASING RABBITS

I have come to the conclusion that I am again chasing rabbits.  I can't seem to focus on one thing and see it through.  Oh come on now, you know what I mean.  I read my e-mails and think of something I should have done so I go do it in the middle of reading the mail.  Then as I'm working on that I remember something else that needs to be done, and so on, and so on.

Someone told me that was a sign of getting old.  I refuse to believe that.  Just because I'm pushing the big seven zero, and I might add pretty hard, that doesn't mean I'm getting old.  You are only as old as you feel.  Enough said!

As I go through and find one ancestor I come across another one.  So I have to check that one out to make sure it's one of mine.  Oops, chasing another rabbit. 

Well I am trying hard to put together the big Green reunion for next June.  Things are looking good but there is always something else that comes up.  Yep, got to get the t shirts ordered.  I already have the design and I'm quite pleased with it.  It's a tree with Nathaniel Green written on the trunk.  His children are big leaves in the tree with their names on the leaves.  Not too orignal but fitting.

Just trying to find out if my Nathaniel is related to the General Nathanael Greene born in Rhode Island in 1742.  I read an obit of my Nathaniel's son, Ira, that leads me to believe he throught his father was related.  I would really like to find out, for sure, by the time the reunion rolls around.  Going to be so much fun!  Looking forward to it.  Let me know if you are related.

Until then............................

STOP THE WORLD......I WANT TO GET OFF

At least for awhile to catch my breath.  It seems like the world is spinning faster and faster each day and I don't ge anything done.  Is it like that for you too?  At the end of the day do you ask yourself "What did I do today?"

Each one of us will pack everything we can into one day.  House, work, children, cooking, errands, and the list goes on and on.  Everything has to be perfect.  Our children have to be perfect, we have to have that perfect body, the perfect house,  and the perfect job. What happened to the days we sat on the front porch in the evening and waved to our neighbors, invited them in and had a cup of coffe for a chat?  Do we even know our neighbors?  Probably not, each of us is going in our own direction and never passing one another.

My writing has taken a back seat and yes house work too.  What am I doing???  I'm busy but I guess I'm busy at the wrong things.  It's time to take assessment.  I'll get back to you on that!

Until then.....................

DNA AND GENEALOGY

This DNA stuff is driving me up the wall.  What I'm saying here is that it's mind boggling.  Well my mind can't quite grasp it.  I've had the mtdna and the Family Finder tests done.  So alright, the person I'm looking for has not has their DNA done, I get that.  But with more and more that have had theirs done I'm not coming up with a close enough match to me to say I belong to that line.

Let me back up here.  My mother had an affair when she was married.  This was during WWII when our servicemen were gone for long periods of time.  When you think about it not much has changed down through the ages.  And people are people, things happen.  Anyway, she had a child from this affair but I carry the surname of the man she was married to.

Now you are asking me how do I know this.  No one said a word, it was carried to their graves.  When I got my mother's divorce papers (I was three when they divorced) it was stated by her husband that she had the affair and a child was born from that affair.  The birthday that was listed was mine.  Need I say more.

Every time I asked my mother about my father she gave me vague answers like oh he was nice or I guess he still lives in Minnesota.  Not the answers I wanted.  I wrote to him once and he was nice enough when he answered my letter.  He touched on surface subjects like I'm married, nice job, I have a son, things like that.

So back to DNA.  I wanted to know if this man named in the divorce papers was really my father.  So far I'm getting 3rd, 4th, and 5th cousins.  And I'm not matching any names they have listed that they are researching.  It's so frustrating!

Maybe I'm not reading it right.  But with persistence I will find out, somehow.  If you are having the same problem or one like it keep working.

Until then....................

ANOTHER HOT DAY IN TEXAS

You would think with all this hot weather I'd be at the computer just working my little fingers to the nub.  Well like most everyone else the day goes by and I can't remember what I really accomplished.  The pool becons me..........and I've left poor Katie wandering the wilds of Illinois looking for her parents after the battle.  And then there is Nathaniel still google eyed over Sarah.  Still bumbling when he see her.

I've been putting together all the material for the Genealogy of Nathaniel Green so it will be ready for the first time family reunion next year.  That in it's self is a feat.  Trying to get everything into the computer, which I might add, I'm not that smart working on the computer!  I'm still learning.

Well I do have a date to look at early days of the big city of Cibolo and get those in order for the new Cibolo history book that is in stage ONE.  We've been compiling information, speaking to the older generation, and mapping out the city.

Too many projects at the same time.  I heard a phrase long ago, simply said, yard by yard is hard, inch by inch is a cinch.  You bet.

Unitil then....................

MORE WORK THAN I CAN HANDLE

I didn't realize I haven't kept my blog up to date.  I've been so busy.  Sure just like everyone else the week goes by and you ask yourself what did I accomplish this week?  Wow......not sure at this point.

I've been asked to help with the history of the town I live in.  I had been looking into it long before I was even asked.  I like to know about the place I'm living.  Who was here before me?  What kind of activities did they do beside work the fields from sun up to sun down?  What did it look like before all the subdivisions took over?  So many questions.  Where are the answers?

Then besides trying to keep up my two blogs, yes I do have two.  I don't do things one at a time.  It seems I like to be busy, pushed to the limit.  I am putting together a big family reunion next year and hope to have the book finished on that one side of the family.  That's a big feat in it's self.  And poor Katie, I'm trying to put that novel together.  Slow but sure.  Sometimes I feel like I'm leaving Katie wandering, but no wait, she finally find the Jordan family.

Now this week I'm off to the Pacific Northwest in search of where some of my ancestors lived and died.  I've found quite a few of them so I would like to get their death certificates and then find their graves.  Got to get pictures of the head stones, that is if they have one.  I would just like to find where my great, great, grandfather is buried.  Just to put him to rest in the novel anyway. 

It's been a wonderful journey following their lives from child to adult.  Then watching their children go off in all different directions.  Can't wait to get my hands on the 1940 Federal Census next year.  Me and about a thousand other people researching their ancestors!

So until then...................

KATIE

I know I've asked you to wander with me as I trace Katie's footsteps.  I've found more information about Indian Kate.  Thanks to my cousin in Wisconson (without her I would not have found out who I am).  OOPS that's another story.  I'll talk about that later.

Anyway, back to Katie.  Such a small little girl left to wander alone in search of her family.  The Black Hawk War took place in 1832.  It left Katie an orphan until the Thomas Jordan family took her in.

Whoa....there I go again jumping way ahead of myself.  I do have a habit of doing that.

The Asakiwaki (Sauk) and Meshkwahkihaki (Mesquakie/Fox) are Algonquin-speaking people originally from the northeastern United States.  Asakiwaki means "people of the yellow earth" and Meshkwahkihawi means "people of the red earth". 

Oral history says the tribe originated hear the Saint Lawrence Seaway in Canada and moved west towards Michigan and Wisconson.

Everything was peaceful for the Sauk Indian clan in 1831 and early 1832.  Lead by Chief Black Hawk they lived along the Mississippi River across from Dubuque, Iowa.  Near  Saukenuk at the mouth of the Rock River where it empties into the Mississippi.  They came back from their hunting trip west of the Mississippi to find the white man living in their lodges. 

Like any child Katie watched over her little brother while watching her mother cook meals and make their blankets.  Katie had at least three older sisters and a couple of brothers.  There may have been more but records are a bit fuzzy about that. 

History lesson done, so for the rest of the story, until then................

TIME RUNNING OUT

Sometimes I do feel like time is running out.  I get another day older, so much to do each day, and not enough time to sit at the computer and look.  Yes, look for more information. 

It seems like you get one piece of evidence and after you pursue that you find another, then another.  You can't give up then.  You have to keep going.  It's like a worm being dangled in front of a fish then pulled back each time the fish approaches it.  Keep going, keep seeking, keep digging. 

So much has been added to the web sites now it seems endless.  Ancestry keeps adding more each day, Cyndi's list has been going strong for at least ten years and she keeps adding more information every day too.  If you have ancestors that migrated from New England the American Ancestors is a good web site to look through too.  Ancestry.com and American Ancestors does have a fee but Cyndi's list does not.

Now that I've told you those avenues there is that old standby way.  Word of mouth.  Phone calls to relatives.  Jog their brains.  Ask them "Do you remember Aunt Jane, etc."

Give them food for thought.  They might not remember at the time you ask the question but it will get them to thinking and you might be surprised when they call you back and give you that worm.  You never know until you try it.

Another wonderful avenue if you are in the town you are researching go to the library.  The library is your best friend.  Most of them have a small genealogy section, or even someone that wrote something about the town you are looking into.  In fact I'm off to the local library this morning to look for information. 

So until then..........................

WANDERING MIND

I'm slow at writing my pages.  You ask why???  Well I have this problem.  I can't help myself.  I start working on a page then my mind wanders and I stop what I'm doing and start looking again for more information about my ancestors.

Something will trigger my thinking and then I have to look at another avenue to try to find answers.  My brother has said I would make a good detective.  Well I want to know the answers.  Sometimes it consumes me........and I want to know more.  I want to get into the head of my ancestor.  Why did he move on?  Why did he go that way instead of the other way?  Just like a small child always asking mommy why.

I never would have thought I would have this drive to want to know more.  Maybe it's because it's about my family.  Where ever the drive comes from, I have it....... bad. 

Thus far there have been times where the information fell into my lap.  Laptop that is, while I was searching for something else.  Then when I followed up on the information, I found it to be true.  What a wonderful surprise.  You ask why do I have to follow up.  Well let me tell you.  When I first started out looking into my ancestors past I was told by a genealogist always follow up with the paper work.  Don't take someones word for it.  Put that piece of paper in your hand that tells you yes, you are correct.

A good bit of advice I've followed and I will continue.  So it's off to look in another direction.

Until then.................

DIGGING DEEPER

Well here we are again.  Still digging.  I push away from the computer, done with a project and on to another, like fixing dinner, throwing a load of wash in the dryer, and so on.  But my mind is still thinking, thinking about the ancestor I was just looking for. 

There is so much on the computer now, Ancestry puts something new on their web site each day, and so does Cyndi's List.  But there is still that brick wall.  I've been looking in cemeteries for the graves of my ancestors.  Their final resting place.  Most don't have head stones because they were too poor to afford one.  Their children went about their lives always thinking and wanting to put a stone there for their parent but, life happens.  It doesn't get done.

Then there are the genealogists that walk the cemeteries, take notes, make sure they have the grave listed in the right row, right lot, then put it on the web for all to see, and maybe find their ancestor.  But if your ancestor is buried in that cemetery and doesn't have a stone, well, you see where I'm going here.

That's when you engage the help of a genealogist in that state, county, and cemetery to look it up in the library for you.  Most libraries have a genealogy department.  Some small, like the one my husband and I found in Madison, NH.  It wasn't any larger than a six hundred square foot house but we found where my husband's great, great, grandmother was buried.  You would be surprised at that one person who lived in the area that wrote a small book on the history of the town.  There you have it.  Sometimes you have to go visit the area you are researching but what better way to take a vacation.  See the sights, walk the same fields your ancestors walked.

Until then.......................

THOSE ELUSIVE ANCESTORS

Another day of looking for those elusive ancestors.  I've been through every cemetery on line in the counties they lived in.  I know not every grave is listed as most people that put the information on line walks through the cemetery and makes note of the grave stone, name, and dates.  But if your ancestor didn't have a stone it was not recorded. 

Now mind you our ancestors didn't start out being elusive.  No they, like us, went about their daily lives.  Going to work, cleaning house, raising children, farming, and moving about.  Yes, moving about.  If they would have stayed in one place, died in one place, and was buried in the local cemetery it would have made our job a lot easier.  Life is not that easy!

You say I'm being picky, well probably so.  Sometimes you run into brick walls and you have to think outside the box.  Hard to do for most of us because we were taught to color inside the lines.  Life isn't like that.  Circumstances happen, people move, take vacations, visit relatives, and just live their lives.  They didn't know there would be a relative down the road that wanted to know more about them.

I'm tying to put together as much information as I can so I won't go running about with no direction when I make my trip to the Pacific Northwest.  Yes, I'm on a mission to find the graves of my great, great, grandfather and his daughter.  I've narrowed it down, made all my notes, and I'm ready.  If all else fails go to the town, county, and state where your ancestor lived.  Check with the library.  Most libraries have a small genealogy section and someone is always willing to help you.  You'll be surprised with all the new friends you make.

Until then..................

KEEP ON LOOKING

Well my sister has given me an assignment.  Try to find information on her daughter's father.  All she has is a place of birth, date of birth, and parents.  Sometimes it's easier if you're looking for someone that was born one hundred years ago, not sixty years ago.  Not only is it sixty years ago but it's a very common name! 

I've looked through the census for that state and county and I think I found who I'm looking for, but.  This is not easy.  Guess I'll have to keep you informed about this one.  Maybe you are having trouble with this also. 

Now on to another dilemma.  I've been asked to help someone find his parents.  He was adopted, and through DNA we are related.  We are 2nd and 3rd cousins.  Oh yes, it was a closed adoption.

Now this could really get interesting as I really don't know who my biological father is either.  So you see what I'm up against.  Plus I've never dealt with adoptions.   What a challenge, but then I like challenges. 

Another one I will have to keep you informed on. 

Now the Green side of the family is going quite well.  I've found all the children of Nathaniel, where they lived, and where most of them died.  I haven't found where Nathaniel died yet though.  I have an idea but until I get that piece of paper in hand and know where he is buried, I do not know.  Got to have that paper trail, otherwise you have no way to prove what you are saying.

So until then...................

NEW GENEALOGY INFORMATION

It's been like a flood gate of information lately.  What it boils down to is do not give up.  Keep looking and eventually you will find the information you are looking for.  Slow and steady, each day at a time.

More and more people are looking to ancestry.com for their information but they forget about other important places to look.  Other than packing your suitcase, gasing up the car, and heading to where your ancestor lived, there is that age old way of seeking information.  Writing a letter.  Yes, paper, pen, envelope, and a stamp.

Of course there is an easier way.  Go to google, find the county your ancestor lived in, and start looking in their archives.  You would be surprised what you will find.  I have found the cemeteries where they were buried which also gave me dates.  From that you can write to the County Records and get a death certificate.

Sometimes the information you are looking for is not on that website but there is usually a contact person listed.  By that I mean you will find someone's name that is willing to look for information for you.  I've made new friends and found ancestors this way.

Which takes me back to my new information.  I am one step closer to my great, great, grandfather's daughter.  All roads now lead to her.  I can't believe I finally found her. 

I have traveled and lived all over the United States and now when I find out where my ancestors lived I'm amazed.  Amazed because some of them lived in the same states, counties, and some even in the same town.  I wished I had started looking for these ancestors sooner, perhaps I would have been able to meet them.  Then again that is probably wishful thinking.

Well I'm off to locate more ancestors.  Nose to the ground, sniffing out the scent, eyes and ears open.

Until then.................

SPRING IS HERE

It's the first of May, it's been a hot April, so you'd think today would be a bit warm.  Maybe even a drop or two of rain.  The sky is over cast with clouds rolling by frequently.  Let me see now, April showers bring May flowers.  March was supposed to be windy.  If it comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb, and vice versa.  Wrong!  This year everything is topsy turvy.

But it must be spring.  I put the hummingbird feeder outside my window and my little friend is back drinking like there is no tomorrow.  Every time I start to type I see his little wings fluttering while he is taking a sip of sweet nectar. 

Then why am I cold.  I even went to my closet and exchanged my capri pants for levis, my light t-shirt for a long sleeved shirt plus a sweater.  The temperature dropped over night and I'm freezing.  Like I said the weather has gone crazy.  Tornados upon tornados have hit so many states in the south.  Earthquakes, tidal waves, raging wild fires.  Rivers in the midwest have expanded their banks until farms and whole towns are under water. 

Well my friends my yard work is done so I'm going to stay inside and get my writing and researching caught up.  I'm not sure if I ever get caught up but I do give it the old heave ho and try.

Until then.....................

NEW VIGOR

What a strange title for today.  My life has been full of family and not much else so as you can see my blog has been sparse this month.  Between new great grandbabies being born, of course I have to visit, a husband that had a liver biopsy, and just the usual, I haven't been very good at updating.

But today I got a shot in the arm so to speak.  I received an e-mail from a lady that said she googled Nathaniel Green's name and she came up with the information I had posted.  Wow!  I am elated that someone found what I had put out there.  Especially from a branch of the family I had little information on. 

I search and research my information to make sure it is correct before I post.  There is nothing more heart breaking to find out that you've done all this research and come to find out you do not have the right person.  Oh don't get me wrong I've done that.  I even litterally followed a family to Dubois, Wyoming and found out it wasn't my family.  I even took pictures of their graves.  But alas not part of my family.  It was a beautiful trip though.  My husband even said so!

It is with great joy to let everyone know I will be hosting the first ever Nathaniel T. Green family reunion.  Now this is the Nathaniel T. Green who was born abt. 1822 in New York.  He married the following women, Sarah Bessey (Bessie), Melissa Davis, and Clarissa Barnes.

The following are his children by these women:  Ira Willis, Sarah, Elmer T., Ezra, Thomas, Edward, Charles, Baxter, Elijah, George W., and Cedar.  If you think you are related to any of these children I would greatly appreciate your input. 

Oh yes the book on Nathaniel is rolling and no I haven't forgotten Katie.  Working on that also.  My work is cut out for me for the rest of this year!

Until then...............

APRIL FOOL'S DAY

Another new month.  Wow how the time flys.  Today is my daughter's birthday.  My jokester.....and I'm awaiting the birth of her second grandchild, my fifth great grandchild.  I was really hoping for another April Fool baby.  In fact my little brother was born on April Fool's Day too.  Guess he was my mother's little joke.

All kidding aside I'm very anxious for the new baby.  Guess you could say so is her mommy, my granddaughter.  From all accounts she has been a very good mommy to her two year old daughter and I suspect she will be just as doting on her son as she has been on her daugher.  But I would have to caution her that boys are so much more different to raise than daughters!

Right now all you have to do is ask my other daughter about raising a boy and a daughter.  Last night she called and asked me what am I going to do with him.  Everyday is something new at school.  I'm at my wits end. 

Well dear, they are all different.  You just have to find that perfect, or the right, thing that will stop them in their tracks when they are misbehaving.  Sometimes that takes a lot of give and take......as a mother of four girls and two boys would say.

All in all I can say I was blessed beyond my wildest dreams with the children I've raised.  There were only a few growing pains between all of them that put the gray hairs on my head.  None of us were given an instruction book when our babies were born, but if you are in step with the Lord, stay in His word, attend church regularly, and leave the lines of communication open between you and your children you've raised your family with His guidance.

Thank you Lord for your help all the way.

Until then............................

IT'S COMING TOGETHER

At least I think it's coming together.  My list for the family reunion is growing and I'm finding out new things.  By new things I'm finding family members I thought I'd never find.  Just a few more places to look and I've found all but one son.

It's amazing how I've been able to trace their long journey from coast to coast.  In this day and age we think nothing of it as we board a plane and fly half way around the world.  Or we jump in the car and drive for eight hours and we've gone at least 800 miles (of course that is if you have a wide open road, no cars, etc).  You get the picture.

Our ancestors thought they went a long distance when they traveled ten miles in a day.  They packed their wagons with all their possessions, hitched the team, and they were off.  Most walked beside the wagons to leave room for more of their goods.  Then you have to take in consideration there were no paved roads.  There were ruts, ravines, rivers, hills, mountains, and perhaps a robber or two, along with raiding Indians. 

If you had a broken axle or wheel you were the one that fixed it.  You couldn't phone AAA to come and replace it.  A wagon could over turn and it would take many people to turn it right side again.  Sickness was another hitch in the trip.  Family members were buried along the way.  A simple mound of rocks were placed over the loved one.  In some cases if there was any wood nearby a make shift cross was made and pounded into the ground.  Most didn't know how to read or write so no name was etched in the wood.  Only the family and God knew who was buried there.

Yet our ancestors kept coming.  Stopping only long enough to sleep and make their meager meals before setting out again the next day looking for land.  Abundant, fertile,lush land where they could build their home, raise their families, and plant their crops. 

Determination, perseverance, hard work, drive, endurance, grit, and patience were what our fore fathers were made of.  They pushed onward and settled the land so their generation could pass it on their generation and so on. 

Oh my I'm getting ahead of myself again.  I've traced most of my ancestors from New York to the Oregon coast, stopping along the way to farm, raise children, and then push on.  So here we go again.....finding more information today.

Until then......................