Archive for September, 2014
#52Ancestors – No. 39 – Nancy E. Fortney
This post is number 39 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
I know I should be doing the happy researcher’s dance when I find an abundance of information on one Ancestor. However, I lament because there are many ancestors I just cannot find a snippet of information. It’s fall and my bountiful basket is filled with photos and stories in my Fortney line. Best of all, sources that can be verified.
My first cousin, four times removed is Nancy Elizabeth Fortney. Our common ancestor is Eli Alexander Fortney and Cynthia Nancy Scott. She is the daughter of James Scott Fortney and Netie Elizabeth Case or Cox. Born in Iowa on 14 March 1858. Nancy Fortney Hayes, died in 1941 in Ellensburg, WA. Just a short 2.5 hour drive from where I live now. Looks like she may be the first of my ancestors to migrate to Washington State. She and her husband, James T. Hayes, married in Missouri, they steadily went west to Colorado, Nebraska and then on to Ellensburg, WA.
Their trip west to WA probably took a month or two. I first migrated to Washington from Michigan using a U-haul trailer and car hauler in 1999. It took about three days. I moved back from Florida where it was too hot for me, and it took me about seven days.
One of their descendents, L Hayes posted several photos of Nancy’s family on Ancestry. The photos are from the late 1880’s to early 1930’s. The couple had ten children. They lost two young daughters, Elsie, age 5, died in Colorado. Daughter Cora, died in Ellensburg, WA at age 4.
Below are photos posted by L. Hayes at Ancestry. The three photos show Nancy over her life.
Nancy Fortney Hayes from 1880’s to 194’s.
Sources:
An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2097023
Hayes-Meadows Family by L. Hayes, Washington State
#52Ancestors – No. 38 – Boleslaw Borucki
Posted by Caroll in Genealogy, Polish Genealogy on September 28, 2014
This post is number 38 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
I recently moved and have been waiting for the cable provider to give me “FIRE” aka, the internet. I am a week late with post number 38. So lets make this quick as post 39 needs to be written tomorrow to keep on track.
Records can provide clues to other possible family members. The birth record for Feliks Budny, No. 26, gives the names of two witnesses to his birth. They are Ksawery Borucki and Julianna Budna. I do not know how they are related to my great grandparents, Adam Budny and Marianna (Mary) Borucka. There was not any info passed down regarding Adam’s siblings. The family was told that Mary has a sister named Josephine who remained in Poland. Her brother, Ignacy, immigrated to the States before Adam and Mary and the families lived near each other. I suspect there may have been more Borucki siblings.
I did some research at http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl It is a site run by volunteers indexing Poland’s parish records. I found a 1900 birth record for Ksawery Borucki and Julianna Budna, son, Boleslaw Borucki. I still need to translate the birth date and see if any witnesses are listed.
Polish birth record for Boleslaw Borucki
On the left margin the priest has entered a marriage date for Boleslaw. The date is 18 February 1925. I am not able to read the bride, Marianna, last name. It looks like Sypiewicz. I think I will post the photo below on Facebook and see if someone from the Polish Genealogy group can help. I was not able to find a record on genetaka.
9/30/2014 Update
The brides last name is Maminska. The city they were married in is Sypniewie.
1925 Marriage date written on side margin of 1900 birth record
#52Ancestors – No. 37 – Monsignor John A. Naja
Posted by Caroll in Genealogy, Polish Genealogy on September 15, 2014
This post is number 37 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
Monsignor John A. Naja
A leaf hint appeared on my tree that caused me to scamper up the family tree of my mother’s first husband. I was delighted to finally find a passport application for someone that was in my (extended) family. In reviewing the passport, I discovered that the person attended the SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, MI, in the 1921. This past August 2014, I attended the Polish Genealogy course as part of Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) at the Polish Mission on the seminary campus.
My mother’s father-in-law, Stanley Gaber, had a sister named Caroline Gaber. Caroline married Frank Naja. Frank’s brother, John Antony Naja (1901-1980) became a priest. The Naja’s were saloon keepers and possibly an Undertaker back in the day. In the early part of the 1900’s, the Gaber’s and Naja’s families resided in Shenandoah, PA. John went to study for the priesthood at the Michigan campus in his mid teens.
In 1921, John decided he wanted to travel and go to school in Europe and applied for a passport. The application includes his photo and a follow up letter to correct the spelling of his name. His last name was incorrectly spelled at Maja.
Source:
Passport Applications, January 2, 1906–March 31, 1925. NARA Microfilm Publication M1490, 2740 rolls. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Photo: http://www.poles.org/db/pol_parish/stladislaus_philpa/st.ladislaus_01.html
#52 Ancestors – No. 36 – Napoleon Groulx (Groux)
Posted by Caroll in French Canadian Genealogy, Genealogy on September 7, 2014
This post is number 36 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
Glad to know my five years of French through high school and college still has some use today. Not that I can speak the language anymore. Being able to recognize french words and handwriting styles comes in handy in deciphering French Canadian historical records. It is a necessary skill to have. One of the most useful Quebec vital records are the Drouin church records.
Drouin Marriage Record for Napolean Groux
I am a descendent of French ancestors who were settled Quebec in the 1600’s. In addition to my direct line, I have a few collateral lines who married individuals of French ancestry that I also research. I try my best to read the French records to glean information.
My grand aunt, Opal Anderson, daughter of Ernest Anderson and Minnie White; married Norman Joseph Groulx. Norman is the grandson of Napoleon Groux and Azilda (Exilda) Lacombe. Napoleon and Azilda were married in Ripon, Quebec, Canada, in 1869. The marriage was witnessed by Joseph Groux and Jule Lacombe.
I am not sure why the letter “l” was added to the name. It could be to help the pronunciation in English. My family pronounced the name as “Grew”. The marriage date is written in a flourish scroll, and I cannot clearly read the month. The date in French is; Le sept Janvier or Fevrier, [mil] huit cent soixante et neuf. Translated to 7 January or February 1869.
I have not been able to find a surname meaning for Groux. There is a church, Saint Groux, in France. Google maps displayed a couple of streets name Les Groux in several French cities. Since it is a collateral line, further research is usually when I get blocked by a wall and need a distraction.
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#52 Ancestors – No. 35 – Recycling of Oliver Cromwell
This post is number 35 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
Recycling Names
My Kentucky kinfolk liked to reuse names frequently within generations and successive generations. One such trend was using Oliver Cromwell. It was used as a first and middle name then add the family’s last name. If the name sounds familiar it is because Oliver Cromwell was the Lord Protector of England who helped overthrow King Charles I of England. Historically considered a dictator in the mid-1650’s.
The use of Oliver Cromwell starts with Elizabeth Oliver Brumley and Ezekiel Vanlandingham naming their son, Oliver Cromwell Vanlandingham, Sr, in 1784. Some researchers state that that Elizabeth mother’s maiden name was Oliver. I have no source citations to verify that information.
Oliver Cromwell Vanlandingham (1784-1856)
Oliver C. Vanlandingham, Sr; was a successful merchant in Paradise, KY and Baton Rouge, LA. He married Mary A. Drake of Louisiana and they had several children. One was Oliver C. Vanlandingham, Jr.; who in turned named one of his sons, Oliver C. Vanlandingham, III.
Ezekiel’s sister, Elizabeth, married Samuel Weir. Another prominent family in Paradise, KY. Her daughter, Elizabeth Weir, married Isaac Roll. They named one of their sons, Oliver Cromwell Roll (1848-1926). Their other son, David Roll, used the same name for one of his sons, my great-grandfather, Ollie C Roll (1894-1917).
The name was passed forward by Flora Roll who married Edward Yonts. They named their first son, Oliver Cromwell Yonts (1915-1952). Other cousins in the family tree have used Oliver or Olive for the girls.
Photo Credit
This photo appears in “A History of Muhlenberg County” by Otto Arthur Rothert.
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