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#52Ancestors – No. 41 – William H. Woodburn
This post is number 41 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.
William Woodburn and his two wives are listed on one headstone.
All Inclusive
Wives can be forever lost in history. This is not the case for my first cousin 5 removed, William H. Woodburn. William’s headstone lists both his wives names along with his name.
Williams first wife was Martha Frances Chandler. This union had four children. Martha may have died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. She died in 1864. Her last child, William Thomas Woodburn was born in 1864.
On October 14, 1868, William married America E. Baker, widow of Joseph Coffman. America had two children with Joseph Coffman. William and America had three daughters. Both William and American died in 1874.
Sources
Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100413699&ref=acom
#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
#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.
#52Ancestors – No. 34 – Just A Photo In A Box – Ervin & May King
This post is number 34 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.
During a scavenger hunt in my sister’s attic, I found a box of photos that originally belong to my grandmother, Olive. The box was most likely put there after my mom and her sisters cleaned out Olive’s apartment when she went into a nursing home.
I found a couple of photos that had names I didn’t recognize and set about to see if they were related. There were a set of photos that named three Roll sisters and one identifying two children as Ewin and May King. My great grandfather Ollie C. Roll had four sisters. Researching marriage records for my great aunts, I found that Addie (Ada) Yvonne Roll married a man named Ewin O. King.
Both Ewin, Sr and Addie died in their early forties. They had three children, Ewin, Jr., born 1912; Mae (May), born 1913; and a son James, born 1921. The children looked to be about five and four years old in this photo. There is no date on the photo. Based on the approximate ages, I would say the photo was taken between 1917-1918.
A Photo in a Box
Ewin, Jr; served in WWII and married Jeslyn Fiddler of Chicago, IL. They ended up living in Casper, Wyoming. I was not able to find information on Mae or James King.
#52Ancestors – No. 33 – Kenneth Ralph Barnett
Posted by Caroll in Genealogy Blog on August 21, 2014
This post is number 33 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.
Loss of a child
Kenneth R. Barnett only lived one day. Born on May 11, 1948, he passed away the next day. His headstone at Fairmount Cemetery in Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, is quite poignant. Kenneth was the grandson of my great Aunt, Grace Pittman. He is the son of Bettie Jo Holmes (first cousin 2x removed) and her husband Herbert K. Barnett.
A Lost Branch
I know very little of the Holmes/Barnett Family. Grace Pittman died at the age of 45. Bettie Jo was eight when her mother passed away. Grace remained in Kentucky, while her two sisters moved their families to Michigan. I have no family photos or information passed down from my grandmother regarding her cousins in KY.
Hopefully through this blog, I can connect to cousins on this branch and learn their stories.
Sources:
Photo credited to Tammy Dozer and can be found at Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=126622905&PIpi=98063050
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