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#52Ancestors – No. 46 – Aleksandra Lipińska
Posted by Caroll in Polish Genealogy on November 16, 2014
This post is number 46 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.
Aleksandra Lipinska, is the wife of Ignacy Borucki, post No. 5 in this series. She was born in 1877 and immigrated shortly after her marriage in 1896. The couple moved back in forth from Chicago and Pittsburgh. Eventually, the settled in Hamtramck, Michigan about 1911. She and Ignacy had eight children in all. Two died in childhood.
I was curious about her second child John. Born in Pittsburgh in 1897, he never seemed to have a job listed in the census. I also did not find a WWI Registration for him either. I was theorizing that he may have a disability. Recently I found a WWII Registration card that confirmed my suspicions. Under obvious physical characteristics…is lists; mentally deficient. He could not even sign his name on the form.
Aleksandra became a widow when Ignacy passed away in 1929. She had three sons of age who could help her out financially. A great benefit at the time of the depression. There was John and two younger children that needed a stable household.
I found a scan of their marriage record at http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl. They were married in 1895 in Krasnosielc-Sielce. Krasnosielc is a small village in Maków County, on the river Orzyc, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Krasnosielc. It lies approximately 18 kilometres north of Maków Mazowiecki and 90 km north of Warsaw.* *[Wikipedia]
The marriage record provided the names of the bride parents, Jan Lipinski and Anna Czaplinska. The groom’s parents are listed as Franciszek Borucki and Antonina Zabielska. The groom’s parents names match what Aleksandra provided for Ignacy’s death certificate.
The Geneteka database also has a marriage index listing for Jan Lipinski and Anna Czaplinska. The year of their marriage was 1860, which also took place in Krasnosielc-Sielce. Currently no scan is listed for this record.
Aleksandra passed away in 1952.
Borucki & Lipinska Polish/Russian Marriage Record 1896
#52Ancestors – No. 40 – Harry Trevelyan Saves Winston Churchill in 1899
This post is number 40 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.
Harry Trevelyan Saves Churchill
Who is Harry Arthur John Trevelyan and did he really save Churchill’s life during the Boer War? According to an article in The Dearborn Guide on January 27, 1965, written shortly after Churchill’s death, the answer is “Yes.” Is it true, I don’t know for sure.
I have tried searching various Churchill accounts regarding his escape from the Boers to learn more and was not able to pin down the details. The article states that Trevelyan was one of a group of British soldiers who saved the 26 year old newspaper correspondent. Churchill later became Prime Minister of England. The article states Trevelyan was a Lieutenant in the Cavalry.
Trevelyan was a Canadian who join the fight against the Boers. I do not know if he joined the British military for fought under an Canadian group.
Who was Harry A. Trevelyan?
Harry’s naturalization papers state he was born in Winnipeg, Canada, on July 14, 1876. On May 15, 1901, he entered United States at Pembina, North Dakota, on the Great Northern Railroad. He states he settled in Michigan on November 1, 1908. A search has not yielded any clues of where Harry was from 1901 to November 1908.
On December 24, 1909, in Detroit, Harry marries Edith H. White, my great Aunt. The marriage record lists his parents as Samuel Trevelyan and Anne Barcroft. A search of Manitoba archives and other online databases sheds no light on this family. The couple, Harry and Edith, have no children of their own. My grandmother, Mildred Edith Anderson, as a young child, comes to live with them sometime after 1925. They considered her their daughter.
A man of many talents
Clerk Invents Calendar
Photo of Harry Trevelyan and Edith H. White
Trevelyan was an automotive engineer for Cadillac, Packard, and Studebaker. He was a member of the Composite Lodge No. 499 (Masons), his hobby was statistics, he wrote, collected British Royalty stamps, and he invented a perpetual calendar. My father has told me stories, that Uncle Harry had many travels, was in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and once was a Detroit Sheriff’s Deputy.
The RCMP officially started in 1920, after Harry’s immigration to the US. However, it’s predecessor the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) served the Canadian West. Harry could have been a constable in this unit. Members of the NWMP unit did join the fight against the Boers in 1898. In 1938, Harry is employed by the Federal Clerk’s office in Detroit. In his role as a clerk, he was mostly like deputized during the 1943 Detroit Race Riots. I don’t believe he was actually employed as a police office
Harry died on April 1, 1955. Somehow, I think he is playing the ultimate fools game on me. As I can find very little records regarding his birth and family origins. His death certificate and obituary imply that he his interred at Woodmere Cemetery, in Detroit. His ashes were actually interred elsewhere.
Sources:
He Saved Churchill’s Life in 1899, Dearborn, MI, The Dearborn Guide, January 27, 1965, page 6, col. 1. Microfilm located at Henry Ford Centennial Library, Dearborn, MI. Reel 29, December 10, 1964 to June 24, 1965.
Harry A. Trevelyan obituary, Dearborn, MI, The Dearborn Press, April 7, 1955.
Duane De Loach, “Clerk Designs Calendar Good for 500 Years.” Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, November, 27, 1942
Photograph of Harry and Edith Trevelyan, circa 1950, Dearborn, MI. Copy in possession of Caroll Budny, Lynnwood, WA. Texas.
#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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#52Ancestors – No. 25 – Gladys Schneider
Posted by Caroll in Genealogy, Polish Genealogy on June 25, 2014
This post is number 25 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.
The stories about the wife of my Great Uncle Stanley Budny were not nice. A cousin said she was much older than Stanley and that she wasn’t pretty, whilst Stanley was said to be quite handsome. That Stanley married her because she came from a wealthier family.
I do not have a photograph of Gladys M. Schneider to debunk that piece of gossip. I do know that she was only two years older than Stanley. There wasn’t much money in the Schneider family. Though they owed a candy store in Detroit. In the mid to late 1920’s I don’t think it was making a lot of money to support the large Schneider family.
Gladys is the daughter of Christoph Schneider and Eva M. Bleser. Both her parents lived in Detroit where they married in 1897. The relocated to Grand Rapids, MI shortly after their marriage. Christoph worked as a confectioner while living in Grand Rapids The family moved backed to Detroit before their daughter Ruth died in 1908.
Gladys and Stanley are married on April 25, 1924 in Ecorse, MI. The couple have no children, despite Stanley’s white lie he told the police in 1927. At least none I could find listed with her on subsequent censuses. Stanley dies in a gun struggle on March 24, 1927. You can read about Stanley’s final escapade from an earlier post.
Gladys is living in her parents household in 1930 with her siblings, and Evelyn’s husband and children. Gladys is a clerk in a candy store, most likely her fathers. Christoph is into real estate by 1930 and the store may be sold or closed shortly after that. Gladys has take a position as a clerk for the State of Michigan Treasury Office. Which I find a bit ironic since her husband was a thief.
I assumed that Gladys never remarried after Stanley’s death. I found some information today that she may have married a man named John Scuttle. The marriage would have taken place after 1941. Gladys moves to Lansing, MI to continue her career with the Treasury Office. I can find her listed in the 1954-1956 Lansing City Directories under the name Gladys Scuttle, but no listing for John Scuttle.
Gladys passes away in 1970 in Detroit. I have no idea if she kept in touch my great aunts. Darn what stories she could have told about Stanley!
Other Family Information
Gladys’s Siblings
Evelyn Schneider Reppert
Grace Schneider Peters
Ruth Schneider (1906-1908)
Harvey Schneider
Marie D. Schneider Bentley
#52Ancestors – No. 21 – Charlotte A Kelley
Posted by Caroll in French Canadian Genealogy, Genealogy on May 26, 2014
This post is number 21 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 have two White family lines in my tree. One on my father’s side and one on my mother’s. White is a common name and most likely they are not related. It’s a little complicated as both of the first immigrants to the New World share the same name, John White. Both are from Great Britain. I have John White with his wife Ann Garner on my mothers side, who are Scots-Irish settling in South Carolina in 1753. On my Dad’s side is John Chauncy White who comes to Ontario, Canada from England between 1815 to 1830’s.
My intentions were to write about James Montgomery White, my second great-grandfather. He is the son of John Chauncy White. He is the husband of Percis DesJardins. The DesJardins are well known in Huron County, Michigan. I was looking for more info to write about James so he doesn’t get lost in the DesJardins family tree.
One Woman, Two Brothers
But I found more interesting information about his brothers William and Edward White. The two brothers married the same woman, Charlotte Kelley. Charlotte Kelley marries Edward White on July 26, 1862. They have one daughter named Eva born in April 1864. My initial search indicates that Edward White enlists in the Civil War serving for Company A, 11th Infantry Regiment on 25 December 1863 at age 17. He injured and dies of his wounds on July 4, 1864, near Marietta, GA. I wonder if Edward had a chance to see his daughter Eva before he died.
Charlotte then marries William White on December 1, 1867. William is the oldest brother to James and Edward White. Eight children are born to Charlotte and William White. William may have also served in the Civil War. I need to verify information of a record.
Charlotte is the daughter of Michael A Kelley and Sarah Ann Kenyon. Born June 1845 in New York state. She grew up in Ticonderoga, NY. Her family moved to Delaware Township in Sanilac County, Michigan before the 1860 Census was taken.
Charlotte’s last child Walter is born in 1887. He is 11 year’s old when his mother dies at the age of 54 in 1898. William moves the family down to Detroit. As of the 1910 Census he is listed as a boarder in Bad Axe, Michigan. William passes away in 1913.
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