Alexander Burnett was born about 1788 in Ireland.
Alexander Burnett married Mary.
The children of Alexander Burnett and Mary include:
William Burnett
Diana Burnett
Known descendants who have DNA tested for genetic genealogy:
Kris Hewitt Stewart (23andMe autosomal)
Richard Monette (23andMe autosomal)
If you are a descendant of Alexander Burnett and Mary click here for more info on how you can help!
Sources:
1851 Census of Canada
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Mary Hadley
#67
4th great grandmother of Kristina Hewitt
Mary Hadley was born 16 Apr 1830 in Quebec, Canada.
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| Mary Hadley, photo from GVHS |
Mary Hadley married William Burnett.
Mary Hadley died in 1919 and was buried in Wakefield Cemetery.
The children of William Burnett and Mary Hadley include:
Diana Burnett
Joseph Burnett
Margaret Burnett
Alexander Burnett
Rebecca Burnett
Albert Edward Burnett
James William Burnett
Mary Adelia Lott Burnett
David John Burnett
Eliza Jane Burnett
Known descendants who have DNA tested for genetic genealogy:
Kris Hewitt Stewart (23andMe, FTDNA, MyHeritage, AncestryDNA, Gedmatch)
Richard Monette (23andMe, FTDNA, MyHeritage, Gedmatch)
If you are a descendant of William Burnett and Mary Hadley click here for more info on how you can help!
Sources:
1851 Census of Canada
1861 Census of Canada
1871 Census of Canada
1881 Census of Canada
1891 Census of Canada
1901 Census of Canada
52 Ancestors #1 - William Burnett
#66
4th great grandfather of Kristina Hewitt
William Burnett was born 10 Apr 1827 in Ireland.
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| William Burnett, photo from GVHS |
In the 1871 census of Canada William (44) is listed living in Hull, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada with his wife Mary (40), children Dianna (17), Joseph (16), Alexander (14), Margaret (12), Albert E (9) , Mary (5), David J (2) and William's mother Mary (83)
William Burnett died 17 Nov 1903.
William Burnett was buried in Wakefield Cemetery.
The children of William Burnett and Mary Hadley include:
Diana Burnett
Joseph Burnett
Margaret Burnett
Alexander Burnett
Rebecca Burnett
Albert Edward Burnett
James William Burnett
Mary Adelia Lott Burnett
David John Burnett
Eliza Jane Burnett
Known descendants who have DNA tested for genetic genealogy:
Kris Hewitt Stewart (23andMe autosomal)
Richard Monette (23andMe autosomal)
If you are a descendant of William Burnett and Mary Hadley click here for more info on how you can help!
Sources:
1851 Census of Canada
1861 Census of Canada
1871 Census of Canada
1881 Census of Canada
1891 Census of Canada
1901 Census of Canada
A little Genealogy Fun: Roll the Ancestor Dice!
Having trouble picking who to work on researching in your genealogy today? Do you often work on easier areas of your family tree and neglect the harder to research ancestors? Use the Random Number Generator to pick the ancestor you post about today!
8191 is the last ancestor of your 10th great grandparents in an Ahnentafel list. If you aren't quite that brave you could use a Max Number of 4095 (9th great grandparents) or 2047 (8th great grandparents) or 1023. (7th great grandparents).
After you get your random number go to that person in your Ahnentafel, and that is the ancestor you research.
After you get your random number go to that person in your Ahnentafel, and that is the ancestor you research.
Friday, January 3, 2014
FTDNA now shows matches on the X chromosome
Great news this week that FTDNA is now showing the X matches.
CeCe Moore has written a great post on this, so I'm not going to repeat all the details here. You can read about that here at the Your Genetic Genealogist blog.
This is an option that has been asked for for years by genetic genealogists, and now we have it. But I find it is causing a great deal of commotion and confusion!
The X chromosome is special, you can read some more about how and why the X is different than the other 22 chromosome pairs in my post Discussing the X.
Please make sure you fully understand (at least as best as any of us do at this point, genetic genealogy is a constantly changing game!) the "rules" of X chromosome inheritance.
It appears that FTDNA is showing all matches with even tiny X matches as X matches. This DOES NOT mean that the match is only an X match. For example, if you match someone for 20 cM on chromosome 1 and for 2 cM on the X chromosome. If you are male, an X match means that the person is on your mothers side. But, with the type of match I just described, the X match is so small that it is likely not IBD, and if you limited your search for a common ancestor to the maternal side you run a very high risk of not ever finding the correct common ancestor for the match on chromosome 1, which is likely FAR more recent than the one on the X.
Personally, I would ignore any X match smaller than 10 cM. Even if the X match is larger, if you have another chromosome match on another "regular" ie. not X chromosome, the two segments could be from different ancestors. I see 2 segment matches where one is from each of my parents quite often. I am pretty good (if I do say so myself) at finding the common ancestor with matches, but I have yet to succeed in finding an X match common ancestor, and on some of my kits I have X matches over 35 cM!
So, while I think you should explore your FTDNA X matches, there does appear to be some glitches in the FTDNA X matching system at the moment, and I would proceed with caution is considering what an X match means in your search for a common ancestor.
CeCe Moore has written a great post on this, so I'm not going to repeat all the details here. You can read about that here at the Your Genetic Genealogist blog.
This is an option that has been asked for for years by genetic genealogists, and now we have it. But I find it is causing a great deal of commotion and confusion!
The X chromosome is special, you can read some more about how and why the X is different than the other 22 chromosome pairs in my post Discussing the X.
Please make sure you fully understand (at least as best as any of us do at this point, genetic genealogy is a constantly changing game!) the "rules" of X chromosome inheritance.
It appears that FTDNA is showing all matches with even tiny X matches as X matches. This DOES NOT mean that the match is only an X match. For example, if you match someone for 20 cM on chromosome 1 and for 2 cM on the X chromosome. If you are male, an X match means that the person is on your mothers side. But, with the type of match I just described, the X match is so small that it is likely not IBD, and if you limited your search for a common ancestor to the maternal side you run a very high risk of not ever finding the correct common ancestor for the match on chromosome 1, which is likely FAR more recent than the one on the X.
Personally, I would ignore any X match smaller than 10 cM. Even if the X match is larger, if you have another chromosome match on another "regular" ie. not X chromosome, the two segments could be from different ancestors. I see 2 segment matches where one is from each of my parents quite often. I am pretty good (if I do say so myself) at finding the common ancestor with matches, but I have yet to succeed in finding an X match common ancestor, and on some of my kits I have X matches over 35 cM!
So, while I think you should explore your FTDNA X matches, there does appear to be some glitches in the FTDNA X matching system at the moment, and I would proceed with caution is considering what an X match means in your search for a common ancestor.
Friday Funny - Talking Toms Genealogy Confession
This one goes out to all the Crazy Cat Lady genealogists out there! You know who you are.....
Teresa Poncia
#9
great grandmother of Donald Peverelle
Teresa Poncia was born 9 May 1850 in Birmingham, England.
Teresa was the daughter of Anthony Poncia and Jane Amelia Terry.
Teresa married Joseph Alexander Peverelle in 1869.
Teresa died 22 Mar 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The children of Joseph Alexander Peverelle and Teresa Poncia include:
Joseph Alexander Peverelle Jr.
Gerald Ernest Peverelle
Laurence Adrian Peverelle
Sylvester Lewis Peverelli
Theresa M Peverelle
Ethelreda Agnes Peverelle
Catherine Peverelle
Winifred Mary Gertrude Peverelle
Edith Marion Peverelle
Louis Henry Peverelle
How to get your updated posts seen!
Have you ever considered that when you update a post from long ago, your readers will not likely see the updates since they will think they already read that post?
This post is for genealogy bloggers who use Blogger. As I understand it, most other blogging sites have an option to do this built in.
Many readers look at the last few posts on a blog they have read all or most of the content on.
Genealogy blogs are different than many other blogs in the sense that the interest in some pages about people (like the ones the reader is related to) is very high, but the interest in other pages (ones the reader isn't related to) is actually very low.
We also tend to find new info on our blogging tops more often I would think that most other types of blogs. For example, a person is unlikely to change or add to their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe but they are likely to add information over time to their ancestor.
When we update the info on a blog post from some time ago, the entire post stays buried. Even if a person is following your blog and have read the page, they won't be notified of changes to that page. You probably don't want to delete the old page and post the new updated one, because any links to the old page would then be broken.
So, what to do? What I have decided to do is to change the post date manually, so it will reflect the "last modified" date instead of the original post date. This will move the updated page to the top of the blog post list, as if I just published it, but it will keep the original URL so links to the page will not be broken.
On the right hand side you can see "Post Settings"
Click on "Published on" and you will see this:
Change the date to the current date and click "Done". And viola! Your post will now appear as if you just published it, but with the original posted date retained in the URL.
This post is for genealogy bloggers who use Blogger. As I understand it, most other blogging sites have an option to do this built in.
Many readers look at the last few posts on a blog they have read all or most of the content on.
Genealogy blogs are different than many other blogs in the sense that the interest in some pages about people (like the ones the reader is related to) is very high, but the interest in other pages (ones the reader isn't related to) is actually very low.
We also tend to find new info on our blogging tops more often I would think that most other types of blogs. For example, a person is unlikely to change or add to their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe but they are likely to add information over time to their ancestor.
When we update the info on a blog post from some time ago, the entire post stays buried. Even if a person is following your blog and have read the page, they won't be notified of changes to that page. You probably don't want to delete the old page and post the new updated one, because any links to the old page would then be broken.
So, what to do? What I have decided to do is to change the post date manually, so it will reflect the "last modified" date instead of the original post date. This will move the updated page to the top of the blog post list, as if I just published it, but it will keep the original URL so links to the page will not be broken.
On the right hand side you can see "Post Settings"
Click on "Published on" and you will see this:
Change the date to the current date and click "Done". And viola! Your post will now appear as if you just published it, but with the original posted date retained in the URL.
Anthony Poncia
#18
great great grandfather of Donald Peverelle
Anthony was the son of John Poncia and his wife Elizabeth.
Anthony was born about 1826 in Birmingham, England
Anthony married Jane Amelia Terry.
Anthony died 25 Jul 1887 in Worcestershire, England.
The children of Anthony Poncia and Jane Amelia Terry include:
Ellen Poncia
Teresa Poncia
Eugenia Poncia
Sources:
1841 Census of England
1851 Census of England
1861 Census of England
1871 Census of England
The Genealogy Dream Tour!
Many of my readers may not know that in addition to genealogy, I also enjoy RVing. I have traveled by RV from BC to Ontario, Canada over several weeks. We were able to visit many great Canadian Historical Sites. I think one of my favorites was Fort Langley, which we visited many times.
Someday, my husband and I and whatever children are still living with us will go on what I will call my "Genealogy Dream Tour". (My husband and kids will likely have their own name for it and perhaps even some destinations they would like to visit, but they can start their own blog for that, since this is my blog I can name it what I wish hehe!)
This post will be updated as I discover new locations to visit on this trip.
One place that is definitely on the list is Fort La Tour.
Someday, my husband and I and whatever children are still living with us will go on what I will call my "Genealogy Dream Tour". (My husband and kids will likely have their own name for it and perhaps even some destinations they would like to visit, but they can start their own blog for that, since this is my blog I can name it what I wish hehe!)
This post will be updated as I discover new locations to visit on this trip.
One place that is definitely on the list is Fort La Tour.
Congrats to Judy Russell (aka The Legal Genealogist)!
On her 1st place win in the Niche category of the Top 100 Law Blawgs for her blog "The Legal Genealogist"
You can read her post on the win at: http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2014/01/03/its-a-win/
If you don't already follow her blog you are missing out! Her blog is filled with helpful information that relates to the law and genealogy.
You can follow her (@legalgen) on Twitter as well.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Charles De Saint Etienne De La Tour
#4398
10th great grandfather of Kristina Hewitt
This is perhaps one of my most interesting ancestors!
Charles De Saint-Etienne De La Tour was the son of Claude Nicholas De Saint Etienne De La Tour and Marie Amador De Salazar.
Charles De Saint-Etienne De La Tour was born in 1593 in France.
On the 25 Feb 1610, Charles left Dieppe by ship to Acadia with his father and several other men led by Jean De Biencourt. They were planning to resettle Port Royal which was abandoned. Charles was good friends with the son of Jean De Biencourt, Charles De Biencourt.
Samuel Argall destroyed Port Royal in 1613 and Biencourt and his men lived for a time with the natives in the area. Biencourt and his men mainly gave up on settlement and farming and focused on fur trade. Charles De Biencourt died in 1623 or 1624 and left Charles De La Tour as his heir. Some people claimed that Charles De La Tour poisoned De Biencourt, but this appears to be unfounded. Charles De La Tour was a relative of De Biencourt (more on that later)
La Tour took over the colony and set up Fort Lomeron at Cap de Sable.
When La Tour learned that France was at war with England in 1627, he realized that Acadia needed much better defenses it was to stay under French Control. So, he writes some letters to France and his father presented the letters.
France sent 4 ships, with settlers and with his father Claude on one of them, but the ships were captured. Since no help came, the only French held part of Acadia was then Fort Lomeron.
Here it starts to get really interesting. Claude, while captured by the English, switches sides in exchange for promises of land from the English. He returns to Acadia with 2 English warships, and English settlers and asks Charles to switch to the English side as well.
Charles refuses and for over 24 hours the English troops attack Fort Lomeron. They are unsuccessful and the English moved on to Port Royal.
Soon after, 2 French ships arrive with supplies and settlers. These food, arms and men were for Charles to build a stronger habitation for the French. Charles built up the post and area around Cap de Sable, and the Fort was renamed Fort La Tour.
Since the French seemed to now be paying attention to things in Acadia, Charles sends to France asking for more help so he can secure a trading post at the mouth of the Saint John river. This was a great area for fur trading.
On 8 Feb 1631, King Louis XIII named Charles de la Tour governor and lieutenant-general, and this royal commission was delivered with the supplies that Charles had requested.
Charles completed the fur trading post and named it Fort Sainte-Marie. He left it under the command on one of his lieutenants. On 18 Sep 1632 Scots from Port-Royal under the command of Capt. Andrew Forrester attacked Fort Sainte-Marie. They damaged the chapel and stole supplies. A few months later Charles captured and pillaged the English for at Machias to make it clear that attacks on his posts should expect attacks in retaliation.
In 1632 France signed the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, which gave them back control of Acadia. Isaac De Razilly was made governor of Acadia, and arrived to take back Port Royal from the Scots. Charles de la Tour headed back to France, where he had the boundaries of what he controlled and what De Razilly controlled set out. Razilly was to control La Heve, Port Royal and the Sainte-Croixe area. Charles also recruited more settlers while in France. He returned to Acadia and in 1635 he moved his headquarters to Fort Sainte-Marie.
Everything was going well, and the French were prospering under De Razilly and Charles De La Tour, but Isaac De Razilly died suddenly in 1635. Isaac's brother Claude De Rasilly succeeded him, but as he desired to stay in France, he sent a cousin, Charles De Menou d'Aulnay to look after things in Acadia.
Both La Tour and D'Aulnay were ambitious and things quickly took a turn for the worse, as their boundaries were contested by each other. A huge feud began, which is hard to really research, as sources conflict as to exactly what happened and when.
In 1636 the French had given to Claude De La Tour a trading post at Pentagouet. Claude had build this post, around 1625, but New England had taken it in 1626 and d'Aulnay had retaken it in 1635. This seems to be part of the cause of the trouble. Then, the French divided the land in a silly way, and made the matter worse.
The deal made years before was that D'Aulnay and La Tour would split the profit and expenses of the fur trade. In 1640 La Tour went to Port Royal to check on the fur and supplies situation there, and was refused. Apparently, he and D'Aulnay got into a physical fight!
D'Aulnay wrote the king bascially accusing La Tour of attacking him and got an order from the King for La Tour to return to France to explain his conduct. La Tour refused to follow this order since he felt it was unjustly obtained. D'Aulnay used this refusal to make La Tour look bad in the French court and when the king finally ordered him to secure Fort La Tour he attacked it, burned it and kept the loot for himself.
Since La Tour was not able to get supplies and trade with France, he sent someone to ask in Boston for the right to recruit and trade there. D'Aulnay learned of this and went to France, accusing La Tour of treason. In August 1642 he returned to Acadia again with orders for La Tour to appear before the king in France.
It is decided that his wife, Francoise-Marie Jacquelin, would go to France, and Charles De La Tour would stay in Acadia. While in France, his wife was able to convince the French to send a ship with troops and supplies to La Tour. In Apr 1643 the ship arrived in Acadia, but d'Aulnay had blockaded the Saint John post.
More soon....
Here it starts to get really interesting. Claude, while captured by the English, switches sides in exchange for promises of land from the English. He returns to Acadia with 2 English warships, and English settlers and asks Charles to switch to the English side as well.
Charles refuses and for over 24 hours the English troops attack Fort Lomeron. They are unsuccessful and the English moved on to Port Royal.
Soon after, 2 French ships arrive with supplies and settlers. These food, arms and men were for Charles to build a stronger habitation for the French. Charles built up the post and area around Cap de Sable, and the Fort was renamed Fort La Tour.
Since the French seemed to now be paying attention to things in Acadia, Charles sends to France asking for more help so he can secure a trading post at the mouth of the Saint John river. This was a great area for fur trading.
On 8 Feb 1631, King Louis XIII named Charles de la Tour governor and lieutenant-general, and this royal commission was delivered with the supplies that Charles had requested.
Charles completed the fur trading post and named it Fort Sainte-Marie. He left it under the command on one of his lieutenants. On 18 Sep 1632 Scots from Port-Royal under the command of Capt. Andrew Forrester attacked Fort Sainte-Marie. They damaged the chapel and stole supplies. A few months later Charles captured and pillaged the English for at Machias to make it clear that attacks on his posts should expect attacks in retaliation.
In 1632 France signed the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, which gave them back control of Acadia. Isaac De Razilly was made governor of Acadia, and arrived to take back Port Royal from the Scots. Charles de la Tour headed back to France, where he had the boundaries of what he controlled and what De Razilly controlled set out. Razilly was to control La Heve, Port Royal and the Sainte-Croixe area. Charles also recruited more settlers while in France. He returned to Acadia and in 1635 he moved his headquarters to Fort Sainte-Marie.
Everything was going well, and the French were prospering under De Razilly and Charles De La Tour, but Isaac De Razilly died suddenly in 1635. Isaac's brother Claude De Rasilly succeeded him, but as he desired to stay in France, he sent a cousin, Charles De Menou d'Aulnay to look after things in Acadia.
Both La Tour and D'Aulnay were ambitious and things quickly took a turn for the worse, as their boundaries were contested by each other. A huge feud began, which is hard to really research, as sources conflict as to exactly what happened and when.
In 1636 the French had given to Claude De La Tour a trading post at Pentagouet. Claude had build this post, around 1625, but New England had taken it in 1626 and d'Aulnay had retaken it in 1635. This seems to be part of the cause of the trouble. Then, the French divided the land in a silly way, and made the matter worse.
The deal made years before was that D'Aulnay and La Tour would split the profit and expenses of the fur trade. In 1640 La Tour went to Port Royal to check on the fur and supplies situation there, and was refused. Apparently, he and D'Aulnay got into a physical fight!
D'Aulnay wrote the king bascially accusing La Tour of attacking him and got an order from the King for La Tour to return to France to explain his conduct. La Tour refused to follow this order since he felt it was unjustly obtained. D'Aulnay used this refusal to make La Tour look bad in the French court and when the king finally ordered him to secure Fort La Tour he attacked it, burned it and kept the loot for himself.
Since La Tour was not able to get supplies and trade with France, he sent someone to ask in Boston for the right to recruit and trade there. D'Aulnay learned of this and went to France, accusing La Tour of treason. In August 1642 he returned to Acadia again with orders for La Tour to appear before the king in France.
It is decided that his wife, Francoise-Marie Jacquelin, would go to France, and Charles De La Tour would stay in Acadia. While in France, his wife was able to convince the French to send a ship with troops and supplies to La Tour. In Apr 1643 the ship arrived in Acadia, but d'Aulnay had blockaded the Saint John post.
More soon....
Sources:
Marie DeSaintEtienne De La Tour
#2199
9th great grandmother of Kristina Hewitt
Marie DeSaintEtienne De La Tour was the daughter of Charles DeSaint-Etienne De La Tour and Jeanne-Marie Motin.
Marie was born about 1654 in Acadia (present day Canada).
Marie De Saint Etienne De La Tour married Alexandre LeBorgne De Belisle.
The children of Alexander LeBorgne and Marie De Saint Etienne De La Tour include:
Marie Madeleine Le Borgne De Belle-Isle
Jeanne LeBorgne
Marie-Francoise LeBorgne
Marie Madeleine Le Borge de Belle-Isle
#1099
8th great grandmother of Kristina Hewitt
Marie Madeleine Le Borgne de Belle-Isle was the daughter of Alexander LeBorgne De Belisle and Marie DeSaintEtienne De laTour.
Marie Madeleine LeBorgne was born in Port Royal, Acadia around 1677.
Marie Madeleine Le Borgne married Alexandre Girouard.
The children of Alexandre Girouard and Marie Madeline Le Borgne include:
Marguerite Girouard
Marguerite Girouard
#549
7th great grandmother of Kristina Hewitt
Marguerite Girouard was born in 1713 in Acadia (present day Nova Scotia, Canada).
Marguerite Girouard was the daughter of Alexander Girouard and Marie LeBorgne.
Marguerite Girouard married Alexander Guilbault.
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| marriage record of Alexander Guilbault and Marguerite Girouard |
Marguerite Girouard, with her husband and children, were among the 232 Acadians on board the Pembroke destined for North Carolina. The Pembroke story is quite amazing.
Marguerite Girouard died in 1757 from smallpox, after the deaths of two of her children (Jean and Marie).
The children of Alexander Guilbault and Marguerite Girouard include:
Amand (dit Benjamin) Guilbault
Jean Guilbault
Gregoire Guilbault
Joseph Guilbault
Charles Guilbault
Marie-Josephe Guilbault
Ursule Guilbault
Theotiste Guilbault
The Pembroke - Acadians fight back!
This post concerns events that occurred during the Great Expulsion.
On the 4th Dec 1755, 232 Acadians were loaded onto the Pembroke, and were destined for South Carolina. There were only 8 English men on the ship. They were travelling with other 6 boats and an accompanying frigate. Bad weather separated them from the other boats and frigate, and the Acadians seized the opportunity to take command of the ship.
The Acadians took the ship to present day New Brunswick, and spent the winter there. Some of the Acadians moved on to Quebec.
Below is a reconstructed list of the 232 Acadians on board the Pembroke: (work in progress)
Alexandre Guilbault family (10 people)
Alexandre Guilbault
Marguerite Girouard
Armand (dit Benjamin) Guilbault
Jean Guilbault
Gregoire Guilbault
Joseph Guilbault
Charles Guilbault
Marie-Josephe Guilbault
Ursule Guilbault
Theotiste Guilbault
Sources:
http://www.acadian-home.org/PD-Pembroke.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians
On the 4th Dec 1755, 232 Acadians were loaded onto the Pembroke, and were destined for South Carolina. There were only 8 English men on the ship. They were travelling with other 6 boats and an accompanying frigate. Bad weather separated them from the other boats and frigate, and the Acadians seized the opportunity to take command of the ship.
The Acadians took the ship to present day New Brunswick, and spent the winter there. Some of the Acadians moved on to Quebec.
Below is a reconstructed list of the 232 Acadians on board the Pembroke: (work in progress)
Alexandre Guilbault family (10 people)
Alexandre Guilbault
Marguerite Girouard
Armand (dit Benjamin) Guilbault
Jean Guilbault
Gregoire Guilbault
Joseph Guilbault
Charles Guilbault
Marie-Josephe Guilbault
Ursule Guilbault
Theotiste Guilbault
Sources:
http://www.acadian-home.org/PD-Pembroke.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians
Gregoire Guilbault
#274
6th great grandfather of Kristina Hewitt
Gregoire Guilbault was the son of Alexandre Guilbault and Marguerite Girouard.
Gregoire Guilbault was born about 1750 in Acadia.
Gregoire was about 5 years old at the time of the "Great Expulsion" Gregoire Guilbault was one of the 232 Acadians on board the Pembroke destined for North Carolina. The Pembroke story is quite amazing, so I'll be devoting a separate post for that.
Gregoire was about 5 years old at the time of the "Great Expulsion" Gregoire Guilbault was one of the 232 Acadians on board the Pembroke destined for North Carolina. The Pembroke story is quite amazing, so I'll be devoting a separate post for that.
Gregoire Guilbault married Agathe Hus (aka Agathe Hus-Millet) on 8 Apr 1771 in Quebec, Canada.
Gregoire Guilbault died 1816.
The children of Gregoire Guilbault and Agathe Hus include:
Louis Guilbault
Marguerite Guilbault
Dorothee Guilbault
Dorothee Guilbault was born 3 Mar 1792 in Yamaska, Quebec, Canada.
Dorothee Guilbault was the daughter of Gregoire Guilbault and Agathe Hus.
Dorothee Guilbault married Louis Petrin in 1810 in Yamaska, Quebec, Canada.
Dorothee married Basile Proulx in 1847 in St-Aime-de-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
Dorothee Guilbault died 18 Apr 1868 in Gracefield, Quebec, Canada.
The children of Louis Petrin and Dorothee Guilbault include:
Moise Petrin
Michael Petrin
Louis Petrin
Dorothee Guilbault was the daughter of Gregoire Guilbault and Agathe Hus.
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| baptism record for Dorothee Guilbault |
Dorothee Guilbault married Louis Petrin in 1810 in Yamaska, Quebec, Canada.
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| marriage of Louis Petrin and Dorothee Guilbault in 1910, viewed at Ancestry.com |
Dorothee married Basile Proulx in 1847 in St-Aime-de-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
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| marriage record of Dorothee Guilbault and Basile Proulx |
The children of Louis Petrin and Dorothee Guilbault include:
Moise Petrin
Michael Petrin
Louis Petrin
Louis Petrin
#136
5th great grandfather of Kristina Hewitt
Louis Petrin was born in 1787 and baptized in 1787 in Yamaska, Quebec, Canada.
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| baptism record for Louis Petrin |
Louis Petrin married Dorothee Guilbault
The children of Louis Petrin and Dorothee Guilbault include:
Michel Petrin
Louis Petrin
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Happy New Year.....New 23andMe Matches!
Happy New Year everyone! Is everyone ready to make 2014 *the* year for genealogy? Do you have some good New Years Resolutions that are genealogy related?
This morning I checked my 23andMe kits like I do every morning and there is a fresh batch of matches! So get in there and check your kits, and send out those invites :) Good Luck!
I see some new matches at FTDNA from Dec 29th as well....
This morning I checked my 23andMe kits like I do every morning and there is a fresh batch of matches! So get in there and check your kits, and send out those invites :) Good Luck!
I see some new matches at FTDNA from Dec 29th as well....
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Manitoba, Canada
Manitoba is a province in Canada. Here are some online resources I use when researching genealogy people in Manitoba:
Vital Statistics (Births, Marriages and Deaths):
Vital Statistics (Births, Marriage and Deaths)
Archives:
Archives of Manitoba
Societies:
Manitoba Genealogical Society
This is not intended to be a complete list of resources that can be used for family history research in Manitoba, but some of ones most frequently used by me. I welcome suggestions from other genealogists on what sites they use most often if not listed here!
Vital Statistics (Births, Marriages and Deaths):
Vital Statistics (Births, Marriage and Deaths)
Archives:
Archives of Manitoba
Societies:
Manitoba Genealogical Society
This is not intended to be a complete list of resources that can be used for family history research in Manitoba, but some of ones most frequently used by me. I welcome suggestions from other genealogists on what sites they use most often if not listed here!
Margaret Lloyd
Margaret Lloyd was the daughter of Caleb Lloyd and Agnes Lever.
Margaret Lloyd was born in 1834 in Brock Township, Ontario, Canada.
Margaret Lloyd married Alvery Beecroft in 1854.
The children of Alvery Beecroft and Margaret Lloyd include:
Howard Lever Beecroft
Esther Beecroft
Frank Lloyd Beecroft
Rozena Beecroft
Laura Beecroft
George Lever Beecroft
Sources:
1881 Census of Canada
1891 Census of Canada
1901 Census of Canada
Ontario Death Records
Margaret Lloyd was born in 1834 in Brock Township, Ontario, Canada.
Margaret Lloyd married Alvery Beecroft in 1854.
The children of Alvery Beecroft and Margaret Lloyd include:
Howard Lever Beecroft
Esther Beecroft
Frank Lloyd Beecroft
Rozena Beecroft
Laura Beecroft
George Lever Beecroft
Sources:
1881 Census of Canada
1891 Census of Canada
1901 Census of Canada
Ontario Death Records
Caleb Lloyd
Caleb Lloyd was the son of John Lloyd and Margaret Glover.
Caleb Lloyd was born in 1798 in Ireland.
Caleb Lloyd was born in 1798 in Ireland.
He immigrated to Canada.
In the 1861 Census of Canada, Caleb is listed as living in Whitchurch, York, Ontario, Canada, with wife Agnes and some of their children and a Frances Lloyd.
Caleb Lloyd married Agnes Lever 23 Sep 1830 in Home District (now Ontario, Canada)
The children of Caleb Lloyd and Agnes Lever include:
Margaret Lloyd
James Lever Lloyd
Eliza A Lloyd
Sophia Lloyd
Hester Ann Lloyd
Mary Lloyd
Sources:
1861 Census of Canada
52Ancestors #6 John Lloyd
#176
5th great grandfather of Kristina Hewitt
4th great grandfather of Richard Monette
3rd great grandfather of Jean Mulligan
4th great grandfather of Richard Monette
3rd great grandfather of Jean Mulligan
John Lloyd was born in 1774 in Leitrim, Connacht, Ireland.
John Lloyd married Margaret Glover.
John Lloyd died 22 Aug 1848 in Wilfrid, Ontario, Canada.
John Lloyd was buried in Sutherland, Ontario, Canada.
John Lloyd was buried in Sutherland, Ontario, Canada.
The children of John Lloyd and Margaret Glover include:
John Lloyd
Glover Lloyd
Maria Lloyd
Jane Lloyd
Margaret Lloyd
William
Eliza
Known descendants who have DNA tested for genetic genealogy:
Kris Hewitt Stewart (23andMe autosomal, FTDNA Family Finder, AncestryDNA)
Jean Mulligan (23andMe autosomal, FTDNA Family Finder)
Richard Monette (23andMe autosomal, FTDNA Family Finder)
Samantha Stewart (23andMe autosomal)
Katelyn Stewart (23andMe autosomal)
If you are a descendant of Marmaduke Lloyd and Mary McMaster click here for more info on how you can help!
William
Eliza
Known descendants who have DNA tested for genetic genealogy:
Kris Hewitt Stewart (23andMe autosomal, FTDNA Family Finder, AncestryDNA)
Jean Mulligan (23andMe autosomal, FTDNA Family Finder)
Richard Monette (23andMe autosomal, FTDNA Family Finder)
Samantha Stewart (23andMe autosomal)
Katelyn Stewart (23andMe autosomal)
If you are a descendant of Marmaduke Lloyd and Mary McMaster click here for more info on how you can help!
Tuesday's Tip - Ancestry.com has alot, but not everything!
Today, right before dinner, I was searching around for more info on my ancestor Marmaduke Lloyd. He is my 4th great grandfather. As he was born in Ireland around 1810, I thought he would be a tough one to get further back on. I have a very hard time with Irish research. Typically, once I get a line back to Ireland, things fizzle out quickly. I was mainly hoping I might be able to narrow down Ireland to a county.
A quick search on Family Search gave me two census documents I already had.
Ancestry.com has 11 suggested "connections" for Marmaduke, and all are for "my" Marmaduke. None of them have his parents.
A quick Google search however brought me this website as the first hit. Following it I have found the parents of Marmaduke Lloyd, as well as several siblings and a genealogist cousin!
Interestingly, this site has Marmaduke Lloyd but not my 3rd great grandfather John T Lloyd!
Once I entered in the data from the site to look for collaborating sources at Ancestry.com, I was able to find more documents and will be working on this family for awhile!
Of course, not everything can be found on the internet, but one should also be careful when doing online research to not rely on just one website, no matter how great, for all your research. Ancestry.com is great, really, really great. FamilySearch.org is great, really, really, great. I'm sure anyone who remembers having to read microfilmed, un-indexed census documents during library hours would agree that using these great sites is amazing.
Sometimes another search engine can give different results, such as Bing or Mocavo (special genealogy search engine)
A quick search on Family Search gave me two census documents I already had.
Ancestry.com has 11 suggested "connections" for Marmaduke, and all are for "my" Marmaduke. None of them have his parents.
A quick Google search however brought me this website as the first hit. Following it I have found the parents of Marmaduke Lloyd, as well as several siblings and a genealogist cousin!
Interestingly, this site has Marmaduke Lloyd but not my 3rd great grandfather John T Lloyd!
Once I entered in the data from the site to look for collaborating sources at Ancestry.com, I was able to find more documents and will be working on this family for awhile!
Of course, not everything can be found on the internet, but one should also be careful when doing online research to not rely on just one website, no matter how great, for all your research. Ancestry.com is great, really, really great. FamilySearch.org is great, really, really, great. I'm sure anyone who remembers having to read microfilmed, un-indexed census documents during library hours would agree that using these great sites is amazing.
Sometimes another search engine can give different results, such as Bing or Mocavo (special genealogy search engine)
Monday, December 30, 2013
Mercy Rice born 1671
Mercy Rice was born 1 Jan 1671 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Mercy Rice was the daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore.
Mercy Rice married Elnathan Allen.
The children of Elnathan Allen and Mercy Rice include:
Obadiah Allen
Israel Allen
Elizabeth Allen
Anna Allen
Israel Allen (1705-1783)
Mary Allen (1708-bef 1711)
Mary Allen (1711- )
Thankful Allen (1713- )
Mercy Rice was the daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore.
Mercy Rice married Elnathan Allen.
The children of Elnathan Allen and Mercy Rice include:
Obadiah Allen
Israel Allen
Elizabeth Allen
Anna Allen
Israel Allen (1705-1783)
Mary Allen (1708-bef 1711)
Mary Allen (1711- )
Thankful Allen (1713- )
Israel Allen born 1705
Israel Allen was the son of Elnathan Allen and Mercy Rice.
Israel Allen was born 20 Dec 1705 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Israel Allen married Elizabeth Wheelock 14 Feb 1728 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
The children of Israel Allen and Elizabeth Wheelock include:
Elnathan Allen (1728-1805)
Lois Allen (1732- )
Israel Allen was born 20 Dec 1705 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Israel Allen married Elizabeth Wheelock 14 Feb 1728 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
The children of Israel Allen and Elizabeth Wheelock include:
Elnathan Allen (1728-1805)
Lois Allen (1732- )
Elnathan Allan born 1728
Elnathan Allen was the son of Israel Allen and Elizabeth Wheelock.
Elnathan Allen was born 18 Nov 1728 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Elnathan Allen married Thankful Hastings 31 May 1753 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.
Apparently Elnathan served in the Rev. War.
He is DAR Ancestor #A001527
Elnathan Allen died 2 Oct 1805 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
The children of Elnathan Allen and Thankful Hastings include:
Elnathan Allen (1754-1830)
Israel Allen (1756-1817)
Rhoda Allen (1759-1789)
Silas Allen (1762-1840)
Elizabeth Allen (1765- )
Arunah Allen (1767-1853)
Luther Allen (1770-1771)
Luther Allen (1772-1837)
Rev. Wilkes Allen (1775-1845)
Liberty Allen (1776-1865)
Elnathan Allen was born 18 Nov 1728 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Elnathan Allen married Thankful Hastings 31 May 1753 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.
Apparently Elnathan served in the Rev. War.
He is DAR Ancestor #A001527
Elnathan Allen died 2 Oct 1805 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
The children of Elnathan Allen and Thankful Hastings include:
Elnathan Allen (1754-1830)
Israel Allen (1756-1817)
Rhoda Allen (1759-1789)
Silas Allen (1762-1840)
Elizabeth Allen (1765- )
Arunah Allen (1767-1853)
Luther Allen (1770-1771)
Luther Allen (1772-1837)
Rev. Wilkes Allen (1775-1845)
Liberty Allen (1776-1865)
Wilkes Allen born 1775
Wilkes Allen was born 10 Jul 1775 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Wilkes Allen was the son of Elnathan Allen and Thankful Hastings.
Wilkes Allen married Mary Morrill 20 Nov 1805. (both the "Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass" book and the "Family Register of Shrewsbury, Mass" book indicate he was married 13 Nov 1805, but the Vital Records of Chelmsford indicate 20 Nov 1805.
Rev. Wilkes Allen was a clergyman.
Rev. Wilkes Allen was a charter member of the Masons, Pentucket Lodge. He was Grand Chaplain 1824-1827.
Rev. Wilkes Allen died 2 Dec 1845. The cause of his death was a fall down the stairs.
Rev. Wilkes Allen was buried in Forefather's Burial Ground, Chelsmford Center, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
The children of Rev. Wilkes Allen and Mary Morrill include:
James Morrill Allen
Charles Hastings Allen
Wilkes Allen
John Clark Allen
Israel Allen
Nathaniel Glover Allen
Mary Allen
Sarah Allen
Sources:
The book "Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass" has the following entry for Rev. Wilkes Allen:
"107. REV. WILKES6 ALLEN (Elnathan5) was born in Shrewsbury, Mass.,July 10, 1775, and died in Andover, Mass., Dec. 2, 1845, '. 70. In youth he toiled on his father's acres of stony ground. When eighteen years of age he left the farm for the carpenter's shop. His last work as a mechanic was in building the pews in the church at Bolton, Mass. He prepared for college at Andover Academy, then in charge of Mark Newman. Entering Harvard College in 1797, he graduated in 1801. He wrote several lengthy poems, two for exhibitions and one for graduation. During his collegiate course he taught school in the rural districts, teaching not only the usual courses but also music. Music afforded him great pleasure and he played the bass viol as well as being a good singer. He began the study of divinity with his old pastor, Dr. Sumner of
Shrewsbury, and completed it with Rev. Dr. Thaddeus Mason
Harris of Dorchester, in whose pulpit he preached his first sermon.
In 1803 he received and accepted a call to the church in Chelmsford, where he was ordained Nov. 16 and remained until Nov. 16, 1832, when he retired from the ministry and spent his remaining days on a small farm in Andover, where his death came, caused by a fall down the stairs of his barn.
As a minister he was a Unitarian of the old school, sincere and earnest. He was an early preacher on temperance in the days when everybody drank, including most ministers. Like ministers of his day he tilled the soil, for his salary was small, and in addition taught school four months of the year. He had a fine perception of the English, Greek and Latin classics, and urged and aided several young men to gain a liberal education. Three of his own sons he sent to college. He was a Mason, and passed to the highest orders existing in his day, being Chaplain in several stages of his ascension. He delivered several Masonic discourses. In 1816 or 1817 he established a public library, which he kept in his own house. He wrote a history of the town of Chelmsford, published in 1820 (192 pages). The quotation on the title page of this pamphlet is from his preface. The title page of his work follows:
THE HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD FROM ITS ORIGIN IN 1653 TO THE YEAR 1820--TOGETHER WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHURCH AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE FOUR FIRST PASTORS.
TO WHICH IS ADDED A MEMOIR OF THE PAWTUCKETT TRIBE OF INDIANS, WITH A LARGE APPENDIX BY
WILKES ALLEN, A.M.
PASTOR OF THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN
CHELMSFORD.
Tell ye your children and let them tell their children, and their children another generation.--Prophet Joel.
HAVERHILL
PRINTED BY P. N. GREEN
1820.
Rev. Wilkes Allen married Nov. 13, 1805, Mary, daughter of Deacon James Morrill (1751-1833) of Boston. She was born Feb. 20, 1779, and died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1864, but was buried in Chelmsford.
Children of Wilkes and Mary, born in Chelmsford:
117. i. JAMES MORRILL, b. Oct. 5, 1806.
118. ii. CHARLES HASTINGS, b. March 11, 1809.
119. iii. WILKES, b. Dec. 30, 1810.
iv. JOHN CLARKE, b. Nov. 15, 1812; graduated from Harvard College in 1833 in the class with Daniel Webster's son Fletcher, but d. the following year (June 26, 1834).
v. ISRAEL, b. Nov. 27, 1814; d. young.
120. vi. NATHANIEL GLOVER, b. Jan. 23, 1816.
vii. MARY, b. Feb. 26, 1818; d. Sept. 9, 1821.
viii. SARAH, b. 1820; d. 1825."
The book "Family Register of Shrewsbury Mass" has the following entry for Rev. Wilkes Allen:
"ALLEN, Rev. WILKES, (s. of Elnathan,) grad. H. U. 1801; ordained min. of Chelmsford, Nov. 16, 1803, and dis. at his own request, Oct. 21, 1832; d. in Andover, Dec. 2, 1845, aged 70. His wife was Mary, D. of Dea. James Morrill, of Boston, m. Nov. 13, 1805. Chil. James Morrill, b. Oct. 5, 1806; Charles Hustings, March 11, 1809; Wilkes, Dec. 30, 1810; John Clarke, Nov. 15, 1812, grad. H. U. 1833, and d. June 24, 1834; Nathaniel Glover, Jan. 22, 1816; grad. H. U. 1842; and three others, who d. infants."
Wilkes Allen was the son of Elnathan Allen and Thankful Hastings.
Wilkes Allen married Mary Morrill 20 Nov 1805. (both the "Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass" book and the "Family Register of Shrewsbury, Mass" book indicate he was married 13 Nov 1805, but the Vital Records of Chelmsford indicate 20 Nov 1805.
Rev. Wilkes Allen was a clergyman.
Rev. Wilkes Allen was a charter member of the Masons, Pentucket Lodge. He was Grand Chaplain 1824-1827.
Rev. Wilkes Allen died 2 Dec 1845. The cause of his death was a fall down the stairs.
Rev. Wilkes Allen was buried in Forefather's Burial Ground, Chelsmford Center, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
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| Rev. Wilkes Allen, Forefather's Burial Ground, photo by Rick Weaver, used with permission |
The children of Rev. Wilkes Allen and Mary Morrill include:
James Morrill Allen
Charles Hastings Allen
Wilkes Allen
John Clark Allen
Israel Allen
Nathaniel Glover Allen
Mary Allen
Sarah Allen
Sources:
The book "Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass" has the following entry for Rev. Wilkes Allen:
"107. REV. WILKES6 ALLEN (Elnathan5) was born in Shrewsbury, Mass.,July 10, 1775, and died in Andover, Mass., Dec. 2, 1845, '. 70. In youth he toiled on his father's acres of stony ground. When eighteen years of age he left the farm for the carpenter's shop. His last work as a mechanic was in building the pews in the church at Bolton, Mass. He prepared for college at Andover Academy, then in charge of Mark Newman. Entering Harvard College in 1797, he graduated in 1801. He wrote several lengthy poems, two for exhibitions and one for graduation. During his collegiate course he taught school in the rural districts, teaching not only the usual courses but also music. Music afforded him great pleasure and he played the bass viol as well as being a good singer. He began the study of divinity with his old pastor, Dr. Sumner of
Shrewsbury, and completed it with Rev. Dr. Thaddeus Mason
Harris of Dorchester, in whose pulpit he preached his first sermon.
In 1803 he received and accepted a call to the church in Chelmsford, where he was ordained Nov. 16 and remained until Nov. 16, 1832, when he retired from the ministry and spent his remaining days on a small farm in Andover, where his death came, caused by a fall down the stairs of his barn.
As a minister he was a Unitarian of the old school, sincere and earnest. He was an early preacher on temperance in the days when everybody drank, including most ministers. Like ministers of his day he tilled the soil, for his salary was small, and in addition taught school four months of the year. He had a fine perception of the English, Greek and Latin classics, and urged and aided several young men to gain a liberal education. Three of his own sons he sent to college. He was a Mason, and passed to the highest orders existing in his day, being Chaplain in several stages of his ascension. He delivered several Masonic discourses. In 1816 or 1817 he established a public library, which he kept in his own house. He wrote a history of the town of Chelmsford, published in 1820 (192 pages). The quotation on the title page of this pamphlet is from his preface. The title page of his work follows:
THE HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD FROM ITS ORIGIN IN 1653 TO THE YEAR 1820--TOGETHER WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHURCH AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE FOUR FIRST PASTORS.
TO WHICH IS ADDED A MEMOIR OF THE PAWTUCKETT TRIBE OF INDIANS, WITH A LARGE APPENDIX BY
WILKES ALLEN, A.M.
PASTOR OF THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN
CHELMSFORD.
Tell ye your children and let them tell their children, and their children another generation.--Prophet Joel.
HAVERHILL
PRINTED BY P. N. GREEN
1820.
Rev. Wilkes Allen married Nov. 13, 1805, Mary, daughter of Deacon James Morrill (1751-1833) of Boston. She was born Feb. 20, 1779, and died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1864, but was buried in Chelmsford.
Children of Wilkes and Mary, born in Chelmsford:
117. i. JAMES MORRILL, b. Oct. 5, 1806.
118. ii. CHARLES HASTINGS, b. March 11, 1809.
119. iii. WILKES, b. Dec. 30, 1810.
iv. JOHN CLARKE, b. Nov. 15, 1812; graduated from Harvard College in 1833 in the class with Daniel Webster's son Fletcher, but d. the following year (June 26, 1834).
v. ISRAEL, b. Nov. 27, 1814; d. young.
120. vi. NATHANIEL GLOVER, b. Jan. 23, 1816.
vii. MARY, b. Feb. 26, 1818; d. Sept. 9, 1821.
viii. SARAH, b. 1820; d. 1825."
The book "Family Register of Shrewsbury Mass" has the following entry for Rev. Wilkes Allen:
"ALLEN, Rev. WILKES, (s. of Elnathan,) grad. H. U. 1801; ordained min. of Chelmsford, Nov. 16, 1803, and dis. at his own request, Oct. 21, 1832; d. in Andover, Dec. 2, 1845, aged 70. His wife was Mary, D. of Dea. James Morrill, of Boston, m. Nov. 13, 1805. Chil. James Morrill, b. Oct. 5, 1806; Charles Hustings, March 11, 1809; Wilkes, Dec. 30, 1810; John Clarke, Nov. 15, 1812, grad. H. U. 1833, and d. June 24, 1834; Nathaniel Glover, Jan. 22, 1816; grad. H. U. 1842; and three others, who d. infants."
Wilkes Allen born 1810
Wilkes Allen was born 30 Dec 1810 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Wilkes Allen was the son of Wilkes Allen and Mary Morrill.
Wilkes Allen married Jane Munroe 21 Nov 1850 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. (intents 16 Nov 1850)
Wilkes Allen died 2 Mar 1882 in Massachusetts, USA
The children of Wilkes Allen and Jane Munroe include:
Charles Glover Allen
Mary Morrill Allen
Harrie Monroe Allen
Sources:
1860 US Census.
1880 US Census
Wilkes Allen was the son of Wilkes Allen and Mary Morrill.
Wilkes Allen married Jane Munroe 21 Nov 1850 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. (intents 16 Nov 1850)
Wilkes Allen died 2 Mar 1882 in Massachusetts, USA
The children of Wilkes Allen and Jane Munroe include:
Charles Glover Allen
Mary Morrill Allen
Harrie Monroe Allen
Sources:
1860 US Census.
1880 US Census
What is YOUR genealogy "score" ?
Last year on this day I checked my genealogy score. (You can read the original post: What's my number?)
At the end of 2012 my numbers broken down by generation were:
At the end of 2012 my numbers broken down by generation were:
2/2 parents = 100%
4/4 grandparents =100%
8/8 great grandparents =100%
15/16 greatX2 grandparents (93.75%)
30/32 greatX3 grandparents (93.75%)
44/64 greatX4 grandparents (68.75%)
30/128 greatX5 grandparents (23.43%)
23/256 greatX6 grandparents (8.98%)
17/512 greatX7 grandparents (3.32%)
25/1024 greatX8 grandparents (2.44%)
As its now nearly the end of 2013, lets see how well I did in raising that score!***
2/2 parents = 100%
4/4 grandparents =100%
8/8 great grandparents =100%
16/16 greatX2 grandparents (100%)
32/32 greatX3 grandparents (100%)
51/64 greatX4 grandparents (79.69%)
37/128 greatX5 grandparents (28.91%)
33/256 greatX6 grandparents (12.89%)
34/512 greatX7 grandparents (6.64%)
58/1024 greatX8 grandparents (5.66%)
The green highlights the generations with a higher score. Not bad at all, I have doubled my score in one year!
Here is a recent ancestor graph:
The purple is Canada, the yellowish is USA, The green is United Kingdom (Ireland and England mainly), and the pink is Italy.
Look at all the blank spaces!
Again, my goal for 2014 will be to improve my score. Hopefully by even more than I did this year or it will be decades before
If you share a 8th great grandparent with someone then you are 9th cousins. As I am quite into genetic genealogy, there is a chance that some of my DNA cousins are even further back than that, so I think that I would like to know my score back a few more generations, so here are my stats for the next 6 generations:
9th great grandparents 102/2048
10th great grandparents 176/4096
11th great grandparents 273/8192
12th great grandparents 328/16384
13th great grandparents 331/32768
14th great grandparent 309/65536
That should cover me back to before the year 1550. Earlier generations are likely either nobility/royalty or unlikely to be ever discovered.
I would love to see others scores and ancestor graphs. I hope this post will motivate you to take a second look at those elusive ancestors and improve your score!
Randy Seaver posted a SNGF post that used the method of scoring used by Crista Cowan in her post in 2012. This method of scoring counts the total of all the ancestors in each generation combined that you know. Using that method my score is 218 known names out of a possible 1023. So at the 7th great grandparent level my score that way works out to about 21.31%.
Randy Seaver posted a SNGF post that used the method of scoring used by Crista Cowan in her post in 2012. This method of scoring counts the total of all the ancestors in each generation combined that you know. Using that method my score is 218 known names out of a possible 1023. So at the 7th great grandparent level my score that way works out to about 21.31%.
***Note: I used HistoryLink which pulled the data from Geni.com so there may be slight differences with data in my desktop program.
I'm also going to be doing a series of posts examining how many descendants each ancestor had, using Geni again for a quick, but not necessarily the most accurate, number.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
William Spearman
#36
3rd great grandfather of Kristina Hewitt
William Spearman was born about 1831 in Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.
William Spearman was the son of John Spearman and Rebecca Dagg.
William Spearman married Margaret Ann Scharf in 1880 at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
William Spearman died 8 Jan 1914 in Russell County, Ontario, Canada.
William Spearman was buried in Ontario, Canada.
The children of William Spearman and Margaret Ann Scharf include:
Elijah Edgar Spearman
John Edward Alphia Spearman
Kay Eli Spearman
Wilbert Spearman
Martha Spearman
Gertrude Ann Spearman
Gordon Spearman
Sources:
1851 Census of Canada
1861 Census of Canada
1881 Census of Canada
1891 Census of Canada
1901 Census of Canada
Kris Hewitt Stewart (23andMe autosomal)
Richard Monette (23andMe autosomal)
If you are a descendant of William Spearman and Margaret Ann Scharf click here for more info on how you can help!
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