Hard to believe we’re in Week 14 already!
With the week’s optional theme being “Favorite Photo,” I knew it would be an even more interesting week than usual. (And that’s saying something!)
Melody Lassalle of The Research Journal shared a photo of the 8 Pacheco brothers, taken circa 1905 in Kauai, Hawaii. (By the way, Melody, you weren’t the only one to ask how you were supposed to pick only one!) Amy Wood Kelly of Shaking My Family Tree showed Molsie Jane Talbert Litaker and gave a brief history of tintypes. Brenna G. of Green Family Archives posted a really cool photo of the Twin Doctors Green — neat photo from med school!
My contribution this week (also combining with Week 13, with a passing reference to her husband), was my great-grandmother Clara (Mason) Young: “Great-Grandma Young Wasn’t Always Old.” It’s one of my favorite photos, and it also got me to think about how our mind’s eye can warp our perceptions of people.
It’s Your Turn
Leave a comment with a link to your 52 Ancestors post from this week, along with the ancestor’s name and maybe a bit of context. Also take a look at the entries from Week 13. There are a lot of “different” posts there!
Upcoming Themes:
- Week 15 (Apr 9 – 15) – How Do You Spell That?
- Week 16 (Apr 16 – 22) – Live Long
- Week 17 (Apr 23 – 29) – Prosper
The April themes post has ideas for ways you might think about the optional weekly themes. The optional themes for May will be posted on April 15. (It’s definitely more fun than Tax Day!)
My favourite photo is of my maternal grandmother Daisy Fleming nee Morgan and her older sister Clarice, taken around 1910.
http://ancestorchaser.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/52-ancestors-week-14-favourite-photo.html
My favorite photo is from 1879 Regensburg, Germany: my great-grandfather as a six year old with his brother, sister, and mom. Read about mom, my 2nd great-grandmother, Ursula Dallmeier Bergmeister Götz, at https://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/week-14-ursula-dallmeier-bergmeister-gotz-1846-1911/
My favorite photo is of my maternal grandmother, Classic Fuller.
http://howdidigetherefromafricatonc.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-week-14-my-favorite-photo.html?m=1
This week I have two entries. I wrote about the theme, “Favorite Photo,” and I have a “bonus blog” from my cousin, Gary Barlow, to commemorate the surrender at Appomattox, which took place 150 years ago on April 9th and led to end of the Civil War.
LINDNER
Circa 1922, Kurt Lindner had his photo taken on his motorcycle in Stockholm, Sweden:
Willy Kurt Richard Lindner – Motorrad Mars – 52 Ancestors 2014 #14
http://wp.me/p4ioO6-c0
BASTEL and BARLOW
Like many Americans, Gary Barlow had ancestors on both sides of the Civil War:
Jacob Bastel and Bryant Barlow – A House Divided – 52 Ancestors 2015 – Bonus Blog
http://wp.me/p4ioO6-c2
Molsie Jane TALBERT (a.k.a., TALBIRT) Litaker – my maternal 2nd great-grandmother who was born in SC and lived in NC her entire adult life. I wrote about a tintype photo of her that I inherited and treasure. – http://shaketree.blogspot.com/2015/04/MolsieJaneTalbertLitakerFavoritePhoto.html
Thank you, Amy, for featuring my post!
My favorite of circa 150 photographs that were literally saved from the trash can and how they are helping me to solve relationships in this family tree.
52 Ancestors: #14 Albert Spencer LILLIE (1848-1913) ~ Old Photographs Saved From Trash Can
by Cathy Meder-Dempsey at Opening Doors in Brick Walls
I was one of the many who couldn’t choose just one photo. I picked 4
The CASEY family from early 1900 in Bonnersfield UK
Gert BEAK from 1924 – a Barnardos Girl
and finally 2 of my mother from the 1950s – check out her stunning sunglasses in the final picture
http://martinewsancestors.blogspot.com/2015/03/52ancestors-week-14-favourite-photo.html
GREEN — “The Twin Doctors Green” on Green Family Archives. Features an 1880s photograph of four Louisville Medical College students.
http://greenfamilyarchives.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-2015-12-twin-doctors-green.html
Thanks for mentioning my post!
GREEN — “Little Napoleon” on Green Family Archives. A very cute picture of my great grandfather as a little boy.
http://greenfamilyarchives.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-2015-14-little-napoleon.html
(I posted two because I was behind.)
Daniel Monroe Coffman, the first of that name which has been sprinkled through my family ever since. He fought in the Civil War and in the Spanish American War and he looks just like Col. Sanders, of KFC fame.
http://genealogy.dreamwidth.org/8768.html
This photo has always intrigued me because of the unusual posing of the Wescott family in Eau Pleine, Wisconsin in 1895 and how the matriarch and patriarch of the family are located (or aren’t) in the picture.
http://victoriajosfamilystories.blogspot.ca/2015/04/sarah-catherine-bullen-1838-1933-52.html
Hey, Joanne. Cool picture. Are you by any chance related to Kay Bernard of Marquette, WI? I ask because she’s a friend of mine and avid genealogist.
PUTNAM, Ike The logging industry in California around the turn of the century was “BIG”. My grandfather is shown working one of those huge trees in the Sequoia’s.
https://putnamsisters.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/52-ancestors-ike-putnam/
My picture chosen for this week’s challenge is of four generations. It’s a special picture to me.
http://suesresearch.blogspot.com/2015/04/favorite-photo-52-ancestors-14.html
Eitelbach–Eitelbach–Going for a Ride–MIn many families a Sunday drive in the country was a common. Here is my grandfather taking his family on an outing.
http://ancestorsiwishiknew.blogspot.com/
Hey, Joanne. Cool picture. Are you by any chance related to Kay Bernard of Marquette, WI? I ask because she’s a friend of mine and avid genealogist.
I wrote about Phillip Martin, my 2nd great-grandfather. He was a preacher and a farmer and a POW. http://nancyhvest.com/52-ancestors-week-14-phillip-martin-farmer-preacher-and-pow/
My second great-grandfather, Henry Graff, owned one of the first photo studios in New York on Broadway…
https://kessgen.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/52-ancestors-2015-14-the-mirror-man/
STUBBLEFIELD, DUFF – Featuring a picture of my 3rd Great Grandparents, Dr. William and Margaret (Duff) Stubblefield in front of their house. Thanks to the written memories of their grandchildren, I know what treasures lie within the house and the surrounding grounds in this picture. My Pinterest board address here:
https://www.pinterest.com/pattidi/52-ancestors-on-pinterest/
My current favorite photo? My paternal great-grandfather, Jeremiah Mason PITTMAN:
https://hollieannhenke.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/52-ancestors-14-jeremiah-mason-pittman-every-picture-tells-a-story/
I have ‘way too many favourite photos, but I picked this one of me and my 1st born, 5 days old, since genealogy is all about family!
http://twigsandtrees.blogspot.ca/2015/04/52-ancestors-52-themes-no-14-favourite.html
52 Ancestors II, Week 66. Ralph and Robert, wrote the GREENLEE Genealogy in 1908. They were twin brothers who married sisters, they made barrel-making machines and other wood-working tools, they employed hundreds of men, and their legacy lives on, 100 years later, at greenlee.com. Quite a good read!
http://ourfamilytreetales.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-ii-week-66-greenlee.html
KASER (Bucklew), Irene
I knew my Aunt Irene when I was a young girl, but thanks to the small town reporting of trips taken, dinner parties hosted, flower show prizes won, I learned much more about her. And doing the story inspired me to dig out the quilt she hand-sewed for me when I was born. It is now on display instead of hidden away, as is Irene Kaser Bucklew at Ancestors in Aprons.
http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-irene-kaser-bucklew-personal-column/
ANDREW, Mabel Marion – This week I’ve shared this favorite photo of my mother admiring the crocuses in Mar 1948 in her new home on the west coast of Canada.
http://boormanfamily.weebly.com/blog/mabel-marion-andrew-1918-2000-14-52-ancestors
Two photos of my great grand grandmother I received via collaboration with the great grandson of her second husband (but no relation to my ancestor).
Clementine (WELLS) Riggin Collins (1846-1932)
Photographs of My Great Great Grandmother (snappy title, it’s not!)
http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/04/52ancestors-14-photographs-of-my-great.html
So many photos to choose a favorite, but I managed to find one showing my ancestor at work: LYSLE, George (1800-1877) at http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2015/04/george-lysle-favorite-photo-52.html
Alfred William Moehlmann 1894-1974
A favorite photo of my maternal grandfather in his Little Lord Fauntleroy suit.
http://timelinesandstories.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-week-14-little-lord.html
Lankford Family Reunions: no. 30 (week 14) – my limited memories of our family reunions, a favorite photo of my grandparents, and three different photos of my Daddy and his siblings http://denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-no-30-lankford-family.html
This week I shared a picture of my paternal grandfather Lemuel Richard Harrison with his daughter, my mom. Here’s the link: http://www.howdidigetheremyamazinggenealogyjourney.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-2015-edition-14-lemuel.html
I love this photograph of my grandmother Carol Verniece (VAN DUYN) WILSON, overlooking the Colorado River in the mid-1950s.
https://digginupgraves.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/carol-verniece-van-duyn-wilson-my-favorite-photo-52-ancestors-2015-14/
My favorite photo was of my grandmother, Emma CONE, at the Jersey shore with a group of friends in the 19020s.
https://patriciarohn.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/week-14-2015-the-jersey-shore-and-my-favorite-photo/
I wrote about my great grandfather, Alfred WHITTEMORE, born and died in the month of April. I did include a picture of he and his six brothers, which has always been a favorite of mine.
http://wide-eyed-window.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-14_8.html
oops, 2nd great grandfather!
It was hard for me to choose a favorite photo. I have three or four. In the end, I chose my great great great grandmother. I’ve always been fascinated by her fun, fancy dress in contrast with her stern, plain expression. This one’s also a bit of a two-for, as most everything I know about her is in connection with her husband, Friedrich Von Allmen.
STÄHLI, Susanna
http://wiseheartjourney.com/2015/04/07/susanna-stahli-the-woman-in-the-polka-dot-dress-52-ancestors-14/
My favorite photo is that of my grandmother holding my twins when we brought them home from the hospital.
http://genealogybyjeanne.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-favorite-photo.html
Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman
Genealogical Gems
http://genealogybyjeanne.blogspot.com
One of my favorite photos includes my Aunt Phyllis because the next three generations of girls look so much like her. See if you think that we resemble her.
HANSON, Phyllis
https://ginnysgems.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/my-favorite-photo-four-generations-of-look-alikes/
BIANCHI – 52 Ancestors 2015 Edition: #14 – The Bianchi Women, My Favorite Photo by Eileen Souza at Old Bones Genealogy
I can’t explain why but this photo, of all the photos I have of my family, draws me to it time and time again. It was in the box of photos that my sisters and I inherited from our parents.
http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/52-ancestors-2015-edition-14-the-bianchi-women-my-favorite-photo/
I think I finally caught up with the weeks I’d missed! This week: William Mark Merryweather of Utah. Starts with one of my favorite photos, and then I added a bunch of other photos to go along with him.
http://gatheringbranches.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-week-14-william-mark.html
I’m running a little late on my posts but I think I’ve just about caught up!
Week 14: Edna E Richards, 1904-1927, Rochester, NY
http://wp.me/p5z5tj-4f
ESTES – George Estes (1763-1859), 3 Times Revolutionary War Veteran
http://dna-explained.com/2015/04/06/george-estes-1763-1859-3-times-revolutionary-war-veteran-52-ancestors-66/
It wasn’t until I really read his pension application carefully that I realized he served three different times in two states.
Oh wow! I just came over to belated post my link and I see that my post was featured. Thanks so much, Amy!
TARKINGTON – Week 14 “Favorite Photo”: Anna Gertrude Tarkington
http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/04/52-ancestors-week-14-favorite-photo.html
My great-grandmother. I love that she seems to have been a “cat person” (like me!) and that I can see a resemblance between her and my grandfather (her son).
This photo of my Great Great Grandfather Hudson is a favorite because I just found it on Ancestry, my family had no idea it existed! It was owned by descendants of a distant cousin. Proof that the family kept in touch!
MOYNAHAN-COUGHLIN No. 14: A Favourite Photo: My Grandparent’s 1929 Wedding http://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.ca/2015/04/52-ancestors-no-14-my-favourite-photo.html
CARTER homestead in Bethel, Maine. Like others, I had a hard time finding one favorite photo but while looking I came across photos of my grandfather when he was a boy and me when I was a little girl standing in front of the home that has been in my family for seven generations. It was built in 1801 and has been occupied by Carters ever since – 214 years!
http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-brick-end-house-52-ancestors-14.html
MUELLER, Jacob and Anna. I’m blesses with a wedding photo and 60th anniversary photo of my great-great grandparents! http://rootedinfoods.com/jake-and-anna-from-start-to-finish/
DENNERLEIN, Barbara. My great, great grandmother with her granddaughters in front of a sod house.
http://storiesthroughtime.blogspot.com/2015/04/week-14-of-52-ancestors-2015-favorite.html
EVERITT, John Fagan – Descendants came together to honor his service and found each other
http://www.examiner.com/article/ancestor-14-photo-of-john-fagan-everitt-brought-a-family-together
#52Ancestors: Week 14 – Lloyd Lester Pinney – World War II Bonus Case Files
http://wp.me/p43WgZ-aK
This is a very late entry for Week 14. It’s too bad that I had so little time this past week for genealogy, since I love family photographs. The Alonzo Baxter family, including children and grandchildren, of southeastern Colorado, c.1907.
https://roordawrite.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/52-ancestors-week-14-favorite-photo/
My favorite photo (at least this time) is of my great grandparents, Charles and Gertrude Leyh.
https://dawnsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/52-week-challenge-week-14-favorite-photo-gertrude-and-charles-leyh/
BETTER LATE THAN NOT AT ALL? 😀
I did my Week 14 blog post on Mary Jo ESTEP, survivor of the Shoshone Mike Indian massacre of 1911.
https://themixthatmakesupme.wordpress.com/2015/04/23/photo-of-a-survivor-mary-josephine-mary-jo-estep-52-ancestors-no-14/
http://shelleyskylinejourney.com/2015/04/24/52-ancestors-14-favorite-photo-charlie-matthews/
This photograph was taken in 1912 and is the only one I have of my great great grandmother, Sarah McLaughlin and my great grandfather, Daniel Brawley.
https://msgenealogyuk.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/my-favourite-photogaph-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-14/
Finally getting caught up!! Rhoda Ann Vredenburg(h) Rowley – Week 14!
http://ancestorarchaeology.blogspot.com/2015/05/rhoda-ann-vredenburg-rowley-following.html
I am no trying to catch up anymore!
Here is my latest post about a 1 day old baby who has left me thinking a lot!
In English: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wp/?p=1114
In French: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wpfr/?p=970