35 thoughts on “52 Ancestors Challenge 2015: Week 19 Recap”

1. Maureen May 14, 2015 at 8:05 am

   FARLEY, Charles Frederick – Durham England. Chauffeur, Motor Driver, Flight Engineer

   http://martinewsancestors.blogspot.com/2015/05/52ancestors-week-19-theres-way.html

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2. Kerryn Taylor May 14, 2015 at 8:11 am

   My 3x great grandfather’s way out of his sticky situation.
   http://ancestorchaser.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/52-ancestors-week-19-william-cluff.html

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3. Sharon Simms May 14, 2015 at 8:33 am

   A special Mother’s Day tribute post to Merle (CASSELL) BOULTON – (1925-1959)
   http://ssimms642.blogspot.ca/2015/05/merle-cassell-boulton-1925-1959.html

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4. Dawn Marie Meehan May 14, 2015 at 8:39 am

   I wrote about GRAHAM, Elijah this week.

   https://dawnsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/52-week-challenge-week-19-theres-a-way-elijah-graham/

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5. Amy W. Kelly May 14, 2015 at 8:59 am

   Joseph Homer TATHWELL, Sr. (1903-1997) – My paternal grand aunt’s husband who found and patented several ways to improve upon a common, mid-20th century office machine. – http://shaketree.blogspot.com/2015/05/JosephHomerTathwellSrThereIsAWay.html

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6. Cheryl Biermann Hartley May 14, 2015 at 9:01 am

   DE LA MARCHE

   My 17th century ancestor was the daughter of the Dance Master!

   “Augusta Gustave Catharina de la Marche – Locating My Ancestor the Hard Way”

   http://wp.me/p4ioO6-db

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7. Denise Murphy May 14, 2015 at 9:15 am

   Lucinda Murphy – no. 35 (week 19) – I wonder if her family connected to the Murphy family her daughter Dessie married into

   http://denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-no-35-lucinda-murphy-week.html

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8. Schalene Dagutis May 14, 2015 at 9:33 am

   My mother and her parents went on a ~5,500 car trip in 1949 to see family her parents hadn’t seen in 30 years.

   Gustav LANGE (1888-1963)
   Wilhelmina (SCHALIN) Lange (1894-1960)
   Dorothy Ailein (LANGE) Jennings (1930-2014)
   1949 Road Trip
   http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-19-1949-road-trip.html

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9. Julie Terstriep May 14, 2015 at 9:41 am

   My story is about my 2nd great grandmother and how she and her siblings found a way to leave Germany to escape physical abuse of their father.
   https://terstriep.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/52-ancestors-challenge-theres-a-way/

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10. Sue May 14, 2015 at 9:45 am

    Where my ancestors all came from and ended up…

    http://suesresearch.blogspot.com/2015/05/theres-way-52-ancestors-19.html

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11. kessara May 14, 2015 at 9:52 am

    William Hooper was a Loyalist in a time when that was a risky thing to be…talk about sticky situations!

    https://kessgen.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/52-ancestors-2015-19-william-hooper-sticky-situations/

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12. oldbonesgenealogy May 14, 2015 at 11:47 am

    BIANCHI – 52 Ancestors 2015 Edition: #19 Peter Bianchi (1882 – 1922) – A Quandary by Eileen A Souza at Old Bones Genealogy

    What is my way out of this quandary?

    http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/52-ancestors-2015-edition-19-peter-bianchi-1882-1922-a-quandary/

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13. Lynda May 14, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    Helen Margaret Bovenschen – 1896-1986
    Tribute to Helen and seven generations of mothers in photos.
    http://timelinesandstories.blogspot.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-week-19-theres-way-helen.html

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14. melrootsnwrites May 14, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    Thank you for featuring my story! I hope it made people laugh

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15. Claudia Boorman May 14, 2015 at 2:17 pm

    BOORMAN, William Scoons, my husband’s great grandfather, found a way to move west, following his son from England to Victoria on Canada’s west coast. The rest of his family soon followed as well.

    http://boormanfamily.weebly.com/blog/william-scoons-boorman-1842-1909-19-52-ancestors

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16. Mary May 14, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    COCHRANE–Emily Cochrane–A Will and a Way
    Another blog about a will, but this time it shows a way to get more information

    http://ancestorsiwishiknew.blogspot.com/2015/05/57-emily-cochrane-will-and-way.html

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17. pen4hire May 14, 2015 at 4:01 pm

    Samuel SAMPSELL

    I’m pondering the effects of illiteracy on this whole family on my father’s side, in this one that my great-great-grandfather and his children could not have read.

    http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-samuel-sampsell-literacy/

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18. Cathy Meder-Dempsey May 14, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    In this week’s post, I was the one, not an ancestor, who had to find a short cut while following the family’s movements.
    52 Ancestors: #19 The Heinrich GRISIUS Family of Hoscheid-Dickt
    by Cathy Meder-Dempsey at Opening Doors in Brick Walls

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19. Desiree Prakash May 14, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    My 2x great grandfather Edward Edwards from England to Colorado.
    http://gatheringbranches.blogspot.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-week-19-edward-edwards.html

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    1. Elizabeth Handler May 14, 2015 at 5:28 pm

       This week’s post kind of fits the theme. Why did my fourth great-grandfather, Jedidiah WILLET (1768-1850), born in Connecticut, spend the last 19-20 years of his life in Georgia?

       http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2015/05/theres-way-jedidiah-willet-52-ancestors.html

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20. Celia Lewis May 14, 2015 at 9:51 pm

    My son-in-law’s 3rd greatgrandmother, Susanna PARSONS, 1807-1866, in Hartshill Warwickshire… I found it fascinating to see her take up hand-looming silk ribbons at home…

    http://twigsandtrees.blogspot.ca/2015/05/52-ancestors-52-themes-no-19-theres-way.html

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21. Wendy Negley May 14, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    I didn’t really use the prompt, I went with Mother’s Day and did my great grandfather’s mother, Elisabetta Maria Catterina Wegher Stefani.

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22. Beth Gatlin May 15, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    BOE – Week 19 “There’s a Way”: Theodore Jorgen Boe
    http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-week-19-theres-way.html

    My great-grandfather’s brother found a way to get around the term limits for the office of county treasurer.

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23. robertajestes May 15, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Here’s hoping that someone, a Bolton or Bolton descendants, in the right place, will see this article and either have answers or DNA test. I’d love to figure out who Henry and Conrad’s parents really are and the information likely lies hidden someplace in London.

    BOLTON – Henry and Conrad Bolton – 240th Immigration Anniversary

    http://dna-explained.com/2015/05/08/henry-and-conrad-bolton-240th-immigration-anniversary-52-ancestors-71/

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24. Jessica Carlson May 16, 2015 at 10:35 am

    GREENE, Ora Belle (1907-1988): http://carlsonandcarricofamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-week-19-ora-belle-greene.html

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25. Joanne Barnard May 16, 2015 at 12:38 pm

    Thomas Morse died 400 years before I learned from a notation on a list of rectors of Hinderclay, Suffolk church that he had been “deprived 1595”. How did he find a way out of that one?

    http://victoriajosfamilystories.blogspot.ca/2015/05/thomas-morse-c-1550-1597-52-ancestors.html

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26. Pam Carter May 16, 2015 at 7:53 pm

    KNIGHT, William and all the ways I’m related to the Knight family. http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-knights-of-romsey.html

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27. Rebecca Drake May 17, 2015 at 9:50 am

    BOYER, William Henry m. Mary Cooper – When The Way Is Hard

    http://downintherootcellar.blogspot.com/2015/04/when-way-is-hard.html

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28. Judy Everett Ramos May 17, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    CRUZ, Hilario – There is a way to create a timeline for Hilario from just one document.
    http://www.examiner.com/article/ancestor-19-one-document-tells-the-life-of-hilario-cruz

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29. Patti Di Loreto May 18, 2015 at 1:10 am

    MICHAUX, ROCHET – Better late than never! This week I focused on my French Huguenot ancestor, Suzanne (Rochet) Michaux and her escape from religious persecution in France. I also featured pictures, info & books relating to French Huguenots in general.

    My Pinterest board address here:

    https://www.pinterest.com/pattidi/52-ancestors-on-pinterest/

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30. akellmurr72 May 19, 2015 at 8:37 am

    I wrote about my 1st cousin 2x removed Herbert Cheeseman who was born in Barbados but moved to the U.S. and settled in NY. http://www.howdidigetheremyamazinggenealogyjourney.com/2015/05/52-ancestors-2015-edition-19-herbert.html

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31. msgenealogyuk May 27, 2015 at 9:17 am

    I’ve written about my 4 x great grandfather, James Lockie !793-1865)

    https://msgenealogyuk.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/james-lockie-1793-1865-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-19/

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32. Jocelyn June 2, 2015 at 10:06 pm

    Still catching up! I wrote about finding a way to find a line I thought I couldn’t

    http://wide-eyed-window.blogspot.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-challenge-week-19-finding.html

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33. Anne “Viking Blood” Faulkner August 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    Oh brother! I totally fell off the wagon! Here’s my Week 19 post FINALLY!! Hope to get #20 & 21 done over the weekend.

    http://ancestorarchaeology.blogspot.com/2015/08/flora-dell-rowley-twining-settled-life.html

    Flora Dell Rowley TWINING was my 2nd great grandmother.

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34. Diane Tourville October 3, 2015 at 10:52 am

    Oops! I forgot to post this one last week! A tragedy for Josephte Cantin.

    In English: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wp/?p=1263
    In French: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wpfr/?p=1092

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