100 thoughts on “52 Ancestors Challenge 2015: Week 3 Recap”

1. approachingthehill January 22, 2015 at 9:11 am

   Maria Francesca Muglia Pepe (Mary Francis Pepe)
   Maria Francesca from Guardia Piemontese, Italy lived in Philadelphia, NY and later Watertown, NY.

   https://approachingthehill.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/maria-francesca-muglia-pepe-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/

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2. Shannon January 22, 2015 at 9:18 am

   BOYD, Adam (1692-1768) “traveled on horseback, and must have been exposed to many dangers in the wilds of the forest, but the words Boyd, Presbyterianism and indomitable pluck are synonymous.”

   http://ourfamilytreetales.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-ii-week-55-adam-boyd.html

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3. Celia Lewis January 22, 2015 at 9:22 am

   Charlotte BORTLE, b. abt 1797 – Tough to find!

   http://twigsandtrees.blogspot.ca/2015/01/52-weeks-52-themes-no3-tough-woman.html

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4. Niki Davis (@RootedInFoods) January 22, 2015 at 9:30 am

   Dorothea Sophia Wiedner Mueller Dietz (b. 1845) … she found love twice.
   http://rootedinfoods.com/week-3-tough-woman/

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5. Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman January 22, 2015 at 9:49 am

   Rumored to be a Molly Maquire, Anna Keating Walsh was both a tough woman and is tough to research!

   52 Ancestors: Anna Keating Walsh is one Tough Woman
   http://www.genealogybyjeanne.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-anna-keating-walsh-is-one.html

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6. Beth Gatlin January 22, 2015 at 10:01 am

   Mary (Unknown) Dyer Cox
   http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-week-3-tough-woman-mary.html

   Her first husband abused and nearly killed her, she raised seven children alone, and most of her children predeceased her. And I’m still searching for her maiden name!

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7. Colleen Greene January 22, 2015 at 10:03 am

   #52Ancestors: Great Grandmother Sarah Kennedy, a Tough Woman to Research

   My great grandmother Sarah Kennedy Flanagan has been extremely difficult to research, mainly due to her children being orphaned at a young age, and her children being split up and lost to each other. Yet even the records I have been able to find offer conflicting information. I also have not identified a single other descendant who is actively researching Sarah or Sarah’s line, with whom I could collaborate on this tough woman.

   http://www.cjroots.com/52ancestors-great-grandmother-sarah-kennedy-a-tough-woman-to-research/

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8. Brenna G. January 22, 2015 at 10:05 am

   RICHINSON — “Margaret Richinson, Dour Indeed” on Green Family Archives. Judging by her picture, she must have been a tough woman!

   http://greenfamilyarchives.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-3-margaret-richinson-dour.html

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9. labwriter January 22, 2015 at 10:16 am

   Elizabeth O(live) Robinson Baxter (1850-1924), an Indiana-born Colorado pioneer. She homesteaded in 1870 in southwest Colorado with her buffalo-hunting husband, Alonzo Baxter.

   https://roordawrite.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/52-ancestors-3-of-52-elizabeth-o-robinson-baxter-1850-1924/

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   1. Amy Kelly January 22, 2015 at 3:34 pm

      I really enjoyed this story, especially since I’ve lived in Colorado for over 15 years. Thank you for sharing it!

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      1. labwriter January 22, 2015 at 5:53 pm

         Thank you, Amy!

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10. hollieannhenke January 22, 2015 at 10:22 am

    Amy, thanks for the specific mention of my tough woman, Mary Amna MYERS. Carroll, Columbiana, and Jefferson counties in Ohio.
    https://hollieannhenke.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/52-ancestors-3-mary-amna-myers-mary-wants-to-be-a-superwoman/

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11. Cathy Meder-Dempsey January 22, 2015 at 10:32 am

    52 Ancestors: #3 The KREMER-PEFFER Family (1905-1987)
    by Cathy Meder-Dempsey at Opening Doors in Brick Walls

    A blogpost about Franz KREMER (1905-1971) and Susanna PEFFER (1910-1987)

    https://openingdoorsinbrickwalls.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/52-ancestors-3-the-kremer-peffer-family-1905-1987/

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12. Doris Estes January 22, 2015 at 10:37 am

    Thanks for your blogs. Please tell us again how/where we can post our blogs. Thanks

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    1. Amy Johnson Crow Post authorJanuary 22, 2015 at 8:31 pm

       You can leave links to your 52 Ancestors posts here on the weekly recaps that I post on Thursdays.

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13. Penny Bicknell January 22, 2015 at 10:37 am

    2 husbands, 11 children and yet 2 times a widow.
    This week I write about my great grandmother, Annie. A tough woman.

    http://abranchtoofar.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/annie-elizabeth-viney-nee-jones-52.html

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14. Penny Bicknell January 22, 2015 at 10:39 am

    2 husbands, 11 children and yet 2 times a widow.
    This week I write about my great grandmother, ANNIE ELIZABETH VINEY (NEE JONES) of Newport, Shropshire, UK. A tough woman.

    http://abranchtoofar.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/annie-elizabeth-viney-nee-jones-52.html

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15. Cheryl Biermann Hartley January 22, 2015 at 10:40 am

    DAUGHTERS
    I seem to be struggling with themes. Last year I wrote about Alma Maier – The Grandmother I Never Knew. This week I paid tribute to my step-grandmother, Effie Daughters, a woman who married for the first time at 47 years of age.
    Effie Lucretia Daughters – The Grandmother I Knew – 52 Ancestors 2015 #3
    http://wp.me/p4ioO6-9z

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16. Penny Bicknell January 22, 2015 at 10:40 am

    2 husbands, 11 children and yet 2 times a widow.
    This week I write about my great grandmother, ANNIE ELIZABETH VINEY (NEE JONES) of Newport, Shropshire, UK (1888-1976). A tough woman.

    http://abranchtoofar.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/annie-elizabeth-viney-nee-jones-52.html

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17. kakingsbury January 22, 2015 at 10:58 am

    Iacobucci or Yacobucci -One tough lady no matter how you spell it!
    https://trovandofamiglia.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/custode-iacobucci-george-one-tough-lady-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-and-blogging-101/

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18. Amy Kelly January 22, 2015 at 11:29 am

    Soulé Olive Lee Henderson (1899-1940) of Charlotte, North Carolina. Great-granddaughter of Henry “Lighthorse Harry” Lee III and grand-niece of Robert E. Lee. Did Prohibition contribute to her death? – http://shaketree.blogspot.com/2015/01/soule-sue-olive-lee-henderson-52.html

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19. Caron Brennan January 22, 2015 at 11:29 am

    Anna Amalie Petrich is a tough woman to research and find information about living in the German settlements of Posen Province Prussia (now present day Poland). I think she also must have been a tough (strong) woman, as she survived 4 husbands and had 7 children. She was my Great-Great-Grandmother.

    http://yourcousincaron.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-ancestor-3.html

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20. Sue Adamson Fritz January 22, 2015 at 11:30 am

    About my great-grandmother, Ingrid Olauson (Ida Seeber):

    http://suesresearch.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-tough-woman-ingrid-olauson-aka-ida.html

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21. robertajestes January 22, 2015 at 11:31 am

    McKEE, ANN – Ann McKee (1804/1805 – 1840-1850), Methodist Convert

    http://dna-explained.com/2015/01/18/ann-mckee-18041805-18401850-methodist-convert-52-ancestors-55/

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22. Site Admin January 22, 2015 at 11:51 am

    I wrote about my grandmother’s defense plant work during WWII: https://rememberal.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/working-to-get-home/

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23. Joanne Barnard January 22, 2015 at 11:52 am

    The toughest nut to crack in my family history research, for good reason as she kept moving and changing her name, Variously known as Rachel, Margaret Alice, Martha and Barbary, Barbara lived through the tough period of the Civil War and westward migration. Her story is at

    http://victoriajosfamilystories.blogspot.ca/2015/01/barbara-hoover-1834-1890-52-ancestors.html

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24. onlyarethusa January 22, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    Sometimes you think you’ve found the answer. Sometimes, not so much. Ruth Howard Cornwell: http://lemon-knapp.org/wp/?p=638

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25. Lesli M January 22, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    STEVENS, Elizabeth Lou — My 2nd great grandmother. Maybe an orphan, maybe not. Possibly my toughest brick wall. http://bit.ly/1IVL0Zx

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26. Jen January 22, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    ARKE, Mary – My 2nd great grandmother who was brave and tough: http://bit.ly/1EwOZJp

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27. putnamsisters January 22, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    CASE, Ina – 1900-2001- Changing roles for women.

    https://putnamsisters.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/52-ancestors-44-ina-case/

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28. B. C. French January 22, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    Lena Gaskill Wells of Clayton, Jefferson, New York – My 2nd great grandmother who lost 6 of her 11 children before their seventeenth birthdays, and two more in their early twenties: “The aunts, the dolls, and the babies she had lost”. Lots of pictures.

    https://bcfgenealogy.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/5252-week-3-the-aunts-the-dolls-and-the-babies-she-had-lost-tough-woman/

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29. Mary January 22, 2015 at 1:26 pm

    NEVILLE–Cecily Neville–Strong Woman and Mother to Kings
    This entry builds on my blog last week about King Edward III as Cecily was one of his granddaughters.

    http://ancestorsiwishiknew.blogspot.com/

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30. Elizabeth H. January 22, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    McALPIN, Frances Adelaide – a strong (strong-willed?) great-grandmother of mine.
    http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2015/01/frances-mcalpin-pyle-strong-woman.html

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31. kessara January 22, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    KUHN, Wilhelmine “Mina” – Germany to NYC – very tough to research! Did she share a wedding day with her brother?

    https://kessgen.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/52-ancestors-2015-3-mina-kuhn-tough-to-research/

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32. momagcline January 22, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    My g-g-grandmother- A very tough woman to research. I don’t even have a true last name.

    https://momagcline.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/where-in-the-world-is-luarca-frances/

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33. tammy January 22, 2015 at 2:32 pm

    RAMBO – Eleanor Rambo (1823-1903) “It’s all in the name”
    #52 Ancestors 2015, Week#3
    http://thestoriesfoundamongtheleaves.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-2015-week-3-tough-woman.html

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34. Lynda January 22, 2015 at 2:34 pm

    WILLIAMS, Jane (1827-1912), Lawrence and Martin Co., Indiana – a tough woman during a tough time.

    http://timelinesandstories.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-3-jane-williams-tough-times.html

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35. schmidtbarbara January 22, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    TILINSKI – Waltraut Veronika from Korsze, Poland my tough and strong grandmother
    https://schmidtbarbara.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/52ancestors-2015-no-3-which-one-of-the-tough-women-to-choose/

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36. msgenealogyuk January 22, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    My great grandmother had to be tough to survive and at just 17 she had a horrible decision to make.

    https://msgenealogyuk.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/sarah-helferty-1867-1921-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-3/

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    1. starryblackness January 24, 2015 at 8:39 am

       Hi Paula, I liked your story. Good luck with your search! You say you are hoping for cousins to contact you, I thought I would just suggest that if you display your key family and/or location names near the top of the page, maybe in a list or word cloud (both are available in my template as a widgets) it immediately suggests to anyone who looks at your page that you may have ancestors in common.
       Best wishes
       Lynne

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       1. msgenealogyuk January 24, 2015 at 9:23 am

          Thanks for the nice comment and the tip. Not sure I know how to do that but I’ll give it a try. Paula

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37. Schalene Dagutis January 22, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    Lela Ann (HARBERT) Amsberry (1873-1952
    Tough Life, Tough Lady
    http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-3-tough-life-tough-lady.html

    Usually I fall in love with the ancestors who have been through adversity, but this one not so much.

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38. Claudia Boorman January 22, 2015 at 3:18 pm

    BECONSAW (BECONSHAW etc.) / LISLE

    Lady Alice (Beconshaw) Lisle, the regicide’s widow, risked charges of treason in the 17th century.

    http://boormanfamily.weebly.com/blog/lady-alice-beconsaw-lisle-1617-1685-3-52-ancestors

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39. pen4hire January 22, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    BUTTS, George
    Although I have quite a bit of information purporting to be about the twin brother of my great-grandfather, perhaps a Civil war soldier… I am having trouble verifying it. This post is the kind of “inside baseball” that only a fellow family historian can enjoy. (Not following the themes, but maybe I am the ‘tough woman.’)

    http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-george-butts-family-history-mystery/

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40. genealogywithvalerie January 22, 2015 at 4:01 pm

    52 Ancestors- Week #3 Ramona Salazar Acuna – A Woman of “Tough” Discipline http://tinyurl.com/qxfbytk

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41. Janet Barrie January 22, 2015 at 4:45 pm

    Elizabeth Jane BRADSHAW of Springhill. Well it would be tough managing without waitresses even if there was a war on.
    http://tinyurl.com/osmk4r9

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42. Elise Wormuth January 22, 2015 at 5:48 pm

    My tough grandmother, Sophie Bertha Marie Langer Berneburg. http://ortburg.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-3-tough-woman.html

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43. Maureen Martin January 22, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    FARLEY, Mary Pauline – a tough early life during WW2
    http://martinewsancestors.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/52ancestors-week-3-tough-woman.html

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44. melissawiseheart January 22, 2015 at 6:29 pm

    I posted about an ancestor who is tough to track down.

    SALISBURY, Ossian
    http://wiseheartjourney.com/2015/01/15/ossian-salisbury-an-ocean-of-possibilities-52-ancestors-03/

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45. Donna January 22, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    Why was Rozalia Kizeweter Piątkowska one tough woman? Well, for one, her story involves a trip from Warsaw to Philadelphia on a ship for two weeks alone except for two kids under 3… https://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/week-3-rozalia-kizeweter-piatkowska-1866-1937/

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46. Wanda January 22, 2015 at 6:42 pm

    I haven’t been using the prompts for my 52 in 52 posts (yet!), but it occurred to me as I reread this week’s entry that my step-grandmother was, indeed, one tough woman. At age 21 she married a man 20 years her senior and became an instant stepmother to nine children, ages 6 to 17.

    Margaret Pfeiffer Arnold: https://tidbitsandtreasures2011.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/52-ancestors-3-margaret-pfeiffer-3/

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    1. Amy Johnson Crow Post authorJanuary 22, 2015 at 8:29 pm

       I would classify her as a tough woman! (And it’s perfectly alright not to use the themes!)

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47. Judy Everett Ramos January 22, 2015 at 6:50 pm

    SEPULVEDA, Brigida – Tough woman raised kids on her own when husband abandoned her
    http://www.examiner.com/article/ancestor-3-tough-woman-brigida-sepulveda-raised-kids-on-her-own

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48. Susan January 22, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    Regent of Kiev, St. Olga — Her tough side made history man… :-O

    https://themixthatmakesupme.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/regent-of-kiev-saint-olga-52-ancestors-3/

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49. Debbie January 22, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    NASON, Mary L who married Daniel Fiske Johson
    Lots of conflicting data.

    http://myfamilytreebecameaforest.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-week-3-mary-l-nason-johnson.html

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50. patriciarohn January 22, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    Kate HEALY, Yonkers NY – A tough woman who endured a lot and is tough to research.

    https://patriciarohn.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/week-3-2015-kate-healy-the-toughest-woman-in-my-tree/

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51. Michelle Rasmussen January 22, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    Who knew there were witch trials in CT – 30 years before the trails in Salem?

    http://leavesandnuts.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-week-3-nicholas-olmstead.html

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52. shelley@minkyadoo January 22, 2015 at 9:38 pm

    Caroline a woman acquainted with grief is a tough woman to me!

    http://shelleyskylinejourney.com/2015/01/22/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-3-caroline-gasper-bough-1894-1970-a-tough-woman/

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53. Colleen Miscovitch January 22, 2015 at 10:17 pm

    TUCKER, Emma (nee BRISLEY) – My 3x great-grandmother, a hard working widow and mother of 11 children.

    http://colleens-shoebox.weebly.com/my-latest-discoveries-the-blog/52-3-tough-woman

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54. Jennifer K. January 22, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    Edith Florence Morra….or is it Shelpman, Butler, Indiana 1876-1952. One tough (or mean!) lady.
    http://findingmybranches.blogspot.com/2015/01/edith-florence-morra-cabanaw-hackbirth.html

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55. Karen Ramon January 22, 2015 at 11:10 pm

    Amy, Thanks for mentioning my post!

    Christine Merkel- my grandmother and a tough lady!

    http://digginupdeadpeople.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/week-3-a-tough-woman-christina-merkel/

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56. Ginny January 23, 2015 at 2:32 am

    BRAZEL, Isabelle; married John Trotter
    My husband’s third great grandmother was a settler of the Wisconsin Territory, raising 4 children after her husband’s death, building a school, buying land and farming while an invalid – a very tough woman!

    https://ginnysgems.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/isabelle-brazel-trotter-a-tough-woman/

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57. Vicki Court January 23, 2015 at 3:06 am

    Empress MATILDA (1102-1167)
    http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/52-ancestors-2015-week-3-tough-woman.html

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58. Simon Bird January 23, 2015 at 7:41 am

    On my way to writing about 100 Ancestors, this is #54, the very lovely looking Jennie Hill who proved as elusive in death as she was in life.
    http://branchesofmytree.weebly.com/52-week-challenge/54-jennie-hill-1889-who-knows

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59. Wendy January 23, 2015 at 8:42 am

    SLADE – 3 Julia Slades

    http://jollettetc.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-3-julia-slade-one-tough.html

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60. belleek January 23, 2015 at 9:05 am

    John Cotter – Served in the Crimea with The Buffs and invented the saying ‘steady, The Buffs’
    https://rosneath.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/52-ancestors-week-3-john-cotter-10-aug-1823-24-jul-1882/

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61. setait January 23, 2015 at 9:58 am

    Robert TEMPLETON (1849-1913) a Kilmarnock iron turner
    http://setait.co.uk/52-ancestors-no-2-why-rent-when-youve-already-bought/

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62. Dana January 23, 2015 at 10:08 am

    Thomas Whitwell was born in Virginia and was a legal orphan before his first birthday. He later crossed the Cumberland Gap to live in both Kentucky and later Tennessee and served in the War of 1812 alongside his brother-in-law who died in New Orleans.

    http://theenthusiasticgenealogist.blogspot.com/2015/01/thomas-whitwell-legal-orphan-3-of-52.html

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63. Denise Murphy January 23, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    Drucilla Henson – #19 (#3 for 2015). She married a Caton then a Burnett.

    http://denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-19-drucilla-henson-week-3.html

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64. Desiree January 23, 2015 at 7:57 pm

    Lovina Dye (1865-1922), from England to Utah, and mother of 13: http://gatheringbranches.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-wk3-lovina-clarissa-dye.html

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65. Elizabeth Wilson Ballard January 24, 2015 at 9:35 am

    This post is about my dad, who was not a tough woman, but he sure was tough on them. I wrote this short blurb about him on his birthday last Monday.

    WILSON, James Joseph (1929-1985)
    https://digginupgraves.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/james-joseph-wilson-19-january-1929-21-march-1985-52-ancestors/

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66. Pam Carter January 24, 2015 at 10:36 am

    GLENN, Martha – m. David McClure; lived on the NH frontier and was one tough woman http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2015/01/martha-glenn-one-tough-woman-52.html

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67. Dawn January 24, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Ellis, Robert

    https://adventuresatdawn.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/robert-ellis-the-myth-becomes-a-man-ancestor-3-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-2015/

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68. Teresa January 24, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    Saw her husband slaughtered and escaped into the wilderness with her two small boys.

    http://genealogy.dreamwidth.org/5408.html

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69. Julie Goucher January 24, 2015 at 1:25 pm

    Here is the link for week 3 – Esther Bellasis nee King http://anglersrest.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/52-ancestors-3-esther-bellasis-nee-king.html

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70. oldbonesgenealogy January 24, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    BUNT BIANCHI – 52 Ancestors 2015 Edition: #3 Maria Bunt Bianchi (1865 – 1944), a Tough Life Takes a Tough Woman by Eileen A. Souza at Old Bones Genealogy

    The suggested theme for this week was “tough woman.” As soon as I saw the theme, the name of my great-grandmother jumped to mind. Even though I never met her, I have always thought of her as a very tough woman throughout her life.

    http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/52-ancestors-2015-edition-3-maria-bunt-bianchi-1865-1944-a-tough-life-takes-a-tough-woman/

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71. Larisa Thomas January 24, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    Anna Henrietta Noteboom – estranged from her family and abandoned by her husband to raise three small children alone in East New York, Brooklyn.

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    1. Larisa Thomas January 24, 2015 at 3:53 pm

       Forgot the link! http://rootsofkinship.com/2015/01/17/52-ancestors-3-anna-henrietta-noteboom/

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72. Anne “Viking Blood” Faulkner January 24, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    O’CONNELL, Mary Dempsey – Ireland, New York, Minnesota – Survived the Rebellion to make a new life in America
    http://ancestorarchaeology.blogspot.com/2015/01/mary-dempsey-oconnell-irish-rebellion.html

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73. Clare Cook January 24, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    GREENWOOD, Tina Belle. Lived to be 101, and everyone was slightly afraid of her — but she believed in salvation for all.

    https://peopleplaceandtime.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/tina-belle-greenwood-a-tough-universalist-52-ancestors-3/

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74. Wendy Negley January 25, 2015 at 12:30 am

    Maria Wegher, lost 5 out of seven of her children, married to a drunken and abusive husband, but her remaining two children loved and honored

    http://manyplacesmanyfacesblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-year-2-3-maria-wegher.html

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75. Chriss January 25, 2015 at 2:56 am

    COLE, Sophia Eugenia — Bath, Somerset England — (1853-1931)

    A follow-up to last week’s murder-suicide, as I wanted to find out what happened to the eldest surviving child. It’s less of a story and more of a research log to prove the identities of two girls of the same name, born within a year of each other in the same city, and baptised in the same church.

    http://curatingkin.ca/2015/01/16/Would-Our-Sophia-Cole-Please-Step-Forward/

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76. Caroll January 25, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    Elizabeth Oliver Brumley http://bit.ly/1D6Mexp

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77. Aymee January 25, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    MILES, Elizabeth – 1849 to about 1900 – Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas.

    http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-challenge-elizabeth-miles.html

    My 3rd great grandmother who was widowed with 7 children during the Civil War.

    Been writing this blog for a year now, but just now started experimenting with using HTML codes. Still working out the kinks, hopefully it looks ok.

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78. Christopher White January 25, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Week 3: Gertrude Hemstreet Hitchcock, 52 Ancestors
    http://findingyourpast.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-dead-womans-wishes-not-fullfilled-52.html

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79. K. Eklund January 26, 2015 at 11:50 am

    Week 3: Nancy Jane Clark Wells (1880-1969)
    https://wilsongenealogy.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/3-nancy-jane-clark/

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80. Patti Di Loreto January 26, 2015 at 2:02 pm

    I love the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks idea – but I don’t have a blog, so I’m doing a mini version of this on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pattidi/52-ancestors-on-pinterest/ I know that’s not *quite* how it’s supposed to work, but it’s what I can manage at this point! I do love reading everyone’s stories though, very interesting!

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    1. Amy Johnson Crow Post authorJanuary 26, 2015 at 2:07 pm

       That’s ingenious, Patti!

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       1. Patti Di Loreto January 28, 2015 at 11:12 am

          Thank you Amy! Since I found out the idea came from you, I’ve changed my board description to reflect that and put your blog name there. I’ve got a couple of people I want to do, then I will probably join in on your theme ideas – this is going to be fun and I’m sure I’ll learn more about my ancestors in the process!

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81. Deborah Samuel Holman January 26, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    Week 3: Sophie WEISS SPIEGEL http://whoweareandhowwegotthisway.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-3-sophie-weiss.html

    My great- grandmother survived the loss of her mother at a young age, lost her husband after only 10 years of marriage, raised three children alone during a World War, faced anti-Semitism, fled her homeland as a result of another World War, lost many of her possessions, and learned to live in a new country at the age of 64. I’d say that’s A STRONG WOMAN!

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82. Jessica Carlson January 27, 2015 at 5:59 pm

    MILLER, Catherine (1811-1907): http://carlsonandcarricofamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-2015-week-3-catherine.html

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83. Lisa Y. Henderson January 27, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    http://scuffalong.com/2015/01/21/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-3-strong-woman/ My enslaved ancestor, known only as Juda.

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84. Diane Tourville January 28, 2015 at 12:24 am

    Who is this “Mrs. Tourville” who died of fright in 1880 in Montreal?

    In English: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wp/?p=680

    In French: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wpfr/?p=471

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85. pen4hire January 28, 2015 at 1:29 pm

    Diane, you definitely should get an award for the most unusual death of an ancestor!

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    1. Diane January 28, 2015 at 8:39 pm

       Thank you!

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86. akellmurr72 February 1, 2015 at 1:13 am

    Week 3 –Loris Melba Bryant Gwyn Helton –Tough lady. http://www.howdidigetheremyamazinggenealogyjourney.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-2015-edition-3-loris-melba.html

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87. Kerryn Taylor February 2, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    Mary Agnes ADAMS nee MORGAN (1864-1933) A tough lady – my great grandmother http://ancestorchaser.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/52-ancestors-week-3-tough-woman.html

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88. Dawn Marie Meehan February 5, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    Mentzer, Almaretta Florence nee McManigle. She has an interesting story to be told.

    https://dawnsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/week-3-tough-woman-mentzer-almaretta-florence-mcmanigle/

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89. Nikki Haskins Miller February 7, 2015 at 4:50 pm

    Sara Wisse DeFisher. I can’t even imagine her trip across the pond.

    http://acoupleofwhiles.blogspot.com/2015/02/52-ancestors-in-2015-3-sarah-susanna.html

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90. LaVonne Murray February 12, 2015 at 2:05 am

    WILLITS KENNEY, Myra.
    Myra was my great grandfather’s aunt. She was a widow who came to Dakota Territory with her eleven year old daughter and filed on a homestead.

    http://storiesthroughtime.blogspot.com/2015/02/week-3-of-52-ancestors-2015tough-woman.html

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