Week 39. Let that number sink in for a moment. Its meaning might not be as obvious as “26” was, but Week 39 is a milestone. We have now completed 3/4 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge!
Whether you’ve been doing it since the beginning or just started… Whether you’ve done 39 posts or have missed a few weeks… Give yourself a hand! No matter where you are in the Challenge, here’s what I have to say:
Anything you’ve written is more than what you had before you started!
My contribution this past week was my troublemaker great-great-grandmother Ann Stephens Johnson.
Leave a link to your post in the comments below. (Reminder: leave a link to that post, not your blog in general.) Also, there was lots of good reading from Week 38 – make sure you check that out!
Happy blogging!
FRAZIER – John Frazier (or Who’s Your Daddy?)
http://jollettetc.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-39-john-frazier.html
HAWKINS, Samuel Melville “Farmer and Family Man” (1824-1902)
http://kessgen.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/52-ancestors-39-samuel-melville-hawkins-farmer-family-man/
Kerse–Marie Botto Kerse Maher- the Magnificent Musician–52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, #39
http://heart2heartstories.com/2014/09/30/marie-botto-kerse-maher-the-magnificent-musician-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-39/
ANDERSON – #39 Helen Martha Maria (Anderson) Gatlin (my paternal grandmother)
http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-39-helen-martha-marie.html
CLARKSON/CLAXTON – Margaret Clarkson/Claxton (1851-1920), Baptist Church Founder, 52 Ancestors #39
http://dna-explained.com/2014/09/28/margaret-n-clarksonclaxton-1851-1920-baptist-church-founder-52-ancestors-39/
KLAPSTEIN, Earl Loren (1922-1997)
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers
http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-39-1946-pittsburgh-steelers.html
MCLAUGHLIN — “Nancy Elizabeth McLaughlin, Eloped at 16” on Green Family Archives
http://greenfamilyarchives.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-35-nancy-elizabeth.html
YOUNG Edith Hannah (1873 – 1957), Durham, Yorkshire, Devon, Cornwall
The lovelorn Miss Edith Young
http://starryblackness.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/edith-young/
GOWDY — “Adam McConnell Gowdy, Delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention” on Green Family Archives
http://greenfamilyarchives.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancesetors-36-adam-mcconnell-gowdy.html
Mary A. Kessler Holsinger
http://www.reflectionsfromthefence.blogspot.com/2014/09/sundays-stories-52-ancestor-weeks-week_28.html
LANKFORD, James Meriweather – 52 Ancestors – #2
http://denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-2-james-meriweather.html
LACASSE – Marguerite Lacasse
http://yvonnesgenealogyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/09/52-ancestors-39-marguerite-lacasse.html
BRYAN – BRUCE. Week 39: Two Bryan Sisters married Two Bruce Brothers
http://jinsalacoblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/week-39-september-27-2014-52-ancestor-52-week-blog-two-sisters-married-two-brothers-nancy-bryan-and-george-winston-bruce-did-they-bury-gold-parthena-bryan-and-aquilla-bruce-did-she/
RAND – #39, Francis Rand, Killed in an Indian Raid
http://pinetreesandpedigrees.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-39-francis-rand-killed-in.html
HORN, John Gilman http://tinachaserandom.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancesters-34-john-gilman-horn.html
FOSTER, Jane http://branchingoutfamily.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/24-jane-foster-52-ancestors/
TUCKER – #39 Elva Rosalie Tucker – A Flower Waiting to Blossom
http://frommymaterialstash.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-39-elva-rosalie-tucker.html
SINCLAIR(nee HENRY) Jessie Ann – Manitoba, Canada daughter,farm wife and Aunt
Yikes, link belongs above http://ssimms64.blogspot.ca/2014/09/jessie-ann-henry-sinclair.html
WILLIAM the Conqueror changed the course of England’s history
http://www.examiner.com/article/ancestor-39-william-the-conqueror-changed-the-course-of-england-s-history
John William Hillcoat (1828-1907)
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/52-ancestors-39-john-william-hillcoat.html
DALEY, Ann (1809-1880) 52 Ancestors # 21
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/52-ancestors-21-ann-daley.html
ROBERTS, Mary Ann (1793-1863) 52 Ancestors #22
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/52-ancestors-22-mary-ann-roberts.html
HIBSCH, Robert M. Another WWII Veteran Dies
http://denisedigsroots.blogspot.com/2014/10/robert-m-hibsch-veteran-of-wwii-veteran.html
SMITH, Charles Septimus (1833-1912) 52 Ancestors #23
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-23-charles.html
WATERMAN – Dr. Luther L. – 52 Ancestors: #39 ~ Luther’s Grave Marker in Union Cemetery
http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-39-luther-grave-marker-in.html
LANDRUM – 52 Ancestors: #39 Martha “Patsy” LANDRUM, An Orphan by Cathy Meder-Dempsey at Opening Doors in Brick Walls
http://openingdoorsinbrickwalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/52-ancestors-39-martha-patsy-landrum-an-orphan/
WITTMIS (Wittmütz), Julius from Ruegen Island/Germany to Bloomington, McLean, IL:
http://vorfahrensucher.de/juliuswittmis/
MUSGROVE, Jack – This week I have written about one of my grandfather’s who changed the course of my life – literally.
http://branchesofmytree.weebly.com/52-week-challenge/w37-jack-musgrove-a-grandfather-i-never-met
BIANCHI Week 39 – Mary Bianchi Pieri (Tombstone Tuesday) by Eileen A. Souza at Old Bones Genealogy.
http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/52-ancestors-39-mary-bianchi-pieri-tombstone-tuesday/
Richards–Edward Richards of Yaverland–Had Any Good Dreams Lately?
http://ancestorsiwishiknew.blogspot.com
NYE – Content Nye (1693-1775) at Digging Down East
http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-38-content-nye-1693-1775.html
Although I have not missed a week of telling stories, I have missed entering them here. Good excuse, I was visiting ancestors sites with some relatives. We are descendended from the Howe family of tavern owners, whose original 1716 tavern is now Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. While I was on the road, I posted the following:
#36: David HOWE, the serious, quiet one. http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-36-david-howe/
#37: Samuel HOWE, the wheeler dealer, whom I call the Donald Trump of Puritan New England. http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-wheeler-dealer-samuel-howe/
#38: John HOWE, the first arrival, first Howe to run a tavern, one of the founders of Sudury and of Marlborough, MA. http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-first-howe-tavern-keeper-38-john-howe-pioneer/
#39: Jerusha HOWE, Spinster lady who is said to haunt a room at the Wayside Inn. I slept in that room!! http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2014/09/jerusha-howe-ghost-wayside-inn/
I am behind still, but plugging away. In this post my research deviates sharply with the accepted prior research on this branch (from the 1970’s).
WILCOX, Simon (1809-1904) #35 and SHARP, Lydia #36 [New Brunswick to Michigan by way of Oxford County Unified Province of Canada]
http://jahcmft.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-35-simon-1809-1904-wilcox.html
52 Ancestors-#39-COMLY, Henry – 1683 English Quaker Immigrant to Philly
http://pastremains.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-post-39-henry-comly-early.html
NORMAN – Amos Garth Norman: http://carlsonandcarricofamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-week-39-amos-garth-norman.html
KIMBER – Casper and Femmetje Join Minisink Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church in Orange Co., NY, 52 Ancestors
http://casperkimberconnections.blogspot.com/2014/10/casper-and-femmetje-join-minisink.html
BRACKLEY – Eugene Brackley (1912-2003) at Digging Down East
http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-39-eugene-brackley-1912.html
CAPEN, John
SCHOOLER, William
WILLIAMS, John
http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-38-two-murderers-one.html
HOYT, Dorothy – a short story that makes me wish for more details.
http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-39-she-wore-pants-in-family.html
DOYLE, Rachel Rebecca
and
HARTMAN, George William
http://searchingbeyondsaintlouis.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-post.html
SCHNEIDER, Anna Elizabeth
Volga German immigrant 1899.
http://putnamsisters.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/anna-elizabeth-schneider-germanrussian-connection-part-2/
BELCHER, JANE http://researchergal.blogspot.ca/2014/10/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-39-jane-belcher.html
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #39 John A. Thompson, Husband of Mattie Hairston and His Surprising Link to John Neely Bryan, Founder of Dallas, Texas
http://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-39-john.html