18. Does this mean the Challenge is officially an adult now?

Denise Hibsch Richmond tells about her ancestor the ice cream maker. (You know you’re jealous 😉 ) My favorite ancestor name this week has to be Pam Schaffners’ Stephen Blizzard Bustin. Karen Acker shares the tragedy of her great-uncle’s death in WWII.

My contribution this week was my 3rd-great-grandmother Martha Harris Orr Starkey, who is a twist in my family tree.

NOTE: I am posting this a week late, due to not being able to get caught up while at the National Genealogical Society conference last week. These posts cover the week ending Tuesday, May 6. I will post Week 19 in a couple of days.

• ADAMS – “James Callender Adams” by Karen on Ancestor Soup
• ALLEN – “Chloe Ann Allen Mitchell — Did She Raise Her Grandchildren?” by Andrew Kelleher on How Did I Get Here?
• AMORE – “George Washington Amore” by Wendy Littrell on All My Branches Genealogy
• BAILEY – “Mary Eliza Bailey Watkins” by Judi Carroll-Thompson on Journey of a Family Historian
• BAKER – “Sarah Baker” on My Family History Research
• BANACH – “The Papermaker” (Alexander Felix Banach) by Brian Zalewski on Zalewski Family Genealogy
• BARNES – “Archie J. Barnes – The J Is Important” by NikiMarie on My People in History
• BARTON – “Joseph Barton” by Kay Bauman on Relative Storyboards
• BELCHER – “Thomas Belcher” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• BEAUMONT – “Benjamin Beaumont, Pioneer” by Kathy Nemaric on KJN Genealogy
• BERGMANN – “More Questions Than Answers About Wilhelmine Bergmann” by Kathryn on Conrad’s Stories
• BIRD – “Sarah Bird – Convict, Publican and Mother” on Jenna’s Gene Weblog
• BRUNS – “Herman Heinrich Bruns (1840-1913)” by Miles Meyer on Our Ancestories
• BUSTIN – “Stephen Blizzard Bustin” by Pam Schaffner on Digging Down East
• CALNON – “Patrick John (PJ) Calnon (1857-1940)” by Verybeth on Tell Me More Stories
• CAMPBELL – “Lily Campbell” by Jillian Glover on My Ain Folk
• CHASE – “William Chase” by Cherie Atkinson Clark on Still Digging for Roots
• CHENEY – “John Cheney” by Bill West on West in New England
• CHENEY – “John Cheney Pt 2” by Bill West on West in New England
• CHOUART – “Des Groseilliers and the Royal Charter” (Médard Chouart) by Yvonne Demoskoff on Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
• COLLIER – “Samuel Collier” by Dave Lucey on The eLuceydator
• CREIGHTON – “The Creightons” by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
• DENSLER – “Elizabeth Densler” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
• DEVINE – “Mary Devine Noble” by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
• DIUGUID – “William Diuguid” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• DONALD – “Arthur Peter McLaren Donald, Jr.” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
• DOUGHERTY – “Clark Dougherty – A Surprise From the Internet” on Putnam Sisters
• DOUGHTY – “Mumps and Marriage” (Geoff and Elsie Doughty) by Hilary on Looking Back
• EGLĪTIS – “Andrejs Eglītis” on Discovering Latvian Roots
• EISENMAN – “Bernice Irene Helen Eisenman, Always in My Heart” by Denise Hibsch Richmond on Denise Digs Roots
• ERWIN – “Vernon/Verna/Vern Erwin (1872-1947)” by Jo Allison Henn on Climbing My Family Tree
• FERGUSON – “Was Jennie a Tyrant?” (Jennie Ferguson) on Passage to the Past’s Blog
• FIRMAN – “Garnet Adele Firman” by Jessica Carlson on Carlson and Carrico Family History
• FREDERICK – “Richard Frederick of New Jersey” by Sally Knudsen on SallySearches
• FULLER – “Clarissa Fuller (Knox) – Pioneer Woman” by Jacqueline Foster on My Journey Back
• GABER – “Kasper Gaber” by Caroll on Trace Your Genealogy
• GALLAGHER – “Mary Gallagher, From Ireland via the Kischacoquillas Valley” by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
• GILLBERG – “Grandma Ingrid’s Grade School” by Jana Last on Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
• GLESSOF – “Florence Gloria Glessof” by Barbara Murphy on My Family’s Branches and Twigs
• GONZÁLEZ – “Dionisia González Padilla (1892-1918)” by Luis Rivera on Genealogy Under Construction
• GOWDY – “Mary Jane Gowdy and the Mysterious Oil Painting” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• GREENE – “Abigail (Greene) Hodsdon” by The Down East Genealogist on Pine Trees and Pedigrees
• GRENVILLE – “Sir Thomas Grenville, Sheriff of Cornwall and Lord of Devon and Stowe” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• GRIMES – “Mary (Grimes) Montgomery’s Testimony” by genohio on Flowers on the Family Tree
• HAIRSTON – “Rebecca Hairston” by Diana on Moments in Time
• HALL – “Eliza Jane Hall” by Larry L. Sanburg on larrysgroup
• HANCE – “Elizabeth Hance – The Disorderly Quaker” by MaeveM on From My Material Stash
• HARRIS – “The Twist in the Tree: Martha Harris Orr Starkey” by Amy Johnson Crow on No Story Too Small
• HAWXHURST – “From Hicks to Hawsxhurst in One Leap” (Berth Lawxhurst) by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• HOFFMAN – “John Hoffman” by Joanne Clyde on Do You Know the Muffin Man?
• HOLLAND – “Sir Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• HOLSINGER – “Anna Susan (nee Holsinger) Trumbo” by Carol on Reflections From the Fence
• HOLYOKE – “Edward Holyoke” by Bill West on West in New England
• HOPPER – “Ulysis L. Hopper Barrett” by Terri on Genealogy Junkie
• HUELSTER – “Happy Mother’s Day Maria Huelster Eitelbach” by Mary on Ancestors I Wish I Knew
• HUTSON – “Alva Leo Hutson, Farmer Turned Ice Cream Maker” by Denise Hibsch Richmond on Denise Digs Roots
• INGRAM – “Robert Ingram 1819-abt. 1902” by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
• JEAN – “Edmund Jean” by Donna Brown on DonnaB’s Weblog
• JELBERT – “Mary Jelbert: Love Pasties and Earrings” by Lynne Black on starryblackness
• JOLLETT – “James W. Jollett, Jr.” by Wendy on Jollett Etc.
• JORDAN – “The Mysterious Cicely Jordan” by Pam on Our Own History
• KESSLER – “Oswald Kessler, I Think” by Cheryl Biermann Hartley on My Search for the Past
• KINNICK – “John Adam Kinnick” by Dr. Bill Smith on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories
• KUHN – “Martin Kuhn – He Actually Was Alive to Emigrate From Neustadt, Kurhessen” by Nancy Niehaus Hurley on Indiana Ties
• LANDBERG – “Absalom Johanson Landberg 1847-1928” by Nellie on Nellie’s Basket
• LEMAITRE – “Joseph Lemaitre, Indian Scout” by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
• LITTLE – “James ‘Jimmy’ Little (1889-1944)” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
• LOUGEE – “Louis Fremont Lougee” by Kessara on Of Loons and Lady Slippers
• LOVE – “Guy Robert Love – An American in Abyssinia” by Brad on Montanatude
• MADDEN – “Michael Madden (1804-1885) Ireland” on Joynealogy
• MASSEY – “Oscar Massey Accused of Stealing Rifles” by Brian on Ancestors at Rest
• MAVERICK – “Sarah Maverick” by Larry L. Sanburg on larrysgroup
• MAZEROLLE – “Sophie Mazerolle (1868-????) Inkerman to Chateauguay” by Linda Albert on My Acadian Roots
• McCARDLE – “Ellen McCardle” by Rachel Andrews on Stalking the Dead
• McNEES – “Isaiah McNees” by Ann Hinds on Yeakley/Jones Family History
• MOYNAHAN – “Maidstone Ontario: Talbot Settlers” by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
• MUSGROVE – “Frank Musgrove Who Died at Passendale” by Simon on The Branches of My Tree
• NICHOLS – “Ezekiel H. Nichols AKA Zeke” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• NICKERSON – “Thomas Nickerson – The Very First” by Karen Bruynell on Getting to Know You
• NORTON – “Samuel Norton – Early Goshen, CT Resident” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
• PENA – “Jose Cayetano Albino Pena Married a Second Time Later in Life” by Judy Everett Ramos on Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner
• POE – “Edgar Allan Poe” by Cheryl Miller on Shaking Cheryl’s Family Tree
• RADCLIFFE – “Sir Nicholas de Radcliffe, Knight” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• RASMUSSEN – “Finding Friends – Norma Rasmussen” by Michelle on Leaves and Nuts
• RHEINFELS – “Augusta Rheinfels – Celle, Germany to Chicago, IL” by Aymee Lubinski on My Ancestor’s Leaves
• RICE – “Joseph Rice 1700-1766, A Dissenter” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
• RITTER – “Elidia Rebecca Ritter Mark: Ohio Mom” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
• ROBERTS – “Henry Roberts” by Susie Reynolds on Our Families and Their Untold Stories
• ROCH – “Christian Christopher Roch, Sorenskriver (Magistrate) of Øvre Telemark, Norway” by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors!
• SHAFFER – “Shaffer and Zirkle Cemeteries” by Jenn Merry on Annals of Memory
• SHANE – “Mary Shane Lemon King Merriott” by Karen Blackmore on Karen’s Genealogy Oasis
• SHANLEY – “Dorothy (Shanley) Pierce” by Tina Marie Chase on Random
• SHERROD – “Salina Sherrod Brooks” by Judi Carroll-Thompson on Journey of a Family Historian
• SINCLAIR – “Lizzie Sinclair Morcom” by Sharon Simms on 52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks
• SMITH – “Andrew Harmon Smith, a Resilient Soldier” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• SOLOMON – “William Solomon and His Ojibwa Wife” by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
• SOULAS – “Louis Joseph Soulas” by Marine S. on Dans les branches [in French]
• SOWDERS – “Virgil Clark Sowders – Story Telling Photo Collage” by Cathy Sowders Fern on Remember Me – Heritage From the Past
• SPANGLER – “Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer (1832-1901)” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• SPRAGUE – “Frederick Sprague, Enlisted at Age 16 in the Revolutionary War” by cosmokidso n Our Family Tree Tales
• ST. JOHN – “James St. John Sr. (1812-1904)” by Jen Smart on Jen’s Genealogy Pages
• STEVENSON – “Mary Hyslop Stevenson/Jackson” by fancyweaver on Siblings and Niblings
• STOUT – “Let Pennyroyalian George Do It. Dr. George H. Stout” by Vera Marie Badertscher on Ancestors in Aprons
• SWANSON – “He Could Dance! A Heartfelt Choice Made by Mom – Beryl Swanson Welte” on I’m Proud to Be the Family Historian
• THOMAS – “William Thomas (1819-1901)” by Diane on Genealogy on My Mind
• THOMAS – “William Thomas (1819-1901)” by Diane on Généalogie en tête [in French]
• TOURVILLE – “Julia Thomas Davenport (née Tourville) (1843-1915)” by Diane on Genealogy on My Mind
• TOURVILLE – “Julia Thomas Davenport (née Tourville) (1843-1915)” by Diane on Généalogie en tête [in French]
• TRÜMPI – “Bertha Barbara Trümpi Huber” by D. Taylor on D. Taylor’s Genealogy
• TYREY – “Francis Tyrey and Francis Marion Tyrey, His Son” by Laura Johnston on Getting Started in Genealogy
• VANDERPOOL – “John R. Vanderpool” by Myra Vanderpool Gormley on Shaking Family Trees
• VANDERPOOL – “Mahala (Vanderpool) Vanderpool” by Myra Vanderpool Gormley on Shaking Family Trees
• VLACK – “Theresa Vlack” by Michelle on My Family History
• VOSSLER – “Mary Ellen Vossler McFarlane” by Elizabeth Richard on Scrapping My Family History
• WARM – “Biking Across Western Canada in 1930” (William Warm) by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees
• WELLS – “Rachel Wells” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• WHITELEY – “Ann Whiteley” on thegenealogygirl
• WILLIAMS – “Uncle Walter Williams” by Minnie Becton on How Did I Get Here: From Africa to North Carolina
• WILLIAMSON – “Fanny Lulu: Back from the Dead” (Fanny Lulu Williamson) by Erin Williamson Klein on My Family History Files
• WOOD(S) – “Jerusha (Wood(s)) Gilbert Barr – Marriage Contract Found in Land Records” by Leah on Genealogy in West Brookfield, MA
• WOODWARD – “Beatrice Woodward Steer” by Kirsty Gray on Family Wise Ltd.
• WRIGHT – “Caroline Wright” by Gail Pullyblank on Family History, Etc.
• WRIGHT – “John Prior Wright” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• YORK – “Sandy York” by JessLibrarian on Genie Roadtrip
• YOUNG – “George Young” by Marcy Belles on My Family & Memories
• ZIMMER – “Henry George Zimmer Jr.” by Paul on Ups and Downs of Family History
• name not listed – “The Memory in a Scent” by Joanne Clyde on Do You Know the Muffin Man
• no surname – “Charlemagne: Charles the Great, Emperor of the Romans” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• no surname – “Saint Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• no surname – “Lady Godiva, Countess of Mercia” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• no surname – “Harold II, the Last Anglo-Saxon King” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• no surname – “Henry I, King of France” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• no surname – “Count Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• no surname – “Saint Vladimir the Great” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors