I’m a day late with Saturday Night Genealogy Fun that Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings posted last night. The challenge was to list the number of descendents of one of the four sets of great-grandparents, how many are living or deceased, and how many we’ve met.
Reunion of the Amore – Werts Family 1924
My paternal great-grandparents, William [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Records, stories, tagged Albert, Amore, Bennett, census, Kazee, newspaper, Ohio, Ostler, Smith on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Georgia Anna Amore is somewhat of a mystery to me. She was the daughter of George Washington Amore (my g-grandfather’s brother) and Catherine (Katie) Burden. Born on January 21, 1895 in Plainfield, Coshocton County, Ohio, Georgia was G.W.’s and Katie’s 5th child and 2nd daughter. One brother was born after her.
Georgia married no less than [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Records, geography, tagged Amore, Arbuckle, Beiler, Blazer, Caylor, England, Feurstein, France, Germany, Goul, immigration, Kinsey, Lutz, Madison, Maple, Miller, Switzerland, Wampler, Werts, Yoder on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is a list of my ancestors who immigrated to America.
Adam Goul: My 4th g-grandfather. About 1763 from Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Adam was a young boy traveling onboard ship with his mother, father – Frederick, and a sister. All but Adam died on the voyage.
Adam Lutz: My 5th g-grandfather. (father-in-law of Adam Goul) about [...]
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If you’ve been lucky enough to find military records connected to your ancestors or collateral family members, then you have realized what a find these records can be. Information generally available include vital statistics (height, weight, color of hair, eyes, complexion), an address, nearest relative, occupation and place of employment, date and place of birth, [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, personal, stories, tagged Amore, Clawson, Coshocton County, home, Indiana, Johnson, Lane County, Madison County, Ohio, Oregon, personal, Wilt on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is with wonder and thanks that I am able to see photos of the houses that my family and ancesters have resided through time. As I locate addresses, I look them up on Google Maps in order to see what type of terrain they may have lived amongst. Here is the “Parade of Homes”.
At [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, news, personal, stories, tagged Amore, Coshocton, grandparents, Ohio, reunion, Werts, Wertz on December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I peruse my family file, I’ve come across some of the names listed in the reunion announcement of the first Amore-Werts reunion held on May 25, 1924 at the home of my great-grandparents, (William) Henry and (Mary Angelina) Annie (Werts) Amore.
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Amore – my great-grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Baker – Benjamin [...]
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On this Veteran’s Day I say a prayer of thanks for bringing those in my immediate family who served in the military safely home. Back in May, I wrote Those Who Served. That post concerned my great-grandfather, James E. House, my grandfather, Glen R. Johnson, my dad, and my uncles, Norman and Gail Amore.
I wanted [...]
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As I was checking out all the updated census records on Family Search yesterday, I made a new discovery – my paternal great-grandmother had a half-sister I hadn’t found before! My 2nd great-grandmother, Louisa Bookless, married William Washington Werts in Coshocton County, Ohio on August 24, 1852. Their first child, George Wesley Werts, was born on January [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, personal, tagged Amore, ancestors, Connecticut, England, genealogy, Hollister, House, Treat on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday when I posted my submission for the 59th Carnival of Genealogy, I didn’t realize that several of my genea-blogger friends would suddenly realize we are related! Julie Cahill Tarr from GenBlog and Becky Wiseman from kinexxions and Whitley County Kinexxions Blog are my newly found distant cousins! We are related through our ancestor, Richard Treat, [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, news, personal, stories, tagged Amore, Baker, Blazer, Caylor, family, genealogy, Johnson, news, photograph, photos, reunion, Stern, Werts, Wilt on October 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Some of my earliest memories involve family reunions – whether they were impromptu gatherings with the local family members on the weekend or planned affairs requiring travel to another city or state. There were reunions that continued throughout my childhood and reunions that began during my childhood. Before I came along there had been others.
On [...]
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