The recent election made me wonder which presidents were serving or elected to office during the lifetime of my great-grandmother, Nancy Caylor. She was born on May 10, 1840 in Wayne County, indiana. She married Emanuel Bushong Stern, son of Christian and Margaret (Bushong) Stern, on Feb. 6, 1857 at the age of 16. Between May [...]
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Presidents In Her Lifetime
Posted in Life and Death, tagged Caylor, grandmother, Presidents on November 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tombstone Tuesday – Nancy Caylor Stern
Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, Tombstone Tuesday, challenge, personal, tagged Caylor, cemetery, grandmother, gravestone, Hamilton County, Indiana, photos, Stern, Tombstone Tuesday on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Gravestone of my 2nd great-grandmother, Nancy Caylor Stern. Born May 10, 1840 and died Dec. 21, 1900. Buried in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Photo taken by my grandfather, Glen R. Johnson. Original in my possession.
Nancy married Emanual Bushong Stern on Feb. 6, 1857 and they had 8 children: Susannah, Samuel, Margaret (Ellen), John, Daniel, Elias, [...]
Tied Back to Germany
Posted in geography, personal, tagged ancestors, Frankfurt, genealogy, geography, Germany, Goul, grandmother, Raudenbusch, Roudebush, Stern, Werts on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, Jessica, at Jessica’s Genejournal posted this about looking for her German Ancestors since it was German-American day. Unfortunately, I was not able to post about my Germany ancestors so will be a day late with this one.
Most of my ancestors originated from somewhere in Germany (or what is now Germany). Unfortunately, I haven’t been [...]
My Grandmothers (part 2)
Posted in Photographs, personal, tagged genealogy, grandmother, Photographs, photos on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In my earlier post My Grandmothers, I included a photo of my maternal and paternal grandmothers. At the time that was written, that was the only picture I had of the two of them together. While on vacation at my mom’s house, I pulled out a couple other boxes of photos that I don’t think [...]
Two Sisters
Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, Smile For the Camera (Carnival), tagged genealogy, grandmother, Photographs, Smile For the Camera, Washington on July 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The theme for the 4th Edition of Smile For the Camera hosted by footnotemaven is “My Favorite Photograph”. “Choose a photograph of an ancestor, relative, yourself, or an orphan photograph that is your favorite family photo or that photograph you’ve collected and wouldn’t give up for a King’s ransom. Is it the only photograph of [...]
Migrations
Posted in Life and Death, geography, tagged Champaign County, Germany, grandfather, grandmother, grandparents, Greene County, immigration, Indiana, Madison County, migration, North Carolina, Ohio, Rush County, Wilkes County on July 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So many times when we locate an ancestor they have migrated from where they were born or married or built a home, to another area possibly a great distance away. What prompts these moves? What was it they were searching for or hoping to gain by moving?
There are many web sites dealing in reasons including: [...]
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