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Martha Jane Stern

Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, geography, personal, stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 5, 2008 | No Comments »

I believe I’ve mentioned my maternal great-grandmother, Martha Jane Stern, in previous posts.  She was the mother of my mother’s mom, Vesta Christena Wilt.  Martha was born on February 9, 1872 in Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana to Emanuel Bushong Stern (descendent of the Stern and Bushong families) and Nancy Caylor (descendent of the Kohler/Caylor and [...]

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Statistics on Age

Posted in Carnival of Genealogy, Life and Death, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 8, 2008 | No Comments »

The theme for the 52nd Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is AGE.  As family historians, we take time to carefully mark the birthdates of our forebearers. We print out family tree charts including this all-important data. We make it a point to note at what age family members have married, had children and passed [...]

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An Early Divorce

Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, stories, tagged , , , , , , , on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

One of the earliest divorces I found - one that would also impact my life - was that of my great-grandparents.  Joseph Napolean Wilt and Martha Jane Stern were married in Delaware County, Indiana on September 10, 1890.  Six children were born to this family - one son was either stillborn or died shortly thereafter.  [...]

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