For February’s quiz, let’s go back a couple generations. In December, 2010, I asked about Grandpa Roy’s father, Beeley Pendleton. As part of the answer to that quiz I stated that Beeley married Catherine Newkirk in 1855 in Darlington, Wisconsin.
When and where was Catherine born?
A) 1835 in Wisconsin
B) 1836 in Pennsylvania
C) 1837 in Illinois
For extra credit, what were her parents’ names?
-- ANSWER
Catherine was born in Independence, Illinois on March 5, 1837. Her parents were Cyrus Newkirk and Catherine Wildermuth.
I am currently working on the Newkirk branch of the tree and have traced that family back to about 1600 in the Netherlands. I have found a lot of interesting information. Who knows, some of it may show up in a future quiz!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Mary Ryan's 102nd
Kathy [Ryan] Meyer (2) passed this picture of her mom, Mary [Pendleton] Ryan (1) along to me. It was taken at her birthday party on December 25, 2010 - Her 102nd!
She had just gotten her first cell phone.
Happy belated birthday, Aunt Mary Ryan! And MANY more.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Service - Noah Zues Gallegos
Noah Gallegos (4), Sandra Jean [Pendleton] Dennis (3), Howard Pendleton (2), Howard Pendleton (1)
January 2, 2011: Noah Zues Gallegos is in the service and currently deployed in Afghanistan.
This information was supplied through an anonymous comment on the blog.
January 2, 2011: Noah Zues Gallegos is in the service and currently deployed in Afghanistan.
This information was supplied through an anonymous comment on the blog.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Reading a Genealogy
The format of each record is:
ID. Name (Generation)
Born: Date of Birth, Location (if known)
Died: Date of Death, Location (if known)
Spouse: The other parent of the direct ancestor.
Child: This person's child who was a direct ancestor.
Parents:
Father ID and name: Click the link to go to the record for this person's father.
Mother ID and name: Click the link to go to the record for this person's mother.
Siblings: This person’s brothers and sisters, listed in “best known” birth order.
Other Notes:
Once a parent is listed as “Unknown”, no further entries are made for that parent’s ancestors, although I reserve the appropriate IDs in case I find them later.
A double question mark indicates an unknown name: ?? Jones or Sarah ??.
A single question mark indicates the information is not certain: England?; 1, Jan 1600?
Spellings of last names change frequently, even within a given family. The spelling listed herein is the spelling I found for the given individual, but, any of the others spellings of the last name COULD be correct.
Spellings of first names represent the most common spelling found for this individual. For example: Tunis Newkirk could be Tunis, Teunis, Tuenis, Thunis, Theunis, Thuenis, etc. Any of these spellings COULD be correct.
Finally, keep in mind that there is a LOT of bad data on the sites I have researched. I have found entries in family trees for children who were born before their parents were born; 80 year old women giving birth; people living 120+ years, etc. It is very annoying that so many people just replicate this bad data without question! Generally, once I find a tree that contains what I consider "garbage", I throw out ALL the data from that tree. I have found a few lines that I could trace back more than 12 generations, but the information seems so doubtful that it was not included.
I have done my best to filter out all the bad data and have made notes when I have made assumptions, but, some garbage data may have inadvertently slipped by me. If you see an obvious error or if something looks suspicious, PLEASE let me know: PaulPendleton@Comcast.net.
ID. Name (Generation)
Born: Date of Birth, Location (if known)
Died: Date of Death, Location (if known)
Spouse: The other parent of the direct ancestor.
Child: This person's child who was a direct ancestor.
Parents:
Father ID and name: Click the link to go to the record for this person's father.
Mother ID and name: Click the link to go to the record for this person's mother.
Siblings: This person’s brothers and sisters, listed in “best known” birth order.
Other Notes:
Once a parent is listed as “Unknown”, no further entries are made for that parent’s ancestors, although I reserve the appropriate IDs in case I find them later.
A double question mark indicates an unknown name: ?? Jones or Sarah ??.
A single question mark indicates the information is not certain: England?; 1, Jan 1600?
Spellings of last names change frequently, even within a given family. The spelling listed herein is the spelling I found for the given individual, but, any of the others spellings of the last name COULD be correct.
Spellings of first names represent the most common spelling found for this individual. For example: Tunis Newkirk could be Tunis, Teunis, Tuenis, Thunis, Theunis, Thuenis, etc. Any of these spellings COULD be correct.
Finally, keep in mind that there is a LOT of bad data on the sites I have researched. I have found entries in family trees for children who were born before their parents were born; 80 year old women giving birth; people living 120+ years, etc. It is very annoying that so many people just replicate this bad data without question! Generally, once I find a tree that contains what I consider "garbage", I throw out ALL the data from that tree. I have found a few lines that I could trace back more than 12 generations, but the information seems so doubtful that it was not included.
I have done my best to filter out all the bad data and have made notes when I have made assumptions, but, some garbage data may have inadvertently slipped by me. If you see an obvious error or if something looks suspicious, PLEASE let me know: PaulPendleton@Comcast.net.
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