tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202344714569874512024-03-13T06:03:11.402-04:00Dawning GenealogyWe are all a mosaic of our past, present and future generations.
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DawnDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-68981675302392830192020-04-10T10:52:00.000-04:002020-04-10T10:52:48.745-04:00It's National Siblings Day!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's National Siblings Day! Here are some of the siblings in my family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The above picture is of my great grandfather, William Joseph Rueff, Jr. and his brothers. From L-R: Charles William Rueff (sitting), Philip George Rueff (standing), Andrew Grover Cleveland "Andy" Rueff (sitting in center) and my great grandfather, William Joseph Rueff, Jr. They are the sons of William Joseph Rueff, Sr. and his wife Caroline Kuhn Rueff. ca. 1898</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is one of my favorite photos! From L-R: John Christopher "JC" Rueff, George Kenneth Rueff (my grandfather), William Edward "Bill" Rueff, Norman A. Rueff, Irvin Charles "Bud" Rueff, Frank William Rueff and my great grandfather, William Joseph Rueff, Jr. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is my grandfather, William Elmer Williams (left) and his older sister, Eloise Williams Rich. ca. 1913</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My boys, Kenny on the left and David on the right. Brothers forever! ca.1982</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is one of my favorite pictures of me and my sisters. It was taken on 10 October 2015, Pensacola, Florida at our cousins wedding reception. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the newest generation of siblings in my family! My grandsons. Never has little brother been so eagerly waited for and so loved by his big brother. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: center;">©2020, Dawn M. Kogutkiewicz, genealogical researcher and writer of Dawning Genealogy. All rights reserved.</span></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-41018606858486442222020-04-06T15:04:00.000-04:002020-04-06T15:05:00.498-04:00COVID-19 (coronavirus) Journal Entry # 5<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How is everyone doing today? I am hanging in there! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How is your pandemic journal writing going? Mine is going well. Over the weekend I included two recipes in my journal for my grandsons. I know it seems silly but since I am talking to them for the most part, I figured why not include the recipes for the meals I am making during the pandemic! The first recipe was for beer bread (this recipe is from a family friend) but I had lost it in a move somewhere along the way. However, she had posted it on Facebook recently and I asked her for it again. The second recipe is new and for a crustless quiche. I have made this recipe twice now and absolutely love it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My youngest grandson, Keaton will turn 1 on Wednesday and I am so sad that we will not be able to be with him, his brother and his Mama and Daddy to celebrate this day! My daughter in love has decided to do a birthday happy hour through Zoom so that we can be there in some small way. Once this pandemic is under control and shelter in place orders have been rescinded, I am sure we will be celebrating several family birthdays at once. Today is my nephew William's birthday and in late March my nephew Walker celebrated his birthday. There are a few more birthdays coming up between now and end of the April too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I may have mentioned my husband and I moved to Myrtle Beach back on Valentine's Day. As I packed up our apartment in Columbia during the day to wind down at night I searched GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com, FamilySearch and Ancestry for records on a new tree I started for just one line in my biological tree. I am trying to prove or disapprove a couple of theories. I noted source citations as I went but I did not start a research log so I have spent the last 3 weeks adding 425 source citations to a new research log. I wish I could say it won't happen again but I can't! Life gets busy but at least I document the records with partial citations so that I know where I found them </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(website)</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, the date I found them, which tree they belong in, and the link to find them again. This does make it a little easier but it feels like it is so much more time consuming! As of now I have completed 208 out of 425. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The above shot and the one below are from the middle and toward the end. I included them because I need to give a shout out to my fellow genealogist, Patti Hobbs, who helped me craft the citations for Florida Marriage and Death records when I asked for help in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Citesources/">Facebook group Genealogy - Cite Your Sources</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here in my home county of Horry there are now 64 confirmed cases of the coronavirus with 5 confirmed deaths. As of 5:00 o'clock this evening many nonessential business are closing due to the pandemic. The closings include furniture, clothing, shoe and accessory stores, florists, department, jewelry, shoe, book stores, sporting goods stores, luggage stores, home furnishing stores, craft and music stores. That is a lot closings here in our area as there many outlet stores here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> There is also a meeting suppose to be a meeting of all city councils in the county this evening to determine what steps should be taken next to help prevent the spread of the virus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have reposted the names I am researching in my Dawning Genealogy blog which is my adoptive family and my children's paternal lines. Today I am posting the names from their Kitts families I am researching. If you are researching any of these families let me know and perhaps we can collaborate!</span></div>
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-3657054535780845112020-03-27T12:39:00.000-04:002020-03-27T12:39:39.144-04:00COVID-19 (coronavirus) Journal Entry # 4<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is my 22nd Wedding Anniversary! My husband Tommy is the best! He loves our family and the source of my strength! I love you with all my heart and then some. Since we can't really go out to celebrate I am going to make a crustless quiche for dinner tonight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also had a good visit with our dear friend, Bill. We certainly enjoyed his company and look forward to his next visit, hopefully sooner rather than later! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night we had a beautiful sunset! Here is one of the pictures I took.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As of yesterday, the city of Myrtle Beach has closed down hotels, motels, condo hotels, rental properties including Airbnb's, VRBO properties and all campgrounds. Anyone who is currently at any of these types of properties must be leave by noon on Sunday, 29 March 2020. Any reservations beginning on Saturday, 28 March 2020 must be cancelled or rescheduled for after 30 April 2020. The only exception are those who have been occupying units since 1 March 2020 however, they are restricted from having visitors stay with them until further notice. For more information on this you can <a href="https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/coronavirus/article241534066.html">read about it at</a> here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the names I am researching for my maternal line. My Mom's family is from Louisville, Kentucky. Her oldest ancestor arrived in Louisville sometime between 1820-1850. I put 1850 as the latest date because that is the first census I find my 4th and 5th grandfather's Charles Karl Rueff and William Rueff, respectively. They are immigrants but unfortunately I have not been able to find their arrival into the US, yet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24 March 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How are you doing today? Are your kids driving you crazy? Bored? What are you doing to get through self-isolation and/or sheltering in place? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am worried about my husband, my Mom, my siblings and their families, my son, my daughter in love, my grandsons, my aunts and uncle who are all high risk, my cousins and their families. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am also worried about my friends who are still in the travel industry. I am worried about friends who like me are in high risk categories. I am also worried about friends who are not in high risk categories. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now, I am grateful that my children are adults and that I don't have to home school them because they would definitely flunk math for the year! I am keeping teachers and students everywhere in my prayers because this is a big adjustment for all of them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have set aside an hour every day to work on writing exercises from Laura Hedgecock's, <i><span style="color: blue;">Memories of Me</span></i>. During this time once I have done the exercise I then write in the journal in which I am telling the story of me, my adoption, my adoptive and biological families for my grandsons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will admit that I am not very good at keeping a research a log but I am determined to become more disciplined! I am currently working on a newspaper research log for one particular surname. I started my newspaper research in January but I didn't open a research log but as I added each new obituary to this particular research tree I placed a source citation in the description field. Now it is just a matter of pulling up each obituary (about 400) and transferring the information into my research log. I am sure that genea-friends who are much more disciplined than I are cringing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have read the first 3 chapters in Diana Elder's, <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Research Like A Pro </span>and I am working on the tasks set out in these chapters. I am currently working on the task in Chapter 1, you are asked to analyze your pedigree and to come up with a research question/plan. Well that is easier said then done when you have some brick walls that you have been working on for decades. So I decided to look at each line with a brick wall on my pedigree and formulate a plan for each. I will share those in another post this week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, there are now 16 positive cases here in Horry County. A total of 298 positive cases in the state of South Carolina. These numbers were last updated on 23 March 2020 at 5:18 PM. This information is from <a href="https://www.scdhec.gov/infectious-diseases/viruses/cornovirus-disease-2019-covid-19/monitoring-testing-covid-19">SCDHEC website</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Several years ago I posts about the surnames I am researching. I made graphics to go with each post. So I thought I would re-post just the graphics to let you know which names I am still researching! This is my paternal line of Williams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you follow me on Facebook, you probably saw my post on March 5th where Tommy and I drove all the way to Augusta, Georgia for my endoscopic ultrasound and the doctor canceled it because I attended RootsTech and I had flown, so there was no telling whether I had been exposed to COVID-19. The staff went kind of crazy too! They put me in a mask, the nurses and doctors went and put on protective gowns, gloves and masks. The nurse told us they were moving me into a negative pressure room and the whole nine yards. I was to say the least flabbergasted! This was 6 days before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was told I would have to make my appointment for 3 weeks from the date of my return flight, the incubation period I was told. I rescheduled the endoscopic ultrasound on April 2nd in Augusta. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As of today, that is still scheduled but it could change at any moment. I decided on Monday to self isolate until then to protect myself. I really don't want to postpone this test any further if possible because I have 18 cm tear in my esophagus and my allergy season has started a little earlier than I am use to. Between my sneezing, the itchiness in my eyes and ears and my asthma which causes me to cough, I can't help but wonder if I am making that tear worse! So yes, I am worried about the possible cancellation but I am also worried about making this tear worse and what that means.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tommy and I moved from Columbia, SC to Myrtle Beach, SC on Valentine's Day. I unpacked what I could before heading to my first RootsTech conference. While I was gone he put all the boxes in the rooms they belonged. I have slowly been going through them. I spent yesterday unpacking boxes and moving my clothes from one closet to another. Then last night I had my husband move the dresser from the guest bedroom to our room because I needed more drawer space! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, I am going to finish with the boxes in our bedroom and get the rest of my belongings in the dresser.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After that I am going to watch a couple of videos about DNA with Legacy Family Tree Webinars while doing laundry. After that I am hoping to get a couple more chapters read in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blaine </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bettinger's</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, 2nd Edition. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I want to start the first couple of chapters of <i><span style="color: blue;">Research Like A Pro</span></i> by Diana Elder, AG. I am really excited to read this book as I have been following Diana's blog for sometime now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally I want to work on some writing exercises from the book <i><span style="color: blue;">Memories of Me</span></i> by Laura Hedgecock. I am using Laura's book to guide me through my journal entries for my grandsons about the story of my adoption, my adoptive and birth families. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am always reading! I never go anywhere without my i-Pad Pro Air which has both the Kindle and Nook apps or a book. I have books in my nightstand, I keep books in my car (never know if I will remember my charge cord for my i-Pad!). I also have a very eclectic library too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have just finished <i><span style="color: blue;">Before We Were Yours</span></i> by Lisa Wingate which goes between Memphis, Tennessee in the 1940's and present day in Aiken, South Carolina. The story is about a family torn apart by Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children's Home Society. Last night I found her series, <i><span style="color: blue;">The Shores of Moses Lake Collection: Four Novels in One</span></i> in Kindle Unlimited for free so I am looking forward to reading these books too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also recently read <i><span style="color: blue;">The Milkman's Son</span></i> by Randy Lindsay. This is the story of how the author discovered that man who raised him was not biologically his father and his quest to discover the truth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are you journaling about your experiences, thoughts and worries about COVID-19 or Coronavirus? I have decided to use my blog as my COVID-19 journal for the most part. These will be short posts and I am also keeping a small journal that I will pass down to my grandsons. Here's what I plan to do by journaling on my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will start with updates first however keep in mind that I am only listing local COVID-19 updates and information I have found that I think is helpful or interesting. It is my goal to keep this upbeat not depressing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, I found this link on Facebook stating that Australia MAY have a cure but further testing is needed. See <a href="https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/australian-researchers-within-reach-of-coronavirus-cure-c-746655">Coronavirus treatment: Australian researchers ‘within reach’ of cure</a>. I am also following <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/">The Washington Post Coronavirus Updates which is FREE!</a> I am also checking <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html">The CDC website </a> and <a href="htts://coronavirus.jhu.edu">Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center</a>. The Johns Hopkins site right now is my favorite. Johns Hopkins has a pdf on <a href="http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/resources/fact-sheets/pdfs/coronaviruses.pdf">Coronaviruses Fact Sheet</a> that I found very informative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I decided last week to start a journal for my grandsons telling them the story of my adoption. I am also telling them what I know of my biological family as well information about our family. My plan is for them to read it once they are old enough to understand. Below is the beginning of my journal entry for today, explaining that E may or may not remember this and that K would learn about it in school.</span><br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-47647482642235016772020-02-08T22:23:00.000-05:002020-02-09T10:21:48.175-05:002 Decades<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of my son, Kenny's death. I have been struggling with my emotions all week. I have this hole in my heart that gets patched up but when the anniversary of his death comes around, it feels like it has been ripped out and torn in two all over again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two decades without his voice, his dark chocolate brown eyes, his laugh, his smile and his arms to hug us. I cannot help but wonder of the things he might have accomplished in the last two decades. What kind of job would he have? Would he be married? Who would have captured his heart? How many children would he have? Where would he be living?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think of all that he has missed in the last two decades too. The wedding of his brother, the birth of his nephews, the births of all the cousins who came after his death, the family weddings, funerals and so many other family moments too numerous to mention. Making memories that should have been rather than memories for only 19 years, 3 months and 30 days. It just wasn't enough time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know if any parent ever gets over the loss of their child. I do know that I have learned to live with the aftermath of my son's death and I have accepted the fact that he is gone no matter how much I might wish that he wasn't. I have learned to move on with my life but it's divided now into before and after his death. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The most precious gift is that my oldest grandson, Doodlebug is a wonderful combination of both my boys and at times his uncle shines through. When I see those moments I say a special thank you to God for giving me glimpses of a little boy whole stole my heart from the moment I learned I was pregnant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have written about Kenny and his death before and it's been awhile since I have re-posted those links. You can would read my original posts about Kenny here, <a href="https://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-1.html">The Death of Our Son Part 1</a>, <a href="https://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-2.html">The Death of Our Son, Part 2</a>, <a href="https://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-3.html">The Death of Our Son, Part 3</a> and <a href="https://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-4.html">The Death of Our Son, Part 4</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happy Heavenly 39th Birthday, Kenny! I love you with all my heart and miss you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since my Dad's death I have had writer's block. I can't even bring myself to enter my Dad's death in my genealogy database. I expected to have problems writing in the immediate aftermath of my Dad's death and funeral services. First it was a month and then two and now here it is nearly 11 months later and I am still at a loss for words. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since I could not write about my family I turned to working DNA matches. First for my cousin Ben who has been my closest match since 2013. We connect through my maternal line of Baugh. Turns out my grandfather and his father were brothers, making us 2nd cousins. This past spring, Ben had a close family match and they were able to help Ben even further.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">By early summer I still couldn't write. So I started working my Dad's matches at FamilyTreeDNA and so far he has no matches closer than third cousins and none of them help with my brick wall of my third great grandfather, William H. Williams. He is definitely driving me crazy with no records after 17 June 1880 which is the 1880 census. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fall arrived and still I couldn't write. Now it's January 2019 and I am still having trouble writing. I have written and deleted this post at 10 times since I started writing it on New Year's Day. I am not going to make any promise's or goals for 2019 genealogy wise. I will be happy if I can just manage one post a month to help me get back into writing. Maybe I just need to set aside my Dad's line for awhile and work on my Mom's especially now that my Uncle has done a DNA test! The one thing I do know is that I really need to learn some of the new third party tools that I am hearing about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">William Rueff is my 5th great grandfather. He was born ca. 1775-1780 probably in Germany but this is not yet confirmed. The name of his wife is unknown. The date and place of their marriage is unknown. He had one known child, Charles Karl Rueff. William died between 1860 and 1870 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our immigrant ancestor William Rueff was a knight who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That his benefactor, Joseph Francis (son of Ferdinand I and Marie Theresa of Lorraine), bestowed the Rueff family crest to William for his swordmanship and as the shoemaker to the Royal family.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">William decided to leave the life of a soldier and to practice his craft of shoemaking in Alsace, France.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At sometime between 1804-1820 William married a woman named Favilie.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I know that William had one known son, Charles, whose mother is unknown at this time. I know that William and his son immigrated to the United States possibly as early as 1818 to the early 1820's and settled in Louisville, Kentucky. I have been unable to find a passenger list for William and his family. I have poured over ship manifests for every major seaport on the east coast and every seaport on the Gulf of Mexico (it seems many with the surname of Rueff came through New Orleans) to know avail. I have also scoured every passenger list I could find from France and Germany which I believe would have been the most likely ports of departure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What few records I have found have been at <a href="https://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>. While living in Louisville, William worked as a shoemaker according to both the 1850 and 1860 census records. The 1850 U.S. census brought more questions about the relationships of my ancestors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XWQ-DK8?i=291&wc=95RJ-FM9%3A1031325101%2C1031505701%2C1032150701%3Fcc%3D1401638&cc=1401638">1850 U.S. census</a> William is living in the home of Frances Brining or Brening. Frances is living next door to William's son, Charles. Is Frances his daughter or just a neighbor? The other piece of information I found in the 1850 U.S. census is that in Charles' home are three young men, John (b. ca. 1826), Charles (b. ca. 1828) and Henry (b. ca.1828) Rueff. All three were born in Germany and were shoemakers. Are they also son's of William? In my efforts to determine the relationships of these three young men with my known Rueff family I have put them in a separate tree and I am currently compiling data that I hope will solve the mystery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSS-Z7X?i=18&cc=1473181">1860 U.S. census</a>, William is now living in the home of his son, Charles. Also in the household are Charles' wife, Dorothea and their children William Joseph (b. 1849), Mary (b. 1851), Annie (b. 1853), Charles (b. 1855) and Frank (b. 1858). William, his son and daughter in law all list Rhine Pfalz as their place of birth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have found no census records for the years 1830 and 1840 for William though I have a few I am still contemplating if they could be him. Unfortunately, it is the age of the head of house that is keeping me from saying anything definitive. I have also not been able to locate a will, land or tax records for William. Where was he between the time he and his family arrived in the U.S. and showing up on the 1850 census in Louisville, Kentucky? Did he first ply his trade of shoemaking in another city or state before he arrived in Louisville? If so, where?</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can I prove where William was born?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Will I be able to prove who his parents are?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can I prove that William did in fact fight in the Napoleonic Wars?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can I prove that Joseph, son of Ferdinand 1 and Marie Theresa did bestow our family crest?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can I prove that he was in fact the shoemaker of the Royal family of Alsace?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Will I be able to find marriage documents that will give me the full name of William's wife?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can I determine exactly when William and his family immigrated to the United States?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are broad questions and will need to be narrowed down further but it is a place to start. I also need to widen my search to include cities with major ports to see if he lived and/or worked in the area before heading Louisville. A research trip back to Louisville is needed but I am not sure when that will be just yet. In the meantime I will continue you looking for records online and writing to repositories for additional information. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have tested my Mom who currently only has 50 matches. Her two closest matches are her grandson and her niece. Then she has three 2nd cousin matches, five 3rd cousin matches and forty 4th cousin matches. I have been in contact with a few of her matches but I am still wading through them to see how and who they connect too. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am also hoping I can convince my uncle (my Mom's brother) to do a DNA test as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are you a Rueff descendant from Louisville, Kentucky? Please contact me at DawningGenealogy@aol.com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. <span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1850 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Kentucky, population schedule, 2nd Ward, City of Louisville, p. 146 (verso), dwelling 99, family 132, line 39, entry for William Rueff; database with images, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FamilySearch.org</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XWQ-DK8?i=291&cc=1401638 : 13 January 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M432, roll 206.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope all of my readers at <a href="https://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/">Dawning Genealogy</a> and <a href="https://scarletanddawn.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Scarlet and Dawn</span></a> had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. I will be writing a review of 2017 and what I hope to accomplish in 2018 later this week.</span><br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-56131790654871835682017-10-10T15:26:00.000-04:002017-10-10T15:27:44.442-04:00Remembering Kenny on his 37th Birthday<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today is my son's birthday. He would have been 37 years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's one of those days where remembering him is both joyful and sad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been thinking about the day he was born. How my contractions started in the early hours of October 10, 1980. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember that we had to go by the place where your Dad worked to cash a check because we didn't have enough gas in our car to get to the hospital. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember hitting every red light on the way there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember Sr. Mary Kay, our midwife and a Catholic nun, putting you in my arms and telling us we had son.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember counting your fingers and toes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember the little boy who was always quick to smile and laugh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember the moody teenager.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember the good and the bad times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I know that you were working hard to put the bad behind you and looking to the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happy Birthday, Kenny! I love and miss you every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congratulations to my cousin Jackie and her husband Luke on the birth of their twin sons, Milo and Mika! Congratulations to my cousin Mike and his wife Kristy, Milo and Mika are their first grandchildren. Also, congratulations to my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Kenny because Milo and Mika are their 16th and 17th great grandchildren!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Milo and Mika,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to the world precious little boys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you have eyes that are filled with wonder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you are as mischievous as all little boys can be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dawn </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-62325264209468824302017-09-30T13:08:00.000-04:002017-09-30T13:08:44.907-04:00Remembering Camden<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My dear sweet Camden,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All summer I kept seeing butterflies and dragonflies more than I have seen in a very long time. It was you who came to mind each time. You have your wings my sweet little one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you celebrate your first heavenly birthday I want you to know that you are always in my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I take comfort in knowing that you my sweet grandson are with your Uncle Kenny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dede loves you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Welcome to the world precious little girl! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hope that you reach for dragonflies, lady bugs, butterflies and the wonders of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most of all, little girl I hope that you know how much you are loved!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's been five months since I have posted here at Dawning Genealogy but it has been a busy five months filled with family, learning, researching, and a few other things.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I spent most of May organizing all of the material (handouts and notes) I collected from the NGS conference. Before I knew it, it was June then July and now August is half over. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was in Greensboro nearly every weekend in June and July. I came home from NGS with lots of books, surprise, surprise! During the week I was reading books by Thomas W. Jones and Blaine T. Bettinger. I was also anxiously awaiting for DNA results for my Dad, my hubby, Tommy and my nephew too. Once their results came in I started looking over their results for any close matches especially because there were not many. I still have lots to do and learn about DNA but I am slowly getting there. I am wondering if I will ever get the hang of those nifty tools at Gedmatch! Oh and I am on the waiting list for the Gen Proof Study Group which discusses Thomas W. Jones, first book, <i>Mastering Genealogical Proof</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mom with a few of her after school kids. Mom kept after school kids from the mid-1970's to the late 1990's. Her first after school kid, Jenny is now a doctor practicing family medicine and her last after school kid, Mary is heading to medical school.</span><br />
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-21966449848851898212017-03-10T16:48:00.001-05:002017-03-13T10:45:18.808-04:00Slave Name Roll Project # 5 ~ From the Will of James Gregorie<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Earlier this week I had a request through Ancestry to share my tree with someone looking at the Rivers family. The Rivers family is a direct line for my children through their paternal great grandmother Annaleize Edmondston (Rivers) Plowden. I make it a habit to review any lines I haven't worked in a while before sharing my tree to make sure I have no new hints to follow and my "i's and t's" are crossed. In doing my review, I discovered a will for James Gregorie. James Gregorie was born about 1740 in Edinburgh, Scotland.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>James wrote his will
on 31 December 1806 in Charleston, South Carolina where he lived and it was proved on 4
December 1807. James Gregorie died at sea onboard the Huntress Breeze enroute to New York for his health. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mortuary</span> Notice for James Gregorie<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, published 17 July 1807. Image from GenealogyBank.com</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here is a brief genealogical sketch of the connection between the Rivers family and the Gregorie family. My children's 2nd cousin, 4x removed is Emilie Rivers Venning (1848-1921) who married Edmund Gregorie (1848-1924). Edmund is the great grandson of James Gregorie (1740-1807). James suffered a tragic loss in 1784 when he lost his wife Ann and three of their five children at sea. On 22 February 1789, James remarried in South Carolina to Mary Christina Hopton. James and Mary had no children together. The only heirs in his will beside his wife Mary, are his two sons, Alexander Fraser Gregorie and James Gregorie II (some records list him as Jr.) from his first marriage. James II, is the father of Edmund Gregorie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today I am posting the pages of James Gregorie's will that details the names of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> slaves that he willed to his wife, Mary Christiana<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and his sons, Alexander Fra<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s</span>er Greg<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">orie and James Gregorie, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">II. I will also be posting the page<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> from Mary Christiana's will that pertains to the slaves she inherited from her husband.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Will of James Gregorie, page 2, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the names of 31 slaves <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he willed to his wife, Mary Christiana (Hopton) Gregorie.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Image from FamilySearch.org</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also the following th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">irty one <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">S</span>laves<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, to wit. Old Robin, Davey, Kitt, Lewis, Adam, Jacob, Old<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Nelly, Miley, Old Sarah, Katey, Jefsey, Grace, Judy, Nanny, Katey, Nancy, Cat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o, Fanny, William, Little Nanny, Dick, Lucy, William, Amos, Jamey, Mingo, Dick, Motley, George and Richard together with the future issue of the females of them from the date of this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my will.</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Will of James Gregorie, page 3, the names of 25 slaves he willed to his son, Alexander Fraser Gregorie.Image from FamilySearch.org</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Item I give and beque<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ath to my son Alexander Fraser, his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">E</span>xecutors Administrators and Assigns, the following twenty five Slaves, to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span>it. Abram, Mul<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">atto Billy, Empy, George, Johnny, Harry, Abram, Billey, Bob, Phil. Jamey, Thomas, Nelly, Frank<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y, Penney, Alice, Jenney, Nancy, Suckey, Charles, Mary, Little Nelly, Little Franky, Little Jonney and Polly together wi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">th all the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">C</span>hildren of the female<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s of them, who have been born since who have been born since their Parents have been in the possession of my said Son, as well as those which shall be born after the date of this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Will.</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Will of James Gregorie, page 5, the names of eight slaves that he will to his s on James Gregorie II.Image from FamilySearch.org</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Item I give and bequeath unto my Son James, his Executors Administrators and Assigns the following eight slaves Viz. Nelly and her son Ben, Richard, Faddy, Shadwell, Dinah, Matilda and her child Bella, </span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">together with the future issue of the females of them from the date of this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my will.</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In all there were 64 slaves listed in the will of James Gregorie. I have not yet found any type of estate inventories that may have additional names of his slaves but will continue to keep looking. I have also not been able to locate the wills or any type of estate inventories for Alexander who died in 1848 and James who died in 1852 at this time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I also found the will of Mary Christiana (Hopton) Gregorie at FamilySearch.org on page 4 of her will, I discovered what happened to a few of the slaves that she was willed by her husband, James. For several of them who appear to be families she requested their freedom while others went back to heirs of her husband James.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Whereas my husband, Mr Js Gregorie did by his will
leave me the Life possession of Certain Negroes belonging to his Estate, the
Same to revert to his heirs after my decease but giving me the power and
permission to leave said Negroes to Such heirs of his as I might think right
and proper and also with the Consent of his Executors any of the Said Slaves
might be Sold ye Amount to descend as the Negroes to his heirs. I therefore
with their Consent having had ye following named Negroes lawfully appraised have
purchased them 6 p<sup> </sup></span><sup><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">r
</span></sup></span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";"><i><span style="color: blue;">C <sup>t <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>United States Stock Viz<sup>t </sup>. Dick
or Richard, a Carpenter, Caty, Fanny and her Son William to these four and any
future children Fanny may have, I hereby Leave and bequeath their full freedom,
requesting my heirs and Exors: to confirm it to them as fully as ye Law Will
allow 6 p<sup>r<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>C<sup>t<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>ye Six p.<sup>r<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>C.<sup>t<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>Stock for which these Slaves were Sold
I leave and bequeath to J. Ladson Gregorie ye Son of James Gregorie Sen and
also ye price of Cato, who also sold for 6 p<sup>r </sup>C<sup>t </sup>United
States Stock ye others. ye remainder of ye negroes I will and bequeath altogether
to Alex Fraz. Gregorie and to his heirs, requesting he permit Mingo a cooper to remain in Town with his Family to work his Trade and pay him Wages, Nelly the wife of Mingo with her Son an' daughter, Jack and Phoebe being my property purchased and paid for with my own Money Some years ago I bequeath as follows Viz. to Nelly I leave and Will her to have her freedom requesting it may be Lawfully Confirmed to her her children Jack a cooper and Phoebe a washer whom I esteem to be good orderly people I Leave and bequeath to my niece S Dehon her heirs and assigns forever, Bob whom I purchased since ye death of Mr Gregorie I Leave and bequeath to Mrs Alicia Middleton her heirs and assigns forever I also leave her in like manner Cretia and her only child June requesting that they not be Separated and I earnestly request if any of my people s be sold they may Chuse their purchasers.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today, I release the names of the slaves belonging to James Gregorie and who he willed to his wife and sons. I hope that they are now at peace and that their families will find them soon. They are Old Robin, Davey, Kitt, Lewis, Adam, Jacob, Old Nelly, Miley, Old Sarah, Katey, Jefsey, Grace, Judy, Nanny, Katey, Nancy, Cato, Fanny, William, Little Nanny, Dick, Lucy, William, Amos, Jamey, Mingo, Dick, Motley, George, Richard, Abram, Mulatto Billy, Empy, George, Johnny, Harry, Abram, Billey, Bob, Phil, Jamey, Thomas, Nelly, Franky, Penney, Alice, Jenney, Nancy, Suckey, Charles, Mary, Little Nelly, Little Franky, Little Jonney, Polly, James, Nelly and her son Ben, Richard, Faddy, Shadwell, Dinah, Matilda and her child Bella, Jack and Phoebe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span> <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sources:</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"James Gregorie," mortuary notice, People's Friend (New York, New York), 17 July 1807, vol. I, issue 271, page 3; online index and digital image, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 9 March 2017), Newpaper Archives, 1690-2010; this image and index is through online subscription only.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, <i>FamilySearch</i>
(https://familysearch.org : accessed 9 March 2017),<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>Charleston County, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="ng-scope ng-binding" data-ng-if="$last">Wills, 1807-1818, Vol. 031, </span>image numbers 38-47 of 497 images<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">;</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">entry for </span>James Gregorie.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 9 March 2017), Charleston County, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="ng-scope ng-binding" data-ng-if="$last">Wills, 1818-1826, Vol. 035, image numbers 427-432 of 437 images; entry for Mary C<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hristiana Gregorie.</span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Editor's Notes: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The will of James Gregorie was recorded in Will Book E - 1807-1818 and recorded on page 11. This is a typescript of the original will and this is my translation of this copy with spelling and punctuation as it was found at FamilySearch.org.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The will of Mary Christiana Gregorie was recorded in Will Book F - 1818-1826 and was recorded on page 483. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is a typescript
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thirty-s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ix</span> years, three months and 3<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">0</span> days ago, I ga<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ve birth to my son Kenny. It was one of the most joyous <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">days of</span> my life. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kenny and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, October 1980 (personal collection)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then the unthi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nkable happened<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seventeen years, three months and 3<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">0</span> days ago<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Kenny died<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> on Wednesday, Februa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ry 9th, 2000.</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He was 19 years<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, 3 months and 30 days old.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was unexpected. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There were no final good-bye's<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or I love you's. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His death shook my world to it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s very foundations<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and shattered the windows of my life.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wasn't sure if I would ever recover from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his</span> loss. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">screamed<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, I have crie<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have ask<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ed <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">why him<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">? Why <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">our</span> son? Why m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ust our family end<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ure this tragic loss<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have grudgingly...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A</span>ccepted<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> that I will </span>never have the answers</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Accepted to </span>cop<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e with my grief </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Accepted</span> that whether I like it or not, <b><u>LIFE</u></b> does go on</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I miss...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His smile that was framed with gor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span>ous dimpl<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">es</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His laugh</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His voice</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His hugs</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His eyes, so very dark brow<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n like chocolate</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His humor</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The way h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e always told me he loved me, "Love you<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Momma" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and with his ha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd gave me the universal sig<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n for "I love you" in sign language</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The way h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e teased me for crying <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">when Mr. Spo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ck</span> died in Star Trek: Wrath of K<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">han</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have learned...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my grief ebbs and flows</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That there are good days and bad days</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lives on in my heart until the day m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y heart stops beatin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That he lives on in my son, David</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lives <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on in my grandson, East<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on</span> </span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That he lives on in our me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mories</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That he lives on in our hearts </span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love you baby boy, more than words can ever say<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I miss you so much.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, you our gone from this world but you are <b><u>NEVER</u></b> forgotten.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">David <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and Kenny<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, September 1999 (personal collection)</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is one of the last pictures taken of my sons together. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David is on the left and Kenny is on the right. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wrote about Ken<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ny's death in a four part series in 2015 (and reposted them last year) here on my blog. You can find them at these links <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-1.html">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-2.html">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-death-of-our-son-part-4.html">and Part 4.</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-54400170171063982292017-02-03T15:25:00.000-05:002017-02-03T15:33:12.496-05:00Update For My Post ~ What Else Can I Do to Prove These Are Two Different People?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In August of 2016 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I </span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wrote a post </span>titled <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-else-can-i-do-to-prove-these-are.html">What Else Can I Do to Prove These Are Two Different People?</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>Well on 1 January 2017, a woman named Dawn Housto<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n left me a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">comm<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ent on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this</span> post</span></span>. She is Vic<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">toria<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Spradling Kitts's second great gra<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">daughter. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I immediately sent <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dawn</span> an email<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> asking if she could shed any light on the situation. </span></span></span></span></span>Here is<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> screen captu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">re of her <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">comment on the post</span>. Dawn has very grac<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iously given me permission to share our "conversations" and we have agreed to keep eac<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h other posted on other questions that we do not have answers to just yet.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dawn's infor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mation provided me with a date of death and place of death for <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Victoria Spradling Kitts<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, 6 July 1886 in Kanawha County, West Virginia. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unfortu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nately, my search for a death register<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, deat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h </span></span>certificate<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, deat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">notice, funeral notice or obituary</span></span></span> has <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">yielded no re<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sults</span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Is it possible that her death
was not registered or that the records are missing, incomplete or were lost? Yes. So I conducted searches for a death record of any type at the following websites, <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/">FamilySearch<sup>1,2</sup>, </a> and <a href="https://wvculture.org/">the West Virginia Culture and
History website<sup>3,4</sup>.</a> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I also conducted</span>
a search of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/">Find-A-Grave</a><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">5</span>,<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">6</span></sup>
which also yielded no results. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">My next step was to search</span> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/">Chronicling America<sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">7</span></sup>, </a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";"><a href="https://www.genealogybank.com/">GenealogyBank</a><sup><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">8</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> and <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/">Newspapers.com</a><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">9</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"> looking for a death notice, funeral notice or an obituary
and I ke<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">pt</span> coming up empty handed. These types of notices were not very common in the late 1800's <span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">unl<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">ess your family was <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">prominent in the area<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> but felt it wa<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">s necessary to my research process.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I took my
search to Ancestry's family trees and
message boards. The results were not what I had hoped for
as few of the online trees were documented and the message boards for Spradlin/Spradling family of West Virginia only had three entries which were not helpful to me in any way. Next I went to
Google </span><sup><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"></span></sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"> and Bing looking for any record type, family tree or message board for Victoria Spradling Kitts between the years
1882 and 1892 that was not related to previous Ancestry searches. Unfortunately what entries did show up were results from Ancestry that I had found previously in my own search of Ancestry's databases. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I was ready to admit that I had completed an exhaustive search after a full week of scouring every database I could think of with no results but I had one nagging pie<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">ce of information that I needed to research. </span>In <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">my search for a death record for Victoria, </span>I found a death
certificate at the <a href="http://wvculture.org/">West Virginia Culture and History website</a><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">0</span></span></sup> for a
woman named Pamelia Beatrice Cooper. She died in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia on 12 October 1950. The death certificate gives her dat<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">e of birth as 11 March 1888.</span>and
lists her parents as Thomas <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Preston and </span>Victoria Spradlin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">.</span> This would make Pamelia Bea<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">trice just <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">four</span> years younger than my Victoria's daughter Ella Ann Kitts<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> but would also indicate that Victoria did not die<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> in 1886. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I did my due diligence and proceeded the way I always do with any person. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I began to research </span>the family of Pamelia Beatrice <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Preston Cooper. </span>I
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">was able to find a<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> tree on </span></span><a href="https://www.ancestry.com/">Ancestry</a><sup>1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">1</span>, 1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">2</span></span></sup> and thankfully it <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">did have </span>records attached to <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">the profile<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">s of Victoria and her hus<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">ban<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">d Thomas S. Preston which gave me <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">leads to follow</span>. I also found Victoria in </span></span></span></span>the 1870<sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">3</span></span></sup> and 1880<sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">4</span></span></sup> US Census records<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> in the home of her parents</span> Be<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">n</span>jamin F. and Permelia (Howes)
Spradlin/Spradling. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have determined that the Victoria in the death certificate below is not the same woman as Victoria Spradling Kitts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Screen capture of the death certificate for Pamelia Beatrice Cooper courtesy of http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=1984147&ImageNumber=961</span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With no death register or death certificate (West Virginia did not is<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sue death certificates un<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">til 1917)</span></span> I cannot even begin a search of where Victoria might be burie<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, however, I do know <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t</span>hat her<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> parents and several siblings are buried in Hope Cemetery, 1516-1598 Woodbine Ave<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nue, Charleston, West Virginia. Through </span>phone calls to both the main branch of Kanawha Public Lib<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rary and the West Virginia State Archiv<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">es I learned that the cem<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">etery does not have an attendant or clerk on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">site and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">no clu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e as to where any burial records might be, if they existed in 1886. I am now wondering if Victoria possibly d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ied somewhere else other than West Virginia<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or whether she is lying in Hope Cemetery in an unmarked grave and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">any records that may have existed now lost <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ever</span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have I conducted a tho<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rough and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">exhaustive</span> search for Victoria's dat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e of death? <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is there any<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> other record type that I may <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">have overlooked? Do I widen my search to the surrounding states<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">? Your opinions are most welcome!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sources<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 1. West Virginia<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Failure to Find Record, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">31 January 2017; citing death record search for "Victoria</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spradling Kitts, 1860-1886, Kanawha County"; <i>FamilySearch</i></span> (htt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ps://www.familysearch.org : 31 January 2017).</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. West<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Virginia, Fa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ilure to Find Record, 31 Ja<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nuary 2017; citing death record search for "Victoria Spradling Kitts, 1860-1886, all counties"; <i>Family Search </i>(https://www.familysearch.org : 31 January 2017)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3</span>. West Virginia<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Fa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ilure to Find Record, 1 February 2017; cit<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing death record search<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for "Victoria Spradling Kitts, 1860-1886, Kanawha County; <i>West Virginia Division of Culture and History</i> (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wvculture.org</span></span></span></span></span> : 1 February 2017). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. West Virginia, Fa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ilure to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Find Record, 1 February 2017<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">; citing death record search for "Victoria Spradling Kitts, 1860-1886, all counties; <i>West Virginia Division of Culture and History</i></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(wvculture.org : 1 February 2017)</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5</span>. West Virginia, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Failure to Find <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Re<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cord,</span></span> 3<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">0</span> Ja<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nuary 2017; citing memorial search</span> for "Victoria Spradling Kitts, 1860-1886, Kanawha County"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">;</span> <i>Find A Grave</i>, database<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (www.findagrave.com : 3<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">0</span> January 2017).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6</span>. West Virginia, Failure to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Find Record, 30 January 2017; citing memorial search for "Victoria Spradling Kitts, 1860-1886, all counties<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"; <i>Find A Grave</i>, database<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (www<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span>findagrave.com : 30 January 2017).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9</span>. West Virginia, Failure to Find Record, 2 February 2017; citing death, funeral and/or obituary notice search for <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Victoria Spradling Kitts, 1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">860-1886<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, all West Virginia newspapers"; <i>Newspapers</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>.com</i> (https://www.ne<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wspapers.com : 2 February 2017).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">0</span>. West Virginia Vital Research Records, Death Certificates, database with images, <i>West Virginia Division of Culture an</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>d History</i>, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=1984147&ImageNumber=961 : 28 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jan</span>uary 2017) entry for Pamelia Beatrice Cooper, 12 October 1950, certificate regist<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ered no. 12941 (1937).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1</span>. "Public Member Trees<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span>" database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://person.ancestry.com/tree/84366452/person/34536465844/facts : 2 February 2017), "Neville Family Tree," <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">profile</span> for Thomas S. Preston (1863-1888); submitted by Colette Wilkes, us<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">er name: Colette<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Wilkes, undocumented data updated <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">January 2017.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2</span>. "Public Member Trees, " database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://person.ancestry.com/tree/84366452/person/34536517911/facts : 2 February 2017), "Neville Family Tree," profile for Victoria Spradlin (b.1865<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">); submitted by Colette<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Wilkes, user name: Colette<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Wilkes, undocumented data up<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dated January 2017.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3</span>. 1870 U.S. census, Johnson Cou<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nty, Kentucky, population schedule, Paintsville Precinct,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Paintsville Post Office, p. 23 (penned), dwelling <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">155, family 156, Victoria Spradling; digital image, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (https://www.ancestry.com : 2 February 2017), citing National Archives microfilm publication M592, roll 477.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4</span>. 1880 U.S. census, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Johnson County, Kentucky, population<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> schedule (1st enumeration), Paintsville, [enumeration district (ED) 43], p . 141C <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(</span>stamped</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>), <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[p. 51 (penned)], dwelling 440, family 444, Victoria Spradlin; digital image, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (https://www.ancestry.com : 2 February 2017), citing NARA micr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ofilm publication T9, roll 477,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While I didn't write as many posts as I had planned, I did have great responses to those I did post here at Dawning Genealogy! I am constantly amazed at how you my readers are always there to encourage and support me and I thank you one and all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are my Top 5 Posts for 2016:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-list-of-my-favorite-websites.html">A List of My Favorite Websites</a> is a list of all my favorite websites in regards to genealogy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-else-can-i-do-to-prove-these-are.html">What Else Can I Do to Prove These Are Two Different People?</a> This is the story of two women, Victoria J Neel and Victoria Spradling. I had been told that these two women were the same person so I set out to prove that in fact they were not and could not be considering that they never crossed paths in life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/07/check-check-and-check-again_25.html">Check, Check and Check Again!</a> This is a post about two men named William G. Kitts. One was born in 1838 and the other circa 1819. Everyone seemed to think that these two men were one in the same but my first clue was the year of birth discrepancy, 19 years is a big difference! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">4. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/08/genealogy-education-researching-civil.html">Genealogy Education ~ Researching Civil War Ancestors in South Carolina</a> in August 2015 I had the opportunity to attend a workshop at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History about researching Civil War Ancestors in South Carolina. It was very informative and gave me new sources to check for my children's paternal grandmother's line in South Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/01/are-you-having-problems-finding-your.html">Are You Having Problems Finding Your Favorite Blogs?</a> This post was about an issue with Google and their requirement for readers of Google/Blogspot blogs to have a Google account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are my 3 Favorite Posts for 2016:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/06/happy-fathers-day.html">Happy Father's Day</a> My post for Father's Day for the three most important men in my life, my Dad, my husband, Tommy and my son, David.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/09/movin-on-up.html">Movin' On Up!</a> My post congratulating my son on a new job and the next adventure in his life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3. <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/mondays-with-easton-6.html">Monday's With Easton # 6</a> My last post about Monday's with Easton! Once his ear infections cleared up he was back at daycare and keeping him in a routine was vital for Mommy and Daddy! However, that doesn't mean I won't be writing about my Doodlebug in the future! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wow, 2016 seems to have flown by at a pretty good clip! I remember as a kid thinking that a year moves very slowly and wondering if the time would speed up when I was an adult, boy did it ever! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last year, I set seven short term goals for 2016 and while I didn't meet all of these goals I still feel that I accomplished a lot. Here are the goals I set for myself last year.</span><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Begin the NGS's American Genealogical Studies program no later than April 2016. <span style="color: red;">NOT MET and I have postponed <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">starting until this year<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Find more genealogy webinars and/or programs that are going to help me reach my goal of becoming a Certified Genealogist. <span style="color: blue;">DONE<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. But more are needed in my opinion.</span> </span></span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Progress from writing for one blog to two. <span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">D<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ONE. </span></span> </span></span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Contribute 2 to 3 posts about family for both blogs. Not including already set weekly and/or daily posts. </span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">DONE. However, not to my satisfaction and because of things "poppi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ng" in my biological family tree my weekly <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">posts</span> fell to the wayside.</span></span></span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Plan for at least one cemetery research trip close to home. <span style="color: blue;">D<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ONE. I vis<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ited <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3 cemeteries on a trip to Charleston<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Plan
for at least one research trip for this year. Ideally I would like to
plan at least one out of state and maybe 3 or 4 small day trips that are
close to home. <span style="color: blue;">STARTED<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> but not completed. I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">started with a trip to Charleston and then drove Savannah for a death certificate!</span></span></span></span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Add one new series of posts. That would be my "</span>Remembering
Those From the Past for the Future" inspired by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen
and Ryan Kelly. I will publish these posts once a month. <span style="color: red;">NOT ME<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T. This <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was one I really wanted to do but found to be the most difficult<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I have several half written posts <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">about my son Kenny but the writing and the memories lead to a lot of tears that it makes it difficult to write.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></i></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As you can see, two of my goals were not met<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I did manage to meet <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">five of them even though I feel I could have done <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">better. I had intended my series, "Remembering Those From the Pas<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t for the Future" to be about my son Ke<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nny so that his nephew, Easton <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(and any siblings he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">may have in the future) w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ould be from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my heart and how much he was loved. Unfortunately, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">even after nearly 17 years it is still painful<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Trying to write through my tears when I can't see the keyboard proves to be difficult. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have decided to exp<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the scope of the series to write about other family members <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the hope that Easton <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and company will learn <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">about their ancestors from the memories of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">myself and others.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another project I am instituting for both of my blogs is an idea I found on Facebook from a radio station in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1049TheRiver/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE">Columbus, Ohio known as 104.9 The River.</a> You begin with an empty jar (the example shows a quart size Ball<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Mason Jar<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></span> and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the goal is to fill the jar once a week with a note of something good that happened during that week.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then on New Year's Eve 2017, you read each of the notes to see what an amazing year you have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">had. I have decided to do <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this from a genealogical pers<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">pective to see<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> what I can acco<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mplish in one year<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">doing genealogy. I have one really big candy jar that I will be using and I have cho<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sen<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">use one color<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for <a href="https://dawinggenealogy.blogspot.com/">Dawning Genealogy </a>and one for <a href="https://scarletanddawn.blogspot.com/">Scarlet and Dawn.</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></i>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-70211182717142395652016-12-30T12:52:00.002-05:002016-12-30T13:01:53.169-05:00Welcome to the World Sullivan Arig!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Congratulations to Chris and Gina on the birth of their baby boy, Sullivan Arig who came into this world on Tuesday! Congratulations also to my cousin Amy and her husband Greg who are the paternal grandparents! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dear Sullivan,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Welcome to the world precious little boy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope you have eyes that are filled with wonder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope you are mischievous as all little boys tend to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope your laugh sounds like a big deep belly laughs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope your heart is full of grace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope you reach for the stars and the moon and everything this world has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Most of all little boy, I hope you know just how much you are loved!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Love,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dawn </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-4895415793794801842016-11-15T09:54:00.000-05:002016-11-15T09:55:43.603-05:00Who Was the First President Your Ancestors Could Vote For?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Katherine R. Willson</b> of <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://socialmediagenealogy.com/">Social Media for Genealogy</a></span> wrote a post yesterday, <a href="https://socialmediagenealogy.com/2016/11/14/my-grandparents-first-u-s-presidential-election/">My Grandparents' First U.S. Presidental Election</a>. It made me want to take a look and see who my parents, grandparents and great grandparents could have voted for in their very first election. Thank you, Katherine for such a great idea! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, I have chosen to include my great grandparents, because my great grandmothers' would have been the first women in my family able to vote in a presidential election. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>My Great Grandparent's </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My paternal great grandfather's are William Points Williams who was born in 1877 and Robert Lincoln Rich who was born in 1885. They would have been able to vote in their first elections in 1900 at the age of 25 and at age 23 in 1908 respectively. The candidates for the 1900 elections were William McKinley (Rep.), William J. Ryan (Dem. People's Party) and Eugene V. Debs (Socialist). The candidates for the 1908 elections were William H. Taft (Rep.), William J. Bryan (Dem.) and Eugene V. Debs (Socialist).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My maternal great grandfather's are William Joseph Rueff, Jr who born in 1874 and Dr Raymond Alexander Behrle who was born in 1880. They would have been able to vote in their first elections in 1896 and 1904 respectively. The candidates for the 1896 were William McKinley (Rep.), William J. Bryan (Dem. People's Party), John M. Palmer (National Democrats) and Joshua Levering (Prohibitionist). The candidates for the 1904 elections were Theodore Roosevelt (Rep.), Alton B. Parker (Dem.) and Eugene V. Debs (Socialist). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My paternal great grandmother's are, Sarah Elizabeth (Lucas) Williams was born in 1879 and Lillian Bergamot (Lanahan) Rich was born in 1886. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My maternal great grandmother's are Ann Marie (Kirn) Rueff was born in 1874 and Pauline (Orth) Behrle was born in 1888. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All of these women would be able to vote in the 1920 elections Sarah would have been 41, Lillian would have been 34, Ann would have been 46 and Pauline would have been 32. </span></span></span></span>The candidates for the 1920 elections were Warren G. Harding (Rep.), James M. Cox (Dem.), and Eugene V. Debs (Socialist).</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Grandparents</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My paternal grandparents are William Elmer Williams and Peggy Scott (Rich) Williams. William was born in 1910 and Peggy in 1911. Both William and Peggy would have been able to vote in the 1932 election. The candidates for the 1932 election were Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem.), Herbert Hoover (Rep.) and Norman Thomas (Socialist).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My maternal grandparents are George Kenneth Rueff and Mary Myrtle (Behrle) Rueff. George was born in 1905 and Myrtle was born in 1913. George would have been able to vote in the 1932 elections as well. Myrtle's first election would not be until 1936 and the candidates for that election were Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem.), Alfred M. Landon (Rep.) and Norman Thomas (Socialist). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peggy was 8 years old and Myrtle was 6 years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1919 giving women the right to vote. I can't help but wonder if they were even aware of such an important amendment to our Constitution at those ages. Knowing what I know of my great grandmothers I don't believe any of them participated in the women's suffrage movement, at least no evidence I have been able to find anyway to support that they did.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Parents</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Mom and Dad would be married for a little over 5 years before they would be able to vote in their first election in 1960. They were living in Florida at this time. The candidates for the 1960 election were John F. Kennedy (Dem.) and Richard M. Nixon (Rep.).</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Me</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I registered to vote on my 18th birthday in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama for the 1980 election. The candidates for the 1980 election were Ronald Regan (Rep.), Jimmy Carter (Dem.) and John B. Anderson (Independent). Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to vote in 1980 because I was in the hospital recovering from anaphylactic shock from penicillin. I would have to wait another 4 years to be able to vote in my first presidential election.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Infoplease</i> (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781450.html : accessed 15 November 2016), "Presidential Elections, 1789-2012".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org), "Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution," rev. 19:00 UTC, 15 October 2016. </span></span></span><br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-84029464124567253892016-09-27T09:22:00.005-04:002016-09-27T09:24:29.937-04:00Movin' On Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My son David is a Parts Manager at a Toyota dealership here in South Carolina. He has done very well for himself with his current company. He recently learned there was a job opening for a Parts Manager position at a different Toyota dealership, in another state and applied for the position. Needless to say he was offered this position. David and Cassie decided that this position was a great opportunity for him and their family. David has accepted the position and begins next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now my son is going home! Home to Greensboro, North Carolina where he was born and raised. I know that this is a great opportunity for David and Cassie, especially with a new baby on the way too! While I won't be living as close to them as I have been for the last seven years but I know that in Greensboro they will have much more family support! My parents still live there along with two of my sisters so there will be plenty of babysitters for Easton!</span><br />
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also very proud of David. I am proud of the boy I raised and the man he
has become through hard work and determination. He is a loving husband
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Congratulations, David! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All my love,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Momma </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820234471456987451.post-43492132091791212852016-09-11T14:42:00.001-04:002016-09-15T09:37:35.483-04:00Defending Freedom Memorial ~ Local 9/11 Memorial <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back in April of this year, my husband and I had the opportunity to visit a few memorials in the Las Vegas area. The first one was the Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Monument <a href="http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-silent-heroes-of-cold-war-national.html">(you can see that post here)</a>. Next we went to the Defending Freedom Memorial at Red Rock Canyon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This memorial was built to honor members of the United States Military from Nevada who have died since the beginning of the war with Iraq and Afghanistan. A war which was a direct response to an attack on America. That attack occurred on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001 at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington, DC and a field in Pennsylvania where passengers and flight crew died as a result of these attacks. This memorial is beautiful and simplistic in a setting that can take your breath away. My pictures don't do it justice but they are all I have to show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 1: PVT Joshua M Morberg USA, SGT Gordon F Misner II USA, CPL Shawn T Lasswell Jr. USA, 1st SGT Carlos N Saenz USA, SPC Teodoro Torres USA, SGT John C Griffin USA, SSGT Emmanuel L Legaspi USA, PFC David N Crombie USA, SPC Ignacio Ramirez USA, LCPL Jeremy Z Long USMC, PFC P. Brandon Williams USA, SGT Kenneth E Bostic USA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 2: SGT David Joseph Drakulich USA, SSGT Sean Michael Gaul USA, PFC Willington M Rhoads USA, CW2 Christian P Humphreys USA, SGT Ezra Dawson USA, SPC Thomas F Lyons USA, PFC Kevin Thomson USA, SPC Kimble Han USA, SGT Josue Hernandez-Chavez USA, PFC Roger A Suarez-Gonzalez USA, SSG Sean Derrel Diamond USA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 3: PFC John Lukac USMC, SPC Daniel F Guastaferro USA, SGT Eric W Morris USA, LCPL Richard Perez Jr. USMC, CPL Jesse Jaime USMC, MM2 (Seal) Shane Patton USN, CPL Joseph L Martinez USA, SGT Patrick D Stewart USA, CPL Seamus M Davey USMC, PFC Thomas C Siekert USA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 4: SPC Jason A Disney USA, CPL Matthew A Commons USA, LCPL Donald J Cline Jr. USMC, LCPL Michael Williams USMC, SSG Cameron B Sarno USA, SPC James L Beckstrand USA, A1C Jesse M Samek USAF, LCPL Nicholas H Anderson USMC, CPL Christopher L Weaver USMC, SSG Donald Griffin Jr. USA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 5: Defending Freedom. "It is wrong to mourn the death of men like these. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." General George S. Patton. ALL GAVE SOME...SOME GAVE ALL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 6: SPC Brian Tabada USA, SGT Matthew Hennigan USA, SGT Frank Zaehringer III,USMC, 1st Lt Joel Gentz USAF, SSgt David Smith USAF, Capt David Wisniewski USAF, SrA Michael Buras USAF, SGT Ken Hermogino USA, SPC Douglas J Green USA, SPC Dennis James Jr.USA, SGT Timothy Sayne USA, CPL Jon-Luke Bateman USMC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 7: CPL Stanley J Lapinski USA, SPC Anthony S Cometa USA, 2nd LT James J Cathey USMC, CW3 John M Flynn USA, SSG Kerry W Frith USA, CW2 John D Smith USA, 2nd Lt Frederick E Pokorney USMC, CPT Joshua T Byers USA, SFC Raymond E Jones Jr. USA, CPL William L Salazar USMC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stone # 8: LCPL Budd M Cote USMC, SSG Coby G Schwab USA, SSG Michael L Townes USA, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Capt Kermit O Evans USAF, SGT Anthony J Schober USA, LCPL Raul Samuel Bravo II USMC, PFC Alexander R Varela USA, CW02 Joshua R Rodgers USA, SPC Joshua S Modgling USA, SPC Travis M Virgadamo USA, 1st LT Nathan M Krissoff USMC, SGT Alfred G Paredez Jr. USA.</span><br />
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