Leaves & Branches: Genealogy, Research & Family History
This vintage photograph is delightful because of the happy faces of Albert & Elizabeth.
Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.
A Window into the Past
Is your birthday coming soon? Happy Birthday!
Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. I posted this series back in 2011. This version has been updated with more information. I hope you find it as much fun as I do.
Even if it is not your birthday, look at the highlighted SURNAMES. Maybe you will see a name from your family & learn a little more about them.
Click on the links to learn more about the people & places.
In memory of my father,
who taught us to treasure our family and our country.
My Father,
My Grandfathers:
Roy Jessie Brown, 1902 MS – 1956 MS
Nathaniel Gardner, 1882 NY – 1944 NY
My Great Grandfathers:
Jasper Pascal Brown, 1865 MS – 1950 MS
Thomas Kenneth Mark, 1879 OH – 1975 OH
Leopold Gartner, 1860 Poland – 1948 NY
Michael Coyle, b 1870 Ireland
My 2x Great Grandfathers:
Allen Moses Brown, 1836 MS – after 1870
Jessie Alexander Brumfield, 1838 LA – 1914 MS
William Mark, 1844 OH – 1915 OH
Augustus Ceaser Gruissy, 1840 OH – 1915 OH
Markusz S. Gartner, 1826 Poland- 1888 Hungary
Adolph Edelstein, b 1830
Patrick Coyle, 1841 Ireland – 1925 CT
Daniel Mullane, 1838 Ireland – 1930 Ireland
My [known] 3x Great Grandfathers:
Edward Stewart Brown, 1806 GA – 1856 MS
Wyatt Smith, 1809 LA- 1894 MS
Nathaniel Brumfield, 1799 LA – 1852 LA
Edwin Barksdale Alford, 1792 NC – 1878 MS
Abraham Mark, 1812 PA – 1872 OH
Isaac Ritter, 1823 – 1880 OH
Christian Gruissy, 1811 Swiss – 1870 OH
John Franklin Wolf, 1809 PA – 1883 OH
Mozes Gartner
Michael Coyle, b 1805 Ireland
Thomas Brady, d 1914 Ireland
Thomas Mullane, Ireland
Martin English, Ireland
My [known] 4x Great Grandfathers:
Moses Brown, 1777 NC – 1839 OH
Allen Spurlock, 1775 NC – 1864 MS
Jeremiah George Smith, 1773 SC – 1840 MS
William Jasper Fortenberry, 1772 SC – 1842 MS
John Brumfield, 1768 NC – 1834
Jacob Ott III, 1774 SC – 1836 LA
Jacob Alford, 1761 NC – 1824 LA
Philip Heffelfinger, 1787 , b 1776 Ireland
Johannes Ritter, Jr., 1771 PA – 1864 OH
John Fisher
Christian Gruissy, b 1792 Swiss
John Frederick Wolf, 1779 PA – 1872 PA
Abraham Burkholder
Pat Coyle, b 1776 Ireland
James Cunningham, b 1771 Ireland
John Gibney, b 1794 Ireland
My [known] 5x Great Grandfathers:
Edward Brown, 1730 – 1797 NC
William Traylor
Richard Dillon, 1745 VA – 1833 MS
John Faulkenberry, 1740 VA – 1815 SC
John Kennington, 1745 – 1814 SC
Charles Brumfield, 1745 VA – 1820 SC
William Stark Kelly, 1739 Ireland – 1826 TN
Jacob Ott II, 1755 SC – 1820 SC
Julius Alford, 1717 VA – 1771 NC
Jeremiah Smith, Sr., b 1755
Michael Mowrey
Johannes Ritter, Sr., 1743 PA – 1816
Johann Jonas Wolf, 1739 PA – 1787 PA
My [known] 6x Great Grandfathers:
Moses Hollis, 1728 VA – 1794 SC
James Theopilous Dillon, b 1719 Ireland
Humphrey Lawrence, 1726 – 1772 NC
Jacob Faulkenberry, b c 1715
John Eubanks
John Watson Brumfield, 1714 – 1781 SC
William Durham, 1715 VA – 1793 NC
Jacob Ott I, 1725 Swiss – 1786
Casper Ott, b 1721 Swiss
James Alford, 1687 VA – 1730 VA
Moses Hollis, 1728 VA – 1794 SC
Heinrich Ritter, 1715 Germany – 1797 PA
Heinrich Keck, 1710 Germany – 1786 PA
Johan Jacob Wolf, 1694 Germany – after 1757
Johan Adam Dick, 1709 Germany – 1785 PA
My [known] 7x Great Grandfathers:
John Hollis, 1700 England – 1768 VA
Robert Lawrence, 1672 VA – 1744 NC
Thomas Ashley, c 1710 – 1790 NC
Henry Falkenberg, 1675 NJ – c 1759
Samuel Durham, d 1735
Benjamin Colclough, d 1722 VA
Melchoir Ott, 1699 Swiss – 1755 SC
Theodore Fitchtner
John Alford, 1645 VA – 1710 VA
Johannes Peter Wolf, Germany
Hans Jacob Orth, Germany
My [known] 8x Great Grandfathers:
John Lawrence, d 1700 VA
John Nicholls, b 1680 NC
Thomas Ashley, 1650 VA- after 1759
David Hicks
Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg, c 1640 – c 1712
Hans Ott, 1699 Swiss – 1725 Swiss
My [known] 9x Great Grandfathers:
Robert Lawrence, d c 1707 VA
John Ashley, 1625 England – 1687 VA
Lambert Jochemse Van Valkenberg, 1616 Netherlands – 1685 NY
Sennick Broer
My [known] 10x Great Grandfathers:
John Lawrence, d 1639 England
Lambert Dryskens Van Valkenberg, c 1570 Netherlands – 1651 Netherlands
Arnold Jacobs, Netherlands
My [known] 11x Great Grandfathers:
Thomas Lawrence, 1539 – 1593 England
Andries Van Valkenberg, c 1540 Netherlands – 1609
Is your birthday coming soon? Happy Birthday!
Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. I posted this series back in 2011. This version has been updated with more information. I hope you find it as much fun as I do.
Even if it is not your birthday, look at the highlighted SURNAMES. Maybe you will see a name from your family & learn a little more about them.
Click on the links to learn more about the people & places.
Helen Virginia Sampsel Mark
12 December 1921 OH – 8 January 2010 OH
Daughter of John Sampsel & Emma Lint
Wife of Ernest Miles Mark
Helen V. Mark, 88, of Wooster, died Friday, January 8, 2010 at West View Manor.
She was born December 12, 1921, daughter of the late John and Emma (Lint) Sampsel. Helen married her husband, Ernest Miles Mark on February 22, 1946. He preceded her in death in 1996.
She farmed with her husband for many years and was later employed by the Daily record driving a motor route. Helen was a member of the Old Stone Church, Woman’s Guild at the church and the Golden Friends at First Presbyterian Church.
Helen is survived by her children, Carl (Nancy) Mark of Wooster, Naomi (Dennis) Evans of Cocoa, FL, Marita (Greg) Buchanan of Wooster, and Melvin (Lisa) Mark of West Salem; 12 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; and one great – great – grandson.
Along with her husband and parents, Helen was preceded in death by brothers, Prem, Johnny, Harold, Paul, Arthur, Floyd and Carl; and sisters, Emma Wilhelm, Fern Roman and Mary Sampsel.
Services will be held on Wednesday January 13, at 11:00 a. m. at McIntire Davis and Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill, Wooster with Rev. John Fitch and Pastors Dan Bartkowiak and reic Fairhurst officiating. Interment will follow in the Wooster Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6 – 9 p. m.
Source: Newspapers.com
The Tribune, Coshocton, OH
10 Jan 2010, page 4
Genealogical research can certainly be done from your home. There are many websites with information. However, do not overlook libraries. I have traveled to marvelous state, county and town libraries in the areas where my ancestors lived. Those libraries are filled with treasures for genealogists.
Do you think everything is digitized? No. Small rural libraries that stand in the town where your ancestor farmed may have unique reference materials that are not available online. Those libraries often contain local histories that can teach you how people lived when your ancestor was working and raising a family.
Those are just 3 examples of libraries and discoveries. While visiting those libraries I also went to the cemeteries and town halls. I walked around in the towns where my ancestors lived.
Now that ‘Our Brown Roots’ is in print I am beginning to write letters to those libraries. In my letters I recognize the many resources available in those libraries. I thank “all of you who provide historical and genealogical resources to your patrons.”
With my letters I am sending those libraries a copy of my book. Since those libraries stand where my family lived/lives I am hoping my book will help others to learn about our shared family.
These are some of the Libraries I have visited & am writing to
[with links to my blog posts]:
51 North 5th Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Virginia Room
10360 North Street
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Founders Hall Library
100 North Tryon Street
Suite 290
Charlotte, NC 28202
138 East Black Street
Rock Hill, SC 29730
1645 Russell Street
Orangeburg, SC 29115
313 South White Street
Lancaster, SC 29720
Pike – Amite – Walthall Library System
1022 Virginia Avenue
McComb, MS 39648
825 Free Street
Franklinton, LA 70438
The York County Library in SC sent me this nice note when they received my book:
You can contact Troy Book Makers for a copy.
