Part 892bm – Brunhammer McAteer Genealogy – GG-Grandfather Edward McAteer – 1888 Inventory and Appraisement

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The work continues of my search and research for information of great-great-grandfather Edward McAteer. Following my previous postings I now have the 1888 Inventory and Appraisement document dated and filed November 17, 1888.

As you can see from the cover sheet great-great-grandfather Edward McAteer as indicated “Deceased”.

The first document –

Transcribed –

No	1	Bedroom	Value		20.00
"	2	"	"		10.00
"	3	"	"		15.00
Front	Room	down stairs			60.00
Dining	room	furniture			15.00
Kitchen		"			40.00
1	Cow				50.00
1	Heifer				25.00
					235.00

James Black
John Black Sr

Appraisers.


The second document -

Source: Family History Library - Microfile Number: 2188323; Item Number RG-2545; Individual Name: Edward McAteer; Record Title: Probate - RG-2545; Event Type: D; Event Date: 1888-1889; Event Place: Wilmington, Delaware; Volume Number: Series 001

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Jim

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Part 891bm – Brunhammer McAteer Genealogy – 1888 Death Certificate – GG-Grandfather Edward McAteer

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1819 Lovering Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware - Google Maps - Sep 2014

And the search and research continues. I discovered the Physicians’ Certificate of a Death for gg-grandfather Edward McAteer. It is dated June 12th 1888 in Wilmington, Delaware.

The image of the Certificate –

My transcription –

McAteer, Edward

Physicians’ Certificate of a Death.

Died, June 12th 1888
Name, Edward McAteer
Native of Ireland
Sex, Male – Married or Single. Married
Color, White
Age, 59 Years
Residence, 1819 Lovering Avenue
Occupation, Laborer
Disease, Paralysis
Complications,
Father’s Name and Nativity,
Mother’s Name and Nativity,

James A. Draper Physician

I certify that the above is a true return, to the best of my belief.
D. T. Kilroy

Citation: "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11119-177605-64?cc=1520546), 004145859 > image 192 of 699; Hall of Records, Dover.

More documentation to follow.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments, thoughts, ideas at A Genealogy Hunt.

Jim

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Part 890bm – Brunhammer McAteer Genealogy – GG-Grandfather Edward McAteer – Will, June 29, 1888

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Today a tremendous find.

I just found and received the Will and Inventory and Appraisement for Andy Brunhammer's great-great-grandfather Edward McAteer. The dates are June 29 and November 17, 1888, respectively.

With the documents also included is the December 3, 1889 First and Final Settlement of his estate.

GG-Grandfather Edward McAteer’s Will –

This is my transcription of gg-grandfather Edward’s Will –

C.F. Thomas & Co.,
Wilmington, Del.

Wilmington, State of Delaware,
Twenty third day of March 1888, A.D. Eighteen
hundred and Eighty Eight:

I Edward McAteer, resident of Wilmington
hundred, New Castle County, State of Delaware, being
sick in body, but healthy in mind, and believing that
soon I will meet my Creator, do by this my last will
bequeath and leave all my real and personal estate ^to my
wife Ellen McAteer, and I name her my only ad-
ministrator and executor, without she being bound to
give any security.

This is my last will; and I have signed it in
the presence of Witnesses. –


Edward ^his X McAteer (Seal)
                  ^mark

Witnesses

(Seal) John Hamilton Jr.
(Seal) James Monaghan S/June/21

I will follow in my next posts on A Genealogy Hunt with the

1. Inventory and Appraisement. Estate Of Edward McAteer, Deceased. – Filed November 17, 1888, and

2. First & Final Settlement of Edward McAteer’s Estate – December 3, 1889

Source: Family History Library - Microfile Number: 2188323; Item Number RG-2545; Individual Name: Edward McAteer; Record Title: Probate - RG-2545; Event Type: D; Event Date: 1888-1889; Event Place: Wilmington, Delaware; Volume Number: Series 001

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Regards,

Jim

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Part 881bd – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – 1977 Certificate of Death – Grandmother Anna / Anne (née McAteer) Brunhammer

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Today we were able to get a copy of Grandmother Anna / Anne (née McAteer) Brunhammer’s Certificate of Death from the State of Delaware. Grandmother Anne passed away on January 26, 1977.

For the purposes of privacy we have blacked out the corresponding Social Security Number. We attempt to ensure that no corresponding numbers are published or printed in our A Genealogy Hunt.

The following is the indexed record from the site GenealogyBank.com.

If you have any thoughts, questions, ideas, comments please feel free to contact me at A Genealogy Hunt.

Regards,

Jim

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Part 879bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Grandmother Anna (née McAteer) Brunhammer – Birth July 1894 – Wilmington, Delaware

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I have located the following paperwork for Grandmother Anna (née McAteer) Brunhammer. Grandmother Anna was great-grandparents John and Isabella (née Pierce) McAteer's third child and third daughter. She was born this day 120 years and 27 days ago on the 29th of July, 1894.

Here are copies of the Return of a Birth and Birth Register.

Return of A Birth - 

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription –

McAteer, Anna

Return of a Birth
CITY OF WILMINGTON, DEL.

1. Full Name of the Child – Anna McAteer
2. Sex – Female
3. Color – White
4. Date of Birth – July 29th 1894
5. Place of Birth – Street – 1719 Scott St.
6. Father’s Name – John McAteer
7. Father’s Age – 26 years
8. Occupation of Father – Policeman
9. Father’s Birthplace
- State or County – Kentmere
- Del.
10. Mother’s Name prior to marriage – Isabel Pierce
11. Mother’s Age – 22 years
12. Mother’s Birthplace
- State or County – Cecil Co
- Md.
13. Child’s number in this Family – 3 State if Still Born – No
14. Number by this Mother – 3
15. Date of this Certificate – Aug 7th 1894
16. Date of Registration –

I hereby certify that the above is a true report of the birth at the time and place above
stated. John Palmer Jr. Informant.

Delaware Vital Records, Birth Register –

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription – Register

FULL NAME OF CHILD (If Stillborn state the fact) – McAteer, Anna 34440
Sex – “ (female)
Color – “ (white)
Date of Birth – “ (June) 29, “ (1894)
Place of Birth – 1719 Scott Street
Father’s Name – John
Age – 26
Occupation – Policeman
Nativity – ” (Del.)
Maiden Name of Mother – Isabel Pierce
Age – 22
Nativity – ” (Md.)
Child’s Number in this Family – 3
Child’s Number by this Mother – 3
Date of Certificate – Aug 7, “ (1894)
Date of Registration – ” (Oct.) “ (4,) “ (1894)

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Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 878bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Updated McAteer Descendant Chart

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Today’s post is a short one. I have updated the McAteer Descendant Chart.

I have included the updated information for grandaunt Ella/Ellen McAteer, in red.

Please feel free to use and cite this information in your and any associated genealogy work. If you have any questions, comments, thoughts, and ideas please feel free to contact me at A Genealogy Hunt.

To date I have written 1,090 posts to A Genealogy Hunt and according to Google Blogger it has recorded 227,940 Pageviews.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 877bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Grandaunt Ellen (aka Ella) McAteer – Death November 1893 – Wilmington, Delaware

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What a tremendous blow to parents, gr-grandparents John and Isabella (aka Bella née Pierce) to lose their daughter, grandaunt Ellen (aka Ella) during the first year of her life.

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription –

McAteer, Ellen

RETURN OF A DEATH in the City of Wilmington

1. Name of Deceased – Ellen McAteer
2. Color - White
3. Sex – Female
4. Age – Nine Months
5. Widowed, Married or Single - 
6. Date of death – November 24th 1893
7. Cause of Death – Meningitis

John Palmer Jr. Physician
(TO BE FILLED BY THE UNDERTAKER)

8. Occupation –
9. Place of birth – Wilmington
10. When a minor – Name of Father – John
– Name of Mother - Bella
11. Ward – 7
12. Street and number – 1813 Shallcross Av
13. Date of burial – June 29
14. Place of Burial – Cathedral

Daniel T. Killroy, Undertaker.

And the Delaware Vital Records, Death Register

+

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription – Register

181

NAME – 44989 McAteer, Ellen
Age – 9 m.
Color – “ (white)
Nation or State – Del.
If a Foreigner, how long in the United States –
Residence – 1719 Scott St.
Occupation –
Single, Married, Widowed – “ ( )
Sex – Female
Name and Nation of Parents – John & Isabella
Cause of Death and Complications – Meningitis
Date of Death – “ (Nov) 24 “ (1893)
Date of Certificate –
Date of Registration – “ (Jan) “ (24) “ (1893)

And something to note, I can almost guarantee that there will be sources and documents out there in archives, databases, and the Internetland that will have many iterations and differences on names.  Grandaunt Ella, aka Ellen is a classic case in her short life.

The search and research continues.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 875bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Grandaunt Ella McAteer – Birth February 1893 – Wilmington, Delaware

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And the search and research continues...and the finds sometime just keep rolling in.

GG-Grandparent John and Isabella (née Pierce) McAteer welcomed the birth to their second daughter, grandaunt Ella on February 24, 1893.

Return of A Birth - 

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription –

McAteer, Ella

RETURN OF A BIRTH
CITY OF WILMINGTON, DEL.

1. Full Name of the Child – Ella McAteer
2. Sex – Female
3. Color – White
4. Date of Birth – Feby 24th 1893
5. Place of Birth – Street – 1713 Union St.
6. Father’s Name – John McAteer
7. Father’s Age – 25 years
8. Occupation of Father – Laborer
9. Father’s Birthplace
- State or County – Kentmere
- Delaware
10. Mother’s Name prior to marriage – Bell Pierce
11. Mother’s Age – 21 years
12. Mother’s Birthplace
- State or County – Cecil Co
- Maryland
13. Child’s number in this Family – 2 State if Still Born – No
14. Number by this Mother – 2
15. Date of this Certificate – March 6th 1893
16. Date of Registration –

I hereby certify that the above is a true report of the birth at the time and place above
stated. John Palmer Jr. Informant.

N.B. At No. 1 give the full name of the child and BE PRE-
TICULAR TO GET MIDDLE NAMES IN FULL. At No. 3,
state whether the child is white, black or mulatto. At No, 5 give the
street, number and ward.

Delaware Vital Records, Birth Register –

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription – Register

FULL NAME OF CHILD (If Stillborn state the fact) – McAteer, Ella 34117
Sex – “ (female)
Color – “ (white)
Date of Birth – “ (Feb) 24, “ (1893)
Place of Birth – 1713 Union Street
Father’s Name – John McAteer
Age – 25
Occupation – Laborer
Nativity – ” (Del.)
Maiden Name of Mother – Bell Pierce
Age – 21
Nativity – Md.
Child’s Number in this Family – 2
Child’s Number by this Mother – 2
Date of Certificate – “ (Mar) 6, “ (1893)
Date of Registration – ” (Apr.) “ (3,) “ (1893)

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Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 874bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – McAteer Descendant Chart – Updated

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As I progress with my search and research in family lines I like to create my own descendant charts. The following is an updated Descendant Chart for the McAteer family line that I am current exploring.

The Descendant Chart is as follows:

I use the software GenoPro which is a genealogy software assists in the creation of family trees and genograms.

You’ll notice that I have discovered a couple of ways that the surname has been put down on paper: McAteer; MacAteer; and MacKeteer. And as usual please know that this data may change as we uncover new and more documentation and information.

If you have any information and data that may assist us in this re-creation please feel to contact me, via this Blog or by email.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 873bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Grandaunt Florence (aka Florida) McAteer – Death June 1898 – Wilmington, Delaware

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Well it appears that grandaunt Florida McAteer did not have a very long life. Accordingly her life was cut short when she contracted “Capillary Bronchitis with Whooping Cough”. Grandaunt Florida, also known as Florence, passed away on June 27th, 1898. She was six years old.

I have located the following paperwork for grandaunt Florence’s (aka Florida) death – Return of A Death -

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription –

McAteer, Florence

RETURN OF A DEATH in the City of Wilmington

1. Name of Deceased – Florence McAteer
2. Color - White
3. Sex – Female
4. Age – Seven Years
5. Widowed, Married or Single - Single
6. Date of death – June 27th 1898
7. Cause of Death – Capillary Bronchitis with Whooping Cough

John Palmer Jr. Physician
(TO BE FILLED BY THE UNDERTAKER)

8. Occupation –
9. Place of birth – Wilmington
10. When a minor – Name of Father – John
– Name of Mother - Bella
11. Ward – 7
12. Street and number – 1813 Shallcross Av
13. Date of burial – June 29
14. Place of Burial – Cathedral

Daniel T. Killroy, Undertaker.

And the Delaware Vital Records, Death Register

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription – Register

186

NAME – McAteer, Florence
Age – 7
Color – 52904 “ (white)
Nation or State – “ (Del)
If a Foreigner, how long in the United States –
Residence – 1813 Shallcross Ave.
Occupation –
Single, Married, Widowed – “ ( )
Sex – female
Name and Nation of Parents – John & Bella
Cause of Death and Complications – Capillary Bronchitis Whooping Cough
Date of Death – “ (6) “ (27) “ (98)
Date of Certificate –
Date of Registration – “ (7) “ (2) “ (98)

And the search and research continues.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 872bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Grandaunt Florida McAteer – Birth September 1891 – Wilmington, Delaware

Good Day,

I have decided to jump in and continue work on the McAteer genealogy. Grandmother Anna M. (née McAteer) Brunhammer was one of five daughters of great-grandparents John and Isabel (née Pierce) McAteer.

Check out my previous effort on the McAteer Descendant Chart at Part 103m – McAteer Genealogy – New Descendant Chart.

The eldest daughter was grandaunt Florida McAteer. I have located the following paperwork for grandaunt Florida’s birth –

Return of A Birth –

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription –

McAteer, Florida

RETURN OF A BIRTH
CITY OF WILMINGTON, DEL.

1. Full Name of the Child – Florida McAteer
2. Sex – Female
3. Color – White
4. Date of Birth – Sept. 10th, 1891
5. Place of Birth – Street – 1819 Lovering Ave.
6. Father’s Name – John McAteer
7. Father’s Age – 24 years
8. Occupation of Father – Starcher
9. Father’s Birthplace
- City – Kentmere
- County –
- State or Country – Del
10. Mother’s Name prior to marriage – Isabella Pierce
11. Mother’s Age – 20 years
12. Mother’s Birthplace
- City – Rock Springs
- County –
- State or Country – Md
13. Child’s number in this Family – 1 State if Still Born – No
14. Number by this Mother – 1
15. Date of this Certificate – Sept 16th 1891
16. Date of Registration –

I hereby certify that the above is a true report of the birth at the time and place above
stated. John Palmer Jr. Informant.

N.B. At No. 1 give the full name of the child and BE PRE-
TICULAR TO GET MIDDLE NAMES IN FULL. At No. 3,
state whether the child is white, black or mulatto. At No, 5 give the
street, number and ward.

Delaware Vital Records, Birth Register –

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription – Register

FULL NAME OF CHILD (If Stillborn state the fact) – McAteer, Florida 33920
Sex – “ (female)
Color – “ (white)
Date of Birth – “ (Sept) 10, “ (1891)
Place of Birth – 1819 Lovering Ave.
Father’s Name – John McAteer
Age – 24
Occupation – Starcher
Nativity – Del.
Maiden Name of Mother – Isabella Pierce
Age – 20
Nativity – Md.
Child’s Number in this Family – 1
Child’s Number by this Mother – 1
Date of Certificate – “ (Sept) 16, “ (1891)
Date of Registration – Feb. 28, “ (1892)

All-things-being-equal gg-grandfather John McAteer's occupation in 1891/2 is listed in both documents as a "Starcher". From what I can find a "Starcher" may have been a "Laundry worker who stiffened shirts and other garments with hot starch in a tumbling machine."  Six years later gg-grandfather John's occupation is registered on the 1900 US Census as "Policeman."

And the search and research continues.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 782p – Smith Groh Genealogy – When is a 1904 Civil War Pension Index Not? – GGG-Grandfather Leo Pariza – Wisconsin

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At times the search and research into the genealogy of a family line and into the background of an ancestor does become a wee bit confusing.

Most recently I discovered two Index Cards relating to ggg-grandfather Leo Pariza. Both are labeled of the Civil War Pension Index which is a collection of The National Archives in Washington, DC. The two cards are dated 8 March 1904. Except for a few minor differences, it could be stated that both cards were completed on behalf of the same person, Leo Pariza.

But here’s where there I stumbled into a bit of confusion.

The confusion is that these cards are a part of the collection entitled the Civil War Pension Index. The cards are registered in the “Name of Soldier: Parisaya, Leo (alias) Pariza Leo.” This is the first piece of a puzzle. Was ggg-grandfather Leo’s surname Pariza or was it actually Parisaya?

My second misunderstanding is just what gives with the dates? The American Civil War from my knowledge was from 1861 through 1865… and ggg-grandfather Leo Pariza was born either in 1878 or 1879, based on two different sources. Therefore he could never have participated in the Civil War. Another possibility is that this entry may have been referenced to his Father.

After a bit of investigation and research, it appears that entries included in the Civil War Pension Index includes, not only the Civil War but other wars and conflicts. These, for the lack of segregation into a separate Index are included in the Civil War Pension Index. GGG-Grandfather Leo was involved in the Spanish American War. I will be presenting my concluding evidence in my next Posting.

Here are the images two Index Cards from the Civil War Pension Index as downloaded from The National Archives via Ancestry.com.

And here are my two summary Clooz reports: CWPIWI000001 and CWPIWI000002.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent – Ancestry.com is Acquired By Permira for $1.6B

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And now that I am back, it is time to catch up and continue my search and research into the genealogy of my Family Lines and Ancestry.

But...I wonder how the acquisition of Ancestry.com by the European private equity firm Permira Funds will affect the subscription service I pay for, positively and negatively?

According to Ancestry.com “there will be no anticipated changes in its operating structure with this deal. The company will remain in Provo, Utah, and it will continue to focus on investing in content, technology and expanding product offerings…” The key word, of course, is “anticipated”…

Permira is “a European private equity firm with global reach… specializes in five sectors: Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrials and TMT (Technology, Media, Telecommunications). There are currently, according to Wikepedia, 25 companies in the Permira funds’protfolio…” This could mean that Ancestry.com could now become only 4% of the focus of Permira’s controlling management team of Kurt Björklund and Tom Lister.

And what does this mean to me, a genealogy researcher, who pays for the Ancestry.com subscription service? Time will only tell.

Check out this article from Bloomberg.com, dated 25 February 2011. The question is how, is Ancestry.com strictly perceived now as a potential investment, or an investment in the lives of our ancestors’’ descendants? Again I repeat, only time will tell.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 695d – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – 1873 Birth and Baptism – Great-Granduncle John Patrick Doherty – Wilmington, Delaware

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This is my 900th Posting to A Genealogy Hunt. A Genealogy Hunt began as a blog in May 2009. All-things-being equal this may mean that I take about 65/6 days off every year. Maybe, but how do I account for the 240 Postings to Quilts SB during the same time period.

The second St. Paul’s document in my genealogy search that I was able to find is the Baptism Registration of great-granduncle John Patrick. His birth, in Wilmington, is recorded 13 March 1873 and his baptism was celebrated 16 March 1873.

Based on the documents that I have found and we now have on file the following are the Doherty (aka Dougherty) siblings up to 1873:

Baptized at St. Peter’s –

1. Gerald – Born 28 November 1864 (Part 678d)

2. Helen - Born 25 March 1866 (Part 679d)

3. Mary Ellen – Born 14 January 1868 (Part 683d)

4. Margaret – Born 22 December 1869 (Part 684d)

Baptized at St. Paul’s –

5. Philip – Born 3 September 1871 (Part 693d)

Here is the image of the page 36 from the St. Paul’s Register of Baptisms. I have downloaded it from Item 5 of the microfilm FHL [1788084].

And my transcription –

36

1873

Register of Baptisms

Date – March 16
Name of Child – John Patrk
Lawful Child of – Phil. Dougherty & Margt
Born – March 13
Sponsors – Jas Kane & Cath. Kane
Name of Priest – M. Fallon

Note that the priest, once again, did enter the Doherty surname as “Dougherty” in the Register of Baptisms.

Stay tuned for the next update to the Doherty Family Line.

If you have any comments, questions, thoughts, and ideas please free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent - Panic; Electronic Tools

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Today, in this day and age, I realized how electronically vulnerable I really am. And for anyone who does work on genealogy, of which the data files and folders become as precious gold, this can become a serious matter.

In my car, on a quick trip to my PC experts at Citrus Computers here in Tampa, I had to take in my desktop to get it tweaked, fixed and a new “case-applied”. My notebook mouse and cursor functionalities had seized up when I was updating my anti-virus software Kaspersky 2012. Further, the battery was draining on both my iPad and iPhone. Now realize that I backup up my desktop to another hard drive and at a distance via Carbonite. My notebook is a pure backup and my iPad is a “show and tell” tool.

But I was pinning when I realized that I would not have my means, any means of electronic communications and/or work tools. I picked up all my gizmos, and on the trip home I immediately thought “What would I do if I was in a new car accident?” And I subsequently began to think, not of my physical corps, but of my electronic Avatars. How I would survive in my created world without any electronic tool for my means of communications? Heavens forbid I would have to talk orally, and with the vocal chords as found in my upper throat.

Well, everything is back in place, now. Everything is connected and working, backed-up and protected.

Just something to think about… Oh and yeah, thanks to the guys at Citrus Computers.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 634s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada – Last in Item 3

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This is the continuation of my Transcription Project in the search for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. And this is the last Smith-related Document in Item 3 of the Family History Library microfilm FHL [1563378].

The inserted image is of the file stacks of microfilms at the Family History Library.

This Document is comprised of Pages 474 through and including 477. There have been, from my discovery, 108 Smith-pages in the Grenada Registers of Records. These are manifestly labeled in the Index assuming that a Smith is one of the “To/From” Parties. This does not mean that there could be more mentions and inclusions of the name Smith, it just means that these are the Pages that are listed in the Index.

Here are the four images of Pages 474 through 477 as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription. This contract is between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park. Once again, I do no read any clue to a connection to ggg-grandfather James.

474

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the Seventeenth day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Two Between James Park of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Merchant of the one part and Benjamin D'Harriette Smith of the same Town and Island Merchant of the other Part Whereas the said James Park and Benjamin D'Harriette Smith at present stand seized and po∫se∫sed of in equal undivided Moities of a certain Lot of Land Buildings and Premises situate in the said Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada And Whereas said James Park hath contracted and agreed thesaid Benjamin D'Harriette Smith for the absolute purchase of his thesaid James Park’s undivided Moiety of the said Lot of Land and Premises (hereinafter particularly described) at and for the Price or sum of eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada Now therefore this Indenture Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current Money as aforesaid in hand well and truly paid by the said Benjamin D'Harriett Smith unto the said James Park at or for the Sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof and of every part and parcel thereof he the said James Park doth ^ hereby acknowledge & _____ and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part the parcel thereof doth acquit release and discharge for ever thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs each and every of them by these Presents He thesaid James Park Hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed and by these Presents Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto thesaid Benjamin D'Harriette Smith (in his actual Po∫se∫sion now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made by the said James Park for one whole Year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents and by force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs All is thesaid James Park’s one full undivided Mority or half part of and in All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in that part of the town of Saint George in thesaid Island of Grenada commonly called the Carenage contained in front to the South West forty-three feet and to the North West forty feet and in the whole One thousand seven hundred and twenty square feet be the same more or le∫s Bounded to the North East by Lands late belonging to Domingo Commi∫siong deceased to the North West by Lands belonging to the Heirs of Daniel Campbell and by a Pa∫sage leading to House of Mr. Robert Ker to the South East by lands of thesaid

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Robert Ker and to the North West by a Pa∫sage or Lane leading to the Shipwrights Yard or howsoever otherwise the same Lot of Land is abutted or bounded together with a Moiety of all Me∫suages Houses and Outhouses thereupon erected and built And all ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Privileges Easements Advantages Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the said Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith now or commonly used enjoyed or occupied reputed taken or known as part parcel or Member thereof or of any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever of him thesaid James Park of into or out of thesaid undivided Moiety of thesaid Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises And all Deeds Writings Surveys Grants and Muninents whatsoever in use Power or Custody touching or concerning the same To have and to Hold the said full undivided Moiety or half part of and in the said Lot Piece or parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and all and singular other the Premises hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released and every of them with their and every of their Appur tenances unto the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs forever To the only proper Use and Behoof of thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever, and to and for no other Use Intent or purpose whatsoever And the said James Park doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise grant and agree to and with thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs in manner and form following that is to say That for and notwithstanding any Act Matter and Thing whatsoever by him thesaid James Park or by any Person or Persons lawfully Claiming or to claim by from or under or in Trust for him done committed or wittingly or willingly suffered to the contrary He thesaid James Park now is and standeth lawfully rightfully and absolutely seized in his Demissue as of Fee of and in the said hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances of a good sure lawful absolute and undefeazible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple without any Reversion Remainder Trust Limitation Power of Revocation Use or Uses or any other matter _____ or thing whatsoever to alter change charge revoke make void le∫sen encumber or determine the same And also that he the said James Park for and notwithstanding any such Act Matter or thing as aforesaid hath in himself good right full Power and lawful and absolute Authority to grant release and convey thesaid undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever in manner aforesaid and attending to the purport true Intent and meaning of these Presents And further that it shall and may be lawful for the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs from time to time and at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly to enter into have hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy the said undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances and to receive and take the Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every Part thereof to and for his and their own Use and Benefit

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Without the lawful Let Suit Trouble Denial Eviction or Interruption of or by him thesaid James Park his Heirs or A∫signs or of or by any persons or persona lawfully claiming or to claim any Estate Right Title Trust or Interest at Law or in Equity of into out of the said Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances or any part thereof by from under or in trust for him them or any of them And that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharges or otherwise by the said James Park his Heirs Executors and Administrators (as some or one of them well and sufficiently saved defended kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former and other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Jointures Dowers Settlements Contracts Uses Trusts Wills Entails Seizures Deeds Annuities Writings Obligatory Statutes Recognizances Judgments Extents Executions Rents Arrears of Rent and of from and against all and singular other Estates Titles Troubles Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever had made done committed occasioned entered into acknowledged or suffered or to be had made done committed occasioned entered into acknowledged or suffered by the said James Park his Heirs or A∫signs or by any other Person or Persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from under or in Trust for him Them or any of them or from by or under his their or any of their Act Means A∫sent Consent or Procurement And moreover that he thesaid James Park and his Heirs and all and every other Person or Persons having or lawfully claiming or who shall or may have or lawfully claim any Estate Right Title Use Trust or Interest at Law or in Equity of unto or out of the said hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises or any part thereof from by under or in Trust for him or them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter upon every reasonable request and at the proper Cost and Charges in the Law of him thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs make do execute and acknowledge or cause or procure to be made done executed and acknowledged all such further and other lawful and reasonable Acts Deeds Conveyances and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute granting conveying and a∫suring of the said undivided Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever in manner aforesaid as by thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised devised and required In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

James Park ( L S ) Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

Sealed and delivered In the presence of M. Nowlan # Archd Armstrong

Received on the day of the date of the within Indenture of and from the within named Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the sum of Eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current

Money 

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Money of Grenada being the Consideration Money with mentioned to be by him paid to me I say received the same £850.0.0 Cy

James Park

Witne∫s M. Nowlan # Archd. Armstrong

Grenada Acknowledge before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand and Eight hundred and Two

GH Horsley

Dep Register

Done…and now on to Item 4 of FHL [1563378]. And it is time for me to update my Matrices.

Stay tuned and enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent - Soup Spoon - Kabocha Pumpkin Soup - Genealogy List

Good Morning from A Wet Tampa,

He stands frozen, staring at the table, all muscles taut. And he is focused on the table, not moving his head in either direction. I approach, he doesn’t move. Nothing breaks his line of vision. But there is something in that brain of his that has him transfixed.

I sure as hell can’t figure it out. I try to follow his line of sight. At his immediate front, a wooden TV table, a spoon on a napkin, set for the new Kabocha Pumpkin soup experiment.

Then I realize that he is staring at the reflection of the whirling overhead fan in bowl of the soup spoon. He is just staring, and staring. He, Radar, starts to growl. His object… the twirly bug in the soup spoon. And all we can do is laugh. Nothing passes this 16-pound guard dog. Nothing whether it is a plane in the sky, a possum rustling in the hedge, or a teeny, tiny bug spinning in the oblivion of the bowl of a soup spoon.

And I am still chuckling.

With the issues of my PC upgrades, the excitement of our MQX Quilting Evolution announcement, I have been somewhat remiss with my work on my genealogy research. But all in all, A Genealogy Hunt, last night was ranked #1 Genealogy Website at TopListed.Net. This morning it ranked at #4.

Today I will be sitting down and try to organize my thought processes of my genealogy research and search. I need to focus in on prioritizing those branches I want to pursue.

Oh and the quick recipe for the Kabocha Pumpkin Soup. About ½ a Kabocha Pumpkin peeled, seeded, and chopped into cubes. Six whole cloves and 2 ½ cups of chicken broth. Bring to boil, lower heat and let simmer for 20 minutes. Remove cloves. Add 1 onion, 1-inch ginger, 6 cloves of garlic all finely chopped. Some salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 more minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of white Miso (paste) blended in ½ cup of chicken broth. Sprinkle with some chopped cilantro. Enjoy… One comment, “Best soup I ever had.”

Stay-tuned… and enjoy your day.

Regards,

Jim

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My Tangent - Tigger's Family Tree

I know, I know... I just had to post this. Thank you Walt Disney and A.A. Milne.

It also makes one think when the ancestry search and research is triggered by "fabricated" and "construed" documentation. Makes me ponder when a Family Tree is created and enhanced with flash and glitter when genealogy becomes a numbers' game!

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent – Tracing Family History – My Review and Thoughts

Good Day,

Over a bowl of congee this morning, and thinking about all the outstanding emails that I must respond to, I figured that I had better respond to one specifically, if not in part. I was asked to review the August 2011 Issue of Tracing Family History magazine. The request came as result of a Tracing Family History staff member who just happened to chance upon my Blog, A Genealogy Hunt. Pretty slick! So’s the magazine.

You need to know something from the get-go. I am a subscriber, and have been for some time to Tracing Family History. I really do like Tracing Family History… I am an immigrant and a naturalized US citizen, but I was born a Brit, in a British colony, now independent country. When I did get hooked with this past-time, actual full-time, hobby of genealogy some seven years ago, I learned quickly that the American publications were good but did not fit that which I needed to help me to pursue my ancestral search from some major distance. I needed to learn how to investigate and research by British roots, especially my English and Scottish ones.

My ancestral trek did not start at Ellis Island nor did I have the wherewithal to claim some ancestral passenger on the Mayflower. I’m not saying that I do not have any Plymouth-landing forebears. I just know that entered the United States of America through Houlton, Maine some years ago, and set up house and shop in Tampa, Florida. I have the copies of my subscription of Tracing Family History mailed to my home in Tampa, Florida.

Each issue is jammed packed with articles, stories, regular contributions, and a wealth of knowledge that at most times may touch a specific area that may be relevant to any of my searches, especially in and of the United Kingdom. The August issue certainly provides a compendium of articles and stories. Below the portrait of Daniel Radcliffe on the front cover, certainly apropos for the release of the latest and last Harry Potter film, and byline title “Harry Potter’s Diamond Roots: get inspired!” my eyes catch a new “How To” headline “How To – Scottish Records Civil Registration and Censuses.”

The catch of the white on red “How To…” on the front cover is a wee bit misleading when I open to the Contents page. The two “How To’s…” on the Contents page are “Housing The Working Classes” and “You Are Legend: Ancestors Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War”. The Scottish “Civil Registration And Censuses” article, the first part of a series by Chris Paton, is actually listed under the “Beginner’s Guide” for page 14. The Daniel Ratcliffe article is listed as a “Cover Story” and is about “the South African diamond mining industry in the roots of Harry Potter star…”

I immediately go to page 14; Civil Registration and Censuses by Chris Paton. A first in a new series, great... but I’m not sure a series of what, and I am predisposed to believe that it is of, in a broad sense of Scottish genealogy research. And let me assure you, this is exactly what I need.

Immediately and into the first few paragraphs I have learned that at a point in time “it was, for example, actually enough for two people to simply declare themselves as marrying in front of witnesses without a minister present.” And of course this throws some sort of monkey wrench into my research, assuming that there is no related documentation. Ah well… lesson learned.

Chris Paton’s article is a good and concise first part. I am definitely looking forward to his next installments in future issues of Tracing Family History.

Stay tuned for more thoughts and my own comments. I am always still learning.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent – Preparing A Document/Indenture For Transcription and Genealogy Research

Greetings,

As you are well aware I have just finished the transcription of an Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records of 31 pages in the search and research of the genealogy and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I have posted four of the seven parts of that specific work and transcription. The next three parts are to follow.

The work, that is, the transcribing, at times, can be extremely tedious… and elicit the thought “why the hell am I spending all this time on this document that may not have anything to do with my ancestors?” Then again, it MAY just provide the one iota of a clue or hint that could lead to more information and facts about my relatives, especially ggg-grandfather James.

But this is only a part of the process and procedure. I thought I would fill you in to what I actually do to prep an old document, these Indentures that I have been transcribing.

There is a very good collection of the Grenada Registers of Records at the Family History Library available from Salt Lake City, Utah. The collection, titled “Land and Property” is made up of 33 16mm microfilms. The collection includes Indexes and Records spanning a time frame from 1764 through 1931.

My goal in my immediate project is to find and work with those records that may be related to the surname Smith. And as I am searching for any detail of my late ggg-grandfather James Smith who passed away in 1842, I have restricted myself to those records during a time frame from about 1773 through 1842. That is about 69 years of Smith-related documents. Not a small task.

Once I find a Smith-related Indenture, I download images of the pages of that document and save the images as jpg files. (Case in point, the last Indenture I worked on had 31 pages, therefore 31 images.) The capturing process takes place at a local Family History Center where I have the appropriate FHL microfilm on loan.

My next task is to work with each individual image. The first inserted image is an example of what the downloaded image may look like immediately after I first acquire the copy.

I next, using a photo touch up software, (I use FotoFinish), I will crop the image to eliminate the unnecessary parts of the copy. Once satisfied with the cropped image I will next work on the exposure of the image. This process helps me to reduce the extraneous “dirt” and “crud”, as well as the “bleed-through” from the back and other pages. Once I have a relatively good looking exposure-fixed and cropped image I will then use the “Auto Correct” function in my MS Office 2010 Picture Manager software.

The next image is a sample of one that I worked on. It is the “after” image to the above “before” one.

And at this point, I am now ready to start working on the transcribing of the actual document. Oh and by the way, I do NOT delete my original copy. I keep it just in case that I may need it to cross-reference it should I not be able to work with the complete image of my adjusted image.

Oh and by the way, the top image is a plate image, available in public domain, of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Enjoy,

Jim

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