Part 722p – Smith Groh Genealogy - The Mystery of Brayton C. Placeway – 1917 WWI Draft Registration – Livingston County, Michigan

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In my genealogy hunt sometimes I have to go backwards to go forwards to discover that of our ancestors… Researching and searching for documents connected and pertaining to ggg-grandfather Brayton C. Placeway we step back in time to 5 June 1917.

On 18 May 1917, the Selective Service Act was passed immediately after the United States declared war on Germany. The Act authorized the President to increase the military. The First Registration on 5 June was for men aged 21 to 31; men born between 6 June 1886 and 5 June 1896. GGG-Grandfather Brayton definitely was a targeted candidate.

Here are the two pages of the 1917 Registration Card and Registrar’s Report. These pages were downloaded via Ancestry.com from The National Archives. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 and World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C. Source Citation: Registration Location: Livingston County, Michigan; Roll: 1675809; Draft Board: 0.

My transcription -

Form 1 1076 REGISTRATION CARD 502 No. 18

1 Name in full – Brayton C. Placeway Age in Years - 29
2 Home Address – Howell, Mich
3 Date of birth – April 17, 1888
4 Are you (1) a natural born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an alien, (4) or have you declared your intention? – Natural Born
5 Where were you born? – Pinckney, Mich
6 If not a citizen, of what nation are you a citizen or subject? - Citizen
7 What is you present trade, occupation, or office? – None 30
8 By whom employed? – Nobody Where employed? –
9 Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for your support? – Wife
10 Married or single? – Married Race? – Caucasian
11 What military service have you had? Rank - Fireman branch - Navy years - 11 months Nation or State – United States
12 Do you claim exemption from draft? – None

I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true.

Brayton C. Placeway

(Signature or Mark)

REGISTRAR’S REPORT A 21-3-13

1 Tall, medium, or short? - Medium Slender, medium, or stout? Medium
2 Color of eyes - Blue Color of hair - Brown Bald – No
3 Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled? – None

I certify that my answers are true , that the person registered has read his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows –

Oscar Schoninhale

(Signature of Registrar)

Precinct – Genoa
City or County – Livingston
State – Mich

June 5, 1917

(Date of Registration)

If ggg-grandfather Brayton completed and signed this Draft Registration on 5 June 1917 Line 10 and 11 above could possibly mean that he was referring to his wife Johanna (née Plischke). The notice of request for divorce was published in The Flint Daily Journal 17 November 1917. (See Part 697p.) There appears to be no reference to either of his children gg-grandmother Edith or gg-granduncle Robert.

The Mystery continues. The next location I find ggg-grandfather Brayton C. Placeway is in Cook County, Illinois. Stay-tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 721am - Smith McCullogh Genealogy - 1801 Bond of Marriage - GGGGG-Grandparents Thomas and Mary (née Marsingale) Aldridge - York, England

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Following up to Part 653am I continue the search and research of the genealogy of the Aldridge Family Line.



I have been able to discover the 30 May 1801 Bond of Marriage of 5-times great-grandparents Thomas and Mary (née Marsingale) Aldridge. From what I read the Marriage took place "in the Minster in Beverley Parish".

The following are images of the two pages as downloaded from Item 1 of the microfilm FHL [1469549] Marriage Bonds and Allegations for the Diocese of York, 1618-1887.

And my transcription... (The English teacher of my past life comes to fore when I found two published typeset typos.)

The thirtieth day of May
in the Year of our LORD One Thousand Eight
Hundred and one

On which Day appeared perſonally Thomas Aldridge
of the Parish of St. Martin in Beverley
Schoolmaster
and, being Sworn on the Holy Evangeliſts, alledged and made
Oath as follows, That he is of the Age of twenty two
Years, and upwards, and a Batchelor and intends to marry
Mary Marsingale of the Parish of St. Mary
in Beverley aforesaid
Aged twenty one Years, and upwards, and a Spinster

not knowing or believing any lawful let or impediment by Reaſon
of Conſanguinity, Affinity, or any other Cauſe whatſoever, to
hinder the ſaid intended Marriage: And he prayed a Licence to
Solemnize the ſaid Marriage in the Minster in Beverley
aforesaid, in which ſaid
Parish the ſaid Thomas Aldridge further made
Oath, That he the ſaid Thomas Aldridge hath had
his uſual abode for the Space of four Weeks laſt paſt.

On the ſame Day the ſaid Thomas Aldridge
Thomas Aldrige
was Sworn before Me

Robt Rigbey
Surrogate


KNOW all men by theſe Preſents, That we
Thomas Aldridge of the Parish of St. Martin
in Beverley Schoolmaster, and Thomas Whitaker
of the Parish of St. Mary in Beverley Bookseller
are bound and firmly obliged to the Right Worſhipful
SORBORNE MARKHAM, Maſter of Arts Vicar General, and
Official Principal of the moſt Reverend Father in God William
by Divine Providence, Lord Archbiſhop of York, Primare of
Engalnd and Metropolitan, lawfully authorized in the Sum
of Two Hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great
Britain, to be paid to him the ſaid to him the ſaid OSBORNE MARKHAM,
Maſter of Arts, or to his Executors, Adminiſtrators, Succeſſors,
and Aſſigns, for the Payment whereof well and truly to be made,
we oblige ourſelves, and each of us by ourſelves, for the Whole
and the Full, our Heirs, Executors, and Adminiſtrators, firmly
by theſe Preſents, ſealed with our Seals, Given the thirtieth
Day of the Month of May in the Year of our
Lord, One Thouſand Eight Hundred and one.

The Condition of this Obligation is ſuch; That if the above
bounden Thomas Alderidge and Mary Marsingale
now licenſed to be married together, be neither of Conſanguinity
or Aſſinity the one to the other, within the Degrees prohibited for
Marriage: If alſo there be no other Lett, Impediment, or lawful
Cauſe whatſoever, but that they may be lawfully married together,
both by the Laws of God and this Land: Moreover, if the Perſons
whoſe Conſent is required by Law in this Behalf, be thereunto
agreeing; And laſtly, if the ſaid Marriage be done and ſolemnized
in ſuch Manner, as in Licence to them granted is limited, then
this Obligation to be void, or elſe to remain in full Force and
Virtue.

Sealed and Delivered
in the Preſence of
Thomas Aldridge

Robt Rigby
Surrogate

Thos Whitaker

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 720sp – Smith Groh Genealogy – GGGG-Grandparents Charles and Ulricha Seigel and GG-Granduncle Robert Placeway – Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

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Genealogy and the search and research of a family line can certainly require one to pull out and learn all methods of investigation and examination…

As I am searching into the mystery of ggg-grandfather Brayton C. Placeway I, at certain times, come across his extended family, relatives, and connection. In this case it is the 1930 US Census for Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the inhabitants at 7019 East Chestnut Street. The occupants of the house are gggg-grandparents Charles and Ulricha Seigel and their grandson, gg-granduncle Robert Placeway.

Here is the image of the 1930 US Census as downloaded from Ancestry.com from the original data from the United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the Unite States, 1930, Washington, DC.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930; T626.

In Part 719p I have provided the 1930 US Census recorded locations of gg-granduncle Robert Placeway’s parents, ggg-grandmother Mary (née Seigel) Placeway and ggg-grandfather Brayton C. Placeway. GGG-grandmother Mary was recorded just around the corner from 7019 East Chestnut Street at her place of work. GGG-Grandfather Brayton is recorded living in Chicago in Illinois.

In my review of the 1930 US Census I have notice two observations that cause me to ask a couple of questions. The first point is that gg-granduncle Robert’s Father’s Place of Birth is recorded as “Unknown”. In the 1920 US Census it is recorded as “Michigan”. All-things-being-equal, it is possible that either gggg-grandfather Charles or gggg-grandmother Ulricha, of whom one provided the enumerator of the 1930 Census with the information, may not have known, or remembered, where their former son-in-law, ggg-grandfather had been born. It just seems strange that they, the Seigels and the Placeways were in the same house during the recording of the 1920 US Census.

The second note that I am trying to figure out is the correlation between gggg-grandfather Charles’ 1930 age and the age provided when he first married to those of gggg-grandmother Ulricha. The ages recorded are: gggg-grandfather Charles – 85 years and gggg-grandmother Ulricha – 67 years; a difference of 18 years, he being the elder of the two. The “Age at first marriage” are listed: gggg-grandfather Charles – 28 years and gggg-grandmother Ulricha – 32; a reverse difference of 4 years.

If gggg-grandmother Ulricha was 32 at her first marriage, my calculations equal that she was first married in 1895. If gggg-grandfather Charles was 28 at his first marriage, the calculations equal that his first marriage was in 1873, or 22 years earlier than his marriage to gggg-grandmother Ulricha. (I hope I have the math correct.) All-things-being-equal, this may mean that gggg-grandfather Charles' marriage to gggg-grandmother Ulricha could have been a 2nd marriage.

Another point of comparison are the years provided by the 1920 and the 1930 US Censuses regarding gggg-grandfather Charles’ “Year of immigration to the United States”. The 1920 US Census records “1888” while the 1930 US Census lists “1848”. A 40 year difference? Definitely something to investigate…

And the Mystery of Brayton C. Placeway continues with just a number of other attached mysteries. Stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 719p – Smith Groh Genealogy – The Mystery of Brayton C. Placeway – 1930 US Census – Now Divorced

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And now we find a new component and the life and times of ggg-grandfather Brayton C. Placeway. I have chanced upon the 1930 US Census pages that enumerates both ggg-grandparents Brayton C. and Mary (née Seigel) Placeway. The two pages were recorded 17-19 April 1930 and 18 April 1930, respectively.

GGG-Grandfather Brayton C. is recorded in Cook County, Illinois. He is living at 1804 2D N. Clark. His occupation is listed as a "Machinist" with the "City Bus Transport Co." His marital status is recorded as “D”, Divorced.

GGG-Grandmother Mary is listed as working as an "Attendant" at the "Milwaukee County Asylum For Chronic Insane" in the town of Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Her marital status is listed as “D”, Divorced.

All-things-being-equal we now have documentation noting that ggg-grandfather Brayton C. was divorced from his first and second wives, Johanna (née Plischke) and ggg-grandmother Mary (née Seigel).

My next door to open is to find the 1930 US Census pages recording ggg-grandparents Brayton C. and Mary (née Seigel)'s two children, gg-grandmother Edith and gg-granduncle Robert Placeway.

The top inserted image is graphic of the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum where ggg-grandmother Mary worked as an Attendant in April 1930. The other image is a circa 1935 photograph of a electric trolley bus that may have belonged to the City Bus Transport Co. where ggg-grandfather Brayton was employed as a Machinist.

Stay tuned for the continued search of The Mystery of Brayton C. Placeway.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 718dhg – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – mtDNA X2e1a1 = Doherty -> Holmes -> Gallagher

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I decided to take a completely different approach today on A Genealogy Hunt and discuss mtDNA or mitochondrial DNA. This discussion is specific to Andy’s mtDNA or his maternal line DNA.

All of Andy’s brothers and sisters should have the same mtDNA results. This information is only passed by his sisters to their daughters and sons. A daughter will pass her mtDNA to her children and only her daughters will pass the mtDNA structure to her children. Brothers and sons do not pass their mtDNA typing or coding to their children.

Andy received his mtDNA, X2e1a1, from his mother Myrtle Francis Gertrude (née Doherty) Brunhammer. She received her mtDNA from her mother Myrtle H. (née Holmes) Doherty… This continues back from daughter to mother to mother, and in this case, based on our records to Hannah (née Gallagher) Holmes.

All of Andy’s aunts and uncles received their mtDNA, X2e1a1, from their mother, Andy’s grandmother Myrtle H. (née Holmes) Doherty. And only his aunts have passed it on to their children, who in turn, his female cousins have passed it on to their children.

Andy’s mtDNA Haplogroup matches, based on the results in the Family Tree DNA database, are extremely interesting percentages. The Percentage is calculated from the Country of Origin reported to the total number from that country in the Family Tree DNA database.

There are three resulting matches and they are:

1. Ireland – 1 Match – Less than 0.1%

2. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya – 17 Matches – 19.5%

3. Tunisia – 5 Matches – 10%

Interesting results based on a total 23 Matches of the Country totals in the Family Tree DNA database of 2,923. These percentages could change in any direction depending upon the addition of more results and participants in the database.

The following is a Family Tree DNA mtDNA Migrations Map showing the possible movement and expansion of ancestry. I have highlighted the path of the Haplogroups - L3 to N to X which shows the approximate route of Andy's maternal line.

As testing is completed, the current results of Andy's mtDNA is X2e1a1. The chart shows the highlighted Haplogroup breakdown and the regional concentrations based on the results of database. Note that X2e concentrates to Georgia, Kyrgyz, Altai. The above inserted image of the map is that area.

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

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 717s – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – 1866 Birth and Baptism – Great-Grandmother Mary Helen Sheridan

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Today my genealogy search takes a veer to the left, or is it the right, in the discovery of the ancestors of the Doherty Family Line. From the Registers of Baptisms of St. Peter’s Church in Wilmington I have located the Baptism Registration of great-grandmother Mary Helen (née Sheridan) Doherty.

The date of great-grandmother Mary Helen’s baptism is 15 August 1866. A daughter of gg-grandparents Thomas and Helen (née Haley) Sheridan, her birth is recorded at the day previous, 14 August.

Here is the image of the page from the Church records as downloaded from Item 4 of the microfilm [1787748].

The Latin transcription –

Augustus 1866

15th Baptizavi Mariam Helena filiam Thomas Sheridan
et Helena Haley natam heri Sponsores Eugenium
Sheridan et Maria Hayes.

P.R. Obrien

And my translation –

August 1866

15th baptized Mary Helen, daughter of Thomas Sheridan
and Helen Haley, born yesterday, Sponsors Eugene
Sheridan and Mary Hayes.

P.R. O’Brien

And now I have some new information to add to my Sheridan Descendant Chart.

The above inserted image is of alter of St. Peter's Cathedral in Wilmington, Delaware.

Stay-tuned, and enjoy,

Jim

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Part 716p – Smith Groh Genealogy – The Mystery of Brayton C. Placeway – Updated Life Timeline

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The first 32 years of the life of ggg-grandfather Brayton C. Placeway most certainly were busy, for the lack of a better term.

In genealogy once I can gather and corroborate the events, information, data, and dates I can definitely get a glimpse into the life and key points of one’s life. At this point in the creation and updating of ggg-grandfather Brayton C.’s Life Timeline I most definitely am discovering and unearthing a possible and exciting short 32 years.

Here is the latest update of the Brayton C. Placeway Life Timeline.

The search and research of the genealogy and life events of ggg-grandfather Brayton C. is most certainly, in my opinion, a genealogist’s dream example. The only issue at this juncture is that the expansion of the physical Life Timeline is getting somewhat crowded… And this will continue. Just wait until you see what I have found.

As a note of information, I have altered this new update of the Life Timeline. I will now include my new and latest updates in red. All events and incidences typically can be read about in various Postings in A Genealogy Hunt. All-things-being-equal I will shortly be including a cross-reference to the Part number.

Enjoy,

Jim

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