Cold genealogy, finding random ancestors
Where were they between 1790-1930?
The Whittle Family Tree I can’t let those darn Whittles go – so I’m going to see what I can figure out in collaboration with Ruth. While Samuel N. Whittle’s father remains a mystery, we know who some of his siblings are, and I’ll explore the family group to see if we can find anything …
Scholefield Family Tree James looks to be a bit of a lost soul. He is living in Globe, Gila, AZ, in 1900 with his wife and one child:1 Moore, J Arthur, Aug 66, Married 8 yrs, California, Drygoods Clerk ——, Mary A, wife, June 74, 2 children, 1 living, Colorado, England, Missouri ——, Maud T, …
Scholefield Family Tree Censuses have filled in a few dates for the children of two of Clara’s siblings. Sarah Jane Crampton Kenyon’s children are with the family on the 1880 Census in Rome, Onieda, New York,1 and on the 1900 Census in Globe, Gila, Arizona.2 Maud B was born Apr 1876 Arthur M was born …
Scholefield Family Tree Using the censuses, I have been able to fill in information about Clara Moore Scholefield’s half-sister Mary Ellen Crampton’s family. In 1880, the family is living in Yuma, Yuma, AZ.1 Fizgerald, HS, W, M, 36, Hus, Mar, Merchant, England, Eng, Eng ——, Mary E, W, F, 25, Wife, Mar, California, Cal, SC …
Scholefield Family Tree I tried to run additional searches for Mary Virginia Scholefield McMillan. Knowing that she went by the name Jennie, or Ginny, I searched using the second spelling. Why you might ask? Well, because the ranked search on Ancestry.com will pull up Jennies automatically among the results. I ended up zeroing in on …
Scholefield Family Tree Swapping to the other side of our tree, we need to repeat the process just completed for Clara’s siblings on George’s. Some might wonder why I did Clara’s first. It is mainly because I knew there were vital records online for Arizona! New York will be a bit more difficult. Instead of …
Govanstown Cemetery Project The Whittle Plot So what about Samuel N. Whittle’s older daughter Clara May Whittle? According to Ruth, Clara died 10 Dec 1946 and is buried in the family plot in Govans. She was interred there 12 Dec 1946. The interment records for this time period exist, so we have no doubt on …
Govanstown Cemetery Project The Whittle Plot As I said earlier, Samuel Whittle has been an exercise in patience. The census records are usually our best bet for tracking someone through their life span, but Sam has been a tough nut to crack. To recap, we found Sam on the 1880 Federal Census by the “leaf” …
Govanstown Cemetery Project The Whittle Plot Searching for Samuel Whittle has been a challenge in spelling and creativity. I found him on Ancestry in 1870 by using a Wildcard Search for Sam* Whit*. This picks up all the variations for the end of the names. Still, the only record I found was the 1870 census …
Govanstown Cemetery Project The Whittle Plot Now that I’m comfortably sure I have the right man, I’m off to Ancestry for the basic grunt work – this is actually my favorite part! Put in a name and see what magic happens. Sometimes you get absolutely nothing and sometimes you get the whole family line. It’s …