Cold genealogy, finding random ancestors
Scholefield Family Tree There are several books online which contain information about Abigail’s family: Genealogical Records of Thomas Burnham, the emigrant, Genealogy of the Olmstead Family in America, and The Descendants (by the female line) of Joseph Loomis all found at Google Books. These three sources reveal that: Abigail Burnham was born 8 Jan 1788 … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree As I push back, I am attempting to discover information about Arnold’s reported father — Sir William Scholefield. Unfortunately, there are no conclusive matches when using a Google search for his name as an exact phrase. Searches for Scholefields in Nova Scotia or in England also don’t turn up any matches. Additionally, … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Since it is possible that Arnold and Abigail were Charles’s parents, the next step is to gather further information about them.1 George’s biography points in some interesting directions. Of interesting ancestry, the best remembered of the family is the paternal great-grandfather, Sir William Scholefield, who was born in England, as was his … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Well, since what has been found only allows at a possiblity that Arnold and Abigail were Charles’s parents, it is time to cast our net a bit wider and look (or “relook”) at some additional resources. A second websearch turns up an entry for Charles from politicalgraveyard.com which has a secondary subtitle … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Do we believe an IGI entry and Charles’s biography when it comes to reporting his parents? Are two pieces of evidence enough? In this case, I will quickly survey additional options to prove his parentage. Due to the limits of this study (only online free resouces since I have randomly “adopted” this … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Alright, now that we are moving back, lets catch up on what we know about George Scholefield’s parents. Census research led to the possible name of Charles M. Scholefield’s mother: Abigal.1 The IGI agrees on that point, reporting that his parents were Arnold Scholefield and Abegail Burnham. Also that he married Helen … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree I have done as much of the side work into George and Clara’s siblings as I can complete online — so now I need to move on to do the same with the next generation. Pedigree Chart This pedigree chart for Armour M. Scholefield enables us to see where work needs to … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Come on, we all know the rest…Try Again! And that is true even in genealogy. There are several reasons for this: many times databases are updated or changed, new databases are being made available, and sometimes you just have a stroke of genius which leads you to request a search you have … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Based on the finding that a Mary Ellen Fitzgerald married a man named John McVeigh in 1886, I decided it wouldn’t hurt to look for our Mary Ellen under that name. There is no guarantee that this is the same person though because there are no birthdates. And to sum up the … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree The last bits of information that I need about the Fitzgerald family are children’s dates of birth. Mary Ellen Crampton/Moore Fitzgerald was a sister of Clara, so this project (by my own definition) will require no further information. What I already know about the children from the censuses: Henry A Fitzgerald b … Read more