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Volke’s parents, Ulfert and Fredericka Behrens essentially raised her daughter, but it was not over when her father died. Upon the death of her father in 1889, Volke thought she was entitled to the $250 Habbe Habbus had given to her parents around the time their daughter Reka was born. Volke even insisted that her […]
The story of the daughter of Volke (Behrens) Sartorius continues… According to the newspaper account, Volke’s daughter Reka lived with her for about a year shortly after her marriage in 1872. She then returned to live with her grandparents, Ulfert and Fredericka Maria Hermanns (Lichtsinn) Behrens where she stayed until her marriage and making the household […]
Apparently GenealogyBank.com wants user feedback. The “Was this a good match?” question was not on the site the last time I checked. I suppose this is done to assist in ranking search results which the site apparently does as well. I would rather have the ability to easily browse issues of newspapers in their collection and […]
Normally one does not cite the index. Normally. There are three declarations of intention on page 55 in Hancock County, Illinois’ volume 4 of those records. John Albers, Jacob Lung, and John McAlister appear as having made out a declaration in 1872. I was reasonably certain that the Jann Albers was actually Jann Albers Fecht, […]
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Sometimes just a few years in our ancestor’s lives can shed the most details on their entire life and their entire family. I’m starting to think that I need to concentrate more on the first few years one of my immigrant families was in the United States. Three documents really helped me on my 19th […]
I’m still trying to locate information on a “Harm Habbus” who apparently was in Clayton Township, Adams County, Illinois, in 1872 or so. This is part of an 1892 newspaper clipping from the Quincy [Illinois] Daily Journal that references Habbus as the father of a baby born to Volke Behrens, daughter of Ulfert Behrens in […]
Genealogists remember the people they can’t find instead of the ones they can. It’s that way with three of my direct line ancestors who remain elusive in the 1870 census: Ira William (or William Ira) Sargent John/Johann Henry/Hinrich Ufkes Sophia Elizabeth (Derle) Trautvetter It’s not for lack of trying to find them. Sargent Ira (Ira […]
These signatures from Edward Neill are at the end of a final report of the accounting of the estate of Samuel Neill from the 26th of March 1912 “to the present date.” An earlier blog post discussed how they looked slightly different and that how slight differences in signatures are normal. It was not said […]
