{"id":2670,"date":"2016-05-01T16:22:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2016-05-01T16:28:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T16:28:44","slug":"when-could-they-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2670","title":{"rendered":"When Could They Vote? The &#8220;Ancestral Voter Challenge&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve revisited my &#8220;when could they vote chart&#8221; which I&#8217;ve mentioned here before. It really is not a bad activity as it gets one thinking about a variety of things. For me, the following\u00a0things had to be <a href=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/they-voted.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2673\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2673 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/they-voted.jpg\" alt=\"they-voted\" width=\"196\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>considered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>naturalization law<\/li>\n<li>age at which one could vote<\/li>\n<li>passage of 19th amendment<\/li>\n<li>chronology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve only listed my deceased ancestors on this chart. I&#8217;m the only one who was eligible to vote on my 18th birthday. I need to complete the chart. It is complete through my great-great-grandparents, but there are only four of my 3rd great-grandfathers listed. Although I do have two 3rd great-grandmothers who lived to see the 19th amendment.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of those activities that I feel serves a bigger purpose and can get you to thinking. Thinking is usually good.<\/p>\n<p>And remember that there were people who voted even though they weren&#8217;t naturalized.<\/p>\n<p>[post your blog post in the comments if you&#8217;ve taken the &#8220;Ancestral Voter Challenge.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"178\" \/>\n<col width=\"82\" \/>\n<col width=\"63\" \/>\n<col width=\"120\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Name&quot;}\">Name<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Year of Birth&quot;}\">Year of Birth<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Year they Could Vote&quot;}\">Year they Could Vote<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Comments--reason&quot;}\">Comments&#8211;reason<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Connie (Ufkes) Neill&quot;}\">Connie (Ufkes) Neill<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1942}\">1942<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1963}\">1963<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Cecil Neill&quot;}\">Cecil Neill<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1903}\">1903<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1924}\">1924<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ida (Trautvetter) Neill&quot;}\">Ida (Trautvetter) Neill<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1910}\">1910<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1931}\">1931<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;John Ufkes&quot;}\">John Ufkes<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1917}\">1917<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1938}\">1938<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Dorothy (Habben) Ufkes&quot;}\">Dorothy (Habben) Ufkes<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1924}\">1924<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1945}\">1945<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Charles Neill&quot;}\">Charles Neill<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1875}\">1875<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1896}\">1896<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Fannie (Rampley) Neill&quot;}\">Fannie (Rampley) Neill<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1883}\">1883<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1920}\">1920<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;19th amendment&quot;}\">19th amendment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;George Trautvetter&quot;}\">George Trautvetter<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1869}\">1869<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1890}\">1890<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ida (Sargent) Trautvetter&quot;}\">Ida (Sargent) Trautvetter<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1874}\">1874<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1920}\">1920<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;19th amendment&quot;}\">19th amendment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Mimka Habben&quot;}\">Mimka Habben<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1881}\">1881<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1902}\">1902<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tjode (Goldenstein) Habben&quot;}\">Tjode (Goldenstein) Habben<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1882}\">1882<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1920}\">1920<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;19th amendment&quot;}\">19th amendment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Fred Ufkes&quot;}\">Fred Ufkes<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1893}\">1893<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1914}\">1914<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tena (Janssen) Ufkes&quot;}\">Tena (Janssen) Ufkes<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1895}\">1895<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1920}\">1920<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;19th amendment&quot;}\">19th amendment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Samuel Neill&quot;}\">Samuel Neill<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1830s-Ireland&quot;}\">1830s-Ireland<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;(have to check)&quot;}\">(have to check)<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;naturalization&quot;}\">naturalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Anne (Murphy) Neill&quot;}\">Anne (Murphy) Neill<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1830s&quot;}\">1830s<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;never&quot;}\">never<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;died in 1895&quot;}\">died in 1895<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;John Michael Trautvetter&quot;}\">John Michael Trautvetter<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1838--Germany&quot;}\">1838&#8211;Germany<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;---&quot;}\">&#8212;<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;not certain if he was actually naturalized&quot;}\">not certain if he was actually naturalized<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Franciska (Bieger) Trautvetter&quot;}\">Franciska (Bieger) Trautvetter<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1851}\">1851<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;never&quot;}\">never<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;died in 1888&quot;}\">died in 1888<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ira Sargent&quot;}\">Ira Sargent<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;about 1843&quot;}\">about 1843<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;probably 1864&quot;}\">probably 1864<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ellen (Butler) Sargent&quot;}\">Ellen (Butler) Sargent<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;about 1857&quot;}\">about 1857<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;who knows&quot;}\">who knows<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;lost track of her after 1880--if she lived to vote I don't know about it&quot;}\">lost track of her after 1880&#8211;if she lived to vote I don&#8217;t know about it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;John Ufkes&quot;}\">John Ufkes<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1838-Ostfriesland, Germany&quot;}\">1838-Ostfriesland, Germany<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;naturalization&quot;}\">naturalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Noentje (Grass) Ufkes&quot;}\">Noentje (Grass) Ufkes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;died before women's suffrage&quot;}\">died before women&#8217;s suffrage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Jans Janssen&quot;}\">Jans Janssen<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1856-Ostfriesland, Germany&quot;}\">1856-Ostfriesland, Germany<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;naturalization&quot;}\">naturalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Reka (Sartorius) Janssen&quot;}\">Reka (Sartorius) Janssen<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1865-Illinois&quot;}\">1865-Illinois<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;died before women's suffrage&quot;}\">died before women&#8217;s suffrage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;John Habben&quot;}\">John Habben<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;185-Ostfriesland, Germany&quot;}\">185-Ostfriesland, Germany<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;naturalization&quot;}\">naturalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Anke (Fecht) Habben&quot;}\">Anke (Fecht) Habben<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1860-Ostfriesland, Germany&quot;}\">1860-Ostfriesland, Germany<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1920}\">1920<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;19th amendment-naturalized when her father naturalized&quot;}\">19th amendment-naturalized when her father naturalized<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Foche Goldenstein&quot;}\">Foche Goldenstein<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1857-Ostfriesland, Germany&quot;}\">1857-Ostfriesland, Germany<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;naturalization&quot;}\">naturalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Anna (Dirks) Goldenstein&quot;}\">Anna (Dirks) Goldenstein<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1861-Illinois&quot;}\">1861-Illinois<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1920}\">1920<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;19th amendment&quot;}\">19th amendment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;George Trautvetter&quot;}\">George Trautvetter<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1798-Germany&quot;}\">1798-Germany<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;never&quot;}\">never<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;did not naturalize&quot;}\">did not naturalize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;James Rampley&quot;}\">James Rampley<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1803-Maryland&quot;}\">1803-Maryland<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1824}\">1824&#8211;in Ohio<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;reached age 21&quot;}\">reached age 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;William Newman&quot;}\">William Newman<\/td>\n<td 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It really is not a bad activity as it gets one thinking about a variety of things. For me, the following\u00a0things had to be considered: naturalization law age at which one could vote passage of 19th amendment chronology I&#8217;ve only listed my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}