Halloween pasts

Okay - time for another challenge from Genea-Musings. The question is what was your most memorable Halloween.

I don't think we did up Halloweens much in our family. I do remember going trick or treating around my Grandmothers trailer park and I have pictures of me dressed up etc. These days I do enjoy going to my kids school and seeing all the kids dressed up and having fun. But the most memorable probably is still one from high school. A few of us were studying. (I think we had the ACT test coming up). And we decided to put our shortest friend (Martha) into a mask and drive around to people we knew and send her up to the house on her knees to see if they would give her candy. It was quite funny to see my friend doing this! Most people had no idea. I think one person caught on because her nails were always so long which isn't normal for a grade schooler.

The pumpkins are my brothers creation!

Smokey 1993-2009

We received Smokey in the Fall of 1994 from my brother & sister-in-law. She wasn't a kitten when we received her so we were not sure of her exact birthday. But she was truly a wonderful cat. I do not remember her ever getting into something she wasn't suppose to, leaving the house without us or biting. She didn't enjoy the children when they were younger and pulled her tail but in recent years she grew to love them also. Her favorite spot was lying on our waterbed. She always purred when you pet her. She use to "bite" Eric's hair. (I kind of forgot about that until just now!)

I will miss her laying against my legs at night and her soft thick fur. I will miss the welcoming look on her face and her moving to greet me. I will just really miss her.

Rest in Peace, Smokey

Who do you know?

The new Genea-Musings challenge is laid out below:
1) Choose a set of Great-grandparents:
I choose Berend Groenhof (1881-1967) & Ymkje Steigenga (1883-1938)
2) Create a descendent list using iFamily for Leopard
3) List the number of descendants, living or dead:
**Children - 4 (3 dead, 1 living)
**Grandchildren - 19 (1 dead, 18 living)
**Great-Grandchildren - 56 (all living)
**Great-Great-Grandchildren - 79 (all living)
**Great-Great-Great-Grandchildren - 1 (living)
4) How many have I met?
I met 3 of the 4 children & 8 or 9 of the Grandchildren. As the generations go down, I probably have met fewer since I only see them at the annual family reunion. I actually gained a lot of family information at the last reunion I attended. I brought my computer instead of a print off and everyone really seemed to enjoy looking at the information I had collected.

(I couldn't get my image to load - I will try to add later!)

Picture postings

I scanned the pictures from my mother's heritage album and uploaded them to the internet. But now I realize that I should post information about the people in the pictures because my cousins don't know much, if anything, about them. So I will be putting information on the blog with the picture in question.

The picture here is of my Grandparents. I just really like this picture - they are so young! But I will post information about them individually at a future date!

Ahnentafel Roulette

Another Saturday night challenge from the Genea-Musings blog. First, I took my fathers current age (66) divided by 4 and round up to the nearest whole number (17). Now I have to write three things about the person who matches that ahnentafel number in my family tree.

Edith Nelson (my husband's Great-Grandmother)
Edith was born 23 Jan 1891 in Elk Rapids, Michigan, married 08 Oct 1914 to Philmore Hutchison Green, and died 29 May 1958 in Petoskey, Michigan.

1) Edith & Philmore had 6 children
2) Her parents were John Nelson & Bertha Anderson
3) Edith died of acute peritonites in the Little Traverse Hospital

Sorry those are so run of the mill but I really don't have a lot of information on Edith. I only have this one picture of Edith & Philmore but I am not sure when it was taken.

Genealogy Update

I have a bunch of files in a folder on my desktop that I need to sort through and add to Bento/iFamily. There is a mix of things from both sides of the family. I know there are census records and some military and a couple immigration records. I know in the long run this will be great but it really is time consuming to organize!

16 Great-Great-Great Grandparents (in-law edition)

It didn't seem right to post my own 16 GGG Grandparents and then not include a post for my husband's side of the family. I will admit right now that I don't have as much information for this group. I actually cannot even establish nationality for all of them. But I will add what I have and see what happens!

1) Clark V. GREEN - b: 19 Mar 1859 in Kalamo Township, Eaton, MI; m: 03 Jul 1886; d: 08 Jun 1930 in Marquette, MI. (might be British?)

2) Elizabeth Jennie KIDDER - b: 10 Dec 1859 in Washington, Missouri d: 12 Jan 1934 in Boyne City, Charlevoix, MI (might be British - really no idea)

3) John NELSON - b: abt 1863 in Sweden; m: 02 Mar 1888 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI; d: Unknown (nationality=Swedish!)

4) Bertha ANDERSON - b: abt 1864 in Norway; d: before 1900 (nationality=Norwegian)

5) Hugh LIVINGSTON - b: Unknown in Scotland; m: 14 Dec 1855 in Blythswood, Glasglow, Scotland; d: Unknown (nationality=Scottish)

6) Margaret CAMERON - b: Unknown in Scotland; d: Unknown (nationality=Scottish)

7) William COOK - b: Unknown; m: Unknown; d: Unknown (nationality=unknown)

8) Jane HELBERT - b: Unknown; d: Unknown (nationality=unknown)

9) Elisha Alden VORCE - 14 Nov 1832 in New York; m: 09 Jun 1857; d: Oct 1913 (nationality=British)

10) Jemima HOWELL - 02 Jun 1839 in Pennsylvania; d: 27 May 1889 (nationality=unknown)

11) Frank Henry STINCHFIELD - b: abt 1847 in Dover, Piscataquis, Maine; m: Sep 1869; d: 28 Jul 1933 in Burton Township, Genesee, MI (nationality=unknown)

12) Abbie Augusta NUITE - b: 25 Aug 1850 in Sangerville, Piscatquis, Maine; d: 15 Apr 1899 in Benton Township, MI (nationality=unknown)

13) Oscar TILLOTSON - b: 07 Jun 1844 in Prairieville, Barry, MI; m: 10 Feb 1869; d: 02 Sep 1933 in Hayes Township, Charlevoix, MI (nationality=British)

14) Ardennes GEER - b: 22 Jul 1849 in Granby, Shefford Vale, Quebec, Canada; d: 17 Dec 1921 in Hayes Township, Charlevoix, MI (nationality=Canadian)

15) Charles Frank BURNETT - b: 1837 in Canada; m: 05 Sep 1860; d: 01 May 1876 in Victor, Ontario, New York (nationality=Canadian)

16) Sarah Jane CASE - b: 28 Apr 1840 in Ontario, New York; d: 08 Jun 1915 in Bay Shore, Charlevoix, MI (nationality=unknown)

So my kids are 1/2 Dutch, 2/16 Canadian, 2/16 British, 2/16 Scottish, 1/16 Norwegian, 1/16 Swedish & 1/4 Unknown. I guess I know where some work is needed!