Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-nine. My great-great-great grandmother Ann Kelly was born around 1821, likely in Ireland. She married Baptist Johnson in 1846. And by the 1851 census Baptist (30) and Ann (30) are shown living in St. Laurent, […]
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52 Ancestors: #29 Ann (Kelly) Johnson (abt 1821-1902)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Johnson, Kelly on July 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
52 Ancestors: #28 Baptist Johnson (about 1821-1883)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Johnson on July 16, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-eight. For the longest time I believed my great-great-great grandfather’s name, like his eldest son, was John Johnson. I am increasingly convinced, however, that his name was in fact Baptist(e). As far […]
52 Ancestors: #11 Alice Jane (Burton) Johnson (1848-1928)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Burton, Johnson on March 17, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week eleven. My great-great grandmother Alice Jane Burton was born on December 22, 1848. She was the first child born to Thomas Burton and Dionysia (Ansted) Burton. At the time the […]
52 Ancestors: #10 John Johnson (1847-1939)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Johnson on March 10, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week ten. My great-great grandfather John George Johnson was born on February 11, 1847. I believe he was the eldest son born to Baptist(e?) Johnson and Ann Kelly. On the 1851 […]
52 Ancestors: #3 Margaret (Johnson) Fee
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Fee, Johnson on January 21, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week three. My great-grandmother Margaret (Johnson) Fee was born on September 2, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec to John and Alice Jane (Burton) Johnson. According to the information I have at this […]
SNGF: My Genea-Bucket List
Posted in Ansted, Bohle, Burton, Coulman, Davey, Doan, Fee, Haight, Hunter, Johnson, Lusty, Salter, St. John, Summerville, Thomas, tagged SNGF on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Saturday Night and time for some Genealogy Fun courtesy of Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings. Our mission is to create a “Genea-Bucket List”. Knowing that a “Bucket List” is a wish list of things to do before death: 1) What is on your Genealogy Bucket List? What research locations do you want to visit? […]
The Face of Genealogy
Posted in Burton, Johnson, tagged Photographs on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I followed the discussion about the LAWeekly story on the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree today but couldn’t get near my computer until now. For me, genealogy is about the children. Both my own, who I hope will grow to someday have an interest in their history, and the uncountable generations of children who grew up to have their own children to […]