Ancestor Birthday – December 7 - Sarah White 1742-1800

Sarah White was my 5th gt-grandmother. She was born 275 years ago today. I have a few of the "facts" about her life on my website. http://www.joanneskelton.com/p50.htm#i1237

Sarah probably was the 12^th child of 13 born to Thomas and Rachel (Jordan) White. Thomas and Rachel were married in Isle of Wight County Virginia in 1719. They had moved to Perquimans County North Carolina at least by the beginning of 1727. This was where Sarah was born in 1742. Because her family were Quakers, she is found in those church records. This was a listing of the children of Thomas and Rachel and Sarah is included.

It is believed that Sarah married Nicholas Nicholson 17 Nov 1762. They had nine children: 4 boys, including my 4^th gt-grandfather Nathan Nicholson, and 5 girls. I wrote about Nicholas on my blog on 7 Jun 2017.

Sarah was named in her father's will as Sarah White since he wrote his will 15 Sep 1761 and it was probated in Jan 1762 which was before she was married. There was a will now in the state archives undated, unsigned and unwitnessed for a Rachel White, who probably was Sarah's mother. That will includes a bequest to Sarah Nicholson. It was quoted in History of Perquimans County, by Mrs. Watson Winslow, on page 371. It shows that Sarah was to receive: “one feather bed, and furniture, that Mary Pritchet left me, one half Duzen Earthen plates, and one punch bole, one large pewter Dish, one Deep puwter Dish, one tee pot, and five tee Cups, and sas---(saucers) one large Stone pot, one Square table, one Chest, to her and hers forever.” I wonder if Sarah actually received all these items.

It is believed that Sarah died 22 Apr 1800. Some researchers believe that Nicholas died that same year.

Grandfather Falk Was In the Newspaper

On 11 May 2017 I wrote about some of the entries in the local newspaper (Goodland Kansas) about my grandfather Albertson. Today it is my grandfather Falk's turn.

I already wrote (16 Feb 2017) about how the Julius Falk family visited with their daughter Wilma and her husband and also about their trip south to Glide to visit Julius' in-laws.

The Albany Daily Democrat of 24 Jan 1920 told that Julius made a trip to Portland and when he returned he was driving a Stoddard-Dayton automobile.

In reading the Albany and Eugene newspapers I found that Julius and family lived between Halsey and Harrisburg. (I actually already knew that.) When an item was listed in the Halsey news he lived southwest of town and if it was found in the Harrisburg news he lived north of town. On 16 Oct 1908 it was reported that he had purchased a farm 3 miles north of town and the price was $25 per acre. I very much doubt that his land could be purchased at that rate now.

There were a couple of items related to farming. In 1917 Julius was helping fill a silo. In Feb 1922 he reported that his first lamb had come on October 10 and that was confirmed by a witness, Clarence Grimes, who distinctly remembered the early lambs during hunting season. In 1934 a crew was threshing sudan grass crop for him. In 1937 he was listed as a visitor at the Lake Creek Grange with his son and daughter. Of course the fact that his daughter Violet gave a reading as part of their program probably influenced that visit.

It was in March of 1924 when he was listed as the father of a new daughter and then in August of 1927 he was the father of a son. He was mentioned as father of the bride when Wilma was married in 1933 and again as father of the bride when Lois was married in 1934. I smiled when I saw that the newspaper had listed Lois' husband as Benjamin “Lotsplick” because he name really was Lotspeich. Maybe someone's handwriting wasn't too legible. Julius was named as one of the grandfathers when Joanne was born in 1939 and then again in 1942 when her brother Oran was born.

Ancestor Birthday - December 4th – Julius Adolph Falk 1880 - 1944

I am a day late posting about Grandpa Falk's birthday since it came on a Monday and that is the day I try to post a mystery photo, which I did yesterday.

Two years ago I wrote a post about Julius' birthday, 4 Dec 2015. Here is a copy of that:

It was on December 4th, 1880, in Avoca township, Iowa County, Wisconsin, when my maternal grandfather, Julius Adolph Falk was born. Both of his parents, Ludwig Falk and Anna Louisa (Boehm) Falk, were born in the Posen Province of Prussia. They were German speaking Protestants who had immigrated to the United States in 1858. Julius was their youngest son, with at least 11 older brothers and sisters and 4 older half-siblings. By 1905 Julius had moved to Linn County, Oregon, where he married Florence Edna Bond in 1910. He continued to live there on his farm with his family until his death in 1944.

With that post I included a photo of him on an old tractor. I really enjoy this picture. Here it is again.

Other posts that include him were

the photo of the 6 brothers who came to Oregon 23 Sep 2017,

http://joannesgenealogyresearch.blogspot.com/2017/09/6-falk-brothers-came-to-oregon.html

a post about his automobile 28 Nov 2016

http://joannesgenealogyresearch.blogspot.com/2016/11/did-grandfather-falk-have-car.html

his wedding photo on 22 Oct 2014,

http://joannesgenealogyresearch.blogspot.com/2014/10/wedding-wednesday-julius-falk-and.html

a map showing his Oregon property 13 Oct 2014,

http://joannesgenealogyresearch.blogspot.com/2014/10/mapping-monday-j-falk.html

and the church record showing his birth 5 Oct 2014.

http://joannesgenealogyresearch.blogspot.com/2014/10/church-record-sunday-julius-falk.html

You can read more about him on my website:

http://www.joanneskelton.com/p1.htm#i5

Monday Mystery Photo - #9

Here is the mystery photo for today, 4 Dec 2017

This is an unidentified photo from my father's, (Lester Albertson) collection. I believe it was originally from his mother's photos, Lucie (Smalley) Albertson. Some of the surnames from her family include Smalley, Shipman, Hemphill and Chase. But she also may have collected photos from the Albertson family.

It is a tintype about 2.2 inches by 3.2 inches. I wonder if this little boy had his first haircut.

Death Certificates From the Past – William Bond and Amanda (Bond) Harlow

William and Amanda, who were siblings, were 1^st cousins of my gt-grandfather John Howard Bond, so were my 1^st cousins once removed. They were children of George and Elizabeth (Stillwell) Bond. George was the brother to my 2^nd gt-grandfather Solomon Bond.

These are the last ones of the death certificates for this family where I have copies. George and Elizabeth had 12 children and counting today I have posted copies of 5 certificates: Sarah (Bond) Murphy, Amanda (Bond) Harlow and John, George, and William Bond.

What about the other 7. Remember that Oregon did not require death certificates until the middle of 1903. Benjamin, Ellin, Emily, Joseph, Mary and Charles all died in Oregon before 1903. There is still one more: John. He moved away and died in New York state, so of course he doesn't have an Oregon death certificate.

Death Certificates From the Past – James Bond and George Bond

James and George Bond, who were brothers, were 1^st cousins of my gt-grandfather John Howard Bond, so were my 1^st cousins once removed. They were sons of George and Elizabeth (Stillwell) Bond. George was the brother to my 2^nd gt-grandfather Solomon Bond.

In beginning genealogy classes we were taught that death certificates usually are accurate for the date and place of death. There may be mistakes in other information, such as date of birth and names of parents. I believe the informants did a pretty good job about the names of the parents. However, either the informant or the person who wrote down the information had a problem with George's date of birth. It shows his age at death as 73 years, 1 month and 10 days. He died 24 Jun 1932. But they show his date of birth as 14 May 1932. The year is clearly wrong. It pays to not believe everything you read.

Probate Records From the Past – Nathan E. Albertson

Many of our ancestors did not leave a will, but their estate still went through probate. Sometimes this is better genealogically because all the heirs are named, whereas in a will the testator can choose to only name certain ones.

This record from my gt-grandfather's estate names his five children, their ages and places of residence. You may notice that Nathan had 1 daughter who was living in Canada and 4 sons, 2 who lived in Kansas and 2 who lived in Oregon.

I found the listing of his personal property quite interesting. He was living in a transition time from the horsedrawn era to automobiles. I wonder why he had 3 automobiles. When I posted on 5 Feb 2017 for Nathan's birthday entry, I included a photo of him and his son in the blacksmith shop. I was glad to notice that blacksmith tools were included in his personal property.