A Tale of Two Cousins

To read more about these cousins look at my genealogy website:

http://www.joanneskelton.com/p498.htm

http://www.joanneskelton.com/p1791.htm

My Family In the Church

Maximilian Jewett (1607-1684)

Born in England, immigrated in 1638 and came to Rowley, Massachusetts in 1639 with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers. He became freeman in 1640, which shows that he was a member of the Congregational Church. He was one of the first two deacons in the Rowley Church, ordained in Dec 1639.

Thomas Blossom ( -1633)

Born in England, went to Holland with the Pilgrims, started to America in 1620 on the Speedwell, had to return to Holland. He immigrated in 1629 to Plymouth; was a deacon from 1629-33.

Sarah Bond Coffinberry (1849-1939)

Her obituary states that she was a charter member of the Hubbard Congregational church.

James Bond (1821-1849)

Licensed to preach by Baptist church in Iowa, came to Oregon in 1847, where he preached in “a little Baptist chuch in Skipanon, Clatsop County. He organized Sunday schools there and in Astoria.” He was accidently shot and died in Feb 1849.

James Monroe Bond (1847-1914)

Born in Iowa, to Oregon in 1853, then to California in 1868. In 1890 entered medical college and became a doctor. Were members of the Seventh Day Adventist church. By 1905 one son was minister and two were missionaries for that church.

Commodore Perry O’Neal (1835-1919)

His obituary states that he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church.

Ludwig Falk (c1815-1899)and Anna Louise Falk (1832-1901)

They are listed in the Evangelical Church Records at Nakel, Posen, Prussia [now Poland]. Immigrated to the US in 1858, settled in Wisconsin. Their family is listed in the records of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Muscoda, WI [1878-1891] and they were charter members of the St John’s Lutheran Church, Avoca, WI, which was established in 1891.

Lester Albertson (1907-2004)

He was baptized at the Christian Church, Halsey, OR in 1926. His obituary states that he was an elder and Sunday School Superintendent there. He later transferred his membership to the Brownsville Christian Church. He and his wife Wilma Falk (1912-1982) met at a church party.

Gerald Falk (1927-2014)

He served as an elder at the Brownsville Christian Church and then an active member at Harrisburg Christian Church.

Sylvia Ward (1902-1935)

After studying to be deaconess in the Methodist Church, she went to China as a missionary in 1934. She died there in 1935 of typhus fever.

Thomas Frazier (1788-1861)

First minister of Quakers in Henry County, Iowa. 1830’s

Joanne's Ancestors Who Came to Oregon

Year	Name	Age	Relationship
1853	John BOND	56	Gt-gt-gt grandfather
1853	Sarah (CHASTAIN) BOND	56	Gt-gt-gt grandmother
1853	Seth HAYES	68	Gt-gt-gt grandfather
1853	Lydia (JEWETT) HAYES	60	Gt-gt-gt grandmother
1853	Solomon BOND	33	Gt-gt grandfather
1853	Huldah (HAYES) BOND	26	Gt-gt grandmother
1855	John H. BOND	0	Gt-grandfather
1870	Commodore Perry O’NEAL	35	Gt-gt grandfather
1870	Margaret (ENGLAND) O’NEAL	37	Gt-gt grandmother
1870	Mary Ann O’NEAL	11	Gt-grandmother
1872	William L. ENGLAND	70	Gt-gt-gt grandfather
1872	Mary J. (WALKER) ENGLAND	71	Gt-gt-gt grandmother
1891	Florence E. BOND	0	Grandmother
1904	Julius A. FALK	23	Grandfather
1911	Oran J. ALBERTSON	29	Grandfather
1911	Lucie R. (SMALLEY) ALBERTSON	25	Grandmother
1911	Lester O. ALBERTSON	3	Father
1912	Wilma A. FALK	0	Mother

Triple Jump Ancestors

Ancestors of Joanne (Albertson) Skelton

Born, Married & Died in Different States

Generation	Name	Born	Married	Died
3	Oran J Albertson	Iowa	Kansas	Oregon
4	Nathan E Albertson	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas
4	Lafe Smalley	Ohio	Nebraska	Kansas
4	Rosa Ella Shipman	Illinois	Nebraska	Kansas
5	Benjamin Albertson	North Carolina	Indiana	Missouri ??
5	Sabina Marsh	Ohio	Indiana	Kansas
5	Rebecca Hartley	Ohio	Indiana	Kansas
5	Lucy Jane Chase	Connecticut	Ohio	Kansas
5	Solomon Bond	Kentucky	Iowa	Oregon
5	Huldah Hayes	Ohio	Iowa	Oregon
5	Commodore Perry O'Neal	Indiana	Iowa	Oregon
5	Margaret J England	Illinois	Iowa	Oregon
6	Elias Marsh	New Jersey	Ohio	Indiana
6	Edith Townsend	Pennsylvania	Ohio	Indiana
6	Isaac Hockett	North Carolina	Ohio	Iowa
6	Sarah Frazier	North Carolina	Ohio	Iowa
6	Joseph L. Shipman	Connecticut	Ohio	Michigan
6	Sarah Chastain	Virginia	Kentucky	Washington
6	Seth Hayes	New York	Ohio	Oregon
6	Lydia Jewett	New Hampshire	Ohio	Oregon
6	William L England	Kentucky	Tennessee	Oregon
6	Mary Jane Walker	South Carolina	Tennessee	Oregon
7	Solomon Bond	North Carolina	Kentucky	Iowa
7	Joseph England	Maryland	Kentucky	Missouri
7	Mary Reed	Virginia	Kentucky	Missouri

To read more about these individuals look on my genealogy website:

www.joanneskelton.com

Births and Deaths in my Oregon Bond Family on February 18th

My calendar for family vital events showed that on February 18th there were four births or deaths in my Oregon Bond family.

1. 1849 -- My 2nd great granduncle, James Bond, was killed on February 18th. He had come to Oregon as a Baptist missionary in 1847. An accidental shooting in Clatsop County caused his death.
   
   

2. 

   Perry Solomon Bond  born 18 Feb 1882

   1882 -- My granduncle, Perry Solomon Bond, was born to John Howard Band and Mary Ann (O'Neal) Bond. They were living on a homestead located about 5 miles west of Creswell. He was the oldest son, the third of five children. 
   
   
3. 1893 -- Perry's first cousin, Melvin Bond, the son of William Henry Bond and Sarah (Kirk) Bond, died in Umatilla County, Oregon, at the age of 1 year and 1 month old. Melvin was buried in the Helix Cemetery there. It was in December of 1893 that Perry's father sold his homestead and the family soon moved to Gilliam County in Eastern Oregon. 
   
   
4. 1900 -- On Perry's 18th birthday, while living in Lone Rock in Gilliam County, Perry's grandfather and my 2nd great-grandfather, Solomon Bond, died at Halsey, Oregon, at the age of 80. Solomon was born in Kentucky, moved to Indiana, then Illinois and then to Iowa where he was married. In 1853 he traveled to Oregon on the Oregon Trail, obtained a donation land claim which would later be at the edge of Halsey and remained there the rest of his life.

Birthdays in August

Since my birthday is in August, I seem to notice August birthdays.

I checked my on-line (http://www.joanneskelton.com/ui26.htm) ancestor birthday calendar and found that four of my female ancestors were born in August.

They were born within a hundred year period

     from 1797 to 1886

They were from both sides of my ancestry

     two from my fathers side and two from my mothers family

They were all different generations

      grandmother

      great grandmother

      2nd great grandmother

      3rd great grandmother

They were born in different places

      Sherman County, Kansas

      Posen, Prussia

      Adams County, Ohio

      Franklin County, Virginia

I have pictures of three of them

If you would like to read more about them go to my ancestor calendar and click on the links there.

http://www.joanneskelton.com/ui26.htm

A Genealogical Legacy

Recently I was reminded that we don’t live forever. So I began wondering what type of genealogical legacy I would be leaving behind.

In considering this, I thought of at least four ways that genealogists can leave a legacy.

1. Photos—Have they been identified, preserved and shared?
2. Publishing—Are our research findings published in either print or digital format?
3. People—Have we inspired and mentored new genealogists?
4. Problem solving—Have we done real research, not just collected names from other people’s work?