tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.comments2024-03-16T14:15:50.786-07:00My Simple Genealogy Research BlogCharlene M Filipiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023779577048953696noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-42280610833708297912024-03-16T13:19:48.564-07:002024-03-16T13:19:48.564-07:00I really enjoyed your post - I remember my first H...I really enjoyed your post - I remember my first Hewlett Packard calculator and the "efficient" reverse Polish notation. We got rid of our landline recently. The technology I skipped was cable TV - we went from free-to-air to streaming via video libraries and hired DVDs. Regards from AustraliaAnne Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970750528434435027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-29815775680655045902024-01-24T16:06:37.120-07:002024-01-24T16:06:37.120-07:00He saw a lot of happenings and change in his lifet...He saw a lot of happenings and change in his lifetime. Great story. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-43504183465314663242024-01-16T20:39:14.220-07:002024-01-16T20:39:14.220-07:00Very interesting origins story. Thank you. By the ...Very interesting origins story. Thank you. By the way, my husband's great-grandfather, a Leonard, was born in County Louth ca 1853. His father was the school master at St. Peter's Church of Ireland in Drogheda. - RevisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-85828481214123732472024-01-02T20:26:24.710-07:002024-01-02T20:26:24.710-07:00Love your fact versus fiction spin!Love your fact versus fiction spin!Kirahttps://www.contagiousgenealogy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-63575985434793548942023-12-29T06:36:04.791-07:002023-12-29T06:36:04.791-07:00This is awesome. Thank you. Inspired by your resea...This is awesome. Thank you. Inspired by your research, I went to the grave (down a muddy seasonal road for anyone interested) and next to the grave you have shown (likely the memorial added later you have the newspaper article linked about), there is a second one stating "In memory of John Sponable died September 12, 1827 in his 82 year" Henry and Catherine ave stones next to them as well. In the nex row toward the stone wall there are Cools as well.Hillary Sponablenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-26211524475564433232023-10-06T08:20:06.336-07:002023-10-06T08:20:06.336-07:00Enjoyed your post. Especially seeing the photos of...Enjoyed your post. Especially seeing the photos of the ladies who lived to be 100. Inspires me to jump back into 52 Ancestors. Judynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-61119357945549856352023-09-01T08:41:27.216-07:002023-09-01T08:41:27.216-07:00Preventiveness is best to prepare for a disaster t...Preventiveness is best to prepare for a disaster that one hopes never happens.Lisa S. Gorrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086125812111254305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-54762545184925751062023-08-30T09:13:56.453-07:002023-08-30T09:13:56.453-07:00Very important reminder to be prepared in case of ...Very important reminder to be prepared in case of disaster! Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-70031929660026229312023-07-23T17:33:33.004-07:002023-07-23T17:33:33.004-07:00I have none that I know of on the same day but in ...I have none that I know of on the same day but in my mother's family her father, 2 of her brothers and two daughters of one of her brothers were all born in May.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-772958745767750532023-07-21T14:38:24.349-07:002023-07-21T14:38:24.349-07:00Sometimes, my mom bought them, she hated baking ca...Sometimes, my mom bought them, she hated baking cakes. She did bake a few, my older sisters baked a few, I started baking cakes when I was nine. Charlene M Filipiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023779577048953696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-47194556845951614032023-07-21T12:39:52.075-07:002023-07-21T12:39:52.075-07:00That's a lot of birthday cake in a 30 day peri...That's a lot of birthday cake in a 30 day period. Who baked all those? Thanks for sharing.Barb LaFarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01408252830042554109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-654004944715778602023-07-21T06:05:10.170-07:002023-07-21T06:05:10.170-07:00Wow, that's a lot of shared birthdays!Wow, that's a lot of shared birthdays!Lisa S. Gorrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086125812111254305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-55883102341984477482023-07-06T13:41:48.079-07:002023-07-06T13:41:48.079-07:00Not me, photo from their advertising. I enjoyed ca...Not me, photo from their advertising. I enjoyed camping as a Senior Girl Scout because we planned our scout outings. Charlene M Filipiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023779577048953696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-32274252776146349922023-07-06T13:36:44.341-07:002023-07-06T13:36:44.341-07:00Fun story. My husband doesn't like camping eit...Fun story. My husband doesn't like camping either, as he was forced to with his folks when young. I love camping as a Girl Scout. Is that you in the photo? Lisa S. Gorrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086125812111254305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-89141773794136953972023-04-21T07:15:41.992-07:002023-04-21T07:15:41.992-07:00Well told, Charlene! I find your family story fasc...Well told, Charlene! I find your family story fascinating on its own, but also because I have one like it (and need to write it up!) about a family member in 19th century Wisconsin who killed his wife and himself after an argument about potatoes. Both stories are examples of many from the rural winter wastelands that Robert Goolrick writes about in his grim novel, "The Reliable Wife." He talks about it in an interview with NPR back in 2009:<br /><br />'"Wisconsin Death Trip" was published 35 years ago. It's by a man named Michael Lesy. It's a collection of photographs and newspaper accounts of the life of a small town in Wisconsin, Black River Falls in 1896. The pictures are of ordinary everyday people. The accounts are in general about people going crazy, people going into states of religious fanaticism, drowning their children, burning their barns, killing their animals. The town was a hotbed of craziness. And here they were locked in the middle of nowhere. We always had this notion that pastoral life at the end of the 19th century was calm and beautiful and serene. And Lesy says it wasn't that way at all."<br /><br />Thanks for your contribution, telling these uneasy tales!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-38891216345332147232023-04-21T06:10:48.019-07:002023-04-21T06:10:48.019-07:00Wow, those poor women!Wow, those poor women!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-54671646066442174742023-03-04T08:46:15.318-07:002023-03-04T08:46:15.318-07:00Sent interesant!Sent interesant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-83820707089490256762023-01-31T03:46:58.711-07:002023-01-31T03:46:58.711-07:00Great tips! Yes, transcriptions sometimes are erro...Great tips! Yes, transcriptions sometimes are error-filled and nothing can replace the actual image. Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-86373225974887620802023-01-27T12:07:33.578-07:002023-01-27T12:07:33.578-07:00What an interesting article. I liked how you add ...What an interesting article. I liked how you add additional information. The extra information about the dental school made it more interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-22163414052761573572022-07-22T09:50:20.815-07:002022-07-22T09:50:20.815-07:00What a cool story about your birthday!What a cool story about your birthday!Lisa S. Gorrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086125812111254305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-15232834025673689262022-07-20T09:39:16.274-07:002022-07-20T09:39:16.274-07:00How many people have such a fun story about their ...How many people have such a fun story about their birthday? And now you have many others who share that birthday in your family tree, which is also fun. Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-18735581714696939582022-07-07T11:29:16.457-07:002022-07-07T11:29:16.457-07:00The article is an amazing find. Also, I'm regu...The article is an amazing find. Also, I'm regularly surprised by the sorts of information that was published in newspapers of the past. Thanks for sharing.Barb LaFarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01408252830042554109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-4185916956856338002022-06-20T08:34:14.438-07:002022-06-20T08:34:14.438-07:00Thank you for mentioning how FindAGrave revealed y...Thank you for mentioning how FindAGrave revealed you had steered away from the correct Mabel. This reminded me I need to make an adjustment there to fix one of my broken branches as well. FG was also the site that made me question where something had gone wrong!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-77566905859589531332022-05-09T13:10:52.565-07:002022-05-09T13:10:52.565-07:00A great post Charlene and you have reminded me tha...A great post Charlene and you have reminded me that I really should set up a Facebook page for my blog and or particular family branches.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309020092662983475.post-57575200629985258632022-05-03T06:49:18.278-07:002022-05-03T06:49:18.278-07:00What a fascinating genealogy story! I am glad you ...What a fascinating genealogy story! I am glad you found out what happened. Your persistence paid off.leallysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686626847667324197noreply@blogger.com