This week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun exercise from Randy Seaver had me looking up a lot of information!
Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along; cue the Mission: Impossible! music!):
1. Where did your 16 2nd-great-grandparents live and die? What are their birth, marriage, and death dates and locations?
2. Write your own blog post, leave a comment on this post, or write something on Facebook.
I can write about only twelve of my great-great-grandparents. I may have their names committed to memory, but not all that other data.
• James Gauntt: born June 18, 1831 in New Jersey; married February 1, 1851 in Westhampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey; died February 16, 1889 in Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey
• Amelia Gibson: born June 1831 in Burlington County, New Jersey; died June 19, 1908 in Lumberton, Burlington County, New Jersey
• Frederick Cleworth Dunstan: born January 18, 1840 in Deansgate, Manchester, Lancashire, England; married October 18, 1858 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died September 21, 1873 in Hulme, Lancashire, England
• Martha Winn: born August 12, 1837 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died November 26, 1884 in Manchester, Lancashire, England
• Simcha Dovid Mekler: unknown when born, possibly in Kamenets Litovsk, Grodno gubernia, Russia; married before 1885 in Russia; died before 1904, possibly in Kamenets Litovsk, Grodno gubernia, Russia
• Bela <unknown maiden name>: unknown when born, in Russia; died before 1924, possibly in Kamenets Litovsk, Grodno gubernia, Russia
• Gershon Itzhak Novitsky: born about 1858, probably in Porozowo, Grodno gubernia, Russia; married about 1875 in Russia; died December 12, 1948 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
• Dora Yelsky: born about 1858, probably in Porozowo, Grodno gubernia, Russia; died February 9, 1936 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
• Victor Gordon: born between 1864–1868, probably in Kamenets Podolsky, Podolia, Russia; married before 1891 in Russia; died January 25, 1925 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
• Esther Leah Schneiderman: born between 1868–1874 in Russia; died December 10, 1908 in Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russia
• Morris Brainin: born between 1860–1863, probably in Kreuzburg, Russia; married before 1883, possibly in Kreuzburg, Russia; died February 13, 1930 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York County, New York
• Rose Dorothy Jaffe: born between 1866–1871 in Russia; died November 9, 1934 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York County, New York
As fuzzy as some of the information is for my great-great-grandparents on my mother's side, at least I have something, which is more than I can say for my paternal grandfather's paternal side. I'm still hunting for that biological father.
I hope you find him soon!
ReplyDeleteAt least I haven't given up!!
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