Posted by in Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, Stewart, Witherwax Today is your birthday and I miss you. I miss you a lot. Your smile, your stories, your love for neapolitan ice cream. You were born July 10, 1910. The youngest child of Benjamin Franklin Witherwax and Minerva Ruth Beardsley in Peru, Clinton County, NY. Your married Frances Mary Stewart in 1940 and raised 7…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Clinton County, NY, Uncategorized, Witherwax I am way behind on this project but hope to get moving on it again. This is Week 13. The prompt was the old homestead. My grandparents bought this farm in the early 1960s. It is not the house my Mom was raised in. They owned a farm in Harkness before this. This is the…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, DellaVecchia, Witherwax There are families who stay in their homes for generations upon generations, but not mine. Growing up my grandparents had a farm in Peru, NY but they were the first family to live there. My grandfather’s family had a farm that their family was on for over 100 years and then his family decided to…Read more »
Posted by in Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, Witherwax In 2017, I started listening to genealogy podcasts. Two of my favorites are Genealogy Guys and Extreme Genes, each one provides me with new things I may not of thought of or gives me an a-ha moment. This past week I listened to both and can’t remember which one said to look into the neighboring towns and counties…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Witherwax I wasn’t originally going to use this post as a 52 Ancestors post. Then today I was sitting here going through the Deed books for Clinton and Essex Counties in New York State. To me this is the black hole of genealogy research. When I go through these books I look for family names. I…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Stewart, Witherwax There are so many Strong Women in my family. They tended to not sit on the sidelines but to dive right into the fray. From my Dr. Sarah Larkin Beardsley who went to medical school in 1880 and became a practicing doctor in Jonesville, Michigan before her untimely death in 1886. To Hannah Bartlett Kelly…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, DellaVecchia, Witherwax Week 5 of the challenge was In the Census. Census are one of the main records, I use when I look into the family history. Every now and then I will revisit a census record to see what other clues can be found. I also now go and read the enumerators instructions to better understand…Read more »
