52 Ancestors: #39 ~ Luther's Grave Marker in Union Cemetery

This is part of the "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Challenge begun by Amy Johnson Crow, author of the blog No Story Too Small.

I've written about my 4th great-grandfather, Dr. Luther L. Waterman, here on my blog before. He was a surgeon in the American Revolutionary War. I was thrilled to find his signature on a document dated August 23, 1776. I shared that exciting find on my blog. If you'd like to see his signature on that special document, click HERE.

Today I'd like to share a photo of Luther Waterman's grave marker. I found it on Find A Grave. The photo was taken by a Find A Grave volunteer named Nancy. I'm very grateful to her for taking this photo.

Dr. Luther L. Waterman Grave Marker
Photo Courtesy of Nancy

Dr. Luther L. Waterman Grave Marker

Photo Courtesy of Nancy

Unfortunately, the grave marker is somewhat difficult to read. I can make out the letters DOC above Luther's name. But that's about it.

Luther passed away on 9 September 1807 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York and was buried in the Union Cemetery in Cazenovia. This map shows where Union Cemetery is in relation to Cazenovia.

Google Map - Cazenovia to Union Cemetery

And here's a different map showing Union Cemetery.

Google Map - Union Cemetery

Rootsweb has a webpage dedicated to the Union Cemetery. On this website, there's a map showing where the cemetery is located and a plot map as well. There's also a listing of those buried at the cemetery. From the list, it appears that Luther was the only Waterman buried there.

According to The Waterman Family, Volume 1, Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations, Phebe and her children moved near Coolville, Ohio sometime after Luther's death.¹ A document in Luther's pension file which was signed by Phebe stated that she was a resident of Troy Township in Athens County Ohio on 8 September 1838.²

I was curious to see the distance from Cazenovia, New York to Coolville, Ohio. I once again turned to Google Maps. You can see the distance between these two cities on the map below.

Can you imagine moving this far in the early to mid 1800s? How did the family travel to Ohio? What mode of transportation did they use? Was the trip difficult or easy? In 1838 Phebe was 82 years old. I don't know exactly when she and her family moved to Ohio. But, even if it was ten years earlier, she would have been 72 years old at the time. What must it have been like for her to move hundreds of miles away from her home in New York?

Google Map - Cazenovia to Coolville

Athens County Ohio became the home and/or birthplace of several generations of my Waterman ancestors. These include my 3rd great-grandfather, Asher Waterman, his daughter and my 2nd great-grandmother Cynthia Maria Waterman, and her son and my great-grandfather, Watson (Frederick) Emory Webster. You may recognize Watson's name because he is affectionately referred to as "The Traveling Dentist" here on my blog.

In future 52 Ancestors posts, I'm planning on sharing what I know about the children of Luther and Phebe Waterman.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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1 Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. The Waterman Family. Vol. 1. New Haven, CT: E.F. Waterman, 1939. 297. Print.^↩
2 Revolutionary War Pension file of Dr. Luther L. Waterman.^↩

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for September 26, 2014

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. What are the sources before 1550 A.D.? by James Tanner, author of Genealogy's Star
2. Join Us For Find A Grave’s Community Day on October 18th! by Kristie Wells for Ancestry.com Blog
3. Updated Ancestry terms of use by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
4. RootsIreland Now A Subscription Site by Ellie, author of Ellie's Ancestors
5. Have You Shared Your Favorite Grandma Story Yet?—#MeetMyGrandma by Brad Lowder for FamilySearch Blog
6. Who, Me? Organized? by Jacqi Stevens, author of A Family Tapestry
7. How Do I Plan to Save My Genealogical Research for Posterity? by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
8. The Darker Side of Genealogy by Elise Ann Wormuth, author of Living in the Past
9. Don’t “Pigeon Hole” Yourself by Valerie Hughes, author of Genealogy With Valerie
10. Colonial Store Entries by Patrick Jones, author of Frequent Traveler Ancestry
11. OVERLOOKED RESOURCES FOR GENEAGEMS by Linda, author of Empty Branches on the Family Tree
12. That Form Everyone Wanted … by Jenny Lanctot, author of Are My Roots Showing?
13. Expanding Your Genealogy Comfort Zone by Lynn Palermo, author of The Armchair Genealogist
14. Archival Holdings in Jerusalem by bernfeldfamily, author of Bernfeld Family of Galicia & More
15. Just in case you need another reason… by Amberly, author of THEGENEALOGYGIRL
16. Check newspaper advertisements by Janet Iles, author of Janet the Researcher
17. Mastering Evernote for Genealogy Boot Camp by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
18. RootsMapper Demo Video on YouTube by RootsMapper Blog
19. For the Strength of Our Youth by Peggy Lauritzen, author of Always Anxiously Engaged
20. Interesting Libraries by Jill Ball, author of GeniAus

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 38 Recap

This week's "May I Introduce To You" Interview

• May I Introduce To You . . . Alex Daw

New Blog Discoveries

• griot gram geneaography
• Rings of My Family Tree
• TAYLOR FOSTER CONNECTIONS
• Casper Kimber Connections
• Your Swedish Heritage
• Family Sleuther

In Case You Missed It….My Contribution to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• 52 Ancestors: #38 ~ David Bassett Waterman, My 5th Great-Grandfather

Thanks for reading!


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52 Ancestors: #38 ~ David Bassett Waterman, My 5th Great-Grandfather

This is part of the "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Challenge begun by Amy Johnson Crow, author of the blog No Story Too Small.

In last week's 52 Ancestors post, I introduced you to Phebe Barker, who was the wife of Dr. Luther L. Waterman. Luther and Phebe are my maternal 4th great-grandparents.

Today I'd like to introduce you to Luther's father, David Bassett Waterman, my maternal 5th great-grandfather.

David Bassett Waterman was born on 9 September 1725 in Norwich, Connecticut to his parents John Waterman and Elizabeth Bassett. He was baptized on 22 September 1725 in Norwich, Connecticut.

The image below shows David Bassett Waterman listed as the son of John with his baptism date of September 22, 1725. The red arrow is pointing to David's name.¹

Connecticut Church Record Abstracts - Norwich

David married Anne Bartlett. They were the parents of six sons.

1. John Waterman (baptized 6 November 1748 – 1818)
2. David Waterman (baptized 26 February 1749 – ?)
3. Samuel Waterman (baptized 24 March 1751 – ?)
4. Dr. Luther L. Waterman (baptized 25 March 1753 – 9 September 1807) [My 4th great-grandfather]
5. Asher Waterman (31 July 1755 – 2 May 1827)
6. Frederick Waterman

At least two of David and Anne's sons served in the American Revolutionary War, one of whom was my 4th great-grandfather, Dr. Luther L. Waterman.

I found the following information about David Bassett Waterman in the book Waterman Family, Descendants of Robert Waterman, Volume 1: ²

The Hartford Courant, issue of 4 Oct. 1809: "Died, at Salisbury, Mr. David Waterman, formerly of Norwich, aged 84 years." Salisbury church records: "Mr. Waterman" died of consumption, 26 Sept. 1809, aged 85. These records, with the disappearance of David from Norwich and the reappearance of his family in Salisbury, and family records and traditions, make the identification reasonably certain.

I'm really grateful to own the Waterman Family, Descendants of Robert Waterman books by Donald Lines Jacobus. It's a three-volume book series. The family history information in the books is wonderfully sourced by Mr. Jacobus. I'm so glad Mr. Jacobus decided to research and write about my Waterman family.

From the information found in Volume 1 of this book, it appears that David Bassett Waterman passed away on 26 September 1809 at Salisbury, Connecticut due to consumption. Unfortunately, I don't know where David was buried.

I will be sharing more about my Waterman ancestors in future posts.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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1 Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013.Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Volume 84 Norwich. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Pg. 365.^↩
2 Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. The Waterman Family. Vol. 1. New Haven, CT: E.F. Waterman, 1939. 129. Print.^↩

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for September 19, 2014

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. Sepia Saturday: Confessions of a Facebook Stalker by Wendy Mathias, author of Jollett Etc.
2. DNA ownership AND Gold, silver, bronze: USA by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
3. Just Pin It! The Power of Pinterest for Family History by Ellen Bahr for FamilySearch Blog
4. Orphans and Orphan Trains AND 8000 Historic Norwegian Maps Online by James Tanner, author of Genealogy's Star
5. Prepare Your Family History to Survive Fire Season by Denise Levenick, author of The Family Curator
6. 9 Hints for Better Genealogy Interviewing by Valerie Hughes, author of Genealogy With Valerie
7. Join GeneaBloggers as an FGS Ambassador by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
8. Private Spaces by Jeff Hawkins for FamilySearch Blog
9. HISTORICAL & FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES–GREAT RESOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH by Diane Hall, author of MICHIGAN FAMILY TRAILS
10. Rockstar Genealogists – Tickled Pink and Paying Up by Roberta Estes, author of DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
11. FamilySearch Offers an Interactive World Map for Searches by Robert Kehrer for FamilySearch Blog
12. Help! Where Are My Ancestors Newspaper Articles? AND Small Town Papers - Another Useful Historic Newspaper Research Site AND 9 Clever Newspaper Research Techniques for Genealogy by Kenneth R. Marks, author of THE ANCESTOR HUNT
13. How to: Maybe someone should write that down…the Prequel by Kassie Ritman, author of Maybe someone should write that down…
14. New FamilySearch community groups on Facebook by Michele Simmons Lewis, author of Ancestoring
15. Rockstar Genealogists: Silver and Bronze Medalists AND Rockstar Genealogist: Gold Medalists by John D. Reid, author of Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections
16. BYU Family History Library Classes on YouTube by James Tanner, author of Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad…
17. How to Use a Thesaurus as a Genealogy Keyword Tool by Mary Harrell-Sesniak for GenealogyBank Blog
18. Family Recipe Friday - Never Fail Chocolate Cake by Pam, author of Our Own History

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 37 Recap

This week's "May I Introduce To You" Interview

• May I Introduce To You . . . Peter Loveday

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• 52 Ancestors: #37 ~ Phebe Barker – Wife of a Revolutionary War Surgeon
• A Very Nice Surprise – The One Lovely Blog Award

Jana's Place

• He's Home!

Thanks for reading!


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A Very Nice Surprise – The One Lovely Blog Award

Last week I received a very nice surprise. I was nominated for the "One Lovely Blog Award" by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings.

Here are the rules for this award:

1. Thank the person who nominated you and link to that blog
2. Share Seven things about yourself 
3. Nominate 15 bloggers you admire (or as many as you can think of!)
4. Contact your bloggers to let them know that you've tagged them for the One Lovely Blog Award

Thank You

Thank you so much Randy! I truly am honored to be nominated by you!

Seven Things About Me

1. I'm the oldest of three children. I have two younger brothers.
2. I was named after my father, Jan Albert Iverson. His first name plus the first initial of his middle name equals my name, Jana.
3. I used to watch football with my dad when I was growing up and actually used to play tag football with the neighborhood kids. I still like football to this day and enjoy watching college football with my husband.
4. When I was a kid, my brothers and I, and other neighborhood kids, would ride our bikes to a creek that was behind a nearby elementary school. We would play there and catch crawdads (crayfish) and pollywogs (tadpoles). We would also play lots of games outside during the summer with the neighborhood kids. Those were such fun and carefree days! My brothers and I knew it was time to come home when my dad would whistle.
5. I got my first job the summer after I graduated from high school. I got a job at Standard Oil/Chevron Corporation at their corporate office building in the financial district in San Francisco, California. I worked in the Word Processing Department. I took several business courses in high school, including four years of typing. I can still type at a pretty fast speed to this day. My latest online typing test score was 87 words per minute. While at the Word Processing Department, I worked as a Typist, Senior Typist, Word Processing Operator, Data Entry Clerk, Proofreader, Computer Operator, and I even worked for a brief time in the Photo-Typesetting Department. Before I got married, I was able to take some educational leave so I could attend Brigham Young University. I worked at Standard Oil/Chevron Corporation until my husband and I had our first child.
6. While I attended Brigham Young University, I took ballroom dance classes. I love dancing!
7. While my husband was completing his Electrical Engineering degree at U.C. Davis, I had my own little typing business for a while. I was a stay-at-home mom, but this was a way to earn a little extra money for the family. We had two small children by the time my husband graduated. My typing business was called "The Last Word" typing service. (Yes, a play on our last name, haha!) My clients were college students.

15 Bloggers I Admire

Oh, this is a hard one. There are so many awesome blogs out there. It's quite difficult to choose only 15. Thankfully, because I write a weekly Fab Finds post, I still have the chance to feature many of the wonderful blogs I follow and admire in future Fab Finds posts.

Also, I know some fellow bloggers don't really appreciate receiving awards. I hope they won't mind if I nominate them anyway, since I do admire their blogs. With that said, here's my list (in no particular order):

1. Jollett Etc. by Wendy Mathias
2. A Southern Sleuth by Michelle Ganus Taggart
3. Growing Little Leaves by Emily Kowalski Schroeder
4. Mexican Genealogy by Moises Garza
5. The Legal Genealogist by Judy G. Russell
6. Grace and Glory by Becky Jamison
7. Ancestors in Aprons by VeraMarie  Badertscher
8. Are My Roots Showing? by Jenny Lanctot
9. DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy by Roberta Estes
10. Genealogy With Valerie by Valerie Hughes
11. The People of Pancho by Leslie G. Robertson
12. Who Knew? by Debi Austen
13. Genealogy à la carte by Gail Dever
14. Organize Your Family History by Janine Adams
15. No Story Too Small by Amy Johnson Crow

Contact Bloggers 

I will be contacting the fifteen bloggers on my list, unless they see this post and contact me first.

Thanks again Randy for nominating my blog for the "One Lovely Blog Award!"

And thank you to all of my wonderful readers. I appreciate you stopping by and reading my blog. And thank you for your comments too. I know your time is precious, so the fact that you take the time to read and leave comments means so much to me.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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52 Ancestors: #37 ~ Phebe Barker – Wife of a Revolutionary War Surgeon

This is part of the "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Challenge begun by Amy Johnson Crow, author of the blog No Story Too Small.



My maternal 4th great-grandfather, Dr. Luther L. Waterman was a surgeon during the Revolutionary War. This is the second page from his pension file.

I've written about Luther before on this blog. Today, I'd like to introduce you to Luther's wife, and my 4th great-grandmother, Phebe Barker.

Phebe Barker was born on 22 August 1756 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Dr. John Barker and Phebe Hyde.

Phebe married Luther Waterman on 1 January 1778 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut. They were the parents of nine children.

1. Samuel Waterman (1778-1857)
2. Erastus Waterman (1780-1859)
3. Child Waterman (died 1784)
4. Jerusha Waterman (1786-1867)
5. Phebe Waterman (1789-?)
6. Asher Waterman (1791-1875) [my 3rd great-grandfather]
7. Eusebius B. Waterman (1795-?)
8. David Bassett Waterman (1798-1851)
9. Lucinda A. Waterman (1803-1879)

I love pension files! They can provide so much valuable family history information. The page from Luther Waterman's pension file at the top of this post says the following:

Left Side of Page

2945

Ohio

Phebe Waterman decd. widow of Luther Waterman who died on the 9 Sep 1807 of Athens Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Surgeon in the Co. commanded by Captain --- of the Reg commanded by Col Webb in the Conn (? Page ripped) for 15 months increased from $300 p. ann.

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati ? the rate of    Dollars    Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March 1834 (? Page ripped) on the 2 Feby. 1843 the day of her d (probably death).

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of July 1844 and sent to A. Ray   (P ?)
Arrears to the 4th of "
Semi-annual allowance ending

Right Side of Page

A? Notified See Let

July 22 1844

Pay to Samuel, Erastus, Asher, Eusebius B., David B. Waterman, Jerusha Smith, Phebe Pierce, & Lucinda Bicknell, children of Phebe Waterman deducting the amount already paid under said (?)

Lt. A. G. Brown
May 26/55

Isn't the right side of this pension file page especially wonderful? It lists the children of Luther and Phebe, including the married names of their daughters.

Luther passed away on 9 September 1807 in Cazenovia, Madison, New York. Most of Luther and Phebe's children had moved to Athens County Ohio, by the time the 1850 federal census was taken.

I found this interesting paragraph in The Waterman Family, Volume 1, Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations.¹

"The widow Phebe Waterman and her children settled on a farm near Coolville, Athens County, Ohio. It is now on Route 7 out of Coolville. There they laid out a private Waterman graveyard, which is now (1938) on the farm of Mr. John Humphrey, originally part of the old Waterman purchase. One goes from the house through two pastures to reach it. Here there is a stone to the widow, the inscription on which reads: "Phebe Waterman, Consort of Dr. Luther Waterman and daughter of Dr. John Barker, died Feb. 2, 1843, in 87th year."

I wonder if the old Waterman graveyard still exists. If so, I think it would be really amazing to visit it someday.

As was stated in the paragraph from The Waterman Family book, Phebe Barker Waterman passed away on 2 February 1843. She passed away in Troy, Athens, Ohio.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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1 Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. The Waterman Family. Vol. 1. New Haven, CT: E.F. Waterman, 1939. 297. Print.^↩

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for September 12, 2014

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. Personal property: none AND Vote for someone else! AND Year 13… never forget by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
2. Who Is Your Favorite Genealogy Rockstar? 2014 Voting Now Open by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
3. Announcing the Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research by Michael Hait, author of Planting the Seeds
4. Asylum and Bigamy and Vanishing..…Oh My! by Valerie Hughes, author of Genealogy With Valerie
5. My Own One Place Study by Cindy Freed, author of Cindy Freed's Genealogy Circle
6. Keys to the Asylum by Lynn Palermo, author of The Armchair Genealogist
7. Using Time Lines as a Family History Writing Tool by Diane Hewson for Worldwide Genealogy ~ A Genealogical Collaboration
8. A New Look for the Traditional Pedigree View on Family Tree by Robert Kehrer for FamilySearch Blog
9. One Lovely Blog Award by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
10. Whose Clothing Were They Wearing? by Amy, author of Brotman Blog
11. Motivation Monday: In A Genealogical Funk by Emily Kowalski Schroeder, author of The Spiraling Chains: Kowalski – Bellan Family Trees
12. Find A Grave Celebrates 100 Million Photos On Site! by Kristie Wells for Ancestry.com Blog
13. A New Puzzle Piece by Leslie, author of THE PEOPLE OF PANCHO
14. The rest of the story by Debi Austen, author of Who Knew?
15. A sibling DNA match by Shelley Crawford, author of Twigs of Yore
16. What Does a Penitentiary Record Look Like? by The Enthusiastic Genealogist, author of The Enthusiastic Genealogist
17. BYU's Family History Technology Lab AND Relative Finder AND Virtual Pedigree Pre-release or Elastic Paper by James Tanner, author of Genealogy's Star
18. Where Were You? by Amberly, author of The Genealogy Girl
19. Massachusetts Remembers 9/ll With Memorial and Names by Barbara Poole, author of Life From The Roots
20. Remembering 9/11 by Beth Gatlin, author of So Many Ancestors!
21. 11th September 2001 by Julie Goucher, author of Anglers Rest

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 36 Recap

New Blog Discoveries

• Genealogy! Just Ask
• The Grey Hen's Well

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• 52 Ancestors: #36 ~ My Great-Grandmother - Rosalia Rodrigues Vasques

Grandpa's Postcards

• Via Anchieta Highway ~ Brazil

Jana's Place

• A Beautiful Wedding

Thanks for reading!


© 2014 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

52 Ancestors: #36 ~ My Great-Grandmother - Rosalia Rodrigues Vasques

This is part of the "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Challenge begun by Amy Johnson Crow, author of the blog No Story Too Small.



I believe this is a picture of my maternal great-grandmother, Rosalia Rodrigues Vasques. I cropped it from a larger group photo, which I will share at a later time.

I introduced you to Rosalia's husband, Alvaro Borges Da Silva Madeira, in a previous post. If you missed that post and would like to read about Alvaro, who was a Naval Engineer in Brazil, click HERE.

Rosalia was born 4 September 1857 to her parents Mathias Rodrigues Vasques and Margarida De Farias Correa. Rosalia was christened on 8 December 1857 in São Pedro, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Rosalia and her husband Alvaro were the parents of five children.

1. Maria Isabel Vasques Madeira (1890-?)
2. Agrippina Vasques Madeira (1894-?)
3. Alvaro Borges Madeira (1895-1960)
4. Lucia Vasques Madeira (1896-?)
5. Sarah Vasques Madeira (1900-1942) [My Grandmother]

My records indicate that Rosalia passed away on 24 April 1930 in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil at 72 years of age.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for September 5, 2014

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. Dad's Hoisington Banner Finds a New Home by Becky Jamison, author of Grace and Glory Plus
2. RootsTech Registration is Now Open! by Chad K. Schumacher for FamilySearch Blog
3. Tuesday’s Tip: Transcript AND Promoting Your Blog Without (much) Bloodshed by Jenny Lanctot, author of Are My Roots Showing?
4. FGS2014 Celebrity Fun Walk Success by Preserve the Pensions Blog
5. Family History Benefits For Youth, Part 2 by Janet Hovorka, author of Zap the Grandma Gap
6. Ways to Celebrate Grandparents Day This Sunday, Sept. 7 AND Four Pointers to Preserve Your Family Heirlooms in a Disaster AND Internet Archive Uploads Giant Collection of Old Photos & Images to Flickr by Diane Haddad – Genealogy Insider for Family Tree Magazine Blog
7. Three Brothers, Three Roads by Michelle Ganus Taggart, author of A Southern Sleuth
8. The final tally by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
9. Photo Scanning - ScanMyPhotos.com Review by Jennifer Shoer, author of The Scrappy Genealogist
10. Family Traditions and Genealogy by Cheryl Palmer, author of Heritage Happens
11. The One Where I Feel Incredibly Honored by Shelley Bishop, author of A Sense of Family
12. FamilySearch Tip – Organizing Search Results by Amberly, author of TheGenealogyGirl
13. This is this the 501st post for this blog by Diane Weintraub, author of Nuts From the Family Tree
14. 10 Ways to Create Backups and Prevent Data Loss by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
15. Two Conferences, One Location: How will that work? by Linda McCauley for FGS Voice Blog
16. Dad’s Ratty Sweater by Donna Catterick, author of This I Leave
17. Research Outline, “A Look At Spanish Genealogical Research” by Moises Garza, author of Mexican Genealogy
18. A New to me Feature at www.FamilySearch.org by Dawn Kogutkiewicz, author of Dawning Genealogy
19. Family Recipe Friday – Blender Custard Pie by Kathy Smith Morales, author of Abbie and Eveline
20. The "Skeleton in the Closet" Doesn't Belong to Me! (Lessons to Learn!) by Dana L., author of The Enthusiastic Genealogist

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 35 Recap

New Blog Discoveries

• The Knowles Collection
• The Genealogy Coach
• The German-American Genealogist Blog
• The Genetti Family Genealogy Project
• pastsmith ~ genealogical history experiment
• KITTY COOPER'S BLOG

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• 52 Ancestors: #35 ~ Jerusha Waterman – Daughter of a War of 1812 Veteran
• The Wonderful Reason I Added Another Name to My Genealogy Database

Thanks for reading!


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The Wonderful Reason I Added Another Name to My Genealogy Database

You know what's fun? Adding another name to my Legacy Family Tree database. But this time I wasn't adding a name because of genealogy research I had done. No. This time I added the name of our lovely new daughter-in-law following the wedding of our second-oldest son and his beautiful bride. And it certainly was wonderful to add her name to our family tree.



Our son and his fiancé (now wife) were married in the Oakland California Temple. They were sealed for time and all eternity. Members of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that marriages performed in the holy temple can last throughout the eternities and not end at death.



Our son and daughter-in-law were blessed with gorgeous weather on their wedding day. It was a bit overcast and foggy on our way from our hotel to the Oakland Temple, but it cleared up beautifully.

The Oakland California Temple is absolutely beautiful, not only inside, but outside as well.



The gorgeous photos I'm sharing with you today were taken by Marielle Hayes, owner of Marielle Hayes Photography. She did a fantastic job photographing the wedding of our son and daughter-in-law. Please check out her website by clicking HERE.

In addition to the photos taken around the beautiful Oakland Temple grounds, Marielle took some stunning photos of our son and daughter-in-law along the coast.





Marielle was able to prepare eighteen photos for our family to use at the wedding open house we hosted in our area about a week after the wedding. I can't wait to see the rest of her photos!

We love our new daughter-in-law already and are so happy she's now part of our family!

I'll be sharing more photos of the wedding on my personal blog, Jana's Place. I hope you'll join me there as well.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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52 Ancestors: #35 ~ Jerusha Waterman – Daughter of a War of 1812 Veteran

This is part of the "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Challenge begun by Amy Johnson Crow, author of the blog No Story Too Small.

Today I'd like to introduce you to my maternal 2nd great-grandaunt, Jerusha S. Waterman. She was born about 1827 in Ohio to her parents Asher Waterman and Bathsheba Paulk.

Her father, Asher Waterman, was a War of 1812 veteran.

This photo of Jerusha was found in the photo album of my 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster, who was a Civil War veteran. Ebenezer was married to Jerusha's sister, Cynthia Maria Waterman. Here's a photo of the page where Jerusha's picture was found in Ebenezer's photo album.



The handwriting at the bottom of the album page reads: "Mas Sister Jerusia Dow." If you'd like to see more photos of Ebenezer's photo album, click HERE.

Jerusha married William Wallace Dow on 10 June 1857 in Lee County, Iowa. William was a widower with six children, five of whom were living at the time he and Jerusha married.

Jerusha and William had two children together:

1. Mary Eunice Dow (1858-1935)
2. Arthur Wallace Dow (1860-1910)

Jerusha's husband William passed away on 9 December 1880. She passed away almost thirteen years later on 19 September 1893 in Persia, Harrison, Iowa at 66 years of age.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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