My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
- Personal property: none AND Vote for someone else! AND Year 13… never forget by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
- Who Is Your Favorite Genealogy Rockstar? 2014 Voting Now Open by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
- Announcing the Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research by Michael Hait, author of Planting the Seeds
- Asylum and Bigamy and Vanishing..…Oh My! by Valerie Hughes, author of Genealogy With Valerie
- My Own One Place Study by Cindy Freed, author of Cindy Freed's Genealogy Circle
- Keys to the Asylum by Lynn Palermo, author of The Armchair Genealogist
- Using Time Lines as a Family History Writing Tool by Diane Hewson for Worldwide Genealogy ~ A Genealogical Collaboration
- A New Look for the Traditional Pedigree View on Family Tree by Robert Kehrer for FamilySearch Blog
- One Lovely Blog Award by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
- Whose Clothing Were They Wearing? by Amy, author of Brotman Blog
- Motivation Monday: In A Genealogical Funk by Emily Kowalski Schroeder, author of The Spiraling Chains: Kowalski – Bellan Family Trees
- Find A Grave Celebrates 100 Million Photos On Site! by Kristie Wells for Ancestry.com Blog
- A New Puzzle Piece by Leslie, author of THE PEOPLE OF PANCHO
- The rest of the story by Debi Austen, author of Who Knew?
- A sibling DNA match by Shelley Crawford, author of Twigs of Yore
- What Does a Penitentiary Record Look Like? by The Enthusiastic Genealogist, author of The Enthusiastic Genealogist
- 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
- Where Were You? by Amberly, author of The Genealogy Girl
- Massachusetts Remembers 9/ll With Memorial and Names by Barbara Poole, author of Life From The Roots
- Remembering 9/11 by Beth Gatlin, author of So Many Ancestors!
- 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 -
New Blog Discoveries
In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week
Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
Grandpa's Postcards
Jana's Place
Thanks for reading!
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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.
- Maria Isabel Vasques Madeira (1890-?)
- Agrippina Vasques Madeira (1894-?)
- Alvaro Borges Madeira (1895-1960)
- Lucia Vasques Madeira (1896-?)
- 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
© 2014 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved
My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
- Dad's Hoisington Banner Finds a New Home by Becky Jamison, author of Grace and Glory Plus
- RootsTech Registration is Now Open! by Chad K. Schumacher for FamilySearch Blog
- Tuesday’s Tip: Transcript AND Promoting Your Blog Without (much) Bloodshed by Jenny Lanctot, author of Are My Roots Showing?
- FGS2014 Celebrity Fun Walk Success by Preserve the Pensions Blog
- Family History Benefits For Youth, Part 2 by Janet Hovorka, author of Zap the Grandma Gap
- 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
- Three Brothers, Three Roads by Michelle Ganus Taggart, author of A Southern Sleuth
- The final tally by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
- Photo Scanning - ScanMyPhotos.com Review by Jennifer Shoer, author of The Scrappy Genealogist
- Family Traditions and Genealogy by Cheryl Palmer, author of Heritage Happens
- The One Where I Feel Incredibly Honored by Shelley Bishop, author of A Sense of Family
- FamilySearch Tip – Organizing Search Results by Amberly, author of TheGenealogyGirl
- This is this the 501st post for this blog by Diane Weintraub, author of Nuts From the Family Tree
- 10 Ways to Create Backups and Prevent Data Loss by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
- Two Conferences, One Location: How will that work? by Linda McCauley for FGS Voice Blog
- Dad’s Ratty Sweater by Donna Catterick, author of This I Leave
- Research Outline, “A Look At Spanish Genealogical Research” by Moises Garza, author of Mexican Genealogy
- A New to me Feature at www.FamilySearch.org by Dawn Kogutkiewicz, author of Dawning Genealogy
- Family Recipe Friday – Blender Custard Pie by Kathy Smith Morales, author of Abbie and Eveline
- 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 -
New Blog Discoveries
In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week
Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
Thanks for reading!
© 2014 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved
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:
- Mary Eunice Dow (1858-1935)
- 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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