My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
- Musings from 30,000 feet AND Oh, Charlie! by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
- 2014 New Hampshire Mayflower Society Memorial Scholarships by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy
- Paton-MacEntee Down Under in Brisbane. by Caitlin Gow, author of Genealogically Speaking.
- Sepia Saturday: The Runaway by Wendy Mathias, author of Jollett Etc.
- Charting Companion from Progeny Software by by Roberta Estes, author of DNA eXplained – Genetic Genealogy
- Happy Anniversary to Me! by Schalene Dagutis, author of Tangled Roots and Trees
- Family History Center Guests and LDS Church Members Will Receive Free Access to More Family History Records by Dick Eastman, author of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
- Civil War Genealogy: How to Find Union Soldier Uniform Clues by Mary Harrell-Sesniak for GenealogyBank Blog
- Obituaries + Volunteers = A Treasure Trove of Searchable Stories by Katie Gale for FamilySearch Blog
- Blogging Sabbatical! by Smadar Belkind Gerson, author of Past-Present-Future
- Tuesday's Tip: Timelines by Miriam J. Robbins, author of AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors
- Happy Blogiversary! by Julie Goucher, author of Anglers Rest
- Our Stories: You're awesome. Own it! by Caitlin Gow for Young & Savvy Genealogists
- Spotlighting Ohiogravestones.org! by Linda Jean Limes Ellis, author of Exploring almost forgotten gravesites in Ohio
- What I wish I knew then by Michele Simmons Lewis, author of Ancestoring
- The Return of Martin Kornmehl by Edie Jarolim, author of Freud's Butcher
- RootsTech is Growing by Guest Blogger for FamilySearch Blog
To read blog posts about RootsTech, please check out Randy Seaver's excellent compilation of blog posts ~
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge -
New Blog Discoveries
In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Genealogy, Photo Blog, and Vintage Postcard Blogosphere This Week
Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
Grandpa's Postcards
Jana's Photo Journal
Thanks for reading!
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Among the many photos that my maternal grandfather, Debs Warren Webster, owned was this fascinating picture of the F. E. Webster Dental and Photo Boats.
This photo is on some kind of thick cardboard paper. As you can see, someone wrote on it. The writing on the top is in Portuguese. According to my mom, who speaks Portuguese, the basic translation is as follows –
"A French family built this. With imitation steam, but a horse makes the wheel in the back move in order to navigate the boat."
Well, that's interesting! It sounds like the third boat in this photo, the larger one on the far left with people standing on the top deck, is an imitation steam paddlewheel boat that was actually drawn by a horse on the shore. Although, I can't imagine that only one horse would have pulled this boat.
I'm glad whoever wrote on this photo decided to include the location and dates. It looks like these boats were docked at Lake Charles, Louisiana. And it's dated 1896 – 1902.
F. E. Webster was my maternal great-grandfather, Frederick Emory Webster, also known as "The Traveling Dentist" here on my blog. My regular readers have likely heard of him before. He was born on 14 February 1864 in Coolville, Athens, Ohio. He was the third of six children born to Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster and Cynthia Maria Waterman. If you read last week's 52 Ancestors post, you may remember Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster's photo album that I shared here on my blog.
Frederick was actually named Watson Emory Webster at birth, but later changed his name to Frederick Emory Webster. I've written a post theorizing about why he changed his name. You can read about that HERE.
Frederick graduated from the Western Dental College on April 2, 1896. Frederick's Doctor of Dental Surgery Diploma was found inside a metal tube tucked inside one of my grandfather Debs Webster's suitcases. I shared this exciting find on my blog. If you'd like to take a look at this amazing document, click HERE.
Frederick was also an inventor! Yep! That's right! He received a patent and everything. He made improvements to a dental handpiece. I shared a copy of his patent here on my blog too. If you'd like to see it, click HERE.
Frederick was an interesting person. He certainly traveled quite a bit during his life. That's why I refer to him as "The Traveling Dentist" here on my blog. He married my great-grandmother, Esther Matus Villatoro, in Mexico. This is a picture of Frederick and Esther with their two oldest children, Carlota and Edna.
Sometime after the birth of their first child, Carlota, who was born in 1910, Frederick and Esther and their daughter moved to Brazil. Frederick and Esther continued to travel after moving to Brazil, including trips to the United States and Mexico.
I've been able to trace many of Frederick and Esther's travels through documents and photos.
I'm grateful that the photo of Frederick's dental and photo boats included information about where and when they were docked.
I thought it would be interesting to crop and enlarge Frederick's dental and photo boats so we could get a closer view of them.
In this close-up of the F. E. Webster Dental Boat, I think I found Frederick. See those three men standing there under the dental boat sign? I think Frederick is the one on the far left. I don't know who all of the women and children are in this photo.
And here we have the F. E. Webster Photo Boat. I think it's awesome that Frederick was also a photographer.
Of course I have some questions.
- How long did Frederick have his dental and photo boats?
- How did he acquire them?
- Where did he travel in these boats?
- Did he have a large clientele for his dental practice and photography studio?
- Did he advertise his floating dental practice and photo studio?
- Did the dental boat rock at all while dental work was being done? (Scary thought, right?)
- Who took the photo of these dental and photo boats?
I'm very grateful to my grandfather, Debs Webster, for keeping this photo, as well as all of the other family photos he kept for his descendants to enjoy.
Thanks for stopping by!
Jana
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My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
- “Photos” Feature Now Called “Memories” by Matt Wright for FamilySearch Blog
- Militia Units and Volunteer Units – What’s the Difference? by Beth Foulk, author of Genealogy Decoded
- Tagging in the To-Do list AND Tagging in the Master Location List AND Tagging in the Master Source List by Michele Simmons Lewis, author of Ancestoring
- RT 1082 by Jen Baldwin, author of Ancestral Breezes
- Back to Blogging by Maureen Taylor, author of Maureen Taylor – The Photo Detective
- Geeking Out on DNA at the APG Conference AND Happy 4th Blogiversary! by Michelle Goodrum, author of The Turning of Generations
- Facebook for Genealogy: Posts, aka Queries by Cyndi Ingle, author of Cyndi's List
- January 28, 1986 AND I'm Going to Jamboree! So You'll be able to Read All About it Here in June! by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy
- Elphind Updates Its List of Newspaper Titles AND 13 Reasons to Research Applications for Genealogy by Kenneth R. Marks, author of The Ancestor Hunt
- Dear Randy: Why Do You Write the 52 Ancestors Friday Posts? by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
- RootsTech Updates and News by Amy Coffin, author of The We Tree Genealogy Blog
- Disneyland and Intergenerational Transmission by Janet Hovorka, author of Zap the Grandma Gap
- Following Your Favorite Blogs Using Feedly by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small
- Keeping Your Leaves in Order... File Naming by Eric Stitt, author of Genealogy by Eric
- 'Dear Ancestor' by Caitlin Gow, author of Genealogically Speaking.
- City directories: a great resource, used carefully by Janine Adams, author of Organize Your Family History
- England Research can help Czech Research by Kate Challis, author of Czech Out Your Ancestors!
- GeneaBloggers On Vacation . . . Down Under by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
- It’s Our 4th Birthday! by Ruth Blair, author of The Passionate Genealogist
- Earle, Earle, Earle by Debi Austen, author of Who Knew?
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge -
52 Ancestors: Week 4 Recap by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small
New Blog Discoveries
In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Genealogy, Photo Blog, and Vintage Postcard Blogosphere This Week
Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
Grandpa's Postcards
Jana's Photo Journal
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.
This is the front cover of Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster's photo album. The album belongs to my 3rd cousin, Norma.
I first contacted Norma in January of 2001. I sent an email to her regarding some information she had put on the Ancestry World Tree about a relative of mine. I also asked Norma if she and I were related. It turns out that we are. And as I mentioned, we are 3rd cousins.
She and I descend from our common ancestors, Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster and his wife, Cynthia Maria Waterman. Ebenezer and Cynthia are my 2nd great-grandparents.
Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster was born on 11 August 1838 in Racine, Meigs, Ohio and passed away on 6 May 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He served in the Civil War in Company E of the 74th Illinois Infantry. I've written two blog posts about Ebenezer previously. If you'd like to read them, please click the links below.
Wordless Wednesday–E.P.C. Webster circa 1856
Tombstone Tuesday–Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster
Ebenezer was the father of my "Traveling Dentist" great-grandfather, Watson (Frederick) Emory Webster. My regular readers are probably very familiar with Frederick, because I've written many blog posts about his life and travels. If you're new here, and would like to read about him, I've created a landing page dedicated to him here on my blog. Here's the link for his landing page –
The Traveling Dentist
Now, back to my 3rd cousin Norma and Ebenezer's amazing photo album. Norma and I started corresponding after I first contacted her and we have shared photos and information. Norma not only inherited Ebenezer's priceless photo album, she also inherited Cynthia Maria (Waterman) Webster's photo album as well.
Our family visited Norma once many years ago, and in July of 2012, our family had the great pleasure of visiting Norma again. When we visited Norma in the summer of 2012, I took pictures of these incredible photo albums. I'd like to share pictures of Ebenezer's photo album with you today.
Norma had already removed the photos from this album some time ago. I was able to scan them when we visited her.
It's extra special to see Ebenezer's own handwriting on the pages of this album.
I'm grateful to him for labeling these precious photos.
It's remarkable that this photo album is still around for Ebenezer's descendants to enjoy!
It's also amazing to think that this photo album is likely over 100 years old. And even if Ebenezer put this album together the year he died, which was 1915, that would mean this photo album is 99 years old.
This is the back cover of Ebenezer's photo album.
This photo gives you a sense of the size of Ebenezer's and Cynthia's photo albums.
I'm so grateful for the opportunity our family had to visit my 3rd cousin Norma. She was very gracious. And I'm also very grateful that we were able to see and take pictures of these remarkable photo albums.
I'll be sharing Cynthia's photo album in a future post.
Thanks for reading!
Jana
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This recipe has become a new family favorite. It's called Chicken Spaghetti Olé. Actually, maybe I should call it Chicken Vermicelli Olé because I use vermicelli instead of spaghetti when I make this dish. I've also changed a couple other ingredients from the original recipe too. It's pretty simple to make and delicious. I hope you enjoy it!
As I mentioned, I've changed a couple of the ingredients in this recipe. Instead of using a 10-oz. can of diced tomatoes with green chiles called for in the original recipe, I use a 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes and a 7 oz. can of diced green chiles.
I also don't include the celery called for in the original recipe. Instead I just sauté chopped onion and bell peppers.
This is what the dish looks like after adding all of the ingredients except for the vermicelli and chicken.
At this point, add the vermicelli and chicken into the sauce.
Here we are. All of the ingredients have been combined.
Spoon the combined ingredients into a greased baking dish and put it into a preheated 350° oven.
Here it is! Out of the oven and ready to enjoy!
RECIPE
Chicken Spaghetti Olé
Ingredients
6 ounces uncooked vermicelli
1 tablespoon butter
1 small green bell pepper, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 small onion, chopped (1/4 cup)
1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes
1 can (7 ounces) diced green chiles
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 package (8 ounces) process cheese spread loaf, cut into cubes (Velveeta)
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 cups diced cooked chicken
Sliced jalapeno chilies, if desired
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350°. Grease rectangular baking dish, 13x9x2 inches. Cook and drain vermicelli as directed on package.
2. Melt butter in 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook bell pepper and onion in butter, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in tomatoes, diced green chiles, tomato sauce, cheese, salt and pepper; reduce heat to low. Heat, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted.
3. Stir in chicken and vermicelli. Spoon into baking dish. Bake uncovered about 30 minutes or until bubbly around edges. Top with chiles. 6 servings.
Adapted from Betty Crocker's Chicken Spaghetti Olé originally found in Betty Crocker’s Favorite Casseroles Booklet September 1999 .
This recipe is also online. To see the original recipe for Betty Crocker's Chicken Spaghetti Olé, click HERE.
Thanks for reading!
Jana
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