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Minnie Benner is my 3rd great-grandmother. Paris green, also known as Schweinfurt green, emerald green, or Vienna green, is an insecticide, rodenticide, and pigment invented in 1814 in Schweinfurt, Germany. Sources: Article: "Mysterious Poisoning," Evansville Journal (Evansville, IN), 17 Mar 1896, p. 1, col. 2, art. 2. Accessed on genealogybank.com, 19 Dec 2019. photo credit: …
Two weeks ago, I wrote that finding an obituary had resurrected my 2x great-grandmother, Fannie Grace. This post won’t make much sense if you don’t read that post first. I found an obituary of another of Fannie’s brothers. This time Mary, who I believed to be my 2nd great-grandmother, has the last name Elder, has …
This standard funeral notice is an ASTOUNDING find for me because it resurrected an ancestor that I had presumed dead.
Sometimes we discover our ancestor’s stories exactly when we need to
A grandmother found
Moving closer to proving Mary Stewart is my 3rd great-grandmother
A story about how important local genealogical and historical societies are to family research
I discover the land where three generations of my family lived in Henry County, Iowa.
Part 1 Of this series of posts was about a woman named Mary Hibbard Stewart and the possibility of her being my 3rd great-grandmother. TL;DR: Mary lived near my 2nd great-grandfather John Kelley in two different states from 1850–1880. Part 2 established that Mary was the right age, had not yet married John Stewart when …
Continue reading "All About Connections, Following the Kelleys to Iowa, Part 3"
I suspect a woman named Mary Stewart is my 3rd great-grandmother. Read Part 1 to find out why. This post is all about me speculating if it could be true. Fun! Mary Stewart, was born in Windham, Connecticut, on February 9, 1799 to Ozias Hibbard or Hebard and Polly Flower. According to her father's census …
Continue reading "Something About Mary: Following the Kelleys to Iowa, Part 2"
