Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
I was perusing the musings of other family bloggers and came across one post on Chiddicks Family Tree by Paul Chiddicks about the “Sixteen Challenge”. This challenge is to name all 16 of your 2x great-grandparents. When I started out on this little blog project several years ago, I tried to write about each ancestor from youngest to … Continue reading Thankful for Ideas – Rhoades 2x greats
Let’s start this post with a review of Rosetta’s obituary… Mrs. Rosetta Rhoades, 78, of Big Rapids, Mich., died Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the home of her son, Clarence Rhoads, on the Illinois road in Aboite township. Mrs. Rhoads and her husband, Daniel, had been visiting at the home of their son when she … Continue reading Rosetta’s Lost Sister
It seems like it takes me longer each time to come up with a topic to write about. Well, I may be back on it. At least, I intend to be back on it. And what better topic to write about on Veterans Day than one of our military veterans? After the passing of my … Continue reading Ken Rhoades: A Veterans Ditty Box
A couple of years ago I wrote “That French Connection, And a Little Drama”. In that post, I tried to track down Rosetta’s daughter, Sadie, and her three boys. I had vowed to let Sadie’s story go as I had no hope of finding out what happened to her given her propensity for fibbing about her age, … Continue reading Sadie’s Sad Demise
While validating some of Calista Emery’s dates and places, I finally made some progress on William W. Emery/Emory, and Hannah Merrifield; the parents of Calista and Carrie Emory Gage. I was musing about the timing of William’s probate filed in 1864. I never did nail down an exact death date and place, I had just … Continue reading William W. Emery – More Questions than Answers
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