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Saturday, March 22, 2014

A Day in the Life!

Genealogy tip for the day: A Day in the Life!



Have you had an idea or task on your mind for so long that now you can’t remember if you just remember it or actually did it??? Such is the case with today’s Tip.

I have thought about passing on the idea of writing on “A Day in the Life…” of so-and-so. I did some back checking and can’t seem to find where I have written about this, but I thought I had. So if this sounds familiar to you, forgive me for being repetitious. I try not to repeat ideas, unless it’s been a long time since the last publishing of that Tip or I have an update on the topic.

If you want to write about your ancestor and can’t really find out much about them directly, you can still extrapolate more than you think. Here are some suggestions:

Choose an ancestor and pick an age or year in his or her life.
1. Where did the family live? Can you find newspapers that tell what was going on in that locality during that specific time? What’s the history of the town? Were they a founding family? What role did they play in the local community?

2. What historical events were going on at this particular time? What was the politics then? Was there a major disaster that affected them? Were they part of the push west?

3. If your ancestor was 17, how old was Mom and Dad? Were the grandparents still alive? Did they live nearby? What about extended family? What aunts, uncles, and cousins did he have and where did they live?

4. Was this person working or in school? Censuses sometimes tell you this.

If he was still in school, can you find a plat map that shows where the school was located? Often the rural schools were every few miles as children most of the time would walk to and from, or ride by horse. Because of this children didn’t always start at age 5. Kindergarten didn’t exist until into the 1900’s. Did it cost for them to go to grade school? Or was it tax supported?

If he was helping on the farm and it was the late 1800’s, then you can somewhat guess he tilled the fields by hand with horses or oxen; they had to have the blacksmith shod the feet. They would hoe by hand, use natural fertilizer; harvesting was done with horse and wagon depending on the produce. If all you know is that his family farmed, had 600 acres, and the time period you can draw from that what life was like for them.

You may not get all these questions answered, and you may think of others. But this will give you a direction to go and help get your wheels turning. Also this helps you see that researching history books which aren't directly genealogical resources are still valuable in understanding “a day in the life” of your ancestor.


“History is who we are; Genealogy is who I am” sg



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Edmund Burke



March 22
1622

Indians attack a group of colonists in the James River area of Virginia, killing 350 residents.
1630

The first legislation prohibiting gambling is enacted in Boston.
1664

Charles II gives large tracks of land from west of the Connecticut River to the east of Delaware Bay in North America to his brother James, the Duke of York.
1719

Frederick William abolishes serfdom on crown property in Prussia.
1765

The Stamp Act is passed, the first direct British tax on the American colonists.
1775

British statesman Edmund Burke makes a speech in the House of Commons, urging the government to adopt a policy of reconciliation with America.
1790

Thomas Jefferson becomes the first U.S. Secretary of State.
1794

Congress passes laws prohibiting slave trade with foreign countries although slavery remains legal in the United States.
1834

Horace Greeley publishes New Yorker, a weekly literary and news magazine and forerunner of Harold Ross' more successful The New Yorker.
1901

Japan proclaims that it is determined to keep Russia from encroaching on Korea.
1904

The first color photograph is published in the London Daily Illustrated Mirror.
1907

Russians troops complete the evacuation of Manchuria in the face of advancing Japanese forces.
1915

A German Zepplin makes a night raid on Paris railway stations.
1919

The first international airline service is inaugurated on a weekly schedule between Paris and Brussels.
1933

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill legalizing the sale and possession of beer and wine.
1935

Persia is renamed Iran.
1946

First U.S. built rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere reaches a 50-mile height.
1948

The United States announces a land reform plan for Korea.
1954

The London gold market reopens for the first time since 1939.
1968

President Lyndon Johnson names General William Westmoreland as Army Chief of Staff.
1972

The U.S. Senate passes the Equal Rights Amendment. The amendment fails to achieve ratification.
1974

The Viet Cong propose a new truce with the United States and South Vietnam, which includes general elections.
1990

A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, finds Captain Hazelwood not guilty in the Valdez oil spill.
Born on March 22
1599

Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist, the namesake of the beard style.
1797

Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)
1846

Randolph Caldecott, illustrator.
1907

James Gavin, U.S. Army general of the 82nd Airborne Division in WWII.
1908

Louis L'Amour, American Western novelist.
1923

Marcel Marceau, French mime.
1930

Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (A Little Night Music, Passion).
1948

Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats)


Louis L'Amour



edacity

PRONUNCIATION:
(i-DAS-i-tee)

MEANING:
noun: Greediness; good appetite.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin edere (to eat). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ed- (to eat, to bite) that has given other words such as edible, comestible, obese, etch, fret, and postprandial. Earliest documented use: 1626.

USAGE:
"Allender is still undaunted, but hungry, not with the reckless experience appetite of a kid, but rather with the edacity of an older gourmand who wants as much of what he loves as possible."
Alan Tennant; The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas; U of Texas Press; 1980.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb



Today’s Recipe
March - Breakfast Foods




Eggs Italiano
A poached egg on an English muffin is typical breakfast fare, but adding this full-flavored, chunky vegetable medley between the egg and muffin transforms the simple dish into an elegant brunch.

Serves: 6
Preparation time: 40 minutes

Ingredients
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 shallot, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pound zucchini (about 2 medium), diced
12 ounces plum tomatoes (3-4), diced
3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil, divided
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper to taste
8 large eggs
4 whole-wheat English muffins, split and toasted
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation
1.  Fill a large, straight-sided skillet or Dutch oven with 2 inches of water; bring to a boil. Add white vinegar.

2.  Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallot and garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in zucchini and tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the zucchini is tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in 1 tablespoon basil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.

3.  Meanwhile, reduce the boiling water to a gentle simmer; the water should be steaming and small bubbles should come up from the bottom of the pan. Crack each egg into a small bowl and slip them one at a time into the simmering water, taking care not to break the yolks. Cook for 4 minutes for soft set, 5 minutes for medium set and 8 minutes for hard set. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the eggs to a clean kitchen towel to drain.

4.  To serve, top each muffin half with some of the vegetable mixture, an egg, a sprinkling of cheese and the remaining basil.

Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts
Per serving:
339 calories
14 g fat (4 g sat, 0 g mono)
425 mg cholesterol
33 g carbohydrate
22 g protein
5 g fiber
674 mg sodium
557 mg potassium

Nutrition Bonus: selenium (46% Daily Value), vitamin C (45% DV), vitamin A (25% DV), potassium (16% DV), iron (15% DV)

Mar 12th Mini Quiche
Mar 13th Red Velvet Waffles, with cream cheese gravy – (I didn’t say they would be healthy!)
Mar 14th Triple Berry Smoothie – not just for breakfast any more.
Healthy recipes:
Mar 22nd Eggs Italiano



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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Your Age, Please? Conclusion

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Genealogy tip for the day: Your Age, Please?

Conclusion
We have been talking about the age of our ancestor and the different information we find from record to record, that don’t add up to a correct progression. People may not age 10 years from census to census. Let me add, the date of the birthday and date of the census can throw the age off, from decade to decade, a couple of years. 

If the census date is before the birthday, the person could be, say, 39. The next time the census date may fall after their birthday and they would be 41, for example. So you need to take in all factors in determining errors and correcting “mistakes”. Looking at all factors and all records helps to make the best determination, when things don’t seem to add up right.

Ages at time of marriage can be an indicator of other records or events that may have happened in a person’s life. You have to think about what you don’t see in that record – other records that might possible also be ‘out there’. This is a good exercise in thinking outside of the box.

Earlier we spoke of timelines. Lay out a person’s life and think what would be appropriate to occur throughout their life time. Normally childbearing years start late teens/early twenties and into their thirties/maybe forties. Retirement doesn’t usually happen when someone is twenty or thirty, but later on in life. Let’s say you are researching occupations for an individual. If they are in their fifties or sixties, they may have retired. This can be a clue when someone disappears from an area. Sometimes folks move when they retire. Creating a timeline sometimes helps solve situations.

Remember: A person’s age is a key to events in their life: marriage, childbearing, military, retirement, death or other events that naturally occur during a certain time period in one’s life. Keeping this in mind can help you sort out situations, or give you clues of what to look into or research, keeping in mind at the same time that there are no hard and fast rules, only possible possibilities.

Something new I found were Discrepancies Charts. Although I could find no ready-made form, a spread sheet or just a piece of paper with column headings can help you lay one out. The headings used were: Record, Birthdate, Birthplace, Age, Informant, Source type (primary or secondary). For problems with inconsistent ages for other events, just change the headings to what is appropriate for the situation.

In closing here is a website I found with a bibliography at the end that you can pursue for further reading. http://www.archives.com/experts/covert-glen/census-inconsistencies-and-discrepancies.html   

If there is any topic you would to see discussed, drop a note in the comments section below.



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Daguerreotype



Today in History
March 9
1617

The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the occupation of Northern Russia by Swedish troops.
1734

The Russians take Danzig (Gdansk) in Poland.
1788

Connecticut becomes the 5th state.
1796

Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais in Paris, France.
1812

Swedish Pomerania is seized by Napoleon.
1820

Congress passes the Land Act, paving the way for westward expansion.
1839

The French Academy of Science announces the Daguerreotype photo process.
1841

The rebel slaves who seized a Spanish slave ship, the Amistad, in 1839 are freed by the Supreme Court despite Spanish demands for extradition.
1862

The first and last battle between the ironclads U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia ends in a draw.
1864

General Ulysses Grant is appointed commander-in-chief of the Union forces.
1911

The funding for five new battleships is added to the British military defense budget.
1915

The Germans take Grondno on the Eastern Front.
1916

Mexican bandit Pancho Villa leads 1,500 horsemen on a raid of Columbus, N.M. killing 17 U.S. soldiers and citizens.
1932

Eamon De Valera is elected president of the Irish Free State and pledges to abolish all loyalty to the British Crown.
1936

The German press warns that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections will be arrested.
1939

Czech President Emil Hacha ousts pro-German Joseph Tiso as the Premier of Slovakia in order to preserve Czech unity.
1940

Britain frees captured Italian coal ships on the eve of German Foreign Minister, Ribbentrop's visit to Rome.
1956

British authorities arrest and deport Archbishop Makarios from Cyprus. He is accused of supporting terrorists.
1957

Egyptian leader Nasser bars U.N. plans to share the tolls for the use of the Suez Canal.
1959

The Barbie doll is unveiled at a toy fair in New York City.
1964

The first Ford Mustang rolls off the Ford assembly line.
1967

Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalin's daughter defects to the United States.
1968

General William Westmoreland asks for 206,000 more troops in Vietnam.
1975

Iraq launches an offensive against the rebellious Kurds.
1986

Navy divers find the crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger along with the remains of the astronauts.
Born on March 9
1451

Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator.
1824

Leland Stanford, railroad builder, founder of Stanford University.
1890

Vyacheslav Molotov, former Soviet Prime Minister.
1892

Vita Sackville-West, writer.
1905

Peter Quennell, biographer.
1910

Samuel Barber, American composer ("Adagio for Strings," Vanessa).
1918

Frank Morrison Spillane [Mickey Spillane], crime writer (Kiss Me, Deadly, The Erection Set).
1930

Ornette Coleman, jazz saxophonist.
1934

Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, the first man to orbit the Earth.
1943

Bobby Fischer, first American world chess champion.
1947

Keri Hulme, New Zealand novelist (The Bone People).




manducate

PRONUNCIATION:
(MAN-joo-kayt)

MEANING:
verb tr.: To chew or eat.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin mandere (to chew). Ultimately from the Indo-European root menth- (to chew), which also gave us masticate, mandible, and manger. Earliest documented use: 1623.

USAGE:
"Flem literally manducates, chewing over his surroundings."
Michael Wainwright; Darwin and Faulkner's Novels; Palgrave Macmillan; 2008.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Habit with him was all the test of truth, / It must be right: I've done it from my youth. -George Crabbe, poet and naturalist (1754-1832)



Today’s Recipe
March - Breakfast Foods





You can use your favorite biscuit (canned or homemade) or follow the recipe on the website of this link. Just click on the name of the recipe above and it will take you there. If you are not into mushrooms you can use sausage instead. Again, see the website.
Mushroom Gravy, makes about 5 cups
6 ounces chopped mushrooms (I used baby portobello)
1/4 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1/4 cup flour
salt, pepper, cumin (or other spices you like)
1/2 cup vegetable stock
1 1/2 cup milk

In a pot sauté the onions in the olive oil over medium heat until they begin to soften. Then add in the mushrooms and cook until soft. Remove the mushroom and onions (but leave the cooking juices) and set aside. In the same pot melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and allow to cook/bubble for a few minutes, stirring constantly. At this point you can season your roux with any seasoning you like, I used pepper, cumin and tiny bit of cayenne. Now stir in the stock, milk and the cooked mushrooms and onions. I like my gravy on the thick side. But if you find yours is too thick, add more stock. Serve hot over warm biscuits.

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Your Age, Please? Age at Marriage

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You were how old when you got married???



Genealogy tip for the day: Your Age, Please?

The age of an ancestor is indicative of clues that we don’t always think about. Did typical events of life follow a somewhat normal pattern or are there some anomalies? Is there anything out of the ordinary about a given age on a record? What if various records don’t have the same, consistent information?  These are some of the things we need to think about when researching. Today we’ll look at a person’s age in relation to their marriage.

Age at Marriage
The ages of the couple at the time of their marriage can be a clue for a lot of things. Are they 'of age'; are they far apart in age; or are they elderly when they marry? Is there something out of the ordinary? What are some of the things that their ages may indicate? (Did the record say the bride was 18 mos. or 18 years?)

Age at marriage needs to be looked at closely in case there is a possibility that a person may not be ‘of age’ to marry without consent. The bride or groom may fudge on their age if they are still a minor. This is an example, or case where comparing the marriage record to the birth record may give you different results than what you find actually recorded. In your own records, if you find this to be the case, it should be noted that so-and-so’s age was really such-and-such contrary to what the records indicate then give your reasons for your conclusion.

If you find that a person who marries is listed a minor, you should also find a record, statement or entry where a parent gives permission for their son or daughter to marry. Often the age for ladies to marry without consent is 16 or 18. For the gentleman it is frequently 18 or maybe even 21. It varies from state to state.

Age at the time of marriage also may be a clue for other information. If you find a large age spread, there might be a case of a second marriage or more. For example say the husband is 55 and the wife is 19. This could indicate that the husband had been married before. Or the reverse of that could be - when a spouse outlives the other by many years, maybe there were more marriages for him.  I have a situation in my family tree where a husband out lived his wife by 25 years. She was middle age when she died. He was elderly.  This leaves open the possibility for other marriages. It is not proof, but it does allow for the possibility. A person who outlives their spouse just a very few years is not apt to marry again. One who outlives the other by many years may possibly marry again. This is probably truer when children are involved.

(On the other hand: I could give you two examples out of my immediate family that would disprove that theory.) It’s hard to be absolute when there are so many variables.

When there is a wide spread age difference between couples, check and see if the wife received a military pension from a war, long ago. I have personally read of two situations where the wife married an elderly man who had been a soldier, one from the Revolutionary War and one from the Civil War. The widows lived well into the next century receiving benefits. Placing a person’s age against a timeline of history helps to put it into perspective and helps you analyze and maybe even surmise events that took place in their life. Putting both spouses on the same timeline can give clues as well. (The husband serves in a war, and his future bride hasn't been born yet, as suggested above.)

For ages in relation to marriage, here are some things to watch for then:
  One or both spouses young – are they minors? Look for consent form; or out of state marriage.
 One or both spouses of age, but doesn't match birth record. They lied, …maybe. J - did they go out of state?
He started farming when???
Spouses (one or both) much older at marriage – is there a previous marriage?
 Big age difference in spouses – was one married before?
Big age difference and husband dies – are there pension records for ‘older’ wars.
Big age difference - are there children from a previous marriage? (Are their surnames the same or different? - this helps suggest which parent had been married before.)

Next time: Conclusion




“History is who we are; Genealogy is who I am” sg






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Ferdinand Magellan

March 6
1521

Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.
1820

The Missouri Compromise is enacted by Congress and signed by President James Monroe, providing for the admission of Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibits slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory.
1836

After fighting for 13 days, the Alamo falls.
1853

Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata premieres in Venice.
1857

The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision holds that blacks cannot be citizens.
1860

While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike.
1862

The USS Monitor left New York with a crew of 63, seven officers and 56 seamen.
1884

Over 100 suffragists, led by Susan B. Anthony, present President Chester A. Arthur with a demand that he voice support for female suffrage.
1888

Louisa May Alcott dies just hours after the burial of her father.
1899

Aspirin is patented following Felix Hoffman's discoveries about the properties of acetylsalicylic acid.
1901

A would-be assassin tries to kill Wilhelm II of Germany in Bremen.
1914

German Prince Wilhelm de Wied is crowned as King of Albania.
1916

The Allies recapture Fort Douamont in France during the Battle of Verdun.
1928

A Communist attack on Beijing results in 3,000 dead and 50,000 fleeing to Swatow.
1939

In Spain, Jose Miaja takes over Madrid government after a military coup and vows to seek "peace with honor."
1943

British RAF fliers bomb Essen and the Krupp arms works in the Ruhr, Germany.
1945

Cologne, Germany, falls to General Courtney Hodges' First Army.
1947

Winston Churchill opposes the withdrawal of troops from India.
1948

During talks in Berlin, the Western powers agree to internationalize the Ruhr region.
1953

Upon Josef Stalin's death, Georgi Malenkov is named Soviet premier.
1960

The Swiss grant women the right to vote in municipal elections.
1965

The United States announces that it will send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.
1967

President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his plan to establish a draft lottery.
1973

President Richard Nixon imposes price controls on oil and gas.
1975

Iran and Iraq announce that they have settled the border dispute.
1980

Islamic militants in Tehran say that they will turn over the American hostages to the Revolutionary Council.
1981

President Reagan announces plans to cut 37,000 federal jobs.
1987

The British ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in the Channel off the coast of Belgium. At least 26 are dead.
Born on March 6
1475

Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter, sculptor and architect.
1806

Elizabeth Barret Browning, poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese).
1831

Philip Henry Sheridan, Union Army general.
1885

Ring Lardner, writer (You Know Me, Al).
1899

Richard Leo Simon, publisher, partner of Max Schuster.
1908

Lou Costello, American comedian, partner of Bud Abbott.
1928

Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Columbian-born novelist (One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera).
1937

Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova, Russian astronaut, the first woman to orbit the Earth.
1944

Dame Kiri Te Kannawa, operatic soprano.

Dame Kiri Te Kannawa



distend

PRONUNCIATION:
(di-STEND)

MEANING:
verb tr., intr.: To swell, inflate, or extend.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin dis- (away, apart) + tendere (to stretch). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ten- (to stretch), which is also the source of tense, tenet, tendon, tent, tenor, tender, pretend, extend, tenure, tetanus, hypotenuse, tenable, tenuous, extenuate, countenance, pertinacious, and detente. Earliest documented use: 1400.

USAGE:
"My lungs felt inefficient, distended, like balloons full of water."
Edwin Cameron; Was I Ready to Be a Judge with HIV?; Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa); Feb 7, 2014.
See more usage examples of distend in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day. -Gabriel García Márquez, novelist, journalist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927)

Today’s Recipe
March - Breakfast Foods


Ingredients
1 prepared thin pizza crust (about 10 ounces), such as Boboli
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
8 large eggs
1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, cooked and squeezed dry, reserving 1 tablespoon of the liquid
1 cup chopped onion, about 1 medium onion
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Brush the pizza crust on both sides with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Place crust directly onto the middle rack of the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
While the crust is cooking, break the eggs into a bowl and add the reserved spinach liquid. Whisk them well and season them with salt and pepper. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to a 10-inch skillet and heat over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add the dry spinach, breaking up the pieces, and heat through, about 2 minutes. Scrape the vegetable mixture into the eggs and beat it well to distribute the spinach evenly. Turn the heat down to low and pour the egg mixture back into the pan. Gently stir the eggs until they are just set and still moist, about 3 to 4 minutes.
Spread the egg mixture evenly onto the baked pizza crust and top with the cheese. Return to the oven until the cheese is melted and lightly browned, about 1 minute. Serve hot.



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