Showing posts with label Acker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acker. Show all posts
01 June 2013
Random Person of the Day - Jessie Miller
Jessie Miller married the brother of my 2x great grandfather Ezra Acker. His name was Thomas W. Acker. She was born about 1873 in Belfast, Ireland. Jessie and Thomas applied for their marriage license on 26 Aug 1895 and were married two days later in Detroit, Michigan. She was subsequently found living with him and their family in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses, all in Detroit. Thomas died a few years later in 1923. Jessie had at least 3 children. Her first child, named Percy W., was born 13 April 1896 and died on 17 Oct 1910 at the age of 14 from an inflammation of the heart. Her next son was born 30 April 1898 and died 3 days later. His name wasn't given on his death certificate. Cause of death was eclampsia. Her final child known to me, Adeline, was born in 1905. There is some evidence Adeline eventually moved to California.
22 November 2012
Still chugging along
So I started up this blog, then promptly left it. Oops. I'll try to be better about updating.
Most of my work recently has concentrated on continuing to work on my family history website and tracking down DNA cousin matches. I have a recent promising lead with a 4th cousin match. The only shared surname I could find is Griffis. Elizabeth Griffis is the supposed mother of my mysterious 2x great grandfather Ezra Acker. He left my 2x great grandma Clara for another woman in the 1910s, and the family really doesn't know any more than that. He has been difficult to track, but is supposed to have been born in Tuscola County. This potential cousin has a Griffis from neighboring Sanilac County. I plan to put together a summary of my Acker branch for him to use to compare with what he knows about his Griffis. Perhaps I will add it here too. I hope working together we'll make some headway.
The website is coming along. I'm currently working on the most boring/tedious part, which is formatting the individual person pages. I'm wading through the Smiths at the moment, who are plentiful. But I'm getting there, maybe 3/4 of the way through? After that, I may be more motivated as I'll be able to do fun things like add photographs and maps.
I also have a few random leads in my Ancestry shoebox that I'll need to sort through at some point.
Most of my work recently has concentrated on continuing to work on my family history website and tracking down DNA cousin matches. I have a recent promising lead with a 4th cousin match. The only shared surname I could find is Griffis. Elizabeth Griffis is the supposed mother of my mysterious 2x great grandfather Ezra Acker. He left my 2x great grandma Clara for another woman in the 1910s, and the family really doesn't know any more than that. He has been difficult to track, but is supposed to have been born in Tuscola County. This potential cousin has a Griffis from neighboring Sanilac County. I plan to put together a summary of my Acker branch for him to use to compare with what he knows about his Griffis. Perhaps I will add it here too. I hope working together we'll make some headway.
The website is coming along. I'm currently working on the most boring/tedious part, which is formatting the individual person pages. I'm wading through the Smiths at the moment, who are plentiful. But I'm getting there, maybe 3/4 of the way through? After that, I may be more motivated as I'll be able to do fun things like add photographs and maps.
I also have a few random leads in my Ancestry shoebox that I'll need to sort through at some point.
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