It's been raining off and on all day today, including the thunderstorm that woke me up at 5am this morning. I did get back to sleep, only to wake up again around 8am. I decided to stay up since I had agreed to help my grandmother fix her computers and show her some of the documents and photos I've gathered recently on her side of the family tree. That's been postponed until tomorrow though.
I did make some progress today in my RootsMagic database. I sourced the marriages of my great aunt Ozella Lee Hazlett and her husband. I also sourced the marriage of my 2nd great-grandfather Hillary F. Vestal and 2nd great-grandmother Malvina Chappel, and the marriage of my 3rd great-grandfather Alexander Vestal and Delanah Gross. Another marriage I sourced was of my 3rd great-grandfather, Moses Chappel and his wife Kissiah Swaim. I've been slowly making progress catching up on my source citations in my database.
I was browsing ancestry.com earlier, and I found city directories for my great-grandfather Ralph Leo Hazlett and my great-grandmother Lois Lavon McDonald (with both Ralph Hazlett in 1942 and her 2nd husband in 1954) and add residence entries for each with source citations for them.
All in all, not a bad way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon.
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Elusive ancestors in the 1900 census
My great-great grandfather, John Wesley Hazlett along with his parents and siblings continue to elude me in the 1900 census.
John Wesley Hazlett was born November 4, 1884 in Jewell County, Kansas. He married my great-great grandmother, Mamie Kate Wallace on January 6, 1906 in Brunswick, Charition, Missouri. According to the 1910 census they were living in Boons Lick, Howard, Missouri. Since the 1890 census was mostly destroyed and he wasn't born until after the 1880 census, I thought I could find him around age 5 or 6 in the 1900 census... but so far no luck.
His father, William H. Hazlett (born November 18, 1846 in Ohio) and mother, Jessie Henderson (born October 30, 1856 in Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland) were living in Jewell County, Kansas as of the 1880 census. In the 1910 census, William and Jessie were living in Brunswick, Chariton, Missouri.
I have slowly been going through the census records for Chariton County, Missouri on ancestry.com but so far have yet to find them and searching for common misspellings of Hazlett hasn't yielded any luck either. I still hold hope that this brick wall will come down and I will someday find where they have been hiding in the 1900 Census.
John Wesley Hazlett was born November 4, 1884 in Jewell County, Kansas. He married my great-great grandmother, Mamie Kate Wallace on January 6, 1906 in Brunswick, Charition, Missouri. According to the 1910 census they were living in Boons Lick, Howard, Missouri. Since the 1890 census was mostly destroyed and he wasn't born until after the 1880 census, I thought I could find him around age 5 or 6 in the 1900 census... but so far no luck.
His father, William H. Hazlett (born November 18, 1846 in Ohio) and mother, Jessie Henderson (born October 30, 1856 in Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland) were living in Jewell County, Kansas as of the 1880 census. In the 1910 census, William and Jessie were living in Brunswick, Chariton, Missouri.
I have slowly been going through the census records for Chariton County, Missouri on ancestry.com but so far have yet to find them and searching for common misspellings of Hazlett hasn't yielded any luck either. I still hold hope that this brick wall will come down and I will someday find where they have been hiding in the 1900 Census.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
One brick wall has been smashed to the ground!
I was browsing around the internet last night and came across the Lawrence County, MO genealogical society site which wasn't loading for some reason. Well, I went back this morning and it loaded up just fine. I am sure glad it did because it's led me to a treasure trove of information on one line of my family.
It had a link to the Missouri Death Certificates online images and so far I have found at least 6 ancestors in my Hazlett lines. I've found great-great-grandma Mamie Kate Wallace and her husband John Wesley Hazlett who I already had some information on thanks to my grandmother. I have also finally, after years of trying, broken through the brick wall and found John Wesley's parents (and their death certificates too!). Another great find was the death certificates for my great-grandmother's parents on the McDonald lines.
I highly recommend that if anyone has relatives who have died between 1910 and 1959 in Missouri to go visit this site. I can't wait to comb through my tree and see who else I might find in this database!
It had a link to the Missouri Death Certificates online images and so far I have found at least 6 ancestors in my Hazlett lines. I've found great-great-grandma Mamie Kate Wallace and her husband John Wesley Hazlett who I already had some information on thanks to my grandmother. I have also finally, after years of trying, broken through the brick wall and found John Wesley's parents (and their death certificates too!). Another great find was the death certificates for my great-grandmother's parents on the McDonald lines.
I highly recommend that if anyone has relatives who have died between 1910 and 1959 in Missouri to go visit this site. I can't wait to comb through my tree and see who else I might find in this database!
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