This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompt, the word is Tragedy. John Clements was my 2nd great grandfather, the son of Thomas Clements and Ann [maiden name unknown] from Warwickshire, England. John was born in about 1800 and was living in Victoria, Australia by 1856. Very late in life, in …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Military”. Casper Born, son of Casper Born and Catherine (maiden name unknown), was born in 1844 in Germany. He immigrated to the U.S. with his parents and siblings in 1855. They settled in Dahlgren, Carver County, Minnesota. When Casper was 20 …
For Week 7 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks, the topic is “Love”. There are many different ways to interpret this word, like the love between two people or something involving weddings, but I decided to write about my 6th great grandmother, [christian name unknown] Love. I believe her maiden name is …
For Week 3 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Unusual Name”. While looking at my tree for an unusual name, “Speas” stood out. I have seen it written as Speas, Speace, Spes, Spies and Spease. A search on Google found that Speas is usually a surname. According to the …