Saturday, July 1, 2017

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Fourth of July Memories

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 
time for some more Genealogy Fun!!


Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

It's Saturday Night and the Fourth of July is Tuesday - let's have some Genealogy Fun! If you're reading this on Sunday morning, or even later, it's not too late for you to participate.

1. Think of the best Fourth of July you remember from your childhood.

2. Think of the best Fourth of July you remember from your adulthood.

3. What will,  you do on the holiday?

4. Write about one, or all, of them on your blog or in Comments to this post, or on Facebook or Google+. 

Here's mine:

1. The best memory I have from my childhood was going over to my father's cousin's house and playing with sparklers and watching firecrackers go off. San Diego County was, and still is, a firecracker free county (but many break the law, of course). My father's cousin's husband, Chuck (we always called him just "Chuck," but his real name was Marshall Beal Chamberlain) bought firecrackers and sparklers from Tijuana (or from someone who snuck them up from Tijuana). And my brother and I got to wave the sparklers around. Chuck and his buddies would shoot off the firecrackers in their enclosed patio and yard. This may not sound like a big deal to you, but it was "forbidden fruit" in the 1950's for this San Diego boy.

The other memory I have is going to my grandparents house on Point Loma and driving along Rosecrans Street in their 1950 Hudson with fireworks going off overhead, fired from the Yacht Club nearby. I never liked being real close to the booms and these were a little too close. 

2) In the 1980s, we often went to Coronado Beach on the 4th of July, sometimes with the girls softball team or the girls Brownie/Girl Scout troop. It was always a "build sandcastles, jump in the waves, try to bodysurf, 
get sunburned, roast hot dogs, burn S'mores" event, and our daughters and their friends enjoyed it tremendously.  For several years, the softball team and coaches (I was the coach, Linda the manager) rode in an open truck in the Coronado 4th of July Parade down Orange Avenue. 

3) The Chula Vista Presbyterian Church is adjacent to the San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista, and every year the Country Club has a fireworks show.  For many years, the church had a congregational picnic on July 4th on the patio outside the Family Life Center, followed by pulling out the lawn chairs and watching the fireworks over the Country Club, which is just several hundred yards to the west.  We have a great view, and it is great fun to see our friends and celebrate the day.  In recent years, we haven't had the picnic, but we still go at about 8 p.m., set up the lawn chairs, and enjoy the fireworks with our friends.  We'll be there on Tuesday night.



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The Canada 150 Challenge - My Ancestors Living in Canada in 1867

Today is the 150th anniversary of the "birth" of Canada - the British North American Act that united the four eastern provinces - Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.


Patricia Greber, in her blog post, Canada's 150th Genealogy Challenge, suggested listing your ancestors who resided in Canada on 1 July 1867, the date they settled there, and where they were residing in 1867.

Here are mine:

*   3rd great-grandfather Abraham Kemp (1795-1881), born in Fredericksburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario, resided in Windham, Norfolk County, Ontario in 1867.  Parents arrived in Canada in around 1786.

*   2nd great-grandfather James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902), born in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, resided in Windham, Norfolk County, Ontario in 1867.  Ancestors arrived in Canada in around 1786.

*  2nd great-grandmother  Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp (1840-1874), born in Windham, Norfolk county, Ontario, resided in Winfham, Norfolk County, Ontario in 1867.  Ancestors arrived in Canada in around 1786.

*  3rd great-grandfather Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907), born in Middleton, Norfolk County, Ontario, resided in Windham, Norfolk county, Ontario in 1867.  Ancestors came to Canada in about 1795.

*  3rd great-grandmother Elizabeth (Putman) Sovereen (1818-1895), born in Steuben County, New York, resided in Windham, Norfolk County, Ontario in 1867.  Parents came to Canada in about 1795.

*  4th great-grandfather Frederick Sovereen (1786-1875), born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, resided in Windham, Norfolk County, Ontario in 1867.  Parents came to Canada in about 1795.

*  4th great-grandmother Mary Jane (Hutchison) Sovereen (1792-1868), born in Kings Ciounty, New Brunswick, resided in Windham, Norfolk County, Ontario in 1867.  Parents came to Canada in about 1783.

That's all I have who were living in Canada on 1 July 1867.  My great-grandmother, Georgianna (Kemp) Auble was born on 4 August 1868 in Middleton, Norfolk County, Ontario.

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Surname Saturday -- JANS (Holland to colonial New York)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm  up to Ancestor #1917, who is Lysbeth JANS (1633-1730) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this JANS family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-????)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1862-1952)

28.  David Auble (1817-1894)
29.  Sarah G. Knapp (1818-1904)

58.  William Knapp (1775-1856)
59.  Sarah Cutter (1785-1878)

118.  Stephen Cutter (1745-1823)
119.  Tabitha Randolph (1752-1841)

238.  Samuel Fitz Randolph (1730-????)
239.  Martha Gach (1730-????)

478.  Thomas Gach (1702-1770)
479.  Elizabeth Bloodgood (1703-1770)

958.  Jan Bloetgoet (1672-1716)
959.  Mary Morgan (1672-1730)

1916.  Frans Janszen Bloetgoet, born about 1630 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died before 13 January 1677 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.  He was the son of 3832. Jan Heyndrickse Bloetgoet and 3833. Geertgen Thomas.  He married  08 February 1654 in Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
1917.  Lysbeth Jans, born about 1633 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died 1730 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.

Children of Frans Bloetgoet and Lysbeth Jans are:
i. Geertruijt Bloetgoet, born Bef. 20 August 1655 in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; married John Marston 09 December 1677 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; born Bef. 04 June 1653 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; died Bef. 14 April 1721 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.
ii. Jan Bloetgoet, born Bef. 13 December 1656 in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died Bef. 1672 in New York, United States.
iii. Adriaentje Bloetgoet, born Bef. 14 January 1660 in New York, New York, United States; died Aft. 02 December 1722 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States; married Hendrick Hegeman 26 April 1684 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; born Bef. 13 April 1649 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died Bef. 10 December 1732 in Long Island, New York, United States.
iv. Ebel Bloetgoet, born Bef. 06 September 1662 in New York, New York, United States; died Abt. 1716 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States; married Iden Adrianszen Van Schaick 26 August 1685 in New York, United States; born Bef. 28 November 1665 in New York, New York, United States; died in  .
v. Judith Bloetgoet, born Bef. 25 May 1665 in New York, New York, United States; died Bef. June 1696 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States; married Johannes Wynkoop Aft. 07 June 1687 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States; born 24 March 1665 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States; died Abt. 1733 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States.
vi. William Bloetgoet, born Bef. 28 August 1667 in New York, New York, United States; died Bef. 06 August 1720 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; married Mary Henchman 1706 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; born Abt. 1670 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; died Aft. 20 April 1733 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.
vii. Niesje Bloetgoet, born 1670 in New York, New York, United States; died in  ; married Samuel Waldron 05 March 1692 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States; born 10 April 1670 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States; died 1737 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.
1 viii. Jan Bloetgoet, born Bef. 04 August 1672 in New York, New York, United States; died Bef. 18 May 1716 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; married Mary Morgan Bef. 1694 in New York, United States.

ix. Lysbeth Bloetgoet, born Bef. 31 March 1675 in New York, New York, New York, United States; died 30 June 1744 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; married Stephen Barentse Ryder Aft. 1698 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; born 1674 in New York, United States; died 03 December 1753 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.

There seems to be no authoritative information about the parents of Lysbeth Jans in Holland.

Information about this Bloetgoet/Jans family was obtained from:

*  Howard L. Swain, "Frans Bloodgood (Bloedtgoedt) of Flushing, New York," New Netherland Connections, Volume 12, Number 1 (January-March 2007), pages 1-11.

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