Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:
1) Sometimes we don't know the full name of both of the parents of an ancestor. In our family tree, those ancestors with no-known-name parents are the end-of-the-line, at least as far as we know. [Some researchers call them "brick walls."]
2) Tell us about several of your ancestors that have no known-name parents,
3) When was the last time you looked for these not known parents?
4) Share information about your ancestors with no-known-name parents in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook comment.
Here's mine:
1) My closest ancestor with no-known-name parents is my 2nd great-grandfather, Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894), who was adopted after birth by Ranslow and Mary (Bell) Smith of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York. According to a Wisconsin name change record and Ranslow Smith's will, he was born Devier J. Lamphier. There was a large Lanfear family in nearby Lorraine, New York headed by Isaac and Rosina Lanfear with descendants with whom I share DNA. I don't know which child of theirs is the parent of my Devier, and dont know who they married. See Devier's genealogical sketch at 52 Ancestors - Week 19: #26 Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894).
2) My next closest ancestor with no-known-name parents is my 3rd great-grandfather William Knapp (1775-1856) who was probably born in Dutchess County, New York and married and died in New Jersey. See 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 51: #58, William Knapp (1775-1856).
3) My next closest ancestor with no-known-name parents is my 3rd great-grandmother Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp (1802-before 1850) of Prince Edward County, Ontario. The only record I have of her name is a Bible page transcription found in a California library a long time written by a cousin of my great-grandmother Georgianna (Kemp) Auble. See 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 54: #61, Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp (1802- before 1850).
4) My next closest ancestor with no-known-name parents is my 4th great-grandmother Hannah (Smith) Sawtell (1768-1827), the wife of Josiah Sawtell. They married in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1789. See 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 68: #75 Hannah (Smith) Sawtell (1768-1827).
5) My next closest ancestor with no-known-name parents is my 4th great-grandmother Ann Warren (1764-????) who married John Hill in 1788 in Hilperton, Wiltshire. See 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 72: #87 Ann Warren (ca 1764-????).
5) My next closest ancestor with no-known-name parents is my 4th great-grandmother Mary Palmer (1790-1845) who married James Vaux i n South Petherton, Somerset in 1808. See 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 89: #109 Mary (Palmer) Vaux (1790-ca 1845).
6) My next closest anestor with no=-known-name-parents is my 4th great-grandfather Phillip Row (1753-1817) of New Jersey, who married Mary Smith (1750-1842) in 1772. See 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 94: #114 Philip Row (1753-1817).
7) My next closest ancestor with no-known-name parents names is my 4th great-grandmother Mary (Smith) Row (1750-1842) of New Jersey, who married Phillip Row (1753-1817) in 1772. See 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 95: #115 Mary (Smith) Row (1751-1842).
I have eight 5th great-grandparent ancestors on my mother's side with no-known-name parents, and I have five 5th great-grandparents ancestorson my father's side with no-known-name parents.
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