Saturday, February 14, 2026

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Was the Great Love Story in Your Family Tree?

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!


Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 

1)  It's Valentine's Day - a day for lovers! We all have hundreds of love stories in our ancestry.

2)  What was the great love story of the ancestors in your family Tree?  What wedding had a great story in it?  Choose one ancestral couple. Share how they met (if known), when and where they married. Note how long they were married. Highlight something that suggests affection or partnership.

3)  Share your great love story in your family tree in your own blog post or in a Facebook, SubStack, BlueSky or other social media post.  Leave a link to your post on this blog post to help us find your post.

Here's mine:

I find it is really hard to pick just one!

I know about my own love story with my darling Linda, but I've told that quite a bit on Saturday Night blogs.

I know about my parents (Frederick Seaver and Betty Carringer), and have written all those Betty and Fred Stories blog posts about their romance -- see the last one here - it has a list of the stories to date.

I know a bit about my maternal grandparents (Lyle Carringer and Emily Auble) love story, but not many details and haven't written about it yet.  It's on my list.

I've written a number of blog posts about my great-grandparents, Henry Austin Carringer and Abbey Ardelle "Della" Smith -- see the last one here - it has a list of stories about their lives.

I don't know a lot of love stories for my paternal ancestors besides my father's story.  

I choose Austin and Della; here are the answers to the questions posed:
  • Who:  Henry Austin Carringer and Abbey Ardelle "Della" Smith
  • How:  Met because they had adjacent land in Cheryenne County, Kansas, and both acted in melodrama plays at the Wano playhouse.
  • When:  Married 11 September 1887 in Wano, Kansas, came to San Diego after the wedding and and stayed married 56 years until Della died on 1 January 1944 in San Diego. 
  • What:  Affection showed in their love for their family and home, and resilience after they lost their first child.  A long newspaper article in 1937 reflected their partnership -- see 

    Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- The "Best" Newspaper Article You've Found for Your Family History.

Read their biographies in 
NOTE:  I asked OpenAI ChatGPT5 to provide ideas for this Valentine's Day SNGF blog post, and Chatty didn't disappoint!  This topic was the first one provided!

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