Saturday, February 7, 2026

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Who Are Your Spouse/SO's Grandparents and Great-Grandparents?

 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)  Have you researched the ancestors of your spouse (or significant other)?  Please list the names and vital records data for your spouse/SO's grandparents and great-grandparents like in an Ahnentafel Report.

2)  Have you written genealogical sketches and/or biographies for each of them? 

3)  Share your list of your spouse/SO's ancestors 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:

A)  My wife's grandparents and great-grandparents are (from an Ahnentafel Report in RootsMagic 11):

Generation 3 (Grandparents):

4. Severt Oliver Leland: born 2 August 1878 in London, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; married 12 February 1904 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States; died 2 November 1940 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

5. Amelia Anna Brocke: born 1 November 1884 in Kendrick, Latah, Idaho, United States; died 30 July 1975 in Redwood City, San Mateo, California, United States.

6. Paul Frederick Schaffner: born August 1879 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States; married 24 June 1906 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States; died 29 May 1934 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

7. Edna Catherine McKnew: born 7 March 1884 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States; died 11 November 1974 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

Generation 4 (Great-Grandparents):

8. Torger Sjursen Leland: born 26 March 1850 in Mølster, Voss, Hordaland, Norway; married 30 May 1876 in Deerfield, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; died 18 March 1933 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

9. Anna Ellingsdatter Natvig: born 16 May 1853 in Øvretun, Sogndal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died 26 October 1911 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States.

10. John Nicholas Brocke: born 24 January 1855 in Michigan, United States; married 24 April 1877 in Cedar, Nebraska, United States; died 14 December 1938 in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States.

11. Anna Grieser: born 17 November 1859 in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States; died 19 March 1936 in Kendrick, Latah, Idaho, United States.

12. Herman Schaffner: born November 1851 in New York, New York, New York, United States; married before 1876 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States; died 8 December 1921 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

13. Mary Ann Paul: born November 1854 in Massachusetts, United States; died 16 February 1908 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

14. Elijah Pickrell McKnew: born 29 March 1836 in Prince George's, Maryland, United States; married 12 November 1865 in Tuolumne, California, United States; died 4 April 1912 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

15. Jane Whittle: born 2 August 1847 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died 7 February 1921 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.

B)  I have genealogical sketches and an ABC Biography of each couple on this list, including an audio overview, video overview, and infographic, and I'm working on slide shows.

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