This Week’s Family Anniversaries | August 9 – August 15, 2009

William Salisbury, Jr. – Born August 14, 1659 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married Anna Cole on July 30th 1664 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony. William is my 7th great grandfather.

Joseph Benjamin, III – Born August 15, 1699 in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony. He married Deborah Clark on April 3, 1722 in Preston. Joseph is my 6th great grandfather.

Richard Ormsby and Sarah Upham – Married August 9, 1640 in Saco, York Co., Province of Maine. They are my 8th great grandparents.

William Bradford, III and Alice Carpenter – Married August 14, 1623 in Plymouth Colony. William was the second governor of the Plymouth Colony almost continuously from 1621 until 1656. William and Alice are my 9th great grandparents.

Mary “Polly” Bromley – Died August 10, 1845. She married Asa Benjamin on January 4, 1787 in Worthington, Hampshire Co., MA. Mary is buried in the Hall Rd. Cemetery in Pierpont, Ashtabula Co., OH. She is my 4th great grandmother.

Wilhelm Hau – Died August 12, 1884 in St. Joe, Marshfield Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI. He came to America from Prussia in the 1860′s and married Kathrine Tuepper on January 12, 1869 in Mt. Calvery, Fond du Lac Co. He is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Marshfield Twp. Wilhelm is my 2nd great grandfather.

Dorothy Louise Harris – Died August 13, 1972 in Clintonville, Waupaca Co., WI. She was born on July 17, 1900 in Appleton, Outagamie Co. Dorothy married Russell Bernard Weller in 1929. She is buried in St. Rose Cemetery in Clintonville. Dorothy is my grandmother.

Maria Katherine Michels – Died on August 14, 1923 in Johnsburg, Fond du Lac Co., WI. She was born in Germany and married Anton Fuhrmann on June 19, 1860 in Johnsburg. She is buried in St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Johnsburg. Maria is my 2nd great grandmother.

Henry Lawrence Heim – Died on August 15, 1959 and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Chelsea, Washtenaw Co., MI. Henry married Vera Gage in 1916 in Jackson, Jackson Co., MI. He is my wife’s great grandfather.

Today’s Tidbit | June 2, 1857 – Leonhard and Katherine Seybold

On this day, 152 years ago, Leonhard Seybold and his wife, Katherine (Protz) Seybold arrived at Castle Garden in New York City from Germany. They were passengers on the ship “New Orleans”, and may have been married on-board ship.

Only six days earlier, on May 27, 1857, Joseph Voiland and Felicitée Marie (Sadie) Romond, arrived in New York City from France. They were married shortly before their emigration.

Leonhard and Katherine Seybold’s granddaughter, Dorothy Louise Harris, would marry Joseph and Felicitée Voiland’s grandson, Russell Bernard Weller, on July 15th, 1929. They are my grandparents.

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"New Orleans" Passenger List

This Week’s Family Anniversaries | May 10 – May 16, 2009

Laurentius “Lorenz” Hela, his wife Elizabeth Flemming and their children Anna, Andreas and Rosalia arrived at Castle Garden in New York City on May 16, 1866, on the bark Johanna from Prussia.

Zella Bradley McConnell – Born May 11, 1904 in Carmel Twp., Eaton Co., MI. She married Elmo Linal LeVan on March 28, 1925 in Wayne, Wayne Co., MI. Zella died November 19, 1992 in Plymouth, Wayne Co., MI and is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Jackson Co., MI. She is my wife’s grandmother.

Frances Laurina (Rena) Weller – Born May 12, 1890 in Royalton, Little Wolf Twp., Waupaca Co., WI. She married Robert John Neely on September 4, 1917. Rena died on January 24, 1982 in Clintonville, Waupaca Co., WI and is buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bear Creek, Waupaca Co., WI. She is my great aunt.

Benjamin Kimball – Born May 16, 1697 in Bradford, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married Mary Emerson November 10, 1741 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA. Benjamin is my wife’s 7th great grandfather.

Thomas Ormsbee and Mary Fitch – Married May 11, 1667 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Plymouth Colony. They are my 7th great grandparents.

James Benjamin – Died May 12, 1772 in Worthington, Hampshire Co., MA. He was born on April 3, 1727 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut Colony. James is my 5th great grandfather.

Tuesday Treasure | April 28, 2009

Before she married my grandpa, Dorothy Harris was a grade school teacher in Appleton and Clintonville, Wisconsin. Soon after her wedding to Russell Weller, Dorothy began to keep a scrapbook containing family related newspaper clippings and other mementos. The book she used was a small grade school composition book.

The first articles pasted in the book are about her own father’s death in 1935. The last one is a small article about she and my grandpa entertaining guests at their Clintonville home in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary in 1954.

This Week’s Family Anniversaries | April 26 – May 2, 2009

Joseph Voiland – Born April 29, 1828 in Essert, Belfort, France. He died on February 24, 1911 in Clintonville, Waupaca Co., WI and is buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Manawa, Waupaca Co., WI. Joseph married Marie Felicitee (Sadie) Romond on March 26, 1857 in Essert. He is my 2nd great grandfather.

Jemima Day – Born May 2, 1791 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co, NH. She married Orrin Parker on November 19, 1807 in Decatur, Otsego Co., NY. Jemima is my wife’s 4th great grandfather.

Helen Alice Weller – Born April 30, 1901 in Little Wolf Township, Waupaca Co., WI. Helen died on February 8, 1992 in Clintonville, Waupaca Co., WI and is buried in St. Rose Cemetery, Clintonville. She is my great aunt.

Nelson Alonzo Harris and Louisa Marie Cleveland – married April 27, 1844 in Cherry Valley, Ashtabula Co., OH. They are my 2nd great grandparents.

The above is based on information from several sources and isn’t fully verified at this time.