Chris' Family History Research Log

George Earl Braatz

2011-06-19T07:47:00.003-07:00

Does not appear on NFS at all. According to a handwritten FGR, he is Isaac and Mina Braatz’s fifth child.

b. 30 July 1923 in Oacoma SD.

m. February 1942 to Frances, and March 1974 to Agnes.

Viola Braatz

2011-06-19T07:47:00.001-07:00

A handwritten note lists her death date has 2-7-1936 (which according to NFS is July 2, 1936), in Rushville, South Dakota. Her burial is listed as 1936, Gorden Nebraska.

Noma Ellen Braatz

2011-06-19T07:46:00.002-07:00

A handwritten FGR lists her first marriage as 24 October 1939, Portland OR, to Melvin Robert Schrammeck

Her obituary describes her as the first-born child of Isaac and Mina Braatz, but I’m guessing that means the first-born child who lived through her childhood.

We have a Christmas picture signed Melvin and Noma.

Noma’s funeral program, dated January 6 2005, notes her interment at Meridian Cemetery.

Her obituary lists her children as Floyd (b 1942) and Joy (b 1945)

Her obituary notes she took care of 38 foster children from 1955-1962, if we notice discrepancies of children in census records later on.

From the obituary: “Noma was survived by a son, Floyd Schrammeck and wife Chris; a daughter, Joy Moore and Husband Bob; a brother, George Braatz; a sister, Louise Smith; grandchildren Tawnya Swanson, Reginald States and wife Gia, Brody States, and Angelia Schrammeck; 11 great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren and their spouses. She was preceded in death by her husband Melvin Schrammeck in 1997; a sister, Viola Braatz; two siblings who died as infants; and nephew Noal Smith.”

Mina Bell Dodge

2011-06-19T07:46:00.001-07:00

A handwritten FGR gives this information for Mina Bell Dodge:

b. 29 August 1895, Pulaski Arkansas. We also have a copy of her birth certificate confirming this. (NFS agrees)

chr. 19 April 1934, baptized SDA

d. 6 March 1976, Boise Idaho (NFS has same date)

bur. 9 March 1976, Meridian Idaho

Isaac Kiser Braatz

2011-06-19T07:45:00.001-07:00

A handwritten FGR gives this information for Isaac Kiser Braatz, most of which is not in NFS yet.

b. 25 August 1890, Parkston Hutchinson Co SD. We have a copy of his birth certificate, which was Sept 25 1890 printed on it, with September crossed out and July written over it. Since it is a copy, it’s impossible to say whether the month was changed prior to being signed or not (NFS lists the birth date as 25 July)

chr. 29 April 1934

m. 18 February 1914, Oacoma SD (NFS agrees)

d. 15 December 1954, Vancouver Washington (NFS has same date)

bur. 20 December 1954, Evergreen Cemetery, Vancouver Washington

Carl and Sarah Braatz's Children

2011-06-19T07:42:00.001-07:00

This was another day in the box! I went through the first half of the "Isaac Kiser Braatz" folder, and will post what I learned by generation.

First, information in a handwritten list of Carl Braatz and Sarah Melvina Stainbrook's children:

Amelia Braatz d. Nov 20 1966. m 1900 to John Schilling who died 1913, then m. Frank Mashino 12/21/1913

George. b, m, d, same as NFS

Frederick A. b, d same as NFS. m 1909 Mary Michealsen

Hattie L. b, d same as NFS. m James Graykowske

Charles Seynour. b, m, d same as NFS.

Elizabeth b, m, d same as NFS.

Isaac b, m, d same as NFS.

Bertha A. m. 12/16/1916 to Nels Michaelsen

John m. Marie Hanson

Matilda b. 10 Sept 1904, m. Eddie Miller. (The column says “Carlie.” Maybe this was Matilda’s mother? Or an alternate name?) (Matilda doesn’t show up in NFS.)

Distant Sanfords

2011-05-08T07:07:00.000-07:00

A few more notes on the Sanfords.

William and Abigail Simmons Sanford

Son William Hicks Sanford has 2 recorded marriages: on an AF to Patience Sawdy and Priscilla Sawdy, and in NFS to Priscilla Sawdy and Rhoda Sawdy.

Son Abraham Sanford’s wife is Clara, and an AF gives her the full name Clara Howes

Brother Peleg Simmons: an AF records his wife as Eliphal Sanford, instead of NFS’s Abigail Sanford.

Peleg and Lillis Wilcox Sanford An AF lists their marriage as 1774, and NFS has many dates, including 1747, before both were born.

*Except for the marriage date discrepancies noted above, all of the Marriage dates on an AF 5 generations above Violet Sanford agree with the NFS dates and people.

* a note indicates there were 2 main Sanford immigrations to America. John Sanford and Thomas Sanford (no relation) (handwritten notes by Dad, 6/21/1995)

Cemetery notes

2011-05-08T07:05:00.000-07:00

Notes that Mom took at the Craigmont Idaho Cemetery agree with the New Family Search birth and death dates for Violet Sanford and Augustus Carley

The Box: John Herman Sanford

2011-05-08T06:59:00.000-07:00

I went through the file we have for John Sanford and compared everything to New Family Search (NFS). Discrepancies and Confirmations are listed below.

Marriage. A Iowa Marriage Record extraction (ie not the handwritten version) confirms NFS marriage date and place between John and Mary.

Early Marriage. It seems John and his wife Mary lived with John’s parents when John’s daughter Violet was young. In the house were his mother Melinda (65), Brother Tilly (35), Brother Alonzo (24), Daughter Violet (2), and wife Mary (21), as well as a 2-month-old (“William”?). (1870 Iowa Federal Census)

Child William S Sanford: Mom’s notes from Craigmont Idaho Cemetery indicate he was born in 1883, rather than NFS’s 1881.

Child Mary A Millage: Mom’s notes from Craigmont Idaho Cemetery indicate she was born February 26, 1881 rather than NFS’s 1883. The cemetery notes also indicate she died August 30, 1961 rather than NFS’s September 2, 1961. There are also cemetery dates for a William Millage, who may have been her father in law (b. 1860, d. 1932)

Grandchild Earl Bliss Carley: notes from Craigmont Idaho Cemetery indicate he died June 25, 1973 (NFS options are June 25, 1974 or just June 1973.

The Box

2011-01-01T19:14:00.000-08:00

We worked through some of the files in the big box of family history. Last time we worked on the Smiths, and this time we went through the Carleys and the rest of the Smiths.
There is nothing to indicate whether Amasa (Samuel) Smith's wife Anne C is Charity Ann Fox or not.
Next time we should start with the Sanford (John Herman) folder.

In addition to the info listed in the previous posts, NFS is also missing Amasa J's brother William A, b. Aug. 1870, and Isadora Dougherty's second marriage to Lester Leonard. Also, Andrew Jackson Dougherty's son Isaac's marriage to Anna Evans.

More Carleys (Augustus and siblings)

2011-01-01T17:43:00.000-08:00

We have some family tree information from Ancestry's OneWorldTree site (i.e. not reliable). Most of the information for Leman's children matched the information on NewFamilySearch, although his son Clinton was missing several children in NFS. Also, Leman's daughter Eunice is listed in NFS as married to Austuis Bullard in 1908, while the family tree said John William Russell in 1877.

Interestingly, Augustus has two more wives in the Ancestry info, in addition to Harriett Louisa Cate (1846) and Sylvia Page (1875) who we already know about. He is listed as married to Eunice Lockwood in 1843 (no children) and Ida Russell in about 1860 (5 children: Janetta Adeline, Clarissa, Mary Otis, Dena May, and Morris). Ida Russell may or may not be related to the above William Russell.

Smith and Carley Family Stories

2011-01-01T17:11:00.000-08:00

This information comes from the Stitt family bible, or stories my mother was told when she copied the names from it, about August Carley's family and Amasa Smith's family

Augustus Carley died in Portland, buried in ID
Violet (his wife) died on farm, buried in Nez Perce or Craigmont.
For information on their children, see the previous post.
Augustus Carley had 2 sisters: Celosky (or Loskie) and Eunice, and a half brother Willis. His father beat him, so left with a man when he was 8 years old and headed west.
Celosky later came west with her family. Her husband died but she continued on, settling (in Idaho?). She built her own log cabin, shot buffalo herself. Glen Allen Vaughn had the buffalo hair mattress that was hers, following Earl Carley's death.

Matt (Madison) Smith married numerous times. Died in GA. Wife buried him in someone else's Smith family plot in a cemetery there.

Madison had four children: Bernice, Leona, Nova, and ?. Bernice took care of Earl Smith when he had heart trouble. She later died in a car accident.
Charlotte, Harrison, Oleta, and Alexander Hale Smith did not have children.
Noel Curtis had four children: Marvel, Earl, Glen, Violet.

Augustus Carley's family

2011-01-01T17:00:00.000-08:00

There is some conflicting information about Augustus Steven Carley and his wife Violet Sanford, and their children. These need to be verified and entered into NewFamilySearch.

According to new.familysearch.org Augustus and Violet's marriage occurred on 26 Aug 1883, but our printed information from Ancestry.com says 6 May 1894 in Genesee, Latah, ID (Idaho Marriages, ref: Latah Co. Courthouse marriage book P-2, pg 54). Violet's obituary of 1922 lists the marriage as 29 Aug 1893.

Their son Earl (b. 22 Jul 1894) may have been married in Mexico around 1930, per family rumors. He died in 1973 per SSDI. He had no children, per the Stitt family bible.

John married Maud McQueen on 18 Dec 1917, Nez Perce, Lewis, ID (per Ancestry.com ref: county marriage book vol 1 pg 154). Maud (b. 21 Mar 1899) died July 1985 per SSDI. NewFamilySearch lists John's birthdate as 30 Nov 1893, but a handwritten family note says 30 Nov 1899, which is supported by the 1930 Federal Census which lists John as 30 years old and Earl as 35 (Cragmont Village, Lewis, ID, pg 5A). He also had no children.

Lester married Marion A. O'Coyne on 3 Dec 1925, in Coeur D' Alene, Kootenai, ID (per Kootenai records vol 20 pg 41). 1930 census gives a son Albertus (b. 1926-7). Stitt family bible says Lester had 2 children (no names) and worked in Grand Coulee before dying of liver cancer.

NewFamilySearch is missing their son, Lawrence Eldred, b. 22 Jun 1902 who married Leona F. Pogreba on 8 Aug 1925 in Coeur D' Alene, Kootenai, ID (per Kootenai records vol 19 pg 470). According to census records (US federal 1930, Spokane WA, block 742, sheet 14B) they had two children, Lawrence E (b. 13 Jun 1926) and Lee V (b. 1929). However, the Stitt family bible lists Lawrence's children as Pat and Burt.

We find most of the family in a 1920 census in Nez Perce.

Truman Dodge Death Certificate

2010-11-14T20:58:00.000-08:00

Someone contacted us through new.familysearch.org, and gave us Truman Dodge's death certificate.

The official death date on the certificate is February 21, 1948.

His age at death is listed as 82y, 11m, 16d, which would put his birth date as March 5, 1865 (and this date is listed on the certificate, as well.) However, since this is a death certificate, not a birth certificate, I'm not putting this date in new.familysearch.org until it's been confirmed by another document.

The death certificate states Truman's date of burial as April 12, 1948. If this date is correct, that means he didn't get buried for almost 2 months. We're thinking this delay might have been for an investigation or autopsy, because the family suspicion is that he was murdered for his pension check.

Smith Marriage Record

2010-10-04T19:00:00.000-07:00

The information for Amasa J Smith and Dora Dougherty's marriage is confirmed as what we had: 29 Feb, 1880. No new information was on the record.
Witnesses were Mrs. Jennie Miller and something A Smith (I couldn't read the first name). I'm attaching the scanned image (2 versions)

10-4-2010: Apparently I never got the file uploaded because it was in pdf format, which blogger won't take. I'm publishing this post from last May, and if I find the file I'll try to remember to attach it.

Andrew Jackson Dougherty

2010-08-08T14:03:00.001-07:00

According to Bonnie Crane Moore, who corresponded with one of our relatives, Andrew Jackson Dougherty's 2nd marriage was to Nancy Baldwin Wilcox (this was Nancy's 3rd marriage).

On their marriage certificate, Andrew Jackson Dougherty's parents are Thomas Dougherty and Jane Kincade.

Her letter also tells us that a number of census records of Andrew Jackson Dougherty have errors, especially the 1870 Census.

When researching Anderw Jackson Dougherty, we should refer to Bonnie's letter for starting points.

Isadora Dougherty's parents

2010-08-08T13:55:00.000-07:00

Going through some old Family Group Sheets, we found Isadora Dougherty's parents: Andrew Jackson Dougherty and Nancy Agnes Haner.

Nancy Haner's parents: William Haner and Jane Steele.

William Haner's parents: John C Haner Sr. and Mary.

For each of those families, we have a list of all their children's birth, marriage, and death dates and locations.

After Amasa Jay Smith died, Isadora Dougherty remarried to Lester Leonard:

b. 20 March 1867 Oregon

d. 25 June 1915 Priest River, Bonner, Idaho

occupation undertaker

father: Lester Leonard

mother: Juliette V Femmington

Amasa Jay Smith

2010-08-08T13:07:00.001-07:00

We have Amasa Jay's death certificate, which has the following information:

b. May 17, 1857 in Minnesota

d. September 29, 1911 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington

buried October 1, 1911

parents: Amasa Smith b. New York; Ann Fox b. New Hampshire

survived by wife

was a minister (title: Rev.)

Marriage Records

2010-05-26T12:34:00.000-07:00

Laura and I found these on microfilm a while ago, but since blogger won't take pdf we couldn't post them as originally scanned. It took me a while to get around to posting them.

The first record is for Amasa J Smith and Dora Dougherty, married in Watonwan County, Minnesota, 29 February 1880 (the original record said March but this was crossed out more recently).

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The second record is for William Nelson and Sally Carley, married in Vernon, Indiana, 22 August 1839.

Thank ye the Lord

2010-03-17T13:36:00.000-07:00

No new info today, but we did discover an amazing ancestor in our pedigree chart. Trace the Cutler line back 5 greats and you get to Christopher Cutler, whose mother was Hannah Shephard. Her grandfather Ralph Shephard was married to Thank ye the Lord, who was born 30 March 1609 in Northampton, England.
Other records indicate her name as Thanks, Thankful, etc. but her last name really was Lord. She passed the name to one of her daughters, and there are 4 generations of Thanks or Thankfuls.
Note that Thanks Lord named one of her other daughters Trial, a name that also continued for a few generations.
She died in 1693 in Massachusetts, and is buried in Old Rock Cemetery of Middlesex MA.

I am not sure how the move to America went for them. Her parents died in Connecticut, and her grandchildren were born back in England, not returning to the New World until John Cutler joined the restored church and moved his family to Utah. (He died in Salt Lake City in 1894 at age 79).
Thank ye the Lord's son Ralph Shephard (Jr.) has some potentially conflicting information: Born in Massachusetts in Nov 1659, he was christened in England 3 1/2 years later. Likewise, he supposedly died in Massachusetts in 1723, but was buried in England (just over a month later). Since his wife and children were born in England (in Stubley of Derbys), I suspect he returned from the colonies, meaning the family only spent one generation in America.

Smith Marriage Record

2010-03-11T11:27:00.000-08:00

I am ordering microfilm number 1638096 to confirm our recorded marriage information for Amasa Jay Smith and his wife Dora/Isidor in St. James, Watonwan, MN on 29 Feb 1880. Hopefully it will also have information on her real name, her parents, and birth info.

Laura found her on someone else's family tree with rather suspect information, but listing her parents and Gerard A. Dougherty and Mary Harding, who were married in Hancock county, Illinois on July 3, 1856. They appear in 1880 in a Keen, IL census with an 18 year old daughter Deora. This could possibly be her, but not likely, since we see her in a MN census that same year already married to Amasa Jay and with a brother named Jack, who doesn't appear as a son of Gerard.

Carleys and Dolphs

2010-02-17T14:18:00.000-08:00

Jennings County, Indiana marriage records on microfilm #1305173 confirm several marriages:

Bartholomew Carley married Salley Dolph on 22 Sept 1822.
Richard Carley married Eunice Dolph on 27 Aug 1826.
The record did not indicate ages for anyone.
I will order the next film (#1305174) to be sure, but the online index accessed through Ancestry.com also lists Sally Carley's marriage to William Nelson on 22 Aug 1839.
(I think this is correct, but the online version had mistakenly entered Bartholomew's year as 1833.)
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There were several other Carleys and Dolphs in the book, who might be helpful in establishing family connections, so they are listed here:
Polly Carley to Caleb Lucas, 19 Jan 1822
Beulah Carley to David McClay, 2 Jun 1823
Mary Dolph to Aron Bullard, 1821
Phebe Dolph to Isaac Harrington, 22 Jul 1824 (Applied)

I couldn't find any death records on ancestry for Bartholomew or Richard, but next time I should check the Jennings County website for resources: http://home.att.net/~Local_History/Jennings-Co-IN.htm
Note that in 1830 Bartholomew was living in Vernon, Geneva, or Columbia township, according to the federal census. Probably Vernon, according to OneWorldTree. (http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=13753141&fsc=no)

I also need to check out the info on familysearch for Salley's sister Eunice, who is also listed as married to a Bartholomew Carley. The only other overlap I see is a son born in 1824 named Lehman or Lyman, but they have distinct spouses. OneWorldTree on Ancestry lists her married to John Lockwood, not Bartholomew Carley.

John Sanford and Mary Jane Nelson

2010-02-17T13:11:00.000-08:00

John and Mary Jane were married March 6, 1866 in Boone Country, Iowa.
Here is a copy of their marriage license (plus a negative version if it's easier to read.)

Sarah Dolph

2010-01-20T13:54:00.000-08:00

The happy couple Augustus Carley and Violet Sanford both (apparently) have a grandmother named Sarah Dolph. In familysearch she is combined into one person, with the following timeline:

1806: born to Stephen Solomon and Eunice Dolph (maiden name Lindley) in New York
1823: marries Batholomew Carley in Indiana (see post about Carley marriages)
She has her children Lehman (1824), Stephen (1826), and Eunice (1823) Carley in Indiana
1840: marries William Nelson in Indiana
She has her son James (1841) Nelson in Indiana
She has her children George (1844), Sarah (1845), and Mary (1848) Nelson in Michigan
1859: dies in Boone Co., Iowa
(or 1889, according to some family trees on ancestry)

We started trying to track her down to see if she is actually the same person, married both to Bartholomew and William. Hopefully the microfilm of marriage records we ordered will help: IA marriages, including her daughter Mary to John Sanford.

We found her and William in an 1870 census from Boone, IA. Several pages later one of John Sanford's brothers was found with his wife: a closer look at the other families there should help us see who their neighbors and family were. It was the Cass township.
William and Sarah also show up in 1860 in Cass, which was then located in Lura county. Their four children were all living with them.

Next time: look for census records for the Nelsons, the Carleys, and the Sanfords. If we can find marriage records for Sarah that will be helpful as well, and a death date on Bartholomew would be nice.

Herriet Louise Cate Carley: Death

2010-01-20T13:17:00.000-08:00

We found a death record for a Herriet L Carley on 23 Aug 1868 in the Iowa Cemetery Records. She was buried in Bowen Cemetery in Exira, Audubon, Iowa.

Microfilmed Marriage Records

2010-01-12T11:49:00.000-08:00

We looked at film 1034317 for Boone IA marriages, (looking for John Sanford and Mary Nelson in 1866, 6 Mar) but the film only covered through 1862. We are ordering the next one. (1034318)

We also looked at 1205173, which had the Marriage Records Vol1 (1818-1830) from Jennings county, Ind. To try to sort out the marriages of the Carleys and Dolphs.
We found out that Bartholomew Carley married Salley Dolph on 22 September 1823.
Also, there is a marriage between Richard Carley and Eunice Dolph on 27 August 1826. We suspect that Eunice Dolph is Eunice Lindley, wife of the deceased Stephen Dolph. The marriage was certified by Alanson Audacious, or something similar.

Marriage Madness with the Carleys

2009-12-03T17:59:00.000-08:00

It all boils down to this: The Carley's and the Dolph's have some complicated relationships. At least, potentially.
To sort it all out, we're requesting microfilm that contains information regarding the marriages between Bartholomew Carley and Sarah Dolph as well as Bartholomew's dad Richard and Eunice Dolph.
Stay tuned to find out: Did Richard Carley--Bartholomew's dad--marry Eunice Dolph--Sarah's mom--late in life? Or is this a young couple who happens to have these same names? And what is the exact relationship between Sarah Dolph and Richard Carley? Are they married, too, as some records suggest?
We'll find out when the microfilm arrives. Until then, happy guessing!

Carl Braatz

2009-12-03T17:07:00.000-08:00

According to the census records, Carl was born in 1851 and arrived in the US from Germany in 1867, which would have made him 15 or 16 when he arrived. As I recall from family stories, he came over with an uncle, and may have lied about his age at the time.

Searching at castlegarden.org, these are the potential hits (not all promising):
(small font means he came with family)

Carl Bratz, age 17 arrived on the Doctor Barth from Hamburg on 24 Dec 1869, headed for Michigan. (no other Bratz on board)
Carl Braatz, age 12 arrived on the Lord Braugham from Hamburg on 6 Jul 1869, headed for Chicago. Came as one of five children with his parents Michael and Sophie.
Carl Braatz, age 34 arrived on the johanne Marie from Bremen on 27 Nov 1867, headed for Bremen. He was with a wife and two children.
Carl Brausch, age 17, arrived on the Pennsylvania from Liverpool&Queens on 23 Jul 1868. Came as one of 6 children with his mother Catherine.
Carl Brasch, age 19, arrived on the Fulton from Copenhagen&Swinemunde on 25 Oct 1869. He was a watchmaker. (no other Brasch on board)
Carl Bradsch, age 14, arrived on the Borussia from Hamburg on 27 Nov 1868. (lots of family on board)
Carl Brach, age 16, arrived on the Charlotte from Bremen on 4 Jun 1866, headed for Iowa. He was a blacksmith. (one of 6 children to Martin and Wilhelmine)
Carl-Aug. Branz, age 21, arrived on the Hansa from Bremen on 2 Jan 1867. (no other Branz on board)
Carl Branch, age 19, arrived on the Main from Bremen on 15 Nov 1869. (no family with same spelling, but have lots of similar names)
Carl Brandes, age 17, arrived on the Elena from Bremen on 7 Jan 1867, headed for New York. He was a Bar Keeper. (no other Brandes on board)
Carl Brandt, age 18, arrived on the America from Bremen on 8 May 1865. (lots of Brandt on board)
Carl Brandt, age 13, arrived on the Johanna from Bremen on 16 May 1866. He was coming from Pommern. (One of 5 children to Gottlieb and Wilhelmine)
Carl Brandt, age 17, arrived on the Allemannia from Hamburg on 21 Jul 1866. (lots of Brandt on board)

Leman Carley Records

2009-11-12T17:54:00.001-08:00

Leman Carley

2009-11-12T17:44:00.001-08:00

1830: Familysearch lists 2 fathers for him. Both were in the 1830 census, which is more like a land-holding list that shows the number of people of certain ages in the household. So here are the 2 fathers:
(a) Bartholomew Carley: Males: ages (<5), (5-10), (20-30); Females: ages (20-30)
(b) Richard Carley: Males: 60-70, F: (5-10), (20-30), (50-60)
1840 Census: no luck
1850 Census: no luck
1860 Census: Leman (35, b. Indiana), Louise (33, New York), Alice (13, Indiana), Saleis Ree (or something like that; Female, 8, b. Michigan), Clinton (6, Michigan), Augustus (5, Michigan)
1870 Census, Audoban, Audoban, Iowa: Leman (45, b. Indiana), Celaski (19), Augustus (14), Eunice (8). Other people of the household were Stephen Carley (43) and W S Ordway (29).
1880 Census, Lura, Cass, Iowa: Leman (56), Sylva (23, b. Iowa--but her daughters' records say she was born in Illinois; parents born in Ohio), Ardella (Female, 3, b. Iowa), Oliva (F, 1, b. Iowa)

So it looks like Leman remarried after Harriett died and had at least 2 more children.

Augustus Steven Carley

2009-11-12T17:42:00.001-08:00

no luck on Federal Censuses from 1880-1900
1910 Federal Census in Nez Pierce, Mahler Precinct:
Augustus (55), Violet (42), Earl (15), Gladys (12), John (10), Lawrence (7), Lester (2)
5/5 children still living.

Carley, Sanford Marriages

2009-11-12T17:03:00.000-08:00

This is the marriage record I found for the Carleys on Ancestry.com. There was no original image, but the source citation is there.

Name:	Augustus S. Carley
Gender:	Male
Spouse:	Violette S. Sanford
Spouse gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	May 6, 1894
Marriage Location:	Genesee, Latah Co., Idaho
Source:	This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Latah Co., ID in Volume P-2 on Page 54.

This is the record for Violet's parents. The county record is available on microfilm (see below). I am ordering the film for next time.

Name:	John W. Sanford
Spouse:	Mary Jane Nelson
Marriage Date:	6 Mar 1866
County:	Boone
State:	IA

Boone County is located in central Iowa. The records from the county included in this database span from 9 January 1851 through 1900.
Original data: Boone County, Iowa Marriages, 9 January 1851-1900. County court records located at Boone, Iowa or Family History Library microfilm #1034317-1034320.

Smith Censuses

2009-11-05T14:51:00.001-08:00

These are the censuses mentioned in the last post.

Smiths

2009-11-05T13:24:00.000-08:00

Looking for census records of the other side of the family, I found the smiths in Minnesota in 1900:
Minnesota > Hennepin > Minneapolis Ward 4
Amasa Smith (b May 1857 in MN) had been married to Isidor (b Oct 1861 in IA) for 20 years. Of their 7 children, 6 were living, all still at home. The children were Madison J (son b Oct 1885), Charlotte V (b Nov 1887), Harrison L (b Aug 1889), Oleta (daughter b May 1890), Noel C (b Apr 1894) and Attalee H (son b Apr 1898).
They were living in a rented home, and Amasa was working as a "Yard Master," presumably for the railroad. All but the youngest child was in school. Amasa's father was born in NY and his mother in NH; Isidor's parents were both from Ohio.

Amasa J also appears in 1910, this time in Spokane, WA (Spokane Ward 1). With him are wife Dora, daughter Leta (19), and sons Noel (16) and Hale (11). He was working for the railroad. Lots of other Smiths appear on the same page, so there may be family nearby.

In 1880 Jay Smith (23) and his wife Dora (19) are living in Saint James, Watonwan, Minnesota. Jack Dougherty (16), a brother (to Dora) is living with them, working on the trains.

In 1870, Jay Smith (12) is living in Butternut Valley, Blue Earth, Minnesota with his parents Amasa Smith (50, from NY) and Anna C (35, from NH). Amasa is a Farmer. Jay has three sisters and a brother: Ella (10), Cordelia (6), Etta (4), and Ernest (2).

The older Amasa Smith (Amasa J's father), was living in Waverly, Martin, Minnesota in 1880. His household consisted of himself (60), his wife Anna C (45), daughters Luella A (21), Ada C (19), and Ella M (14), and sons Ernest L (12), William A (10), Charles A (8), and Archie H (5).
Amasa was still farming--his parents were both from NY, and Anna's were both from NH.

In 1900 there are two widowed Ann C Smiths from NY of the right age, both living in NY at the time--one in Catskill and one in Canisteo. None from NH show up. More searching necessary.

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There is a good candidate for Dora's parents living in MN, with the information below, but there are a lot of Dougherty families living in IA with birthplace OH, so more comparison is necessary.

Isaiah (49) and Ruth (43), both born in OH (Ruth's parents from VA and CT), have a large household: son Lucius (23), daughter-in-law Frances E (23) and grandson James J; daughters Acalda (13), Effie (9), and Katy (3); and sons Jarvis (20) Daniel (11), and Edgar (7). *my pairing of Frances with Lucius is just guesswork--she is listed after Jarvis, and her son is at the very end.

I had trouble finding Dora or her brother Jack in 1870

John and Anna Klotz

2009-10-30T13:44:00.001-07:00

On 10/29 I looked for immigration records for the family (John and Anna and several children), but did not have any luck on ancestry.com

Carl Braatz

2009-10-29T17:36:00.000-07:00

Today was immigration records day. There were no exact matches for Carl Braatz, but two came close.
This is the information we have for him:
Immigrated 1867, born 1851 (so age 16 or 17), from Pomer Germany
This is the information of the two records:
1. Immigrated 24 Dec 1869, age 17, from Hamburg Germany to New York
2. Immigrated 27 Nov 1867, age 18, from Bremen Germany to New York. This person came with several other Braatz's, including Joha (b 1833), Herm (b 1836), Henre (b 1860), and Wm (b 1866).

Levi Dodge

2009-10-22T18:35:00.001-07:00

Looking for Levi Dodge in 1840 in NH, I found 3 hits (plus one duplicate entry in an index). The only real match was in Wendell Township in Sullivan County, with a couple in their twenties and two sons under 5 yrs.
The other Levi Dodges were in Lampston, Sullivan and Greenfield, Hillsborough, but the ages did not match at all.

Dodge Census Images

2009-10-22T18:19:00.000-07:00

Here are the census images cited in the last post:

1850:

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1900:

Isadore Dodge

2009-10-22T17:32:00.000-07:00

The census in the last post found several families all living in a township in Hutchinson, including Truman N. Dodge and his wife Dora (Klotz). Dora's parents were on the next page, but Truman's parents were not. Today we found them in another township in Hutchinson, SD in 1900 and traced Truman's father through all of the federal censuses before 1900.

Going backwards in time:
1900, in Parkinson Town (South Dakota > Hutchinson > Susquchanna > District 183 > pg 2)
Isadore Dodge, b. March 1846 in Ohio, was living with his wife Jane and two children.
Jane, b. May 1844 in Iowa, married Isadore in 1866. Her father was born in Massachussetts and her mother in Connecticut.
5 of their 8 children were still living, and their daughter Ida (b. Nov 1886) and their son Aburt (b. Dec 1889) were living at home.

1880, in Sugar Creek, IA (Iowa > Poweshiek > Sugar Creek > District 197 > pg 22)
Isadore (33, b. OH) and his wife Jane (34 b. IA) were living with 4 children, all born in IA: Truman (13), William (7), Ada (5), and Austen (6 mo.)
We learn in addition that Isadore's parents were both born in NH.

1870, in Richland, IA (Iowa > Jasper > Buena Vista > pg 19)
Isidore (b. 1845 OH) and Jane (b. 1845 IA) had a 3-year-old son Truman (who is indexed as Freeman, but the image looks like Truman).
Another ancestry.com user had annotated the entry to say that he was born as Frederick Isadore Dodge.

1860, again in Richland, IA (Iowa> Mahaska > Richland > Page 22)
We find Isadore by the name Fredk I, at age 13. The entire household:
Levi Dodge (49) b. NH
Ruth (53) b. RI
Francis (19) b. NH
Fredk I (13) b. OH
John (11) b. OH
also living in the house: William and Sally Gifford (ages 74 and 79--maybe: the 7 was hard to read). William, from CT, was working a s a farm laborer; Sally was from MA.

1850, in Rush, OH (Ohio > Champagne > Rush > pg 21)
Levi Dodge (38) and Ruth (41) are living with their children William (13), Francis (10), Frederick (5), and John (1). Birthplaces same as for 1860.
A William (20) and Eliza (15) Gifford are living with them as well: William is a Clerk, and both of them were born in OH.

*So, are the Giffords the in-laws? Ruth's brother and sister were living with them in 1850, and then the parents have moved in by 1860? I need to look into this more next time.
Also for next time: check the 1885 Territorial Census of the Dakota Territory for Isadore Dodge. On an initial search his name came up, but the linked image did not appear to list him, although it did list John and Ann Klotz, future parents-in-law of Truman Dodge.

I will post the census images separately.

1900 Census Images

2009-10-22T16:16:00.000-07:00

These are the relevant pages of the 1900 South Dakota census mentioned in the last post.

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Braatz, Dodge, and Stainbrook

2009-10-08T13:23:00.001-07:00

Today I looked at the 1900 US Census for South Dakota > Huntchinson > Township 100 > District 193. I had found it some time ago on a search for Carl Braatz, but hadn't actually looked through it yet.

Page 3 has Carl and Sarah Braatz, and 8 of their children including nine-year-old Isaac. They are listed as having 9 living children, but the youngest, born in 1900, is not named on the form. It states Carl's immigration date as 1867, and his birth as Mar 1851.
Sarah's father and mother were born in Pennsylvania and Indiana, respectively, and her father Isaac Kiser Stainbrook is noted on page 4 as a widower at age 69. He and his parents were all born in Pennsylvania. Also in Isaac's home is a 58-year-old servant named JohnWardwell, who is originally from Wisconsin.
Several of Sarah's siblings are also found throughout the census.

Looking through the rest of the census, we find Truman Dodge and his wife Dora (Klotz) on page 5 with their four children. One of those is four-year-old Mina, future wife of Isaac Braatz. Truman and Dora had been married for 10 years, and Dora's parents are living nearby, listed on page 2. Truman, b. 1867, and his mother were both born in Iowa, but his father was from Ohio.

John and Anna Klotz, Dora's parents, reported 6 of their 10 children were still living, though none were in the household. John, b. 1832, and Anna, b. 1831, were both born in Austria to Austrian parents and came to the US in 1869.

Overview

2008-12-11T23:57:00.000-08:00

So, the story is that my father's side of the family has been fairly extensively researched by people who know what they are doing. As more resources become available I will probably put some time into that line, but for now I will concentrate on my mother's side.

Hers has been traced back to about 4 generations in most places, with a few lines that go further than that. However, very little of the information we have has been documented, so I will be focusing on documenting what is available about those ancestors. Hopefully I will be able to validate or correct the broad points we know, and also fill in lots of details as I go.

I'm posting copies of her parents' (my grandparents') pedigrees, with living info removed. You should be able to click for a larger view.

Introduction

2008-11-01T10:32:00.000-07:00

The point of this blog is to record the research that I am doing on my family history. I will document what I find, what I don't find, and what I plan to do next.
I hope that keeping track of this will help someone else doing their research, and if you have any questions feel free to contact me. For the most part, though, I will be writing this to myself.

The surnames I am following are:
Smith
Dougherty
Carley
Sanford
Braatz
Stainbrook
Dodge
Klotz