Fearless Females - 03-03-10

I share my first name with my great aunt.  I do remember meeting her when I was a child.  (I just realized I need to add her to my online tree too!)  I use Family Tree Maker 2010, but since I have an iPhone, I have found that I like using my ancestry.com tree.  There is an app called Tree to Go that shows me all my records I have on my ancestry tree.  I just need to get the two of them up to par with each other!

I have been tracking down my Dad's brothers and sisters.  Talk about unusual names!  There were nine of them and their first names all start with a V.  I used to tease my Dad that grandma and grandpa TUCKER started making them up!  I have been able to find some kind of record for all but one uncle.  I did find a record in the SS Death Index but I am not certain it is him but I met him when I was a child so I know he existed and he is mentioned in an aunt's obituary that I found.
Here are the names of my aunts and uncles on my Dad's side (none are living) and I have included their nicknames:
Virgil Delmer (he went by Slim)
Versie May (she died as a child)
Viletha (Dad said that her name was Vi Letha and that she combined it into one name but I haven't found a record to confirm that yet)
Velvert Lee (he went by Lee)
Vola Ermon (he went by Vobe)
Vester Eulon (he went by Vess)
Viola Pearl (she went by Dee Dee)
Violet Valjean (she went by Doll)
Velma Isabella (she died as a child) 
According to death certificates, Versie and Velma both died from the same thing.

I guess I got off subject with this post but I wanted to share the unusual names of my aunts and uncles.

Fearless Females - 03-04-10

As I looked through my records I did find that I have both sets of grandparents marriage records.  The above is page one and the photo below is the back side of the record. This is for my mother's parents Edward Homer FERGUSON and Hazel Emmaretta KERCHEVAL.  They were married 16 February 1915 at Ash Grove Twp, Shelby, Illinois, USA.

 

I found my other set of grandparents marriage record but I realized that it is still a paper copy 11 x 17 that I need to take to Kinko's to have it reduced to fit on to a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper so then I can scan it into my computer!  Their names are Parrish Elmer TUCKER and Juretta Bell STEPHENS.  They were married in Russell County, Kentucky, USA on 08 September 1904.  

I am glad I have been writing this blog since it is gradually helping me to organize my records and get them scanned into my computer so I can share them and post the records easier!

Fearless Females - 03-02-10

Today's Women's History Month blog prompt from the Accidental Genealogist is:
 
Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select this photo?

 

This is a photo of Penelope SEARS my great great grandmother.  I posted a copy of her obituary yesterday and decided I wanted to post her photo to go with that blog.  I also posted a photo of her headstone if you want to see it.

Fearless Females - 03-01-10

The Accidental Genealogist has a new theme for National Women's History Month.

I am not sure if Penelope SEARS is my "favorite" but I enjoyed reading about her life from her obituary I found.  The one on the left was printed in the Windsor Gazette (Windsor, Shelby, Illinois) on 20 January 1921.  I haven't found which paper printed the other one.

I found it interesting that came to Illinois in a wagon.  My mother told me that someone had traveled here that way but until I found the obituary, I never knew for sure to whom she was referring.  It is neat that she was known for her flowers and that they made a lot of their own items.  A true pioneer woman!  She is my great great grandmother.