Saturday Night Fun - Was I interested in knowing extended family when young?

When you reflect back as a child, do you now see things that you did then, that show your interest in knowing extended family and/or your future interest in genealogy? -- This is the question posed by Randy Seaver

My paternal grandparents lived across the road up until we moved after I finished grade 2. After that, we were just across town - over on the other hill on the west side of town -- so we saw them regularly. Most of my first cousins and their parents lived very close to us. We did some family things together. We were often together at my grandparents at Christmas when we would go to visit them.

My maternal grandparents lived on Manitoulin Island. We visited them when I was little. That was an adventure. Using I think orange crates and boards? the back seat of the car would be converted to a bed. (no seat belts back then) We would get up early and still in our pajamas head up to Tobermory while it was still dark. We had to get to the ferry dock at least an hour before the 7 o'clock  departure. Once at Tobermory, we would go to the public washrooms and get changed. My mother had a sister and a brother both living on the Island so even after my maternal grandparents died, we would visit them. We stayed at my aunt's place but we usually headed to my uncle's for a visit with his family. This would always include a visit to the barn at milking time. 

There were a couple of family reunions when I was young. The Iles family reunion included a band concert. Thanks to a photograph I know there was a gathering on the Island of some of my mother's relations

I knew a few of my grand aunts and uncles. On my mother's side of the family, my grand aunt Margaret held a special place in our family. On my dad's side of the family, my grand aunt Lily was also a special person.

I enjoyed seeing my relatives but I don't recall any special interest in learning anything beyond my grandparents generation.

My real interest in genealogy began while I was working in the public library and started to catalogue the local history and genealogy collection. I joined the local genealogical society in 1989. I wish I had started earlier while my father was still alive. 

So often now when I am researching I want to share what I have learned about the family with my parents. I want to ask them, "Did you know that?


© 2016Janet Iles

Saturday Night Fun -- Ancestors that I have met in Person

Randy Seaver's assignment he has given us today 

1) Write down which of your ancestors that you have met in person (yes, even if you were too young to remember them).
2) Tell us their names, where they lived, and their relationship to you in a blog post, or in comments to this post, or in comments on Facebook.

Parents

My mother --  Marion Love (1921-1996). She was born in Carnarvon Township, Manitoulin Island, Ontario until she left the area to finish her schooling in Owen Sound. Except for the few months that she worked in Toronto, she lived the rest of her life in Owen Sound or in Derby Township. 

My father -- Harold "Bob" Iles (1916-1990) Except for when he was in the Army, he lived his life in Owen Sound, Ontario and Derby Township.

Maternal Grandparents

My grandmother Love  -- Janet Johnston (1883 - 1958). As far as I know, she lived her whole life on Manitoulin Island.

My grandfather Love -- John Love (1884-1961) As far as I know, he lived his whole life on Manitoulin Island.

Paternal Grandparents

My grandmother Iles -- Emily "Lily" Dudley (1884-1967). She was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England and lived in that area until she came to Canada with her husband, daughter and his mother and his siblings. She lived in Derby Township, Grey County and then in various parts of Owen Sound.

My grandfather Iles -- William Iles (1885 - 1964) He was born in Naunton, Gloucestershire, England. Because of the migratory nature of his father's employment, they moved to different localities. I have identified that he would have lived in: Naunton, Gloucestershire area; Bidford, Warwickwickshire; Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; and Birmingham,Warwickshire area. He came to Canada and he lived in Derby Township, Grey County and then in various parts of Owen Sound.

I have met only six of my ancestors. 

© 2016 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Fun - Where were your ancestral families 150 years ago

Randy Seaver posed the following challenge for this Saturday evening.

1)  Determine where your ancestral families were on 25 June 1866 - 150 years ago.

2)  List your ancestors, their family members, their birth and death years, and their residence location (as close as possible).  Do you have a photograph of their residence from about that time, and does the residence still exist?

My ancestral lines

Great Grandparents

George Iles (1858-1936)  He was living in either Condicote (1861 census -- living in a cottage) or Guiting Power (1871 census - living on Fox Hill /Foxhill) of Gloucestershire, England.

Emily Pugh (1860 - 1913) She was living with her mother and step-father in either Lower Swell where they were living when they married the year before or Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.

Josiah Dudley (1847-1901). He was living in Alcester, Warwickshire.

Sarah Mucklow (1849-1920). She was living in either Exhall or Haselor, Warwickshire

James Love (1852-1914) He was living in West Flamborough Township, Wentworth County, Ontario.

Elizabeth Fields Robinson (1859-1932). She was likely living in Collingwood Township, Grey County, Ontario.

James Hemingway Johnston. (1845-1919). He was likely living in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario.

Agnes Chambers (1955-1922). She was likely living in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario.

Great Great Grandparents

James Iles (1823-1907)  and Louisa Belcher (1826-1903) They were likely living in either the Condicote (1861 census -- living in a cottage) or Guiting Power (1871 census - living on Fox Hill /Foxhill) of Gloucestershire, England.

Hannah Cowley (1826?-1903) She was living with her second husband, William Cliffored in either Lower Swell where they were living when they married the year before or in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.

Ann Dudley (1820 ?-1898) She was likely living in Alcester, Warwickshire.

John Mucklow (1821-1904) and Hannah James ((1821-1915). They were likely either in Exhall or Haselor Warwickshire.

Agnes Hamilton (1819-1885) and her second husband Henry Vincer were most likely living in West Flamborough Township, Wentworth County, Ontario.

John Robinson (1828-1905) and Jane Fields (1829? - 1901?) They were likely living in Collingwood Township, Grey County, Ontario.

David Johnston (1816-1892) and Hannah Hemingway (1819-1887) were living in Unionville, York County, Ontario.

Mary McKenzie (1826-1875). She was living in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario.

Great Great Great Grandparents

Richard Iles (1794? - 1870?) and Patience Blandford (? - 1879). They were living in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire. 

Hannah Dunn (1796-1876). She was living in Exhall, Warwickshire.

Margaret Byres ( - 1866). She was living in Uxbridge Township, Ontario County, Ontario. She died 24 July 1866). 

I have 8 great grandparents, 12 great great grandparents and 3 great great great grandparents living 150 years ago. 

I have no idea whether any of the places they lived in are still standing. 

© 2016 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Where were my ancestors 150 years ago?

Randy Seaver of Genea-musings has posed the question for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Where Were Your Ancestors 150 Years Ago? Where were they living on 16 May 1865? Are the houses still standing? I don't know for all of the locations.

Louisa Belcher (1826-1903)  and James Iles (1823-1907) were in the Guiting Power [1871] and Condicote [1861] area of Gloucestershire, England with their children: George Iles (1859-1936), Charlotte, Lydia and Emmanuel and perhaps some of the older children. 

Hannah Cowley (1826-1903) was most likely living in the Maugersbury Workhouse or in the area on 16 May, 1865 with her daughters Emily (1860-1913)and Mary Ann Pugh. Later that year she was to marry William Clifford on 7 October 1865 at Stow-on-the Wold, Gloucestershire.

Ann Dudley (abt 1820 - 1898?) and sons Josiah Dudley (1846-1901), Joshua and William Thomas were most likely living in Alcester, Warwickshire, England

 

John Mucklow (1821-1904) Hannah James (1821-1915) were living in Oversley/Exhall area of Warwickshire. Living with them are Mary Ann, Elizabeth, George, John James and Sarah (1849-1920)

Agnes Hamilton (1819-1885) - great-great grandmother. Her first husband had died and she had married around 1855 Henry Vincer, and they were most likely in Wentworth County, Ontario in 1865. In the family were James Love (1852-1914), Robert  Love and Thomas Love, William Henry Vincer, Agnes Vincer, Sarah Vincer, and Marion Vincer.

John Robinson (1828-1905) Jane Fields (1829? -1901?). I am not sure where they were living in 1865. In 1871, they are living in Collingwood Township, Grey county, Ontario. Living together would have been Joseph, William, Elizabeth (1859-1932), Sarah Jane, and Robert.

David Johnston (1816-1892) Hannah Hemingway (1819-1887) were living in Unionville, Markham Township, York County, Ontario in 1865. Living with them were James, Josiah Hemingway (1845-1919), Nancy, Saloma, Margaret, David Byers, Caroline and Hannah Maria. 

Mary McKenzie (1826-1895) remarried John Willsonafter the death of her first husband. In 1865, they were living in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario. Living with them were Sarah Chambers, Catherine Chambers, Jeanette Chambers, Mary Ann Chambers, Agnes Chambers (1855-1922), William Chambers, and James Chambers. From the second marriage, there are also John Thomas Willson, William Willson, Robert Willson and William James Willson.

Richard Iles (1794-1878) and Patience Blandford (? - 1879) were living in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England in 1865. 

Thomas Belcher (1805-1884) was most likely living alone in 1865 in Withington, Gloucestershire, England.

Marion Service (1790-1870) was living with a son and his family in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1865.

Margaret Byres (1793-1866) was living in Uxbridge Township, Ontario in 1865.

George James (1771-1865) and Hannah Dunn (1796-1876) were living in Exhall, Warwickshire, England in 1865. George died less than a month later.

Living on 16 May 1865 are:

8 great-grandparents

12 great great-grandparents

7 great great great-grandparents

© 2015  Janet Iles

Saturday Night Fun. - Who Shares my Birth Date?

Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Fun is to find those who share the same birth date as I.

None share the exact full date, but there are quite a few who have the same day and month -- 27 February. I didn't look closely at those who were born in the 1900s.

Here is what I discovered using Brother's Keeper - Word search.

Archie Alexander Duncan in 1896 in Buttonville, York County, Ontario. [fourth cousin]

Martha Ann Stiver in 1863 in Markham Township, York County, Ontario. [second cousin, thrice removed]

Harold Stiver Willson in 1897 in Detroit, Michigan. [third cousin, twice removed]

Robert Edward Robinson in 1892 in Thessalon, Algoma, District Ontario. [first cousin, twice removed]

Julianna Sophia Stiver in 1825 in Markham Township, York County, Ontario [first cousin, four times removed]

Arthur Edward Stiver in 1867 in Osprey Township, Grey County, Ontario. [second cousin, thrice removed]

So no direct line ancestor with my date but first, second, third and fourth cousins who share my special date.

© 2015 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make a Christmas Surname Tree

Randy Seaver has given us a challenge if we wish to accept it is  to create a Christmas Surname Tree.

I used only the surnames of my direct line. I have taken it from myself at the base and working back. I have repeated the name with the different generations. Six generations including me.

I used PowerPoint 2003. I chose the tree auto-shape and chose no fill with dark green outline. I made a text frame where I typed in the names and adjusted the line spacing and changed the colour of the font. I am not sure why the background is grey. May have to do some experimenting as it was transparent when I saved it as a jpeg and it looks transparent in Picassa. 

© 2013 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Byers/Byres

Randy Seaver's Challenge: 
Go to your family tree database of choice (you know, like RootsMagic, Reunion, Ancestry Member Tree), and determine who the very last person on your list of B names is.  Or the last person on your list of D names.  Or H names.  Or any other name you need to research.  Your choice!

2)  What do you know (or not know) about this person based on your research?  It's OK to do more research if you need to - in fact, it's encouraged!

3)  How are you related to this person, and why is s/he in your family tree?

The last person on my B surname list is living so I went to the second last name.

the person is Margaret Byers or Byres depending on the record I am looking at. 

What I know about her

  

  Margaret married James Johnston, 31 May 1815 in Annan, Dumfries, Scotland, [1, 2] b. 1 Jun 1793 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, [3] d. 24 Jul 1866 in Uxbridge Twp., ON, [4] buried in St. Andrew's Scotch Kirk Cemetery, Quaker Hill, Uxbridge Twp., Ontario.  Margaret: In the parish registers of births for her children her name is spelt Byres and Byers and Byser.

                             Children:

            2.       i.     David Johnston b. 26 October 1816.

            3.       ii.    Margaret Dickson Johnston b. 20 September 1818.

            4.       iii.   John Johnston b. 23 January 1821.

            5.       iv.   James Johnston b. 17 March 1825.

            6.       v.    William Johnston b. 30 June 1830.

Margaret and James came to Canada in 1833. They lived for a year and a half in Richmond Hill, Ontario before buying land in Uxbridge Township at lot 35, concession 5. They moved there in September 1834 but it was not until 2 March 1835 that the deal was registered in the land registry office in Whitby. This farm remained in the family until 1916.

Margaret, James and four of the children and their families are buried in the St. Andrew's Scotch Kirk Quaker Hill cemetery which fronts the farm. [4] When Margaret died she left a will where she designated what each were to receive.

It was not until I found the writings of Helen Johnston that I learnt that Margaret and James came to Canada with the children. Her research helped me learn about the descendants of David Johnston's siblings (my great-great grandfather).

How is she related to me - Margaret is my great-great-great grandmother.

    

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[1]  Register of Marriage in the Parish of Annan, Scotland , Johnston-Byre marriage, (LDS #102307).

[2] Johnston, Helen, Descendants of James Hardy Johnston 1788-1872 and Margaret (Byres) Johnston 1793-1866 of Annan Scotland and Quaker Hill  (Queensville, ON : H. Johnston, 1979-1984.), information taken from the family Bible, published 1822, and brought with them to Canada. p. 2.

[3] Johnston, Helen, Descendants of James Hardy Johnston 1788-1872 and Margaret (Byres) Johnston 1793-1866 of Annan Scotland and Quaker Hill   p. 2.

[4] Tombstone transcription - by Whitby Oshawa OGS.

© 2013 Janet Iles

Saturday night Fun - Birth Surname - Henry Numbers

Randy Seaver has put out the challenge.

Go to your first known ancestor with your birth surname and calculate your Henry Number from that person.  Show each generation of your line of ancestors with your birth surname with their Henry numbers.
1 Richard Iles ( - 1878)
1.1 James Iles (1823-1907)
1.1.7 George Iles (1858-1936)
1.1.7.2 William George Iles (1885-1964)
1.1.7.2.6. Harold Ballantyne Iles (1916-1990)
1.1.7.2.6.2 Me

So I am the second child of the sixth child of the second child of the seventh child of the first child of Richard Iles.

I used Brother's Keeper and created descendant indented book report choosing D'Aboville numbering and generated a preview to look through. As far as I know I have people in each family in the right order and that I have all the children in each.

In my software Henry numbers are shown without periods and after you reach 9 it uses the alphabet.
For example: Elizabeth Iles (1841-?) is 1E. In modified Henry she is 1(14) and in D'Aboville 1.14.



© 2013 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Many Surnames

Randy Seaver has asked about the surnames in our Genealogical Managment Program. I use Brother's Keeper for my own research. I did the surname report and requested that it be put in order from the greatest number of surnames to least.

The top one was Smith 259
Stiver 242
Johnston 226
Helmkay 185
Archibald 135
Iles 130
Hemingway113
Hagerman 113
Williamson 107
Love 98

Except for Smith which is both on my maternal and paternal side and Iles on my paternal side, all the rest I believe are from my maternal side.
© 2011 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Ahnentafel Roulette: Hannah Cowley

Randy Seaver has put out his Saturday night Genealogy fun challenge - Ahnentafel Roulette

To find  our person: " (1) What year was your paternal grandfather born? Divide this number by 100 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."


2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an "ahnentafel"). Who is that person?

3) Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the "roulette number."


Using the computation guidelines, my person of interest this evening is #19: Hannah Cowley, my great great grandmother.

I have written about Hannah Cowley and the process of finding the marriage registration for her second marriage to William Clifford in a blog post but I will give a little more information today. As per the instructions from Randy, we are to share three things about her.

1. Hannah Cowley, daughter of Thomas Cowley married first Charles Pugh 13 May 1850 at King Sutton's Northampton Parish Church.

2. In the 1851 census she is listed as Hannah Pugh, married woman and daughter in the home of Thomas Cowley in Donnington, Gloucestershire. She has a baby Mary Ann 6 months born in Donnington.


3. In the 1861 census, Hannah Pugh is in Maugersbury Workhouse, with two children: Mary 11 born at Donnington and Emily 10 months born at Maugersbury Workhouse. Hannah is listed as a pauper.

2012 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - My Heritage Pie

Saturday Night Challenge by Randy Seaver

16 Great Great Grandparents


16. James Iles, b. abt 1823 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England, d. 19 Jun 1907 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He married Louisa Belcher, married 10 Jul 1845 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England.

17. Louisa Belcher, b. abt 1826 in Withington, Gloucestershire, England, d. 1 Mar 1903 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

18. Charles Pugh, d. bef 1881. He married Hannah Cowley, married 13 May 1850 at King's Sutton, Northampton Parish Church.
19. Hannah Cowley, b. abt 1826. She married (1) Charles Pugh, married 13 May 1850 at King's Sutton, Northampton Parish Church, d. bef 1881. She married (2) William Clifford, married 7 October 1865 in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, b. abt 1825 in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire.

20. unknown.
21. Ann Dudley, b. abt 1820 in Bromsgrove Worcester, England. She married? (1) unknown. She married (2) Thomas Niblett, married 10 Mar 1881 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England.

22. John Mucklow, b. in Oversley, Alcester, Warwickshire, England. He married Hannah James, married 11 Sep 1843 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England.

23. Hannah James, b. in Exhall, Warwickshire, England.

24. Thomas Love, b. in Aberdeen, Scotland?, d. 1852 in Dundas, ON?. He married Agnes Hamilton, married 26 Mar 1842 in Ardrossan, Ayr, Scotland.

25. Agnes Hamilton, b. in Ardrossan, Ayrshire Scotland, d. 17 May 1885 in Carnarvon Twp., Manitoulin Island, Ontario, buried in Mindemoya Cemetery, Carnarvon Twp., Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She married (1) Thomas Love, married 26 Mar 1842 in Ardrossan, Ayr, Scotland, b. in Aberdeen, Scotland?, d. 1852 in Dundas, ON?. She married (2) Henry Vincer, b. 1811 in Herne, Kent Co. England, d. 11 Jan 1897, buried in Mindemoya Cemetery, Carnarvon Twp., Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

26. John Robinson, b. 3 Mar 1828 in North Allerton, Yorkshire, England, d. 5 June 1905 in Manitoulin Island. He married Jane Fields.

27. Jane Fields, b. 17 Mar 1829 in Leeds, England, d. abt 1901 Ontario.

28. David Johnston, b. 26 Oct 1816 in Annan, Dumfries, Scotland, d. 6 Nov 1892 in West Toronto Junction, York Cty., ON, buried in Hagerman East Cem. Markham Twp. ON. He married Hannah Hemingway, married 26 Feb 1840 in Toronto, Ontario.

29. Hannah Hemingway, b. 4 Mar 1819 in Markham Twp., York County, Ontario, d. 13 Oct 1887 in Unionville, Markam Twp., Ontario, buried in Hagerman East Cem. Markham Twp. ON.

30. James Chambers, b. abt 25 Jan 1826 in Scotland, d. 19 Jun 1858, buried in Altona Mennonite Cemetery, Pickering Twp., Ontario. He married Mary McKenzie.

31. Mary McKenzie, b. 26 Oct 1826 in Dumfries, Scotland, d. 12 Sep 1875 in Ontario, buried in Altona Mennonite Cemetery, Pickering Twp., Ontario. She married (1) James Chambers, b. abt 25 Jan 1826 in Scotland, d. 19 Jun 1858, buried in Altona Mennonite Cemetery, Pickering Twp., Ontario. She married (2) James Wilson, married 10 Feb 1860 in Ontario County, b. 16 Nov 1816 in Scotland, d. unknown

At Birth:
1 unknown but most likely England
5 Scotland
1 Canada
9 England

My Heritage Graph

My Gernanic Ancestry requires going back another generation. Graph created with KidsZone

© 2011 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Wordle

It is Saturday night and I am listening to the hockey game on the radio with Owen Sound Attack and Kootenay Ice playing in the Memorial Cup Hockey Series . I did the following Wordle from Wordle Net. I used the URL for this blog. I did a print screen and put it in PowerPoint and saved it as a jpg

Update: For some reason, I lost the feed for the online broadcast so I watched the last exciting period on TV.  The Attack won!

© 2011 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

 The challenge for tonight from Randy

What are your own d'Aboville numbers for your four lines of your grandparents (starting with the first known person in the paternal line)?  Your genealogy software program may be able to help you with this [Family tree Maker 2011, RootsMagic 4 and Legacy Family Tree 7 can, but Family Tree Maker 16 and earlier cannot].

If I have figured this right mine are:
From Richard Iles 1.1.7.2.6.2
From Josiah Dudley 1.4.6.2
From Thomas Love 1.3.5.5.2
From James Johnston 1.1.2.5.5.2

I used Brother's Keeper to figure this out. 
I created a Descendant Report - Indented Report. In the options I chose Henry - Brother's Keeper gives several options for Henry. The first one for them is actually the d'Aboville number format.

For my Stiver files, I put the documents in the binders according to this number. 

© 2010 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Fun - I write like

Today's challenge posed by Randy Seaver is to have our writing analyzed over at I write like.

 Canadian Carnival of Genealogy - Sadly, William Boyd made the news
The result was I write like James Joyce.

Teaching night school genealogy class three

The result was I write like David Foster Wallace.

 In Remembrance - Harold Edward Iles

The result was I write like H. P. Lovecraft

The other day I tried a couple of articles and it said I write like Stephen King.

It looks like my writing style varies greatly.

© 2010 Janet Iles

Saturday night genealogy fun - Why I do genealogy.

 Well, it is not quite Saturday night but I am going to accept the challenge Randy Seaver is giving us today. "Why do you do genealogy?"

I am curious. Who were my ancestors? Where did they live? What did they do for a living? What were the highlights and low moments in their lives?
I honour them by telling their stories.
It gives me a connection to the past. It makes history more interesting.
I enjoy the research. It is also good for the mind. I think that is one of the reasons I do research for others.
I am also finding that I get great satisfaction in writing the stories and sharing the information.
I have made some great friends with others who do genealogy and I have met a few distant cousins along the way.
Genealogy is more fun than housework.


© 2010 Janet Iles

Saturday night fun - I feel lucky

Saturday Night Fun
Randy Seaver sent out a challenge to search on Google and choose "I fell lucky."

So for a quick break, I thought I'd give it a try for a few that he did.

my name - Janet Iles - brings up Janet the researcher blog
genealogy = http://www.familysearch.org/
genealogy free - http://expertgenealogy.com/free - links
Grey County historical society - the website came up


that's all I am going to do for now. I am tired. It is after supper and I need to take a nap. It must be looking at the microfilm of British parish registers this morning and missing my 5K walk is making it difficult to keep awake.
© 2010 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Fun with creating calendars

 

The above is a sample of a calendar created in Legacy. I use Brother's Keeper for my family datbase but it doesn't have a calendar creation program so I exported a gedcom to Legacy.

I tried various variations and decided to do only birthdays of those who have died. Even with that, not all the dates would fit on the appropriate space and it created supplementary pages for each month. When I added a photo to the page, it caused problems so that a whole month did not show on a page.

If I was making a calendar for family, I would include the living people.

Above on the calendar for January 30 there is only one person shown in the square and that is William Buckindale born in 1865. He is in my Stiver line.

Today is one of my niece's birthday. Happy birthday, H.

© 2010 Janet Iles

Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Interests?

Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Interests?

Tonight's Saturday Night challenge from Randy Seaver is for us to talk about our interests outside of genealogy and blogging. Sometimes, it seems that all my time and energy are focused on genealogy related activities - my own research, research for others, blogging, etc.

I do enjoy reading although it is limited. I belong to a book club through our church. We read a variety of books. Discussions on the book are generally not in-depth discussions. Our hostess for the once a month gathering provides something delicious to eat.

I love the beauty of flowers as those who visit my blog know from the many photographs of flowers that I post here for Wordless Wednesday. I enjoy them in my garden but I must admit, I do not put much effort into maintaining my garden.

On television, I enjoy watching the decorating shows, Cityline and Breakfast Television.

Two years ago, I began to set aside about an hour a day to walk about five days a week. It has become a necessary part of my day. It gets  me away from the computer and it is good for my mental and physical well being. It is great to be able to walk indoors year round.

For over thirty years or perhaps it is closer to forty years, I have taught Sunday School to the youngest children.

Of course, my family is one of my great interests. My sister and brother and their children are so very special to me.


© 2010 Janet Iles

Surname - Iles - Distribution

 Randy Seaver has given this challenge for our Saturday night Genealogy Fun. - Go to the public profiler site and see on the map the distribution of your surname.

I have done this search for the Iles surname. So first is the World Wide Map. - The United Kingdom and Australia have the highest concentration of the surname with Australia edging out the United Kingdom by a small fraction. They were followed by New Zealand, then Serbia and then Canada. . 

This map shows the distribution in the United Kingdom. The southwest now has the greatest concentration over the West Midlands area where our family came from before coming to Canada. The southwest area includes Gloucestershire where I have found the beginnings of the Iles family in my research. .

 

 In Canada, Ontario has the highest concentration with the Prairie provinces and Quebec having about the same.
© 2009 Janet Iles

Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Ahnentafel Roulette

Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Ahnentafel Roulette

Randy's away but we still get to do Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.

We are to take the age that your father would be if living and that would 93 as he was born in 1916.
Divided by 4 that makes 23.25 and rounded to the nearest number would be 23.

#23 on my Ahnentafel Chart is Hannah James. She is my great-great grandmother.

3 facts
1. She married John Mucklow on 11 September 1843 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. (English civil registration)
2. Her father was George James. I do not know her mother's name.
3.I have found 11 children for her and John. (census and baptismal records)


Thanks Randy, I haven't talked about Hannah Mucklow (nee James) before.

addition
I remembered that I actually have a photo of her that I had received several years from the husband of my second cousin in England.

© 2009 Janet Iles