SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Two Degrees of Separation
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music):
1) Using your ancestral lines, how far back in time can you go with two degrees of separation? That means "you knew an ancestor, who knew another ancestor." When was that second ancestor born?
2) Tell us about it in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, in a status line on Facebook or a stream post on Google+.
For my 2 degrees of separation I will start with my maternal grandparents:
I (b 1942) knew my maternal grandmother Alice Fleming Connery(b 1872) who, in turn, did not know her grandfather John Hennesy ( b 1784) and her grandmother Mary O'Donnell (b 1790) as they both are recorded as having died in 1833.
My maternal grandfather Michael Connery (b 1861) probably also did not know his grandparents Patrick Connery (b 1784)and Ellen Drake (b 1800). I don't know if Michael knew his maternal grandparents Patrick Leahy (b 1805) and Ellen McCarthy (b1807) since I have no death information for them.
All of my maternal ancestors were born in County Limerick, Ireland.
On my paternal side, I knew my grandfather Adolph Hansen (b 1880) for only 4 short years before his death in 1946. Adolph never met his paternal grandfather Martin Hansen (b 1829)since Adolph's father Adolf was illegitimate and never lived with his son. Martin had been a soldier in Oslo and when his military service ended he returned to his village of birth to marry and raise a family. Adolph's paternal grandmother Sophie Johannsdatter (b1829) raised her son Adolf in Oslo and was living with Adolph's brother Thorolf in the 1901 census so I believe it is very likely that Adolph knew her.
Adolph probably knew both of his maternal grandparents Daniel Kristensen (b 1817) and Karen Dorthea Christiansen (b 1833) since he lived with their daughter Magna when he first immigrated to Chicago. He also worked for his uncle Oscar Daniels.
I knew my Grandmother Henrietta Burbach (b 1888) and she knew her maternal grandfather Philip Schmitz (b 1834) but her maternal grandmother Elizabetha Kronenberger died in 1876 before Henrietta's birth.
Henrietta also knew both her paternal grandparents Georg Burbach (b 1825) and Catharina Caspary (b 1825) since they all lived on the same street in Milwaukee and her father and grandfather worked together.
I (b 1942) knew my maternal grandmother Alice Fleming Connery(b 1872) who, in turn, did not know her grandfather John Hennesy ( b 1784) and her grandmother Mary O'Donnell (b 1790) as they both are recorded as having died in 1833.
My maternal grandfather Michael Connery (b 1861) probably also did not know his grandparents Patrick Connery (b 1784)and Ellen Drake (b 1800). I don't know if Michael knew his maternal grandparents Patrick Leahy (b 1805) and Ellen McCarthy (b1807) since I have no death information for them.
All of my maternal ancestors were born in County Limerick, Ireland.
On my paternal side, I knew my grandfather Adolph Hansen (b 1880) for only 4 short years before his death in 1946. Adolph never met his paternal grandfather Martin Hansen (b 1829)since Adolph's father Adolf was illegitimate and never lived with his son. Martin had been a soldier in Oslo and when his military service ended he returned to his village of birth to marry and raise a family. Adolph's paternal grandmother Sophie Johannsdatter (b1829) raised her son Adolf in Oslo and was living with Adolph's brother Thorolf in the 1901 census so I believe it is very likely that Adolph knew her.
Adolph probably knew both of his maternal grandparents Daniel Kristensen (b 1817) and Karen Dorthea Christiansen (b 1833) since he lived with their daughter Magna when he first immigrated to Chicago. He also worked for his uncle Oscar Daniels.
I knew my Grandmother Henrietta Burbach (b 1888) and she knew her maternal grandfather Philip Schmitz (b 1834) but her maternal grandmother Elizabetha Kronenberger died in 1876 before Henrietta's birth.
Henrietta also knew both her paternal grandparents Georg Burbach (b 1825) and Catharina Caspary (b 1825) since they all lived on the same street in Milwaukee and her father and grandfather worked together.
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