Weekly Recap – September 29 – October 5 2019
How Did I Do This Week?
10-5-2019
I felt like I processed a lot of hints this week, but it seems my numbers grew quite a bit! All Hints increased by 14, Records increased by 882, Photos increased by 242, and even stories doubled!
These big increases are a result of adding new people to my Ancestry Tree or fixing people’s facts so that the profile is more accurate resulting in more matches.
I turned Member Trees off this week. I don’t attach those to my ancestor’s profiles anymore because I’ve seen several times where the information was inaccurate which stunted my own progress. I’m still going back through and removing all of the trees I’ve attached in the past and removing the inaccurate facts associated with them.
September 29 – October 5
Last week, I focused primarily on the Buchanan line and their wives. This is the line I’m most interested in completing because of the Buchanan Ancestry book claiming we are related to the former President James Buchanan. Not that it’s something to be particularly proud of, he was the worst president in history, but it would be cool to have such a notable relation.
This week, I wanted to process the spouses families from last week. While I did the Buchanan Ancestor and their spouse, I hadn’t done the parents and siblings of the spouse. So this week I’m focusing on the parents of the spouses… as well as a couple remaining Buchanan’s.
I researched the following new people in order this week:
- Robert Singleton
- Sarah Floyd
- Victor Buchanan
- Elizabeth Allison
- Rebekah Tucker
- William Buchanan
Now I know that isn’t a super long list, but I wanted to focus on just one line and these are the last remaining people in that line. I didn’t want to start a new line mid-week, so instead, I created a few family history posts.
I have not published posts for all of these folks yet, but as I do, I will come back to this page and update the links to them.
The family history posts I created this week were for the following families:
Plan Going Forward
In my previous Progress post, I laid out a plan for continuing my research. I need an organized plan in order to get all of this done in a systematic way.
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I planned to focus on direct ancestors and their spouses. That is still the plan going forward. Just to clarify, the spouses of direct ancestors are usually also direct ancestors, as are their parents.
I’m only saying Direct Ancestors and their spouses to make it clear that I’m researching a couple, not just one individual ancestor.
I got as far back as I could on the Buchanan line this week, so next week I intend to start on the Black family.
Extra Credit
I did work on one of my other activities to advance my genealogical experience a little bit further. While these tasks certainly aren’t necessary for every family historian, they are tasks that I find beneficial and therefore I would recommend to anybody pursuing their own ancestry.
- Grave Hunting
- Grave Tagging
- Training Courses
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Find A Grave Memorials
I try to conclude each person’s story with their burial. I do this because the burial represents their resting place. I have found that the Find A Grave website has been an invaluable asset in finding out where my ancestors are resting and obtaining photos of their headstones.
I went out and did a lot of Grave Tagging last year and so I have pictures that I will be working on creating Memorials for on Find A Grave. But right now they are saved up on Billion Graves so I’m working on saving them to my local computer so that I can upload them to Find A Grave when I create the memorials.
This year, I’ve helped 8,298 people so far find their ancestors by tagging graves and transcribing headstones. This is my way of giving back, I’m super proud to be able to help.
I am officially no a role now, getting things done and posts created for each ancestor. I think I’ve completely gotten over the hurdle of trying to pick up where I left off and get the ball rolling again. Now it’s just a matter of keeping the momentum going.
With that…it’s time to start the week!
Take care and hug your loved ones,
~Kris
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Mary Bixby
Documented History
Mary Stiglet gave birth to her and Fred’s baby girl on 18 September 1858 in Illinois. They named her Elizabeth Sarah, according to her Death Certificate. Her nickname was Lizzie. According to Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Fred and Mary were both born in Missouri.
Unfortunately, that’s really all I know about Mary at this point. There are no hints associated with Mary on Ancestry just yet and I have not found any additional information.
If you knew of Mary Bixby or her family, I would love to hear from you! Please leave a few lines in the Comments section to help keep her story alive! Of course, as I learn more information about Mary, I will come back and update this page.
Until next time,
~Kris
Fred Stiglet
Documented History
Fred and Mary Stiglet birthed a baby girl on 18 September 1858 in Illinois. They named her Elizabeth Sarah, according to her Death Certificate. Her nickname was Lizzie. According to Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Fred and Mary were both born in Missouri.
Unfortunately, this is the only information I have at this time for Fred Stiglet. He has no hints on Ancestry yet, other than the Death Certificate for his daughter. But if you knew Fred Stiglet or his family and would like to share your memories, we’d love to hear from you! Just drop a few lines in the Comments and let us know what you remember.
As always, I will come back and update this page as I find additional information for Fred.
Until then,
~Kris
Biver Family History
Surname Origin
The surname Biver seems to be a variant of the Beaver surname, according to Geneanet. Name spellings often change over the centuries, so it is common to see different variants of a surname. The listed variants include: BEAVER | BEAVERS | BEVER | BEVERE | BEVEREN | BEVERT | BIVERE | BIVVIERE.
According to the House of Names website, the Beaver surname originated in Beauvoir, several locations in Normandy. It is composed of Old French roots beu, meaning fair or lovely, and voir, meaning to see. It implies that the named lives in a residence with a fine view.
Clemens Clarence & Mary Augusta Biver
The Beaver surname was first found in Berkshire, where lands had been granted to them by King William, their liege lord, for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in the 1066 A.D. Norman Conquest which was when the Normans brought the surname into England.
But due to the political and religious uncertainty in England, many boarded ships headed to other British colonies such as Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to arrive in North America were Beavers. Click to learn more about the family history.
Initially, I always check the Ancestry.com site to see what information they have. They have 7,000 historical documents on Biver ancestors. While not many, it certainly gives some hope that I will find at least a few ancestor records.
Biver Population
The House of Names website gives a lot of great information on the origins of this surname and their activity before migrating over to America. Between 1840 and 1920, the Biver family name was found in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. In 1840, there were only two Biver families living in North Carolina which accounted for 67% of all the recorded Biver’s in North America. Illinois had another Biver family, accounting for the remaining 33%.
The year 1920 had the biggest population of Biver families as compared to years prior. Illinois Biver population was up to 8 families which was the highest population at 17%, but by this time, they had started spreading throughout the United States.
Biver Occupations
In the late 1800s, Biver families held a very small variety of different jobs between the United States, Canada, and England.
In the United States, 75% of Biver’s were Farmers with the other 25% working in the farming industry while, in England, 100% of Biver’s were employed as scholastic agents.
Life Expectancy
Early on, life expectancy for Biver’s was just about the same as the General Population was. But, for the Biver family, life expectancy increased sharply by like 30 years where as the life expectancy for the general population only increased by about 20 years or so. But, unlike the general population, life expectancy took a steep decline after that initial increase.
In the United States, between the years 1951 and 2004, Biver life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2004, and highest in 1975. The average life expectancy for Biver in 1951 was 48, and 33 in 2004.
Biver Family Members I’ve Found So Far
I obviously still have a lot of work to do in order to fill this family out and discover my roots. I will be working on that in the weeks and months ahead.
Have you found any Biver’s in your family tree yet? I would love to know how they relate to my Biver ancestors! I’m hoping to find more information on why they ended up in France and then left France for the United States. I have so many questions!
As always, I will come back and update this page as I learn more about the Biver family.
Happy Searching!
~Kris
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Elizabeth Sarah Stiglet
Documented History
In 1880, according to the Census, E. Sarah lived with her husband, William Buchanan, in Denison, Lawrence County, Illinois with their two sons. William was 29 years old and E. Sarah was 21 years old at the time.
Their sons were Frank, 1 year old, and Harley, 1 month old. William was a farmer and E. Sarah kept house.
William was born in Illinois but his parents were bornin Kentucky. E. Sarah and her parents were born in Missouri. The children were born in Illinois.
According to the Census, Lizzie lived with her husband and children in 1900, still in Denison, Lawrence County, Illinois. Her husband was 50 year old William Buchanan, born in August 1849. Lizzie was 43 years old and born in September 1856.
Their children were: Maurice G. – age 16 – born November 1883, Harrison – age 10 – born August 1889, Burton – age 9 – born May 1891, Purl – age 6 – born June 1893, and Mary F. – age 4 – born November 1895.
William was a farmer and Maurice G. was a farm laborer at the time. Harrison and Burton were at school.
In 1910, according to the United States Federal Census, Sara E. was 53 years old and lived with her husband, William Buchanan – age 60.
They had been married 32 years by this time. They still had two children living with them, Pearl – age 16, and Florence – age 14.
According to the United States Census, in 1920, Elizabeth was a widow living with her two youngest children. Elizabeth was 61 years old at the time.
Pearl E. was 26 and Florence M. was 24 years old. They still lived in Denison, Lawrence County, Illinois. Elizabeth owned the home. None of the three were working at the time.
In 1940, Elizabeth lived with her youngest daughter and son-in-law in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. She was 81 years old at the time.
Mary F. was 44 years old and married to James C. Murray, 59. They lived at 5480 Illinois in a house worth $9,000 that James owned.
James was born in Kentucky and worked as a salesman for a wholesale mining company. His salary was $5,000 and he worked for 52 weeks that year.
Death
According to Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Elizabeth Buchanan was hospitalized 10 days prior to her death at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. She was a widow of William Buchanan.
Her birth date was 18 September 1858, she was 86 years, 1 month, and 7 days old when she passed on 27 October 1944 of Intestinal Obstruction due to Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension .
Her father was Fred Stiglet born in Missouri and her mother was Mary Bixby, also born in Missouri. The informant was Ben Buchanan. Elizabeth was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955 reported Elizabeth’s passing on 28 October 1944. She was 86 years old at the time and had been born in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of her passing, she lived in Lawrence County, according to her obituary.
Her spouse was listed as William Buchanan and her children listed as Florence Murray, Pearl Frout, M.G. Buchanan, Benjamin Buchanan, and Burt Buchanan.
I have found some facts that aren’t necessarily verified by official records, such as the marriage date for Lizzie and William. I did not add those here as actual events but I will come back and add them later when I’m able to locate solid records for them. If you knew Lizzie or her family, I would love for you to share in the Comments section. I will come back and update this post periodically as I find additional information and I’d love to add your contribution to her story.
For now, take care and hug your loved ones!
~Kris
William Buchanan
Documented History
William Buchanan was born 6 August 1849 according to Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012.
In 1850, William lived in Lawrence County, Illinois with his parents and siblings.
His parents were Victor Thomas Buchanan age 34 and Nancy Jane Singleton age 21. His siblings were Priscilla age 8 and Mary C age 3. William was 1 year old at the time.
In 1860, William lived in Lawrence County, Denison, Illinois with his parents and siblings. Victor was 43 and Nancy was 30.
William was 10 years old. His siblings were Priscilla age 18, Mary C age 12, and Serelda A age 8. Victor was a farmer.
The value of his real estate was $2600 and the value of his personal estate was $850.
In 1870, William lived in Lawrence County, Illinois with his parents and siblings. Victor was 53, Nancy was 47, Mary was 22, William was 20, Serelda was 18, Emma was 8, and Nelly was 6 years old.
John Caughran, age 8, was also living with them. Victor was a Farmer and William worked on the farm. Victor was born in Kentucky, the rest were born in Illinois. His real estate value was $2500.
Marriage
William Buchanan married Sarah Elizabeth Siglet on 13 November 1877 according to his Find A Grave Memorial.
According to the United States Federal Census, William lived with his wife and two sons in 1880 at house number 183. The street was not listed but they lived in Denison, Lawrence County, Illinois.
William was 29 years old and his wife, E. Sarah, was 21 years old at the time. Their son, Frank, was 1 year old and their son, Harley, was only a month old.
William was a farmer and Sarah kept house. William had been born in Illinois, but his parents were born in Kentucky. E. Sarah was born in Missouri.
In 1900, William lived with his wife and children in Lawrence County, Denison, Illinois according to the Census. William was 50 years old and his wife Lizzie was 43.
Their children were Maurice G age 16, Harrison age 10, Burton age 9, Purl age 6, and Mary F age 4.
William was born in August 1849, Lizzie in September 1856, Maurice in November 1883, Harrison in August 1889, Burton in May 1891, Purl in June 1893, and Mary F in November 1895. William was a Farmer and Maurice was a Farm Laborer.
In 1910, William lived with his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, and two of their children, Pearl and Florence Buchanan according to the Census. William was 60, Lizzie was 53, Pearl was 16, and Florence was 14 years old. They still lived in Lawrence County, Denison, Illinois.
Death
William Buchanan was the son of Victor Thomas and Nancy J. (Singleton) Buchanan. He married Sarah Elizabeth Siglett on 13 November 1877 in Denison Township, Lawrence County, Illinois.
He died 4 March 1917 at 67 years old and was buried in the Buchanan Cemetery, Lawrence County, Illinois. Find A Grave Memorial # 102066835.
I’ve clearly found most of the census records for William, unfortunately, they don’t give me his middle name. I really need his middle name to help distinguish him from other William’s in the family. Hopefully, I will find it at some point.
If you happen to know of William and wouldn’t mind sharing, I would love for you to leave your memories and stories in the Comments section below. I will most definitely share them on this page to help keep his memories alive. As always, I will come back and update this page as I find additional information about William.
Until then, take care and hug your loved ones!
~Kris
Minnie Pearl Winton
Documented History
The 1910 United States Census tells me that Minnie Pearl Winton lived with her husband Moris G. Buchanan (Maurice Grant) in Illinois at the time. He was 26 and she was 19 years old, they were newly weds.
It confirms that they lived in Avena, Fayette, Illinois and that Minnie was born in 1891. Both spoke English and both were able to read and write. They did not have children at this time.
According to the 1920 United States Census, Pearl and Morris G. lived at 9295 Lafeyette St., Pakota, Pike, Indiana with their four children: Versa – age 9, twins Charles & Carlin – age 7, and Lois – age 5.
Maurice and Pearl had moved to Loogootee, Martin, Indiana with their three youngest children, according to the 1930 United States Census.
Charles and Carlin were 17 years old and Lois was 15 years old at the time. Maurice was a Pastor at the Methodist Church and was not a veteran. They rented a home worth $120.
A 1934 U.S. City Directory lists Maurice G and Pearl as an insurance agent living at 1233 N. State Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana.
The 1940 Census revealed that Pearl and M.G. lived alone in Grandview, Spencer, Indiana. It lists Pearl as 18 years old when she first married and birthed 4 children.
Her estimated birth year was 1892. She was 48 years old at the time of the Census, had completed the first year of high school and was an unpaid family worker as a private housekeeper.
A U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 record lists her name as Pearl M Welton and shows her married to Maurice G. Buchanan with a child named Lois C Kiraly.
Have we used the wrong last name and mixed up dates and parents for Pearl? I have gone through and removed all relationships for Pearl except for her husband and children as I have verified those. I also removed her birth and death dates. I set her birth date to 1891 as that is when the Census estimates she was born.
I will keep researching her until I can find more verifiable facts. I’m keeping these records because the relationships match. But other than these, I don’t have any further information on Pearl at this time. If you knew Pearl or her family, I would sure appreciate if you’d share any information you have in the Comments section below. I would love to know more about her as she is one of my greats.
Take care and hug your loved ones!
~Kris
Weekly Recap – Sept 22 – 28 2019
How Did I Do This Week?
09-28-2019
I managed to clear a whopping 93 hints this week, not too bad for one week. It’s still overwhelming to have more than 10,000 to go though.
I cleared 63 records, and 31 family trees. I remove the member trees completely because they tend to have inaccurate information and duplicate people that muddies up my tree. I don’t want that. I want to make sure I’ve verified everything I have personally, so I refuse to rely on other people’s trees.
I gained 7 stories which I’m excited to get to at some point. The stories are my favorite part of this because they tell more about the ancestor as a person than the record hints do.
September 22 – 28
This week, I started working on new ancestors in my tree. Well, some of them I had looked at before and had new hints, but some of the folks were new to my tree.
I researched the following new people in order this week:
Not too bad for one week. Most of these folks didn’t have a lot of information on them just yet but I found a little bit on each of them just to get them started.
Plan Going Forward
In my previous Progress post, I changed my plan for continuing my research. I need an organized plan in order to get all of this done in a systematic way.
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Instead of starting at one generation and researching all of the people within that generation, I decided to focus solely on my direct ancestors first.
By doing it this way, it’ll be easier for me to keep track of the details for each person to ensure that they I don’t mix up records and attach incorrect facts.
So for now, I will proceed with what I did this last week, I’ll research a direct ancestor and their spouse until I get as far back as I can. While I’m researching them, I will make note of their children so that I can come back and research those indirect ancestors later on.
Once I’ve gotten as far back as I can on one line of direct ancestors, I’ll move on to the next line and do the same for that one. I will repeat this process for each line of direct ancestors until I’ve gotten as far back as I can on all of them. Then I will shift my focus to filling out their families with the indirect ancestors.
Extra Credit
I did work on a couple of my extra credit activities this last week. While these tasks certainly aren’t necessary for every family historian, they are tasks that I find beneficial and therefore I would recommend to anybody pursuing their own ancestry.
- Grave Hunting
- Grave Tagging
Ancestry Academy Courses
I did not take any of the ancestry academy courses during this time as I was focused more on research and graves.
But I did watch a training video about TreeShare, a feature of the RootsMagic tool that I use to sync up with Ancestry.com.
RootsMagic’s TreeShare for Ancestry
This video basically walked through how to use TreeShare to sync up your family tree in RootsMagic to your family tree on Ancestry.com and how to process the changes between the two. It also reviewed how to process hints in RootsMagic as well as a few other capabilities of the tool.
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Grave Hunting
I know there are mixed feelings about people photographing headstones of people that aren’t their own family. I try my hardest to be respectful when I go out and document graves.
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Since I rely on this in order to find my own family members, I feel it is important for me to give back in the same manner.
I can say from my own personal experience, when I go out to a cemetery for this purpose, I pay the utmost respect to each grave I visit. When there is trash around the area, I pick it up. When there is overgrowth growing on the headstone, I pull it and clean it up. When the flowers and memorabilia have fallen over, I pick them up and set them right. This is just my way of paying respect to our ancestors before us…whether they are my direct ancestor or not.
I did go grave hunting once this week, unfortunately, the cemetery I was looking for was not found. The address I had for it took me to a location that did not have a cemetery where I could easily find it. So it was a failed mission.
Grave Tagging
Billion Graves sends volunteers out to local cemeteries to take photos of the headstones in each cemetery. As you take the photos, Billion Graves attaches a GPS tag to that headstone. This allows people to find the graves of their family members online and know exactly where they are on the map.
Since I live in a new area now, I researched the area cemeteries and spent a lot of time this past two years documenting graves. I tagged 951 graves this week at the Florida National Cemetery.
951 Graves Tagged
Transcribing the headstones makes the people searchable within the database. I have not uploaded them and transcribed them yet. But doing so allows family historians like myself to find the resting places of their family members as well as obtain the dates of their birth and death.
This year, I’ve helped 8,803 people find their ancestors by tagging graves and transcribing headstones this year. This is my way of giving back, I’m super proud to be able to help.
I made steady progress this week and I’m feeling like I’m getting back on track with things. I think by this time next week, I will have pretty much every aspect of this working like a well oiled machine again.
With that…it’s time to start the week!
Take care and hug your loved ones,
~Kris
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Maurice Grant Buchanan
Documented History
Maurice Grant Buchanan was born on 20 November 1883 according to his World War I Draft Registration Card.
In 1900, Maurice lived with his parents and siblings in Lawrence County, Demison, Illinois according to the Census. His parents were William Buchanan, age 50 born August 1849 and Lizzie age 43 born September 1856.
His siblings were Harrison age 10 born August 1889, Burton age 9 born May 1891, Purl age 6 born June 1893, and Mary F age 4 born November 1894.
Maurice was 16 years old at the time and the oldest sibling. The census record confirms he was born in November 1883. Lizzie was born in Missouri, everyone else was born in Illinois. William was a farmer and Maurice was a farm laborer at the time.
Maurice lived in Fayette County, Avena, Illinois with his wife Minnie P. in 1910 according to the Census. Maurice was 26 and Minnie was 19 at the time. Maurice was a Methodist Minister.
On 12 September 1918, Maurice was drafted for World War I according to U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. He lived in Posey County, Indiana at the time.
Maurice lived on Lafayette Street, Pike County, Patoka, Indiana in 1920 with his wife and children according to the Census. Maurice was 36 years old, his wife Pearl was 29.
Their oldest daughter, Versa was 9 years old. The twins, Charlie and Carlin were 7 years old and their youngest daughter Lois was 5 years old. Maurice was a Preacher at the time.
In 1930, Maurice lived in Martin County, Indiana with his wife and 3 of their kids. Maurice was 46 years old, Pearl was 39.
The twins, Charlie and Carlin were 17 and the youngest, Lois, was 15 years old. Maurice was a Methodist Pastor.
In 1931, Maurice lived at 1518 Arsenal Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana according to U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989.
Maurice and Pearl lived at 1233 N. State Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1934. Maurice was an insurance agent.
According to the 1940 Census, Maurice and Pearl lived in Sullivan, Indiana in 1935.
In 1940, Maurice and Pearl lived in Spencer County, Grandview, Indiana according to the Census. Maurice was 56 and Pearl was 48 years old. Maurice was a Preacher at the Grandview Rockport Parish working 30 hours and making $1100.
Maurice was drafted for World War II in 1942 according to U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. At the time, he was 58 years old and lived at 2906 Kenwood Avenue, Grandview, Indiana with his wife.
In 1947, Maurice was an Arler in Indianapolis, Indiana according to U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989.
Maurice and Pearl lived at 428 E. 49th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1959 according to U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989.
Death
Maurice died 8 September 1965 in Hamilton County, Indianapolis, Indiana according to U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current. His social security number was issued by Indiana.
According to Newspapers.com, Maurice was living at 1428 49th St. when he passed at University Heights Hospital. His widow was Trudy Buchanan, his second wife as well as his four children from his marriage to Pearl.
Maurice was 82 years old when he died. He was buried in Saint Francisville, Lawrence County, Illinois at the Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Maurice’s Find A Grave Memorial lists his parents as William Buchanan and Sarah Elizabeth Stiglet. He had one sibling, Harley Buchanan. Maurice and Pearl’s children were Versa, Philip, Charles, and Lois.
Aside from the information on this page, I was able to find a signed copy of the book Maurice wrote about the Buchanan family genealogy. At some point, I will be sharing the details of that book on this site, but I am still working on dissecting it for now.
If you knew Maurice or his family, I would love it if you’d share a few memories with us in the comments section below. I’ll take your comments and share them on this page, giving you credit of course, making sure that Maurice’ story lives on.
For now, take care and hug your loved ones!
~Kris
App Family History
The App surname is derived from the Old English word æpse, meaning aspen. It could be used as a nickname for a timid person, referring to the trembling leaves of a tree, according to House of Names.
The name dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain and indicates family that lived near notable aspen trees. Ancestry reports it as being English or German.
There are over sixty thousand historical documents on Ancestry for this surname. There are census records dating back to the Domesday Book in 1076 in England showing how App family held onto their holdings during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, unlike many Saxon families in that time.
The App family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920, according to Ancestry. The year 1880 shows the most App families found in the United States.
There were 145 App families living in Pennsylvania at the time which was about 35% of all the recorded App’s in America. Pennsylvania had the highest population of App families in 1880.
By 1920 there were 50 App families living in Pennsylvania. This was about 22% of all the recorded App’s in the United States. And Pennsylvania still had the highest population of App families in 1920 followed closely by Ohio.
In 1880, the top 3 reported jobs worked by App family members were Farming, House Keeping, and being Laborers. The most common of which at 34% of all App’s was Farming. Store Clerks were a less common occupation for the App family.
In the UK, the most common App occupation in the UK was Cowman (Dairy) in 1881 with 50% of App’s being Cowmen. The top 2 reported jobs worked by App family members were Cowman and Locksmith.
The life expectancy for the App family was along the same lines as that of the general population…just…in waves. They start off living slightly longer than the general population in 1962 but dip down to mid-fifties by 1966 just to turn around and surpass them again in 2001 at 77 years before falling back down.
I’m not sure what has happened in App family history that has caused such drastic changes in the life expectancy rates, but I do intend to figure it out at some point.
- Frederic – Wife: Bernedine
I have a lot of work to do still. These ancestors are several generations back on my family tree so I haven’t researched a whole lot on them just yet. As I do, I will certainly come back here and update this page with my findings. My goal, after all, is to help keep their memories alive by telling their stories.
I would love to learn things about this family like did any of them actually live near notable aspen trees? What kind of labor did they do? When and why did they immigrate to the United States? Did they bring their immediate families with them? Why or why not?
Until next time, happy searching!
~Kris
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Applegate Family
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Beyl Family
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Biver Family
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