Again, I've had the pleasure of "meeting" new family members. When Dawn commented on something she had seen on my blogsite, concerning her great grandmother, Addie Brachvogel Dague, our enthusiasm for this new contact encouraged me to be more diligent in blogging.
To begin...Addie's mother, Rosella Wilson Brachvogel was the twin sister of my ggrandmother, Rosetta Wilson Carrington. They were twins that had come to South Dakota by covered wagon when young girls. Addie had seven children. One of them, Dale had many children (13?) of whom one was Doyle Dean.
Dawn's information sent to me starts here: I may decide to "pick and choose" and paraphrase as I go along. I will eliminate the names of those living relatives but will include Dawn's information on my Family Tree program.
"Doyle Dean was born August 27, 1951 at Huron, SD and married Helen (Earlene) McDaniel, Sept. 16, 1972. Doyle was a miner. Pop died September 19, 2007 of a heart attack."
"Doyle Dean Dague of Pueblo West died at home Sept. 19, 2007 of a heart attack. He was born August 27, 1951 at Huron, SD to Dale and Betty Jean (Tollefson) Dague.
Mr. Dague worked in various jobs, starting with Spino's as a mobile home setter and then with Climax Molydenum Company as an underground miner until it closed in 1982. He then worked at Poncha Lumber, and returned to Climix until its second closing at which time he went to work for Salida Salvage.
He and Earlene moved to Kansas for a short time, but returned to Colorado which was home to them. He was currently employed in Colorado Springs for SkyWest Airlines.
He loved hunting pheasants in the Dakotas, boating on the pontoon with his family, especially his grandchildren, who lived to drive Poppy's pontoon.
Working with his hands was something he loved to do too, whether it was helping any of his many friends, extended family or working on their new dream home in Pueblo West, you could count on his help and expertise.
First and foremost he was a loving husband, father, grandpa, brother and friend, whose sense of humore and quick laugh will be greatly missed.
Mr. Dague is survived by...omitted, by blogger for privacy of surviving family.
Though not mentioned...I'm assuming that Doyle passed away in the state of Colorado. He sounds like someone who respected his role in family and gave his all to those who knew him. I wish I could have met him.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Part Two of Erich's Enke Findings
Quoting from Erich..."It turns out there was indeed a Ludwig Jakob Encke, age 23 as of 1776, from Bieber in the Hesse province in Germany. He was enrolled and immediately shipped to America in May 1776 as a bombadier in the Hanua Artillery Unit, after the first wave had already left. Incidently, a Johann Ludwig Encke of similar age and enrolled at the same time from Bieber, seem to have accompanied Ludwig. The nature of their relationship to him is unknown." Note: I guess I can see why I previously had John's father written down as Jacob.
"The majority of the unit was captured at Saratoga by the Americans. The prisoners were transferred to Virginia in Nov. 1778. The commander feared being transferred to Pennsylvania, because of the close association the Hessians had with the Pennsylvania Deutsch. In September 1782, "selling oneself" into three years indentured servitude began and subsequently being able to stay in the New World, as well as recruitment amongst the prisoners for the American side. The records say that Ludwig was indeed sold."
"How interesting...on April 10, 1786, almost exactly after those three years are up, we see Ludwig having his first child, Magdelene, with his wife, Elizabeth Muschlitz, daughter of Gottfried Muschlitz from Towamensing. Ludwig almost assuredly served Gottfried Muschlitz and became acquainted with his daughter. Gottfried was a German-speaking immigrant. At this point, we start seeing 'Lewis' in some documentsw, and 'Ludwig' in others.?"
"It is my belief that Lewis and Elizabeth had three children; the aforementioned Magdalene, Elizabeth born 1788 who later married Henry Swank, and John. If John's gravestone can be believed, John was born in 1786, and would have been twins with Magdalene, but if this is the case, then why isn't John recorded beside Magdalene in the baptismal registers?"
Erich then lists the documents that Lewis shows up in over the years. He ends this particular document with "Since Lewis doesn't appear on the 1830 census (but John does), my guess is that Lewis died by 1830, and did not move to Ohio with John. Finding Lewis' grave would be most helpful, as would any other primary sources."
I can use Erich's finding as examples of how to do family research the correct way. He doesn't assume anything, uses family "knowledge" as pointers, but looks towards documentation for everything. Erich is patient and though the internet is very important, he checks and double checks what is found there. I've spent too long assuming that gggrandfather, Peter DeLong, was indeed lost in a snowstorm in SD, as per my aunts. There is not hard evidence of this, and I'm going to direct my research to the state of Michigan where a death certificate awaits. A lesson learned!
"The majority of the unit was captured at Saratoga by the Americans. The prisoners were transferred to Virginia in Nov. 1778. The commander feared being transferred to Pennsylvania, because of the close association the Hessians had with the Pennsylvania Deutsch. In September 1782, "selling oneself" into three years indentured servitude began and subsequently being able to stay in the New World, as well as recruitment amongst the prisoners for the American side. The records say that Ludwig was indeed sold."
"How interesting...on April 10, 1786, almost exactly after those three years are up, we see Ludwig having his first child, Magdelene, with his wife, Elizabeth Muschlitz, daughter of Gottfried Muschlitz from Towamensing. Ludwig almost assuredly served Gottfried Muschlitz and became acquainted with his daughter. Gottfried was a German-speaking immigrant. At this point, we start seeing 'Lewis' in some documentsw, and 'Ludwig' in others.?"
"It is my belief that Lewis and Elizabeth had three children; the aforementioned Magdalene, Elizabeth born 1788 who later married Henry Swank, and John. If John's gravestone can be believed, John was born in 1786, and would have been twins with Magdalene, but if this is the case, then why isn't John recorded beside Magdalene in the baptismal registers?"
Erich then lists the documents that Lewis shows up in over the years. He ends this particular document with "Since Lewis doesn't appear on the 1830 census (but John does), my guess is that Lewis died by 1830, and did not move to Ohio with John. Finding Lewis' grave would be most helpful, as would any other primary sources."
I can use Erich's finding as examples of how to do family research the correct way. He doesn't assume anything, uses family "knowledge" as pointers, but looks towards documentation for everything. Erich is patient and though the internet is very important, he checks and double checks what is found there. I've spent too long assuming that gggrandfather, Peter DeLong, was indeed lost in a snowstorm in SD, as per my aunts. There is not hard evidence of this, and I'm going to direct my research to the state of Michigan where a death certificate awaits. A lesson learned!
More on the Enke Family
Little by little, the amazing Enke family is coming more clear to me. Recently Erich, of Enke history fame, shared a map on Google that showed the passage of that family from Germany to various parts of the United Sates.
A synopsis of Erich's hard and probably tedius work follows. John Enke is my ancestor, the father of Lydia Enke who married William White Wilson. He traveled (with wife Anne Pryor) "to Trumbull/Mahoning County, Ohio from somewhere in Pennsylvania, and that he traveled on from there to Knox County, Illinois. There is some disagreement regarding which and how many children John had, but for many, John has a sure place in their ancestry." Note: First I had nine children listed, though heard numbers as high as 15. Found at least two more today, while going through information.
I have a tentative "Jacob, married to Elizabeth" as John's father. Here's what Erich says. "I think I have definitely proven that our John's father is Lewis, from Auch Chunk, in Northampton county Pennsylvania (present day Jim Thorpe in carbondale county)."
"Lewis and Jesse Pryor Enke (John's son) stayed behind in Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County (the next county over). John is mentioned by name as Jesse's father in Alfred Alonzo's (Jesse's son) published family history (although facts ascribed to John pertain rather to Lewis --John left Pennsylvania before Alfred was even born so the confusion is understandable) and place names travel with our Enkes ("Elm", "mahoning', and "union") which link Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Northampton county Pennsylvania."
"Lewis was a native of Germany, who left his native country during the struggle for independence between England and the young colonies, and in this conflict he bore an active part AGAINST the Americans'. He was a man of considerable ability and intelligence, whose parents had set him apart for the church, but who thought for himself as he advanced in years and determined to choose his own career (the polite way of saying 'mercenary'). After the war ceased and the colonists were victorious, he settle at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania."
"Edith Elizabeth Enke (aka Edie Adms) also mentions in a documentary that her family has passed down the idea that our ancestor was a Hessian soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War."
A synopsis of Erich's hard and probably tedius work follows. John Enke is my ancestor, the father of Lydia Enke who married William White Wilson. He traveled (with wife Anne Pryor) "to Trumbull/Mahoning County, Ohio from somewhere in Pennsylvania, and that he traveled on from there to Knox County, Illinois. There is some disagreement regarding which and how many children John had, but for many, John has a sure place in their ancestry." Note: First I had nine children listed, though heard numbers as high as 15. Found at least two more today, while going through information.
I have a tentative "Jacob, married to Elizabeth" as John's father. Here's what Erich says. "I think I have definitely proven that our John's father is Lewis, from Auch Chunk, in Northampton county Pennsylvania (present day Jim Thorpe in carbondale county)."
"Lewis and Jesse Pryor Enke (John's son) stayed behind in Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County (the next county over). John is mentioned by name as Jesse's father in Alfred Alonzo's (Jesse's son) published family history (although facts ascribed to John pertain rather to Lewis --John left Pennsylvania before Alfred was even born so the confusion is understandable) and place names travel with our Enkes ("Elm", "mahoning', and "union") which link Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Northampton county Pennsylvania."
"Lewis was a native of Germany, who left his native country during the struggle for independence between England and the young colonies, and in this conflict he bore an active part AGAINST the Americans'. He was a man of considerable ability and intelligence, whose parents had set him apart for the church, but who thought for himself as he advanced in years and determined to choose his own career (the polite way of saying 'mercenary'). After the war ceased and the colonists were victorious, he settle at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania."
"Edith Elizabeth Enke (aka Edie Adms) also mentions in a documentary that her family has passed down the idea that our ancestor was a Hessian soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War."
Getting Back in the Swing of Things with the DeLong Family
As I have mentioned before, I worried about repeating myself in my blog so therefore "blogged myself" down and literally stopped using this wonderful communication tool. Recently there have been people visiting my site and commenting back to me, adding to my knowledge of family members. It's pretty exciting. Perhaps from them, and their parents I can fill in the many remaining questions I have. I just sent my Sept. Prairie Roots Newsletter to the printer, so this is a great time to restart. Don't know about Prairie Roots? Just let me know. A terrifically fun publication that I put out each quarter.
One such person Historian is Doug, whose information on the DeLong family has been very useful. He gave me a long report on the Descendents of Peter DeLong (what descendencey chart isn't long?). I'm going to go through it once again and share with readers that information that I hadn't know before. At the same time, I'll add these facts/stories to my Family Tree Program.
This Peter is the son of Arie (Orra) Delong and Jannetje (Jane) Van Vleckeren. He was born in 1805. He and two of his brothers, John and Richard all resided in Whitby Twp., Ontario County in 1851. Just checked and Ottawa County is near Grand Rapids.
Peter Sr. had a son, Peter, Jr., born 1838. Doug has mentioned the story of this Peter, moving to Michigan, and as a farmer and inventor, was killed when slipping between rail cars, while demonstrating his rail car coupler. I've been told, by family, that this Peter was killed in a snowstorm in Bonilla, SD. As I just wrote Doug, I must rid myself of this last story, enough to do some serious research on the inventor story. I had made the assumption that Peter Sr. was the inventor. I'm sure I'm not correct. I've had a Gentleman working with the railroad in Whitby looking for any history on this, and he has come up empty.
I've already posted most of Doug's information on my Family Tree program. It still was a good chance to think about these DeLong Ancestors and give more clearance on the movement this family made from New York, to different areas of Canada, to Michigan, than SD, then back to Canada.
One such person Historian is Doug, whose information on the DeLong family has been very useful. He gave me a long report on the Descendents of Peter DeLong (what descendencey chart isn't long?). I'm going to go through it once again and share with readers that information that I hadn't know before. At the same time, I'll add these facts/stories to my Family Tree Program.
This Peter is the son of Arie (Orra) Delong and Jannetje (Jane) Van Vleckeren. He was born in 1805. He and two of his brothers, John and Richard all resided in Whitby Twp., Ontario County in 1851. Just checked and Ottawa County is near Grand Rapids.
Peter Sr. had a son, Peter, Jr., born 1838. Doug has mentioned the story of this Peter, moving to Michigan, and as a farmer and inventor, was killed when slipping between rail cars, while demonstrating his rail car coupler. I've been told, by family, that this Peter was killed in a snowstorm in Bonilla, SD. As I just wrote Doug, I must rid myself of this last story, enough to do some serious research on the inventor story. I had made the assumption that Peter Sr. was the inventor. I'm sure I'm not correct. I've had a Gentleman working with the railroad in Whitby looking for any history on this, and he has come up empty.
I've already posted most of Doug's information on my Family Tree program. It still was a good chance to think about these DeLong Ancestors and give more clearance on the movement this family made from New York, to different areas of Canada, to Michigan, than SD, then back to Canada.
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