Feature: Nancy Jane Bennett 168 Years Ago: Nancy Jane Bennett was born on 17 July 1852 in Georgia. Her youngest son, James Doffin Lanier, gave that date when he provided the personal information for Nancy Jane’s death certificate in 1926.1Georgia Department of Public Health, death certificate 24347 (1926), Mrs. Nancy Jane Lanier; digital image, Georgia […]
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This Week in the Family History: May 3–9
Feature: Madison Owens and Cecilia Owens 157 Years Ago: M. C. Owens completed a marriage bond on 7 May 1863 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, for the intent to marry Cecilia Owens.1 The marriage certificate portion of the bond is blank and no other records in the County Clerk’s office record the official date they married. […]
This Week in the Family History: April 26–May 2
Feature: Elmer Dennis Hopkins 60 Years Ago: Elmer Dennis Hopkins retired from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad 28 April 1960. Except for a break of less than 10 months for service in the U.S. Army from May 1918 to June 1919, he had worked for L & N since 15 December 1915.1 Elmer was working […]
This Week in the Family History: July 17–23
July 17 ► 40 Years Ago: Anna Rose Taylor Chesnut died in 1976 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. (Taylor line) ► 183 Years Ago: Houston G. Hankins and Mary “Polly” Weeks were married in 1833 in Livingston County, Kentucky. (Hankins line) July 20 ► 57 Years Ago: John William “Will” McCauley died in 1959 […]
This Week in the Family History: May 8–14
May 8 ► 261 years ago: Job Weeks was born in 1755 in Gloucester County, New Jersey. [Hankins line] May 12 ► 66 years ago: George Washington Owens died in 1950 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. [Taylor line] May 14 ► 137 years ago: Thomas Leander “Lee” Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty were married in 1879 […]
This Week in the Family History: April 24–30
April 25 ► Gladys McCauley Dukes died in 1978 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. [McCauley line] April 26 ► John R. Petty married Mary C. Bohannan in 1878 in Whitfield County, Georgia. [Hankins line] April 27 ► Cecilia “Celia” Owens was born in 1839 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. [Taylor line] April 28 ► Wesley Alfred […]
This Week in the Family History: January 10–16
January 10: ► 82 years ago: Wesley Alfred Owens died in 1934 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. (Taylor line) January 11: ► 51 years ago: Thomas Richard “Dick” Hankins died in 1965 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. (Hankins line) January 13: ► 119 years ago: Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” Lanier married Theodocia Smith in 1897 in […]
Surname Saturday – Weeks
James Weeks and Delinda Younger Very little is known about James Weeks. He was the son of Job Weeks who fought in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey then later lived in Ohio County, Virginia, Pope County, Illinois and Livingston County, Kentucky. Delinda Younger was probably born between 1790-1794. She was the daughter of Nehemiah […]
Surname Saturday – Weeks
Today’s surname is Weeks, the name of one of my 3rd great-grandmothers. 5. Verda Waller Hankins (my paternal grandmother) 10. Thomas Leander “Lee” Hankins 20. Albert Elvie Hankins41. Mary “Polly” Weeks Born abt. 1816 Married Houston G. Hankins 17 Jul 1833, Livingston County, Kentucky Died bef. 187082. James Weeks Sr. Married Delinda (maiden name unknown) […]