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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got some exciting news! So out of desperation I sent off what I knew about my Great Grandpa Louis Boon and Great Grandma Mary Bauwens to the Dickinson County Michigan Rootsweb email group and GUESS WHAT?! I got an email from a group member that had info on the families INCLUDING where they lived in Belgium! This person lives in Belgium so he can do research in the area that mine lived in. I think our families married into each other or something but he's not directly related.

Added by Leeann Boone on March 22, 2013 at 6:12pm — No Comments

My Titanic Connection Part Two!

So those of you who read my blog posts on the extremely rare occasion that I post them probably know that my great grandma and grandpa Boone were supposed to have something shipped over on the Titanic but for whatever reason wasn't which prompted a family trip to Belgium. Well recently I was doing some reading on the Titanic and I discovered that there were HOYT's on board the ship! William Fisher Hoyt and Frederick Hoyt and his wife. As far as I can tell William and Frederick are distant…

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Added by Leeann Boone on February 5, 2013 at 10:36pm — No Comments

My Titanic Connection

My grandpa Boone's parents came over from Belgium in the 1890's and I'd known for awhile that the family went back to Belgium in May 1912 and returned in June on the Antwerp. I'd always thought that they went over to see family but I found out from my Uncle that even though they did stick around for awhile to visit with the family, they'd actually gone over to retreive the rest of their belongings that their parents couldn't take with them when they first left Belgium and the family…

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Added by Leeann Boone on April 9, 2012 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Household Members: Name Age William Ross 44 Lois Ross 42 William Ross 16 Susan Ross 14 Rosella Ross 10 Nathaniel Ross 7 Agnes Ross 4 Lattie Ross 2 Charles Ross 2/12

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Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: William Ross Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin Mother's name: Lois Ross Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin Marital Status: Single

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1900 Census: 1900 United States Federal Census about Agnes Ross Name: Agnes Ross Home in 1900: Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin[Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin] Age: 4 Birth Date: Dec 1895 Birthplace: Wi…

1900 Census: 1900 United States Federal Census about Agnes Ross Name: Agnes Ross Home in 1900: Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin[Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin] Age: 4 Birth Date: Dec 1895 Birthplace: Wisconsin Race: White Gender: Female Relatio Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on May 19, 2011 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Ghostly Tales Of Wisconsin:The Book

Recently I went to my local library and checked out a book called Ghostly Tales Of Wisconsin. I think the book is good but not great. I guess maybe I would've enjoyed it more if I had not already known about all the spooks mentioned in the book and if even HALF of the facts about the spooks were true. I'll give you two examples. 1.) Ed Gein's home was Prairie Du Chein, NOT Plainfeild...although I beleive the towns do border eachother and are not far from my uncle Danny's home in Gays… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on July 17, 2010 at 6:19pm — No Comments

Then and Now

So I've been doing some genie searches for my "adoptive" Civil War people Nathaniel Ross and Gotifred Haffenstein of the 28th WI Volunteer infantry Co. H and Co. B respectfully. The 28th WI website has a compiled a list of the costs of gear that the men needed back then. I've added todays prices for the items I could find being made today that are similar to those of yester year. This how I will show the differences: Then/Now.

During Civil War/Now

Hat… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on May 3, 2010 at 5:45pm — No Comments

The Remake of True Grit-A Classic Western

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/02/24/true-grit-remake-is-really-happening-coen-brothers-cast-their-mattie-ross/

As you can see I'm not taking lightly to this! I watch the original for the bantering between Mattie Ross and Glen Campbell's Le Beuf!

Added by Leeann Boone on April 29, 2010 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Happy Belated Birthday and Early Angel Day Mom

I just want to take a moment to say happy birthday mom and happy angel day mom!
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30323245

Added by Leeann Boone on April 29, 2010 at 9:13pm — No Comments

Henry and Eva Carlsen Marriage

Marriage Record DetailsLast Name: CarlsonFirst Name: HenryDay: 22Month: AugustYear: 1907County: BarronVolume: 02Page: 0062

Added by Leeann Boone on April 20, 2010 at 1:17am — No Comments

Alice Walsh

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I am looking for any information regarding Alice M. Walsh(nee CARLSEN/SON) She was born 10/10/1913 in Rice Lake,WI to Henry and -Va(possibly Genieva, maiden name GUAY) Carlsen/son. The obit lists one brother named Clifferd of Waukesha. The obit says that she died 1/12/2001 in Waukesha,WI at the Waters Of West Moreland Manor nursing home. She was the founder of "The Birthday Club" at West Moreland and T.O.P.S group in Waukesha. Her husband Frances died in 1986. Both are burried in… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on April 15, 2010 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Great Uncle Alberts Birthday

Could you all please stop by my great uncle Alberts findagrave memorial to wish him a happy birthday? He was about to turn 2 when he died.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33775633

Added by Leeann Boone on January 2, 2010 at 8:45pm — No Comments

Yes,Virgina There IS A Santa Clause

This was my Milwaukee Journal Sentinal on Christmas Eve and I thought I'd post it and remind everyone of their childhood beleifs.

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Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on December 26, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

My Great Grandmother

Lastnight while in a genie chat me and another chatter goto talking about our family and how the women affected them. This made me remember that my mother had told me about her grandmother Phylis Erke who just passed away in September at 101.

When her husband would take the boys out hunting for deer she'd wait for them to leave and then put some feed out on the porch and then watch from inside the living room and when they'd come up for feed she'd shoot them. Great gramps and the… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on December 14, 2009 at 5:55pm — No Comments

Another Poem

Genealogist's Dilemma

While looking up my family tree

A horrid sight there I did see

This horse thief stared right down at me

I turned around and tried to flee

Please stop he called I'm Great Gramp Bob

And horses just my side line job

Don't be too quick to be a snob

With the elite I did hob nob

Please do not hide this sad research

I was a pillar of the church

Until I did our name besmirch

And toppled from my lofty… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on December 13, 2009 at 11:26pm — No Comments

What I Found On Einar HELDAHL Thanks Just M On Looking4kin.com

1930 WI state census for Sina: 1930 wife of head of household lived in Milwaukee,Milwaukee,WI wife of Henry S. Heldahl mother Einar who was 6 in 1930. Approximate DOB 1899. She was the first mother in law of my great aunt Helen.

Added by Leeann Boone on December 13, 2009 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Interesting Facts about the 1881 British Census

Interesting details discovered during the process of indexing the British 1881 Census. (Found in the Ensign magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, March 1996, p. 58.)

* The wife, mother, and daughter of James Christmas were all named Mary Christmas

* Frank Guest was listed as a visitor

* Harriet Goodhand was listed as a domestic servant

* The families of William Lovegrove, Henry Dearlove, and William Darling all lived on the same… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on December 11, 2009 at 7:45pm — No Comments

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BEETHOVEN'S NINTH

A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears some music. No one is around, so he starts searching for the source.

He finally locates the origin and finds it is coming from a grave with a headstone that reads: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770- 1827. Then he realizes that the music is the Ninth Symphony and it is being played backward! Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades a friend to return with him. By the time they arrive back at… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on December 11, 2009 at 7:43pm — No Comments

Genealogy Poems

Found these while surfing the web. I'll posting in multiple entries since I found alot I'd like to share.

"From those women and men

of great spirit, intelligence, and strength

who came before us and said 'yes' to life,

may we embody the best of their qualities.

In gratitude for their lives lived,

let us now continue to build a world

based on love, and on our inherited wisdom

about the oneness of the Creator and of the Creation

in all its… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on December 11, 2009 at 7:15pm — No Comments

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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Titanic Connection Part Two!

My Titanic Connection

Household Members: Name Age William Ross 44 Lois Ross 42 William Ross 16 Susan Ross 14 Rosella Ross 10 Nathaniel Ross 7 Agnes Ross 4 Lattie Ross 2 Charles Ross 2/12

Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: William Ross Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin Mother's name: Lois Ross Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin Marital Status: Single

1900 Census: 1900 United States Federal Census about Agnes Ross Name: Agnes Ross Home in 1900: Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin[Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin] Age: 4 Birth Date: Dec 1895 Birthplace: Wi…

Ghostly Tales Of Wisconsin:The Book

Then and Now

The Remake of True Grit-A Classic Western

Happy Belated Birthday and Early Angel Day Mom

Henry and Eva Carlsen Marriage

Alice Walsh

Great Uncle Alberts Birthday

Yes,Virgina There IS A Santa Clause

My Great Grandmother

Another Poem

What I Found On Einar HELDAHL Thanks Just M On Looking4kin.com

Interesting Facts about the 1881 British Census

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