So far, I can count on one hand what I already know about “La Moss”. In the documents I have, the name is always written as La Moss. Her birthday is listed in Llewellyn’s diary as February 27th. It looks like her surname in that same birthday entry is Menner.
Where do we start?
I have to start with figuring out where in Llewellyn’s timeline I am working. Llewellyn’s diary covers the years 1923-1925. At that time, she was living at home with her parents. She was working in an insurance office and teaching at her church. She got married in June of 1926. La Moss appears often in the diary. After looking at the diary again, I noticed La Moss only appears in the first year. That leads me to believe it’s possible she wasn’t even at the wedding. I have a guest book and gift list. I can’t skip them because this is the biggest list of Llewellyn’s friends and associates I have to work from.
I made an extra workbook in my Research Log to start. In that workbook, I went ahead and re-transcribed the guest list and the gift list. I marked the family members, whoever signed the gift list, and whoever signed the guest list. If you’d like to follow along and see the file, I uploaded it to my Google Drive.
The Excel file I created to show the family, guests, and gifts.
I turned off the family members for the screenshot above. That made the list visible in one screen, without scrolling. This makes it easier for me to see who the possibile candidates are. I can also rule out a couple of people just based on Llewellyn’s diary entries.
Who am I ruling out and why?
Mrs. Margaret Glazier & Ruth: Ruth appears often in Llewellyn’s diary. She’s been written about the same days as La Moss at times.
Willa Steinhoff – Willa is in the diary more often than La Moss is. Willa and La Moss have been in the same entry together.
Anna Pusch – Anna was one of Llewellyn’s co-workers. She gets her own nickname in the diary, Puschie.
What’s Next?
I already have a ton of leads that I’m looking into. I find it curious that there is mention of La Moss only until August of 1923. Before that she appeared often. After La Moss drops off the diary, a Harold Menner shows up often and gives Llewellyn and her friends rides home. I will be looking into that next time!
I will save you from hearing about how great of a record keeper my Great-Grandma was. Obviously Treasure Chest Thursday would not have been the same without her, but we will just move straight to the point of this post. Newspaper articles! (Copyright Notice: I was given permission by The Progress to post these clippings. Thank you! theprogressnj.com)
Like any proud mother, my great grandma saved newspaper clippings of her only child’s achievements. Lucky for me, she not only saved these articles but in a large group of them, she wrote the paper’s name, The Progress, and the date of publication. I am still scanning in some so I thought putting these articles about Grandpa’s time with the North Caldwell Police Department would be a cool post.
“High in Course,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), 21 Nov 1958
Here is an article about some of his training shortly after he joined the police department. Being a skilled marksman was a family trait it seems. When my father joined the Marine Corps, he also was one of the top shots. A few weeks ago, on my private Facebook page, I posted a scan of one of Grandpa’s old report cards from 1947-48. He was an okay student but for the year of that report card, he got straight A’s in his Safety class.
“New Desk,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), 18 May 1967
Even though they call him Danny in the caption, he did indeed build the desk at the police station that consolidated all the different systems. When I would talk to Grandpa about his earlier years, his time as police chief was one of his favorite topics. One of his favorite stories was about this desk. He thought it was such a waste of resources that they all couldn’t talk to each other.
This actually reminds me of the Christmas that he spent with us in 2011. We had an old tree topper star that didn’t work anymore. My Mom was hesitant about throwing it out because it was the one we used for many years. Well, Grandpa asked if he could give it a shot. Sure enough, he took the thing apart and found the problem. He knew exactly how to fix it. It’s no surprise to me now that so many of his grandchildren are gadget geeks. It’s in our blood from the looks of it!
“Two Promoted,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), 1967
In 1967, the department promoted Grandpa from Sergeant to Lieutenant. It’s so amazing some of the details you can get from articles like this. From the article I learned that Grandpa also volunteered with the Fire Department. It tells you that his parents lived on Park Avenue. I know from the records that they lived there for almost 60 years. It even tells you that he had a wife, Florence, and four children (Hi Dad! You made the paper!).
It’s really great to have so many of these articles that help me to verify not just his occupation, but some of the other details surrounding his life. It is only a glimpse though. Throughout all the newspaper clippings, we have these achievements and good news announcements. The one article missing from Great-Grandma’s collection is any mention of Stevie and his tragic car accident. That one I’ll have to search out myself. I understand 100% the reason for its absence among all the other articles. As the family historian, I’m going to have to search out the sadder family events in addition to the happier times.
“Looking Good,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), Aug 1972Speaking of happier times, in 1972 “dashing Captain Bill Moore” made the papers once again for of all things, his mustache.
“Moore Is Acting Chief; Speller Resigns,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), 3 Jan 1976
In 1976, the Chief of Police resigned from his position. They named Grandpa as acting Chief and he kept the position until his retirement. This article gives us some great dates for his career as a police officer. He joined the force in 1958, promoted to sergeant in 1962, promoted to lieutenant in 1967, and then to captain in 1971.
As a genealogist I look at these years when he is having a great career and I think about what was going on in his family. Grandpa and Grandma were married in 1951, and he joined the force in 1958. They had four children by that time. Stevie would be born in 1959. By the time he was named acting chief in January of 1976, he had lost a child, gained five grandchildren, been divorced and re-married, gained three stepchildren, and was essentially estranged from his children.
“Safety Award Winners,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), 13 Oct 1977
In 1977, many local officials were given safety awards. That means thirty years after receiving straight A’s in a secondary school safety class, Grandpa proved he still considered safety a top priority.
“Honoring Bill Moore,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), 26 Aug 1983
Finally we make it to 1983 when he retired from the police force. Picture above with his second wife, Jackie, you will see they gave him a gold pocket watch. The thing is, Grandpa was an antiques dealer and yes I have the newspaper article to prove it!
“Off-duty time has historical flavor,” The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), 24 Apr 1980
Every item he came across would be analyzed and valued monetarily, and if it was of some value then it would be sold. There are very few valuables that weren’t sold or traded. In the article, he talks about leaving space in the basement for historical furniture. I definitely remember that he always had historical furniture in his house. I also remember that none of it was heirloom furniture from our family. The only things that weren’t sold were these mementos from the police department and the documents that his mother had in her house. There are so many things in his life that he had no attachment to, but those mementos from the police department, he kept.
This pocket watch is the only “valuable” item from Grandpa’s past besides Llewellyn’s bits and pieces. That isn’t an insult to him, I am just saying that you can tell what he really valued by the items that were kept. I never expected to inherit the porcelain tea set listed in Llewellyn’s gift registry. It is interesting to see how Llewellyn and her son differed on the value they placed on objects from the past. From the article where he talked about antiques, you get the sense that he took a great interest in history. From his actions, it seems to me that he saw the profit in the objects from history. I know it might sound like I’m insulting him. I’m really not. Our family just had to learn that he valued these items differently than we did.
I love this badge, it is my absolute favorite keepsake. I couldn’t explain it if I had to. It kind of sums him up perfectly by the end of his life. A little battered and bruised, but still strong and proud.
Source List:
Llewellyn’s Boxes, privately held by Kathleen Moore, [address for private use,] Lexington Park, Maryland, 2005. This collection originally compiled by Llewellyn Thorward-Moore. After her death they resided with her son until 2005, when they passed to Kathleen Moore, his grand-daughter.
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve done a Mystery Monday. I wasn’t expecting to dive into one this soon into my Genealogy Do-Over but oh well! This mystery isn’t even new to the blog. I’ve written about La Moss before on Mystery Monday. I never did find out what her real name was. I’m so curious though because it seems like she was one of Llewellyn’s best friends.
I started thinking about La Moss again when I was over-analyzing Llewellyn’s wedding guest and gift lists. 5 years after my last La Moss thought, she popped into my head again. Surely since she is all over Llewellyn’s journal, she must have been at the wedding. There might be a few road blocks though:
She might not have signed the guest book.
She might not have given Llewellyn a gift.
If all of those things are true, man that’s not going to help. It’s not going to block me though. I am a better researcher now and surely I should be able to find her, even if it takes me awhile. I have a tentative game plan to find La Moss’ identity.
I will check all the unknown to me female guests from the wedding guest list.
I will check all the unknown to me people in the wedding gift list.
I will check the census surrounding Llewellyn in 1920 and 1930 to see if any of these people are possibilities.
I will send away to the New Jersey State Archives for a birth record search. La Moss should have been born before 1915, which means the record will cost only $10 instead of $25.
I will have so much fun finding new ways of looking, because this is my test on how creative I can get if I need to.
Is La Moss in this picture?
This is the original picture I used to make the Mystery Monday graphic. Is La Moss in this picture? I know Llewellyn is the second from the right. Everyone else is up in the air. It could be cousins, it could be coworkers, it could be church trip friends. The possibilities are endless. Will Llewellyn have a picture of La Moss in all these pictures and will I even be able to find her? I guess we will find out!
You might have thought to yourself that I was done with the family tree that I made last week. Well, as an over-analyzer, I am definitely not done. If you want to blame anyone, feel free to blame Great Grandma Llewellyn. She left me all these records and what kind of genealogist would I be if I didn’t pull out every scrap of information I could?
You see, I have more names to get through. First things first, we have to get the family members out of the way. Then, we will see what all is left and see who we have. This is the bridal party. All familiar names, any names that aren’t family are instantly recognized because of The Diary of Llewellyn. I need to remind myself to index that so that it is easier to follow. I guess that would be a good use of that Genealogy Task Tracker I have. 😉
First off, hats off to Mr. B. F. Oakley, Jr. who wanted to make it clear – still single. Ha! I see two aunts, an uncle and a Walker on this page. The Walker might be connected, I’ll have to check that.
Oh boy, more familiar names! I’m 80% positive that Armstrong was the surname of one of the priests at Llewellyn’s church. Then we have the Moores showing up in droves. Excuse my yell of excitement because now I also have the signature of the first known Moore in America, William H. Moore. (Note: I added the arrow for the blog, the image and original scan are pink arrow-less.) The only thing that would make me happier is if he signed it Wm. H. Moore – born in This Parish, in This County, of Ireland. That’s probably too much to ask though, so we’ll just go ahead and be happy for what we have. I also won’t mention that he had a son who was also named William H. Moore. The shakiness of the signature looks more like an 80-year-old than a 57-year-old. It could be either one though and the Junior’s wife and daughter are the very next signatures. I don’t want to think about that now though.
Last page and tons of family names and a few non-family names. I also just solved one of the questions from my post last week. There on the right hand side is the signature of Mr & Mrs Chas Haynes and right under them is Viola Love. Man, this list of names is really making me happy today. I’m not done yet though!
Now we have hearts added to the people who signed Llewellyn’s Guest Book. I added a few more details to show that some of her cousins signed the book themselves.
Now here is William’s side with his cousins added and it looks less lonely. I left both Williams with question marks since I’m trying to be a non-biased researcher (Ha!). All in all, I think other than making a list of the names that are not in the tree, I am done analyzing this wedding! I hope…
Treasure Chest Thursday is a daily blogging prompt used by GeneaBloggers.
This series of posts are based on the Genealogy Do-Over Workbook by Thomas MacEntee. I highly recommend it. 🙂 I just want to say there are parts of this workbook that I am not posting about, so if you would like the full set of tasks, then visit Thomas’ page or purchase the workbook.
This week, I have been taking a little bit of a break from my genealogy. It was partially to do with the holiday and partially because I just needed a little break from it. Throughout the past month or so, I have been working on one of the month five tasks of the Genealogy Do-Over. That is to build a Genealogy Toolbox. I know this toolbox will continue to evolve, so I know I am not looking to “finish” it anytime soon. It’s nice to have everything I might need in one place though. I will just go over the categories I am using right now.
Calculators: All genealogists need calculators. There always seems to be some kind of math needing to be done and I don’t like to hunt around looking for how to do some of those calculations. So I have a calculator folder. Right now, there are only a few links in it, but I don’t really know which calculators I will need until I am researching again.
DNA Websites: I’ve got all the DNA websites at the click of a mouse.
Education: I had a more extensive list of Genealogy Education links at one point but have lost them. Lucky for me I know that DearMYRTLE and her Cousin Russ did a hangout on this very topic, so I plan to re-watch that and rebuild this list!
Locality Resources: These are for the smaller, local websites that I like to use. Sometimes it is just a county or cemetery website. These links don’t fit into my other categories.
Reference Materials: My biggest section! In the main folder I have one link, the CDC page on Where to Write for Vital Records. Then I have subcategories for Analysis, Guides, Historic Terms and Link Websites. There are links to Cyndi’s List, the FamilySearch Wiki, WorldCat, Evidence Explained and many more in this section.
Search Websites: This the second biggest category. It’s for the actual search websites. This one might seem like the biggest at first because it has more subcategories. It’s not though, it probably has less links than my Reference Materials category. I don’t know though because I haven’t counted. I do know that I use the reference section a lot more than the search section right now. As you can see in my screen shot, there are categories for the big sites (Ancestry, FindMyPast, FamilySearch, etc), cemetery sites (Find a Grave, BillionGraves), Germany, less used sites, Maryland (mdlandrec.net), New Jersey (State Archives), Ohio. You get the picture, this is for the more “official” locality websites and then the big search websites.
Societies: This is where I am keeping a list of the societies in my local area, the areas where my ancestors lived, and other miscellaneous societies I thought I would need.
Conferences: I haven’t been to a genealogy conference yet, but I am actively researching them. Right now the only link here is Rootstech because I’d love to go to that one day.
Shopping: Right now there is only one link here and I moved my Archival Supplies category into this folder. I have been watching the webinar series given by Melissa Barker over at Legacy Family Tree Webinars. She gives lots of great information on how to archive your documents. She is an archivist so I’m definitely taking lots of notes. Including the websites she recommends to use for purchasing the right supplies.
You might be asking why I didn’t give a more detailed list, well that’s because I am putting the whole list up on this website! It can be found under the My Tools heading in the menu bar or by clicking this link. Feel free to bookmark it if you wish. Just remember that it will be constantly evolving. 🙂
This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings is all about the census. We are tasked with finding out or guessing which of our ancestors has the most census entries. At first I thought this was going to be really hard. I am in the middle of a Genealogy Do-Over so I didn’t want to venture too much into my old family tree file. I couldn’t resist though, and luckily for me I found someone pretty quickly to highlight!
My 3rd Great-Grandmother Josephine Doremus-Thorward!
Here is Josephine and her husband George Thorward/Yohn/Weigel (whatever he calls himself) at their house in Caldwell, New Jersey.
Had George Thorward/Yohn/Weigel/Whatever lived another few months, he could have shared this entry with his wife. As it is, they are on the same census page as each other in every census from her birth except for the 1860 census because he was still in Germany and the 1940 census because he had passed away in April.
1860 – Josephine is living in Caldwell township, Essex County, New Jersey with her parents, John Doremus and Sarah Catherine Bush, her sister, and two other possible relatives.
John Doremus, age 31, male, Tailor, born in New York
Sarah Doremus, age 26, female, born in New Jersey, cannot read or write
Josephine Doremus, age 5, female, born in New Jersey, attended school
Adaline Doremus, age 3, female, born in New Jersey
MariAnn Bush, age 22, female, seamstress, born in New Jersey
George H. Vanness, age 5 months, male, born in New New Jersey
1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell township, p. 89, dwelling 60, family 60, John Doremus; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Mar 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 690.
1870 – Josephine’s father passed away between the 1860 and 1870 census and her mother re-married. Josephine is found living as a domestic servant in the household of Samuel B. Bond, cigar manufacturer. Just two household before that one on the census “George Yohn” is living with Harvey H. Bond, farmer, and working as a cigar maker’s apprentice. They are living in Caldwell township, Essex County, New Jersey.
Samuel B. Bond, age 37, male, white, cigar manufacturer, real estate worth 10,000, personal estate worth 2,500, born in New Jersey, male citizen over 21 years of age
Elenor C. Bond, age 32, female, white, keeping house, born in New Jersey
Mamie Bond, age 2, female, white, born in New Jersey
Nellie Bond, age 2 months, female, white, born in New Jersey, born in Mar.
Josephine Doremus, age 15, female, white, domestic servant, born in New Jersey
1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell township, p. 112-B, dwelling 121, family 137, Samuel B. Bond; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Mar 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 860. Side note: Josephine’s marriage record indicates she married George Yohn in 1871. However, in all future records the family uses the name Thorward.
1880 – Josephine is living with her husband, George Thorward in Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey.They now have three children.
George Thorward, white, male, age 27, married, cigar maker, birth place N.J. (It looks as if N.J. was written in after the fact. A different writing tool was used and all other references to George are blank.)
Josephine Thorward, white, female, age 25, married, housework, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in New Jersey
Frank Thorward, white, male, age 7, single, born in New Jersey, father birth place blank, mother born in New Jersey
Lewis Thorward, white, male, age 5, single, born in New Jersey, father birth place blank, mother born in New Jersey
Dora Thorward, white, female, age 1, single, born in New Jersey, father birth place blank, mother born in New Jersey
1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell township, enumeration district (ED) 94, p. 403-B, dwelling 96, family 101, George Thorward; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Mar 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 780.
1885 – George and Josephine Thorwold appear in FamilySearch’s index of the 1885 New Jersey State Census. They are still living in Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey.
George Thorwold, male, age 20 to 60 years
Josephine Thorwold, female, age 20 to 60 years
Frank Thorwold, male, age 5 to 20 years
Lewis Thorwold, male, age 5 to 20 years
Dora Thorwold, female, age 5 to 20 years
1885 State Census, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, Essex County, p. 47, family 2, George Thorwold; database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Jul 2016).
1895 – George and Josephine Thorward appear in the 1895 New Jersey State Census. They are living in the Caldwell borough, Essex County, New Jersey.
George Thorward, male, german, age 20 to 60 years
Josephine Thorward, female, white, age 20 to 60 years
Frank Thorward, male, white, age 20 to 60 years
Dora Thorward, female, white, age 5 to 20 years
1895 State Census, New Jersey, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell township, p. 17, dwelling 97, family 104, line 7, George Thorward; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Apr 2016).
1900 – George and Josephine are still living in Caldwell borough, Essex County, New Jersey.
George Thorward, head, white, male, Jan 1853, age 47, married 29 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, 1867 year of immigration, in the US for 33 years, naturalized, cigar mfg., can read, can write, can speak English, owns house free
Jospehine Thorward, wife, white, female, Oct 1854, age 45, married 29 years, 3 children born, 3 children living, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in New Jersey, can read, can write, can speak English
Frank Thorward, son, white, male, Sept 1872, age 27, single, born in New Jersey, father born in Germany, mother born in New Jersey, can read, can write, can speak English
1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell borough, enumeration district (ED) 215, sheet 07-B, dwelling 134, family 145, George Thorward; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 970.
1905 – George and Josephine are again counted in the New Jersey State Census index. They are living in Essex County, New Jersey. No town is given.
Geo Thorward, male, age 53
Josephine Thorward, male, age 51
James Green, male, age 30
1905 New Jersey State Census, New Jersey, population schedule, Essex County, p. 8, family 3, line 53, Geo Thorward; database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Jul 2016).
1910 – George and Josephine are listed under a street name for the first time. The street is called Campbell Avenue and the people counted after the Thorwards are counted on Cleveland Street. The Thorwards are usually given an address on Central Avenue, which is next to Cleveland Street. From what I can tell, Campbell Avenue no longer exists, I’ll have to check into street name changes.
George Thorward, head, male, white, age 58, married 37 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, immigrated in 1865, speaks English, cigar manufacturer, emp., not out of work at all in the year, can read, can write, owns house
Josephine Thorward, wife, female, age 55, married 37 years, 3 children born, 3 children living, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in New Jersey, speaks English, can read, can write
James Green, boarder, male, white, age 33, single, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in New Jersey, speaks English, clark, grocery, worker, not out of work, can read, can write
1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell borough, enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 02-B, dwelling 38, family 39, George Thorward; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 882.
1915 – New Jersey State Census Index. Caldwell borough, Essex County, New Jersey.
George Thorward, male, Jan 1853, born in Germany
Josephine Thorward, female, Oct 1854, born in New Jersey
James H. Green, male, Apr 1869, born in New Jersey
1915 State Census, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell borough, Essex County, p. 11-B, family 268, line 96, George Thorward; database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Jul 2016)
1920 – George Thorward is written down as living at 110 Central Avenue. The problem is that is the most detail given on this census. The rest is blank. I don’t know what the issue was.
George Thorward, head, own home, male, white, un, married, born in US/NS, father born in US/NS, mother born in US/NS (Side note: I can’t tell if it is an N or U)
blank, female, white, married
1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell township, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 19-B, dwelling 425, family 458, George Thorward; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1028.
1930 – George and Josephine are back, this time being enumerated at 112 Central Avenue, Caldwell borough, Essex County, New Jersey.
George Thorward, head, own home, 8000 value, no radio set, not a farm, male, white, age 78, married, first married at age 19, did not attend school, can read and write, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, German spoken before coming to the US, can speak English, cigar maker, cigar factory, W, not at work yesterday, veteran box is blank
Josephine Thorward, wife-h, female, white, age 75, married, first married at age 17, did not attend school, can read and write, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in New Jersey, can speak English
James Green, boarder, male, white, age 56, single, did not attend school, can read and write, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in New Jersey, can speak English, Laborer, General, W, not at work yesterday, not a veteran
1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell borough, enumeration district (ED) 353, sheet 11-A, dwelling 238, family 204, George Thorward; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1328.
1940 – The enumeration date at the top of the page reads April 12. Josephine’s husband died on April 8th. She is enumerated at 112 Central Avenue, Caldwell borough, Essex County, New Jersey.
Josephine Thorward, head, female, white, age 85, widowed, own home, 3500 value, not a farm, did not attended school, 5th grade, born in New Jersey, same house in 1935, not at work private, not at work public, not seeking work, does not have a job, has other income
James Green, lodger, male, white, age 65, single, did not attended school, 6th grade, born in Massachusetts, same house in 1935, not at work private, not at work public, seeking work, does not have a job, general garden and housework, odd jobs private houses, worked 9 weeks in 1939, 125 income, does not have other income
1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Essex County, New Jersey. Caldwell borough, enumeration district (ED) 73, sheet 09-B, household 218, Josephine Thorward; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 2330.
Conclusion: Josephine appeared on 12 censuses in total. 8 federal censuses and 4 state censuses. This does not count the 1890 census where she probably would have appeared. I don’t know if anyone in my tree will ever beat Josephine’s census record but I’ll definitely look. That was super interesting to see! 🙂
You aren’t imaging things! I did indeed say that I use a gaming keyboard to help me with my genealogy. If you have 10 minutes, then go ahead and look at my video and see how I do it.
There is a little catch with today’s highlight. Technically, I posted about this in a previous post called, Part 2: I love this lady. That was June of 2010 and this is July of 2016, so I think it’s okay to talk about it again. I didn’t go into the details of the book before, just posted a few pictures from it. I thought, since I’m doing a Genealogy Do-Over, that it would be a good time to actually catalog the people in the book. I had previously transcribed it into a Google Doc, but this time I wanted to do something different.
This is Llewellyn’s side of the family. I had to cut out a LOT of people from the tree because they just wouldn’t fit. Everyone with a check mark has their address listed in her Wedding Gift book. I didn’t set out to see who gave Llewellyn a gift and who didn’t. I wanted to have an easy to read way of knowing whose address was listed in the book. I’ve always said Llewellyn was an amazing record keeper.
I added a question mark next to Viola Love because her father passed away in 1913. I believe her mother might have remarried. I believe that because in Llewellyn’s diary, she mentions Viola quite a bit, so I know she must have been at the wedding. I know that Viola and her mother were living in Newark. The entry in the wedding gift book is “Mr. & Mrs. Chas Haynes & Viola”. I will be tracking that one down when I get to that section of the tree in my Do-Over. The other thing I noticed was the lack of anyone from Jane Menzies side of the family. There weren’t a lot of Menzies in America, but there were a few in New York City at the time. It just shows that Jane’s death really cut that section of the family tree off from Jane’s children.
Wow! What a difference on William’s side. I’m not sure if this side is so sparse because I haven’t researched it as extensively or if it’s because the family was just small. I am having a hard time searching for Mary Johnson’s family right now, but hopefully that will change. I want to map out that family and see what I actually know about them.
Definitely a different view of my family tree! Just for fun, I will post a few more images of the book. I just love it that much!
If you look at my previous post, you would see that tucked inside this book is where I originally found my absolute favorite Llewellyn document. I call it the Menu Tree. I think that while going through her wedding planning, Llewellyn was bit by the genealogy bug. Her records show she was clearly very interested in where everyone fit together.
I know I can’t be any luckier than to follow in her footsteps. It’s not everyday that someone unknowingly inherits their Great-Grandmother’s family tree notes. I think that’s why I identify so much with Llewellyn. She started off thinking that she had a smaller family and then in her twenties, that thought was just blown out of the water with a huge extended tree.
Llewellyn is certainly giving me plenty to do, because I think I’m going to have to track down a lot of this F.A.N. network to see if I actually have more relatives hiding in this book. Can I just say again, I love this lady.
!["Looking Good," The Progress (Caldwell, New Jersey), Aug 1972; Llewellyn's Boxes, privately held by Kathleen Moore, [address for private use,] Lexington Park, Maryland, 2005. This collection originally compiled by Llewellyn Thorward-Moore. After her death they resided with her son until 2005, when they passed to Kathleen Moore, his grand-daughter.](https://i0.wp.com/www.moore-mays.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MooreWilliamThorward_1972_NewspaperArticle.jpg)
