Saturday 31 March 2018

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Who in Your Database Has Your Birth Day?

Hey genea-folks, 
it's Saturday Night again, 

 time for more Genealogy Fun!




Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to:



1) Are there persons in your genealogy database that has the same exact birth date that you do?  If so, tell us about him or her - what do you know, and how is s/he related to you?



2)  Are there persons in your database that are your ancestors that share your birth day (but not the year)?   How many, and who are they?


3)  Are there other persons in your database that share your birth day (but not the year)?  How many, and who are they?

4)  For bonus points, how did you determine this?  What feature or process did you use in your software to work this problem out?  I think the Calendar feature probably does it, but perhaps you have a trick to make this work outside of the Calendar function.



5)  Share your answers on your own blog, or on a comment to this post, or on Facebook or google+.  Be sure to leave a link in Comments to your post.






Here is my answer:

No I do not share the same birthday with any of my ancestors.

Below is a list of relatives in my family tree that I came across that share the same birthday:

My nephew, Carter J Hemphill  - May 14 2002
My great aunt, Ida May  Marshall - May 14 1906

My maternal 1st cousin, Bryan Dagenais Jul 23 unknown
My niece, Amelia L Dixon Jul 23 2015

TWINS
My uncle, Theo Dagenais - Jul 14 1962 
My uncle, Tom Dagenais - Jul 14 1962

TWINS
My great uncle, Wright Alexander Marshall - Aug 11 1917
My great aunt, Olive Kezia Marshall - Aug 11 1917

TWINS
My great uncle, Clarence Frederick Marshall - Aug 17 1909
My great aunt, Vera Laura Marshall - Aug 17 1909 



Sunday 25 March 2018

What's a Second Cousin Once Removed?




The family tree get's confusing really fast. Here's a simple breakdown of how you're related to others in your family, no matter how distant they are to you.

Saturday 24 March 2018

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Ancestor Had The Most Children?

It's Saturday Night, 
time for more Genealogy Fun!!



For this week's mission (should you decide to accept it), I challenge you to:

1)  The Family History Hound listed 20 Questions about your Ancestor, and I'm going to use some of them in the next few months.  

2)  Please answer the question - "What ancestor had the most children?  How many?" 

3)  Write your own blog post, make a comment on this post, or post  your answer on Facebook or Google+.  Please leave a link to your answer in comments on this post.



The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/07/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-what.html


Here's my answer:



From my Mom's (Linda Marie Dagenais) side of the family:



1) My 3rd great-grandfather, Narcisse Dagenais (Abt. 1840 - unknown) & My 3rd great-grandmother, Ester Derouin (Abt. 1845 - Abt. 1897)  - Had 12 children they are:

Leon (Abt. 1863 - unknown)
Esther (Abt. 1865 - unknown),
Narcisse (Abt. 1869 - unknown)
Catherine (Abt. 1870 - unknown)
Maggie (Abt. 1871 - unknown),
Louis (Nov 13 1873 - Dec 31 1949)
Celine (Abt. 1875 - unknown)
Enchene (Abt. 1877 - unknown)
Rose (Abt. 1878 - unknown)
Fred (Abt. 1800 - unknown)
Joseph (Abt. 1886 - unknown)
Suey (Abt. 1887 - unknown)

2) Louis Dagenais (Nov 13 1873 -  Dec 31 1949) & Rose Delima Dagenais (Jul 18 1864 - Nov 5 1943) - Had 7 children they are:
Daniel (Apr 23 1894 - unknown)
Mary Anna (Mar 8 1896 - Oct 7 1925)
Damase Wilfred (May 14 1896 - Aug 19 1938)
Jules Hormidas (Jun 28 1900 - Apr 6 1980)
Leopold (Dec 1903 - Abt. 1981)
Wilbrod (Dec 1 1906 - unknown)
Corrine Beatrice (Mar 14 1908 - unknown)

3) Jules Hormidas Dagenais (Jun 28 1900 - Apr 6 1980) & Mathilde Anne Dora Dubeau (Aug 22 1902 - Jun 2 2006) - Had 7 children they are: 
Odile Marie Anne Florence (Sep 22 1925 - Nov 12 1925)
Raoul (Apr 25 1926 - Feb 13 2015)
Roger Henry (Jul 18 1928 - Oct 25 1978)
Marie Renina Sylvianne (May 27 1930 - Feb 18 2010)
Joseph Rene Julien (Jun 21 1932 - Jun 1979)
Remi Joseph ((Jul 1 1936 - Abt. 2000)
Ronald (Nov 23 1938 - unknown)

4) Roger Henry Dagenais (Jul 18 1928 - Oct 25 1978) & Elizabeth Shirley Ignance (Feb 26 1931 - Feb 11 2003) - Had 8 children they are:
Gary (Apr 4 1953 - living)
Linda Marie (Sep 29 1954 - Mar 31 2010) 
Raymond (Dec 18 1955 - living)
Rosemary Dora (Jan 15 1956 - living)
Corrine Marie Alice (Apr 19 1959 - living)
Cathy (May 2 1960 - living)
Theo (Jul 14 1962 - living)
Tom (Jul 14 1962 - living) 

From my Dad's (John Marshall Dixon Sr.) side of the family:

1)William L Dixon (Mar 12 1894 - unknown) & J ___ Pelder (unknown - unknown) - Had 8 children they are:
Edward Leslie (Jul 20 1918 - Aug 7 1999)
Babara (unknown - unknown)
Norma (unknown - unknown)
Elma (unknown - unknown)
Larene (unknown - unknown)
Eslie (unknown - unknown)
Joy (unknown - unknown)
Betty (unknown - unknown)

2) Frederick Dalton Marhall (Aug 1880 - Mar 17 1958) & Laura Elizabeth Fuller (Jan 8 1887 - Oct 11 1973) - Had 14 Children they are: 
Gladys Idele (Feb 10 1905 - Sep 8 1989)
Ida May (May 14 1906 - unknown)
Dalton Delbert (Feb 29 1908 - Abt. 1990)
Clarence Frederick (Aug 17 1909 - unknown)
Vera Laura (Aug 17 1909 - unknown)
Hazel Irene (Apr 15 1911 - unknown)
Reita Lavina (Dec 9 1912 - unknown)
Stella Viola (Jun 28 1915 - unknown)
Wright Alexander (Aug 11 1917 - unknown)
Olive Kezia (Aug 11 1917 - unknown)
Murrary Norval (Jul 19 1919 - Jan 18 1996)
Jean Gertrude (Jul 19 1919 - Jul 8 1986)
Edna Phyllis (Apr 25 1926 - unknown)
Barbara Elizabeth (Jan 19 1930 - Abt. 1960)