52 Ancestors - Ancestor I Would Like to Meet

This prompt has me overthinking. I have a couple of ancestors that I have a lot of questions I want to ask.  I don't know necessarily if I would have wanted to meet them in the flesh. This was the very first prompt of 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks in 2023.  I have hesitated to pin down an ancestor I wanted to meet. It might be more of an interrogation. I choose John Lendman

John Lendman was born in Austria, Dec. 27, 1839. In 1856 he came to America, landing in New Orleans. From there he went to Chicago, where he remained two years, then went to Freeport, Ill. Four years later he came to Clayton County and has been engaged in improving and selling farms here since. He now owns a fine farm of 210 acres in Sperry Township, of cultivated land and abundantly stocked. He was married in this county Dec. 29, 1865, to Anna Kerr, who was born in Ireland in 1842. Four children have been born to them, viz.: Anna Maria, Thomas K., Mary Jane and William John. In politics Mr. Lendman is a Republican.

source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1099

http://iagenweb.org/clayton/index.html

There is very little I can verify about John Lendman before he arrived in Iowa.  He has listed his birthplace has Austria, Graslide, Germany, and one child identified it as Bohemia. Germany was not a unified place when John was born. His brother Joseph was most likely born in Baden Germany. 

I cannot verify when he exactly came to the US and what ship or what port despite the article above saying New Orleans.

Here below is some of the verifiable information I have about John Lendman.

John Lendman was born to Therese and John "Wentzel/" Lendman on December 27, 1839.  He probably had 7 siblings. It appears he immigrated here with his parents and siblings.  I think they most likely arrived in the US around 1853 as his brother Fred was born in Iowa. I can only verify 4 siblings. However, in a census Therese indicates that she had 8 children.  John married Anna Kerr in 1865.  Ann Kerr died in 1886.  They had 4 children together.

Mrs John Lendman

Yesterday Morning at about four o'clock, occurred the death of Mrs John Lendman, at her home in Sperry township, after having suffered a long time from a cancer in the Stomach. Mrs L. was a native of Ireland and was nearly 45 years of age. She was married to Mr L, in 1865, and by him has had four children, all of whom we believer, are living. They have resided in Sperry township for nearly a quarter of a century, and she was highly respected by all who knew her, and her death will be greatly mourned. The funeral occurs tomorrow, Friday, at ten o'clock and her remains will be laid away in the Volga Cemetery. - newspaper clipping.

On July 12, 1889, he married Ida Shadwell (1863-1937).  Their marriage was announced in the local paper. 

John Lendman of our prosperous farms was married last Friday, July 12th, 1889, to a young la

dy of this township. Rev Seifert performed the ceremony in the presence of over fifty invited guests. All were served with an elegant dinner. - Elkrader Weekly Register July 1889 page 8

Ida came from Germany.  I think she was most likely from the same village/town that John was originally from. I cannot verify that information. They had 6 children together including my Great Grandfather Frank Rudolph Lendman.  On his death certificate, the occupation is listed as farmer. John died of heart disease and died in Grant County Indiana in 1914. John was 74.

52 Ancestors - Newest Discovery Another Quaker Minister

 I have been participating in Amy Crow Johnson's 52 ancestors in 52 weeks.  I had intended to share this last week, but I had a different new discovery that I shared.

Part of my family tree seems littered with women Quaker ministers. I have unearthed another one - Abigail Overman Pike.  She is my 8th Great Grandmother.  Abigail's ministry is quite well documented. 

A charter member of the Cane Creek Meeting and a recorded Quaker minister, she lived her Christian faith as she practiced her Quaker beliefs. The Pike home stood about two miles west. She and Rachel Wright were part of a delegation that traveled on horseback to Perquimans County to request the Quarterly Meeting's permission to establish a Monthly Meetings at Cane Creek. She traveled extensively to promote the growth of other Quaker Meetings and to represent Can Creek at various meetings. Can Creek relied on her judgement in many areas of the Meeting. She and John Pike married in 1731 and had 8 children. After John's death in 1774, she moved from the area and joined New Garden Meeting. She is buried at Muddy Creek burial ground. This marker made possible by the efforts of Can Creek quaker Men and Friends.

One of the stories I read is that she preached from horseback to the soldiers at army camps and wasn't allowed to dismount. Also surprising was the number of miles she traveled to preach and go to meetings. 

references

Quaker Woman See themselves in N.C. History

Wiki tree

52 Ancestors - Birthday

I have been participating in 52 Ancestors in 52 Week by Amy Johnson Crow. This week's prompt is Birthday. So, I chose someone who shares my birth month of November. I chose Frank R Lendman. Frank is my Great Grandfather. I met him when I was just a young girl.  

Frank R Lendman was born in Hancock Iowa on November 14, 1891 to John Lendman and Ida Schadwell. The 1900 census has Frank living in Orthel Iowa but by 1910 he is a farmhand in Wascott, Wisconsin. Eventually he made it to Grant Indiana. He married Delight Baldwin 30 June 1915 at her parents' house. 

Delight and Frank, and ?

Delight and Frank had 2 sons - Harold "Tony" and Frank Jr. In 1920 has Frank working at a Glass Plant in Grant Indiana. I am unsure what Glass factory he worked for. It quite possibly was Standard Glass Company based in Marion, Indiana. Standard Glass Company made high grade prescription bottles. By the 1930 census, the family was living in Lancaster Ohio and Frank worked for Anchor Hocking Glass Company. By 1950 Frank was a foreman in the Furnace Room for Anchor Hocking.  The 1950's census has his son Frank Jr also working for Anchor Hocking. In 1957, his wife Delight would pass away. Frank would pass away in 1982 in Lancaster Ohio and be buried in Marion Indiana. He would live until 90 years old!

52 Ancestors - Bearded

I am participating in Amy Crow Johnson's 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks.  This also part of a project I am working on for the year called Dead People Files. This week's prompt was Bearded.

I chose Samuel Mellor for this week's prompt. Samuel is my 5th Great Grandfather. He is bearded.

I kept finding the picture above on various genealogy sites but not the biographical sketch. I believe the picture is from History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. There is a biography in the aforementioned book.

Samuel Mellor was born March 3, 1794, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England as the son of George Mellor and Leah Colley. He married Margaret E Young on August 31, 1817, in Washington, Ohio. They were the parents to 4 sons and 1 daughter. Samuel farmed and work at the trade of coopering. Coopering is making barrels and casks. After Margaret passed in 1839. Samuel married Susannah Bacon and they had Henry. He died in 1880 and was 86 years old.

Children

George V Mellor - Teacher, Sailor, Miner - Doubled Cape Horn

Almira Keyser

*John Benjamin Mellor - tinsmith had shop in Malta Ohio

William E Mellor- Doubled Cape Horn with his brother George and Washington McConnel

Samuel W Mellor

Henry L Mellor ( mother Susannah Bacon)

*My 4th grandfather

52 Ancestors -starts with a vowel

 I am writing below about Ida Schadwell Lendman Betchel. This week's prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks with Amy Johnson Crow is starts with a vowel.

Ida Schadwell was believed to be born in Prussia/Germany to Rudolph Schadwell and Ida Moxie in 1863. Ida came to America in 1889 at age 26. We know Ida traveled on the ship Werra from the port of Bremen Germany to Southampton England and onto New York, New York.  Ida arrived in New York April 16, 1889.  Ida would marry John Lendman in Clayton Iowa July 12, 1889. John was 49 and Ida was 26. This was believed to be basically an arranged marriage. Both Ida and John are believed to be from the same area of Prussia, later part of Germany. Clayton Iowa was home to a large German community. More information about Iowa's German Heritage. John Lendman was a land dealer/farmer who lost his first wife, Ann, in 1886. They had 4 children together. The details of the wedding between John and Ida were reported in the local newspaper. 

John Lendman, one of our prosperous farmers, was married last Friday July 12, 1889, to a young lady of this township. Rev Seifert performed the ceremony in the presence of over fifty invited guests. All were served with an elegant dinner. -Elkader Weekly Register July 18, 1889, pg8

Shortly after John and Ida married, they moved to Hancock County, Iowa near the town of Britt. They had their first child Frank Rudolph Lendman in 1891 in Hancock Iowa. Then they proceed to have John Earl in 1892, Theresia H 1893, Harry in 1896, Ida in 1899 and lastly Hilda in 1902. By the 1910 census, John and Ida were living in Wascott Wisconsin. In 1910 is also when John and Ida became naturalized citizens. Eventually John and Ida would come to reside in Indiana. John would pass away May 25, 1914, in Grant County, Indiana. Ida was 51 years old. She would remarry to James Betchell on Feb 14, 1917.  According to the 1930 census, Ida’s husband, James, worked in a radio factory and her daughter Eda was living with them with her two children in Marion, Indiana. Her daughter Theresia would pass away in 1930. In 1933 her youngest daughter Hilda would pass away. Ida would die February 4, 1937, in Marion Indiana

Dead People Files Project - Women's History Month

I thought because March was Women's History Month, I would highlight my Great Grandmother's.  Why generally the census categorized these women as housewives. There were much more than that. I thought they might have more commonalities. I have not met any of these ladies. Only one was alive when I was born.

Some facts about this group of great grandmothers. Three of them died in their 60's. My Great Grandmother Mollie Hoyt lived until 91.  

3 of these Great Grandmother's had 3 children leaving only one having 2 children.

Below are my Great Grandmother's listed.

Delight Baldwin Lendman 

* The blurb on this card above is a bit misleading. She died in Lancaster Ohio, but her service was in Detroit Michigan, and she was buried in Indiana.  

Burnelle "Nell" Eva Crutcher Ross

Bettie and Burnelle

Lulu Pearl Howard Liston

more information

Joseph Liston, Marvel Hoyt, Lulu Liston, and Devere Hoyt

Mollie Hoyt Hoyt

**** all the blurbs on the name cards are taken from the lifestory feature in Ancestry. The cards are made in Project Life. 

Dead People Files - Encounter with William Penn

I was doing some research way back in one of my ancestor lines and find that these ancestors would have known William Penn. This caught my interest.

 First off, I have no relation to William Penn. However allegedly some of my ancestors did come to America with William Penn.  I come from a long line of Quakers also known as The Society of Friends on my paternal side. The story below is about my seventh Great Aunt Mary Carver Knight.

Quaker Symbol

William Penn is considered the founder of Pennsylvania.  His father, Sir William Penn, was owed debts from the King.  So, William Penn was gifted what we know today as Pennsylvania and Delaware. Well as it happens that my ancestors came with William Penn to America in 1682. There is no proof they sailed on "The Welcome" with William Penn, but the circumstances would indicate they did. It took The Welcome 57 days to make the crossing from England to the mouth of the Delaware River.  This was considered slow for the time. About 1/3 of the passengers died of smallpox.

 John Carver came with his brother's, William, Joseph, and Jacob and his wife Mary Lane.  John Carver is my 8th Great Grandfather. They all were members of the Society of Friends. Most interesting is that John Carver's wife gave birth to a little girl, Mary, in a cave in 1682 near Philadelphia approximately 5 days after the landing of William Penn though Oct 27, 1682, is her birthday most noted. This also the day that William Penn landed in what is known as New Castle, Delaware.  

YES, A CAVE!  Mary Lane Carver gave birth to her first born a daughter, Mary, in a cave. Her daughter is considered the first child of English parentage born in Pennsylvania. John Carver was granted 690 acres from William Penn along Poquessing Creek in the Northeastern part of Byberry. Mary's father, John, was a maltster by profession and he did this in Pennsylvania. A maltster provides malt to be made into beer. John Carver's daughter, Mary, would marry Isaac Knight. Isaac Knight came to Pennsylvania with his grandmother, Elizabeth Shorter. She was a maker of gloves and owned a store. Mary and Isaac would marry and have 8 children. Mary Carver Knight would become a noted minister in the Society of Friends.  Mary traveled extensively as a minister. She was well known. She died in 1769. Mary was 86 years old. 

I have been trying different ways to convey my stories.  Her is a doodle type attempt below.

Dead People Files - Revolutionary Ancestors Part 1

 

I am reading a book called The Revolutionary Samuel Adams.  It got me to thinking about my revolutionary ancestors. On both sides of my tree, I have Revolutionary War Soldiers.  I wanted to talk about a Revolutionary Soldier from the Lendman side of my tree. I don't have many relatives on this side of the tree who weren't German Immigrants or Quakers. So, I was suprised to find a Revolutionary Soldier on this side of my tree.  Abel Sutliff Jr is my 7th Great Grandfather.

Abel Sutliff Jr 

Abel was born to Sarah Ford and Abel Sutliff on August 23, 1751, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.  Abel married Charity Barber on the 15th of November 1770 in Waterbury, Connecticut.  Abel would fight in the Revolutionary War.  Abel was a private, under Captain John Lewis, Jr. 4th Company, Col William Douglas' 5th Battalion, Brig General James Wadsworth's Brigade, 1776, Waterbury, Connecticut. The main battles that Abel participated in were The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn - June 1776 and the Battle of White Plains October 1776.  Abel was discharged Dec 25, 1776.  Abel and Charity had 9 children. They had 3 sons and 6 daughters.  Abel died on May 15, 1799, in Huntington Mills, Pennsylvania, at the age of 47.

Grave Stone Inscription

In Memory of Abel Sutliff who departed this life May 15, 1799 in the 47th year of his life.

interesting fact

Huntington Mills, the town, was named after Samuel Huntington a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Dead People Files Project

I have started a new tradition of choosing a birthday project or a yearlong project. Last year was 50 sunsets and sunrises.  I decided this year to choose a genealogy project.  I am calling it the Dead People Files. 

Goals

Research 13 ancestors and present that information on the blog. I will be using some of the 52 ancestors in 52-week writing prompts. Below is the start of the ancestors that I will for sure be researching. (4/15)

    Lulu Pearl Howard Liston (Hoyt/Liston Tree)

    John Lendman (Lendman Tree)

    Eliza Greene Perkins Doane (Hoyt/Liston Tree)

    John Christian Brenneman (Hoyt/Liston)

    Ida Shadwell Lendman (Lendman)

Do a DNA test on myself - I am interested in learning more about this

Improve my genealogy research - I plan on reading some genealogy books that are from the required reading list from the BYU and Boston University Genealogy programs. I think a good goal would be at least 3 books

Do one genealogy field trip? I think this might be open to interpretation

find a better way to share or present my genealogy research 

write better genealogy stories.

scan more photos and become more proficient in this  

52 Ancestors - Overlooked

The topic for this week of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Overlooked. Frequently in my genealogy research I find that my ancestors that don't marry or don't have children are overlooked. So, I decided to research one of those ancestors for this week's prompt.

William " Will" John Lendman is the ancestor I chose. Below is what ancestry shows for his life story. That isn't much to go on. 

When William John Lendman was born in 1872in Iowa, his father, John was 33 and his mother, Ann was 29. He had four brothers and 5 sisters. He died on May 2, 1944, in Duncan, Iowa, at the age of 72. - Ancestry

I thought I could do better than that. My biography of William " Will" John Lendman is below.

William "Will" John Lendman was born to John Lendman and Ann "Anna Kerr in 1872 in Sperry, Clayton County, Iowa. This was the year of the 1872 presidential election and Ulysess Grant won. William's father, John, immigrated from Germany and his mother, Anna immigrated from Ireland and settled in Iowa. William was the last child born to Anna and John. He had 1 older brother and 2 older sisters. 

In 1886, his mother, Anna died. William was 14 years old at the time. His father, John would remarry in 1889 to Ida Schadwell from this union they would have 6 children - 3 boys and 3 girls. John and Ida moved to Hancock County, Iowa shortly after marrying in Sperry Iowa. It appears that Will moved with them. 

In the 1900 census, he is listed as a laborer. In the 1910 census, Will's occupation is listed as draying. Draying was moving heavy loads by cart. Also in 1910, his sister, Maria Ftizpatrick died. Will was notified by telegram according to the local newspaper, Britt News Tribune. Also, according to the newspaper. William attended his sister's funeral in Sawyer, North Dakota. William's father John died in 1914 in Marion, Indiana

A funny article in the local newspaper, the Britt News Tribune on Oct 7th, 1920 made light of the accidental death of "Old Bob" the dog. In the article "Are you Leading a Dog's Life, " it describes Old Bob accidental death by chasing the mower that Will was using which resulted in his death.

In the 1930 census, Will is listed as laborer who does tilling, and he owns his own place in Brit, Iowa. William would die May 2, 1944. William was 72 years old. The death certificate indicates it was his prostate. His death certificate shows he was to be buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Britt Iowa. His older brother, Thomas, would die later that year in December.