Belle, as she was mostly known, was my first cousin twice removed. I don’t think I ever met her, but certainly I heard about Cousin Belle as my father and great aunt Susan called her. She was the older daughter …
Jessie Belle Dalton Schenk (1860-1954) – 52 Ancestors # 29 Music Read more »
This oil portrait of Zebulon B. Coffin, my second great grandfather, has hung in my living room since shortly after we moved into this house in 1983. Before that it spent I don’t know how much time in several attics. …
Since I last wrote about Lucy O’ShaughnessyI have received a couple of full obituaries. The best is actually a tribute to her, that includes so much information I didn’t have, I am going to share some of it. The writer …
Research * Search the Hamilton County Probate Court site for the marriage of Lucy Barry Dalton and Thomas O’Shaughnessy. * Send a message to the general JewishGen listserv about my Scheier family questions. Organization * Still trying to get that …
I found a new resource, one I never would have thought of, so I want to share my experience. This all started with the (ongoing) conversation with an O’Shaughnessy researcher I mentioned in my last post. I wrote most of …