This Week On My Family History Calendar-Remembering a Grandfather and Great Great Grandmother

 

Sept. 29~

  My maternal Grandfather, Gilbert Ernest Roberts, Sr., died 80 years ago. 

He was killed in action on the island of Peleliu while serving in the Marines during WWII and is buried in Quaker Cemetery, Kershaw, Camden, South Carolina. 

Gilbert Ernest Roberts (1920-1944)

October 2~

Frances "Fannie" Virginia (McRady) McManus (1856-1903), my maternal great-great-grandmother, was born 168 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina. 

She was the daughter of Thomas J. McRady (1821-1896) and Mary Jane (Brown) McRady (1821-1894).                                                                                                                                                 

Fannie McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Who are you remembering this week?

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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! Two Operations Reported in the Paper.

 

You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone that you found the document, contacted a cousin with the family Bible, made a DNA connection, or found a new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.

                                                          Celebration Sunday is a place to share your discoveries. 

This weekly series enables everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. 

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The Item, Sumter, South Carolina • Tue, Oct 29, 1935 Page 2

      

The Item

, Sumter, South Carolina • 

Mon, Jun 25, 1934 

Page 2

  

My Happy Dance this week?

Newspapers are fantastic resources for learning more about your family. We often look for birth and wedding announcements and, of course, obituaries.

 But there is so much more to be found!

While researching my great-great grandfather's work as a supervisor for the county almshouse, I determined where he lived before, during, and after his term. I learned the nature of his job and his compassion for the people who lived there, or "inmates," as they were called. I also learned when he started and retired from the position. 

Sometimes, while researching, you discover surprising information about the people you are researching. While reviewing the many articles mentioning A. W. Baker from Sumter County, South Carolina, I discovered two articles about him and my grandmother, Mary Ruth (Baker) Hudson,  raised by her grandparents, Arthur Wellington, and Martha Victoria (Bradford) Baker. 

I was surprised to learn that Arthur traveled to Charlotte, NC, to have surgery performed by an Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. in 1935, and in 1934, my grandmother had surgery to remove her appendix.

I searched this newspaper before plugging in their names, but the results were new this time. The lesson is that you should go back and search again. Newspapers are updated constantly, and search results can vary. 

I love papers! What unexpected discoveries have you made while researching in newspapers?

What's your Happy Dance Moment?

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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Relative Race Season 14-Day 1 with Special Guest Thaddeus Ervin!

 

The panel Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, and I  welcome Season 11 Team Red winner Thaddeus Ervin to talk everything Season 14-Day 1!

Watch as we share our thoughts about this year's rules, the opening challenge, and the first family connections of the season. We love having Thaddeus join us to get his thoughts as he watched the episode from the vantage point of having been there and done that! 

Once again, we are grateful for the courage of the team members and the families who will share their journeys to find family. Our hope is that as the season progresses, there will be understanding and healing for all involved.

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