(See SEARCH bar at bottom of page for other topics) It occurs to me that I have not written much about my Painters lately. These are the folks who arrived in Saskatchewan ’round about 1903 from Missouri, possibly with a side trip to Oklahoma first (family rumours, no proof as yet). Before Missouri they came… Read More My Painters
I admit I know very little about the US Civil War other than that it involved emancipation of the black slaves and Abraham Lincoln. So when I searched, and surprisingly found, for my great-great-grandfather in the Civil War soldier database I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d found. He was listed as a Prisoner of War,… Read More On finding a Confederate soldier in my tree
At the Stoutsville Cemetery, Monroe County, Missouri: His wife, Hannah, is memoralized on the other side of the column. Transcription: [one side] FATHER and MOTHER [another side] JACOB PAINTER Died Mar. 12 1895 AGED 84Y.8M.24D. His toils are past his work is done And he’s fully blest He fought the fight the victory won And… Read More Tombstone Tuesday-Jacob Painter
Samuel H. Painter, Stoutsville Cemetery, Monroe County, Missouri, USA GPS coordinates: 39°32.817’N 91°51.138’W 0 m Samuel H. was the youngest son of George and Sarah Ann (nee Smith) Painter/Bender. He was born 25 Sept 1829 in Berkley County, Virginia (now West Virginnia). The family migrated to Missouri in Samuel H.’s youth. He married America Ann… Read More Tombstone Tuesday–Samuel H Painter
I”m not sure how I ended up there, but yesterday I found myself knee-deep in World War I research. In particular I was reading up on the Canadian Railway Troops (CRT) and the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) to which grandpa and his brother (my granduncle) belonged respectively. Going over my granduncle’s military file (search Attestation… Read More My Painter Soldiers in WWI
Today’s advent calendar theme (Holiday Happenings…birthdays, anniversaries and the like) did not inspire me this morning I’m afraid. However I do like this idea of Tombstone Tuesday also found on GeneaBloggers. This is Annie Mary Painter’s headstone. She is my great-grandmother. Born Annie Mary (or Marie) Turnbough in Monroe County, Missouri 23 July 1873 she… Read More Tombstone Tuesday
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