ctgc genealogy

I found a new ancestor. Yay! He owned slaves. Boo! This is the first slave owning ancestor I have found. I suppose it was inevitable being of European descent and with so many of my lines reaching back to colonial days, but I thought the poverty of most of my ancestors would prevent it. Thomas Moore was the father of Charlotte Moore, wife of Howard Ogle.

It being Labor Day, I thought I would write a post about the occupations of my direct ancestors. I quickly realized it would become very long, and so have broken it down into my four main lines which I will post during this week. First, the Conrads.

I have several Elon Carmans in my family tree:  Elon (1792-1866) ,  Elon Joseph (1840-1919) ,  Joseph Elon (1872-1956) ,  Joseph Elon (1901-1960)  in my line, and Joseph Elon (1891-1971) and  Joseph Elon (1914)  in a collateral line. There is also an Elon Carman who lived in and around Philadelphia that I knew must be related, but I couldn't find any definitive evidence of the relationship beyond DNA matches with some of his descendants. Yesterday, I found his baptismal record. He was baptized at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in North Wales, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on 13 May 1833 and his birth date was listed as 14 Aug 1828. While the last name was spelled in the Ancestry index as Cormon, his parents were listed as Elon & Martha, so I am confident now that he is the brother of my great-great-great grandfather Charles R. Carman.   I've now identified four children of Elon Carman and Martha Johnson, although I only have Elizabeth's...

MyHeritage has a photo colorizer . It is free through 4/22 (tomorrow- hurry!), according to the FAQ. You do have to create an account on their site to use it. Normally non-subscribers can colorize up to 10 photos for free. I decided to try it out and below are the results.  A lot of the photos I tried were too small. I think they have to be at least 200x200, although it doesn't say in the FAQ.  Anna Funston (pre-1928),   original (left), colorized (right) John Garrison (1899), original (left), colorized (right) Carol Garrison Conrad & Charles Conrad "Yoked Together" (1959), original (top), colorized (bottom) Charles & Carol Conrad (couple on the right) honeymoon night out (1959), original (top), colorized (bottom)

It is not often that Ancestry adds information that is useful to me. I have moved beyond census records for the most part, and the smaller databases they have been adding have not been in areas I research. Well, not to be a  shill  for Ancestry, but they have added a boatload of Pennsylvania BMD & other data recently. Partnering with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, they have created the Pennsylvania Church and Town records database with more than 7 million records, including church (birth, baptism, marriage, death & more), cemetery and undertaker records. In a quick search, I found marriage information for distant ancestors and baptisms for my grandfather and great-grandfather. One marriage confirmed a maiden name that I had assumed, but for which I never had any proof. My great-grandfather's baptism was in German, which I thought was cool.  I will be posting more on these finds and others. It's always fun trying to find a particular database on Ancestry. Here...

A transcription of the death certificate of James B. Garrison.  State of New Jersey - Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate and Record of Death Full Name of Deceased: James B. Garrison Age: 72 Years Color: white Occupation: Laborer Married Birthplace: N.J. Last Place of Residence: 163 Fayette St Bridgeton How long resident in this State: Always Place of Death: 163 Fayette St Bridgeton [Father and Mother's names & birthplaces left blank] I hereby certify that I attended the deceased during the last illness and that he died on the 11 day of April 1908... [Doctor's name indecipherable] Name of Undertaker: Harry Garrison Residence of Undertaker: Bridgeton Place of Burial: Broad St Cemetery

A transcription of the death certificate for Emma M. Irelan Garrison.  Department of Health of the State of New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate and Record of Death 1. Place of Death County: Cumberland City: Bridgeton 2. Full name: Emma M. Garrison (a) Residence: No. 163 Fayette St 3 Ward 3. Sex: female 4. Color or Race: white 5. widowed 5a. Husband: James B. Garrison 6. Date of Birth: Jan 21 1839 7. Age: 83 Years 7 Months 18 Days 8. Occupation: Housewife / home 9. Birthplace: N. Jersey 10. Name of Father: Anson Ireland 11. Birthplace of Father: N.J. 12. Maiden name of Mother: Elizabeth Ayars 13. Birthplace of Mother: N.J. 14. Informant: George Garrison, Bridgeton, NJ 15. Filed Sept 11, 1922 16. Date of Death: 9/8 1922 ... 19. Place of Burial: Broad St Cemetery, Sept 11 1922 20. Undertaker: Harry J. Garrison, Bridgeton

Civil War Pension File - James B. Garrison Partial transcription from photocopies received from the National Archives by Alexander Conrad, 2011 ---------------------------------------------------- DECLARATION OF ORIGINAL OR ADDITIONAL PENSION Act of June 27, 1890. As Amended By Act of May 9, 1900 State of New Jersey, County of Cumberland. On this 15 day of March A.D. one thousand nine hundred and one personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid, James B. Garrison aged 65 years, a resident of Bridgeton, County of Cumberland, State of N.J., who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical James B. Garrison who was enrolled on the 31 day of Dec, 1863, in Co H 3rd NJ Vols in the service of the United States in the War of the Rebellion, and served at least ninety days and was honorably discharged at Washington D.C. on the 1st day of August, 1865. That he is totally unable to earn a support by manual labor b...