Thursday, April 28, 2016

Shaky Leaves : Isolina Simpson Death, 1914, Butler County, Ohio

Ancestry.com, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007", Ancestry.com Operations, 2010, Provo, UT.
Working through more of the shaky leaves hints at Ancestry.com for my LeMaster & Allied Families and updated the record of the death on September 29, 1914 in Butler County, Ohio for my maternal first cousin 4 times removed, Isolina "Issie" (Lambertson) Simpson.

This record is a death index compiled by the state, and indicates that she died in Butler County and the record is filed in volume 1449 and certificate number 48466.

Issie was the wife of Edward Simpson and the daughter of George G. and Harriett (Jones) Lambertson. Our common ancestors are John and Sarah (Willson) Lambertson.

If you are related to this family or have any additional information, I would love to hear from you.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Charles Pierce, Alexandria High School, 1936

1936 Alexandria High School Spectrum, Alexandria,, Indiana


This is the yearbook photo of my maternal great-granduncle, Charles D. Pierce (1918-1991), in the 1936 edition of the Spectrum, the yearbook of Alexandria High School in Alexandria, Indiana.

This edition of the yearbook didn't list the activities that the Senior class members participated in.

Charles was the son of William F. & Vida (Maddox) Pierce, the half-brother of my great-grandmother, Edna Muriel (Pierce) Wright.

The yearbooks from this high school are available online at Alexandria-Monroe Public Library.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Shaky Leaves : Charles M. Trainer household, 1940 census Warren County, Ohio

Working through more of the shaky leaves hints at Ancestry.com for my LeMaster & Allied Families and updated the record of the 1940 census in Morrow, Warren County, Ohio for my maternal 3rd cousin twice removed, Charles M. Trainer and his wife.


1940 US Census, Warren County, Ohio, population schedule, Morrow, Salem Township, enumeration district (ED) 83-21, SD 7, sheet 8A, household 175, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 April 2016); National Archives, Washington D.C..

Charles was working as a truck driver for a creamery, and had lived at the same residence in 1935.  He and his wife had both completed 4 years of high school.  They were renting their home.  Charles was 22 years old and his wife Estalena was 24 years old.

My common ancestors with Charles are John & Sarah A. (Willson) Lambertson.  Charles was the son of Charles T. & Bessie N. (Mengle) Trainer.

If you are related to this family or have additional information, I would love to hear from you.