tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86714325477177245712024-03-18T02:48:16.644-07:00THE EDUCATED GENEALOGISTEducation is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ~ YeatsSheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.comBlogger594125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-12831518051921053202022-06-12T08:30:00.000-07:002022-06-12T08:30:45.925-07:00"Plague at the Golden Gate" and Records at University of the Pacific "Plague at the Golden Gate" and Records at University of the PacificI recently watched a documentary on PBS called "Plague at the Golden Gate." About halfway through, I realized I knew where records were located that documented the difficulty health inspectors had in tracking the bubonic plague in San Francisco.University of the Pacific Library, Holt Atherton Special Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-22927372117334470862020-04-26T07:31:00.000-07:002020-04-26T07:31:12.163-07:00More Stories From The Sacramento Police Mug Books 1860-1948Most of the crimes committed by people in these mug books seem to be Petite Larceny, Grand Larceny, Burglary or Robbery. These crimes might sound like the same thing, but there is a difference.
LARCENY or theft is to take someone else’s property without the owner’s consent and with the intention to permanently deprive the owner of its use or possession. The difference between petite Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-80683440188194024332020-04-24T09:49:00.000-07:002020-04-24T09:49:43.425-07:00Sacramento Police Mug Books 1860-1948The Center for Sacramento History uploaded police mugs books dated from 1860 to 1948 to Internet Archive.
I can't tell you how many hours I have spent turning the pages of these books. For some reason, I have found them absolutely fascinating. There's even one that contains only Chinese men dated around 1860-1870.
Here are a few that I couldn't resist doing a bit of Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-34626058095901988132020-04-21T21:14:00.000-07:002020-04-21T21:14:07.420-07:00Simpson & Swan - Part 5The newspaper articles and the chapter in the 1861 California State Statutes mention slave children in Missouri.
The affidavits from Zachariah Simpson's probate file say that Zachariah was a slave from Kentucky and that his master's name is James Simpson.
William Jones testified in the corner's inquest that Zachariah was born in Madison County, Kentucky and he was 42 years old. Zachariah Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-84342371054977258582020-04-18T03:30:00.000-07:002020-04-18T03:30:08.515-07:00Simpson & Swan - Part 4I was able to follow the history of Senate bill 84 somewhat through the newspapers:
Mr. Heacock gave notice that at an early day he would introduce a bill to authorize the administrator of the estates of Nicholas Swan, deceased and of Zachariah Simpson, deceased to apply the money in his hands for certain purposes.
Sacramento Daily Union, 6 Feb 1861
Introduction of bill by Mr. Heacock - An Act Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-48488681849897732462020-04-17T10:33:00.000-07:002020-04-17T10:33:01.171-07:00Simpson & Swan - Part 3I found the probate for Nicholas Swan in Sacramento County. It contained the usual petitions, claims, and receipts. There is no mention of using money from the estate to buy the freedom of slave children in Missouri.
To the Hon. Robert Robinson Judge of the Probate Court for the City and County of Sacramento
The petition of the undersigned Public Administrator of said city and Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-39121316905279096392020-04-15T06:00:00.000-07:002020-04-15T06:00:05.311-07:00Simpson & Swan - Part 2I found another newspaper mention for Zachariah Simpson - a tiny little paragraph.
Who was Squire Drisdom and why was he opposing the petition of the public administrator to probate the estate?
A search of the probate records for Sacramento County was next. The probate file for Zachariah Simpson contains 244 pages. I read through all 244 pages and there is no mention of slave childrenSheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-56413236745281068042020-04-14T16:22:00.000-07:002020-04-14T16:22:27.330-07:00Simpson & Swan
In the 1861 California State Statutes (chapter 76, page 59) there is an act authorizing the public administrator, Jared Irwin, to sell the real and personal property of Zachariah Simpson and Nicholas Swan and that the money from these sales should be used in procuring the manumission of the children of the deceased from slavery in the State of Missouri.
I have been extracting genealogical Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-38944293855312008232020-04-12T04:00:00.000-07:002020-04-12T04:00:04.813-07:00Crime, Punishment and Pardons in California 1861
The Journal of the Assembly During the Thirteenth Session of the Legislature of the State of California for 1862
LIST OF PARDONS GRANTED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY GOVERNOR JOHN G. DOWNEY 1861
John Daniels - El Dorado County - burglary - 1 yr
Charles C. Glenn - Yuba County - assault to rape - 14 yrs
Thomas McCauley - Tuolumne County - manslaughter - 9 yrs
Alexander Griffin - Nevada Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-34599914407341469242020-04-11T05:30:00.000-07:002020-04-11T23:36:09.848-07:001861 California State Statutes - Name Changes, Estates, Guardians and More
A copy of the 1861 California State Statutes can be found HERE
NAME CHANGES
chapter 11, pg 8
An Act to change the name of Elise Clara Audin, stepdaughter of Pierre G. Venard of the County of San Francisco to Elise Clara Venard and it shall be lawful for her to inherit in the estate of Pierre G. Venard.
chapter 18, pg 12
An Act to change the name of Nelly H. Peters to Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-88921993508711046382020-04-10T07:30:00.000-07:002020-04-10T07:30:02.120-07:001863 California State Statutes - Name Changes, Estates, Guardianship and More
A Copy of the 1863 California State Statutes can be found HERE.
NAME CHANGES
chapter 20, pg 22
An Act to change the name of John Schlageter to John Slater.
chapter 53, pg 52
An Act to change the name of James Gilmore, adopted son of Ellen E. Reese, of San Francisco to Henry James Reese.
chapter 96, pg 102
An act to change the name of Anderson Walker, an attorney at law and resident Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-61497518935732230742020-04-09T16:11:00.000-07:002020-04-09T16:11:21.057-07:00Common Place - The Journal of Early American Life
While looking for some historical background material, I came across a website that kept me reading its articles for over 2 hours - Common Place: The Journal of Early American Life.
They describe their website as
"A bit less formal than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine,Commonplace speaks—and listens—to scholars, museum curators, teachers, Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-3684664060258141792020-04-03T07:44:00.002-07:002020-04-03T07:50:07.542-07:001860 California State Statutes - Name Changes, Estates, Guardianship and More
A copy of the 1860 California State Statutes is available HERE.
To see other years click HERE.
NAME CHANGES
chapter 44, page 25
The name of Mary Louisa Muller, a minor, stepdaughter of Hubertus Schardin, of the County of Nevada, is hereby changed to Mary Louisa Schardin.
chapter 60, pg 34
An Act to change the name of Robert Goodwin to Robert Henry Wright.
chapter 68, pg 39
An ActSheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-5095446776722366722020-04-02T18:37:00.000-07:002020-04-02T18:37:01.359-07:00Miniature Eye Portraits - Gifts of Secret Love
The eye miniature was popular for a brief moment in the late 1700s and early 1800s among well-to-do families. These “lover’s eyes”—a term coined by New York–based antique collector Edith Weber—are now archaic reminders of aristocratic England, mentioned fleetingly in old diaries and Charles Dickens’s 1846 novel "Dombey and Son." A “lover’s eye” miniature is a painted miniature of the giver’sSheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-31840697955540482452020-03-29T10:20:00.000-07:002020-03-29T10:20:31.552-07:00More Fun With PhotosI am a member of the El Toyon Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. I currently serve as the registrar - a postion I have held since 2007. El Toyon is 119 years old, the 3rd oldest active chapter in California. An ongoing project of mine has been to research the lives of the 25 charter members and their families.
In my effort to collect photos ofSheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-51094953299652218272020-03-27T05:43:00.000-07:002020-03-27T05:43:02.000-07:00A Genealogy Society Research Committee ProjectI am a volunteer for the San Joaquin Genealogical Society. I am in charge of their First Families Program and Research Requests.
Recently, I received a request from a gentleman in Germany. He had an old family photo album that had some photos with the words "Stockton, Calif." written on the back. He asked if it would be possible to identify what was going on in the photos.
Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-89265771830996781522020-03-25T20:58:00.000-07:002020-03-25T20:58:06.690-07:00San Joaquin County and the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918
In the spring and summer of 1918,
Stockton newspapers were reporting on the Spanish Flu in Europe. One
or two lines buried in the back pages. The top stories of the day at
that time were about allied victories during WWI. Starting in
September of 1918, those one or two lines of print grew to one or two
paragraphs. As the days went by, front-page articles were printed
daily . What follows Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-50228192623791936392020-01-21T08:14:00.000-08:002020-01-21T08:14:20.704-08:00National Library Shelfie Day!
Created by the New York Public Library in 2014, the fourth Wednesday in January offers a unique opportunity for book lovers an opportunity to express their reading preferences through a single photograph. Whether they frame their favorite authors, titles, genres or cover art, readers share a bit of their library in creative ways.
HOW TO OBSERVE #LibraryShelfieDay
On the day, book lovers Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-32738505390063162892019-11-15T02:37:00.000-08:002019-11-15T02:37:20.504-08:00WWI Jewish Servicemen Questionnaires, 1918-1921
WWI Jewish Servicemen Questionnaires, 1918-1921
At Ancestry.com I came across a new-to-me database about Jewish men who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I.
Database description from Ancestry.com:
"These surveys were sent out by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Office of Jewish War Records as part of an effort to document the service of Jews in the American armedSheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-59851016687124672682018-10-06T11:00:00.000-07:002019-01-23T21:43:53.474-08:00Saving the Best For Last
Stars of DAR
Two Generations of Service
I have presented a five part series of famous women who are members of DAR. I saved the last four ladies for a post (pun intended as you will soon see) of their own. Marjorie Merriweather Post and her three daughters. It is difficult for us mere mortals to imagine the unlimited means these women had to create and have Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-7459862314001523872018-10-05T09:00:00.000-07:002019-01-23T21:42:42.525-08:00Famous Women Who Are Members of DAR - Part 5
Stars of DAR - Part 5
GRANDMA MOSES
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Hoosac-Walloomsac Chapter, New York
She was a renowned American folk artist. A self-taught artist, she didn't begin painting until she was 78 years old. At first, she charged $3 to $5 for a painting, depending upon its size, and as her fame increased her works were sold for $8,000 to $10,000. In November 2006,Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-67024966871851554522018-10-04T08:30:00.000-07:002019-01-23T21:41:47.302-08:00Famous Women Who Are Members of DAR - Part 4
Stars of DAR - Part 4
BO DEREK
California State Member at Large
Bo Derek is an actress and model, perhaps best known for her role in the movie "10."
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
Irondequoit Chapter, New York
Susan Brownell Anthony was a social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.
LAURA WELCH BUSH
Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-72053934722630166352018-10-03T16:00:00.000-07:002019-01-23T21:40:59.048-08:00Famous Women Who Are Members of DAR - Part 3
Stars of DAR - Part 3
ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER
Williamsburg Chapter, Virginia
Wife of John D. Rockefeller, Abby is referred to as the "woman in the family." She was known for being the driving force behind the establishment of the Museum of Modern Art.
SUZANNE POWELL BISHOPRIC
Walter Hines Page Chapter, London, England
From 1999 to 2007, Suzanne was the Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-68604024599982318192018-10-02T17:40:00.000-07:002019-01-23T21:40:06.474-08:00Famous Women Who Are Members of DAR - Part 2
Stars of DAR - Part 2
PHOEBE APPERSON HEARST
San Francisco Chapter, California
Phoebe was the mother of William Randolph Hearst. She founded the University of California Museum of Anthropology. A major benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley and its first woman Regent, serving on the board from 1897 until her death. Phoebe died in 1919, during the worldwide Sheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671432547717724571.post-52539513689889023742018-10-01T15:32:00.000-07:002019-01-23T21:39:13.886-08:00Famous Women Who Are Members of DAR
Stars of DAR
I've written before about some notable women who are members of Daughters of the American Revolution. Since then, I've done additional research about many more women who have made a place for themselves in history.
Today begins a five part series about these women.
JEANNETTE RIDION PICCARD
Nathan Hale Chapter, Minnesota
JeannetteSheri Fenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com17