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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elise is in the front row on the left in this picture. It was customary for all of the children to wear black for confirmation, but I am not sure of the reason. They look so somber on this happy occasion! Even after they moved to the United States, my mother had to wear a dark navy dress for her Confirmation. </span><br />
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These are the two sides of a postcard that I found in my Cubbage family collection. My grandfather, Art Cubbage, sent this to my grandmother, Agnes Speck Cubbage, in 1963. It appears that he was on a business trip in Chicago and was sent as "pictorial proof that I am working hard!"</div>
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At this time, my grandfather was working in sales for Simmons-Boardman Publishing, specifically for <i>Railway Age</i> magazine where he traveled to various conventions and trade shows.</div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-51364590054514170632015-04-21T06:00:00.000-04:002015-04-21T06:00:06.218-04:00Tombstone Tuesday - Boston Burying GroundsWe spent a wonderful Easter weekend in Boston. The boys had fun exploring the historic sights, enjoyed walking the Freedom Trail, and loved Fenway Park!<br />
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The gravestone art and symbols are incredible. The rest of the pictures are from Granary Burying Ground.<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-33590061614279405472015-04-15T06:00:00.000-04:002015-04-15T06:00:12.757-04:00Wednesday's Child - Alma Mary Speck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alma Mary Speck was the daughter of Frank Speck and Elisabeth Linneman Speck and would have been the younger sister of my grandmother, Agnes Speck. Alma was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania and died just one day later. The cause of death was "premature infant" and she was buried that same day at Grandview Cemetery in Monessen.<br />
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I never knew of Alma until the Pennsylvania death certificates from 1906-1963 were made available on <i>Ancestry.com</i>. As most of us did when these records were released, I searched for my surnames that had lived in Pennsylvania to see if I could find death certificates for collateral relatives or ancestors whose date of death was unknown. Through these searches I have found several children that died young between census years, and had no other records of their short lives.<br />
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I asked my father about Alma and he was not aware that Frank and Elizabeth had another child. We visited Grandview Cemetery in 2007 and found the tombstone for Alma's father, Frank Speck, but did not see anything for Alma. She many have been buried in another location or did not have a headstone.<br />
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Besides finding another ancestor, I was able to learn a few more things about the Speck family from this record. They were living at 223 Alliquipa Street at the time of her death. In addition, the name Alma Mary may provide some clues for family names. Their other children seem to have been named after family members ... <i>Agnes</i> (Frank's mother) <i>Elizabeth</i> (Elizabeth and her mother Elizabeth Barbara) and <i>Frank </i>(Frank) <i>Rudolph</i> (Elizabeth's two brothers who died as children). I know the names of Elizabeth's siblings and parents, so Mary may be from her side (Maria was Elizabeth's middle name and her grandmother's name). Alma could possibly be from Frank's side of the family, as I do not know much about his family or where they were from in Germany. Maybe Alma was Frank's sister or grandmother?? Another possible clue to add to the mysterious Speck family.<br />
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This is a photo from my Cubbage family collection of my grandparents on Easter Sunday in 1938. Art Cubbage and Agnes Speck were probably dating at this time and were married a year later. This was most likely In Monessen, Pennsylvania where they were both living at the time.</div>
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I love the face that my grandfather was making in this picture. Happy Easter!<br />
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Several years ago I scanned the <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/10/thankful-thursday-arts-slide-collection.html" target="_blank">slide collections</a> of my parents and grandparents. I didn't notice this one at the time. That's me checking out the tombstone of my second great-grandparents, <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/02/tombstone-tuesday-james-and-barbara.html" target="_blank">James and Barbara (Black) Cubbage</a> at <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/02/those-places-thursday-rockdale-cemetery.html" target="_blank">Rockdale Cemetery</a> in Penn Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.<br />
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Fast forward exactly 30 years ... I am back there on beautiful fall day with my father, brother and sister on a Cubbage family history road trip. I wish I could say that my interest in genealogy and my family history started way back when ... but maybe the seed was planted on that trip out to Pennsylvania almost 40 years ago!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-1930677136179695382015-03-27T06:00:00.000-04:002015-03-27T06:00:05.514-04:00Friday's Faces from the Past - Wedding Day!<div>
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Fifty years. It's hard to fathom, yet not too hard to believe. Fifty years ago today, my parents were married at New Providence Presbyterian Church in New Providence, New Jersey. They had met in the church youth group a few years earlier.</div>
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My mother, the only daughter of Adolf Haberkern and Elise Gegenheimer, got ready at her parents' house in New Providence. </div>
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It was a windy March day ... just look at the bridesmaids' veils!</div>
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I LOVE this picture of my grandmother, Agnes Speck, hugging her son after the wedding. The bride is kissing her new father-in-law, Art Cubbage. Looking on is Agnes' mother, Elizabeth Linneman. </div>
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The newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Jamaica before returning to New Jersey.</div>
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They have ridden the waves of life's ups and downs over fifty years. We are looking forward to celebrating this summer! Happy 50th Anniversary Dad and Mom!</div>
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Oh, how times have changed (thankfully!). I found this little nugget in <i>The Gazette</i>, a publication of Monessen High School in Monessen, Pennsylvania. So in honor of Women's History Month and Pi Day (a little late), I thought I'd post this for some laughs. I wonder which high school student wrote this ... and wish that he could see what his female descendants are doing today!<br />
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An interesting side-note about how I found a few pages from this high school publication. I was searching in <i>The Monessen Daily Independent </i>on Ancestry.com (you know how<a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/02/thankful-thursday-monessen-daily.html" target="_blank"> I love old newspapers</a>) for any articles about my grandmother, Agnes Speck who graduated in 1933.<br />
I found that there are a few issues between 1933 and 1935 that have the first page of <i>The Gazette </i>and then the remaining pages of the issue are from <i>The Monessen Daily Independent. </i>I'm not sure where the glitch, happened, but it I was able to find a mention of my grandmother in one of the issues!<br />
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Amanuesis Monday is a daily blogging prompt from <a href="http://geneabloggers.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">geneabloggers.com</span></a> which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Amanuensis Monday is a popular ongoing series created by John Newmark at <a href="http://blog.transylvaniandutch.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dd7700;">Transylvania Dutch</span></a>.<br />
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tell you what i know – i have noing him for sixteen years. We are brotherinlaws By maring sisters in the
first place he is a badley used up man with rheumatism he has been botherd with rheumatism ever since i know him in
his back he hesent been able to do a hard days work for sixteen years that is
as far back as i know if he dos work hard or run or lift he is of [?] for
days with the panes in his back the first hard work i ever new him to do was
last winter and he had to give up his job on acount of his back he wood set up for nights and bath and
saltes then he wood go to [?] this wood releave him for a time but that\ cant cure him he is that bad be times that he cant tie his own shoes and when
down he has hard work rising to a strate position it wood be imposibel for me
to give date or year for he has been that way every year and the older he gets
the wors he is i have lived too hundreds from him and have worked with him and
for him he dos contract work i am working for mr swenk now and that gives me all
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This affidavit is from the pension file of my second great-grandfather, Charles G. Schwenk. I have been re-reading and analyzing the records of this 85+ page packet and have gleaned an amazing amount of information about Charles ... his service in the Civil War, injuries and life after the war, his wife (and marriage) and their children.<br />
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This affidavit was submitted a few months after Charles' initial filing for an invalid pension. Amos Conner was married to Jane "Jennie" Burd, sister of Charles' wife Marian Burd. This particular affidavit gave a clear picture of how much the rheumatism had affected Charles' life, and his difficulty performing even simple tasks such as tying his shoes.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Affidavit of Amos Conner; Charles G. Schwenk </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Pvt. Co. A and 1</span><sup style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">st</sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Sgt. Co. C, 82</span><sup style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">
Pennsylvania Inf., Civil War) </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Civil War pension file, no. 694362, certificate no. 454879; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications ...,1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.</span></div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-25293682609033180932015-03-08T06:00:00.000-04:002015-03-08T06:00:01.836-04:00Church Record Sunday - German Baptismal Record<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Elise, Adolf and my mother in Germany, 1952</i></div>
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My grandparents, Adolf Haberkern and Elise Gegenheimer, along with their daughter, left Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1952. In the many papers and memorabilia that belonged to them, are several church records from Germany. Many of the documents are dated from the fall of 1957, but for events that happened much earlier. I do not know if my grandparents had gone back to Germany at that time or if they asked a family member to obtain the records. The certificates are all typed, presumably copied from the church record books.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>The Evangelical Parish: Stein near Pforzheim</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>Last and First Name: Haberkern, Jacob Friedrich</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>born: 13 Oktober 1869 in Stein</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>baptized: 21 October 1869 in Stein</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>Profession: Weaver in Stein</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>Maiden and First Name: Jäger, Christine</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>(about about the producer, grandparents, godparents): Godparents: Friedrich Haberkern, goldworker and his wife Christine, nee Sauter - Ernst Kaucher, farmer and his wife Elisabetha, nee Sauter - Christ. Huf, farmer and his wife Luise, nee Jäger</i></b></span></div>
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This record is for the birth and baptism of my second great grandfather. It records Jacob's parents' names, as well as the names of his Godparents. While the record does not list relationships, the Godparents include both of the parents' surnames. I'm happy that I found these with the other records. I don't know how long the Haberkern family was in Stein, so this adds another generation. I'll post more of these records soon!<br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-11358605694061572762015-03-02T06:00:00.000-05:002015-03-02T06:00:01.045-05:00Mappy Monday - A Fun German WebsiteI've always loved maps. All maps ... vacation planning maps, Google Earth, city street maps, even subway maps! So I was thrilled to find this fun surname map on the German genealogy website <a href="http://verwandt.de/">verwandt.de</a>.<br />
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There is a "Karten zum namen" or "map for names" <a href="http://www.verwandt.de/karten/" target="_blank">page</a> that appears to use phone book records and then map the frequency of a surname by district or city. While this may not be the most accurate source of information for researching my ancestors, I was able to find some interesting current geographical areas for surnames.<br />
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I started with my paternal great-grandfather's surname of SPECK, which was not very helpful as it is a more common surname (as well as SPECHT, which I also searched). Below is the map that was generated for SPECK:<br />
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When I searched for my maternal grandmother's GEGENHEIMER surname, I found a more interesting picture:<br />
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<i>They live in 32 cities and counties. Most occurrences are in Karlsruhe, namely the 73rd</i></div>
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<i>Other counties / cities with lots of occurrences are Enz (22), Karlsruhe (10), Pforzheim (8), Alzey-Worms (7) Berlin (4), Böblingen (3), Stuttgart (3), Lahn-Dill circle (2) and Mannheim with 2 entries.</i></div>
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<i>Stefan Gegenheimer occurs in Germany most often. Ruth and Anke are the next often found first name, followed by Luis, Rainer, Adolf and Werner."</i></div>
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I have located church records that go back almost 300 years for my Gegenheimer ancestors in the small village of Ittersbach. Ittersbach is in Karlsruhe, which is one of the red areas above, indicating that there are still many Gegenheimers in that area.</div>
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There are very few NILKOWSKI hits, which is not surprising as it does not sounds like a German surname. Through her German <a href="http://cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/05/amanuensis-monday-german-marriage.html" target="_blank">marriage record</a>, I have learned that in 1865 Elisabeth Barbara Nilkowski was born in Muensterberg, in the district of Marienburg, which is in current-day Poland. </div>
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This one was too funny to pass up. My BURD ancestors are often recorded as BIRD in many records, so when I stumbled upon a record for a BURD who married a BUZZARD I had to chuckle!<br />
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Mary E. Burd married S.E. Buzzard in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania in 1892. Mary is my first cousin 3 times removed that I found when searching Pennsylvania marriage records for collateral Burd ancestors. Happy Friday!<br />
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This is another photocopied clipping that I found in my father's family files. Like many of the items in this folder, there is no mention of the source, date, or who has the original clipping. This is the second suicide that I have found in researching my father's family (you can read about the other suicide <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/02/madness-monday-gerhard-linnemann.html" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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I believe that this article is about my second great grand uncle Robert Burd, the oldest son of Alex Burd and Main Bingham. Robert Burd was born around 1848 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was living in Harrison Township in 1880 with his wife Nancy and their children. By 1900, Nancy was widowed and still living in Harrison Township. The article states that Robert was 50 years old, so this would have been around 1898 or 1899.<br />
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I located a probate record for my ancestor Robert Burd, who died on 5 June 1899 in Harrison Township. He died intestate and the Allegheny County Proceedings Index lists a "Record of Death" in the RD Docket, which is not available online with the other probate records on <i>FamilySearch</i>. Another item for my "to-research" list for me next trip to Allegheny County!<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-11990835325969468652015-02-10T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-10T06:00:02.413-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - Dead Silence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a beautiful Sunday morning. I was walking with my family through the cemetery after church to a reception the social center. My husband chuckled and said "dead silence" as he pointed out this headstone. I had never noticed this headstone, but now smile whenever I walk past it!<br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-50888399353406495722014-05-15T06:00:00.000-04:002014-05-15T06:00:06.395-04:00Thankful Thursday - Library of Virginia Staff!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A HUGE shout-out to the staff at the <a href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/" target="_blank">Library of Virginia</a>!<br />
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I spent last week in Richmond, Virginia at the awesome <a href="http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/home" target="_blank">National Genealogical Society</a> Family History Conference. The conference was great, but the best part of the week was the research time at the Library of Virginia!<br />
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The LVA staff was so very nice, helpful and patient. They were well-prepared for the huge influx of genealogists and family historians (both beginner and advanced). They reminded us when our time was up on the microfilm readers and helped us locate records, resources, documents and more. Thank you all for your friendly assistance so that we could get the most out of our limited research time. I am looking forward to returning to LVA in the future.<br />
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More to come on what I was able to find on my husband's Virginia ancestors in future posts!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-72566476923084181432014-02-23T06:00:00.000-05:002014-02-23T06:00:04.568-05:00Sentimental Sunday - Playing "Hearts" Through the Mail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was raised by some serious card-playing Cubbages! Family favorites included Hearts, Poker and "Aw $hit" (also know as Oh Hell or Oh Pshaw). If there were Cubbages gathered together, there was always card game. We even had an honorary game of "Aw $shit" after my grandfather's funeral.<br />
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My grandfather Art was an avid card player. He played Hearts regularly with his friends Bob and Ralph.They would get together every year or so for a Hearts weekend. "Easter Sunday 1952" was typed on the back of the pictures above and below. Easter Sunday!<br />
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They had a flag and a medal that was passed to the winner of the weekend to keep until the next tournament. In later years they also had matching shirts.<br />
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In between the "Hearts Tours," Art, Bob and Ralph would play cards by mail. One of them would deal out the cards and mail them to the other two players. The person who was to the "left of the dealer" would mail his card to the next player, who would add his card and mail all three to the next. The last one would mail the "trick" to the winner, who would then play a card to his "left" and so on. The games would last weeks and months! Those were some serious card players!<br />
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Later in the 1960s and 1970s, my grandfather hosted a Poker game in his cellar twice a month with some friends from his neighborhood in New Providence. This picture is probably from the late 1960s and my grandfather is in the middle with all of the poker chips. The young fellow to the left is my father, who was probably sitting in for one of the guys.<br />
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Fast forward another 20 years and the weekend card playing returned! This time Art played "Aw $hit" (notice the matching sweatshirts for the occasion!) near the Poconos with his sons Jeff and Corky, and his friend Willie.<br />
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My older son is already good at Hearts, Poker and "Aw Pshaw" (we have renamed it for the kids) and my younger one is learning Poker, with the others to follow as he gets older. This family tradition will be passed down to another generation of Cubbage descendants!<br />
<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-19084892504514241142014-02-13T06:00:00.000-05:002014-02-13T06:00:00.649-05:00Treasure Chest Thursday - Art's Pictures of AgnesMy grandfather, Art Cubbage, was the photographer of his family. He wasn't in many of the pictures, so I am thinking that he was the one behind the camera most of the time. Art took pictures of his family and friends on holidays and at family events. I have written about his awesome <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/10/thankful-thursday-arts-slide-collection.html" target="_blank">slide collection</a> (dated and labeled!), but the black-and-white earlier prints were just a great (but not labeled). While Art's posed pictures of family in front of the Christmas tree were nice, it was his candid shots of his wife Agnes that I love the most.<br />
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I absolutely love this picture! It's in these candid shots of Agnes that I feel I get to know her better (she died when I was six years old). Some of the older pictures (like the one above) have the date that the picture was developed printed on it, so it gives me an approximate date that it was taken.<br />
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I like this one because it shows their kitchen in New Providence in the 1950s. I remember visiting in the 1970s, but some things had been updated by then. I wonder what she was saying when Art took this one.<br />
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This is one from the slide collection. Obviously it was double exposed with another picture on the bottom. Even with that, I like her seriousness and expressive hands while she is talking. Agnes almost looks a little sad, but there are poker chips in front of her. Maybe she lost! Again, I would love to know what she was talking about.</div>
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A more serious, pensive picture of Agnes. The red lipstick is a contrast to the simple housecoat.</div>
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I am so thankful for all of the pictures that my grandfather took, especially the ones of my grandmother. I wish I had seen them years ago so I could have asked him about them. Lesson learned ... ask your family about pictures now so that we aren't leaving it up to speculation years later!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christ Linneman was my great-grandmother's oldest brother. He never married and lived much of his life in Monessen with his mother or siblings. I have his <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/05/treasure-chest-thursday-christian.html" target="_blank">Gesangbuch</a> (German hymnal) and a <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/05/military-monday-christian-linneman.html" target="_blank">photo</a> of him from World War I. On several records he lists his occupation as bartender or "hotel clerk", so in some ways it was not surprising to find this article. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.428571em;">A similar article ran in <i>The Monessen Daily Independent</i>, but </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">Christ's</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.428571em;"> name was not mentioned, just Peter Yalch (listed as Yehak). I looked in both papers after the stated November 20th hearing date, but found nothing. Next up is to see if I can locate those court records. Any suggestions? The county seat?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Dry Agents Hit Six Places In District," <i>The Daily Republican</i> (Monongahela, Pennsylvania), 12 November 1928, p. 1, col. 1; digital images, <i>Newspapers.com</i> (http://newspapers.com : accessed 31 January 2014).</span></div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-41622946181399232022014-01-21T06:00:00.000-05:002014-01-21T14:06:54.458-05:00Talented Tuesday - A Beautiful Stained Glass Family Tree!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My dear friend Amy Brooks is an amazingly talented stained glass artist and the owner of <a href="http://www.paradisecsg.com/" target="_blank">Paradise Custom Stained Glass</a>. She created a beautiful custom stained glass family tree for her client's Christmas gift (how happy was that person on Christmas morning!!). It is absolutely stunning and I wanted to share her flyer and images with others who might be interested in this beautiful way to display your family history.<br />
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You can learn more about Amy and Paradise Custom Stained Glass on her <a href="http://www.paradisecsg.com/" target="_blank">website</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParadiseCustomGlass" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.<br />
<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-25631781060716262802014-01-15T06:00:00.000-05:002014-01-15T06:00:11.933-05:00Wedding Wednesday - Mary Ann Burd and Charles SchwenkA few days ago was the wedding anniversary of my second great-grandparents, Charles Schwenk and Marian "Mary Ann" Burd. They were married on 12 January 1871 in Pittsburgh, PA.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span> I had found and <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/04/wedding-wednesday-marriage-certificates.html" target="_blank">posted</a> a copy of their marriage certificate a while ago ...<br />
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While it's so wonderful to find documents about our ancestors, there is so much more that I want to know about them besides the details (or lack there of) in each document. I would love to know more about my family and am admittedly jealous of those who have diaries, letters and old photos that really paint the pictures of their ancestors' lives!<br />
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Finding this photocopy in my father's files was wonderful, and I was happy to have this to confirm the date of their marriage. But I don't have any pictures of Charles and Mary Ann, or diaries or letters, but what if I could know a little more about the wedding ...<br />
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In the many, many incredible documents in Charles' Pension File that I ordered from NARA, there is an affidavit that Mary Ann submitted for her Widow's Pension. The affidavit was from Isaac and Martha Mason and dated 3 March 1899.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>That the soldier Charles G. Schwenk and Mary A Schwenk now a Widow were married on January the 12" 1871 at Pittsburgh Pa. That said Mary A Schwenk was living with them at Saltsburg Pa at the time of her marriage to the soldier Charles G. Schwenk.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>That after the return of the couple from Pittsburgh were the marriage took place, they had the wedding supper at their (Deponents House) and that they the Deponents participated at the wedding festivities held in honor of the said marriage.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>That the said Mary A. Schwenk lived with them (Deponents) for about 2 years before her marriage to the soldier and know that she was not married prior to the marriage to the soldier above named.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>That they know the facts testified to in this affidavit of their own Personal knowledge, having had an intimate aquaintence with Mary A Schwenk before and after her marriage to the soldier.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>That their Post Office address is Creighton in the County of Allegheny State of Pennsylvania.</i></b></span><br />
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Wow! So now I know a little more about Charles and Mary Ann's wedding. They had the wedding "supper" at the home of Isaac and Martha Mason in Saltsburg. In the 1870 census, just the year before the wedding, Mary Ann is living with the Masons as a domestic servant in North Versailles.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3]</span> Charles is also living in North Versailles in 1870 and was enumerated on the same day and only a few pages apart in the census book.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[4]</span><br />
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There is another interesting item in this affidavit that needs further research. One of the Witnesses to this affidavit was Margaret Orris, who was Mary Ann's sister. When Margaret Orris died, her obituary listed eight children including Mrs. Harry Mason.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5]</span> Next up is to see if there are any connections between the Burd/Orris families and the Mason family. Maybe that's how Mary Ann found work, or how Margaret's daughter met her husband?<br />
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In the meantime, I'm happy to know a little more about the wedding of my great-grandparents and how they celebrated this important event!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[1] Marriage Certificate, Charles Schwenk-Mary Ann Burd, 12 January 1871; photocopy privately held [name and address for private use,] ca. 1975. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">[2] Affidavit of Isaac and Martha Mason, 3 March 1899, Mary Ann Schwenk, widow's pension application no. 586124, certificate no. 475533, service of Charles G. Schwenk (1st Sgt., Co. C, 82nd reg., Pennsylvania Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications ..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, National </span>Archives<span style="font-size: small;">, Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[3] </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">1870 U.S. census, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, North Versailles, population schedule, McKeesport Post Office, p. 20 (penned), dwelling 137, family 137, Isaac Mason; digital image, <i>Ancestry.com</i>, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 January 2014) citing National Archives publication M5393_1294; Family History Library Film 552793.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">[4] </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">1870 U.S. census, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, North Versailles, population schedule, McKeesport Post Office, p. 23 (penned), dwelling 156, family 156, John Rogers; </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">digital image, <i>Ancestry.com</i>, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 January 2014) citing National Archives publication M5393_1294; Family History Library Film 552793.</span></div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-13093267146412342722014-01-10T06:00:00.000-05:002014-01-13T13:44:25.637-05:00Friday's Faces from the Past - Minnie Cubbage Reabe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Minnie Beulah Cubbage was born on this date, January 10, 1908 in Swissvale, PA. She was my grand aunt and was about five years older than my grandfather, Art. This is a beautiful picture of Minnie with her newborn daughter Marna. I was able to spend some time with Minnie's grandchildren (my second cousins) at a <a href="http://www.cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/07/surname-saturday-cubbage-family-reunion.html" target="_blank">Cubbage Family Reunion</a> last summer. Lots of photos were scanned and shared, including this one of Minnie.<br />
<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-85488008886584010972013-12-31T11:42:00.000-05:002013-12-31T11:42:26.428-05:00Happy Birthday and Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love this picture of my grandfather, Art Cubbage, taken on New Year's Eve 1959. This was probably taken at a neighbor's house in New Providence, NJ. Art's mother-in-law, Elizabeth Linneman Speck Merz is on the far left and I believe the other two women lived on the same street. My grandfather was born on December 31, 1912 in Swissvale, PA. Since his birthday was on New Year's Eve, he always had a party!<br />
<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-32913129002948219822013-11-28T06:00:00.000-05:002013-11-28T06:00:08.956-05:00Thankful Thursday - Thanksgiving Family Photo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this Thanksgiving photo from my parents' slide collection, I am about 6 and half, my sister is almost 5 and my brother is about 10 months old. My father wore that red vest every Thanksgiving for about five years! My parents took pictures almost every Thanksgiving, some of my dad carving the turkey and others of the family seated at the table. After my brother arrived, there seems to be more of the posed family photos by the turkey. We still take a family photo every year before dinner, but since there are now 14 people in the picture we take the photo by the fireplace. Happy Thanksgiving!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17907179324194909355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089024681320931576.post-84094910374759829172013-11-12T06:00:00.000-05:002015-03-18T14:32:50.661-04:00Tombstone Tuesday - Charles G. Schwenk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the tombstone for my 2nd great grandfather, Charles G. Schwenk, at Braddock Cemetery in North Braddock, PA. It was also known as Old Braddock Cemetery and Russell Cemetery. He died on 12 November 1893 and is buried in the G.A.R. Plot.<br />
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Charles was born in or near Norristown, PA and enlisted in the Civil War in July of 1861. He served in the 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry in both Companies A and C and mustered out in July of 1865. But this tombstone doesn't seem to be him, right?<br />
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After looking at many records, I do believe that this is my ancestor Charles. First, the stone is newer, definitely not from 1893, as are many of the stones in the G.A.R. Plot. Below is Charles' Pennsylvania Veteran Burial Card, which was dated 1935.<br />
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The information found in this record confirms what I learned from Charles' Civil War muster rolls and pension records. He mustered out of Company C on 13 July 1865 as a First Sergeant and died on 12 November 1893.<br />
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I have been unable to find Charles' death in a Pittsburgh death register nor an obituary in the newspaper, but all of his military pension records as well as his wife's widow's pensions list the same death date. In the 1890 Pittsburgh City Directory, Charles is living in Swissvale, right next to Braddock. In the 1895 Pittsburgh City Directory, his wife Mary is listed as the widow of Charles G. <br />
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In addition, Charles' wife Mary was buried at Braddock Cemetery as well (according to her obituary as there is no tombstone). Many of Mary's family are also buried at Braddock, including her daughters, niece and nephew.<br />
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Lastly, I checked the roster of Company D of the PA 82nd Infantry, just in case there happened to be a "Schwek" veteran who died on the same date and was buried at Braddock. There is no Schwek on the roster. <br />
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So with the information that I have compiled from his military records, as well as census records and city directories, I do believe that this is the tombstone for my ancestor and that a mistake was made at a time long after his death. <br />
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There is much more to write about Charles's time in the Civil War and afterwards when he lived in the Braddock area, but those will have to wait for future posts.<br />
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