After about an 11-year break I started up with the genealogy again. A small part of my decision to restart was that Ancestry was offering half off on their 6-month subscription plans. I went for the highest tier, the All-Access Plan which includes access to their worldwide records, Newspapers.com, and Fold3. The larger part was that I needed a project where I could feel a sense of purpose and possibly even consider it some sort of legacy project.
My sisters and I were raised somewhat isolated from both sides of our family and any discussions about relatives were between adults and never clarified for us. It's been my impression that no one (except a handful of exceptions) in our family has ever wanted to talk about themselves or their immediate families. When I've gathered enough courage to ask questions I have allowed it to make me feel like a complete nuisance. Almost all of the knowledge I have about both sides of our family have come from documents after they've died. There are almost no family stories. My feeling is, we don't have to be rich, famous, or super accomplished to have a story to tell.
In putting together a "paper trail" of documentation on our relatives I can almost get a sense of what they might have been like. Their hopes for a better life (frequently moving and changing jobs), their hopes for a more fulfilling personal life (marrying, divorcing, remarrying), their struggles (losing children, health issues, legal troubles, financial woes), and their successes (community affection and respect, a loving and united family, occupational advancement, etc.). This is my way of getting to know our ancestors. I hope my family feels the benefits much in the same way. On to the family introductions... (FAMILY HINT: To see how they are related to you, all you have to do is claim (contact me) or log in to your Geni Profile.)
Latest Discoveries and Acquisitions
Photographs
FINCH, Lewis and FINCH, Sarah (LAMB)
GROETZ, Edward and (LINDLEY), Gretchen
HILL, Hiram (1862 Medina-Cleveland Stagecoach Driver)
KANE, Herbert Mathew, Sr.
KANE, Herbert Mathew, Jr.
KENYON, Charles Champlin and KENYON, Lucy (GOULDIN)
KENYON, Samuel
KINSEY, Shirley (DAVIS)
MEDEIROS, Harry Vincent
MEDEIROS, Wilhelmina "Minnie"
MUSCH, Bonn Charles (Skateland Building built in 1944, repaired in 1947, sold in Mar 1955)
OLDS, DeForest M.
Headstone Photographs
ARRUDA, Joseph Jordan, Sr.
CARVALHO, Edwin E.
DAVIS, Elmo Earl and Angelina (CABRAL)
FRAME, Carl and (GROETZ) Jean Ann
GREENO, William
GROETZ, Edward and (LINDLEY), Gretchen
HAWK, Leona Stella (LONG) (NOBRIGA) (COSTA) (ARRUDA)
HAWK, Montie
HILL, Robert Wayne
LITTLETON, Almira (RAYMOND)
KINSEY, Shirley (DAVIS)
MIKES, Jacqueline Mary (HILL)
SABEN, Frederick Carl
SYLVESTER, Sarah (CARVALHO)
WALLING, John Luman
Birth Certificates/Records
CABRAL, Antonina CARVALHO
CABRAL, Manuel, Jr.
HILL, Bert
Marriage Licenses/Certificates/Records
CARVALHO, Kate and RODRIGUES, Joseph
CARVALHO, Rose and CABRAL, Manuel
HILL, Ernest and HANNAN, Margaret
HILL, Maybelle and SABEN, Frederick Carl
HILL, Maybelle and BENNETT, Arthur William
HILL, Raymond and CRUM, Letha (2)
HILL, Robert Wayne and KIRCHNER, June
LINDLEY, Gretchen and GROETZ, Edward
LITTLETON, Hattie (HILL) and PLUM, Elmer
Death Certificates/Records
HILL, Bert
HILL, George E.
HILL, Harry
HILL, Unnamed Baby Girl
PLUM, Elmer Alexander
RODRIGUES, Joseph
WALLING, Bertha (PARKER)
WALLING, John Luman
Census Records
BENNETT, Maybelle Ellen (HILL) (1930 & 1940)
CABRAL, Manuel Jr. (1940)
DAVIS, Elmo Earl (1950)
HILL, Ernest Talfred (1950)
HILL, John Richard (1860, 1900, & 1910)
HILL, Maybelle Ellen (1930 & 1940)
HILL, Raymond (1920, 1940, & 1950)
HILL, Robert Wayne (1940 & 1950)
HUMPHRIES, Alfred and Lucy (KANE) (1910)
OLDS, DeForest M. (HILL, Mildred) (1930 & 1940)
WASHBURN, Gilbert Harry (1930)
WASHBURN, Harry Harrison (1950)
PASSENGER LISTS
CABRAL, Manuel, Jr.
DAVIS, Elmo Earl
MARTIN, Dennis
MARTIN, Marian
MARTIN, Raleigh
MARTIN, Vivian
WWII Draft Registration Card
CABRAL, Manuel Jr.
CARVALHO, Edwin E.
DAVIS, Elmo Earl
HILL, Raymond
MEDEIROS, Frank
WALKER, Dayle Samuel, Sr.
WASHBURN, Harry Harrison
WASHBURN, Gilbert Harry
WASHBURN, Richard Harrison
Newspaper Notices (Birth, Death, Funeral, etc.)
ARRUDA, Joseph Jordan (death notice)
CARVALHO, Edwin E. (death notice)
DeCOSTA, William Kealoha (name change decree)
GRIMM, Katherine E. (HILL) (KENYON) (death & funeral notices)
HANNAN, Catherine (fatal train incident)
HAWK, Montie (obituary)
HILL, Charlotte Ellen (KENYON) (delayed death notice)
HILL, John Delbert (delayed death notice)
HILL, Robert Parke, Sr. (obituary)
HILL, Robert Wayne (obituary - funeral home)
HILL, William Henry (obituary)
HUMPHRIES, Alfred (obituary, estate notice)
HUMPHRIES, Lucy (KANE) (social notices, obituary, estate notice)
KANE, Herbert Matthew (marriage license notice, several articles, obituary)
KANE, James, Sr. (several social notices, death notice)
KANE, James, Jr. (social notices)
KANE, Julia Agnes (McCORMICK) (several social notices)
KANE, Rinaldo Edmund (obituary)
KENYON, Ernest S. (death notice)
KENYON, Lucy (GOULDIN) (obituary)
KONANUI, (DeCOSTA) Josephine (obituary)
LEWIS, George E. (obituaries)
LONG, Albert [Delbert] Warren (two notices, obituary)
LONG, Leona Stella (marriage, birth, & divorce announcements)
LONG, Maria Augusta (CARVALHO)(death notice, obituary)
MEDEIROS, Frank (obituary)
MEDEIROS, Harry Vincent (obituary)
MEDEIROS, Katherine (CARVALHO) (RODRIGUES) (obituary)
MEDEIROS, Wilhelmina "Minnie" (engagement announcement, obituary)
SLABAUGH, Dorothy (HILL) (death notice, obituary)
SLABAUGH, Joseph Pierson (obituary)
SORIANO, Veronica Shirley (ARRUDA) (death notice)
Newspaper Articles
DAVIS, Robert and Diana (several items)
HILL, Maybelle Ellen (several articles)
KANE, Herbert Mathew, Sr. (with photo)
KANE, Herbert Mathew, Jr. (with photo)
KANE, Rinaldo Edmund (interview w/photo)
MUSCH, George (several detailed articles)
SLABAUGH, Dorothy (HILL) (interview)
Added the Following Individuals to the Tree
Fook Sang HEU
Fong LING
Henry Young LING
Kui LING
See Kyau LING
Dr. William Shin LING
Dai Kyau WONG
Lau Shee WONG
AREND, Paul Edward
BENNETT, Arthur William
COSTANZO, Joseph Carl
CRUM, Letha Irene
DAVIS, Elmo Earl
HILL, Robert Wayne
LEWIS, Donald Leroy
LEWIS, Elvin Merl
LEWIS, Ralph Yates
KINSEY, John
KIRCHNER, June Marguerite
KIRCHNER, Thomas Joseph
LITTLETON, Almira (RAYMOND)
MULDOON, Marguerite Eleanor
OLDS, Helen
OLDS, Lillian Ruth
PARKER, Bertha M.
PLUM, Elmer Alexander
SABEN, Frederick Carl
SEICH, Jay Steve
WALKER, Dayle Samuel, Jr.
WALLING, Bertha (PARKER)
WALLING, Dora
WALLING, Fred Guy
WALLING, Harry
WALLING, Minnie
WALLING, Nellie
WELLIVER, Harold "Jess"
YATES, Nettie
Latest Requests and Queries
- Colorado State Archives: Digital copy of the marriage license/certificate for Ernest Talfred HILL and Margaret Beatrice HANNAN. [RECEIVED]
- Cook County Circuit Court Clerk (Archives): The divorce records for Herbert Mathew KANE and Melvina (LaCHANCE) KANE from 1923. [No divorce petition was filed; they remained married.]
Latest Contributions
- Updated and added Geni Profiles for the above individuals, added all public documents above, and merged several duplicate profiles.
- Suggested edits, and added data and photos to many Find A Grave memorial pages.
- Added information, dates, and tags to over half of the approximately 290 documents in the HILL Documents Album on Flickr and added above associated documents to other family history albums.
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