To be more precise, an old relative and a very young relative.
I have a few more days on my Ancestry.com subscription. I generally take out a subscription for a month at a time. That way I give myself a break from obsessing over discoveries. Sometimes happy happenstance occurs while I am searching for new family information on the site. For instance, having the photo of Rebecca Bobbs' wedding to spur me on, I began looking for Jake Schaefer, and trying to find if he and Rebecca had any children when the were married, and how long their marriage lasted. I found Samuel Jacob Schaefer married to Rebecca Bobbs in Schuylkill County, on Jan 1, 1902 in Port Carbon, Pa. I found that they lived all their lives in Pottsville, Rebecca living until 1950 and Jake until 1959. I found they had two children, Lester and Melvin. I also found someone who was delving into his family history which intersects with our family through Rebecca Bobbs Schaefer. I emailed him and advised that I had a picture of his ancestors' wedding and asked if he would like a scanned copy. He replied advising he would like it immensely.
He is the 3rd Great Grandson of Jake and Rebecca Schaefer. He has lived all his life in Pottsville, is attending school in Lock Haven where he will shortly graduate with his BA. He is remarkably young to be interested in genealogy, in my experience. Incidentally, he is our 3rd cousin 3 x removed.
I have asked for his assistance in discovering the location of the photo of Wm. H. Lilley, Papa and Edward K. Lilley, where they are standing in front of what might be the foundry where all three worked. I misspoke many years ago when I said they worked at the Allison foundry; well, it was owned by Robert Allison, but the name of it was Keystone Iron Works. I have been ardently looking for any information that would point to what happened to the company and where it was located in Port Carbon. I am hoping it , at least the building, is still in existence. I have come across some tantalizing hints that I am following. I know Wm. H. was a molder, and while young, so was Papa. I have read that Keystone Iron Works employed molders, among other workers.
So, again, I have reason to thank Linda, Teddi and Jessica for giving me those photos.
As an aside, I think genealogy is like a mystery novel, with me as the detective!
I have a few more days on my Ancestry.com subscription. I generally take out a subscription for a month at a time. That way I give myself a break from obsessing over discoveries. Sometimes happy happenstance occurs while I am searching for new family information on the site. For instance, having the photo of Rebecca Bobbs' wedding to spur me on, I began looking for Jake Schaefer, and trying to find if he and Rebecca had any children when the were married, and how long their marriage lasted. I found Samuel Jacob Schaefer married to Rebecca Bobbs in Schuylkill County, on Jan 1, 1902 in Port Carbon, Pa. I found that they lived all their lives in Pottsville, Rebecca living until 1950 and Jake until 1959. I found they had two children, Lester and Melvin. I also found someone who was delving into his family history which intersects with our family through Rebecca Bobbs Schaefer. I emailed him and advised that I had a picture of his ancestors' wedding and asked if he would like a scanned copy. He replied advising he would like it immensely.
He is the 3rd Great Grandson of Jake and Rebecca Schaefer. He has lived all his life in Pottsville, is attending school in Lock Haven where he will shortly graduate with his BA. He is remarkably young to be interested in genealogy, in my experience. Incidentally, he is our 3rd cousin 3 x removed.
I have asked for his assistance in discovering the location of the photo of Wm. H. Lilley, Papa and Edward K. Lilley, where they are standing in front of what might be the foundry where all three worked. I misspoke many years ago when I said they worked at the Allison foundry; well, it was owned by Robert Allison, but the name of it was Keystone Iron Works. I have been ardently looking for any information that would point to what happened to the company and where it was located in Port Carbon. I am hoping it , at least the building, is still in existence. I have come across some tantalizing hints that I am following. I know Wm. H. was a molder, and while young, so was Papa. I have read that Keystone Iron Works employed molders, among other workers.
So, again, I have reason to thank Linda, Teddi and Jessica for giving me those photos.
As an aside, I think genealogy is like a mystery novel, with me as the detective!