Stories from the Rogers & Jones Family Tree.
On the morning of Thursday, May 23, 1889, David W. Vandeveer woke to find his Newfoundland dog, Rebel, dead. Nine other dogs in Stanford, Kentucky, would be found “sleeping the sleep that knows no waking” that day.[1] Who, or what, had killed ten dogs in this small town? Stanford’s newspaper, the Interior Journal, reported on... Continue Reading →
Seventeen-year-old Lida Pratt Hornsey gathered up her schoolbooks and scurried out the door of 75 North Broadway in Lexington, Kentucky on the morning of Tuesday, October 12, 1897.[1] The shouts of her younger sister, Tommie, to wait up faded as her booted feet carried her down the cobblestone street.[2] Lida tightly clasped her fur-trimmed cape... Continue Reading →
After a few months away (I've been working on a genealogy certificate through Boston University), here is the story of my first cousin four times removed, Oscar Brewer, and his favorite song in 1888.
I've often come across pictures of distant relatives who closely resemble more immediate family members. It's so cool to see genetics at work, and I thought I'd share these instances as I find them. My first set of doppelgängers are my paternal grandmother, Golda Jane Ahlfield (born 1913 in Kentucky) and her paternal first cousin,... Continue Reading →
An inspiration for the film "A League of Their Own", our cousin Mabel Bernice Holle was one of the first professional female baseball players in the United States.
A block-long, three-story brick complex stands between South and Water Streets in Mayfield, Kentucky [8]. Flat brick pilasters break up the great expanses of wall, and an arched entranceway once welcomed hundreds of employees into one of the largest clothing factories in the nation [3, 8]. The Merit Pant Company (also called the Mayfield Pants... Continue Reading →
Learn about our miasmaphobic ancestor, Hugh Lonney, and his response to the 1833 cholera epidemic of Lexington, Kentucky.
A story about my great grandmother, Elnora Calhoun from her great niece, Evelyn Calhoun Rogers.
I am often asked where I find the information used to build my family tree. I’ve put together a list of some of my favorite software programs and websites that have been invaluable in my never-ending search. However, before you dive in, I cannot encourage you enough to record your sources. Whether it is a... Continue Reading →
It was a warm summer day in Denver, Colorado when three boys made a gruesome discovery in the waters of Little Dry Creek [9, 23]. The children had been searching the park for golf balls, but instead found the lifeless body of Mrs. Helene Müllner, who had been reported missing ten days prior [23]. Helene... Continue Reading →
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