16 Ancestral Lines

Good Afternoon,

I thought you may like a visual presentation of the 16 Anderson Ancestral Lines. As we know, it is a work in progress.

I have used the individual's state of birth on record. A "?", question mark, represents a current unknown.

Enjoy,

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August 28, 2009 - GG-Grandfather Talbot Turner and The Civil War - Part 2

Good Afternoon,

So that we can visualize the relationship of great-great-grandfather Talbot Turner in perspective with his immediate family I have created a Descendant Chart. As always the information on the Descendant Chart can and may change depending on the source and reliability of the data. As you can see there are some identified boxes in the Chart that are highlighted. (On my PC they are a light tan bordering on a dull yellow. Based on your video card and your monitor capabilities the color may be some what different.) The highlighted boxes represent the immediate blood line of the owner.



Following up from Part 1, in conjunction with the two previously found Pension Index Cards from Footnote.com and The National Archives, I discovered the following dated "1891 Sep. 28":

and the following dated "1904 or 1914 Jan 7":


These also are from The National Archives extracted from the Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; T288; (Reference Roll 482: Turner, Leander--Tyas, Jonathan). This collection only holds the names of Union veterans as the pension files were for federal benefits. The application and certificate numbers are for the pension case file housed at The National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

In the case of great-great-grandfather Talbot Turner and his widow, great-great-grandmother Susan J. Turner the application numbers (transcribed) are "1060326" and "797538", respectively. The certificate numbers are "752454" and "572270", respectively.

Registration is required to submit a Reference Request or Order Reproductions online. The Pension Application Files may provide a wealth of information as outlined in the linked description.

Compiled by Mr. Bennie J. McRae, Jr., I discovered the following site: U.S. Colored Infantry Regiments, which provides the Organization, Location and Original Designation. The information provided for your great-great-grandfather Talbot's regiments was:

1. Organization: 65th U.S. Colored Infantry; Location: Benton Barracks, Missouri; Original Designation: 2nd Missouri Colored Infantry; and

2. Organization: 67th U.S. Colored Infantry; Location: Benton Barracks, Missouri; Original Designation: 3rd Missouri Colored Infantry.

Enjoy... To be continued,

Jim

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August 27, 2009 - Fantastic Note and Great-Great-Grandfather Talbot Turner - Part 1

Morning,

What an exciting discovery that was made with the small piece of paper with your grandmother Ora Louisa (née Lewis) Anderson's writing -


Transcribing the note:

Front -

67th Regiment
Talbot Turner
Sergeant, Company "A"
of the 67th Regiment of
U.S. Ifantry Corps

1864 was made Sergeant

J.B. Nickerson
Adjutant of the regiment

A.J. Edjerton
Colonel
Commander of the Regiment
Discharged 1865
Glasgow, Mo.

Back -

Grandpa Turner
My mother's
father

And then the wheel's started turning.

So many wheels and cogs that I thought that this search could expand over a series of Blog postings.

First hit from Footnote.com - Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index contributed by The National Archives.


The 1891 Sept. 28 card provides an additional bit of information to grandmother Ora Louisa's note. The card notes "Co. F, 65 Reg't US. C. Inf." in addition to the "A. 67 US. C-Inf."

The next successful hit -

It's two years earlier: 1889 Sept. 28, and the Company information "Co. A, 67 Reg't US. C. Inf." and Additional Services "F 65, US. C Inf" is reversed as compared to the 1891 card.

My immediate question refers to both cards. On both cards "Late rank" is entered as "P". What does the "P" rank represent? Obviously my first thought is "Private"... and of course this is not in line of thought with the great-great-grandfather Talbot's rank of "Sergeant" as noted by your grandmother.

Finding relevant data at Ancestry.com, which in turn is corresponding to the information included in the African Civil War Memorial, the Rank highlighted for great-great-grandfather Talbot Turner is "Sergeant". So the question is what does the "Late rank P" stand for on the 1889 and 1891 cards?

To be continued,

Enjoy.

Jim

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July 5, 2009 - Gustavus Anderson Definitely Lived in London, Ontario - Part 2

Good Afternoon,

The data and documentation is coming at me quicker than I can absorb it. And having to jump across the Canadian American border from Buffalo, New York to London, Ontario, and back, my gathering of new information can appear somewhat hectic.


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I've stumbled across the following since early this morning:

1. 1871 Canada Census. See this morning's early posting, Andersons in Ontario - 1871
   
2. 1881 Canada Census.
3. 1886 Death Registration for great-great grandfather Gustavus Anderson.
4. 1861 Canada Census.
5. Ontario Voting Lists - 1877 through and including 1886

1881 Canada Census (coded ON002)

Originating from the Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario, the reporting of the 1881 Canada Census enumerates that the Anderson family in London had reduced in size. Great-grandfather Gustavus is not listed on the 1881 Census but we know that he is living with his wife, your great-grandmother Elnora Elizabeth (née Taylor) and their children in Buffalo at Walnut Street. Your grandaunt Amelia Grace Anderson had just been born on the 26th of March when the 1881 Canada Census was begun on the 4th of April.

Great-grandaunt Elizabeth is also not listed with her family in the 1881 Canada Census. I have discovered a possibility of her whereabouts on the same Census, working for a Blizard family who are two houses away from your great-great-grandparents' home. All the information matches the Elizabeth Anderson of the 1871 Canada Census except that 1881 Elizabeth is listed at only 23 years old. Based on the age listing from the 1871 Census she should be enumerated at about 33 years in the 1881. Otherwise as everything else matches, this could be an extreme coincidence, except for the age difference. I will be investigating this further.

Another note is that great-grandaunt Caledonia is not present in the 1881 household... And a great-grandaunt Carrie has appeared. She, great-grandaunt Carrie was never listed on the 1871 Census. In 1871, Caledonia was entered at 17 years old. If she had been entered to the 1881 Census her age should be about 27 years. But great-grandaunt Carrie is entered at 26 years in 1881. They could be twins... or Caledonia and Carrie are one and the same person. Aren't there twins in your ancestral lines? The Turners?

1886 Death Registration for Great-great-grandfather Gustavus Anderson (coded DON003)

Via Ancestry.com and from the Archives of Ontario, Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1934, I was able to discover an actual registration entry possibly listing the death of great-great-grandfather Gustavus Anderson. The actual date, 29 April 1886 is not included in the entry but the date of registration is 4 May 1886. The points of matching are his name, Gustavus Anderson; his occupation, Farmer; and location, London Township, County of Middlesex, Ontario. As the registration date is only five days from the date recorded of his actual death, it is highly possible that this Registration refers to Gustavus Anderson, Sr.

I will be investigating the two other items; the 1861 Canada Census and the Ontario Voting Lists and provide you my thoughts shortly. For your information and interest the 1861 Census appears to be specifically agricultural and of farming in nature. The Ontario Voting lists also seem to be poll lists of landowners and I have been able to extract the name of Gustavus Anderson on 10 subsequent years from 1877 through and including 1886.

As I mentioned to you before, the snowball effect is just beginning...

Enjoy,

Jim

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July 1, 2009 - Was There A Jeanette Lewis?

Evening,

I entered the name Jeanette Eley Lewis from the Descendant Chart that had been created from family files and was provided to me. The offspring of Ben 1856-1932 and Sarah (Sarah) Turner 1861-31 on the chart as entered are: Ora 1-8-90-9/70, O’Dell, Mildred, John, Jeanette Eley, Sadie, Ila, and Jewelle. I have inserted a copy of the same.

The logic of her death entered from a “Highly reliable” source is taken from the fact that she does not appear as a part of the list of house members on the 1900 US Census for Troy Township, Monroe, Iowa dated the 20th June 1900. The 1900 Census lists all the household including: Ben, Sallie, Udel T., Mildred J., Ora L., John E., Jewell E., Sada N., and Ila. There is no indication of a Jeanette Eley as indicated on the Chart.

When I first compared the two documents; the 1900 US Census and the Descendant Chart I noticed that Jeanette Eley only appears on the Chart, whereas Jewell E. appears on both. This means that there are three possibilities that I can think of:

1. Jeanette Eley may have passed away at some time before the 1900 Census was recorded,
2. Jeanette Eley was staying at someone else’s house at the time that the Census was taken, or
3. Jeanette Eley and Jewell E. are the same person, and the information on the Descendant Chart is less reliable.

At this point in time I decided to enter both names, Jeanette Eley and Jewell E. to your database. I decided to go with the first point that Jeanette Eley had passed away. My reasoning:

1. The birth years of all the other children who are included in the Census range between 1886 and 1899 which would indicate that unless she, Jeanette Eley, was older than Udel T. and it could mean that she had possibly left the family and could be recorded elsewhere or
2. There are some “conception possibilities” between the birth years of the children that she had been born and passed away at an early age.

The source, the Census is what is “Highly reliable”, definitely not my logic nor the Descendant Chart. And of course the 1890 US Censuses were destroyed by fire in St. Louis so at this point there is not any other documentary proof immediately accessible.

I hope this makes sense. It does not mean that it is fixed in stone and of course can change at any point.

Jim

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