National Women’s History Month day 9

comes from list on FACEBOOK Link for 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month.

March 9 — Take a family document (baptismal certificate, passenger list, naturalization petition, etc.) and write a brief narrative using the information

UPDATED* my parents marriage registry...in Los Angeles   Scanned with the Magic Wand portable scanner
Got my parents "CERTIFICATE of REGISTRY of MARRIAGE" showing this was the first marriage with both of them.  Dad being from Indiana and Mom coming from Illinois.  They list the same address (*wonder if they were living together before getting married~scandless, and kept quite back in those days of early 50's) in Hollywood.  Along with one straignten out fact for me  of  being told my parents were married in Ventura County, when this document shows the marriage took place in Los Angeles county California.

Two surpring fact on this document comes from who the witness was and the spelling of the maiden name of grandma Winnie!  Her last name is spelled JUSTICE , not Justus.  Am still waiting for grandma's SS application to see what the spelling is.

Clarence Young aka my uncle Pete was the witness.  I already knew that he and dad were both on the same ship in the navy. Will be calling Uncle Pete to talk to him about this. 
*just got off phone with Uncle Pete (march 9th 10:30 am) and he remember this.  As for the address, this was where both mom and her sister Dagmar lived~uncle Pete's soon to be wife, they got married later the same month and by the same minister in Ventura.  Was told that was when my parents moved to San Diego county, Calif.

This document shows the ages of both my parents , but not birth info ....so any REAL info on dad's actual age is "unknown'.  Any middle names of both sets of grandparents have been kept off this paper as well.   Dad's parents are both from Indiana and mom's were from Sweden.

The county clerk was Harold J. Ostly and this document was subscribed and sworn before him on Dec 3, 1952   With the license issued on the same day, filed on Dec. 8, 1952 in Los Angeles County.

Another fact to come of this is the actual date of marriage~Dec. 5th 1952~not the 6th as I thought. Can't read the writing of the place they were married at, but were married by a Methistist Minister in VENTURA county~ there is where the mix up I have been having.  The license was taken out in Los
Angeles County but they got married in Ventura County.

National Women’s History Month day 3

March 3 — Do you share a first name with one of your female ancestors? Perhaps you were named for your great-grandmother, or your name follows a particular naming pattern. If not, then list the most unique or unusual female first name you’ve come across in your family tree.

My middle name is the same as my swedish grandma~Dagmar Linnea .  This middle name has passed on to my first granddaughter.   Grandma's first name is also my aunt's name.  I have been told that Aunt Andi was named after both her parents...Dagmar Eugena.   Don't know the reason on my mom's name Patrica Kay. 

Afew unusal names in my tree ~  Drada, Cyrena, Salvina, Chisholom, Sophrona, Etha

National Women’s History Month day 2

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March 2nd~ Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select this photo

Johanna and her 6 children

(my Swedish line)

grandma Dagmar is the woman

standing in back right side

Not sure when this was taken, but know

grandma came to the USA after age 18-20.

She was born 1909 so this was before about

1927-1930

(was married in Chicago, Ill. early 30's)

My reasoning to post this photo is

because I have finally broken some

of the brick walls with this

line .  And this is the first closest

over seas family in my tree.

National Women’s History Month

From the FACEBOOK Link for 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month.





March 1rst ~ favorite female ancestor , how you are drawn to or want to learn more about.  Any key facts you have already learned or what you would like to learn.  What are the goals you have and potential sources you plan to check.

I really can't say I have a Favorite Female Ancestor, they are all favorites to me.  The one which I have been focused on in the last few days would be my grandma Winnie.  She was a big part of my life on my dad's side of the family. I remember when at her house she would let me play with her small little nick nacks...the little baby in the rocking chair, the TV which had salt and pepper shakers in it.. Sleeping on the fold out couch bed in the front room of her home. The two Toy Poople dogs always barking (grandma and grandpa's kids as they would call them)

Last year I learned through (and by accident) that grandma and her siblings were in the Masonic Home for several years as children as found on the 1930 census. Still need to find out more details. Do know the reason for the siblings being there, times were hard on their mom after the husband / father died and Great grandma wasn't able to take care of the kids.  Beings the great grandparents were Masons / Eastern Star members, the kids were taken in.

Then there was the mystery of grandma's first name~she was known as Winnie all my life. Do have proof on several documents now in my tree that her first name is WINIFRED...found on both my father's birth record, and grandparents marriage record.

AND....for the middle name, well this is somewhat of a mystery...some in the family, me included , thought the name was Gaunita...have sent away for grandma's SS application and this will hopefull shade some light on this matter.   So till then, we wait!