Sunday, January 11, 2015

Researching Our Veterans



Revolutionary War 1775-1783
Dan's Ancestors
Martin Zettlemoyer 1757-1845
Heather's Ancestors
Frederick Christian Bingaman 1755-1845

Resources
This article explains the "hidden secret" in the 1840 census.  Census takers wrote the name of veterans on the back of the census page.  You can search these listings at this find my past database, and if you find a match, you can then see which household the veteran lived in.  This applies to widows who were receiving pensions too, and it gives birthdates!  Unfortunately, I ran each of our surnames that are known to have served in the Revolutionary War through the search engine, and did not receive a single match.

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War of 1812 1812-1815

Heather's Ancestors
5th great paternal grandfather Henry Burns 
5th great paternal grandfather Samuel Geise
4th great maternal grandfather Lewis Aikey 1789-1862


Dan's Ancestors:
Daniel Angst 1786-1866 

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The War For Texas Independance

Heather's 3rd great maternal granfather Ishi McClaughin
     http://heathersgen.blogspot.com/2015/12/ishi-mccloughan-1810-1862.html

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Civil War 1861-1865

Heather's Ancestors:
  172nd Company A,   184th Company E,   Wife Filed for Pension
    Co. K 51st Infantry,  Received gun shot wound in left thigh

       I've attempted to track Lewis's siblings, & nephews, who served in the civil war - I have plotted out a rough time line here - http://notheathersgen.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-time-line-of-children-grandchildren.html

Dan's Ancestors

Resources:

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WWI 1917-1918
Heather's Ancestors


Dan's Ancestors

Resources

Draft Registration Cards, but no record of service
Harvey Jacob Brown
Jacob Wellington Confer
William Andrew Ridge

George Meade Lumbard


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WWI

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