04 May 2010

Where they died

It's not very often that I get requests regarding my blog. As in a specific topic somebody wants me to write about. But this week, my brother said he was thinking about my post from several months ago about my heritage. It made him wonder where all our grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great grandparents died. Being the kind sister that I am, I have compiled that list, again using the Ahnentafel numbering system.

4. California
5. California
6. California
7. Texas

My Great-Grandparents (furthering simplicity - born about 1890-1900):
8. California
9. California
10. California
11. California
12. California
13. California
14. Texas
15. Texas

And my Great-Great Grandparents (born approximately 1860 - 1880):

16. England
17. England
18. California
19. Illinois
20. Arizona
21. California
22. Alabama
23. Alabama
24. South Dakota
25. Iowa
26. Wisconsin
27. Wisconsin (probably)
28. Texas
29. Texas
30. Texas
31. Texas

I think it's also worth noting that I made this list using my original post. It made keeping the numbering system really simple. One thing that I observed (yet again) was how very normal my ancestors were in their migration patterns. They did very predictable things. The Scandinavians went to the midwest. The southerners moved on west to Texas. And lots of them headed to California, both before and during the Depression. There really was nothing particularly unusual about any of the migration patterns my ancestors followed. (Although, I do like to point out that my Irish ancestors came before the famine.)

3 comments:

  1. Cool. Will go back and cross-reference. It's funny. I can easily remember birth places, but not death places.

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  2. Okay, here goes. Remember that I'm a generation older...
    Grands
    4 Oregon
    5 Oregon
    6 Idaho
    7 Idaho
    Greats
    8 California
    9 California
    10 Utah
    11 Utah
    12 Missouri
    13 Missouri
    14 Wyoming
    15 Wyoming
    Great-Greats
    16 Illinois
    17 Illinois
    18 Wyoming
    19 Wyoming
    20 Utah
    21 Utah
    22 Utah
    23 Idaho
    24 Missouri
    25 Missouri
    26 Missouri
    27 Missouri
    28 Prince Edward Island Canada
    29 Prince Edward Island Canada
    30 Idaho
    31 Idaho

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  3. I wanted you to post this because I was interested in the migration patterns even if they were normal.
    Thanks

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