Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday – Charles PALMER

Charles Palmer

Annie Palmer (Mapplebeck)

These are some more Palmer tombstones from the Berwick cemetery.  Charles Palmer is Robert’s 2nd great grand uncle.  He is the son of Thomas Richard Palmer and Margaret Ann Nichols.  November 22, 1899 Charles married Annie Mapplebeck.  

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday – Handley and Martha PALMER

Handley & Martha Palmer

This is the tombstone of Robert’s 2nd great grand uncle and aunt.  Handley and Martha Palmer (Sanford) are buried in the Berwick cemetery.  Handley is the son of Thomas Richard Palmer and Margaret Ann Nichols.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday – Thomas & Margaret Ann PALMER

Thomas R. & Margaret Ann Palmer

This is the tombstone of Robert’s 3rd great grandparents Thomas R. Palmer and Margaret Ann Palmer (Nichols).  They are buried in the Berwick cemetery.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday – Thomas PALMER

Bessie Palmer (Mapplebeck)

Thomas Palmer & Edna Palmer (Veins)
Here is another tombstone from Berwick Cemetery.  This is Robert’s 2nd great grandparents, Thomas Palmer and Bessie Mapplebeck.  Bessie’s inscription is on one side and Thomas’s and his 2nd wife’s, Edna Veins on the other side. 

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day
For all you Mom’s have a wonderful day.  In honour of Mother’s Day, here is the maternal line of myself and Robert.

Jacqueline
Me (Paterson), My Mom (Makie), Ruby Belknap (1917-1997), Bessie Landers (1888-1947), Angeline Littrell (1855-1888), Letis Ellen Knox (1830-?), Clarissa Fuller (1810-1891), Avis Briggs (1773-1814), Lettice Hill (1745-1813)

Robert
Robert Foster, His Mom (Stoddart), Living Lutz, Florence Palmer (1899-1975), Bessie Mapplebeck (1879-1902), Fanny McKinley (1850-1899)  

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Surname Saturday - LANDERS


This is the surname of my great grandmother on my Mom’s side.  My grandmother was Bessie Landers born August 2, 1888 in Keithsburg, Mercer County, Illinois.  She married Donald Belknap in South Dakota in 1910, and followed him to Alberta, Canada. Bessie passed away January 27, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Landers line has been interesting researching as I’ve found quite a few cousins researching this same line. 

My line going back from Bessie Landers : James Robert Landers + Angeline H Littrell, John William Landers + Mary Angeline Humbert, Robert Henry Landers + Hannah Stewart,  Nathaniel Landers + Lucinda Carpenter, Kimbrow Landers + Peggy Branham. 

The line seems to stop at Kimbrow Landers.  No one I’ve been in touch with has any information on Kimbrow’s parents.  Kimbrow Landers was in the American Revolution, enlisting in the 9th and later the 13th Virginia Regiments. The Landers family has been In Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, and Wyoming.   

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday – Azie & Florence LUTZ


Azie & Florence Lutz

I’ve just recently returned from a family vacation in Nova Scotia.  As always, it was interesting to see all the history there.  While we had very little access to the internet, we found some great family information on Robert’s roots.  One being all the cemeteries scattered across the country side.  Since we had a limited amount of time and uncooperative weather, we chose to explore the cemetery closest to where we stayed.  That happened to be the Berwick cemetery.  We took some photos of the grave stones of known relatives and some random ones. This is the tombstone of Robert’s great grandparents, Azie E. Lutz and Florence O. Palmer.