Mappy Monday: 1812 Essex County MA Electoral Districts

"Printed in 1812, this political cartoon illustrates the electoral districts drawn by the Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republicanparty candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists,  from which the term gerrymander is derived. The cartoon depicts the bizarre shape of a district in Essex County as a dragon."

 Source: wikipedia

Sentimental Sunday: Katherine (Kollain) Kolbush

Grandmother Katherine (Kollain) Kolbush
b. 18 Sept 1910 in New York City, to newly arrived immigrants Ignatz & Maria Kollain.  No birth record was filed.
Married Alexander Kolbush on 24 June 1928, in Jamesburg, NJ.

Katherine Kolbush

Sept 1947

Died 1 Nov. 1994

The Nation's Martyr

Death of President Lincoln:

At Washington, D.C. April 15th 1865. The Nation's Martyr

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19484;  LC-USZ62-43633 (b&w film copy neg.)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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Unknown, unknown...

This death certificate for
Joseph Lefebvre of Lowell, Massachusetts,
located on americanancestors.org is not much help....

(click image to enlarge)
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Rosabel (Cassingham) St.John of New Bedford, MA

Great-Grandmother

Rosabel (Cassingham) St.John

1878-1964

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Ancestor, Horace Lefebvre, a founding officer of Athletic Club in Lowell, MA

A New Athletic Club Organized.

The French Canadian Athletic club has

been organized with  the  following  officers:

President, Louis Loranger; vice president

Horace Lefebvre;  secretary, J. A. F.

Monette; treasurer, J. A. McCrecher

Lowell Sun; 4 Jan 1896

Lowell, Massachusettes

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Death by Illuminating Gas

Death Certificate of John Lefebvre of Natick, RI

(click to enlarge)

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Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide.

Illuminating gas was used for gas lighting because it produced a much brighter light than natural gas or water gas.

Wordless Wednesday: The End of an Era

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Memorial to the men of the Titanic

TO THE BRAVE MEN
WHO PERISHED
IN THE WRECK
OF THE TITANIC
APRIL 15 1912
THEY GAVE THEIR
LIVES THAT WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
MIGHT BE SAVED

TO THE YOUNG AND THE OLD
THE RICH AND THE POOR
THE IGNORANT AND THE LEARNED
ALL
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES NOBLY
TO SAVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN

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The Titanic Memorial is a granite statue located on P Street SW in Washington, D.C., next to the Washington Channel near Fort McNair.

Sentimental Sunday: RMS Titanic

This date in history: Titanic Hits Iceburg

On this date: The steamer, Titanic, fatally strikes an iceburg at 20 minutes before midnight on 14 April 1912 and sank two hours and 40 minutes later.

Sadly, early newspaper reports couldn't have been more wrong.

Date: 1912-04-15; Paper: Olympia Record

 

Date: 1912-04-15; Paper: Grand Rapids Press

This date in history: Her final image.

 

Last picture of the Titanic leaving Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland on her maiden voyage to New York, April 12, 1912.

Read more: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/04/titanic/#ixzz1rk5KuxwV

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On this date: Images from the Titanic on April 11, 1911

Trunks being carried aboard the Titanic, April 11, 1912.

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Woman selling Irish lace aboard the Titanic, April 11, 1912.

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Mail bags and trunks being loaded onto the Titanic, April 11, 1912

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Raising the anchor for the last time,

the Titanic departs Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, at 1:55pm on April 11, 1912.

Read more: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/04/titanic/#ixzz1rjzKI6n7

Using Morse's 1940 Census ED Finder to locate our ancestors

By knowing where the Welcheck's resided in the 1930 census and using Stephen Morse's

Unified 1940 Census ED Finder

another set of Great-Grandparents were found in less than 5 minutes!

It couldn't be easier:

(click image to enlarge)

A special thank you to Stephen Morse and his One-Step pages.

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Wishing you a Joyful Easter

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The Easter Sunday Walkabout

Easter on 5th Ave.

Easter Parade

NYC c.1911

The New York City Easter Parade 

- a festive strolling procession along 5th Avenue

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Serve an Armour Ham for Easter

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Success! Great-Grandma located in the 1940 Census

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Line 4 has our Great-Grandmother, Pauline Kolbush, as head of household, age 74, Wd, with her son, Joseph Kolbush.

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1940 Census Launch Sputters

1940 Census Launch Sputters

I was afraid of this....
Good thing Genealogists are patient people.     :-)

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It's here..... View the 1940 Census now.

 

1940 U.S. Federal Census

is released today by NARA.

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Available to all at:  http://1940Census.archives.gov

For more information visit:
Frequently Asked Questions about the 1940 Census