26 Years Ago Today: Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger

On this day in 1986, we lost the space shuttle Challenger and her crew.

Crew members of mission STS-51L stand in the White Room at Pad 39B. From the left: McAuliffe, Jarvis, Resnik, Scobee, McNair, Smith and Onizuka.

Picture Source: NASA Kennedy Space Center.

The explosion occurred 73 seconds into the flight as a result of a leak in one of two Solid Rocket Boosters that ignited the main liquid fuel tank.

"I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen," he said. "It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them."   President Ronald Reagan

 

Click here to learn more about the individuals on Challenger:

 The Crew of the Challenger Shuttle Mission in 1986



Otho Casteel of Gambier, Knox, Ohio

    

Source: History of Knox County, Ohio...

by Albert Adams Graham

Available on GoogleBooks

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Military Service Dates for Steven Hack Identified

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs 

Name:	Steven Hack
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	20 Aug 1907
Death Date:	8 Jan 2000
Branch 1:	NAVY
Enlistment Date 1:	20 Nov 1943
Release Date 1:	24 Nov 1945

I knew that G-Uncle Steve Hack served as a SeaBee in the Navy, but a recent search on Ancestry.com gave me the date range I was looking for to help define his record.

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1797 Virginia Land Grant Issued to Larkin Hensley

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Virginia State Land Grant issued  to Larkin Hensley on 4 Sept 1797, referencing a land warrant granted in 1782, for 89 acres in Washington County,Virginia, on Ketron's Fork, a branch of Cove Creek, on the waters of the North Fork of Holston River.  This area became part of Scott County in 1815, where a court case regarding this tract of land was filed by the heirs of Larkin Hensley in 1819.

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Robert & Bernice Welcheck

Robert J. Welcheck Jr

son of Robert Joseph & Sylvia G. Welcheck

m. Bernice Nyman on 31 Dec 1946

(Photo source: findagrave)

Spring Cemetery

Springboro, Pennsylvania

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Jesse Crouch 1760-1841

Ancestor: 

Jesse Crouch

b. 1760 in Stafford Co., Virginia

m. Mary Sarah Nance

d. Dec 1841 Washington Co., Tennessee

Below is the two-story log home of our 4th great-grandfather, Jesse Crouch, located in Boone's Creek, Tennessee, just north of Johnson City.

Best Wishes for a Wonderful 2013

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Sunday's Obituary: Bernice (Nyman) Welcheck

Meadville Tribune (PA); 12 Sept 2010

OSPREY, Fla. — Bernice (Sis) Welcheck, 82, of Osprey, Fla., formerly of Conneautville, passed away on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, in Florida.

She was born Dec. 31, 1927, in Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of the late Jack Nyman and Mollie Zelmonwowitz Nyman.

Bernice and her late son Mark owned and operated the Break Time Restaurant in Saegertown prior to moving to Florida.

Survivors include daughter Bonnie Shuey and her husband, Bill, of Conneautville; son Jack S. Welcheck and his wife, Jane, of Conneautville; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters Elaine (Cookie) Yelsky and Clare Nyman of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dolores (Doody) Caplan of Florida; brother Leonard Nyman of Florida; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded by her parents, son Mark, and former husband Bob Welcheck.

Friends may call on Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at White-Cool Funeral Home, 1405 Main St., Conneautville, and attend the service at 3 p.m.

Interment will be in Spring Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of White-Cool Funeral Home.

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Gregory Kolbusz - Found!

A lot like Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - I knew Gregory Kolbusz had to be somewhere in the United States between the years of his immigration in 1900 and his death in 1938.  It was just a matter of finding him. This evening part of mystery was solved along with a bonus find of  learning what happened to his daughter, Maryanne.  The 1930 U.S. Federal census gives us her husband &  married name along with her complete family - and there, listed as father in law, is Gregory Kolbus.  All residing in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

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Christmas Greetings from Tangled Trees

 

Night Before Christmas

 

"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there"

 

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Wishing you Christmas Eve blessings.

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Wordless Wednesday: Staten Island

 

 Staten Island Holiday Cheer

 

(Source: Old Staten Island)