Washington, DC

I am continuing to unravel the story of the George family, ancestors on my mother’s side. My great-great grandfather Wesley Calvin George had an older sister named Elizabeth. She was born in 1838 or 1839 in Virginia, possibly in Middlesex County. Elizabeth appears to have lived the latter part of her life in the nation’s [...]

Middlesex County, Virginia

Chris Smithson has been helpful once again. He found a marriage announcement for Elizabeth George in The Baltimore Sun. It mentions her as being from Middlesex County, Virginia. She married William Mooney on June 11, 1856 in Baltimore. The announcement was published in the July 8, 1856 edition of the paper. This Elizabeth — Elizabeth George Mooney — is likely the [...]

Lancaster County, Virginia

Yesterday Christopher, the man who I mentioned before, sent me some more files on the George family. What a terrific guy. One document was Elizabeth George’s death certificate. Another was a marriage announcement for Judith A. George and Elijah Bonner from The Baltimore Sun. Both name Lancaster County, Virginia as their birth place. I have been [...]

May 1, 1854

A man named Chris Smithson, who has a long list of abbreviations behind his name, most of which I don’t recognize, volunteered a few days back to do look-ups for people in The Baltimore Sun.1 I asked him if he might be able to track down an obituary for Elizabeth George, who was born around 1806 and died sometime after [...]

Another Prolonged Puzzle

Here’s another one of my genealogical puzzles: Wesley Calvin George. I ordered a copy of his death certificate, which named his parents: Jacob Will George and a woman named Elizabeth. Unfortunately there was no maiden name recorded. I have had a heck of a time finding anything on a Jacob or Will or William or [...]

Really?

There seems to be no common sense left in the world any more. Bureaucrats in Maryland are going after firefighters, claiming “pass the boot” fundraisers for MDA violate local panhandling laws. 1. Donors placing money into firefighter boots ain’t panhandling. 2. Panhandling shouldn’t be illegal in the first place. If someone wants to stand on [...]

Captain Elijah Bonner and the George Family

I didn’t know about Elijah Bonner until discovering him years ago on the 1850 census, living in Baltimore with my great-great grandfather Wesley1 George, who was nine at the time, and his mother Elizabeth, 44, and sister, also named Elizabeth, 11. At first I didn’t think this was the right family. However, when I received a copy of [...]

Death Records

One of the important avenues of genealogical research, which I’ve neglected for the most part, mainly because it just gets lost in my head, is death records. But now, on the family branches where progress has stalled, these records are proving to be a very worthwhile resource. The states are the entities responsible for these [...]

Julia A. George, Widow of Capt. Elijah Bonner

I’ve been looking for this for awhile. It’s a death notice for Julia A. George, printed in The Baltimore Sun in April of 1913. She lived on Bolton St. in Baltimore. Thankfully someone posted it and others on a Maryland genealogy site. “BONNER-On April 24, 1913 JULIA A., aged 78 years old, widow of Capt. Elijah Bonner. Funeral will [...]