Category: Occupations
Ancestors who were documented with a specific occupation.
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Another installment of the Callin families who stayed in Milton Township, Ohio, after the first generation of settlers (James and John) died.
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Great-Grandma Merle was one of the last two people on this Ahnentafel journey who I actually met. And since I’ve written about her story before, I’ll try to capture some of my memories of what she was like.
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I didn’t think I had much to add to his story, but there always seems to be more to say if you just dig down a little bit.
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Even those who remained don’t seem to have stayed put for long. A generation after Ann and Henry Campbell, their Campbell descendants were scattered far to the south and west of Ohio.
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A guided tour of the updates to Grandpa Bob’s WikiTree profile, with some of the stories that didn’t make it in.
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A simple system upgrade leads to a meditation on technological disruption, and consideration of ancestors who farmed, invented, and “improved” their way to our modern world.
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We learned some tragic details in The Ballad of Mrs. Steele, but there are hints of other tragedies in her parents stories. Today we look at her mother’s life and the people in it, hoping to figure out some answers.
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John H. Callin, a Union artillery soldier, left behind a book of poems “written in the Army” when he died in 1913. One hundred years later, his words were transcribed and published online for the world to see!
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Finding Samuel’s occupation led me to realize that the online trees had him mis-identified. How studying the original documents brought me closer to finding his correct ancestry.
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Grandma Merle finally gets around to meeting Grandpa Dick in the recording of her memories.
Mightier Acorns 