Tombstone Tuesday - Bertha Bean

BERTHA MAY

Dau of

S.W. & M. J. BEAN

DIED

AUG. 11, 1883

AGED 11DS

A little flower of love

That blossomed

but to die

Transplanted now

above

To bloom with God

on high.

 

Bertha May Bean was born on 01 August 1883 to Samuel Waite Bean and his wife, Martha Jane “Mattie” Crosier, in Waiteville, Monroe, West Virginia.  She was their firstborn child.

Sam [1857-1913] married Mattie [1867-1945] 19 October 1882 in Monroe County. After Bertha’s death, the couple went on to have 7 more children: Annie Mina [1885-1941]; Grace Myrtle [1888-1944]; Leafie Metta [1890-1936]; Ardie Orville [1892-1977]; April Broaders Cecil [1895-1955]; Quincy Quito [1897-1986];  and Samuel Maxwell [1906-1993].

Bertha is buried at the New Zion Union Church Cemetery, Waiteville, Monroe, West Virginia.

Looking For Ideas.... For Next Summer

So it may seem I'm jumping the gun a bit. I mean.... who worries about the next August when it's only the 5th of November of the preceding year?

Well, this ol' girl does!

Each year I worry about how our family reunion will come off. We only hold it every other year [biennial], and it really isn't much. But I keep hoping to get everyone enthused and wanting to take part....other than attending and eating, not much happens. [Yep.... they're a dull group! Love to talk with one another and eat... and that's about it.]

So, what they do enjoy doing, I like to do my best to make the most of.

We're a group of any where from 75 to 100 people, so it's pretty small and intimate. So, next August I'd like to make really special for them.

I decided to check out PeachSuite Hotel Supply where I'd heard I could get some good deals on supplies.

I was truly amazed at some of the things I could find there!

No...really! Think Hotel Catering Supplies meets family reunion....and you will totally understand what I'm talking about! Great disposable prices on dinnerware and cutlery. As well as on anything and everything else needed! Included table linens [cloth and disposable].

And of course, they also have Hotel Supplies and Kitchen Supplies.

I am pretty sure I'll be placing an order with PeachSuite for our next family reunion! The site looks fabulous!

Monday Mentionables - October 29-November 4, 2012

Sorry this is so brief this week. I spent several days sick with a really bad cough [still fighting off the last of it!]. But here are a few items that I found particularly worth a second look!

Enjoy!

Avoiding 5 Common Genealogy and Family History Research Errors

UPFRONT with NGS brings us this article, with some very good advice!

Examples of Food and Beverage in 17^th Century Sweden

Heritage Daily brings us this fascinating look into the past.

Archaelogists Reveal Rare Anglo-Saxon Feasting Hall

Heritage Daily tells us of this find.

San Antonio’s Confederate Cemetery

Tombstone Travels brings us this great cemetery. [SA is our “other” home, so this was an especially interesting article for us!]

Ten Tips and Reasons to Transcribe Documents

The In-Depth Genealogist tells us why this skill is so important when doing research!

Today is Job Action Day!

My job today......

...Breaking through the Brickwalls!!!

Use Your Common Sense Day

 

If you've got it.... no explanation needed.

Sentimental Sunday - Trouble with Father: Family Tree

SNGF - Ancestor Name Roulette

Randy Seaver has been up to it again! Coming up with another great Saturday Night Genealogy Fun  challenge over at GeneaMusings. Here's tonight's challenge:

"Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) What year was one of your great-grandmothers born? Divide this number by 90 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."

2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an "ahnentafel" - your software will create this - use the "Ahnentafel List" option, or similar). Who is that person, and what are his/her vital information?

3) Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the "roulette number."

So... opening up my FTM program, I chose my 7x great-grandmother, Mary MURLON, who was born in 1645, England, as my original ancestor.

When divided by 90 this number becomes 18.2, so I rounded down to 18.

And who is number 18 on my ahnentafel?

Number 18 is Reverend Samuel PERKINS/PARKINS [his name is written both ways, so we really can't determine which is the most correct!].

The good Reverend was born on 21 April 1778, in Virginia. Just where is still open for debate in Virginia.

Three facts:

[1] By 1812 he was living in Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, which was still "wilderness" at the time of his arrival. It was on September 15th of that year that he married Elizabeth TUCKWILLER.

[2] The couple had 9 children.

[3] The Reverend was the first minister of the MT Vernon ME Church at Fort Springs, located in Greenbrier County. He was also the first person buried in the cemetery that sits behind the church. [It is now known as the "old" cemetery, as the newer one sits before the church on the acreage that surrounds the building.] He died on 19 January 1854.

Reverend Samuel PARKINS daughter, Margaret Smith Parkins was my paternal great-grandmother.