Treasure Chest Thursday

He thinks he was in Malta at the time this photo was taken.

This is my handsome Dad, Walter Beane, about 1957.

Wordless Wednesda - Vacation 2001

Texichick and I at Virginia Beach Thanksgiving 2001

Tombstone Tuesday - Ettiene and Francois Banet

Banet Ici repose le corps de Etienne BANET nee a Arcey cantons de Lisle dt du Douhs, FRANCE ne le 17 Ferrier 1795 decede le 18 Apr 1871 dpouse de Francois BIDAINE agede 76 ans

Bidaine Ici repose corpse de Francois BIDAINE ne a Arcey Canton de Sisle dt. Du Doubs, FRANCE ne le 18 Avril 1802 decede 16 Mars 1877 epouse d. Etionne BANET aged de 75

St. Mary's of the Knobs Church and Cemetery

Floyds Knobs, Floyd County, Indiana

Ettiene Banet [1795-1871] was born in Arcy, France, to Ettiene Banet, Sr. and his wife Jeanne Claudine Guignard. He married Francoise Bidaine [1802 - 1877] on 01 Oct 1821 in Arcy.

The couple had 7 known children before arriving in New Orleans in 1836 aboard the Brig Criterion: Paul Louis, Francois, Francois-Emanuel (1825-1828), Josef Alexandre, Josephine, Isadore, and Ferre'ol.

After they arivedin this country, they moved north from New Orleans to Floyd County, Indiana. And the couple went on to have Aime Appolinare, Adele Philomene, Joseph Ettiene, Catherine and Adolpj J., for a total of 12 known children.

Amanuensis Monday - The Ship Criterion Arrives

The Brig Criterion arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana in August of 1836, having sailed from Le Havre, France. Among it's many passengers came my great-great-great-grandparents, Ettiene Banet and his wife Francoise Bidaine, and several of their children.

[page 1]

"LIST OF PASSENGERS

REPORT and List of the Passengers taken on board the Brig Criterion of Portsmouth [??]

whereof William Tisdale is Master, burthen two hundred & forty one tons and 89/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port

of Havre France for New Orleans"

We then skip down to line 29 where we find the following [which is continued onto the second page]

Etiene BANET    41    Male   Farmer    Place of Birth: France      Dest: US

Franciscus "         34    Female               "                      "                  "

Louis "                 14    Male                  "                      "                  "

Alexandre "            8    Male                 "                      "                   "

Francois "             12    Male                 "                     "                    "

Josephine "             5    Female             "                      "                    "

Isidor "                   3    Male                 "                      "                    "

Ferol "                  15    Male                 "                     "                     "


The young boy, Isidor, who is only 3 at the time of their arrival to New Orleans, was my great-great-grandfather.

The family were stonemasons by trade, and they migrated north to Floyd County, Indiana where descendants can be found to this day.

Sentimental Sunday

Sister

Lorene Banet Lee [1909 - 2005] on left and Irene Banet Dreher [1906 - 1989] on right.

The sisters were the daughters of Francis [aka Frank] Isidore Banet [1863-1945] and Adeline Josephine Eve [1867-1958]. They were born in Floyd County, Indiana.

Lorene married Otis Lee Sr. [1908-1986] and had five children: Emma Jean, Otis Jr., Ruth, Norman and Suzanne.

Irene married Henry Dreher Jr. [1902 - 1977] and had five children: Ethel, Arthur, Laura Marion, Billy and Lois.

Lorene is buried at the Edwardsville Cemetery in Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana.

Irene is buried at Wolfe Cemetery, Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun...

We have another great SNGF challenge from Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings. Here it is!

"Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1) If you have your family tree research in a Genealogy Management Program (GMP), whether a computer software program or an online family tree, figure out how to find how many persons, places, sources, etc. are in your database (hint: the Help button is your friend!).

2) Tell us which GMP you use, and how many persons, places, sources, etc. are in your database(s) today in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook status or Google+ stream comment."

Thankfully Randy inserted a few instructions to assist those of us who aren't as tech savvy as he is! Otherwise... well, let's just say I wouldn't have been able to perform this challenge without his help!

I am utilizing Family Tree Maker 2010 for my genealogy research. So, using the instructions Randy gave us on his site, I located the followng information:

People: 17,220
Marriages: 5,630
File Size: 52,766KB
Generations: 66
Surnames: 3,041
Average Lifespan: 62.6 years
Earliest Birthdate: 1066 A.D.
Most Recent Birthdate: 25 Nov 2010
Places:  4,500
Sources: 332
Media: 3,639

All in all, I found this challenge exactly that... a challenge! And by following Randy's instructions, I was able to meet that challenge and learn a little something new about the program I am using. [I had no idea I could locate this information this easily! So thanks Randy!]

Thanks Randy for yet another great SNGF challenge! Keep 'em coming, cuz I have a blast doing these!

Tombstone Tuesday - Lenora M. Hyre Bean

"MEMORIAM
WOODMEN CIRCLE

LENORA M.
BEAN
BORN
JULY 23, 1856
DIED
JAN. 31, 1909
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Though lost to sight
to Memory dear."

Lenora M. HYRE was born in Jackson County, West Virginia to Jacob Beath HYRE and his wife, Arilla D. CASTO.

Lenora married John William BEAN in 1869 in Fisher's Ridge, Jackson County, West Virginia. The couple went on to have seven children: Luther, Charles Edgar, Amos Ward, Minnie, Minnia, Fred, and Frank.

Lenora died in Tupelo, Oklahoma.

She is buried at Byrd's Prairie Cemetery, Tupelo, Oklahoma.