Happy Ancestorversary to Daniel Pearce!

Family Search let me know this morning that it was the 230th Birthday for Daniel Pearce. 

Daniel was born in 1789 in the state of Maryland. He first married Elizabeth Johnson, with whom he had three children: John, William and Nancy. After Elizabeth's passing, he married Sarah Burgess and they proceeded to had two children. His 2nd wife passed away a few years later, and he remarried one last time to Sarah Titsworth. 

Sarah T. and Daniel proceeded to have nine children. 

Daniel and his family were the first permanent settlers of Oswego, Kendall County, Illinois. His 2nd house still stands at the Fox Bend Golf Course on his original property.

🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANIEL! 🎂

Frank Steffen Ancestorversary

Happy 144th Birthday, Frank William Steffen!

Frank William Steffen was born in New Vienna, Dubuque County, Iowa on Wednesday, April 28th, 1875 to Theodore Steffen and Maria Katherina Bohnenkamp.

He married Josephine Schulte on Tuesday, February 13, 1906.

Frank and Josephine had several children, including my grandmother, Mathilda ("Tillie") Catherine Steffen.

I never knew Frank and Josephine, because they had passed on years before I was born. However, I was very fortunate to have Grandma "Tillie" in my life for 25 years.

Since my grandmother was a good, loving, hard-working woman, I think it is safe to assume that she learned these good values from her parents.

I wish I had photos to share of Frank and Josephine, however I haven't found any yet of them.

The photo below is of their daughter (and my maternal grandmother).

Gerald Pearce & Mathilda (Tillie) Steffen

Source:  https://www.familysearch.org
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New Feature ~ FAMILY TREE ANCESTORVERSARY!

I have been working on my genealogy at FamilySearch.org for several years now, and have attached my family tree to their website.

With this, comes a fantastic bonus that I love! I signed up to get FB Messenger notifications for my ancestors' special days. 

So, I decided to share this with all of you! Whenever I get a notification, I will post it on the blog for you. I even made up a cool name for it: ANCESTORVERSARY! 🎂  🎂 🎂

Today's special day belongs to Theodore Steffen and Maria Katherina Bohnenkamp...Happy 145th Wedding Anniversary to you! 💒 💒 💒

Source: Familysearch.org