#52Ancestors-Week 25-Same Name: Matthew Henebery

This week's prompt was "Same Name". I decided to look into the name Matthew Henebery in my family tree.

The first Matthew Henebery that I know of in my family was born in 1834 in County Kilkenny, Ireland.  His father, Nicholas, brought the family to the United States in 1849 and they settled in Peoria, Illinois.  Matthew married Mary Daniels in 1857.  They had thirteen known children.  Oddly, I just learned of two of the children this past week. I've been working on this family for over twenty years.

One of the children that I just learned of was a son, Matthew Henebery.  He was born in 1872, and lived for just three months.  Following his death, two more daughters were born, then in 1877, another son arrived.  He was also named Matthew Henebery. But sadly, this Matthew died when he was almost three and a half years old.

Matthew Henebery's sister had a son in 1877 named Matthew Henebery Cunningham.

A daughter of Matthew and Mary, Josephine, married and had a son in 1891 named Matthew Henebery Cashin.

I find it sad for Matthew and Mary that they were unable to carry Matthew's name on, as they obviously wanted to do.  I wonder if there is a Matthew Henebery out there now from this family line that I don't know about?

#52Ancestors-Week 24-Father's Day: picture of my dad

Honoring my father, Richard Samuel Adamson, born in 1927, died in 2013.

#52Ancestors-Week 22-So Far Away: Benjta Nilsdotter

This week's prompt, So Far Away, made me think of my great-great-grandmother, Bengte Nilsdotter.  Bengte was born in 1847 in Katslosa, Malmohus, Sweden.  She married Olaus Hansson in about 1872 in Sweden.

Bengte and Olaus had six children, with the last one born in 1887.  The following year, her husband left Sweden for the United States and never returned to Sweden. Bengte died in 1902, at the age of fifty-four.  By that time three of her children had come to the United States, and one had died in 1897.  Bengte also had a brother and sister who came to America.  I wonder if she ever considered coming?



When Bengte died, her husband had been gone for fourteen years. There is no evidence that Bengte's husband or children ever returned to visit her before she died.  America must have seemed so very far away for her.

#52Ancestors-Week 23-Going to the Chapel: picture of my parents

The prompt for this week is Going to the Chapel.
I love this wedding picture of my parents who married in 1949. They look so happy and young!  They were married for 63 years!