DNA project

I have joined the Edmund Rice Dea. DNA project. All test are welcome. His poss. daughter is Mary widow of Thomas Axtell. Thomas brought some land from Edmund Rice. After Thomas died in his late 20's Rice purchased back the land. Edmund and Thomas children was baptized at St. Peter's Church, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. That right there make you think Mary was his daughter. Mary Axtell got remarried to a John Maynard, which they think this Mary was the daughter of Dr. Comfort Starr.

I do have DNA connection through Elizabeth "Axtell" Scott daughters Rhoda Sisley, and Louisa A. Condit.

Happy birthday to my Ancestors

I'm maybe weird, but I have seen bloggers saying happy birthday to their ancestors. So, Happy b-day to my ancestors who was born in Aug. I would not be here if it was'nt for them.

My dad side.
Lola Helen Arend 11 AUG 1903
Minnie Belle Sisley AUG 1879
Francis Scott 9 AUG 1782
Elizabeth Axtell 13 AUG 1789 192 years apart---
Mary* Poss. Rice 23 AUG 1619
Poss. Thomasine Frost 10 AUG 1600
Poss. Thomasine Belgrave 11 AUG 1560
Thomas Curtis 25 AUG 1560
Anthony Hayden/Haden 26 AUG 1694
Helene Guenette 7 AUG 1679
Angelique Martinbaut 29 AUG 1698
Thomas Gilpin 24 AUG 1622
Joan Bartholomew 28 AUG 1625

My mom side
Amable Lamothe 29 AUG 1770
Marie-Madeleine-Anne Matte 13 AUG 1773 208 years apart---
Nicolas Matte 10 AUG 1704
Louise Goulet 26 AUG 1628
Marie Marguerite Agnes Pelletier 30 AUG 1666
Aimee Miville 12 AUG 1635
Jean Baptiste Couturier Dit Labonte 28 AUG 1679
Pierre Gaussain St. Germain 16 AUG 1774
Charlotte* Godin 29 AUG 1655
Jean Coitou Dit St. Jean 27 AUG 1646
Antonius Poepping 7 AUG 1781
Anna Maria Catharina Enninck 21 AUG 1746

DNA Connection

My DNA connection on my 3 side's of my grandparents. These names are mostly known names. I have research my Harrison's, and I done a good job with help along the way. 

Grandpa Harrison side - Waller and Scott

Grandma Niffen side - Kniffen, Leonard, McDonald, Taylor, and Penrod

Grandma White side - Poepping 

Sharing my DNA results. It took almost 2 months to get the results back. Mar 11-May 4 2016

A friend offer me a DNA kit. So, We could see if these 2 sets of Harrison's are related, but we did not match what so ever. 

On FamilytreeDNA 

European 89% 
Western and Central Europe 86% 
Finland and Northern Siberia 3% 
New World 
Native American 11% 

On GEDmatch using Dodecad V3

1 West_European 42.87
2 Mediterranean 23.13
3 East_European 10.56
4 West_Asian 8.16
5 Northeast_Asian 7.12
6 South_Asian 3.55
7 Southeast_Asian 3.42


I am 3rd generation of mexican's born here in USA. They came in the early 1900's. I have 6 ancestor's that came from Germany in the 1880's. Have Dutch, French, and German intermarry. Also have 4 French Canadian's that came to the states in the 1800's. 

Generation Chart

MyColorfulAncestry "J Paul Hawthorne" This what us poor people do. I done it on a cheap paint program that already on the computer. My strongest roots is Illinois, and Missouri.

My 5 generation chart

My 6 generation chart

Broke a Wall

May 9 2016 
I may have broke a brick wall on Joseph W. Waller Wife Sarah Mayham Loy. Her name is not Loy. It is O'Neal. I have found that surname on Sarah's daughter Mary marriage record in Pike, Ill. So, Her full name could be Sarah Maria O'Neal. Found a Maria 1850 in Howard, Mo. and also a Sarah 1860 with Stanley C. O'Neal, and Amanda Chiles. Stanley, and Amanda both born in Kentcky, and got married at Boone, Missouri. There is a Sarah Oneal married to a Thomas Ivey at the age of 15.

My Surname's

My Surname's Harrison, Jones, Quait/Quaite, Pringle, Waller, Rogers, O'Neal, Chiles, Arend, Bax/Box, Meyer, Stranghoener, Sisley/Cissley, Rhodes/Rhoades, Scott, Forbes, Axtell, Tuttle, Merriam, Pratt, Baker, Goble, Houghton, Moore, Higgins, Lindley, Swan, Daniels, Kniffen/Niffen, Moss, Chittenden, Whelpley, Merritt, Sherwood, Purdy, Lane, Park, Thomas, Newberry, Havens, Leonard, Rounds, Clay, Young, Thompson, Curtis, Pinel/Pennell, Durrell, Sampson, Pease, Brown, Allen, Penrod, Lehmer/Lamer, Emmett, Wimmer, Staats, Broucard/Brokaw, Rapalje, Bogart, Bergen, Laboyteaux, Epperson, Divers, Lambert, Perault, Haden, Moseley, Rountree, Dudley, Wintjen, Pilere/Peeler, Greeland, Pelletier, Preston, Ruyle/Rule, Gilpin, Fanning, Davis, McDaniel/McDonald, Taylor, Dodson, Durham, Hightower, Bryan, Axley, Pleasants, Hazelwood, Rangel, Ibarra/Yvarra, Leyva, Leblanc/White, Lamothe, Rival Bellerose, Deguire Dit Desrosiers, St. Germain, Hess, Poepping, Mertens, and Loethen,

O'Neal, and Chiles are new surnames, because I broke a wall.

3 sets of Harrison's

We all know that there was 3 sets of Harrison's that was in Louisiana, Mo in the early 1900's. And they all are buried at Riverview Cemetery. I for sure the Margaret Harrison's set is not related to my set. We was wondering if Mitchell and Joseph "my set" Harrison's are related. So, Robert offer me DNA kit to try to prove if these Harrison's are related. Well, We did not hit a match what so ever. The only hope is to wait for a another Harrison to take the test. 

Robert is related to Mitchell Harrison set. Mitchell's father William came to Pike, Ill before 1850, and Then Joseph's father Samuel came to Pike, Ill before 1855. Samuel wife's name was Precious. William's daugther name was also Precious. Samuel is listed 1830 in Boone, Kentucky. Back in the time they only counting how many people. Samuel had like a boy listed that is the age as William. 

Home Town

My grandparents Roy and Mary was raise here in Louisiana, Mo. It seems like you always come back here even known you moved far away from Louisiana. I have came back twice. Roy's and Mary's 4th generations will be raise here. Hopefully they will move somewhere else to find a gf and a bf when they get out of School. Bring some new fresh blood in. For me I got lucky finding David here in Pike, Mo. His family came from a small town that is not too far from St. Louis

I'm all for Bring some new fresh blood in. Been doing genealogy for almost 9 years now. And I have search people that I did'nt know I was related to.

3 sets of 4 generation in one family

I have found 3 sets of 4 generation back to back in one family, and that doesn't happen very often back then. 

Ruth Tuttle (1750-1831) 81 
Elizabeth Axtell (1789-1864) 75 
Rhoda Scott (1806-1887) 81
Samuel Arthur Sisley (1829-1885) 56 
Arthur Scott Sisley (1848-1921) 73 
Minnie Belle Sisley (1879-1911) 32 

Ruth, Elizabeth, Rhoda, & Samuel Year gap 79 

Elizabeth, Rhoda, Samuel, & Arthur Year gap 57 

Rhoda, Samuel, Arthur, & Minnie Year gap 73 

Ruth's oldest grandchild was Eliab Axtell (1795-1855) through her 2nd child Eliab Axtell. She had 103 grandchildren, but 89 of them was born while she was alive, and 14 was born after her death. I'm pretty sure she had about or over 120 descendant that survived her counting her great grandchildren. 

Elizabeth Axtell had 70 grandchildren but 9 was born after her death. Elizabeth had Rhoda when she was 17 years old.

Minnie had died young, but her daughter Lola Helen "Arend " Harrison have seen her 4 generation.

Made it to 5th generation

This is a cool fact to know. There would've been 6 generation on my Rangel side if Paula lived one more year. Paula 105, Victor 89, Simon 70, Carol 38, Carrie 15, Kenneth born in 1992. But there was 5 generation. Right now we are at 4 generation on both sides the Harrison and the Rangel. Waiting for Kenneth to have a baby. 

Victor first born, Simon 2nd born, Carol 4th born, Carrie and Kenneth first born.

Paula had Victor at the age of 16 
Victor had Simon at the age of 19 
Simon had Carol at the age of 32 
Carol had Carrie at the age of 23 

Lucky Grandpa Roy Harrison have seen his 4 generation. He died 2 years after his great grandson was born.

SAYING

You just born, live, and die without nothing. But you will leave memories behind. 100 years later down the road you will be forgetting. Lucky a decedent will research and bring you back to life.

Mixed Ancestry

I can't wait to see my DNA results. I want to know if I have Native American in me. My grandma told me that her mom Laura is Native American. I have one line and one poss. line.

I have read that the Ruyle family is mixed with Native American or with African American. My 5th grandfather John Leroy Ruyle 1st wife Polly Bird poss mixed with African American. I am a descendant of John's 2nd wife Ann Gilpin. John And Polly son Alfred had dark complexion, black hair and black eyes. John father Henry came from France, and his mother Catherine poss be mixed with Native American, but her surname is unknown.

They said this is a myth about the Native American and the connection to John Dods. John Dods who came to Jamestown Colony on Susan Constant April 6 1607 with Capt. John Smith poss be the grandfather of Charles Dodson. They got him listed with Jane Eagle Plume, and also with a Jane Dier.

Germans came to USA

Took me about 6 months or a year to find the list of them coming to USA. before 2010

Johann Henrich and Anna Martha "Bax/Box" Arend and their 6 children either went through Netherlands, Belgium, or France to get to England. They possible took a ship around England to land in Glasgow, Scotland. Either way they went to Glasgow to get on a ship called S/S Australia that was going to the United States. They aboard Australia on Apr 6 1872, and landed in New York, United States on Apr 15 1872. It only took 8 or 9 days to cross atlantic ocean. After they landed they maybe traveled elsewhere. John probably took his family to Nebraska before they decided to Settle down in Quincy, Illinois. They have arrive in Quincy on 1874 the same year their oldest got married.

This is base on what I found about the ship and on their Obit's.

S/S Australia, Anchor Line Build at Glasgow, Scotland by Robert Duncan and Co

http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=aust1

Arthur Scott Sisley Obit

The Quincy Daily Journal, Monday, October 24, 1921; Page: 3 Found on Mar 17 2016

Arthur S Sisley, age 71, of Keokuk, died at 4 10 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the home of his daughter Mrs. Alexander Webb, 318 Payson avenue Death was caused by a stroke of paralysis, it being the third that he had suffered Mr Sisley had been in the city visiting his daughter since September 6.

He was born in Pittsburg. Tenn , December 14. 1849. He enlisted in the Indiana regiment in 1863 and came to Quincy when 36 years old, and lived here for 11 years and then moved to Keokuk where he had lived since. His wife died in the date City April 2, 1916

Mr Sisley was a member of the Methodist church in Keokuk and of the G. A. R. of that city
He leaves besides his daughter. Mrs. Webb. one son. Arthur L. Sisley of Keokuk He also leaves several grandchildren. The body was taken to Keokuk Monday for burial

My 3 children race & looks

My bf Dave is part Indian, and German.
I'm a quarter of Mexican

Dave and mine gene's is showing in all of our children. The kid's was born with jet black hair, then turn to light brown almost blonde hair, and the hair get's darker when they get older. Got the hair from Dave's side. Blake, and Sierra has big heads like me. Alisa has a small head like Dave. Blake, and Alisa look like Dave, but Alisa has her own small nose. Sierra look's like both of us, but she has my big nose. Blake and Sierra has white skin. They do get tan after they get in the sun a little bit. I do the same. Alisa was born with olive skin. I started notice Alisa got really light freckles on her cheek's and nose. I do have redhead's in my Harrison family. People has ask me if Blake was chinese. He got his eyes from Dave.

MY RACE

My dad is white with brown hair. Green or hazel eyes. A American mutt.  England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, France, Dutch,  Jersey, Channel Islands, and also poss. Native American.
My mom is Half mexcian & white with curly thick black hair. Quarter of french & german. And a little bit of Switzerland. Look like a Indian.
My big sister was born with red head, but the next day it turn black. She has really light brown thin hair. Also has dark skin. 
I am white with really dark thick brown hair. I do tan. My hair curls under when I get my hair cut.
Little sister has dark skin with dark curly thick brown hair. Look like a Italian. 
We all have dark brown eyes.

Big Sister has dark, white, and olive skin kids. 
I have 2 white, and one olive skin kids 
Little Sister has one white child.

I'm a quarter of Mexican in White Town

I was raised in all white town, and school. There was a couple of africa kid's that was raised by white people. There was 2 set's of mixed mexcians where I lived at. but they sometime call us Indians, not mexcian. They think my mom look like a Indian. The other is a full blooded mexcian with 3 kid's, and one child is white. Just like my family. My sisters are darker then me. They did not treat us that bad. I did seen a africa guy in the town where I lived at. That was my first and last time I've seen him. He was with a lady that was in a band called The Chubbies. They lived across from us. In my last year of school some boy call these 2 girl's the n word. He must be color blind, because the other girl was from India.

Raised - Nebo, Illinois
School - Pittsfield, Illinois

Over 8 Years, Now Next Level

I've been doing the family tree since Oct 7 2007. I looked up my grandpa Roy in May 2007, and seen grandma Mary had a tree up. So, I decided to research the Harrison's, and put them together in the tree. I even pay someone to search for my grandpa Roy, and his parent's obit. I was living in Ohio at that time. When I came back in 2008 I started searching the Riverview Cemetery. Then I have found Roy's g grandparent's headstone within a year on July 21 2009. Roys ancestors came from Germany, Ireland, Scotland, and England.

It took me a while to find my Rangel's in the census, because they misspelled their name. They was at the County where my grandpa Simon was born at. All that I did is research thier first name's in the county, and there they was. They was immigrants of Mexcio. I do know that his family work on a sugar field when they came to Montana bef 1935 from Texas.

As for both of my grandma's tree. Mary Niffen, and Margaret White tree's was already up.

Now, I want to take genealogy to the next level by taking DNA test with 23andme. I want to know if I have any African Ancestors, or Native American and to see if my mexican cousin's took it. I was going to take it in 2016,  but I had to upgrade my camera.   A poss. long distance cousin offer a DNA kit from Family Tree DNA company. I took the offer, because its once in life time to get it done. Its all payed for. Thank you R. M.

Elizabeth "Axtell" Scott life

She was born a day before my birth day. We are 192 years apart.

My 6th grandmother Elizabeth "Axtell" Scott was born on 13 AUG 1789 in Mercer, Pennsylvania to english descendant's Daniel & Ruth "Tuttle" Axtell. She was the 8th child out of 10 children. Elizabeth was born in the same year, and 4 months after George Washington became the first President. She was 10 years old when George Washington died.

Elizabeth was 16 when she married to a Francis Scott 2 days after her birth day on Aug 15 1805 in Sheakleyville, Mercer, Pennsylvania. He was born on Aug 9 1782 in Montours Runs, Washington, Pennsylvania to scottish & irish parent's James & Rachel "Forbes" Scott. They had 10 children Rhoda, Rachel, Ruth, William Harrison, Sarah, Alvah, Daniel, Margaret, Thomas Axtell, & Louisa A. Daniel did'nt made it to adulthood. Their religion is Presbyterian. Her father Daniel Axtell was the first elders of Fairfield Presbyterian Church in New Vernon. Francis has Served War 1812 as a Private. Elizabeth was 23 years old with 3 young daughters while Francis went off to war. I'm pretty sure church members or family help out. All the children moved to Iowa, & Ohio away from Pennsylvania. Her oldest daughter Rhoda Sisley was the only one that stayed in Pennsylvania. And Margaret Tuttle came back to Pennsylvania before 1900.

Francis Scott died on Feb 2 1846, and buried at Fairfield Cemetery, New Vernon, Mercer, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth listed 1850 in Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania with Poss. grandchild Sara Scott. Also listed 1860 in Sandy Creek with her oldest daughter Rhoda Sisley family.

Elizabeth poss. died on Dec 24 1864 in Washington, Iowa at her son's Alvah house at the age of 75. Her burial is unknown. The last President she heard of was Abraham Lincoln the 16th President. She had passed while Civil War was going on. She died at the worse time of history. Her son, 3 grandsons, and also 1 great grandson has Served civil war. In birth order, Samuel Arthur Sisley, Thomas Axtell Scott, Leander Stright, Ira C. Scott, and Arthur Scott Sisley.

Life Sketch of August Arend

Update from Kimmy G I have found the stuff on online newspapers.

August Herny Arend b. 14 DEC 1878 in Lagrange, Lewis, Missouri son of August H. Arend and Frederica Christine "Ricke" Meyer. He was the 2nd born out of 5 children. I guess August have mat Minnie at Quincy, Ill. He's grandparent's had lived there, and Minnie was living in Quincy at that time. She had been abducted by a married man named Amos Farris in the year of 1894. August and Minnie went to Keokuk, Lee, Iowa and got married on 8 FEB 1897, and lived there every since. They had 5 children together Albert Lindel, Lola Helen, Blanche Frances, Raymond Floyd, and Ethel May. August would've died on 22 Aug 1910 from motorcycle accident. A tire blown out, and he got thrown from the motorcycle head first. Sadly, a year after the accident Minnie had died on 25 OCT 1911 of Illness on a Wednesday morning at the age of 32 years old. Their daughter Ethel had died of pneumonia 2 months after Minnie had passed on. Minnie Belle was the daughter of Arthur Scott Sisley, and Frances A. Swan.

August married to his 2nd wife Mazie E. Ferris daughter of John Ferris, and Nannie Belle Mccluey on 8 FEB 1912 in Lee, Iowa a month after Ethel has passed. Mazie was 18 years old at the time of her marriage. she took in a husband, and 4 young children. They had 2 children Gladys M., and Harold John. August did put a ad for a housekeeper on Dec 1911, and Mazie was the right age for that job. I would like to think Mazie was his housekeeper. Once again a young mother has died. Mazie was only 21 years old when she passed from spinal meningitis on 1 APR 1915 2 week's after giving birth to her only son Harold John who also died 2 months afterwards. She was buried at Oakland cemetery. August was a widow for the 2nd time at the age of 37. He had to buried 2 wives, and 2 children.

August married his 3rd wife Mary Alice Orleans daughter of Frank X. Orleans and Anna Spencer on 14 SEP 1915 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa. They did not had children. It was also Mary 3rd marriage. Her first 2 husband poss. died. She had a daughter from her 1st marriage Anna Mrytle Wallace who married to a Dr. C. V. Winsett, which they got a divorce. August file a divorce on 29 Mar 1919 against Mary after being married for 4 years. Just because she was addicted to drinking intoxicating liquors, and have some sort of scandal to him, and his children. They got a divorce on 18 JUN 1919. Mary took her 2nd married name Henrie back after the divorce. I guess they had bad blood between them. It probably hurt the children, because they probably did called this Mary mom. Knowing they knew she was a stepmother. Mary had passed on 29 JAN 1928, and poss. be buried with 4th husband Charles Curtis Eichelberger in Oakland Cemetery.

August married to 4th "the last" wife Ethel R. Wright daughter of Poss. Simeon James Wright and Jennie Elizabeth Spencer on 3 JUL 1922 in Lee, Iowa. Her mother was married to a Jared Gerard Merrick who have died on 9 March 1922. Jennie have died on 27 Dec 1922. Ethel was a executor on her mother's will. Ethel had died 8 months after August death on 25 OCT 1971, and buried in a Cement vault at Oakland Cemetery.

August was member of Yeoman Lodge, and Woodman lodge. He was in World War I. He was a lucky man to survived after a freak accident on a motorcycle. On 19 Apr 1920 He had a crushed knee on his left leg, and he sue his work to get the rest of his money. He went through alot of ups, and downs in his life time. But he lived a very long life at the age of 92. He outlived his 4 brothers. He had lived 15 years after his brother Otto died on 6 JAN 1956. He had died on 13 FEB 1971, and buried in a concrete box at Oakland Cemetery.

August chidren

Son Albert Lindel Arend married to a Elsie M Prince and then went to Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana. He's listed in 1930 with the Cole's. I think He married to a Mabel Eliabeth Cole and then to a Eva May Newlin. Albert had 5 boy's. Daughter Lola Helen got married to a Hershel Harrison in Quincy She lived in Pike, Missouri and died there in 1980. Lola had 13 children. Blanche Frances, Raymond Floyd, and Gladys M. stayed in Iowa. Blanche Frances married to a Loren Bert Glasgow, and had 4 children. Raymond Floyd married to a Anna Ruth Pence, and had one son. Found a marriage record of Gladys married to a Marion T. Hickenlooper. Lola was the first one to died out of her sibling's who lived to the adulthood.

My 4 French Canadian lines on both side.

Both of my grandmothers are 9th cousins.

Noel Langlois
Anne Garnier Langlois
Jean Baptiste Pelletier
Joseph Pelletier
Andre Pelletier "USA"
Angelique Pelletier
Bernard (Peeler) Pilere
Lovely C. "Love" Peeler
Andreas Peter Wintjen
Laura Amanda Wintjen
Mary Edith Niffen
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Noel Langlois
Marie Garnier Langlois
Marie Michelle Miville Dit Le Suisse
Marie Charlotte Gosselin
Marie Anne Dupuyau
Marie Angelique Martin
Susanne Rival Bellerose
Amable "Amos" LaMothe "USA"
Mary Sarah "Marie" Lamott
John Henry White
Margaret Mary White

Michelle Miville Dit Le Suisse grandfather Pierre was born in Switzerland.

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Marin Boucher (1587-1671)
Francois Boucher (1617-1672)
Charles Boucher
Marie Anne Boucher
Marie Angelique Joly
Alexandre Rival Bellerose
Susanne Rival Bellerose
Amable "Amos" LaMothe "USA"
2nd Line
Marin Boucher
Marie Boucher
Alexis Godin
Rose Jacquot Godin
Louis Matte
Marie-Madeleine-Anne Matte
Theodore Lamothe
Amable "Amos" LaMothe "USA"
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Marin Boucher
Pierre Boucher (1639-1707)
Pierre Boucher
Marie Angelique Boucher
Andre Pelletier "USA"

Francois & Pierre was half brothers. Theodore & Susanne was 5th cousins.