That's funny. But which one are you named after? ;-) Janet Hall Werner -----Original Message----- From: nyerie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyerie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of brenzelmf@roadrunner.com Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:56 PM To: nyerie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors All of my paternal grandfather's sisters were named Mary with different middle names. All but one (the last one) went by the middle name. I didn't know that they were all "Aunt Mary" until I started doing my research! Mary (guess who I'm named after) ---- Jann Parks <townefabric@ispmgt.com> wrote: > These Johns had different mothers also. I found a relative who named > all her daughter first name as Mary and then a different middle name. > They were call the middle name at home but not on offical papers. > About 5 of them, That is funny also. > > On 1/19/10, amzgrace <amzgrace@comcast.net> wrote: > > In a similar vein, my great-great grandfather was married twice. He named a > > son Ezra who died at age 10 then when he married wife #2, he named another > > son Ezra. Until I figured out how young the first one died, it was rather > > confusing. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jann Parks" <townefabric@ispmgt.com> > > To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:06 AM > > Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors > > > > > >> My 2great grandfather was John Putney, He had a son John Putney, my > >> great grandfather. He had 2 sons first and last named John Putney. Tht > >> is really fun looking for family > >> > >> On 1/18/10, amzgrace <amzgrace@comcast.net> wrote: > >>> If he did what he said he was going to do, he created a genealogist's > >>> nightmare for his descendants!! > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "nora" <bouvx3@verizon.net> > >>> To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:43 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors > >>> > >>> > >>>> Thought I'd share this as I am sure so many of us can appreciate it!!! > >>>> > >>>> /1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION -- SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES/ > >>>> > >>>> It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by > >>>> candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New > >>>> Year's resolutions. > >>>> > >>>> 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name > >>>> at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to > >>>> give the > >>>> appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. > >>>> > >>>> 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same > >>>> names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. > >>>> > >>>> 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never > >>>> list the same age or birth year twice on any document. > >>>> > >>>> 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different > >>>> church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every > >>>> third > >>>> child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant > >>>> minister > >>>> who keeps no records. > >>>> > >>>> 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least > >>>> once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around > >>>> asking silly questions. > >>>> > >>>> 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no > >>>> vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every > >>>> few > >>>> years. > >>>> > >>>> 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe > >>>> in record keeping or in participating in military service. > >>>> > >>>> 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, > >>>> which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. > >>>> > >>>> 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry > >>>> another Mary. > >>>> > >>>> 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a > >>>> lawyer? > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>> quotes > >>>> > >>>> in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes > >>> in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > >> > >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would assume it's the Virgin Mother as we are Catholic. -----Original Message----- From: nyerie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyerie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janet Hall Werner Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:04 PM To: nyerie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors That's funny. But which one are you named after? ;-) Janet Hall Werner -----Original Message----- From: nyerie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyerie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of brenzelmf@roadrunner.com Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:56 PM To: nyerie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors All of my paternal grandfather's sisters were named Mary with different middle names. All but one (the last one) went by the middle name. I didn't know that they were all "Aunt Mary" until I started doing my research! Mary (guess who I'm named after) ---- Jann Parks <townefabric@ispmgt.com> wrote: > These Johns had different mothers also. I found a relative who named > all her daughter first name as Mary and then a different middle name. > They were call the middle name at home but not on offical papers. > About 5 of them, That is funny also. > > On 1/19/10, amzgrace <amzgrace@comcast.net> wrote: > > In a similar vein, my great-great grandfather was married twice. He named a > > son Ezra who died at age 10 then when he married wife #2, he named another > > son Ezra. Until I figured out how young the first one died, it was rather > > confusing. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jann Parks" <townefabric@ispmgt.com> > > To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:06 AM > > Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors > > > > > >> My 2great grandfather was John Putney, He had a son John Putney, my > >> great grandfather. He had 2 sons first and last named John Putney. Tht > >> is really fun looking for family > >> > >> On 1/18/10, amzgrace <amzgrace@comcast.net> wrote: > >>> If he did what he said he was going to do, he created a genealogist's > >>> nightmare for his descendants!! > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "nora" <bouvx3@verizon.net> > >>> To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:43 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors > >>> > >>> > >>>> Thought I'd share this as I am sure so many of us can appreciate it!!! > >>>> > >>>> /1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION -- SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES/ > >>>> > >>>> It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by > >>>> candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New > >>>> Year's resolutions. > >>>> > >>>> 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name > >>>> at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to > >>>> give the > >>>> appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. > >>>> > >>>> 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same > >>>> names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. > >>>> > >>>> 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never > >>>> list the same age or birth year twice on any document. > >>>> > >>>> 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different > >>>> church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every > >>>> third > >>>> child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant > >>>> minister > >>>> who keeps no records. > >>>> > >>>> 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least > >>>> once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around > >>>> asking silly questions. > >>>> > >>>> 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no > >>>> vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every > >>>> few > >>>> years. > >>>> > >>>> 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe > >>>> in record keeping or in participating in military service. > >>>> > >>>> 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, > >>>> which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. > >>>> > >>>> 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry > >>>> another Mary. > >>>> > >>>> 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a > >>>> lawyer? > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>> quotes > >>>> > >>>> in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes > >>> in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > >> > >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message