I have given up on any rhyme or reason for Memory Monday. So here is this week's entry.
I was sitting home Friday night when I got a text from my friend Diane who is past president of our local genealogy society and who is a distant cousin. She was at her grandson's basketball game and was talking to another grandmother whose grandson is a Perry.
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| My Great Great Grandparents Sarah Perry and William T Snyder |
Diane and I are related through the Snyder Family. She and the other gramma were wondering (at the basketball game) if I would look up how the Perrys and the Snyders are related.
And of course I knew off the top of my head.
My 2nd great grandfather William Snyder was married to Sarah Perry and his sister Mary Snyder was married to Sarah's uncle COH Perry and my friend Diane's 2nd great grandmother was William and Mary's sister Francis. Got all that?
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| Mary Elizabeth Snyder and Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry |
I don't have a photo of sister Francis Snyder and her husband George Ruggles, Diane's branch.
It's funny because my grandmother talked about all these people and I actually feel like I know them. It is also funny because I swear I am related somehow to everyone in this county, lol.
Now the funny fact. Our family legend was that we were related to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Finding this trail was a mission of mine for a while. The true story? Mary Elizabeth Snyder married a man whose parents named him (first name) Commodore, (middle names) Oliver Hazard, and (last name) Perry. No relation to the military man. He went by COH.
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| My 3rd Great Grandparents Horace Perry and Sarah Ammerman. Horace is COH Perry's older brother. |
And because it is my family - my 2nd great grandfather William's wife Sarah Perry's father is Horace Perry who is the brother of COH Perry. So I am double related to the Perrys.
Very cool, Miss Merry. Gosh I just love that name Commodore. He certainly looks like one!
ReplyDeleteI just love all your old photos and genealogy knowledge!
ReplyDeleteYou may very well be related to everyone in the county! You are a font of knowledge for everyone.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of interesting nuts, berries and leaves in your family tree. I would be interesting to know how 'Commodore' handled that name through out his life.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I was, thinking you were holding out on an ancestor, because we know you don't like to brag. What a fun fact in your history that he was named the whole nine yards. We have a Sergeant and a Sailor in our forebears, so you WIN. I guess a Grandpa named Zealous Zeal and a gorgeous Aunt named Oscar might be worth a blue ribbon.
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope that YOUR Perry family have the Titian-hair gene---Our local family of Perrys were ALL ginger-tops, and I coveted that silky glowing mane of even the guys, and I once heard a lady refer to "Well, hers is not QUITE Perry Red," referring to a cousin-by-marriage to the clan.
:) You are most likely related to lots of people! I enjoyed seeing your old photos!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your old photos and the way you weave in all that genealogy knowledge.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday, Miss Merry!
Love those pictures. You have a fascinating family history and I love reading about it.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Betsy
You have traced such a Rich Family History. Mine is all Oral and hardly any Photos exist of even my Parent's Generation. So, my Generation for the 1st one to really be Photographed fairly often, if at all. I don't think any of my Indigenous Relatives were ever Photographed before my Paternal Grandmother and few exist of her, even fewer of my Dad's Father, I think Two exist and he was older then and Died quite prematurely really, in his 40's. On Mom's side the same, since my Gran-Gran was of Roma Ancestry and Raised by a Chinese Family no Photos exist of him before he was already an Old Man. My Nanna either from her side even tho' she was in the Entertainment Industry, Dancer, Singer, Stage before TV was invented... so mebbe some Professionally taken Career Photos may exist, but I doubt it, she was never Famous enough for that. It's great your Family has dived deep so you can know so much about your Ancestors and have a measure of accuracy beyond just Generational Storytelling.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I see the name Perry, I think of my doc who just retired and whom I adored -- Dennis Perry. I've no idea where he was from but I'd like to think of him being related to you -- two wonderful people! Your family history is fantastic. I love these posts!
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One interesting thing. My paternal great grandparents were married by my maternal great great grandfather. And there you have it. Pretty much all the amazing things I know about my genealogy.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly know your ancestors, amazing old photographs.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are related to just about everyone around there. LOL! Very interesting and cool how you can so easily find the links and photos.
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