The Ohioans! - An Introduction

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (2020 - 17)

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks genealogy blog prompt for this week is Land.  I've been struggling with the content for this week's post based on that prompt. Amy Johnson Crow's email this week that highlights this week's prompt gave some hints or advice on how you can apply this week's prompt. In her email she writes:

Week 17's theme is "Land." Farming ancestors, homesteaders, and military bounty land claimants are all on deck this week. Who does "land" make you think of?

Matrimonial Monday: Anna Marie Gillen and Charles William Summers

The years of the Great Depression continued in 1935.  However, life still went on during this time.

Charles "Charlie" William (Soltis) Summers had returned to Long Island, New York from his second tour of duty in the Army in 1930  He was working in a gas station on Main Street in Hempstead.

Anna Marie Gillen was still living at the home of her parents. Edward and Caroline Gillen in North Merrick, Long Island, New York.

Tombstone Tuesday #3: Sidney D. Rogers and Susan Elizabeth Lloyd Rogers

Tombstone Tuesday is a genealogy blogging prompt where the blogger posts and shares about a tombstone.  Today's post is about Sidney D. Rogers and Susan Elizabeth Lloyd Rogers.

Based on information in the 1900 US Census, Sidney D. Rogers (1865-1924) and Susan Elizabeth "Bettie" Lloyd (1868-1918) were married sometime in 1884-1885.

Rogers Family plot marker.  Image from FindAGrave.com.  Image ©S. Curry.