Some Things I Questioned---While In The Garden

Sunday, 11 March 2007


Some Things I Questioned---While In The Garden


3rd Sunday of Lent / 70th Day of 2007 / 28th Day Till Easter Sunday 2007


"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16

The photo...is in "either" The Garden Tomb or in The Garden of Gethsemane in Israel.

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As I was in my "garden" of prayer last week, I thought about some things. Things that I questioned about my life... Here's just a few.... I will add my response later... Selah.

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What if I did not come to church for weeks? Would anyone notice or even care that I was not there? Selah


What if I stopped blogging for months? Would it make any difference or Am I making a difference by what I am sharing on my blog site? Selah


What if I cease doing some things that I normally did at times? Would anyone notice or have any concern to why I stopped doing what I use to do? Selah

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Father God, I thank You for Sunday, the first day of the week. A day in which we come together as a body of Christ to celebrate the VICTORY that Jesus defeated death, satan and sin. I thank You for those victories Lord! I thank You for this very day and every day of LIFE that we have in You. I thank You that You give us the gift of eternal LIFE through Your Son, Jesus Christ.

I thank You for the covenant blessings of WISDOM, ANOINTING and LIFE that You have given us who believe. I praise Your name. For You are the God of what LIFE is all about and is meant to be.... Victorious living in Jesus' Name.

Lord, HELP us to surrender our lives to You on a ongoing basis. Help us to surrender every area of our lives... yielding everything to You...our spirit, soul, body, our hopes, dreams, concerns, our finances, family, jobs, our abilities, talents, ministries, our joy, weakness, strengths, our pains, sorrows, shame, our past, present, future.

Teach is to open our hearts to You while we seek after You. Lead us to repent and to rethink our lives on a regular basis. Allow us to follow You and experience You in new ways that we have not seen before. Guide us to yield to the Holy Spirit. And help us to let go of our own ways. Create within us a new heart and a new spirit.


Grant us to pray with the heart of Jesus' model prayer...
Our Father in Heaven Hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.


Amen.
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"A Bible on the shelf is worthless; a Bible being read is priceless." Bruce and Stan [I took this photo from my hotel balcony... early dawn in Tiberias while in Israel.]

Connected With Faris Lyle’s Family via Social Media

In Loving Memory of Sergeant Faris Chilton LYLE. ( 1923 – 2008)
He was the son of Chilton LYLES and Jennie (BARTLETT) BLAKLEY LYLES.

I was thinking about my Uncle Faris Chilton Lyle. He passed on February 1, 2008. He was my father David Blakley Sr.’s brother. Uncle Faris was my last uncle on my father’s side to pass.

I first reached out to Uncle Faris when I received his address from his sister Geneva (LYLE) JONES (1924 – 2005). She was Faris’ and my father’s sister. I wrote to Uncle Faris and we corresponded for some years. He lived in New York.

Lost Connections:
And there came the time, I didn’t hear from Uncle Faris. I started wondering. I didn’t know how to contact his relatives. I kept wondering.

Then one day, on November 13, 2008, Uncle Faris’ name came to my thinking. I started googling his name. I make the discovery that he passed.

Connected With The LYLE Family:
During this time, I added Uncle Faris to my post: In Remembrance of my relatives. He would be remembered twice a year. Then one day, I received a comment from one of Uncle Faris’ granddaughters on one of blogger’s site on August 4, 2011. How amazing! We connected on facebook where I came in contact with other LYLE family members.

The LYLE family knew little about Faris’ family. That he (and his sister Geneva) were put in an orphanage. I did locate them listed on the 1930 census at Northwestern Orphanage and Hospital Line 69-82 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Their mother Jennie passed in December of 1926 when Faris was 3 and Geneva was 2 years old. I’m not for sure how long Faris and Geneva were in the orphanage. Their father Chilton was still living and perhaps was not able to care for them. I did locate Faris age 17 and Geneva age 16 were listed with their Blakley siblings, Mary and Orbrey on the at 1940 census.

Social Media Connections
I have used social media in the past to discover more on my family connections. I continue to come across more relative through the media. I found some of Aunt Geneva’s descendants via social media and DNA sites. I’m thankful for those who keep in touch.

Thanks for reading.
Connected With Faris Lyle’s Family via Social Media

Blessings
S.A.Blakley

Repost from my wordpress site 

Week 6 ~ Amy Johnson Crow #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks ~ Generation Café

The theme for Week 6 is “Social Media.” Social media can connect us to people we otherwise wouldn’t have encountered. Have you made a family history discovery via social media? (What about in the social column of their newspaper — that was basically their Facebook!) Have you ever imagined how an ancestor would have used social media? Write about it this week.

I added the in remembrance to this blog>
Here's are some examples: In Remembrance: 

February In Remembrance Dade Family Connections. 

February In Remembrance: Bartlett Family Connections

February In Remembrance Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

Finding Joy And Strength In The Pursuit Of Searching ~

 Welcome to a New Year! Happy 2024!!!

I thank God for the joy and strength He brings, especially when I’m on my journey for new finds. I’m amazed! I’m thankful for those who were before me. They took the time to record what information they were told or knew.

As I’ve been searching through old newspapers, I noticed that some newspapers published church news, mentioning who attended funerals, those who called upon others and those who visited their relatives and friends. What a clever way for searchers to find clues. It takes time to sort through things. But it’s worth it.

It’s so exciting to come across new leads. And I’ve found much joy when I see confirmation. It makes me want to search more. This brings hope.

In the beginning of my search, I didn’t know much about my family connections. I only knew what my parents shared with me. And I wrote down what they shared.

Recently, I started to re read some of what my parents told me. There are things that I have forgotten about. Now, as I look back, my older adult self sees more into what I was recording.

The photo is of one of the first book I purchased on family history. I started filling out my information about my ancestors. The book was printed in 1977. I wrote to the future generation on August 2, 1990.

“Dear future generation,
May you all be proud of who your ancestors were and who you really are in life for you and your children’s children which follows.”





I have found strength through seeing the progress I have made. It wasn’t until the Summer of 2004, when I got hooked up with the internet. This was when my desire for “digging for my roots grew deeper. It was like I had “an exploration of information” coming at me.

I’m thankful that I took the DNA test. I have so many DNA matches. I don’t know how this works. But there were some DNA matches to where I connected the dots and a miracle happened. And through time, I saw the connections. Yes, I thanked God.

I can draw strength and joy from what I know about my family connections. I have come a long way since my beginning during the mid 1970’s. I’m looking forward to the joy and strength that are waiting for me to discover.

I’ve said this before: “We need the want and the desire to want to know about our ancestors, perhaps there will come those clues that will spark the flames that keeps us going. ~ I believe that there is more out there. My joy and strength comes from the LORD.

Thanks for reading.
Finding Joy And Strength: In The Pursuit Of Searching

Blessings,
S.A.Blakley

Here are the January In Remembrance:

The Dade Family Connections 

The Bartlett Family Connections  

 The Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

   Posted on August 18, 2023 by Susan Ann Blakley except the In Remembrance 

Week 33 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks Challenge 2023

The theme for Week 33 is “Strength.” Strength comes in many forms: physical, emotional, spiritual, just to name a few. What ancestor do you think of when you think of strength?

Great Grandfather Private Isaac Blakey, (1845 – 1917)
Civil War Vet who was wounded during the War. (1863 – 1866)

Overwhelmed By The New Discoveries in 2023

Oh the good that has come out of 2023!!!  I'm thankful that I stumbled across those amazing discoveries. I can't wait to see what I'll come across in 2024. Thank You, LORD!!!

 Some of those brick walls that I couldn’t break through have been moved. I believe it was because I  keep searching. I hope to make some ground in finding out these new discoveries. I thank God for the desire that’s in me, to want to know more about my family connections.

There is something that I see as I'm working on a blog. I come across new things that I didn't see before. And I keep searching for more information in what I plan to post. It’s like a cycle of things coming as I’m reviewing things as I’m working on a blog new things pop up. 

I don't know what's up ahead on the journey to discover. But, I believe that there will be more clues to follow up on. Oh, the mystery , it's interesting to find out more. 

A  New England Tree in  2018

As I look Ahead On My Journey...

I'm hoping to see more new discoveries that are set before the days and years to come. I believe that there are a lot more surprises out there waiting to be discovered. There are DNA cousins out there with the missed clues that we don't know about.

I continue to review what I have discovered from time to time. I'm thankful that new information is released to the public. I hope to see more into what I haven't seen.

In Remembrance of the ...

DADE Family Connections

BARTLETT Family Connections

Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections 

Thanks for reading
Overwhelmed By The New Discoveries In 2023


Happy Twenty 24! 

God bless you and protect you and your loved ones. 

 Shalom,
S.A. Blakley

The Gift Passed Down From My Grandma Mary Anna

 My Grandma Mary was the only grandma that I had the honor to met in person. Some time during the early 1970’s, she came to live with for a short while. I don’t recall much about Grandma’s stay. I wasn’t yet a teenager. The photo is of my Grandma Mary Anna (1889- 1975) and her fourth daughter, my mother, Lula (1920 – 2000).

I can remember something that my Grandmother gave me while she was staying with our family.

Moments In Time
One day, my mother, Lula, her mother, Mary Anna and I were siting in the front room of the family home. And as we were sitting, I was watching Grandma searching in her purse for something. Then Grandma took it out of her purse and handed something to my mother and told her to give this to me, Susan.

I reached out my hand and received the gift passed down from my Grandma Mary Anna. It was a thimble. I can’t recall what else happened after those moments. But, I still have that thimble, today. I don’t recall using it either.

I was thinking about that day when Grandma gave me that thimble.
She gave me something that I could use. I could have done whatever I wanted with it. I didn’t do anything with it. But, put it in my small box for a keepsake.

I had a thought come to me. I could pass it along to someone else. Yes, I can pass down this thimble to someone down the line. The Gift Passed Down From Grandma Mary Anna.

After Thoughts:
The things that people give us should be of use. I believe that my Grandma Mary wanted me to use that thimble. However, I didn’t. I didn’t not sew at that time. However, I could still use it now.

I see the importance of passing down things to the next generations to come. Whatever we choose to passed down to others, may it be something that is of value to the person who gave it to us. In my case with Grandma Mary, it’s the only tangible gift that I have from her. It’s a treasure.

While I was thinking about what I was going to share in this blog,
I was thinking about my Grandma Mary’s Grandmother, Susan (Leach) Washington ( 1835 – 1890) . Susan’s mother, Delilah Lewis ( 1773 – 1887) came to live with her and her family in 1878. Mother’s caring for their mothers. I believed that my Grandma Mary cared for her mother, Anna Laura (Washington) Allen Walters (1867 – 1947) as well. I helped care for my mother.

Thanks for reading.
The Gift Passed Down From My Grandma Mary Anna

This post was posted on October 14, 2022 by Susan Ann Blakley. 
The In Memory was added to this blog. 

 DADE Family Connections November 
BARTLETT Family Connections 
BLAKEY WHITE Family Connections

God bless
S.A.Blakley

Week 41 ~ Amy Johnson Crow ~ Generations Cafe ~ #52Ancestors 52 Weeks facebook group
The theme for Week 41 is “Passed Down.” We can pass down lots of things: stories, clothes, special items. What is something that has been passed down to you or that you’ve passed down to someone else?

Great Grandfather Elias W. Bartlett Sr. ~ Brick Wall

 During the 1980’s, I began searching for my family connections. While I was searching, I came across the name of my Great Grandfather Elias Bartlett listed as the father of my Grandmother Jennie (Bartlett) Lyles’ 1926 death certificate. I though, the name Elias, sounded like he didn’t have a first name.

As I continued searching, I made some inquires to the Carrollton County Genealogy Society about my Bartlett family. In reply, a lady from Carrollton, Missouri sent me copies of the 1870 and 1880 Missouri census records listing Elias’s household in Wakenda, Carroll, Missouri.

On the 1870 United States Federal Census,
Elias was listed with his first wife Rachel and their children who carried the Bartlett surname:
William born in 1852 and Warren born in 1854
John born in 1855 and Fanny born in 1859
Lena born in 1862 and Harriet born in 1865

On the1880 United States Federal Census,
Elias was listed with his second wife Harriett , children and a grandmother;
Sally born in 1865, Charles born in 1867, and Lucy born in 1869.
Elias Jr. who was born in 1879.
William (who was a widow on the 1880) was listed on the 1870.
Grandmother, Hannah Hooper was born in ca 1765 who living with the Bartletts.

In November of 2022, I located Harriett with her three children on the 1870 Missouri census.
Sally was born in 1865, Charles was born in 1867 and Lucy was born in 1869 and
Hannah was born in 1890.
They were listed in the HELSIN Household with the HELSIN surname.
I don’t think that HELSIN was the surname of Harriett and her children along with Hannah.

I’ve been back tracking the sources on Elias W. Bartlett Sr. his wife Harriett and children.
Records of Elias’ were from...
1870 and 1880 United States Federal Census For Carroll County in Missouri
The December 29, 1876 marriage recorded of Elias BARTLEY married Harriet HUGHES.

Daughters’ death records:
Jennie LYLES in 1926 , Juanita ARMSTRONG in 1929 and Lucy HORAN in 1940.
Lucy’s father was listed as Mr. Bartlett. However, he was her step father.

Crop photo of Juanita BARTLETT ARMSTRONG’s 1929 death certificate.




It’s still a mystery to what happened to Elias Sr.
 Could he have passed in 1900 in Carrollton, Missouri?

Some of the Bartletts moved to St. Joseph, Missouri.
Unknown to what brought them there.
Lucy was married in St Joe in August of 1900.
Paul was living there around 1900 according to his 1956 obituary
Jennie was living there in 1902 according to her marriage record.

Even though the Bartletts were listed on the Missouri census in Carrollton, Missouri in June of 1900, they moved to St. Joseph sometime after the 1900 census was taken. There was a Elias Bartlett listed on the 1901 city directory in St. Joseph, Missouri. It didn’t stated if he was a Sr. or Jr.

There was an Elias W. Bartlett Jr. listed in the city directory in 1904.
Elias Jr. moved to Oklahoma City around 1906. He was listed in their city directory.
Harriet was listed as the widow of Elias Sr. on the 1905 city directory.
This was the first mention of Harriet in St. Joe.
I believe that Harriet was in St. Joseph the same time her son Paul was in 1900.

Hoping for information:
I believe that there is still hope in finding some things about Elias Sr. and Harriet.
I’m waiting on information on the death notice of Elias Bartlett who passed on October 7, 1920 in Oklahoma. Also, I came across Elias Jr.’s name as Eli BARTLEY and Elias BARTLEY in the Oklahoma City Directories. (Update: The info about  Elias Jr.'s death notice was the correct Elias son of Elias Sr. and Harriett.)

I wonder. Could the family surname have been BARTLEY or perhaps BARTLE?
Jennie’s maiden name was spelled BARTLE when she married John BLAKEY on July 28, 1902 in Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri.

Elias W. Bartlett Sr. life is still a brick wall, along with his family listed on the 1870 census.

I wonder. Was Elias, Alex Bartlett? This was the father’s name on Paul Bartlett’s 1936 social security application and claims index information. I’m hoping that there will be more clues in the years to come to uncover the Bartlett family mysteries. Someone may have the pieces to this mystery.

Even the maiden name of Harriett is a brick wall.
Was her maiden name HUGHES, HELSIN, HOOPER, FISHER, or BUFFINGTON? I’m thinking that it was BUFFINGTON source from Lucy’s 1939 social security application and claims index information.

Thanks for reading.
Great Grandfather Elias W. Bartlett Sr. ~ Brick Wall #52Ancestors In Week 21

S.A. Blakley

 October In Remembrance: 

The Dade Family Connections

The Bartlett Family Connections

 The Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

Great Grandfather Elias W. Bartlett Sr. ~ Brick Wall #52Ancestors In Week 21
This blog was posted on May 24, 2023 by Susan Ann Blakley ~ added the In Memory links to this blog

The theme for Week 21 is “Brick Wall.” ~Amy Johnson Crow #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks Challenge

Do you have an ancestor (or 4) who you can’t seem to make any progress on in your research? This would be a good week to write about that ancestor and really think about what you know about that ancestor, how you know it, and wh

News of Mrs. Chilton Lyles’ Birth of Her 18th Child

There is so much I can get out of this birth announcement. Mrs. Chilton Lyles was Mrs. Jennie (Bartlett) Blakley Lyles. Her son was born on October 15, 1925. He would be named Edgar Bartlett Lyle. Sadly to say, Edgar passed on April 16, 1926. He was about 6 months old.

Birth announcement in The St. Joseph Observer : St. Joseph, Missouri • Fri, Oct 23, 1925 Page 5

Mr. Chilton Lyle was Jennie’s second husband. They had at least five children together.

Twin daughters, Dorris Lyle and Dorothy Lyle were born on April 27, 1920. Sadly to say, they passed less than 3 months old: at two days apart on July 3rd and July 5, 1920. They were buried together.

The only two Lyle children who made it to adulthood:

Sergeant Faris Chilton Lyle (1923 – 2008) ~ He married and was the father of 7.
Geneva (Lyle) Jones (1924 – 2005) ~ She was married and was the mother of 7.

Jennie’s second husband, Chilton Lyles was born in Kansas about 1869.
He was the son of free people of color.

Jennie’s first husband was John Blakey Blakley Sr. (1871 – 1918) . They had 12 children together.

Their Baby Girl Blakey was still born on November 10, 1902.
There were four daughters and a son who passed with in a year of their births.

Edna Blakley (1903 – 1904) ~ She was 11 months old.
Cecil BLAKEY (1908 – 1909) ~ She was about 3 months old.

Juanita BLAKEY (1910 -1910) ~ She was about 3 months old.
Baby Boy Blakley (1917 – 1918) ~ He passed 3 days before his first birthday.

Jennie’s husband John who was born June 21, 1871 with a twin Andrew. John passed four months after Baby Boy Blakley on July 10, 1918. John was one of 20. His father, Private Isaac Blakey married twice.

As for the other Blakley children who made it to their adulthood.

Pastor John Henry Blakley Jr. (1905 – 1975) ~ He married twice and had step children.
Isaac “Ike” Blakley (1906 1980) ~ He married and had two sons.

Paul Blakley (1907 – 1946) ~ He was married and had step children.
Mary Jane Blakley Richardson (1911 – 2001) ~ She married and adopted two daughters.

Rev Orbrey Pearson Blakley(1912 – 1943) ~ He never married and had no children.
David William Blakley Sr. (1913 – 1989) ~ He married and had 19 children.

Hazel “Bush” Blakley was born in 1915 and she passed at age 18 with child in 1933.

According to what my mother, Lula, she shared with me, “Mrs. (Jennie) Blakley had 19 children.” This is according to what my mother’s mother Mary Allen Lankford / Lankfard told her. Could it have been, Jennie had another child before she passed?

Who was Jennie Lyles?
She was my father, David’s mother. Jennie was born in 1883 to Elias W. Bartlett Sr. and Harriet (Hooper) Bartlett. She was one of 14. And her first name could have been Geneva. She passed on December 29, 1926 at the age of 43. The surname Lyle was spelled Lyles at times.

R.I. P Grandmother Jennie

Thanks for reading.
News of Mrs. Chilton Lyles’ Birth of Her 18th Child

Blessings,
S.A. Blakley

In Remembrance: 

Dade Family Connections
Bartlett Family Connections

Blakey Blakley Family Connections
WHITE Family Connections

This blog was 'osted on July 12, 2023 by Susan Ann Blakley on word press site. Expect the in remembrance part. 

Idea and Theme via 
Week 28 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge in 2023

The theme for Week 28 is “Random.” Sometimes we find the most random things about our ancestors. For me, it was discovering that my great-grandfather had a tattoo on his upper arm. You could also pick a random ancestor and write about him or her this week. Have fun with this theme!

In Loving Memory Of Mrs. Josephine Louise Wilson: My Last Auntie To Pass

 She was born Josephine Louise Lankford on August 30, 1932 to Leo Sr. and Mary (Allen) Lankford / Lankfard. Josephine’s sunset came on Thursday October 5, 2017. She was one of 11 children. Her first husband was Comezell Z. Walker Sr. (1922 – 1964) Her second husband was James Wilson Jr. (1922 – 2022). She was the mother of 6.

Colorized photo of Josephine Louise (Lankford) Walker Wilson
She was the last auntie on my mother Lula’s side to pass.

I’m thankful that my Auntie Josie took the time to share what she known of her parents’ family history. During the times of sharing, Auntie Josie said that she took some of the family pictures. She told me that she played the piano.

She would call me to shared things. I would call her for clues and share what I found. My sister Freda and I or brother, “Eddie” would visit her home and we shared things.

She talked about how some of my brothers would play ball where the Lankford family home was.

She spoke of who took pictures when she was in them. An example of the one photo of 5 of the 6 Lankford sisters. Milton Vernon Thomas took the photo. Vernon was Auntie Josie’s sister Mary aka Jennie’s” husband. And there were photos of uncles and aunties I never seen in a photo before.

Another crop photo: the one with her brother Fredrick “Fred” with his army uniform on. Her brother in law “Willie” Farmer was next to him. There were photos of brother Addison’s “Ad’s” wedding to Pearl Smiley. I didn’t know that Uncle “Ad” was married. Auntie Josie told me who was in the photo.

One day Auntie Josie called and told me that one of her former bosses passed. The lady’s obituary was in the newspaper: she was a Morton. Auntie Josie said, she worked for this lady before she was married and had her first child. The Lankfords worked for the Morton families for years.

I think Auntie Josie was the one who took photos and keep up with the family history. She clipped news articles from the newspapers etc. There were days she would call and told me that relatives passed.

One Summer afternoon while visiting Aunt Josie with my sister Freda, Auntie Josie was telling us about the JET Magazine with the actress Hatttie McDaniel in it. She was reading about Hattie and came across a name that caught her attention. She said UNCLE NYM!!!

Auntie Josie’s Uncle Nym LANKFARD was married to Hattie McDaniel. It was a surprise to me too. I haven’t heard this. Yes, it’s true. Hattie’s second husband was Nymalua “Nym” Lankfard. Google it. Nym wasn’t George Langford.

I remember that last time I visited Auntie Josie. I showed her some photos that were giving to me. She told me who some of them were. She even saw some photos of herself and her sister Betty.

I miss the days of those home visits and phone conversations with Auntie Josie. I have found so much since her passing. I find myself talking to myself when I visit her grave site. I’m thankful for all that Aunt Josie clued me in on.

Then the news came that Auntie Josie passing. That marked the ending of the Lankford siblings on my mother’s side. The next generations of the Lankford descendants remain. I’m in the 4th generation from Robert and Charlotta. And there are three or four more generations more after the 4th generation, I think.

R.I.P. Auntie Josie
Until we all meet again.

Thanks for reading.
Mrs. Josephine Louise Wilson: My Last Auntie To Pass

Blessings,
S.A. Blakley


In Remembrance For August

BARTLETT Family 

Blakey Blakley WHITE Family 

DADE Family

I changed the them to Mrs. Josephine Louise Wilson: My Last Auntie To Pass
From “Last One Standing.”

 The blog was posted on June 14, 2023 by Susan Ann Blakley except the in remembrance. 
I added In Loving Memory to this blog. 

Idea and Theme via Week 24 Amy Johnson Crow #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks Challenge

The theme for Week 24 is “Last One Standing.” My thought with this theme was there are some ancestors that we research, and we feel like we are the only one researching them. (Or maybe I’m the only one who has felt that way!) Of course, feel free to interpret the theme however you’d like!

Dade Family Connections: So Many Descendants

  In the beginning, I didn’t know that “Uncle Isaac” a.k.a. Isaac Dade Sr. and “Aunt Frankie”a.k.a. Frances (Ovington) Dade were my second great grandparents. Their daughter Charlotta Lottie (Dade) Lankford / Lankfard was my great grandmother. Since my early discoveries, I continue to search for my Dade Family Connections.

Photo is of my Great Grandparents (Robert Louis) Lewis Lankford’s and Miss Charlotta Dade’s marriage certificate: Dated January 23rd, 1873 in Canton, Lewis County Missouri. The two witnesses to their marriage were Isaac Dade and Francis Dade. I began to search to see who were Isaac Dade and Francis. I have located them on the Missouri censuses. (NOTE: the index on record states the date of marriage was on Jan 25 nd, 1873.)

On the United States Federal 1900 census for Lewis County; Canton, Missouri, it states that Frances Dade had 14 children in which 7 were living at the time of the census on June 11th. I have located 7 of Frances’ 14 children. I pieced the puzzle together as I found more information on each child.

I have been compiling a list of the descendants of Isaac and Frances:
Here is a list of the 7 known children.

Louisa Jane “Aunt Janie” (DADE) WASHINGTON, the of mother of 13
Benjamin “Ben” DADE, the of father of 15
Mary Ann (DADE) MADISON, the of mother of 7
Isaac DADE a.k.a. Private Isaac DAYD, the of father of 5
Louis Newton “Old Bone” DADE, the of father of 11
Crieldy / Cyrilda (DADE) GREEN, the of mother of 2
Charlotta Lottie (DADE) LANKFORD / LANKFARD, the of mother of 11

Which sibling has the most descendants, so far?
I thought Louisa Jane (DADE) WASHINGTON had a lot of descendants. I was wrong. When I came across Benjamin “Ben” DADE, I wasn’t for sure if he was related. However, I received confirmation that he was through France’s death notice and through DNA matches with his descendants. I began to add Ben’s lineage to the family tree. I thought I couldn’t keep up with the list.

I had to challenge myself to compile Benjamin “Ben” Dade’s lineage on a calendar by sorting by names to their birth dates and death dates. I have done this with my other family connections branches. I use a big calendar and combined my Blakey Blakley WHITE family on one calendar and my Bartlett Family on another one and so one.

However, when I came to Benjamin’s lineage, I had to rethink how to do his. He has so many descendants. His lineage won’t fit with my other DADE Family calendar that includes Louisa, Louis, Mary, and Charlotta. There wasn’t enough space.

I had to started two other DADE Family calendars one for Isaac DADE Jr. / Isaac DAYD and the other for Benjamin DADE. The other two children of Frances: Isaac DADE Jr / DAYD and Crieidy / Cyrida Dade Green are on the same calendar.

A Surprising Discovery:
I noticed that some of the Benjamin’s descendants married into Louisa DADE Washington’s descendants. This was a surprise to come across. I thought to myself, I saw this name before. I’m in the process of searching more on Ben DADE.

Story has it that Ben Dade lived in Texas. He had a first wife. I’m exploring what one of Ben Dade’s descendant shared with me.

Thanks for reading
So Many Descendants: Dade Family Connections

Blessings,
S.A. Blakley

In Memory of Family Connections:

July In Remembrance: 
Dade Family Connections

July In Remembrance: 
Bartlett Family Connections
    
July In Remembrance: 
 Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

Original Posted on June 7, 2023 by Susan Ann Blakley
Week 23 Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge:

The theme for Week 23 is “So Many Descendants.” Sometimes when we’re researching, we’ll come across a set of ancestors who seem to have a gajillion descendants. Who is that in your family tree?