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Monday, November 7, 2016

On This Day...November 7



Births:

1830 - Surilda Boston - Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

1841 - Samuel Wright - Orange County, New York (Khris's direct ancestor)


Deaths:

1837 - James Payton - Magnolia, Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

1880 - George Warden Kern - Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana (Khris's direct ancestor)

2015 - Kevin Lee Wiseman - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky (Lisa's collateral relative)




This and all other posts on this blog are © copyright 2016 by Lisa Dillman Wright.

Sunday, November 6, 2016

On This Day...November 6



Births:

1762 - Katharine Riblin - North Carolina (Khris's direct ancestor)


Deaths:

1902 - William Wheeler Hubbell - Virginia (Khris's collateral relative)

1982 - Estel Elmer Dillman - Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota (Lisa's collateral relative)




This and all other posts on this blog are © copyright 2016 by Lisa Dillman Wright.

Saturday, November 5, 2016

On This Day...November 5



Births:

1863 - Karl Seiter - Söllingen, Rastatt, Baden (Khris's collateral relative)

1888 - Edward Carl Harrison - Byrneville, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)


Marriages:

1857 - David Dillman & Evaline Webb - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)


Deaths:

1916 - Felix Wiseman - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

1924 - Susan Dillman Byerly - Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois (Lisa's collateral relative)

1978 - Orville Wayne Dillman - Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Lisa's collateral relative)

1995 - Melvin Pennington - Montana - (Khris's collateral relative)



This and all other posts on this blog are © copyright 2016 by Lisa Dillman Wright.

Friday, November 4, 2016

On This Day...November 4



Births:

1811 - Jane Hall - Nicholas County, Kentucky (Khris's collateral relative)

1913  - Robert Emsley Byrne - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)


Marriages:

1868 - Charles Leason Byrn & Nancy Hazzard - Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's direct ancestor - Charles Leason Byrn)




This and all other posts on this blog are © copyright 2016 by Lisa Dillman Wright.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

On This Day...November 3



Births:

1879 - Aaron Gephart Fessel - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)


Marriages:

1779 - Nathan Harrison & Verlinda Browning - Montgomery County, Maryland (Lisa's collateral relatives)

1877 - John Michael Dillman & Emma Ballard - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relatives)


Deaths:

1915 - Elodia Wilhelmina Shaffer Bridges - Dunklin County, Missouri (Lisa's collateral relative)

1953 - Andrew Hornung - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky (Lisa's collateral relative)




This and all other posts on this blog are © copyright 2016 by Lisa Dillman Wright.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Wednesday's Child...Teresie Seiter

...lest she be forgotten.


Seiter Family Marker; St. Joseph Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana



Teresie Seiter Gravestone; St. Joseph Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana


Teresie was the fifth of ten children born to Christopher (Christoph) and Cecelia Stierle Seiter.  She was born on Wednesday, August 27, 1884 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. By the time of her birth the Christopher and Cecelia had already suffered the death of their second born child, Anna, in 1879.

Christopher and Cecelia, both German immigrants, were a part of the large German population in Indianapolis during the late nineteenth century. At that time Indianapolis had several German language newspapers. I found the following record of Teresie's birth in The Indianapolis Tribüne, dated August 30, 1884:




Listed under the heading 'Geburten' (births)
Christian Seiter (I have, on several occasions, found his name listed as such), Mädchen (girl), 27, August. 


Teresie's life was short. Teresie died on July 15, 1887 at the age of 2 years, 9 months, 19 days old. She is buried in St. Joseph Cemetery located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her gravestone says:

                                                                                                     Teresie Seiter
                                                                                                 GEB 27 AUG 1884 
                                                                                                 GEST 15 JULI 1887 

Notice that it is written in German.

I found the following notice of her death in The Indianapolis Tribüne, dated July 16, 1887:






Listed under the heading "The Small Town Herald". 
"Mr. Christ Seiter and his wife have lost through death their nearly 3 year old little daughter."

Teresie's Certificate of Death Record lists her cause of death as "Dephtheria [sic] (2 Days)".  

Diphtheria, a bacterial infection of the upper-respiratory system, was once call "The Strangling Angel of Children". Considered highly contagious, easily transmitted through contact with an infected person, this disease spread rapidly through families. Until the beginning of the 1920's diphtheria was one of the leading causes of death in children. The disease caused pain, swelling of the neck and lymph nodes and eventually suffocation and death.


Teresie Seiter's life ended too soon; her life story too short. But she hasn't been forgotten.





(Teresie Seiter - Khris's Grand Aunt)


Sources: Gravestone Photos (Lisa's Personal Collection); The Indianapolis Tribüne (Hoosier State Chronicles); Certificate of Death Record (Marion County Indiana Health Department)




Wednesday’s Child blog postings include photos of gravestones of children. A sad topic but posts can give life to the stories of these young souls.
Wednesday’s Child is a genealogical blogging prompt suggested by Thomas MacEntee at GeneaBloggers.




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On This Day...November 2


Births:

1928 - Dallas Byrne Fouts - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

1938 - Patsy Sue Patterson - Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)


Marriages:

1856 - Benjamin Harrison Mock & Ann Summers - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relatives)


Deaths:

1906 - William Byrn - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

2014 - Mildred Sacksteder Suter - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky (Lisa's collateral relative)




This and all other posts on this blog are © copyright 2016 by Lisa Dillman Wright.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

On This Day...November 1



Births:

1934 - Dona Rae Linstead - Washington  (Lisa's collateral relative)


Marriages:

1765 - John Landiss & Mary Paris - Granville County, North Carolina (Lisa's direct ancestors)


Deaths: 

1926 - Joseph H Dillman - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

1930 - Ida F Byrn Ogg - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

1997 - William Robert Patterson - Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

2000 - Larry Dennis Harrison - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral relative)

2001 - Orlyn Laverne Edler - Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (Lisa's collateral relative)




This and all other posts on this blog are © copyright 2016 by Lisa Dillman Wright.