23 November 2016

Week Four: Hall



It's only taken me 7 weeks to get to Week 4 of Family History Month and there we are!! The focus this "week" is Hall, my paternal grandmother's line. This is a line I know very, VERY little on. My paternal grandmother, Constance Hall Coughlin, died when my father was less than 2 years old.



For my direct line, surnames that married into the family include:

Coughlin (David married Constance Hall)
Otis (Sarah "Sadie" married Earl Hall)
Johnson (Ella married Ira Hall)

When I add in the aunts and uncles, surnames include:

Gilbo (Henry married Mildred Hall)
Nichols (Harry married Cecilia "Myra" Hall)
Kinney (Elizabeth married Loren Hall)
Straight (Beatrice married Loren Hall)

When I add in cousins (of all removals), surnames include:

Huttig (Carl married Kathleen Hall)
Eldred (Ernest married Beatrice Hall)

WOW. I really don't have a lot of information on this line. Need to move this line up on my goals for 2017.

15 November 2016

Week Three: Coughlin




"My" Week Three of Family History Month has the focus on Coughlin, my father's line. This is definitely a brickwall line. Growing up we were the only Coughlin's in the phone book in South Carolina. NOT the case in the Northeast!!

For my direct line, surnames that married into the family include:

Hall (Constance married David Coughlin)
Williams (Bridget Agnes married Daniel Coughlin)
McDonough (Anna/Annie married Daniel Coughlin)

When I add in the aunts and uncles, surnames include:

Braunstein (Eugene married Mary Elizabeth Coughlin)
Midgley (Mildred married Bernard Coughlin)
Thompson (Gerald married Ann Coughlin)
Myers (Howard married Mary Elizabeth Coughlin)
Fleming (Constance married Thomas Coughlin)
Gould (Hannah/Anna married Thomas Coughlin)
Lynch (Thomas R married Margaret Coughlin)
Healey (Edward married Sarah Coughlin)
Keigher (Edward married Elizabeth Coughlin)

When I add in cousins (of all removals), surnames include:

Russell (Mary married George Coughlin)
Conners (Charles married Marie Coughlin)
Shuler (Mildred maried George Henry Coughlin)
Ryan (Thomas G married Hannah Coughlin)
Hughes (Edward married Mary Coughlin)
Cunningham (Alfred married Agnes Theresa Healey)

This week's lesson is this line used the same names...over and over and over again!!!