In the LAST row, I saw a slew of pictures, and Deguerreotypes in little hand-tooled leather books, but pictures are almost impossible to track UNLESS there is something written in or on them. THEN...... I saw one with a note....... "Raymonds Great Great Grandmother name Elizabeth Ann Sutherland Shuart mother". I thought that this picture & it's note would be pretty easy to track down.......... and I was right.
We went to The Lambertville Station for brunch and I took out my iPad and found her right away....... ACTUALLY, I found Elizabeth Ann Sutherland Shuart, because I read the note incorrectly...... but also found her mother at the same time.
And now to find HER family................. I put a tree on Ancestry.com & attached her picture there. Hopefully someone wants her........
AGAIN, I DO NOT WANT MONEY FOR ANY OF THESE ITEMS, I just want to return these articles of heritage BACK to their families...........
HEEEEEEEEEERES, Catherine !!!!!!
She lived from 1793-11 APR 1859..........
I guess 60 looks VEEEEERY different NOW, than what it looked like in 1853, or so...........
I'll keep you posted........
Lest you forget,
Michael
Thank you so much for sharing. I have over 5000 names and dates in my tree but not as much personal info as IN would like. Putting a face to someone in my tree makes it much more rewarding and real. Often in our quest to create our tree we "forget" the human side of our ancestors. A photo like this is a great reminder. D. Kim England McGuirk 5th great grandaughter of Catherine Goetschius Sutherland
ReplyDelete6th great aunt! Hey cousin!
ReplyDeleteHi Cousin! I have subsequently discovered that Catherine Goetschius was Swiss. She was the daughter of Petrus J Goetschius and Catriena Eckhart. Petrus was born in NJ, but his father was from Zurich, Switzerland. Johannes H Goetschius, b 1718 wrote a letter about his horrendous voyage to the states, and the death of his father shortly after arrival. Almost 300 years ago,
DeleteHi Cousin! I have subsequently discovered that Catherine Goetschius was Swiss. She was the daughter of Petrus J Goetschius and Catriena Eckhart. Petrus was born in NJ, but his father was from Zurich, Switzerland. Johannes H Goetschius, b 1718 wrote a letter about his horrendous voyage to the states, and the death of his father shortly after arrival. Almost 300 years ago,
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