Help with a brickwall for Joseph Franklin?
The beauty of Kansas is that they also did an extra census mid-decade, with a little different info. From that we find that your Joseph served in the NJ Infantry, Company I, Regiment 9. Since this is a record from 1905, he probably served in the Spanish-American War. But you can contact the Military Personnel Center at the St. Louis Archives to get copies of his service records. http://www.archives.gov The 1895 Kansas Census lists his parents as living in Stranger KS and his father is listed as "WH Franklin". Yes, he was born in KY. Under the category "Where from to Kansas" it does list Illinois. According to the 1900 federal census, they were married for 11 years as of the date of the enumeration. So they were either married in early 1889 or late 1888. His DOB was April 1864 and hers was Nov 1866. Since son Walter was born in 1890 in Kansas, and since we found Joseph's parents living in Kansas, I think it's a fair assumption that they were also married in Kansas. I would contact the county for a copy of their marriage license and marriage license application. The application contains a mass of information that the court files, but doesn't include on the actual license. It will give you all sorts of info on her parents. According to the State website, their copies of the records don't go back far enough and you have to petition for a copy through the local district court. He owned his home outright, so the property records in Tongonoxie will tell you when he moved there. If that's where he lived when he died, then also look for a probated will in the local court house. Here's more on that: http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/land/in... The 1910 Census has them moving to Oklahoma and once again they own the land. The good news is that it means there is a land sale record in Kansas and a land purchase record in Oklahoma. The other good news is that there are several small kids in the census list, and they were all born in Kansas. So from that we know that the move to Oklahoma was pretty recent. Also very curious is that in the 1895 Kansas Census, your Joseph and Eliza were living with his parents, as well as son Walter (aka Sebord), daughter Bessie and son Bert. In that 1895 enumeration, it also tells us that Eliza was living in Missouri before moving to Kansas. That's an important clue because then we know she wasn't in Illinois with Joseph and they probably weren't married there.
Genealogists: Handwriting help?
William Harvey Downing, d. June 24, 1929, in Camden County, Mo. The Missouri Secretary of State has death certs 1910 - 1964 on-line. William's is: http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/de... His son Joseph says he was born in what I thought was "Macon Co, Iowa", but Iowa doesn't have a county named Macon. In 1850 they are in Lick Creek Twp, Davis, Iowa, under the name "Dowing"; the Mormons have them on: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:... If one of you warm, wise and, above all, devilishly handsome regulars would look at it and tell me what it looks like to you, I would appreciate it.
Have any of Shakespeare's signatures been subject to handwriting analysis to show commonality or left or right handedness?
He would definitely have written with his right hand, since quill pens smear if you write left-to-right with your left hand. With that small a sample it's hard to tell if he was naturally right handed or just forced to do it. He certainly didn't write very neatly, but according to the Shakepeare Birthplace Trust, paleographers don't see any indications that he would have been more comfortable with his left hand.Shakespeare FAQs - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Any further handwriting analysis to try to figure out his personality is going to be pseudoscience.
I have my grandfathers metal social security card. He died 25 years ago at the age of 75.?
If it is worth $27 to you, the SSA will sell you a copy of his SSN Application, which will have, in his handwriting, his name, parents' names (maiden for mother), his address, employer and occupation at the time, and his birthplace and date. Write if you'd like details.
Who were any blackfoot indians surname gravely?
Maybe. Most Native Americans have European surnames. This is the only person whose race is "Indian" on the 1790 - 1940 censuses. They didn't count Indians in the early censuses. Name: James Mcgravery [James Mc Gravery] [James Mc Gravely] (That means the handwriting is really bad and subject to debate.) Age: 19 Birth Year: abt 1901 Birthplace: California Home in 1920: Orleans, Humboldt, California Race: Indian (Native American) Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: California Mother's Birthplace: California Chances are he is from a California tribe, not a Canadian one. There are no people named Gravely on the "Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940". That's not to say that Amanda Running Bear, a Blackfoot speaking member of the of the Piikáni tribe, didn't marry Ralph Gravely in 1972.
Does anybody know how old the Mojito drink?
"Cuba is the birthplace of the Mojito, although the exact origin of this classic cocktail is the subject of debate. One story traces the Mojito to a similar 16th century drink, the "El Draque", in honor of Sir Francis Drake. It was made initially with tafia/aguardiente, a primitive predecessor of rum, but rum was used as soon as it became widely available to the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this spirit. While this drink was not called a Mojito at this time, it was still the original combination of these ingredients. Some historians contend that African slaves who worked in the Cuban sugar cane fields during the 19th century were instrumental in the cocktail's origin. Guarapo, the sugar cane juice often used in Mojitos, was a popular drink amongst the slaves who helped coin the name of the sweet nectar. There are several theories behind the origin of the name Mojito; one such theory holds that name relates to mojo, a Cuban seasoning made from lime and used to flavor dishes. Another theory is that the name Mojito is simply a derivative of mojadito, Spanish for "a little wet", or simply the diminutive of "mojado" (wet). The Mojito was a favorite drink of author Ernest Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway made the bar called La Bodeguita del medio famous as he became one of its regulars and he wrote "My mojito in La Bodeguita, My daiquiri in El Floridita“. This expression in English can still be read on the wall of the bar today, in his handwriting."