Preserved Strong (the person) ~ Preserving Fall Harvest (the bounty)

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 40 (HARVEST)

When I first thought about the prompt HARVEST I looked to see if we had anyone in our family tree named Autumn. 



Nope!  


Then I remembered a branch of my tree that included early Puritan settlers of Massachusetts. I knew there were many Thankfuls and wondered about anyone named Bounty or Blessing - None! Feeling disappointed I kept looking through the unusual names. I found Preserved Strong. Born to Jebediah & Freedom (nee Woodward) Strong. 

"He was born March 29, 1680, and is said to have received
his name from the fact that he was born in a great snow storm, and preserved,
'notwithstanding its severity, and the extreme cold weather following.'" 1

I have always thought of the word preserved in reference to maintaining or retaining. 

The early Puritan settlers viewed it differently when naming children. 

"PRESERVED   m & f    English (Puritan)       Name given to a child when spared from certain death during childbirth."  2

Preserved Strong's Grandparents 

Abigail Ford (sister to my 10th great grandmother Hepzibah Ford)
BIRTH 8 OCT 1619 • Bridport, Dorset, England
DEATH 6 JUL 1688 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
at the age of 16 she married widower
John Strong (Elder in the Puritan Church)
BIRTH 1610 • Taunton, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
DEATH 14 APR 1699 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

John had 2 children with first wife Margery/Marjory (one survived to adulthood), and 16 children with second wife Abigail (14 survived to adulthood).



Abigail & John's first born (of the 14) was 
Jedediah Strong
BIRTH 7 MAY 1637 • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
DEATH 22 MAY 1733 • Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
who married
Freedom Woodward
BIRTH JUL 1641 • Dorchester Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 17 MAY 1681 • Northampton Hampshire County Massachusetts, US

Jebediah's second wife (1 child) was 
Abigail Bartlett (widow of John Stebbins, 10 children)
BIRTH 1637 • Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 15 JUL 1689 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Jebediah's third wife (no children) was
Mary Hart (widow of John Lee, 6 children
BIRTH 14 AUG 1630 • Hartford Hartford County Connecticut, USA
DEATH 10 OCT 1710 • South Hadley Hampshire County Massachusetts, USA



Jebediah & Freedom 12th child (of 14) was 
Preserved Strong
BIRTH 29 MAR 1680 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 26 SEP 1765 • Coventry, Tolland County (Tolland), Connecticut, USA
On October 23rd 1701 he married his step-sister 
Tabitha Lee (Mary (nee Hart) Lee's daughter)
BIRTH 11 NOV 1677 • Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 23 JUN 1750 • Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

They were married 9 years after Jebediah's father and Tabitha's mother were married.

Preserved & Tabitha had 8 children

Noah Strong
BIRTH 20 SEP 1702 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 23 JUN 1771 • Addison, Addison County, Vermont, USA

Elizabeth Strong  ***
BIRTH 27 SEP 1704 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 4 MAY 1792 • Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
*** (7th great grandmother of Princess Diana who married her not so distant cousin
      Joseph Strong, but that is a tale for another time )

Moses Strong (Twin)
BIRTH 14 MAY 1708 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH Unknown

Aaron Strong (Twin)
BIRTH 14 MAY 1708 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 1764 • Southampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Tabitha Strong 
BIRTH 13 AUG 1710 • Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 20 NOV 1730 • Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

Mary Strong
BIRTH 10 JUN 1714 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 9 JUL 1754 • East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

John Strong (a General)
BIRTH 25 FEB 1715 • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
DEATH Prob. Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA

Enoch Strong
BIRTH 16 JUL 1720 • Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 1790 • Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA



Returning to the topic of fall harvest and preserving the bounty!

Growing up my mom always scooted us kids away while she was preserving the garden harvest. She told us it was too dangerous for us to be underfoot. Once I was grown she confessed it was her way of getting some alone time, but it was too late for me to not be afraid of the process.
    

The first time my husband said he wanted to try canning I argued with him that the process was subject to explosions in the kitchen and if he wasn't careful the food he made could kill us. I have repeated a variation of this sentiment for 25 years. 



Luckily for our family he doesn't listen to me. All winter long we enjoy HIS jams, pickles, salsa, canned fruit, and frozen vegies. I take no credit for any of the harvested preserves. My fear is still solidly in place. There are times I suspiciously look at the jar to see if it looks like it holds my impending death. I avoid the kitchen (or crane my neck suspiciously from the doorway) while he is processing his preserves. I am visualizing explosions that involve goo dripping down the walls with ginormous shards of glass embedded everywhere. Now that he wears glasses I no long discreetly place safety goggles on the counter. I am only slightly exaggerating my fear of the preserving process.




 

Childhood fears taken into adulthood!







This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















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Footnotes:

1 JOHN LEE: Of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., and His Descendants
written by Sarah Marsh Lee, 2nd edition compiled by Leonard Lee & Sarah Fiske Lee, Norwich, 1897, p. 467 retrieved October 1st 2019 from 
https://books.google.ca/books?id=I-q3AE_JbngC&pg=PA467&dq=%22he+was+born+march+29,+1680,+and+is+said+to+have+received+his+name%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4h-jxt_7kAhXVIDQIHVJ2DQ8Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22he%20was%20born%20march%2029%2C%201680%2C%20and%20is%20said%20to%20have%20received%20his%20name%22&f=false

2 Behind the Name, Puritan Names, Preserved, retrieved October 1st 2019 from 
https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/usage/puritan

Sources:

Ancestor Biographies Blog Spot, Father or Step-father to 32 Children — Jedediah Strong, Retrieved October 2nd 2019 from     
http://ancestorbios.blogspot.com/2012/03/father-or-step-father-to-32-children.html

Ancestor Biographies Blog Spot, Pregnant Each Year of Married Life – Freedom Woodward, Retrieved October 2nd 2019 from
http://ancestorbios.blogspot.com/2012/03/mother-of-fourteen-children-freedom.html

Ancestry Island, Monday Is for Mothers : Freedom Woodward (1642 - 1681), Retrieved October 2nd 2019 from
http://ancestryisland.blogspot.com/2015/08/monday-is-for-mothers-freedom-woodward.html

Find A Grave, Mary Hart Lee Strong,  Retrieved October 2nd 2019 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36254936/mary-lee_strong

Find A Grave, Preserved Strong,  Retrieved October 2nd 2019 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36164159/preserved-strong

John Lee and His Descendants 1634--1878, Sarah Marsh Lee, Norwich, 1878, retrieved October 1st 2019 from
https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/john-lee/27342962




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On a Virtual Walk - Visiting the Old Homestead

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 39 (MAP IT OUT)


I sent away for the homestead grant information for my great grandfather, Alexander Pellack. When the envelope arrived from the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan I was very excited to see what had been sent.


My grandfather claimed to have been born in San Francisco. He was born in Gronlid, Saskatchewan, Canada. A small town in the northern part of Sasksatchewan. His parents arrived from Ukraine (part of the Austrian Empire at the time) in 1909 with their three oldest children. My grandfather was the first born in Canada. He was born on the homestead that would eventually be the family farm. I can find no records of grandpa's birth being registered. His younger brother registered his own birth as an adult. Having never been registered it would have been easy for Grandpa to choose a new name for himself as he did.

I had previously found these two maps and record at the Library & Archives website.. 

Name:

• Alexr Pelyck

Part:

SW

Section:

1

Township:

48

Range:

17

Meridian:

W2

Folio:

38

Liber:

633

Microfilm Reel Number:

C-6439

Item Number:

87918

I opened the envelope to find a Cummins map noting the homestead plots with the associated name. This is a very small piece of the 4 page map.

Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, Cummins Map

Also included was all of the pages of the complete Homestead Grant file. I noticed that my great grandfather did not sign the document. His mark was recorded. I now understood how the name Pellack ended up spelled in so many different ways: Pellack, Pelyck, Pelack, Pelec, Pelyk, 

His mark, Alexander Pelyck (Pellack) 
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan,

I loved seeing the farm grow

Pellack Family Farm is growing 
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan,

On October 9th 1914 my great grandparents became landowners having met all the requirements of the homesteading terms.

Pellack Family Homestead 
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan,

I tried to use Google Maps for a street view of the farm my grandfather had grown up on, but was not successful.   


I took a look to see where I might be staying if my virtual visit was real.

I then went looking for the church my grandfather attended as a child. The Ukrainian Catholic parish of St. Michael at Gronlid. His father wasn't included in the original church planning names, but his uncle was. Many of the names included are found throughout this part of my family tree. The original settlers began arriving in 1908, and by 1919 decided that a local church was needed. They began the planning and financing, and 

"By April 18, 1919 the framing was completed. On Palm Sunday
of that year the parishioners, without a priest, were directed by
Tymko Bodnarchuk and John Buriock in their first holy
service in the church. Subsequently, they met every Sunday
and on holy days for prayer services, hymns and Molebni.
There were very few priests in this area and they visited
the parish once or twice a year" 1

Using Google's Street View I decided to walk the streets of Gronlid, Saskatchewan finding:

The SALOON 

The FIRE HALL

The COMMUNITY HALL

I then took a walk down a rural road, and imagined my grandpa growing up on a farm that looked a lot like this one

Presumably not the family farm
I couldn't find the address using the homestead details
will need to visit in real life to see the family homestead

My first time visiting my grandpa's hometown via Google Street View!







This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





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Footnotes:

1 Church of St. Michael constructed 1949-1951 near Gronlid; R.M. 458. Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon, Retrieved September 15th 2019 from

https://www.skeparchy.org/wordpress/about-us/parishes/gronlid-st-michael/



Sources:

Alexander Pellack, Homestead Record, Libraries & Archives Canada, Retrieved September 15th 2019 from
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-grants-western-canada-1870-1930/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=87918&


Gronlid hotel, Google Maps, Retrieved September 16th 2019 from
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Gronlid+Hotel/@53.1565402,-104.5444177,11z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1shotel+near+Gronlid,+SK!3m4!1s0x0:0x9720b62a7a558922!8m2!3d53.1638578!4d-104.4314218?hl=en&authuser=0


Streetview, Gronlid, Google Maps, Retrieved September 15th 2019 from https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.1012373,-104.4652601,3a,75y,101.76h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1se4AErGQd1vairtOFANbXZA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3De4AErGQd1vairtOFANbXZA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D109.11898%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&authuser=0

Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, Homestead Documents, received 2017

Church of St. Michael constructed 1949-1951 near Gronlid; R.M. 458. Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon, Retrieved September 15th 2019 from
https://www.skeparchy.org/wordpress/about-us/parishes/gronlid-st-michael/





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Tale of Two Cousins ~ Ann(e) Kirk Graham

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 38 (COUSINS)

Cousins - First Friends

In my first tree on Ancestry I used the shaky leaf hints, and had quite a few mistakes in assigning children to their parents. 


Traditional Scottish naming patterns can create confusion when attaching children to parents because the names are repeated. The traditional naming patterns can also provide clarity and confirmation when viewed with caution.


There was one that was more confusing than others.



The two Ann(e) Kirk Grahams who were 1st cousins.

My  4th great grandparents on the left,
Robert's older brother James on the right
The DNA symbol profile photo notes
confirmed DNA match for the family line

My 4th great aunt Anne Kirk (Annie) Graham
BIRTH 19 JAN 1847 • Lesmahagow, Lanark
DEATH 16 MAY 1918 • Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
&
my 1st cousin X5 removed
Ann Kirk Graham
BIRTH 27 FEB 1850 • Lesmahagow, Lanark
DEATH 26 JAN 1876 • Lesmahagow Lanarkshire Scotland



My 5th Great Grandparents

                                 Ann(e) Kirk      &          Peter Graham

                                  BIRTH ABT 1785                    BIRTH ABT 1788

                                       Unknown                  Closeburn, Dumfriesshire
                                   DEATH Unknown                  DEATH Unknown

Anne and Peter had two sons & 2 daughters.


Their first child was James, my 5th great uncle

James Graham
BIRTH 16 JUL 1811 • Closeburn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
DEATH 23 MAR 1886 • Drowned in River Dothan, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire
married to my 5th great aunt
Elizabeth Pate
BIRTH 16 JUL 1818 • Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH 19 JULY 1873 • Turfholm, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Their daughter (my 1st cousin, X5 removed)
Ann Kirk Graham
BIRTH 27 FEB 1850 • Lesmahagow, Lanark
DEATH 26 JAN 1876 • Lesmahagow Lanarkshire Scotland

She was their 5th child, second daughter. 

First born was William Graham (born before parent's marriage)
Second born was Peter Graham (James' father was Peter)
Third born was Grace Graham (Elizabeth's mother was  Grizel/Grace)
Fourth born was Alexander (Elizabeth's father was Alexander)
Fifth born was Ann Kirk Graham above (James' mother was Ann(e) Kirk)
Sixth born was Isabella Graham (named after mother's sister)
Seventh born was Jane (Jean) Graham (named after mother's sister)
Eighth born was Elisabeth Graham (named after mother & father's sister)
Ninth born was William Graham (named after mother's brother or older brother)

Peter & Anne's second child, Robert, is my 4th great grandfather
Robert Graham
BIRTH 16 JAN 1814 • Thornhill, Closeburn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
DEATH 24 MAR 1892 • Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland
married to my 4th great grandmother
Susanah (Susan) Hamilton
BIRTH 03 NOV 1814 • Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH 11 APR 1894 • Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland

There daughter (4th great aunt)
Anne Kirk (Annie) Graham
BIRTH 19 JAN 1847 • Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH 16 MAY 1918 • Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland

She was their 4th child, second daughter. 

First born was Marion Weir Graham (Susanah's mother was Marion Weir)
Second born was Peter Graham (named after Robert's father)
Third born was Andrew Graham (Susana's father was Andrew)
Fourth born was Anne Kirk Graham above (named after Robert's mother)
Fifth born was Susan Graham (named after her mother)
Sixth born was Robert Graham (named after his father)
Seventh born was Catherine Graham (named after mother's sister)
Eighth born was William Graham (named after father' brother - below)
Ninth born was Thomas Graham (named after mother's brother)


In looking at the names of the children born to these brothers the Scottish naming patterns are pretty clear.

The naming patterns are as below
1st boy - named after father's father
1st girl - named after mother's mother
2nd boy - named after mother's father
2nd girl - named after father's mother
3rd boy - named after father
3rd girl - named after mother
4 or more children were named after the siblings of the parents. There was also a variation of naming after great grandparents. I can't say for certain if that is what happened with these two brothers because I haven't gone further up the tree for anyone except Susanah (Susan) Hamilton.


Susanah's children were not named after her grandparents


Thomas Hamilton
BIRTH 15 JUL 1749 • Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH 2 APR 1818 • Douglas Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
and
Marion Tudhope
BIRTH 1749 • Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH 4 MAY 1821 • Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
&
John Weir
BIRTH ABT. 1755 • Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH Scotland
and
Anne Stark
BIRTH ABT. 1757 • Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH Scotland


Not to be forgotten
Peter & Ann(e) (nee Kirk) Graham's daughter were
3rd born child 
Mary Graham
BIRTH 9 FEB 1819 • Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DEATH Unknown
I have no further information about Mary at this time

4th born child 
Elizabeth Graham
BIRTH 10 FEB 1821 • Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland:
DEATH 22 NOV 1903 • 16 Anderson Street, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire
who married
William Stark
who may be related to Susanah's grandfather (above), but that research has not been done to date.


Going back to Ann(e) Kirk who married Peter Graham, and was the grandmother of the two Ann(e)s who are the subject of this blog. Ann(e)'s name was interchangeably used with an E on the end, and sometime no E. One granddaughter got the E, and the other did not. 


Census records show that when Anne Kirk Graham was 6 her family had moved to Carnwath from Lesmahagow. Ann Kirk Graham's family remained living in Lesmahagow. While only a 31 minute car ride in today's world the distance would have been pretty far in 1853. 

Ann's home on the left, Anne's home on the right

The Ann(e)'s were only 3 years apart & living near  each other until 1953. I imagine they were close cousins who visited with each other's families and their grandparents. When Anne Kirk Graham's family moved away the loss would have been hard. Then again - I am probably projecting as I have experienced this firsthand.


The Peter & Ann(e) (nee Kirk) Graham BRICK WALL remains fully in place.  I have not been able to find any children beyond the 4 noted above. I haven't been able to confirm birth, marriage, or death for Peter & Ann(e). 




Cousins by birth, friends by choice!












This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!















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Sources:

Travel  Lesmahagow to Carnwath, Google Maps, retrieved September 16th 2019 from
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Lesmahagow,+Lanark,+UK/Carnwath,+Lanark,+UK/@55.6417809,-3.8954293,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4888105949081b09:0x8d19df4aeb985b86!2m2!1d-3.88657!2d55.637634!1m5!1m1!1s0x4887e02885067a65:0x8423c9b76c881b52!2m2!1d-3.6235701!2d55.701201!3e0?hl=en&authuser=0

Scotland Names Personal, Family Search,  retrieved September 15th 2019 from
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Scotland_Names_Personal

Understanding the Scottish Naming Pattern 54, The Indepth Genealogist,  retrieved September 15th 2019 from  http://theindepthgenealogist.com/understanding-scottish-naming-pattern/

2024 - this link is no longer a valid link
these links may provide clarity
https://scottishkin.com/the-traditional-scottish-naming-system

https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/genealogy/naming_patterns.html

https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/scottish-names-and-naming-traditions



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