A Day Outdoors and Connecting with WorldConnect

Yesterday we - son, grandkids, and I - went to the country to plant grape root stock in a vineyard.  It was a Chilly (44 degrees) day, wet, the light wind was out of the North, and we drove an hour and a half to get there.  There was Cyril, Oklahoma, home of Forbidden Fruits Farm and Vineyard.  The owners had scheduled a volunteer planting day and had quite a few accept the offer to get out-of-doors for the Fresh Air, Exercise, and Wonderful Lunch that was provided.  Each trench was 450 feet long.  I can’t remember if  there were 8 of them or 10, but we planted 650 plants - Syrah or Cabernet in some rows - I never did hear what the last two were. We had a very satisfying day.  There have been few days in my life when hard work was so gratifying as yesterday’s was. 

Since I’m not travelling again this year, I’m going to stick to the genealogy reports and start posting some of the research I’ve done over the years with my family lines.  Some work is old, some new, and some a combination of both - such as -

Some weeks ago, I received e-mail from Steve Larson.  He had access to a family photo album and had made copies of the photographs and posted them online.  One pair of photographs noted that they were of Aunt Betty and Uncle David Farnsworth.  

On my WorldConnect file, he discovered David and Betty Farnsworth and wondered about their relationship to his family.  Steve’s ancestor was Louisa Williams who married Joseph Boileau. 

It took a few days of looking to get all the loose ends in place.  I let Steve know that his Louisa was the daughter of Elizabeth Brewer Farnsworth’s sister, Barbara (Barbary) Brewer, who married William Williams. 

Steve and I are both descendants of Jacob Brewer and Delilah Zane, by way of two of their daughters.  He and I are fourth cousins, twice removed, according to my computer.  What’s odd, to me, is that Jacob is Steve’s 3^rd great grandfather, but Jacob is my 5^th great grandfather.  Checking child lists, Steve’s line is at the younger end of a list of children in each generation, and my line is at the beginning, thus older, of the line of children.

Jacob’s granddaughter Charlotte (my line) and Jacob’s granddaughter Louisa (Steve’s line) are 19 years apart - mine older, his younger.  The next generation: Juliet (mine) and Frank (Steve’s) are 39 years apart.  Same relationship - great grandchildren - but 40 years difference in the two children. 

Descendants of Jacob BREWER and Delilah ZANE
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1-Jacob BREWER b 1774, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, New Jersey, d 1841 November 6, Washington Twp, Belmont Co, Ohio
 +Delilah ZANE b 1778 August 2, Bucks, Tuscarawas Co, Ohio, m 1798 June 5, York Twp, Jefferson Co, Ohio, d 1850 March 22, Belmont Co, Ohio

Index to Early Marriages of Jefferson Co, Ohio 1798-1820, Page 6, Vol A, p 70

"Was married June the fifth 1798, by the subscriber, Jacob Brewer and Delilah Zane, both of York Township, Jefferson County.  Witness my hand the date above.  David Vance".

children:

|--2-Hannah BREWER b 1799 March 11, York Twp, Jefferson Co, Ohio, d 1876 June 25, South Bethany,  Bartholomew Co, Indiana married Joseph STUCKEY b abt 1798, New Jersey, m 1820 November 9, Monroe Co, Ohio, d 1852, Beallsville, Monroe Co, Ohio

|--2-Mary BREWER b 1800 October 17, Jefferson Co, Ohio, d 1870 married Daniel HENDERSHOT b 1796 October 3, Newton, Sussex Co, New Jersey, m 1819 August 12, York Twp, Belmont Co, Ohio, d 1883, Belmont Co, Ohio

|--2-Jacob BREWER b abt 1802, York, Belmont Co, Ohio

|--2-Elizabeth BREWER b 1807 October 13, York Twp, Belmont Co, Ohio, d 1882 July 27, Caldwell Twp, Appanoose Co, Iowa married David FARNSWORTH 
   daughter Charlotte Farnsworth married William Dailey

      daughter Juliet Dailey married William Riley Simmons

|--2-Lucy BREWER b. abt 1809, York, Belmont Co, Ohio

|--2-Barbara BREWER b abt 1814, York, Belmont Co, Ohio, d bef 1860 married William WILLIAMS b 1810, Ohio, m abt 1832, York, Belmont Co, Ohio, d bef 1880, Caldwell Twp, Appanoose Co, Iowa

    - - - daughter Louisa WILLIAMS b 1848 October, Indiana, d 1922, Pomona, Los Angeles Co, California married Joseph Franklin Boileau

      son Lawrence Frank Boileau married Lillian Stephenson

         daughter Dora Louise Boileau married Ralph Ernest Larson

|--2-Nancy BREWER b abt 1816, York, Belmont Co, Ohio married Nicholas MASSIE

|--2-Rebecca BREWER b abt 1818, York, Belmont Co, Ohio

|--2-Howard BREWER b abt 1820, York Twp, Belmont Co, Ohio

|--2-Melinda BREWER b 1821 September 27, York, Belmont Co, Ohio, d 1900 August 22 married (1) David P WILLIAMS   (2) Iven William MOORE m 1858 July 4, Belmont Co, Ohio