The many greats and me - a list

 It's a new month...so I'm thinking of a bit of a different approach to recording about my various ancestors. We'll see how long I can tell my story...starting with my parents, then grandparents, etc. But I want to look across all my family, thus by the time I do great great grandparents, there will be how many?

It would be 16, but I don't know one set, since my immigrant great grandfather from Germany hadn't connected to any parents.

So I'll limp along, as many families do, with the sets that that part of the family might have had. It won't handicap me very much actually. Many people can't go back very far in their genealogy, so I'm quite grateful that I can.

My Parents:

a. George Elmore Rogers, Jr., born 9 Nov. 1914, Galveston TX, died 5 Jan. 1985, Houston, TX

b. Mataley Mozelle Webb Munhall Rogers, born 26 March 1917, San Antonio, TX, died 13 June 2003, Houston, TX

My grandparents:

a1.George Elmore Rogers, Sr., born 28 Aug 1877, Willis TX, died 4 Feb. 1960, Houston TX

a2.Ada Phillips Swasey Rogers, born 23 Feb. 1886, died 2 Dec 1964, Houston TX

b1.Albert J. "Bud" Webb, b. 30 July 1891, Weesatche TX, d. 15 Sept. 1919, San Antonio TX

b2.Mozelle Booth Miller Webb Munhall, b. 9 Sept. 1897, d. 2 Sept. 1960

My great grandparents:

a1.1.William Sandford (W. Sam) Rogers, b. 9 Feb. 1850, Huntsville TX, d. 29 May 1879 Huntsville TX

a1.2.Elizabeth "Bettie" Bass Rogers, b. 12 Feb 1860, Old Waverly TX, d. 17 July 1924, Gaveston TX

a2.1Alexander John Swasey, b. 20 May 1853, Charleston SC, d. 13 Oct 1913, Galveston TX

a2.2Zulieka Granger Phillips Swasey, b. 30 July 1858, Fort Gaines GA, d. 21 April 1935 Rosenberg TX

b1.1Leary Francis (L. F.) Webb, b. 14 Jan 1857, Clinton TX, d. 27 Mar 1921, San Antonio TX

b1.2Annie Elizabeth Williams Webb, b. 20 June 1862, Columbus, MO, d. 8 July 1942, San Antonio TX

b2.1Charles Herman Mueller (Miller), b. 18 July 1868, Mecklenberg, Germany, d. 7 Nov 1946, San Antonio TX (his roots are unknown)

b2.2Eugenia Almeda Booth Miller, b. 30 Jan 1873, Hillsboro TX, d. 1 Jan. 1936, San Antonio TX 

My 14 great great grandparents:

a1.1.1George Washington Rogers, b. 7 Feb. 1820, Sevierville TN, d. 26 Jan 1864, Freestone TX

a1.1.2Lucinda (Luci) Benson Gibbs Rogers, b. 28 Mar 1818, Union SC, d. 22 Sept 1884, Huntsville TX

a1.2.1Col. Richard (Dick) Bass, b. 3 Jan 1819, Perry County AL, d. 5 May 1818, Waverly TX

a1.2.2Mary Ann Elizabeth (Mae) Powell Bass, b. 21 Feb 1825, Perry AL, d. 12 Oct 1871, Old Waverly TX

a2.1.1Capt. Alexander G. Swasey Jr., b. 14 April 1812, Newport County RI, d. 26 March 1866 Charlston SC

a2.1.1Anna J. (Fanny Tylstra) Zylstra Swasey, b. 1815 Marlborough SC, d. aft. 1853, unknown place

a2.2.1William Phillips Jr., b. 1832 Georgia, d. 1863, Tyler County, TX

a2.2.2Mary Hull Granger Phillips, b. 6 May 1829, Newburyport, MA, d. 5 Nov 1861, Town Bluff TX

b1.1.1 Samuel James Webb, b.28 Jan 1827, Vienna MD, d. 15 Aug 1877, Clinton TX

b1.1.2.Ellen Ann Delamater Webb, b. 25 Jan 1842 New York NY, d. 15 July 1876, Clinton T2.1.1

b1.2.1 Wiliam T. Williams, b, 16 Dec 1824, Pulaski County KY, d. 22 April 1898, Weesatche TX

b2.2.2 Dorcas White Williams, b. 13 Dec 1825, Kentucky, d. 21 Nov 1900 Weesatche TX

b2.1.1 and b2.1.2Miller - no known ancestors

b2.2.1Richard R. Booth, b. 23 Sept 1846 Jackson County IN, d. 30 May 1879, Hempstead TX

b2.2.2 Eugenia AlmedaWitty Booth, 24 Feb 1852, Marshall TX, d. 13 July 1875 Hempstead TX

 Tomorrow I'll look at the Great X3 grandparents:...

What I got out of this was actually copying their birth and death dates from the three family trees. I guess I'd never realized the times they were born and died...somehow this made their lives very concrete for me.

And for some reason my little laptop really had trouble while I typed the list! Poor thing told me that this blog was using too much energy for it to function well. It was really slow too!

So how about a couple of photos, you may ask...