Wordless Wednesday: St. Joseph's Cemetery

SNGF: Ancestors Who Migrated a Long Way

Randy, at Genea-Musings, has given us this challenge:

1) Many of our ancestors migrated to a distant place.  Which one of your ancestors migrated the furthest?  Or the furthest in North America?  It could be in one big move, or in several smaller moves over their lifetime.  How far did they travel?  Do you know the route they took?

2)  Tell us in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook or Google+ post.

==============================

My great grandfather, Joseph Orshoski, migrated from Hungary to the United States in 1901. According to their passenger list on the Ellis Island website, on April 1, 1901, father and son, whose name appeared as Josef Orsoczky, arrived in New York City on the ship Bulgaria. Josef/Joseph the father was 42, and his son was 16 years old. The father would go back to Hungary soon after he came to America, but the son stayed here in the U.S. for the rest of his life. My great grandpa worked as a coal miner in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the very early 1900s. In 1911 and 1912, Grandpa Joe and his first wife lived in Dorcester, Virginia, where Grandpa again worked as a coal miner. By 1918, the Orshoski family was living in Bay Bridge, an unincorporated village on Sandusky Bay in Erie County. Joe worked there at the Medusa Portland Cement Company. After having six sons, Grandpa Joe's first wife, named Julia, died in 1919, leaving him a widower with six sons. He married again, a lady from Hungary, named Julia, and they would go to have two lovely daughters. I think Great Grandpa Joe Orshoski is my ancestor who migrated the furthest, though I also have ancestors who emigrated here from Ireland, England, and Germany. Here is a picture of my Great Grandpa Joseph Orshoski with his second wife. Grandpa Joe died on November 16, 1976. He and both his first and second wife are buried at the Castalia Cemetery in Erie County, Ohio.

Lincoln P. Kilbourne, 1843-1880

According to the book HISTORY OF THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 1845-1902, Lincoln Percy Kilbourne was the son of Dr. James Kilbourne and his second wife,  Anna Walker Stiles, born on January 7, 1843.  After Dr. James Kilbourne died at a very young age, Anna Stiles married again, to George Reber. She moved to Sandusky,Ohio with her new husband and young son. In 1870, Lincoln P. Kilbourne married Mary W. Radcliffe in Erie County, Ohio. Sadly, Lincoln P. Kilbourne died from consumption on October 10, 1880. He died in Gambier, Knox County, Ohio, and his occupation was listed as landlord. His name is number 8  on the listing below, of deaths in College Township, Knox County, Ohio.

 Lincoln P. Kilbourne was buried in Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery. Lincoln P. Kilbourne was the grandson of James Kilbourne (1770-1850) who was instrumental in the development of the state of Ohio. Lincoln's uncle was Hector Kilbourne, who platted the city of Sandusky.

Wordless Wednesday: White Zinc Monument at Strong's Ridge Cemetery in Lyme Township

Historical Marker Honoring the History of the Sandusky Library and Former Erie County Jail in Sandusky, Ohio

Many of my ancestors have been up the steps of the old Adams Street entrance of the Sandusky Library, and some of my more recent employees have been employees of the Erie County jail. Here are pictures of a  marker which honors the history of both the Sandusky Library and the former Erie County Jail.

Sentimental Sunday: Old Toll Gate from the Sandusky-Columbus Turnpike

This long slender pike on top of a post once served as the toll gate for the Strong's Ridge gate along what is now Route 4, at the corner of Route 113 and Route 4. Now it is on the grounds of Historic Lyme Village. The sign below lists some of the fees charged at the old toll gate.

Learn more about this historic road at the Sandusky History blog, and visit Lyme Village to see what life was like for many of our Ohio ancestors in the 1800s.

Helen M. Norris Weston, 1840-1868

Helen Maria Norris was born on March 31, 1840 in Sandwich, New Hampshire, to Nicholas G. Norris, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Blanchard. In November of 1858, Helen Norris married G.M. Weston in Erie County, Ohio. The marriage was officiated by W.S. Kennedy, the first minister at the Presbyterian Church in Sandusky. Sadly, Helen M. Norris Weston died on October 1, 1868, at the age of 28 years. She was buried in the North Ridge portion of Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.

The surname of the maker of Helen's monument is inscribed at the base of the marker. The surname is Montgomery.