Fearless Females Blog Post: March 2 - Photograph

March is National Women's History Month. Lisa Alzo, theaccidentalgenalogist.com  is back for the 4th year giving us Blogging prompts to write each day about a female ancestor we would like to celebrate and honor.

For March 2 Lisa Alzo recommends:  — Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select this photo? 

Grace Lorraine Worthing on her wedding day. February 7, 1942.  I have always liked this photo of my mother.  I selected this photo because my mother is so beautiful in this picture. She married Robert F. Fermazin at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Aurora, Illinois.

My mom was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside.  I miss her so much!

Love you Mom.

Copyright, 2015 Nancy Fermazin Peralta

All rights reserved

Fearless Females Blog Post: March 1 - Favorite Female

March is National Women's History Month. Lisa Alzo, theaccidentalgenalogist.com  is back for the 4th year giving us Blogging prompts to write each day about a female ancestor we would like to celebrate and honor.


March 1 — Lisa Asks:  Do you have a favorite female ancestor? One you are drawn to or want to learn more about? Write down some key facts you have already learned or what you would like to learn and outline your goals and potential sources you plan to check.

This year I would like to learn more about my Great Great Grandmother, Sarah (Salllie) Rice Ames. Sallie was born in Greene County, New York to Ephraim Ames and Sarah Johnson in 1811. I have no pictures of Sallie. I would like to find information on her growing up and information on what it was like to live in the wilderness of Western Pennsylvania in Liberty Township, McKean County. I do know that her husband was part Native American, Lenape.

Sallie had two brothers that I know about. Ira Rice and Joel H. (Jack) Rice. Joel was a Methodist Circuit Rider. I am hoping to find some of Joel's diaries. I have a feeling that
Joel married Sallie and her spouse, Adolphus Ames. I am hoping to find that information.

This is what women looked like in 1840. I do not have any pictures of Sallie Rice.

I do not know if their children were Baptized so will look for that in my research.

Baptism

• Through baptism we are joined with the church and with Christians everywhere.
• Baptism is a symbol of new life and a sign of God's love and forgiveness of our sins.
• Persons of any age can be baptized.
• We baptize by sprinkling, immersion or pouring.
• A person receives the sacrament of baptism only once in his or her life.
• No specific age is named, but the expectation is that pastors will encourage baptism to be received promptly AND on a schedule compatible with having appropriate time for meeting with parents, sponsors, and others who are involved most directly in ensuring that the child to be baptized will be nurtured in an environment that will lead her or him to a commitment to personal discipleship to Jesus Christ in the life of the church.

I am a Lutheran and we believe that you must have Baptism to be saved. Methodists do not believe that you need Baptism to be saved.  However, baptism is a gift of God's grace to be received as part of the journey of salvation. To refuse to accept baptism is to reject one of the means of grace that God offers us.  Reference: http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/faqs-baptism

I am going to Salt Lake City in 2015 and plan to look for sources in the catalog at the Family History Center: Books and Films. I also plan to continue to search on line and of course source all of my findings.

Copyright, 2015, Nancy Fermazin Peralta

All Rights Reserved

Friedrich Fermazin and Caroline Hartwig

Friedrich Formazin  and Caroline Hartwig:

He is listed as Einwohner in his records,

Their children:

Emilie

Born: Aug.21,1862 Piardowo

Bapt: Aug.23,1862

Godparents: Daniel Ristau, Ottilie  Fermazin Marx

Entry # 146/1862 page 69

Bertha

Born: Nov.29,1864 Godziwy

Bapt: Jan.8,1865

Godparents: August Hartwich, Caroline Harhala (spelling)

Entry # 9/1865 page 77

Otto Reinhard

Born: Nov.8,1867 Godziwy

Reinhart

Born Jan 28, 1875

      Records checked: 1821-1874 births, marriages and deaths, with a gap in marriages in          years 1861-1874

In Schubin there are mentioned by you two families, and two Friedrichs by the same last names:

Friedrich Formazin ( Einwohner – resident) and Caroline Ristau:

Auguste Emilie

Born: Feb.28,1858 Neu Schottland

Godparents: Christian Ristau, Henriette Reipreis (sp.)

Entry # 36/1858

Robert Michael

Born: Aug.12,1861 Kowalewo

Bapt: Aug. 18,1861

Godparents: Michael Gruning, Justine Hartwich

Entry # 128/1862

Died: Feb.27,1862 in Kowalewo.

Entry # 26/1862

Adolphine Florentine

Born: May 22,1863 Kowalewo

Bapt: Jun.7,1863

Godparents: Adam Foss, Louise Ristau

Entry # 106/1863 page 66

Ernst Eduard

Born: Jun.9, 1865 Kowalewo ( later Gruenhagen)

Bapt. Jun.22,1865

Godparents: Ludwig Kohert, Wilhelmine Arnold

Entry # 17/1865 page 77

Freidrich Reinhold

Born: Apr.17,1868 Neuwelt

Bapt: May 3,1868

Witnesses: Eduard August, Wilhelm Beyer

Entry # 74/1868 page 2

Birth records of 1869-1874 show no other children of Friedrich Fermazin and Caroline Ristau. No marriage was found in earlier record and no additional deaths.  I did discovered remarriage of Caroline in later civil records of Schubin land 1:

[Caroline became a widow so this ruled out this Friedrich Formazin as my gggrandfather but I think this Friedrich Formazin is son of August Formazin who is son of Friedrich Formazin and Louise Bonau.]

Sep.30,1877 Schubin  Entry # 10/1877

Laborer Heinrich Engel born on Mar. 28,1830  in Gorzykowo, county of Bromberg, resided in Schottland , son of deceased in Klein Wolfhaus, county Bromberg Friedrich Engel and deseased in lein Bartelsee Henriette nee Sabecka

Got married to

Laborer Caroline Formazin nee  Ristau, born in Kolaczkowo now Rensdorf, resided in Gruenhagen, age about 50 (exact date unknown), daughter of deceased in Zamosc Johann Ristau and deceased in Schoenmadel Louise Strohschein.

Witnesses: Carl Dragorius age 50 of Schubin, Louise Krause age 42 of Neuwelt

Unfortunately, I have not seen the deaths of 1876 & 77 to prove death of Friedrich Fermazin. It will wait for my next trip to archives in Bydgoszcz – along with other records that await discovery.

I checked the marriages 1874-1877 for Schubin Land 1. I have not found the marriage of Peter Hinz to Henriette Formazin, but I found two of their children:

Julius Wilhelm

Born: Apr.17,1876 Guenhagen

Registered: Apr. 19,1876

Informant: grandmother – Caroline Formazin of Gruenhagen

Father’s status: Einwohner – resident

Entry # 58/1876

Civil Registry Schubin Land 1.

Ottilie Emma

Born: Jul. 2,1878 Blumenthal

Registered Jul.4,1878

Civil registry Schubin Land 2.

Entry # 93/1878

Question here is wheather this family could have one more child between 1858 and 1861.

Only if they moved somewhere else for 2 years – outside of Labischin and Schubin Parishes.


Research compiled with help of Kasia from Poland

Wordless Wednesday: Lola Fermazin Graduates from Sacred Heart Catholic School 1926

Lola Fermazin 1926

8th Grade Graduation

Sacred Heart Catholic School

Aurora, Illinois