Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR
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Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR

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Cheryl J. Hess NSDAR formerly Smith
Born 1950s.
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Biography

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Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR was born in Illinois.
1st National Flag of the Confederate States of America
Descendant of James Fountain Floyd, Confederate Soldier.
Cheryl is a writer of biographies.
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Cheryl Hess was a valued member of the Greeters Project who has moved to Emeritus status.
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Cheryl is a member of the Virginia Connectors Team for the Connect-a-Thon Challenge, July 2023
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Cheryl met the 2021 [[Project:Virginia |Virginia Project]] Challenge
Cheryl was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with The Virginia Connectors during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 123 connections.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Tennessee Volunteers during the 2019 Connect-a-Thon, and added 216 connections.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2021 Clean-a-Thon.

Cheryl (Smith) Hess participated with Team Virginia during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to previously unsourced profiles. We added 7,350 sources & finished in 1st place!

Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 515 previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2021 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2020 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with The Great Lakes Region team during the 2019 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 391 previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with The Great Lakes Region team during the 2018 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 365 previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2020 52 Ancestors Challenge.
Cheryl has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2019 52 Ancestors Challenge.
Cheryl has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2018 52 Ancestors Challenge.
Cheryl has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2020 52 Weeks of Photos Challenge.
Cheryl has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2019 52 Weeks of Photos Challenge.
Cheryl has participated in 52 out of 12 months during the 2018 12 Months of Photos Challenge.
Cheryl is a participant of the Integrators Challenges

Cheryl Jean (Smith) Hess was born on 22 May 1951 in Kankakee, Kankakee, daughter of Harold Eugene Smith (1928 - 1995) and Janet Madelyn (Leinen) Denoyer (1933 - living).

Her siblings were:

  1. Diane Rae (Smith) Billadeau (1953 - 1991)
  2. Kevin Eugene Smith (1963 - living)

Cheryl married Michael Joseph Edward McGowan (1946 - living) on 30 Mar 1968 in Momence, Kankakee. Their children were:

  1. Michael Joseph McGowan Jr. (1968 - 2015)
  2. Nicole Rene (Helgeson) Moore (1971 - living).

Cheryl married Michael R Hess (1956 - living) on 22 May 1987 in Kankakee.


Cheryl Smith was at school in 1964 in Momence, Illinois, USA.[1]

Cheryl Smith was at school in 1966 in Momence, Illinois, USA.[2]

Cheryl Jean Hess was recorded as a resident in 1988-2020 in Momence, Illinois, USA.[3]

Cheryl was listed in a public record in 1998. [4]

Cheryl was listed in a public record in 2000.[5]


My Story

When I asked my grandmother, Minnie where our family came from, she replied: Germany - period. I didn't think much about it, until one Sunday after church, when she asked if I wanted to go for a ride. We drove out in the country, past a golf course, across winding roads, beautiful old trees everywhere and farms. I thought we were lost, until we came to this old church, with a cemetery on the left side of it. She told me this was where her family was buried. It was a small cemetery, crooked rows of very old headstones with names in a language I couldn't read. Grandma showed me her mother's headstone, and told me the language was German. We walked through the cemetery, and stopped at her brother's and sister's headstones and then I saw what could have been the oldest headstone in the entire cemetery. The carving was so faded it was hard to read, and we stood there a few seconds before Grandma told me it was her grandma's. I remember getting choked up and thinking, four generations of women were all within feet of each other, and I didn't know two of their names until that day. I had to know more. That was when I started my genealogy journey..


1st National Flag of the Confederate States of America
Descendant of James Fountain Floyd, Confederate Soldier.
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Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Sources

  1. 1964 School Yearbook: "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016"
    "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Momence High School; Year: 1964
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1265 #572286043 (accessed 2 May 2023)
    Name: Cheryl Smith; Estimated Age: 16; Birth Year: abt 1948; Yearbook Date: 1964; School: Momence High School; School Location: Momence, Illinois, USA.
  2. 1966 School Yearbook: "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016"
    "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Momence High School; Year: 1966
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1265 #586840337 (accessed 7 April 2023)
    Name: Cheryl Smith; Estimated Age: 16; Birth Year: abt 1950; Yearbook Date: 1966; School: Momence High School; School Location: Momence, Illinois, USA.
  3. Residence: "U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019"
    Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
    Ancestry Record 62209 #326611476 (accessed 2 May 2023)
    Name: Cheryl Jean Hess [Cheryl Heff] [Cheryl McGowan][Cherylj Hess]; Birth Date: May 1951; Residence Date: 1988-2020; Address: 333 W 4th St; Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Postal Code: 60954; Second Residence Date: 1988-2020; Second Address: 333 E 4th St; Second Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Second Postal Code: 60954; Third Residence Date: 1988-2020; Third Address: 333 4th St; Third Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Third Postal Code: 60954; Fourth Residence Date: 1988-2019; Fourth Address: 318 E Illinois St; Fourth Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Fourth Postal Code: 60954.
  4. Cheryl J Hess, United States Public Records, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJWF-RHL3 : 22 April 2020), Cheryl J Hess, 1998.
  5. Cheryl J Smith, United States Public Records, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBLJ-RKV : 29 January 2020), C Hess, 2000.

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My DNA

49% England, Northwestern Europe
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Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR has English ancestors.
27% Germanic Europe
9% Scotland
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Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR has Scottish Ancestors.
6% Wales
5% Sweden & Denmark
4% Ireland
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR has Irish ancestors.
2% Norway
Norwegian Roots
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR has Norwegian ancestors

WHEN I'M RESTING

The time will inevitably come for my rest and relief from life's hectic cycle. It may be, though I do hope not, that I will one day merely be unable through physical or mental illness to continue my research and recording into my family and other profiles of interest.

At that time, I place the profiles that I manage into the caring hands of the Mindy Silva. If any member/s of my family (Cassidy Cornwell) have the desire to continue what has been started, I ask that they be allowed to manage those profiles whether or not they are currently on the Trusted Lists for those profiles and be shown the guidance to continue in the proper manner.

I also manage many profiles of people unrelated to me. Those profiles that are locked for privacy reasons I would desire to see transferred to someone with an interest in those projects or sub-projects.

Cheryl J Smith Hess 2 Aug 2019.

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Hi Cheryl, We are 17th cousins. We share Katherine (Stanley’) Savage (Abt. 1425-bef.1498) as our 16th great grandmother. We also have 260 common ancestors. It is a great pleasure to meet you! I love meeting new family no matter how distant. Thank you for all that you do for WIKITREE! With warmest wishes, your cousin Jimmy Lewis, Mountain Rest, S.C.
posted by Jimmy Lewis
Great to meet you too, Jimmy. I love meeting new family also. You never now - we could get to be closer family if we keep digging at our ancestors. I have been religiously researching daily - so we need to keep track of each other. Thanks for everything you do. God bless you, Jimmy -

Cheryl Momence, Illinois

Hi Cheryl,

We are 17th cousins. Glad to connect.

posted by Terri (Solomon) McGhee
Glad to connect to you also, cousin. Hope you are having a wonderful start to the New Year!
Hi Cheryl,

Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023. Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!

I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023.

On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!

Best wishes,

Steve, England Project Leader

posted by Steven Whitfield
Happy Thanksgiving Cousin; I noticed all the work you have been doing. I also found out that Cheryl and Janine are 16th cousins twice removed

Best Janine :)

Happy Thanksgiving to you Cousin. It is so nice to meet you. I hope you had a wonderful day.

Thanks for noticing my work. I have been trying to expand our tree. How are we related? I would love to know more about you!

Cheryl

Here is a link to Ova Marie Frantz Parish in the Lorraine Frantz Family Tree (on Ancestry). Copy the link and paste it into your browser. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/51857223/person/252525177833/facts?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c3%7c3%7c&mpid=252525177833&shid=1026999029297&nec=0&mdbid=5437&mrpid=76217215

What is your connection to the Frantz family?

Best wishes from an obsessive-compulsive Frantz family researcher.

posted by Lorraine Frantz
edited by Lorraine Frantz
My Aunt's sister married Anthony Parish. Anthony was killed after he was run over by a tractor in Bourbonnais, Illinois on 30 May 1975.

I live in Momence, Illinois - where do you live?

So nice to meet you. Happy Thanksgiving.