The WikiTree Challenge 2021 Week 8

Date: 24 Feb 2021 to 3 Mar 2021
Location: WikiTree

Contents 1 The WikiTree Challenge Week 8 1.1 Resources 1.2 Free Space Pages 1.3 Interesting Finds 1.4 Military Service 2 The Eight Grandparents

The WikiTree Challenge Week 8

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Guest Star: Thomas MacEntee

G2G post for Thomas's Challenge Week

Resources

Ireland:

• Genuki for County Monaghan
• IrishGenealogy.ie website
• Ireland Census. The National Archives of Ireland.

New York:

• New York Resources guide on WikiTree (e.g., county histories, Cutter, etc.)
• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. The Newberry Library.
• Fulton History
• New York Historic Newspapers

Austin family:

• MacEntee, Thomas. Destination Austin Family Blog
• Moore, Edith Austin. A genealogy of the descendants of Robert Austin of Kingstown, Rhode Island. St. Petersburg, Fla., 1951. (Also found from this space page)

Henneberg Family:

• MacEntee, Thomas. Henneberg Family.

McEntee family:

• Grenham, John. McEntee surname.

Putman family:

• Putman, George W. (1838- ). Genealogy of David Putman and his descendants, 1645-1916 : showing his descent from Johannes Pootman (Putman), born in 1645, the earliest ancestor that we have any record of : also his family record and early descendants.

Free Space Pages

1. William Wood & Elizabeth C. Freer, by Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
2. Will of Sebastian Gunsolus, by Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
3. Syracuse, New York (The Salt City), by Kay Knight

Interesting Finds

The surnames on this 1870 Census page look like they all might be related to Thomas

Death of Charles W. McEntee, in 1873

Jervis McEntee, grandson of Charles and Mary McEntee and notable artist

There are numerous newspaper stories about this chap Dennis Lahive and his children. As a nightwatchman at least two factories burned down when he was on duty and his brother Michael was a volunteer fireman! Lahive-12

The 5th great-grandfather of Thomas, Cornelius Augustus DeGroodt, had at least ten children. Two were named Cornelius, and two were named Jemima. Nine of the children were baptized on the same day in 1807.(Silva-1055)

Thomas's gr. grandfather, John Vincent Slattery and his five siblings were orphaned when they were very young -- their father died in 1894, and their mother died 3 years later. On the 1900 Census, John and his siblings were living with their mother's 30-year-old and single brother -- Michael (Lehive) Leehive. Ten years later at the time of the next census, the kids are living on their own with their 20-year-old sister listed as the head of the household. I wonder if Thomas has any more information he can add to this story. -- Fiscus-32 20:12, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Military Service

Cyrus D. Harp, spouse of Rachel Jennie (Wood) Harp who is sister to Elmira (Wood-1157) MacEntee, Thomas' direct line ancestor, served in the Civil War

John C. Roosa, father of Rachel (previous brickwall), died in Virginia during the Civil War

The Eight Grandparents

I have tried to highlight SOME of the most recent brickwalls. You can click through each link to see the corresponding pedigree.

1. Pedigree Tree for Elmer MacEntee

Elmer's lines go through New York, France, and Germany; they encompass New Netherland and Dutch Roots profiles also

Brickwalls

1. Charles McEntee, needs mother
2. Mary Unknown, Charles' wife, needs LNAB
3. William Wood, needs both parents
4. Elizabeth C. Unknown, now Elizabeth Freer, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz

2. Pedigree Tree for Margaret DeGroodt

Margaret's lines go through the Provinces and States of New York, New Jersey, East Jersey; Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands; many of these profiles fall under the New Netherland Settlers WikiTree and Dutch Roots Projects

Brickwalls

1. Susan Unknown, needs LNAB
2. Elisabeth Fineout, needs father; mother needs LNAB
3. Charles Simpson, needs parents
4. Elizabeth De Veaux, father found, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Maddy Hardman
5. Elizabeth De Veaux, needs mother
6. Rachel Unknown, now Rachel Roosa, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Maddy Hardman

3. Pedigree Tree for John Slattery

John was born and died in New York; his father was Irish and his mother was English/Irish

Brickwalls

1. Martin Slattery, needs parents
2. John Leehive, parents found, need profiles, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Maddy Hardman and Carol Keeling
3. Unknown Unknown, now Julia Keefe, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Maddy Hardman and Carol Keeling

4. Pedigree Tree for Loretta Krom

Brickwalls

1. Jacob Christiana, needs parents

5. Pedigree Tree for John Austin

John's lines go through New York, Massachusetts, Ireland

Brickwalls

1. David O'Keefe, born in Ireland and died in New York, needs parents
2. Daniel Sullivan, born in Ireland and died in New York, needs parents
3. Mary Griffin, born in Ireland, died in New York. Her father is named but his profile is blank; needs mother. There is a transcription of her obituary on her profile indicating six children survived her but only one has a profile.

6. Pedigree Tree for Therese McGuinness

Therese's lines go through Ireland before the family immigrated to New York

Brickwalls

1. Matthew McGuinness, born in Ireland, died in New York, needs parents
2. John Farron, born in Ireland about 1840, needs parents
3. Ellen Doherty, born in Ireland about 1840, needs parents

7. Pedigree Tree for Richard Henneberg

Richard was born in Germany and died in Florida

Brickwalls

1. Gustavus Henneberg, corrected father for Gustavus Henneberg, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Frank Jatzek
2. Henrietta Taulbet, corrected mother for Gustavus Henneberg, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Frank Jatzek
3. Walter Zwicker, father found for Magdalena Zwicker, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Cheryl Hess
4. Magdalena Zwicker, needs mother

8. Pedigree Tree for Frances Pressner

Frances' lines go through Austria and Germany before the families immigrated to New York

Brickwalls

1. John Pressner, born about 1800 in Germany, needs parents
2. Frances Unknown, John's wife, born about 1800 in Germany, needs parents
3. Joseph Herger, born about 1805 in Germany, needs parents
4. Anna Unknown, Joseph's wife, born about 1805 in Germany, needs parents
5. Johann Häring, father found for Franz Herring, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Andy Lear
6. Maria Hässler, mother found for Franz Herring, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Andy Lear
7. Fidel Mauch, father found for Marie Anna Mauch, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Rosalie Neve
8. Magdalena Brodbeck, mother found for Marie Anna Mauch, BRICKWALL BROKEN by Rosalie Neve