Geiszler Genealogy

I am so excited I could reach through the computer and kiss the woman's cheek who found and photographed a gravestone that I could not find at the Green Lawn Cemetery in May 2012. I visited Green Lawn Cemetery Section 30 and searched for Leslie Cushman Akison . Leslie is the son of my great grand-aunt Ida Loa Brown Akison. I wrote last year: " I had hoped that perhaps he was buried near additional family members and I would get more clues into this aunt's family. I did my best to read the map, but I wasn't confident I knew which plot to look at. I searched and searched the section and decided I now had two sections to ask about in the office. " I did visit the office and ask about the plot and went one more time to search. Alas, I could not find Leslie's stone. Bummer. In June, a genealogical miracle happened. Anonymous , a volunteer for FindAGrave.com , found my photo request (that included the plot information) and she went out to try.  She found it. S...

Whew! This summer has been a wild ride for my family. In actuality, it started in October 2013 when his company announced plans to reorganize his engineering group. It ended at the end of July with us moving back to my home state of Texas. Furthermore, I'm 1 hour away from my hometown of Sugar Land, TX. For those who know anything about Houston, we're in the Northeast side now. So, I'm truly back home, just on the other side of town. The moving truck arrives and a neighbor welcomes my daughter to our new home. Hello Texas! In addition to the relocation, I have exciting news. My church leaders have requested that I serve our congregation as a Family History Consultant . How cool is that? I have even more of an excuse to teach and inspire others to do their own family history. So far, this new responsibility has allowed me to take a peek at another person's tree using the FamilySearch.org helper feature. It's pretty cool. I'm so tempted to 'fix...

Woo-hoo! I love when a receive an email that says " Find A Grave Photo Request: Success!" I'm going to share a few that I've recently received: Patty did a GREAT job photographing the gravemarkers for Michael Carrington Geisler and his second wife Sarah Jane Drew . Gravemarker for  Michael Geisler  and his wife  Jane  by  Patty Obetz Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio Michael Geisler was born Nov. 20, 1830, in Bavaria and died Oct. 1, 1920, in Franklin County, Ohio. His wife Jane (interestingly both were on their second marriage when they wed). Jane was born May 12, 1841, in Ireland and died Mar. 5, 1928 in Franklin County, Ohio. Patty took a second picture showing the top of the stone. Kudos to you for photographing multiple angles! I wonder if the little white stones that say father and mother behind the large monument belong to this plot or another. Hmmm... Rev. M I Comfort  buried in the Bear Creek Cemetery ...

Hooray! Someone found Ida's gravestone. Ida Jane Townsend is the daughter of William Townsend and Mary Claybaugh (or Clabaugh) of Franklin County, Ohio. William is the focus of my One Name Place study and I wrote about Ida not being in the family home in the 1880 US census. She was in the home of Edward and his wife Louisa who I believe to be her father's brother and sister-in-law. Ida married Lawrence (or Loren) Sandborn in 1885 and she lived in Columbus, Ohio for the remainder of her life. She had 5 children with Lawrence Sanborn before he is believed to have died around 1907 (if not earlier, a date is unknown at this time). She lived until 1941. All of this information I have known, but when I visited the Obetz Cemetery in 2012, I could not find the stone. At that time, the cemetery stone location process was very disorganized. A volunteer at FindAGrave did photograph the stone. The only thing I would wish is for more angles of this upright stone. That's just me. I...

Lewis and his older brother Harry Brown about 1920 Lewis Sherman Brown, my maternal grandfather, was born on 18 Sep 1918 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio to Sherman Lewis Brown and Emma Virginia Townsend. His birth certificate says that he was the ninth child born to Sherman, 51, and Emma, 38. To date, the names and dates of only 5 of the 9 children are known. Scan of Original Birth Certificate for No Name Brown Actually, he didn't receive a name when he was born. Once a name was determined, the couple had to add an addendum to his birth certificate so he would stop being 'No Name' Brown. A scan of an original document, for Lewis Sherman Brown, name update for a birth certificate In 1920, the family with four boys were living at 1888 Parsons Avenue. Lewis is 1 1/2, and his brothers are Eugene - 21, Samuel - 17, and Harry – 3. The family has lived in this home for about 3 years. Sherman is the proprietor of S L BROWN & SON garage for the same a...