Blue Monday: A Devastating Loss for Lewis and Carrie Chappel in 1910
Posted by Liv | Filed under Blue Monday, Chapple, Surname
I now know that my great-grandmother, Carrie, was 3 months pregnant when her family was counted on April 18th for the 1910 census. How I know this? According to the 1903-1997 Texas Birth Index, on 19 October 1910, my great uncle, Lewis Blanton Chappel, was born! [1]
Tags: birth record, death record, infant death, Lewis Blanton Chappel
Mystery Monday: Enumerated Twice in the 1910 Census?
Posted by Liv | Filed under Blanton, Chapple, Mystery Monday, Surname
What I enjoy most about Ancestry.com is its intuitive search interface! After locating my great-grandparents –Lewis & Carrie (Blanton) Chappel– in the 1910 Census and adding data from that record to each of their Ancestry timelines a “shaky leaf” hint appeared! When I followed that hint, the historical record that it referred me to was [...]
Tags: 1910 census, ancestors, ancestry, Carrie [Blanton] Chappel, great aunt, great-grandmother, Rose (Blanton) Williams
Mystery Monday: Searching for Lewis Chappel (Part 1)
Posted by Liv | Filed under Chapple, Mystery Monday, Surname
My mother’s grand-father, Lewis Chappel, has been an enigma in my family research for years now. By the time mom was born, he was already missing in action and no one, not even her grandmother who raised her, ever talked about him. The challenge of locating information about him will be great, but my desire [...]
Tags: 1910 census, ancestor, family research, great-grandfather, Lewis Chappel
