Saturday, June 14, 2025

SNGF -- The Fathers in My Tree

Randy Seaver's suggestion for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun this week was this:
It's Father's Day on Sunday.  This week, tell us about the fathers in your tree -- their names, their birth and death years and locations, their occupations, the number of spouses, the number of children, etc.  Go back at least four generations if possible through your known second great-grandfathers.
Photos of Lee Doyle, Gust Doyle, W. C. Robert Meinzen, William Doyle, Edward J. Bickerstaff, Henry Carl Meinzen, Fredrick K. Gerner, Dixon Bartley, Andrew Doyle
My Father  
Lee Doyle   (b. 1913 Pennsylvania, d. 1987 Ohio) 
steel mill foreman, jeweler, insurance salesman,
1 spouse, 3 children (1 son, 2 daughters)


My Grandfathers
Gust Doyle   (b. 1888 Pennsylvania - d. 1933 Pennsylvania) 
farmer, coal miner 
two spouses, 2 children with first wife (1 son, 1 daughter)

William Carl Robert (Bob) Meinzen   (b. 1892 Ohio - d. 1979 Ohio)
electrician, barber
one spouse, 4 children (4 daughters)  


My Great-Grandfathers
William (Billy) Doyle   (b. 1863 England - d. 1941 Pennsylvania) 
coal miner, farmer
one spouse, 3 children (2 daughters, 1 son)

Fredrick K. Gerner   (b. 1847 Germany - d. 1926 Pennsylvania)
farmer
one spouse, 16 children (10 daughters, 6 sons)

Henry Carl Meinzen   (b. 1837 Prussia - d. 1925 Ohio) 
gardener, carpenter, grocer 
one spouse, 15 children (7 sons, 6 daughters, 2 unknown)

Edward Jesse Bickerstaff   (b. 1871 Ohio - d. 1945 Ohio)
carpenter
one spouse, 9 children (5 sons, 4 daughters)


My Great-Great-Grandfathers
Andrew Doyle   (b. 1836 England - d. 1908 Pennsylvania) 
coal miner, grocer 
two spouses, 14 children with second spouse (7 sons, 7 daughters)

John Froman   b. (abt. 1841 Germany - d. 1871 Pennsylvania) 
coal miner 
one spouse, 7 children (4 sons, 3 daughters)

Christian Gerner   (b. abt. 1820 Prussia - d. 1899 Pennsylvania) 
farmer 
one spouse,  6 children (4 sons, 2 daughters)

Dixon Bartley   (b. 1805 Pennsylvania - d. 1900 Pennsylvania) 
farmer 
one spouse, 9 children (5 daughters, 4 sons)

Carl Meinzen   (b. and d. years and locations unknown but probably Germany)
occupation unknown
number of spouses unknown, at least two children (1 son, 1 daughter)

Abel Armitage   (b. abt 1821 England - d. unknown) 
coal miner 
two spouses, 2 children with first spouse (2 daughters)

Ellis H. Bickerstaff   (b. 1840 Ohio - d. 1907 Pennsylvania) 
carpenter 
three spouses, 4 children with first spouse (2 sons, 2 daughters)

John Thomas Thompson   (b. abt. 1850 Ohio - d. 1823 Ohio) 
laborer, junk dealer 
one spouse, 9 children (7 daughters, two sons)

Thank you for the fun, Randy!

—Nancy.

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4 comments:

  1. Wow! Three forefathers with 16, 15, and 14 children. That gives you so many collateral lines to research!

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    1. Yes, Janice, lots of collateral lines, but looking closer shows that there are many few lines because you deaths, both infant and young adult. Still, plenty of to research to do. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.

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  2. I love all your photos and I'm very envious of the tons of distant cousins you have!

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    1. Thank you, Linda. I wish all those distant cousins were helpful in a genealogical way!

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