Happy Birthday Mom. Dorothy Inez Hoffman Jones, R.I.P.

Putting together a collage of pictures in memory of Mom.

Born 29 June 1920, Little Bear, Wyo near Wheatland.
Parents Cecil Leroy (Lee) Hoffman and Inez Mae Scott

Older siblings were Cecil Mae, Vera Marie, Donald Leroy, William Richard and then Mom.
Later came Ruth Irene and Marion Raymond.

Dorothy (Mom) was a Mtdna T1.  Now that is new for posting. Will have further tests done soon.

Her Mother was: SCOTT in Iowa , WARDEN in Iowa,  LANGDON in Ohio, BRAMMER in VA ,  LEE in VA, WARD in VA 1750-1809.  All lines came from VA but the WARDEN from Pennsylvania.

She married Ray Dee Jones 3 September 1938 in Wheatland, Wyo. I saw  it in register, then, we could not take pictures, her brother Uncle Dick, was with Dad and I.

They lived in Wheatland and he worked for Morris Thomas and she was an assistant in the house preparing meals for the cowhands.  He was hired away to the Diamond Tail Ranch in Greybull, Wyoming, where later I was born.

We lived there for 2 1/2 years of my life before we moved to California. It was close to 3 years.

 Mom's health was precarious due to crippling Arthritis diagnosis by Dr. .  Dad was offered a job on his sister's ranch in California and the Doctor thought it would help Mom. We arrived in Petaluma, CA and Dad worked on OLLIMAC DAIRY for his brother in law Comillo Morelli.  The war was raging and Uncle had trouble getting milk hands due to draft.  Dad was color blind and if another draft had been called he would have gone but the War ended.

The move to California helped her health tremendously.  She was walking better when she died than when she moved to California.

My sister was born while we lived here before our move down the road to larger  home and Uncle needing space for his old employees to come back to work. Dad then worked for the Moretti's.
Mom helped the Mrs, candle eggs and Dad did Diary work again.

Later my brother Jr was born, he and Mom were both ill so I was learning to make pancakes and do toast and other chores in the home.  Dad helped and during the week had a high schooler come in to help in the early mornings to get me off to school and siblings cared for.

After forging a close bond with all these neighbors, yes they were like family since ours was basically in Wyoming, Mom and Dad looked for their own home.  Many of us still communicate today even though the older generations are gone.  We moved 20 + miles away near the coast of Bodega Bay.
Mother loved that the ocean cooled the land in the evenings and fog would quiet the sounds.
She never liked town or city living, though she tolerated it when she had to quite well at times. She loved to hear the buoy in the bay.

My youngest brother was born while we lived here.  Again she was very ill and Dr's did not expect her to live.  By then I was cooking, cleaning, sewing and doing major farm chores. Mom started me with genealogy at this time while she was a bed. 12 Years between baby and I.

I was in 4-H and active in school activities, as were my siblings.

After marriage, moving around several times and children growing, our children went back to spend summers with their Grandparents.

They visited us in LeMoore Naval Air Station, San Diego's various bases and came to Hawaii to see us.Then we were stationed back in San Diego until retirement, which put us close to Dad's brother who was US Navy and about to retire. ( another story)

Mom died 10 Jan 2011 in Valley Ford, California the home of her choice a hundred times over.
We were blessed with her living with us for several months after our 50th Anniversary. So Great Grandchildren were able to also get to know her better.

Will continue story tomorrow and will post some later year  pictures now and early year pictures tomorrow.

 Our Anniversary my siblings minus Dale.

 Fred, Sis and Mom

 Jennifer, Anne and their Aunt at Applebee's. Petaluma, CA She loved to eat here. Just out of hospital.

 Our children with Mom and us.

 My Niece's Family& Nephew's daughter. Mom's home

 Zachary with his Great Grandmother in our home.

 Our youngest with Mom at her home.

Niece and Mom while we were at lunch.

Michigan Sadness, Their Loss of their Trees Seen by Susi Jones Pentico

Michigan Sadness,  Tree Loss

My family became Michigan Residents a few years back.  My what a beautiful State.

First exposure was February 8 or 9 years ago, for 4 months, while family was experiencing a
medical situation within the family.

Yes, it snowed the day after I arrived. What a thrill for me.

Trees at this time are asleep regenerating in their roots for a new spring that is coming up.
So they are quiet and asleep.

Having flown back many times since, and learning the new job my family is involved with was fascinating and heart breaking.  I am a tree lover.  Trees do so much for our living here safely.

Ever hear of the Emerald Ash Borer?  It has decimated the Ash Trees beyond belief. It has affected many states beside Michigan. It has spread down to the Tennessee border and west to Virginia over to Iowa and Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana etc.   

Signs were put up stating " DO NOT TRANSPORT FIRE WOOD".  People did not heed so it spread from Canada and Michigan and the upper states down to now the middle west.  

As I fly across the country and see more and more tree loss it breaks my heart. 

Because many read my blog it is my hope that people will stop transporting the firewood from one area to another and spreading this bug.

Where lush trees stands stood and deer and nature could hide from man, it is gone.

Here is some of what I took this trip.

Some are near the road some are falling on the roads and crews have to watch to remove them.

The upper picture was a thick are of various trees where many animals were hidden from man.

Now you see few animals because there is no coverage.

I am pleased to have a family member involved in attempting to slow down and maybe some day

stop this devastation.  Where it was once a couple of states it now covers way to many.

It picks old trees and young ones. 

It reminds me of the Beetle we have destroying our Oaks in California.  So mid westers  pay heed please.  

We have other trees about wiped out such as the Chestnut Tree.   

Jones Children of Noyes and Susan Madison Jones

Emigrated from  Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York to Nunda, Ill, to Chickasaw Co. area of Iowa.

Henry George Jones, son of Noyes and Susan Madison Jones


Oldest known child is Henry George Jones b 3 Sept 1834 in NY.
Died in Iowa, 25 Sept. 1912. buried 26 Sept. 1912.
Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Nashua, IA

Married: Katherine Kerns,  1863, foster daughter Elsie Donaldson lived with them. Then with Calvin after her (Katherine's) death.

He then married 1891, Maude J. Stephens  1858-1934.    Her unmarried sister Anna Stephens, 1856 -1947, is buried in same cemetery.

Elsie Donaldson marries at Calvin's home to John Miller between 1901 and 1905, last seen in Independence, IA,  in notes.

Children with Maude are:

Hubert born 10 October 1892 at Nashua, Ia.

Jesse  born 11 Jan 1895 at Nashua, Ia.

Hubert moved to Marshall, Minnesota. He married Mary Christine Whitrup.  Where? When?
Hubert's children

Children:  Hazel,  born 17 Sept 1921,  married Kenneth Nelson.
                 children: 7 living ?

                 Ethel married Richard Forbes:
                 children: living?

                  Glenn born 28 Mar married Irene
                  children: living?

 Jesse, lived in Iowa, marries Bernice Plantz*.  Two children, possibly both living.

 *At his time can find no connection to my PLANTZ on Mom's side of family.

  
IF you have more sources and information please contact me.

 Sources for this information.

Census data, family papers done by Great Great Aunt., cemetery records, pictures.  

Would love to hear from some of these family members. 

My cousin Charles sent me some of this information in 1984 from Nashua, Iowa.
Trusting cousin C will come back with more information after her trip home.

Susan Madison Jones

child:

Henry Jones

name:

Henry Jones

gender:

Male

burial date:

26 Sep 1912

burial place:

Oak Hill

death date:

25 Sep 1912

death place:

Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa

age:

78

birth date:

1834

birthplace:

New York

occupation:

Retired Farmer

marital status:

Married

father's name:

Noyes Jones

father's birthplace:

New York

mother's name:

Susan Madisn

indexing project (batch) number:

B07473-1

system origin:

Iowa-EASy

source film number:

1027436

Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

Hubert N Jones  1900 age 7 b1900 United States Federal Census Oct 1892 Iowa 

Bradford, Chickasaw IA

male 

Henry Jones father b NY  65

Maude J Jones b England  41

Jessie M 5

1940 United States Federal Census

Jesse M JONES b 1895 

sp Bernice JOnes Bradford Chickasaw IA 1940

Charles 5 and Alice 2

Bernice maiden name Plantz  My note.

Jesse M Jones 25  in 1920 census 

May M JONES 61single  widow of Henry G Jones .

A Great Family Eatery Was Found, Road Trip for Dakota

A Great Family Eatery Was Found,  Road Trip for Dakota

My son and I ventured west to Plainwell, Michigan to pick up a beautiful rabbit for the
family's use.  He is beautiful fun and playful, Black and White splotched.  He will jump out of the
cage into your arms or shoulder if you let him.

On the way home we stopped in this very neat small town named Bellevue, Michigan.  We
stopped on the way west there and filled up with gas there going home.  We then asked a local where a good Eatery could be found.

Riverside Cafe, he said just across the river to your left.  That gentleman was so right. The homemade food was excellent, the atmosphere was homey and the people were friendly. Home made pies 7 varieties that day, no we did not try one.  But should have brought one home for dinner.  My meal was some of the best Liver and Onion's I have eaten in many years.  My son's food was ever bit as good.

He say's MOM for L and O it doesn't stink.  I then remembered he was not a fan of my meal. But it did not make him ill smelling it so he said it really must be good.  The menu was so down home and not to expensive but worth what we got.  I would say there prices are equal their food.  Choices like Meat Loaf and Gravy,  Steak and Eggs or Steak Dinner with Veggies and Potatoes, Home made Mac and Cheese, (would love to try that one sometime), Roast Beef with Mashed and Gravy, and the list goes on.

Here is a picture of the inside of the Cafe, so much picture memorabilia & family pictures hanging around. History of some Baseball person on the wall if I recall.

Riverside Cafe
410 W Capital Ave. Bellevue, Michigan 49021.

The river you could hear rushing down the way and I took a picture of the white caps the water was generating as it flowed so swiftly away.

Jones's, Where Art Thou?

Jones's, Where Art Thou?

Looking for descendants of Silas Jones Sr of Rhode Island to New York via Dutchess County,  New York.  Recently learned the living in Dutchess prior to Albany then Rensselaer Co. (formation) by 1790 and suspect prior to 1780.

Reason:  Letter states he is relative to Noel JONES's son NOYES JONES, born 1809 in Petersburg, New York. Court Records say that Noel JONES and Susannah are Noyes JONES parents.

Noyes JONES comes in variants of NOYCE, NOIS, NOYES and maybe other spellings.

Trusting in someone's JONES files is a message of whom NOEL JONES born about  1785 parents were.

I have tracked from youngest child to the three oldest of Silas Jones Sr. and am fairly sure that the parents were either: Abel, Ruscom, or Noel.

This is conjecture but will post here:

Noel, Susannah and Noyes are in the 1810 census.  Never found again, looked in NY and Mass.

Many researchers have implied may have died with the flu epidemic in 1811-2 in that area.

Abel JONES census data shows an increase of child of right age to be Noyes in 1820, 1830.
Abel's passing is after Noyes would be of age.

Noyes marries Susan Madison around 1832. Family says Mass. Never found a clue 20 years + of researching.

After their marriage and prior to their moving to Illinois and then Iowa, I have a good handle on (births of children) events.

One son was supposedly killed prior to their leaving New York. Have not found a thing on him either.

NOEL JONES born about 1835-7 in Mass and died prior to 1860.  Is in the 1850 New York Census for Petersburg with his family.


RECAP:  Who was Noel JONES b abt 1785 in New York (?) father?
What happened to his grandson Noel JONES between 1850 and 1860 in Petersburg, NY?
He did not go west with them. Family said deceased prior to move.??

Loving Moment with a Dad, Happy Father's Day to All Dad's.

Jamboree Burbank CA 2013

Such fun was had by all and the sharing was phenomenal.

Joined the California Genealogical Society.

Having attended at least two sessions each morning or afternoon, meet and greeting old friends and acquaintances.

My Heritage solved my problems on line and renewed Geni.com for family to use on line. Interesting now they are joined.  Not sure if I will retain both for self yet. To soon to tell for that. Daniel H. thanks so much for the rescue.

Alas, Ancestry was so swamped on Sunday we never resolved my problem even though I went early in the morning. They had a super busy day Sunday.  Will try on phone again if possible. Never seen their booth so busy as Sunday.  I gave up at 2 pm. Was due to catch train home a wee later.

I am posting the events I attended over on my working blog for Researchers. I have yet to post Sunday, gee it is only Monday.

Worked the SDGS booth with Diane Lott and Ken Robinson and Virginia Taylor at different hours of the three days.  Looked like we moved a lot of books. Of course I had to acquire some also.

Here is Virginia and Diane at the booth.

And here is the group at dinner.

Wordless Wednesday, Fowlerville, MI home