#OTD 28 April 1878, Emma Martini was born in Centralia, Illinois, to John J Martini and Catharine Vosseler, my great-grandmother's half-sister. Emma was the last of 10 children born to Catharine and her two husbands. Three of those children had died young. Emma was the only child to have an official birth certificate, as Illinois first mandated them that year. Emma and her two older sisters, Anna and Josephine, became milliners, opened their own business in St. Louis, then expanded into dry goods. None of them married. Emma and Anna died of pneumonia within days of each other in 1961.
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1. Finished reading #genealogy book ("Divorced, Bigamist, Bereaved?: The family historian’s guide to marital breakdown, separation, widowhood, and remarriage" by Prof Rebecca Probert)

2. Call with friends

3. Watched @standupmaths video

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This is Patriot #7 in my series about ancestors who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Captain Westley Burnham was a mariner from the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts (now the town of Essex). #genealogy #RevolutionaryWar #america250 https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-captain.html
My Revolutionary War Patriots - Captain Westley Burnham of Essex, Massachusetts

  The David Burnham house in Essex, Massachusetts built by Capt. Westley Burnham's grandfather  This is the 7th patriot ancestor I have writ...

#1263 Margery Rowe (ed) - Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol XXXIII - Part VI. Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, Spring 1976.

#Devon #Cornwall #DCNQ #MargeryRowe #Archives #History #Genealogy #Dartmoor #BookOfTheDay

I've always liked the number 222 for some reason, so thought I'd share this milestone. As of now, 222 of the soldiers I've had the privilege of researching have been identified and returned home.
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