The couple above are Omar Olney, and Eunice Wilgus Rector Olney. I don't remember if I have talked about my great great grandfather Henry Cadmus Olney, and the diary we have of his from 1886? One day I want to post our pictures of his diary in blog format if I can find time. Below is page one of that diary. Omar - the oldest - and Bart - second oldest son are mentioned on January 1 and 2, and pretty much every day after! Henry pretty much concentrates on the day to day work on the farm. (not that Sarah wasn't working too of course with 11 kids ranging from 3 to 24 that year) Bart was my great grandfather, so I guess that makes Omar my great Uncle??? The picture above just turned up recently - a relative of Eunice posted a question on a genealogy bullitin board, and Dad knew the answer. The picture is from her. Omar and Eunice had no children - second marriage for both. Eunice was the daughter of Eliza Olney, decended from a different branch of the Olney family, but definitely related back to Thomas! Omar and Eunice were related (they were both Thomas's great great great -about 10 times- grandchildren.Below is the opening page of Henry's diary - click on the image for good clear reading. Below the diary image is a listing of all the family members with ages, nicknames, etc. if you are interested? Jen - mentioned also on Jan 1, is the oldest daughter - I believe married at this time - 1886 - but she visits regularly! Picture of Henry and Sarah at the bottom.
Henry C. Olney Family in 1886 - family members
Henry Cadmus Sr. 48 - father
Sarah Esther (Hill) 45 - mother
Omar Addison 24
Jenny ? - Jen 22
Harriet Amelia - Hattie 21 Henry calls her Ettie?
Edward Barton - Bart 18 - my great grandfather
E. Mills - Mills 16
Lois ? 14
Sarah Esther - Esther 13
Henry Cadmus Jr. - Cad 10
Prudence Adelaide 8
Estella Martha - Stella 5
Nathaniel Kent - Kent 3
Henry and Sarah Olney
2 comments:
So, the fact that all of Dave's diaries include the daily weather conditions must be, what, genetically encoded? Love the old handwriting, though!
Dad records the weather every day - rain fall, high and low temps, etc. He has come into the modern age, and has an electronic indoor-outdoor system that reads to the tenth of a degree! Henry was a farmer, so weather was critical. Dad was a farmer when I was a kid, so I guess old habits die hard. If you haven't noticed, pretty much every MySpace entry of yours includes extensive description of the days's weather! At least Henry kept it brief! -- "North wind and cloudy"
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