52 Ancestors 2015 Week #8 - Josiah Carrico

Josiah is my 4th great grandfather.

Josiah Carrico was born about 1803 in Carlisle, Indiana to Charles Joseph Carrico (1772-1840) and Martha Reason (1775-?).  Josiah had six siblings:

• Nancy Martha (1791-1874)
• Margaret (1792-1863)
• Reason (1794-1878)
• Basil (1795-1872)
• Catherine (1801-1871)
• Charles (1803-?)

Josiah and Charles may have been twins or Josiah could have been born in 1802 or 1804.  

Josiah married Jane Williams (1810-1882) in 1828 in Sullivan County, Indiana.  They had eight children:

• Elizabeth L. (1829-?)
• John R. (1832-1864)
• Nancy Ann (1833-1901)
• Josephus Cyrus (1837-1908)
• Isaac Owen (1842-1864)
• Mary Jane (1844-?)
• Martha Ann (1846-1921)
• Basil Jordan (my 3rd great grandfather; 1848-1926)

By 1860, Josiah and family had moved to Missouri settling primary in Pottersville.  

Josiah died in Nov 1871 at age 68.  Josiah is buried at Homeland Cemetery in Howell, Missouri.

52 Ancestors 2015 Week #7 - John Jacob Green

John is my 4th great grandfather.

John Jacob Green was born on 18 Apr 1826 in Baumerlenbach, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany to Johann Georg Gruen (1783-1867) and Wilhelmina Jacobina Leiss (1802-1885).   I have John have six full siblings:

• Christina Carolina Jacobina Gruen (1821-1876)
• Wilhelmina Rossina Gruen (1822-?)
• Mary J. Clara (1839-1865)
• Thomas George (1842-1865)
• John George
• Elizabeth Dorothy

I also have eight half-siblings though John's father's first marriage to Christiana Elizabeth Arnold (-1819).

• Christina Elisabeth Dorothea Gruen (1806-1808)
• Christina Dorothea Gruen (1808-1877)
• Eva Elizabetha Gruen (1809-?)
• Female Gruen (1810-1810)
• John Georg Gruen (1811-?)
• Fredrich Ludwig Gruen (1812-1820)
• Edward Alex Gruen (1814-1815)
• Georg Michael Gruen (1818-?)

John also had one half-sibling through his mother:

• Louisa Rosina Moegerle (1818-?)

John had moved to the US by 1846 when he married Lousia Alvira Babcock (1830-1893) on 20 Oct in Martinsville, Indiana.  They had eleven children:

• Mary Louisa (1848-1910)
• George McCoy (my 3rd great grandfather; 1850-1922)
• Alice J. (1852-1921)
• Melissa A. (1853-1936)
• Harriet Zeletta (1856-1914)
• Isaac Sanborn (1858-1915)
• William Oscar (1859-1921)
• Elmer (1861-?)
• Carrie M. (1866-1938)
• Frank Burton (1868-1936)
• Edmond John (1872-1935)

John and his family would settle in Avon, Wisconsin.  John died on 04 Feb 1892 at age 65.  John is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

52 Ancestors 2015 Week #6 - Orrel Maria Waterman

Orrel is my 4th great grandmother.

Orrel Maria Waterman was born on 12 Jun 1835 in Holland, Massachusetts to Rufus Bradley Waterman (1810-1935) and Hannah Mariah Webber (1808-1886).  Orrel was the oldest of six children:

• Susan (1840-1842)
• Charles (1842-1926)
• Elizabeth L. (1843-1913)
• Adelbert D. (1847-1924)
• Andrew B. (1850-1919)

In the 1850's census, Orrel was living in Oregon, Wisconsin.

Orrel married John Wesley Haskin (1833-1901) in 1856 in Oregon, Wisconsin.  They had eight children:

• Rosetta
• Merrick B. (1857-1931)
• Eva Adelle (1859-1957)
• Emma Elmyra (1862-1962)
• Ervin Lincoln (1864-1947)
• Flora M. (1867-1940)
• Dora Allen (my 3rd great grandmother; 1873-1952)
• Bertha Mabel (1876-1961)

The 1900 census had Orrel living in Ithaca, Wisconsin but the 1905 census Orrel was living in Denison, Iowa.

Orrel died on 15 Sep 1910 in Denison, Iowa.  Orrel is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Denison, Iowa.

52 Ancestors 2015 Week #5 - Petrus Carlsson

Petrus is my 4th great grandfather.


Petrus is actually a branch off my Nachtigall side but shares a similar last name to my paternal side.


Petrus was born on 21 Sep 1802 in St. Hestra, Sweden to Carl Andersson (1782-?) and Kerstin Petersdotter (1782-?).  Petrus married Catharina Zachrisdotter (1802-1882) on 31 Dec 1833.  They had five children:

• Johan Marten (1834-1834)
• Josepha (1835-1861)
• Augusta (1838-?)
• Sofia (my 3rd great grandmother; 1838-1891)
• Johanna Mary (1843-1913)

All Petrus children would take the last name Petersson or Petersdotter upon arrival in the states.

Petrus died on 06 Jul 1886 at age 83 in St. Hestra, Sweden.