My Darling Emma 1857

F or the family historians that have inherited a stack full of really old notes, receipts, letters and photos of your relatives, you know how exciting receiving these treasures can be! There is something special about putting a visual face to a name you've read over and over again in those late nights researching. I also find it kinda fun to see if you have any of the same characteristics of ancestors! Oh and I really like seeing their clothing and hairstyles too! In my "stack" of early 20th century family photos were 2 that have always stood out to me. Its 3 beautiful young sisters with a last name I'm not familiar with - Tanquary .  The Tanquary sisters photo taken before 1908 back says: "Children in group taken by Charles Hoffman" "Mollie, Lucy and Mildred Tanquary of Burnt Factory" was written on one of the photos and I took to the good ole world wide web to find out more about this trio and if or how they were related. Their farmer parents wer...

Welcome to... My Darling Emma 1857 If you are NEW HERE be sure to read the beginning of the journey I am on transcribing my family's 19th century letter collection! Susanna J. Chiles  Moore   (1801-1862) Emma’s paternal aunt. There is  one  single correspondence from Susanna in my letter collection and she wrote it to her brother ( Emma’s father) Griffin Childs in 1856. Susanna writes to her brother: ""I am informed you have married the third wife. I would like to hear who the woman was that you married and how you and your wife and the children is getting along and tell me about your welfare and if you enjoy good health dear brother and where are about you live in. What part of Virginia you live in. I have not heard how  [brother]  Mordecai is coming on ." -Susanna J. (Chiles) Moore   Ohio 1856 ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ WAIT! Is it Childs or Chiles? D id you notice the name changed to C hiles?  This spelling variation seemed t...

Welcome to... My Darling Emma 1857 If you are NEW HERE be sure to read the beginning of the journey I am on transcribing my family's 19th century letter collection! R ecently someone very special to me shared that they were having a baby. It's such exciting news! And I'm really happy for them! Now it’s got me thinking of the usual will it be a boy or a girl and what will they name their baby? AND THEN I started to think of the letter collection and all the times I read folks congratulating new parents on babies being born AND the times relatives wrote asking for name suggestions for their baby etc etc. One of the many letters in the collection 🐥🐥🐥 So just for fun, I wanted to drop a few quotes from the letters in my collection about naming babies in the 19th century. There's a lot of great "old" names there if anyone is looking for names.  Enjoy these baby fever quotes from 150 years ago! And if you're having a baby in 2026, congrats! 🐥🐥🐥 “Min[Mi...