That wild pig

Emma and Julius received a pig from the Thinkstad bunch as a wedding present. I recall discussion that the descendents of that pig were on the farm at their 50th. It was one of the wedding presents that lasted 50 years, sort of.  How about that. Those tough old black and white things. I remember colour well because we had the pure white Yorkshire and Landrace breeds.

In the diary, grandma  says it was as wild as a moose.

In the diary it refers to a chair that they got from John Dutton. I assume that it was not the big rocker, but I recall a story that it came form Mayer place when they were about to leave as ``payment``for a load of oats, that a a bookcase that stood at the top of the stairs in the white house.

Miscellaneous tully

http://www.project183.com/archives/1010

SS Reihn

http://immigrantships.net/v3/1800v3/rhein18811202_2.html

1885 Census, Dallas County

From the 1885 census, Dallas County, Walnut Township

Meilicke        Gustave        79  26  6    NW4 NE       35  M       M   Farmer

Meilicke               Matilda        79  26  6    NW4 NE       35  F       M   Keeping house

Meilicke               Mary           79  26  6    NW4 NE       11  F       S

Meilicke               Louisa         79  26  6    NW4 NE       10  F       S

Meilicke              Frederick      79  26  6    NW4 NE       7   M       S

Meilicke               Gustave        79  26  6    NW4 NE       3   M       S                           Marshall

Meilicke               Julius         79  26  6    NW4 NE       1   M       S                           Dallas  The numbers after the name are the location Township, Range, Section. The townships are 6 mile by 6 mile blocks. The numbering is different in Canada. The next number is the age in 1885, but something Julius was borne in 1883, and he is listed as 1. The census must be  in the early part of the year. Note that Gus was borne in Marshall.

Therese Meilicke (1830 - 1884)

Now if you are lost, we are of the line Samual, Gustave, Gustav, Julius, so Therese was JA, grand mother.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Meilicke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=14749165&

Birth:	Feb. 22, 1830
Death:	May 4, 1884
Inscription: wife of Gustav
Burial: Brethren Cemetery Dallas Center Dallas County Iowa, USA

Came over on SS Rhein dec 2, 1881 with Carl & Auguste Schallert, Frederick, Anna, Assumed to be after Gustave death by drowning in germany, perhaps spring flood of 1881, trying to save a bull... if memory serves. Albert, do you remember the storey.

She dried to teach uncle Gus and Uncle Fred Latin but then as Gus said, she died.
http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=324828

GGP  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Meilicke&GSiman=1&GRid=30716535&

GGM http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30739138

Martha Rorabaugh

Born April 19, 1833, died August 14, 1931. My ancestral RNA. Marta begot Hanna, begot Emma.

  Note the spelling of Martha McLaine, as opposed to McLean


Daniel McLean was the first representative of the other
branch of the family to locate in Randolph. He was of Scotch-
Irish ancestry. Daniel McLean came to Randolph from An-
narundell Count}". Maryland, at a very early day. He mar-
ried a Miss Wilmoth of this county. Their children were
George, William, Joseph, John, Dawson, Hoy, Xoah, Eliza-
beth, Ann and another daughter, whose name is not remem-
bered, married Adam Westfall. Elizabeth married Daniel
Weese. Ann married William Foggy.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2135608&GRid=65609786&

George McLean married a Miss Ryan. Children, Julia
Sarah, Jane, Virginia and James E.

James E. McLean studied law and although he died when
a comparatively young man. he attained prominence at the
bar. He was practicing his profession at Buckhannon when
a fatal illness brought to a close a promising career.

William McLean married a Miss Weese. Their chil-
dren were Retus, Sarah, Martha, Mary. Jacob, Elizabeth,

added Jacob McLane married Mary Kelly 5 mar 1864 Barbour Co WV

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quick/d0123/g0000055.html


Martha MCCLAIN

1833 - ____

BIRTH: 1832, Randolph Co., WV
DEATH: OR
Father: William MCCLAIN
Mother: Hannah WEESE

Family 1 : Joseph ROHRBOUGH
                    _Daniel MCCLAIN ____________+
 _William MCCLAIN _|
|                  |_Anna Elizabeth MARSTELLER _+
|
|--Martha MCCLAIN
|
|                   _Jacob WEESE _______________

_                          Hannah WEESE ____|

                   |_Sarah ISNER _______________

also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~familyfound/rorabaughfam.html

Joesph Teter Rorabaugh grave marker http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=rorabaugh&GSst=39&GRid=93851900&

Joesph father

http://connectingourkin.com/rora001.htm#Nathan

http://connectingourkin.com/rora001.htm#Reinhart

Ancestors exidous

Gustav Meilicke was born March 19, 1851, Frankfurt on the Oder river, east of the river, in what is Poland today. We are not German, we are Polish. That explains a lot. Gustav married to Mathilda Schallert, date______. That name shows up again later. They left Prussia in 1880, with children, Mary, Louise, Frederick G, and came to Iowa or Wisconsin? After they settled in Dallas County, Iowa, they had Gustav Eberhardt., Julius Albert, William Carl, Adolph H. (Ed), and Samual Tilden.  Dallas County--->    https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Dallas+County,+Iowa,+United+States&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=29.992289,57.304687&oq=Dallas+County,+Iowa+&hnear=Dallas,+Iowa&t=m&z=9

What was going on in the Province (or State) of Brandenburg, Prussia.

In 1657, after an invasion by the Swedes, Poland surrendered sovereignty over Ducal Prussia which then became the Kingdom of Prussia headed by the Hohenzollern line. Prussia's power grew and in 1772, under King Friedrich II (Frederick the Great), consisted of the provinces of Brandenburg, Pomerania, Danzig, West Prussia and East Prussia (modern day East Germany, northern Poland, and a small portion of the Soviet Union).

A major event in German history was the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, making Germany a world power. It was during this war that, in 1870, Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck orchestrated the unification of the German states.
The German Empire was established under Prussian leadership with Bismarck as Chancellor. Wilhelm II, the last of the Hohenzollern dynasty, became Emperor of Germany (Kaiser) in 1888 and ruled until Germany's defeat in World War I. (ref http://www.kolpack.com/packnet/prussia.html)

Prussia was in a state of political turmoil. Frankfurt on the Oder is located at https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Frankfurt+an+der+Oder,+Germany&hl=en&ll=52.342891,14.537659&spn=0.332241,0.88028&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=27.643082,56.337891&oq=frankfurt+&t=m&hnear=Frankfurt,+Brandenburg,+Germany&z=10 but this Frankfurt was on both sides of the river, and Gustav was from east of the river.


more later

Summer 64 or 65?

 Bill, Mary, Albert, Jessie, Andrew, Arthur, Aaron
    Emma, Alberta, Julius, MaryEllen

 Mary, Albert,  ?Rubin's New Yorker?

 Kenneth, Doris, Clifford, Andy, Jessie, Douglas
Ann, Norma, and little Allen
Note the Ice house in the background. 6x6 with Gus's dove tail joints

 Arthur, Clifford, Andrew, Albert, Aaron
Kenneth, Barbara, Philys, Doris, Jessie, Alberta, MaryEllen,Mary, Merris
Emma, Julius, Allen, Shauna, Ann, Norma

Norma and Connie or is it Ulla,Uela, or what was here name?

Was before or after their 50th.
Emma and Julius were Maried in Sullivan, Missouri in 1915?

I recall a few words from Grampa's speech: We lived through two world wars, the great depression, fifty years of married life and thirty years of Social Credit.

Extended Family

"Rant warning --- Thinking warning." The easily offended should leave now.


Not knowing the extended family on my fathers side got me thinking about that attitude, how it developed, and whether I still hold it unintentionally, or if I would like to know all of my extended family.

Extended family has been a common characteristics of tribal cultures, European and Irish cultures as far back as the records go. Civilization has been organized along family for the purpose of raising children for ions of time, but what has happened to the last generations of some families, and how has that effected me?

There have been issues, whether it is one brother taking advantage of other, and a dispute that sees 45 years of not speaking, and then a casual meeting, and not much said, never to speak to each other again. That soured not just one generation but two on the value of family. The second generation was soured by the remarks, and the continual criticism that I endured at the hands of my parents, especially my father. That was my reality.   

Family is only valuable when it benefits both sides of the relationship, in some way. Friendly people, ok. Being the brunt of jokes, the one being criticise, is not fun. Then family has little importance. That was likely at the heart of my insular movement, the fearful/ignore approach of society, as a whole. Now I understand, and have stopped caring about many things, and am re-evaluating my relationships with everyone, and everthing.

Religion and politics are both decisive. "You are wrong, I am right" is a common view of most religious groups, will be ultimately denied, but it shows in the efforts to convert. Until that concept is given up, the best we can hope for is peaceful co-existence. Good luck with that. Until we understand and accept that others can believe what ever they want, without caring if it is right or wrong, there will be little progress toward family peace, or world piece for that matter. There is room for a "Vulcan like" pure logic movement.

Anyways, where does all this leave me, us. Trying to understand the past, with the hope that there is a better future, but not having clear understanding of how to get there or what it will look like. It is just my first time through life and I made decisions, some known, some right, some wrong, but survived. We only talk to the survivors.

End of rant.

Helen

Jane Mitchell ,the daughter of Ellen Tully Brownrigg, my fathers sister, called this AM to say Helen Waddell (83) died. October 5, 2012. She was my oldest cousin, I am the youngest cousin, of which I have only met 2, Jane and Evelyn  I am not sure who some of those other are, nor of there names. I am not even sure of Helens name, but she was Henry's daughter, or was she Tom's? Not George, Ellen and Evelyn or is that not right ether?   Yes Tom's sounds better. I do not know.

That is one of the issues of us low social introverts. To busy working.