Sydnor McDonald and Robert L. Baker - Commissioners for the North Frederick Turnpike Company

You will also notice that Sydnor McDonald had a storehouse. This was March 15, 1851.
He was married to Mary Jane Lockhart, daughter of Brigadier General Josiah Lockhart and Nancy O'Dell. She would be my 4th great-aunt (or 4th great-half-aunt as I come through Josiah and his second wife Elizabeth Caroline Triplett). She was half-sister to my 3rd great-grandfather James Madison Lockhart.

Robert L. Baker is more distantly related. His mother was Sarah Lockhart who married Joseph Baker. Her parents Major Robert Volney Lockhart and Margery Denny are my 5th great-grandparents. Sarah is my 5th great-aunt. Her son Robert L. Baker (later Colonel Robert L. Baker) is my 1st cousin 5 times removed.

From the book:

Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia

page 100

Just to add asidenote of information I came across for Sydnor McDonald:

1860 Census

Sydnor McDonald, age 42, born in VA

Mary I. McDonald, age 40, born in Va

Lycurgus B. McDonald, age 14, born in VA

Sydnor C. McDonald, age 10, born in VA

Frederica A. R. McDonald, age 8, born in VA

Charles B. McDonald, age 6, born in VA

John F. McDonald, age 2 born in VA

There is also a Charles B. McDonald, age 28, merchant, born in VA listed living in the household that is listed immediately below that of Sydnor and Mary McDonald.

How are we related?

This is a cousin tree, got it from Wikipedia. Does a very nice job of showing how you determine your relationship to another person in your family.

Harriet B. Henshaw

Death Records in the Clerk's Office in Frederick County, Virginia, Beginning in 1853

Tuscarora Graveyard, Berkeley County, West Virginia, Originally in Frederick County, Virginia, Two and one half miles from Martinsburg

Harriet B., Wife of Wm. S. Henshaw, b. Mar 12, 1793, d 1870


William Slaughter Henshaw, Harriet's husband, is my 1st cousin, 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nicholas Henshaw and Rebecca Boulware Smith. They are his grandparents and my 7th great-grandparents.

Um, WOW!

This is a quilt. Found on the blog Eiloren.

Marcus Henry Larrick

Source: Death Records in the Clerk's Office in Frederick County, Virginia, beginning in 1853

page 86

Larrick, Marcus Henry b. Jan 12, 1855 - d. Dec 5, 1917, son of John Henry and Elizabeth (Fisher) Larrick. Info by E. W. Adams, son-in-law.

Marcus Henry Larrick is my 2nd cousin 4 times removed, our common ancestors are Casper Larrick and Elizabeth Sundown. Casper and Elizabeth are my 5th great-grandparents. I come through their son Frederick and Marcus comes through his brother Henry Larrick. My 3rd great-grandmother was Frederick's daughter Elizabeth Larrick and Marcus' father was Henry's son John Henry Larrick. After Elizabeth, I come through her son Smith Jonathan Pugh and his daughter Mary Ellen Pugh was my great-grandmother. Her son William James Lockhart, Sr. was my grandfather and his youngest daughter is my mother.

Joseph Edward Larrick and Julian Larrick

Death Records in the Clerk's Office in Frederick County, Virginia, beginning in 1853

p 86

Joseph Edward Larrick born 22 Nov 1853 and died 22 Jun 1914
son of John H. Larrick and Elizabeth Fisher Larrick. Information given by his son Julian Larrick.

I am related to these people in this manner:

John H. Larrick -1st cousin 5 times removed (common ancestors are Casper Larrick and Elizabeth Sundown, his grandparents and my 5th great-grandparents)
Elizabeth Fisher - only through this marriage
Joseph Edward Larrick - 2nd cousin 4 times removed (same common ancestors, but they are his great-grandparents)
Julian Larrick - 3rd cousin 3 times removed

Collecting

I have a passion for collecting, probably too many different things. Right now I have one small cereal bowl of Spode's Blue Italian dinnerware, the pattern on the dishes in the picture (the large soup tureen, is to me the holy grail of this line of dishes, far too expensive for me right now, but someday).





Something I have never yet collected, because they've been so flippin' expensive, are Hummel figurines. Tiny little things, but worth a few hundred dollars apiece. Right now, though, their value has plummeted, which I can't help thinking is a 'good' thing for those of us who would like to be able to own some Hummels. In fact, I hope their value remains low for awhile (or forever, either way) because I don't actually have money to buy them even though they are no longer so expensive. Look, I'm talking about being passionate about collecting something - it doesn't matter what the value is to anyone else if you are passionate about it. You have a natural joy and appreciation that comes from the item, so it doesn't matter if they're "worth" anything. Their worth is not in money. Still, there's something to owning things that you value that are considered high quality and worth having. But ask me if I'd rather have one Hummel figurine or a cross stitch magazine or pattern that I might not be able to give away, much less sell. (as to the spode, I suppose I would rather have that than the xstitch designs). Although, when I find a way to have both, I am doubly pleased.