Saturday, April 05, 2014

Divorce Notice : Ida B. Hancock v. Samuel J. Hancock, Monroe County, Indiana (1894)

Bloomington World
Bloomington, Indiana
April 26, 1894, page 3



Located this notice of the filing of the divorce of Ida B. (Davis) Hancock (1874-1900), my maternal 2nd great-grandmother.  This is the first time I've seen her name with a middle initial of "B".

New Suits Filed :  The following suits have been filed since the last term of court:.....Ida B. Hancock vs. Samuel J. Hancock, Divorce.  

I've not been able to locate a copy of the divorce record yet. Several years ago I wrote requesting a copy of it, but was unsuccessful.  I may need to pay a courthouse visit.  Now that I have a better date of the filing, I might have better luck in finding the record.

A letter in my files on Ida states they filed for divorce May 1894, were married August 27, 1892 and lived together until February 3, 1893, when he abandoned her. For past two years she was a resident of Bean Blossom Township.

Will continue my search for more on Ida's short life.

Thursday, April 03, 2014

Admixture - Eurogenes - Eileen


Used the free tools at Gedmatch.com to compute the admixture of Eileen's DNA using the Eurogenes K13 project.  Admixture is when two or more previously separated populations interbreed.  The Eurogenes project is for those with primarily European ancestry, and more detail can be found at the Eurogenes Genetic Ancestry Project blog.

Population  
North_Atlantic 44.69%
Baltic                 24.31%
West_Med         17.01%
West_Asian        6.64%
East_Med           4.91%
Red_Sea             0.25%
South_Asian       1.52%
East_Asian -    
Siberian -    
Amerindian         0.22%
Oceanian            0.44%
Northeast_African -    
Sub-Saharan -    


This gives an interesting picture of Eileen's deep ancestry, with slight traces of Native American not picked up by 23andMe.


Admixture : Eurogenes - Travis


I took advantage of the free tools at Gedmatch.com to compute the admixture of my DNA using the Eurogenes K13 project.  Admixture is when two or more previously separated populations interbreed.  The Eurogenes project is for those with primarily European ancestry, and more detail can be found at the Eurogenes Genetic Ancestry Project blog.

Population  
North_Atlantic 44.47%
Baltic                 26.11%
West_Med           12.66%
West_Asian          6.16%
East_Med              5.55%
Red_Sea               0.15%
South_Asian          1.98%
East_Asian -    
Siberian -    
Amerindian           1.29%
Oceanian -    
Northeast_African  1.52%
Sub-Saharan          0.10%

This paints an interesting picture of my deep ancestry with only slight variation from 23andMe, showing traces of Native American.