2020 Week #3 Long Line

There are 2 lines in my family tree that I have the details and documentation that I can confidently trace back 13 generations!!! One I will talk about in a different post hopefully later this year. The one I'll talk about today I can actually trace back 14 generations but most of the details begin with a man name Joseph Loomis. Below is the lineage.

Erin Mullins (Me)

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Patrick Mullins

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Glen Mullins

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William Mullins
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Matthew Mullins
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Lois Loomis Mullins
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Israel Loomis
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John B Loomis
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Dyer Loomis
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Nathaniel Loomis
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Jonathan Loomis

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Nathaniel Loomis
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Joseph Loomis

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John & Agnes Loomis

The most interesting thing is that almost this entire line starting with Joseph lived in America! Joseph was a Woolen Draper and left from London England  on April 11th, 1638. He came to America on the ship the Susan & Ellen. They arrived in Boston Massachusetts on July 17th, 1638. They remained in Dorchester Massachusetts for about a year before moving to the Windsor Connecticut area in 1639 where they remained until his death in 1658. A few years ago I came across a book that was published with the Loomis Lineage and it follows all the way down to my 3x great grandparents. Which gives me the confidence to say that Joseph Loomis was my 10x great grandfather!!! It's mind blowing to think about the DEEP roots my family has in America and that they were some of the first settlers in Connecticut.

Postcard of the Loomis Homestead

Loomis Homestead today. Definitely a bucket list place to visit!! 

 Joseph Loomis Tombstone

"Joseph Loomis

One of the early settlers of Connecticut

Came from England to Boston 1838 and to Windsor

in 1839 Died November 25 1658 Age 68"



2020 Week #2 Favorite Photo

As with many of these prompts I found it hard to pick just 1 favorite photo. Photos are such an amazing thing to have as a genealogist. It gives you a small glimpse into our ancestors lives and transports you to a different time in history. It's great to be able to read stories about your people but to actually get to see what they look like and see their surroundings is an amazing treat. I'm lucky that I have photos of so many of my ancestors but there are a few who I long to see their faces and I know I never will.

This week I chose 2 photos. I came across these 2 photos in an old photo album that belonged to, we think, my great grandmother Blanche Walter or one of her sisters. It's filled with photos from the early 1900's and they are amazing and even better yet most are labeled with who they are!!!! As a farm girl who at one time in my life raised pigs I instantly fell in love with these 2 photos.

We are't 100% sure who the woman is in the top photo but the bottom photo we think is my Great Great Uncle Walter Miner.  My great Grandmother Blanche's half brother.

I ask you this how many women, dressed in their Sunday best, would even go around a hog pen let alone get ON a pig!?!?! A dirty one at that!!! I remember my time with pigs fondly and you'd look at a pig from 10 feet away and end up covered head to toe in mud I can't imagine what crossed her mind or how much encouraging it took to get her on that pig!!

I will forever cherish the photo album these came from and these 2 pictures in particular!!

2020 Week #1 A Fresh Start

As with any of my new years resolutions/goals I failed to continue on with the 52 prompts for 2019. I started of strong and was really enjoying it but then around March things got crazy and life changed and something had to be set aside. Unfortunately that was the blog.

So my goal for 2020 is to at least do 2 posts a month. I feel that that is an obtainable goal.

I did not stop researching all together in 2019 I actually came across some neat information and worked on a couple of projects which I hope I'm able to talk about next year! We were able to go cemetery visiting in May and visited a few new cemeteries.

So here's to the Fresh Start that 2020 brings! A new year, a new decade, and more people to discover!