Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - 100 Word Genealogy Challenge - An Ancestor I'd Like to Meet

Hey genea-folks, 

it's Saturday Night again, 

time for more Genealogy Fun!


Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to:

1)  This SNGF is based on the 100 Word Challenge (https://100wc.net/) that school children are participating in around the world.  They are given a word or phrase to write a story about in one hundred words.

2)  Write a short 100 word story using the phrase ",,,an ancestor I would like to meet..." in 100 words. Why would you like to meet him/her? [Hint:  If you write it in a word processor, you can use Tools > Word Count (or similar) to count words]

Here's mine:

An ancestor I would like to meet is George W. Lancaster (1839-1919), my 3x-great-grandfather. Born in Missouri, he lived mostly in Texas, except for a stint in Maricopa County, Arizona, where he purchased federal land and then abandoned his wife, Martha Jane (Polly) and family. He and the oldest son, William Carleton, returned to Texas.

I want to know why he left his family. The divorce gives only Martha’s side of the story, that George left them. After getting the divorce, she married Noah Flood Parks, a farmhand on their property. Was that the reason? Were they having an affair?


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Comments

  1. Linda StufflebeanMarch 12, 2023 at 7:57 AM

    George sounds like an interesting ancestor to meet. Aside from his divorce, I wonder why he decided to buy land in AZ. Maybe he discovered it was too hot to grow much besides cactus. :)

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    1. Lisa S. GorrellMarch 12, 2023 at 8:48 AM

      Martha and Noah left to live near Las Vegas, then after Noah's death, she lived in Tulare Co, California with her children.

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  2. Marian B. WoodMarch 13, 2023 at 6:41 AM

    Good question. Martha may have needed Noah's help with the farm and the best way was to marry him?

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