Completed BONEY / BOONIE family of Pennsylvania Ancestry hints and Family Search Indexing

The last few weeks I have not spent much time working on the family history.  I have become very interested in Family Searches new indexing project of US Obituaries, spending two or three hours each day on it. These are very confusing records.  Not an easy indexing project but I am really enjoying it.

I was able to finish all of Ancestry's shaky leaves hints for the Boney / Boonie family.  This family alone expanded my family tree by over 90 people.  For the most part the family was exceptionally well documented.

The Boney/Boonie family is connected to the Varner family by Mary B Varner (1830 - 1911).  Mary married Israel Boney (1820 - 1893) somewhere around 1847.  I have not been able to find any sort of marriage document so this hypotheses is based on census, birth and burial records.  Mary B Varner was the daughter of my Great granduncle John Peter Varner and Barbara Leckenton.

The Boney/Boonie family that I have studied have, for the most part, appeared to have stayed in the Juniata / Snyder County, Pennsylvania area.  The only thing that I have done for this family is taken the shaky green leaf hints from my Ancestry Member Tree, verified them and updated my family tree.  I have done no further research, so this represents only the low hanging fruit.  I am sure there is much more to be learned for the family and I hope to one day be able to return to them and further document the family.

As always if I can help someone who needs more detail on the information shown below either leave a comment on this post or visit my Ancestry tree  Don Varner's family tree.

Here is my Roots Magic descendant report (modified the names for the living) for Israel Boney.:
Descendant List of Israel Boney 20 February 2014
1-Israel BONEY (LD29-4NT) (23 Nov 1820-1893)
+Mary B. VARNER (LD29-H4P) (1 Dec 1830-5 Sep 1911)
. . . . 2-Isaac BONEY (LDZ1-Y78) (abt 1848-bef 1948)
. . . . +Mary LNU BONEY (L68J-5Z4) (abt 1850-bef 1950)
. . . . . . . . 3-Margaret "Anna" BONEY (L68J-GCX) (Jan 1870-bef 1970)
. . . . . . . . 3-John A. A. BONEY (L68J-PPZ) (abt 1879-bef 1979)
. . . . 2-Eliza BONEY (LDZ1-YKK) (abt 1848-bef 1948)
. . . . 2-Christian BONEY (LHPM-R7Z) (22 Aug 1850-2 Feb 1948)
. . . . +Louisa LNU BONEY (abt 1860-bef 1960)
. . . . . . . . 3-William Steward BONEY (20 Jul 1878-21 Jun 1963)
. . . . . . . . +Mary Matilda "Mollie" KLINE (27 Aug 1879-18 Jan 1958)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Earle E BOONIE (abt 1896-bef 1996)
. . . . . . . . . . . . +Minnie V LNU BOONIE (abt 1893-bef 1993)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living female BOONIE (abt 1922-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male BOONIE (abt 1923-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male BOONIE Jr (abt 1931-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Charles Elmer BOONIE (abt 1899-bef 1999)
. . . . . . . . . . . . +Irene Wilson WAREFIELD (abt 1902-bef 2002)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living female BOONIE (abt 1922-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Carmon Frederick BOONIE (9 Sep 1923-14 Jan 1984)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +Sarah BANKS (27 May 1924-12 Jul 1969)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Wayne E BOONIE (7 Jan 1925-4 Jan 2005)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Glenn Elder BOONIE (31 Jan 1926-25 Dec 1997)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living female BOONIE (abt 1928-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Charles E BOONIE Jr. (abt 1929-bef Jan 2010)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Wesley A. "Bo" BOONIE (30 May 1932-3 Jan 2010)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +Living female KOCH (abt 1930-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-Living male BOONIE (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-Living female BOONIE (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +Living male STIEHLER (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-Living female BOONIE (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +Living male GUYER (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Mary E BOONIE (abt 1934-bef Jan 2010)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male BOONIE (abt 1936-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male BOONIE (abt 1938-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Paul BOONIE (-bef Jan 2010)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-David C BOONIE (abt 1908-bef 2008)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Stella D BOONIE (abt 1910-bef 2010)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Dorthy E BOONIE (abt 1912-bef 2012)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-William Steward "Steward" BOONIE Jr. (22 Sep 1913-29 Nov 1982)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Carl W BOONIE (19 Jul 1915-15 Aug 2007)
. . . . . . . . . . . . +Rosaline "Rosey" BAKER (14 Sep 1917-17 Sep 2003)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living female BOONIE (abt 1936-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male BOONIE (abt 1937-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male BOONIE (1 Jan 1937-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male BOONIE (Mar 1939-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living female BOONIE (aft 1940-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +Living male GOSS (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living female BOONIE (aft 1940-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +Living male ZIEBER (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living female BOONIE (aft 1940-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +Living male FINIZIO (-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Living female BOONIE (abt 1918-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . +Living male TROXEL (abt 1918-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-Living male TROXEL (abt 1938-)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Wayman F BOONIE (7 Jun 1921-22 Jan 2000)
. . . . . . . . 3-Betsy BONEY (abt 1879-bef 1979)
. . . . . . . . 3-Ammon J. BOONIE (abt 1898-bef 1998)
. . . . . . . . 3-Rachel J. BOONIE (abt 1900-bef 2000)
. . . . 2-William BONEY (L6C4-DSL) (abt 1852-bef 1952)
. . . . 2-Barbara BONEY (L6C4-D79) (abt 1854-bef 1954)
. . . . 2-John Aaron "Aaron" BONEY (LD29-CH5) (8 Jan 1856-12 Aug 1943)
. . . . 2-Lydia BONEY (L6C4-DD5) (abt 1858-bef 1958)
. . . . +Henry Howard SHAWVER (1855-1930)
. . . . . . . . 3-Jane H. M. SHAWVER (abt 1878-bef 1978)
. . . . . . . . 3-Daniel J SHAWVER (Sep 1879-bef 1979)
. . . . 2-Uriah BONEY (LD29-CSG) (1863-1934)
. . . . 2-Caroline Emeline BONEY (LD29-4KH) (1866-20 Nov 1877)
. . . . 2-Susanna Matilda "Matilda" BONEY (LD29-HQM) (18 Dec 1867-19 Dec 1877)
. . . . 2-Leah BONEY (MTTF-VLW) (27 Nov 1869-12 Mar 1939)
. . . . 2-Joseph Jerome BONEY (LD29-4GS) (13 Mar 1874-10 Nov 1877)
. . . . 2-Mary Maggie Savilla BONEY (LD29-HSC) (1876-20 Nov 1877)

Boney / Boonie families of Snyder County, Pennsylvania

I have spent the last several weeks working on the Boney / Boonie families of Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
My first cousin (once removed) Mary B Varner married Israel Boney and they had thirteen children.

My Ancestry Member Tree hints jumped from around 390 to 570+ after adding this family.  I have spent over three weeks trying to clear the hints on this family alone.  I have added 52 people (Boney / Boonie) to my tree.  After I clear the hints on immediate family I end up adding more people which in turn generates more new hints.  I now have over 580+ hints to work through.  At the rate I'm going this will take another month if not two.  The Boney's have proven to be a very prolific family.  Thankfully they have all (so far) pretty much stayed in the Snyder County, PA area.

Here is the family narrative report so far.  Keep in mind this is a work in progress.  Any change suggestions are most welcome.  If the death date says BEFORE and just a year that indicates that I have not yet found the actual death information.

1.  Israel BONEY^1–2 was born on 23 Nov 1820.³ He appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1850 at Beaver Township in Union, Pennsylvania, United States.⁴ He appeared in the census on 13 Jun 1860 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ : , Jun 1863, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁶ Israel appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ He appeared in the census on 22 Jun 1880 at Adams Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁸ He died in 1893 at the age of 73.³ Israel was buried in 1893 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.³

Mary B. VARNER¹, daughter of John Peter VARNER and Barbara LECKENTON, was born on 1 Dec 1830 at Fayette Township in Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States.^9–10 She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1850 at Beaver Township in Union, Pennsylvania, United States.⁴ She appeared in the census on 13 Jun 1860 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ Mary appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ She appeared in the census on 22 Jun 1880 at Adams Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁸ She appeared in the census on 26 Apr 1910 at Lewis Township in Union, Pennsylvania, United States.¹¹ Mary died on 5 Sep 1911 at the age of 80 in Pennsylvania, United States.^9–10,12 She was buried on 8 Sep 1911 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.^10,12 She was also known as Mary B. Boney.

Israel BONEY and Mary B. VARNER had the following children:

            +2              i.   Isaac BONEY, born abt 1848; married Mary LNU BONEY, bef 1870; died bef 1948.

              3             ii.   Eliza BONEY was born about 1848.^4–5 She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1850 at Beaver Township in Union, Pennsylvania, United States.⁴ She appeared in the census on 13 Jun 1860 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ Eliza died before 1948 at the age of 100.

            +4            iii.   Christian BONEY, born 22 Aug 1850, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States; married Louisa LNU BONEY, bef 1880; died 2 Feb 1948.

              5            iv.   William BONEY was born about 1852.⁵ He appeared in the census on 13 Jun 1860 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ He appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ William died before 1952 at the age of 100.

              6             v.   Barbara BONEY was born about 1854.^5,7 She appeared in the census on 13 Jun 1860 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ Barbara died before 1954 at the age of 100.

              7            vi.   John Aaron "Aaron" BONEY^1,7 was born on 8 Jan 1856.¹³ He appeared in the census on 13 Jun 1860 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ He appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ Aaron died on 12 Aug 1943 at the age of 87.¹³ He was buried after 12 Aug 1943 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹³ He was also known as John Aaron "Aaron" Boonie.¹³

            +8           vii.   Lydia BONEY, born abt 1858; married Henry Howard SHAWVER, bef 1878; died bef 1958.

              9          viii.   Uriah BONEY¹ was born in 1863.¹⁴ He appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ He appeared in the census on 22 Jun 1888 at Adams Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁵ Uriah died in 1934 at the age of 71.¹⁴ He was buried in 1934 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁴

            10            ix.   Caroline Emeline BONEY¹ was born in 1866.¹⁶ She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ She died on 20 Nov 1877 at the age of 11.¹⁶ Caroline was buried after 20 Nov 1877 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁶

            11             x.   Susanna Matilda "Matilda" BONEY^1,7 was born on 18 Dec 1867.¹⁷ She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ She died on 19 Dec 1877 at the age of 10.¹⁷ Matilda was buried after 19 Dec 1877 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁷

            12            xi.   Leah BONEY¹ was born on 27 Nov 1869 in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁸ She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1870 at Beaver Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁷ She appeared in the census on 22 Jun 1880 at Adams Township in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.⁸ Leah died on 12 Mar 1939 at the age of 69 in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁸ She was buried after 12 Mar 1939 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁸ She was also known as Mary Boney.⁷ 

            13           xii.   Joseph Jerome BONEY¹ was born on 13 Mar 1874.¹⁹ He died on 10 Nov 1877 at the age of 3.¹⁹ He was buried after 10 Nov 1877 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.¹⁹

            14          xiii.   Mary Maggie Savilla BONEY¹ was born in 1876.²⁰ She died on 20 Nov 1877 at the age of 1.²⁰ She was buried after 20 Nov 1877 at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.²⁰

Roots Magic 6 and linking to Family Search Family Tree

It's been a good week of researching my Smith family. I will write more about this in a separate post.  This week I've been faced with a data management issue.

I have an issue with merging data between Roots Magic and Family Search.  I have used the "share" fact process on some of my census events.  In effect, an individual fact is not created for everyone that a fact is shared with.  It's more like creating a link to the one instance of the fact.  In theory, this is an excellent approach.  It saves a lot of data entry time and since there is one master instance of the fact, a change to that record reflects wherever the fact is shared.

The issue with this is that the "shared" facts are not available for merging to Family Search Family Tree.  Obviously, that is a deal breaker for me.  So I need to replace every shared fact in my database with a regular individual fact for that event. The problem is I can find no report to run that will show "shared" facts.  Since it is not recognized as a fact as such, it will not appear if I run a fact list for an individual.  I have found no way of identifying all of the people that have shared facts that need to be replaced.

Continue working on BRESHEARS, HENDERSON, HOSTETLER families

This past week I continued the research of my granduncle Francis Breshears, Jr. family.  I was able to wrap up this family for the most part, still need to find one marriage record and one death / burial record.

This is a copy of the narrative report out of Roots Magic.

Francis Marion BRESHEARS Jr. was born on 1 May 1884 in Missouri, United States. He appeared in the census on 15 Jun 1900 in Benton, Missouri, United States. They lived in Alexander Township. Francis Marion showed in the census as Marion Breshears. He appeared in the census on 13 May 1910 in Fristoe Township, Benton, Missouri, United States. On 12 Sep 1918 Francis was a laborer for California Portland Cement Co in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. He lived at 560 WI in Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States on 12 Sep 1918. He appeared in the census on 3 Jan 1920 in Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States. In Apr 1930 Francis was a motor oiler at a gas plant in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States. He appeared in the census on 2 Apr 1930 at 128 Wilshire Drive in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.⁷ He lived at 128 Wilshire Drive in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935. In Apr 1940 Francis was a maintenance worker at an oil well in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States. He appeared in the census on 3 Apr 1940 at 128 Wilshire Drive in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.⁸ He died on 26 Feb 1958 at the age of 73 in Patton, San Bernardino, California, United States.³ The city information was obtained from family search family tree.  This was an sourced entry based on the California Death Index, however the city was not shown on this source. Francis was buried on 28 Feb 1958 in Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States. Obtained from family search family tree.  This was an unsourced entry.

Francis Marion BRESHEARS Jr. and Cora HENDERSON were married on 12 Jun 1904 in Hickory, Missouri, United States. The marriage date and location were obtained from family search family tree.  The entry was not sourced. 

Cora HENDERSON was born on 25 Jan 1887 in Benton, Missouri, United States. Exact date and location obtained from family search family tree unsourced entry. She appeared in the census on 13 May 1910 in Fristoe Township, Benton, Missouri, United States. She lived at 560 WI in Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States on 12 Sep 1918. Cora appeared in the census on 3 Jan 1920 in Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States. In Apr 1930 she was a citrus packer at a citrus packing plant in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States. She appeared in the census on 2 Apr 1930 at 128 Wilshire Drive in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States. Cora appeared in the census on 4 Apr 1940 at 128 Wilshire Drive in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States. She died on 3 Mar 1970 at the age of 83 in Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States. Exact date and location obtained from family search family tree unsourced entry. She was buried on 5 Mar 1970 in Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States. Exact date and location obtained from family search family tree unsourced entry. Cora was also known as Cora Breshears.

Francis Marion BRESHEARS and Cora HENDERSON had the following child:

Juanita "Fay" BRESHEARS, born 5 Jan 1908, Missouri, United States; married Rolland HOSTETLER, abt 1927, California, United States; died 6 Oct 1993, Yucaipa, San Bernardino, California, United States.

More information on Juanita "Fay" Breshears may be found on my previous post of 1/7/14 on the Breshears family.

Fine tuning my work process for Roots Magic, Ancestry member tree and Familysearch Family Tree

My work  process has been slightly fine tuned and is now working fairly smoothly.  The steps are as follows:

1. On Ancestry.com work the "shaky leaf" hints.  Prove out the hint prior to accepting.
2. Add the hint to the person on my ancestry member tree.
3. Download the record and save to my computer
4. Create a source for the person / fact in my Roots Magic 6 program.
5. Share the data between my Roots Magic database and my matched person on the Family Search Family Tree.
6. If data or sources are available on Familysearch but not on Ancestry I will have them automatically update my Familysearch Family Tree record.
7. Sync the updated record between FS Family Tree and Roots Magic.
8. Manually update my Ancestry member tree. 

This is a rather involved process but it allow me to keep my three family trees all updated and pretty much in sync.

I do have to manually add my photos to both Ancestry and Familysearch which I have not done a lot of yet.

Still working on my Breshears line - Juanita Fay Breshears (Hostetlers, Odenbaughs)

For the past week I've been working on my first cousin (once removed) Juanita Fay Breshears.

Fay was the daughter of Francis Marion and Cora Henderson Breshears.  She married Rolland Hostetler around 1927 in California.  I still need a marriage record to support this.  They lived in California their entire lives.

Rolland and Fay had two children.  Sharon and Duane Keith Hostetler.

Sharon married Leonard Odenbaugh in San Bernardino, California in 1956.  They had two children Keith and Kelly.

I really enjoy working in the state of California.  The available records on line is amazing.  The California Birth and Death indexes are great.  Between those and the SSDI and Find A Grave I was able to piece together a lot of information on this "lost side" of my family.

Due to the distance my immediate family was never really close to this family.  Fay Breshears was a first cousin to my mother.  Years ago Rolland, Fay and Duane use to come to our home in Missouri for summer vacation.  They visited all of the Breshears relatives in the area while they were here.  I remember they had a camper for their pickup that they traveled and stayed in.

In the above photo:

Front: Alberta Shepard, Lula Breshears, Zelma Varner. Rear: Charlie Breshears, Duane & Fay Hostetler and James Varner.

Working on the Breshears - Marilla S Breshears and Henry S Henderson family of Fullerton, CA

The past few weeks I've been working on my Grandaunt Marilla "Rilla" Breshears Henderson and her family.  I have discovered five new first cousins (once removed).  Rilla was the daughter of my Great Grandfather Francis Marion Breshears.  Rilla and her husband Henry moved from Missouri to California in around 1929.  For that reason our families were never that close.

Again, Ancestry.com came to my rescue.  The amount of information that I was able to find on Rilla, Henry and their five children was unbelievable.  Using census records, birth, death and find a grave records I was able to trace their births in Missouri, move to California, deaths and burials.

The family as far as I can reconstruct it is as follows:

Henry S Henderson - Father
Marilla (Rilla) Breshears Henderson - Mother
Neva Pearl Henderson - daughter  >  married Wilbur Weaver
Mabel Henderson - daughter
Willetta Henderson - daughter
Samuel Henderson - son
Mary Henderson - son

As usual I'm willing to collaborate with anyone who is working on this family.  Simply post a comment here or send me an email.  It would help if you stated your relationship to the family