A Dozen Obituaries from Fort Wayne, IN

In May I spent a few days at the delightful Allen County Public library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. If you are interested in genealogy and have never been to this library you should make every effort to spend a few days there.  Their genealogy collection is unbelievable. Beyond what I can describe here.  Their huge Microfilm collection had obituaries from the local papers and contained a dozen obituaries shown below.   
     I have no tale to tell with today's posting. Just the raw data from the obituaries. If you are researching the Wiseley family, especially the "George line" this may be of interest to you.


 (The George line is a branch from the John Wiseley that came from Lancaster PA to Lancaster OH about 1800. He had 4 sons and a daughter William, Edward, James, George and Mary.)


Hopefully some of the information in the obits will be useful to someone. Please remember that the date of the obituary is probably not the same as the date of their death.


At first I had planned to organize the following obituaries according to who was related to whom. But when I discovered so many links, and connecting relatives I decided it would be more fun for you, gentle reader, to discover these connections for yourself.  As usually happens new data raises as many questions as it answers.  I still don't know if Kathryn listed here was the wife of either person who had a wife named Kathryn. 
         In the next blog I will comment on what can be learned from these 12 obits and what family connections they might contain.  

Pg 7-June 16, 1955  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (FWJG)

Pg 3L-  Jan 26, 2007 - Fort Wayne News Sentinel  (FWNS) 

Pg 33 - Dec07, 1955  FWJG

Pg 4a - June 17, 1991 FWNS

Pg 4c - June 17, 1983  FWJG

pg 12 - June 1, 1937 (FWJG) 

Pg 2A -June 12, 1968 - FWJG

Pg 12  Jan 25, 1926  FWNS

Pg 2 - Dec 08, 1934 FWJG

Pg 8 -September 4, 1939  FWJG

Pg 14 -July 19, 1919  FWJG

Pg 2- Oct 22, 1960 FWJG

      Well, did your head get as confused as mine did when I first read  these and found several connections between several that were listed?  Some times genealogy is a mixture of  mystery, logic, common sense and plain hard work. That is why it is so much fun. 

    Once again thank you for taking time to read my blog. I hope it is informative for you. I would love any feedback or questions regarding Wiseley (and all variations).  Also if you are working on a family tree please share a copy with me. I will not publish any material unless I ask you first. 

     A big thank you to all who have shared so much with me already. Your generous help has provided me with resources unavailable to me otherwise.  I send all of you a heartfelt "Thanks"! 

David  

Waters, MI

davidwiseley@gmail.com