{"id":10186,"date":"2023-09-27T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/?p=10186"},"modified":"2023-09-27T23:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T04:37:42","slug":"the-gift-of-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/the-gift-of-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Grandpa\u2019 McCracken\u2019s Aunt Minnie Alameda Munroe unknowingly left the family a wonderful gift even though she didn\u2019t name them in her will.&nbsp; The only people included in her will were Charles Munroe (her husband), Mabel Raukohl (her niece), and The Old Peoples Home of Illinois Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church in Quincy, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">The Probate Paper<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Grandpa had kept a paper he had received from the Probate Court in Quincy, Illinois regarding his Aunt Minnie\u2019s estate.&nbsp; It listed all of her heirs, leading to many surprising discoveries. <em>(Thank s to Grandpa and my dad for saving this document!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The list of heirs was quite lengthy and contained names unknown to the family. The names of these unknown people were sprinkled amongst the known names. Aunt Minnie had no known children nor did her husband Charles.&nbsp; So, who were these people?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Margaret Armstrong<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Addie Brown&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Martha Boswell,<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eleaner Kealen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">Anna Macklin<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">John Macklin<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Lester Macklin<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Oltis Macklin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"\">William Macklin<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Lawrence McCracken<\/p>\n<p>Bertha Neal<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">The most prominent name was Macklin, but the name that caught my attention the most was \u201cLawrence McCracken.\u201d&nbsp; None of the records I had found at that point for Lemuel and Louisiana McCracken, Minnie\u2019s parents, listed a son Lawrence.&nbsp; Who was Lawrence McCracken?&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-7 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"\">The 1860 Census<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">After much digging, I had some records, but they didn&#8217;t come together into a clear picture.&nbsp; Finally, I started going page by page manually walking through the 1860 census for Lee County, Iowa where Lemuel supposedly lived at the time, but where a census record for that year had not yet been found.&nbsp; Eventually, I found a census record that had been poorly recorded and poorly transcribed.&nbsp; As transcribed online, it included the names shown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I had expected to find Lemuel, Louisiana, and their son Lemuel Franklin\/Francis. However, none of the names were quite right and there were extra people.&nbsp; The names &#8220;Samuel &#8220;and &#8220;Lemuel&#8221; look very similar in handwriting of the time, so that was a likely match, but Rosannah was way off. And, who were Delormah, Mary, and Lewis? &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Still, I was sure this had to be our family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-5 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px inset;\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-rounded bg-box-border-double bg-box-cover\" style=\"box-shadow: #0d1aaa 0px 0px 0px 3px inset; background-color: rgba(100, 148, 180, 0.36);\">\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Census Record<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">(as transcribed online)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Samuel McCracker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Rosannah McCracker* <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mary McCracker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Lewis McCracker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Delormah McCracker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Samuel McCracker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Rosannah is an apparent misunderstanding of Louisiana that occurred in multiple documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"\">The Surprises&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After many, many hours of research I determined how each of these people fit in the family tree, learning many surprises along the way.&nbsp; (<em>I was going to number the surprises, but that became a bit complex.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-center\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-rounded-bottom-left bg-box-rounded-top-left bg-box-cover\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: #3d6b93;\">\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Lemuel McCracken<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-edged bg-box-cover color-2-text-contrast color2-background-color\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"\">I found that Lemuel had been married to Sarah Dufer before he married my great-great grandmother.&nbsp; It is assumed his first wife died, but no information has been found about her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-center\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-rounded-bottom-left bg-box-rounded-top-left bg-box-cover\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: #3d6b93;\">\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Lawrence McCracken<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Delormah McCracken<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-edged bg-box-cover color-2-text-contrast color2-background-color\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"\">Lawrence McCracken was the same person as Delormah McCracken.&nbsp; His name was Delorma (various spellings) Lawrence McCracken.&nbsp; He was the son of Lemuel and his first wife.&nbsp; We had never heard of him before the probate papers. He had been living with another family in 1870.&nbsp; Thus, he didn\u2019t show up with the family in that census.&nbsp; And, although he was only 15, he stayed in Iowa when Lemuel and Louisiana moved to Kansas. He later married and had 8 children.&nbsp; We have DNA matches to many of his descendants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-center\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-rounded-bottom-left bg-box-rounded-top-left bg-box-cover\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: #3d6b93;\">\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Louisiana Matteer<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Louisiana Johnson<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Louisiana Badgley<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-edged bg-box-cover color-2-text-contrast color2-background-color\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"\">Louisiana\u2019s maiden name was not Johnson as the family had always believed or Mattser as some researchers believed. &nbsp;Instead, it was Matteer.&nbsp; Her parents were Matthias Matteer and Mary Rodgers.&nbsp; She was the oldest of their 10 kids.&nbsp; After her mother died, Matthias and his new wife Elizabeth Soloman moved to Lee County, Iowa with many of his kids.&nbsp; Louisiana joined them sometime before 1859, coming from Ohio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-center\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-rounded-bottom-left bg-box-rounded-top-left bg-box-cover\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: #3d6b93;\">\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Louis McCracken<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Louis Badgley<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-edged bg-box-cover color-2-text-contrast color2-background-color\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"\">Louis was the son of Louisiana and James Badgley.&nbsp; We hadn\u2019t known he existed and something appears to have happened to him between 1860 and 1870 as &nbsp;no records are found for him after 1860.&nbsp; Additionally,&nbsp; he is not mentioned in the probate papers for Minnie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-center\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-rounded-bottom-left bg-box-rounded-top-left bg-box-cover\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: #3d6b93;\">\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Mary McCracken<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Mary Badgley<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Mary Macklin<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-edged bg-box-cover color-2-text-contrast color2-background-color\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"\">Mary was the daughter of Louisiana and James Badgley.&nbsp; Her existence was also a surprise.&nbsp; She married John Macklin in 1865.&nbsp; They moved to Adams County, Illinois, where Lemuel and Louisiana\u2019s children Frank, Minnie, and Ida later lived. It is believed , but not yet proven, that after Louisiana died, Mary raised her half-sister Minnie, who was 27 years younger than her.&nbsp; It is important to note that prior to that time Minnie was called Frances.&nbsp; The name change is a mystery that has yet to be solved, but Frances and Minnie are clearly the same person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-center\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-rounded-bottom-left bg-box-rounded-top-left bg-box-cover\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: #3d6b93;\">\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And, The Rest<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"bg-box bg-box-edged bg-box-cover color-2-text-contrast color2-background-color\" style=\"box-shadow: #cecece 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"\">Mary and John had 8 children.&nbsp; The remainder of the people in the probate document are their descendants.&nbsp; Addie Brown, Martha Boswell and Eleaner Kealen were their children. Otis Macklin, Lester Macklin, Anna Macklin, Margaret Armstrong, and John Macklin were the children of William Macklin, who was deceased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">These members of the Macklin family led to even more descendants of great-great-grandma Louisiana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 50px;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">The Moral Of The Story<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So, as a result of starting with one probate paper, I ended up finding additional marriages for both of my great-great grandparents, additional children for each of them, Louisiana\u2019s parents, Louisiana&#8217;s siblings, and a bunch of descendants of the various people. Could they have been found without the paper?&nbsp; It is&nbsp; reasonably likely that I would have eventually pieced this branch of the family together without it.&nbsp; However, it would have set my research back years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Moral of the story:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong> Don\u2019t toss aside a record just because names on it are unfamiliar or don&#8217;t look quite right.&nbsp; You never know what surprises are in store for you with a little <em>(okay sometimes a lot) <\/em>of research!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandpa\u2019 McCracken\u2019s Aunt Minnie Alameda Munroe unknowingly left the family a wonderful gift even though she didn\u2019t name them in her will.&nbsp; The only people included in her will were Charles Munroe (her husband), Mabel Raukohl (her niece), and The Old Peoples Home of Illinois Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church in Quincy, Illinois. &nbsp; The Probate Paper &nbsp; Grandpa had kept a paper he had received from the Probate Court in Quincy, Illinois regarding his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mccracken"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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