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Fawcett Family

The Fawcett Family

  • Publication date: March 2020
  • Pages: 716
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  • We can trace our Fawcett ancestry back to Thomas Fawcett who was born around 1683 in Ireland. This book starts with him and then traces his descendants. Detailed biographies are provided for our direct line from Thomas Fawcett to Harry Allen Lawrence Fawcett. Our Fawcett heritage is an interesting heritage of Early American Quakers, soldiers, homesteaders, and farmers. In the records, the name is found spelled many ways including Faucett, Faucit, Fawcitt, Fewcatt, Fawcatt, and Fawcet, but we know the name as Fawcett.

Fawcett Pedigree Chart

Pedigree Chart for Lona Iona Fawcett

Where are they in the tree?

Ancestor Report for Lona Iona Fawcett

Ancestors of Lona Iona Fawcett

Profiles and Posts:

  • Suffrage – The 1920 Election
    This is the fifth segment in our series about women’s suffrage. In the first, you were introduced to our sixteen female ancestors who were alive in the United States in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was signed on 26 Aug 1920. The second post gave a summary of the path leading to gaining full voting rights in 1920. The third and fourth covered the elections in which our profiled ancestors were not allowed to vote. This post covers the 1920 election – the first election where women across the United States had full voting rights. Cox versus Harding James M.… Read more: Suffrage – The 1920 Election
  • Suffrage – Missed Elections Part 2 -1896 through 1916
    This is the fourth post in our series on women’s suffrage. In the first post you were introduced to our sixteen female ancestors who were alive when the 19th Amendment was ratified. In the second, you got a brief history lesson on voting prior to the 19th Amendment. This post and the previous post discuss what our ladies missed in the elections in which they were prohibited from voting. This post covers the presidential elections from 1896 through 1916. We are only profiling the sixteen female ancestors who gained full voting rights when the 19th Amendment was signed on August… Read more: Suffrage – Missed Elections Part 2 -1896 through 1916
  • Suffrage – Missed Elections Part 1 – 1868 through 1892
    This is the third post in our series on women’s suffrage. In the first post you were introduced to our sixteen female ancestors who were alive when the 19th Amendment was ratified. In the second, you got a brief history lesson on voting prior to the 19th Amendment. This post discusses what our ladies missed in the elections in which they were prohibited from voting. We are only profiling the sixteen female ancestors who gained full voting rights when the 19th Amendment was signed on August 26, 1920. But, even though they aren’t being called out by name, generations and… Read more: Suffrage – Missed Elections Part 1 – 1868 through 1892
  • Suffrage – The Path to Voting Rights
    This is the second post in our series on Women’s Suffrage. The first post introduced you to our sixteen female ancestors who were living in the United States in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was signed on 26 Aug 1920. This post covers efforts leading up to women getting full voter rights. Some Votes Cast Prior to 1920, women were allowed to vote. Sometimes. Rarely. Because voting was often tied to property ownership, many states allowed widows with property to vote. Supposedly, a woman named Lydia Chapin Taft was the first woman to legally vote in the American Colonies in… Read more: Suffrage – The Path to Voting Rights
  • Suffrage – Our Female Voters
    This first post in the series introduces you to our sixteen female ancestors who were alive in the United States in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was signed on 26 Aug 1920. Subsequent posts will cover efforts leading up to women getting full voting rights, elections in which our ladies were not to allowed to vote, the 1920 election, a special guest essay on one of our ladies, and struggles that remain long after 1920. Our ladies We had sixteen female ancestors who were alive in 1920 when the 19th Amendment came to be law. We can’t say how much… Read more: Suffrage – Our Female Voters
  • Fawcett Family History
    It’s done! It’s done! It’s finally done! I’m happy to announce that I have completed my book on our Fawcett family history. We can trace our Fawcett ancestry back to Thomas Fawcett who was born around 1683 in Ireland. This book starts with him and then traces his descendants. Detailed biographies are provided for our direct line from Thomas Fawcett to Harry Allen Lawrence Fawcett. Our Fawcett heritage is an interesting heritage of Early American Quakers, soldiers, homesteaders, and farmers.
  • Going back 102 years to 18 October 1915
    Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But our ordinary is likely very different than the ordinary of our ancestors. Though, in some ways things are probably similar. So, this is the first of a series of what will become regular blog posts in which we will go back in time to explore what our ancestors may have been doing on a certain date. This idea was inspired by Roberta Estes’ blog post, On This Day – What Were Your Ancestors Doing? – 52 Ancestors #170. She picked a day and went back 100 years. I’m putting a slightly different… Read more: Going back 102 years to 18 October 1915
  • Happy Birthday Helen Lucina Baldwin
    Helen Lucina Baldwin (1855-1932) Helen Lucina Baldwin was born on 05 Sep 1855 in Wisconsin as the fourth child of Philander Baldwin and Charlotte Johnson. She had four siblings, namely: Mary L., Lorena M., Martha A, and Harvey E. We don’t know exactly where in Wisconsin she was born, but when she was five, the family was living at Medina, Dane, Wisconsin. It is not clear exactly when Helen ended up in Iowa but it was likely sometime between 1864 and 1869. Two of her older sisters married in Wisconsin in 1861 and 1864, respectively. Her other older sister, died… Read more: Happy Birthday Helen Lucina Baldwin
  • A Quick Trip to Iowa
    State Historical Society of Iowa Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting twig (or nut) appears somewhere on the family tree. Here is a little news of recent findings. Making the Trip On Thursday, I got to spend the day in one of my favorite places – a genealogy research center! As I recommended awhile back when I visited the Minnesota History Center Gale Family Library, I did some preparation before I went. I don’t know that I ever really felt totally ready, but I was armed with a list of things that I wanted to find… Read more: A Quick Trip to Iowa
  • Happy Birthday Thomas Fawcett
    Thomas Fawcett (1795-1865) Thomas Fawcett was born on 16 Feb 1794/5 in Frederick, Virginia, as the thirteenth and youngest child of Thomas Fawcett and Martha Branson. His parents were of the Quaker faith, so his birth was recorded as 16th day, 11th month, 1794. Their year started in mid-March, so the 11th month was February. Thomas had twelve siblings, namely: John, Richard, Martha, Rachel, David, Hannah, Lydia, Thomas (died as child), Joseph, Mary, Eunice (died young), and Eunice. When Thomas was about twenty years old, he and his parents removed from Virginia and resettled in Ohio. As Quakers, they had to… Read more: Happy Birthday Thomas Fawcett
  • Happy Birthday Elizabeth Bowen
    Elizabeth Bowen Morris (1661-1743) Elizabeth Bowen was born on 26 Jan 1660/61 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, as the second child of Henry Bowen and Elizabeth Johnson. She had nine siblings, namely: Henry, John, Margaret, Maria, Margaret, Abigail, Penuel, Esther, and Isaac. Elizabeth Bowen was baptized on 27 Jan 1660/1, a day after she was born, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Before we really get started, here is a note about place names… the names listed are what the places are called now. When Elizabeth was alive we did not have states or even have thirteen colonies. The New World was just being settled… Read more: Happy Birthday Elizabeth Bowen
  • Happy Birthday Hope Borden
    Hope Borden (1747-<1810) Hope Borden was born on 28 Oct 1747 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA as the first child of John Borden and Susanna Pearse. She had ten siblings, namely: Thomas, Richard, Benjamin, Ann, Joshua, Mary, Sarah, Susannah, John, and Ruth. When she was 20, she married Ezra Brownell, son of George Brownell and Sarah Bailey, on 20 Oct 1768 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Ezra Brownell and Hope Borden had fifteen children: Susan Brownell was born 5 Apr 1771. She married Daniel Hoyt on 26 May 1797. She died on 08 Aug 1847 in Fredonia, Calhoun, Michigan. Richard Brownell… Read more: Happy Birthday Hope Borden
  • Happy Birthday James W Huleress Fawcett
    James W Huleress “Hugh” Fawcett (1848-1935) James W Huleress Fawcett was born on 12 Aug 1848 in Belmont, Ohio, as the second child of Simeon Fawcett and Margaret Woods. He had seven siblings, namely: Nathan Emmett, Euclid B., Charles Noble, Orlando Nefagus F. R., Reno C., Hannah Tursey, and Utah. He was called Hugh. When he was very young, his parents relocated the family from Ohio to Iowa. During his childhood he lived in a variety of places. In 1850, the family lived in Newport, Johnson County, Iowa. In 1860, they lived in Washington, Washington County, Iowa. When he was… Read more: Happy Birthday James W Huleress Fawcett
  • Happy Birthday Robert Fitz Randolph (1712-~1803)
    Robert Fitz Randolph (1712-~1803) Birth Robert Fitz Randolph was born on 19 Jul 1712 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey as the fifth child of Edward Fitz Randolph and Katherine Hartshorne. The date was listed as the 19th day of the 5th month of 1712, but double dating was still in use, so the first month was March and the fifth month of the year was July. Robert had nine siblings, namely: Richard, Edward, Thomas, Mary, Nathaniel, Margaret, Eseck, Hugh, and Hartshorne. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, commonly called the Quakers. Robert’s birth was recorded in the… Read more: Happy Birthday Robert Fitz Randolph (1712-~1803)
  • Happy Birthday Lona Iona Fawcett
    Lona Iona Fawcett (1902-1973) Lona Iona Fawcett was born on 28 Jun 1902 in Sac City, Sac, Iowa as the only child of Harry Allen Lawrence Fawcett and Barbara Mary Meyer. She was so tiny when she was born that she fit into a shoe box. She never did get very tall. As an adult she stood only 4’9″ tall. She grew up in Sac County, Iowa during her youth. When she was 17, Lona married Thomas Leland Estes, son of John Thomas Estes and Zelpha Lou McCall, on 30 Sep 1919 in Sac City, Sac, Iowa. A story was told… Read more: Happy Birthday Lona Iona Fawcett
  • Happy Birthday Barbara Mary Meyer
    Barbara Mary Meyer (1881-1972) Barbara Mary Meyer was born on 09 Jun 1881 in Mendota, La Salle, Illinois as the child of Jacob B. Meyer and Barbara Mary Stadler. She had nine siblings, namely: Jacob, Frank M, Mathias, Robert, Christena, Katharina, Jerome Adam, Hieronimus, and a sister who died as an infant. Barbara was the seventh of the living children. She had two younger brothers. Her parents had both been born in Germany and immigrated to the United States. Her father fought for the Union in the Civil War. Afterwards, he met her mother and they started their family in… Read more: Happy Birthday Barbara Mary Meyer
  • Happy Birthday John Borden
    John Borden (1729-1801) Two hundred and eighty-seven years ago, John Borden was born on 12 May 1729 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island as the second child of Thomas Borden and Mary Briggs. He had five siblings, namely: Job, Mary, Joseph, Sarah, and William. When he was 17, he married Susanna Pearse, daughter of Richard Pearce VI and Susanna Lawton, on 16 Oct 1746 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. John Borden and Susanna Pearse had the following children: At some point, John Borden left Rhode Island and relocated to New York. The births of his kids, except Sarah, were recorded in… Read more: Happy Birthday John Borden
  • Happy Birthday Crooked Run Tommy
    Thomas Fawcett (1747/8-~1822) Today is the 268th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Fawcett. He was born on 24th day 1st month 1748 in Frederick County Virginia. He was the second of six children of Richard Fawcett and Rachel Ireson. Birth Date Thomas was born into the Society of Friends, known to us as the Quaker faith. Double dating was still in effect when he was born, so not only does his birth date involve double dating listing the year as 1747/8 and March as the 1st month of the year (see posts on Thankful Badcock and Joseph Johnson for an explanation… Read more: Happy Birthday Crooked Run Tommy
  • Is there curling in their DNA?
    No athletic ability passed down to me I have never given much thought to athletics in my family history. I personally have no skill in that area whatsoever. I’ve never met a sport that couldn’t make me cry. I was always picked last in gym class and I don’t blame the people doing the picking. I hated playing dodge ball (which we played every single day in sixth grade) and always tried to get hit right away so that I could be out. In high school, my normally patient friend, who was a member of the girl’s golf team, took me along… Read more: Is there curling in their DNA?
  • Happy Birthday Harry Fawcett
    In the first in what will become a regular series of birthday remembrances, I’m taking time to remember Harry Fawcett. Harry Allen Lawrence Fawcett was born 144 years ago today. He was born 4 February 1872 in Jasper county, Iowa to Hugh and Helen (Baldwin) Fawcett. He was the second child. He had an older brother, Ralph C. Fawcett (1870-1885), and three younger siblings: As a young child, the family moved from Jasper County to Harrison, Adair County, Iowa. His dad was a farmer. On 3 August 1899, Harry married to Miss Barbara Meyer at Sac City, Sac, Iowa. They had… Read more: Happy Birthday Harry Fawcett
  • A Wee Bit Irish
    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! According to my Ancestry.com DNA test, I am of 6% Irish heritage. That confirms that I am only a wee little bit Irish. My watered down Irish genes come from both the paternal and maternal sides of my mom’s family. Grab a Guinness and read my tale. The McCalls My 5th great-grandfather, Robert McCall was born in 1751 in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. In 1773, he brought his wife and infant daughter to America. There have been some wild tales told about Robert and how he happened to come to America. One says that his… Read more: A Wee Bit Irish

A Quick Trip to Iowa

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State Historical Society of Iowa Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting…

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A Wee Bit Irish

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! According to my Ancestry.com DNA test, I am of 6% Irish…

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