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6001 He had children born in Missoui in 1837 and 1839. His wife remarried in 1846 in Missouri. We assume that he died in Missouri abt 1839-1846 Creasy, William B (I5939)
 
6002 He had returned to England Hubbard, Benjamin (I6946)
 
6003 He is a stepbrother to Johann Heinrich Johannes b. 1814 per the 1857 census. Beltz, Johann Gottfried (I23687)
 
6004 He is listed as widower on marriage record Family: Gerritt Post / Fransyntje Petersen (F2715)
 
6005 He is not on the Kuhlberg list in 1766, therefore he was born after 8/8/1766 in Russia after the family arrived from Germany Maser, Conrad (I2812)
 
6006 He may be the H Schultz in lot#449 4 West at Brookside Cemetery in Fairgrove. His father, William and grandmother, Sarah Phelps are in the same lot. Schultz, Howard Eugene (I4684)
 
6007 He may be the Thomas Toughe mentioned in the Will of William Toughe d. 1619 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. See TAG 30:193-212 Toughe, Thomas (I3433)
 
6008 He moved to Yarmouth by 1831 when he purchased 1200 acres, which were later split up between his six sons at 200 acres apiece.

quote from a message borad post in 2002: Hello Scott, The Kipps are mentioned several times in the book. The book begins with Jonathan Doan acquiring the property around what would be Sparta," Two years later He returned to Pennsylvania and reported so favorably that several heads of families, mostly Quakers, decided to return with him. They were John Kipp, William Harvey, Joseph Albertson, Samuel Scott, and John Mills." This was 1815. The John Kipp house still stands and is now known as the Sanderson House. There is a picture in the book of this house. There are several references to Jessie and Caleb Kipp in the book. I have come upon the Sparta Kipp,s many times in my research of my Mills, Minards, and Issac Moore families. Most of the men in Sparta men joined in the Canadian rebellion of 1837 / 1838, Jonathan Doan's son Joshua was the leader of the Sparta group, My grandfather (David Moore Black born 1887) told many stories of Isaac Moore during this time, Some of the stories are on an audio tape. They were all captured, Doan was hung, Isaac was acquitted, and Caleb Kipp was banished from the province for life. There is a lot of information on this. Contact me off line for a little more at blacknit@gte.net . David K Black in Kenmore Wa
Where The Record Is Found (Citation)
Familysearch.org
Kingston (New York). Trustees
Film 8626650, image 112 of 729, unpaginated
Minutes of the Trustees 1795-1816
Meeting the 5th day of December 1799
Describe The Record (Notes)
Meeting the 5th day of December 1799
"At the Request of John Mills Son-in-Law of James Minerd at Clyne Esopus or Poppletown Resolved to Execute a Durable Lease to said mills for the farm of 56 acres Late the possession of Daniel Olmstead who is Absconded for the sum of 110 pounds...& the Arrears of the Rent Supposing abt 33 pounds Together 143 pounds
The Said Mills Accepted of the Resolution"
On the 19th of December Ichabod and Daniel Olmstead met with the trustees and requested that the Trustees disannul the bargain with Mills...the Trustees declined.
This record is the only record that confirms that John Mills was married to a daughter of James Mined (Minard), elsewhere that daughter is show to be Abigail Minard.
Source Date
8 February 1800
Where The Record Is Found (Citation)
Ulster County Mortgages, 1767-1851
Film DGS 8201554
Vol. 9, Page 101-103, Images 60 and 61 of 591
Register of mortgage
Mortgagee: John Mills of Rochester, Ulster County
Mortgagor: Trustees of Town of Kingston
Mortgage date: 8 Feb 1800
Registered: 22 Mar 1800
What: Dwelling house, barn and land in Clyne Esopus or Poppletown within the bounds of Kingston
Description: Metes and bounds given starting with a marked buttonwood tree standing in a brook on the bounds of Hendrick Lits...bounds of Clark... back to the beginning, 56 acres.
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Describe The Record (Notes)
NOTE: This documents that John Mills moved from Rochester to Kingston.
From Elgin County, Ontario Probate Records
Place: Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario
Died: 25 Apr 1864
Probate Filed: 18 May 1864
Executor: Isaac Mills, Samuel Hathaway
Heirs:
Wife Abigail
Children of deceased son Samuel: William, George Washington, Almira
Children of deceased son Cornelius: Minard, Ira, Daniel, William
Sons: David, James, Isaac, John
Daughters: Sarah Doan, Phebe Kipp

This represents the 8 children that we have on record for him. Note that mills john probate 2.jpg is a schedule of who owes him money. The first and the the largest ($464) in the list is owed by Abner, isaac and Amasa Chase.

From the Marlborough Monthly Meeting: 24 Oct 1810 John Mills and wife Abigail of New Paltz, NY requested certificate of removal to the Adolphus Monthly meeting in Upper Canada.
From the Adolphus Monthly Meeting of women: 21 Mar 1811 The certificate from the Marlborough Meeting for Abigail Mills is accepted.
From the Adolphus Monthly Meeting of women:18 Jan 1816. Abigail Mills and her husband John requested a certificate of removal to the Junious (NY) Monthly meeting
From the Norwich (Hicksite) Meeting of women: 22 May 1820 Abigail Mills, wife of John Mills has her certificate of removal from the Junious (NY) Monthly Meeting accepted by the Norwich (Canada) Meeting.
From the Norwick Monthly Meeting of women: May 1830 Abigail Mill's name appears on a membership list.
In the 1800 Federal Census we find John Mills in New Paltz. The census has his age between 26 and 45, which fits with an age of approximate 30. The census show 4 males and zero females under the age of 10. We show 3 males and 0 females within that age range. (the number 4 in the males box is indistinct and could conceivably be a one. By comparing it with other 4’s on the page, I believe it to be a 4). There is 1 other Mills in Ulster County on the 1800 census, that is James Mills (incorrectly indexed on ancestry as James Miler) who is in Rochester. His age is over 45.
From:https://elgin.ogs.on.ca/ancestor-indexes/cemetery-transcriptions/yarmouth-sparta-friends-quaker/
Abigail MILLS / died / the 27th of 9th month / 1864 / AE 94 yrs / 4 mo & 16 ds /
John MILLS Sen’r / died / the 25th of 4th mo / 1864 / AE 93 yrs / 7 mo & 16 ds /
 		Mills, John (I6276)
 
6009 He was a son of John Remine and Florence, however used the Shannahan name. Shannahan, Jeremiah Leo (I12541)
 
6010 He was born Joseph Milton Wells. After a vicious divorce battle his mother renamed him Joseph Elliot Wells. He appears on the 1910 census as Joseph Milton (no last name) with his mother's new husband. The index uses Milton as a surname. Wells, Joseph Elliott (I6520)
 
6011 Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Source (S585)
 
6012 Hedding Cemetery, Sparta, Morrow, Ohio Weatherby, Leah (I5754)
 
6013 Heinrich Andreas Reitz, Katharina Dittenbir and children appear on the Kukkus Reitz Surname Chart prepared by Dr, Igor Pleve. It would be assumed that the children were all born in Kukkus, however American records leave no doubt that all the children were born in the USA. Reitz, Amalie (I1015)
 
6014 Heinrich Andreas Reitz, Katharina Dittenbir and children appear on the Kukkus Reitz Surname Chart prepared by Dr, Igor Pleve. It would be assumed that the children were all born in Kukkus, however American records leave no doubt that all the children were born in the USA. Reitz, Alexander (I1065)
 
6015 Heinrich Andreas Reitz, Katharina Dittenbir and children appear on the Kukkus Reitz Surname Chart prepared by Dr, Igor Pleve. It would be assumed that the children were all born in Kukkus, however American records leave no doubt that all the children were born in the USA. Reitz, Johann Peter (I1070)
 
6016 Heinrich Andreas Reitz, Katharina Dittenbir and children appear on the Kukkus Reitz Surname Chart prepared by Dr, Igor Pleve. It would be assumed that the children were all born in Kukkus, however American records leave no doubt that all the children were born in the USA. Reitz, Johann Jacob (I1453)
 
6017 Heinrich Andreas Reitz, Katharina Dittenbir and children appear on the Kukkus Reitz Surname Chart prepared by Dr, Igor Pleve. It would be assumed that the children were all born in Kukkus, however American records leave no doubt that all the children were born in the USA. Also Katherine Dittenbir lists her immigration to the USA in 1898. It would seem that the parents communicated with the church in Kukkus after immigrating and their childrens births were then entered into the Kukkus church records, where they were found many years later by Dr. Pleve.
Also the 1886 Kukkus Family List has a note that Andreas died in America 28 Apr 1904, as furthur evidence of entering American events in the Kukkus records.

The family has seen his death card and newspaper articles about the work accident in 1904 which killed him. The Reitz surname chart had 1909. 		Reitz, Heinrich Andreas (I2154)
 
6018 Heinrich Kukkus 17 Sept 1885 is listed twice in the 1886 Kukkus Family List. Once as the son of Andreas on line 2976 and once as the illigitimate son of Andreas's sister Katherine Elisabeth on line 2980. Obviously one of those listings is in error. Kukkus, Heinrich (I17353)
 
6019 Heinrich Kukkus 17 Sept 1885 is listed twice in the 1886 Kukkus Family List. Once as the son of Andreas on line 2976 and once as the illigitimate son of Andreas's sister Katherine Elisabeth on line 2980. Obviously one of those listings is in error. Kukkus, Heinrich (I17362)
 
6020 heinrich surname chart Schiebelhut, Maria Sophia (I763)
 
6021 heinrich surname chart Klaus, Anna Katharina (I774)
 
6022 heinrich surname chart Heinrich, Johann Philipp (I782)
 
6023 Heinrich/Henry Steinhauer - He and his wife and two of his wife's children from previous marriages sailed on the SS Laurentic from Liverpool on 8 Jul
1909 and arrived in Quebec City, QC, Canada on 16 July 1909. His contact in Russia was his sister Margaretha Steinhauer, and his contact in the USA was his brother George Steinhauer in Fresno, CA.

Obituary taken from the Monday, July 2, 1945 edition of the Fresno Bee, Fresno, Fresno County, CA, USA: HENRY STEINHAUER - Henry Steinhauer, 79, died late Saturday night in his home at 121 Effie Street after a short illness. Born in Russia, he came to the Fresno area 36 years ago. His wife, Mrs. Katherine B. Steinhauer, died six months ago. Surviving him are a [step] daughter, Mrs. Katherine M. Carlson of Sacramento; a stepson, Henry Reinhart of Fresno; two brothers, George and William Steinhauer of Fresno; 18 grandchildren and five [great-] grandchildren. The Rest Haven Chapel will be in charge of funeral arrangements, which will be announced later.
 		Steinhauer, Heinrich (I23490)
 
6024 Henry and sons discussed in TAG 14:214-215 Howland, Henry (I2261)
 
6025 Henry is probably the Henry named as a son in the will of William Weatherby in 1753. Weatherby, Henry (I2118)
 
6026 Her 1930 naturalization record shows that she emigrated under the name of Elisabeth Catherine Junker in 1909
 		Roh, Elisabeth Catharina (I25674)
 
6027 Her 2nd marriage Family: Peter Bickner / Margaret Kuhn (F4643)
 
6028 Her date of birth and fathers name on the death certificate ties her to the birth record in Raboldshausen, Hesse-Cassel, Germany Kolbe, Catherine Elisabeth (I6609)
 
6029 Her death certificate and marriage record gives parents of Carl Zimmerman & Mildred Sebald. However, her daughter dianebrook43 on her tree lists her mother as Lorna Ruth Little-Zimmerman. As Lorna's presumed mother Nora Rabideaux died Dec1929, perhaps this was an adoption situation?? One tree https://www.ancestry.com/community/profile.aspx?mba=001a388c-0002-0000-0000-000000000000 does show this as an adoptive relationship. The DNA and large number of shared matches are also consistent with Sanford Little being her father. Little, Lorna Ruth (I14898)
 
6030 Her father's will states "Annatie, wife of Jacob Van Aernum". Van Vranken, Annatie (I7194)
 
6031 Her first marriage Family: Amos Irish / Rhoda Mattison (F1795)
 
6032 Her name appears as Phillip in the records. Perhaps Philippa after her mother. Chase, Phillip (I6889)
 
6033 Her names appears as Sarah Edna and as Edna Sarah on various records. Her death record as reported by her father lists Edna Sarah. I suspect that she went by Sarah, though. Gordon, Edna Sarah (I6057)
 
6034 Her obituary notes that she was the mother of seven, four living, the three deceased being two by her first husband and one by her second husband.. Gammel, Anna Elisabeth (I17850)
 
6035 Her obituary shows no surviving children or grandchildren. Hunt, Tressa (I2707)
 
6036 Her parents could be either Georg Maser & Margaret Breckel of Kutter or Johannes Maser & Katharina Elisabeth Reitz of Kukkus; further research is needed. She does not appear on the Kukkus Maser Surname Chart. The Reifschneider chart only shows her year of birth. Maser, Katharina Margaretha (I21763)
 
6037 Her surname was Winter according to the Michigan death record for her son Philipp. WInter, Maria Christina (I17507)
 
6038 Here lies the body of Dn Josiah Dewey. He was born in Windsor 1640.........Slept in Jesus Sept7, 1732 In ye 92 year of his Age. Connecticut cemetery inscription. NEHGS 1920 Vol74 P57

transcriptions of Westfield Vital Records show wife of this Josiah as Experience Dewey--but that appears to be a mistake, as children born later are listed to Hepzibah. Also, Ebenezer listed as son of Josiah and Experience in Westfield Vital Records shows as son of Josiah and Hepzibah on his gravestone. Also Hepzibahs gravestone in Lebanon's Old Cemtery is inscribed as husband of Josiah.

6 Jun 1650; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 26. It is Agreed and Concluded betwixt this Courte in the behalfe of the Children of Thomas Dewey and Geo: Phelps of Wyndsor that the whole of the land both meadow and vpland mentioned in the said Deweys Invento: amounting to the Sum of 75£ Shall bee sequestred for the Childre[ns] seuerall porcons so farr as it goes, and the remainder be[ing] 52£, he Ingages himselfe to gi7e int to the Courte sufficie[nt] security for the payment thereof according to the will of the Courte. The howse and peece of land belonging to it valued at 40£, the said Phelps Accepts vppon his wiues parte of the Estate. 		Dewey, Josiah (I24040)
 
6039 Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Source (S925)
 
6040 Herrin, Cynthia, ed.. Source (S553)
 
6041 Hezikiah Allen's will in 1776 mentioned a child Catharine per book 'annals of the sinnott, roger, coffin, corlies, reeves, bodine and allied families'. citation monmouth county probate files.
Granvyl Hulse writes 'Catharine is reportedly the daughter of hezikiah Allen born 1716/20 in Shrewsbury,,,he was the son of Jonathon and Mary Corlies Allen both of Shrewsbury' but I have no citation on that.

Found a summarized transcription of aforementioned will on Hezikiah Allen of Shrewsbury Township dated 29 feb 1776. in 'The literary era: a monthly repository of literary and ..., Volume 3' no date of probate. liber 17, no page #, west jersey. perhaps there is another record when the will was proved?

So at this point we have no real evidence that our catharine is the daughter of hezikiah allen.

OneWorldTree shows catharine dau of hezekiah allen married unknown Hulse.

(www.archive.org/stream/calendarofnewjer06newj/calendarofnewjer06newj_djvu.txt)
1776, Feb 29. Allen, Hezekiali, of Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County; will of. Grandson, David Allen, £1. Daughters, Mary Allen and Martha Allen, all my wool now on the sheeps' backs. Rest of estate to be sold. Son, James. £10. Son, Jonathon, £10. Children-Mary Allen, James Allen, Jonathon Allen, Catharine Allen and Martha Allen, the rest. Executors-friends, Edward Patterson Cook and Benjamin Jackson. Witnesses-Christopher Romine, John Lawrence. Proved May 28, 1776. Lib 21, P. 91.

I am troubled by the fact that she was referred to as Catharine Allen, not Catharine Hulse in spite of being married for about 9 years at the time.

As this is all the real evidence we have, we would have to be leaning against this being the correct person.
 		Allen, Catharine (I2070)
 
6042 HH 96 Becker, Johann Philipp (I26314)
 
6043 HH30 Heizenraeder, Christoph (I3236)
 
6044 Highland Crest Cemetery Reitz, Katherine Marie (I21541)
 
6045 Highland Crest Cemetery Reitz, Gottfried (I21575)
 
6046 Hillside Memorium Cemetery Smith, Arthur D (I24164)
 
6047 Hinman Cemetery Hergenroeder, Anna Maria (I22811)
 
6048 Hinman Cemetery Freehling, Adam (I22838)
 
6049 His age on 1900 (b.1862) has to be wrong. He did not marry at age 11. All of other census have him b. 1852. Van Arman, George E (I10556)
 
6050 His death certificate shows Capp Maxfield as father. This is probably a nickname. Informant was Mrs. James Harvey, who is Linus's daughter Sylvia. Maxfield, Linus Dorr (I4122)
 
6051 His death record lists parents of John Conrad Dittenber and Mary K Sharp of Russia. That could well be Johann Konrad Dittenber b.1834 Kukkus and his wife Mary Katharina Scharf. Dittenbir, Philipp (I3376)
 
6052 His father probably had an earlier spouse who was his mother. Bell, Johannes (I22177)
 
6053 His first wife died 1766 or after. The first child with Dorothea born 1767. Unknown, Dorothea (I22683)
 
6054 His gs is possibly the single most important record we have for determining the origins of most of the Niagara District Felker families because his birth date can be confirmed exactly in German parish records. Völckel Felker, Ludwig "Lewis" (I5081)
 
6055 His marriage at Colchester is the only known record of this person. Treadway, Nathaniel (I6462)
 
6056 His mother's will in1655 left 10 shillings apiece to each of Samuel and Lydia's 7 children. They were not named, nor do we know the name of all of them. Hicks, Samuel (I6851)
 
6057 His murder is discussed in the August 1936 edition of Master Detective Magazine. He and another man were victims during a Bay City bank robbery. Debats, Martin L (I5882)
 
6058 his parents names are Unknown per Dr. Pleve. Krumm, Johann Heinrich (I21311)
 
6059 His parents were members of the First Church of Salem. Samuel became a Quaker by 1657. Gaskill, Samuel (I6652)
 
6060 His probate on americanancestors.org filed 11/3/1778. Filing dated 11/27/1783 states the widow Sarah is also deceased. Ball, Sarah (I8477)
 
6061 his widow had child in 1791 with Peter Debus Felsing, Johannes (I22108)
 
6062 His wife's identity is in question. It is said that he married twice, so some of the children may be allocated to different spouses. Chase, William (I5728)
 
6063 Household 1 in 1816 &1834 Kukkus Census Hergenroeder, Heinrich Johannes (I3249)
 
6064 Household 1 in 1816 &1834 Kukkus Census (deceased by 1834) Hergenroeder, Gottfried (I2811)
 
6065 Household 1 in 1834 Kukkus Census Hergenroeder, Johann Heinrich (I3247)
 
6066 Household 1 in 1834 Kukkus Census Hergenroeder, Johann Philipp (I23024)
 
6067 Household 1 in 1834 Kukkus Census Hergenroeder, Anna Maria (I23087)
 
6068 Household 1 in 1834 Kukkus Census--died 1817 per 1834 census. Age 1/4 in 1816 census. Hergenroeder, Johann Jakob (I23046)
 
6069 http://avonhistory2008.com/DAR_Alpha/DAR_main_alpha.htm Source (S348)
 
6070 http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/robert-goodman/article_452eb434-2b1a-11df-ba2d-001cc4c03286.html

March 09, 2010 12:00 am
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Robert Goodman, 81, of Sheridan, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, in Mesa, Ariz.

Robert was born Oct. 11, 1928, in Billings, to Adam and Anna (Kukes) Goodman. When Robert was 9, the family moved to Big Horn, Wyo., where he attended school. In 1949, Adam and Anna purchased the Pony Track Ranch on Lower Prairie Dog Road and the family moved there. Robert lived and worked on the ranch until 1958.

On Sept. 23, 1950, Robert married Norma Louise Neff. They would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September. Robert and Norma had four children.

In 1959, Robert and Norma purchased the Skelly Gas Station on North Main Street. They operated the gas station until 1972, when they sold it to Robert’s brother Louis. Robert and Norma then purchased the Mobile Home Estates Park and operated it until 1994. He also owned and operated Bob’s Mobile Wash. Robert was also a fuel hauler for Maverick Country Stores for 10 years. Robert retired in 2002, and he and Norma began traveling. They had spent the last eight winters in Arizona.

Robert enjoyed snowmobiling in the Big Horns - he was the first president of the Big Horn Mountain Snomads - and water skiing at Lake DeSmet. He enjoyed time with his family. He was a member of the Sheridan Elk’s Lodge.

He is survived by his wife and four children, Jim, Denver; Russell, Sheridan; Ruth Grevesen (Steve), Greeley, Colo.; and Cindy Pilch (Tom), Sheridan. Also five grandchildren, Richelle Grevesen-O’Neil (Patrick), Plano, Texas; Matt Goodman, Forest Grove, Ore.; Kristina Goodman, Sheridan; Emily Pilch, Billings; and Hilary Pilch, Laramie, Wyo. And a great-granddaughter, Aubrey Goodman, Sheridan. He is also survived by one sister, Sadie Robertson, Sheridan; and several nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, George, Louis, Howard, Virgil and Kenneth; one sister, Virginia Bury; and one grandson, Jason Obert.

Cremation has taken place. A celebration of life is planned at a later date. Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

Notes from Tanny Goodman:
(The following is a news article interview with my Aunt Sadie. I have made notations in [ ]s of clarification of some of the story from family members at the end of the article.)

<http://thesheridanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140201FULL.pdf>
Page 22

SHERIDAN PRESS ARTICLE
Saturday, February 1, 2014
By Lois Bell
Sheridan Senior Center

PIONEER DAUGHTERS SHARE POETRY, ART

UNDER PHOTO: Jean Harm, left, illustrated the cover to a book of poetry written by 95-year-old Sadie Robertson. Robertson had approached Harm to design the cover of her latest book of her poetry she had printed in October 2013. The illustration and poems draw on the women’s connection to the outdoors. Both Harm and Robertson are descendents of pioneers who settled in Sheridan County in the later part of the 19th century.

SHERIDAN - She was in her 50s when the poetic muse touched her. Now 95 years old, Sadie Robertson continues to see the world through the eyes of a poet. She published her fourth book of poems in October 2013.

“I write from what I’ve seen and from what I think I’ve learned from what I’ve seen,” Robertson said.

Her inspiration draws often from her experiencing the outdoors. Her Volga German ancestors from Russia connected to the earth when they began farming in Sheridan county in the later part of the 19th century.

“My grandfather, John Goodman, farmed in the area south of Sheridan College,” Robertson said.

Grandfather John may have been Robertson’s inspiration for her poem she titled “The Poet.”
“His gnarled old hands long to hold a
pen to move over a smooth, white paper;
but farming is all he has ever known;”

Robertson’s father also was connected to the outdoors. He worked on ranches and farms in the countryside surround- ing Billings. After the Great Depression and the Billings flood of 1937, her father moved back to Sheridan County where he had grown up. He worked on several farms and eventually bought the Pony Track Ranch on Lower Prairie Dog Creek. The place became known as the Goodman ranch and he operated it under his own brand.

Robertson, then Sadie Goodman, had already married a Montana cowboy and stayed in the Billings area. She divorced and moved to Sheridan. Later she met and married Angus Robertson, an immi- grant from Canada who led exploration crews looking for oil in the area. His career kept the Robertsons on the move and again connected to the outdoors. It was while they were living in Casper when Sadie began writing her first poems.

“My first collection was called “A Far- Away Country of Apples.” It’s in the Library of Congress. Tom Mercer illustrated the cover and encouraged me to publish it for sale,” Robertson said.

She did but did not like the experience of selling her poetry. “I don’t feel right selling my poetry, they are the deepest part of me. I only want to share them with people who know me or who I would like to know me,” she said.

Robertson wrote and printed her latest collection of poems in October 2013 in her book titled “Under a Western Sky” to share with those people.
She approached one of those special people, Jean Harm, to illustrate the cover.

Harm and Robertson share a common bond as descendents of pioneer families to Sheridan County. Harm, born Jean Wilkes, is the daughter of Sheridan pioneers. Her lineage is rooted with great- great grandparents who settled in the 1880s in the Parkman Five Mile Flats area.

Harm, who was kitchen manager of the dining room at Heritage Towers where Robertson lunched, would illustrate the daily menus. Robertson enjoyed Harm’s drawings.

“It was always a delightful little menu board. I always liked to see what (Jean) had done,” Robertson said.

“She (Robertson) told me she was doing one last book and wanted something on the cover that depicted Wyoming skies,” Harm said. “I told her I would do it for the fun of it.”

Harm, like Robertson, drew her inspiration from the outdoors. She went to her
family cabin in the Bighorns to draw in her sketch book. She drew three illustrations in color pencil before settling on the one she felt was the right one for Sadie’s very last book.

Robertson printed 35 copies of her new book locally. She did not sell “Under A Western Sky” reserving it to give as a gift to friends. Robertson retains a passion for the printed word.

“There’s nothing like holding a book in your hand,” Robertson said.
“Of the gifts offered here
if there is one that touches
a special moment in your lives,
then this effort has been successful.”
- Preface to “A Far-Away Country of Apples"

********************
NOTE: Lucille is Pauline's daughter - Pauline is the youngest daughter of John Goodman. Norma was married to Robert - Sadie's brother. My Dad was a brother to Sadie. George is another brother to Sadie. Hank was a son of John Goodman and half-brother to Sadie's dad, Adam.

[Aunt Sadie was only 94 years old. Born in 1919.]

[I spoke with Aunt Norma, Lucille, and Mom - as well as - my memories from Dad. Uncle Hank {Sadie's uncle - John's son} farmed beets where the Sheridan College Ag Center is now. Per Lucille: she remembers visiting Uncle Hank when they lived on the road they now call the Woodland Park Road. Uncle George {Sadie's brother} rented the little house that sat across the road from where the college is now - (just recently the barn last building there was torn down - see photo) with Aunt Guyla and daughter, Pat. I remember my Dad telling about that lone tree out front of the house. How a bunch of cattle gathered around that tree during a lightening storm. Lightening struck the tree and killed about 30 head. Lucille said that Grampa John Goodman and his wife, Anna, lived with her mom and dad (Shorty and Pauline Schuman) but they lived south of the "Y" out by where the big brown barn is - the Powder Horn is now. That was the first year they were married. Shorty (Phil Schuman) worked for the railroad and Aunt Pauline {Sadie's dad's sister} at the laundry in Sheridan.]

[Aunt Norma said in reference to the article Grampa Adam Goodman did not work for others here. He leased the Irwin place then Minnie Martin's place. Both out by Big Horn.]

[Aunt Norma said Uncle Bob remembered his Grampa as always on the screened in porch laying down with a fly swatter in his hand and that he didn't have much to do with the kids. My Dad remembers an old man at Aunt Pauline's but he didn't know he was his Grampa. (My dad was about three at the time.)]

[Aunt Pauline was in the hospital having Lucille in 1934 when Grampa John Goodman died. My dad was 3 years old, Uncle Bob 5 years old, Sadie was 15 years old.]

[Sadie was married to Bill Wegner the Montana Cowboy in the story.]

{Side Note}
[I don't know if my Dad, Kenneth, remembers his maternal grandparents (Kukes). He was very young (just turned 4) when Gramma Goodman took him on the train to Washington when her dad died. At that time, the trains were only for service men and their families. In order to get back for her father's funeral, one of the service men offered to claim she was his mother to be able to ride the train to get back to state of Washington. Gramma Goodman told me that Dad cried all the time because he was homesick, so she cut her trip short.]
 		Goodman, Robert {Bob} (I17471)
 
6071 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~renee/Combined/combined/4231.htm Brown, Susan Helen (I4577)
 
6072 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jackson/cemeteries/stevcity1.txt Source (S467)
 
6073 http://genealogytrails.com/penn/columbia/deaths-s.html
Newpaper obituary
Star of the North, Bloomsburg, PA, Thursday, May 13, 1852
In Greenwood township, Columbia county, on Saturday morning May 1st, Mr. Daniel Shultz, aged about 86 years.

The will of Daniel Shultz mentions "my seven children, namely, John, Philip, Samuel, James, Sarah, William and Isaac."
 		Shultz, Daniel (I5221)
 
6074 http://lthome.com/john-irish/war_heros_and_vetrans.htm

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3458. Amos Irish b. in 1786 at Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y. d. 6-15-1867, age 81 years. His Will was dated June 28, 1864. On his application #3682 for a pension for service in the War of 1812, he was granted a pension of $13.50.

Probate packet # 687 Warren County, New York (accessible on familysearch.org img 617) lists heirs:
Rhoda Irish-his widow-Queensbury, NY
children:
Priscilla Sheldon-Queensbury
Hepsibeth Rich-Fort Ann
Rebecca Ripley-Fort Ann
Sidney B Irish-Fort Ann
Dorothy Irish-Fort Ann
Brazilla Irish-Hague, NY
Laura Stiles- Potsdam, New york
Uriah Irish-Ortonville, MI
Polly Irish-Fairgrove, MI
William W Irish-Fairgrove, MI
 		Irish, Amos (I5924)
 
6075 http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/obituaries-for-nov/article_382aedf6-d0cb-5ad8-96ce-c00f96019924.html

Howard Willard 'Swede' Goodman

CASPER, Wyo. - Howard Willard "Swede" Goodman, 82, Casper, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1946.

Survivors include his wife, Norma Jean Goodman, Casper; five children, Steven Goodman, Fargo, N.D., and Cary Goodman, Ardith "Sis" Vicklun, Susan Weakly and Carol Goodman, all of Rapid City; three stepchildren, Walt Goodman, Emigrant, Mont., Marilyn Winner, Big Horn, and Kathleen Taylor, Casper; three siblings, Sadie Robertson, Robert Goodman and Kenneth Goodman, all of Sheridan; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, at Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Evansville, Wyo.

Bustard's Funeral Home of Casper is in charge of arrangements. 		Goodman, Howard Willard {Swede} (I17542)
 
6076 http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/obituaries/kenneth-goodman/article_e29b0b76-7c1b-5bdb-a495-cf0e0b6ff918.html

Kenneth Goodman Obituary

August 22, 2007 12:00 am
SHERIDAN - Visitation for Kenneth Goodman, 76, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, at Champion Ferries Funeral Home.

He died Aug. 19, 2007, at Sheridan Manor.

He was born Jan. 28, 1931, in Billings, Mont., to Adam and Anna (Kukes) Goodman.

He moved with his family to the Sheridan area when he was 2 and the family farmed at Big Horn and Ucross.

He married Jeanne McKinney on Sept. 15, 1951, in Sheridan.

He joined the Marines in October 1951 and served in Korea. He was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of corporal.

He returned to Sheridan and farmed on Lower Prairie Dog for eight years and then went to work for Germaine's for 15 years. He went to work at the Sheridan VA Center, retiring as a pipefitter in 1992. He then became a ditch-rider for Gerdle Ditch, retiring in 2002.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing, watching his grandchildren play sports and time spent with his family.

Survivors include three sons, Casey Goodman and his wife of Sheridan, Karl Goodman of Story and Willis Goodman of Caledonia, Mich.; one daughter, Tannya Goodman of Sheridan; one brother, Robert Goodman of Sheridan; one sister, Sadie Robinson (should be Robertson) of Sheridan; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.

Additional info from Tannya Goodman:

NOTE: My brother submitted obituary.

Dad was only on Lower Prairie Dog for 4 years after service.
Also you will note between Robert's (my dad's brother's) obituary and your residence information, my Dad was older than two when they moved here.

Before he worked for Germain's, he worked at Hammer's Chevrolet garage and Northern Seed Company fir several years.

He also loved to read.

Sadie's last name is Robertson not Robinson.

Taped by her granddaughter, Tannya, and typed exactly as she told the story.

My forefathers - you see when Catherine the Great got married, she married a Russian Czar and she promised him she'd take a few of her families over there, you know, settle them there. Where my folks were settled, they used their name for their little town, so it was Kukkes - Kukes we spell it over here. 2-1/2 years old when we come over to the United States.

Married in 1918. It was April Fool's Day. We went to the Courthouse, got married by the Justice of the Peace.

Dances in the kitchen or the bunkerhouse or any place. We didn't have any barn, you know, and things like that.

In '39, the spring of '39, we moved over from Billings to Wyoming. Moved out to Big Horn.

In Portland, Oregon, George had the real small pox. We was under quarantine then. I don't know long. Grampa and Henry Kerbel had to room out. They couldn't come in, you know. We had a sign up. So we had their clothes ready and hand them out to them and they had to find a place to stay.

Side note: Gramma loved to dance. She was popular and it used to make Grampa jealous. They ended up marrying on April 1st because her father was moving the family to Washington the next day and she wanted to stay with Grampa.
 		Goodman, Kenneth {Babe} (I17772)
 
6077 http://www.cityofrochester.gov/Finance/RecordsMangement/MarriageRecords/index.cfm?err=zero&CFID=21402476&CFTOKEN=3a57c43ecb019d61-66D8E16E-60CF-205B-57836E04DF867644 Source (S77)
 
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6087 http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_7402.asp Chaplin, Dorothy (I1867)
 
6088 http://www.online-ofb.de/famlist.php?ofb=werdorf&b=A&lang=de Source (S324)
 
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6090 http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/werdorf/ Source (S409)
 
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6096 https://community.ebay.com/ McCarn, Mary (I1744)
 
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6099 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Anjou-2

BIOGRAPHY FROM GENEALOGICS.ORG

Ermengarde-Girberge of Anjou, also called Ermengarde of Anjou, was the daughter of Geoffrey I, comte d'Anjou, and Adelais de Vermandois. She is called Ermengarde in northern (French) sources, but at least one early southern source calls her Girberge. Angevins were known to give daughters two names, as evidenced by her aunt, called Adelaide-Blanche.

In 973 Ermengard-Girberge married Conon I 'le Tort', duc de Bretagne, son of Judicael Berengar, comte de Rennes. Of their four children, Geoffrey I and Judith would have progeny. Her husband Conon opposed her father and brother Foulques III even though the marriage was apparently designed for a political alliance between Anjou and Brittany. Even after Conon had been killed by Foulques at the second Battle of Conquereuil in 992, and during the period 992-994 when Ermengarde-Girberge was regent for their son Geoffrey, she remained loyal to her brother Foulques. In 992 following the interests of her brother, and functioning as regent, she accepted Capetian over-lordship for Rennes while rejecting that of Eudes I, comte de Blois.

About 1000 her brother Foulques arranged for his widowed sister to marry secondly Guillaume IV Taillefer, comte d'Angoulême, one of his close allies, son of Arnauld Mancer, comte d'Angoulême, and his first wife Raingarde. They had about six sons of whom Geoffroy is recorded with progeny. The eldest son Alduin II married Alaisia de Gasçogne and had progeny, and a son Foulques also married, though the details are not recorded.

Ermengarde-Girberge is thought to have died after 1 May 1041, though some sources suggest that she died about 1024.

Biography from wikitree:

Name
Ermengarde d'Anjou [4][5]
Ermengarde of Anjou[6]
966 Birth
Baldwin states that Ermengarde's date and place of birth are unknown, but that chronologically, she must be a daughter of Geoffroy's first marriage to . Adèle de Troyes, daughter of Robert I, count of Troyes. [4] Richardson gives her birth range from 965 and 974[1] -- bracketing her children's births between her marriage and her death.

In about 965, Ermengarde's mother Adela married Geoffroi I Grisegonelle, Count of Anjou (958/960-987), Count of Chalon (979-987), son of Foulques II the Good, Count of Anjoy, by his wife Gerberge. [1]

The chronologies of other events suggest that Ermengarde de Bretagne, daughter of Geoffroi and Adele, was born, say, 966, and married Conan I of Rennes, born about 950, who died in 992.

Cawley states that Ermengarde was presumably born before 965 if it is correct that her first child was born in 980. [5]

973 Marriage
Ermengarde married Conan I, Duke of Brittany, Prince of the Bretons, son and heir of Juhel (alias Berenger), Count of Rennes.[6] Cawley refers to him as Comte de Rennes, son of JUDICAËL BERENGAR Comte de Rennes & his wife Gerberge. [5][3]

Baldwin reports that Rodulfus Glaber states that Conan married a sister of count Foulques of Anjou. [7]

The Chronicle of S. Florent says that Geoffrey was son of Conan by a sister of Foulques [8]

The Angevin genealogical collection states that Judith, wife of Richard of Normandy, was the daughter of Conan by his wife Ermengarde, daughter of Geoffroy of Anjou. [9]

Cawley gives the date of marriage as 973. [5]

If 966 is the correct estimation of her birth year, she would have been aged 7 at the time of her marriage. Her oldest child is shown born in 9870, when she would have been 14.

Conan was present at the court of Eudes, Count of Chartres, in 979.

In 981 Conan fought a battle against Guerech, Count of Nantes, and his Angevin allies, which is called the "first" Battle of Conquereuil.[6]

Conan succeeded in 990 as CONAN I "le Tort" Duke of Brittany. [10]

In 990 he made a donation to Mont Saint-Michel.[6]

Conan was killed in battle at the 2nd Battle of Conquereuil near Nantes 27 June 992.[6][5]

992 Family Conflict
Ermengarde's husband Conan of Rennes opposed her father and brother Fulk even though the marriage was apparently designed to form a political alliance between Anjou and Brittany. [3]

Even after her husband Conan had been killed by her brother Fulk at the battle of Battle of Conquereuil in 992, and during the period 992-994 when Ermengarde was Regent for their son Geoffrey, she remained loyal to her brother Fulk III, Count of Anjou. [3]

In 992, following the interests of her brother, and functioning as Regent, she accepted Capetian over-lordship for Rennes while rejecting that of Odo I, Count of Blois.[3]

Death of Ermengarde
Baldwin states that Eermengarde's date and place of death are unknown, but she died after the death of her husband Conan in 992. [4]

Issue
Directly Documented Children
Richardson states that they had four sons and one daughter. [6] Baldwin states that both Geoffroy and Judith are directly documented as Ermengarde's children.[4]

Geoffroi I de Bretagne, duke of Brittany, [6] was born in Rennes in 980 [6] He died in 1008. The Cronicle of S. Florent says that Geoffrey was son of Conan by a sister of Foulques [Lobineau (1707), 2: 85].[4]
Judith de Bretagne [6] was born Rennes, say, 982. She married Richard II, duke of Normandy. The Angevin genealogical collection states that Judith, wife of Richard of Normandy, was the daughter of Conan by his wife Ermengarde, daughter of Geoffroy of Anjou [Poupardin (1900), 208].[4]
Probable children
The following children of Conan listed as children by Richardson. Baldwin states they are not directly documented as children of Ermengarde, but they could be her children.

Judicaël de Porhoët, [6], born, say, 984. Some accounts show him born in Rennes in 975, which would make his mother aged 9 at the time. He became Bishop of Vannes. Baldwin notes that if the statement that Judicaël became bishop during the life of his father is correct [Cart. Redon, 309], then placing him as a son of Ermengarde would be a tight chronological fit.[4]
Catuallon born, say, 986. Catuallon was Abbot of Redon[6][4]
Urvod[6][4] This may be the same person as Hurnod, or Hurnodius of (Bretagne), born about 970, although any date of birth before 980 is suspect.
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G Everingham, Editor. Salt Lake City, Utah: By the Author, 2013. Volume V, p. 485-486
↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany. 1989), Tafel 817. Cited by Wikipedia. Geoffrey I Count of Anjou Accessed June 6, 2017. jhd
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Wikipedia page for Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. First uploaded 11 May 2006. Ermengarde d'Anjou Accesed June 8, 2017 jhd
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. Anjou and Maine Ermengarde d'Anjou
↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry. Volume V, p. 486.
↑ Maurice Prou, ed., Raoul Glaber - les cinq livres de ses histoires (900-1044) (Paris, 1886). Cited by Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. First uploaded 11 May 2006. Ermengarde d'Anjou Accesed June 8, 2017 jhd
↑ Gui Alexis Lobineau, Histoire de Bretagne, 2 vols., (Paris, 1707) 2: 85], Cited by Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. First uploaded 11 May 2006. Ermengarde d'Anjou Accesed June 8, 2017 jhd
↑ René Poupardin, "Généalogies angevines du XIe siècle", Mélanges d'Archéologie et d'Histoire (Paris, Rome) 20 (1900):199-208. Cited by Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. First uploaded 11 May 2006. Ermengarde d'Anjou Accesed June 8, 2017 jhd
↑ Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. Conan
 		Anjou, Ermengarde de Bretagne (I7319)
 
6100 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Anjou-20

BIOGRAPHY FROM GENEALOGICS.ORG:
Geoffrey was born about 950, the son of Foulques II 'the Good', comte d'Anjou, and Gerberge de Tours. The _Chronicle of the Counts of Anjou_ describes him as 'stout-hearted and strong and most successful in battle' and tells of his single-handed victory against Ethelulf the Dane, a Goliath-like figure. He was known as Greygown after a witness to the contest picked him out at the French court by the colour of his robes.

He was count of Anjou from 958 to 987, succeeding his father. He allied with the county of Nantes against the county of Rennes, and allied with Hugues Capet, fearing an invasion by the count of Blois. He was one of the men responsible for bringing Hugues to the throne of France.

About 965 he married Adelais de Vermandois, daughter of Robert de Vermandois, comte de Meaux et Troyes and Adelheid/Wera de Bourgogne. Geoffrey and Adelais had a daughter Ermengarde, also known as Gerberge, who would have progeny with both her husbands Conon I 'le Tort', duc de Bretagne, and Guillaume IV Taillefer, comte d'Angoulême, and two sons of whom Geoffrey died young and his heir Foulques III 'Nera' who would have progeny. By an unnamed second wife Geoffrey also had a son Maurice who is not recorded with progeny.

Geoffrey started by making his power-base the citadel of Angers strategically placing his _fideles_ (close followers) in key areas surrounding the city to protect his territories. The lands of the abbeys of Saint-Aubin and Saint-Serge in Angers provided the _beneficium_ (landed estates granted in feudal tenure) for his most faithful adherents. On this subject, which became the family's theme, Geoffrey advised both his sons Foulques and Maurice: 'No house is weak that has many friends. Therefore I admonish you to hold dear those _fideles_ who have been friends.' Although one of the principal methods of Angevin expansion was by the creation of family connections. Geoffrey exerted his control through various methods. His father had controlled Nantes through his second marriage to Adelaide, the widow of Alain II, duke of Brittany, and Geoffrey continued this by making Alain's illegitimate son Guisle, comte de Nantes, accept him as overlord. With an eye towards Maine, Geoffrey took advantage of the rift that developed between the counts of Maine and the viscounts and bishops of Le Mans. About 971 Geoffroy secured the see of Le Mans for his ally Bishop Seinfroy. In 973 Geoffrey had married his daughter Ermengarde-Gerberge to Conon I 'le Tort', duc de Bretagne, but Conon began to oppose Geoffrey and in 982 the two met at the first battle of Conquereuil with Geoffrey defeating Conon.

Geoffrey had influence in Aquitaine through his sister Adelaide dite Blanche d'Anjou's first marriage to the powerful baron Etienne I de Brioude, count of Gévaudan and Forez, and after his death the lands were ruled by Adelaide-Blanche. His nephews Pons and Bertrande succeeded as counts there and his niece Almodis married Boso II, comte de La Marche et Périgord. In 975 Geoffrey had his brother Guy appointed count and bishop of Le Puy. In 982 Geoffrey married his now widowed sister Adelaide-Blanche to the fifteen-year-old Louis V of France, the two being crowned king and queen in Aquitaine. But the marriage to a woman thirty years Louis' senior failed as did Geoffrey's plans to control Aquitaine through his son-in-law. Through his first wife Adelais, Geoffrey for nearly a decade exerted control over the county of Châlons. Through the marriage of his son Foulques III to Elisabeth, the heiress of Vendôme, Geoffrey brought that county into the Angevin sphere of influence. Fortunately at this same time Geoffrey made his son Foulques his co-ruler since he died shortly thereafter on 21 July 987 while besieging the fortress of Marcon.

Biography from wikitree

Disambiguation
Adèle de Meaux is not Adélaïde de Châlons. Adèle married Geoffroy I Grisegonelle, d. 987, count of Anjou, while Adélaïde married Lambert, d. probably 978, count of Chalon. The confusion arises because after Adele's death, and after Lambert's death, Lambert's widow, Adélaïde did marry Geoffroy I Grisegonelle. [1]

Name
Geoffroi I Grisegonelle [2]
Geoffrey I of Anjou (c. 938/940 - July 21, 987), known as Grisegonelle ("Greymantle"), was count of Anjou from 960 to 987.
Geoffroy I “Grisegonelle” Comte d'Anjou, was son of Foulques II Comte d’Anjou & his first wife Gerberge [de Maine] (-21 Jul 987). [3]
Geoffroy I "Grisegonelle" (Geoffrey Greycloak, Gaufridus/Gauzfredus Grisegonella) [1]
Gaufridus, comes Andegavorum [1]
Geoffrey Grey Gown [4]
Titles
Count of Anjou, 958/960-987 [2][1]
Count of Chalon, 979-987 [2]
Birth and Parents
Geoffroi's date and place of birth are unknown. [1]

Geoffroi was the son of Fulk II (Foulques II the Good), Count of Anjou, and his wife Gerberga, or Gerbage. [2]

Geoffroi's father was Foulques II "le Bon", whose accession was after 941 and who died between 958 and 960, count of Anjou.[1] His mother was named Gerberge. Baldwin notes that in charters of March 966 and 19 June 966, Gaufridus, comes Andegavorum, mentions his brother abbot Widdo, father Fulco and mother Gerberga, and in a charter of 970, count Gaufridus mentions his father Fulco and mother Gerberga[1]

Estimating a birth year for Geoffroi must first account for the dates of his father Fulk, born around 905 and died between 958 and 960. Geoffroi's birth would not likely have occurred earlier than 926, when his father Fulk became 21.

Geoffroi's mother Gerberge's estimated birth was in the year 913 and her death in 952. Geoffroi's birth would not not likely have occurred earlier than 928, when Gerberge was 15.

Cawley [3] estimates a birth year of 938, which would make Geoffroi aged 20 or 21 when he acceded to his rule. This is no different from the estimates of a century ago by Norgate. [5]

960 Succession
Geoffroy succeeded his father Foulques II as count of Anjou sometime between September 958, when Foulques was still alive, and September 960, when a count Gausfredus signed a donation to the monastery of Saint-Florent de Saumur by a certain Éremburge. [1] Or as Bachrach put it, he succeeded his father as Count of Anjou about 960, at the age of 20. [6]

He succeeded his father Fulk II. He cultivated the loyal support of a group of magnates, some of whom he inherited from his father, others whom he recruited; men such as Alberic of Vihiers, Cadilo of Blaison, Roger I (le "vieux") of Loudon, Joscelin of Rennes, castellan of Baugé, Suhard I of Craon, Tobert of Buzençais and members of the Bouchard clan, and encouraged them to see their own dynastic interests as tied to the success of the Angevin count. [7]

He succeeded in establishing a group of fideles upon whom his son, Fulk called "Nerra", was able to depend in establishing Anjou as a cohesive regional power in an age of territorial disintegration. [7]

In preparing the way, Geoffrey was the first count in the west of France to associate his son in the comital title. [7]

965 First Marriage to Adele of Troyes
He married Adele of Meaux. He was the son of Fulk II of Anjou and his wife Gergerge.[4]

He married Adele of Meaux (934-982), daughter of Robert of Vermandois. On her mother's side she was a granddaughter of king Robert I of France and on her father's side a direct descendant of Charlemagne. [6]

Through this marriage the Angevins joined the highest ranks of western French nobility. [6]

Geoffrey maried first Adele of Troyes, daughter of Robert, Count of Meaux and his wife Adelais. [2] Richardson dates the marriage as "about 965" while Cawley [3] dates it "before 965".

Baldwin simply notes that Geoffroi's first wife, Adèle de Troyes, daughter of Robert I, count of Troyes. was living on 6 March 974. On that day Adela, wife of count Gauzfredus, donated land which she had inherited to Saint-Aubin d'Angers, in a charter witnessed by, among others, count Gauzfredus, his sons Fulco and Gauzfredus, and count Heribertus. [1]

The Saint-Aubin genealogies make Adèle a daughter of count Robert I of Troyes. Baldwin notes that although some have placed her instead as a sister of Robert and a daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois, there is no early authority for this. [1]

On her mother's side she was a granddaughter of king Robert I of France and on her father's side a direct descendant of Charlemagne. Through this marriage the Angevins joined the highest ranks of western French nobility. [7]

Adela died at some time after the 974 charter.

971 See of Le Mans
About 971 Geoffrey secured the see of Le Mans for his ally Bishop Seinfroy.[8] [4]

973 Marriage of Ermengarde to Conan
In 973 Geoffrey had married his daughter Ermengarde-Gerberga to Conan I of Rennes[9] [4] but Conan began to oppose Geoffrey and in 982 the two met at the first battle of Conquereuil with Geoffrey defeating Conan.[10][4]

Conquests
Geoffrey allied with the Count of Nantes against the Count of Rennes, and allied with Hugh Capet, fearing an invasion by the Count of Blois. He was one of the men responsible for bringing Hugh to the throne of France.[7]

Geoffrey started by making his power-base the citadel of Angers strategically placing his fideles in key areas surrounding the city to protect his territories.[4] [4]

The lands of the abbeys of Saint-Aubin and Saint-Serge in Angers provided the beneficium for his most faithful adherents.[4] [4]

On this subject which became this family's theme, Geoffrey advised both his sons, Fulk and Maurice: "No house is weak that has many friends. Therefore I admonish you to hold dear those fideles who have been friends."[5] [4]

Although one of the principal methods of Angevin expansion was by the creation of family connections Geoffrey exerted his control through various methods.[6] [4]

His father had controlled Nantes through his second marriage to the widowed countess and Geoffrey continued this by making Count Guerech accept him as overlord.[6] [4]

With an eye towards Maine, Geoffrey took advantage of the rift that developed between the Counts of Maine and the viscounts and Bishops of Le Mans.[7] [4]

975 Brother Guy Appointed to Le Puy
His nephews Pons and Bertrand succeeded as counts there and his niece Adalmode married Adelbert, Count of Marche and Périgord.

In 975 Geoffrey had his brother Guy appointed Count and Bishop of Le Puy.[11] [4]

979 Second Marriage to Adelais de Chalon, widow of Lambert
After the death of his first wife Adele, Geoffrey married secondly Adelaise de Châlon. [8] Adelaise, sometimes also referred to as Adele, was the widow of Lambert I, Count of Chalon-sur-Saone (died 22 Feb 978). [2]

Cawley places the date of this second marriage of Adelais as 2 or 9 Mar 979. [9]

Cawley and Baldwin [1] both discuss a number of disputes as to the actual parentage of Adelais. Cawley notes that none appears to be based on any primary documentation and Bouchard concludes that she prefers "to leave Adelais's origins unknown". [9]

As a result of this marriage, Geoffroi I "Grisegonelle" Comte d'Anjou, who acted as Comte de Chalon until his death in 987.[9] and for nearly a decade exerted control over the county of Châlons. [8]

Adelaide, widow of Lambert, count of Chalon was living in 999. [9]

982 Marriage of Sister to Young King Louis V
In 982 Geoffrey married his now widowed sister Adelaide-Blanche to the fifteen-year-old Louis V of France, the two being crowned King and Queen of Aquitaine. [10] But the marriage to a woman thirty years his senior failed as did Geoffrey's plans to control Aquitaine through his young son-in-law. [10]

987 Accession of Fulk
Through the marriage of his son, Fulk III, to Elisabeth the heiress of Vendôme Geoffrey brought that county into the Angevin sphere of influence.[12][4]

Fortunately it was at this same time Geoffrey made his son Fulk Nerra his co-ruler since he died shortly thereafter while besieging the fortress of Marcon on 21 July 987.[13][4]

Seneschal of France
Geoffrey I received in requital of his gallant services against the Emperor Otto, a grant from King Robert, of the dignified office of Seneschal of France.[7]

987 Death
Geoffroi I, Count of Anjou, was slain in battle at Marcon (near Chateau-du-Loir) 21 July 987, and was buried at Saint-Martin de Tours.

Geoffroy was killed on 21 July 987 while besieging a certain Odo Rufinus at Marçon, near Château-du-Loir [1]

999 Widow
His widow, the second Adele, was living in 999. [2]

Issue
Documented Children
Geoffroi and Adele had two sons and two daughters [2] Geoffroi and his second wife Adelais had a son, Maurice.

Foulques d'Anjou , or Foulques III Nerra, Count of Anjou, son of
Geoffroi and Adele [1], was born between 965 and 972. [2] Historiæ Andegavensis names his birth year as 970, and his death at Metz on 21 Jun 1040 with burial at Beaulieu-lez-Loche, Abbaye de Saint-Pierre).[11]

Geoffrey d'Anjou or Geoffroi, son of Geoffroi and Adele, born between 965 and 974 [2] Geoffrey ("Gauzfredi filii eius") is named by his mother "Adela" in the 6 March 974 charter by which she donated property to Saint-Aubin d'Angers [3] and is living at that time [1] Geoffrey of Anjou (971-977), died young. [12]
Ermengarde de Bretagne, daughter of Geoffroi and Adele, was born between 965 and 974 [2] and married Conan I of Rennes, who died in 992. Baldwin notes that (1) Rodulfus Glaber states that Conan married a sister of count Foulques of Anjou; (2) the Chronicle of S. Florent says that Geoffrey was son of Conan by a sister of Foulques; and (3) the Angevin genealogical collection states that Judith, wife of Richard of Normandy, was the daughter of Conan by his wife Ermengarde, daughter of Geoffroy of Anjou. [1] Baldwin further notes that chronological considerations place Ermengarde as a child of Geoffroy's first marriage to Adèle de Troyes. Sometimes Ermengarde and her sister Gerberge are conflated into one person, "Ermengarde-Gerberga" [13] Baldwin, however, notes that "there is no good reason to identify Geoffroy's daughters Ermengarde (wife of count Conan of Rennes) and Gerberge (wife of count Guillaume IV of Angoulême) as the same person, as is sometimes done [1]
Gerberga d'Anjou, daughter of Geoffroi and Adele, was born between 965 and 974., and married Guillaume IV, Count of Angouleme. [2] She died after 988. [3] Ademar de Chabannes states that count Guillaume (IV) was married to Gerberge, sister of count Foulques ["Andegavensis" in one manuscript], who must chronologically be Foulques III. Depoin cites a charter which gives the name of Guillaume's wife as Girberga. [1]
Maurice, son of Geoffroi and his second wife Adelais, d. in or before 1039. He was mentioned as a brother of count Fulco in a charter of 1003 He was killed in combat by a certain Gautier, son of Hamelin de Lange 		Anjou, Geoffrey I Comte d'Anjou (I7308)
 

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