The Family Archaeologist

BIRTH MARRIAGE DEATH 30 March 1894, Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA 01 June 1913, Nottingham, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA 12 September 1972, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA George Frederick Rogers was born on Cook Road in Olmsted Township (now Olmsted Falls), Cuyahoga, Ohio 1 on 30 Mar 1894 2 to parents Samuel John Rogers and Elizabeth Collier who had recently immigrated from England two years prior. 3 Not long after George was born his family moved to Columbia Township in Lorain, Ohio, which is where they can be found on the 1900 census. The census lists George as 6, living with his parents Samuel & Elizabeth, and siblings Harry, Elizabeth, Phillip, Arthur, and Samuel Jr on rented farm property. 3 The following year, on 23 Jun 1901, George was baptized in the Columbia Township Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev...

BIRTH MARRIAGE DEATH 21 November 1862, Amerton, Staffordshire, England Apr 1887, Stowe Church, Stowe, Staffordshire, England 31 December 1929, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Elizabeth Collier, better known by Lizzie, was born on 21 November in what is generally assumed to be 1862. A Her parents were saddler James Collier and Elizabeth Chambers. Lizzie was baptized 9 Aug 1863. Lizzie was born and raised in Amerton, where her father farmed and operated the Plough Inn (just east of Amerton Farm which is now a Bed & Breakfast), a half-mile west of Stowe, Staffordshire (now Stowe-by-Chartley). She was the sixth child born to a family of 13 children. Lizzie had 7 brothers and 5 sisters. In April 1887, Samuel John Rogers married Elizabeth Collier at Stowe Church in Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire. Samuel was 30 years old and Lizzie was 24. (Since New Inn ...

BIRTH MARRIAGE DEATH 28 December 1856, Trentham, Staffordshire, England, UK Apr 1887, Stowe Church, Stowe, Staffordshire, England, UK 22 November 1930, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Samuel John Rogers was born the 28 Dec 1856 at New Inn Mill in Trentham, Staffordshire, England to parents Philip Rogers and Elizabeth Anne Salmon. He was baptized at Saint Mary's church in Trentham on the 1 Mar 1857 by vicar Edward James Edwards. 1 Samuel lived at New Inn Mill (also written as Newinn) on New Inn Lane in Trentham. Here Sam's father Philip worked and operated the mill as a corn miller (and likely farmer as well). Sam was the fourth child born to a family of six boys and two girls. 2 In what undoubtedly would have been an extremely traumatic time for young 8 year old Sam, on 10 Oct 1865, younger brother Thomas died for reasons unknown. 3 Then, on t...

BIRTH MARRIAGE DEATH before 2 March 1827, Caverswall, Staffordshire, England 28 May 1851, Stone, Staffordshire, England 23 November 1865, Trentham, Staffordshire, England Philip Rogers was born in the weeks prior to 02 Mar 1827 when he was baptized in Caverswall, Staffordshire, England to his parents Philip Rogers and Elizabeth Smith. The family lived at the Cookshill Mill on Mill Close Road in Caverswall where his father was a Miller turning grain into ground meal or flour for local farmers. A The community would have been dependent on Philip as flour was an integral part of baking bread, a staple part of the diet, and meal was the primary food of livestock. The younger Philip grew up with 2 older sisters, Ann (1821) and Hannah (1824), as well as 2 younger brothers, James (1829), George (1831), and a younger sister Jane (1833). He also eventually had...

BIRTH MARRIAGE DEATH 30 September 1893, Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark 01 June 1913, Nottingham, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA 09 January 1993, Brunswick, Medina, Ohio, USA On 30 Sep 1893 in Aalborg, Denmark in the parish of Budolfi, Elna Vilhelmine Mortensen was born to mother Caroline Marie Mortensen (better known by just Marie) and boyfriend at the time, Edvard Christensen. Elna was baptized under that name by Pastor Clansen on 03 Dec 1893 in Budolfi Church in Aalborg. 1 , A Elna's baptism lists that her mother was unmarried and 29 years old. Father Edvard Christensen is listed as a carpenter and both of them appear to be noted as living at Reberbane 42, the same residence where Elna is said to be born. (Reberbane 42 was about 1500 ft west of the church and appears to be demolished for a business college.) Witnesses were fireman Simo...

BIRTH MARRIAGE DEATH 10 June 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Never Married 08 July 1944, Montecatini, Pisa, Toscana, Italy "Georgie", as he was called by the family, was born & raised in Cleveland, Ohio in an apartment above his father's butcher shop, Rogers Foods, at 9741 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. As Georgie got older he took on responsibilities as a clerk in his father's butcher shop. He went to school and graduated from West Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio. When the war broke out, Georgie wanted to enlist and join the fight, but his parents were against the idea. Being a butcher and shop clerk in the meat market, Georgie was exempt from the War draft because, the government felt his efforts were needed at home providing the public a much needed service (in its current state, if the drafts got more seve...