Ahnentafel Chart Numbers Explained

Ahnentafel Chart Numbers Explained
Richard E. Henthorn
3 February 2011

How to Read the Chart Below

• /Generation/


• {Number of People In This Generation}


• [Ahnentafel Numbers from Number to Number]


• - Who's in this generation

For example:
/06/ {00032} [00032-00063] - 3rd Great Grandparents

That is to say in the sixth generation of your Ahnentafel Chart a possible thirty-two people can appear with ahnentafel numbers ranging from 32 to 63 and all being your great-great-great grandparents.

A complete fifteen (15) generation ahnentafel chart would include the names of thirty two thousand seven hundred and sixty seven (32,767) individuals.

/01/ {00001} [00001-00001] - Child
/02/ {00002} [00002-00003] - Parents
/03/ {00004} [00004-00007] - Grandparents
/04/ {00008} [00008-00015] - 1st Great Grandparents
/05/ {00016} [00016-00031] - 2nd Great Grandparents
/06/ {00032} [00032-00063] - 3rd Great Grandparents
/07/ {00064} [00064-00127] - 4th Great Grandparents
/08/ {00128} [00128-00255] - 5th Great Grandparents
/09/ {00256} [00256-00511] - 6th Great Grandparents
/10/ {00512} [00512-01023] - 7th Great Grandparents
/11/ {01024} [01024-02047] - 8th Great Grandparents
/12/ {02048} [02048-04095] - 9th Great Grandparents
/13/ {04096} [04096-08191] - 10th Great Grandparents
/14/ {08192} [08192-16383] - 11th Great Grandparents
/15/ {16384} [16384-32767] - 12th Great Grandparents

Copyright 2011 - Richard E. Henthorn

Cory and Cooley of Fishhook, Illinois

Descendant List of William CORY and Wells COOLEY- 8 Feb 2010
Fishhook, Illinois

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1-William CORY (9 Sep 1789-1 Jul 1809)
+Rachel TOOMBS (4 Jan 1788-8 Mar 1853)
. . 2-Jane CORY (-)
. . 2-Daniel CORY (-)
. . +Violetta CLARK (-)
. . . . 3-Marette Antoinette CORY (1840-)
. . 2-Israel CORY (-)
. . 2-Sarah CORY (-)
. . 2-Susan CORY (-)
. . 2-William CORY (20 Feb 1820-30 Dec 1890)
. . +Nancy Jane WILSON (abt 1823-2 May 1889)
. . . . 3-Ida CORY (abt 1856-)
. . . . 3-Edwin CORY (abt 1858-)
. . . . 3-Martha CORY (abt 1864-)
. . . . 3-Lillian CORY (-)
. . . . +George I. K. CRAWFORD (-)
. . 2-Maryette CORY (-)
. . 2-Maryetta CORY (25 Jul 1822-2 Mar 1901)
. . +Wells COOLEY (-)
. . . . 3-Edwin Francis COOLEY (7 Jul 1845-14 Jun 1906)
. . . . +Sarah Holt HENTHORN (26 Sep 1846-5 Jul 1932)
. . . . . . 4-William Wallace COOLEY (25 Aug 1867-6 Jun 1932)
. . . . . . +Stella Mae BOWMAN (16 Jun 1870-11 Apr 1909)
. . . . . . . . 5-Blanche COOLEY (2 Jul 1889-21 Nov 1945)
. . . . . . . . 5-Earnest Leone COOLEY (31 Jan 1891-21 Feb 1943)
. . . . . . . . 5-Floyd Edwin COOLEY (30 Jan 1893-26 Oct 1961)
. . . . . . . . 5-Nina W. COOLEY (25 Jan 1895-22 Jan 1961)
. . . . . . . . 5-Glenn B. COOLEY (21 Aug 1896-8 May 1966)
. . . . . . . . 5-Clyde W. COOLEY (30 Sep 1898-4 Oct 1980)
. . . . . . . . 5-William Nile COOLEY (29 Oct 1900-14 Jul 1983)
. . . . . . . . 5-Charles Francis COOLEY (24 Dec 1906-3 Mar 1970)
. . . . . . +Felicia Liticia MC_LAUGHLIN (7 Dec 1866-22 Feb 1938)
. . . . . . 4-Maryett COOLEY (22 Aug 1869-)
. . . . . . 4-Bettie Jane COOLEY (23 Dec 1871-10 Feb 1890)
. . . . . . +William Leone LANE (8 Jun 1869-27 Nov 1899)
. . . . . . 4-Alice Mayette COOLEY (19 Apr 1880-27 Jul 1880)
. . . . . . 4-Ada Ellen COOLEY (5 Mar 1884-21 Dec 1933)
. . . . . . +Fred Eli RIGG (14 Oct 1882-21 Feb 1946)
. . . . . . . . 5-Infant RIGG (15 Jan 1909-17 Jan 1909)
. . . . . . . . 5-Edwin Dale RIGG (18 Aug 1910-21 Jan 1915)
. . . . . . . . 5-Iva Edna RIGG (2 Oct 1912-)
. . . . . . . . 5-Fredrick Merle RIGG (12 Oct 1914-18 Jul 1939)
. . . . . . . . 5-Mary RIGG (8 Sep 1917-)
. . . . . . . . 5-Rex Eli RIGG (11 Jun 1923-)
. . . . . . 4-Iva Edna COOLEY (3 Feb 1886-22 Sep 1980)
. . . . . . +John William STAUFFER (9 Sep 1883-20 Jul 1948)
. . . . . . . . 5-Eldred Francis STAUFFER (8 Sep 1906-Jul 1984)
. . . . . . . . 5-Helen Edna STAUFFER (6 Sep 1908-)
. . . . . . . . 5-William Harold STAUFFER (13 Sep 1910-21 Apr 1992)
. . . . . . . . 5-Sarah Ellen STAUFFER (19 Feb 1914-6 Jun 1979)
. . . . . . . . 5-Ernest Vincent STAUFFER (15 Dec 1917-)
. . . . . . 4-Charles Albert COOLEY (12 Jan 1889-25 Mar 1975)
. . . . . . +Edith Fern GLECKLER (24 Aug 1891-16 Nov 1950)
. . . . . . . . 5-Marion Edward COOLEY (11 Aug 1912-12 Mar 1996)
. . . . . . . . 5-Ida Fern COOLEY (30 Sep 1914-)
. . . . . . . . 5-Leano Loraine COOLEY (abt 12 Sep 1918-)
. . . . . . . . 5-Alvin Leone COOLEY (16 Jul 1922-18 Oct 1980)
. . . . . . . . 5-Wilmot Eugene COOLEY (7 Nov 1924-26 Oct 2001)
. . . . . . . . 5-Charles Overton COOLEY (3 May 1927-)
. . . . . . . . 5-Sarah Kathryn COOLEY (15 Jun 1931-)
. . . . 3-Alice COOLEY (-)
. . . . +Unknown HOBBS (-)
. . . . 3-Albert Wells COOLEY (abt 1852-)
. . . . +Amanda BOWEN (abt 1855-)
. . . . . . 4-Edward COOLEY (abt 1873-)
. . . . . . 4-Anna COOLEY (abt 1875-)
. . . . . . 4-Etty COOLEY (abt 1878-)
. . . . . . 4-W. Cleve COOLEY (-)
. . . . . . 4-Sarah COOLEY (-)
. . . . . . +Unknown LACKSON (-)
. . . . . . 4-Fannie H. COOLEY (19 Nov 1887-18 Feb 1964)
. . 2-Edwin CORY (8 Nov 1826-21 Dec 1911)
. . +Mary Jane MORRISON (8 Sep 1832-17 Dec 1917)
. . . . 3-Albert W. CORY (abt 1847-1918)
. . . . +Lydia A. UNKNOWN (abt 1846-1922)
. . . . . . 4-Mary CORY (abt 1866-)
. . . . . . 4-Viola CORY (abt 1867-)
. . . . . . 4-David CORY (abt 1871-)
. . . . . . 4-Irena CORY (abt 1872-)
. . . . 3-Margaret Anna CORY (13 Aug 1853-3 Sep 1934)
. . . . +Abraham HENTHORN (22 Jul 1848-20 Dec 1943)
. . . . 3-George E. CORY (21 Oct 1860-1 Jun 1895)
. . . . +Laura PATTEN (-)
. . . . 3-Fredrick CORY (1863-1939)
. . . . 3-Nella Jane CORY (1871-23 Jun 1880)
. . . . 3-Clara M. CORY (1876-)
. . . . +Unknown FUDGE (-)
. . . . 3-William CORY (-)
. . . . 3-Charles W. CORY (-)


Prepared by:
Richard E. Henthorn
Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

Ancestor Chart Project

One of the charts in the Ancestor Charts book I'm extracting was shared by genealogy friend, Claude Burton. He is a member of the Yoho family via two branches in his family tree. The chart in the book shows five generations with only names listed for the fifth generation. Because I'd worked on Claude's family in the past I knew I had more than four generations of detailed information in my Yoho file. I decided that rather than typing the chart from the book I'd attempt to extract his family tree from the Yoho family Personal Ancestral File (PAF) version 2.31 which I still have on my desktop computer.

I created a GEDCOM file for the ancestors of one of Claude's children. Then I edited the GEDCOM to remove the paragraph place holders between the notes. I also did global edits to improve some of the place names. I added the abbreviation "Co." to the county names and spelled out the word "Cemetery" wherever I noticed that it was truncated. There were 1125 people and 203 marriages in the file I created.

I loaded the GEDCOM file into RootsMagic and used the Place Name list to do further place name edits. Testing after the edits revealed that in some cases an Ahnentafel chart for Claude's descendant included eleven generations. I usually think of a generation as thrity-three years. In this case that's 363 years of family history.

This was the first time I attempted to extract a small set of family information from my old PAF files by creating a GEDCOM for ancestors, rather than descendants. I do have lots of experience working with GEDCOM files. I'm pleased that I now have another way to salvage some of the genealogy I keyed over the years. Of course, once the data was loaded to RootsMagic I could just as easily generate a report on descendants as on ancestors.

Mr. Dickie
17/Jan/2010 9:49

Henthorn, Sylvanus

Sylvanus HENTHORN
Born - Abt 1863/1864 Belmont, OH

Problem: Is Sylvanus Henthorn the son of Elijah and Nancy Henthorn who lived in Green Twp., Monroe Co., OH 206-205, in 1870 when the census was taken? He was 7 years old at the time of the census which would make his birth Abt 1863. The family is still in Green Township at the time of the 1880 cenus, 140-155, with Sylvanus Henthorn listed as 17 years old, OH OH OH.

MARRIAGE: Index to Marriage Records of Marshall Co., WV, page 199. Sylvanus Henthorn and Rebecca Stine were wed in 1885. Their marriage record is in Book C, page 382.

MARRIAGE: Sylvanus Henthorn, 21, b. Belmont Co., OH, m. Rebecca Stine, 18, b. Belmont Co., March 9, 1885, living in Marshall Co., WV. From Marshall Co., WV marriage records.
(Furnished by Betty Cronin)

CENSUS: 1910 in Wetzel Co., WV, Proctor District, -67
Sylvanus Henthorn, 47, married twice, 3 years, OH OH OH, farmer
Martha, 33, married once [sic], 1-1, WV WV WV
Peral, s-da, 10, WV WV WV
Walter, sn, 14, WV OH OH, laborer
(Furnished by Richard E. Henthorn)

sp- Rebecca STINE
Born - Abt 1867 Belmont, OH
Mar. - 9 Mar 1885 Marshall, WV
Note - QUESTION-PARENTS: Who were the parents of Rebecca Stine?

Descendant Chart for Margaret Yoho and David Twibell

1 - Margaret YOHO
Born - 20 May 1797 Wetzel, WV
Died - 24 Jun 1864/1866 Harrison Twp., Blackford, IN
Bur. - Jun 1864/1866 Harrison Twp., Blackford, IN, N. Twibell Cemetery
Note: The parents of Margaret Yoho were Henry Yoho and Catherine Baker.
sp- David TWIBELL
Born - 14 Oct 1792 Wood, Baltimore, MD
Mar. -  6 Feb 1817 Belmont, OH
Died - 13 Aug 1855 Harrison Twp., Blackford, IN
Bur. - Aug 1855 Harrison Twp., Blackford, IN, N. Twibell Cemetery
Son of John TWIBELL & Elizabeth CURRIER
2 - Luther TWIBELL
   Born -  1 Feb 1821/1822 Tyler, VA
   Died - 31 Aug 1914 Keystone, Wells, IN
   Bur. -  3 Sep 1914 Montpelier, Blackford, IN, IOOF Cemetery
sp- Sarah BOWMAN
   Born - 15 Jun 1812 Greene, PA
   Mar. -  7 Mar 1841 Wells, Miami, IN
   Died - 18 May 1903 Wells, IN
 3 - David Henry TWIBELL
       Died - Aug 1914
 sp- Emailine Boyd
      4 - Lura Belle  TWIBELL
       sp- Isaac J. BEEDY
            5 - Rose BEDDY
            sp- Edward J. RANKIN
                  6- Dorothy RANKIN
  Note: Member of DAR based on Yoho ancestor.  Corresponded with
  Betty Cronin in November 1980 and February 1981.  She retired from
  teaching French and Latin after a 39 year career.  In 1981 she lived
  on Hughbert street in Norman, OK and on a 180 acre farm (cattle ranch)
  near Tecumseh, OK where they raised French Charolais cattle.
                   sp- Harold M. GAY
                          Born - 18 Jan 1908 Holdenville, Hughes, OK
                          Mar. - 30 Jun 1941, OK
                          Died - Aug 1989 Norman, Cleveland, OK
  Note: Harold M. Gay was commissioned a Lieutentant (Junior Grade) USNR
  and served in WWII from 30 Oct 1941 until the end of the war.  After doing
  the electrical design work on a Generation Station, he taught in the school of
  Electrical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.  He was promoted to
  Commander and recalled to active duty in 1951 during the Korean War.  He
  retired in 1968 to cattle ranching and genealogy.  He and Dorothy had four
  children. He was the son of James Newton Gay and Caroline Mary Word.
 3 - Mary E. TWIBELL
       Born - Abt 1846
 sp- Unknown ELLISON
 3 - William M. TWIBELL
       Born - Abt 1848

Descendants of Demming Owen Henthorn & Olive Jane Mozena

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  3 - John Richard MOZENA Jr.
              Born -  6 Nov 1849 OH
        sp- Margaret Jane HOWELL
              Born - 11 Jul 1853
            4 - Olive Jane MOZENA
                  Born - 14 Aug 1889 Hannibal, Monroe, OH
                  Died -  7 Nov 1975 Shadyside, Belmont, OH
                  Bur. - 10 Nov 1975 St. Clairsville, Belmont, OH, Belmont Memorial
            sp- Deming Owen HENTHORN
                  Born -  7 Jul 1888 Hannibal, Monroe, OH
                  Mar. - 26 Feb 1913 New Martinsville, Wetzel, WV
                  Died - 17 Jan 1963 Martins Ferry, Belmont, OH
                  Bur. - 21 Jan 1963 St. Clairsville, Belmont, OH, Belmont Memorial
                  Son of Demming O'Conner HENTHORN & Delilah Melissa RUSH
                5 - Mary Irving HENTHORN
                      Born -  6 Jan 1914 Wheeling Island, Ohio, WV
                sp- Thomas James O'HARE
                      Born - 1914 Middletown, Columbiana, OH
                      Mar. - 20 Mar 1937
                      Died - 13 Nov 1977
                    6 - Thomas James O'HARE Jr.
                    sp- Rose Pao BURCHER
                    6 - David Lee O'HARE
                    sp- Hazel WUMDER
                    6 - Sally Ann O'HARE
                    sp- Ashby EVERHART
                    6 - Mary Ellen O'HARE
                    sp- Kenneth WAGGENOR
                    6 - Richard Owen O'HARE
                5 - Richard Lorenzo HENTHORN
                      Born -  6 Jan 1914 Wheeling Island, Ohio, WV
                sp- Gay Audrey WOODY
                    6 - Mary HENTHORN
                    6 - Richard HENTHORN
                sp- Adelaide E. WEISAL
                      Mar. - 1950
                      Dau of Frank WEISAL & Augusta HUFFMAN
                5 - Merle Catherine HENTHORN
                      Born - 21 Apr 1919 Wheeling Island, Ohio, WV
                sp- Joseph Francis MOZENA
                      Born - 27 Aug 1917 Monroe, OH
                      Mar. - 19 Oct 1940 Bridgeport, Belmont, OH
                      Son of Joseph Franklin MOZENA & Myrtle Isabelle SUTER
                    6 - Donna Jean MOZENA
                          Born - 10 Jan 1943
                    sp- Wayne BRYAN
                    6 - Carol Sue MOZENA
                          Born -  8 Aug 1946
                    sp- James Patrick SWEENY
                          Mar. - 24 Aug 1968 Wheeling, Ohio, WV
                    6 - Michael Francis MOZENA
                          Born -  2 Apr 1952
                5 - Delilah HENTHORN
                      Born - 19 Jul 1916 Hannibal, Monroe, OH
                sp- Albert Ellis MEIGH
                      Born - 29 Dec 1914 Lansing, Belmont, OH
                      Died - 1954 Wheeling, Ohio, WV
                      Bur. - 1954 St. Clairsville, Belmont, OH, Belmont Memorial
                      Son of Ernest MEIGH & Elizabeth RUSHTON
                sp- American Anthony MEL
                      Died - Bef 1989
                      Son of Attilio MEL & Maria D-ARSIE
                sp- Unknown COSTA
                      Died - Aug 1993 Wheeling, Ohio, WV
                5 - Edith Belle HENTHORN
                      Born - 18 Nov 1920 Hannibal, Monroe, OH
                sp- Walter Roger LEWIS Jr.
                      Mar. - 21 Jun 1941 Barnesville, Belmont, OH
                      Son of Walter Roger LEWIS Sr. & May LEWIS
                    6 - Linda Jane LEWIS
                    sp- Marvin Gary FIELDING
                    6 - Rebecca Ann LEWIS
                    sp- Dale L. GOUDY
                          Son of Adam GOUDY
                    6 - Janice Elizabeth LEWIS
                    sp- Thomas BALTZELL
                    6 - Walter Roger LEWIS III
                    sp- Kitty JONES
                          Dau of Dale M. JONES & Helen UNKNOWN
                    6 - Edward Owen LEWIS

Henthorn, James

James Henthorn Descendant Chart
Created by R. Bangsund.

James Henthorn

"1 James Henthorn
........ 2 James Henthorn Burial: Probably Clarington, Salem Township, Monroe County, Ohio
............ Mary b: Abt. 1710 m: Abt. 1732
................... 3 James L. Henthorn d: September 11, 1859
....................... Nancy Bowen m: 1800 in Salem Township, Monroe Co., Ohio
............................. 4 Stephen Henthorn b: February 09, 1812 in Monroe County, Ohio d: March 09, 1874 in Sylvan, Richland County, Wisconsin Burial: Sugar Grove Cemetery, Clayton, Crawford Co., WI
................................. Sarah Randal b: December 31, 1810 in Greene, Pennsylvania m: Abt. 1830 in Salem Township., Monroe County, Ohio d: January 29, 1880 in Sylvan, Richland County, Wisconsin Burial: Sugar Grove Cemetery, Clayton, Crawford Co., WI"

Ahnentafel Chart of Pheobe (Conger) Allen

Ahnentafel Chart of Pheobe (Conger) Allen

Pheobe Conger, born September 20, 1807 in New York; died August 20, 1883 in Allenton, Berlin Twnshp, St. Clair County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Jesse Conger and Delight Benedict. She married (1) Douglass Allen October 19, 1829. He was born April 05, 1807 in New York, and died September 03, 1850 in Armada, Michigan.

Ahnentafel Chart for Caroline Beall Conger

RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Descendants of Allen Martin and Related Families

Ahnentafel Chart for John Henthorn

Ahnentafel Chart
for
John Henthorn of Licking Co., Ohio
Who Married
Nancy Jane Gaverson

RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Roger & Marsha (Drummond) Smith

Paul I. Yoho Ahnentafel Chart

Ahnentafel Chart
for
Paul I. Yoho
Created By
Dick Henthorn

Re: Missing Links

Descendant Chart for James Henthorn I

Link to:

Descendant Chart for James Henthorn I on the Ryan Genealogy website.

Scroll back to the upper right-hand corner to find, James Henthorn I. Chart includes, Henthorn, Jackson, and Watson.

Ahnentafel Defined

Ahnentafel Defined

Ahnentafel is a German word meaning ancestor chart.

The person for whom the chart is prepared has the number one (1) in front of their name.

To find the father of a person, double their number. To find the mother, double their number and add one. Therefore, the parents of (1) would be (2) and (3). The parents of (3) would be (6) and (7). Fathers are always even numbers and mothers odd numbers.

By the way, if people repeat in a chart it is not an error. This happens when there are so many links between the various families.

File: !ahnen.txt

John Lewis & Betty Jane Henthorn

Descendant List of John NORTON - 10 May 2008
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-John NORTON
b: 11 Jan 1822
+Emily J. DALE
b: 13 Apr 1822
m: 11 Oct 1841
. . 2-Emily J. NORTON
b: 1 Apr 1822 in , , IL
d: 14 Jun 1892 in , Miami Co., KS
. . +James LEWIS
b: 27 May 1818
m: 3 Mar 1851
d: 31 Dec 1907 in , Miami Co., KS
. . . . 3-John LEWIS
b: 3 Mar 1855 in Perry, Pike Co., IL
d: 3 Jun 1949 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
. . . . +Betty Jane HENTHORN
b: 20 Apr 1859 in Fishhook, Pike Co., IL
m: 26 Aug 1877 in , Pike Co., IL
d: 10 Jun 1941 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
. . . . . . 4-John Alfred LEWIS
b: 10 Jun 1878 in , , IL
d: Sep 1975 in Highland, San Bernardino Co., CA
. . . . . . +Effie BRUMMETT
b: 8 Oct 1879 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA
m: abt 1903
d: Feb 1974 in Highland, San Bernardino Co., CA
. . . . . . . . 5-John Renaldo LEWIS
b: 28 Feb 1904 in Hawleyville, Page Co., IA
d: 29 Nov 1979 in Downey, Los Angeles Co., CA
. . . . . . . . 5-Bernice Marie LEWIS
b: 14 May 1906 in Hawleyville, Page Co., IA
d: Mar 1909 in Hawleyville, Page Co., IA
. . . . . . . . 5-Bernal Dale LEWIS
b: 12 Nov 1907 in Hawleyville, Page Co., IA
d: Jun 1908 in Hawleyville, Page Co., IA
. . . . . . . . 5-Leone Fauna LEWIS
b: 20 Nov 1910 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA
d: Oct 1973 in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
. . . . . . . . 5-Lambert Abram LEWIS
b: 29 Nov 1900 in Paola, Miami Co., KS
d: 6 Mar 1994 in , , CA
. . . . . . 4-Benton Albian LEWIS
b: 20 Oct 1879
d: 1935
. . . . . . +Unknown UNKNOWN
. . . . . . +Ida MONTGOMERY
b: 1879
d: 1936
. . . . . . 4-Sarah Ann LEWIS
b: 8 Dec 1882 in Baylis, Pike Co., IL
d: 11 Dec 1973 in Louisburg, Miami Co., KS
. . . . . . +Herbert Edmond HILL
b: 5 Jul 1878 in Holden, Johnson Co., MO
m: 25 Feb 1902 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
d: 29 Sep 1969 in Paola, Miami Co., KS
. . . . . . . . 5-Helen Pauline HILL
b: 20 Dec 1912 in , Miami Co., KS
. . . . . . 4-Herbert E. LEWIS
b: 27 Sep 1885 in Quincy, Adams Co., IL
. . . . . . +Nora HACKETT
d: abt 1916
. . . . . . . . 5-Bernice LEWIS
b: in , Miami Co., KS
. . . . . . . . 5-Helen Mildred LEWIS
b: 20 Jul 1912 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
. . . . . . . . 5-Clarence LEWIS
b: in Grayson, Clinton Co., MO
. . . . . . . . 5-Harry William LEWIS
b: abt 1915 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
d: 6 Jul 1994 in Liberty, Clay Co., MO
. . . . . . 4-Frank Leslie LEWIS
b: 3 Jun 1888 in Sugar Creek Twp., , MO
d: 6 Dec 1951 in Olathe, Johnson Co., KS
. . . . . . +Gertrude Winifred STITT
b: 7 Nov 1891 in Merwin, Cass Co., MO
m: 13 Oct 1910
d: 21 Nov 1976 in Olathe, Johnson Co., KS
. . . . . . . . 5-Sterling Leslie LEWIS
b: 6 Sep 1911 in , Miami Co., KS
d: 31 Jan 1936 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
. . . . . . . . 5-Edward Warren LEWIS
b: 16 Nov 1913 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
d: 19 Jun 1979 in Independence, Jackson Co., MO
. . . . . . . . 5-Marjorie Gertrude LEWIS
b: 30 Sep 1915 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
. . . . . . . . 5-Bernard Wilson LEWIS
b: 24 Jan 1918 in , Miami Co., KS
d: 10 Jan 1982 in Ft. Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., KS
. . . . . . . . 5-Robert Lee LEWIS
b: 23 Aug 1921 in , Miami Co., KS
. . . . . . . . 5-Dean Francis LEWIS
b: 1 Jun 1923 in , Cass Co., MO
d: 18 Mar 1932 in Drexel, Cass Co., MO
. . . . . . 4-Minnie M. LEWIS
b: 20 Sep 1891 in , , MO
d: 21 Apr 1892 in , , MO
. . . . . . 4-Harry Edward LEWIS
b: 21 May 1894
. . . . . . +Ruth LEWIS
. . . . . . . . 5-Ted LEWIS

Prepared by:
Richard E. (Edson) Henthorn
5403 76th Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20784-1705
Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

Tags: Genealogy, Lewis, Henthorn, Drexel county Missouri

Ahnentafel Chart

Ahnentafel is a German word meaning ancestor chart. The person for whom the chart is prepared has the number one (1) in front of their name. To find the father of a person, double their number. To find the mother, double their number and add one.

Therefore, the parents of (1) would be (2) and (3). The parents of (3) would be (6) and (7).

Fathers are always even numbers and mothers odd numbers.

By the way, if people repeat in the chart it is not an error. This happens when there are so many links between the various families.

Tags: Ahnentafel, Genealogy

How to Read the Descendant Chart

How to Read the Descendant Chart

by Richard E. Henthorn

30 Jun 1999

Many of the pages on my website were produced with the DESCEND program which reads a PAF 2.31 file to generate a descendant chart. Here's something I wrote a long time ago that you may find useful when reading the webpages.

The name of the first person on the Descendant Chart is preceded by the number, one (1 -). The generation numbers on the chart have meaning only for the chart you are viewing.

Spouses are preceded with, (sp-). They appear at the same indentation as their corresponding spouse, who is listed above them. If a person has more than one spouse the 2nd, or later spouse, doesn't appear until all of the offspring and descendants of the first marriage have been listed. Since a second or third spouse might appear a number of pages after their spouse I usually try to put into their note, a line indicating that they were "spouse of Mr. or Miss so and so."

All of the children of the person numbered one (1 -) are preceded with two (2 -). The children of any child numbered (2 -) are numbered with three (3 -) and so on. That is to say, the numbers represent the generations of the offspring of the person numbered one. If the first person numbered (2 -) on the chart had descendant children (3 -) and grandchildren (4 -) they will all be listed before the next younger sibling of the person numbered (2 -).

Each generation and their spouses have the same indentation from the left margin.

When the first name or the surname of a person is not available I use the word "Unknown." Thus, some people may be listed as, "Unknown Unknown."

When the names of the parents of a person marrying into a family are known they are listed as: "Dau of (father's name) & (mother's name)" or "Son of (father's name) & (mother's name)."

Below is a little example, without any dates, places or notes that might clarify what I have described above. The Blackwell family lists some descendants in the 5th generation. Notice that the last person listed, Rebecca Hart, is at the same indentation as Mary Smith, the first wife of John Doe, Sr. Since this sample doesn't show any "Note -" information the fact that Rebecca Hart is the 2nd wife of John Doe, Sr. is only apparent by checking the indentation.

1 - John Doe, Sr.
sp- Mary Smith
2 - John Doe, Jr.
sp- Mary Brown
Dau of John Brown & Mary Jones
3 - John Doe, III
3 - Mary Doe
3 - James Doe
sp - Nancy Todd
4 - Thomas Doe
4 - William Doe
4 - Sally Doe
sp- James Blackwell
5 - John Blackwell
5 - Samuel Blackwell
5 - Sarah Blackwell
2 - Jane Doe
sp- Bernard Hartman
3- Melvin Hartman
sp- Rebecca Hart

Tags: Descend, Descendant Chart