1490 - 2008 The Caritey Family Tree

We will climb the family tree and find some folks. We will find big apples, little apples, bad apples and good apples and a good story or two about each one. We begin with Jean Caritey in Vesoul, France who was born in 1490 approximately---before Christopher Columbus discovered America! Here we go.

1. Jean Caritey, born near Vesoul, France in 1490. Married who and when?
2. Nicolas Caritey, born near Vesoul, France about 1510. Married who and when?
3. Humbert Caritey, born about 1560 married Claudine Melay.
4. Valentine Caritey, born about 1590. Married who and when?
5. Valbert Caritey, born about 1635 married Anne Monier in Villersexel, France in 1660.
6. Jean Claude Caritey, born 1676 first married Marie Roy in Villersexel in 1704? When Marie Roy Caritey died, Jean Claude Caritey married Francoise Despore in Frahier, France around 1710. This shows a link to
my mother's Despore (Dapore) family tree.
7. Etienne Caritey, born May 3, 1712 married Eve Pequignot in 1740.
8. Francois Caritey, born in 1752 married Jeanne Francoise Pequignot in 1791. (We are now up to the American Revolution.)
9. Jean Baptiste Caritey, born July 13, 1796. This is our ancestor who immigrated to the United States in his old age after his first wife died. He lived in Frahier, France and married Francoise Josephine Grisey in 1830. They had eight children but only three survived to become teenagers. When his first wife died and the potato blight was sweeping through the French countryside killing both the potato and wheat crops, Jean Baptiste Caritey booked passage to the port of New York from a French port. On the way to America Jean met and fell in love with Rozella Rosen on board the ship. They landed in New York. They got married. Rozella got pregnant. Jean found a job as a day laborer digging wells in New York City to save money to send for his three teenage children in Frahier. Meanwhile the immigration authorities had misspelled his name so that now he was registered as Jean Baptiste Gariety. Then tragedy struck. A well that Jean was digging caved in and Jean was killed. His widow had to strike out for western Ohio where she knew there were French communities and Jean Baptiste had a cousin, Augustin Caritey. Rozella became a servant to a French family in Frenchtown, Ohio but when it came time to give birth to her dead husband's child, she walked from Frenchtown, Ohio to Newport, Ohio through the snows of January to give birth at Augustin Caritey's farmhouse. Rozella gave birth on January 20, 1856 to a boy and named him Jean Baptiste Gariety. Later the Jean would be Anglicized to John. Rozella later married a Miller and had four more children.
10. Jean (John) Baptiste Gariety II, born on January 20, 1856, married on January 20, 1880 Mary Elizabeth Francis at Holy Family Catholic Church in Frenchtown, Ohio.
11. Leo A. Gariety,born November 23, 1903 on a farm near Newport, Ohio married Theresa Dapore on August 3, 1926 at St. Remy Church in Russia, Ohio. Leo Gariety had 11 siblings: Elizabeth, Francis, Margaret, Emma, John, Clara, Julius, Lawrence, Alice, Florence and Viola. Leo and Viola were the two youngest children. The only child still alive is Viola Gariety Luthman who will be 103 this fall.
12. Joann Gariety, born on the farm near Russia, Ohio married Jack L. Shipley of Hale, Missouri on April 15, 1974 at St. Sebastion's Catholic Church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Joann had three older brothers, Paul, Carl and Harold and one older sister, Mary Ellen.
13. Jennifer Mary Shipley was born in 1976.
13. Jeanine Marie Shipley was born in 1980.

French Ancestory In Ohio

When you think of New Orleans you think of the French culture there. Same thing goes for Montreal, Canada. But did you know that there is a long and vibrant French culture in western Ohio? The following four communities in western Ohio have many folks with French heritage: Versailles, Frenchtown, Newport and Russia. And let's all learn to pronounce Russia the way the locals do: Rue She or Roo She. Now, let's consider these town names. Versailles makes sense and so does Frenchtown and Newport but how on earth did Russia get in the picture? Because many of the first immigrants that settled here were French soldiers that had fought in the Napoleonic Wars and had marched to the Ukraine to fight. When they came to western Ohio in the wintertime and snow was on the ground it reminded them of the Ukraine so they named their village Russia.

If you were to visit Paris and the Arc de Triomph you would see inscribed on the monument the name of a French general who fought under Napoleon: General Grilliot. There are many Grilliots in these four communities and they can trace ancestory to General Grilliot. Here are some more common French names in this part of Ohio: Cordonnier, Francis, Guillozet, Goubeaux, Gasson, Magoto, Monnin, Monnier, Pequignot, Pettijean and Reboulet,

Now Joann's maiden name was Gariety. That doesn't sound too French does it? In fact, one of her brothers once remarked that we must be Irish since we have a name that ends in "y" to which her father replied: "Well, how come my parents always spoke French at home and I didn't learn a word of English till I went off to that one room schoolhouse called Turner School near Willowdell, Ohio for first grade in 1909?" So the Garietys didn't know too much about their French ancestory until some of their relatives in later years did research and published family histories.

Joann now has two family history books that she dearly cherishes:

A Book of Genealogy of the Carity and Gariety Families of the United States and the Caritey's of Frahier (Village) in Haute Soane, France From 1721 A.D. This book was a combined effort of Norbert Gariety (my first cousin), John R. Gariety of Casper, Wyoming and Claude and Pierre Caritey of Frahier, France.

Dapore: The Descendants of Joseph Athenuse Despoire in America, 1846-1987. This book was the combined effort of Marsha Sorrell and Juanita Gerling.

When you were reading these two book titles you may have picked up on a very common problem when shaking your family tree for names. Names were frequently, for no rhyme or reason, changed by the immigration authorities in New York City. For instance, Caritey became Carity and Gariety; and Despore became Dapore.

From these two family histories we learned what we suspected but couldn't prove before: that both sides of the family came from France but not from the Alsace-Lorraine Department but the Frenche-Comte Department which is just twenty miles east of Swizerland. But what was really surprising was the knowledge that both sides of the family came from the same village in France: Frahier in Haute Soane. There is even evidence that a certain Caritey in Frahier married a certain Despore!

Cheap Entertainment

No need to get in the car and spend money on gas to go somewhere for summer entertainment. We have our backyard water show to enjoy.

Box Turtle Drug Bust

Earlier this morning I was reading the Washington Post and having a cup of coffee on my patio while the outside was still cool and refreshing when I came across a funny article. The story is about box turtle #72 who lives in Rock Creek Park. (Yes, the same beautiful park in northwest Washington that played center stage in the famous Chandra Levy disappearance and murder.) This time a little box turtle equipped with a transmitter led a researcher to a newly planted field of marijuana. The marijuana farmer was a college student from upscale Chevy Chase, MD who was making a little college expense money. Click here to learn more of the story. Box Turtle #72 according to the writer of this article has a brain the size of a raisin. Take a look. She is a cutie pie!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008073101540.html?hpid=moreheadlines

The Dog Days Of Summer

Our Piedmont Wine Society leader, John Brooks, wrote the following thoughts on rose' wines.

THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

"Give me wine to wash clean the weather stains of care." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"July means hot days, warm nights...afternoons by the pool and barbecues on the deck..sitting in the shade gorging on fresh corn and home-grown tomatoes. It's a time to enjoy life and friends and family. And when you enjoy life and friends and family you want a wine that goes with the occasion. But which wine? It's too hot for some of the big reds that we normally enjoy. And chardonnay doesn't stand up to heat very well. Sauvignon blanc is not a bad option. But increasingly, people are turning to rose'.

How much are they turning to rose'? In France, right now, one out of every five bottles of wine sold is rose'. That's a dramatic change in recent years.

Rose' has some of the crispness and acidity of good summer white wines but can be larger, with a little more substance. This summer I keep a bottle in the refrigerator pretty much all the time."

The photos above show the five kinds of rose' wine that John bought for us to sample with our dinner. Did you note the variety of red colors from pale pink to deep raspberry red? In fact, in England rose' is called pink. Now here is the info below on the five rose's we sampled in case you would like to try some very good rose'.

2007 Jean-Luc Colombo Cote Bleue (Provence in France)

About $12

2005 Fortitude (Napa Valley)

About $14

2007 Tegernseerhof Rose' Zweigelt (Austria)

About $14 ***

2007 Valle Reale Vigue Nuove Cerasuolo (D'Abruzzo in Italy)

About $15 *****

Domaine de la Mordoree Tavel (Provence in France)

About $22 ****

Notice that I gave the last three wine selections stars. Jack and I liked best the Italian rose' from the region of Montepulciano D'Abruzzo. And that last bottle of rose' from Provence was from the Tavel region of Provence which is the best known region in the world for rose'.

Summer Alliteration

Hazy, hot and humid is a summer alliteration that I don't like for the local weather prognosticators to say. Hazy, hot and humid means stay inside to avoid the code orange and code red days. Our Cape Cod guests got lucky. After a week of hazy, hot and humid days we got a nice weekend for their Virginia stay.But since Monday morning we have been back in the hazy, hot and humid weather and we probably have another week of this horrific weather to endure. Here's my advice to folks who want to come to Virginia to enjoy our attractions. This is a very beautiful and historic state with lots to see and do, but if I were you , I would avoid the last two weeks of July and the first week of August when our state goes into what I call the dreaded dog days of summer. Hazy, hot and humid. Hazy, hot and humid. Hazy, hot and humid. If that weather forecaster says that line one more time, I'm going to start barking like a dog howling at the moon. On a lighter note I must admit my rosa rugosa roses seem to thrive on this hazy, hot and humid weather.

Family Royalty!

Eliza, daughter of Joann's godson, Greg, and his wife Connie of Russia, won Little Miss Shelby County Fair.

The following photo and story appeared in The Sidney Daily Newspaper. According to the newspaper this little great niece of Joann beat out the older women in the contest (the four and five year old girls) to win the title. Congratulations, Eliza!

Contestants were judged on their poise and answers to questions. They were asked about their favorite color, song or poem, stuffed animal and pets.

Eliza, carrying a basket and a welcome to the fair sign, sang a rhyme for the audience. Her favorite colors are purple and pink and she has pets at home.

In addition to the trophy Eliza is holding, she received a $100 savings bond. Congratulations to Eliza and the whole family! We are proud of you.

If you would like to learn more about this fair event, click here:

http://www.sidneydailynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=97&SubSectionID=243&ArticleID=189666

Misconceptions

It is always easy to have misconceptions about regions of our United States. For instance, I admit I have had a misconception about New England and New York State. I have always thought that no one in the far east corner of the U.S. listened to country and western music. Well, Baby Jack's first cousin, the other Jack, sure put me straight this weekend. Jack Mulcahy is only two and a half years old but he certainly is into country and western music. Samantha, his mother, said his first word after Momma and Dada was Brad. Short for Brad Paisley, the country singer. And when he is listening to his favorite country station up on Cape Cod he can tell you who is singing some of the songs. He recognizes and likes the country sounds of Trace Adkins, Kenny Chesney and Martina McBride. What a hoot that is! And this little guy is a real worker bee. Last fall when Jenn and Terry were in Cape Cod for Thanksgiving with the relatives they discovered that this Jack just loved to rake leaves. Well, on Sunday afternoon after church services he begged Jenn to let him sweep the floors in the house. So here he is sweeping with the broom and dustpan. Sweep on you cute little Cape Cod Country Boy.

Boston: Patriot and Red Sox Fan Heaven

Folks from Boston and Cape Cod are crazy about the Patriots and the Red Sox. And they can't leave the state of Massachusetts without bringing their fan regalia. Click on the second photo from the top to see Terry's Dad's little red socks on his shirt. Stroll down to the third photo to see an older Patriot logo on Samantha's son's baseball cap. By the way this little boy is also named Jack. In fact, this weekend found us with three Jacks in the house. Now stroll down to the bottom photo to see little Mia, Samantha's daughter, in her very pink Red Sox cap. Did you notice some boo boos on Mia's face? That is because she has just started walking and consequently has taken a few tumbles face first. Our rough brick patio Saturday night left an imprint on her sweet little face when she took off too fast to explore. And what do you do when you have more babies than high chairs in your home? You head to the Golden Corral in Manassas, Virginia for dinner. Did you notice that the two grandfathers were responsible for keeping Baby Jack in line at the dinner table?

Cape Cod Visiters

This weekend our grandson's paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. K flew down from Cape Cod to see Jack Aidan get baptised at the Floris Methodist Church and to see their daughter, Samantha, and son-in-law, Jim, become Jack Aidan's Godparents. The baptismal service was lovely and later the Sunday sermon the pastor gave was unusual and poignant. The topic of the sermon was Jesus and Christian kindness and to get us all thinking he connected Christian kindness to the story of Horton Hears A Who. We got to watch a church youth group act out Horton's kindness to the Who. And then we got to watch a video of ultimate human kindness and unselfishness played out in a women's college softball game where two of the opposing team players helped an injured runner round the bases and make a home run after suffering a torn ACL in her knee. This story actually happened in Washington state between two state university teams in the college softball playoffs. Well, I don't think there was a dry eye in the church after watching that video. And that had to be the perfect Sunday sermon for Baby Jack's relatives from Massachusetts who are die hard Boston Red Sox fans! Tomorrow I'll post a photo or two of Samantha and Jim's little toddlers who are in training to be adult Boston Red Sox fanatics.

Still Some Blooms

In spite of the 90 degree days of July some blooms are still appearing on the American wisteria, the climbing pale pink French rose and the saucer magnolias. You will need to click and enlarge the photo to get a view. The twin saucer magnolias have produced blooms since April. The wisteria and climbing rose have been in bloom since the first of June. The wisteria has really grown but I don't want to give it a haircut just yet. For one, I kinda like that Angela Davis Afro look and two, the birds think it is a cool place to explore. The cardinals, finches, black shouldered black bird and mourning doves have really used it as a bird jungle gym. It is amazing how quickly they can fly thru the lattice then fly up into the green cover of the wisteria. And the knockout rose bushes are still knocking themselves out on each side of the swing. This is my favorite place to sit in my garden. If you were here, I would hand you an ice cold glass of tea and ask you to come sit a spell with me so we could talk and watch the my garden grow. I saw a newly fledged mourning dove walking along my rod (wrought) iron fence. It looked thru the breakfast window at me and seemed to say, don't worry, I'm walking slowly and carefully human momma. I wanted to say, ok, but watch out for our neighborhood cats and our resident Coopers hawk.

The Blog Got Busted!!!!!!!!

Thursday's Washington Post reported on the very amusing but very disturbing story of the army lieutenant whose blog got busted. Apparently this blog got more hits per day than some small town newspapers. This witty guy called his outpost in Iraq Anu al-Verona in reference to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The Sunnis were the Capulets and the Shias were the Montagues. After six months of blogging he ruffled the feathers of his commanding officer in a blogpost and got busted. Well, there has been such an uproar over this that several things have occurred.

One, the blog's old post has been reinstated by an admiring reader. See here. http://kaboomwarjournalarchive.blogspot.com/

Two, the lieutenant's fiance has taken over writing the original blog. See here. http://kaboomwarjournal.blogspot.com/

Three, the media is reporting on this story now. See here.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072303970.html?sid=ST2008072303995&pos=

If you read the Washington Post article you will learn that this soldier had quite a following with kids who were reading and writing to him and saying things like " War is worse than math!"

I think if you go to the above sites that I have listed, you will find some very interesting stuff to read. On a lighter note, have a great summer weekend.

Something In Common With John McCain

Yesterday John McCain was in Columbus,Ohio and ate at Schmidts Sausage Haus. Jack programs our navigation system in our Honda to take us to the Sausage Haus every time we are cruising west on interstate #70 to Dayton, Ohio. So I guess we have one thing in common with John McCain. We like those German sausages with all the fixings in the old German Village. We also like to wash down the food with a Schmidts Beer on tap. I wonder if John McCain had a tall one? And I wonder if he had his photo op with the faceless Germans in the wooden cutout? Jack took this photo of the Sausage Haus in April of 2007 and as you can see I didn't pose with the faceless Germans in the wooden cutout.

Little Ohio Farmer

This little Ohio farm boy is Waylon, the great grandson of my brother Carl. His momma, Nicole, emailed me these precious photos. Waylon is six months old and already checking out the cars. The top photo was taken at the North Star Cruise-In where Waylon's uncle Chad had his souped up GTO. The bottom photo of Waylon in the stroller was snapped at the Great Shelby County Fair which is taking place this very week in Ohio. In the middle photo the little farmer is relaxing at home. This is the new generation of Ohio farmers. They still wear overalls but they dress up the look with a baseball cap from the Gap and footwear for the beach.

Bryan Is Back!!!!!

Just want to say that Jeanine's beau, Bryan, is back in Northern Virginia. Our daughter went down on Sunday to get him at West Point High School. There was a very brief ceremony and then the all the Virginia Guard was released to meet their love ones. Bryan did the driving heading back up interstate #95. The kids are happy. Saturday they plan to go tubing on the James River with friends. Then Sunday Jeanine has been invited to go with Bryan's family to Orlando, Florida for a week of fun at DisneyWorld. If anyone deserves a week at Disneyworld it is Bryan who completed his second tour in Iraq. Want to end this post with a thought. Every day say a prayer for our fighting men and women who are giving their TODAYS for our TOMORROWS. Everyone should support our troops no matter what your political leanings in this presidential election are. And say many, many prayers for the families who cannot greet their loved ones because the soldiers gave their lives in support of the U.S. war effort in Iraq or Afghanistan.