January 16, 2018
This is week 3 of my
#52ancestors challenge
and the prompt is “Longevity.”
I took
this to mean who lived longest.
Of course, I am not counting all the living ancestors today
as I hope they will all exceed 150 years!
I am also discounting a possible
ancestor of Nancy’s who may have lived for 110 years, but I cannot confirm her
as an ancestor. She would have been Nancy’s
10th great grandmother Jane Whitehead who lived from 1603 – 1713. I
cannot confirm the relationship nor the dates but a nice thought.
There are many identified ancestors for whom I do not have both
birth and death dates and, finally any as of yet unidentified ancestors.
Nancy’s 2nd grandmother however is much better
known. Much of the information comes
from New York State and United States censuses.
Censuses are not perfect sources of information, but in Agnes’ case, the
many censuses from 1892 until 1940 are very consistent.
Agnes Mildenberger was born on 15 Jun 1874 in Germany and
immigrated to the U.S. in about 1886 at 11years old.
Agnes married Adolph Schineller on 27 Sep 1892. They were married until his death on 14 Jan
1913, about twenty years. They had four children, including Nancy’s grandmother
Barbara.
Agnes died on 05 Oct 1981 at the age of 107 years, 3 months,
20 days.