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8 Nov 2026: second round, both sides back to the immigrants

Section titled “8 Nov 2026: second round, both sides back to the immigrants”
  • Added to the Ancestry tree: the eight great-grandparents. Six were accepted from Ancestry’s “potential parent” suggestions after checking them against the records above; their dates come from other members’ trees: Dora Kittie Pedigo (20 Jan 1886 – 22 Jan 1931, Smithville), Bessie Mae Wilmot (18 Jan 1885 Amherst – 1947 Mattoon), Francis P. Rossiter (17 Feb 1908 – 20 Sep 1991, Swainton, Cape May, NJ), Lucille H. Garber Rossiter (2 Jan 1914 – 31 Aug 1998, Cape May Court House, NJ), John Thomas (Jack) Turner and James Madison Fuson. Conflicts: Frederick W. Glinski’s tree gives death at Hutchins (Find a Grave: Madison); the 1950 census calls Lucille’s father “Frank B.” (the tree: Francis P.). Margaret McCann was added by hand, because the suggested tree gives her birth as 12 Jan 1888 in Philadelphia, against the 1950 census (born in Ireland) and FamilySearch (25 Sep 1890, County Mayo).
  • The Glinskis came from Winkenhagen, East Prussia (now Winiec, Poland). Hamburg passenger list, 17 May 1879, ship Astronom to Hull, then Liverpool and New York: Christopf Glünsky (38), labourer, of “Winkenjagen, Ostpreußen”, with his wife Christine (40) and children Ernstine (5), Friedrich (3) and Emma (2) (record). The names and the parents’ ages match Christ and Ernestine Glinski of Portage County; the children’s ages are 2–3 years low. Probable, not proven. Winkenhagen was in Kreis Mohrungen; its Lutheran parish was Jäskendorf (GenWiki).
  • Christ Glinski, b. 23 Feb 1841 Germany, d. 11 Feb 1909 Amherst, Wisconsin; wife Ernestine (1838–1912); married about 1868, arrived 1878; farmer in Buena Vista, Portage County, in 1900 (Find a Grave; 1900 census).
  • Frederick William Glinski, b. 5 Feb 1873 Germany, d. 14 Sep 1940 Madison, buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Mattoon; son of Christ and Ernestine (Find a Grave index). Married Bessie Mae Wilmot 17 Jan 1904, Lanark Township, Portage County (marriage); divorced 3 Dec 1937 (divorce).
  • Guy Donald Glinski was born 30 Aug 1913 in Portage County, Wisconsin (birth), grew up on his father’s dairy farm in Hutchins, Shawano County (1930 census), was a carpenter in Woodruff, Oneida County, in 1940 (1940 census), and died 11 Dec 2013 at Bokeelia, Florida, aged 100 (obituary index).
  • Bessie Mae Wilmot, b. Jan 1885 Wisconsin, daughter of Walter M. and Melinda M. Wilmot of Amherst (1900 census).
  • Flossie’s parents were James Madison Fuson (5 Dec 1885 – 9 May 1959) and Dora Kittie Pedigo. He is buried in Bonham Cemetery, Smithville; his parents were Jonathan N. and Nancy Jane Fuson (Find a Grave index). In 1910 the young couple lived with her parents, William H. and Mandy Pedigo (1910 census). The Fuson family history’s “W. Kit Petigo” is Kittie Pedigo, daughter of William.
  • Edward C. P. Turner’s parents were John Thomas Turner and Margaret McCann. The Social Security NUMIDENT gives Edward Turner, b. 23 May 1933 Philadelphia, d. May 1987, parents John T Turner and Margaret McCann (FamilySearch record search). In 1950 the family lived at 724 W Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia; both parents born in Ireland (1950 census; 1940).
  • John Thomas Turner (7 Aug 1902 Co. Wexford – 3 Sep 1977 Fort Lauderdale) and Margaret McCann (25 Sep 1890 Co. Mayo – 24 Sep 1978 Fort Lauderdale), married 1928 in Philadelphia; both buried at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Fort Lauderdale (FamilySearch tree, John, Margaret).
  • Edward and Lucille married in early 1955. Their licence was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 Jan 1955: Edward Turner, 4852 C St., and Lucille Rossiter, 23, 1356 Marlborough St. (index). The index gives Edward’s age as 31, probably a misreading of 21.
  • Lucille’s parents were Frank B. Rossiter and Lucille (Garber). The family was at 1356 Marlborough St. in 1950 (1950 census); in 1940 there were six children (1940 census). Her mother’s maiden name, Garber, is from the FamilySearch tree (Lucilla Rossiter).
  • Edward P. Turner’s death notice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 19 May 1987 (index). FamilySearch gives the death as 16 May 1987, Fort Lauderdale.

8 Nov 2026: first Ancestry searches

Section titled “8 Nov 2026: first Ancestry searches”
  • Added to the Ancestry tree (Glinski Family Tree): Matthew’s parents, Guy D Glinski, Flossie F Fuson, Edward Charles Patrick Turner and Lucille Rossiter, with the dates above. No sources attached yet.
  • Flossie Glinski was born Flossie Fuson, 21 Jan 1914, and died in March 1980 in Fort Lauderdale (SSDI; the date matches the Fuson family history). The family remembered her as “in her early 70s”; she was 66.
  • Guy D Glinski is Matthew’s grandfather. He married “Flossie F Fuson Braswell Holt” on 30 Sep 1950 in Henry County, Ohio; he was 37, son of Fred Glinski and Bessie Wilmont (Ohio marriage; a second entry dated 9 Oct 1950, here).
  • Flossie’s first husband was Austin Braswell. Their child Rozell Braswell died in Tennessee (death certificate 12701, index). In 1940 Flossie was a widow, aged 26, living with her father (1940 census).
  • Flossie’s parents were James M. and Kittie D. Fuson of Civil District 18, DeKalb County (1930 census).
  • 1951–1958: Guy (carpenter) and Flossie in Michigan city directories, first in Wayne County (1951).
  • 1980: James Madison Glinski’s wedding announced in the Fort Lauderdale News, 29 Jun and 6 Jul 1980; his mother Mrs Flossie Glinski is named (index).
  • Edward Turner, b. 23 May 1933, d. May 1987; Lucille E. Turner, b. 10 Aug 1931, d. 18 Dec 2012 (Social Security Death Index; the birth dates match the family’s).