6th Great Grandfathers

Today, in researching my maternal lines, I discovered a familiar name, Groce.  I couldn't recall exactly where it was in my family tree, but upon searching for it I found:

Ann Groce is my 5th Great Grandmother on my Dad's side of the family (b 8 Dec 1785)

My 5th Great Grandmother on my Mom's side's name is Christina Groce (b 9 Jun 1794)
Christina has a sister named Anna (b 27 Nov 1785)

At first I thought they must be sisters, but I have Christina's father as Theobald Groce (b ~1755) and Ann's as Simon Groce (b ~1748).

So are they cousins?

I found immigration records for Theobald and Simon Groce, immigrating to America from Germany on the ship Europa, 20 Nov 1741.  So does that make my Simon and Theobald brothers? or cousins?

I found a table of the Groce Family online and it lists the first Simon Groce in America married to Anna Catherine Schneidelin had three daughters and two sons, Simon (b 24 Jun 1748) and Theobald (b ~1755).  The same dates as my two 6th grandfathers.

This indicates to me that my 6th Great Grandfathers were brothers, and my 7th Great Grandparents on these two lines are the same people!

What a small world!  I'll list out the relations

Simon Groce - Simon Groce - Ann Groce - Ransom Hoots - Ruth Ann Hoots - Delia Arbella Davidson - Clarence Tuggle - Clarence Tuggle - Richard Tuggle - Christina (ME!)

Simon Groce - Theobald Groce - Christina Groce - Wiley Stockton - George Stockton - Estella Stockton - Mary Fern Conner - William Miller - Judith Miller - Christina (ME!)

I think this is accurate, but I'll have to do additional verification.

DAR Application

My application has been turned in.  I had it completed a couple weeks ago, and at the meeting on Saturday it was signed by all the officials.
Mom and Grandma signed their applications as well.

We will find out in either April or June after the quarterly meetings at the national level.

Conner- Connor Family

I found two more generations of my family on the Connor side.  Something that is interesting, is that the spelling alternates from an -or and an -er on the census records.
It is so fascinating when you are looking for, and finding relatives, you realize you've heard the names before.  When Grandma and I were looking at census records, and found a great-aunt who was living with her aunt and uncle, their names were in fact familiar to grandma, but she had forgotten about it.
Connections :)

Anena - Where are you?

So I excitedly posted about Nena - Anena yesterday.  Only to log in last night to go through the hints, and the other member trees that had her got switched to private!  UGH!  I think I got all the information I needed, but still, how frustrating!  I wish there was a way to contact them.  

Nena - Anena

Today Grandma and I were able to track down my Great Great Grandmothers maiden name.  It took searching through each of her five kids to find one where she was referenced.  We knew she was from Denmark, but that was all.  Now I have found her on census records and even found her parents names.
The lady we always knew as Nena F. Miller is actually Anena Frederika Andersen.

Due to the Flu

Due to the flu hitting our house, I have not kept up on blogging information.

DNA

Both my husbands and my DNA results came back.  I've put together books for each of our families and we gave them to them for Christmas and Birthdays in the last month.  Our results were very interesting.