Where Was I

Well it is now October 31st 2009. I had taken a break to get the children ready for eighth grade. That was in August! So much has been going on! We took a trip to Camp Warren for Labor Day and had a great time. (Until I got bucked off a horse). It really was a mistake getting on that horse! What I am finding out as I get older is that each year that goes by you can do less physically. (At least for me) So when I go to do something I have done the previous year, I ask myself "I wonder if I can still do that again?" I'm not planning to go horseback riding ever again should that question come up again.

I haven't felt like continuing with this project but "something" in the back of my mind keeps "gnawing at me". I'm not all that healthy and who knows when the good Lord will be calling me home. So as they say I need to "get er done" or all the family photos gets thrown out in a box when I'm gone. I will now try to get a little more done before the holidays begin.

The blog postings aren't in perfect order and there are lots of editing that will have to be done in the future. Oh well! I will try my best.
Laurie

George Harrison Gilkey 1859 1932

Here are two photos of George Harrison Gilkey my Great grandfather.

He had three sons Charles Moses b. 1887, Henry M., b. 1890 and Joseph b. 1892

Charles Moses Gilkey 1889-1971

A Quote from George L. Gilkey's Book

The Gilkeys

"The Gilkeys are a substantioal dependable

folk, ready to support good causes in the

community. With a marked strain of social

and religious idealism which steadily recurs

in different branches of the family, with

Music and artistic gifts which are less frequent,

but marked when they do occur. And on the other

side of the family ledger, not gifted with a large

share of the world's goods. The "Scotch" strain makes

them very careful in the use of a penny

And a bit tenacious in holding on to it"

George L. Gilkey

From Scotland, England, Plymoth and Main Our Ancestors Headed For Kentucky

COLESBURG: " It appears that the area was settled at least by 1800. Most of the records form the early part of the nineteeth century are from St. Clare Catholic church which was established in the first decade of the nineteenth century. It is not known when the name of Colesburg was first applied to the settlement but it was in use for the station on the Louisville and Nashville railroad's main line by 1858-59. As one of the early settlers of the area was William Cole, it has been assumed that the town was named for him. The 1860 U.S. Census of Hardin County identifies the Colesburg area as Elizabethtown district No. 3. The Post office was renamed Colesburg in 1893."



"Colesburg gained prominence during the 1850's because of its geographic location at the foot of Muldraugh Hill. In August 1851, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad placed two surveying parties into the field to find the best route for a railroad from Louisville, Kentucky, to Nashville, Tennessee. The route was completed prior to October 1859 as that was when the first through timetable for the L & N route was published".



"The construction of the tunnels and trestles for the L & N railroad in the mid 1850's brought an influx of Irish Catholic immigrants to Colesburg. The Civil War, with its three nearby Union forts, also added to the growing population. There were three Union Army forts in the vicinity of Colesburg"

I'm checking out the eyes here. This is my great grandmother, my grandmother, and my father and me.

Here I had fun looking at the eyes of my father as a boy, me as a teenager, my grandmother as a child and her mother. What do you see?

These are my great grand-parents. The parents of Mary Claudia House.

Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Hill 1862-1926

Look at Molly's eyes here. I am certain I have noticed that trait in my father Ed's pictures. I will try and find an example.

This is William David House my great great grandfather b. August 10, 1862.

d. May 6, 1925. He is buried in the St. Clare Church Cemetery in Colesburg, in Hardin Co Ky.

Sadly I read that after the death of his mother the children were placed is seperate homes. In 1880 William David was living in the household of James J. Fowler. Seems I recall the mention of the Fowlers of Colesburg. William and "Molly" had three children. Thier first child James Roy was born on January 28th 1887 and died two years later. Mary Claudia ( my grandmother) was born at Bardstown Junction, Bullitt County, Ky. on November 25th 1890. The last born was William Harrell House born in Colesburg Ky born on Oct. 6th in 1899.

William David House married Mary "Molly" E. Hill on September 29, 1886.

* Photos were received from my cousin Donna Reid

* Information about this couple is from the Book "Samuel House (1610-1661) and His Descendants in Kentucky. by Thomas R. House