Family Time

 Ohio Cousin Reunion 2023

September 17, 2023-Start Left side and going clockwise:
Barbara (Fueston) Grandon, Karin (Fueston) Williams
Donna (Fueston) Culbertson, Jolene (Pate) Decker, Ron Decker, Jake Decker,
Thomas Fueston, Ronnie Decker, Family Friend Dillon, Emerson Pate "Buddy" Jr ,  Wendy Pate, 
Vickie (Fueston), Vivian (Fueston) J Tudor-Rodgers

We met at the Veteran's Memorial Park in Lebanon, Ohio.  Three generations of Fueston's are represented for their military service at this park.  Thank You for your service. 

Warren County Veterans Memorial Lebanon Ohio

photo courtesy Warren County Veterans Memorial park site.

The top brick represents the service of George McClure, the father of the 6 men, his son's, who also served. 

Below are bricks from 2 of his grandson's who served. 

Brick photos courtesy of Thomas Fueston collection

It was a beautiful day! Many, many thank you's to Tom and Vivian for arranging the day and to everyone who could come out wow, no words.  We had several combinations of cousins represented!  

After viewing the bricks of our honored veterans we settled in and began to get to know each other.  Tom brought out some binders and family sheets from his hard work in genealogy.  What a treasure. The work Tom did putting together a list of generation connections for all of us will no doubt be used for future reference. 

Two children of  Ezekiel and Ursley's were represented at the reunion, Robert Clemens Fueston and Henry I Fueston. Robert is my great grandfather and Henry is Thomas, Vivian, Donna, Karin and Emerson's great grandfather.  Basically everyone except me descend from George McClure, Henry I's son.  To me everyone is either a 3rd cousin or 3rd cousin once removed (OR).   

Partial Family Group Sheet I apologize for the blurry view

Here are a few cousin charts that may help us understand how we connect

There are many more charts to look at and use to help figure out connections to cousins over at FamilySearch.org or by doing a search on google  cousin charts

At my last family reunion in California a new term was coined called "Table Talk". It is where we sat around and just chatted and shared our lives and it was a favorite moment for many of us.  I am going to use that term here too so here goes:

                                                                                     

Table Talk

Crafting and art run in our genes-Vivian crochets, Jodi draws beautifully and wants to paint and sew.  Vivian's husband Jeff's father last name Bridges, paints amazing bridges and scenery.

I had the wrong Maggie DeWeese years and  "Willa" connected to wrong ancestor.  Willa is Donna's mother.

Tom has done lots and lots of research on our family history!

We are related to a ton of famous people (list in Family Search /activities) Our Famous Relatives

    John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Kennedy, Helen Keller and the list goes on.  

    Click here to see how we are related to  Helen Keller  Family Search is a free family tree application 

    with a lot of fun things.  

Movies filmed here in Lebanon Ohio:

The Christmas Spirit 2013 staring Nicolette Sheridan and Bart Johnson with extras Karin (Fueston) Williams, Jerry Williams and it rates #8 with a score of 5.8 sorted by popularity  check out the other Movies filmed in Lebanon

    Harper Valley PTA-1978

    The Old Man And The Gun 2018

    Animal Among Us 2019

    Calamity Jane's Reverence 2015

And finally if you're looking for similarities with  relatives .....Feet matter...  ask Jodi!

And that's a wrap!  

Until next time....keep your family stories alive

Barbara