Martha (Mattie) Newby and Edwin Burdick

             Martha J. Newby Burdick and husband Edwin Burdick
David H. Newby's sister Martha (Mattie) married Edwin Burdick on Feb. 6,1897 in Wisconsin. Why Wisconsin, I'm not sure. They lived in Chicago,Ill. Looks like they met in college, Edwin was a lawyer and Mattie was a doctor. They later lived in Denver which is where Edwin was from. I recently ordered the marriage license from the Wisconsin Historical Society. I scanned the license and tried to upload it here but for some reason (too big a file) it never uploaded. I wish the license had some information on Mattie's family but really nothing new. It does show her father as K.N.Newby instead of K. H. Newby but this may have been a mistake. So the search goes on for K.H. Newby.
There were no names on this picture but based on the way they looked here compared to the way they looked in the ones with names I would say this is a picture of Mattie and Edwin. I've found no record of Mattie and Edwin having children. I think it is amazing that she was a doctor in the early 1900's.

Olivia Jane (Jennie) Long Newby - Fearless Females- Women's History Month

 Do you have a favorite female ancestor? One you are drawn to or want to learn more about? Write down some key facts you have already learned or what you would like to learn and outline your goals and potential sources you plan to check. This was the prompt for March 1, since I missed it and because I can't do the prompt for March 5, because I don't know how my grandparents or great grandparents met.

Olivia Jane (Jennie) Long Newby is a favorite female ancestor. I've always loved the name Olivia Jane. I wonder if she loved the name, since her marriage license has Jennie and even her tombstone has Jennie. Maybe it was the name her husband had for her. I would love to know the story of why she went by Jennie and not Olivia. I think that I only have one picture of Olivia. She died when she was only 44 years old. She had 7 children. In her obituary it said she died after a short illness. I would like to get her death certificate and find out the cause of death.

Fearless Females -Women's History Month- Fay Newby

Thank you to Lisa Also, The Accidental Genealogist, for the wonderful Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women's History Month. I am trying to work this into my Featured Family of the Month and do some stories on the Newby women.
My middle name is Faye after my Grandmother, Fay Newby Kelley, even though they are not spelled the same. She really fits into the Fearless Female category. Can you imagine facing the fear of becoming a widow at the age of thirty - six, in 1929, in rural Georgia, with six children in age from thirteen to two months. I know I've written about her several times but I admire her strength and courage. She really never seemed to let the events of her life get her down. She just took life as it came to her and made the best of it.
She married in April 1913.

Her first child, Bonnie, was born Jan. 1916.
Her Mother, Olivia (Jennie) died April 1, 1916.
Edgar E. Kelley, her husband died Feb. 22,1929 at the age of 45. Fay would have been 36 at the time.
Middle son wounded and almost killed in Oct. 1944. (My Dad)
Oldest son died March 1945 in Luxembourg.
Her father died in Dec. 1945.
Then her youngest child died in Nov. 1976, he was almost 48.This was the only time I ever remember hearing her say anything close to being bothered by the events of her life. At the funeral home she said " A Mother shouldn't out live her children and now I've out lived two of mine."
My Grandmother lived to be almost ninety-two years old. She never remarried. Her children were very good to her. The three daughters lived near and came to see her and took care of her. The two sons came to see her often and helped.
I remember my Dad worked near and would take his lunch time and go eat lunch with her. She said once that it gave her something to do, fix lunch and eat with Tom. We went to see her most Sunday afternoons. It was always fun when we got the stay and eat with her. I see that a prompt for March 7 is a favorite recipe, I'll see if I can come up with the recipe for my favorite thing she made.

My Grandmother Fay Newby Kelley with five of her six children.