Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
​Utilizing the monkey see monkey do approach
Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
Shirley P. Fay
Nov. 21st 1929 -
I have been amazed on how many miss spellings there are on census forms and other important documents.
Notice how Evelyn's last name is spelt. "Schroeder" It is Schrader. How can they get it so wrong on a Birth Certificate; and why was it never changed?
It is basically a family mystery on why Evelyn, my mother's mother traveled from West Seneca, all the way to Cleveland to have my mother. Nobody seems to be able to give what I think is a satisfactory answer. Mostly they say that it could've been a tumultuous time between my two grandparents, Evelyn and Claude and she wanted to have the baby away. Evelyn had a sister living in Cleveland and that's where she had the baby actually in the house rather apartment not in a hospital but that's probably what happened in the 1920s
Looks like John's father Henry Fay AKA David Henry Fay or Faye immigrated to America in 1655.
** one year before his son John showed at age 8 in 1656
Once you start putting in the grand and great grandkids we are looking at 12 generations of Fays.
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Robert
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Michael Kelsey Robert Jr. Melissa Rose Kelsey Benita
Lillie Kelsey Chloe and Chase Eli and Juniper Benita Valentina
Tommy
David
Mary
Mom not even 1 year old. 1930
She is now 94.
To the right is my mother's DNA test.
My DNA test is on my father's page.
Interesting note:
​My DNA test shows 29% Scandinavia, but on my mother's DNA test it shows only 5% Scandinavia. So that is obviously on my father's side of the family.
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And on my mother side, she is 48% Great Britain where I am only 33% Great Britain so you can see the English is predominantly on my mother side.
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My mother's DNA test shows Europe west at 30%, but my Europe West is only 8%. Again, I assume that emphasizes all the English is on my mother side.
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​My DNA shows 21% Europe east and my mother's is oddly, not even registering a percent. Which is queer since her mother, Evelyn, was German. "That is a curious thing."
Where our name came from as per mom's recollection 2005:
Carol Lynn- Shirley's mother (Evelyn) had a girlfriend living in Hamburg, NY. One of her children was named Carol. (mom babysat their two kids Carol and David Pierce. Both Carol and David got our named from this family)
Lynn- mom just liked how it sounded with Carol
Robert William
Robert- mom (Shirley) babysat a family whose one boy was named Robert. (Robert Hassee)
William- From her father (Claude William Fay).
David Allen
David- Shirley's Mother (Evelyn) girlfriend oldest son was David (mom babysat their two kids Carol and David Pierce)
Allen- mom's school friend Alowishus Huber how ask her to marry her a few time. He was called Allen short for Alowishus.
Thomas John
Tom - Mom met Tom Leonard in 5 grade at 9 or 10 years old. A sweetheart all through 4 years of grammar school.
John- Franks father John Kelsey
Mary Joann
Mary - Mom wanted to name her Joann. (a girl she babysat Joann Hassee) She did not have a middle name picked out. Frank wanting to name one of the kids and said how about Joann Mary. After thinking about it, Frank said how about Mary Joann. (Frank came up with the name Mary but did not say where the name Mary came from)
Our names came from two families, Mary and Robert's name came from the Hassee family and David and Carol came from the Pierce family who lived in Hamburg, NY
My grandmother Evelyn Schrader Newman and her father August Schrader. (check to see spelling of the name it may be Schroeder) this was taken approximately 1945 August Schrader died 1948 at age 79 I think. Photograph is in front of grandpa's house 838 Mineral Springs, West Seneca, New York. My cousin Don Baldwin sent me this photograph in May 2025
