Who are the 52 Ancestors?

Taken from Wikipedia: Genealogical numbering systems (accessed March 25, 2019)

Ahnentafel
Ahnentafel, also known as the Eytzinger Method, Sosa Method, and Sosa-Stradonitz Method, allows for the numbering of ancestors beginning with a descendant. This system allows one to derive an ancestor's number without compiling the list and allows one to derive an ancestor's relationship based on their number.

The number of a person's father is the double of their own number, and the number of a person's mother is the double of their own, plus one. For instance, if the number of John Smith is 10, his father is 20, and his mother is 21.

Helpful chart.

(First Generation)
1 Subject (me!)

(Second Generation)
2 Father
3 Mother

(Third Generation)
4 Father's father (Marlen S. M.)
5 Father's mother (Ruby E. Napper)
6 Mother's father (Malcolm G. S.)
7 Mother's mother (Mary Beaton Cox)

(Fourth Generation)
8 Father's father's father (Marlen E. M.)
9 Father's father's mother (Ruby E. Wade)
10 Father's mother's father (Gordon T. Napper)
11 Father's mother's mother (Winnifred G. Wade)
12 Mother's father's father (John S.)
13 Mother's father's mother (Edith E. Carter)
14 Mother's mother's father (Rowland H. Cox)
15 Mother's mother's mother (Mary C. Beaton)

(Fifth Generation)

paternal

16) 2G GF (Joseph A. M.)

17) 2G GM (Jennie McKeiver)

18) 2G GF (Sidney T. Wade)

19) 2G GM (Elizabeth Holloway)

20) 2G GF (John W. Napper)

21) 2G GM (Mary Ann Botting)

22) 2G GF (Joseph Wade) - same as #36

23) 2G GM (Harriet J. Swaffield) - same as #37

maternal

24) 2G GF (Thomas M. S.)

25) 2G GM (Susan S. Grant)

26) 2G GF (William Carter)

27) 2G GM (Elizabeth Simpson)

28) 2G GF (William C. Cox)

29) 2G GM (Emily M. Gardner)

30) 2G GF (Peter Beaton)

31) 2G GM (Euphemia Campbell)

(Sixth Generation)
paternal
32) 3G GF (Elzear M.)

33) 3G GM (Corinne Aube)

34) 3G GF - adopted, brick wall

35) 3G GM - adopted, brick wall

36) 3G GF (Joseph Wade) - same as #22

37) 3G GM (Harriet J. Swaffield) - same as #23

38) 3G GF (Edmond Holloway)

39) 3G GM (Emma Puffett)

40) 3G GF (William Napper)

41) 3G GM (Harriott/Harriett Cooper)

42) 3G GF (Richard Botting)

43) 3G GM (Jane Cook)

44) 3G GF - Joseph Wade's father, unknown

45) 3G GM - Joseph Wade's mother, unknown

46) 3G GF (Charles Swaffield)

47) 3G GM (Eliza M. A. Copper)

maternal

48) 3G GF (John S.)

49) 3G GM (Euphemia G. Sampson)

50) 3G GF (William Grant)

51) 3G GM (Jane Lamb)

52) 3G GF (William Carter)

53) 3G GM (Hannah Morton)

54) 3G GF (Thomas Simpson)

55) 3G GM (Elizabeth Stapleson)

56) 3G GF (Charles Cox)

57) 3G GM (Margaret Ellen Cooling or Cowling)

58) 3G GF (William S. Gardener)

59) 3G GM - (Emma Harper)

60) 3G GF - Peter Beaton's father, unknown

61) 3G GM - Peter Beaton's mother, unknown

62) 3G GF (Duncan Campbell)

63) 3G GM (Anne McPherson)

My husband's 52 Ancestors

See here for mine.

My husband's 52 Ancestors are:

(First Generation)
1 Subject (husband)

(Second Generation)
2 Father
3 Mother

(Third Generation)
4 Father's father (S. C.)
5 Father's mother (A. M. H.)
6 Mother's father (S. G. L.)
7 Mother's mother (E. M. V. M.)

(Fourth Generation)
8 Father's father's father (S. C.)
9 Father's father's mother (M. A. B.)
10 Father's mother's father (M. C.)
11 Father's mother's mother (M. L.)
12 Mother's father's father (S. - brick wall)
13 Mother's father's mother (P. G.)
14 Mother's mother's father (W. P. M.)
15 Mother's mother's mother (E. M. A. T. v. S.)

(Fifth Generation)
paternal
16) 2G GF (Michal C.)
17) 2G GM (Tekla K.)
18) 2G GF - unknown
19) 2G GM - unknown 
20) 2G GF  - unknown
21) 2G GM  - unknown
22) 2G GF  - unknown
23) 2G GM  - unknown
maternal
24) 2G GF - brick wall
25) 2G GM - brick wall
26) 2G GF  (John G.)
27) 2G GM (Ottillia G.)
28) 2G GF (William M.)
29) 2G GM (Mary H.)
30) 2G GF (Aloys v. S.)
31) 2G GM (Wilhamenia B.)

(Sixth Generation)
paternal
32) 3G GF (Wojciech C.)
33) 3G GM (Marya W.)
34) 3G GF (Walenty K.)
35) 3G GM (Marya C.)
36) 3G GF   - unknown
37) 3G GM  - unknown
38) 3G GF   - unknown
39) 3G GM  - unknown
40) 3G GF   - unknown
41) 3G GM  - unknown
42) 3G GF   - unknown
43) 3G GM  - unknown
44) 3G GF   - unknown
45) 3G GM  - unknown
46) 3G GF   - unknown
47) 3G GM  - unknown
maternal
48) 3G GF  - brick wall
49) 3G GM - brick wall
50) 3G GF  - brick wall
51) 3G GM - brick wall
52) 3G GF   - unknown
53) 3G GM  - unknown
54) 3G GF   - unknown
55) 3G GM  - unknown
56) 3G GF   - unknown
57) 3G GM  - unknown
58) 3G GF   - unknown
59) 3G GM  - unknown
60) 3G GF   - unknown
61) 3G GM  - unknown
62) 3G GF   - unknown
63) 3G GM  - unknown

52 Ancestors: First

I've decided to try to participate in Amy Johnson Crow's "52 Ancestors" challenge. Each week she provides suggestions to focus on an ancestor. The goal is to write something and get those discoveries out of your genealogy software and into a format that others can see and enjoy.

There were some great starter questions for "first" and it was difficult not to attempt to answer them all.

I settled on "Who was the first ancestor to arrive in the country?"

I believe it was my 12th great-grandmother, Marie Madeleine Boucher. She was born January 22nd, 1629 in Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France and immigrated sometime before January 30, 1645 when she married Etienne Lafond at age 16! She died on November 29, 1706 in Batiscan, Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada.

Her daughter Genevieve Lafond marries Jean Baptiste Trottier.
Their daughter Marie Trottier marries Pierre Vielle Desnoy.
Their daughter Marie Vielle Desnoy marries Pierre Charles Leduc.
Their daughter Elisabeth Leduc marries Pierre Desmarais Maret.
Their daughter Marie Desmarets marries Charles Truteau.
Their son Fancois Trudeau marries Charlotte Petit Beauchemin.
Their daughter Julie Trudeau marries Jean Baptiste Langevin.
Their daughter Victorine Langevin marries Anthime Aube.

Their daughter Corinne Aube marries Elzear M.
The lady is Corinne and the older boy is her son Joseph:



Their son Joseph M. marries Jennie M.
One of these ladies is Jennie:



Their son Marlen E. M. marries Ruby E. R. W.

Their son Marlen S. M. marries Ruby E. N.



Their son marries my mom, and here I am!

I have removed the actual last names for the closer generations as I'm wary of people finding out and using my maiden name as a password challenge response.


The other question I attempted was "First husband out of a string of many?"

Not exactly a string of many husbands for any of them.

My 2nd great-grandmother, Emily G., first married my 2nd great-grandfather William C. in 1880. He passed away in 1897 and she married her second husband Arthur P. in 1900.

Another 2nd great-grandmother, Mary B., married her first husband Amos L. in 1876. He passed away in 1881 and she married her second husband, my 2nd great-grandfather John N, in 1883. Between them they brought 16 kids to the marriage!

Yet another 2nd great-grandmother, Harriet S., married her first husband Joseph W., my 2nd great-grandfather, in 1880. He passed away in 1899, leaving her with 9 children. I can imagine there may have been some necessity in marrying her second husband, Timothy B. in 1900.

Harriet is in this photo: