Showing posts with label Ahnentafel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ahnentafel. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2026

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)


Saturday, June 8, 2019

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