Dear Family,
Another great picture treasure from cousin Curt Guernsey. A picture of the Honderick sisters, your great or great-great aunts. Lena would be your great or gg grandmother. Lena Madalena Honderick married my grandfather Elmer J. Guernsey.
I assume the picture was taken around 1884-5. According to the 1880 census the girls were living with their parents. John Honderick and Elizabeth King Honderick. in Roscoe, Davis Co., Iowa.
Honderick Sisters
Their birth dates are as follows:
Mary J. “Jennie” Honderick, born 1863
Lena Madalena ” ” 1865
Ellen ” ” 1869 (Ellens name is spelled Ella in the picture).
Elizabeth ” ” 1872
Minnie ” ” 1876
Maud ” ” 1880
Gere Masters wrote she thought the sisters were “beautiful women.” Also, cousin Susan Master’s middle name is Elizabeth and she may have been named after Elizabeth Honderick. I would assume Aunt Minnie Innes and Alida Lena Anderson also got their names from the Honderick sisters.
Susan Masters was told that Elizabeth Honderick was quite an accomplished artist. Would it not be fun if any of her art work was floating around somewhere?
To my cousins Curt, John and George – I have seen several versions of Madalena’s full name, which one do you think is right??
Madalena May Honderick
Lena Madalena Honderick
Madalena Lena Honderick
The 1880 census list her name as Lena Madalena, which would get my vote.
That’s our history lesson for the day, thanks again Curt for the wonderful picture.
Jim Lee
Who is my granddaddy? 