L-R Mary Ann Boul, Mary Daniels Tammany, Mary Katherine Tammany, Emma Daniels. Mary Ann is Emma K Daniels Pottinger’s aunt, Mary D Tammany her sister, Mary K her niece, and Emma her aunt on her dad’s side, William Henry Daniels’ sister Emma.
My paternal great grandfather was William Henry Daniels, b abt 1854 in Poynton England, son of Isaac Daniels and Elizabeth Fletcher. He disappeared from the record in about 1885 and presumably died. He married Magdalena Boul, daughter of Chrisostomous Boul and Mary Ann Dahm, 15 Apr 1879 in French Village, County of St. Clair, Illinois. She also disappears from the record in 1885 and presumably died, possibly in childbirth. They had at least two known children: Mary Amalia (Aunt Mary), and Emma Katherine (Grandma P or Aunt Kitty). A record of burial of a child named Anna of William and Magdalena Daniels was found in the Register of St. Peter’s Cathedral. Anna died 21 July 1885 and was buried the next day.
I’ve been wondering who these two were. Still don’t know much. Grandma Pottinger didn’t speak much about her parents, almost nothing at all about her mother that I recall, and very little about her father. She had a little book of Common Prayer that was his and a source of wonder to a litte pre-teen boy growing up in her house. The prayer book has since disappeared. What I do know or find out will be posted below. Enjoy.
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- Art Fletcher – Baseball Legend (11/20/2013) - Well maybe not exactly a legend but he does have his own baseball card. I could have purchased one a …
- Chrisostomous and Mary Ann’s Golden Anniversary (11/2/2013) - This is some old material I wrote up on my Daniels’ line in general and the Golden Wedding anniversary of …
- Magdalena Boul- found at last! (11/2/2013) - I was working on this blog a bit tonight and noticed I had made a serious omission. I had neglected …
- Isaac Daniels – Immigrant Ancestor (8/28/2013) - We spent an interesting hour or so yesterday afternoon at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois. The cemetery is …
- Elizabeth Fletcher Daniels’ probate record (8/26/2013) - I may be closing in on Great Grandfather William H Daniels! After several years of looking, his name finally popped …
- Labor and Industry Museum (2/7/2012) - Tonight I ran across the website of a wonderful looking museum in Belleville, IL: the museum of labor and industry. …
Digging Up Relatives 
The nine living children mentioned here are all in the database. Josephine, Mary, and Magdalena all died previous to 1892. That leaves two unidentified children. The ‘Mr and Mrs Forst’ are Catherine BOUL and Aloysius FORST. His first wife was Josephine BOUL, Catherine’s older sister who died in 1872.