Thursday, April 18, 2024

Why do all of our names have double letters?

April 18, 2024 0 Comments

 Kimm, Momm and Dadd, why the double letter? When I was in high school there were a lot of Kim/kimberlys. My name is Kimberlee, that is how it is spelled on my birth certificate. I am related to Robert E Lee and also I match my cousins Desiree and Christilee. With so many Kims in high school we sat down and decided to use different spellings. Kim, Kimm, Kym etc. I went with double m's to match my double e's.

Fast forward to when I was dating my ex-husband Joe. We had beepers and his mom would text 303 which spells mom on its side. So we had my momm use 3033 so we knew it was her. And that made my dad... Dadd ♥



I miss my momm...

April 18, 2024 0 Comments

 We lost her April 8th, 2024. We thought she had heartburn, she went to the hospital and after a short stay where she never woke up, she is gone. I am heartbroken and I know my dadd is too. We will be ok though. 

Every day there are things I want to tell her and then I remember that she is gone.

To make it even harder we lost Tammy's mom Judy a few weeks before. Sometimes it feels so overwhelming and like I am drowning. But I am glad they aren't in pain or suffering. 

I am grateful for every minute I got with them, especially the extra time that we got with my momm after her stroke. We were so close to losing her then I like to think of it as extra time ♥


Monday, March 11, 2024

Family History- Hefner

March 11, 2024 0 Comments
The name Hefner (Havner, Heavner, Heaffner, Heffner) is a German dialect word meaning potter, and is still standard Pennsylvania German. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Holland one can still read this name in shop windows and telephone directories.

Melchoir Hefner (Melcar Havner) arrived in the US on 1 Sept 1734 on the ship St. Andrew Galley with Captain John Stedman from Rotterdam, Holland. With many other German immigrants seeking a new life in America, Melchoir landed at a port in Maryland. At age 16, he found that new home in Frederick Co, MD.

From Maryland land records we find that Melchoir Hefner and his wife, Anna Catharina, owned tracts of land in Frederick County called "Peace" and "New Germany," which they sold, in 1772, after moving to what is now Catawba County.

Why they left Maryland for North Carolina we have no record, but they must have heard from relatives who had preceded them of the good life in this area. On December 13, 1770, Melchoir and Catharina purchased 350 acres of land in Linclon County which was named "The Plantation." A year or so later in December 1771 or 1772, they arrived in North Carolina to make their home.

All of this couple's children were born in Maryland. Fortitude and courage were shown in traveling through Indian territory to make a home for this group.

In an early history of the Teague Family of Alexander County, "Jacob Hefner's father was John Hefner, who was a drummer in the Revolutionary War. John's father was Melchoic Hefner who was a soldier in the same struggle for American independence." John J. Hefner is listed on the Revolutionary War roster of Lincoln County as being in Company C--10th Regiment.