Cheryl Hess was a valued member of the Greeters Project who has moved to Emeritus status.
Cheryl is a member of the Virginia Connectors Team for the Connect-a-Thon Challenge, July 2023
Cheryl met the 2021 [[Project:Virginia
|Virginia Project]] Challenge
Cheryl was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with The Virginia Connectors during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 123 connections.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Tennessee Volunteers during the 2019 Connect-a-Thon, and added 216 connections.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2021 Clean-a-Thon.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess participated with Team Virginia during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to previously unsourced profiles. We added 7,350 sources & finished in 1st place!
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 515 previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2021 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with Team Virginia during the 2020 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with The Great Lakes Region team during the 2019 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 391 previously unsourced profiles.
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR participated with The Great Lakes Region team during the 2018 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 365 previously unsourced profiles.
When I asked my grandmother, Minnie where our family came from, she replied: Germany - period. I didn't think much about it, until one Sunday after church, when she asked if I wanted to go for a ride. We drove out in the country, past a golf course, across winding roads, beautiful old trees everywhere and farms. I thought we were lost, until we came to this old church, with a cemetery on the left side of it. She told me this was where her family was buried. It was a small cemetery, crooked rows of very old headstones with names in a language I couldn't read. Grandma showed me her mother's headstone, and told me the language was German. We walked through the cemetery, and stopped at her brother's and sister's headstones and then I saw what could have been the oldest headstone in the entire cemetery. The carving was so faded it was hard to read, and we stood there a few seconds before Grandma told me it was her grandma's. I remember getting choked up and thinking, four generations of women were all within feet of each other, and I didn't know two of their names until that day. I had to know more. That was when I started my genealogy journey..
Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Sources
↑1964 School Yearbook:
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016"
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Momence High School; Year: 1964 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1265 #572286043 (accessed 2 May 2023)
Name: Cheryl Smith; Estimated Age: 16; Birth Year: abt 1948; Yearbook Date: 1964; School: Momence High School; School Location: Momence, Illinois, USA.
↑1966 School Yearbook:
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016"
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Momence High School; Year: 1966 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1265 #586840337 (accessed 7 April 2023)
Name: Cheryl Smith; Estimated Age: 16; Birth Year: abt 1950; Yearbook Date: 1966; School: Momence High School; School Location: Momence, Illinois, USA.
↑Residence:
"U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019"
Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings Ancestry Record 62209 #326611476 (accessed 2 May 2023)
Name: Cheryl Jean Hess [Cheryl Heff] [Cheryl McGowan][Cherylj Hess]; Birth Date: May 1951; Residence Date: 1988-2020; Address: 333 W 4th St; Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Postal Code: 60954; Second Residence Date: 1988-2020; Second Address: 333 E 4th St; Second Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Second Postal Code: 60954; Third Residence Date: 1988-2020; Third Address: 333 4th St; Third Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Third Postal Code: 60954; Fourth Residence Date: 1988-2019; Fourth Address: 318 E Illinois St; Fourth Residence: Momence, Illinois, USA; Fourth Postal Code: 60954.
↑ Cheryl J Hess, United States Public Records, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJWF-RHL3 : 22 April 2020), Cheryl J Hess, 1998.
↑ Cheryl J Smith, United States Public Records, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBLJ-RKV : 29 January 2020), C Hess, 2000.
The time will inevitably come for my rest and relief from life's hectic cycle. It may be, though I do hope not, that I will one day merely be unable through physical or mental illness to continue my research and recording into my family and other profiles of interest.
At that time, I place the profiles that I manage into the caring hands of the Mindy Silva. If any member/s of my family (Cassidy Cornwell) have the desire to continue what has been started, I ask that they be allowed to manage those profiles whether or not they are currently on the Trusted Lists for those profiles and be shown the guidance to continue in the proper manner.
I also manage many profiles of people unrelated to me. Those profiles that are locked for privacy reasons I would desire to see transferred to someone with an interest in those projects or sub-projects.
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Hi Cheryl. I saw your post on Edmond/Edwin/Edward Pendergrass, born about 1832 in Chatham, NC. I write to ask how you know Ed is the son of John Eley Pendergrass, born 1803? I have an 1840 Chatham, NC census for John E. Pendergrass with a child under 5.
John Eley Pendergrass II is my 3rd Great-grandfather. I do not have evidence of who his father is. Since John E. P. II appears to have been born in TN in 1829, and John Eley I is not in TN at that time, it appears that John Eley I may not be the father of John Eley II. There is a Mathew Pendergrass in Bledsoe Tn in 1840 so it's possible Mathew is the father of John Eley II. Mathew married Naomi Bradford, 1817 in Randolph Co., NC. Therefore Mathew is likely not the father of John Eley I. They may be brothers or some other relation. If you have any information that would help me clear up these relationships I would really appreciate it. I have been trying to untangle for many years but can't find a clear path back from John Eley II. Thanks. I'm happy to share my phone or email if you want to contact me. Barry Pendergrass
Hi Cheryl, We are 17th cousins. We share Katherine (Stanley’) Savage (Abt. 1425-bef.1498) as our 16th great grandmother. We also have 260 common ancestors. It is a great pleasure to meet you! I love meeting new family no matter how distant. Thank you for all that you do for WIKITREE! With warmest wishes, your cousin Jimmy Lewis, Mountain Rest, S.C.
Great to meet you too, Jimmy. I love meeting new family also. You never now - we could get to be closer family if we keep digging at our ancestors. I have been religiously researching daily - so we need to keep track of each other. Thanks for everything you do. God bless you, Jimmy -
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John Eley Pendergrass II is my 3rd Great-grandfather. I do not have evidence of who his father is. Since John E. P. II appears to have been born in TN in 1829, and John Eley I is not in TN at that time, it appears that John Eley I may not be the father of John Eley II. There is a Mathew Pendergrass in Bledsoe Tn in 1840 so it's possible Mathew is the father of John Eley II. Mathew married Naomi Bradford, 1817 in Randolph Co., NC. Therefore Mathew is likely not the father of John Eley I. They may be brothers or some other relation. If you have any information that would help me clear up these relationships I would really appreciate it. I have been trying to untangle for many years but can't find a clear path back from John Eley II. Thanks. I'm happy to share my phone or email if you want to contact me. Barry Pendergrass
Cheryl Momence, Illinois
We are 17th cousins. Glad to connect.
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023. Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023.
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Steve, England Project Leader
Best Janine :)
Thanks for noticing my work. I have been trying to expand our tree. How are we related? I would love to know more about you!
Cheryl
What is your connection to the Frantz family?
Best wishes from an obsessive-compulsive Frantz family researcher.
edited by Lorraine Frantz
I live in Momence, Illinois - where do you live?
So nice to meet you. Happy Thanksgiving.