Category: Historical Events
Ancestors who were part of major historical events.
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Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my wife’s Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find the first Frederick – Daisy Deane Frederick – Dec 1871 – 14 Jan 1964 Daisy was the daughter of Lafayette Frederick (1837–1918) and Jane Eliza “Jennie” Smith (1840–1916),…
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Teasing meaning from the absence of evidence (part 2) Last week, we were Still Finding James Callin – laying out records that may confirm that he was a Continental soldier in the Revolutionary War. We lack firm proof that the records show the same James Callin recorded in the Callin Family History in 1911, but…
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Teasing meaning from the absence of evidence (part 1) I owe a ton of thanks to two cousins for their part in getting my Callin Family History published: and John K. Callin. Joan is my 3rd cousin, 1x removed; John is my 2nd cousin, 1x removed. Our nearest common ancestors are William Callin and Elizabeth…
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originally posted on Friday, February 6, 2015 The U.S. Memorial Day holiday falls on Monday, so I thought it appropriate to re-post this look at one of the sadder stories from the Callin Family History. If you think of yourself as someone who “supports the troops,” I would ask you to channel some of that…
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A Quick Overview of my work under this surname This surname can be found among my Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find my first Murray – Rosa Edith Murray (23 Apr 1861 – 19 Nov 1943) My great-great-grandmother was a Murray, and her grandfather was a Scottish immigrant who came…
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posted on Friday, February 27, 2015 This is one of my favorite finds – thanks to my cousin, Chad, for sending it my way all those years ago! I’d love to hear about your famous connections if you’d like to share. In 2007 music journalist Andrew Means published Some Memories: Growing Up with Marty Robbins –…
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The short, tragic life of Paul Olin “Pretty” Callin Paul Olin Callin (1902 – 1930) was the youngest of three siblings: he had an older sister, Ruth, and a brother, Martin. They grew up in Ashland, Ohio, where their father worked as a blacksmith. Delbert Dean Callin (1863-1934) was a descendant of my 5th-great grandfather, James…
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originally posted Sunday, July 23, 2017 Note: I composed this post before I discovered WikiTree, so you might find information here that I haven’t posted there, yet. At this writing, Henry B Opp (1811 – 1884) is as far back as WikiTree has documented this family. Things Are Looking Opp The Opp families that lived…
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