Category: Immigrants
Ancestors who came from outside the United States.
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The Hessian soldier in our family tree This week, I want to talk about Leopold Zindle, my 6th great-grandfather, a Hessian soldier who was taken as a prisoner of war by General Washington’s troops during the Battle of Paulus Hook in August 1779. To get to Leopold, we go through one of My Sixteen, John…
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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 Jensen – the maternal grandmother of my wife’s maternal grandmother. Lena Marie Dagmar Jensen – 10 Sep 1874 – 04 Jan 1952 Lena was born in…
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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 Mårtensson – but with a Swedish twist! Elna Mårtensson – 04 Nov 1846 – 07 Dec 1915 As you’re probably aware, laws for Scandinavian surnames were…
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How our immigrant ancestors got here We are all descended from immigrants. If you are like me and you live in the Americas, you are bound to have ancestors from somewhere else. Even if one of your ancestors was among the earliest known people to arrive on a pristine, post-glacial continent from Asia1 (and assuming…
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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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Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find the first Bellamy – my maternal grandfather’s paternal grandmother: Sarah Jane Bellamy (17 Dec 1836 – 22 May 1920) Sarah is named in The Bellamys of Early Virginia, by…
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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 Slight – Ida Slight (1863 – 1949) Ida was born in Ackley, Iowa, and married a Dutch immigrant named Bernard Blom on 21 Nov 1885. You…
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a quick overview of my work on this surname My mother-in-law’s paternal grandmother was Hildur Agda Leander (1886-1945). She wished you “Merry Christmas, from 1938” a few weeks ago – she’s seated between the Christmas tree and her husband, Arvid William Holmquist: Hildur was the daughter of Gustav Leander and Ingeborg Swedahl, born on 18…
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An overview of my work under this surname My wife’s paternal grandfather was Bob McCullough, the youngest child of Earl Randolph McCullough and Mary E. Blom. Earl’s father was John Riley McCullough, whom you might recall from the Family Reunion: McCullough post. Mary Blom’s parents were Bernard Blom (1861–1917) and Ida Slight (1863–1949), who were…
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