Category: New York
Families that lived in the state and left records behind there.
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Bertha and John were another couple who were clearly best friends for 50 years. Here’s how I see these funny, interesting people.
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Expanding on the story of John Q. Callin; a man who led a life too quiet to call “dynamic” but too active to call “quiet”!
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Facing sex & religion in history and genealogy As I’ve been writing about the branches of my children’s ancestry this year, I’ve had to consider many points of view that are very different from my own. Most of those differences are due to the religions practiced by those ancestors. The history of America was driven…
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Some stories hide behind the records Born on 11 March 1870, James Henry Opp grew up in the small town of Dansville in Livingston County, New York. His father, Jacob Edward Opp, was a veteran of the Civil War, and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Palmer, descended from a family of New Jersey shipbuilders. Jacob…
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Dr. Carolyn Elizabeth Putnam (1857-1917) Carolyn Elizabeth “Carrie” Putnam was the daughter of George C Putnam (1835-1873) and Elizabeth Ann Force (1836-1918), born in Jan 1857. She grew up in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, until her father moved the family to Brownstown, Wayne County, Michigan, to start a new business around 1870. George died…
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Finding family in the military Charles Walter Putnam (1859–1922) was one of my wife’s sixteen great-great-grandparents. We talked about his family last year: Some families pass down maternal surnames as first or middle names in their children. In the Putnam family, Charles named his youngest son George Force Putnam (1904–1978), not only giving young George…
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Stephen Hart and Stephen Hart lived 30 miles and 4 years apart I told you about Martin Hart (1792-1879) and his life story several weeks ago. I told you about his connection to his father, Stephen Hart (1767-1857), and shared some facts about Stephen…but then I started to write today’s post about Stephen and realized I made…
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The Milton Township Diaspora (part 2) Sarah Montgomery was born in Milton Township, Richland County, Ohio, on 27 December 1824 and married Henry Davidson (1818–1894) in Fulton County, Indiana, on 22 Apr 1841. They took their family—including their adopted niece, Sarah Ferrell—on the Oregon Trail in 1853. In my last post about this family, I…
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On the precipice of a nine generation breakthrough If you’ve been following along the past few weeks, you know that I’ve been climbing the Hart branch of my family tree. Last week, I showed the documentary evidence connecting Alexander C Hart (1817-1871) to his father, Martin: Now we will look at Martin Hart (1792 –…
Mightier Acorns 