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Six-generation descendant chart of Jacobus van der Moere, a sailor from Middelburg, born about 1780, and his wife Cornelia Eduardse…
Christina van der Slik was born on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in 1839 to Johannes Pietersz van der Slik and…
Gijsbert Haan was born in 1801 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland. He was a carpet weaver and manufacturer, and lived on…
Gertrud Wilhelmina Frieda Behmenburg, better known as Wilhelmina Cooper, was born on 1 May 1939 in Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland. She…
Josephine Theresa Murray was born in 1908, the daughter of William Murray of Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, and Catherine Scanlon…
John Hayes and Johanna Mulcahy were parents of eight children born in Kilkeany, County Waterford, Ireland between 1842-1862: Timothy, John,…
Jacobus van der Moere is the earliest confirmed ancestor in our line of the van der Moere family. He was…
Henry Brooks married Mariah Fuller on 7 Jun 1838. Mariah Fuller was from Brown County, Ohio, where many original pioneers…
Tithe Applotment Books help fill the gaps left by Ireland's missing Censuses, but several parishes were filed in the wrong…
Partial transcription of the manuscript "Abstracts of Leases in respect of the Estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in the Counties…
Charles Courtneidge was a coachman from Leatherhead, Surrey. He fell from the box of his fly and died on the…
Sarah Watson was born on 1 Aug 1818 in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, then in the county of…
Thomas James Ward was born on 9 Jan 1843 at Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick. His father Thomas was an agricultural labourer…
George Ward was the son of James Ward and Maria Willoughby of Aston and Cote in Oxfordshire. George moved to…
Meeting, petition, collection and subscription lists for various causes and funds in Counties Carlow, Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford, 1847-1876. All…
Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1848 & 1850. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…
Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1839. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…
Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1827. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…
Hopestill Armstrong was a private in Capt. Elijah Dewey's Co. of Col. Moses Robinson's Regt. of the Green Mountain Boys…
Oliver Armstrong of Bennington, Vermont came into this world with big shoes to fill. He was born 26 Apr 1783,…
Mary was baptized in Bampton, Oxfordshire on 10 Jul 1702. Her arrival was clearly not an occasion of joy for…
"Margaret Styles, examined by Mr. McInerney, said she saw the Rev. Mr. Usher and Martin Flinter running on the night…
The Styles moved south of Baltinglass in 1834. Newspapers gave a fascinating account of the Tithe War in the area,…
"The enemy pressed us, and we were ordered to retire in haste. We all ran as hard as we could…
She was denying him the regular opportunity to abuse and openly terrorize his family, and this enraged him...Lopez turned the…
The history of the caddies at Walton Heath in these early days includes strikes, riots, murder, illegal gambling and organized…
Two years ago, I made a spectacular find related to my family's history. A simple Google search let me to…
On 12 Nov 1888, Edward and Margaret Styles arrived in New York on the SS Adriatic with their five youngest…
In April of 1923, a "slender Englishman" named Alf Ward walked into the office of Indianapolis mayor Lew Shank. He…
Alfred was the eighth of twelve children born in 1883 to Thomas James Ward, a Battersea distillery worker and builder's…