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Descendants of Jacobus van der Moere, born about 1780 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

Six-generation descendant chart of Jacobus van der Moere, a sailor from Middelburg, born about 1780, and his wife Cornelia Eduardse…

8 years ago

Goeree-Overflakke, Zuid-Holland, Nederland: van der Slik, Kruithof, Elsevier, Schenck, Slis, and related families

Christina van der Slik was born on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in 1839 to Johannes Pietersz van der Slik and…

8 years ago

Gijsbert Haan of Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland: founder of the Christian Reformed Church in North America

Gijsbert Haan was born in 1801 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland. He was a carpet weaver and manufacturer, and lived on…

8 years ago

The Family History of Wilhelmina Cooper née Behmenburg

Gertrud Wilhelmina Frieda Behmenburg, better known as Wilhelmina Cooper, was born on 1 May 1939 in Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland. She…

8 years ago

The Ancestors of Josephine Theresa Murray: County Waterford Ireland to Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, USA

Josephine Theresa Murray was born in 1908, the daughter of William Murray of Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, and Catherine Scanlon…

8 years ago

The Hayes and Mulcahy families of Kilkeany, Waterford, Ireland, and Auburn, New York, USA

John Hayes and Johanna Mulcahy were parents of eight children born in Kilkeany, County Waterford, Ireland between 1842-1862: Timothy, John,…

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The van der Moere family of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Wissenkerke, Zeeland, The Netherlands.

Jacobus van der Moere is the earliest confirmed ancestor in our line of the van der Moere family. He was…

8 years ago

Henry Brooks and Mariah Fuller of Hancock County, Indiana and Stringtown, West Indianapolis

Henry Brooks married Mariah Fuller on 7 Jun 1838. Mariah Fuller was from Brown County, Ohio, where many original pioneers…

8 years ago

Misfiled Parishes in the Tithe Applotment Books: Carnew (Wicklow & Wexford), Graney (Kildare), Kilrush (Wexford)

Tithe Applotment Books help fill the gaps left by Ireland's missing Censuses, but several parishes were filed in the wrong…

8 years ago

Abstracts of Leases on Earl Fitzwilliam’s Estate in Counties Wicklow, Kildare and Wexford, Ireland 1795-1808

Partial transcription of the manuscript "Abstracts of Leases in respect of the Estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in the Counties…

8 years ago

The family of Charles Courtneidge, coachman from Leatherhead, Surrey

Charles Courtneidge was a coachman from Leatherhead, Surrey. He fell from the box of his fly and died on the…

8 years ago

James Watson, shoemaker, and Ann Copperthite of St. Luke, Chelsea

Sarah Watson was born on 1 Aug 1818 in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, then in the county of…

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Thomas James Ward, distillery worker and builder’s labourer from Battersea

Thomas James Ward was born on 9 Jan 1843 at Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick. His father Thomas was an agricultural labourer…

8 years ago

George Ward of Aston and Cote, Oxfordshire, brother of Thomas Ward?

George Ward was the son of James Ward and Maria Willoughby of Aston and Cote in Oxfordshire. George moved to…

9 years ago

Ireland Census Substitutes: Misc. 1840s-1870s, Counties Carlow, Kildare, Wexford and Wicklow

Meeting, petition, collection and subscription lists for various causes and funds in Counties Carlow, Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford, 1847-1876. All…

9 years ago

Residents on the estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in County Wicklow, Ireland: Part III, 1848 & 1850

Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1848 & 1850. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…

9 years ago

Residents on the estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in County Wicklow, Ireland: Part II, 1839

Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1839. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…

9 years ago

Residents on the estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in County Wicklow, Ireland: Part I, 1827

Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1827. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…

9 years ago

Hopestill Armstrong and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont

Hopestill Armstrong was a private in Capt. Elijah Dewey's Co. of Col. Moses Robinson's Regt. of the Green Mountain Boys…

9 years ago

Oliver Armstrong: militia general and abolitionist

Oliver Armstrong of Bennington, Vermont came into this world with big shoes to fill. He was born 26 Apr 1783,…

9 years ago

Scandal from the Vicars of Bampton: “Mary, base childe of that incestuous whore Mary Touse”

Mary was baptized in Bampton, Oxfordshire on 10 Jul 1702. Her arrival was clearly not an occasion of joy for…

9 years ago

The Styles Family, The Land War, and the shooting by Rev Usher of Baltinglass

"Margaret Styles, examined by Mr. McInerney, said she saw the Rev. Mr. Usher and Martin Flinter running on the night…

9 years ago

Edward Styles: a lawless ruffian from Ballyshonog, County Wicklow

The Styles moved south of Baltinglass in 1834. Newspapers gave a fascinating account of the Tithe War in the area,…

9 years ago

Frederick Wünsch: American Civil War veteran, a mind unseated by tragedy

"The enemy pressed us, and we were ordered to retire in haste. We all ran as hard as we could…

9 years ago

Lopez Mumaugh: drunken cigar maker and murderer

She was denying him the regular opportunity to abuse and openly terrorize his family, and this enraged him...Lopez turned the…

9 years ago

The Caddies of Walton Heath Golf Club, 1904-1924

The history of the caddies at Walton Heath in these early days includes strikes, riots, murder, illegal gambling and organized…

9 years ago

Family heirloom on eBay: Alf J Ward, Special

Two years ago, I made a spectacular find related to my family's history. A simple Google search let me to…

9 years ago

The Styles Family comes to America – Baltinglass to Auburn, New York

On 12 Nov 1888, Edward and Margaret Styles arrived in New York on the SS Adriatic with their five youngest…

9 years ago

Alfred John Ward – Golf Professional – Part II “Slender Englishman” builds Pleasant Run Golf Course

In April of 1923, a "slender Englishman" named Alf Ward walked into the office of Indianapolis mayor Lew Shank. He…

9 years ago

Alfred John Ward – Golf Professional – Alf comes to America

Alfred was the eighth of twelve children born in 1883 to Thomas James Ward, a Battersea distillery worker and builder's…

9 years ago