While going through my messages on Ancestry.com again, I re-read a message from 2017 by a researcher who said we had a DNA match (through our autosomal DNA donor on AncestryDNA.) For whatever reason, I failed to respond to her, but I made up for that recently. Lucky for me, this researcher had information enabling … Continue reading Elizabeth Madden
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Henry Rhoads
I have been able to look closely at our Y-DNA match from FTDNA and feel comfortable with continuing in my assertion that John Rhoads and Mary Wiegle came from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and are of German-Lutheran lineage. I propose that John Rhoads is the son of Henry Rhoads and Catherine Arthurs of Smithton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Bear with me as … Continue reading Henry Rhoads
Ruth Stone
Ruth Stone was the wife of Isaac Gage (Jr) and the mother of Sumner Gage, She was born 19 July 1790 in what was then recorded as North County Gore which today is known as Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; the 8th child (4th daughter) of Uriah Stone (Jr) and Lois Stone (yes, her maiden name was also Stone … Continue reading Ruth Stone
WW II Letters home, January 17 and 19, 1941
Sorry, folks. I seem to have done it again. I got a few letters out of order. There were two more letters between January 10 and 27. Envelope post dated January 17, 1941 Mr. & Mrs. K.W. Rhoades & family4011 North 30 StreetOmaha, Nebraska Kenney RhoadesU.S.S. ColoradoLong Beach, CaliforniaBox 14 Thursday [January 16] Dear Folks, … Continue reading WW II Letters home, January 17 and 19, 1941
Stephen DeJean
Julian DeJean's father was Stephen DeJean (of various spellings, pronounced De Jane). Anyone researching Stephen DeJean cites the earliest known published research on him, Some genealogy records of Stephen Louis De Jean family from Paris, France and his American descendents (sic) by Una Myrle Gage Grimes. I have been using this paper as the starting point … Continue reading Stephen DeJean
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