Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
This week I am going to deviate from genealogy in that this is not an article on a particular ancestor. Instead, I am pursuing that rabbit hole of trying to understand French society, particularly of the higher classes. I have found some very interesting research papers and older publications that shed a little more light … Continue reading A Study in French Society
I remain curieux de connaître our DeJean origins in France. As I have written on an occasion or two, I think I can say with certainty who Stephen’s siblings and father were and about when they arrived in the United States. But their trail from France ended in New York in about 1797. So what … Continue reading Curieux de connaître DeJean
Eleanor Cobe's autobiography is one of the minor mysteries that has always caused an itch every time I see it. She wrote it for a college assignment and the exact date it was written is unknown, but I have always suspected it was before she met Ken Rhoads, Sr. in 1917. Her autobiography is one … Continue reading Elaborating on Eleanor
It has "been a minute" since I last posted. I have tried and tried to come up with a post-worthy topic but to no avail. It’s not to say I have not been working on genealogy, but the work I have been doing is not research. Not much anyway. I have been continuing with my … Continue reading Just Checking In
Earlier I wrote a brief summary for Malinda Hand. Malinda Hand celebrated her birthday on 10 June and was born between 1830 and 1833 in Ohio. She married (1) Ebenezer Russell on 26 August 1851 in Allen County, Ohio. She married (2) Abraham Latty on 29 June 1867 in Emerald Township, Paulding County, Ohio. She … Continue reading Malinda Hand Connecting the Dots
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