It is Father’s day weekend! What better way to pay homage to my father than to post memories as written by him. The following is an abbreviated autobiography written by my father and slightly edited by me for blogging purposes. He grew up in a small South Dakota village; a place that he’s been known … Continue reading An Ode to Father
Category: Rhoades
Letters Home – Russell Islands 1943
Upon returning to the Pacific, the USS Massachusetts, powered by Fireman First Class Kenney Rhoades (and others) took part in more training while the U.S. beefed up her defensive strategy and finalized plans to transition to an offensive-defensive phase. There are indications that Kenney did write more letters during these months, but these have been lost … Continue reading Letters Home – Russell Islands 1943
Jacob Roth
The last time I wrote about our Rhoades line, I covered John "Henry" Rhodes who came to Westmoreland County from Bucks County with his entire family (adult and minor children). I have also teased a little about how I connected him to Bucks county in additional miscellaneous. posts discussing the use of DNA in Genealogy … Continue reading Jacob Roth
William Wigle – A Change in Direction
It’s funny how genealogy research progresses. In the case of Mary’s likely father, Jacob, I had little to go on with readily accessible records. However, due to the lack of other Wigle candidates living in South Huntingdon who were socially near John and his father, Henry, we can make a reasonable leap to Jacob. The connection was cinched … Continue reading William Wigle – A Change in Direction
Jacob Wigle of Wayne County, Ohio
Previously, I had written our Weigle/Wigle line up to Mary, wife of John Rhodes and mother of Daniel. I am reasonably confident that Mary Wigle was the daughter of Jacob Wigle and his wife, Elizabeth. I agree with other researchers that this same Jacob is most likely the man who moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and … Continue reading Jacob Wigle of Wayne County, Ohio
