Category Archives: My Family History
Canadian Border Crossings on Ancestry
Exciting stuff! Ancestry.ca has published Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 on it’s site. I was hoping to find my grandfather there, but no luck. Please tell me he didn’t slip through the border in the Minnesota woods or … Continue reading
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Challenge: who are these residents of “the valley of the northwestern lakes”
While on GenealogyBank, I found my brickwall ancestor Oren Briggs inside a document entitled ‘Petition of citizens of the United States residing in the valley of the northwestern lakes, praying the adoption of measures to procure the free navigation of … Continue reading
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Divorce 1848 style!
My 4x great grandparents Oren Briggs (also spelled Orren, Orrin or Orin) and Susan Bowder have got an unusual and mysterious past. Their marriage was her second and at least his third marriage! She was 25 and he was 51 … Continue reading
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Relatives of Ellen Firth
The massive list below are relatives of my great-great mother, Ellen Eliza Firth. I have manually removed anyone who is living. The report was generated in Reunion 9. I will update this post as further details are discovered (or corrected). … Continue reading
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George Firth – declaring the mystery as solved…
It’s been over 8 years since I first knew of my 3x great grandfather George Firth, but I’m happy to say that today I officially merged George Firth, my ancestor from Yorkshire, with George Firth, the nephew of my 4x … Continue reading
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Susan Bowder (1823-1902)
Susan Bowder, born 7th Apr 1823, is my 4x great grandmother. She was born in Pennsylvania or New York, though I do not have much yet on her early years. I do know that Susan’s parents were Jacob Bowder and … Continue reading
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Oren Briggs (1797-1882)
Oren (also spelled Orren, Orrin or Orin) Briggs is my 4x great grandfather. He is also one of my ‘brick wall’ ancestors. Oren’s story fascinates me. He was born about 1797 in Massachusetts (according to his census entries) or Maine … Continue reading
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Orren Briggs – where are you?
My research has turned up several other people with the name Oren (also spelled Orren, Orrin or Orin) Briggs on the East Coast that could be the same man as my 4x great-grandfather, Oren Briggs, or related. Last updated April … Continue reading
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George Elliott (1830-1917)
Biography George Elliott is my 3x great uncle. He was born July 30, 1830 in Fenwick, in the parish of Campsall, Yorkshire, England. His parents were John Elliott and Susannah Dawson. He was their second child, and their only son … Continue reading
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Ellen Eliza Firth (1868-1912)
Ellen Eliza Firth was is great great and a grandmother. She was the fifth child of George Firth and Susan Elliott, born May 18, 1868 in Winnebago County, Illinois. When she was about a year old, her parents moved the … Continue reading
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