Third Generation: Mary Clark (5) Betty Clark (6) Robert Clark (7) Edgar Hastie (8) Margaret Hastie (9) Read More Here:

First Generation: Ole Jensen (William Hastie) (1)3 Second Generation: Borea Hastie (2) Edgar Hastie (3) William Hastie (4) Read More Here:

The Merwin family originated from Amersham, in Buckinghamshire, England, 27 miles northwest of Central London and now part of its...

I never met my father-in-law, Carl Richard Miller, who passed away several years before I entered the picture. Perhaps anyone marrying...

This story begins in France, like several other of the Cook-Maine family’s ancestors. Nicholas Gaylord was from the House of Gaillard,...

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Not much is known about the Miller family when they were in Pennsylvania. They were German immigrants, but I am stuck when Jakob Miller...

In the last article, I wrote about George Stillman’s wife (Jane Pickering) and her ancestors. In this article, we turn our attention to...

This story is in two parts. First, I will start with Jane Pickering, and in the following article, I will focus on her husband, George...

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Agnes Hazel Haakinson Kendall, the second child of Abel and Synneva Haakinson, was born on a farm near Radcliffe, Iowa, on August 29,...

I am always excited when I find stories where I least expect them. In this story, I will spotlight the lives of three Norwegian Americans...

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's mother's side of the family was Børre Andreas Jensen. He was born on June 9, 1834, in...

Børre Andreas Jenssen was a carpenter living in Kristiansand, Norway, born there on 9 June 1831. He was the son of Jens Christiansen from...