Author: Connie Kelly
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Captain David Starr
Recently at the retirement activity center there was a display for Daughter’s of the American Revolution which got me thinking about my 6x great grandfather in the Starr line, Captain David Starr. David Starr was the only son of Thankful Griswold Starr and Thomas Starr, born 21 Mar 1738 in Salisbury, Connecticut. This is the…… Read more
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The Möri’s of Switzerland
The surname Moeri (or Möri) is common in the canton of Bern, Switzerland even today. The canton of Bern began as a city-state way back in 1191 and joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1353. It’s roots go even further back, with the earliest human settlements dated back to the Neolithic period (10,000 BC – 2200…… Read more
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Kenneth E. Starr, designer
I came across this photo of my Grandpa Starr today. The photo depicts Grandpa (on the left hand side) standing in front of a machine two stories high in 1971. Dad told me it was a powdered metal press for stamping parts for the various machines they built at Caterpillar Tractor Company. Grandpa (Ken E…… Read more
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Adam Shipley of Maryland is My 9th and 10th GGF
Ok this is weird. After researching the family origins of the man who “unlawfully seduced” my 17 year old 3x great grandmother, Laura Byars (see previous post) I followed his mother’s line back two generations to the Shipley’s of Maryland. This rang a bell. On my mother’s side I remembered tracing my Grandma Carroll’s mom’s…… Read more
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Laura Byars sues for Damages for Seduction
This is a follow up to my previous post, Desperately Seeking Sam Myers. We now know who his father is Continue Reading Laura Byars sues for Damages for Seduction Read more
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The Bolands of County Roscommon
Patrick Boland was born in Lewsway, Roscommon county, Ireland March 25, 1835. Died in Minonk, Illinois Sept 11. 1908. Aged 73 years, 5 months and 16 days. hew was married in Ireland and came to America about thirty five years ago and has resided in this city ever since. Continue Reading The Bolands of County… Read more
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Pictures from her Sister
After the war my Grandma Carroll’s sister Ada married John Maehl and they moved out to Los Altos, California. Ada was the closest sister in age to Grandma, 5 years younger. She had joined the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, a branch of the Naval Reserve) during the war and that’s where she…… Read more
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Henry Hank Perry
Hank “Henry” Perry was born on June 20, 1883, in Barton, Iowa to David and Margaret Cyphers Perry. David was a farmer, believed to be born in New York, but we don’t have his parent’s names so there’s no record. He married Betsey Camp in Wisconsin in 1857 and farmed there while raising 7 children…… Read more
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Marilyn Carroll
Today, July 15th, is the anniversary of the day the sister of my Grandpa Carroll, Marilyn Carroll, died in 2006. As far as I know my grandpa Carroll never knew he had a sister. He always insisted had no interest in speaking to or about his biological father, Patrick Carroll, who abandoned his mother when…… Read more
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July 24/ July 25th Noakes family history
July 24, 1825 is the birthday of my 3x great grandfather, William Noakes. William was the father of Almeda Noakes who married my 2x great grandfather Emory Starr in 1892 in Warren County, Illinois. July 25th is the date in 1789 when his granduncles Ben and William Noakes were killed and grand aunt Elizabeth Noakes…… Read more