Author: Connie Kelly
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Nannie Hendricks
16 October was the 150th birthday of my 2x great grandmother, Nancy Taylor Hatton Hendricks. Nancy was born in Crooked Creek (Rice Station) Estill County, Kentucky in 1875, daughter of Junie and Cynthia Hendricks Hatton. Junie was a farmer, born in Estill County. Cynthia’s only sister was named Nancy and she died at the age…… Read more
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October 9th
On this date in history my 3x great grandmother Phoebe Ann Moore was born in 1836. Phoebe was the only child of Andrew Moore and Margaret “Peggy” Jane Kleckner Moore. She was born in 1836 in Cumberland Ohio. Her obituary says her parents brought her to Western Illinois at an early age and she grew…… Read more
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The “Madman” of Cubbington, Gilmore Girls and the Battle of Long Island
My 11th great grandfather earned this moniker of “Madman” in Cubbington, England in the 1630s. Cubbington is a small village south of Birmingham on Welsh Road, an old sheep drovers’ route connecting London and Wales. Edward was the son of Thomas Greswold and Elizabeth Shuckburgh. He was christened 5 Aug 1594 in Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire, England.…… Read more
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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