Category: Starr
This is a main branch in my family tree, Kenneth and Clema Starr being my grandparents. All ancestors of Kenneth and Clema are included in this main category.
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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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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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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
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The Krämer and Löscher Ancestors of the Starr Line
One hundred and forty five years ago on July 11, 1880 my 3x great grandmother, Deborah Cramer Holden died. She was the mother of William Holden who was the father of my great grandmother Ina Holden Starr. The anniversary sparked a deep dive into the history of her family. The first Cramer to come to…… Read more
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They Shared Birthdays but Not Much Else
July 9th is the birthday of two of my great grandmothers. On my father’s side, Margaret Evelyn Thompson Myers Hounihan, mother of Dad’s mom, was born 9 July 1903 in Roodhouse, Illinois and on my mother’s side, the mother of my maternal grandmother, Bessie Hendricks Radcliff, was also born on July 9th but seven years…… Read more
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Oak Grove
The house my grandparents bought in 1961, the same house my father lives in today, was once part of a small town called Oak Grove. Built on the highest point in McLean County, a ridge overlooking current day Carlock, Oak Grove became a bustling center of commerce at a time when transportation was literally bogged…… Read more