Category: Moeri
Anna Moeri was Ruth Taylor’s mother and connects the Moeri branch to the Taylor branch. Ruth Taylor is John Carroll’s mother and connects the Taylor branch to the Carroll branch which is a main branch of my family tree.
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The Origins of Kate Frank
I posted a bio of Kate Frank last November that turns out to be wrong. The Kate Frank from Kirchenberg I found was not the same Kate Frank that was my 3x grandmother. I have now DNA confirmed she was the daughter of Christian George Frank and Christine Katharina Hofstetter from Adelshofen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.…… 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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Union of Patrick Carroll and Ruth Taylor
This week marks an interesting anniversary for my family. Some 110 years ago, around April 1st, 1915 my maternal grandfather’s parents were married. Well that’s the story anyway. We don’t have any proof of this. You see Patrick was already married. Let’s go back a bit, it’s an interesting story. Patrick Henry Carroll was born…… Read more