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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Kellogg Ancestors in America
TLDR: My 8x great grandfather, son of an English colonist, was stolen by the French and Indian soldiers, became a successful interpreter and trader , was assigned to one of the first recorded expedition to Illinois by the French, and later was reclaimed by the British, quoted in Royal Society papers, given a commission in…… Read more
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Murder? ! ?
I came across an incredible story about the death of my 4x great grandfather. My paternal grandmother’s father was Ray Myers. His maternal grandfather was George J Byars Jr. George died on 12 Oct 1873 in Steen Township in Knox County, Indiana. George had come to Indiana from Smyth County, Virginia with his new wife…… Read more
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Dr Francis Joseph Smith / Birth name: Josephus Jacobus De Aerts
I’ve been adding my family tree to the WikiTree website which spurred me to do a bit of a deeper dive on my 6x great grandfather Dr. Francis Smith. Dr Smith is the father of by 5x ggmother Sarah Smith Shoemaker, mother of my 4x ggmother Deborah Cramer Holden, mother of my 3x ggfather William…… Read more
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My cousins General Nathanael Greene and Mary Mott
I was watching Ken Burns’ new documentary on the Revolutionary War and they mention and quote General Nathanael Greene quite often. I remembered when previously writing a post about the Greene family of Rhode Island, reading that this General was a descendant of the same family so I decided to add him to my family…… Read more
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Ken E. Starr
Feb 1st 2026 is the 35th anniversary of the death of my paternal grandfather, Ken Starr. Ken Starr was born on 1/19/1919 and died on 2/1/1991. He was the 2nd son of Ernie and Ina Holden Starr. Ernie and Ina had married in 1914 and their first son, Clifford, was born in July of 1915.…… Read more
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The Webster line- A Famous Dictionary and Half-Hanged Witch
My great grandmother, Ina Holden Starr’s mother was Grace Mabel Webster, born in 1873. I had been told she descended from the same Websters that we all know from the dictionary, Noah Webster, so I wanted to confirm this with my own tree. I traced the Webster line back to my 14x great grandfather, John…… Read more
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The Easley Line- French Huguenot Refugees
My 10x great grandfather, Robert Easley Sr was born about 1655 in England. He came with his father, Henry, to London from France after the St. Bartholomew Massacre had made France unsafe for Protestants. It’s believed other branches of the family went to Switzerland where they were silk merchants (there called Islyn). His grandfather, Claude…… Read more
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US Presidents in my Family Tree
By connecting your family tree to the giant family tree on Family Search . com you can see how you’re related to all sorts of famous people from history. Some of the connections are iffy, but I found several that seem likely, including more than 2 dozen US presidents: Twenty one are via the Starr…… Read more
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The Greenes of Rhode Island
My 9x great grandfather was once the Deputy Governor of Rhode Island colony, his great grandson went on to be the second governor of the state of Rhode Island, serving during the American Revolution, from 4 May 1778 to 3 May 1786. Deputy Governor John Greene was born 15 August 1620 in Salisbury County WIltshire…… Read more
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Clema Alberta Myers
My paternal grandmother died 39 years ago today, Nov 3 1986 at the age of just 62. She had fought cancer for several years prior to her death. Clema Alberta Myers Starr was the youngest child of Raymond Jasper Myers and Margaret Evelyn Thompson. Born 10 December 1923 in Danville, Illinois, her father Raymond abandoned…… Read more