Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-six. My great-great-great grandmother, Charlotte Williams, was born around 1825 in Ireland. Her parents were Robert Williams and Elizabeth Hamilton. I have not yet determined when exactly the family moved from […]
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52 Ancestors: #26 Charlotte (Willliams) Fee (abt 1825-1876)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Fee, Williams on June 30, 2014 | 3 Comments »
52 Ancestors: #25 Elizabeth Humphreys (abt 1820-1886)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Humphreys, Summerville on June 26, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-five. My great-great-great grandmother, Elizabeth Humphreys, was born around 1820 in, we believe, Lisnarick, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. I know nothing beyond her early years beyond that. Elizabeth married Christopher Summerville around […]
52 Ancestors: #24 Christopher Summerville (1822-1901)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Summerville on June 16, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-four. My great-great-great grandfather Christopher Summerville was born in April 1822 in Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland to James and Jane (unknown) Somerville. Family legend suggests Christopher had five brothers – two […]
52 Ancestors: #23 Melissa (Haight) Thomas (abt. 1819-1873)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Haight, Thomas on June 10, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-three. I don’t know very much about my great-great-grandmother Melissa Haight. She was born around 1819 to Harrison and Agnes (Doan) Haight. I am assuming she was born somewhere in Ontario County, […]
52 Ancestors: #22 Reuben Thomas (1817-1909)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Thomas on June 3, 2014 | 2 Comments »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-two. My great-great-great grandfather Reuben Thomas was born on May 31, 1817 in Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, to Nicholas and Elizabeth (Phillips) Thomas. Family lore suggests Reuben came to Canada around 1840. […]