Category Archives: Ancestor Sketch

Research into the four family Lines, Roberts, Brown, Howell, and Darling.

S. F. Auto Death – 23 Dec 1919

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Don Taylor

Montrans in the News – S. F. Auto Death – December 23, 1919 Montran Monday By Don Taylor   This week’s entry for Montran Monday is from the Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, CA) dated 23 December 1919.       … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – Ezra Clugston Sanford

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Don Taylor

Brown/Sanford Line By Don Taylor Contemporary writers said Ezra was a “remarkably muscular man, possessed of great nerve and quickness of perception.”[i] They also said he was “a mechanic, a respectable member of society, a kind husband and parent, a … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – Edward Lamb

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Don Taylor

Darling/McAllister/Lambe By Don Taylor Howell/Darling – Ancestor #54 List of Grandparents Grandfather: Robert Harry Darling 1st Great-grandmother: Hannah McAllister 2nd Great-grandmother: Margaret Mary Lamb 3rd Great-grandfather: Edward Lamb 4th Great-grandfather: Edward Lamb Edward Lamb (c. 1831-c. 1893) Birth Edward Lamb … Continue reading →

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ThruLines – William Henry Brown – Part 4

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Don Taylor

ThruLines Thursday Brown DNA By Don Taylor In Part 4 of my ThruLinestm analysis of my 2nd great-grandfather, William Henry Brown, I’m looking closely at the matches descended from Edward Waberton Brown. Ed was born in Dakota Territory in 1884 shortly … Continue reading →

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Andrew J Hailey and the 1850 Census

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Don Taylor

Census Sunday Roberts-Scott-Haley By Don Taylor Sometimes it takes a leap to find an ancestor in the census records. Such is the case for my third-great-grandfather, Andrew J. Hailey. Finding Andrew in the 1850 Census has been a challenge. Some … Continue reading →

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