Category Archives: Family Lines

100 Years ago – Florence Wilma Huber – (1908-1934)

Research Darling/Huber by Don Taylor One hundred years ago, June 1915, Florence Wilma Huber was a six-year-old living on a farm in the Swiss Colony of Elberta and Josephine, Baldwin County, Alabama. Her father, John, and her mother Bertha (Trumpi) moved … Continue reading

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Might they be cousins?

Many years ago I was hanging around in the Navy barracks at Treasure Island and was chatting with another sailor. I mentioned I was from Minnesota and he said he had many relatives in northern Minnesota. I said, “Where ‘bouts.” … Continue reading

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Finding John Vinson’s Father & John Vinson (c. 1817 – c.1865)

By – Don Taylor Finding John Vinson/Vincent’s Father It is my goal to find ancestors in all of the census records that were taken during their lifetime. Based upon the 1870 Census, I’m fairly certain that John died between 1860 … Continue reading

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100 Years ago – Robert Harry Darling – (1907-1969)

Robert Harry Darling c. 1917 Little Robert Harry Darling’s mother, Anna/Hanna, died in 1913. He was only five years old at the time. Apparently, his father, a railroad man, was either too transient or too ill to take care of … Continue reading

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Memories – Kid Shows and Poker with Grandma.

By Don Taylor I’ll admit it. I grew up with television.  Every morning it was TV time.  During the summer, and other times when there wasn’t school, it was TV for lunch (“Lunch with Casey” comes to mind), too. And, … Continue reading

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