Category Archives: Surname Projects

Ancestor Sketch – Samson Clark Amsterdam

Brown-Montran Line By Don Taylor [Growing up, I knew I had an Uncle Russ and that he was the child of Donna and her husband, Sammy Clark Amsterdam. I never knew that Sammy was my grandmother’s third husband. My mom … Continue reading

Posted in Montran Project, Donna Darling and Sammy Clark Revue | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Grandparent surnames in the 1940 Census

[Last Saturday, Randy Seaver, in his blog Genea-Musings, suggested looking at grandparent surnames and seeing how many are in the 1940 Census. He also asked if we had done a “one-name search” for any of those surnames.] My four grandparents … Continue reading

Posted in Brown-Montran, Darling-Huber, Howell-Hobbs, Roberts-Barnes, Montran Project | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Ancestor Sketch – Freke W. Hingston

Bradley-Hingston Project Bradley-Hingston Line By Don Taylor Freke W Hingston was born on 29 October 1859 in Ireland, the son of Ellen and William. He immigrated to the United States in July 1879. He married Annie Smythe on 2 September … Continue reading

Posted in Bradley-Hingston Project | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Ancestor Sketch – Beatrice Hennessey

Halcro-Varone Project Varone-Hennessey Line By Don Taylor Beatrice Hennessey is one of the most confounding ancestors I’ve researched. Besides changing her first name from Bridget to Beatrice, she appears to vanish after the 1940 Census. (More about that later.) All-in-all, … Continue reading

Posted in Halcro-Varone Project | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Beatrice Hennessey & the Censuses

Census Sunday Halcro-Varone Project By Don Taylor Sometimes you run into things you’ve never encountered before. In my Halcro-Varone project, I discovered a name change that I found confusing. I knew Beatrice M Hennessey[i] married Vincenzo Varone on 23 October … Continue reading

Posted in Halcro-Varone Project | Tagged , , | 1 Comment