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Rufus Harry Darling Revisited: New Discoveries in 2026
A decade after first researching my wife’s great-grandfather, new records reveal a 1902 divorce, a Kansas City probate filing naming a previously unknown wife, and a 1913 marriage record suggesting Rufus fathered a son years before he married Ida Ready.
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Tagged probate records, brick wall research, Ida Ready, Darling line, Rufus H. Darling, Arthur H. Darling, Anna Ritter, Ethel M. Darling, Michigan Central Railroad, Kansas City Missouri, Hannah McAllister Darling, Rufus Harry Darling, divorce records, Kalamazoo Michigan
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The Darling Family Story Project
[Update, 29 July 2026: This post is the origin story for two research threads that have grown considerably since 2012. The single DAR-registered patriot mentioned below has grown into ten confirmed patriots across four family lines — see “James Walter … Continue reading