Author Archives: Don Taylor
Faces from the Past — Darling, Howell, Huber, & McAllister
Five photographs from my wife’s family collection — spanning 1909 to the 1960s — document the Howell, Darling, Huber, and McAllister-Lane lines, from a great-grandfather’s photo to a Bridgton, Maine, home. Continue reading
Posted in Darling-Huber, Faces from the Past, Howell-Hobbs, Photo Identification
Tagged Bridgton Maine, Clarence Pete Howell, Elizabeth McAllister Lane, Faces from the Past, Florence Wilma Huber Darling, Lane Family, McAllister Family, Photo Identification, Rufus Harry Darling, Shirley Darling Howell, Syracuse New York
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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 Arthur H. Darling, Anna Ritter, Ethel M. Darling, Michigan Central Railroad, Kansas City Missouri, Hannah McAllister Darling, Rufus Harry Darling, divorce records, Kalamazoo Michigan, probate records, brick wall research, Ida Ready, Darling line, Rufus H. Darling
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James Walter and a Look Back: Ten Patriots Across Four Family Lines
Sergeant, Forage Master, Captain — James Walter closes out this series, and on the Fourth of July, I step back and count all ten patriots the Find a Grave anniversary email sent me looking for. Continue reading
Father and Son Patriots: William Rose Sr. & Jr. of Halifax County, NC
Two more patriots for the running tally, and this time it’s not a marriage that connects them — it’s a father and his son, both serving, both DAR-confirmed, in Halifax County, North Carolina. Continue reading