Author Archives: Don Taylor

Mercy (Gay) Sanford & the Early Censuses

Mercy Sanford and the 1840, 1830, and 1820 Census records. Brown-Sanford-Gay Census Sunday By Don Taylor Following widows in early America can often be difficult, Mercy (Gay) Sanford was widowed when her husband, Ezra Clugston Sanford, died 22 June 1813 … Continue reading

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ThruLines – Darling Part 2 – Bernard & Bertha Trumpi

ThruLines Thursday Darling-Huber-Trumpi/Koch DNA By Don Taylor In Part 2 of my Darling ThruLinestm analysis, I’m looking closely at matches with wife’s maternal 2nd great-grandparents, Bernard[i] Trümpi (1844-1913) and Bertha (Koch) Trümpi (1862-1927). ThruLinestm indicated that there are 3 (newly discovered) … Continue reading

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Chin-Chin – Wilkes-Barre – May 4, 1920

Donna Montran and “Chin Chin” play at the Grand Opera House in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on 4 May 1920. Vaudeville Chin-Chin  “Chin Chin” played at the Lyric Theatre in Allentown on the 3rd and cast and crew headed the 60 plus … Continue reading

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The Butterfield Bible – Part 3 – Deaths

I recently received a copy of the “Butterfield Bible” from a friend who asked that I share its contents with the “Genealogy World.”  The bible is an 1889 edition that appears to have originally been owned by Daisy E. Butterfield … Continue reading

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The Waters Family of 1880 Patten, Maine

Blanchard Project Utterstrom/Chase/Waters By Don Taylor During my ancestor sketch for Sadie Walters, I learned that Patten, Kennebec County, Maine, was settled about 1828 and incorporated in 1841. Sadie was born in 1887 in Patten, Maine and her parents were … Continue reading

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