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Sturgis, Sylvester, Talbot, & Taylor

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Don Taylor

I identified five people in my photo sets:
Mary Sturgis, circa 1934.
Edward H Sylvester, circa 1934.
Helen Talbot, circa 1935.
Marie Germaine Antoinette Talbot, circa 1935.
Emily B Taylor, circa 1934. Continue reading →

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Slotsky, Stover, Street, & Sturgis

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Don Taylor

This week, I identified all five people in my photo sets:
Mark Slotsky – Circa 1934.
Jessie Stover – 1934
Alden Nathanael Street, circa 1935 (age 8)
Eleanor Sturgis, 1934
George Sturgis, 1934.
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Ancestor Sketch – Lars Mattson (b. 1859)

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Don Taylor

Matson ProjectMatson/Mattson LineBy Don Taylor When Lars Mattson was born in 1859 in Järna, Dalarna, Sweden, his father, Lars, was 35 and his mother, Margareta, was 28. He married Christine Ericson on February 4, 1881. They had 13 children in … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Stelle, Stevens & Stinson

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Don Taylor

This week, I identified all six people in my photo sets:
Kathryn Rose Stelle (née Smith), circa 1934.
Evelyn Stevens, circa 1935 (age 1).
Marie Stevens, Student Nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, circa 1935.
Marjorie Stevens, Student Nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, circa 1935.
William Stevens, circa 1935 (age 4).
Gladys Stinson (nĂ©e Watkins) (later Turner), circa 1934. Continue reading →

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Nelson Barnes & the 1840 Census

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Don Taylor
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