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Amanda Taft Whitney (1798–1872): An Ancestor Sketch
Born in Massachusetts in 1798 and carried west as an infant by her migrating family, Amanda Taft Whitney spent her life in Broome County, New York — raising ten children and outliving most of her generation. Her story is unusually well-documented. Read on to meet a woman the census records refused to forget. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Features, Ancestor Sketch, Family Lines, Geographic Genealogy, Massachusetts Genealogy, New York Genealogy, Roberts-Barnes
Tagged 1800 Census, 1850 Census, 1855 New York State Census, 1865 New York State Census, 4th Grand-Aunt, Amanda Taft Whitney, Ancestor Sketch, Asa Taft, Broome County NY, Chauncey Whitney, Hinsdale Massachusetts, New England Migration, Partridgefield Massachusetts, Sarah Whitney Taft, Sharon Schoharie County New York, Taft Family, Triangle Broome County New York
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Inga Maria “Mary” (Person) Krafve (1866-1905)
She crossed an ocean and left almost no trace — at least not at first glance. But look carefully, and Maria Person Krafve steps forward: a Swedish immigrant who built a family on two frontiers, bore seven children, and died at thirty-eight, far from
the forests of Värmland where she was born. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Matson Project
Tagged 1900 US Census, 19th Century Immigration, Augustana Lutheran Church, Dalsland Sweden, Family History, FindAGrave, Genealogy Research, Hennepin County Minnesota, Joseph Alvar Krafve, Latah County Idaho, Maria Person Krafve, Minneapolis Minnesota, Östmark Parish, Swedish Americans, Swedish Lutheran, Teamster, Troy Idaho, Värmland Sweden
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Ancestor Sketch – Anna Maria Dürst (1770–1858)
Anna Maria DĂĽrst was born in 1770 in Diesbach, Glarus, Switzerland — a mountain canton that would shape her world for nearly nine decades. She married Bernhard TrĂĽmpi in 1806 and raised a family in EnnetbĂĽhls. If Patrick Wild’s research holds, her ancestry may trace all the way back to Charlemagne. Continue reading
Happy Birthday Grandma Donna
Happy Birthday rememberance of my grandmother, Madonna “Donna” Mae Montran (1893–1976). She lived a complex and fascinating life that extended far beyond her vaudeville years. Born in Albion, Michigan, she married several times, later settled in Michigan and Minnesota, and ultimately donated her body to science. This remembrance reflects both documented facts and the enduring personal legacy she left to her family. Continue reading
