Category Archives: Ancestor Features

Research into the four family Lines, Roberts, Brown, Howell, and Darling.

Mary Eliza (Lyons) Daly (1862-1940)

Welch ProjectWelch-Daly-Lyons LineAncestor #19 SketchBy Don Taylor Mary Eliza Lyons was born in County Cork, Ireland, likely between April 16 and May 10, 1865. She immigrated to the United States in 1884 or 1885. She married Timothy Daly on November … Continue reading

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Asa Taft (1774-1839) – Ancestor #84

Roberts-Brown ProjectRoberts-Barnes-Taft LineBy Don Taylor Asa Taft is my double-fourth great-grandfather. He was born in Uxbridge, Mass., in 1774. He had between 10 and 12 children and two wives, Sarah and Lucy. He moved west to Partridgefield (now Hinsdale), Mass, … Continue reading

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Josiah Fugate (c. 1740-c.1823)

Brown-Mannin-Fugate LineBy Don Taylor After learning from FamilySearch that Pocahontas might be my 12th great-grandmother[i], I thought I’d take another step along the path to confirm she is my ancestor. The supposed connection is on my mother’s father’s line. I feel … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – MK-10 – Josef Alvar Krafve (1863-1924).

Matson Project Matson-Krafve Line By Don Taylor Joseph Alvar Krafve was born on 14 March 1863 in Eriksbyn, Västra Götaland, Sweden, as the seventh child of Josef Olsson Krafve and Maja Andersdotter. He had eight siblings: Jonas, Anders, Olof Wilhelm, … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – John Huber – Take 2

Ancestor Sketch of John Huber. He was born in Windlach, Switzerland in 1880, married Bertha Barbara Trümpi in 1905 in New Glarus, Wisconsin, had two children, and died in 1948 in James Township, Saginaw County, Wisconsin. Continue reading

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