Category Archives: Montran Project

Cross-Country Travels

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun My Life By Don Taylor The Weekly Genealogist, produced by NEHGS, regularly has a survey question designed to make you think about your ancestors’ lives. They recently had a question asking if you or your ancestors … Continue reading

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DNA Doesn’t Lie – John Montran

Brown-Montran Line By Don Taylor For a few years, I’ve hypothesized that my great-grandfather, John F. Montran and John Foster Montran were the same person. I have been unable to find a record of John F. Montran and my great-grandmother, … Continue reading

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Descendant Bio – Dorothy Bell Cologne (1924-2017)

John Foster Montran Descendants By Don Taylor The John Montran Descendants Project is a personal project to explore the possibility that my great-grandfather, John Montran married twice. Once to Ida May Barber and once to Maude Minnie Winter. I believe … Continue reading

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Cousin Bio – Olga Ruth Babcock (1916-2001)

By Don Taylor Hypothesis The John Montran Project is a personal project to explore the hypothesis that my great-grandfather, John Montran married twice. Once to Ida May Barber and once to Maude Minnie Winter. He had one daughter with Ida (Donna) … Continue reading

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Ancestor Bio – Thelma M. Montran Babcock – Poet

Montran Project 52 Ancestors – Week 192 By Don Taylor Now, I go off on a speculative tangent. It is my assertion that my great grandfather, John Montran who married Ida Mae Barber is the same individual as John Foster … Continue reading

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