Category Archives: Brown-Montran
Donna Darling Collection – Part 81
Russell, Don, & Matthew Photos Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Thursday, I’m looking at a scan (SCAN0180) of five photos from the Donna Darling Collection. First, there is a photo of my uncle Russell … Continue reading
Don’s Genealogy News – 10 January 2021
Photo Friday I analyzed five more packets of negatives from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection. See Part 11 – Curtis, Davis (2), Derosier, & Dexter. Mary Derosier (1914-1994) Donald Davis (1907-1972) Four children of Hartley A. & Mary T. Davis … Continue reading
Montrans in the News – Midweek Junior Eagle
Charlotte Montran – Staten Island (?), NY Montran Monday By Don Taylor This week for Montran Monday[i], I found the following article: This week’s entry is from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 17 May 1933 via Newspapers.com Midweek Junior Eagle … Continue reading
Arthur Brown in the Censuses
Census Sunday Brown Line By Don Taylor Introduction I have long believed that Arthur Durwood Brown, my great-grandfather was the son of William Henry Brown and not the son of Henry Mack Brown. I think that the 1870 and 1880 … Continue reading
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Tagged Washtenaw County, Saline, North Dakota, Merkel, Michigan, Sylvan Township, Cass County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, Kidder County
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Sanford – Surname Saturday
Name Origin Sanford is an English variant of Sandford that relates to geographical locations. Possibly refers to ancestors of the Sandford parishes in Devon and Oxfordshire, a township in Berkshire or Salop or other Sandford locations.[i] Geographical Today the vast … Continue reading