Category Archives: Brown-Montran

John F Montran (c.1867-c.1897)

John F. Montran This has been a really good week for me. I continued working on my great grandfather, John Montran. John F. Montran & Ida Birth Registry entry.Michigan, Births, 1867-1902 Dept. of Vital Records, (Lansing, MI, )  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQFY-FWL. I learned his … Continue reading

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Walls – Paper or Brick | John Montran – (b-186?/7? – d. Bef 1911) – BM-14

Walls – Paper or Brick? Rice Paper WallsPhoto by Matt Litt via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) We all have our genealogical walls. Often, we don’t know if a particular wall is a brick wall or a paper wall. It might be a … Continue reading

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Might they be cousins?

Many years ago I was hanging around in the Navy barracks at Treasure Island and was chatting with another sailor. I mentioned I was from Minnesota and he said he had many relatives in northern Minnesota. I said, “Where ‘bouts.” … Continue reading

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Memories – Kid Shows and Poker with Grandma.

By Don Taylor I’ll admit it. I grew up with television.  Every morning it was TV time.  During the summer, and other times when there wasn’t school, it was TV for lunch (“Lunch with Casey” comes to mind), too. And, … Continue reading

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Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Brown (1878-1983)

Ancestor Sketch – Brown Line By – Don Taylor We know that often as a person ages their birth date changes. Women often get younger during their adult years and then get older in their later years.  Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Brown … Continue reading

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