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Ancestor Sketch – Anna Maria (Oertli) Trumpi
nna Maria Oertli was born in 1823 in Ennenda, Canton Glarus, Switzerland. She married Bernhard Trümpy and lost an infant daughter during the hungry winter of 1847. She spent her last years in Lincoln Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near her son Fred. This ancestor sketch follows my wife’s 3rd great-grandmother from the Swiss Alps to Elizabeth Cemetery, along with the questions her records still leave open. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Darling-Huber
Tagged Oertli, Bernhard Trümpy, Trümpi, Fridolin Oertli, Öertli, Elizabeth Cemetery, Swiss Genealogy, Lincoln Township, Pennsylvania, Ennetbühls, Swiss emigration, Switzerland, Anna Maria Trumpi, Allegheny County, Trumpi, Anna Maria Oertli, Ennenda, Glarus, Trümpy, Trumpe, 1880 Census, Sara Heer, John Frederick Trumpi
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Faces from the Past — Darling, Howell, Huber, & McAllister
Five photographs from my wife’s family collection — spanning 1909 to the 1960s — document the Howell, Darling, Huber, and McAllister-Lane lines, from a great-grandfather’s photo to a Bridgton, Maine, home. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Darling-Huber, Howell-Hobbs, Faces from the Past
Tagged Bridgton Maine, Rufus Harry Darling, Shirley Darling Howell, McAllister Family, Elizabeth McAllister Lane, Lane Family, Syracuse New York, Faces from the Past, Clarence Pete Howell, Florence Wilma Huber Darling, Photo Identification
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Rufus Harry Darling Revisited: New Discoveries in 2026
A decade after first researching my wife’s great-grandfather, new records reveal a 1902 divorce, a Kansas City probate filing naming a previously unknown wife, and a 1913 marriage record suggesting Rufus fathered a son years before he married Ida Ready.
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Tagged Arthur H. Darling, Anna Ritter, Ethel M. Darling, Michigan Central Railroad, Kansas City Missouri, Hannah McAllister Darling, Rufus Harry Darling, divorce records, Kalamazoo Michigan, probate records, brick wall research, Ida Ready, Darling line, Rufus H. Darling
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James Walter and a Look Back: Ten Patriots Across Four Family Lines
Sergeant, Forage Master, Captain — James Walter closes out this series, and on the Fourth of July, I step back and count all ten patriots the Find a Grave anniversary email sent me looking for. Continue reading
Ancestor Sketch – Johann Jakob Huber (1850–1926)
For eleven years, Johann Jakob Huber stood behind an impenetrable brick wall. A single page from the Bürger-Familienregister der Kirchgemeinde Stadel has shattered it. Now we know he was born 5 February 1850 in Pfündlauf, Zürich — a farmer, a father of seven, and the man who kept all but one child from leaving Switzerland. Continue reading
