Category Archives: Darling-Huber

Walter’s in the 1830 Census

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Don Taylor

Census Sunday By Don Taylor Following families in the early census records is always tricky and following a woman through census records before 1840 is especially difficult. Margaret Ann (Swann) Walter is challenging. So, if I could follow her children … Continue reading →

Posted in Darling-Huber, Censuses | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ancestor Sketch – Margaret Ann Swann (1760-1826)

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Don Taylor

Darling Research Darling-Swayze-Walter-Swann Line By Don Taylor [After looking at her husband, James Walter, her daughter, Catherine Ann Dent Walter, her son, Elkanah Walter, and a cursory look at several of her other children, I still don’t know much about … Continue reading →

Posted in Darling-Huber, Ancestor Features | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Elkanah Walter & the Early Censuses

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Don Taylor

Census Sunday Darling-Swayze-Walter Line By Don Taylor [As I began my research of the life of 5th Great-grandmother Margaret Swann, I saw I knew virtually nothing about her life. One of my goals with ancestor sketches is to follow the … Continue reading →

Posted in Darling-Huber, Censuses | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Grandparent surnames in the 1940 Census

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Don Taylor

[Last Saturday, Randy Seaver, in his blog Genea-Musings, suggested looking at grandparent surnames and seeing how many are in the 1940 Census. He also asked if we had done a “one-name search” for any of those surnames.] My four grandparents … Continue reading →

Posted in Brown-Montran, Darling-Huber, Howell-Hobbs, Roberts-Barnes, Montran Project | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Oertli – Surname Saturday

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Don Taylor

By Don Taylor Name Origin Ancestry indicates that the surname Oertli is a Swiss-German variant of Örtel, and that is a variant form of Ertel. Ertel is a South German name from Old Hi German ort, meaning ‘point (of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Darling-Huber | Tagged , , | Leave a comment