Tag Archives: Alabama

Donna & the Lyric Theatre – In the News

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Don Taylor

101 years ago, my grandmother, “Donna Darling,” was in the news for being at the Lyric Theatre in Birmingham, AL. Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – John Huber – Take 2

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Don Taylor

Ancestor Sketch of John Huber. He was born in Windlach, Switzerland in 1880, married Bertha Barbara Trümpi in 1905 in New Glarus, Wisconsin, had two children, and died in 1948 in James Township, Saginaw County, Wisconsin. Continue reading →

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Huber – Surname Saturday

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Don Taylor

Name Origin Huber and its derivatives (Hubbard, Hibbert, Hibbins, Hibbs, Hibson, and possibly Hoover) derive from the word, hube, a measure of land that could sustain and be worked by one farmer’s family. The name Huber designated the farmer who … Continue reading →

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100 Years ago – Florence Wilma Huber – (1908-1934)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Don Taylor

Research Darling/Huber by Don Taylor One hundred years ago, June 1915, Florence Wilma Huber was a six-year-old living on a farm in the Swiss Colony of Elberta and Josephine, Baldwin County, Alabama. Her father, John, and her mother Bertha (Trumpi) moved … Continue reading →

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Bertha Barbara Trümpi Huber

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors #18 Darling-Huber-Trumpi Line Bio: Bertha Barbara (Trümpi) Huber (1884-1968) The umlaut helps to confuse Bertha’s records in America. Usually, the umlaut is dropped and Trumpi is used, it is also Trumpe and sometimes Trumpy, misspellings include Trunpe. Bertha … Continue reading →

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