Tag Archives: Rufus Harry Darling
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
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Tagged Faces from the Past, Clarence Pete Howell, Florence Wilma Huber Darling, Photo Identification, Bridgton Maine, Rufus Harry Darling, Shirley Darling Howell, McAllister Family, Elizabeth McAllister Lane, Lane Family, Syracuse New York
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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 Kalamazoo Michigan, probate records, brick wall research, Ida Ready, Darling line, Rufus H. Darling, Arthur H. Darling, Anna Ritter, Ethel M. Darling, Michigan Central Railroad, Kansas City Missouri, Hannah McAllister Darling, Rufus Harry Darling, divorce records
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Sometimes the Census Taker is Wrong & Andrew Martin Darling
Sometimes the Census Taker is Wrong By Don Taylor I’ve been having many roadblocks in my Abner Darling (1780-1839) research. Enough so that I decided to take a step back and look at Abner Darling’s descendants much more closely. The first … Continue reading
Darling – Surname Saturday
Darling Surname Saturday By Don Taylor According to Forebears, dyrling was an “Old English term used to denote the young noble of a house, perhaps exclusively the eldest son, on whom all expectations rested.” Later it became a family name[i]. … Continue reading
100 Years ago – Robert Harry Darling – (1907-1969)
Robert Harry Darling c. 1917 Little Robert Harry Darling’s mother, Anna/Hanna, died in 1913. He was only five years old at the time. Apparently, his father, a railroad man, was either too transient or too ill to take care of … Continue reading