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Donna & Rivoli Theatre in the News
Don Taylor celebrates discovering articles on his grandmother, Madonna Montran, known as Donna Darling, and her 1920s show business career. On December 7, 1924, Darling’s vaudeville act, including toe dancing, singing, and a larger orchestra, was featured at Rivoli Theatre, Two Rivers, WI, alongside a Warner Bros. film. Continue reading
Posted in California Bathing Girls (1925), In the news, Vaudeville
Tagged Genealogy, Rivoli Theatre, Two Rivers, Wisconsin
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Ancestor Sketch – John Huber – Take 2
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
Posted in #52Ancestors, Ancestor Sketch, Darling, Huber
Tagged Alabama, Michigan, Wisconsin
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Hefti – Surname Saturday
Darling-Huber-Trümpi-Dürst-Hefti LineDarling-Huber-Trümpi-Dürst-Streiff-Hefti LineDarling-Huber-Trümpi-Becker-Wichser-Zweifel-Hefti LineBy Don Taylor Name Origin[i] Family Search indicates that Hefti is a Swiss German surname from Middle High German heftec or heftic, meaning ‘strong, durable.’ “Hefty” is an Americanized form of Hefti. Geographical In the world, Forebears … Continue reading
Posted in Hefti, Surname Saturday, Uncategorized
Tagged Adlenbach, Germany, Glarus, New Glarus, Switzerland, Wisconsin
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Thomas Raidt & the Wisconsin Censuses.
The Wisconsin provides some insight and some additional questions regarding the Thomas Raidt household in the 1880s. Continue reading
Posted in Census Sunday, Raidt-Langford
Tagged Jefferson County, Watertown, Wisconsin
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