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My Cousin Carole Lombard. Our shared Mateer/Meteer Ancestors.
Carole Lombard was an American movie actress who became one of the highest paid stars of the 1930s. She is probably best known for starring in comedies and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role … Continue reading →
Posted in Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Ancestry, Anderson, Carole Lombard, Chambers, Clark Gable, Classic Hollywood, Cole, County Down, Cumberland County, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, DNA, Everett, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fred MacMurray, French and Indiana War, Genealogy, Hollywood, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Jane Alice Peters, Kennedy, Kilkeel, Knight, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Linaberry, Lindaberry, Mateer, Matier, McMurtry, McTeer, Mechanicsburg, Meteer, Mifflin County Pennsylvania, Minater, Mintier, Mintre, Monday Creek, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Nelson, No Man of Her Own, Northern Ireland, Nothing Sacred, Ohio, Old Hollywood, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Peters, Presbyterian, Ross, Scots-Irish, Shannon, Sharon, Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, Supernatural, The Princess Comes Across, William Powell
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Theme for March: Females. The story of the life of my 3rd great-grandmother Cordelia Merchant Cole.
March is Women’s History Month. The writing theme for March is “Females” and for this ninth week it is “Female.” I have so many women in my family tree I could write about. And later in the month, I for … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, A scandalous affair, Arnold, Barre, Barre Orleans New York, Broome, Broome County New York, Canfield, Chenango B, Cole, Colesville, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, DeKalb County, family history, Family Tree, Frederick, French, Fuller, Genealogy, Hoosick, Indiana, Losure, Lozier, Marchant, Merchant, Morgan, New York, Newville De Kalb County Indiana, Northrup, Orleans County Alms "Poor" House and Cemetery, Orleans County New York, Otsego New York, Oviatt, Palmer, Prindle, Rensselaer New York, Root, Temple, Women's History Month, Worcester New York
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My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors from Fermanagh, No. Ireland and McElliogott Parish – near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. In Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.
The furthest I can take my McGuire ancestors back is to James McGuire born about 1620 in Fermanagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland and died about 1682 in McElligott Parish (near Tralee), Kerry, Ireland and Cecelia McNamara Reagh born about 1623 in … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Barnes, Barrett, Battle of Blue Licks, blog, Blue Licks Battlefield, Catholic, County Kerry, Daniel Boone, DNA, Doty, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Fermanagh, Genealogist, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, History, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Lamb, Maguire, Maxey, Mayflower Pilgrim, McElligott, McGuire, McNamara, Northern Ireland, O'Brien, Primitive Baptist, Quakers, Reagh, research, Tralee, Ulster, Urquhart, Virginia, Watts, Writing
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My Lozier/Losure/Loser/Looser/Loeser Ancestors from Oberriexingen, Germany (and related lines)
My maternal 3rd great-grandparents Joseph Losure and Sarah Lozier were 1st cousins. The furthest I can take this line back is to my 8th great-grandfather Elias Looser. He was born about 1663 in Oberriexingen, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. I found one … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alertshausen, ancestors, Ancestry, Baden-Württemberg, Basel, blog, Diedenshausen, DNA, Dumbald, Dumbauld, family history, family stories, Family Tree, First Cousins intermarriage, Genealogy, German, Germany, Girkhausen, Hager, Harnester, History, Indiana, Kasebier, Keller, Kemper, Lang, Lörrach, Loeser, Loew, Loewe, Looser, Lorrach, Loser, Losure, Lozier, Lueckel, Merchant, Michaelis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Oberriexingen, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Rausch, research, Scheffhen, Schwenck, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Stuttgart, Swiss, Switzerland, Tschudi, Womelsdorf
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My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
The furthest I can take my Lamb ancestry back with certainty is to my Quaker 8th great-grandparents Henry Lamb and Elizabeth Henely. Henry Lamb was born 1697 in Virginia and died 10 Feb 1761 in Rowan County, North Carolina. His … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barnes, Chambers, Cold Mountain, Cumberland County Illinois, Doty, Doughty, Edgefield South Carolina, Edwards County Illinois, Featherstone, Gooden, Greensboro County North Carolina, Henly, I'm Going Home, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jasper County Illinois, Kentucky, Lamb, Manwaring, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Missouri, Moore, Nansemond County, New Guildford North Carolina, North Carolina, Perquimans North Carolina, Primitive Baptist, Quaker, Randolph County North Carolina, Religious Society of Friends, Rogers, Rowan County North Carolina, Sacred Harp, Shape-Note, Singing, South Carolina, Spartanburg South Carolina, Stafford, Virginia
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