Trying to Get our Family on the Ship... "Mayflower e porzh-mor Aberplymm" gant William Halsall, 1882 What happens when you follow the female lines in your family history research? In my case, it leads to some exciting finds! When following the family of Hannah Sowle, wife of Smith Fancher, I found an interesting possible connection … Continue reading Mayflower Passage
A Wedding to Remember Our favorite Green Bay Packer memory is the game played Sunday, November 16, 1941, at the old city stadium. Mr and Mrs Robert Reif We were married the 15th in Oshkosh and, knowing we were (and are) great Packer fans and had only the weekend off from work, my folks wrote … Continue reading Tuesday Newsday
Conrad Schalk Conrad Schalk Conrad Schalk was born in Weizen, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 18 February 1865. He was the son of Thomas Schalk and Salise Gunther. Conrad arrived in the US 5 November 1885 in New York aboard the ship "Amerique". In 1887 he was living in Milwaukee working as a carpenter. He married Maria … Continue reading Portraits
Rare old picture from Fjotland around 1850 If our information about this picture is correct, it is a rare opportunity for us to present such an old photograph. The little girl’s name is Asgerd, born 1851. She is sitting on her mother, Torborg Eielsdatter Engedal’s lap. Torborg Engedal born 1822 – died 1874. The father, … Continue reading Tuesday Newsday
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