Henry Thompson Henry Thompson was born 4 February 1844 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He was the third of four children born to Henry Thompson Sr., a cordwainer, and Ann McCabe Thompson in Liverpool. Henry was an American Civil War veteran. According to his obituary, Henry spent time trying to homestead in Michigan after the war … Continue reading Portraits
A Case for the Parentage of Ruth Foster Sharp Dunham (part 2) In an effort to break through another brick wall and fill out some empty branches on the tree, I am attempting to determine the birth family of Ruth Foster who married Benjamin Sharp in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut in 1771. Ruth is named in … Continue reading Judy, Judy, Judy
A Case for the Parentage of Ruth Foster Sharp Dunham (Part 1) I hate having empty branches on my family tree. Empty branches mean unanswered questions and unsolved mysteries. A few years ago I was able to break through a brick wall to find the parents of Harriet Elizabeth “Libby” Sharp Ehle and that breakthrough … Continue reading Foster Family
Winnifred R Smith is another "Jane" in our tree - a woman whose story was lost for a time but who has been found and restored to her proper place in the tree.
Members of the Sharp and Marvin families are tentatively identified.
Sharp family members are identified in this month's Ehle Family Album post.
More Probable Identifications When working with an over 40 page album where the majority of the pictures are unlabeled, there is unfortunately going to have to be some guesswork involved. Bill and I have done the best that we are able with identifications based on known photos of the subjects, names and dates of operation … Continue reading Ehle Family Album
Probable Identifications When working with an over 40 page album where the majority of the pictures are unlabeled, there is unfortunately going to have to be some guesswork involved. Bill and I have done the best that we are able with identifications based on known photos of the subjects, names and dates of operation of … Continue reading Ehle Family Album
More of the positive identifications from the photo album of CS Ehle and Harriet Elizabeth Ehle.
Never throw away unlabeled photographs! You never know when you may get help from a previously unknown cousin to identify those mystery pictures!
WitzEnd Family History 