With my recent success of hunting down the parents and family of my 2nd Great Grandfather’s second wife, I thought I’d spend a little more time documenting what I do and don’t know about his first wife. Sometimes thinking through the process and making...
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Catherine the Great ascended the Russian throne and issued a great manifest to open up colonization in the Volga river valley in southern Russia. Through effective marketing of her manifest, thousands of people throughout Germany immigrated to the area and founded colonies near Saratov....
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Henry Lee Montgomery, (Dr. Lee) was the son my my 3rd Great Grandfather John M. Montgomery and brother to my Great Great Grandfather Thomas Marion (Dr. Tom) Montgomery. I just posted a couple published histories about him and a photograph in a previous posts....
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My Great Grandfather Charles Garrett, Sr. immigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1922 where his brother was already living. He left a couple years in advance of his wife and three children who stayed back in Scotland. In the personal history of his son,...
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Charles Garrett, Sr. is my Great-Grandfather through his son Charles Garrett, Jr. who married Jean Wall. The research I have on this side of the family is due to the diligence of my uncle Don who has researched the Garrett family for many years....
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On the 7th of October 1891, the Zimmerman family first arrived in the United States, their point of departure listed as Boulogne Sur Mer, France and Rotterdam, Netherlands. Originating in Russia, they arrived in the port of New York, New York State aboard the...
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Adam A. Pfeifer was the younger brother of my Great Grandfather Anton A. Pfeifer. His life was tragically cut short in a snowstorm after their car slid into a ditch. This tragedy happened on the anniversary of Anton’s other brother Alexander A. Pfeifer’s wife’s...
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Hugh Tinnin is my 4th Great Grandfather. My family line continues through his daughter Lucille “Lucy” Tinnin Neal from his second wife. Hugh Tinnin Birth – 1800, Tennessee Death – 13 Dec 1869, Burleson Co., Texas Father – John Tinnin (1770-1835) Mother – Elizabeth...
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Daniel Zimmerman was my 3rd Great Grandfather. He was born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. where he died in the state of Kansas. The wife listed on his Death Certificate is his second wife Anna Maria (Schnube) Zimmerman, who he married the...
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Update – June 5, 2010 I received the Obituary for Dewey S. Mercer in the mail today from the Tillamook Historical Society. In it it mentions a living sister “Hazel McCall, Sublimity”. This is much too much of a coincidence not to be her...
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Roxena Meacham Carter was the second wife of William Furlsbury Carter and my 3rd Great Grandmother. She had quite amazing life, and lucky for me, she told her life story to her daughter who recorded it. This autobiography was handed down to me from...
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I’ve really just begun research on the Zimmerman side of my family. The eldest son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Schnelbach) Zimmerman is my Great-Great Grandfather. While doing some research of their family with my new membership to Ancestry.com, I discovered what looks to be...
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Here’s an interesting little tidbit I came across online while doing a Google search for images related to William Furlsbury Carter. It was linked from a site by Devin Thorp and includes a section on William F. Carter with a short biography. William Furlsbury...
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Johannes Adam Pfeifer, Sr. was my 3rd Great Grandfather, and the first and eldest Pfeifer relative to immigrate to the United States from Russia. His son, my Great Great Grandfather also came with him. They were considered a part of the Volga Germans and...
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William F. Carter was my 3rd Great Grandfather with his second wife Roxena Meacham Carter (1830-1919) through their daughter Junietta Carter (1865-1937) who married John Henry Wall (1861-1881) in 1881. William had quite a rich history and an interesting life. I’ve run across many...
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The following is the headstone of my Great Grandparents William “Will” Ingram and his wife Minnie (Nees) Ingram. I noticed on their headstone that it also lists their marriage date as the 10th of November, and I always had it in my records as...
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Henry Lee Montgomery, or “Dr. Lee” as he was known, was the brother of my Great Great Grandfather. I just posted a couple published histories about him in a previous post. This is a picture of him with two of his daughters Ola Garner...
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Dr. Lee Montgomery was the brother of my Great Great Grandfather Dr. Thomas Marion Montgomery. There were quite a few doctors in the Montgomery family! I’ve been privileged to have gathered some good information here-and-there about some of the Montgomery brothers, and so I...
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The following is a rough table showing the pedigree for my maternal McCall family starting with my Great Grandmother Etoyl Montgomery who married Robert Lee McCall in 1920. The links that are located below their names are to the individual blog posts I’ve made....
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Dr. Thomas “Tom” Marion Montgomery was my 2nd Great Grandfather. He is buried in the Lone Oak Cemetery in Stayton, Marion County, Oregon. I have visited there and have seen his grave. The Lone Oak Cemetery is on a nice hill on the edge...
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