Tag: Family History
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The Iowa Land Patents of Christian Tenebahn
In the spring of 1852, several Tenebahn families emigrated to the U.S. from Germany. From New Orleans they took a steamboat to Dubuque, IA. There, they split up, some traveling to Minnesota via wagon train. The Christian Tenebahn family remained in east central Iowa, homesteading for about three years. This is their untold story.
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Lots 188 and 189 of McGee’s Addition
In June, 1857, pioneering immigrants, Christian and Caroline Tonebohn, purchased a residential lot in the speculative McGee’s Addition in, what was then, the town of Kansas, Missouri. The lot, then Missouri prairie, is now situated in the heart of downtown Kansas City, MO. Here’s how that happened.
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Johann Friedrich Daniel Wendt – Soldier, Immigrant, and Farmer
We know quite a lot about Max and Minnie Wendt after they settle, by 1870, first in Moberly, MO, then St. Louis, MO, finally Kansas City, KS. Before that; before they emigrated from Germany, we have few details about their whereabouts and lives. Here, we present what is known and unknown with a few theories…
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Discovering Lemuel Hopper
Sometimes, while doing genealogy research, you discover a person who you would have wanted to meet in person. Lemuel Hopper is one of those people. His life was brimming with adventure and self-reinvention. Here is his story.
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The Curious Life of Edourd Bruno Czaska
Edourd (Edward) Bruno Czaska lived a short yet adventurous life. In his 44 years he, with his wife Elizabeth, traveled from Germany to Baltimore, MD then westward to San Francisco, CA. We will explore these travels, reveal mysteries, and find that, in the end, it was Edward’s wife Elizabeth who lived long and prospered.
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Redd Family Children – Parent Mystery Discussion
The Red family were thought to be Cherokee. That story is partially true in that the Redd family settled on land in Habersham County, GA not long after the Cherokee’s had been removed. In fact, the Redd family are named Red because two Redd sisters named their children as such. Here’s how that happened.
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Anchors Aweigh – the Naval Career of John Baldwin
In this story, the 2nd of two parts, we will set sail on the naval career odyssey of John “Johnny” Baldwin. We will use official US Navy documents to recall his tours of duty. Along the way, we will get to know this man, who joined the US Navy at the tender age of 16.
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Dearest Dorothy – the Love Letters of Johnny Baldwin
Between June 1939 and May 1940, with World War II looming, Naval Signalman, John “Johnny” Baldwin carried on a long distance letter writing courtship with Dorothy Lee Dixon. In all, 35 letters were sent to Dorothy. Before they married in May 1940, they had only met twice.
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Favorite Family Recipes
About 1988, Cinda Baldwin gathered all her favourite recipes and used an early word processor program on an IBM 286/386 home computer to create a recipe booklet. She printed the booklet and made multiple spiral bound copies at a Kinko’s Printing Center. These recipe booklets were distributed as Christmas gifts to friends and family.
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