Tag: Family History
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Wilhelmina “Minnie” Toeneboehn – Pioneer Woman of the Kansas Prairie
To the best of my knowledge, Minnie never had a telephone, never had a driver license, never owned a car, never traveled on public transportation, never had a job outside the home, and never had a TV. Yet, she had a most extraordinary life.
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Charles Francis Bull Family – adultery, arrests, prison, exoneration, missing persons, fraud, aliases – the complete story
This is the incredibly complicated, multi-layered, almost implausible story of a San Francisco family at the turn of the 20th century.
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Ray C Baldwin Ford Dealership – Wamego, KS 1951-1953
Here is a short biography of Ray C Baldwin (the author’s father) and a complete newspaper archive history of Baldwin Motors, a Ford Dealership in Wamego, KS, 1951-1953. Located at: 519 Lincoln St, Wamego, KS
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Raymond C Baldwin in the Merchant Marines – letters from wives
Raymond C Baldwin (1919-1970) (the author’s father) enlisted with the Merchant Marines in early 1942. He served on at least seven merchant ships between 1943 and 1947. While honorably serving his country during WW2, he managed to avoid financially supporting his two wives and families back in Ohio.
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Toeneboehn Gardening/Urban Farming History – St. Louis and Kansas City
The Toeneboehn’s / Tonebon’s immigrated from Germany to St. Louis in the 1850’s. By the 1870’s, the family were established urban farmers in St. Louis.
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Toeneboehn Immigration Story – overland by wagon train
Family lore is that the Toeneboehn’s / Tonebon’s traveled from New Orleans to Minnesota to join a wagon train. The wagon train was ambushed by Indians resulting in the deaths of some family members.
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The Widdicombe Children’s Odyssey – abandoned by their father in 1904
In 1904, following the untimely death of his wife, Robert Widdicombe and 10 children began a journey from Kansas City, KS to Galveston, TX. Along the way, Robert abandoned the children and left them to find their way back home.
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Where is Anderson Hunt Buried? – is this a cold case?
Anderson Hunt III of Lawrence County, Ohio, a prominent local citizen with multiple wives and numerous children, vanished without a trace in 1907. Coincidentally, his widowed wife Anna relocated in the summer of 1907 to Tacoma, WA along with her two daughters and their families, prompting speculation about his unrecorded death and missing burial.
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Where is Charles Robinson Buried? – the search for Bundy’s Mound
Based on an 1871 obituary, we know that Charles Robinson was buried at the base of Bundy’s Mound, in Wilson County, Kansas. But, where is Bundy’s Mound?
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