Tag: Genealogy
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Alonzo Hunt – a wrongful death investigation gone wrong
Alonzo Hunt was struck and killed by an automobile in May, 1925, in Marion, OH. His death sparked a wrongful death investigation that quickly and quietly ended. Did someone get away with murder?
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Solomon Maness-Baldwin – a discovered history restored
Who were the biological parents of Solomon Baldwin, the author’s paternal 2nd grandfather? For over 200 years, no one knew. It took the author four decades of patience and perseverance plus advancing technology to determine the answer.
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Lola F Purtee Donahue Interview – growing up along the Kansas River
“… I don’t know how, why, but I was in the car with them, and the police were stopping and inspecting cars. And Paul Lee turned to Irma Craighead (I was in the back seat), Paul Lee turned to Irma Craighead and said, “Get your Bible out, get your Bible out and show ‘em!”
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The Way West, 1857 – Ohio to Missouri and Beyond
In April 1857, Harrison Jenkins and family started westward from Jackson County Ohio leading a party of 3-4 other families. Their destination was NW Missouri. Let’s take a brief trip back in time, reassemble the lives of these western migrating pioneers, and see what happened to them.
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Elaine Beatrice Zarobsky-Profant – an unexpected life
For all of us, there seems to always be a few people who have an outsize influence on us; introducing new and exotic experiences, expanding the cultural horizon, and opening a fresh view of the world. For me, Elaine Baldwin was one of those rare individuals.
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Ruth Alta Wendt Meyn – a fortuitous life
Little was known of the wife of Fred Wendt Jr (1892-1957). All trees had her listed only as “Alta” with no maiden name and only a smattering of public information. I set about to see if I could find more details about her life. What I found was an extraordinary story.
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The Disappearance of Earl Tobias
On or about Dec 15, 1894 Earl Tobias deserted his wife and their two children in Kansas City, KS. He wrote his wife, stating: “…he had too many mouths to feed and was getting in debt.” Earl then disappeared from all public records. 125+ years later, we found Earl.
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Lot 39 of Hurck’s Subdivision of the Guinotte Farm
In 1858, to entice railroads to build into the East Bottoms of Kansas City, MO, Joseph Guinotte (1815-1867) platted his 1200 acre homestead farm, purchased abt. 1850 from founding French settler, Berenice Chouteau. In 1869. the 740 acre ‘Hurck’s Subdivision of the Guinotte Farm’ was platted and lots auctioned. Charles DeCarpenter bought Lot 39.
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Children of the Plantation – slaves in the family
Have you done a DNA Test? Do your ethnicity results show a small percentage (e.g., 1% to 3%) of Sub Saharan African ancestry, particularly, West Africa: Cameroon, Congo, Bantu, Ivory Coast, Ghana people? If so, you are not alone.
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