a blog compiling all my genealogy research
Minnie C Rutherford (1880-1941)
I have so many questions about Minnie C. Rutherford, my 5th great-grandmother. I first encountered her when researching my Dad’s maternal lines. Following maternal lines back is fascinating work because the family names change every…
The Mathey Family
Standing: Emilie and Alexander Mathey, Sitting: Rosalie and Joseph Mathey Standing: Lucy, Louisa, Josephine, Joseph, Catherine, Mary Antionette. Sitting: Joseph and Marie Rosalie. The Mathey family were my Swiss ancestors who immigrated to Manitowoc, Wisconsin…
The Sanford Family
William Sanford was a German Quaker, born about 1804 in Brockville, Ontario and was one of the earliest settlers of Gosfield, north of Kingsville. Nancy Ann Geauvereau He married about the year 1827 Ann Geauvereau,…
Samuel Hopper (1772-1857): Cherokee Land Lottery
Samuel Hopper is my 4th great-grandfather. He was born about 1772 in North Carolina, according to the 1850 Census. 1850 Census, Militia District 536, Rabun, Georgia He died around 1857, and he and his ten…
John A Hopper(1826-1891)
John A Hopper is my 3rd great-grandfather. He lived in Rabun County Georgia for most of his life. His father was Samuel Hopper and he was the seventh of ten children! In the 1850 Census,…
Adolphustown, Ontario
The township of Adolphustown lies in the south western portion of the county of Lennox, is triangular in shape, being bounded on the south and west by the Bay of Quinte, and on the…
Lt. William Ruttan(1759-1843): The Loyalist
William Ruttan was born on April 2,1759 in Schraalenburgh, N.J. and baptized on the 24th of June, 1759. He was the eleventh of twelve children born to Willem Ruttan and Maria Demarest. …
Capt. Matthew Ruttan, Esq. (1802-187?)
Matthew Ruttan, Esq. was my 5th great-grandfather. He was born in Adolphustown, Ontario about 1803, the 6th child of William Ruttan and Margaret Steele. The Ruttans were one of the large and well known families…
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