Friday, March 11, 2011

Forebear Friday – John Q. Adams

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John Quincy Adams had a successful and adventurous life, but then, his family had already established a culture of adventure.  His great- ...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Adventures in Gardena

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While transcribing old letters written by my great-grandparents, Peter C. and Ella Christensen, I came across the following story, related b...
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Friday, March 4, 2011

Forebear Friday - John Henry Seemann

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John Henry Seemann was born in 1800 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the son of Hans Seemann and Christina Petersen Moldt.  He married Maria,...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Mountain View Cemetery, Part Two

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Again, many thanks to my dad and stepmother for sharing these wonderful photos of this cemetery near Casa Grande, Arizona. A grassier sect...
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Friday, February 18, 2011

Forebear Friday – Abel Parlin Adams

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‘ Abel Adams and his wife, Eliza Hudson Abel Parlin Adams was the son of Abial and Irena (Gray) Adams, born in Vermont.  He left his hom...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Mountain View Cemetery

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Recently my father and stepmother decided to pay a visit to Mountain View Cemetery, near Casa Grande, Arizona.  They have shared photos they...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

And we lived to tell about it...

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I was just transcribing one of my great-grandmother’s diaries, telling of their trip to the Oahe Dam in South Dakota.  The year was 1956; th...
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