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Luella Pressell: Surprise!

by Barb LaFara | Family, Marriage

52 Ancestors, in 52 Weeks – Week 6: Surprise!
Just when you think you know everything about an ancestor, surprise!
I thought I knew most everything about my paternal great grandfather
David L. Osborne, 1848-1942.


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Sarah Smith: Challenge

by Barb LaFara | Biography, Marriage, Ohio

52 Ancestors, in 52 Weeks – Week 2: Challenge
So much about genealogy research is a challenge, perhaps the most
common challenge is the ‘brick wall,’ meet Sarah Smith. 18?? – 1846


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The Marriage of David and Jennie Osborne

by Barb LaFara | Biography, Family, Indianapolis, Marriage, Minneapolis

My great grandfather, David Louis Osborne (1848-1942), was a widower with two young sons in 1886 when he married Jennie Warbington (1857-1918) in Minneapolis on the 27th of May. I decided it was time to put sources to the story.


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