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The Marriage of David and Jennie Osborne

by Barb LaFara | Nov 19, 2016 | 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.

Frank Takeo Flucawa

by Barb LaFara | Oct 23, 2014 | Biography, Family, Immigrants, Indiana, Quakers

Born Takeo Furukawa on 15 March 1883 in Tottori-Ken, Tokyo, Japan, little is documented of his early childhood. Family oral history stories say that the young Takeo experienced hunger, poverty and the loss of his family. Additionally, the stories tell of friendship, spiritual learning and scholarship.

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