One of my ancestors had a unique route to farm laborer and then farm owner. My 4th great grandfather Jacob Kready came to America during the American Revolution as a soldier hired by the British.
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Working
My great grandfather was a laborer, working all his life. He made the transition from rural farmer to city worker in 1913.
Tombstone
My great, great grandparents’ tombstone is not the simple tombstone of a simple farming couple, but a monument unlike anything found at the graves of my other ancestors.
Water
My mother tells a story about her maternal grandfather asking her to bring a cold cup of water from the well.
Strong Woman
My great grandmother, Ella Anne Rumple 1867-1962, experienced many hard times, she was a woman who drew on her experience to keep her family together, a strong woman.
George Lafary and Catherine Landon: Large Family
My great-great grandparents, George Lafary and Catherine Landon, had a relatively small family, three of their six children survived to adulthood. However, they both came from large families of nine siblings and nearly all survived to marry and have children.
Conrad Rumple: Bachelor Uncle
52 Ancestors, in 52 Weeks – Week 10: Bachelor Uncle
My uncles are the marrying kind, sometimes more than once!
I had to go back four generations for a bachelor uncle, my great-great-great uncle Conrad Rumple, 1833-1911.
Conrad was an older brother to my great-great grandfather on my matrilineal line, William Rumple, 1839-1912.
Rumple Family Photo 1895
For all of us who are procrastinating about labeling photos I have one thing to say, “Be considerate of the genealogist of the future!” My maternal grandmother was very good about labeling old family photos, and there is one, in particular, I found very informative.
Probate of Jesse King 1868
Jesse King was born in Ohio (probably in the vicinity of Chillicothe) in 1805, he was a son of Philip King and Mary Leah Wright, both of Pennsylvania. Philip King was a farmer, he married Leah Wright in 1801 in Somerset, PA, they had six children, of whom Jesse was the third.
Frank Takeo Flucawa
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.