What's New (past 30 days)


August, 2025
I haven't been good about documenting what I've done in a while. This latest update provides lots of new detail about Larrain's side of our family. Have a look at the details. I'm sure you will find it interesting. I have also fixed many clerical issues related to images of documents and pictures. While I doubt I got them all, I think there are now lots of new items. Probably some duplicates too which I'll try to weed out over the next several week.

December, 2022
Had the pleasure of doing a bit of research in my very extended family due to a couple of inquiries from S. Wilkerson. Investigated the history of the Wolf family of Sharp county Arkansas. Based on the inquiry and the record, I've conjectured that R. A. Wolf and Martha E. Stephens had three children, Marvin, Martha, and Glenda. Martha (apparently) died as a complication in the birth Glenda. In the 1910 census, I found that Glenda (listed as Tootsie Wolf) was living with Marvin Stephens and Cordelia Sempler (or Simpler). Cordelia was the 2nd oldest sister of Martha. Martha was living with John and Sarah Overton (Sara was teh oldest sister of Martha E Stephens). Finally, Marvin was still living with his dad, Rufus. By the 2020 census, Marvin and Glenda Wolf are enumerated living with Cordelia Sempler and Thomas A Stephens (Brother and sister), the children are listed as attending school and no doubt, working their farm. Martha (Mattie) E Wolf is still living with John and Sarah Overton. Hopefully, this helps that family further sort their ancestry.
Additionally, I am grateful to D. Waldron for her updated information about the Luper/Douglas family of Illinois.

July 2022
Added updates I received from my Aunt showing I'm descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. My family joins the 10 - 30 million estimated ancestors from the Mayflower in 1620. This is a gold mine of new details about my family since there is so much genealogy surrounding early New England colonies.

Jan 5, 2020
First update in quite awhile. I think a bunch of detail was lost -- or maybe I never had it. In any case, I have added details about the Bratt/Bradt
family in the very early settler days (1600-1700's). Borrowing heavily from the New York public library sites.
I've also added a fair number of material that I have borrowed from a cousin in the Luper/Lufper clan. She has been posting pictures at a great
clip to her site at ancestry.com.

June 28, 2018
Site was hacked. I have installed patches to prevent recurrence. Hopefully everything is restored correctly.

Aug. 30, 2017
Seems that an upgrade managed to confuse my account creation SPAM captcha so no one could send comments or request a new account. That's fixed. Hopefully if someone had comments they'll return.

Feb 4, 2017
Added information about Ray family. Added Albany directory details for some Bratt's residing in Albany NY. Trying to sort out Edgar Bratt. I think he is correct now.
Updated information for Cutter family based on some new data from Ancestry.com. Fixed a bunch of images that were not displaying properly.

Aug 21 2016
Tried to sort out some of the Hawkins' cousins. Is quite challenging. The records are in good shape, but making sense of it was quite interesting. Extending from the hints
in Reigo Hawkins' Life sketch, I encountered Lavina Hawkins. Her first husband, seems to have deserted her after being called to an LDS Mission (according to Regio,
He didn't think it was something he ought to be asked to do. A few years later, he published a book that is frequently referenced as an early "expose" on
Mormonism. After that, he went back to England and sued Lavina for divorce as Lavina had joined a plural marriage with Joseph Woodmansee. This case
(Hyde vs. Hyde) is still referenced in modern times as precedent for common law marriage.

July 22 2016
Added details for Bratt family. Organized some of the place names.

Added some details for the MacClaugherty family.

June 2016
I've switched over to a new desktop tool -- Family Historian. I'm happy with it.
I have extended lots of family details for Smiths, Renisons, Heintz, and others.
I've figured out how to keep pictures in Sync between my desktop program and this online view. So, all the Census files are now linked in. Speaking of Census
I have a companion tool called: Ancestral Sources. This helps track things like Census details, along with the census images. You may notice that there are now
many census images here. This has been very useful -- especially sorting out some of the family dates that aren't quite accurate. Hopefully, things are now getting
ever close to that "perfection" point. I know ... it will never happen, but I always try.

August 2015 --
Had to replace my genealogy program. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it would reorder the people and family IDs. I have tried to reset all the media links, but no doubt, there will still be some errors.

Please use the Contact Me button if you find any mistakes, or want to ask questions.

I have been working with my Aunt Darleen and trying to run down loose ends on the Cutter side of Ed's ancestry. Also, I received a collection of family records from my Cousin Vivian and and am in the process of trying to compare what I have here, with what she has records for.

Hopefully, you will see a trickle of corrections and additions as I work through these two projects.

Photos

 Thumb   Description   Linked to   Last Modified 
Hedlund, Robert
Hedlund, Robert
head-crop 
  10 Aug 2025
Larrain, George
Larrain, George
 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
Yearbook_full_record_image (2)
Yearbook_full_record_image (2)
Media Date: 1943
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
William Timmerman (Uncle Bud)
William Timmerman (Uncle Bud)
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Walter Petravage - Wedding Image Only
Walter Petravage - Wedding Image Only
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
Spangler Home, Corvallis OR Dec 1898 (front)
Spangler Home, Corvallis OR Dec 1898 (front)
Media Date: DEC 1898
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Spangler Home, Corvallis OR Dec 1898 (back)
Spangler Home, Corvallis OR Dec 1898 (back)
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Smith, Harry (1914)
Smith, Harry (1914)
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
Robert Petravage young boy image only
Robert Petravage young boy image only
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
Petravage, Robert
Petravage, Robert
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Peake, Charles Frederick (1881–1950)
Peake, Charles Frederick (1881–1950)
Caption Note: From Family Search, user deannafaunhardy1
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Oakes, Virginia
Oakes, Virginia
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Oakes, Edward
Oakes, Edward
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025

Documents

 Thumb   Description   Linked to   Last Modified 
Winnie_Cutler_1904
Winnie_Cutler_1904
Media Date: 6 MAR 1904
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Weekly_Oregon_Statesman_1875_05_22_Page_1
Weekly_Oregon_Statesman_1875_05_22_Page_1
Media Date: 22 MAY 1875
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Wedding_Anncoucement
Wedding_Anncoucement
Caption Note: Corvallis Gazette Times
Media Date: 3 APR 1875
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_San_Bernardino_County_Sun_1940_01_16_Page_13
The_San_Bernardino_County_Sun_1940_01_16_Page_13
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Sacramento_Bee_1857_06_04_2
The_Sacramento_Bee_1857_06_04_2
Caption Note: Sacramento Bee
Media Date: 4 JUN 1857
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Oregonian_1878_09_26_3
The_Oregonian_1878_09_26_3
Media Date: 26 SEP 1878
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Oregonian_1861_04_09_3(1)
The_Oregonian_1861_04_09_3(1)
Caption Note: The Oregonian
Media Date: 9 APR 1861
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Oregonian_1861_04_09_3
The_Oregonian_1861_04_09_3
Media Date: 9 APR 1861
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Kansas_City_Times_1960_07_23_20
The_Kansas_City_Times_1960_07_23_20
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Kansas_City_Star_1963_10_30_68
The_Kansas_City_Star_1963_10_30_68
Media Date: 30 OCT 1963
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Kansas_City_Star_1963_10_10_4
The_Kansas_City_Star_1963_10_10_4
Media Date: 10 OCT 1963
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Albany_Register_1874_05_02_5
The_Albany_Register_1874_05_02_5
Caption Note: Albany Register
Media Date: 2 MAY 1874
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Tampa_Bay_Times_1930_04_27_10
Tampa_Bay_Times_1930_04_27_10
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Spangler Family Rememberance
Spangler Family Rememberance
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Redlands_Daily_Facts_1941_04_07_3
Redlands_Daily_Facts_1941_04_07_3
Caption Note: Ropp, Roy M. and Mary Lightfoot Wedding Report
Media Date: 7 APR 1941
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
Obituary_of_Ora_Porter
Obituary_of_Ora_Porter
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
obituary_for_Sarah_Jane_Luper
obituary_for_Sarah_Jane_Luper
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Obituary_for_Roderick_L_Porter_1906_1990_Aged_84
Obituary_for_Roderick_L_Porter_1906_1990_Aged_84
Caption Note: Statesman Journal
Media Date: 29 AUG 1990
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025

Headstones

 Thumb   Description   Cemetery   Status   Linked to   Last Modified 
Petravage, Joseph and Anna B - Headstone
Petravage, Joseph and Anna B - Headstone
Keywords: Picture 
     10 Aug 2025
Larrain, Emilio George - Headstone
Larrain, Emilio George - Headstone
Keywords: Picture 
     10 Aug 2025
Headstone-Petty, John Lee and Marilyn Jayne (Douglass)
Headstone-Petty, John Lee and Marilyn Jayne (Douglass)
Keywords: Picture 
     10 Aug 2025
Christ, Mary Ann Ropp
Christ, Mary Ann Ropp
Caption Note: From Find a Grave Memorial
Keywords: Picture 
     10 Aug 2025
207838945_b8c996d7-b817-4e2a-8c1a-e8c08b46c66f
207838945_b8c996d7-b817-4e2a-8c1a-e8c08b46c66f
Keywords: Picture 
     10 Aug 2025


Vital Documents

 Thumb   Description   Linked to   Last Modified 
5164_78164b65_0157-00069
5164_78164b65_0157-00069
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
2375_02_00038-04038
2375_02_00038-04038
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
11160127
11160127
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Record_American_1951_06_09_8
The_Record_American_1951_06_09_8
Caption Note: On the occasion of an address to the graduating class of 1951
Media Date: 8 JUN 1951
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Record_American_1934_07_20_6
The_Record_American_1934_07_20_6
Caption Note: Birth announcement
Media Date: 20 JUL 1934
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_News_1950_02_25_16
The_News_1950_02_25_16
Caption Note: Wedding Announcement, Theresa Renick and Walter Kowalonek
Media Date: 25 FEB 1950
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Morning_Call_1946_05_25_3
The_Morning_Call_1946_05_25_3
Media Date: 25 MAY 1946
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Kansas_City_Times_1963_07_19_21
The_Kansas_City_Times_1963_07_19_21
Caption Note: P 21
Media Date: 19 JUL 1963
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
The_Herald_News_2001_12_11_38
The_Herald_News_2001_12_11_38
Caption Note: Obituary

Media Date: 11 DEC 1001
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Republican_and_Herald_1978_11_30_2
Republican_and_Herald_1978_11_30_2
Caption Note: Rose Kowalonek Obituary
Media Date: 30 NOV 1978
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Republican_and_Herald_1968_02_26_2
Republican_and_Herald_1968_02_26_2
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Republican_and_Herald_1967_03_16_17
Republican_and_Herald_1967_03_16_17
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 Aug 2025
Republican_and_Herald_1944_04_19_4
Republican_and_Herald_1944_04_19_4
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Republican_and_Herald_1943_12_28_4
Republican_and_Herald_1943_12_28_4
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
Pottsville_Republican_1991_12_26_2
Pottsville_Republican_1991_12_26_2
Caption Note: Obituary
Media Date: 26 DEC 1991
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025
North_Jersey_Herald_and_News_1990_02_19_12
North_Jersey_Herald_and_News_1990_02_19_12
Caption Note: Obituary for Anthony C Kowalonek

Media Date: 19 FEB 1990
Keywords: Picture 
  10 Aug 2025

Individuals

 ID   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Born/Christened   Location   Last Modified 
I5969 
Larrain, Z. 
   10 Aug 2025
I6026 
Zofcin, M.J. 
   10 Aug 2025
I6025 
Hogg 
   10 Aug 2025
I3564 
Kowalonek, Walter 
b. 12 May 1928   10 Aug 2025
I6022 
Kowalonek, D. 
   10 Aug 2025
I6024 
Butters 
   10 Aug 2025
I6021 
Kowalonek, A. 
   10 Aug 2025
I5972 
Liveris, M. 
   10 Aug 2025
I5970 
A. 
   10 Aug 2025
I5971 
Liveris, M. 
   10 Aug 2025
I3586 
N. 
   10 Aug 2025
I3585 
C. 
   10 Aug 2025
I150 
Luper, James Martin Barnheisel 
b. 26 Dec 1817  Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania  10 Aug 2025
I2769 
CLAIBORNE, Mary 
b. Abt 1653  Virginia  9 Aug 2025
I5804 
Estes, Arles Franklin 
b. 23 Dec 1905  Parrish, Manatee, Florida  9 Aug 2025
I5889 
Estes, S.L. 
   9 Aug 2025
I5409 
Davis, Mercia Hope 
b. 31 Dec 1897  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England  9 Aug 2025
I4980 
Hiller, Rene Esther 
b. 16 Mar 1914  Philadelphia County, PA  9 Aug 2025
I4983 
Luper, A.R. 
   9 Aug 2025
I4700 
Luper, Col James R Jr 
b. 19 Feb 1914  Oregon, USA  9 Aug 2025

Families
 ID   Father ID   Father's Name   Mother ID   Mother's Name   Married   Last Modified 
 F1693 
 I3106  Luper, Loren Bird  I4444  Smith, Mary Elizabeth  23 Oct 1889  9 Aug 2025
 F2055 
 I4153  Fisher, Harold T  I5409  Davis, Mercia Hope  23 Sep 1950  9 Aug 2025
 F53 
 I54  Hawkins, Col Edward Devine  I138  Burrell, Doris Jean  30 Aug 1943  9 Aug 2025
 F2218 
 I5804  Estes, Arles Franklin  I5802  Wolf, Martha Eviza  23 Jan 1929  9 Aug 2025
 F2242 
 I5908  Simpler, William T  I5808  Stephens, Cordelia E  22 Mar 1893  9 Aug 2025
 F1769 
 I4664  Wolf, Enoch O  I4670  Couch, Elizabeth J  1 Apr 1883  9 Aug 2025
 F2231 
 I5873  Evans, Hubert Jessie  I5805  Wolf, Glenda Lucille  13 Sep 1928  9 Aug 2025
 F25 
 I19  Renison, R.L.  I29  Campos, L.E.    9 Aug 2025
 F1710 
 I4522  Cutter, D.L.  I4523  Baugh, N.I.    9 Aug 2025
 F1702 
 I4485  Cutter, John W  I4487  Carter, F.M.    9 Aug 2025
 F2285 
 I6015  Hopkins, Malcolm Jr  I6014  Karpowicz, M.A.    9 Aug 2025
 F42 
 I3324  Pietrewicz, Wladyslaw  I3553  Barszcz, Marianna  29 Nov 1897  9 Aug 2025
 F1484 
 I3571  Pietrewicz, Jacobus  I3572  Wiencko, Kazimiera  28 Sep 1905  9 Aug 2025
 F2017 
 I5308  Patterson, Joseph  I41  Petravage, Maria  30 Apr 1919  9 Aug 2025
 F2298 
 I6033  Paterson, J.A.  I3557  Petravage, R.A.    9 Aug 2025
 F1480 
 I3554  Petravage, Walter Bernard  I3555  Kulhavich, Hedwig F.  24 Apr 1944  9 Aug 2025
 F2297 
 I6032  Valva, J.V.  I3559  Petravage, N.    9 Aug 2025
 F2296 
 I3561  Petravage, D.J.  I6031  Mooney, K.    9 Aug 2025
 F2295 
 I6030  Cogswell, D.K.  I3558  Petravage, J.B.    9 Aug 2025
 F2294 
 I6029  Campbell, M.C.  I3558  Petravage, J.B.    9 Aug 2025