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
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![]() | Hedlund, Robert head-crop | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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) Media Date: 1943 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | William Timmerman (Uncle Bud) Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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. | 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 | |
![]() | Spangler Home, Corvallis OR Dec 1898 (front) Media Date: DEC 1898 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Spangler Home, Corvallis OR Dec 1898 (back) Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Petravage, Robert Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Peake, Charles Frederick (1881–1950) Caption Note: From Family Search, user deannafaunhardy1 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Oakes, Virginia Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Oakes, Edward Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 |
Documents
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![]() | Winnie_Cutler_1904 Media Date: 6 MAR 1904 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Weekly_Oregon_Statesman_1875_05_22_Page_1 Media Date: 22 MAY 1875 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Media Date: 26 SEP 1878 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Media Date: 9 APR 1861 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | The_Kansas_City_Times_1960_07_23_20 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 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 Caption Note: Albany Register Media Date: 2 MAY 1874 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Tampa_Bay_Times_1930_04_27_10 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Spangler Family Rememberance Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | obituary_for_Sarah_Jane_Luper Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Petravage, Joseph and Anna B - Headstone Keywords: Picture |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
![]() | Larrain, Emilio George - Headstone Keywords: Picture |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
![]() | Headstone-Petty, John Lee and Marilyn Jayne (Douglass) Keywords: Picture |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
![]() | Christ, Mary Ann Ropp Caption Note: From Find a Grave Memorial Keywords: Picture |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
![]() | 207838945_b8c996d7-b817-4e2a-8c1a-e8c08b46c66f Keywords: Picture |
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10 Aug 2025 |
Census
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![]() | Census USA 1920, Shenandoah Ward 4, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Roll: T625_1652; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 126 Media Date: 1 JAN 1920 Keywords: US Census, 1920 | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 43290879-Virginia-115503-0007 Media Date: 1 APR 1950 Keywords: US Census, 1920 | 10 Aug 2025 |
Vital Documents
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![]() | 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 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 11160127 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Caption Note: Birth announcement Media Date: 20 JUL 1934 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Media Date: 25 MAY 1946 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Caption Note: Obituary Media Date: 11 DEC 1001 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | Republican_and_Herald_1943_12_28_4 Keywords: Picture | 10 Aug 2025 | |
![]() | 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 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 |
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I5969 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I6026 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I6025 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I3564 |
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b. 12 May 1928 | 10 Aug 2025 | |
I6022 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I6024 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I6021 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I5972 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I5970 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I5971 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I3586 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I3585 |
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10 Aug 2025 | ||
I150 |
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b. 26 Dec 1817 | Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania ![]() | 10 Aug 2025 |
I2769 |
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b. Abt 1653 | Virginia ![]() | 9 Aug 2025 |
I5804 |
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b. 23 Dec 1905 | Parrish, Manatee, Florida ![]() | 9 Aug 2025 |
I5889 |
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9 Aug 2025 | ||
I5409 |
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b. 31 Dec 1897 | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England ![]() | 9 Aug 2025 |
I4980 |
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b. 16 Mar 1914 | Philadelphia County, PA ![]() | 9 Aug 2025 |
I4983 |
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9 Aug 2025 | ||
I4700 |
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b. 19 Feb 1914 | Oregon, USA ![]() | 9 Aug 2025 |
Families