25th Iowa Volunteer Infantry- Civil War --By Mark Rabideau on July 22nd, 2010
What follows is a brief history of the Civil War Unit in which John Musgrove 3. Sgt. fought [...]
Anabaptist Mennonite Tradition & Background --By Mark Rabideau on July 13th, 2010
Much of the Robert Henss family background is rooted in Swiss and Iowa Anabaptist Mennonite traditions. Many of [...]
Christian and Mary (Roth) Wenger- A Brief History --By Mark Rabideau on October 22nd, 2011
This page is under development; research is on-going
Note: additional source materials and records are currently being sought.
Christian Wenger [...]
Isaac & Jackson Allen Family History in 1888 --By Mark Rabideau on July 22nd, 2010
Source
ISAAC W. ALLEN Of Henry Co., Iowa, he resides on Sect. 9, Jefferson Twp., and is engaged in [...]
Isaac Wade and Keziah (Musgrove) Allen- a brief history --By Mark Rabideau on July 28th, 2010
Isaac W. and Keziah Allen are in our Henss family lineage. We are in search of additional information [...]
John & Isabella (Solomon) Musgrove Family- a brief history --By Mark Rabideau on July 28th, 2010
John & Isabella (Solomon) Musgrove are in the Henss branch of our family lineage. We are in search [...]
John Hall c. 1732 – 1794 --By Mark Rabideau on October 28th, 2011
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The Grandfathers
Vol.I, The Hall [...]
John Hall- Revolutionary Mysteries --By Mark Rabideau on July 23rd, 2010
I am currently working on a portion of the Henss family and am ‘visiting’ Virginia/ Maryland at the [...]
Keziah Hall (Musgrove) --By Mark Rabideau on July 23rd, 2010
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Keziah Hall (Musgrove) 1782
In [...]
Mennonites --By Mark Rabideau on January 1st, 2010
This Wikipedia article excerpt is provided in order to give a bit of historical context to the circumstances [...]
Rev Johann Eicher II & Margaretta (Conrad) Eicher --By Mark Rabideau on July 13th, 2010
The Rev. Johann (John) Eicher II, husband of Margaretta (Margaret) Conrod, was a native of Pulversheim in the [...]
Robert & Jane (Vaughan) Owen- 1684 --By Mark Rabideau on July 23rd, 2010
Robert Owen, of Dolserau, came over in the ship Vine, of Liverpool, sailing from Dolyserre, near Dolgules, Merioneth, [...]
Swiss Mennonite History --By Mark Rabideau on July 13th, 2010
From The European History of the Swiss Mennonites from Volhynia
Schrag, Martin H 1956
source web document
The early Anabaptists were [...]
Verda Marie Rich Henss --By Mark Rabideau on August 19th, 2010
The following obituary was published in Mennonite Weekly Review: 8 Dec 1926 p. 7
Verda Marie Rich, wife of [...]
Wenger Bros. – Wayland, Iowa --By Mark Rabideau on July 15th, 2010
original source: by Dick Barton
Wenger Bros., general merchants.
The most enterprising firm of young men in the village [...]
William & Katharine (Kämmer or Kemmer) Henss- a brief history --By Mark Rabideau on July 7th, 2010
The following, incomplete, history follows the life and times of William & Katharine Henss, the founders of our [...]
William Hall 1707? – 1757 --By Mark Rabideau on October 22nd, 2011
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The Immigrant Grandfather
Source: The [...]
William Henss & Katharine Kaemmer --By Mark Rabideau on July 9th, 2010
William (Wilhelm) Henss and Katharine (Catharina) Kaemmer probably both came from Hesse in Germany and were born around [...]





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