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Verda Marie Rich Henss
The following obituary was published in Mennonite Weekly Review: 8 Dec 1926 p. 7 Verda Marie Rich, wife of Paul Henss, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Rich, May 9th, 1905 near Crawfordsville, Iowa and departed this life in Wayland, Iowa, November 27, 1926 at the age of 21 years 6 months and 18 days. Early in life she was admitted to the Eicher Mennonite Church at Noble. Her Christ-like disposition won the respect and admiration of all who knew her. She graduated with honors from the Wayland High School with the class of ‘23. Two years ago the mother was taken from the home after which Verda,…
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Nine Questions About Friends (Quakers)
Numerous Henss forebears were devote Quakers. Robert Owen was even incarcerated for 5 and a half years for his beliefs and finally brought to the New World from Wales by William Penn. The following 9 Questions provide good insight into Quaker (Friends) traditions and beliefs. Who are the Quakers? Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a community which began in England about three hundred and fifty years ago. Friends were probably first called “Quakers” by a seventeenth-century judge who wanted to insult them; Friends, however, accepted the name. What do Quakers believe? Friends rely on direct experience of the Inner Light, which the Gospel According to John…
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Gerald Deyo
Gerald Deyo was one of the first US paratroopers trained in Panama, during World War 2. After his training, he became a member of the the 503 Parachute Battalion. Ultimately he attained the position of Jumpmaster. During the war, Gerald was based in Australia and fought mostly in New Guinea. On one of his jumps into New Guinea he was wounded by the enemy with a bayonet stab to his back, as he landed. this account was related by Fred Rabideau to Mark Rabideau and Linda Ziegler
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Clarence Deyo
Clarence Deyo spent most of World War 2 as a platoon Sargent in the Timberwolf Division fighting through France and into Germany. While in Northern France his platoon unwittingly captured a German payroll truck. After the capture, his squad got drunk and burned all the money to keep warm. Clarence’s most traumatic incident in the Second World War involved the killing of a German sniper, who had pinned down his platoon and was shot out of a tree. Upon examining the dead sniper, he discovered a pretty young French girl. That incident troubled and haunted him for the rest of his life. this account was related by Fred Rabideau to…
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ManyRoads’ genealogy fees are designed to be simple, streamlined and affordable. We will not perform work without first establishing a mutual and clear understanding of deliverables, costs and cost-ceilings. We will neither waste your time nor your monies. Like you, when we hire consultants, we expect reliable, honest service. Those areas where we most often help our clients are enumerated on our Expertise, Associations & Membership page. ManyRoads is up-front, explicit and professional. We do not charge you while we learn. Any project related learning or knowledge expansion that may be required to successfully conduct your work is absorbed by us. We only invoice and bill for the time we spend…
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Erich Senger
Erich Senger was born in Zeyersvorderkampen, West Prussia on 10 Dec 1921 to Richard and Frieda Senger. He spent his youth growing up on the Senger farm along with his sister Luise. Erich was a mischievous, precocious and inventive child. As a children he and his sister Luise walked from their home across the Schulweg to attended a small public school in the village of Zeyer. When they were out of school they both helped work the farm, as best they could. However as with most children their love was with their pets, a chicken and a little dog named Fifi. Among his early childhood adventures, Erich built a small…
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Genealogy within context
Learning about your past, the past, any past requires an open mind and open eyes. An attention to detail, circumstances, and motivation are crucial. Preconceived notions, biases and wishes need to be set aside so that a clear and open mind is available to absorb the scenery. As an Frank Zappa once said: A mind is like a parachute- it works best, when open. Over the past few months, I have come into contact with a fair amount of web traffic, email and other-wise, where it seems, to me anyway, that many people are operating with a “closed parachute”. It seems to me that many conversants seem to be operating…
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Winnie the Pooh on Genealogy #2
As I have mentioned before, it never ceases to surprise me how much Winnie the Pooh knows about life, genealogy included. I searched and found the following quotes and they just seemed to be very insightful. I hope you find them so as well. “Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming down-stairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.” — Winnie the Pooh “Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best…
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ManyRoads achieved a significant milestone during the month of July 2010. Over 5000 of you visited our site! Thank you! We hope to see you here often. Please know that if there is information or improvements you wish to share, we are eager to hear from you. Do not hesitate to use our contact page to get in touch with us.
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Henss Family
Related Family Branches Our Henss Family is descended from Iowa German, Mennonite and Amish settlers as well as Swedish and Norwegian innkeepers and farmers. The Henss branch of our family arrived in Henry County, Iowa from Germany in the mid-1850s. Our Johansson family branch arrived in the Chicago area of Illinois in the early 1900s. Most of our Henss’ have their roots in Germany, Switzerland, France and the UK. The Johanssons, as you might guess, are primarily rooted in Scandinavia. We are still discovering and learning about our family and our roots. If you have any information to share, please use our contact page to let us know. Henss Family…
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Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes- Cyprien Tanguay
We are very pleased to be one of the few sites offering fully searchable versions of Cyprien Tanguay‘s Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes. A word of caution, these files are very large and may take a long time to load! Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes plus a travers les registres– Through the records A travers les registres is an analysis and aggregation of information obtained by Cyprien Tanguay as he conducted his Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes research. This document is extremely useful in reviewing population trends, expansion and more.
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John & Isabella (Solomon) Musgrove Family- a brief history
John & Isabella (Solomon) Musgrove are in the Henss branch of our family lineage. We are in search of additional information and photos regarding John & Isabella that may be available. We are especially keen to find military information (for John’s service and death), gravestone images, marriage documentation and death certificates. Please use our contact page if you have any information to share. John Musgrove is one of our family’s honored war dead. He died in the service of his nation from wounds he suffered at Vicksburg, MS. 1850 The 1850 US Census finds the Musgrove family living in Livingston, Clark County, Illinois. At that time, John was a farmer…
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Isaac Wade and Keziah (Musgrove) Allen- a brief history
Isaac W. and Keziah Allen are in our Henss family lineage. We are in search of additional information and photos regarding Keziah and Isaac Wade that may be available. We are especially keen to find gravestone images, marriage documentation and death certificates. Please use our contact page if you have any information to share. 1870 According to the 1870 US Census, Issac Allen (reportedly born in Ohio was age 25) and Keziah (reportedly born in Illinois was age 21) were living with their daughter Cora Belle Allen in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Township, Henry County, Iowa. Issac was earning a living as a blacksmith and Keziah was noted as Keeping house.…
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United States
Since we began arriving in the “New World” in the late-1500’s, our family has dispersed across the United States, as well as Canada. As we conduct our client, as well as our own personal research, we continually find need to expand our understanding of those early “American” communities we helped to build and populate. Over the past 15+ years, ManyRoads has collected a rather extensive library of digital texts. We currently hold more than 150GB of materials in some 15,000 texts, maps, etc. So far as we know, all of the texts in this area of our library are unencumbered by copyright. If you are happy sourcing your own materials from ManyRoads,…
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Quakers
Our Quaker library of information is fairly extensive. So far as we know, all of our texts are freely available (unless otherwise noted). You are free to download these texts, consistently with their licenses/ copyrights.If you know of additional open source, freely available digital texts that should be added to our collections, please use our Contact page to send us the particulars. If you have personal histories that you you would like to share on ManyRoads, please let us know and we will do our best to make them available to our readership. Quaker Related Articles: Quaker (Links)
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People of Peace
As with many families, our family has a history of many who fought, died, and were imprisoned for their faith. Their belief systems were essential to the core of who they were. Some were famous (yes, we have a few of those); most were not. This page provides linkages to ManyRoads Religions source documentation libraries as well as to most of the family history associated with “The Faith of our Fathers”. The religions noted here are those where exceptional belief systems caused family members to be ostracized, jailed, or expelled from their ‘greater’ community. To state it another way, the communities emphasized here were persecuted in their ‘original’ homelands. In…
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Robert & Jane (Vaughan) Owen- 1684
Robert Owen, of Dolserau, came over in the ship Vine, of Liverpool, sailing from Dolyserre, near Dolgules, Merioneth, with his wife, Jane, son Lewis, and a servant boy and four maid servants, and arrived at Philadelphia in Sep. 1684. He had been a Justice of the Peace at Dolserau, near Dolgelly, (and near Bala), Where he was incarcerated five years in the jail because he was a Quaker. He had been the Governor of Beaumaris, and became a Quaker about 1660. When he came over here, he settled on Duck Creek, in New Castle Co., where his son, Edward Owen, who had come over earlier, in Hugh Roberts’s party, in…
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John Hall- Revolutionary Mysteries
I am currently working on a portion of the Henss family and am ‘visiting’ Virginia/ Maryland at the time of the Revolutionary War. The person I am closely examining is a Mister John Hall; his wife is Mary Magdelene Smith. I just love it when the names are so incredibly unique! So here goes, I have three mysteries! Please use our Contact page to let me know if you have any firm data or information to help solve these! Mystery 1 I found a document (located in the National Archives) addressed to ‘some guy’ named George Washington. The document is transcribed as the following in Letters to Washington and Accompanying…
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Keziah Hall (Musgrove)
Keziah Hall (Musgrove) 1782 In her father’s Will of 1794, Keziah, his youngest child, was given ‘one Negroe Girl named Patt at my wifes death Likewise one Feather Bed & Cow & Calf.’ Since her mother lived to 1833, it is problematical that she ever received her slave. She may have received the bedding and livestock as wedding presents. Keziah, named for her aunt Keziah (Banks) Hall wife of Hezekiah, d. 1811, was married to Benjamin Barton Musgrove 15 December, 1796 at the age of 14. In spite of her youthful marriage, Keziah, according to a family descendant, ‘was quite a woman!’ She was to have a family of twelve…
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25th Iowa Volunteer Infantry- Civil War
What follows is a brief history of the Civil War Unit in which John Musgrove 3. Sgt. fought and died. A brief visual tour of the Iowa 25th at Vicksburg is also available online on a National Parks website. source 25th Regiment Infantry Organized at Mount Pleasant and mustered in September 27, 1862. Ordered to Helena, Ark., November. Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. Missouri, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. Tennessee, December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. Tennessee, December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army…
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Isaac & Jackson Allen Family History in 1888
Source[ref] ManyRoads Iowa Library see p.334 Original Text: Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Iowa Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States. Chicago: Acme Pub., 1888. Print.[/ref] ISAAC W. ALLEN Of Henry Co., Iowa, he resides on Sect. 9, Jefferson Twp., and is engaged in farming. Jackson Allen, father of our subject, came with his family from Clarke Co., OH, in October 1846, and located in Henry County, and filed a claim upon land one mile south of where Wayland now stands.…
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Expertise, Associations & Memberships
Mark Rabideau of ManyRoads is pleased to enumerate his genealogy expertise as well as his genealogical memberships, affiliations, and associations. If you are looking for help with your genealogy, please view Our Services page. Background 30+ years genealogical experience Expert at using and teaching the application of AI technologies in support of Genealogical and Historical Research Expert Researcher: Holocaust/ Shoah European Amish-Mennonite Nouvelle France (New France) Created and maintain the one of the Internet’s single, largest individually owned and managed repositories of Prussian genealogy source documentation (biased towards West Prussia, East Prussia, Silesia, Pomerania and the Eaestern German Diaspora); the archives include maps, source documents, histories, guidance, and photographs. Created…
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As a provider of genealogical services, ManyRoads believes it is important that our readers understand our values. After all if you thinking of entrusting someone with your family history shouldn’t you know them ‘a bit’ first? As is stated on the Internet Genealogical Society (IIGS) web site and their April 1999 Newsletter article by Barbara A. Brown, Restoring Ethics to Genealogy To be a Responsible Genealogist is to be honorable, fair, and truthful, to show respect for your ancestors by presenting a true and complete picture of their existence, to be fair to your fellow genealogists by acknowledging their contributions to your research, and to be relentless in your pursuit…
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Personalized Professional Genealogical Research! As you may have gathered, ManyRoads (a division of eirenicon llc) is pleased to offer professional genealogical research services in the areas of: Heir Research Family Research (Family History) Genealogy Creation of Genealogy websites Ancestor research/ discovery Historical research Research validation Professional German, Russian, Polish Language Translation and Technology for Genealogy. For a bit on Our Expertise, please view our Expertise, Associations & Memberships page. Further information on our services may be found on: Feel free to use our contact page to get in touch with us directly! rabideau, manyroads, parker genealogy, parker genealogist, castle rock genealogy, castle rock genealogist, franktown genealogy, franktown genealogist, denver genealogy,denver…
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Personalized Genalogical Research Services
ManyRoads (part of eirenicon llc) is excited to announce our personalized, professional genealogical research services. Our areas of focus historically have been on those areas were we have researched for our own family genealogy and family history including: East & West Prussia (pre-1947; we have special expertise in the area formerly known as Kreis Elbing and Freie Stadt Danzig) the Lost German Eastern Provinces (regions) Shoah – Holocaust Research Quebec (especially in the areas of Quebec City and Montreal down to Vermont/ New York) New York State (especially in the Champlain Valley to Canada) Iowa (especially in Henry, Des Moines and Washington Counties) If you are desirous of a more…
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Genealogy Materials
Finding cost-effective knowledge and understanding of the how-to’s and wherefore’s of genealogy is oftem time consuming and difficult. In an effort to ease the search, I have decided to accumulate a listing of podcasts, webinars, presentations, and courses available on the Internet. I understand that the listing will forever be incomplete and inaccurate, from to time to time, as data comes and goes. Nonetheless, I hope our readers will find the links helpful and informative. This listing started out as being all no-cost materials, but due to requests from ManyRoads’ readership, I have expanded to include training and certifications that are also fee based. Everything else listed here is no-cost!…
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Wenger Bros. – Wayland, Iowa
original source: by Dick Barton Wenger Bros., general merchants. The most enterprising firm of young men in the village of Wayland are the brothers, Joseph and Christian C. Wenger, both born in Washington County, Iowa, and are the two eldest sons of Christian and Elizabeth (Goldsmith) Wenger. Christian was born in Switzerland and is a son of Christian and Mary (Roth) Wenger, who emigrated from Germany to Hamburg, Canada, and thence to Washington County, Iowa, making the journey with a team passing through Chicago when that now great city was a village but a trifle larger than Wayland. Settling in 1832, in Marion Township, Washington Co., Iowa, the grandsire of…
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Hundreds of Free Genealogy Courses
For those wishing to learn ‘more’ on how to conduct Genealogical research, acquaint themselves with the basics, or just see ‘how things are done’; there are numerous sources of on-line training. Hopefully you will find these Free courses to be of value as you develop your skills, knowledge, and genealogical information. About.com Introduction to Genealogy Course- a free online, interactive, genealogy class designed to teach you all the basics of genealogy! Family history lessons, optional homework assignments, and a forum for asking questions and getting feedback are all part of the fun and learning. Run by a professional genealogist. Familysearch.org The Family History Library Catalog Overview Learn more about the…
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Swiss Mennonite History
From The European History of the Swiss Mennonites from Volhynia Schrag, Martin H 1956 source web document The early Anabaptists were educated and urban–but the persecution drove them from the cities and towns to the remote and relatively inaccessible highlands and mountain fringes of the fertile areas of the Canton Bern. Here they hid and persisted in spite of persecution, through the centuries to the present time. Persecution, of varying intensity, was the lot of the Swiss Anabaptists (Mennonites) until the middle of the eighteenth century. During the intense periods of persecution many, perhaps most of the Anabaptists, fled to whatever havens of refuge they could find, especially in the…
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Anabaptist Mennonite Tradition & Background
Much of the Robert Henss family background is rooted in Swiss and Iowa Anabaptist Mennonite traditions. Many of our forebears were active participants and members of the following congregations. [Please note that this post will be updated as more information is uncovered]. Basel-Holee (Basel Switzerland) Basel-Holee, a Mennonite congregation with a meetinghouse at Holeestrasse 141 in Basel, Switzerland, formerly called Basel-Binningen, the Amish congregation mentioned in the article Basel. The origins of the congregation go back to the middle of the 18th century, a church book containing records of births, marriages, deaths, and baptisms (probably maintained at the request of the state) having been kept from 1777 on (with an…
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Rev Johann Eicher II & Margaretta (Conrad) Eicher
The Rev. Johann (John) Eicher II, husband of Margaretta (Margaret) Conrod, was a native of Pulversheim in the Alsace and Margaret was born in Switzerland. John had charge of a Mennonite congregation in the Alsace and for many years was engaged not only in the ministry, but in farming. Not all of their children came to America; and of those who did, they came singly. First came Jacob, then John Jr., Christian, Daniel, and then Martin Benjamin. The boys were followed by a sister Annie and her husband, John W. Wittmer; Annie and John had married in Alsace before settling in Wayne County, Ohio. Jacob returned from the United States…
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Senger Land und Großen Buden Kampe
The Senger Family appears to have had a long term link to the lands around Zeyer (see below). I guess it is no wonder that my mother is still so ‘mentally’ attached to this land and region (Es war einmal…). Thank you to Rainer Mueller-Glodde for this note & excerpt: Two years ago (2008) a Dr. Glodde from Berlin, […] tried to find out the meaning of “Glodde”, [and] sent me a shot he made of a document from about 1805 [located] in the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz. The subject is the estimation of the size of the Grosse Jacob Glode Buden Kampe [in the area of Zeyer, Westpreußen]. Zum…
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William Henss & Katharine (born Kämmer) Henss- a brief history
The following, incomplete, history follows the life and times of William & Katharine Henss, the founders of our US based Henss Family. If you know of any additional history to support and expand our history, please use our contact page to share your information and/or images. William Henss’s family and birth location have been identified. We are in the process of gathering source images and details for entry into our family tree(s). Thus far we have added nearly 100 newly identified individuals and relevant source document links. It may take several months to complete these tasks. If you are interested in learning more about this effort, you may contact me…
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The Raphael Robidoux Family of Altona, NY
This area may be augmented in the future as I attempt to uncover additional Census and/or photographic information for inclusion here. The Raphael (Russel) Robidoux & Family- 1880 The family lived in Altona, NY; their exact location is unknown as the street information was left blank on 1880 Census. At that time, Raphael (40) was a Laborer; he had been employed all during the 12 months preceding the June 1880 enumeration. Euphemie, Raphael’s wife (40) was Keeping House. Living with them were eight children including: Delia (19) Daughter Lois (16) Daughter Russel (13) Son Mary (11) Daughter Newell (9) Son (g-grandfather) Joseph (7) Elmira (5) Daughter Jeremiah (8mo. born Oct…
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Lacolle, Quebec- A brief history
Lacolle is the area from which the Joseph Dion family emigrated to the United States. Historically both Rabideau and Dion/ Deyo family members lived and traversed this region. Click here to read about the Lacolle Military Battles. source [the original site has been removed- minor edits and corrections from the original text made by ManyRoads] First written mention of Lacolle can be traced back to July 4, 1609 when Samuel de Champlain and his entourage stopped briefly at the mouth of a small stream for a meal before continuing southward up the Richelieu River into the lake which now bears his name. In his journal Champlain referred to the location…
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Lacolle Battles
Both the Rabideau & Deyo families have roots in the area surrounding Lacolle Quebec. In the early to mid-1800s Lacolle was an area that saw numerous battles and skirmishes, both in the war of 1812 and the Patriotes Rebellion of 1837-1838 including: Battle Of Lacolle Mills (1812) Second Battle of Lacolle (1814) Battle at Odelltown and the Battle of Lacolle (November 7 & 9, 1838) Click here to read a more general area history for Lacolle Battle Of Lacolle Mills (1812) source Wikipedia The Battle of Lacolle Mills was fought on November 20, 1812, during the War of 1812. In this relatively short and fast battle, a very small garrison…
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1920 to 1930 Easthampton (The Deyos and Rabideaus)
Based upon Census data, we know the following information regarding the Rabideau & Deyo branches of our family (note all photos are from Google). According to the 1920 US Census In 1920 the George Deyo Family lived at 214 Main Street in Altona, NY; father George (age 52) was a farm worker. Exina his wife (37) was keeping house. They had 6 children living with them at that time including: Edward (17) Leona (13)- my grandmother Lawrence (10) Clarence (6) Gilbert (2)- interestingly listed as a daughter on the 1920 Census Gerald (an infant) The Alexander Rabideau family, at that same time, lived at 21 Mt. Tom Avenue. Father, Alexander…
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Rabideau Family
Related Family Branches Our Rabideaus are descended from Quebec Catholics; our branch of the ‘Robidou’ family arrived in Clinton County, New York from Quebec in the 1850s. Raphael & Euphemie (photo right) were the first members of our family to reside in the United States. The Rabideaus of the Clinton County region of New York are directly descended from Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol who was born circa 1636-1640 in Sainte-Marie, Spain, the son of Manuel Robidou and Catherine Alue and came to St. Lambert, LaPrairie, Quebec in 1670. Most of our Rabideaus have their roots in early Quebec and France, although we have some who managed to sneak in from…
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The Rabideaus early Easthampton, Mass history
In the 1910s, the Rabideau family moved to Easthampton, Massachusetts from Clinton County, New York. They came in search of work and a future. As lumberjacks and forest workers, their future and earnings were becoming increasingly limited in upper New York and the promise of work in the mills of Massachusetts was alluring. Neither Frederick Louis Rabideau nor his brothers had an education. By 1920 the boys Alexander (18), Frederick (15) and Victor (16) were working in a plastic mill as laborers supporting the family. Alexander Rabideau (the boy’s father) and Florinda nee Simard were unemployed. The following history was written in the 1890s and may be found on the…
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Pro Basketball in Easthampton
Professional Basketball in 1920s Easthampton, Massachusetts. I found this interesting tidbit of Easthampton history on the web. These events occurred about the time of my father’s birth and seemed informative of the the time and place that was Easthampton, Massachusetts. by: Edward Dwyer (source article- article has been removed from the web) During the 1920s, pro basketball players played for semi-pro teams. Such a team was located in Easthampton and used the present upper Town Hall as their home. The NBA and the current popularity of basketball did not yet exist. The most talented teams were barnstorming squads that used New York for their base of operations such as the…
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Prussian and Polish Royalty
The following documents covering Prussian and Polish Royalty lexicons and histories are now available on ManyRoads. Der polnische Adel und die demselben hinzugetretenen andersländischen Adelsfamilien Band. 1 Der polnische Adel und die demselben hinzugetretenen andersländischen Adelsfamilien Band. 2 Die polnischen Stammwappen: ihre Geschichte und ihre Sagen Geschichte des polnischen Adels: nebst einem Anhange der Vasallenliste des 1772 Preussen huldigenden polnischen Adels in Westpreussen Neues preussisches Adels-Lexicon band 1. A-D Neues preussisches Adels-Lexicon band 2. E-H Neues preussisches Adels-Lexicon band 3. I-O Neues preussisches Adels-Lexicon band 4 P-Z Westpreussen unter polnischem Scepter mfg. …mark
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Quebec’s French speaking Native People (Metis)
This material has been completely revised & updated. Access it here! Original Source Article Names used to designate Natives, other than the name of their tribe or nation, include : Savage (a pejorative, rarely used today but common only a half-century ago), Indian, North American Indian, Native, and Amerindian (this one seems to be used only in French). In French, the corresponding terms are: Sauvage, Indien, Indien nord-americain, Autochtone and Amerindien. Metis means mixed blood, that is initially one parent was White, and one was Native, while later one or both were Metis. While a Metis can be any place where there are Natives and Whites, Metis Nation is defined…
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Find your friends
Find your friends. If you run a family history/ genealogy website, building associations and affiliations can be a useful and valuable adjunct to your genealogical efforts. Some of the most interesting and potentially useful affiliations (links) are with are sites and organizations belonging to other family members or family associations. These family members/ associations need not be particularly close, from a genealogical relationship perspective, but rather simply represent individuals or groups searching for, or providing, information on branches, limbs of your family tree. It is additionally helpful if their family name obviously links or relates to those most frequently mentioned on your site. Obvious name linkages make it easier for…
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The Raphael Robidoux Mystery
The following reproduced web publication goes a long way in solving the mystery of Raphael Robidoux’s birth and his family linkages. I sincerely appreciate the wonderful work of Clyde Rabideau and his making this publication available on the web. I hope he is honored by our presentation of his material and analysis. If you get an opportunity, please visit Clyde Rabideau’s website to see what new publications are under development. Available Images: IN PURSUIT OF MY ANCESTORS By Clyde M. Rabideau I started trying to determine who my ancestors were in 1990 when I was living and working in Ottawa, Canada. It was not long before I was at a…
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Winnie the Pooh on Genealogy #1
It surprises me how much Winnie the Pooh knows about genealogy. I came across the following quotes and they just seemed to be very insightful. I hope you find them so as well. Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it. Winnie the Pooh Pooh’s Little Instruction Book It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t. Winnie the Pooh Rabbit, Pooh’s Little Instruction Book A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference. Winnie the Pooh Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh Some people care too much,…
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An Elbing Remembrance- Fred Rump
We’ve had some interesting discussions […] lately but I feel that for most of us Elbing and it’s history is far, far away. The people who actually lived there before 1945 are fast becoming a dying breed. In addition, while there is much Information available in German sources, little information can be found in English. Let me store some of my thoughts and a brief historical background on these pages. I was born in Elbing in Dec 1937. My earliest memories are rather vague. See My Story Point is we left under duress with the full expectation to be back in at most 2 weeks. That was the propaganda line.…
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You can’t go back (an appreciation)
A recent posting I placed on ManyRoads has provided me with some new insights into life, progress and accommodating the past. As an old adage notes, you can not control the problems life presents you with, but you can choose how you react to them. And, this is true. The following historical facts are true: World War 2 involved the senseless displacement and destruction of tens of millions of people Germany lost the second World War the German people of Kreis Elbing were expelled from their homeland the Russians and their allies destroyed much of what was West Prussia the Poles were given many former eastern German lands including those…
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20-20 Hindsight
Ah, the advantages of hindsight. Looking back in time and regretting the decisions that were made, the options that were chosen, and the events that occurred is very easy trap to fall in. Fruitless, but easy. In fact, spending a lot of time trying to rewrite the past, excuse events or bemoaning their occurrence is, from a family history and genealogical perspective, often counter-productive. The past is gone and not likely to be wished away. The past impacts our current actions, options and choices. If past actions are not well understood they risk being repeated, and often are. Rather, it is my opinion that the following is much more productive:…
