Blogs

For this week's assigned web log, we are supposed to write about our family's history. However, I was inable to find anyone to use as a primary reference. All of my grandparents live in Minnesota, and it is hard to get in touch. Instead, I will be ta

After asking both my parents, I have found almost next to nothing. On my mother's side of the family, she and i agreed that my grandmother's father was the first one to come over to America since my grandmother's mother as born in America. We were no

On my mom’s side of the family we are German and Dutch. Her great grandparents were the ones who came over and that was in the early 1900s. Great grandma Lucy had a sister Hannah. Hannah came to America and married Willam, who Americanized his name t

Both sides of my family came mainly from Luxembourg. This small country in Germany could easily be mistaken for Iowa because of its hills and trees. I think doing this blog told me a lot of information about my family. I was really interested in lear

Mom's side

My grandma Axland is Bonnie Kaye Axland. Her dad was Frank. Frank's mother was named Victoria and his father was named Chancey. They were both from the United States. I couldnt find where Chancey's parents were from, but i found some stuff

This week's assigned blog was to research our family history and see where we came from.

I'll start with the Plumb side. William Plumb was my great-great-great-grandfather. He was born in 1811 in Ruthland, England. He married Sarah Gray, and they live

Two hundred and forty four years ago, one of my many great grandfathers came to American from Scotland, to New York. This man’s name was Walter Angus. Walter was born in 1766 in Scotland, and came to New York in 1793. After arriving to the Americas,

We all come from differnt places. After asking my grandpa where we are were from he lauged and said :at the point we are all muts." His reasoning, because we come from so many differnet areas.

Breaking off of my dad's side is my Grandpa Charels Early,

Gene's side-

Eng side-

This is my biological father's side of the family. His parents are Deloros Shaw and Howard Sparks.

I dont know exactly alot about this side of the family because i dont talk to gene for numerous reasons, although i do know some. A

Hurricane Karl started as a category 3 hurricane, but weakened when it head mainland ten miles north of Veracruz, Mexico. The storm deliverd fierce rain and winds before it hit land around 11:30 A.M.Winds were up to 120mph. Maximum winds weakened to

My Great grandparents on the Kloewer side came over to the U.S. in the 1880's. They came from luxemburg. They wanted to get away from the German War Machine. They didnt travel by themselves, in fact they rarely travel in groups less than 20. When peo

On my dad's side, starting with my grandpa Eugene Greer, I am Scottish (and possibly a little Irish). I don't know when they came over, just that my great-grandpa was born a citizen of the USA. But, I do know how we ended up in Shelby County. I heard

My Grandma Patty Jones’ mom, Bertha May, was from Spooner, Wisconsin. She was born on April, 26^th, 1920. She married Harold Forrest Trafton, born on November, 7^th, 1917. Theyhad Patricia, Mary Kay, Bette, Harold and Teresa. My grandma is Patricia. Sh

The history of Ellis Island goes on much farther than most people would ever try to think. For instance, it goes back to before the opening of Ellis's immigration screening station. Even before that, it goes back to before the very first immigrants c

History of my mom's side of the family:

**Senius Petersen was born on September 28, 1880 in Voir, Hjorring, Denmark. As a young man he served in the King's Guard. In 1902, Senius married Jensine Petersen and gave birth to their first child, Gerhart in

Grandpa Damian's Ancestry

Tony Kenkel came from Luxembourg, Germany. Tony was born on September 7th of 1870 he came to america when he was only 16 years old. When he came he didn't settle very far from harlan, he moved to what is now Earling, Iowa. Ca