LAID AT REST Funeral of Prominent Resident of the First Ward Held From Catholic Church Tuesday Morning. Henry Baer, for years a prominent resident of the First ward, and previous to that time one of the most extensive agriculturists of Dahlgren, quietly breathed his last at the family home in this city, Saturday evening, September …
This is another Treasure Chest Tuesday! WILL OF DANIEL LEGARE South Carolina to Wit. In the Name of God Amen in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety. I Daniel Legare of Charleston in the State of South Carolina, being now of Sound and disposing mind and Memory do therefore now …
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This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Same Name”. My father-in-law, William, was apparently named for his great uncle William Keetley according to some writing in his baby book about why he was given his particular name. The writing was placed there by his mother, Helen (Legare) Keetley. …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Long Line”. One of my husband’s lines descend from a very long line of Daniel Legare’s. This line of Legare has been in the U.S. since at least 1691. This is when Francois Legare and his 2 sons, Daniel and Stephen, …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is Fresh Start. I tried to keep up last year, and fell behind but I’m hoping to do better this year. This week I decided that the procrastinating I’ve been doing for the last several years is not working for me anymore. …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “You”. Writing or talking about myself is something I usually don’t like to do, but I will try my best to give a quick overview of who I am. I was born in 1972 in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. I am the …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is Transportation. Most people in the U.S. that I have talked to, think that because I come from Australia, my ancestors were convicts, but that is not the case. So far I have not found any ancestors that were convicts, most of …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is Context. A few weeks ago I wrote about Jack Keetley, a “Legend”, who rode for the Pony Express in Missouri and had a town named after him in Utah. In this post I will write about some of the family members …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Harvest”. Casper Born, my husband’s 2x great grandfather, lived in Dahlgren, Carver County, Minnesota. He was born in 1844 and died in 1901. While searching newspapers I came across the following article in the Weekly Valley Herald, dated 13 October 1898. …
Here is another “Treasure Chest Tuesday”. In the name of God Amen, I Daniel Legare Junior of Charleston in the State of South Carolina being of sound mind memory and understanding, do make and declare this my last Will and Testament, in the manner following; First, I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty …
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