This post is a bit removed from my immediately family tree, but still interesting. I am currently doing some study on the classical masters of horse training and as I was doing that research I stumbled into the name Harry Chamberlin as the person who brought the US Cavalry up to its peak in theContinue reading “Brigadier General – Harry Dwight Chamberlin – Olympic Gold!”
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Otto Mauser and Duane Earl Pope
I’ve spent a lot of time lately working on details of Otto Mauser’s life. He is my Great Grand Uncle and a brother to my Grand Grandfather Ben Mauser. As we start our planning to move into the home that Otto built, it’s been fun to reflect on a few of the things in hisContinue reading “Otto Mauser and Duane Earl Pope”
Frederick Perlette part of Thrush, Perlette and Stough Carriage, Shippensburg, PA
As I was resarching Cory’s 3X Great Grandfather John Perlette I also found some good information on John’s brother Frederick Perlette and it was Frederick’s information that allowed me to find the Perlette family in Germany. Frederick Perlette was part of a carriage company in Shippensburg, PA and over the years they had many advertisementsContinue reading “Frederick Perlette part of Thrush, Perlette and Stough Carriage, Shippensburg, PA”
Century Farm Awards
We had an exciting moment in August at the Deuel County Fair. All the paperwork was filled out with Aksarben, and the Mauser family was awarded the Pioneer Farm Family. That means that a member of the family has lived on the same property for 100 years (or more). In this case we were ableContinue reading “Century Farm Awards”
Jury Duty and James Bayne
As we do genealogy research it’s not uncommon to look in newspapers and court documents to see where our ancestors may be mentioned. In most cases we find a will, a probate, maybe some land records or occasional dispute with the neighbors. In this case James Bayne (my 2X Great Grandfather) actually served as aContinue reading “Jury Duty and James Bayne”
Nebraska Century Farm / Pioneer Award
I started work on this last year to see if our family qualified for the Aksarben Pioneer Award that recognizes farm families that have held the same ground in the family for 100 years or 150 years. After a quick stop at the county courthouse in Deuel County it looks like the Mauser family hasContinue reading “Nebraska Century Farm / Pioneer Award”
Baseball!
Sometimes family history is a bit random in what I’m looking at and why. For whatever reason, when I was at the library picking up books for our Christmas travels, I was browsing the non-fiction and saw a book on Mickey Mantle. I’ve never really been a huge baseball fan, but I knew that DadContinue reading “Baseball!”
Illinois Heritage Alliance Weekend
It’s so much fun to meet with other people who enjoy your hobbies. This weekend I participated for the first time in the Illinois Heritage Alliance weekend. This is a weekend gathering where several different lineage societies get together and while some of them do short business meetings, some just provide information on what theirContinue reading “Illinois Heritage Alliance Weekend”
Children’s Book – James Hagerdon and the Oregon Trail
I had a wild idea (I have those sometimes) and thought it might be fun to put together a couple of little, short stories for some of the youngsters in the family and tell them some of the stories about their ancestors. One that was easy and relevant to places the kids knew was theContinue reading “Children’s Book – James Hagerdon and the Oregon Trail”
Random Newspaper Find – Hagerdon Family – Oshkosh, WI Land Claim
For any of you who follow my ramblings, or anyone who is related through the Hagerdon line of my tree (My Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson) you may know that I hit a bit of a roadblock with my 4X Great Grandparents Luther Hagerdon and his wife Fanny Perry Hagerdon. They were true pioneers andContinue reading “Random Newspaper Find – Hagerdon Family – Oshkosh, WI Land Claim”
Cory and Nicole Family History 