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!”
Category Archives: Historical Time Frame
USS New Orleans – Harold Anderson WWII
If you have been following my Anderson family details or the details on the veterans in my family tree you may already be aware of my Grandpa’s brother Harold Anderson and the fact that he was on the USS New Orleans during WWII. Harold was on the New Orleans at Pearl Harbor and was killedContinue reading “USS New Orleans – Harold Anderson WWII”
Published Genealogy Stories
A big thank you to the Peoria County Genealogy Society for their Prairie Roots publication and their ideas for stories. Thanks to them I have now written and shared four different stories. I believe they have all been told via this blog in some fashion, but it doesn’t hurt to put them all in oneContinue reading “Published Genealogy Stories”
Otto Mauser WWI Service
One of the fun things that has been uncovered in our family history search is the WWI Footlocker from Otto Mauser. Otto is the brother of my Great Grandfather Ben Mauser. This footlocker was really a treasure of information. It included Otto’s full uniform and most of the supplies and literature he received during hisContinue reading “Otto Mauser WWI Service”
America 250 – Paul Revere’s Ride
Listen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowFull Text of the Poem As a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and as part of my genealogy research itContinue reading “America 250 – Paul Revere’s Ride”
Huguenot Society
I had looked at joining the Huguenot society a while back on the Bayne family line (Great Grandma Marjorie Bayne Munter’s family) and was missing a degree of proof for one of the generations, so I had put it on hold for a bit. I recently connected with a cousin who has joined the societyContinue reading “Huguenot Society”
Rosie the Riveter Association
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks in Genealogy finds. I’ll have to detail some of the other pieces her in a bit, but this one was fun. We finally found out the details of Grandma Avis’s war service. If you have read some of my earlier blog posts you may remember that at ChristmasContinue reading “Rosie the Riveter Association”
USD 1812 Annual Meeting
A couple of weeks ago I attended my first annual meeting for the Daughters of the War of 1812. What a fantastic group of ladies. As of right now, I have one proven 1812 veteran, another application pending processing and then I have two ancestors who we will have to use some indirect evidence toContinue reading “USD 1812 Annual Meeting”
You never know what Grandma might say!
Well, there are a lot of reasons why we never know what Grandma might say, but Grandma Avis threw all of us for a surprise over Christmas this year. We are taking her home after the festivities and randomly she shares that she and her sister Iris made bombs during WWII for about 6 weeks. ItContinue reading “You never know what Grandma might say!”
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”
Cory and Nicole Family History 