I don’t know if anyone who follows this blog watches “Finding Your Roots” the PBS show with Henry Louis Gates, but I love watching how they use DNA evidence to help find branches of a family tree sometimes with what seemed to be impossible odds. I may have used some DNA evidence here recently toContinue reading “DNA Matches May Help Solve A Mystery”
Category Archives: Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Luther Hagerdon and Fanny Pettey Photo and Story Gallery
Luther Hagerdon and Fanny Pettey are the parents of my 3X Great Grandfather James Knox Hagerdon, then his son Luther Hagerdon and my Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson. I have found a lot of good information on Luther short of his actual birth and death dates and have slowly been finding more information on Fanny.Continue reading “Luther Hagerdon and Fanny Pettey Photo and Story Gallery”
William Adams and Rosa Scheuffler Photo and Story Gallery
William John “Wilhelm” Adams and Rosa Elizabeth Scheuffler are Cory’s 2X Great Grandparents on his maternal side. They are the parents of Cory’s Great Grandmother Francis Magdalene Adams who is then the mother of his grandfather Alex Lobner. We know very little about William and Rosa before their marriage in Pennsylvania. We do know thatContinue reading “William Adams and Rosa Scheuffler Photo and Story Gallery”
Luther Hagerdon – Oregon Trail Pioneer
Luther was the second (and so far last) Oregon Trail Pioneer I have found in my family tree. Luther has been somewhat elusive and to date we still don’t know where he passed away, or with 100% confidence who his parents are, but we have some assumptions and those will all be covered in hisContinue reading “Luther Hagerdon – Oregon Trail Pioneer”
Karl Herman Lobner and Francis Adams Lobner Photo and Story Gallery
Karl Herman Lobner and Francis Magdalene Adams are Cory’s maternal great-grandparents and the parents of his grandfather Alex Lobner. Karl Herman is an immigrant from Germany and immigrated in 1907 from Goldhausen, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany. I have some research done on their location in Germany can can share that information as desired. Until we canContinue reading “Karl Herman Lobner and Francis Adams Lobner Photo and Story Gallery”
Cory and Nicole Family History 