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Mother of Margaret Jane LaVallee
A plea for helpMargaret Jane LaValle first appears in a census record of Hastings Township, Hungerford, Ontario, Canada as a infant age 1, born in CE. in the household of one Michael LaValle farmer ag...
William Patrick Murray Killed Store and Home Explosion
Geneolagy and family History, triumphs and disasters ofLouise Genereaux, alias Cummings, was the 7th child of 14, she was born 10 Jun 1886 in Meadow Bay, Hastings Co. Ontario,Canada. Her parents were ...
Edwin Lord "Heirloom Found" Owner Unknown
Family history and strange heirloom - in the quest of genealogy.My grandfather Edwin Booth Lord born 4 Dec 1878 in Fort Hunter, New York son of Byington Lord bn 1844 and Josephine Johnson bn 1855- his...
Philip Olyer Burned to Death Lumbermill 1920
A tragic story of the Family life, Genealogy and dangers of the lumbering trade at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the 20Th century.The Olyer family settled in the northern part of the Adir...
Anthoney Moses Genereau alias James Cummings.
This is the story of Mose Genereau, his family history and ancestry.Born in Thurlow, Hastings,Ont. Canada 13 Sep 1855 to parents DennisGenereau, and Clare Dupuis, Christened at St Michael the Archange...
Oscar Olyer Barn Burner Strikes Altering a Life Forever
Genealogy and family history of Philip Olyers', grand son, Dean Jesse Olyer born 28 dec 1886 in Chazy, Clinton Co. N.Y. the 7th child of 9 born to Oscar Alexander Olyer and his wife Sarah Lucretia ...
Unidentified Messenger Shatters Family Secret
My carnival ride on a 30 year mystery, solved by unidentified messenger, leaving five words, hurriedly scribbled on registration form "looking for Cummings check Genereau"Berlin Olyer was the family s...
Beatrice Olyer-Potter-Berney
Photo has been taken from the group reunion taken in 1941,Genealogy and family history of my Aunt Beatrice Olyer , 5th daughter, of 10 children, born to John V. Olyer and Charlott Ellinor Scutt. She...
Henry Lewis Olyer
The last few post have been about this man's family history lets take a look at Henry's genealogy and life in upstate New York.Henry Olyers father was Philip Olyer bn 1822 Dannamora,Clinton Co. son of...
Orphan Trains to Kansas & Mabel Olyer
The Orphan Train movement began, mid 19th century, estimated that some 30,000 abandoned children were living on the streets of New York. In a 75 year span of the Orphan Train movementresulted in betwe...
Ralph Philip Olyer Narcotics Agent 1907
It is just a little over 100 years ago that Narcotics got its boost in popularity from action of the government. March 3 1905 Congress enacted the first federal anti-narcotic law. prior to that drugs...
100 Year or More of American Independence
Adah Nancy Bell, born in a independent American nation on 13 Nov 1815, in Mohawk, Montgomery Co. New York , who's grandparents fought in the revolution and grt grandparents served in the Colonial Wars...
Ross Olyer D & H Steam Railroad Enginier
The Family History and genealogy of Ross Raymond Olyer first born son of Henry Lewis Olyer and Josephine "Jessie" Sweeney, of Lyon Mountain, New York. The Olyer family started out as lumbermen and min...
Harry Olyer "Pocket Bootlegger"
A brief genealogy and family history of The third Son, of Henry Lewis Olyer and Jessie Sweeney, of Lyon Mountain,New York. born the 22 Oct 1892 . The first public record is his "draft card 1917-1919 f...
Oscar A. Olyer Killed by Motorcycle 1915
Genealogy, life, times. and family of Oscar Alexander Olyer, farmer, School Trustee, Respected native of Moores, Clinton Co.,New York.The first son of Philip Olyer and Lucretia Fanny Leach, born 10 Ma...
Sarah Booker Olyer,The Hat Lady,Athol,Mass
JOHN OLYER-CHARLOTT SCUTT DESCENDANTS Family REUNION 3 AUG. 1941OLYER REUNION. Everyone in the photo is a descendant of John Olyer of Lyon mountain, New York, with the exception of two people Wilb...
You Know Nothing About Your Mother's Youth
A month or so ago "Jasia" at CreativeGene sponsored a carnival about mother. so I did a post. Then I began to think, "you know nothing aboutyour mother" Oh yes she was born in Spring Cove, New York ...
Baby Isabel Olyer's Letter to Santa in 1901
The life,times and genealogy of - My Grt Aunt Isabel Olyer at the age of 4 [with some help from her sister Mabel] sent Santa a note. A copy of which the Plattsburgh Sentinel paper published in 1901. ...
Gerald J. Olyer Ralston Hero recipitant
Ralston Purina Company Hero Medal This is a Ralston Hero medal, the one ...
Martin Cumming 48 Highland Rgt. WW1
Cpl. Martin Cummings,"Lewis Gun Corpral...
Blacksmithing a Family Occupation all but Gone
In working on my genealogy I found that many of my direct lines were blacksmiths, and in most families this trade passed from one generation to another. The most recent one was my Grt grandfather Mos...
Do You Have a Byington in your Ancestory
This is a different post--for the past 60 years I have off and on worked on my Grt grandmother's genealogy her name was Betsey Byington, born on 7th Sep 1788, she married a Anson Lord. That was about...
Union Soldier Brings home Virginia Bride
Genealogy of a civil war, 47 year old privateDaniel St John Lord, born, 13 Sep 1815, died, 15 jan 1877. the son of Anson Lord, bn 1 Aug 1785, and Betsey Byington bn 1 Sep 1788. His life was pretty s...
Mom How'd you Get so Smart
I think mom's are born with a 6th sense of knowledge of what their children are doing regardless of distance between them.I was a only child, so my mother and I were pretty close, I am sure I did some...
Historical Artifacts From Battle Site Lake George
One of the many objects uncovered from the battle of Lake George 1755-1757. This is a copper frying pan. about 2 inches deep and 12 inches across, it has a rolled edge around the rim. Another one ex...