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Trying something new

Posted on 5/27/2009 at 4:00:44 AM
Filed in: Website Update
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anyone have any comments on what this page looks like?
I’m thinking about adding phots where I have them to the top og individual pages and a link to a PDF pedigree chart.
The first one I did is here http://akansasfamily.com/wordpress/?page_id=140
Let me know if you have any thoughts on how it looks

Newspaper bits on Josephine Whitney Callwell

Posted on 5/26/2009 at 12:46:34 AM
Filed in: News Articles
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Some items from the Wyoming newspapers mentioned in a past post regarding Josephine Whitney Callwell.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and
daughter, Agness, of the Horse Creek
country, were visitors Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Brown’s mother, Mrs. Josephine Callwell
Burns Herald 12/12/1920
LEGALNOTICES
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
United States Land Office,
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 3 1919.
NOTICE Is hereby given that Josephine
Callwell, [...]

whitney odds and ends

Posted on 5/22/2009 at 3:41:11 AM
Filed in: Census, Speculation
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In 1910 Living with Jacob and Eva Moser
in Rocks Falls are Earl and Ida Fink who are
Mary Pearl Whitney Fink’s children (Oliver and Cordelia’s grandchildren).
Mary died in around 1905. Ida later lives
with Josephine Whitney Callwell another daughter of Oliver and
Cordelia in 1920. I just found it interesting that
these Fink children ended up with
Jacob [...]

New info on the older Israel Blagg

Posted on 5/19/2009 at 4:23:34 AM
Filed in: Native American, Speculation
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Just came across a reference to Israel Blagg:
Miller’s Weekly Messenger
Pendleton, SouthCarolina
Editor, John Miller and Son.
Abstracted by G. Anne Sheriff
October 20. 1810
John C. Calhoun elected to Congress from united districts of Abbeville, Laurens and Newbury.
George Butler is re-electedf rom united districtso f Edgefield,B arnwell and Beaufort.
Sheriffs Sale. Pendleton Court House. First Monday and Tuesday in November. [...]

Lillian Blagg b. 1910

Posted on 5/14/2009 at 3:19:19 AM
Filed in: Obituaries
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Here’s a few scanned images from the funeral book of Lillian Blagg. One of my roomates is taking pictures of the book itself and items in it. I’ll post those later. As the only other Catholic in the family I know of, I’ve always felt a special bond with Aunt Lillian even [...]

John Blagg Alabama 1820

Posted on 5/9/2009 at 7:05:42 PM
Filed in: Census
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Ancestry just posted Alabama state census. There’s a John Blagg in Franklin County Alabama in 1820.
4 white male over 21
3 white male under 21
1 white female over 21
4 white female under 21
no free people of color, no slaves.
Not sure which John this is going to be since the US Census for 1820 has John [...]

Walter Evertton Long

Posted on 5/4/2009 at 10:16:05 PM
Filed in: Pictures of People
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Picture of Walter Evertton Long
Son of Ollie Whitney
do the usual click to view larger

and a few more pics

Posted on 5/4/2009 at 9:23:53 PM
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Pictures of Lillian, Lucille, Edna, Esther and Lyle Blagg.
Click for bigger views.
Top two are Lucille, Lillian and Lyle.
Next is Esther and Lucille taken in the late 70’s probably, then Edna and Lucille taken in 1962.
Final is of Lucille age 11 and Lillian age 13.

Some pics

Posted on 5/4/2009 at 8:58:58 PM
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Thanks to Darlene for the originals of these which I finally got scanned.
Click to make the pics bigger : )