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'WE'RE NOT CRAZY, WE'RE IRISH' is a riveting and true story about three generations of the author's maternal Irish-American extended family, beginning with a young teenage elopement in the year 1902 and continuing throughout the Twentieth Century. Seasoned with a generous amount of Irish wit and vintage photos of the actual characters and eras portrayed, it provides a firsthand look into the complex world of evolving Irish-American family relations and social standings as they begin to further distance themselves from their 'Old World' legacies. With ample doses of triumph and tragedy, laughter and lament and cautionary tales, the reader will be taken on a fast-paced and dizzying ride th ...

Revision 1, 2022. Family history of the author whose parents came from Jefferson County, IL. This volume traces the Whisenhunt and Huckleberry ancestors back in time through Southern Illinois, back to early colonial days and even into the 1700s an earlier in southern Germany and Switzerland. Other surnames as they apply to the family tree include Boster, Smith, Hutchison, Vernon, and more. Interesting figures from the past include William Huckleberry, who killed two men, and Squire Whisenhunt, the earliest Whisenhunt (along with his possible brother Uriah) to come to Jefferson County, IL. Much information is presented about Squire Whisenhunt including his marriages, children out of wedlo ...

Family history of the author whose parents came from Jefferson County, IL. This volume traces the Etheridge and Jamerson ancestors back in time through Southern Illinois and the counties of Edwards, White, and Wayne, back to early colonial days and the Etheridge, Dixon, Shaw, and Hodgson lines back to those born in England. Other surnames as they apply to the family tree include Jameson, Maulding, Bond, Hassell, and more. Interesting figures from the past include Ambrose Maulding, Wilburn Bond, William Jameson (Jr and Sr), and Lt Col John Jameson. The ancestral line from the Jamersons of Jefferson County to three original Mayflower Pilgrims is also documented. Other ancillary information ...

Coalinga, California, began in 1889 as a supply center for a coal mine and became a boom town when oil was discovered nearby in 1896. Seemingly overnight the oil district attracted wildcatters who explored and proved the field making it by 1910 the largest producing oil field in California. As the supply center for this district Coalinga's population soared from a couple of hundred in 1900 to over 6,000 in 1910 making it the second largest city in Fresno County. | One consequence of this explosive growth was the desire of some residents to separate those who worked in the oil fields from their hard-earned money, so Coalinga attracted liquor dealers, gamblers, and fallen women. Those who ...

Family history of author's father Kenneth Patterson (1918-1990) who was born in Springfield, MO. This book traces the Patterson and Smith ancestors back to colonial days and earlier in Scotland, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, England and France. The book discusses persons with other surnames who intermarried with the Patterson and Smith, including Graham, Kobel, Brechin, Stalcop, Cook, Mauser, Maxey, Nelson, Allen, Martiau and Armistead. Remarkable ancestors featured include Edward Patterson Cook who joined the California gold rush, narrowly escaped a murder plot and chronicled his return home with port stops in Acapulco and Panama. The frontiersman Jesse Maxey served in the Revolutionary ...

This book is a compilation of my family tree on both paternal and maternal sides. Not only are the trees available, but many photographs and stories about the individuals written to entertain.

Wilcox Family: 13 generations of Descendants of John Wilcock and Mary Wylsher. The family of Wilcox, Wilcock is of Saxon origin, and was seated at Bury St. Edmonds, in the county of Suffolk, England, before the Norman conquest. John Wilcock was a descendant of Capt. John Wilcock who commanded 1000 lancers against William the Conqueror. Sir John Dugdale, in his Visitations of the County of Suffolk, mentions fifteen generations of this family previous to 1600. This traces the family back to 1200. On July 15th of 1633 John, Mary and their children John Jr, Ann, and Sarah boarded the Griffin at the Downs Ship Anchorage, Kent, England to sail for Massachusetts. Also aboard the same ship were ...

The history of the Mullins family is a fascinating one. The focus of this book is Captain William Marion “Esquire” Mullins (1837-1898) and his descendants. Starting with Richard Thomas “Thomas” Mullins (1714-1773), the first of William’s ancestors to emigrate to the colonies, Thomas’s descent is traced to William Marion Mullins in Cherokee County, Georgia. Then, Williams’ many descendants are depicted.