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Trotter Family – The Fall of Ruthven

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Abbott, Beard, England, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Hylton, Ruthven, Scotland, Tennessee, Trotter, Virginia, Wilson

Please read Part One of the Trotter story here before reading further. [dropcap]N[/dropcap]ow that we have a better idea of the atmosphere between the Scottish Monarch and the Ruthven family of Gowrie was can piece

Trotter Family – The Rise of Ruthven

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Douglass, England, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Ruthven, Scotland, Stewart, Tennessee, Trotter, Tudor, Webb

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]any genealogists researching their Sevier County, Tennesse ancestors know the name, John Sevier Trotter. My husband’s great-grandmother Hattie Mae (Webb) King is a (Ruthven) Trotter descendant. I’m amazed when talking to Trotter descendants and family

John Baker – X Marks the Spot

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018Blogging, Descent#FHWC2018, Baker, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sullivan, Yoho

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o much has been written about Captain John Baker and Elizabeth Ann Sullivan. Descendants of Margaret Baker and Catherine Baker tend to hold a special interest in the history of the Baker Family. Margaret and Catherine are

German Innovation and Inventions

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018Blogging#FHWC2018, Bier, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y third great grandfather was Carl “Charles” Christian “C.C.” Bier. He was a German immigrant to America. C.C. was an inventor, a dreamer. I have a few stories about him. I am going to share

Little Woman – Large Legacy

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent#FHWC2018, Bier, Boger, Bruhn, Burgess, Chapline, Doty, Edwards, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Harless, Jaynes, Jobes, Jones, Monahan, Nixon, Sauber, Tutolo

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]randma Bier was a tiny woman with a big legacy. Edna Elizabeth Chapline was born on 06 May 1894 in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born premature weighing only 2 pounds. Her parents, Wilber Cross Chapline

Now I Really am Hopeless

February 18, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Bier, Burgess, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]do not recall everything after I heard that my Grandma Hope died. I remember screaming NO. I remember saying now I really am Hopeless. I do not feel that way anymore. She was the first

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Enduring Love

February 17, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp

Part Three of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part One and here for Part Two. [dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore Grandma and Grandpa knew it years had passed and their son Ronald left home,

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Turbulent Times

February 16, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp

Part Two of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part One and here for Part Three. [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n March 31st, 1942 Grandpa entered into active military service. Grandpa sent Grandma love postcards and pictures from the

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Young Love

February 15, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #52stories, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, #GBP, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp, Shuman, The Genealogy Blog Party

Part One of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part Two and here for Part Three. [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rank Topliff Sapp and Carl Bryan Shuman were Wetzel County politicians, both having been Democratic County Chair, were best friends, and

Parker Miller Ferguson – Puzzle

February 13, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Surnames#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Ferguson, Miller, Parker

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]am so excited. This is one of those moments every genealogist dreams of. Shattering a brick wall! I have finally found some of the answers I need about my ancestor Orloff C. Miller, born Herbert