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New Book on German Immigration: Venne in America

Udo Thoerner’s History of Emigration…

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Added by Carolyn Bening on March 28, 2010 at 11:07am — No Comments

Are Your Ancestors from Venne, Osnabrück region of Germany?

I became solidly hooked on Genealogy when our friend and historian Udo Thoerner showed my husband and me the Büning ancestral home, a farm cottage, in the village of Venne, Germany with the names of his 4th-ggrandparents inscribed over the door and the year 1704 by the builder's name . What led us to this discovery was Thoerner's twenty years of curiosity and research about what happened to over 2000 emigrants from his home village of Venne and neighboring farm communities in Westfalen,…

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Added by Carolyn Bening on March 28, 2010 at 10:59am — 3 Comments

My Taylor line is descended from Matthew and Janet Taylor who came from Ireland and settled in Londonderry (now Derry) New Hampshire

Looking for others who descend from this line to share information. My direct lineage is as follows:

My dad, Robert Charles Taylor, b. Cedar Rapids, IA, d. Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN

Elmer Robert Taylor, b. ATlantic, IA, d. Rochester, MN

Charles R. Edward Taylor, b. Derby, Lucas County, IA, d. Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Robert Calvin Taylor, b. Wapello, IA, d. Omaha, NE

John M. Taylor, b. Lucas Co, IA, d. Humeston, IA

Robert Taylor, b.…

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Added by Pat Taylor Jennings on March 22, 2010 at 4:07pm — 5 Comments

Pauline P. Johnson and Isaac Newton Griffith

When she was eighteen, Pauline P. Johnson went against her family’s long-standing Quaker traditions and married another lapsed Quaker, Isaac Newton Griffith. Pauline was descended from the Johnsons of Scotland and the Moormans from Isle of Wight, England, who had come to Virginia as early as 1619.

Thomas Moorman returned to England after serving a year in the service of the Virginia Company of London and was granted property. Although Thomas never returned from England, his son,… Continue

Added by William S Dean on September 13, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments