Tracing the Henry Family: 1840s Land Patents in Brown County, Illinois
Robert Lewis Henry IIIImage source: Find A Grave memorial page for Robert Lewis Henry Sr. (1775–1844), Memorial ID 32232098; digital image of…
Cowan & Fleming Deeds & Documents
This post is a repository for documents related to the Cowan and Fleming families of Lancaster County and Chester County Pennsylvania. I…
Cowan Land Ownership
This post provides a detailed look into the Pequea Valley Cowans' property transactions. It's unfinished and has been sitting in drafts over…
The Cowans of Pequea Valley, Pennsylvania
https://flic.kr/p/2qRF82y Effie, Dad, & Glenn My grandmother's mother, Effie J. Rhining's maternal grandparents were William Cowan (1815-1898) and Nancy Campbell Smith Parish…
Tracing Bridget (Mahan) Hogan’s Irish Roots
This post is for documenting my efforts to "jump the pond" and find Bridget C. (Mahan) Hogan's birthplace in Ireland. The Facts…
Dutch Chicago Historic Maps
Snyder's real estate map of Cook County, IL, 1886, Library of Congress. Flower, S.H. Burhans & J. Van Vechten 1862 Map of…
Richard Hine Stationary Store
I recall my dad telling me Richard Hine had a shop in Roseland where he sold stationary and repaired typewriters. We ended…
Burnside at Ruskie
The Fishers
Jean's mother Mary Fisher was born 20 July 1754 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire (now Stirling), to John Fisher and Margaret Gourlay.…
by Robert Salmon, 1816
The Ferriers
Jean Ferrier Farquharson's father William Ferrier was born 20 April 1750 in the parish of Greenock New or Middle, across the river…
William McTaggart - Among the Heather
Jean Ferrier Farquharson Birth and Family of Origin
Jean Ferrier Farquharson was the wife of Glasgow herbalist and "bone setter" John Farquharson and mother of 9 children including Kate Farquharson's…
Lewis/Louis Rhining 1854-1932
Louis Henry Rhining was Hazel's maternal grandfather. Family lore and historical records paint a picture of a volatile individual. It's difficult to…
William Cowan (1815-1898) Biography
(William and Nancy Parish Cowan's home in Monmouth IL) Patrick McGuire wrote this biography in the fall of 2005 for the historiography…