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GenealogiesJanuary 2005
Here is a listing of some of our Family Genealogies. In most cases, we have only one copy of each book. Prices are indicated in bold type. Shipping costs are listed and will vary, depending upon the weight of the book. You may combine titles for a reduction in shipping costs.
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Barber Family
Barber Genealogy (In Two Sections). Section I. Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn, 1614 — 1909. Section II: Descendants of John Barber of Worcester, Mass, 1714 — 1909. Published by John Barber White. 1909. 659 pages plus 164 page index. Hardcover.
This is an original edition, not a reprint. Original covers are still intact, but front hinge is getting weak.
Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn., was the first of that name to emigrate from England to America. He was probably in the County of Bedfordshire, England, about 1614. He came to Windsor in 1635 with the party fitted out by Sir Richard Saltonstall, under Francis Stiles, a master carpenter of London. John Barber was born about 1714. He may have been the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Barber. He married Lydia Stimpson Boston in 1736.
Price: $50.00.
Blaker Family
Eliza A. Blaker: Her Life and Work. By Emma Lou Thornbrough. Published in 1956. 94 pages. Softcover.
Eliza Ann Cooper was born in Philadelphia on March 5, 1854, the first child of Jacob and Mary Jane Cooper. Jacob was an idealist, a Quaker and an Abolitionist. Mary Jane was practical, resourceful and determined. Eliza inherited these qualities from both of her parents. Jacob died when Eliza was 15 years old, but Mary Jane found the money to keep Eliza in school. After her graduation, Eliza taught in primary and secondary schools, but her main interest was in kindergarten work. In 1880 she married Louis J. Blaker and in 1882 they moved to Indianapolis, Indiana where she spent the remainder of her life, becoming the Superintendent of the Free Kindergartens in Indianapolis and the Head of the Indianapolis Teachers College.
Price: $5.00.
Bode Family
Bode Family History. Compiled by John and Carolyn Butterfield. Published in 1979. 246 p. Hardcover.
Johann George Bode was married three times: 1) Elizabeth Benning, 2) Elizabeth Schroder and 3) Anna Catherine Legge. He had children by all three wives. Although Johann did not come to the United States, most of his children and grandchildren did come, settling in Pennsylvania and Illinois. The information in this book is mainly on the descendants of Theresa, William, Herman, and Louis Bode. They were his grandchildren.
Price: $17.50.
Bowers, Claude G.
Indianapolis n the "Gay Nineties". High School Diaries of Claude B. Bowers. Edited by Holman Hamilton and Gayle Thornbrough. Published in 1964. 241 pages. Softcover.
Claude Bowers was an editor, politician, historian, and diplomat, and one of the most prominent and influential Hoosiers for most of the 20th century. He was born in 1878 in Hamilton County, Indiana. Through a series of tragic deaths, Claude and his mother were forced to find employment in Indianapolis, where Claude went to high school while his mother made dresses to support the family. While in high school, Bowers participated in "The High School Senate", part of the civil government and political economy curriculum. It was in the "Senate" that he learned his oratory style and found his love of politics, which eventually took him to the United States Senate and the Ambassadorship to Spain.
Price: $5.00
Burns Family
Personal Recollections of Harrison Burns, as Written in 1907. Indiana Historical Society. 1975. 83 pages. Softcover.
James Burns was born in 1786 in Alexandria , Virginia. He moved from there to Kentucky in 1794, and in 1806 moved to Fort Washington on the Ohio River. Maxa M. Burns, son of James, was born in 1808 near Fort Washington, and died in 1890 in Indianapolis, Indiana. the family moved to Madison, Indiana in 1814. Harrison Burns was born in 1836 in Jefferson County, Indiana about six miles north of Madison, and near the town of Wirt. This book is a recollection of his early life spent in Jefferson and Jennings Counties, including river rafting on the Ohio, various jobs in sawmills, boat trips to St. Louis and New Orleans, and studying law in his brother's law office. In the 1860's Burns headed west to the gold fields of Virginia City, Montana Territory. Because of his law background he was selected to help write the Montana Territorial Civil Code. He returned to Indiana, ran for political office, and was elected or appointed to several positions over the next few years. At the time of his writing (1907) he was engaged in writing the Revised Statutes for the State of Indiana, now commonly known as Burns's Statutes.
Price: $5.00
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Donelson Family
Donelson History. No author. No publisher. Published in 1969. 28 pages. Softcover.
This Donelson history begins with Andrew Donelson, who was born in Sweden. He married Brita Samuelson, who was born in 1822, in Sweden. They had seven children: Andrew C., John Daniel, and Samuel August, (all born in Sweden) and Maggie, William M., Mary and Frank, all born in Knox County, Illinois, where the family had migrated in 1855. This booklet has group family photographs of all seven children and their descendants, and genealogical information on the descendants.
Price: $2.50
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Ewing Family
Indian Traders on the Middle Border; the House of Ewing, 1827 - 1854. By Robert A. Trennert, Jr. 271 pages. Hardcover. With Dust Jacket.
Between 1827 and 1854, William G. and George W. Ewing of Fort Wayne, Indiana, were important merchants, real estate brokers, and speculators, as well as professional Indian traders. They dominated trade with the Middle Border tribes, and through their influence in matters of Indian removal, claims cases against the government, and treat y legislation became a potent force in the shaping of American Indian policy.
Price: $17.50.
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Ford Family - Henry Ford
The Fords: An American Epic. By Peter Collier and David Horowitz, Summit Books. 1987. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
The story of Henry I, his children, the company and the feud between Henry II and Lee Iacocca, ).
Price: $10.00.
Frazier Family
Family. By Ian Frazier. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 386 pages.
Using letters and other family documents, Frazier tells the story of his family in America from the early colonial days to the present. He reconstructs two hundred years of middle-class life, visiting small towns his ancestors lived in, reading books they read, discovering the larger forces of history that affected them. Includes information on his family during the American Revolution, the founding of Norwalk, Ohio, by his gggg grandfather, and the Civil War battlefields where his ancestors fought. Contains many photographs.
Price: $15.00.
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Gioe Family
Gioe — Arri and Related Families. Compiled by Mrs. Joan Colbert Gioe. Published in 1977. 107 pages plus empty pages for future notes. Hardcover.
Note: Some red markings on white cover.
Frances Arri was born in small mountain village in northern Italy near Asti. She was raised almost as an only child, since her siblings were born much later. Felice Comotto asked her father for permission to marry her and three weeks after their marriage, the came to America, settling in St. Louis. After her first husband died, she had to temporarily put her children in an orphanage until she could care for them. She later became involved with the First Italian Baptist Church, where she met Antonio Gioe, and they were married in 1918. Sometime between 1920 and 1921 they moved to Indianapolis. Altogether Frances had eleven children.
Price: $20.00
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Halker Family
Halker: A Family History. Beginning with Johann Eberhard Halker, b. 1754 - d. 1824. And Collateral Families. By Mary Corrine McGrady. 1985. 185 pages plus 16 page supplement. Plastic comb binding.
Johann Eberhard Halker was born Sept.. 14, 1754 in Glandorf or Fuchtorf, Germany. He married Anna Catharine Funke on Sept. 7, 1779 in Glandorf, Germany. Anna was born Nov. 14, 1756 in Glandorf. The had eight children and they were all born in Glandorf. John W. Halker, son of Johann and Anna, was born in 1789 in Glandorf. He was married to Catharine Elisabeth Stahl in 1813. She was born Feb. 9, 1785 and died there in 1838. John and Catharine had six children: Johann Wilhelm, Johann Henrich, Maria Anna, Johann Henrich Ferdinand, Anna Elisabeth and Maria Catharine. Maria Anna died in 1826. John and his remaining family emigrated to the United States in 1843, and settled in Glandorf, Ohio. Other family names include Stahl, Funke, Tummeler, Goddeker, Lefken, Nolte, and many other names. Index lists over 800 names. Contains many photographs. Two handwritten notes.
Price: $40.00.
Hollyman Family
The Hollyman Family. A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of Christopher Hollyman of Isle of Wight County, Va., 1691 and Related Families Holleman, Holloman, Holliman, Holoman, Hollomon.. By George A Holleman and Tina Keene Peddie. Published in 1989. 275 pages plus an Addendum to "the Hollyman Family" by by Tina Keene Peddie. Published in 1989. 86 pages. (all in one book). Hardcover.
Christopher Holeman landed on May 22, 1650 in Jamestown, Virginia. He died around 1691. His wife, Mary (maiden name unknown), died around 1700. They had six known children: Thomas, Christopher C., William, Richard, Ann, and Mary.
Price: $20.00.
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James Family
The James; A Family Narrative. By R. W. B. Lewis. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1991. 695 pages. Hardcover.
Note: Dust jacket has some wrinkles.
Traces the origins, development and flowering of one of the most outstanding intellectual families in America: William James, foremost psychologist and progressive thinker of his time; Henry James, the great novelist and man of letters; Alice James, their brilliant sister who was a political radical and lifelong invalid; Garth Wilkinson James, a Civil War hero; and Robertson James, both of whom could not live up to the pressures of family fame and led tragic lives. The founder of the family was William James, who emigrated from Ireland in 1789 and, as a merchant and businessman, founded the family fortune in New York State. His son, Henry, inherited part of the estate and his travels abroad with his family, and his intellectual curiosity and lifelong ethical commitment, provided a solid foundation for his daughter and four sons.
Price: $35.00.
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Lamont Family
The Thomas Lamonts in America. By four generations of Lamonts. Edited by Corliss Lamont. Published in 1971. 255 p. hardcover.
Note: Has inscription "James E. Echuhoff." This book spans the lives of six generations of Thomas Lamonts, beginning with Thomas William Lamont (1803 - 1853). The first American ancestor was Robert Lamont, who was born in Antrim, Northern Ireland (Ulser) in 1726 and emigrated about 1745 or 1750. Highlights in this volume are the account of how some 200 Lamonts were treacherously massacred by the Campbells in 1646; how bandits plotted to kidnap Thomas W. Lamont during his trip to Mexico and how seaman Thomas W. Lamont II, the family poet and a young man of great promise, went down to his death on the submarine U.S.S. Snook in the Pacific during World War II.
Price: $15.00.
Lardner Family
The Lardners. My Family Remembered. By Ring Lardner, Jr. Harper and Row. 1976. 371 pages. Hardcover.
At the time of his premature death in 1933, Ring Lardner was one of the country's most widely read and quoted writers, and his reputation has grown in the years since. In this loving but honest family memoir his only surviving son presents an enchanting, amusing and moving look at his father, his indomitable and delightful mother, Ellis Abbott Lardner, and his three brothers, John, James, and David. Also presents a full account of his brothers late lives as well as Ring, Jr's experiences as a two-Oscar screenwriter and the political events that led to his conviction and imprisonment as one of the "Hollywood Ten" in the 1950's This book draws skillfully on hundreds of family letters.
Price: $20.00.
Long Family
92 Years of Recollections and Recipes. By Mary (Marie) B. Vaught Long. Published in 1980. 485 pages. Hardcover.
Hundreds of photographs of the Vaught and Long families. Mary gives a brief genealogical background of her family going back to Johan Paul Vaught, who was born in 1680 in northern Germany, but concentrates on her parents, herself, her siblings, and her marriage and children. Mary was born in 1887. In 1905 she married Charles Albert Long. Also some great recipes.
Price: $25.00.
Ludlow Family
From Cornfield to Press Gallery; Adventures and Reminiscences of a Veteran Washington Correspondent. By Louis Ludonw. W. F. Roberts co. 1924. 432 pages. Hardcover.
Front hinge is getting very weak. Note: stamp: "Library of cornelius O'Brien. Rec'd. Oct. 9, 1935. Ludlow was born in Fayette County, Indiana on June 24, 1873. Discusses the author's early youth, other family members, He moved to Indianapolis in search of work and found a job as a reporter on the Indianapolis "Sun" newspaper. Finally he moved to Washngton , D. C. Discusses the political situation of the times and other amusing incidents.
Price: $15.00.
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Mahloch Family
The Mahloch Family History. By Elaine S. Larson. Printed by The Print Shop. 1984. 596 pages. Hardcover.
Discusses early ancestors in the Rhileland (Johann "Philipp" and Johann "Jacob" Maloch. Philipp Mahloch, the immigrant ancestor, and his wife Sophie Best left Dienheim, Germany and settled in Germantown, Wisconsin, Territory in 1843. They later moved to Town Rhine in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Sophie had eight children between 1844 and 1857. She died shortly after the birth of their eighth child. Philipp soon married Catherine Duerrwaechter . She and Philipp had six children. Philipp died in 1906, at the age of 89. He had 14 children and 77 grandchildren.
Price: $45.00.
Marken Family
The Samuel Marken Family History and Genealogy. By Frances Hanaway. Published in 1986. 397 pages. Softcover.
Samuel Marken was born 15 April 1775 in Wolfsville, Maryland. His first wife was Elizabeth Hammer, who was born 29 August 1781. They had four children: John, Jacob, Samuel, jr. and Catherine. Elizabeth died on 28 November 1821. In 1822 Samuel married Margaret Rebecca Brunner. She was born on 1 June 1800, the same year as Samuel’s oldest son. They were the parents of five children: Mahala, Henry, Julia, Wesley, and Elias. Samuel’s son, Jacob, and his wife Rebecca Garnand Marken, with two children, left Maryland in 1836 for Ohio and in 1850 settled in Miami County, Indiana. John went to Canada. Wesley died in the Civil War at Andersonville Prison. His other children remained in Maryland. Samuel died on 12 June 1854.
Price: $20.00.
Mayer Family
Memoir and Genealogy of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Family of Mayer. Which originated in the Free Imperial City of Ulm, Wurtemberg: 1495 - 1878.. By Brantz Mayer. 1968 reprint of book originally published in 1878. Limited to 500 copies. 179 pages. Hardcover.
Note: Some wear on dust jacket.
"The lineal ancestry in the male and female line from 1345 to 1878 is almost complete". George Bartholomew Mayer, ancestor of the emigrants to America of 1752, was born in 1681. In 1684, Marcus Mayer, ancestor of the emigrant of 1784, was born. They were brothers, so the first families of these lines were cousins.
Price: $20.00.
Miller Family
Hendricks County, Indiana Tan Yard Account book of John Miller, 1846 — 1857. Indexed by Ruth Pritchard. About 100 pages plus index.
This is a hardbound photocopy of the original edition. Excellent source for studying commerce in Hendricks County in the middle of the last century.
Price: $35.00.
Mills Family
History of the Simon Mills Family, Through his Son, John Mills and Grandson Joseph Mills of Simsbury, Connecticut.Book IV, (11th generation). Compiled by Ralph E. Mills. Published in 1986. 522 pages. Hardcover.
The first ten generations of this family can be found in three previously published volumes. This book covers over six hundred individuals.
Price: $27.50.
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Robinson Family
Solon Robinson; Pioneer and Agriculturalist. Indiana Historical Bureau. 1936. 2 volumes. Vol. 1: 1825 - 1845, vol. 2: 1846 - 1851.
Robinson was born in Tolland, Connecticut , in 1803. His earliest ancestor in America was the Reverend John Robinson, of Leiden, pastor of the Pilgrims. His parents died before he was ten years old and his uncle, Captain William Bottom, became his guardian for several years. In 1818 another uncle, Vine Robinson, became his guardian. In 1827 he moved to Cincinnati. He married Mariah Evans in 1828 and they moved to southern Indiana in 1830. After several years they moved to Lake County, and he found Crown Point. He was a pioneer of northern Indiana and had many interests. He was known as an experimental farmer, traveler, lecturer, and writer on agricultural subjects; journalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He was a regular contributor to the "American Agriculturalist", "Cultivator" and more than a dozen other agricultural magazines and newspapers. His writings brought him to the attention of Horace Greeley, who offered him the position of agricultural editor on the "New-York Tribune". He moved to New York, in 1853 but Mariah remained in Crown Point with their five children: Solon Oscar, Josephine Salinda, Charles Tracy, Leila Gertrude, and Allen Downing. Mariah divorced Solon in 1871 and she died in February, 1872. In June, 1872, Solon married Mary Johnson. He died in 1880. The books cover reprints of articles from newspapers, agricultural journals, and letters.
Price: $25.00.
Robinson - Gillingham Family
A Man's Reach. Plain Living and High Thinking of James Charles Robinson, 1838 - 1923. Together with passages from letters giving some account of the Gillingham family after their move to Indiana. Edited by Lydia G. Robinson. No publisher. 1962. 79 pages. Plastic spiral binding.
This book contains two parts. Part I contains a compilation of three "chronicles" written by Robinson, giving the fullest genealogical account of the Robinson family beginning with William Robinson's birth in 1785 in New England, supplemental information, and a better detailed, partial re-writing of the two previous "chronicles". It ends with James Robinson's marriage to Emma J. Gillingham in 1868. Family information includes births in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois. Part II provides information on the Gillingham family. Elizabeth, wife of Lucas Gillingham, died in 1850 when their oldest daughter Emma was 12 years old. She left a 6 week old daughter, Lydia, bequeathing her to the household of Lucas's mother and three unmarried sisters in Philadelphia. IN 1853 Lucas moved the rest of the family (Theodore, Emma, Ellwood, and Ellen) to Wabash County, Indiana. Sallie Ann Tyson, oldest daughter of their uncle Harper Tyson (brother of the deceased Elizabeth)., came along as housekeeper. James Charles Robinson and Emma Gillingham were distantly related and had known each other before Lucas moved the family to Indiana. It is not clear how they met again. They were married in 1868.
Price: $40.00.
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Siggins Family
Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and other Pennsylvania Families. A Volume of History, Biography, and Colonial, Revolutionary, Civil, and Other War Records. Including Names of Many Other Warren County Pioneers. Compiled by Emma Siggins White. Assisted by Martha Humphreys Maltby. Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing co. 1918. 714 pages. Hardcover.
Note: This is an original edition, not a reprint.
The first of the Siggins family to come to America for permanent settlement was John, son of William Siggins who lived in Drumcliffe Parish County, Sligo, Ireland. Sarah Hood, wife of John Siggins was a sister of (English) Admiral Samuel Hood. John had married Sarah in Ireland. The family first settled near Philadelphia and later went to Center County, Pennsylvania. Sarah died in Youngsville, Pennsylvania in 1833, age 85 years. Other families mentioned are Howe, Jackson, Young, Allender, Mead, Allen, Hubbard, and many others.
Price: $50.00
Smith Family
The Story of J. M. and P. L. Smith and Their Kin and Kith. By Leora (Lory Smith) Swanson. Published in 1981. 2 volumes (total 227 pages) in plastic binders. Part 1 covers "The Beginning Until 1956". Part covers "1956 . . . Until Our Second Generation Was Broken".
Jessie (Jess) Moses Smith was born September 26. 1879 in Cass County, Indiana. He was the eighth of eleven children. Palma Peterson was born in Wolsey, South Dakota on December 23, 1885, the fourth of nine children. Jesse and Palma were married in Monon County, Iowa on January 17, 1907. Leora was their daughter, one of seven children. This book represents the combined memories of all seven children, their parents, aunts and uncles.
Price: $20.00.
Sudduth Family
My Golden Heritage. By A. Josephine Sudduth DeJohn. Published in 1972. 371 pages. Hardcover.
The earliest direct ancestor mentioned in this book is George Sudduth, Sr., who was a native of Virginia. He married Leannah Young (date not given). Their son, John Young Sudduth, was born in 1803 in Fauquier County, Virginia. After George died, Leannah married Mr. Shefley Crigler in 1809. The family then moved to Kentucky. In 1830 John married Miss Sarah Crow, and shortly thereafter began to manufacture wagons. They moved to Danville and Greencastle, Indiana for several years, then moved to Edgar County, Illinois, where he became a farmer. They had many children, including Walter, Benjamin, Matilda, Letitia, Garrett, Alonzo, Sarah A. Margaret, Emma,. The book does not say where Walter was born. Benjamin, Matilda, and Letitia were born in Indiana. Seven more children were born to John and Sarah after they moved to Edgar County, including Garrett, Alonzo, Sarah A., Margaret and Emma. Contains many family photographs. Other family names include Collins and Satterlee.
Price: $25.00.
Swift Family
Lucius B. Swift, a Biography. By William Dudley Foulke. Published in 1930. 153 pages. Softcover.
Note: Small purple stain on upper corner of back of book.
Lucius B. Swift was born July 31, 1844 in Orleans County, New York. He was the youngest son of seven children of Stephen and Content Aber Swift. He received his early education at Yates Academy, near his home. When he was sixteen years old, he enlisted in a New York regiment and served in the Civil War, being captured twice. After the war he went to college at the University of Michigan. He later returned to Medina, New York, studied law, but moved to La Porte, Indiana to become superintendent of schools. In 1879 he moved to Indianapolis, continuing his law studies. He became interested in civil service reform, eventually becoming vice president of the National Civil Service Reform League and becoming a lifelong friend of Theodore Roosevelt.
Price: $3.00.
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Thorp Family
Floyd and Susan Caroline Hall Thorp. Their Descendents and Ancestors. Compiled by Rich W. Thorpe. Published in 1990. 217 pages. Hardcover.
Floyd Thorp was the second child and oldest son of John Samuel Thorp and Sarah Mildred Ramey Thorp was born in Lyon County, Kentucky. Susan Caroline Hall was the fifth child and third daughter of twelve children of John Ethelder and Delilah Jane (Thorn) Hall. They were married in Clarksville, Tennessee on December 21, 1893. They resided in the old John Samuel Thorp home from 1894 to 1909, where all of their children were born. They moved to the old Lester farm in 1909. Susan caught pneumonia during Christmas and died January 7, 1911. Floyd died on March 1, 1952, when his home caught fire. They had ten children: Mamie Mildred Thorp, Carrie Floyd Thorp, John Clyde Thorpe, sr., Lee Bryan Thorp, Lillie Thorp, Charlie Thorp, Ivan Thorp, Robert (Sam) Alexander Thorp, Myrtle Susan Thorp, and Orman (Nick) Thorpe.
Price: $20.00.
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Van de Mark Family
Van de Mark or Van der Mark Ancestry. Part I: Europe, 700 A. D. to 1700 A. D. Part II: America, 1665 A. D. to 1942 A. D. Compiled by John W. Van Demark, Walter B. Van Dermark, Kate Koon Bovey, Loretta M. Hauser, and Clarence E. Hauser. 1988 reprint of 1942 edition. 394 pages. Hardcover.
Thomas Van Der Mark, the progenitor of the family in America, first appears in public records of Ulster County, New York, in the spring of 1667. The date of his arrival is not known. He married Jacomyntje Jacobs, possibly in Kingston, New York about 1674. They had ten children.
Price: $40.00.
Van Trees Family
A Decade of Digging: Vantrees, Van Trees, Vantreese, Van Treese, Vantrease, Vertrees, Von tress, etc. Genealogy. By Robert V. Van Trees. Published in 1983. 41 pages. Plastic binder.
Provides genealogical charts of Johann Verdriess, Daniel Vantrees, Johan Frederick Vantreese, Conrad Vantreese, Emanuel Van Trees, Hartman Von Treese, Joseph Vantrese, John Vertrees, Isaac Vertrees, Jacob Vertrees, William Vantres, (Von Vress), Johanne Vantrase, John Ventres, Thomas Ventris and William Van Tress, and Johann Melchior Verdries.
Price: $7.50.
Von Uxkull Family
Die Von Uxkull: Genealogische Geschichte Des Uradeligen Geschlechts Der Herren, Freiherren Und Grafen Von Uxkull, 1229 — 1929. Von. Prof. Dr. Michael Freuher von Taube. I. Teil. Published in Berlin in 1930. 139 pages. Softcover.
Note: This is an original edition.
Some small cracks on outer edges of front cover. Excellent source of information on this family, but you will need a good German dictionary to translate it.
Price: $20.00.
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White Family
Genesis of the White Family. A Connected Record of the White Family Beginning in 900 at the time of its Welsh Origin When the name was Wynn, and Tracing the Family Into Ireland and England. Several of the Name Entered England with the Norman Conqueror Representative of the English Branch Emigrated to America in 1638. The Scotts of Scot's Hall In the County of Kent, England, One of the Oldest Recorded Families, their Traditionary History Beginning in Ireland About 300 B. C. The Authenticated Record Herein Given Dates Back to 400 A. D. Emigration to America was in 1740. Their Descendants are to be Found in Every State of the Union. Supplemental Record, Biographical Sketches and Coats of Arms of Nearly Seventy Allied Families. Compiled by Emma Siggins White. Assisted by Martha Humphreys Maltby. Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co. 1920. 346 pages. Hardcover.
Note: This is an original edition. Binding is still tight and cover has very little wear.
The title gives a pretty good description of its contents.
Price: $65
The John White Family
Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1638 - 1900. By Almira Larking White. 4 volumes. Haverhill, MA.: Chase Brothers, Printers. Volumes 1 and 2 were published in 1900 and cover 1638 - 1900. Volume 3 was published in 1905 and covers 1638 - 1905. Volume 4 was published in 1909 and covers 1574 - 1909. Each volume has its own index. Hardcover.
Note: These are original editions, not reprints. Binding is tight and in very good condition. Volume 1 has 930 pages (including a 117 page index). Volume 2 has 924 pages (including a 125 page index), volume 3 has 755 pages (including a 92 page index), and volume 4 has 210 pages (including a 23 page index.)
John White was probably born in England, but by 1638 he was living in Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. His wife was Joane (maiden name unknown). They had nine known children: John, Jr., Joanna, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Josiah, Ruth and Hannah.
Price: $125 for the entire set.
Address of President Henry Hopkins of Williams College and Order of Exercises of the Dedication of the Doctor John Franklin White Memorial High School Building, Youngsville, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1906. 21 pages. Soft leatherette cover.
Note: This is an original edition, not a reprint.
Contains a photograph of Hopkins and White, buildings, the actual address and a poem.
Price: $4.00
Dedication of the John Franklin White Memorial. Youngsville, PA. Nov. 2, 1906. Unpaged. (10 pages). Softcover.
Note: This is an original edition, not a reprint.
John Franklin White was born in Tidioute, Pennsylvania on November 9, 1875. Before he was a year old his parents moved to Youngsville, Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, he entered the University Medical College at Kansas City in 1895. In 1899 he was appointed local surgeon for the Kansas City Southern Railroad. He died at Fisher, Sabine Parish, Louisiana in a railroad accident on June 1, 1900. This book contains a photograph of White, photos of several buildings and a poem.
Price: $3.00
Report of the Reunion of John White's Descendants at Salem Willows, Massachusetts, On September 1, 1897. Arranged by the Secretary. Haverhill, MA. Press of Chase Brothers, 1898. 22 pages. Softcover.
Note: this is an original edition, not a reprint.
Contains a photograph of Redemption Rock, an historical sketch of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and one of her descendants, and names of the 91 members of the family present at the reunion.
Price: $4
The White Family Quarterly. Illustrated Genealogical Magazine Devoted to the Interests of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Mass. Edited by Almira Larkin White and Elbert Clayton White. Havaerhill, MA. Nichols, "the Printer". Volume 1 No. 1 through Volume 3 No. 4 (January 1903 - October 1905).
Note: These are original editions, not reprints. Almost all pages need to be cut and trimmed. Edited by Almira Larkin White and Elbert Clayton White
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Wyss Family
The Family of Samuel Wyss in America. A Genealogical History. By Leo H. Garman. Published in 1978. 275 pages. Plastic comb binding.
Note: two inch tear at top of cover by the plastic combs.
Samuel Wyss was born in Boltigen, Switzerland on January 15, 1819. On May 20, 1843 he married Magdalena Grossen, who was born on January 15, 1821 in Fritigen, Switzerland. The family came to America about 1860, settling in Columbiana County, Ohio. They remained in the county until their deaths. Magdalena died in 1894 and Samuel died in 1904. They had eleven known children: Rosina, Magdalena, Suannah Catherina, Anna, Samuel, Emanuel, Susanna, Andreas, Mary Louise, Mary Elizabeth, and Daniel. Contains nearly 600 names of others who married into the Wyss family.
Price: $20.00.
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Young Family
Letters 1904 — 1910 of Helen Burke Young to Her Son William J. Young. Published in 1981. 49 pages. Softcover.
Helen Burke and Philip Young were married in 1882 and were the parents of three children: William John, born in 1885; Frank Joseph, born in 1886; and Helen Mary, born in 1898. These letters were written to William while he was at Creighton College in Omaha, and later at the Jesuit Novitiate at Florissant, Missouri, which he entered in 1906. He was ordained at Barcelona, Spain in 1921 and made his final vows in 1923. He said his First Solemn Mass in 1924 and celebrated his Golden Anniversary in 1956. He died at Bellarmine School of theology, North Aurora, Illinois in 1970.
Price: $7.50
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