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Jan 22, 2012 •
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The Palatines from the Rhineland arrived in Pennsylvania beginning around 1730 and right up to around the time of the Revolutionary War. Because they settled at first on land purchased from Willi...
Jan 10, 2012 •
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The American Riegel family that I trace my roots to began with a journey by Johannes Cornelius Riegel, his wife Anna Gertruitha and their seven children.With permission from the Authorities, They...
Jan 9, 2012 •
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Rheinland-Phalz was involved in the "Thirty Years' War" from 1818 to 1648 during which time the country was turned from prosperous to a wilderness of uncultivated land.In 1621 the country was und...
Jan 9, 2012 •
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My mother's maiden name was Riegel, a solid "Pennsylvania Deutsch" name that had origins in the
Palatinate Region of Germany, in the Rhineland. Some confuse the Pennsylvania Dutch with the Amis...
Jan 5, 2012 •
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Surnames and their meanings have always fascinated me. The Shamblin name is a variation of the name Chamberlain, which has several other variations.The meaning of the name is Chamber Keeper, and ...
Jan 3, 2012 •
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The Parsons Family Came to America from England. The farthest back I can trace is to William Parsons and his wife Martha Hughes. Their son Charles and his first wife Elizabeth Chestnut founded th...
Dec 24, 2011 •
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The Carney Family was established in Jackson County when John Carney, accompanied by his son Thomas came to Mill Creek. There, about a a half mile above Harpold Ford a small run comes into Mill C...
Dec 11, 2011 •
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Joseph Garnes I m. Sarah Tapley; desc. Joseph II (died 1851) married Margaret (Peggy) Minnick;desc. Andrew Jackson Garnes(b.30 May 1830, d.4 Feb. 1910) m. Harriet Shamblin; desc. Robert Harlow Garn...
Dec 3, 2011 •
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The Cavalry soldier was equipped very different than the Infantryman, the obvious difference being his horse.Horses were generally geldings or mares three six years of age,sound, strong, and spirited....
Nov 30, 2011 •
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Joseph and Peggy Garnes embarked on a life journey on their 200 acre estate that would result in a family of nine children. Amazingly, the last three were triplet sons! They were: Mary Phoebe; Tapley;...
Nov 28, 2011 •
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With some embarrassment, I stand corrected regarding some critical information I included in the earlier Journals. I stated that much of what I had written was from word of mouth accounts, and this is...
Nov 26, 2011 •
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It seems the Garnes family established itself in present day Jackson County West Virginia. I have only stories and undocumented accounts to relate this story, but apparently Joseph Garnes served ...
Nov 22, 2011 •
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Sometime before 1750, a young Welshman with a love of horses moved to Ireland to become a groomsman for a wealthy landed Englishman,Lord Tapley. As time passed, the groomsman, one Joseph Garnes, caugh...
Nov 10, 2011 •
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I have quite a lot of information to share about the history and genealogy of the Garnes Family. I would also be interested in anything others may have. This is a rich and fascinating historical ac...
Nov 10, 2011 •
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My paternal grandmother was a descendant of a man born about 1817 in Mason County West Virginia. His name was William Riley Randolph, son of Anna Carney (b.march 8,1784 in Lewis Cty Wv) and the ver...