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This is the story of Thomas and Susan Warner, and their known descendants through 2023.

THROUGH THE AGES: MY FAMILY HISTORY begins with the story of my ancestors and the challenges and hardships they experienced over the years as they created a new life in a new land. Their struggles and determination led the way for me and my generation. The story goes on to describe my life as an Iowa farm girl, a wife and mother, a nurse. and finally a retiree. It deals with the unbelievable number of changes that have occurred during my lifetime from journeys across the country in covered wagons to international travel by air. My hope is that this book might provide one block in the foundation for future of the generations in my family.

Volume II of The Ancestors of Hilda Bridget Cotter Kohl covers the maternal line of Hilda. Many of Hilda’s ancestors were instrumental in building the foundation of the United States of America. They immigrated as early as the 1700s and were church leaders, politicians, farmers, and revolutionaries. Hilda stems from a very long line of immigrants who braved the New World for a better life for their families. And if Hilda is any indication, they succeeded remarkably well.

Revision 1, 2022. Family history of the author whose parents came from Jefferson County, IL. This volume traces the Whisenhunt and Huckleberry ancestors back in time through Southern Illinois, back to early colonial days and even into the 1700s an earlier in southern Germany and Switzerland. Other surnames as they apply to the family tree include Boster, Smith, Hutchison, Vernon, and more. Interesting figures from the past include William Huckleberry, who killed two men, and Squire Whisenhunt, the earliest Whisenhunt (along with his possible brother Uriah) to come to Jefferson County, IL. Much information is presented about Squire Whisenhunt including his marriages, children out of wedlo ...

Family history of the author whose parents came from Jefferson County, IL. This volume traces the Etheridge and Jamerson ancestors back in time through Southern Illinois and the counties of Edwards, White, and Wayne, back to early colonial days and the Etheridge, Dixon, Shaw, and Hodgson lines back to those born in England. Other surnames as they apply to the family tree include Jameson, Maulding, Bond, Hassell, and more. Interesting figures from the past include Ambrose Maulding, Wilburn Bond, William Jameson (Jr and Sr), and Lt Col John Jameson. The ancestral line from the Jamersons of Jefferson County to three original Mayflower Pilgrims is also documented. Other ancillary information ...

Coalinga, California, began in 1889 as a supply center for a coal mine and became a boom town when oil was discovered nearby in 1896. Seemingly overnight the oil district attracted wildcatters who explored and proved the field making it by 1910 the largest producing oil field in California. As the supply center for this district Coalinga's population soared from a couple of hundred in 1900 to over 6,000 in 1910 making it the second largest city in Fresno County. | One consequence of this explosive growth was the desire of some residents to separate those who worked in the oil fields from their hard-earned money, so Coalinga attracted liquor dealers, gamblers, and fallen women. Those who ...

Family history of author's father Kenneth Patterson (1918-1990) who was born in Springfield, MO. This book traces the Patterson and Smith ancestors back to colonial days and earlier in Scotland, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, England and France. The book discusses persons with other surnames who intermarried with the Patterson and Smith, including Graham, Kobel, Brechin, Stalcop, Cook, Mauser, Maxey, Nelson, Allen, Martiau and Armistead. Remarkable ancestors featured include Edward Patterson Cook who joined the California gold rush, narrowly escaped a murder plot and chronicled his return home with port stops in Acapulco and Panama. The frontiersman Jesse Maxey served in the Revolutionary ...

This book is a compilation of my family tree on both paternal and maternal sides. Not only are the trees available, but many photographs and stories about the individuals written to entertain.