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The Carmichaels of Minnesota
The Carmichaels of Minnesota: Surname List Our David is the second youngest son of David CARMICHAEL and Margaret [McLEAN] CARMICHAEL of Elmsville (aka: St. Patrick's Parrish, Digdeguash) of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. David's grandparents are: Parental - Dugald CARMICHAEL and Jannet [CRAIG] CARMICHAEL Maternal - Murdoch McLEAN and Susannah [DODWELL] McLEAN. David left New Brunswick to emigrate to the St. Croix Valley area of Minnesota, USA sometime during the early 1850s - just following the death of his father. His mother would soon remarry and move from New Brunswick to the state of Maine and many of his siblings were married and starting families. The Minnesota Territory had become well known as place to be for greater opportunity and prosperity then any of the other territories. Minnesota had built a tremendous excitement to those who want the American Dream. David's travels to Minnesota are still speculation, but we believe his younger brother, Daniel, followed him. David's Minnesota venture may have been initailized through plans of his Minnesota bound McLEAN cousins who have been identified through various Minnesota census records having settled in Anoka and Washington Counties. Following David's arrival in Minnesota, he soon became a major contributor to the growing lumber industry in the Washington and St. Croix County areas around the communities of Bayport and Stillwater, Minnesota and also that of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. David married Rebecca Harmon COX, daughter of Melinda [HADLEY] COX and Joseph COX of Indiana. Rebecca's mother was widowed very young and had been very well provided for, as a widow. At this time, we do not know what had motivated Melinda [HADLEY] COX to leave Indiana with her two small children which brought her to the Stillwater area, but once she arrived she became the owner of a thriving mill located in nearby Bayport. Melinda [HADLEY] COX re-married to a man named A. ? SECREST who was widowed as well and had two daughters of his own. Melinda died 12 years later, leaving Rebecca to care for her step-father, two half sisters and brother; and left her wealth to her husband. It is believed that SECREST made arrangements with one of his largest and loyal logging customer's, (you guessed it! - David CARMICHAEL), for Rebecca's hand in marriage, who was then 15 years of age. But! The Civil War would soon erupt and David would be one of the very first enlisting volunteers and was soon off to defend liberty and freedom as he understood it to be. David's grandfather, Dugald CARMICHAEL had been a Revolutionary War British soldier nearly 70 years prior, so with that memory, David went to battle fearlessly; proud to be the first of his lineage to fight and defend freedom. Yes, David's grandfather fought as a Loyalist for His Majesty's Umpirical Army during the American Revolutionary War, but only by persuasion not by intent; as his grandfather's only intent upon arriving in the New World, was to find wealth (for his family at home in Scotland) but soon after his arrival he was taunted (as many were) to join the British cause. Many recruits were told of only a short duration being involved and were promised land in the New World in exchange for their loyalties - of course, the land could only be given IF the Brits won the War and we all know how that turned out! |
The Family Home Page of Scott A. Baldwin (Williams)
The McLachlan line comes from Archibald McLachlan of Nova Scotia, born in 1847, immigrated to the USA moving into Colorado, city of Craig in 1869. His parents were both born in Scotland. The Schwarz Family is from Britten, Merzig, Prussia. My Grand-Father: Tennix LaFayette Williams--born in Mt. Grove, Mo. 1 March 1907 and died on 1 June 1972. His father was William Alexander Williams--born Springfield, Missouri, 12 July 1882. He was Master of the Masonic Lodge in the Thirties, same lodge Harry S. Truman belonged. He belonged to the Illinois York Rite Bodies. He was a Past Commander of the Knights Templar. He had six brothers: Frank, Felix, Howard, Leo, Harold, and Buddy. He died 15 June 1960, in Whittier, Ca. Bessie Buzanne Williams, wife of William Alexander Williams, was born in Indiana, on 26 Nov. 1885, and died on July 1972 California. They are both buried at Rose Hills Cemetary in Whittier, Ca. Hank Williams Sr. was cousin to Tennix Williams, and Hank Williams Jr. is also related to our family. The Buzanne Family came from French Corsica, an Island off France an Italy. Ina Merle Hooker Schwarz Springer was born 3 June 1891. She died in Medford, Ore. on 10 November 1981. She had a sister Leila Hooker Lounder, who died a few years earlier. John Matthew Schwarz, Ina Merle Hookers husband, was born in the Black Forest of Germany on 23 October 1874. He died in Salinas, Ca. on 7 August 1947, and was buried in the Old Salinas Cemetary. He had two brothers, Milo and Benjamin; they were born in Germany as well. Nettie Hooker, Ina Merle Hookers mother, was born on 5 April 1869 and died on 28 May 1965 in Medford, Ore. When she was younger, she came by covered wagon across the Oregon Trail to the Rogue Valley, with a lot of her family. I have a list of family who lived in Oregon: Alfred H. Hooker--born in 1840; died 10 Feb. 1910 Jane Hooker--born 1844; died 1931 H. Edwin Hooker--born 1866; died 1942--WWII Cavalry John Delbert Hooker--born 1876; died 1936 Sarah Abeth Hooker--born 1880; died 1970 Audrey May Hooker--born in Rogue Valley 4 May 1907; died 14 Nov. 1912 Delbert Alfredo Hooker--born in Rogue Valley on 19 Dec. 1911; died 5 Sept. 1914 There is also Frank Hooker, and his wife Ethel. Nettie Hooker mentioned a relative who was General Joseph Hooker that served in the Civil War, and would let ladies follow him and his troops. This gave the ladies the name 'Hooker's ladies.' We also had a doctor who was a Hooker and in the Northern Army. The Family Home Page of Scott A. Baldwin (Williams): Surname List |
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The Owen family of Auckland New Zealand
Owen from Wales Craig From Scotland Butterworth , Mclachlan, Gowans, Russell,Simpson, Bryden also from Scotland Fortens from London Also Jackson from London English from London area |
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Wilson of Renfrewshire and Ayshire Scotland
A family history of Wilson and Galbraith in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire Scotland. |
Family Tree of Connor Bewick (1671 - 2001)
This research outlines a 10 year study into our family tree. It consists of 13 generations at present and we are still working. |
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