1. The ancestors of John Mannen have been one of the major puzzles on the tree, and I think now that his mother, at least, is known. This line has been updated to include John Mannen's mother Mary Cushman and her ancestors. The full story of why I think this is correct is on his page. If it's so, it connects him back to the Cushman/Howland family that immigrated on the Mayflower.
2. A second major wall has been the parentage of Joseph Pitard. Thanks to a researcher who got in touch with help, the family of his mother, Amelie Hacker, has now been uncovered. And Octave Pitard can be now probably identified as Joseph's brother.
3. The McLellans in New Orleans descend from W.H.P. McLellan. But his younger brother James Brackett McLellan, who had stayed in Maine and (apparently) fought for the Union side during the war (against WHP's children), moved after the war to Texas. Later several of his children moved to Arizona. Thanks to the contact of another researcher, several generations of James Brackett's descendants have now been added to the tree.
4. The families of one of the children of Joseph DeGrange, George Edward Degrange, and his wife Minerva Davis have now been added to the tree, thanks to several of his descendants who have been in touch. They had four children and many descendants. This has been growing over several years now, with images and other information still being added.5. The software which runs the site, TNG, has been updated to version 8.1, with lots of new features.
April 8, 2006: Added family related to James Dilworth and Ann Waln, who immigrated in 1682 to Pennsylvania on board the "Lamb" as colleagues of William Penn and his Quaker settlers to Pennsylvania. I have also been adding information from many census records across the trees.
February 3, 2006: Updated the Civil War page with fuller entries and new documents and photographs.
January 10, 2006: Added the direct ancestral lines for Mary Turner, the mother of Leonora Levensaler (wider relations and fuller stories will be added as time permits). Leonora was born in Maine and migrated to New Orleans with her husband W.H.P. McLellan. These folks are Leonora Levensaler's Puritan ancestors who immigrated to Massachusetts in the early and mid-1600s, living especially in Scituate and Hingham.
January 6, 2006: Added the direct ancestral lines for Katherina Zentner (wider relations and fuller stories will be added as time permits). All of these folks lived in Germany. These lines push the ancestors of Julie Groos, who married Johannes Carl von Rosenberg, back several generations. Also added several new people to the Civil War page.
November 13, 2005: Added a page for the Revolutionary War.
September 10, 2005: Filled out another set of Lansdales on the tree, the descendants of Charles Lansdale and Catherine Wheeler. This family includes, among others, Gen. Edward Geary Lansdale, whom Graham Greene used as his model in The Silent American. Along with this the Maryland Mysteries page has been fleshed out: how does this family related to other set of Lansdales, the descendants of Isaac and Margaret?
September 8, 2005: Added family connected to S287, One Hundred Years Ago: the Life and Times of Walter Dulany Addison, 1769-1848.
June 13, 2005: Added the bare bones of some Acadian ancestry (flesh will be added as time permits). Acadians (who become known as Cajuns when they immigrate to Louisiana in the 1750s) appear at the far ends of two branches: ancestors of the DeGrange family, and ancestors of the Tomlinson family. Jean Mouchon is a direct ancestor of the DeGranges via his daughter Isabella. Jean's son, Paul, married Adelaide Ferlot, whose ancestors were Acadian. For the Tomlinsons, Mary Leonese Theriot was a direct ancestor of Hendley Edgar Tomlinson. Her ancestry is thoroughly Acadian. (Interestingly, these two branches relate by marriage; you can trace this connection through the descendants of this family, one branch of which descends to Ferlot, another to Mary Leonese Theriot).
June 8, 2005: Added and corrected much about Gregg and Hamilton ancestors. All of these lines are direct ancestors of Minerva Hamilton. John Hamilton Sr. and his son, John Hamilton Jr. both served in the Revolutionary War; John Lansdale Jr. reached back to them to become a member of the SAR. The Greggs, who were Quakers, are a complicated bunch with many descendants; on this tree there are two different groups of them, descending from immigrant ancestors Samuel Gregg and William Gregg (which converge in Capt. Aaron Gregg, who was Minerva Hamilton's grandfather).
June 1, 2005: Added a number of Groos and related ancestors, the ancestors and relations of Julie Wilhelmine Christine Groos who married Johannes Carl von Rosenberg. Many are visible as the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation maternal Grandparents of Metta Tomlinson. (More on this family added July 30, 2005).
May 25, 2005: Added a number of McLellan relatives from Maine, esp. the descendants of Richard Edwards. Updated the Civil War page, which now includes a number of Union soldiers, esp. from Maine.
May 16, 2005: the web-page format for the site has been entirely rewritten, and TNG software has been updated to version 5, with lots of new features to access the database.
May 2, 2005: the McLellan family from Maine (beginning with immigrant ancestor Bryce) has been completely updated, including the addition of source references, documents, and images.
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![]() | Lt. Col. Gus W. Dorsey (b. 1839) | 6 May 2025 | |
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![]() | Virginia Family Mysteries Branches of these families later migrated to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas. | 6 May 2025 |
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![]() | WWI draft registration for Henry St. John Pitard This gives several good bits of information: his age and birth date, his address, his profession (buyer at Pitard Hardware) and work address (1031 Canal St.) at the time, and his height and weight ("stout"). He claimed an exemption because he was the sole breadwinner. | 6 May 2025 | |
![]() | WWI draft registration for Amos "Turn" Mannen | 6 May 2025 | |
![]() | WWI Draft registration for Edward A. Gamard This gives several good bits of information: his age and birth date, his address, his profession and work address at the time, and his "medium" height and weight. He gives his wife Amy as his closest relative. | 6 May 2025 |
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![]() | Obituary for Thomas Sellman Iglehart (d. 1904). | 12 May 2025 | |
![]() | Funeral of Alice Swarbrick Ford (1909) From the Times-Picayune, 20 Feb. 1909, p2 | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Abner Wimberly (d. 1858) This was preserved in the Allen Strain family bible. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Thomas Couret, d. 6 Oct. 1870 in France The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 30 Oct. 1870. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Pierre Hacker, d. 13 April 1835 The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 14 April 1835. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Margaret Cooper Tureman (1848-1902) From the Times-Picayune, 8 Dec. 1902, p4 | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Louis Pitard (d. 1901) From the Times-Picayune, 26 Feb. 1901. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Joseph M. Markey (1857-1919) From the Times-Picayune, 31 July 1919, p11. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for John B. Couret, d. 2 May 1887. The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 3 May 1887. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Jean B. Couret Times Picayune, 3 May 1887 | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Gustave Pitard Sr. From the Times-Picayune, 10 Mar. 1902, p3. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Emilie (LaCoste) Hacker, d. 13 Feb. 1866. The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 14 Feb. 1866. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Elmore L. DeGrange, d. 2006 | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Edward Maupay, d. 15 July 1859 The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 16 July 1859. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Caroline Maupay Druilhet, d. 21 Sept. 1853 The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 22 Sept. 1883. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Arthur Pitard (d. 1912) From the Times-Picayune, 30 June 1912. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Thomas L Couret (d. 1882) From the Times-Picayune, 22 Nov. 1882. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Allen Strain (d. 1858) This has been preserved in his family bible. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Corinne Pitard, d. 16 Apr. 1880, aged 11 mos. Published 17 Apr. 1880 in The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Jean Baptiste Prados (d. Jan. 1863) Published in the Richmond Examiner, 20 Mar. 1863, p2 | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Leonora McLellan (d. 1880) She was 2 when she died; this was found in a scrapbook kept by Asahel McLellan, her brother. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Louis Francois Pitard, d. 26 April 1830 The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 29 April 1830. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary for Thomas Couret, d. 17 Nov. 1882 The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on on 18 Nov. 1882. | 9 May 2025 | |
![]() | Obituary notice for Bertrand Couret, d. 31 Aug. 1855 The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 1 Sept. 1855. | 9 May 2025 |
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![]() | 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Mason Co., Kentucky | 7 May 2025 | |
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![]() | Death Certificate for Alphonse Gamard, Jr. (d. 1937) Transcription: " . . . who hereby declares that Alphonse Gamard (white) a native of La, aged 91 Yrs., departed this life yesterday (2 of September 1937) at No. 4106 Canal St. in this city. Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia . . . ; Certificate of Dr. N. F. Thiberge. Deceased was married to Marie Couret, and the son of Alphonse Gamard, a native of Ghent, Belguim and Caroline R. Simmons, a Native of SC. . . . " | 10 May 2025 | |
![]() | Baptismal certificate for Isabel "Buison" (1809) Isabel Narcisa "Buison" is here described as the daughter of Susanna "Laurren" and "Juan Buison." Later, however, this name appears regularly as "Mouchon." Why the name is different here is not clear. | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Baptismal Certificate for Helen McLellan (bap. 1906) | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage certificate for Gustave Pitard Jr. and Lucie Gamard (m. 1895) Transcription: ". . . to-wit: the twenty third of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety five . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. father H. Mizant [?] on the 19 day of March 1895 between Gustave Pitard Jr (24 years,) a native of New Orleans La son of Gustave Pitard and Cecile Maupay, and Miss Lucie Gamard (22 years,) a native of New Orleans La daughter of Alphonse Gamard and Marie Couret. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses Gustave Pitard, Alphonse Gamard, Gen. H. Dunbar. The License was issued on the 16 day of March 1895 . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage certificate for Gus Pitard and Helen McLellan, m. 1931 | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage certificate for Enrique Remirez and Julia Cecile Pitard (m. 1887) Transcription: ". . . (February 26 1887) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rev. father D. Hubert S.J. on the 19 day of February 1887 between Enrique Portas Remirez (30 years,) a native of Campeche, Mexico son of Rafaele Portas and Rose Remirez, and Miss Julia Cecile Pitard (24 years) native of New Orleans, La daughter of Arthur Pitard and Catherine Copley. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses A. Pitard, Manuel Z. Zamora, J.M. Cressy. The License was issued on the 17 day of February 1887. . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage Certificate for Henry S. DeGrange and Marie Cecile Bozant (m. 1891) Transcription: " . . . to-wit: the night of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety one . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. father F.A. Cuppens on the 9 day of June 1891 between Henry S. DeGrange (31 years,) a native of New Orleans, La son of Joseph H. DeGrange and Ellen McMillan, and Miss Marie Cecile Bozant (30 years,) a native of New Orleans La daughter of Auguste Bozant and Cecile Correjolles. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses John Bozant, B.J. DeGrange, Gabriel Bozant. The License was issued on the 8 day of June 1891 . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage Certificate for J.T. DeGrange and Isabella Lagan (m. 1894) Transcription: "(April 24, 1894) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rt. Archbishop F. Janssens on the 18 day of April 1894 between Joseph T. De Grange MD (29 years,) a native of New Orleans son of Joseph H. De Grange and Helen McMillen and Miss Isabella M. Lagan (26 years,) a native of New Orleans daughter of Matthew D. Lagan and Jane C. Laycock. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses J. H. DeGrange, MD Lagan, Chs. H Lagan. The License was issued on the 17 day of April 1894 . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage Certificate for Lorenza Maupay and John Schmidt (m. 1872) Transcription: " . . . to-wit: the twenty eighth of May in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy two . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. J C. Ferec [?] on the 19 day of Dec 1871 between John BJ Schmidt aged twenty five years a native of Louisiana son of Gustave Schmidt and Estelle Massey, and Lorenza W. Maupay aged (21 years) a native of Louisiana daughter of Daniel Maupay and Lorenza Fernandez. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of witnesses _________. The License was issued on the 14 day of Dec 1871 . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage certificate for Lorenza Maupay and Raoul Tanneret (m. 1885) Transcription: " . . . to-wit: the twenty eighth of May in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty five . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. Timothy Stiemke on the 25 day of May 1885 between Raoul Tanneret (__ years) a native of Louisiana son of Emile Tanneret and Augustine Massicot, and Miss Lorenza Maupay (__ years), a native of Louisiana daughter of Daniel Maupay and Lorenza Fernandez. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of witnesses Charles Franke, Wm. B. Kelly, J.M Druilhet. The License was issued on the 25 day of May 1885 . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage certificate for Pierre Arnaud and Elizabeth O. Pitard (m. 1856) This not only gives their names (though no ages, unfortunately), but also their parents' names. Note that it was registered before a judge in 1877. | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage certificate for Daniel M. Pitard and Barsilla Bemiss (m. 1888) Transcription: ". . . (April 2 1888) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rev. J.B.A. Ahrens on the 24 day of March 1888 between Daniel M Pitard (22 years), a native of New Orleans, La son of Gustave Pitard and Cecilia Maupay, and Miss Barsilla B. Bemiss (17 years) native of New Orleans, La daughter of Cyrus T. Bemiss and Lambella Dormin. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses Mrs. Belle Bemiss, Mrs. M.J. Blessing, David Bradford. The License was issued on the 23 day of March 1888. . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Marriage certificate between Frank L. Coffee and Blanche M.E. Pitard (m. 1890) Transcription: ". . . (March 31, 1890) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rev. father D. Hubert S.J. on the 22 day of March 1890 between Frank L. Coffee (37 years), a native of New Orleans, La son of Andrew J. Coffee and Elizabeth Hutchins, and Miss Blanche Marie Elizabeth Pitard (25 years) native of New Orleans, La daughter of Arthur Pitard and Catherine Copley. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses Chs. A Conrad, Wm. A Brewer, Louis O. Pitard, Robert G. Pitard. The License was issued on the 20 day of March 1890 . . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death certificate for Mary Savage Pollock (d. 1916) As "Mrs. Isaac Pollock." Parents: Frank Savage and Mary Wood | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death Certificate for Amos "Turn" Mannen (1942) | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death certificate for Jean Mouchon (d. 1835) Transcription: " . . . personally appeared Jacques Degrange, a native of [?] Savoie, aged twenty seven years, a merchant residing in this Parish suburb Annunciation Appollo Street, who by these presents doth declare that Jean Mouchon, a native of Lucerne [?], aged about seventy years, late a merchant, died in this Parish suburb Annunciation Thalie Street, on the twenty ninth May last past at eight o'clock AM. the deceased was married and has left children . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death certificate for John McMillan (d. 1842; registered 1850) Transcription: . . . "on this day, to-wit the twenty fifth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty . . . personally appeared Mrs. Barbara Klipfel, widow by first marriage of Charles Fields and by second marriage of John McMillen, ^who by these presents declares that her second husband John McMillen,^ a native of the State of New York, died in this city of New Orleans on the twenty third day of June eighteen hundred and forty two. . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death certificate for Lorenza Fernandez (d. 1853) Transcription: " . . . Mr. Jean Bonnet, residing at No. 62 St. Ann Street, Second District of this city, who by these presents declares that Lorenza Fernandez, a native of this city, aged twenty-five years, the legitimate daughter of Mr. Joseph Fernandez and of Mrs. Aurore Fauque, Died this morning at five o'clock (March 30th, 1853) in a house situated at the corner of Bienville and Claiborne Streets, in the aforesaid District. The deceased was married to Mr. Daniel Maupay her surviving consort. . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death Certificate for Lucie Maurice (d. 1890) Transcription: " . . . hereby declares, that Mrs. Widow J.B. Couret, born Morris, (white) a native of this city, aged 62 years, departed this life on the twenty second instant (22 April 1890) at No. 541 Canal St, in this city. Cause of Death: Disease of Heart. Certificate of Dr. Souchon. . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death certificate for Suzanne Laurens (d. 1855) Transcription: " . . . on this day, to-wit the twelfth of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five . . . personally appeared Mrs. Antoine Lubue, Secretary of the Church Wardens of the Cathedral of St. Louis, residing in the City of New Orleans < >, on St. Anne Street, who hereby declares that Mrs. Jean Mouchon, born Suzanne Laurens, a native of Barades, Island of Santo Domingo, aged eighty two years, departed this life in a house situated on Thalie Streed, near Apollo, on the tenth of January of the present year (January 10th, 1855) at 9 O'Clock AM. . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death Certificate for Thomas McLellan (d. 1882) Transcription: " . . . who hereby declares that Thomas McLellan (white) a native of Maine, aged 62 years, departed this life this day (23 Sept 1882) at the Louisiana retreat in this city. Cause of Death: General Paralysis of the Insane. Certificate of Dr. E. T. Shepard . . ." | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death Certificate for W.H.P. McLellan (d. 1895) Transcription: " . . . hereby declares that William H. McLellan, (white), a native of Warren Maine, aged 83 years 7 months, departed this life yesterday (24 April 1895) on Seventh bet. Chestnut [?] Camp Sts. in this city. Cause of Death: General Debility from old age. Certificate of Dr. C.J. Brickham. Deceased was a resident of this city for 50 years." | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death Certificate for J.B. Couret (d. 1887) Transcription: " . . . declares, that John B. Couret (white) a native of Aspet, dept. de Haute Garonne, France, aged 69 years, departed this life yesterday (2 May 1887) at No. 394 Canal Street in this city. Cause of Death: Carcinoma of Intestines. Certificate of Dr. E. Souchon. Deceased was married 40 years in city, a merchant by occupation. . . ." | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death Certificate for Henry Klipfel (d. 1819; registered 1850) Transcription: . . . "on this day, to-wit the twenty fifth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty . . . personally appeared Mrs. Barbara Klipfel, widow by first marriage of Charles Fields and by second marriage of John McMillen, residing in this city, who by these presents declares that her father Henry Klipfel, a native of Nehweiler, (Lower Rhine), "France," aged thirty eight years, died in this city of New Orleans in the month of September eighteen hundred and nineteen. The deceased was married to Mrs. Barbara Mayers . . . " | 8 May 2025 | |
![]() | Death Certificate for Fannie McLellan Palmer, d. 1955 | 8 May 2025 |
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I7446 |
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b. 27 Jun 1797 | 12 May 2025 | |
I7448 |
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b. 20 Nov 1800 | 12 May 2025 | |
I7429 |
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b. Abt 1742 | 12 May 2025 | |
I7427 |
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b. Abt 1740 | 12 May 2025 | |
I10137 |
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b. 18 Feb 1818 | Maryland ![]() | 12 May 2025 |
I51 |
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b. 11 May 1872 | New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() | 11 May 2025 |
I3431 |
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b. Abt 1799 | New York State ![]() | 11 May 2025 |
I3929 |
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b. 1765 | 11 May 2025 | |
I5873 |
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b. 28 Jul 1791 | Montgomery Co., Maryland ![]() | 11 May 2025 |
I3844 |
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b. Abt 1780 | Montgomery Co., Maryland ![]() | 11 May 2025 |
I6 |
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b. 19 Aug 1906 | 3426 Coliseum St., New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() | 11 May 2025 |
I3427 |
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b. 1804 | New York State ![]() | 11 May 2025 |
I3352 |
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b. 24 May 1695 | 10 May 2025 | |
I3340 |
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b. 22 Oct 1749 | 10 May 2025 | |
I3345 |
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I3341 |
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b. 22 Apr 1697 | Anne Arundel Co., Maryland ![]() | 10 May 2025 |
I3492 |
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b. Abt 1767 | Anne Arundel Co., Maryland ![]() | 10 May 2025 |
I3327 |
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10 May 2025 | ||
I13975 |
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b. 1782 | 10 May 2025 | |
I2868 |
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b. | Loudoun Co., Virginia ![]() | 9 May 2025 |
I2372 |
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b. | France ![]() | 9 May 2025 |
I3337 |
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b. 16 Nov 1881 | New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() | 9 May 2025 |
I2373 |
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b. | Lyon, Rhône, France ![]() | 9 May 2025 |
I13625 |
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b. 28 Dec 1823 | 9 May 2025 | |
I10955 |
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b. 10m 28, 1704 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ![]() | 9 May 2025 |