Category Archives: USA:

My Dad, Wes Pepper, as a Custom Wheat Cutter

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Teresa Rust

I’ve recently been in touch with a man in Kansas who is helping me to identify the men, my dad was working with in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in this photo. I met him through Yesterday’s Tractor Company … Continue reading →

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Are you sure your ancestor came on the Mayflower? :)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Did you know that of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower only 26 heads of families have been recognized by the Mayflower Society as having descendants? Here is an excellent article all about this at the New England Historic Genealogical … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, George SOULE (1593, England - 1679, Plymouth Plantation), Massachusetts, MAYFLOWER PASSENGER, Plymouth, SOULE:, USA: | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Grandpa Roork would have been 102 today!

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Teresa Rust

If my grandfather Claud Franklin Roork was still alive today, he would have been 102 years old! Grandpa was born in Grandfield, Tillman, Oklahoma on May 15, 1911. He married my Grandmother Rachel Fay Sammon in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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They shot his arm off!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I have several Civil War ancestors whose bodies and general health were never the same after their time in the Civil War. I started creating a page at my blog today to remember my Civil War grandfathers. There is much … Continue reading →

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Our Scottish POWs are now on Facebook!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Pepper) Today I have launched a “sister-site” to the Scottish War Prisoners Yahoo Group on Facebook. Please go take a look and LIKE us and JOIN us! My direct paternal ancestor, John Hamilton (Pepper line), was a Scottish prisoner of … Continue reading →

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Bunker Hill, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Nantucket Ancestors

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I have recently started following this blog, Boston 1775, (Thanks to Dan H. for sharing about this site!), and if you love Colonial history, especially the American Revolution, then I think you will like it too! The owner/author of the … Continue reading →

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Been Soule Searchin’ Today!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Bishop) George Soule to be exact! 🙂 George Soule was a servant to Edward Winslow and came to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower. He is my 10th great-grandfather through my Grandmother Reita Bishop. So if you are a descendant of … Continue reading →

Posted in England, George SOULE (1593, England - 1679, Plymouth Plantation), George SOULE (1639 - c 1704), Massachusetts, MAYFLOWER PASSENGER, Plymouth, Reita Geraldine BISHOP (1912-1998), SOULE: | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

John and Sarah (Carey) Jenney

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Hamilton/Pepper) My 10th great-grandparents were Separatists and were some of the first Pilgrims to immigrate to the New World. I will be sharing more about them in the future, but until I get to that I want to share a … Continue reading →

Posted in England, JENNEY:, Massachusetts, Norwich, PEPPER "HAMILTON":, Plymouth, STRICKLAND:, UK: | Tagged , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

It’s all in a name!

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Hamilton/Pepper and Roork) I have started a new page today! I am creating two lists. One for my paternal surnames and one for my maternal surnames. This way, anyone can see all of the surnames that I have in my ancestry. My … Continue reading →

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Our Moulder/Mohlar/Mohler/Molar Family was Swiss-German

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Updated/Edited: 31 Mar 2015 The Internet is an amazing place to do research these days! I was revisiting my Great-Great Grandmother Amanda Melvina Moulder’s ancestry this morning and found some sites that have connected me to distant cousins and loads … Continue reading →

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Chronicling America

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I recently had some luck in finding my 2nd Great-Grandfather Samuel Thomas ROORK and his family mentioned in The Tucumcari News and Tucumcari Times  at the Chronicling America website! From the website: “Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information … Continue reading →

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Sammon Siblings: Flossie, Adell and Rachel

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Teresa Rust
Posted in Marlow, Oklahoma, Rachel Fay SAMMON, (1918, Texas - 1993, New Mexico), ROORK:, SAMMON:, Stephens County, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Adell Ernest Sammon (1920-2013)

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Teresa Rust

  I am sorry to announce the passing of Adell Sammon. He was my Grandmother Rachel’s younger brother. I received this obituary from his daughter Janet yesterday: “Adell Ernest Sammon, 92, of Marlow, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in Marlow. … Continue reading →

Posted in DAVIS:, John Ellis SAMMON (1881, Texas -1961, Oklahoma), Lillian Priscilla DAVIS (1881-1966), Marlow, Oklahoma, Rachel Fay SAMMON, (1918, Texas - 1993, New Mexico), ROORK:, SAMMON:, Stephens County | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pepper DNA Project

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Pepper DNA Needed! Pepper DNA Project Judy and I are still looking for a male Pepper descendant from one of the following, Thomas Pepper in Massachusetts (1779-1854); Porter Pepper in Massachusetts (1811-1864); John Prouty Pepper in Massachusetts and Kansas (1833-1904); … Continue reading →

Posted in George Warriner PEPPER (1872-1930), John Prouty PEPPER (1833, Massachusetts - 1904, Kansas), John Prouty PEPPER (1908, Kansas - 2008, Kansas), Kansas, Massachusetts, PEPPER "HAMILTON":, PEPPER, THOMAS, Porter PEPPER (1811, Massachusetts - 1864, Massachusetts) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

105th Anniversary of my Grandfather’s Birth!

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Today marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of my Grandfather John Prouty Pepper (1908-2008). Grandpa Pepper was born at home in the Sunnyside neighborhood near Barnard, in Lincoln County, Kansas, on 24 January 1908, and “according to the United … Continue reading →

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American Revolution Prisoners of War

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I just learned from a podcast today that there were probably, four to one, more America Revolutionary soldiers that died from horrible conditions, while as prisoners, either in a building or on a British ship, than killed from battle wounds! … Continue reading →

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Tanner’s Station and Indian Captive

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Teresa Rust

Tanner’s Station was established in 1789, by my 5th Great-Grandfather, Reverend John TANNER and John Taylor. It is located in Petersburg, Kentucky and below is a quote of the information found at Kentucky’s Historical Markers: “TANNER’S STATION 1789 #999 Location: Petersburg, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boone County, Elizabeth "Betsy" TANNER (1787, Kentucky - 1846, Indiana), Indian Captive, John Tanner, Kentucky, Reverend John Tanner, Shawnees, Tanner's Station, TANNER: | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Teresa Rust

I just found a wonderful site, with interactive historical county maps, where you can see how county boundaries have changed over time. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries is a wonderful tool for genealogists! My ROORK ancestors lived in the border areas … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Blount County, Buncombe County, Burke County, North Carolina, Samuel Thomas Roork (1795, North Carolina - 1860, Arkansas), Tennessee, Thomas Roork (1728, Ireland - 1835, Tennessee) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Map of Beaver Township, Kansas, 1919

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Teresa Rust

A big thanks is owed to my Uncle Duane Pepper for getting me copies from a 1919 book of Kansas township maps. You can see in this map of Beaver Township, in Section 12, where the George Warrener and Delia … Continue reading →

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How DNA Changed My Ancestry! Part 1

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Teresa Rust

PEPPER, that is my maiden name, the name given to me at birth, inherited by my father, and his father and his father, etc. So, for over 34 years, off and on, I have been researching my PEPPER family history! … Continue reading →

Posted in Hazel (Pepper) McDuffee, Massachusetts, PEPPER, THOMAS, Porter PEPPER (1811, Massachusetts - 1864, Massachusetts), Robert Pepper, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment