Category Archives: SURNAMES:

Bishop Family UPDATE

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(BISHOP) I have been spending some time today going through my BISHOP page. I have made corrections and lots of additions. I have a lot more to add but the page is beginning to get more complete. Please take a … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOP:, CAMMACK:, Franklin Peck BISHOP (1818-1898), Hattie May BOYER (1888-1961), Joshua Bishop, Reita Geraldine BISHOP (1912-1998), Solomon BISHOP (1755-1834), Thomas BISHOP (1780-1852), Thomas John BISHOP (1730-1790), William Franklin BISHOP (1881-1957), William Hamilton "Tone" BISHOP (1848-1919), William Henry BROWN (1826-) | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Genealogy, Marlow, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rachel Fay SAMMON, (1918, Texas - 1993, New Mexico), ROORK:, Roswell, SAMMON:, Stephens County | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in American Civil War, BROWN:, William Henry BROWN (1826-), Wisconsin, Wisconsin Soldiers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Updated my Irish Roork page

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I have just updated my Irish Roork surname page.

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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

24 June 2014 is the 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Robert the Bruce, I, King of Scotland (11 Jul 1274-7 Jun 1329, reigned 1306-1329) is my 21st great-grandfather…at least according to the paper trail. 🙂 My Great-Grandmother Delia Bridget JACKSON, is a descendant of Robert the BRUCE through her Jackson, Fuqua, … Continue reading →

Posted in BATES:, BRUCE:, Delia Bridget JACKSON (1877-1972), England, EUROPE, FUQUA:, JACKSON:, PEPPER "HAMILTON":, Scotland, UK: | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

18th Century PA German Naming Customs

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Teresa Rust

18th Century PA German Naming Customs You must read this information if you have German ancestry! It is too important to skip! I really learned something NEW here! It explains so much when it comes to my husband’s German ancestral … Continue reading →

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Get a Free Digital Copy of a Moulder Genealogy

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Roork) Fredric Z. Saunders, of the Mohler-Moler-Moulder DNA Project shared a link (on Facebook) to a FREE digital copy of a handwritten genealogy by George Chester Moulder. It appears to me to be a true labor-of-love. I can just imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in EUROPE, George Chester (1879-1938), Moulder, MOULDER:, Switzerland | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No man is an island…especially when it comes to family history!

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Roork) “No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.” – John Donne It is also true that a family historian does not operate as an isolated researcher, but rather, as part … Continue reading →

Posted in DOUGHERTY:, DOWDEN:, MOULDER:, ROORK:, Thomas Roork (1728, Ireland - 1835, Tennessee), Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Amanda Melvina MOULDER (1848-1924), EUROPE, Germany, MOULDER:, Switzerland, Tennessee | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

FREE eBook! The complete latest edition of King Robert I of Scotland!

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Hello Family! Here is an opportunity for you to get a free ebook about one of your significant ancestors! If you are a descendant of George Warriner PEPPER (1872-1930), and his wife Delia Bridget JACKSON ( 1877-1972), then you are … Continue reading →

Posted in BATES:, BRUCE:, Delia Bridget JACKSON (1877-1972), FUQUA:, JACKSON:, Scotland, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Bennett Family of Texas, Georgia, Virginia and England

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I have just spent several hours posting information about the THIRTEEN generations of our BENNETT family. Beginning with Margaret Elizabeth Bennett and going back TWELVE generations to her earliest known ancestor, John BENNETT, of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England. My two main … Continue reading →

Posted in BENNETT:, England, Margaret Elizabeth BENNETT (1851-1891), Pittsylvania County, Somerset, Uncategorized, Virginia, Wiveliscombe | 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

Salem Witch Trials

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Teresa Rust

In January 1692, 321 years ago, several of my ancestors were residents in the, now, infamous town, of Salem, Massachusetts, the home of the Salem witch trials. It was a small community so everyone was pulled into the drama of the … Continue reading →

Posted in FULLER:, MOULTON:, NEEDHAM:, PUTNAM:, SWINERTON, Uncategorized | 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 →

Posted in George Warriner PEPPER (1872-1930), John Prouty PEPPER (1908, Kansas - 2008, Kansas), Kansas, Lincoln County, PEPPER "HAMILTON": | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment