From Then Until Now
~A Genealogical Journey Through 18 Generations~
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Matches 9,001 to 9,050 of 16,752
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| 9001 | In 1776, he served in the capacity of Constable. | HEALD, Major Ephraim (I2718)
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| 9002 | In 1793, Robert fought a duel with John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia over the pronunciation of a word during a debate. Robert was wounded by Randolph and carried the ball for the rest of his life. Both young men were expelled from the college. | TAYLOR, Robert Barraud (I62509)
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| 9003 | In 1795, Thomas and his second wife Portia sold the Little Creek property that had been belonged to his great-grandfather James Wishart to William Boush. | WISHART, Thomas (I56387)
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| 9004 | In 1837 Robert was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County, Virginia. | PRESTON, Robert Taylor (I62667)
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| 9005 | In 1846 Enoch sold a three story house located at the foot of Main Street on the Herbertsville side of the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk County. The sale was made on behalf of the heirs of his father, Maximillian Herbert. | HERBERT, Enoch Lowe (I57835)
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| 9006 | In 1865 Lucy married Clarence Moore of Osceola, Arkansas. | Family: Clarence L. MOORE / Lucy Beale COOKE (F5923)
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| 9007 | In 1870, soon after their marriage and prior to the birth of their first child, Daniel and his wife Courtney had their last name "Wilson" changed to "Barraud". All of their children bore the surname Barraud. | WILSON, Daniel Cary Barraud a/k/a BARRAUD (I63055)
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| 9008 | In 1880, Richard and his father formed a law partnership as Richard H. Baker & Son. The firm dissolved at his father's death in 1911. Richard went on to specialize in chancery cases and as a general corporate counsel. | BAKER, Richard Henry (I59190)
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| 9009 | In 1885, 6 years after John Bailey's death, Sarah married Philemon H. Golt of Wye Mills, Maryland. Sarah A.E. Golt is the only known child of that marriage. The 1900 census notes that Sarah had given birth to 8 children, 4 of whom were living in June 1900. | Family: John Edmund BAILEY / Sarah Catherine SELBY (F2940)
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| 9010 | In 1899 Herman and his brother Paul joined their father Carl and their brother Charly at the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad yards. Herman would stay on with the company, which was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, until he retired in 1942. | GABRIEL, Hermann Carl (I28573)
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| 9011 | In 1900, Warner was employed as a dry goods salesman. | NEWSOM, Warner Hugh (I63792)
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| 9012 | In 1907 he accepted the general managership of Northwestern Iron & Steel Company in Mayville, Wisconsin. He retired from that company in 1931. | MEANS, John Hugh (I62919)
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| 9013 | In 1910 Herbert was a farm laborer on his family's farm. 1930 and 1940 censuses state that Herbert worked as a crane operator at the Newport News Shipyard. Supervisor in Erectors Department at Newport News Shipyard was occupation on his death certificate. | FREEMAN, Herbert Lendo Sr. (I65246)
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| 9014 | In 1910, Arthur was making his living working as a farmer in Chesterfield County, Virginia. | VIRNELSON, Arthur D. (I58372)
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| 9015 | In 1917 George was employed as a painter at Atlantic Casket & Coffin Company. 1920 US Census gives his occupation as farmer. The 1930 census notes employment as box maker at a casket company, and 1940 as a carpenter at a casket factory. | FUTRELL, George Nixon (I60234)
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| 9016 | In 1917, as part of the World War I effort, the US government had contracted American International Shipbuilding to build ships and a shipyard at Hog Island. At the time Hog Island was the largest shipyard in the world with 50 slipways. | PECKHAM, Raymond Lee (I64296)
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| 9017 | In 1917, William worked as a statistical clerk at J. L. Roper Lumber Company where his younger twin brothers, Clifford and Claude, were also employed. The 1920 census notes him as an "office accountant". | COTTEN, William Holleman Sr. (I21603)
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| 9018 | In 1922 James' remains were exhumed and returned to the United Sates. He was re-interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 22 May 1921. | HERBERT, James Richardson (I59962)
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| 9019 | In 1930 Clide was listed as a U.S. Army soldier stationed in Texas. | BATTS, Clide Stedman (I60390)
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| 9020 | In 1930 Edward was a farm laborer. Most likely this was on his father's farm since Edward, his wife and daughter, were living with his parents. In 1940 Edward was listed as a farmer and the head of household. | HENSCHKE, Edward W. (I65521)
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| 9021 | In 1936 Roscoe was working for D. L. Baker, his brother Douglas' grocery business. Roscoe was a salesman at Oettinger Brother's [Furniture Store] in 1940, and in 1947 with Smith Baker Furniture Company. By 1955 Roscoe was a salesman at Baker Furniture Company [which he owned with some of his brothers]. | BAKER, Roscoe Silas (I27923)
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| 9022 | In 1937, Winnie was employed by the railroad as an apprentice passenger car painter. | VIRNELSON, Winston Howell (I54805)
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| 9023 | In 1940 Lloyd was working at New Dixie Warehouse on South Queen Street in Kinston, North Carolina | MALPASS, Lloyd Milton (I63350)
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| 9024 | In 1942, Paul was promoted to plant manager of DuPont's Spruance Cellophane Plant in Richmond. By the time of his retirement on 1 January 1961, Paul had served as plant manager at all of DuPont's Cellophane plants: the Spruance plant in Richmond, the Old Hickory plant in Tennessee, the Clinton, Iowa plant and the Yerkes Plant in Buffalo, New York. | GABRIEL, Paul Hermann Sr. (I28560)
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| 9025 | In 1942, Thomas was employed by Bristol Aircraft Corporation of New York City, New York. | MCKOY, Thomas Hall Jr. (I60200)
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| 9026 | In 1945 he was assigned to Gen. Douglas MacArthur as chief consultant in medicine for the invasion of Japan. | BAKER, Dr. Benjamin May Jr. (I62622)
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| 9027 | In 1946 Marv worked as a welder. From 1947-1951 he did plumbing and heating work. 1951-1958 he owned and operated the local Standard Oil station. From 1958-1983 Mar served as the Buffalo Lake Postmaster. And from 1984-1989 he did maintenance at Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center and then volunteered there for another five years. | MICHELSON, Marvin Elton Leroy (I64493)
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| 9028 | In 1947, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. | COTTEN, Robert Claude Jr. (I80)
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| 9029 | In 1952 he was transferred to DuPont's Dacron Plant in Kinston, North Carolina. He worked in Industrial Engineering until 1961, when he was moved to Production Planning, where he remained until his retirement in January 1975. | GABRIEL, Paul Hermann Jr. (I6)
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| 9030 | In 1965 Rebecca's body was reinterred at South Lawn Memorial Park in Petersburg, VA. | MOORE, Rebecca Clemens (I25866)
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| 9031 | In 1971 Bill was living at 330 Pico Terrace in Pulaski. This is address of family home given on 1940 Census. In 1973 he was living in Dublin, a town about 8 miles from Pulaski; and Dublin was listed as his residence in his obituary in 2009. | FARMER, William McKinley Jr. (I65031)
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| 9032 | In 1977, he retired from FMC Corporation of Newark, Delaware after 15 years with them. | LOGUE, Robert Leroy (I28979)
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| 9033 | In 1977, Myrtle retired from Stewart Evans & Company where she had worked as a secretary for 15 years. | LOGUE, Myrtle Edna (I28954)
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| 9034 | In 1978, she received a master's degree in law from Georgetown University. | CLAYTON, Julia (I62693)
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| 9035 | In 1985, Truman founded Lay Tech Supply in Jackson, Tennessee. The company is listed as tire and tube merchant wholesalers. | LAY, Truman Montier (I64150)
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| 9036 | In Who's Who??? and FindAGrave information, there are two children born to Sarah Buxton and Thomas Robinson in the year 1866. Document states that Sarah (1866) died in infancy during travel with wagon train. Elvira's birth date is not given in document, but is found on family headstone. It is given as 1866. Possibilities : girls were twins, or dates are incorrect, or Elvira S. is Sarah and the 'two' girls are the same person, or remembered incorrectly by family. | ROBINSON, Elvira S. (I65368)
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| 9037 | In a deposition made by Francis before the Lower Norfolk County Court on 10 Jan 1637/8, he stated that he was "aged 42 years or thereabouts". And in a deposition made before the same court on 19 July 1641, he stated that he was "age 46 years". The depostion statements suggest a birth year of 1594 or 1595. | MASON, Lieut. Francis (I11132)
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| 9038 | In a letter "To the Com'rs of the Customs" in London, dated 24 October 1710, Lieutenant-Governor Alexander Spotswood, announced his acceptance of the resignation of Col. William Wilson as Naval Officer of the Lower District of the James River due to poor health. According to the letter, Wilson had served as Naval Officer for "several" years. | WILSON, Col. William (I44651)
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| 9039 | In a letter "To the Com'rs of the Customs" in London, dated 24 October 1710, Lieutenant-Governor Alexander Spotswood, announced his acceptance of the resignation of Col. William Wilson as Naval Officer of the Lower District of the James River, and the appointment of Mr. Nicholas Curle as the new Naval Officer. | CURLE, Nicholas (I1150)
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| 9040 | In accordance with the request made by her will, her body was interred on 6 April 1551 near that of her husband in the yard of St. Peter's Church which abutted the remains of Sele Priory in Upper Beeding Parish, Sussex. | (UNKNOWN), Alice (I3811)
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| 9041 | In addition to her responsibilities as a colonial wife and a mother, Judith practiced midwifery during her years in Acton. She is "said" to have assisted with 1400 births. | BARKER, Judith (I2629)
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| 9042 | In addition to their natural daughter, the couple raised two step-daughters, Annette Gilbert and Dorothea Gilbert. | Family: Leland Theodore BAILEY / Pansy O. THOMPSON (F2961)
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| 9043 | In an article by James Barron entitled "Commodore Samuel Barrron" published in volume four of the 1850 "Virginia Historical Register", the writer states that his brother died while having dinner with a group of friends in Hampton on 10 Nov 1810. One must assume that James Barron, writing 40 years after the fact, confused the date of his brother's death, since Samuel's obituary ran as early as 3 Nov 1810. | BARRON, Commodore Samuel (I58756)
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| 9044 | In April 1775, the royal government of Virginia was dissolved and an independent government was organized by a convention that met at Richmond. A General Committee of Safety was formed, and the Colony was divided into districts for the enrollment of "minute-men". | HERBERT, Caleb (I1244)
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| 9045 | In April 1862, one year after the original muster of Company C into service, Thomas was made its Captain. | BARRAUD, Thomas Lawson (I62592)
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| 9046 | In April 1910, Lura was employed as the Postmistress for the town of Hague in Alachua County, Florida. | WILSON, Lura (I59681)
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| 9047 | In April 1930 Fairfax was employed as an accountant by a New York City oil company. | CHRISTIAN, Fairfax Cary (I59621)
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| 9048 | In April 1930 Judson was employed as a ship yard machinist. | GWIN, Judson Hope (I59822)
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| 9049 | In April 1930, Annie was employed as a saleswoman in a department store in Forrest City, Arkansas. | WILLIAMS, Anne Elise (I59782)
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| 9050 | In April 1930, Cary was working as a life insurance agent. | MARSHALL, Wilson Cary (I59717)
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