James Darnley, Sr., a miner, immigrated to the United States in 1865, along with his 7 year old son James Jr. and his 9 year old daughter Jeanette [Janet]. The family arrived at the Port of New York on 16 October 1865, on board the Caledonia (part of the Anchor shipping line), which embarked from Glasgow, Scotland.
My 4th Great Grandpa James Darnley Immigrates from Scotland 1865 Read More »
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My 26th entry in Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” family history blogging challenge. The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. Headstone erected posthumously
#52Ancestors: John Philip Harless, 1738 German Palatine Immigrant to America Read More »
My Family History
About the Laredo, Texas, footbridge, where my great-grandmother immigrated into the U.S. from her Mexican homeland in 1915, with her baby boy in her harms, in search of a new life.
Maria (Nieto) Robledo And The US-Mexico Laredo Foot Bridge Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Family History