Our family history road trip to the 1870 US Census location of Margaret Gann (1830-1919), husband Miles Harless, and son Leonard Jackson Harless. Learning the meaning and history behind 26 Mile House in Stanislaus County, California.
Looking for 3rd Great Grandmother Margaret Gann Harless’s 26 Mile House 1870 Census Home Read More »
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Profiling my husband’s great grandfather, who was born on 21 March 1878 in Rome, Tennessee, and died on 13 October 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Hallie “Hal” Corder Haley (1878-1942) Read More »
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The 1860 U.S. Census is the first federal census that records the family living in California (16 June 1860), roughly two years after following the old emigrant route through Ebbetts Pass. The Harless household resided in Castoria Township (San Joaquin County), also known as French Camp. Jeff and I recently visited French Camp.
This July, my husband and I took a road trip retracing the high Sierras pass and emigrant route that his 2nd and 3rd great grandfathers (and 3rd great grandmother) took in 1858 when the family emigrated from Missouri to California. We got to actually walk on stretches of the old route.
Retracing Leonard Jackson Harless’s 1858 Ebbetts Pass Trans-Sierra Route into California Read More »
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