When my grandfather, Evert Huuskonen, emigrated from Finland in 1902, he left his occupation as a farmer. In America, he worked as a laborer in a railroad car shop, as reported in the 1910 census. The 1908 and 1912 Ashtabula City Directories listed Evert and Ida as living at 11 Bell St. in Ashtabula, presumably
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52 Ancestors — #13 We Are Sixth Cousins, Once Removed, Descending from Hezekiah Sumner 1724-1802
My wife, MJ, and I share many things from our growing up years and among our continuing interests: we graduated from the same high school in the same year (Andover; 1956); we were HS senior class officers; we lived all early our lives in Ashtabula County, Ohio; we prefer classical music to popular music; we prefer
Read on »52 Ancestors — #12: Mary Sumner Green, Who Had a Big Heart, Literally
I just caught up with the fact that since 1995, Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.” Looking back over my previous postings, I see that I have featured mostly male ancestors. So, with this posting in my 52 Ancestors series
Read on »52 Ancestors–#10: Alonzo Green, Cheese-making Entrepreneur
This report is another in my 2014 series of postings about ancestors and relatives (see end for details). Alonzo was my great grand uncle. In the 1870s, Alonzo was a major owner of an important cheese factory in Amboy, a populated place in Conneaut Township in Ashtabula County, Ohio. He obviously prospered as a farmer
Read on »52 Ancestors — #8: Nelson Andrew Dingman, Cheesemaker
I’m aiming to create postings about my maternal grandfather, Wallace Betts Dingman, his twin brother Walter Chase Dingman, and their older brother Nelson Andrew Dingman. I’m starting with great (or grand) uncle Nelson for the simple reason that he died relatively young and therefore left only a limited number of records. When Nelson Andrew Dingman
Read on »52 Ancestors – #6: Joab Green, Early Settler in Conneaut Twp, Ohio
Joab Green was born on 15 Nov 1782 in Vermont, one of eleven children of Josiah and Sarah Green. He had seven sons and four daughters with Rebecca (Johnson) between 1808 and 1832. He died on 11 Jun 1849, in Conneaut Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Joab was an early settler in the northeastern corner of
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