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Daniel Thompson Nelings

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

The above section is from The History of Clayton County and includes the names of many local men and boys from Clayton County Iowa. Some of these names are also in an account book kept by Daniel T Nelings from 1867 … Continue reading →

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Jessie Annette Jack Hooper, pt 2

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Going through emails I found a paragraph written by Helen Brannan, a retired professor in Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, on Jessie Hooper: “In the early years of the twentieth century, people in Oshkosh knew Jessie Jack … Continue reading →

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Willamina “Willie” Nelings

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Willie Nelings (1861-1921) sounded like quite a woman. In Bess’s note about the family, Willie was one of the sisters who remained behind in Iowa teaching and continued to teach when she moved out to Dakota Territory. She married Frank … Continue reading →

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Adah Jane Hazel Perry

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Adah Jane Hazel Perry’s gravesite in Madison SD. Adah Jane Hazel was born in October of 1857 in Wisconsin. She moved with her parents and siblings to Blue Earth County in Minnesota sometime after that. She married Allen Perry, son … Continue reading →

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Frank Delos Tyrrell

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Frank “Delos” Tyrrell was born in SD and moved to Seattle. He enlisted in the Army during WWII and was part of the European theater, including troops who went into Germany at the end of the war. He sent a … Continue reading →

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Elwin Perry

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

James Perry moved from Vermont to Illinois and then Minnesota. He married Lydia Smith in Rockford IL, where their son Charles J. was born. They then moved to Minnesota, living at various times in Traverse de Sioux, Ottawa, Arlington, Sterling Center … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

No specific genealogy post today. I want to give belated thanks to people. To my parents, who instilled and encouraged an interest in history and my family from a young age. All those cemeteries, all those courthouses, all those trips … Continue reading →

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Bessie Nelings

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

  Aunt Bess Nelings wrote this story of her family. She is one of the women in these beautiful hats. [on back of paper] This is the Nelings Family My father was D.T. Nelings. This is a story I wrote … Continue reading →

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Thomas Bescoby Tyrrell

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Thomas B Tyrrell/Tirrell came to the US from Lincolnshire, England. He was born in 1854 and came to the US in approximately 1868. His family, including father Philip Tirrell and brother Phillip, lived in Illinois when they came to the … Continue reading →

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Daniel T. Nelings

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Daniel T Nelings was the brother of William and James, who fought in the Civil War. D.T. married Elmina Osborne in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (Isn’t that “Prairie Dog, WI?). Mysteries: They both still lived in Iowa at the time, so I am … Continue reading →

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