Category Archives: 1860s

Name Change Mystery

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Lisaperryjd

I am back from England and doing supplemental research on Tirrells and Bescobys found there. Sarah Tirrell, the daughter of Philip Tirrell and aunt of Thomas Bescoby Tirrell (my 4th great-aunt), was born in Horbling, Lincolnshire, about 1831. According to … Continue reading →

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Whittier Birthday Book

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Lisaperryjd

Whittier Birthday Book was published by Houghton Mifflin, starting in 1881. The book contains poems by John Greenleaf Whittier and birth dates of famous people, arranged by calendar month with spaces to write other information. The copy of the book … Continue reading →

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Herbert Easton

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

Below is a transcript of a letter that found in a box of family items. It also contains a small piece of paper with a ribbon and some very fine hair, which is from Herbert Easton, written about in the … Continue reading →

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Whittier Birthday Book

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

Whittier Birthday Book was published by Houghton Mifflin, starting in 1881. The book contains poems by John Greenleaf Whittier and birth dates of famous people, arranged by calendar month with spaces to write other information. The copy of the book … Continue reading →

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Property Records in Faribault and Blue Earth County Minnesota

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

1865: Joseph Arnold sold Lot 13 in Block 14 in Winnebago to James Perry on Feb 25, 1865 for $25. According to the plat map, it is on the southwest corner of 5th St. and Young. 1865: George F. Jones … Continue reading →

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Legal Notes

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

The last place in Minnesota that James Perry lived was Winnebago City, MN. James was a tailor who also sold Singer sewing machines. Business must not have been very good, or the number of children that he and Lydia had … Continue reading →

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Civil War Letter March 1864

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Lisaperryjd

Alexandria Lousa March 23 Dear Mother I thot I wold write you a few lines to let you know that I am still alive—I don’t know when this letter will get started. We can’t tell enything about the mail here. … Continue reading →

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Civil War Letter Oct 24 1862

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Lisaperryjd

This letter was sent from the James and William Nelings’ parents and siblings to the boys somewhere in Minnesota. Both James and William, and their cousin Daniel A. Neelings served in the 27th Iowa Infantry, Company E. The 27th was … Continue reading →

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Letter from home, Civil War

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Lisaperryjd

Civil War Letter   National July 30   Dear Will. I received a letter from you on Satterday writen on the 10. I was very glad to here you were still well when so many thare is sick. That is … Continue reading →

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WH Neling letter home

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Lisaperryjd

This letter retains the spelling of the original. Grand [E]core Louisiana April the 17 [1864] Dear Mother I recived a letter from you the other day dated the 11. I was glad to here from you. It was the first … Continue reading →

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