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Alnwick Castle has belonged to the Percy family for over 700 years. This castle was used in filming the Hogwarts school in Harry Potter. Check out their website to see a lot of history on the Percy family as well as some great pictures of the Percy ancestors. Here is a snapshot of our line: …
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Sarah Gladys Olin “Sadie” was born February 27, 1880 in Dayton, Hennepin, Minnesota to Thomas Olin and Mary Cunningham. She died November 17, 1966 in Auburn, Washington and is buried at Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota. Sarah married November 19, 1894 at Staples, Todd, Minnesota to William Julius Sandretzky (see more about Will at the bottom …
Willard was born May 7, 1868 in Austin Township, Mecosta, Michigan and died December 31, 1946 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Willard’s family was living in Staples, Todd, Minnesota in 1892 when he and Ellen Jane McGillivray met. She was born on August 10, 1876 in Port Arthur, Canada, and died September 18, 1923 in …
Thomas Benjamin Olin was born March 15, 1844 in Chemung, New York and died June 28, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota. Death certificate and obituary. He married Mary Louisa Cunningham on August 11, 1867 in Greenville, Kent, Michigan.[1] She was born August 18, 1849 in Ceresco, Michigan.[2] After Thomas’s death she married Bernard (Barney) …
Henry William Olin II was born January 2, 1803 in Shaftsbury, Vermont to Henry Olin and Silence Greene. He died September 26, 1877 in Austin Twsp, Mecosta, Michigan. Henry married in 1825 to Lydia Corey (Cory/Corrie) in Cattaraugus, Allegheny, New York. Lydia died May 27, 1861 in Austin Township. The marriage date of 1825 as …
Henry Olin I, son of John Olin III and Sarah Card was born August 12, 1776 at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He died in Plymouth Township, Ashtabula, Ohio on May 4, 1850. This is me next to his grave at Maple Grove Cemetery in Plymouth Township, Ashtabula, Ohio. He married Silence Greene and there is …
John Olin II was born March 8, 1711/12 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island. He married Susannah Pierce in East Greenwich on December 8, 1734. She was born in North Kingston, Rhode Island April 8, 1708 and was the daughter of Jeremiah Pierce. John and Susannah (Pierce) Olin lived in Rhode Island where they reared …
John Olin III, son of John Olin II and Susannah Pierce, was born September 17, 1741 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island and died November 2, 1821 at Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont. He was married to Sarah Card 1764 at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. She died January 12, 1819. Both are buried in the cemetery at …
Double Pierce Connection Sources: From Seven Pierce Families collected by Harvey Cushman Pierce 1936, Wash. D.C. More information on the Brownell family in Pownal, Vermont
John Olin the first to come to this country was born about 1664 and settled in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He married Susannah Spencer October 4, 1708. Susannah was born April 6, 1680, in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John died March 28, 1742 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. (Contrary to C.C. Olin’s book, this date …