Calvin “Cab” P. Harmison was born July 12, 1844 in Dodge County, Wisconsin to Isaac Harmison and Eunice Barrett. He died sometime around 1911. He most likely died in Eau Claire or Half Moon Lake although on recent trips to Eau Claire I have been unsuccessful in locating a death certificate or grave site. I …
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Harmison Family
Thomas W. Harmison born in 1720 probably in Virginia and died January 13, 1790 in Berkeley, James, Virginia. He married in 1745 in Virginia to Mary K. Bowen who was born in Virginia. Her parents were Henry Bowen (1738-1808) and Nancy G. Ledbetter (1737-1805). It is important to note that the Harmison name has been …
Hall Family
Richard John Hall was the father of Joseph Hall (Richard) who married Sarah Kimball. Their son was Benjamin Hall below. Third Generation Benjamin Hall (Joseph, Richard) was born April 27, 1712 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, and died October 27, 1795 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts. Benjamin married Rebecca Farnham on October 9, 1735 in Massachusetts. She …
Russ Bailey, Baseball Pioneer
Russell C. Bailey was born January 26, 1879 in Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin to Charles and Rebecca (Hall) Bailey. Mr. Bailey’s career as a baseball player and manager began in 1905, when he played with Eau Claire in the Illinois-Wisconsin league. He retired from active participation in the game in 1912, when he was manager …
Bailey Family
The earliest ancestor that I know of is Russel Claude Bailey who was born about 1821. He is listed in the death certificate of his son Charles as being born in Manchester, Massachusetts. Family legend says that either Russel or his father was a doctor in Newfoundland and was of English extraction. However, according to …
William Bailey
William Henry Bailey was born September 8, 1871 in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin to Charles E. Bailey and Rebecca Hall. He died April 20, 1950 in Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota. My grandmother described her father as being tall, handsome, determined and especially kind. He had a glass eye due to an unfortunate accident that occurred when …
Emil Sandretzky
Emanuel (Emel/Emil) Cirklah Sandretzky (adopted at age 10). “Emel/Emil” was born in Rhode Island [probably Baden-Baden, Germany] on October 27, 1848 and died April 20, 1937 in Waseca, Minnesota. His given name was Emanuel but was changed by his step-father, Charles Sandretzky as it was too long to Emel. Charles Sandretzky then adopted Emel. (The …
McGillivray Family
Alternate spellings include MacGillivray, McGilvray, and McGillvary. It saddens me to think that yet more of my Scottish ancestors were forced out during the Highland Clearances. To learn more about their experience, visit this MacGillivray Clan page. The earliest proven McGillivray ancestor found to date is Alexander McGilvray born in 1741 in Scotland and died …
Sarah Olin Family
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 …
Sandretzky Family
What the family was told was that the first known Sandretzky (Sanderetzky) ancestor was actually an Englishman by the name of Sir Cirklah (Cirklaw), a gentleman who was born in Portsmouth, England but migrated to the area of Baden, Germany. Sir Cirklah was a teacher of English at Heidelberg, Germany. Cirklah came to Rhode Island …