On my McGillivray page I had posted a paragraph about McGilvray Bottoms Road in Northwest La Crosse County, Wisconsin. A ferry was built there by Alex McGilvray. I do not know if that gentleman was related to my McGillivrays but hr probably is. I was curious if anyone was descended from that family and hoped …
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Anneke Jans Bogardus
Anneke was born in 1605 in Flekkeroy, Vest Agder, Norway and died March 19, 1663 in Beverwyck, New York (Albany). She was buried at the Dutch Calvinist Burying Ground in Fort Orange, New York (Albany). However, it is supposed that her remains were removed to the Albany Rural Cemetery later. Her parents were Johan Jans …
Hudson Family
From the book Hudson Genealogy With Related Families, by Roy D. Hudson, August 1, 1957, a little information on the Hudson name is given: In early England a man was known by but one name. When surnames first came into use, Richard the son of Roger was known as Richard Fitz-Roger, Fitz being a corruption …
Willard Olin
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
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) …