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- Possible Origins of the Family in Germany and Italy
- Spelling and Origin of the Name
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- House of Welf vs. the House of Hohenstaufen
- Origins in Wales
William Phelps 1630 Origins
- William Phelps First Generations
- William Phelps of Crewkerne, England
- William Phelps of Tewkesbury, England
- William Phelps of Dorchester, Colony of Massachusetts
- William Phelps 1672 Will
George Phelps 1634 Origins
- George Phelps First Generations
- The Identity of George Parkhurst
- George Phelps in New England 1634
- George Phelps 1687 Will
Richard Phelps 1633 Origins
James Phelps 1786 Origins
Phelps Origins in Europe
- Phelps Origins in Nether Tyne, Checkley, England
- Decendants of James Phelps of Nether Tyne, England
- Decendants of James Phelps of Tewkesbury, England
Phelps Towns & Villages
- Tewkesbury, England
- Crewkerne, England
- Checkley, England
- Simsbury, Connecticut
- Windsor, Connecticut
- Phelps Tavern of Litchfield, Connecticut
Colonial Voyages to Connecticut
- Researching the Mary and John
- Warrent and Order Detaining Phelps' Ships
- About the Ship Mary and John
- Voyage of the Mary and John 1630
- Voyage of the Mary and John in 1633/34
- Voyage of the Hercules in 1633/34
- Voyage of the Recovery in 1633/34
Phelps Arrival in America
- Nathaniel Phelps of Dorchester, Connecticut
- William Phelps of Northampton, Massachusetts
- Elnathian Phelps b. c1734
- First Phelps Family Ancestors
- The Great Migration to the Colonies
Phelps of Simsbury and Windsor
- William Phelps and the First Local Government
- Founders of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut
- Estimated Population of American Colonies 1620 to 1780
- Crime and Punishment in Simsbury
- Organization of the Church in Windsor
- The Phelps Homestead in Simsbury
Phelps Family Letters
- Isaac Ensign and Cornelia Phelps
- Ensign Letters from Simsbury to Forsyth
- Correspondance of Oliver Roswell Phelps and Georgia Phelps
- Ensign Family Letters
Phelps from New York to Illinois
- Nehemiah West Leads the Settlers West
- Hoosiers vs. Yankees: A Slave State or Not?
- The (Ill-fated) Boat Party
- Pioneer Architecture: From Log Cabins to Homes
- Galesburg Grows Amidst the Jackson Panic
- Founding of the Knox Manual Labor College
- Household Skills in Pioneer Galesberg
- Commerce is Established With Colton's Store
- Food and Clothing in Early Galesburg
Family Origins in Illinois
- Noble Phelps Moves West to Illinois
- Knox County Pioneer Noble Phelps
- Noble Phelps' Prize Farm
- Premium for Phelps Best Farm
- Seraphina Princess Phelps and George Avery
- Ronald Aaron Noble Phelps 1881 Bio
- Avery Company History
Phelps Family in California
- Bart Phelps, Navy Telegrapher Radioman
- Bart Phelps, Yerba Buena 1916 Radio Operations
- Bart Phelps, Wailupe 1921 Radio Operations
- Bart Phelps, Alaska 1924 Radio Operations
- Annabeth Beasley Phelps
- Harold Bartle "Bud" Phelps III
- A Generation Passes
Bartle Family
- Bartle Family Genealogy
- The Daily Journal of Births and Deaths
- Bartle First American Ancestors
- Henry Hart Bartle Obituary
- Henry Hart Bartle 1858-1929 Biograpahy
- Nathanial Sanburn 1723, Kingston New Hampshire
- Francis G. Sanburn 1899, of Knoxville, Illinois
- William Toy Bartle Ministry
- Nathanial Sanborn, 1814, of Canandaigua, New York
Beasley Family
- Beasley Family Genealogy
- First Known American Ancestors
- The Price of Slaves 1850
- Luther S. Beasley 1925 Obituary
- John T. Beasley 1883-1950
- John Beasley and Lizzie Bremser Marriage
- John T. Beasley 1950 Obituary
- Jane Beasley Raph Professional Life
- Jane Beasley Raph 2001 Obituary
- Annabeth Beasley Phelps, Mother and Provider
- Annabeth Beasley Phelps 2001 Obituary
- Brandy Station in the Civil War
- T/5 Myron K. Ricketts, WWII Veteran
- A Hero in Our Midst—Mac Butler's "Battlin' Blue Bastards"
- Ephraim Beazley 1797 Deeds and Records
- William Beazley 1824 Court Records and Will
Bremser Family
- Bremser Family Genealogy
- Finding Heinrich Gottlieb Bremser
- The Family History
- Coming to America
- The Search for Henry Bremser
- Henry Bremser 1864-1848 Bio
- Henry Bremser 1864-1948 Obituary
- Elizabeth Bremser 1888-1952 Biograhy
- Elizabeth Bremser Marriage Letter Home
- Bremsers Origins in Germany
- Bremser-Familiengeschichte (Deutch)
Christy Family
- Guy Christy Horseshoes Collection
- Christy Family First American Ancestors
- Guy H Christy, Kentucky to California
- 27th Illinois Infantry Regimental History
- The Mystery of Harry Haskell
Claggett Family
- Claggett Family Genealogy
- Claggett First Ancestors in America
- Robert Clagget 1490 in England
- Edward Clagett 1670 Emigration to America
- Thomas Claggett 1703 of London and Maryland
- Thomas Clagett 1732 Will
- Samuel Claggett 1821, Revolutionary War Surgeon
- Samuel Claggett 1846 of Virginia
- Samuel Claggett and Julia F. Sanford Marriage Contract
- Bernard Johnson Claggett 1919 Bio
- The Price of Slaves 1850
- Julia {Sanford} Claggett 1876 Civil War Claims
  - Deposition of Columbia Claggett
  - Commision Standard Interrogitories
  - Deposition of Sgt. Ereastus Weaver
  - Deposition of Lt.Frank Foot
  - Deposition of Julia Claggett
  - Deposition of Thomas Claggett
  - Testimony of Craven King
  - Testimony of William Francis
  - Testimony of Erastus Weaver
  - Map of Clagget Farm
  - Claim Exhibits
  - Battle of Bull Run
  - Battle of Brandy Station
  - 121st NY Volunteers
  - Complete Commission Transcript
- Claggett Family Move to Illinois from Virginia
- Sanford Ramey Claggett 1895 Obituary
- Ann Claggett Beasley 1898 Obituary
- Rev. Thomas John Claggett 1816, First American Episcopal Bishop
- Thomas J. Claggett 1901 Obituary
- Columbia Claggett 1904 Obituary
- Brice Clagett, Family Genealogist
- Claggett Coat of Arms
Diuguid Family
- Diuguid Family Genealogy
- George Christian Diuguid of Kentucky
- The English Royal Connection
- Harriet Diuguid's Letter About Her Ancestry
- Diuguid Origins in America
- Origin of the Diuguid Name
Klein Family
- Klein Family Genealogy
- Klein Origins in Germany
- Klein Visit to 1922 Germany
Notable Family Members
- 1600-1699
  - John Phelps, Court Clerk at the Trial of King Charles I
  - Anson Green Phelps, Merchant and Philanthropist
- 1700-1799
- 1800-1849 A-M
- 1800-1849 N-Z
- 1850-1899
  - Mary Phelps Jacob, Inventor, Publisher
  - William Lyon Phelps, Educator, Literary Critic, Author
- 1900-2020
  - Chance Russel Phelps, Private, USMC
Phelps Family Arms & Crest
- About Coats of Arms
- Arms of the Tewkesbury Phelps
- Arms of Henry Phelps of London
- Arms of the American Phelps
- Arms of the Irish Phelps
- Heraldic Glossary
Selected Family Wills
- Thomas and Katherine Phylypp Wills 1556, Over Teyne, Checkeley, England
- William Phelps 1672 Will, Windsor, Connecticut
- Anthony Phillipps 1648 Will, Nether Teane, England
- Francis Phylyppe 1648 Will, Checkley, England
- Thomas Phylypp 1556 Will, Over Teyne, England
- George Phelps 1687 Will, Westfield, Massachusetts
- Timothy Phelps 1639 Will, Windsor, Connecticut
- Natnaniel Phelps 1702 Will, Northampton, Massachusetts
- Thomas Clagett 1708 Will, Calvert, Maryland
- Thomas Clagett 1732 Will, Prince Georges, Maryland
- Julia F Sanford 1727 Marriage Indenture
- Ephraim Beazley 1797 Wills & Deeds, Spotsylvania, Virginia
- Ephraim Beasley 1797 Deed Spotsylvania, Virginia
- Ephraim Beasley 1798 to Elizabeth Beazley
- Ephraim Beasley 1798 Will, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Henry Beazley 1804 Indenture, Spotsylvania, Virginia
- William Beazley 1828 Will, Culpeper, Virginia
- William Beazley 1824 Court Records and Will
- William Beazley 1852 Will, Culpeper, Virginia
- Cornelius Beazley 1834 Will
- Ephraim Beazley 1833 Mortgage
- John Loveland 1649 Will
- Ephraim Beazley 1798 Henry Beazley 1815 Indenture
- James Phelps of North Caroline 1786 Estate
- Robert Valentine Phelps 1905 Australia
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Adam Wilhelm Jacob Bremser / Johanna Trachler

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Adam Wilhelm Jacob Bremser / Johanna Trachler

Husband: Adam Wilhelm Jacob Bremser
Born:	2 Feb 1867	at:	Gabenroth, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany
Married:	23 Apr 1888	at:
Died:	23 Jul 1929	at:	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Father:	Philipp Nikolaus Karl Bremser
Mother:	Marie Jacobine Weidenmueller
Sources:	[849]
Wife: Johanna Trachler
Born:	7 May 1867	at:	Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Died:	1 Oct 1947	at:	New London, Huron, Ohio, United States
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name:	William Henry Bremser
Born:	31 Oct 1906	at:	Nastatten, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Married:		at:
Died:	21 Apr 1962	at:	Painesville, Lake, Ohio, USA
Spouses:	Margaret A Sanburn

Pedigree Chart for: Adam Wilhelm Jacob Bremser

      /--Johann Adam  Bremser 
   /--Johann Adam  Bremser 
   |  \--
/--Philipp Nikolaus Karl  Bremser 
|  |  /--
|  \--Catharine Elisabethe  Bach 
|     \--
|--Adam Wilhelm Jacob  Bremser 
|     /--
|  /--Johann Daniel  Weidenmueller 
|  |  \--
\--Marie Jacobine  Weidenmueller 
   |  /--
   \--Anna Katharina  Maus 
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Johanna Trachler

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|--Johanna  Trachler 
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@4Data:
Grandpa learned when he was in Germany that his other brother, we knew him as Uncle Wilhelm and ? Bremser were extremely poor, had 5 children, 4 girls and one boy, all have passed away but one, and she is my same age and lives in a Masonic Home in Springfield [Ohio] about 40 miles from Columus.

Thomas Sprigg Prather / Janette Smiley

Husband: Thomas Sprigg Prather
Born:	1704[1842] [1843]	at:	Frederick, Maryland, United States
Married:	1768	at:	Maryland, USA
Died:	24 Jul 1785	at:	Washington, Maryland, USA
Father:	Thomas MacKay Prather
Mother:	Martha Sprigg
Sources:	[1842] [1843] [1844] [1845] [1846]
Wife: Janette Smiley
Born:		at:
Died:		at:
Father:
Mother:
Children

Pedigree Chart for: Thomas Sprigg Prather

      /--Thomas  Prater 
   /--Jonathan  Prather 
   |  \--Mary Powell  McKay 
/--Thomas MacKay  Prather 
|  |  /--
|  \--Jane  McKay 
|     \--
|--Thomas Sprigg  Prather 
|     /--Thomas  Sprigg 
|  /--Thomas  Sprigg 
|  |  \--Katherine  Griffin 
\--Martha  Sprigg 
   |  /--Thomas  Sprigg 
   \--Eleanor  Nuthall 
      \--Mary  Hyde

Pedigree Chart for: Janette Smiley

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/--
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|--Janette  Smiley 
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\--
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   \--
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William Cowdery / Hannah Emmons

Husband: William Cowdery
Born:	5 Sep 1737	at:	E. Haddam, Middlesex, Conn.
Married:	18 Sep 1760	at:	Millington, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
Died:	1831	at:	Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Father:	Nathaniel Cowdery
Mother:	Mehitable Damon
Sources:	[3222]
Wife: Hannah Emmons
Born:	ABT 1743	at:	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Died:	1769	at:
Father:
Mother:
Sources:	[3205]
Children
Name:	Hannah Cowdrey [3198]
Born:	1763	at:	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Died:		at:
Spouses:
Name:	Dorothy Cowdrey [3208]
Born:	1763	at:	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Died:		at:
Spouses:
Name:	Molly Cowdrey [3204]
Born:	1764	at:	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Died:		at:
Spouses:
Name:	William Cowdery [3111]
Born:	5 Sep 1765	at:	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Married:		at:
Died:	26 Feb 1847	at:	Kirtland, Lake, Ohio
Spouses:	Rebecca Fuller
Name:	Olive Cowdrey [3188]
Born:	23 Jun 1767	at:	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Died:		at:
Spouses:
Name:	Diadamia Cowdrey [3134]
Born:	29 Dec 1768	at:	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Died:		at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: William Cowdery

      /--
   /--Samuel  Cowdery 
   |  \--
/--Nathaniel  Cowdery 
|  |  /--
|  \--Elizabeth  Parker 
|     \--
|--William  Cowdery 
|     /--
|  /--Thomas  Damon 
|  |  \--
\--Mehitable  Damon 
   |  /--
   \--Lucian or Lucy Ann  Emerson 
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Hannah Emmons

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/--
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|--Hannah  Emmons 
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\--
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   \--
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@1 [3198] [S44]

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@1 [3204] [S44]

@1 [3111] [S44]

@1 [3188] [S44]

@1 [3134] [S44]

Joseph Alfred McConnel / (--?--) Phelps

Husband: Joseph Alfred McConnel
Born:	4 Feb 1899	at:
Married:		at:
Died:	9 Jun 1980	at:	Senecaville, Guernsey Co., Ohio
Father:
Mother:
Wife: (--?--) Phelps
Born:		at:
Died:		at:
Father:	Alymore Phelps
Mother:	Dorothy
Children

Pedigree Chart for: Joseph Alfred McConnel

      /--
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/--
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|--Joseph Alfred  McConnel 
|     /--
|  /--
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\--
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   \--
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: (--?--) Phelps

      /--Horace Jesse  Phelps 
   /--Daniel  Phelps 
   |  \--Marguerite Samantha  Hess 
/--Alymore  Phelps 
|  |  /--
|  \--Almira Belle  Milligan 
|     \--
|--(--?--)  Phelps 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--Dorothy   
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

Patrick W. Harris / Sarah Maria Brayton

Husband: Patrick W. Harris
Born:	5 Jun 1855	at:
Married:		at:
Died:		at:
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Sarah Maria Brayton
Born:	2 Dec 1828	at:
Died:	19 Mar 1899	at:
Father:	Asa Brayton
Mother:	Mary Phelps
Children
Name:	Nettie Harris
Born:		at:
Died:		at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Patrick W. Harris

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/--
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|     \--
|--Patrick W.  Harris 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Sarah Maria Brayton

      /--
   /--
   |  \--
/--Asa  Brayton 
|  |  /--
|  \--
|     \--
|--Sarah Maria  Brayton 
|     /--John  Phelps 
|  /--Norman  Phelps  Sr.
|  |  \--Deborah  Dewey 
\--Mary  Phelps 
   |  /--John  Phelps 
   \--Sarah  Cole 
      \--

Harold Pritchard / Phoebe

Husband: Harold Pritchard
Born:		at:
Married:		at:
Died:		at:
Father:	Gilbert Pritchard
Mother:	Annie
Wife: Phoebe
Born:	1907	at:
Died:	1997	at:
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name:	Ron Pritchard
Born:		at:
Died:	DECEASED	at:
Spouses:
Name:	Patricia Pritchard
Born:		at:
Died:		at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Harold Pritchard

      /--
   /--Edward  Pritchard 
   |  \--
/--Gilbert  Pritchard 
|  |  /--Smithsend  Phelps 
|  \--Harriet Eliza  Phelps 
|     \--Eliza  Haggarty 
|--Harold  Pritchard 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--Annie   
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Phoebe

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/--
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|--Phoebe   
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\--
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   \--
      \--

Walter Robertson Risdon / Ethel Louise Jeffries

Husband: Walter Robertson Risdon
Born:	12 Jan 1897	at:	Gainesville, Prince William, Virginia, United States
Married:	1 Jun 1918	at:	Rockville, Maryland
Died:	7 Sep 1973	at:	Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Father:	Charles Wesley Risdon
Mother:	Rose Lee Martin
Wife: Ethel Louise Jeffries
Born:	17 Sep 1900	at:	Haymarket, Prince William, Virginia, United States
Died:	17 May 1987	at:	Manassas, Virginia
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name:	Walter Francis Risdon
Born:	18 Mar 1919	at:	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Died:	18 Sep 1971	at:	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Walter Robertson Risdon

      /--
   /--William Joseph  Risdon 
   |  \--
/--Charles Wesley  Risdon 
|  |  /--John Gamery  Kirby 
|  \--Mary  Kirby 
|     \--Cecelia  Claggett 
|--Walter Robertson  Risdon 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--Rose Lee  Martin 
   |  /--
   \--
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Pedigree Chart for: Ethel Louise Jeffries

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|     \--
|--Ethel Louise  Jeffries 
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\--
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

John James Claggett / Amanda C. Robey

Husband: John James Claggett
Born:	1 Feb 1828	at:	Elkton,Todd,Kentucky
Married:	28 Sep 1860	at:	Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, USA
Died:	22 Mar 1914	at:	Iuka,Marion,Illinois, USA
Father:	James Wilson Claggett
Mother:	Miriam McKee
Sources:	[11214]
Wife: Amanda C. Robey
Born:	1836	at:	Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, USA
Died:	1907	at:	Iuka, Marion, Illinois, USA
Father:
Mother:
Sources:	[9862]
Children
Name:	Wallace Richard Claggett [9901]
Born:	10 Jun 1867	at:	Iuka, Marion, Illinois, USA
Died:	19 Nov 1938	at:	Liberal, Seward, Kansas
Spouses:
Name:	Mame Claggett [9886]
Born:	ABT 1869	at:	Iuka, Marion, Illinois, USA
Died:		at:
Spouses:
Name:	Rose Claggett [9887]
Born:	ABT 1871	at:	Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, USA
Died:		at:
Spouses:
Name:	Faye Claggett [9900]
Born:	ABT 1873	at:	Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, USA
Died:		at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: John James Claggett

      /--Thomas  Clagett 
   /--Ninean Magruder  Clagett 
   |  \--Ruth  Burgess 
/--James Wilson  Claggett 
|  |  /--Robert  Wilson 
|  \--Euphron  Wilson 
|     \--Mary  Douglas 
|--John James  Claggett 
|     /--
|  /--David  McKee 
|  |  \--
\--Miriam  McKee 
   |  /--
   \--Ann  Dunlap 
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Amanda C. Robey

      /--
   /--
   |  \--
/--
|  |  /--
|  \--
|     \--
|--Amanda C.  Robey 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

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@1 [9901] [S44]

@1 [9886] [S44]

@1 [9887] [S44]

@1 [9900] [S44]

(--?--) / (--?--)

Husband: (--?--)
Wife: (--?--)
Children
Name:	Hannah Jane (Jennie) Russell
Born:	19 Oct 1862	at:	Payson,Utah,Utah, USA
Married:		at:
Died:	15 Nov 1926	at:	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Spouses:	Chauncy Loveland Dustin

Charles William Sanburn / Alverna Ebie

Husband: Charles William Sanburn
Born:	3 Jan 1883	at:	Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Married:		at:
Died:	23 Aug 1951	at:	Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Father:	Charles W. Sanborn
Mother:	Josephine L Chamberlain
Wife: Alverna Ebie
Born:	ABT 1887	at:	Ohio
Died:		at:
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name:	Margaret A Sanburn
Born:	21 Dec 1910	at:	Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Married:		at:
Died:	22 Apr 1985	at:	Valrico, Hillsborough, Florida, USA
Spouses:	William Henry Bremser

Pedigree Chart for: Charles William Sanburn

      /--Nathaniel  Sanborn 
   /--John Gold  Sanborn 
   |  \--Hannah  Goold 
/--Charles W.  Sanborn 
|  |  /--Noah  Owen 
|  \--Alethea  Owen 
|     \--Elizabeth  Gilmore 
|--Charles William  Sanburn 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--Josephine L  Chamberlain 
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Alverna Ebie

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/--
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|     \--
|--Alverna  Ebie 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

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