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#52Ancestors: 2nd Great-Uncle Juvenal Joseph Nieto, Trying to Prosper Amid WWI Butte Mining Town Turmoil

May 15, 2015 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

#52Ancestors: 2nd Great-Uncle Juvenal Joseph Nieto, Trying to Prosper Amid WWI Butte Mining Town Turmoil

My 2nd great-uncle left the devastation of the Mexican Revolution for a chance at a new start in a new country, working in the copper mines of Butte, Montana during WWI. But was he there for the Speculator disaster of 1917?

People Referenced: Compean Sanches, Maria Aurelia (1858-1963), Nieto Compean, Juvenal (1898-1978)
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), immigration, mining, Montana, WWI

#52Ancestors: Headstone for Walter Scott Gann (1875-1947) Prompts Me to Learn More

November 29, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: Headstone for Walter Scott Gann (1875-1947) Prompts Me to Learn More

When visiting the gravesite of my husband’s 2nd great grandparents this July in Maricopa, California, we came across some nearby headstones that we thought might be for people related to us. One of those was for Walter S. Gann, brother of my husband’s 2nd great grandmother Pauline Adeline Gann.

People Referenced: Gann, Pauline Adeline (1860-1938), Gann, Walter Scott (1875-1947)
Applicable Surnames: Broyles, Gann, Tucker
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), California, cemeteries, headstones, mining, WWI

#52Ancestors: Hallie “Hal” Corder Haley (1878-1942)

November 23, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: Hallie “Hal” Corder Haley (1878-1942)

Profiling my husband’s great grandfather, who was born on 21 March 1878 in Rome, Tennessee, and died on 13 October 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee.

People Referenced: Haley, Hallie Corder (1878-1942), Webster, Gedie (1881-1931)
Applicable Surnames: Beasley, Haley, Webster
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), census records, Tennessee, WWI

WWI Draft: Step-Great Grandfather Frank J Ward

October 18, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

WWI Draft: Step-Great Grandfather Frank J Ward

After finding that 1920 city directory I discovered yesterday for my great grandmother Sarah KENNEDY (1898-1930) and her first husband Frank J. WARD (b. 1895), I spent some time looking for additional records on Ward that might provide more information about my great grandmother and her children. I came across Frank Ward’s WWI Draft Registration […]

People Referenced: Kennedy, Sarah (d. 1930), Ward, Catherine Mae (1914-1994), Ward, Frank (b. 1895), Ward, Joseph (b. 1916)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Kennedy, Ward
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: Ohio, WWI

#52Ancestors: WWI And PFC William James Mara

June 29, 2014 by Colleen Greene 2 Comments

#52Ancestors: WWI And PFC William James Mara

My 24th entry in Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” family history blogging challenge. The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. My 24th ancestor is […]

People Referenced: Mara, William James (1894-1952)
Applicable Surnames: Allen, Grasley, Lyman, Mara
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), Canada, Michigan, military records, New York, WWI

My Mexican-Born Great-Grandfather Jose “Joe” Robledo And The World War I draft

June 24, 2012 by Colleen Greene 3 Comments

My Mexican-Born Great-Grandfather Jose “Joe” Robledo And The World War I draft

Jose Robledo (1875 – ca 1936). This is the only known photo of my great-grandfather. I know very little about my great-grandfather Jose “Joe” Robledo. He died before my Dad was even born, and only one of his children is still alive, so that has created some major brickwalls in my research. Family lore claims […]

People Referenced: Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937)
Applicable Surnames: Robledo
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: California, military records, WWI

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