Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten is my 9g grandfather and progenitor of the van Houten family in America. The text below is from History of Paterson and Its Environs (the Silk City) Volume 2 by William Nelson and Charles Anthony Shriner published in 1920 by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company. VAN HOUTEN — The progenitor of …
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Letitia Hargrave in the Nor’ Wast
Article on Letitia Hargrave in Frontiers Magazine.
California Western Railroad & Navigation Company
California Western Railroad & Navigation Company, 1910 (Photo by W. T. Fitch). From Fort Bragg (Images of America Series); ISBN-13: 9781467130851.
Andries Hoppen and Geertje Hendricks
The text below is from History of Paterson and Its Environs (the Silk City): Historical- Genealogical – Biographical, Volume 2 by William Nelson Charles and Anthony Shriner, published in 1920 pages 106-111. Paragraph breaks have been added to improve readability. HOPPER “The Hopper family of Passaic and Bergen counties trace their ancestry back to Andries …
Joseph Hargrave’s Children
Overview of the descendants of Joseph Hargrave (1749-1847) with a rough indication of where they lived. His first wife was Janet Rutherford and his second wife was Jane Melrose.
Oregon Hargraves
Scanned from this photograph. On the back of the photo is written “Mrs J. R. Hargrave 1962 Oak St. Hillsboro Ore” and, in what appears to be a different hand, “1901.” John Robert Hargrave was my first cousin four times removed and the youngest son of Andrew Hargrave and a grandson of Joseph Hargrave. Mrs. …