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St Peter Port, Guernsey

It had not been my father’s plan to go to Jersey when he did, they had intended to emigrate to Australia, taking advantage of an easy emigration, but after they had packed all their goods, and were all ready to go, the emigrations stopped, so we just crossed over to...

Charles LeBoutillier Rowe

Charles LeBoutillier Rowe as told by his daughter Eva Mary Rowe Salway. Charles LeBoutillier Rowe, was born 18 July 1865 in Jersey, Channel Island. Probably in the town of Grouville, his father was Thomas Rowe, son of Benjamin and Mary Doncaster Rowe of Tavistock, Devonshire, England. His mother was Mary...

Caroline Hausauer Schaffer

As told by Martha Salway: My grandmother Caroline was born in Gluckstahl, South Russia, and her parents migrated from Germany to homestead the Russian Stepps. They lived in a village composed of all Germans. The village was part of the Black Sea Colonies; the homesteaders received land grants and loans...

Leavitt, Alberta

Leavitt, Alberta“Chief Mountain Country” pages 66 – 68 About six or seven miles west of Cardston along the No. 5 highway to Waterton Lakes is the little hamlet of Leavitt. It is nestled in a beautiful valley surrounded by rolling hills and backed by a skyline of rock mountains with...

Our Mayflower Ancestors

Ancestors on the maiden voyage of the Mayflower 1620. Taken from www.mayflowerhistory.com Francis Cooke BIRTH:  About 1583.MARRIAGE:  Hester le Mahieu, 20 July 1603 at Leiden, Holland.CHILDREN:  John, an unnamed child buried in Leiden, Jane, Elizabeth, Jacob, Hester, and Mary.DEATH:  7 April 1663 at Plymouth. Francis Cooke was born about 1583. His origins have not...