Tag Archive | Hartley
Fred N. Hartley -The Visit – 52 Ancestors 2015 #48
This will be my entry for the theme of “Thankful” and it should become clear why I am thankful as this story unfolds. A few days ago I was finally able to do something that had long been on my genealogy wish list. My husband accompanied me to Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia to look […]
Moses McGaughey Senior – The Lucky Bible – 52 Ancestors 2015 #11
St. Patrick’s Day is approaching. My side of the family has 100% of its origins in Germany, at least in the last 150 years or so. For Irish roots, I have to turn to my husband’s family. Gary’s 2x great-grandfather on his paternal side was Moses McGaughey. Moses arrived in Philadelphia, PA, in 1825 aboard […]
Nathan Hainsworth Died in the Workhouse – 52 Ancestors #14
Entry #14 Illustrated History from Hipperholme to Tong James Parker, 1904 – also postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck: Weaving in Yorkshire Nathan Hainsworth (b. 15 June 1792) was a weaver from Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England to James Hainsworth and Mary (unknown). He is my husband’s third great grandfather and a contemporary of William […]