Tag: #OklahomaHistory
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52 Ancestors: Flora May (Manning) Connor & Baby Geneva
I wrote this post back in 2009 on my other blog, “Untangled Family Roots.” This is one of my favorite treasures from my genealogy research days. Some day I’ll write a book about this experience and Grandma’s life. However, it’s one of those books that I keep starting and then putting down because it holds…
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52 Ancestors: The Bridge Between Two Worlds–William Vaughn Cook
The Bridge Between Two Worlds: William Vaughn Cook’s Journey from Missouri Pioneer to Chickasaw Citizen In the dusty archives of the National Archives and the faded pages of century-old census records, there lives a story that speaks to the heart of America’s frontier experience—a tale of love, adaptation, and the courage to cross cultural…
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52 Ancestors: Helen Fannie (Burnett) Williamson – A Life Swept Westward
Born August 24, 1862, in Warren County, Kentucky Died September 15, 1909, in Bradley, Grady County, Oklahoma Helen Fannie Burnett’s life embodied the restless spirit of late 19th-century America, when families packed their belongings into wagons and chased opportunities across an expanding frontier. Born during the Civil War in the rolling hills of Kentucky,…