It's A Matter Of Faith
I am gathering information for an article about the faith of our fathers. What do you know about the religious life of your ancestors. If you are part of our families please
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Sometimes an apparent lack of faith in one of our ancestor's can give us a clue of many things. Are they hiding their faith? Were they persecuted for their faith? What do you know about your ancestors faith? Did they have a favorite Hymn or Song? How did they live out their faith?
Watch for my progress in this area. REMEMBER our goal is to make these people 'real' and not forgotten and not just names on a Family History Genealogy sheet.
First Family
I am still working to put together my proof of WILLIAM A. HALL as a first family. After a day trip to Falls City, Nebraska I hope to put the paperwork all together and send it off the the Nebraska State Genealogical Society by the end of the week. Interestingly enough in getting information together for this I discovered another family that qualifies, that of the MASTERS family. Since William's father Equillar came to Nebraska in 1866 I think that also qualifies him as a First Family so I'll have to look into that also.
Mikes mother was Dorothy (CUNNINGHAM) SLOCUM whose parents were Chester CUNNINGHAM and Oneita HALL. Oneita HALL's parents were Burton W. HALL (son of William A HALL) and Esther MASTERS.
In 1870 William A. Hall raised Durham Cattle (Shorthorns), Poland China Hogs, plus Norman and Clydesdale Horses
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Anglo-Norman horse was a warmblood horse breed from the old province of Normandy in northern France. From early in the 19th century, local Norman mares were crossed with imported English thoroughbreds, Norfolk Roadsters and half-breds, which themselves had Norfolk Roadster and Mecklenburg blood.
Three principal lines developed: a light draught horse, which became the Norman Cob of today; a fast harness-horse which was the origin of the present-day French trotter; and a general riding horse suitable for military use, the Anglo-Norman.
In 1958 the Anglo-Norman was fused with other regional warmblood saddle-horses such as the Angevin, the Charentais, the Charolais, the Cheval Limousin and the Vendéen in order to create the national warmblood stud-book, the Selle Francais or French saddle horse.
An Anglo-Norman mare, book illustration from 1904, after a painting by Thomas von Nathusius
The Anglo-Norman horse excelled in jumping. Winners included Lutteur B, an Olympic gold medal winner at Tokyo in 1964.
Phoebe CUNNINGHAM's head stone Death: 23 Apr 1879 Wife of William Age 65y 9m 20 dNew Zion Cemetery, Thurman, Jackson Co., Ohio, USA
Founded as a Viking settlement, it evolved into the Kingdom of Dublin and became the island's principal city following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century; it was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire and the fifth largest in Europe. Dublin entered a period of stagnation following the Act of Union of 1800, but it remained the economic centre for most of the island. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, the new parliament, the Oireachtas, was located in Leinster House. Dublin became the capital of the Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland.
The soonest we can find the STUBBS family (that we can confirm) isn't until the 1850 Census where Phoebe Jane is found in Madison, Jackson County, Ohio married to William with 5 children, the oldest being 11 years. Thus it appears that Phoebe and William CUNNINGHAM were married as soon as she arrived in the United States. The two older children (Elizabeth and John) were born in Pennsylvania and the remaining three children (William, Margaret and Sarah) were born in Ohio. Also living with them in 1850 Were John and Thomas Ager also from Ireland. William was listed as being a Farmer. Children Mary and Robert were born later in the 1850's.
