Genealogy of the Rigg, Hargleroad, Orchard, Mortensen and Allied Families
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Rigg brothers river adventures
Posted on August 16, 2015 by Jill in Stories & Research.I’ve done lots of digging, scanning, organizing and uploading, and now am sharing all photos, videos, newspaper and magazine articles in my possession (some given to my by my Grandma Stell Orchard) that have anything to do with the Rigg brothers river expeditions starting in 1949. One video has narration by my dad, Bob Rigg. […]
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Hargleroad family affects Battle of Gettysburg
Posted on April 18, 2015 by Jill in Hargleroad Family, Stories & Research.Every family has its own version of history and we certainly have ours — especially in regards to the Battle of Gettysburg and the Hargleroad influence there. I love this story. I’ve even traveled to the Hargleroad farm near Chambersburg, PA, and wandered the battlefields of Gettysburg. May the story live on! Read how the […]
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WBG Hargleroad and Magdalena Blank – history written 1940
Posted on February 17, 2015 by Jill in Hargleroad Family.I’ve been going through some handwritten papers and have transcribed a few to the website. This may have been used for a newspaper notice for the wedding anniversary of WBG and Maggie Hargleroad in 1940. They were celebrating their 56th anniversary and this talks about what all their children are doing — for instance, “Mrs. […]
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Richard Collins Rigg and Nancy Jane Taylor – pioneers, Civil War POW, land speculators
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Jill in Rigg Family.I put together a bio and some photos of our Rigg great-great-grandparents, including some quotes from my dad, Robert W. Rigg, Sr., and from his uncle, Rollie Robert Rigg. Hopefully all of you Rigg kin will enjoy getting to know them a bit better. I’ve loved retracing their footsteps a bit in Kentucky, Missouri, and […]
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Handwritten letter from gr-gr-grandma Cornelia Lee Mortensen
Posted on December 6, 2014 by Jill in Mortensen Family.There’s a special connection as I hold this handwritten letter in my hand that our great-great-grandma Cornelia Lee Mortensen wrote to our grandma Stell in 1932 to congratulate her on the birth of her new baby Roberta, our mother. . . a connection to women in my life who have had such a tremendous influence […]
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“Mother’s babe was buried at sea” – Anders and Bodila Poulson story
Posted on December 2, 2014 by Jill in Mortensen Family.As I sit here in my extremely comfortable office, it is impossible for me to truly understand the hard work and sacrifice that some of our ancestors endured to follow their faith. Anders Poulson and Bodila Katherine Pedersen Poulson left Denmark in 1852 and gave all they had, endured storms, sickness, hunger, and even the loss […]
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Crimean War vet and pioneer — some Orchard family adventures
Posted on November 14, 2014 by Jill in Orchard Family.Just wrote up and added a couple stories to Orchard Family Stories and Research — one is a brief history I put together about Robert Knott Orchard (our Crimean War vet) and Eliza Clay, who were pioneers in two different countries. The other is a transcription of handwritten memories of Robert Clay Orchard by some of his great-grandchildren […]
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Added some Rigg family stories
Posted on November 13, 2014 by Jill in Rigg Family.Stories give life to our heritage, and I so wish I was a better story teller. (Too bad I didn’t work harder in my creative writing classes…) I thought I would start with the easiest, and share a few things about my father, Robert Williams Rigg, Sr., who passed away in August. As it turns […]
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Orchard family photo gallery
Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jill in Orchard Family.Looking through 100-year-old family photos is one of my favorite things — love the connection with the past. After testing out about 10 different photo gallery options, I think I figured out how to start sharing my collection of heritage photos. Please check it out — just click “Gallery” on the main top menu. Let […]
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Family locations plotted on google maps
Posted on November 9, 2014 by Jill in Rigg Family.Yay! I figured out how to geocode the locations on all the people on our pedigree charts/family group sheets. Now when you click on someone, you can see a google map showing where they lived. Very cool!
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