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The Sun Rides High

Exploring the Stewart-Ricketts family history

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A cottage in a village in Dorset

The Ricketts Family

February 18, 2021

 by [email protected] · Published February 18, 2021 · Last modified February 19, 2021

The Ricketts Connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs

There’s an old story that our Ricketts lineage had a connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs. But the Martyrs story is well documented and told many times, and there’s no mention of any Ricketts’. So,...

Cornelius W Burright was an American Civil War veteran who saved the life of a fellow soldier following the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisana

The Burright Family

August 16, 2020

 by [email protected] · Published August 16, 2020

Cornelius Warren Burright, ‘Hero’ of the Battle of Pleasant Hill

Cornelius Warren Burright was the son of Orrin Burright and the grandson of Cornelius Burright. He was born in Van Wert County, Ohio in 1842. By 1861 Cornelius had moved to Iowa, where he...

Story of Gasoline- Texas

Places

July 13, 2020

 by [email protected] · Published July 13, 2020

Gasoline, Texas and the Gasoline Cotton Gin

Gasoline, Texas doesn’t sound like the most attractive place to live, but in the early 1900s, the Tracy family returned to this community three times after moving to other towns in Oklahoma, Texas, and...

The Muller Family

February 18, 2020

 by [email protected] · Published February 18, 2020 · Last modified July 13, 2020

The Mullers in Easebourne Street – Notes from my Mum

17 Easebourne Street, in Easebourne, Sussex is an ancient wattle and daub, timber-framed building. It was a fixture of my childhood and remains a major touchstone in our family history. This was where my...

The Burright Family

February 5, 2020

 by [email protected] · Published February 5, 2020 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Burright Family Research – Where To Get Started

If the Burright family is one of the branches of a family tree you’re currently researching there are a number of specific online and traditional book resources that you’ll find very helpful. So, once...

The Shreeve Family

August 17, 2019

 by [email protected] · Published August 17, 2019 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Pier 21 Immigration Museum, Finding Family History in Halifax

John Shreeve and his family migrated from England to Canada between 1845 and 1847. The family included a young Sarah Shreeve, who was later to marry Joseph Warren Burright. According to The Sun Rides...

RMS Lancastria

The Muller Family

April 9, 2019

 by [email protected] · Published April 9, 2019 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Charles Muller and the Sinking of HMT Lancastria

By June 1940 the British Expeditionary Force had been pushed back to the French coast by the advancing German army. Among the thousands of British troops heading for the beaches was my great uncle...

The Burright Family

March 30, 2019

 by [email protected] · Published March 30, 2019 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Finding Husking Peg Schoolhouse, Orrin & Marilla Burright’s Journey’s End

On the first page of The Sun Rides High, Orrin Burright describes how, in 1845, the Burright family left Ohio and headed west. He notes that families traveled together for protection, before mentioning that...

Alice LeGrande Graduation in Guthrie 1936

The LeGrande Family

September 9, 2017

 by [email protected] · Published September 9, 2017 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Alice Legrande’s High School Graduation, Guthrie, 1936

On the steps of Guthrie Junior High School, the 8th-grade children of Logan County receive their honors on the 1st of June, 1936. Among their ranks is a young Alice Lorene LeGrande, daughter of Charles M....

Orrin Burright, 1889, Arkansas City, Kansas

The Burright Family

September 9, 2017

 by [email protected] · Published September 9, 2017 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Orrin Burright Arrives In Arkansas City, Kansas

Arkansas City, Kansas, 1889. Orrin Ulysses Burright walks into the Derry Brothers photography studio to get his picture taken. One of the thousands of settlers who amassed in camps around this small city prior...

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