Starr’s Hotel in Finsbury Square
We believe that Jakob Louis Muller arrived in the Holburn District of London in the 1860s, after which he took a job as a waiter. He had emigrated from Baden in Germany. In 1873...
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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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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’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....