Mays and Morelands and ancestors

This site is designed to provide information to family members and genealogy researchers about the May and Moreland families and their ancestors, ascending from Joan Marie (May) Bundy.

These families variously trace their roots to England, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Alsace-Lorraine and many other European countries.

I welcome any comments, questions or clarifications.

Enjoy!

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• Family tree of the Mays and Morelands (639 KB)
  This tree ascends from Joan Marie (May) Bundy, on up to the Mays and Morelands and their ancestral relatives. It was last uploaded Feb. 3, 2006. Enjoy!

Family Photos

• Mary R. Albright headstone (426 KB)
  At the North Liberty, Iowa, cemetery.
• Iola Johnson Ross on her wedding day (163 KB)
  This is Iola on her wedding day, Feb. 8, 1915, Audubon County, Iowa, USA.
• Mathias Albright homestead (159 KB)
  This is the original Albright family homestead in North Liberty, Iowa.
• Samuel J Ross on his wedding day (166 KB)
  This is Sam on his wedding day, Feb. 8, 1915, Audubon County, Iowa, USA. (Doesn't he look fetching? I know, I'm biased since he's my great-grandfather.)
• The Snyder descendants (461 KB)
  A branch of the Ross-Moreland tree.
• Mathias Albright residence (349 KB)
  This was either the house that the Albrights lived in or one built later on the same property.
• The Ross siblings (254 KB)
  These are Grammy's ancestors.
• Land transactions - Johnson County - page 1 (2554 KB)
  These are turn-of-the-century transactions primarily in the Albright family.
• George Phippen (89 KB)
  This is my grand-uncle George Phippen in his 20s. Isn't he dapper looking?
• Jane Ann Moreland Wyckoff and her three children (47 KB)
  Curtis, Barb (the bride) and Tim, from youngest to oldest
• Land transactions - Johnson County - page 2 (3384 KB)
  These are turn-of-the-century transactions primarily in the Albright family.
• Thomas Phippen (1500 KB)
  This is my great-grandfather. He was born in England. Very stern, but had a weak spot for plum pudding, especially at Christmas time!
• Grammy with her great-grands Joseph and Kyle (40 KB)
  My Grammy and my two oldest nephews! They're almost the same age and fight exactly like brothers! Still, I am such a proud auntie!
• Land transactions - Johnson County - page 3 (5293 KB)
  These are turn-of-the-century transactions primarily in the Albright family.
• George and Imogene Phippen (372 KB)
  My grand-uncle and -aunt in the late 1940s. (Aren't they a cute couple?)
• My mom and dad's wedding picture (418 KB)
  Alice Mary Moreland and Stephen Robert May
• Land transactions - Johnson County - page 4 (5454 KB)
  These are turn-of-the-century transactions primarily in the Albright family.
• Evelyn Phippen May and her siblings (310 KB)
  March 8, 1967: Dagmar Phippen's funeral; left to right: Florence, Tommy, George, Evelyn and Leonard
• Robert "Bob" May at the pool with son Chuck (147 KB)
  Poolside fun...
• Karen and Christen Jensen Aaen (239 KB)
  possibly wedding photo
• Edward Albright headstone (274 KB)
  This is located in the tiny North Liberty, Iowa, cemetery.

Related Files

• Tamson Quick and William Channon biography (6 KB)
  English ancestors!
• Mathias Albright will (5 KB)
  This is the "Last Will and Testament" of the great patriarch of the Albright family. (It's interesting reading too!)
• Catherine Albright Stetzel biography (23 KB)
  My great-great grandmother Stetzel!
• Ellis and Lowene Barrett Moreland biography (14 KB)
  This came from an interview I did back in 1994. Fascinating stuff and a wonderful couple I was proud to call my great-uncle and aunt!
• Mathias Albright biography (14 KB)
  The patriarch of the Albrights of North Liberty, Iowa!
• Penn Township land ownership list (3 KB)
  some land ownership information from the 1800s in Penn Township, Johnson County, Iowa
• Alice Carrie Price Ross biography (28 KB)
  This grand lady shares my wedding anniversary month and day!
• Christen and Karen Nielsen Jensen Aaen biography (5 KB)
  This couple emigrated from Denmark to the United States with seven young children!
• Dagmar Jensen Aaen Phippen biography (6 KB)
  This is my great-grandma Phippen from Denmark!
• Effa Ada Hunt and Hal May biography (6 KB)
  Pre-divorce!
• Evelyn Olga Phippen May autobiography (10 KB)
  My grandma!
• The matriarch of the Moreland family, Grammy! (3 KB)
  Some memoirs from me read at her 80th birthday party, Dec. 9, 2000!
• Iola Johnson Ross honeymoon letter (2 KB)
  This is a very touching, humorous letter written home to the parents while on honeymoon with Sam Ross!
• Evelyn Olga Phippen May speech by Joan Bundy (2 KB)
  presented at her 80th birthday party, November 1, 1997
• Iola Johnson Ross biography - in "first person" (6 KB)
  This is a wonderful "autobiography" written by her daughter, Mary Ellen Ross Moreland Quandt!
• All about the "scandalous" May divorce (107 KB)
  Unusual in 1930 to officially dissolve a marriage; makes interesting reading.
• Sam Ross autobiography (5 KB)
  This is another wonderfully touching portrayal of Mary Ellen Ross Moreland Quandt's father, written by her as if in the first person.
• Leonard and Grace Phippen speech by Steve May (10 KB)
  At their 50th wedding anniversary
• "Sam" story (5 KB)
  This was a story about the death of Sam Ross I wrote as a children's book manuscript that was never published. Enjoy!
• Letter from Steve to Evelyn May on her 90th bday (20 KB)
  This is a very touching, informative letter from my dad, Stephen May, to his mother, when she turned 90 and he was 60.
• Oscar Hunt biography (3 KB)
  Another stellar Hunt ancestor!
• Origin of the Phippen name (1 KB)
  Ever wondered where the name "Phippen" came from?
• Abraham Albright (7 KB)
  Emigrated from England to United States with his wife!
• Alexander Lemon Moreland (11 KB)
  Another "famous" Moreland!
• Ross family history (3 KB)
  This Irish family came to middle America to settle.
• Moreland family history (5 KB)
  Good hard-working farm family!
• Denmark family notes (2 KB)
  Some notes on the Jensen Aaen family, haling from Aalborg, Denmark.
• Mary Ellen Ross Moreland Quandt biography (18 KB)
  In her own words...
• Amos and Rose Stetzel Moreland biography (4 KB)
  My great-grandparents Moreland--"two lovely Christian people" as the story says!
• George and Catherine Albright Stetzel biography (14 KB)
  From North Liberty to Audubon, Iowa!
• Albright family history (2 KB)
  The illustrious Albrights of Johnson County, Iowa!
• Alice Mary Moreland May autobiography (9 KB)
  My mom!