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The Alger Belton Dickens Greene Kinney Family Home PageUpdated September 5, 2000 | |
| E. A. Greene 756 Curfew St. St. Paul,MN 55114-1027 | I am researching mainly my maternal line (Alger-Belton-Kinney) as I know very little about my paternal line (Greene-Dickens). I've managed to trace the Algers back (with the help of relatives, especially my cousin, Jim Alger) to John (Thomas?)Alger who appeared in Swansea, Massachusetts in 1649. This line is not related (to my knowledge) to Horatio Alger, but is WAY COOL nonetheless. New York, Iowa, and Minnesota are among the states the Algers have lived in. The Beltons (my Grandmother Cora (b. 1869) married Anson Alger b.1874) lived in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and great-grandfather James Belton was from England--I have no knowledge as yet of this line prior to the American Civil War. I know of Kinneys' in Honeyoil, New York around 1800--Calvin Kinney married Lucy Adams Smith (her dad was Amasa Smith b. 1775)- I believe there was a branch of Kinneys in Virginia (not sure)---Calvin and Lucy settled in Iowa (the Kinney family is also in Minnesota). I have a great oral tradition on my mother's side. She told wonderful family stories. My dad didn't say much about his folks. I know from the census that his great grandparents Charlotte and LeRoy Dickens lived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1900. My grandmother was Nellie Dickens--I don't know her parents' names. My Grandfather's name was William Jesse. My dad's name was Clyde. His brothers were Jesse William, Ralph and George. If any of these names are ones you've come across in your searching, I'd love to hear from you. (I haven't posted my family history yet as I want to verify my info thoroughly before doing so.) P.S. The Dickens line claimed to be related to Charles Dickens--distant cousins at however many removes. I haven't done enough digging to even begin to find out if this is a tall tale, or has some truth to it. |