The Lord/Atkins/Ahl Family Home Page

Welcome to the Lord/Atkins/Ahl Family Home Page. I am Don Lord, originally from Bethel, Maine, and am researching my Lord ancestors starting with Hari Lord who lived in Wales. Hari's grandson, Nathan Lord, came from England in 1637 and settled in Kittery, ME. Later generations settled in South Berwick, Lovell and Rumford, ME. My g-g-grandfather, Isaiah Lord, was born April 25, 1806 and lived in Lovell,ME. His grandson, John Francis Lord, lived in Rumford Center, ME where my Father Lawrence Albra Lord was born in 1901.
My wife, Jenny, is from Dos Palos, CA, and is researching her ATKINS and AHL ancestors. She recently traced the Atkins family back to James Atkins of Sandwich, MA. James' grandson, Nathaniel Atkins (b. 1739), was an early settler of Wayne, ME, and Nathaniel's sons later moved to the Peru/Dixfield/Canton Maine areas. Jenny's ancestors later moved from Peru, Maine to Illinois, then Kansas, and in 1917, moved to Dos Palos, CA.

The AHL family originated in Sweden. In 1881, John Alfred Ahl, Jenny's g-grandfather, came to the United States and was an early settler of Eldon, Washington, where he established the first school, was Post Master for the Eldon US Post Office, and was influential in establishing the Olympic Highway, which is now US Route 101 in Washington State.

Books

• THE LORD FAMILY HISTORY (view PDF)

Family Photos

• Owen Frederick ATKINS I [1825-1902] and wife. (171 KB)
  Owen F. Atkins I was born in Wayne, Maine, the son of David and Margery (Besse) Atkins. Owen married Margaret P. Harrison (1837-1903) on May 9, 1855. Owen and Margaret are the g-grandparents of Jenny M. Lord.
• Isaiah LORD (1807-1882) (79 KB)
  Photo taken about 1864. This is Don Lord's g-g-grandfather, Isaiah LORD, of Lovell, Maine.
• Owen F. and Margaret (Harrison) ATKINS' Children (165 KB)
  Photo taken about 1886. Owen Frederick Atkins II was approx. 8 years old at the time. He was Jenny M. Lord's grandfather.
• Ruth Hurd (Keay) LORD [1816-1903] (100 KB)
  Photo taken about 1864. Ruth was the wife of Isaiah LORD and Don LORD's g-g-grandmother.
• Owen Frederick ATKINS II [1878-1953] and Family (146 KB)
  Photo taken about 1930 in Dos Palos, California. Lloyd Sylvester Atkins (1907-1995) was Jenny M. Lord's father.
• John Francis LORD [1842-1864] (171 KB)
  Photo taken in early 1864. John was the son of Isaiah and Ruth (Keay) LORD. He died on July 31, 1864 from wounds received at the Battle of Petersburg during the Civil War.
• Lloyd Sylvester ATKINS [1907-1995] and wife Marion (193 KB)
  Photo was taken in December 1982. Lloyd S. Atkins married Marion Joyce Arias (1914- ), daughter of Alfredo Domingo Arias and Jennie Elizabeth (Ahl) Arias. Lloyd and Marion Atkins are Jenny M. Lord's parents.
• Albra Keay LORD [1846-1933] (117 KB)
  Photo taken about 1921. Albra, Don LORD's g-grandfather, was a son of Isaiah and Ruth (Keay) LORD, and was a noted brown ash basket maker during the early 1900s.
• Parents of John Alfred AHL (162 KB)
  Photo was taken in Sweden between 1875-1880.
• John Francis LORD [1870-1944] and his wife Nettie. (103 KB)
  Photo taken about 1934. John Francis, a son of Albra LORD and Don LORD's grandfather, married Nettie Belle Stevens [1873-1937]in 1896. They lived in Rumford Center, Maine.
• John Alfred AHL[1855-1920] and his wife, Allie (97 KB)
  Photo taken May 29, 1907, on the wedding day of John Ahl to Mary Alice "Allie" Spear, his 3rd wife.
• Lawrence Albra LORD [1901-1968]and his wife Doris (172 KB)
  Picture taken in 1962, Lawrence A. LORD, son of John Francis LORD, married Doris A. ORDWAY [1903-1987] in 1923, parents of Donald K. LORD.
• John A. AHL House on the Hamma Hamma River. (130 KB)
  Photo taken about 1916 in Eldon, Washington. People on the porch are John Ahl (2nd from the left) and members of his family.
• Amos Henry Stevens(1840-1915) and wife, Cevilla (156 KB)
  Amos H. Stevens and his wife, Cevilla Barker (Abbott) Stevens (1843-1914), parents of Nettie Belle (Stevens) Lord.
• John A, AHL in his new 1915 Ford (136 KB)
  Photo taken in 1917, John and Allie Ahl in their new 1915 Ford motor car. Seated in the back is Barney Stewart who taught John how to drive.
• Luman H. Grover (1842-1901) Family (215 KB)
  Photo taken about 1904 at Luman H. Grover Family Reunion. Don Lord's grandparents, Alice M. (Grover) Ordway (1873-1929) and Fred Lincoln Ordway (1863-1928) are in the middle row.
• Jennie Elizabeth AHL[1888-1937] and children. (129 KB)
  Photo taken in 1917 in Eldon, WA. Jennie, on the right, married Alfredo D. Arias in 1908. Their children, in front of Jennie, were John W. and Marion J. Arias. Marion is Jenny M. Lord's mother. The lady on the left is Emma M. (Ahl) Schaufler, sister to John Alfred Ahl.
• Elizabeth Ellen (Haines) Ordway (1829-1893) (73 KB)
  Elizabeth E. Haines, wife of Lysander Ordway (1827-1903), and Don Lord's great-grandmother.
• Alfredo Domingo Arias[1880-1937] (83 KB)
  Photo taken in 1919. Alfredo, originally from Ica, Peru, married Jennie Elizabeth Ahl in 1908. Alfredo and Jennie Arias are Jenny M. Lord's grandparents.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Robert Ordway (b: 1525) - dated 25 Mar 2009 (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Atkins-- -- 04 April 2009 (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Brannan (View PDF)

Related Links

• Grave Stone - Nathaniel Atkins, Sr.- Hines/Adkins Cemetery.