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My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree


• Sources

Books

• Rachel Chambers Penrod Family (view PDF)

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• This is the family of Van's cousins. (385 KB)
  Van's cousin, Helen, has gathered the family of Niels Hansen, her grandfather, and in-laws, the Loens
• The Multi-racial Family of George Galphin (281 KB)
  George Galphin, Irish Indian Trader,noted patriot of the Revolutionary War in Georgia and S.C. had Creek, mulatto, and white children, very difficult to trace.
• The Bates family from Vermont back into England (42 KB)
  This connects our Porter family to the noted Bates family through the line of Simeon back to John Bates who fought in the battle of Agincourt.
• The latest additions to this overall family file. (580 KB)
  This version has the latest updates for family of Levi Chambers.
• The Dickerson Pioneers of Georgia . (468 KB)
  This is the family tree of our newest family member, Pat Dickerson.

Family Photos

• Cemetery Markers of John and Mary McCan Chambers (160 KB)
  John and Mary are the parents of the list of men and women including Mathew Chambers, father of our Chambers line.
• Benjamin Martell with family (126 KB)
  Benjamin was carefully helped by his son David and daughter Mary. The other woman is a neighbor.
• Simon Pierce, Union Veteran husband of Sarah (133 KB)
  Simon worked as a farm laborer in Jackson Co. Iowa, joined the 2nd Iowa Cavalry, came home to marry Sarah Newberry, then died in 1877.
• Marion Chambers' children and grandchildren (277 KB)
  At the time of his funeral, children from his first and second families and some grandchildren came together for a formal portrait.
• William H. Chambers married a girl from LaSalle Co (73 KB)
  William H. Chambers farmed in LaSalle county and enlisted in the Union Army there. He married Helen Bullock, a native of LaSalle County.
• The Vandervelde Family (76 KB)
  These are the adult children of Adriana and Martin Vandervelde, including an adopted cousin.
• Grandma Porter, and other family groups (77 KB)
  Clara Porter, Cora Porter Vandervelde's family, and four generations with Cora, Celim, Vance, Martin.
• Hilgendorf Family in Davison County, SD (139 KB)
  The only child missing is my own greatgrandmother, Anna, and her husband Frank Reichert. This was taken for the wedding of Mabel.
• All the family of Vance and Isabel Vandervelde (84 KB)
  Taken after the marriage of Rose and Pat Dickerson in November, 2004.
• Children of Lawrence Jefferson and Lillie Manbeck (131 KB)
  This is a picture of the children of L.J. and Lillie, all dressed neatly by their loving mother.
• The Chambers Brothers, 1890 (52 KB)
  The brother, except for F.M., who had a brand new wife and family back in SD, held a reunion in Fulton County, Illinois. No such image of the Chambers sisters has been found.
• Thomas and Cora Porter Vandervelde (158 KB)
  Here is the family of Thomas and Cora, looking very tidy. Thomas was a handsome older man who married a 19 year oldbeautiful statuesque brunette.