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A Patchwork Through Time: My Family History

Updated July 17, 2004

Dianne Larson Ward

Aberdeen, Washington

I have always believed one must understand the past in order to understand the present. To understand ourselves and others we need to know what shaped each of us...the family life, relationships, and what outside influences were taking place...a depression, a war, migration, assasination.
I began researching my family history in 1984 and my husbands family history soon after. Because I was raised far from the security of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins the understanding and bond genealogy has given me with those who came before me is a priceless treasure.

The search continues. There are always mysteries to solve, distant relatives to find. I hope that this page will help more of us to find one another and that my research will help others. If there is any shared line or a question about one of my lines please don't hesitate to e mail me. My new address is dianne710 (insert @ here)comcast.net I'm sorry to write it that way but the old address was on ever spam list in the world!

Surnames I am researching include:

LARSON Norway/WI
BOLSTADNorway/WI
SANDE Norway/WI
HAAKENSON / HAGGENSON / HAWKINSON Norway/WI
(Many other Norwegians not listed above)

HALL (Some Quaker)VA, NC, SC, OH, WI
GUIST PA, OH, WI
WELLS NY/NJ/OH/WI
RUNDLE / RUNDELL NY/NJ/OH/WI
DRAKE
FOSTER OH/WI
GREEN
NOTESTINE
TAGGART
BURKET / BURKHART
STAHMANN (Florida)
The following were Southern US Quaker (1600's to at least 1830)
PATTERSON
WHITE
NEWBY
BAKER
DAVIS
DUKE
JORDAN
BRASSIEUR / BRASHEARS AND OTHER VARIENTS
MERRIMOON
PEOBELLS / PEEBLES
HAMLIN

My Milwaukee area Germans and Czechs:
RUZICKA / ROSE (one went to Grand Rapids(?), MI)
KNIPPEL / KNIPPLE / KNEUPPEL
THIELEN
OEHLER
ENGELHARDT
LORBERBLATT / LORBIERBLATH
FLAL
PROHASKA / PROCHASKA
KINSTETTER
REBHAN
KASTEN
PIELMEIER
MOERMAN
KNIE

My husbands lines: (all in the southern US)
WARD
ODOM
SALTER
DAY
GAINEY
TODD
PURVIS
ENGLISH

Our grandchildrens additional lines:
RUNION / RUNYON
LOUDERBACK
JEWELL
MORRIS
ASHER

I have a webpage with some information on some of my lines at:
http://dianneward.homestead.com/index.html


******PLEASE NOTE ref the file below:*****

The connection of Thomas Jordan2 (husband of Margaret) to Samuel Jordan and Thomas#1 ***is as yet unproven***. It has been accepted by many family historians but there is no actual PROOF.

From Thomas and Margaret down the line is well documented.

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