The Hill/Worley/Magnuson/Masters home page

I am researching the following surnames: HILL, WORLEY, MAGNUSON, STUART, COESTER, PETERSON, MASTERS, VADMAN, BLASING, NELSON, BUESCHMAN. Most of the above families (except WORLEY) settled in Minnesota and Wisconsin after the 1850's. The WORLEY family is largely from Pennsylvania (1600s). The Coesters also spelled their last name Ceoster; I have traced them back to Yorkville, Illinois in the mid to late 1800s. The Hill family descended from John and Catherine Hill; their son Adam settled in Waconia, MN in the mid 1800s.
The Masters information I am seeking refers to a JAMES MASTER(S) who was briefly married to Verna Peterson in Superior, WI around 1919 or 1920. They divorced when their daughter Virginia was 1 1/2 years old. He was born in Chicago, IL around 1900. I know nothing else about him; he was my great-grandfather.

I have a great deal of information about the WORLEY ancestry; our line descends from Henry Worley and Ann Stone Worley, who later married Caleb Pusey. Their two sons Henry and Francis, lived in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. It is believed our family descends from Henry (see descendant tree)

I am also researching the following families who I believe lived primarily in the South; DUTY, PIKE, BOSTIC.

If you have any information to share about these families or would like to see the info I have, I would love to hear from you.

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• The family trees of Jane (Hill) and David Worley (315 KB)
  This is a large file, constantly being updated. It includes genealogy info gathered on both my and David's families.

Family Photos

• Gertrude and Emil (Frank) Magnuson (12 KB)
  My great-grandparents at their wedding on May 12, 1920 on the Vadman Farm. Gertrude's maiden name was Vadman.
• Jane and David Worley, Christmas 1998 (58 KB)
  Our dogs managed to sit still for two minutes to have this photo taken. Riley is on the left and Jasmine is on the right.
• Ellen Magnuson Stuart, 1995 (145 KB)
  This is my maternal grand-mother, Ellen Stuart, at age 74. She died in 1997.
• Catharine Hill Altenbernd, born 1842 (367 KB)
  My great-great aunt; daughter of John Hill and Catherine Buschmann

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Sakarias Magnuson


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of John Hill


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of William de Warley


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of James Stuart


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Petter Nilson

Related Links

• A good place for queries about the Worley surname