Tagg Triangulation II: Unrelated Spouses Could be Family Too!
I’ve been searching for William Tagg for years now. I don’t know his date of birth or his parents. I’m not entirely positive where he was born. It could be […]
I’ve been searching for William Tagg for years now. I don’t know his date of birth or his parents. I’m not entirely positive where he was born. It could be […]
Until recently, two men with the same name were derailing my research. The name Peter Meid (Mead) was a problem. I was unable to discern which immigration record went with […]
For decades, members of my father’s family have insisted we have Native American roots. Years ago, before my grandmother passed away, she mentioned our connection to a “Long Island Indian […]
In the years prior to the U.S. Civil War, my fourth great-grandpa, John Chichester Sr., was a city gauger in New York City. His responsibilities were that of an inspector. […]
Ye Olden Tavern, known as the Fountain House, was built in Flushing, Queens, New York about 1756. According to old newspaper reports, it was, as the name suggests, a traditional […]
In 1907, my great-grandfather and Poggio Rusco, Italy native arrived at Ellis Island. Tomaso Venturini, along with a brother and sister, joined their mother and older brothers, who had arrived earlier […]
From the first European settlers in Virginia to the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” at Ellis Island, our family tree is vast thicket of immigrants. In this year, 2013, when […]
James Henry Tagg and Sarah Lepine Chichester were married 130 years ago today, 27 December 1883 in Brooklyn. James, a compositor and typesetter, and Sadie, were both from families that […]
James Tagg was born in 1833 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, middle son to immigrant parents William and Elizabeth Tagg. As a young boy, James, and his brothers Frederick and Henry […]
Jane and Her Siblings, Elizabeth Martling Prindle and Ralph Thompson Martling Ironically, it would be a Google search that turned up the most fortunate conglomeration of names: Ralph Thompson Martling. […]