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Tagg Triangulation II: Unrelated Spouses Could be Family Too!

19 May 2016by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Bristol, brushmaker, Manhattan, New York, Tagg

Blue vs Grey: Christian and Peter Meid at the Battle of Chickamauga

13 March 2015by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Chickamauga, Civil War, Germany, Hesse-Darmstadt, Mead, Meid, Naturalization, Queens

Genetic Genealogy, Part III: “American Indian Eliza”

17 January 2015by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Carman, Golder, Hempstead, Jamaica, Langdon, Nassau, Native American, Queens, Rockaways

19th Century Pepto-Bismol – John Chichester’s Dyspepsia Specific

19 November 2014by billytagg Leave a comment

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. […]

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Chichester, City Gauger, Dyspepsia Specific, Lepine, Manhattan, Wall St

Discovered 1914 Photo: Great-Grandpa LeRoy Tagg at Fountain House – Flushing, NY

30 May 2014by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Flushing, New York, Nimmo, Peck, Queens, Tagg

True Names of an Immigrant’s Company: Vanter and George

2 April 2014by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Brooklyn, City Directory, Venturini

The Year 2013: 400 Years an Immigrant

31 December 2013by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Ellis Island, Jamestown, Naturalization, New York, Virginia

Happy 130th Anniversary James and Sadie

27 December 2013by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Brooklyn, Chichester, Manhattan, Marriage, New York, Tagg

James Tagg, Ship Joiner and Sashmaker (1833-1903)

21 October 2013by billytagg Leave a comment

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 […]

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Brooklyn, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Manhattan, Martling, New York, Tagg, Westervelt

The Long and Arduous Search for Jane Harriet Martling Tagg, Part II

14 August 2013by billytagg Leave a comment

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. […]

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Brooklyn, Manhattan, Martling, New York, Staten Island, Thompson, Westervelt

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