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In reply to the discussion: A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)20. We might be relatives thru the Mormon connection, too.
One of my great-great(sometimes removed)aunts married William Taylor, one of the original pioneers. And given that a lot of the early families seem to have intermarried with one another.....there could be a connection there, too.
Also, were any of your Cherry's in Canada by any chance? Because that's where mine came from, or more specifically, Peterborough, Humberstone(now part of Pt. Colborne), and Welland, Ont(my great-great-great grandma Ellen was born there, in about 1854)....though I can't go any farther back on John Cherry(Ellen's pop) at the moment.
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Lemieux? Hmm....you might just be related to the world famous hockey player, methinks.
AverageJoe90
Jul 2013
#15
One of my ancestors built the house that was famously occupied by Bacon's followers, apparently.
AverageJoe90
Jul 2013
#14
I have Harwoods. 19th century - England >> New Jersey >> Illinois >> Nebrasa
kestrel91316
Jul 2013
#22
Dunno about J.M. or his father, but his grandfather, Joseph, Sr. may have been from Lancaster Co.;
AverageJoe90
Sep 2013
#41