My French Connection
In My French Connection, I describe my involvement with a group of fellow researchers who were interested in the French who settled in Ohio and who helped me greatly in researching the Gaume family…
Five Families in Ohio
According to my father his paternal grandmother, Della Gaum, was born in Ohio before later moving to Kansas. This is all that I knew about my great-grandmother before discovering on my own the story of her family. In 1985, I made a trek to the National Archives branch in southern California. At the National Archives, [...]
The Favier Family
The family of my ggg-grandmother, Elise Faiver and her sister, Josephine presented a bit of challenge. The Stark County Story by Heald states that a Joseph Faiver had "five daughters and one son". One daughter is mentioned by name and the other is said to have belonged to the Ursuline order. The obituary of Sophie [...]