Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing said Conner was the most indispensable man in the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Finding a link in my inbox to an article on Fox Conner doesn’t happen very often. In fact, I don’t recall ever seeing one before. So I was intrigued. Conner pops up in the books and other [...]
Archive for the ‘CONNER’ Category
Some of my ancestors lived in the northwesternmost part of Jasper County, Iowa. It’s known officially as Clear Creek Township. Years ago I discovered these maps at the Iowa GenWeb project pages for Jasper County. Whoever has been working on that site and these maps is doing a great job. Rarely does one find such [...]
The obituary of my great-great-grandmother, Ellen Lint, was posted online by Gail and Dennis Bell back in 2005. I reposted it on a few mailing lists so it wouldn’t get lost.[1] I somehow overlooked putting it here until now. THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, February 18, 1937, page 1, column 1. “OBITUARY – Ellen [...]
On a mailing list at RootsWeb.com, a nice gentleman posted the following obituary for Linnie Grace Conner, daughter of John Conner and Ellen Lint and sister of Mae Ola Conner, my great grandmother. He discovered it at NewspaperArchive.com.[1][2] Some of the text is garbled, so until I find an original or the information online somewhere, there will [...]
Have you ever tried Squirrel? This was asked of me after I posted a few disparaging remarks about my Conner cousins. No, I’ve never eaten squirrel meat. My Conner relatives were eating raccoon and squirrel well into the 20th century. My grandpa’s dad (and the entire family) were living with his Conner in-laws and he [...]
I have unearthed some records at FamilySearch.org which may prove to be the family of my great-great grandfather John ‘Pap’ Conner. I’ve copied the information directly from FamilySearch, editing a little to clean it up, mainly because of repetition and formatting. John Connor1 Birth: 1846 in Iowa Parents: Father: John Connor Mother: Josephine John [...]
Family Name History
Posted: October 2, 2010 in BELOW, BOAL, CHITTY, CONNER, DARLING, DOTY, GEORGE, GOODELL, HAY, HILL, NEAL, NORTHROP, NORTHRUP, PARKER, RADDE, REYNOLDS, SHANNON, Surnames, TIDD, VAN NOTE, WALKERI came across a Family Name History feature at a site called nameLab, so I decided to lookup a few surnames. VAN NOTE Americanized spelling of Dutch Van (der) Not, a habitational name for someone from a place called Ter Noot, for example one in French Flanders. VAN OORT 1. Dutch: habitational name from any [...]
