By Mary Fairchild The unique stories of our ancestors open up our knowledge of history with greater detail in rich and heart-warming ways. Please enjoy my latest compilation of ancestor letters, notes, and photographs that I have been graciously supplied with. A special thanks to my sister-in-law, Kathy Nicholls, who spent countless hours making copies with me…
Tag: Genealogy
The Ancestors and Descendants of the Turuc and Schlacter Families
By Mary Fairchild LINK TO MANDULA & TURUC FAMILY PHOTOS HERE Peter Turuc b 14 July 1875 Romania d 28 March 1939 Gary, IN m. Mary Mandula b. ABT 1880 Romania. They had three children: Vasil b. ABT 1900 Romania. Vasil was sponsored by his grandmother, Maria Mandula, and immigrated to Gary, Indiana. He married, changed…
Fergen Family of the Black Forest
By Mary Fairchild Reichstag Building. LINK TO FERGEN FAMILY PHOTOS HERE The term Reichstag dates back to the Holy Roman Empire. The building was built for the Diet of the German Empire, which was succeeded by the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. The latter would become the Reichstag of Nazi Germany, which left the building (and ceased to act as a parliament) after…
Settlers of Cupheag: Fairchild Genealogy
Mac’s Harbor, Stratford, CT. Pictures at Mfairlady Flickr “Early Stratford and Fairfield society seems to have been more free than Puritan communities elsewhere.” “The earliest shelters of the settlers at Cupheag (Stratford) were “cellars” dug into the banks at Stratford (Mac’s) Harbor, or “English wigwams,” a cross between the Indian wigwam made of thatch, bark…