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Peter Gunnarson Rambo, son of Gunnar Petersson, was born in about 1612 in Hisingen, Sweden. He came to America in 1640 and settled in Christiana, New Sweden (now Delaware). He married Brita Mattsdotter 7 April 1647. They had eight children. He died in 1698. HIs daughter, Gertrude Rambo, was born 19 October 1650. She married Anders Bengtsson. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio.
James Sparrow (1830-1912) immigrated, with his parents, from Ireland to Ohio in 1834, and married in 1858. They moved to Missouri, and he served in the Civil War. In 1880 he went to Colorado looking for gold, and finally settled in New Mexico. Includes ancestry living in Ireland, England and elsewhere.
Pierre Louis Cantelou (1753-1819) was born in Paris, France and immigrated to America at the time of the Revolutionary War. He served in the American army and then married Alice Crymes (b.1757) of Lunenburg County, Virginia. They were the parents of five children. Their descendants settled in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and other parts of the United States.
A yearbook of yearbooks celebrating the connection between the old and new, the 522 photographs in Image and Reflection stir the memories of every past and present member of the University community, from its beginning at William McIlroy's farm to today's bustling campus.
Profiles of Patriots: A Biographical Reference of American Revolutionary War Patriots and their Descendants is a compilation of thirty-one biographies of American Revolutionary War patriots and includes an introduction and brief history of the Williamsburg, Virginia, chapter of the DAR and its founders. This book is a commemorative work celebrating the chapter's 90th anniversary of its founding in 1925 and the 125th anniversary of the National Society's founding in 1890. Each biography summarizes the patriot's service record in the War of Independence, as well as key biographical information. In addition, each author of these biographies is a direct descendant of the patriot and in some cases provides a summary of lineage to assist in reference for furthering genealogy research. This book provides a unique look into the history of both rank-and-file soldiers, as well as officers and other patriots, and includes references to unique family oral histories and primary sources.
Samuel Thomson was born at Blair Manor, Ayrshire, Scotland and became an Anabaptist convert. He moved to Wales in 1715, and in 1717 immigrated to Richmond, Virginia. He married Molly MacDonald in 1726 and their only child, William, was born in 1727.