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The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Vold Forde, Author What questions would you like to ask your grandmothers, great grandmothers or tenth great grandmothers? In this work, the authors of the "grandmother stories"(Dr. Forde and cousins) imaginatively ask their grandmothers questions about the source of their indomitable spirit; and as you read, you will appreciate the choice. The centerpiece of the book consists of interpretative essays featuring our grandmothers in times of trial and times of joy. The essays are accompanied by descriptive chronologies, with the reader appropriately instructed by maps from each period, photographs, sketches, portraits and recipes. An encyclopedic Appendix in CD-ROM form of...
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.
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.
This history begins with the arrival in 1752 of the emigrant, Jacob Haigler from England to Charleston, South Carolina. Jacob Haigler, (referred to as Jacob 1st by the author), brought his three sons with him, Peter, Phillip, & George. In 1752 Jacob Haigler 1st applied for and did receive a land grant of 200 acres from King George III. About 1754, Jacob Haigler 1st married Mrs. Johanna Myerin Road. Two sons were born to this union, John Frederick Haigler & Jacob Haigler 2nd. Descendants and relatives lived primarily in South Carolina.
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Michael Witt, son of Adrian Witt, was born 28 Feb 1773 in South Carolina. He married Catherine Elizabeth Maurer, daughter of Jacob Maurer and Elizabeth, about 1797. They had 6 children. Catherine died on 24 Jan 1826. Michael then married Mary Matilda Riddle, daughter of William P. Riddle and Janet, in 1826. They also had 6 children. Michael died on 10 Aug 1839 and is buried in Prosperity, South Carolina. Mary died on 19 May 1877 in Prosperity, South Carolina. Michael's ancestors are from Baden, Germany. His descendants have lived in South Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, Florida, and other areas in the United States.
The earliest known ancestor, John McMichael, Sr. was born probably in Pennsylvania. He died 1803 in Greene Co., Georgia. In 1740/80 period this McMichaels family lived in Anson Co., N.C. Shortly before the Revolutionary War, the McMichaels migrated to the Orangeburgh Distr. of South Carolina. In 1788 John McMichael was living in Greene Co., Ga. He had three sons: William McMichael (ca. 1750-1809); John McMichael (ca. 1757-1841); and David McMichael (ca. 1765-1829. Descendants and family members live in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and elsewhere. Ancestors of Sarah Lois McMichael (1906-1991), daughter of Joseph Emory McMichael and Nancy Virgie Maddox.
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