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Historic Sites
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The house at 404 S. 2nd built and owned by my Grandmother's (Florence P. (Sayler) Moore) brother Frank W. Sayler in 1923 purchased buy my grandfather Arthur C. Gordon in 1944. Frank and his wife Emily Florence (Tewell) Sayler both passed away in 1944. ...
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Historic Sites
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50 miles south and slightly east of Springfield, Colorado. Ranch house was located in Oklahoma. Ranch in both Colorado and Oklahoma....
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Family History
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This is a translated copy of the 1805 contract between the Government of New Spain and Ignacio and Juan Bazan to provide Master craftsman level instruction to young people of Santa Fe who desire to further their knowledge of the art of weaving....
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Family History
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Arriving with dust and thunder, fierce horsemen from the East burst upon the European Stepp some 700 years before Christ. Invincible for four centuries, these proud marauders grew rich on the dividends of conquest, decking even their horses with gold. ...
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Family History
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The early history of Ireland was passed from mouth to mouth, because there was no written language until about 432 AD when St. Patrick arrived to convert the population to Christianity and Roman civilization. Thus the accuracy of the early years depended upon the tales...
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Family History
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In Ireland (in the Tipperary, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Limerick regions) the Creaghe and Butler names go back to the English-Norman invasion in 1166! From then until the reign of Henry VIII (16th century) both the invaders and the invaded people of Ireland were Catholic. When...
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Family History
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When the three brothers of the Hy Niall – that is the Clan of the Northern O’Nialls – (O’Neils). Pierce, Patrick and James came with might of men and with arms to drive the Danes from the city of Limerick where they had firmly established...
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Family History
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What follows is a summary of information gathered by Michael Barnett during a journey to Ireland and England that he and his wife, Merril took in 1997. Michael’s grandmother was Emily Caroline Creaghe, later Barnett (1860-1944) – see “Ancestors”. This relationship led to his interest...
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Family History
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The family of Creagh, or Creaghe, is of Milesian origin, descended from Herimone, 3rd son of Milesius and Scota, his wife, daughter of a Pharaoh of Egypt, through “Niall of the Nine Hostages,” Monarch of Erin A.D. 377....
Posted at 23:34h
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Family History
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The final E appears only to have been used by the Creaghes of Rheens and Tipperary Branches. The last representations of the Senior branch of the Rheens family – John Fitzstephen Creaghe....