Karen Zach
Fruits Saga Continues – Catherine #8 Up Today!
Catherine Fruits was born while Alamo George and Catherine (Stonebraker) Fruits were still in Ohio (Butler County according to her death record) but grew-up in the Alamo area with the…
Read MoreFruits Saga – Yep, Another George Or Lucky #7
George, one of the most popular names in the Fruits family brings us the third in a row (George, born 1736 in Germany died Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana in Sept…
Read MoreHear ye, hear ye, Fruits #6
John S. Fruits was John George (Alamo George) and Catherine Stonebraker’s sixth child and is the subject of this week’s article. Born in Butler County, Ohio on 11 March 1818…
Read MoreFruits Saga – Margaret, The Fifth Child
Margaret was one of the hardest of Alamo George Fruits’ kiddos to discover but my genealogy buddy, Kim, pitched in and think we discovered quite a bit, albeit still questions…
Read MoreFruits #4 – Sebastian Fruits & Family left our midst – wonder what would have been in his life had he stayed here?
Finding Fruits in MoCo is fairly easy – they are Fruits, as in people with a capital F indicating that important fact, but in Page County, Iowa, if you search…
Read MoreMeet George’s Child # 3 – Susan
As we continue our series on Alamo George Fruits (one of our many Revolutionary Soldiers as well as fighting in the War of 1812) we come to child number three,…
Read MoreWhere Oh Where Can Elizabeth Be?
Well, I hate to admit this – I failed. I have lots of those situations, but it is extremely rare in the genealogical world. However, I’m with many others as…
Read MoreYa’ll Know ‘Ol George – Now, Read About His Kids #1 Right Here
Can’t imagine there would be even one person reading this who has not heard of one of our most famed Revolutionary War soldiers, George (often called George Jr or Alamo…
Read MoreHiram Burroughs – Karen says you’re the winner!
Had 4-5 ideas for the next few articles so it was kind of difficult to come up with which I desired to do, but this Civil War soldier won-out. Hopefully,…
Read MoreA little about one of our early factories and two men who ran it
More than likely told you before some of the ways I choose a subject to concentrate an article on, and today, I got really crazy, just called up a January…
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