Marjorie Louise Tollas Bernard (Margie) passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 25, 2019 in Buncrana, Ireland, after losing her three-month battle with cancer. Our family is deeply saddened by this loss and will miss her dearly. Margie was never one
The Winthrop Fleet
The Winthrop Fleet—1630 The next wave of English immigrants to New England took place in June & July 1630, in what is known as The Winthrop Fleet. This fleet consisted of 11 ships led by the flagship Arabella carrying John
The Walter Palmer Family ~ Our First English Ancestor Immigrants 1629
First some historical background before writing about our first English ancestor immigrants. They were Walter & Ann Margaret Palmer and their five children: Grace, William Jonah, Elizabeth and John who lived at Nottinghamshire, England. Ann Margaret died before Walter and
O’Meara~D’arcy
Our Irish ancestral link begins with the birth of my 2nd great-grandmother Eliza O’Meara on 23 February 1834 at Gortmore Townland, Youghalarra Parish, County Tipperary, Ireland to Daniel & Margaret (D’Arcy) O’Meara. She was baptized 25 February and her godparents were
Johanna Henrietta (Loraff) Schultz Biography by Cindy Schroder
The following information about Johanna Henrietta (Loraff) Schultz [she was my paternal great-grandmother married to great-grandfather Martin Schultz. MTB] was collected by Cindy Schroder: Graberschr@aol.com . Her research into the Loraff, Reischke, Schultz, Tollas ancestry was brought to my attention by
Erastus & Roxanah (Rogers) Disbrow
Erastus & Roxanna (Rogers) Disbrow Great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth Disbrow‘s parents, were Erastus & Roxanna (Rogers) Disbrow. Erastus was born 1815 in the Catskill Mountains town of Windham, Greene County, New York to Meeker & Chloe (Abbott) Disbrow.
Kemp~Hoy
Jacob & Harriet (Hoy) Kemp Jacob M. Kemp and Harriet Hoy are my maternal 3rd Great-Grandparents. Jacob M. Kemp, was born on 11 July 1811, in Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania to Edward & Eve (Penrod) Kemp; his father
Pommern Province, Prussian Ancestors
In the late 1800’s several of our Loraff, Reischke, Schultz, Tollas ancestors emigrated from the Prussian Province of Pommern located on the southern border of the Baltic Sea to Berrien County, Michigan, USA. Pommern was within the Kingdom of Prussia, that
Hadleigh Hill Farm
Our First Homeplace – Margie (Tollas) Bernard “Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.” -Helen Keller Whenever I get a whiff of boxwood, daffodils, curry spices, or geraniums
The Tollas~Schultz Family
My father, Alfred Ewald Richard Tollas was born 26 March 1904 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan to William & Hulda (Schultz) Tollas. William was twenty when his parents, Albert and Albertina ‘Tina’ (Reischke) Tollas, emigrated in 1892 from Gross Tuchen, County