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Surname Saturday: Pray

Like the Thing surname (see article here), the Pray surname is a bit hard to research because it is such a common word.  Added to that are the various theories as to origins, three at least, and none of them have anything to do with the most common way we use the word...

Surname Saturday: Folger

This surname is interesting to me because as I began to research it I discovered that one of its spelling variations is the same as some of my ancestors (Fulcher).  I would have never made the connection, but I will soon be researching that further. The Folger surname...
Feisty Females:  Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Part One)

Feisty Females: Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Part One)

General William Tecumseh Sherman declared at one point during the Civil War that she outranked him.  She was not a push-over and wasn’t about to be pushed aside by Army regulations either.  The Union soldiers she tended called her “Mother Bickerdyke” and they cheered...
Tombstone Tuesday:  Joseph Oklahombi

Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph Oklahombi

His name literally meant “man-killer” or “people-killer” in Choctaw – and even today he is still considered the most heroic Oklahoman who served in World War I.  As one web site put it, Joseph Oklahombi was a “Choctaw, Doughboy, Code Talker and Mighty Warrior.” Joseph...
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