by Sharon Hall | Sep 6, 2014 | Surname Saturday
Those who regularly read the Surname Saturday articles know that there are usually multiple theories as to a surname’s origin. Such is the case again today with the Kitten surname. According to House of Names, the Kitten surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, possibly...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 5, 2014 | Feudin' & Fightin' Friday
As the political rule-of-thumb goes, most people don’t pay attention to upcoming national elections until after Labor Day. Here’s a look back at an era gone by – or is it? As another saying goes, “some things never change”. Today we are accustomed to the color-coded...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 3, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
The period of history encompassing the early to mid-1800’s was marked by the emergence of several utopian societies in America, presumably founded to establish their own version of “heaven on earth”. Sir Thomas Moore had first coined the Greek term for his...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 2, 2014 | Tombstone Tuesday
Andrew Garfield Shoun and Elizabeth Powell married in 1817 and began raising a family in 1818 with the birth of their first child Andrew. Then came George Hamilton (1822), Rachel Catherine (1823), Isaac Harvey (1825) and Joseph Nelson (1827). In 1829 their...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 30, 2014 | Surname Saturday
Most sources agree that today’s surname is of English or Scottish origin, although uncertain as to whether the name is merely habitational or perhaps derived from Old and Middle English. It’s possible that the Scottish version was habitational, named after a village,...
