by Sharon Hall | Jun 28, 2014 | Surname Saturday
Chisolm The Chisholm surname is Scottish and first recorded in thirteenth-century Roxburghshire, Roxburgh, the county that borders the English counties of Cumberland and Northumberland: John de Chesehelme (1254) John de Chesolm (1296) It is a border name arising from...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 27, 2014 | Feisty Females
Today’s “Feisty Female” more than likely lived a fairly ordinary life. However, as time went on the stories of her exploits as the purported first woman to travel the Chisholm Trail, would make her an almost “larger than life” figure as a legendary Texas pioneer...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 25, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Wild West Wednesday
Samuel Sixkiller was born circa 1842 in the Going Snake District (now Adair County, Oklahoma) of Indian Territory to parents Redbird and Permelia (Whaley) Sixkiller. Samuel was of mixed blood Cherokee heritage, his father being the son a half-breed Cherokee mother...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 24, 2014 | Tombstone Tuesday
While researching this past weekend’s Surname Saturday article on the Waldo surname, I came across today’s subject. Her story is interesting and a bit intriguing, especially in regards to her parentage. America Waldo was born on June 2, 1844 in Missouri. For years...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 21, 2014 | Surname Saturday
There are two theories as to the origins of the Waldo surname. One source believes the surname is Low German, the name having first been seen there in the thirteenth century along the Franconian-Bavarian border. It is believed that the name is one of the oldest in...
