by Sharon Hall | Jan 31, 2015 | Surname Saturday
Bible This unique surname has origins in both Germany and England, according to various sources: House of Names: This German surname is derived from the Latin verb “bibere”, which means “to drink” (as in “imbibe”). According to this source the original...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 28, 2015 | Wild West Wednesday
In 1914 the Ruby Mercantile was sold by Julias Andrews to Philip Clarke, who moved his family to Ruby and built a bigger store up on a hill. The Clarke family soon discovered the dangers of living in Ruby with its proximity to the Mexican border and the presence of...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 27, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Remember Elijah Soper was born on May 4, 1794 in Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont to parents Mordecai and Naomi (Owen) Soper. According to The New Soper Compendium by Earl Soper, Mordecai’s place of birth is disputed – some believe he was born in England while...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 24, 2015 | Surname Saturday
Blackwell Sources agree that the Blackwell surname was a locational name, a place in the counties of Derbyshire, Durham and Worcestshire. It was an ancient surname, traced back to Olde English and Anglo-Saxon orgins. The name was recorded in the Saxon Cartularium of...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 23, 2015 | Feisty Females
On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in U.S. history to receive a medical degree at New York’s Geneva Medical College. Today, a momentous first of any kind would be trumpeted all over the world in a series of instant tweets. In 1849 it...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 21, 2015 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
According to Southern Arizona Guide, this is one of the best preserved ghost towns in Arizona. Off the beaten track and twelve miles south of Arivaca, visitors are warned to NOT rely on their GPS to find Ruby. The Spaniards discovered minerals there in the...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 20, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Jesse Lovask Green was born on February 1, 1802 to parents Amos and Elizabeth (Searcy) Green in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Amos and Elizabeth were the parents of several children, possibly as many as twelve or thirteen. In 1810 there were eight household...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 16, 2015 | Surname Saturday
These surnames emanate from different parts of Scotland, but all are rooted in the personal name Payne. The Old English word “payn” was a name given to a villager or someone who lived in the country. According to House of Names, the west coast of Scotland and the...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 13, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Iredel Wright was born to parents Henry Monroe and Rebecca (Cordell) Wright in December of 1859, according to the 1860 Census, this despite the fact that his tombstone reads December 12, 1860. According to family historians, Henry who was born in 1826 had been...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 12, 2015 | Motoring History
Granted, the record didn’t last for long, but on this day in 1904 Henry Ford set a land speed record on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair in Michigan. After founding the Detroit Automobile Company in August of 1899, only to have it go under by January 1901, Henry...
