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Tag Archives: Bonnett
I’m Falling For You
While researching my Bonnett family line, I came across an interesting news article about a daredevil performer who jumped from great heights from a hot air balloon. His name was Professor C.C. Bonnette. While the last name was spelled a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnett, Family history, genealogy, Hot air balloon, Malone N.Y., Professor Bonnette, Vermont
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Tomato Soup Cake
I have heard it said that recipes and the wonderful food dishes they create are a real and concrete way to connect past generations of ancestors to the current generation. The one dish that does that for me is Tomato … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnett, cake, Deloria, Family history, genealogy, Lyon, Moore, Plattsburgh, recipe
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Letters are Windows to the Past
My Great Grandmother Bessie Barney Bonnett LeClair was trying to make a new start in 1918. She had divorced her first husband Abner Bonnett and had just married William LeClair. The envelope shown below housed a letter from her husband … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnett, Dakin, Deloria, Family history, Florence Tromblee, genealogy, Gonya, letter writing, Monty, Page Cole, Plattsburgh, Utica New York
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Listening To Gravestones
One of the many things we did on a recent trip we took back to my hometown was to visit a couple of cemeteries. Since my wife’s family has been in the area since the 1700s and mine came to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnett, Clinton County, Family history, Frederrick, genealogy, Gonya, Guyette, Ladd, Lyon, Monty, Plattsburgh, Shedrick
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It’s A Fort, How Could We Miss It?
It is very unlikely that Francois Monty my wife’s 4th great grandfather or Joseph Bonnett my 5th great grandfather had ever met, but they sure did cover the same ground. In fact, it could be said that they had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bergevin, Bonnett, Canada, Family history, Fort Cambly, genealogy, Gonya, Lake Champlain, Monty, Monty's Bay, Moore, New York State, Obediah Wells, Plattsburgh, Point Au Roche, Poyer, Tamma Johnson, Vermont
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Finding Joseph Bonnett, In A Gopher Hole
I have been using a genealogy website called Genealogy Gophers for a while now with excellent results. Also, I have noticed that it has appeared in some of the genealogy magazines I read as a top website for … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Bonnett, Canada, Chambly, Family history, genealogy
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A Drowning in the Saranac River
The weather in Plattsburgh, N.Y. had been pleasant for several days in April 1964. Herbert Frederick age 76 decided to take advantage of the weather and do some yard work. It was a pleasant 55 degrees as he was raking … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnett, Deloria, Family history, Frederrick, genealogy, Moore, Plattsburgh, Saranac River, Shedrick
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Great Loves Live On.
Willis Deloria and Pauline Bonnett Deloria were my grandparents. They were married in 1918 when Pauline was just over the age of 15, and Willis was 35. It was the first and the last marriage for each of them. Willis … Continue reading
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