My Present Past |
A genealogical experience |
Towns, Cities and Counties |
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Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts is where my fourth great grandfather, Thomas Nichols arrived in 1748 with his brother John from Connaught, Ireland. He was married twice and fathered sixteen children. Thomas served in the Revolutionary War. Broadalbin, (Fonda's Bush) Montgomery County, New York is where my third great grandfather, Joshua Nichols was from. He and his wife Sarah Sally (Cook) Nichols raised twelve children. The first ten children were born in Fonda's Bush and the two remaining were born in Manlius Square, Onandago County, New York. Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois is where my second great grandfather, David Thomas Nichols settled. His first wife, Clarisa (Watkins) Nichols died December 01, 1845. They had three children. He fathered six children with his second wife, Hulda Gertrude (Barry). Wyanet is also where my other second great grandfather, John B. Engel was located. He and his wife, Jacobine (Hauter) Engel had twelve children. This location is also meaningful because this is where my great grandmother, Sara Ellyn Nichols was born, raised and met her future husband, Edward John Engel. Both families had a very active presence in both the Wyanet and Bureau County area. Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas is where my great grandfather, Edward Engel and his wife Sadie arrived in the summer of 1883. Edward had just accepted a job as the agent of the passenger depot for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. My grandfather, George David Engel and my mother, Ruth Mildred Engel were both born in Argentine. My grandmother, Dorothy Lee Lange met my grandfather and was married in Argentine. Liberty, Clay County, Missouri is the final destination of this long family trip. My father, Robert Eugene Jacobs arrived here at the age of sixteen, in the summer of 1943 from Jerico Springs, Cedar County, Missouri. He met my mother, Ruth Mildred Engel in the summer of 1946 at the Chicago Burlington & Quincy depot in Liberty. The depot was located east of the Franklin Elementary School. The Engel family moved to Liberty in the summer of 1927 due to my grandfathers job as a salesman with Swift Meat Company. |
View of Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas including the Kansas City Structural Steel Company 1912 |
Bureau County, Illinois |