This story includes excerpts referring to several of my relatives. It is part of a series of Biographical Sketches from Burke County, North Carolina that were written by by Col Thomas George Walton (1815-1905) and were first
published in the old Morganton Herald in 1894.
“PETER MULL [7x great-uncle] was elected Sheriff in 1790.”
We were recently sitting around the Easter dinner table discussing tuition, college and relishing the fact that we will no longer be paying tuition, since our daughter graduates with her Master’s Degree a few weeks from now.
My mom stated that she paid $110.00 for all three years of nursing school at the Beverly Hospital School for nurses. She graduated from Hamilton high school in 1953, so she attended nursing school until 1956. She is a registered nurse (RN). My daughter’s jaw dropped at that
Books I read ahead or bought along the way:
The Betrayal of Liliuokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii, by Helena G. Allen, 1991
Washington Place: A First Lady’s Story, by Jean Aryoshi, 2004
Around the World with a King, by William N. Armstrong, 2009 (King Kalakua’s international trip of 1881 to Asia, Europe and the United States)
Mauna A’la: Hawai’I’s Royal Mausoleum, by Don Chapman with William Kaihe’ekai Mai’oho, 2004
Oahu Revealed, 3rd Edition, by Andrew Doughty, 2010
The Queen’s Quilt, by Rhoda E. A. Hac
This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. On our last full day in Hawaii we met with my Honolulu cousin and privately visited the gravesites of the Dominis family at the Oahu cemetery. We also were able to see the Royal Mausoleum, located nearby, where the royal family, including Governor Dominis, is buried. The Mausoleum, Mauna ‘Ala, is on sovereign ground. The flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii still flies here, not the US flag, and the ground is considered sa
10 genealogy books at the Murray County Library that I want to review:
This is a continuation of the story of my family history research trip to Hawaii. It was our second to last day in Honolulu, and we had a second appointment with the curator at Washington Place. This was the home built by Captain John Dominis for his wife, Mary Lambert Jones, sister to my 4x great grandmother, Catherine Plummer Jones. The Jones family was from Boston, and so he built her a grand, New England style home in Honolulu. We had visited Washington Place the previous week, and were happ
I am trying to document my Burris line for the DAR. I have two grand parents who lived most of their lives in Kentucky, but both died in Tennessee in the hospital nearest their home. Which state do I send to looking for their death certificates? Any help will be appreciated.
This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. We hadn’t done much research on the past two days, so this day was back to work day! We had another 10 AM appointment for a guided tour at Iolani Palace. It is necessary to make reservations for guided tours ahead of time, but my cousin and her nine year old grandson were able to secure tickets to join us. Self guided tours are available during the open hours at the palace (check the website).
Of course, since we we
The former Colonial Cemetery in Happy Valley, Hong Kong is the resting place for many who travelled to the Far East in the 19th. Century. The British Colony was a thriving trading centre and home to merchants, servicemen and colonial civil servants. Members of the Royal Navy and merchant seamen all spent time on what was once termed ‘this barren rock’.
From 1985 to 1995 whilst I was working in Hong Kong I spent my weekends in the cemetery transcribing and indexing the memorial inscriptions. Durin
Two hundred years ago, my Hemphill relatives were all in the Burke/Buncombe county area in North Carolina.
Captain Thomas Hemphill (1746-1826), my 5x (twice) and 6x great-grandfather, lived in Burke County, North Carolina in 1810. On April 4, 1808, he entered a grant for 300 acres lying on both sides of the French Broad river in Buncombe . . . → : CONTINUE READING
This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. On this day, Hubby woke up extra early to swim at Waikiki Beach whilst I slept late. I missed another opportunity to swim in the Pacific Ocean. Then we drove east past Diamond Head, the Halona Blow Hole, the Makapu’u Lighthouse and Hanamuma Bay. This side of the island was dry and rocky, and the mountains look decidedly more volcanic and bare. It became greener and lush as we drove into the windward side of Oahu, to
This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. Since we had been so busy doing my genealogy research, it was time for my hubby to choose the day’s activities. He decided to go to Pearl Harbor, since it was Sunday, and most museums and archives would be closed. Several taxi drivers and hotel staff had told us to arrive extra early in the morning, since tickets were needed for the ferry to the Arizona Memorial and they were given out on a first come- first served
