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Jeff and Nate connect to the CANFIELDs through their paternal Grandmother. This line goes back to Matthew CAMFIELD, who came from Northamton, England and settled in New Haven Colony, Connecticut sometime before 1637. The migration of this line went from New Haven Colony > Newark, New Jersey (1666) > Crawford County, Pennsylvania (1790's) > Kellogg, Wabasha County, Minnesota (1855) > Spooner/Trego, Washburn County, Wisconsin (early 1900's) > points beyond.
A cousin documented this line of the Canfields in the "Camfield, Campfield, Canfield Family in America - one branch descended from Matthew Camfield." Following is a copy of this document, along with additional information that I have gathered on this line.
I have connected with another CANFIELD researcher, Chris JEWETT, who shared some wonderful pictures he had of the CANFIELDs in Minnesota and Wisconsin. These pictures are also included in the following Canfield History.
Jeff and Nate's direct line from Matthew CAMFIELD is :
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Jeff and Nate's GG Grandparents, Henry C. and Sophia FRANZEN FRUECHTE, settled in Houston County, Minnesota. Henry came from Hannover, Germany, in April 1860 and stayed for a time in Chicago, Illinois. It was in Bensonville, a suburb of Chicago, that he met and married Sophia FRANZEN.
The following is the Preface and a History of the FRUECHTE Family from a 1986 FRUECHTE descendant booklet.
The Fruechte Family with photos by Nate and Marge.
Henry and Sophia had ten children. Their daughter Emma married William WIEGREFE 7 Dec 1911. Emma and William are Jeff and Nate's Great Grandparents.
Biographies from the 1919 History of Houston County
1920 Minnesota Soundex Extract for FRUECHTE
St.
Luke United Church of Christ, Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota Tombstone Photos
Portland
Prairie Methodist Episcopal Church, Houston County, Minnesota Portland Prairie
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Philip (Phillip) W. and Mary "Polly" TRACY LAMPSON are Jeff and Nate's Gr Gr Gr Grandparents. Philip and Polly married on 26 Dec 1831 in Athens County, Ohio. Based on Philip's age at the time of his death, he was born around 1 Jan 1814. According to census records his birthplace was somewhere in Ohio. Philip died 13 May 1884. Polly was a daughter of Jonas P. and Susannah CURTISS TRACY. She was born 20 Oct 1811 in Palmyra, New York. She was 77 yrs, 4 mos, 23 days at time of her death on 16 Mar 1889. Both Philip and Polly died in Kansas and are buried in Hesper Cemetery, Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas.
Philip and Polly had eleven or twelve children, depending on the researcher. I am inclined to think it is eleven. Their daughter Polly married Oscar LYONS 7 Aug 1872 in Douglas County, Kansas.
The LAMPSON Families from Ohio, Kansas and Wisconsin
My burning questions RE: the LAMPSON line:
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Oscar M. and Polly J. LAMPSON LYONS are Jeff and Nate's Gr Gr Grandparents. According to Jeff and Nate's Grandmother, Oscar was orphaned at a young age and there is no family history available. In the Kansas 1880 federal census Oscar gives his birthplace as Ohio. In 1900 he indicates that his parents were also born in Ohio. At a reunion in June 2001 Nate and Jeff's Grandmother mentioned remembering that a brother of Oscar "tracked" him down in Kansas. She remembered his name was "Friel" (not sure of spelling), but we do not know if his last name was LYONS. He could have been adopted and had a different last name. He did come from Ohio, and at some point Oscar's daughter Luella Mae LYONS CANFIELD, visited her uncle in Ohio. I do not know when this visit took place.
The Oscar LYONS Family from Ohio, Kansas and Wisconsin
My burning questions RE: the LYONS line:
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Jeff and Nate's TRACY line goes back to Lieutenant Thomas
TRACY, who
was born around 1610. The first documentation of him in the colonies is
around 1636 in Salem, Essex county, Massachusetts. Most of the
information I have on the TRACY line comes from a genealogy that traces
the TRACY - McCUNE lines of Athens County, Ohio. The Tracy-M'Cune
Genealogical Record was compiled by Mrytie C. Magrath, granddaughter of
Samuel and Almira TRACY McCUNE; dated: Camden, N. J., August 6, 1900. A
McCUNE researcher sent me a copy of this document. The above mentioned
Almira TRACY McCUNE was a sister of Jeff and Nate's Gr Gr Gr
Grandmother Mary "Polly" TRACY LAMPSON. Three
of Polly's siblings married McCUNE siblings. Polly and Almira
were daughters of Jonas TRACY and Susannah CURTISS.
More about the TRACY Family
The McCUNE researcher has her information at WorldConnect:
Excerpt from The Tracy-M'Cune Genealogical Record:
Jeff and Nate have two direct lines from Thomas TRACY -- one
way he is
their 8th Gr Grandfather the other way he is their 9th Gr Grandfather:
Here's a chart in picture form of the two lines -- TRACY Chart
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Jeff and Nate's Direct WIEGREFE Line
3rd Gr | Henry WIEGREFE * + About 1866, Germany |
m. |
Elizabeth BONATE * + About 1856, Germany |
2nd Gr | August WIEGREFE * 6 Oct 1850, Hannover, Germany + 17 Dec 1919 bur. Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota |
m. 3 Mar 1874 Houston County, Minnesota USA |
Dorothea CORDES * 5 Mar 1853, Germany + 24 Apr 1937 bur. Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota |
Great Grand |
William WIEGREFE * 4 Mar 1875, Minnesota + 19 Dec 1928 bur. St. Luke's United Church of Christ, Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota USA |
m. 7 Dec 1911 |
Emma FRUECHTE * 1 Feb 1881, Minnesota + 24 Jun 1971, Caledonia, Minnesota bur. St. Luke's United Church of Christ, Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota USA |
Grand | Marvin Ernest WIEGREFE * 3 Sep 1912, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois + 1 Jan 1994, LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
m. 3 Jun 1941 Spooner, Wisconsin |
Margaret June CANFIELD * 20 Jun 1916, Lampson, Wisconsin + 31 Dec 2005, Caledonia, Minnesota |
Father | William WIEGREFE |
m. | Margaret |
Jeffrey WIEGREFE Nathan WIEGREFE |
m. m. |
Karla |
The following CORDES/WIEGREFE history was compiled by an unknown researcher. I have included additional information as I have found it.
Biographies from the 1919 History of Houston County
1920 Minnesota Soundex Extract for WIEGREFE
St.
Luke United Church of Christ, Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota Tombstone Photos
Portland
Prairie Methodist Episcopal Church, Houston County, Minnesota Portland Prairie
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