Surname Saturday | ORMSBY/ORMSBEE

My Ormsby ancestry in America dates to the late 1630′s when Richard Ormsby came from England and settled in Maine. The family name was often times spelled Ormsbee. Richard made his way to Massachusetts. His descendant, Isaac, was born in Rhode Island. He served in the Revolutionary War and was with General George Washington at [...]

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Surname Sunday | HARVEY

Our Harvey family emigrated from England about 1860. George Harvey and his wife, Elizabeth Lowden, settled in Leoni Twp., Jackson Co., MI, on property located at the corner of present day Wooster and Seymore Roads. Their son, Herbert, who is my wife’s great grandfather, bought the Musbach farm on Harvey Rd., Jackson Co. The farm [...]

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Surname Sunday | SEYBOLD

My great grandmother’s surname on my dad’s maternal side is Seybold. Leonhard Seybold, my 2nd great grandfather, arrived with his brother and sister at Castle Garden from Germany on June 2, 1857, onboard the ship New Orleans. He settled on a farm in Brillion Township, Calumet Co., WI. His daughter, Katherine, married Orville Duloss Harris [...]

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Surname Sunday | HAU

My mother’s surname is Hau. Wilhelm Hau came to America from Prussia, probably in the 1860′s. He settled in Sheboygan County, WI as a farmer. He married Kathrine Tuepper in 1869. They had nine children together. Wilhelm died in 1884 at the age of 41. One of their sons, John, is my great grandfather. He, [...]

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