A Big Surprise
Edgar & Elmyra
What an exciting day. I got an email from my aunt yesterday. It seems she has found some very exciting information about some of my ancestors. I’ve been so focused on my Russian German ancestors that I wasn’t even thinking about this line, so this was a big surprise.
It turns out that my aunt discovered some living relatives of ours. Long lost family members. They provided her with some photos, including the one you see at left. These are my great-great grandparents from Ohio.
In addition, she found someone doing extensive research on that Ferbrache line. She said she is working on verifying it, but it sounds pretty legit. Even though it isn’t totally verified yet, I can’t help getting excited. If the family tree is to be believed, my FERBRACHE and SARCHET ancestors were among the founding families of Guernsey Country, Ohio in the early 1800s. They hailed from where else, Guernsey in the Channel Islands, where the surname has deep roots. I joke that this explains my love of the Guernsey breed of milk cow. The SARCHET line in Guernsey seems to be descended from a Guillaume SARCHET who arrived in Guernsey in the 1600s from Normandy, France. Other Guernsey surnames FALLA, BISSON, MAHY and LE PASTOUREL also seem to be prominent, showing up in many places. FALLA in particular seems to have a very interesting history.
Back in Ohio, the first of my ancestors on this line to be born in the US married an Elizabeth UNDERHILL in 1828. Is she part of the famous UNDERHILLs of Oyster Bay? Could she be descended from Captain John? I aim to discover the truth someday.
Jacob FERBRACHE and Elizabeth UNDERHILL had a son, also named Jacob, who served in the military as a Private. The year listed is 1864, so you have one guess what that means. I want to learn more about his service as well.
And then there are the great great grandparents in the photo. Edgar worked in a creamery, while Elmyra worked in laundry. She died in childbirth in 1933. That child was given up for adoption. Edgar died just 10 years later.
I look forward to learning more about these people, and if possible, about their ancestors as well.
For the past 8 years I have been developing a now massive family tree of most Ferbrache’s who have lived in the world.
Please contact me and i will forward your section of that tree (free of course)
Rex
Rex Ferbrache
rex@ferbrache.com