My Trails into the Past

Another great genealogy challenge from Randy Seaver of Genea-musing . 1)  The Family History Hound listed 20 Questions about your Ancestor, and I'm going to use some of them in the next few months.  2)  Please answer the first question - "Which ancestor moved the farthest from their home?" 3)  Write your own blog post, make a comment on this post, or post  your answer on Facebook or Google+.  Please leave a link to your answer in comments on this post. My great-grandfather, Johann Anton Hork and his brother, Johann Albert Hork, came the furthermost distance from their home. Both were born in the small town, Oberhundem, located in Kreis Olpe of Westfalen. Anton was born 8 Nov 1843 and Albert was born 10 Aug 1853. [1] The 27-year-old, Johan Hork, arrived in the United States on 5 Nov 1870 aboard the HMS Idaho . [2] He married Julia Sievert in Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [3] John was a tailor and he took his family west as far as Portland...

Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Oregon John Gleeson 1832 - 1915 Margaret His Wife 1835 - 1920 GLEESON These are my great-great grandparents on my paternal grandmother's side.  They both were born in Ontario, Canada.  By 1880, they were living in Mitchell, South Dakota and John was both a farmer and a hotel keeper.  They moved to Portland, Oregon around 1910.  John and Margaret (Tierney) had ten children, five boys and five girls, all who lived to adulthood.  They also had fourteen grandchildren.  John and Margaret are buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Portland. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past