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Apr 20
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A Most Unfortunate Ending Here’s an interesting series of articles I ran across… that might make a good story line for The Twilight Zone. The incident actually happened on July 20, 1866 which was a Friday… so it also qualifies as a Freaky Friday!! [There are some inconsistencies, so the story may have been embellished [...]
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Dec 27
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The intent of this posting is simply to document the facts about slave ownership from a genealogical standpoint. No moral or ethical judgments are implied. Prior to the Civil War, it was common practice for certain businesses to own slaves in both the South and the North. Hopefully, this may assist some decendants in discovering [...]
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Aug 08
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Out of Our Past August 8, 2009 – Battle Creek Enquirer.com 100 years ago today, 1909: A race riot on the carnival grounds was averted by Constable Fonda last evening when a gang of Italian laborers, who crowded the grounds, started a rumpus with a Battle Creek lad. There were several car loads of the [...]
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May 13
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excerpt from The Story of Old Fort Johnson: Many tales are told of that dreadful night, when the unsuspecting inhabitants of the Hill were aroused from their peaceful slumbers to seek safety in flight from the Indians and the equally cruel Tories (whose fiendish natures had been aroused in this cruel partisan war by the [...]
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Jan 01
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Abraham A. Fonda (1803-1871); William Cornelius Fonda (1807-1885); John Henry Fonda (1808-); George Farrell Fonda (1859-1943) Abraham A. Fonda (1803-1871) Sources: Western Historical Manuscript Collection Born in Wynantskill, Rensselaer County, NY; 1850, 1860 & 1870 Census, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY; participated in a 1838 Jackson County, MO land sale (Prudhomme Tract) which eventually became Kansas [...]
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Jan 01
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Henry Adam Fonda (1820-1896); John Giles Fonda (1822-1910); David Bartholomew Fonda (1834-1903); William Henry Fonda (1834-1910); Ten Eyck Hilton Fonda (1838-1923) Henry Adam Fonda (1820-1896) Sources: History of Montgomery Co. Born in Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY; bp. Reformed Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, NY; 1860 Census, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA; 1870 Census Milton, Northumberland Co., PA; [...]
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Jan 01
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Albert (Douw) Fonda (1844-1928); Anthony Phillip Fonda (1878-1935); Douglas Cadwallader Fonda (1896-1977); Dee Virgil Fondy (1924-1999); Jane Seymour Fonda (1937-) Albert (Douw) Fonda (1844-1928) Sources: Century Farms of New York State Albert Fonda was born and raised on the Fonda Farm, in Mohawk Township, just outside of the Village of Fonda. After his twelfth birthday, [...]
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Jan 01
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Hester Janse Fonda (1615-1690); Douw Jellis Fonda (1700-1780); Jellis Douwe Fonda (1727-1791); John Peter Fonda (1735-); Adam Douw Fonda (1736-1808); Jellis Jacobse Fonda (1751-1839); John Isaac Fonda (1761-1814) Hester Janse Fonda (1615-1690) Sources: Early American Families Much of the story of the Fonda beginnings in the New World centers around Hester Janse, who today would [...]
