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1916, Milbourne Family Gathering

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To the left is Martha "Annie" and daughter Geneva, a slew of other folks of which I think their names may be in the family tree. I know that in 1916, "Charlie" the oldest and first born Milbourne was still alive as he was shot in 1923 by a "shell-shocked" buddy from WW1 but more on that later. I think it's Jonas on the end in front to the right. If you look at one of the photo's to the right, that mustache is familiar.
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Some Family Info, Phyllis Barnhart Hynes

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Phillis wrote this about the time she put together the family tree. It's interesting that so many names are confusing because they use middle names a lot. I noticed that a son of Edward and Elizabeth, the first ones here from England, has his name listed in the tree as Matthew but in the "William Stephen Hamilton's Wiota, 1828 Diggings - 1993" a small book compiled about Wiota Wisconsin, it shows a few of our ancestors names there. For Matthew, who would be Uncle of Jonas, he is listed as J.M. Milbourn or James Matthew and I guess family mostly called him Matt. A copy of this book was sent to me by Charles Stanley. In this book it shows a copied picture of an original map of Wiota with plots of land, where they are and who owns them. It shows Jonah's property and lists it as 20 acres owned by "J.D. Milburn". Back then, I guess spelling names correctly was not a serious issue. In the "Wiota Items - 1888" sections it says that "Mat" Mil...
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Charles Legacy Names

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The picture below is a pretty old one and little known to our family, Lucy Milbourne was married to Charles Milbourne and after his death in 1923, she remarried. It was her grandson who I made contact with several years ago on the internet where we shared info. He happened to be a writer for a paper in Illinois and he was able to send me copies of the original articles written about Charlie's murder. Lucy's daughter's name was Marilyn who had a son name Charles Stanley (another Charles, possibly after his granddad), he lived in Palos Heights, Illinois when we were in contact. It's interesting to note that little Marilyn was with her father when he was shot. It's important to share because the name goes back pretty far. Charles was also the name of Charles Earl (Lucy's husband) who was likely named for Charles, his Uncle, his father Jonas's brother who died at 18 years old. So, the habit of naming sons in the Milbourne family "Charles" goes back fro...
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