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Month: January 2026

Happy Anniversary Allie and Marie Denning!

Allie Denning and Marie Link were married on January 30, 1918 in West Point, Iowa. Marie is Walt’s 1st cousin 2x removed.

Happy birthday Catherine Menke Fraise!

Catherine Menke Fraise was born on January 23, 1853 in Iowa. She is related through the Wellman side of the family.

Happy 5th Anniversary Blog!

It was something of a surprise to me to get the notice this morning that we have been writing the blog for 5 years now! It’s our 5th Blog Anniversary!

Happy birthday Anna Lizzie Lohman Boeding!

Anna Lohman was born on January 16, 1870 in West Point, Iowa. She is related through marriage on the Wellman side of the family.

Uncle William Brockman, immigrant and carpenter.

William Brockman was born on January 29, 1853 and died on January 9, 1931. He is Walt’s second great uncle.

New year…..clean up time!

Each new year, I take some time to clean out file folders and straighten up things. I like to start fresh and it gives me a chance to see what needs fixing, updating, mending and so on. One of the things I do is update my files on family history.

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