My 3rd great grandparents on my maternal grandmother’s side were Elcanah Branstetter and Marena Montgomery. They were married on December 3, 1874 in St. James, Missouri, where they were both born and raised. Together, they had 10 children, Norah, Edna, Dorsey “Doss” , Zaddie (my 2nd great-grandmother), James, Thomas, Mary, Morris, Myrtle, and William. Elcanah…
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How common is your last name?….just for fun.
I came across an article on “Newsday” about the commonality of last names according to the most recent census in 2010. The Census says that about 6.3 million surnames were recorded (according to Newsday), with about 62% of them recorded just once. I thought these statistics were pretty interesting. …
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