William Knickerbocker 1801-1838

My Great Great Great Grandfather, William Knickerbocker was born 22 May 1801 and died 1 Mar 1838. You can see his birth and death date in the family bible pictures here. Here’s a shot of his gravestone taken in Smithville, New York. The inscription reads:
Friends nor Physicians could not save
This mortal body from the grave
Nor [...]

Marriage of Peter Wainer and Marjorie Knickerbocker

My mom and dad were married 12 December 1960 in Las Vegas, Nevada. My mom is listed as Marjorie Carlstrom ( she was married previously). My dad tells me that my mom’s sisters were a little pissed off at them “running away to Vegas” to get married. Here’s a really bad copy of the Nevada [...]

Preserving

My Aunt Luella gave me the Knickerbocker family bible but besides scanning it and showing those scans on my blog, I had no idea what to do with it. (Those scans are here, by the way.) I have no idea how the bible lasted as long as it did ( 174 years and counting!) only [...]

Clifford Knickerbocker

I’ve been e-mailing my cousins for information about our family tree. My cousin Nancy talked to her mom Lorraine, wife of Kenneth Knickerbocker ( my Uncle Bob) and told me about another child of Clarence and Martha Knickerbocker that I didn’t know about.
His name was Clifford Knickerbocker. I spoke to my Aunt Luella today and [...]