As I mentioned in a previous post, my Uncle Mike was born in Boston. He ended up moving to Maine with his family and in his adult years got married and ended up back in Massachusetts. Uncle Mike married my Aunt Vicky ( Victoria Osaga) and for some reason the date and place of their [...]
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Victoria Osaga
July 13, 2009James Henry Knickerbocker 1880 Census
December 10, 2008James Henry Knickerbocker was one of the sons of William Knickerbocker (B. 1801) and Prudence Beadle. An 1880 census shows James, his wife Cynthia, a slew of children(Moris, Edmund, Adelia, Hattie, Daniel, Dever and Prudence) and his mother-in-law Eliza T. Smith.
I’m fairly certain that Moris is really Maurice and the Dever is William Dever – [...]
1920 Wainer Census
December 9, 2008My Father grew up in Maine. When I was younger my Uncle Stephen, who I’m named for, still lived in the family home in Maine and during the summer we would often visit.
Here’s a 1920 census showing my Grandfather, Grandmother, Uncle Mike, Aunt Vicky, and my Uncle Stephen:
Two Brothers for Two Sisters vol 1
November 5, 2008Kinda sounds like a play, huh?
Anyway, two of my Aunts, Helen Knickerbocker and Mildred(Snookie) Knickerbocker, married two brothers: John O. Vesterby and Ernest Vesterby.
My Aunt Helen was born on 21 Dec, 1902 in Minnesota and died on 9 Nov 1986 in California. Her Husband, John O. Vesterby was born 25 July, 1901 in Minnesota and [...]


