Category Archives: Tracy Family Research and Stories

Wordless Wednesday – Pioneers

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

These two pictures were from the pictures my grandma left.  I do not have the originals but they may have been tin types.  They could be Tracy or Rusler ancestors coming from Illinois to Nebraska.

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Bertha Mabel Rusler Chase

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Bertha Mabel was the sixth child of Michael and Augusta Rusler.  She was born February15, 1885 in York Nebraska.  She married Fred Chase about 1907 and they had a farm in Algernon, Custer, Nebraska.  Their daughter Mary was born March … Continue reading →

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Sibling Saturday – Tracy/Watt/Boblett Connection

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Here is a fun sibling marriage puzzle from my family tree: My great great grandfather John Edward Tracy (1832) married Maria Artlysia Boblett (1839).  He was the seventh child of ten children of Joshua and Rachel Dilworth Tracy.  His older … Continue reading →

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Tombstone Tuesday – Rusler Tombstone through the years

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Rusler Tombstone long ago. Council Cemetery, York, Nebraska

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Amanuensis Monday – From Mabel to “Friend”

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

I found this letter mixed in with a box of letters written by Manuel Martinez to my Grandma Mabel.  Mabel and Manuel were college sweethearts who wrote letters back and forth for over a year after teacher’s college ended.  Manuel … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Obituary – Mary Artlysia Boblett Tracy Forbes

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

This is my great great grandmother Tracy’s obituary.  I love the last couple sentences here and hope someday people can say this about me. “To her death had no terrors, and with a strong faith in Him she had served … Continue reading →

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Thankful Thursday – Digitized Photos

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Today I would like to express my thanks to those that digitize and share their old pictures.  After my Grandma Gotcher died in 1998, I wondered what was going to happen to all of the old pictures that Grandma had … Continue reading →

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Tombstone Tuesday – Joseph Rusler

Posted on April 16, 2013 by
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For this Tombstone Tuesday I am sharing the Rusler Children Marker and tombstones from the Council Cemetery in York County, Nebraska.  In the middle of the cemetery in the middle of an overgrown bush is a marker that reads Rusler Children. … Continue reading →

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Surname Saturday – Rusler

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

I have been working on the Rusler branch of my family for awhile now.  Thursday I wrote about Frank E Rusler and today I am going to attempt to write what little I know about Charles August Rusler. Charles was … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Faces from the Past – Curious Lushton, Nebraska Picture

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

This picture has always fired my imagination.  The back says Lushton, Nebraska 1899.  Lushton was a small farm town.  What were all these men doing in town? Why were they lined up down main street? Why are they all dressed … Continue reading →

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