"To participate, do the following at your own blog and post a link back here in the comments:
1. List your surnames in alphabetical order as follows:
[SURNAME]: State/Province (county/subdivision), date range
2. At the end, list your Most Wanted Ancestor with details!"
So, here are mine:
1.
ATTANUCCI: Campania, Italy (Pastorano, province of Caserta), 1840-1900
AZZOLINO: Campania, Italy (Pastorano, province of Caserta), 1840-1900
BOEHM: Hessen, Germany, 1786-1840; Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) 1840-present
BOYD: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County), 1800-1900
BRENTON/BRINTON: Pennsylvania (Washington County), 1740-present
BROCK: Ohio, 1820-1850; Pennsylvania (Washington County), 1850-1900; West Virginia (Marion County), 1895-present
DAVIES: Pennsylvania (Beaver County), 1919-present
DURKIN: Pennsylvania (Centralia, Columbia County), 1860-1940
ELLER: Pennsylvania (Beaver, Lawrence and Fayette counties), 1860-present
FERGUSON: Pennsylvania (Fayette and Westmoreland counties), 1880-1930
FRITSCHLE: Baden, Germany, 1785-1852;
FRITZLEY: Pennsylvania (Allegheny and Beaver counties), 1852-present
HAYES: Ireland, 1820-1870; Pennsylvania (Beaver County), 1870-present
KANE: Pennsylvania (Centralia, Columbia County), 1880-1971
MERALILLO: Campania, Italy (Pastorano, province of Caserta), 1830-1920
MUSCIANESE: Campania, Italy (Pastorano, province of Caserta), 1820-1921
OVERAND: Scotland (Lanarkshire), 1836-1863; Pennsylvania (Allegheny and Westmoreland counties), 1863-1940
SWIFT: Pennsylvania (Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties), 1820-1953
TEMPLIN: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County), 1905-present
WAGNER: Bavaria, Germany (Schedendorf), 1860-1923
WRIGHT: Pennsylvania (Washington County), 1840-1910
2. Most Wanted Ancestor:
Charlotte DUBREE/DUEBEL
b. abt. 1885 in Arkansas
m. abt. 1905 to William TEMPLIN
d. probably between 1920 and 1930
Lived in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
